Jesus
Here I am
In wonder and awe
As I contemplate the majesty of you
King of kings
Glorious in power
And majesty
All within me falls
At your holy throne
I live to worship you
King of kings
Lord of Heaven
Thank you for saving me
I live to worship you
Everyday, I will bless
your holy name
All of creation
Worships you
There is no one like you
You are the holy and
Faithful one
The everliving God
Omnipotent Father
Great and awesome Prince
Lord of glory
Lord of life
I live to worship you
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Never steal God’s glory. Always give all the glory to God. Never say, “my faith or my righteousness healed me,” rather say, “ I prayed to the Lord with faith and His power healed me!”
I was meditating on my bed, on a conversation I had with someone who went on and on about faith and never acknowledged prayer, Holy Spirit, holiness, waiting upon the Lord and seeking His face, praise, worship, thanksgiving and the power and glory of God. The Holy Spirit spoke to me and said, “they are stealing my glory.”
The truth is that our Christian Faith is not as simple as that and there is no formula for healing and deliverance. Deliverance starts and ends with God and being led by the Holy Spirit into the root cause of a demonic problem and how to pray to get deliverance. The Holy Spirit also reveals hidden sins in our lives that we are not aware of, and how we are praying amiss.
When you study Mark 11:23 Jesus told the disciples that they needed faith. He also told them in Matthew 17:21 that a stubborn demon they could not cast out, only goes away by prayer and fasting. So it was all about faith, prayer and fasting. Of corse in the act of prayer, they will have to praise, thank, and obey God. The Disciples needed more annointing like Jesus.
Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. Mark 11:23
And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. “ (Mark 11:25 ESV)
Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers. 1 Peter 3:7
I have come across people who had serious demonic problems who were not properly ministered to and were being taught all kinds of faith doctrines and they died! I particularly remember this twenty two year old boy who took His took his own life. Another sister also died as a result of taking salt which the doctor asked her not to take and she was saying she had faith.
The same Church who was teaching her this unbalanced doctrine was the one that told us this story and blamed the sister and said that she was not wise, however, this sister was acting on their false unbalanced doctrine. We must be careful and always search the Scriptures by ourselves like the Barean Christians. We must be on our guard against false doctrines.
Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. Acts 17:11
This person kept talking about faith and never acknowledged the need to spend time in the presence of God, waiting upon the Lord, hearing from the Holy Spirit and being filled with the Holy Spirit and hinderances to answered prayers. The person never acknowledged waking up at midnight to praise God and pray like Paul and Silas. The person never acknowledged the effectual fervent prayer of a righteousness man avails much.
Paul had to seek the face of God concerning his thorn in the flesh and the Holy Spirit spoke to him. He did not ignore God and go around saying I have faith, I have faith. Paul also told Timothy to start taking wine because of his stomach problem and frequent illnesses. He did not tell Timothy that he was not healed because He did not have faith. It is only the Holy Spirit that knows why people are not healed and the root, hinderances and solutions to their problems. Man does not know.
Stop drinking only water, and use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses. 1 Timothy 5:23
So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me (2 Corinthians 12:7 – 12:8 ESV)
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 2 Corinthians 12:9
Denial is not faith. Paul pleaded for his affliction to go away so he acknowledged his problem. He did not go around confessing that he had no affliction and that he was already healed. Denying a problem can never help you and it is not faith, however, take your cares to the Lord and see His power and ability instead. Do not focus on the problem or obsess over it.
I kept trying to explain to the person that faith requires action and the action part of faith is spending time in the presence of God, seeking His face. The active part of faith is when you praise, worship and thank God with effectual fervent prayer.
When your faith leads you to have an active working relationship with God and you are full of rejoicing, and thanking God all in circumstances, you know that your faith is active. True faith leads you to be filled with the Holy Spirit and be led by Him.
True faith leads you to bear all the fruits of the Holy Spirit and have the gifts of the Holy Spirit. True faith leads you to Christian maturity, and knowing how not to pray amiss and pray in line with the will of God.
Remember that Christ told the Christians in Laodicean Church that they were naked, blind and poor, yet these were believers that have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus.
Being redeemed means that we walk in the word of God and Holy Spirt always. You are redeemed and God knows it, demons know this, so if you think that all you need to do is believe this foundational teaching and not walk in God, the word of God and the Holy Spirit then you are like the blind, naked poor believers of Revelation.
If you keep confessing that you are delivered, yet refuse to put on your white garment, you are stubborn and proud. Jesus Himself told these belivers to put on their white garments, meaning they were not protected.
You are delivered by the blood of Jesus, no doubt and will go to heaven, but if you refuse to live in the perfect will of God, the devil will have an upper hand and a foothold over you. Do not give the devil a chance.
You are delivered by the blood of Jesus but you can still give the devil a chance by your careless lifestyle. Judgement begins in the house of God, so learn how to resist the devil and enjoy God’s mercy.
True faith attributes all the glory to God. Faith that excludes everything else to the glorification of faith itself is simply not Bible Faith.
