Prayers for Anointing

Without the power of God in our lives, we can do nothing (Joel 2:28) (Luke 24:49) (John 7:37-39) (Acts 1:8) (Acts 2:1-4) (Acts 4:29-30)

Pray as follows:

The anointing of Elijah to decree a thing and be established, possess my tongue in the name of Jesus

The anointing of Elisha to see from the throne of grace, possess my eyes in the name of Jesus

The anointing of Samuel for accurate reception from heaven, come upon my ears in the name of Jesus

The anointing of Joshua for success and victory in the battles of life, fall upon me in the name of Jesus

The anointing of Moses for leadership and counseling, possess me in the name of Jesus

The anointing of Nehemiah to build, repair and make forward progress, possess me in the name of Jesus

The anointing of Father Abraham for closeness to God, for faith and generational blessings, come upon me in the name of Jesus

The anointing of Isaac for investment, productivity and fruitfulness, fall upon me in the name of Jesus

The anointing of Daniel for an excellent spirit, fall upon my life in the name of Jesus

The anointing of Queen Esther for divine favour and deliverance, come upon my life in the name of Jesus

The anointing of Deborah for leadership and deliverance, fall upon me in the name of Jesus

The anointing of Ruth for loyalty to God and the people of God, possess my life in the name of Jesus

The anointing of Joseph for righteousness, come upon me in the name of Jesus

The anointing of Shedrach, Meschach and Abednego for unfailing commitment to God, fall upon me in the name of Jesus

The anointing of the Disciples of Jesus for boldness to preach the Gospel of Salvation everywhere, come upon me in the name of Jesus

Ayodele Adegbulugbe.
www.xtianrace.blogspot.com.ng
www.maritalsuccessresource.simplesite.com

What is God in Your Life?

God is my Jehovah Adonai, the Lord Sovereign (Genesis 15:2-8)
God is my Jehovah Elohim, the Eternal Creator (Genesis 1:1)

God is my Jehovah Elshaddai, the Sufficient God (Genesis 7:1)
God is my Jehovah Elyon, the Most High God (Genesis 14:18)
God is my Jehovah Elolam, the Everlasting God (Genesis 21:33)
God is my Jehovah El Gibbor, the Almighty God (Isaiah 9:6)
 God is my Jehovah Eloheenu, my God (Psalm 99:5)
 God is my Jehovah Eloheeka, my God (Exodus 20:2)
 God is my Jehovah Hoseenu, my Maker (Psalm 95:6)
 God is my Jehovah Jireh, my Provider (Genesis 22:13-14)
 God is my Jehovah Nissi, my Banner (Exodus 17:15)
 God is my Jehovah Rapha, my Healer (Exodus 15:26)
 God is my Jehovah Rohi, my Shepherd (Psalm 23:1)
 God is my Jehovah Sabaoth, the Lord of Hosts (1 Samuel 1:3)
 God is my Jehovah Shallom, my Peace (Judges 6:4)
 God is my Jehovah Shammah, the Lord Present (Ezekiel 48:35)
 God is my Jehovah Tsidkenu, my Righteousness (Jeremiah 23:6)
 God is my Jehovah Mekadishkem, my Sanctifier (Exodus 31:13)

Ayodele Adetokunbo Adegbulugbe
www.xtianrace.blogspot.com.ng
Lagos, Nigeria

Power of God (1 Peter 1:5)

‘’ who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time’’ (1 Peter 1:5)
Prayers:
I. Power of God to remain standing in Christ to the end (2 Corinthians 5:17), possess me in Jesus name

II. Power of God not to fall in the faith (Luke 22:31-32), possess me in Jesus name
III. Power of God not to look back like Lot’s wife (Luke 17:32), possess me in Jesus name
IV. Power of God not to return to the world like Demas (2 Timothy 4:10), possess me in Jesus name
V. Power of God to remain focused on Christ to the end (Luke 9:62), fall on me in Jesus name
VI. Power of God to endure to the end the sufferings, reproaches, tribulations, troubles and persecutions in the Christian race (Luke 6:22), possess me in Jesus name (Matthew 24:13)
VII. Power of God to put my body under and bring it into subjection, for me not to be a cast away at the end, possess me in Jesus name (1 Corinthians 9:27)
VIII. Power of God, deliver me from presumptuous sinning and do not allow sin have dominion over me (Psalm 19:13)
Ayodele Adegbulugbe
www.xtianrace.blogspot.com.ng

Beautifying Cathedrals or Beautifying Your Heart for God?

