Nigeria: A New Nigeria 'By His Spirit' (1)

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Isaiah 43:1-21

• Fear not, the Lord has redeemed Nigeria.
• When she passes through waters, the Lord promised to be with her.
• When she passes through the rivers, she shall not be over flown.
• When she walks through fire, Nigeria will not be burned nor shall the flame scorch her.
• Nigeria is precious in the sight of the Lord and God will honour her.
• GOD LOVES NIGERIA (A picture of Israel in the book of Hosea).
• We must not remember the former things nor consider the things of old.
• BEHOLD!!! I (the Lord) will do a new thing, NOW it shall spring forth.
• The Lord will make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
• The Lord has formed Nigerians by HIMSELF.
• They (Nigerians) shall declare HIS praise not the praise of men.

Current Issues

• Nigeria lost out in the leadership position for the African Union (AU) Commission and will not be heard in the AU for the next four years. This has been due to lack of preparation, lack of patriotism and a presidency that was misled to endorse a greenhorn. The retired Deputy Head of the security department at the AU, Group Captain Sadeeq Shehu said that those who advised the government on this issue were either dishonest or unpatriotic and unserious;
• Unemployment;
• Housing crisis is in an emergency state (deficit of 17m units);
• Against this background, we applaud the recent decision of the Federal Government to abolish the initial payment of 10 per cent equity for mortgages below N5 million;
• Etisalat  N541.8billion debt crisis;
• Arik Air going into administration;
• Bribery and Corruption.

Prayer of Thanksgiving

Thank God for answered prayers - Our President has returned to Nigeria after 7weeks abroad.

Pray for his health.

Thanksgiving for those God used to lead us into independence.

Thank God for the journey so far for Nigeria - where she is now and where the Lord is taking her.

Prayers for Individuals / Church

Ezekiel 36:25-27

²⁵ Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. ²⁶ I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. ²⁷ I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.

2 Corinthians 3: 12-18

¹² Therefore, since we have such hope, we use great boldness of speech— ¹³ unlike Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the end of what was passing away. ¹⁴ But their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ. ¹⁵ But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. ^{Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17} Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. ¹⁸ But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.

God’s Promises from These Readings:

A new heart and new and right desires for His children.

A new spirit within each person; His own Spirit to cause them to obey His laws and do whatever He commands.

He will make us clean. Our filthiness will be washed away.

The Lord will turn the hearts of the children back to the Father.

He will remove every veil blinding His children from beholding the truth. Today, a lot of minds are blinded.

Promised liberty where His Spirit is, not another spirit.

There is a glory WHEN we come before Him with unveiled faces.

There is a hope which allows us to use great boldness of speech.

• Give us a heart, a meek and submissive heart, a heart that trembles not tramples on Your Word, a heart that desires to obey Your Word fully not partially.
• Lord, create a right desire in all Your children.
• Remove every veil of unbelief and fear. Replace all our fears with reverential fear for You only.
• Let us pray for Church leaders that they will go back to the basics of our faith - Christ only, Christ in you/me/us the hope of glory. Without Christ, we are nothing.
• Pray that the Body of Christ will see the sufficiency of Christ as the disciples of old did. In Him we live, in Him we move and in Him we have our being.

 Disciples

• Father, take us back to the great commission of making disciples of all nations.
• Take the Church back to raising men and women, young and old who will deny themselves, take up their cross daily and follow Jesus not a man or denomination
• Multiply a disciple in Nigeria; men and women that when the world sees them, they will know that they have been with Jesus.
• Make Your disciples (men and women) of ‘a humble and contrite heart who tremble at Your Word’.
• Pray for the Christian Association of Nigeria; pray that the Lord will help them to break down barriers of denominationalism and unite the Church.

Prayers for Nigeria

Pray for:

• Decision makers in all areas of life in the nation.
• President, Vice President Senate and House of Representative, Local Government Chairpersons, Councillors, Academics, Colleges, Schools, Heads of Financial Institutions
• Companies Directors, Non-governmental Organisations, Charity Organisations

What is God's definition of a 'blessed man'?

Psalm 1

Blessed is the man:

• Who walk not in the counsel of the ungodly,
• Nor stands in the path of sinners,
• Nor sits in the seat of the scornful.
• His delight is in the law of the Lord.
• He meditates in it day and night.

