Nigeria: Standing on the Promises of God

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Promises of God for Nigeria

Isaiah 60:18-22 KJV

¹⁸ Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.

¹⁹ The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. ²⁰ Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.

²¹ Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

²² A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will hasten it in his time.

We are standing on the promises of God which cannot fail.

By the living word of God, it shall prevail.

• No matter the violence - it shall no more be heard in Nigeria.
• No matter the wasting and destruction – there will be no more within Nigeria’s borders.
• No matter the darkness – the Lord will be to Nigeria, an everlasting light and God will be her glory.
• No matter the days of mourning – it shall be ended.
• No matter the fragmented state of the church and religion – the people shall be all righteous. They shall inherit the land for ever. They will be the branch of God’s planting, the work of His hands, that He may be glorified.
• No matter the scarcity of ‘little ones’ -  they will become a thousand and Nigeria will become a great nation.
• No matter the opposition or resistance, the Lord will accelerate the fulfilment of His promises.

Through us...

2 Corinthians 1:20 NKJV

“For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.”

2 Corinthians 1:24b NKJV

“For by faith you stand.”

The faith that stands on the promises of God:
Proclaims:

“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. (Galatians 2:20)

Knows by Revelation:

“He poured out His soul unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors, and He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.” (Isaiah 53:12)

Prayer Points:  For Ourselves

• Lord , give me a perspective of what you are saying concerning Nigeria so that I can demand for it.

• Enlarge my heart; enlarge my capacity to believe You; enlarge my ability to retain Your Word in my inner man.

• Reveal to me afresh, the Man of Calvary who poured His soul unto death; who humbled Himself to be numbered with the transgressors; who bore the sin of many; who made intercession for the transgressors.

• Reveal to me afresh that my death with Christ on the cross has brought me by mercy into His intercession, through the help of the Holy Spirit.

• Lord, help me to release my life as a vessel for Your intercession that I may be a channel of blessing to Nigeria. Please don’t let me disappoint You; You were not a disappointment to the Father.

• Philippians 1:19-20 “For I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, ²⁰ according to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.”

•  Ask the Lord for the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ as we pray.

“...the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.” (Romans 8:26)

• Let my earnest expectation be aligned with Your divine expectation, that in nothing we will be ashamed. Let Christ be magnified in my body.

• Philippians 1:21-22a “For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.²² But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labour;” 

• Ask the Lord to grant that for us to continue to live will mean Christ is the one living; will mean fruit from our labour.

• Ask the Lord for fruit from our labour of prayer for Nigeria both here on the prayer platform and in our closers – prayer of intercession; prayer for revival.

• Ask the Lord for strength to stand on His promises; grace to push through in prayer; praying without ceasing until we see what our eyes are longing for in our lives and in the nation of Nigeria.

• Standing on the promises I shall not fall; List’ning every moment to the Spirit’s call; Resting in my Saviour as my All in all; Standing on the promises of God.

What are our eyes longing for on the basis of His promises for Nigeria?
Nigeria will be a nation where:

• Souls will come to Christ daily through the preaching of the complete gospel and thousands of sinners will become converted.

•  Disciples will grow to become saints.

• Disciples will multiply and the life of Christ will find continuity from generation to generation.

• The environment is conducive for each little one (i.e. disciple) to become a thousand.

Prayer for Souls

Isaiah 53:12

“He poured out His soul unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors, and He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.” (Isaiah 53:12)

Isaiah 53:5-6

“All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.”

1 Peter 2: 24-25

“...who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.²⁵ For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.”

Ezekiel 18:4

“Behold, all souls are Mine; The soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is Mine;

Prayer Points:

• All souls belong to God. Let us join in the intercession of Jesus and plead with Him to have mercy all the transgressors – all those who live as though Jesus has not paid the price for their sinful nature.

• “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.” (Luke 23:34)

• Cause all the sheep that have gone astray in Nigeria (into other gospels, fragmented gospels, into idol worshipping), to come back to the Shepherd and Overseer of their souls.

• Lord, You bore the sins of every soul in Nigeria in Your own body on the tree, that having died to sins, they might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed. Let it be so, in Jesus’ name. Bring divine healing to the disease of the old man and all his wounds on the nation.

• Let those in whom You have proclaimed the complete gospel begin to arise to preach it boldly all over Nigeria.

• Let there be an awakening, let there be repentance, let there be a revival, let souls of men in Nigeria be converted by the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

• Grant that souls will be saved daily through the preaching of the complete gospel. Let thousands of sinners will become converted.

• Heal Nigeria according to Your promise. Deal with all the setbacks in the land and bring Nigeria under Your authority.

• Holy Spirit, have Your way.

Prayer for Disciples

Colossians 2:18-19

“Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, ¹⁹ and not holding fast to the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, grows with the increase that is from God.”

Prayer Points:

• Ask that disciples in Nigeria will stand on the premise of Christ and hold fast to the Head so that no one will cheat them of their reward.

• Ask the Lord to cause them to grow to become saints.
• Ask the Lord for the increase that is from God.
• 2 Timothy 4:2-5 “Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. ³ For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; ⁴ and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. ⁵ But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.”

• Ask the Lord to give us men and women who can preach the gospel in season and out of season, despite the volatile conditions in Nigeria.

• Ask the Lord to grant that the disciple-making effort will be intensified in light of your promise that a little one will become a thousand. Make them the little ones with little strength, spineless and wholly reliant on You for mercy so You can apply Your multiplication factor.

• Lord, give the disciples in Nigeria wisdom from above; reveal Your divine strategy to them; Help them to know what to do.

• Lord, give us disciples that live by faith; disciples that have dealt with the matter of mammon in their lives; disciples who have been separated from lusts, dead works and sinful habits.

• Give us disciples who will not twist the Word of God to suit their self life, but preach the Word in fullness and with boldness.

• Give us disciples who will commit to the secret place of receiving God’s fire. Let the fire of God rage in their lives to consume all the hindrances set against them.

• Lord! Let disciples in Nigeria multiply. Let the life of Christ will find continuity in them from generation to generation.

• 1 Timothy 2:1-4 Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, ² for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. ³ For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, ⁴ who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

• Pray for the atmosphere in Nigeria to be conducive for the life of Christ to continue.

• The economy
• The leaders
• Pray for the healing of President Buhari.
• Pray for the Vice President – Professor Yemi Osibajo.

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HYMN: STANDING ON THE PROMISES

Standing on the promises of Christ my King,
Through eternal ages let His praises ring,
Glory in the highest, I will shout and sing,
 Standing on the promises of God. 

Standing, standing,

Standing on the promises of God my Saviour;
Standing, standing,
I’m standing on the promises of God.

2. Standing on the promises that cannot fail,
When the howling storms of doubt and fear assail,
By the living Word of God I shall prevail,
Standing on the promises of God.

3. Standing on the promises I now can see
Perfect, present cleansing in the blood for me;
Standing in the liberty where Christ makes free,
 Standing on the promises of God.

4. Standing on the promises of Christ the Lord,
Bound to Him eternally by love’s strong cord,
Overcoming daily with the Spirit’s sword,
 Standing on the promises of God.

5. Standing on the promises I shall not fall,
List’ning every moment to the Spirit’s call.
Resting in my Saviour as my All in all,
 Standing on the promises of God. 

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