King Solomon built a magnificent temple for God but he did not beautify his body for God. He was the man who spread out his hands toward heaven during the dedication of the temple in 1 Kings 8:22 but ended up an idolater worshipping the idols of his foreign wives.

In the Old Testament, God dwelt in temples built by hands but in the New Testament, He dwells in the hearts of men through the Holy Spirit which descended on the Day of Pentecost. Our bodies are the temple of God where the Holy Spirit now dwells (1 Corinthians 3:16-17).

In this Last Day, many churches worldwide are in a fierce competition building huge magnificent cathedrals for God, striving to have the largest or the most magnificent auditorium in the country to attract God’s attention and blessings?

Are the hearts of the worshipers who gather in these cathedrals beautiful before God? God is much more interested in the spiritual condition of our hearts individually and collectively than the beautiful physical cathedrals we claim to be building for Him.

God is interested in pure and circumcised hearts (Deuteronomy 30:6) (Matthew 5:8). Are the worshipers genuinely born again followers of Christ or mere church attendants or church sinners who worship God with their lips only while their hearts are far away from Him (Matthew 15:8) (2 Corinthians 5:17-18)?

What is the condition of our hearts toward God? Do we love God with all our hearts as commanded in Matthew 22:37-39?

Or have we allowed our addiction to the modern day idols (Facebook, social media, television, internet, relationships, mobile phones, sports, love of gold, love of pleasure and many others to displace God from the front seat position in our hearts, drawing our hearts away from Him?

What is the condition of our hearts toward our neighbor? Do we love our neighbor as ourselves as commanded in Matthew 7:12 and Matthew 22:37-39)?

Or are our hearts bitter, hateful and unforgiving toward our neighbors? Do we have a malicious heart towards our neighbors yet come to spread our hands toward God in our beautiful temples?
Check the condition of your heart toward God and your neighbor. If you are far away from the Lord, it is time to repent and to return to Him with a whole heart and not a divided heart.

Joshua and Caleb were the only two out of the six hundred thousand men who left Egypt in the exodus that entered the Promised Land because they followed God with their whole hearts (Numbers 32:12), not a divided heart.

Your thoughts can defile you before God (Genesis 6:4) (Jeremiah 17:9) (Mark 7:21-23)
Your words can defile you before God (Matthew 12:36-37)
Your actions can defile you before God (1 Corinthians 6:19-20)
Check the spiritual condition of your heart toward God and men and return to Him wholeheartedly.

Prayers:
• Lord Jesus, have mercy on me for I am a sinner (Luke 18:13)
• Lord Jesus, give me a new heart and a new spirit (Deuteronomy 30:6)
• Blood of Jesus, wash and cleanse me from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit (2 Corinthians 7:1).

Ayodele Adegbulugbe
www.xtianrace.blogspot.com.ng

Letter to Pastors Preaching Financial Prosperity

Dear Pastor,

When preaching about the biblical principle of sowing and reaping and relating it to financial prosperity, please balance it with the principles of labor, hard work, diligence and creativity else you are raising a bunch of lazy Christians always expecting manna from heaven.

There are many of them on Facebook writing and shouting ‘I catch it, I receive it’ expecting ‘miracle money’ from heaven to flow into their bank accounts without doing any work.

The Bible does not say that God gives free money but that He gives us the power to get wealth (Deuteronomy 8:18). The power to get wealth includes life, health, time, knowledge, intellect, thinking and reasoning faculties, ideas and connections and it is our responsibility to utilize these powers to create wealth for ourselves.