Joshua 1:8

• The book of the law must not depart from his mouth,
• He meditates on it day and night,
• He observes to do according to all that is written in it.

Jeremiah 17:7-8

Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord and whose hope is the Lord.

There is only one man who lived to fulfill all these - Jesus Christ, our Saviour and Redeemer. We are therefore praying for the Spirit of JESUS in our leaders whilst rejecting every other spirit that is not of Christ.

• Make our leaders men and women broken in spirit, fully emptied for the master’s use; make them vessels unto honour.
• Father, cause our leaders to look up to You for guidance.
• Make them men and women of the Word of God (as we pray, let us believe even though we know some of them are not followers of Jesus).
• May they not be men and women who look up to men or trust  in the arm of flesh.
• Let them come to the reality that without Christ, they can do nothing and they can achieve nothing.

God said, “Behold MY Servant whom I uphold (Christ). My Elect One in whom My Soul delights.” Isaiah 42:1 God will instill into our leaders that God is the only One who can uphold them. The world system cannot uphold them.

• The Lord will grant them Spirit of wisdom and understanding, Spirit of counsel and might, Spirit of knowledge and fear of the Lord.
• May their delight be in the fear of the Lord.
• May they be leaders who do not judge by the sight of their eyes nor decide by the hearing of their ears.
• Let them judge the poor with righteousness and decide with equity for the meek of the nation.
• May righteousness be the belt of their loins and faithfulness the belt of their waist.
• Lord, we pray that You destroy every tribalism in the politics of Nigeria. Let men and women who You have ordained according to Your will, fill positions of authority. It will not because a particular tribe must fill it.

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Nigeria: The Lord's Heritage

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Psalm 24:1   

The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell therein. 
(This includes Nigeria and all her inhabitants). 

I Samuel 17: 10-11, 16, 23-47 

Maintaining the Right Perspective Concerning Nigeria

Goliath’s Perspective 

• Goliath only saw armies of Israel; he saw the Israelites as ‘servants of Saul’. vs 8 
• Goliath felt he was defying armies of Israel. 
• Goliath presented himself for forty days, morning and evening (PRIDE). 
• Goliath disdained David because he saw a youth. 
• Goliath cursed David by his gods. 
• Goliath trusted in his physical weapons - spear, sword and javelin. 
• Goliath was seeing a bunch of fearful people he could intimidate. 

Eliab’s Perspective 

• Eliab saw pride and insolence in David's heart.
• He saw David as someone who had come down to see the battle. 

David’s Perspective 

• David saw a cause; He saw Goliath and all his threats as a reproach to Israel. 
• He saw an uncircumcised Philistine. David saw a man defying the armies of the living God. 
• Goliath was still speaking same words. So David heard them. 
• The words of David could not be ignored; it was worth reporting to Saul.
• David was the first and only person who first brought GOD into this matter facing the Israelites.  
• As far as David was concerned, Goliath would be like the lion and bear he had killed in the past. vs 36  
• David trusted in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel whom Goliath defied. 
• David knew his own weapons of warfare were not carnal but they are mighty.  2 Corinthians 10:4-5 
• David had faith and knew what God could and would do. vs 46  
• He knew that God would deliver Goliath into his hand, strike him and take his head from him.
• He knew that God would give the carcases of the camp of the Philistine to the birds of the air and wild beasts of the earth.
• David did not touch the glory that belonged to God. 
• David’s focus was not on the promise of “things that will be done to whosoever kills Goliath”; he did not even dwell on it. His focus was on the Person of God rather than upon the nine-foot-tall giant before him. To David, the Almighty God dwarfed the giant. 
• By claiming the Lord of hosts as His strength, he was declaring that Goliath was confronting God Himself. vs 47 
• David was more concerned about letting “all the earth  know there is a God in Israel.”  vs 46 

All the Men of Israel’s Perspective

• When they heard the words of the Philistines, they were dismayed and greatly afraid. vs 10, 24 
• To them, he has come up to defy Israel. 
• They were already acting like defeated armies. 
• They lacked confidence in themselves. 
• Their emphasis was on what the king would do for whoever killed Goliath. vs 25 

Saul’s Perspective 

• Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight him.” 
• Saul saw David as a youth; he did not see the God at work in this young boy. 
• Saul saw Goliath as a man of war from his youth. 
• He eventually allowed David to go saying, “Go and the Lord be with you.”
• Saul then decided to clothe David with his armour (showing where Saul’s strength lies).  

