“…With The Help of The Lord…”

Genesis 4:1 (KJV)
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and
bare Cain, and said, I HAVE GOTTEN A MAN FROM THE LORD.

In another Translation, the Bible says,” And the man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man WiTH [THE HELP OF] JEHOVAH. (ASV)

Our God is a God of Mercies and Compassion. Even when we fail and are undeserving of His HELP, He has a way of coming through for us. I sense in my spirit that there is somebody reading this now that is about to see the Lord move for them in an amazing way.

 You are not presently expecting God to HELP you in this situation, because somehow you caused it, but the Lord impresses in my spirit to tell you that HELP from the Lord is coming your way! A divine surprise is about to hit you! God is always a HELPER and He will help you in this circumstance.

A blessing is coming, and it will totally turn your life right side up. I see you weeping for JOY! This HELP from the Lord will be TOO MUCH for you! Be EXPECTANT. Your expectation will provoke the move of God in your direction this season.

From our text, we can see Eve testifying to God’s goodness. She was experiencing God in an awesome way. The Lord was showing her Mercy and Love. Her life was encountering Divine Assistance. A pleasant surprise was on in her life!

Adam and Eve were having their first “childbearing” experience. This “birth” was so smooth and easy. Satan probably had been whispering lies to them, especially to Eve that she won’t make it in this pregnancy.

You will recall that before now, they missed it. Adam and Eve blew it! They sinned against the Lord, and a “curse” was pronounced on them. Satan went into action thinking to frustrate them and destroy God’s plan for their life.

The enemy waited for Eve the day she was to bring forth her first child; Satan’s plan was to cause weeping and tears; he probably wanted to make null and void the testimony of the Lord in their life. Satan wanted to get at God!

Eve had fears. They have failed God. “Will God be there for me in this child birth”, she probably thought.
 Maybe her feelings were negative; there were no “signs” that God would be there for them. She thought she would go through it alone; she was continually under condemnation.

Folks, don’t blame Eve. If you were in her shoes, you will have the same feelings. Even now, some of you are battling with thoughts of condemnation; you can see areas in your life where you’ve missed it. Again and again, you’ve failed God.

You are not even expecting anything to happen. You are in tears now. Confusion seems to overwhelm you. Can I make it? Will God show up for me? How can this happen seeing I know not a man? Am I sure that God will still HELP me?

Beloved, these are your thoughts. These are the things going on in your mind. The enemy is showing you defeat upon defeat. Your dreams lately have been scary. The doctor’s report on your case has not been encouraging. Yes, the odds are against you.

But I bring you the Word of the Lord today. The Lord says,”HELP IS ON YOUR WAY” The Lord is going to give you a pleasant surprise. You will make it against all odds. Satan will not write the last chapter of your life. Those who are waiting to see you fail will wait in vain! I see a BiG BREAKTHROUGH coming your way! Hallelujah.

Eve said, “With the HELP of the Lord”. Yes, she gave birth with the HELP of the Lord. The Lord was there for her in GRACE. She called the name of that child Cain. Did you know that Cain is not a bad name? We think the name, Cain, is “evil” because of the nature of the man that bore that name.

No, Cain is a good name. It was a name borne out of a supernatural encounter that the parents had. It was a name that came by inspiration. This name, Cain, is prophetic. It means acquired, possession, or that which is produced

Did you notice the way Eve spoke when Cain was born? She exclaimed saying, “I have GOTTEN a man FROM the Lord.” Take note of the words gotten. It means to procreate, beget, and bear.  Eve saw God HELPiNG her in this situation. It was not just herself alone. It was by the Hand of God upon her life.

Friends, HELP IS ON THE WAY for you! God, Who surprised Eve, will surprise you. There is never a time in which God will not HELP. There is a limit to what your hands can give you. Eve said, “I have acquired a man by the HELP of the Lord”. Connect with that same GRACE this season. Don’t cut off from the supply of GRACE that Heaven is releasing to us this season.

- The HELP of the Lord shall MANiFEST for you in that PROJECT!

- The UNCTiON to ACQUiRE comes UPON you NOW!

- PLEASANT SURPRiSES will be your testimonies this season!

- That BREAKTHROUGH you are EXPECTiNG will come!

- You will MAKE IT!

DON’T’ GiVE UP!

Genesis 1:1-3 (KJV)
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth

And THE EARTH WAS WiTHOUT FORM, AND VOiD; AND DARKNESS WAS UPON THE
 FACE OF THE DEEP. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

AND GOD SAiD, Let there be light: and there was light.

Wait a minute!