Are God and His Word liars?

When God created man, the first man Adam was given work to do before he was given a companion. God commands man to multiply and be fruitful on earth (Genesis 1:28) but multiplication and fruitfulness comes from productivity and does not come out of nothing. Whatever our hands find to do, we should do it will all our strength (Ecclesiastes 9:10). God commands man to work and blesses the work of his hands. He will not bless a lazy hand that does no work and is writing and shouting ‘I catch it, I receive it.’

 Exodus 20:9 says ‘six days thou shall labor and do all thy work.’’

 Deuteronomy 28:8 says ‘the Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou set thine hand unto…’’ meaning that a man’s hand must first be gainfully employed to be blessed.

 Deuteronomy 28:12 says ‘the Lord shall open unto thee His good treasure, the heaven to give thee rain unto thy land in its season, and to bless the work of thy hands…’’ meaning that a man must be engaged in a productive enterprise which God will bless.

 Psalm 1:3 says ‘…whatever he does shall prosper’ meaning that man must be doing something which God will bless and prosper.

 Psalm 128:2 says ‘thou shall eat the labor of thy hands: happy thou shall be, and it shall be well with thee’’

 Proverbs 6:9 says: ‘How long shall thou sleep, O sluggard? When will thou arise out of thy sleep? Yet a little while and a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep. So shall thy poverty come as one that travels and thy want as an armed man.’’

 Proverbs 12:11 says ‘he that tills the ground shall be satisfied with bread but he that follows vain persons (and vain teachings) is void of understanding.’’

 Proverbs 13:4 says ‘the soul of the sluggard desires and has nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.’’

 Proverbs 14:23 says ‘in all thy labor, there is profit but the talk of the lips tend to penury.’’

 1 Corinthians 4:12 says ‘and labor, working with our hands.’’

 Ephesians 4:28 says ‘let him that stole steal no more but rather let him labor, working with his own hands the thing which is good that he may have to give to him that has need.’’

The Bible makes it clear that anyone who will not work should not eat. Pastor, teach the brethren the exact truths in the Word of God and desist from vain teachings that earns you vainglory, cheap praise and popular acclaim before men but brings condemnation from God.

Lazy hands writing and shouting ‘I catch it, I receive it’ will end up catching poverty, lack and want.

Ayodele Adegbulugbe.
 www.xtianrace.blogspot.com.ng
Lagos, Nigeria

Why Some Christian Believers Suffer Lack despite Giving (1)

There is a clear spiritual principle about giving and receiving in the Bible. Luke 6:38 says,
‘’Give and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye meet withal it shall be measured to you again’’

There are many promises of prosperity in the Bible for those who give to God and to the work of God; to ministers, the poor, the widowed and the orphans and other purposes. Giving attracts blessings based on the principle of sowing and reaping.

But why do some Christian believers still suffer lack and want despite years of sowing as commanded? Why have they not experienced any financial harvest despite huge sums contributed to the church and its projects? Some have given out cars, houses, furniture and are still suffering lack and want despite the abundant promises of reward for giving.

Are God and His Word liars?

In the Old Testament or under the Old Covenant, the Jews were commanded to present their offerings in form of animal sacrifices to God in the temple. The sacrifices were to be without any blemish: sick, lame, blind and crippled animals were not to be offered (Exodus 12:5) (Deuteronomy 17:1) as these are an abomination before God.

Malachi 1:7-8 says:
‘’You offer polluted bread on my altar, and you say, ‘wherein have we polluted you?’
In that you say, ‘the table of the Lord is contemptible.’
And if you offer the blind as a sacrifice, is it not evil?
And if you offer the lame and sick, is it not evil?
Offer it now to your governor, will he be pleased with you, or accept thy person?
Saith the Lord of hosts

Blemished offerings were unacceptable to God and hindered the flow of His blessings into the lives of the people. God rejected blemished offerings in the Old Covenant because those offerings were a symbol of the coming Redeemer who would come to offer His life as a final sacrifice for the sins of men.