We have seen two different perspectives here - faith and fear. 
Yet God told us severally in His Word “fear not.” 

How do WE maintain a right perspective concerning NIGERIA? 

By Faith - Hebrews 11:1 

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things no seen.” NKJV

“Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things (we) hope for, being the proof of things (we) do not see and the conviction of their reality (faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses).”  Amplified 

“What is faith? It is the confident assurance that something we want is going to happen. It is the certainty that what we hope for is waiting for us, even though we cannot see it up ahead.” The Living Bible 

By Standing upon His Promises - Psalm 62:11

“God has spoken once, twice have I heard this; that POWER BELONGS TO GOD.” 

The Philistines Facing Nigeria

• Lack of good governance; 
• Bribery and corruption; 
• Spirit of mammon - love of money in every facet of the society;
• Kidnapping; 
• Lack of medical care claiming innocent lives;
• Bad road; 
• Lack of infrastructures; 
• Poor educational system. 

The Philistine Facing the Church (Gates of hell rising against the Church)

• The Church has been robbed of the Message of the Cross;
• Children of God lack knowledge of the personality of their Father and His ability to save; 
• A disobedient Church wanting to bring the world to her knees;.
• Spirit of mammon; 
• Lack of focus;
• Left our first love. 

PRAYERS FOR INDIVIDUALS

• Father, make us people of faith and trust in You alone. Re-focus our perspective to be on You, not on the prevailing issues in Nigeria. 

• 2 Corinthians 5:17   Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 

• Pray that the Lord will raise men and women, young and old who will return to preaching the truth in every segment of this Scripture that has transformed the lives of many of us. 

• Father, break it down into bite sizes so that Your children will once again experience what it means to be truly born again. These are the people who can transform our nation; people carrying the life that is light, the Person of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

The Lord has spoken that a little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a great nation (Isaiah 60:22). It will all be by His Spirit (Zechariah 4:6). 

• Let Your promise come to pass in our lives. 
• Make us men and women of a contrite and humble heart who tremble at Your word.  Isaiah 66:1-2 
• Lord, as a man/woman striving for divine mastery, help me to strive lawfully to gain this crown. 2 Timothy 2:5 
• Lord, make us channels of Your peace; where there is hatred, let us bring the love of Jesus. 
• Where there is injury, let us bring Your pardon. 
• Where there is doubt, let us bring true faith in You, only not in anything that belongs to the world. 
• Where there is despair in life, let us bring Your hope. 
• As ambassadors for the Lord Jesus Christ, may God reconcile us to Himself. 2 Corinthians 5:20 

PRAYERS FOR THE CHURCH

Matt 28:18-20

And Jesus came and spoke to them saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and n the earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you, and lo I am with You always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

• Pray that the Church in Nigeria will return to the great commission that Jesus Christ left for her. Return us to our first love -  JESUS. 
• Pray that the Church will raise disciples among men, women, young, old, in academics, in business, in politics and so on. 
• Lord Jesus, we beseech You to come and build Your Church against every gate of hell that has arisen against her. 
• We pray a return to the full, complete and unadulterated gospel; that the mystery embedded in the gospel will return to be the only message on our pulpits. ‘Jesus Only’ must be our message. 
• Father, restore to Your Church, God-fearing men, who will defy every uncircumcised Philistine threatening the Church. 
• Render powerless, every preacher against Jesus Christ and Him crucified. 

Jeremiah 31:33 

• Pray that the Lord will put His law in the minds of His children and write it on their hearts 
• Pray that God will be our God and we will return to being His people. 

2 Corinthians 10:6 

• Make the obedience of the Nigerian Church complete so she can confidently punish all disobedience. 

PRAYERS FOR NIGERIA

• Pray for the President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, all Federal Ministers, members of the Houses of Assembly and Senate, State Governors, Local Government Chairmen and their Councillors.

• Pray for the academics; universities - Federal, Private and State. 

• Pray that the Lord will break every inequality barrier in our nation. 