For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked (Revelation 3:17 ESV)
Faith is good, holiness is good, prayer is good, and we must never throw them aside because the Bible commanded us to have faith, be holy, praise God and pray. Learn the secret of clinging to all the instructions about prayer and faith in the word of God. Faith alone is single vision. Learn the secret of double and multiple visions. Learn the secret of overcoming in Christ and being a mature believer.
He teaches my hands to make war, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. Psalm 18:34
Prayer, praise, worship, thanksgiving, the word of God and obedience are ways of fighting and resisting the devil. You are called to be a spiritual warrior and champion.
May God give you complete victory over the forces of hell. May the gates of hell not prevail against you, in Jesus name.
God did not loose control. We lost the control given to us by God through willful sin, hidden sins, prayer-less lifestyles, and not walking by the Holy Spirit and being led by His voice.
In this vision, I was awake and all of a sudden, the Lord showedme a golden praying hand. I understood it even as I was seeing it. The Lord was telling me to pray. This happened around the time, immediately after I gave my life to Christ. At that time, the Lord mostly passed messages to me in form of visions. However, after a while, He started talking to me and I heard His voice clearly – a very calm, distinct male voice!
After many years, He asked me to pray to have dialogues with Him and I did. That was when He started talking with me. I would talk to Him and He in turn, would talk back to me. This happens when He comes upon me and I go into a trance. This is also prayer but prayer, fellowship and communion on a more intimate, personal level.
My Thoughts
At the beginning of my walk with Christ, I did not know how to pray. The Lord then started taking me on this journey of prayer. I will also call it journey to the mountain top of the glory of God. With bit by bit instructions, He taught me about the victorious life in Christ. In this vision, I did not hear a word, all I saw was a beautiful, golden praying hand. That hand is actually the hand of Christ, but of course I did not know this at that time. This was about 26 years ago.
Prayer is so vital but a lot of believers have underestimated the power of prayer. A lot of people are even confused about prayer. They do not know how to pray or what to ask for. Ask yourself this question – how did pray? Also ask yourself, how did Jesus live? Therein lies the secret to our success. Jesus came to show us the way. He started with prayer and ended with prayer. He lived and breathed prayer, obedience and sanctification.
Paul never met Christ physically, but he imitated Christ so well. He was so confident about his imitation of Christ that he actually advised us to imitate him. He tried to be Christ’s mini me and we should too. We are Christians, so we should be Christ like.
And you should imitate me, just as I imitate Christ. 1 Corinthians 11:1
There is no short cut. There have been all sorts of deceptive, seductive doctrines introduced into the Church to entice and seduce us away from the way of life that actually pleases God. The truth is that those who are not looking for short cuts are not seduced and those that are looking for short cuts get seduced and enticed by lies, doctrinal mischiefs and seductions.
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil (Ephesians 6:10 – 6:11 NKJV)
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. (Ephesians 6:12 NKJV)
Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. (Ephesians 6:13 NKJV)
praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints – (Ephesians 6:18 NKJV)
For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds 2 Corinthians 10:4
in truthful speech and in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left; 2 Corinthians 6:7
Prayer, worship, sanctification and obedience will usher is into the moutaintain top of the glory of God. Prayer comprises of worship, thanksgiving, praise, petition, supplication and confession. The armor of God should be worn when going into prayer. They are weapons of prayer and weapons of our warfare. The warfare is prayer and Satan introduces all sorts of distractions and confusions in order to reduce or stop our prayers. Prayer should also be accompanied by virtues like patience, humility, steadfastness, tenacity, fortitude and perseverance.
Do you see how everything is tied together? It is not as simple as starting with confessions and ending with confessions. The latter one is a new age doctrine. That latter one mimics the pattern of mantra and enchantments adopted and practiced by pagans. We should think, live and pray the way that Jesus and Paul thought, lived and prayed.
You must not worship the LORD your God in their way, because in worshiping their gods, they do all kinds of detestable things the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods. Deuteronomy 12:31
Now, some people have erroneously replaced prayer with so called “faith” alone or what they call confession. Notice in what I wrote earlier that confession is part of prayer. You can’t throw away all the other variables of prayer and expect to please God. Wear your armour and pray all manner of prayers not just one type of prayer. Look at the lives of Jesus, Paul and David. They had complete prayer lives. Do not worship God the way that pagans worship their gods. He hates that!
God is looking for men and women of honor who are willing to imitate Jesus in holiness and prayer to manifest His presence on earth. Are we willing?
May great grace be upon us in Jesus name. May grace, mercy, and peace be ours in full measure. Amen.
More Scriptures
Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one (Ephesians 6:14 – 6:16 NKJV)
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God (Ephesians 6:17 NKJV)
He will redeem their life from oppression and violence;
And precious shall be their blood in His sight. (Psalm 72:14 NKJV)
Your blood is precious in God’s sight. Sometimes it is hard for people to understand just how precious they are to God. They do not understand because of all the pain, evil, anguish and disappointments that they have endured. All those experienced negative circumstances take up a foothold in their minds and they just give up on the fatherhood of God.
With their mouths they confess God and His love but in their hearts, they are perplexed, confused and bewildered about God’s love. Faith and trust in God, subsequently become a real struggle. They become difficult.