The coming Redeemer, Jesus Christ; was pure, sinless, perfect and unblemished. The animal sacrifices in the Old Testament had to be perfect and spotless before God.
The same spiritual principle is carried over into the New Testament or New Covenant. In the New Covenant, our sacrifices in form of tithes and offerings brought to the house of God must be unblemished else the sacrifices are in vain.

When we bring our tithes and offerings, God judges by the motives and attitudes of the giver rather than by the amount. Is the giver giving to God with a pure heart or a polluted heart? Giving should be done cheerfully, voluntarily and from the heart (2 Corinthians 9:7).

The heart is not in it in the following situations:
 When one is giving just because others are giving
 When one is giving because he thinks his rank or position demands it
 When his giving is engineered or prompted by pride
 When he gives merely from respect to a pastor or because he was warmly importuned to give; or because he was shut up to a necessity to give and must give, not to lose his dignity before men, and become an object of scorn.

In the above situations, the giving is not cheerful and voluntary, therefore not acceptable to God. Giving must be done with simplicity (Romans 12:8). The giver must not become purse proud before the assembly. There should be no parade in Christian giving and not for recognition, not grudgingly or by compulsion (2 Corinthians 9:6-7).

Therefore, the first key to rewards for giving is the spiritual condition of our hearts towards God and our neighbors. Are we hypocrites whose light shines only in the church but live like devils outside the church? Are we devils looking like saints?

Are we bearing the name of Christ but have hearts that are rotten and filled with all manner of iniquity: unforgiveness, bitterness, lusts, envy, pride and the other works of the flesh? If our worship to God comes from our lips only and not from our hearts, then we offer Him what He does not want and will not receive.

Matthew 5:23-24 says,
‘’therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar and there remember that thy brother hath ought against thee; leave thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.’’

The principle in the above verse is very clear that we must present our offerings to God from a clear conscience and a pure heart; else we will not experience the harvest that follows obedience.
Our bodies are the temples of the Holy Spirit in the New Covenant and the blemishes are in our thoughts (Mark 7:21-23), our words (Matthew 12:36-37) and our actions (1 Corinthians 6:19-20).

If we are active in preaching the gospel, singing in the choir, serving the church as prayer warriors or in any other capacity but have a critical attitude and hearts that are dark and unclean, God will certainly not accept and bless our worship and giving.

If we are organizing rebellions against those who have spiritual authority over us, especially against a Pastor; God will not accept our worship and giving since our sacrifices are blemished with strife, bitterness and unforgiveness. It is clear that God is much more concerned by our attitudes and condition of our hearts than the amounts we are giving.

Offerings made from the proceeds of corrupt enrichment, false weights and balances, proceeds of robbery, extortion and other illegitimate activities constitute blemished offerings and an abomination before God (Isaiah 61:8).

The above are among the reasons why some Christians have not experienced any financial harvest despite years of sowing into the church. The church accepts the offerings but God rejects them.
Blemished offerings are in vain and attract no rewards!

Ayodele Adegbulugbe
www.xtianrace.blogspot.com.ng

5 Patterns of Christian Maturity: Where Do You Belong?

How mature are you as a Christian?

Do you allow the offenses of others to swerve you from the path of perfect behaviour before God? How you react when annoyed or opposed or criticized determines your level of maturity in spiritual terms.

There are 5 patterns of Christian maturity which reflect how we react to reproof and maltreatment and are as follows:

I. When you do wrong and are being reproved for your sin, do you get angry and through your reaction, end up committing more sin?

When the preacher’s message pricks your conscience, do you become annoyed and walk out of the church because you are hurt and cannot absorb the truth?

When the teachings in the Bible, as a two-edged sword pricks your heart and exposes your weaknesses and failings to you, do you fly into a rage and assault the preacher, which the murderers of Stephen did in Acts Chapter 7?

