Revelation 7:9-10 / 13-17 NKJV
9 After these things I looked, and behold, a
great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and
tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white
robes, with palm branches in their hands,
10 and crying out with a loud voice, saying,
“Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to
the Lamb!”
13 Then one of the elders answered, saying to me,
“Who are these arrayed in white robes, and where did they come from?”
14 And I said to him, “Sir, you know.”
So he said to me,
“These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their
robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15 Therefore they are before the throne of God,
and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will
dwell among them. 16 They shall neither hunger
anymore nor thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat;
17 for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne
will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters. And
God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
We know that God owns
Nigeria
Psalm 22:27-28 KJV
27 All the ends of the world shall remember and
turn unto the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship
before thee.28 For the kingdom is the Lord's: and he is
the governor among the nations.
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
14 For
the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all,
then all died; 15 and He died for all, that those who live
should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose
again.
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Nigeria is
the Lord’s, including all the tribes and people groups in Nigeria.
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God has
not relinquished His ownership of Nigeria to anyone, to any power or to any
authority.
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God is the
One who is the Governor among the nation of Nigeria. He controls the government, kings, those in positions of
authority and all the people.
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Every
single Nigerian is included in the death of Christ on the Cross. God’s plan and
expectation is that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for
Christ.
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Every
tribe and people group in Nigeria will remember the sacrifice of Christ and
turn unto the Lord; they will worship before Him.
We know that God’s
power is unlimited.
Job 42:2
AMP –“I know that You can do all things, And that no thought or purpose of Yours can be restrained.”
AMP –“I know that You can do all things, And that no thought or purpose of Yours can be restrained.”
TLB – “I know
that you can do anything and that no one can stop you.”
CEV – “No one
can oppose you, because you have the power to do what you want.”
Psalm 86:8-9 KJV
8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O
Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.9 All
nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and
shall glorify thy name.
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Nothing
and no one can stop, hinder, restrain or oppose what God has purposed to do in
making multitudes of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues come to Him
through the gospel of Christ– it is the power of God to
salvation for everyone who believes. (Romans 1:16)
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We are in
the presence God who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask
or think, according to the power that works in us. (Eph 3:20).
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This is
our request: Come in Your great might and arise over the thick darkness that
is still brooding over the tribes and people group in Nigeria. Arise and never
set.
Prayer Points | O Lord, Arise
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Thank God
for His ownership, unlimited power and authority over the nation of Nigeria;
power to save, power to deliver, power to bring every tribe and people group in
Nigeria before His throne.
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Thank God
for the message of the cross; for the gospel of Christ, the power that brings
all men to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
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Thank the
Lord that nothing and no one can stop, hinder, restrain or oppose what He has
purposed to do in making multitudes of all nations, tribes, peoples, and
tongues come to Him through the gospel of Christ–
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Lord,
please have mercy on the people of Nigeria.
Go from tribe to tribe; visit every people group. Cause them to hear the
complete gospel message and turn to You in repentance.
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O Lord,
arise over the nation of Nigeria. Come in Your great might to bring salvation
to the people. Come in Your great might and arise over the thick darkness that
is still brooding over the tribes and people groups in Nigeria.
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Cause
every tribe and people group in Nigeria to will know You and to remember Your
sacrifice on the cross. Send Your
messengers who will preach to them in their own language.
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O Lord,
Nigeria is Yours. You are the Governor among the nations and no one can oppose
you, because you have the power to do what you want.
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Arise,
O Morning Star; Arise and never set in the nation of Nigeria.
The Work of the Holy Spirit
1When the Day of
Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one
place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from
heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they
were sitting.
3 Then there
appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon
each of them.
4 And
they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other
tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5 And there
were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under
heaven.
6 And when
this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were confused, because everyone
heard them speak in his own language.
7 Then they
were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Look, are not all these
who speak Galileans?
8 And
how is it that we hear, each in our own language in which we
were born?
9 Parthians and
Medes and Elamites, those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus
and Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the
parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, 11 Cretans
and Arabs—we hear them speaking in our own tongues the wonderful works of
God.
John 20:21-22 NKJV
21 So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to
you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” 22 And
when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to
them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
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Jesus is
the One who prepares the preachers that He sends out. He breathed on His
disciples and they became powerful witnesses.
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The Holy
Spirit came again to fill them on the Day of Pentecost. Becoming of ONE heart
and ONE soul is also the work of the Holy Spirit. With great power, the
apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus.
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They began
to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Everyone heard them speak the wonderful works
of God in his own language.
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It is the
work of the Holy Spirit that will ensure that every tribe and ethnic group in
Nigeria will hear the complete gospel in their own language.
Prayer Points | The Work of the Holy Spirit
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Holy
Spirit, please breathe upon your disciples in Nigeria and make them to become effective
witnesses of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Help your
missionaries labouring among the tribes in Nigeria. Fill them afresh with Your
Holy Spirit so that through them, the unbelievers will hear the gospel in their
own language, in the manner in which they will understand. Let them be cut to
the heart and say, “Men and brethren,
what shall we do?”
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Holy
Spirit, come down and manifest Your power.
Do a work amongst your disciples in Nigeria so that they can be of one
heart and one soul, as with the disciples in the upper room. Establish them in
the complete gospel so that they can preach Jesus from their lives.
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Holy
Spirit, please make the purpose of Christ’s death become suddenly clear to
those who have heard the gospel in Nigeria. Bring understanding. Help them to
see that it is so that henceforth they should no longer live for themselves but
for Christ who died for us and rose again. (2 Cor. 5:15).
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Let there
be preachers of the complete gospel in every language of every tribe in Nigeria. Please let disciples
multiply in Nigeria.
Join this HeartCry Prayer- Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 11.30am -1.30pm (UK time)
1. Thy Kingdom come, O God,
Thy rule, O Christ, begin;
Break with Thine iron rod
The tyrannies of sin.
2. Where is Thy reign of peace,
And purity, and love?
When shall all hatred cease,
As in the realms above?
3. When comes the promised time
That war shall be no more—
Oppression, lust, and crime,
Shall flee Thy face before?
4. We pray Thee, Lord, arise,
And come in Thy great might;
Revive our longing eyes,
Which languish for Thy sight.
5. Men scorn Thy sacred Name,
And wolves devour Thy fold;
By many deeds of shame
We learn that love grows cold.
6. O’er heathen lands afar
Thick darkness broodeth yet:
Arise, O Morning Star,
Arise, and never set!