It’s seems as though God had begun to fail right from the beginning! Did you read the Words of Scripture? It says, “And the earth was WiTHOUT FORM, AND VOiD; AND DARKNESS WAS UPON THE FACE OF THE DEEP.”

This seems to be a picture of defeat. But can God be defeated? If God can’t be defeated, how come the Earth He made had a problem? How come the Earth was “without form”? What about the void? When something is void, it means empty. Was this how God made the Earth?

I really do not feel that darkness is a good picture. There is something wrong somewhere; we need an explanation! Well, the Lord didn't make the Earth like this. What we see going on here is a satanic interruption of a beautiful environment.

Everything was in a perfect shape in the beginning. Genesis chapter one verse one reveals the original Earth as the Lord created it. This perfect condition continued for a long, long time; ages upon ages, till Satan rebelled against the Throne of Almighty God in Heaven, and he was expelled from that place of Glory!

It was not easy for him to accept this “quit notice”. He knew how it was when He was in Glory. In anger, he then began to disrupt the things that God created on Earth; this was the reason for the Earth becoming “without form and void”; this was the reason for the” darkness upon the face of the deep”

It’s amazing to know that even God faced a challenging situation right in the beginning. This was enough reason to make God GiVE UP! Even today, the Lord has enough reasons to GiVE UP on the world! The condition of the world presently is alarming; things are definitely not in shape at face value.  World events are discouraging; yet the Lord has not GiVEN UP on the world!

The Lord is carrying the weight of the world upon His Shoulders; even if the Lord wants to GiVE UP now on the world, we will give Him “credit”; He has done His best! But Jehovah has refused to GiVE UP! There is no reason strong enough for Him to do it. It is against His constitution to GiVE UP- He has a High an unequalled Victorious attitude, hallelujah!

                           QUiTTERS DON’T WiN and WiNNERS DON’T QUiT.

Did you know that it was easy for the Lord Jesus to GiVE UP on Peter? You know as well as I do that Peter severally demonstrated inconsistencies. What about Saul of Tarsus? The Lord never GiVES UP on people. He will not GiVE UP on you, so DON’T GiVE UP on you either, no matter what you see going on around you or you don’t like.

God Isn’t A Quitter. He never GiVES UP on folks, why should you? In spite of peoples’ frailties, He still believes in them. Your spouse may have some flaws or weakness, just make up your mind to still believe in them anyhow; DON’T QUiT that marriage, because the sweetness can still come back!

Genesis 1:3 (KJV)
AND GOD SAiD, Let there be light: and there was light.

You will recall that we said earlier that there was chaos at a time in God’s Earth. That was an Earth that was designed in beauty and order. Darkness was everywhere; the Lord had a big issue on hand, but instead of GiViNG UP, God “SPOKE UP”!

We can do likewise. We have this same ability to SPEAK UP. Yes we can CALL THOSE THiNGS THAT BE NOT as THOUGH THEY ARE! This is the way to victory in these challenging times. We should be SPEAKiNG UP.

The Word of God should continually be our CONFESSiON. When men are cast down and are about GiViNG UP, our talk should be, “ There is a LiFTiNG UP” Hallelujah.

Don’t GiVE UP on that situation; go BEYOND it and tell the Devil that he is a BiG, BiG LiAR! When God began to SPEAK UP, then a restoration started. Light came, and darkness and confusion departed. Now, say to yourself,” I will not GiVE UP; instead I will SPEAK UP…”

Make these DECLARATiONS over your Life and Destiny:

- This PRESENT UGL Y SiTUATiON will not DESTROY me, in Jesus Name!

- I do not have a COVENANT with DARKNESS; therefore, I shall WALK in the LiGHT!

- In the Name of the Lord Jesus, the FORCES of hell cannot PUT MY LIFE (you can put anything in here) on HOLD!

- I am a WiNNER, and not a LOSER! To LOSE is FOREiGN to my NATURE; therefore I REJECT every suggestion to LOSE, in Jesus Name!

 - My LiFE and DESTiNY will not END at this LEVEL

- I am GOiNG HiGHER, yes, I AM!

Epignosis: There Is A Due Season

Epignosis: There Is A Due Season: Galatians 6:9 (KJV) And let us not be weary in well doing: FOR iN DUE SEASON we shall reap, if we faint not. Galatians 6:9 (Bible in Bas...

There Is A Due Season

Galatians 6:9 (KJV)
And let us not be weary in well doing: FOR iN DUE SEASON we shall reap, if we faint not.

Galatians 6:9 (Bible in Basic English)
And let us not get tired of well-doing; FOR AT THE RiGHT TiME we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness

If only we knew that there is an end, we will not allow the enemy stop us at the wrong “bus stops”. Yes, there are “wrong” bus stops on the highway of life and destiny, and many are stopping at these satanic bus stops.