This was the situation in the case of King Asa in 2 Chronicles 16:7-10 when he jailed the Prophet Hanani who criticized him over his military alliance with Syria.

II. When you do wrong and are being reproved for your sin, do you patiently bear the reproof, confess and repent of the sin?

This was what King David did when he was reproved by the Prophet Nathan for the sins of adultery and murder in the Bathsheba affair.
Unlike the murderers who were enraged at the preaching of Stephen, the 3000 souls who heard the preaching of Peter on the Day of Pentecost, repented and converted, and were added to the church.

III. When you do well but suffer for the good you have done, do you become angry at those who hurt you or become bitter toward God? If you do, then your reaction will degenerate into sin against God.
Are you not able to take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions and in distresses for the name of Christ? (2 Corinthians 12:10)

If you are an obedient Christian, your obedience to God must be challenged and tested by difficulties. Moses and Aaron obediently took God’s message to Pharaoh which resulted to harder work and worse oppression for the Hebrews. Sometimes, hardship results from our obedience to God.

Are you following God but suffering for it or your situation has become worse than before? Shedrach, Meschach and Abednego stood for God and His Word and never wavered in their obedience to Him. As a result, they were thrown into a fiery furnace on the orders of King Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel Chapter 3.

A true Christian will certainly suffer for doing good in an evil world (Luke 6:22).if your life is becoming miserable as a result of your obedience to God, do not think that you have fallen out of His favour. Obedience to God must be tested.

IV. When you do well and suffer for the good that you have done, but bear it patiently, then your behaviour becomes acceptable with God and will attract a blessing. Paul and Silas, imprisoned in a Philippian jail for preaching the Gospel of salvation were not bitter toward God but despite their pains, prayed and sang praises to Him at midnight. God sent an earthquake which shook the foundations of the prison and their bonds were broken.

Matthew 5:10-12 says,
‘’Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake: for theirs is the kingdom of God.
Blessed are you when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake.
Rejoice and be exceedingly glad: for great is your reward in heaven for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.’’

V. When you do something good and are suffering for the good that you did, do you do good to those who rose against you? If you return good for the evil done to you, then you are a child of your Father which is in heaven (Matthew 5:44-45).

When you love your enemies; blessing them that curse you; doing good to them that hate you and praying for them that despise you and persecute you, then you are following the example of our Lord Jesus Christ who died to provide salvation to those who crucified Him on the Cross.

While suffering and dying, He asked His Father to forgive those who cruelly and unjustly crucified Him. Are we exhibiting this Christ-likeness in our reactions to opposition and maltreatment? Examine your behaviour and responses to reproof in the light of the 5 patterns of spiritual maturity discussed above.

Are you spiritually mature?

Ayodele Adegbulugbe
www.xtianrace.blogspot.com.ng
Lagos, Nigeria.

God Hates Excuses: What Excuses Have You?

What type of vessel are you?

Are you a profitable vessel of honor or an unprofitable vessel unto dishonor before the Lord?

Are you what God wants you to be?

There is no excuse for a Christian not to be what God wants him to be. There is no excuse for not moving the way God wants you to move. Excuses naturally come to our hearts as humans.
Adam gave an excuse when he sinned against God. He said, ‘’the woman whom thou gave me to be with me gave me of the tree and I did eat.’’ (Genesis 3:12)

Moses gave an excuse for not wanting to go to Pharaoh. He said, ‘’… I am slow of speech and of a slow tongue.'' (Exodus 4:10)

Aaron gave an excuse for making the golden calf. He said, ‘’ they said unto me, make us gods which shall go before us: for as for this Moses that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’’ (Exodus 32:33)

The ten spies gave an excuse for not wanting to fight to occupy the Promised Land. They said to the Israelites, ‘’ we be not able to up against the people for they are stronger than we.’’ (Numbers 13:31)

The Israelis gave an excuse for wanting a King for them and rejecting God’s rule. They told Samuel, ‘’make us a king to judge us like all the nations.’’ (1 Samuel 7:8)

