The News from Nigeria
- Nehemiah heard about the distress, affliction, trouble, disgrace, appalling physical, emotional, financial, dangerous conditions of the remnant in Jerusalem and broke down in deep repentance and intercession.
- Ezra heard about the sin, iniquity, transgression, immorality, decadence, disobedience, wickedness, rebellion of the whole land and he also broke down in repentance and intercession.
- Hear the news from Nigeria, hear the news of what is happening to our people, the suffering the pain, the agony, the inequality, the pain, the distress, the hunger, the cry, the suffering, problems plaguing the majority of families, young, old, elderly, students, workers, in our nation.
We have wearied God with our sins…
Micah 3:6 & 7a
O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me. For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants (AKJV).
“Dear people, how have I done you wrong? Have I burdened you, worn you out? Answer! I delivered you from a bad life in Egypt; I paid a good price to get you out of slavery (MSG).
Isaiah 43:24
Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities (AKJV).
You wouldn’t even bring sheep for offerings in worship. You couldn’t be bothered with sacrifices. It wasn’t that I asked that much from you. I didn’t expect expensive presents. But you didn’t even do the minimum— so stingy with me, so closefisted. Yet you haven’t been stingy with your sins. You’ve been plenty generous with them—and I’m fed up (MSG).
Micah 3:6 & 7a
O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me. For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants (AKJV).
“Dear people, how have I done you wrong? Have I burdened you, worn you out? Answer! I delivered you from a bad life in Egypt; I paid a good price to get you out of slavery (MSG).
Isaiah 43:24
Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities (AKJV).
You wouldn’t even bring sheep for offerings in worship. You couldn’t be bothered with sacrifices. It wasn’t that I asked that much from you. I didn’t expect expensive presents. But you didn’t even do the minimum— so stingy with me, so closefisted. Yet you haven’t been stingy with your sins. You’ve been plenty generous with them—and I’m fed up (MSG).
Prayer points| Confession on behalf of the church
- Lord, we have dealt terribly with You and Your people, we have wearied You with our iniquities and disobeyed Your commands.
- We have replaced the worship of our God with the worship of money.
- We have defiled the offerings of the Lord and corrupted His sacrifices, our leaders like wolves have devoured your people all in the name of Jesus.
- We have turned the temple into business and empire building, and made merchandise of the people of God.
- We have turned the gospel to be a means of gain, and made our God appear as a weakling.
- We have misrepresented You, we have given occasion for Your enemies to blaspheme You and spit in Your face.
- We have denied the cross, we have trampled upon the sacrifice of our Lord.
- We have cut off the toes of the people of God so that they have become incompetent in their profession as Christians.
- Our iniquities have risen up to You as a stench, our transgressions and our bloodshed are crying out for vengeance and retribution.
- The word “born again” has become a odour in the whole land.
- We have sold our souls to satan, we have joined hand and connived with Your enemies against You and we have done it in the name of Jesus.
- We have gone AWOL pursuing assets instead of ACCESS to you, gold instead of GOD, cash instead of the CROSS, dollars instead of DISCIPLESHIP.
- We have left our primary calling to be light to the gentiles of our land and to preach the gospel in every corner of Nigeria.
- We have left the commission to make disciples and evangelize Nigeria to take up the commission to fill our bellies, our pockets , build our church empires.
- LORD HAVE MERCY ON US, HAVE MERCY, OH LORD, HAVE MERCY ON US OH LORD OUR GOD
Unrest in the hearts of the people
2 Samuel 19:9
And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom. And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?
Strive: discussing, quarrelling, arguing, contending, disputing, complaining, debating, conversing, deliberating, reflecting, pondering, thinking.
Prayer points
- Lord, begin to cause an unrest, a disputing in the heart of the Nigerian Christian against the gospel we have received, believed and become.
- Lord, let your people begin to question and query this gospel, this fragmented gospel that we all were born into, that has no capacity to truly save us and deliver us from sin.
- Dear Holy Spirit, please begin to convict and convince your children that there must be more to the gospel than this.
- Let us begin to revolt Lord in our spirit, Lord cause an unrest in the hearts of your children that will make us to begin to question what we have believed and are living our lives for in the name of the gospel.
- Dear Holy Spirit, please use the instrument of your word to show your children that the king ruling over them now is a tyrant, a tormentor, a dictator, an oppressor his name is mammon, his name is the old man, an associate and affiliate of satan himself.
- Lord, let the hearts of your people begin to rebel against him and his instrument of mass destruction, hirelings who call themselves “Men of God”.
- Let the heart of your people begin to yearn for you who delivered them from the hands of this philistine in the first place.
Bring
Back our King!
2 Samuel 19:9
And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back? (KJV)
So now, why are you [leaders] doing nothing about bringing back the king? (AMP)
Therefore why are ye so slow to bring the king again? (GNT)
Why is no one talking about bringing back the king? (GW)
Why are you taking no action to restore the king? (LEB)
So what are you waiting for? Why don’t you bring the king back? (MSG)
2 Samuel 19:9
And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back? (KJV)
So now, why are you [leaders] doing nothing about bringing back the king? (AMP)
Therefore why are ye so slow to bring the king again? (GNT)
Why is no one talking about bringing back the king? (GW)
Why are you taking no action to restore the king? (LEB)
So what are you waiting for? Why don’t you bring the king back? (MSG)
Prayer points
- The only means by which King Jesus will be brought back to sit upon His rightful throne in Nigeria is the means of the “Mystery of the Gospel” preached it His entirety.
- Let the gospel come afresh to us in Nigeria, let the gospel be preached as though we are a heathen nation oh Lord we pray.
- Enlighten our eyes again, let us see Jesus Christ and what he came to do afresh, let us turn to Jesus Christ and let the veil upon our hearts be removed in the name of Jesus.
- Lord, let Your church, Your children in Nigeria begin to turn from the adulterated, incomplete gospel that we have heard, believed and imbibed over some decades now.
- Let the “Mystery of the Gospel” spread like wild fire and let us no longer defer to Saul.
- Lord, deliver our Davids, our Jonathans from the hand of Saul and the doctrines that Saul has perpetuated over the years.
- Bring the cross alive on our pulpits again, oh! turn us unto You afresh , turn our eyes towards our redeemer upon the cross. O Lord, bring the cross centered gospel to your people again.
- We appeal to the cross, we appeal to the blood of Jesus concerning Your church in Nigeria Oh Lord. We plead with You O Lord.
- Raise for us out of Zion Your rods in Nigeria, Your Moses, Calebs, Davids, Jonathans, Samuels, Deborahs, Esthers, Nehemiahs, Ezras, Marys, Peters, Pauls, Johns, raise them Lord, raise them Lord.
ALMIGHTY GOD, ALMIGHTY GOD
NIGERIA WILL PRAISE YOUR NAME 4X
ALMIGHTY GOD, ALMIGHTY GOD
NIGERIA WILL PREACH THE CROSS 4X
ALMIGHTY GOD, ALMIGHTY GOD
NIGERIA WILL FOLLOW CHRIST 4X