When the Bible talks about an “end”, it’s saying to us in prophetic terms that where you are now is not the FiNAL PLACE; you are still on the journey. There is a PLACE WHERE your FULL GLORY will MANiFEST, and your TESTiMONY shall be HEARD.

What many folks have not realized is that the Lord is constantly thinking the end. In His dealings and activities with us, He always has the end in view. He is the Originator of this journey of destiny. He has the blueprint to your life.

Your life is like a book, there are chapters and pages. An ideal book has preface; introduction, acknowledgement, etc. God is the Author of the book of your life and destiny. He knows what He has written concerning us.

Should we find ourselves at certain times in our life where we see ourselves “fainting’’ or in dismay, let’s not conclude too quickly that “it’s all over”. No, no, no! It can’t be over till God blows the whistle! He is the real Umpire in the race of life.

That time of fainting is just a chapter to the book of your life; it’s not an indication that the book has ended. There are yet more glorious chapters ahead. Just keep at it, beat the odds and get to the end.

There is an immediate and an ultimate in destiny. The immediate is your present time; it is this time of pain, confusion, heart breaking circumstances etc. The immediate is the place where men are “mocking” you and are making all nasty statements about you.

Yes, this is the place of rejection and neglect; it’s the place where shame almost swallowed you. Very many times when we are in our “immediate moments”, many think we have missed God or have sinned terribly!

The “immediate moments” in this book of destiny can be painful. At such times if you are into ministry, you will believe you were never called or that you went “too soon” into ministry. The “immediate seasons” are seasons where you have too many questions without answers!

But this season is not forever; it’s just as it sounds, the “immediate”. It is about now; today. But it is not THE END. The ultimate is THE END. The “ultimate” is the destination. It is the PLACE of FULL MANiFESTATiON of GRACE and GLORY.

This is the place where men will say finally, “show me your God!” This is where Jehovah is taking you to. You will get there, in Jesus Precious Name

Epignosis: I WiLL NOT SERVE MY ENEMiES!Deuteronomy 28:47-48...

Epignosis: I WiLL NOT SERVE MY ENEMiES!

Deuteronomy 28:47-48...: I WiLL NOT SERVE MY ENEMiES! Deuteronomy 28:47-48 (BBE)                                                             Because you did not g...

You Have Something!

Hebrews 13:5 (KJV)
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with SUCH THINGS AS YE HAVE: …

A great deception which I have come to see that many folks are a victim of is the idea that they have nothing. This is a trick of the enemy that many believers are accepting.

Yes, it’s true that there are THiNGS that the other person has that you do not have. But you need to know that there is NO ONE INDiViDUAL that has ALL THiNGS to himself; always, there is a lack somewhere in somebody’ life.

No man is an island. Everyone has a limitation, I didn't mean in a negative sense. What I mean by “limitation” is that WHAT you have NOW, can only take you thus far; but to move into greater heights, you need somebody’ input. That’s how God designed life!

The problem I have seen is that most times, folks are blind to what they have. The enemy tells many folks that they have nothing; even when they “have” something, they tell themselves that what they seemingly have is not enough.

This mindset has made many folks to be covetous; they want to have what the other fellow has by all means. They have erroneously accepted a philosophy that what they need to “complete” them, is what somebody else has! What a lie.

As long as your eyes are on what the other guy has, which of course is not like your own, you will never see what you have. And even when you “see” them, you will never value them.

Did you notice what Paul said to us by the Spirit of God in Hebrews 13? He said be content with “such things as ye have…” Such THiNGS as YOU HAVE! Yes dear, you have something. And what you have is ENOUGH for you.

Don’t forget that God gave you what you have. And this God is a God of purpose, objectivity, and design.

Purpose always comes into play when God is creating or making. He is the GREAT MANUFACTURER.  Manufacturers of products never produce a thing without considering purpose.

Everything has a purpose. What you have was given you to suit your purpose. When you locate purpose, then you will begin to appreciate what you have. From today, begin to live in the consciousness of having something. YOU HAVE SOMETHiNG.

IT’S NOT THE SiZE…

2 Kings 4:1-2 (KJV)

¶ Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: AND THE CREDiTOR iS COME TO TAKE UNTO HiM MY TWO SONS TO BE BONDMEN.

Beloved, it’s not enough to “fear” the Lord, no sir. If your life will have colour, you need to know some things in the Lord that will push you forward. You need to understand GRACE; RiGHT RELATiONSHiP; TAKiNG ADVANTAGE of PROPHETiC RELATiONSHiPS etc

The prophet-husband of this woman was blind to what he had that could have bailed him out of penury and shame. He died transferring debts to his family. He didn't have enough sense to “take advantage of prophetic relationship.”