King Saul gave an excuse for assuming the office of a priest which was beyond his jurisdiction. He told the Prophet Samuel, ‘’ because I saw that the people were scattered from me and that thou did not come within the days appointed.’’ (1Samuel 13:11)

King Saul gave another excuse for sparing the best of the livestock at Amalek which he was commanded to destroy. He said,’’…for the people spared the best of the sheep and the best of the oxen for sacrifice unto the Lord thy God...’’ (1Samuel 15:15)

The great Prophet Elijah, the fire spitting Man of God, also gave an excuse for running away for his life when Queen Jezebel threatened to kill him. He told God, ‘’…and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life to take it away.’’ (1 Kings 19:14).

When Gideon was being commissioned to lead Israel to war, he gave an excuse. He said,’’ Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? My family is poor in Manasseh and I am the least in my father’s house.’’ (Judges 6:8)

When God called Jeremiah, he gave an excuse to reject the call. He said, ‘’ Ah, Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak for I am a child.’’

God hates excuses.

All the persons above who gave excuses had their excuses rejected. Those who make excuses for not being what God wants them to be are creating grave trouble for themselves.

God’s answer to Jeremiah solves our doubts, fears and excuses. God told Jeremiah that, ‘’ before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee; and before thou came forth out of the womb, I ordained thee a Prophet unto the nations.’’ (Jeremiah 1:5)

The answer above indicates that God is our source and that the performance of our call in terms of speaking and acting or working for Him also comes from Him.
Further, God told Jeremiah that, ‘’…thou shall go to all that I send thee, and whatever I command thee, thou shall speak. Be not afraid of their faces for I am with thee to deliver thee.’’ (Jeremiah 1:7-8)

Again, God assures Jeremiah that He would give him the right words to speak and assurance of His presence and to deliver him from enemies who oppose him. If we are called by God and are relying on our strength and resources, we shall fail for by strength shall no man prevail (1 Samuel 2:9)

God uses the unqualified and He qualifies them to accomplish His purposes. He gives them the empowerment required to do what He calls them to do. As we open our mouths to speak, He fills them with the right words to reach the lost. Proverbs 16:1 says, ‘’ the preparations of the heart in man and the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.’’

God uses the foolish things of the world to confound the wise. Baby Jesus was born in a manger while they were many luxurious palaces where the Saviour could have been born. While Gideon saw himself as a weakling and incompetent to lead Israel, God saw valor in him.
Are you now ready to move the way God wants you to move or still giving excuses?

God hates excuses!

Ayodele Adegbulugbe
www.xtianrace.blogspot.com.ng
Lagos, Nigeria.

The Star and the Candle in the Church

In the church, there are stars and candles which God uses to illuminate the world. The stars are usually the big names in the ministry while the candles are the church members that are often not recognized. The stars are usually few while the candles are many.

The stars shine at a time while the candles shine all the time. During storms, the stars cannot be seen but the candles glow during storms. Where you see a star, the candles gather around it, but the star receives all the praise most of the time.

God is not interested in your status, big names or high sounding titles in the church or ministry. He is interested in the service that you render and no service is little or menial in the Body of Christ.
As far as God is concerned, the cleaner who is diligent and faithful in his service will be rated and rewarded better than a pulpit pastor who is not diligent and not faithful to God in his duties. God rewards those who seek and serve Him diligently.

In 1 Samuel Chapters 13 & 14, is the account of King Saul, his son Jonathan and Jonathan’s armour bearer in a battle with the Philistines. In the story, King Saul and Jonathan were the stars while the armour bearer was the candle.

King Saul, a tested warrior and a star had backslid and was fearful but his son Jonathan took the military challenge by faith (1 Samuel 13:6-7) (1 Samuel 14:6).
But Jonathan’s armour bearer, who was a candle, was also a man of faith. He said to his master, ‘do all that is in thine heart, turn thee: behold, I am with thee according to thy heart (1 Samuel 14:7).’ He was willing to follow his master, Jonathan in any venture.

Are you willing to support your church pastor or group leader in any venture?