This Scripture today is a reminder that not only are you precious in God’s sight, your blood is also precious in His sight. Do not judge God the way the world judges Him, through external circumstances. Judge Him by His word – believe in Him. Do not criticize and condemn Him in your heart, rather believe in His love and cling to it tenaciously. Just settle it once and for all in your mind that God’s love is greater and bigger than every other love and He is in pain when you are in pain.
Even if at one time we judged Christ according to human standards, we no longer do so. 1 Corinthians 5:16
His empathy and compassion are limitless. He created you for good and not for evil and He did not create you to be consumed by evil. He hates it when you suffer, even though He permits evil. Be convinced that everything is working together for your own good but submit to Him completely and pray to God to show you the root cause of your pain.
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29-11
Jesus came and healed the sick. He also delivered the demon possessed. He even died for us so that we can be delivered. That is enough proof. If you were born with an ailment or an evil spirit in your foundation that oppresses you and keeps you down, it is time to pray for healing or deliverance not time to confess that everything is working together for your own good.
God wants you healed and delivered and you need to seek His face and pray. Demonic oppression and sicknesses can never glorify God, so pray, so that God will show you both the root cause and the solution to your afflictions because your blood is precious in His sight. The solution lies in the way you seek His face and wait upon Him. There is no generic method for prayer – the Holy Spirit is with you to show you what to pray for and how to pray. He also prays for you with groans.
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. Romans 8:26
If your blood is wasting, God is not pleased but He wants you to seek Him the right way. He is eager to heal and deliver you and He wants you to fulfill destiny.
The fact that God permit’s negative things into our lives does not mean that He is pleased with them. He wants us to move out of His permissive will into His perfect will. Prayer is all about leaving what God permit’s, into what gives God pleasure – leaving His permissive will into His perfect will. When we make a change by our prayers and actions with patience and actions, God will make a change. If we are complacent and allow the devil and his agents to run wild, believe me, they will not relent. We are in a battle and we are called to win not give up.
Don’t fold your hands and allow every evil into your life while quoting that everything works for good for those in Christ Jesus. If you are submissive to God and you pray and constantly strive to be in His perfect will, then no need to worry or fret because everything will work out for your own good. However, if you live a careless life, and refuse to pray and seek God’s face, it does not make sense quoting that everything will work out for your own good. It will not work out for your physical good but you will go to heaven if you are redeemed. A lot of people who stay idle and quote this Scripture actually believe that their idleness, prayerlessness and lack of submission will work out for their physical good. But how?
If you do not study for your exams, you will fail. If you eat bad food and sit at one place without exercise, you can fall ill. If we intentionally or unintentionally drink poison, we will die. If anyone jumps from the top of a tower, he will be destroyed. Notice that Jesus refused to jump from a high place, when Satan tempted him to jump, perverting Scripture and promising protection. There is no protection in sin, laziness and prayerlessness. There are natural and spiritual laws of life. You need to be proactive in preventing negative things from entering your life, especially those that you know you can prevent.
If you study the Bible from Genesis to revelation, you will discover that God permitted negative things to happen to the Israelites but He was not happy and rejoicing about those evil things. He takes no pleasure in evil or in your pains and He expressed that over and over again in the Bible. He longed to deliver the Israelites from their destructions.
He permitted Egypt to enslave them but He was not happy about it. The Israelites kept crying out to Him for help and He came down to save them by sending Moses. However note that they cried out to Him. To cry means to pray to God for help and deliverance and your cry needs to be very loud instead of weak. Your knocking at His door must be bold and very loud. The Lord is definitely concerned about any and every suffering that you are going through whether self inflicted or not.
The Lord said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them. So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.” Exodus 3:7-10
It is natural for children to make mistakes. To err is human but to forgive is divine – God is our Judge but He will not hold our sins against us forever. His blood made sure of that but you must understand that prevention is better than cure. Do not toy around with sin especially sins like idolatry, murder and sexual immorality. They have far reaching consequences to many generations. Live a clean life but if you are already in a fix, God will fix you without condemnation.
It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements: You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Acts 15:28-29
It is not everything that God permit’s that give Him pleasure. Your blood is precious in His sight and all He wants to manifest to you is love and mercy. That is His perfect will, so cooperate and partner with Him in your deliverance. Stand, stand and stand with the armor of God. Having done all else stand with patience. Don’t be idle, don’t be complacent and don’t be spiritually or physically lazy. Cooperate with God.
And with Your glory all the day. (Psalm 71:8 NKJV)
This is one of my favorite prayers. Ceaseless praise is a lifestyle and an attitude, and it comes from understanding, disciple and obedience. God wants us to praise Him always. He has everything and he needs nothing from man. Idols demand for human sacrifice, blood and glory. They need it in order to pervert nature and perform magic.
God wants praise, worship and thanksgiving. He does not need it but he wants it, because He deserves it as the creator who creates out of nothing. Idols create out of human blood – He creates from nothing. He simply speaks things into existence. Can you imagine such power! He certainly deserves all the glory, all the honor, all the adoration, all the thanksgiving, praise and exaltation.
When we are caught up in ceaseless adoration, we will know the secret of knowing our great God. We will begin to experience His awesome grace.