After his death, reality dawned on the widow. Out of desperation she cried out to Elisha, another prophet, who had GRACE upon him. But why didn't the husband locate Elisha? Maybe PRiDE hindered him. He felt he was also a prophet like Elisha!

It’s amazing how Elisha ministered to her. The prophet asked her after her cry for help, “…What shall I do for thee? Tell me, WHAT HAST THOU iN THE HOUSE? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not anything in the house, save a pot of oil.” 2 Kings 4:2.

The HELP she was looking for, which would have saved her husband from untimely death, was right in their house…in their kitchen! It’s amazing how the Lord works.

She thought they had nothing; but the prophet asked her, “…WHAT HAST THOU iN THE HOUSE...” This is the way of the Spirit; this is how the Lord operates. You need not go far; look inward, the answer in you.

Her reply was negative; she despised what she had; she was focusing on size or the likes. That which she thought was nothing was what the Lord used to set her free! Your answer is not far from you. It’s iNSiDE you.

That “pot of oil” in your life has your miracle. Your next level is trapped in that “pot of oil”. TRADE with what you have; put ADEQUATE VALUE on it, then see your life RiSE in glory!

You will not see SHAME!


 

I WiLL NOT SERVE MY ENEMiES!

Deuteronomy 28:47-48 (BBE)                                                            Because you did not give honor to the Lord your God, WORSHiPPiNG HiM GLADLY, WiTH JOY iN YOUR HEARTS on account of all your wealth of good things;

FOR THiS CAUSE YOU WiLL BECOME SERVANTS to those whom the Lord your God will send against you, WiTHOUT FOOD AND DRiNK AND CLOTHiNG, and iN NEED OF ALL THiNGS: AND HE WiLL PUT A YOKE OF iRON ON YOUR NECK TiLL HE HAS PUT AN END TO YOU.                                              


Lately, the Spirit of the Lord has been teaching us some things about JOY. God wants us to Maintain an Attitude of Joy! This should be an every moment thing; not just once upon a time. Why should I have Joy always in my heart? What is there about Joy that I just have to maintain? What do I stand to lose if my Joy is gone?

Can I ask you a simple question? Would you want to SERVE your ENEMiES all the days of your life? It’s not a good condition to be in to serve your enemies! To serve your enemies is to live under their controlling power.

The enemies will determine where you go to; what you eat; what you wear; the houses you will live in; the type of cars you will drive, etc. Yes, the enemies will put you under, against your will. You can’t risk not having Joy in your heart.

Lack of Joy attracts the presence of demons. And demons are heartless. Once they gain a foothold in a place, that’s it. They are very territorial in operation. Let’s not give them a chance to enter in.

Moses in our text was warning Israel prophetically of certain things that could happen if they miss God. He said that there are consequences of not serving God with GLADNESS of HEART. To be glad in the heart is to be joyful.

God wants to be honored. One way to do that is by worshiping Him gladly. How? With JOY in our HEARTS! Joy is heavenly; it heals. Joy brings rest, and rest is restoration. I believe that somebody’s restoration reading this is in your JOY.

For This Cause…

Sadness is an attitude of ingratitude. A SAD HEART is an UNGRATEFUL HEART. We’re sad because the enemy is making us see what seems to be the obvious…what should have been that has not become yet…the bills that are piling up…the medical reports etc.

Yes, I know that there are still things that are yet to manifest in your life; there are prayers that are still not “answered”; there are circumstances that have remain unchanged or so.

But if you look within, you will realize that your life is still BETTER than it was yesterday. You may not have certain things now, but there are things you have that others don’t have.

Somebody said, “But I don’t have a reason to be joyful? Why should I be glad and merry when my life is still far from purpose?

No, honey, you have a reason to be happy. Your life is not far from purpose. You will still arrive in destiny. Nothing is stopping you. Don’t let go your Joy. Your Joy is your STRENGTH.

When our Joy goes, then the enemy comes in causing us much pain. There are certain things the Word says will happen when our Joy goes.

-  We will become SERVANTS to our enemies.

- We will be WiTHOUT FOOD and CLOTHiNG

- We will be iN NEED OF ALL THiNGS.

- The enemies will PUT YOKE of iRON UPON our NECKS, till he reduces us to NOTHiNG.

But when our Joy is iNTACT, the enemies will stay off from our territories. Satan knows this, that’s why he’s working through situations to “break” our heart. A broken heart Is a terrible state. We will not ALLOW that to be again.

The JOY of THE LORD is Your STRENGTH!

You will NOT SERVE your ENEMiES, in Jesus Precious Name!