In the Israelite army of those days, there were few swords. In fact, only King Saul and Jonathan had swords for battle (1 Samuel 13:22). Your pastor or leader is like Jonathan carrying a sword.
The church members are the armour bearers supporting the pastorate or group leaders. To have co-workers in the vineyard who can say, ‘I am with you as long as you are in God’s will’ is great relief in times of stress and crisis.

Are you still supporting your Jonathan or have you turned back from following him? Or have you joined those who backbite, who write petitions and lead satanic inspired conspiracies to pull down and discredit their Jonathan?

It is important to always support your Jonathan who knows how to go into the battle.God used only 2 persons –Jonathan and the armor bearer – to defeat and scatter a better equipped Philistine army (1 Samuel 14:6-16).

This story shows that God uses both stars and candles for His glory. It is not only the Jonathan (stars) that can use the sword to kill. The armor bearer also participated in the slaughter of the Philistines, using the second sword which King Saul was too fearful to use (1 Samuel 14:13). If you are a star but unwilling to use your sword, God can transfer it to a candle.

Whether you are a star or a candle in the church, do not be ashamed or fearful to be known as a servant of the Most High God. As stars and candles, we are servants in the vineyard. God is not unrighteous to forget your labour of love if you are diligent and faithful in service. God needs you in His Vineyard today. Become involved and stop being a bench warmer.

More importantly, he needs your eternal soul in his kingdom? Are you saved and have you crossed over from death to life? (John 5:24). If Christ returns now, are you fit for admission into eternity with Him? Surrender your heart to Jesus now (Revelations 3:20).

Ayodele Adegbulugbe
www.xtianrace.blogspot.com.ng

10 Winner Strategies

I. A Bible reader cannot be enslaved (Psalm 119:30) because the Word of God illuminates his paths as a lamp (Psalm 119:105)
II. Backsliding is a gradual process starting from the knees, that is it starts from failure in prayers (1 Thessalonians 5:17)

III. Sin is a killer that will cut short your life (Proverbs 8:36). Flee all appearances of sin (1 Thessalonians 5:22)
IV. If one does not know where he is heading to, he is already lost (Jeremiah 6:16)
V. To confuse the devil, you must never be discouraged (Philippians 1:28). Discouragement is a prominent weapon of the devil.
VI. To conquer, you must fight. No fight, no conquest (1 Timothy 6:12)
VII. ‘Everybody is doing it’, is the national anthem for those Hell-bound. Therefore, do not follow the multitude to do evil (Exodus 23:2)
VIII. You must stand for something because you stand for nothing being neutral (Luke 9:50)
IX. God does not speak when men are talking. He speaks to those who listen (Revelations 3:20).
X. A closed hand cannot give and cannot receive (Proverbs 11:24). Be a giver
Ayodele Adegbulugbe
www.xtianrace.blogspot.com.ng
Lagos, Nigeria

Prayers for Preachers

• Thank the Lord for using your boat to preach His Word (Luke 5:3)
• Pray for inspired utterance (Ephesians 6:19)

• Pray for the boldness to preach the Word of God without fear or favor to anyone (Acts 4:29-30) (Ephesians 6:19)
• Pray for the ability to expound the mysteries in the gospel for clarity in preaching the gospel (Ephesians 6:19)
• Pray that the Lord work with you while preaching His Word and to confirm His Word with signs following (Mark 16:20)
• Pray that the Word be backed by His power (Luke 4:32) and His fire (Jeremiah 23:29)
• Pray for Holy Ghost fire baptism (Luke 3:16) and continual refilling
• Pray for the power to bring the body into subjection, not to become a castaway after preaching to others (1 Corinthians 9:27)
• Pray that God touch the hearts of the people to respond positively to the message of salvation in Christ (Matthew 13:3-8)
• Pray for God’s help to stay humble and godly in times of success, not to be puffed up, and to ensure continued blessings

Ayodele Adegbulugbe
www.xtianrace.blogspot.com.ng