• Let God’s will be done in the life of our President, especially concerning his health.  Let Jesus be glorified in the life of this man. 

• Isaiah 11:2  Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon them, Spirit of wisdom and understanding, Spirit of counsel and might, Spirit of knowledge and of reverential fear of the Lord.

• We want to trust God for the Spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ in all our leaders regardless of their faith. 

• Titus 2:11 Pray that the free gift of eternal salvation which God has promised to ALL, will teach men, women and children to deny ungodliness and sinful pleasures; and to live good, God-fearing lives daily. 

• Pray that the Lord, the mighty warrior who is great in battle, will arise and scatter all His enemies in Nigeria in Jesus’ name. 

• Pray for the thorough cleansing power of the promised Holy Ghost to take control of every issue concerning Nigeria. Not by power, not by might but by His Spirit. 

• Every mountain before Nigeria, Lord let it become plain and she shall bring forth the capstone with shouts of grace.  Zechariah 4:7 

• Mercy - Father, we have permanently deposited NIGERIA into your Intensive Care Unit of Mercy. Please do not take Your hands off her until Your glory burst forth. 

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Nigeria: Matters Arising

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• The Federal Government is currently executing projects from loans from Islamic banks, which are interest-free. 
• The President travelled to a few Islamic nations and also hosted some.  
• The responsibility of controlling and selling foreign exchange has shifted from the Central Bank of Nigeria to mostly black market operators (majorly controlled by northern Muslims). 
• There is a subtle but aggressive clamp down on freedom of the social media - three social bloggers were arrested for questioning because of their criticism of the government. 
• Security forces are yet to apprehend the culprits responsible for the mass killings of Christians in Benue, Kaduna and Enugu states. 
• Three Muslim men positively identified for beheading a Christian woman in Kano by her husband were discharged of the offence on the orders of the Attorney General. 
• El Rufai has threatened to arrest anyone who makes false allegations about the Kaduna killings. 
• In Port Harcourt, there has been an influx of young northerners taking up menial jobs that young southerners will not do, e.g. sellers and hawkers, drivers, security, water sellers etc.

Proverbs 22:7  - The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower is servant to the lender. 

2 Thessalonians 2:7 - For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way.

• Why does it look like the mystery of iniquity is gaining ground?
• Where are those hosting the Holy Spirit in the nation of Nigeria?
• What is stopping the mystery of iniquity from being restrained and crippled of its works and deeds in Nigeria? 

HeartCry:

1. That the LIGHT that is LIFE will be switched on, gain deep roots and intensified inside all believers in Nigeria. John 1:5 "And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not."
2. That the Holy Spirit will not be relegated anymore in the life of all believers, but be active in dispelling darkness.
3. For the waking up of all sleeping Peters, Pauls, Gideons, Deborahs e.t.c

• John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. Lord, let the life, nature and virtues of Jesus become flesh. Declutter us from accumulation of mere information and knowledge that does not translate to LIFE. 

• 1 Corinthians 1:18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.Lord, let the Message of the Cross be restated in our local assemblies and overwhelm fragmented or error messages. 

• Psalm 110:2-3a The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. 3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power. Lord of the Harvest, please raise for Yourself and despatch across Nigeria- rods of thy strength OUT of Zion who will rule in the midst of darkness. Make Your own people willing in this DAY of thy power.

• 2 Timothy 3:7 These weak women will listen to anybody who will teach them]; they are forever inquiring and getting information, but are never able to arrive at a recognition and knowledge of the Truth. Cure us of the ailment of always learning and hearing the WORD (JESUS) but never allowing JESUS to become flesh inside us.

• Malachi 3:3 He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi, And purge them as gold and silver, That they may offer to the Lord An offering in righteousness. Lord, please let the full and complete Gospel be restated again throughout Nigeria. Producing disciples indeed emptied of Mr. Flesh rather than carnal followers who carry part Christ and part lower nature.

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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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Nigeria: Spirit of Faith Come Down

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Faith is...

Hebrews 11:1

• Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen – KJV

• Now faith is the assurance (title deed, confirmation) of things hoped for (divinely guaranteed), and the evidence of things not seen [the conviction of their reality—faith comprehends as fact what cannot be experienced by the physical senses]. – AMP

• Now faith means putting our full confidence in the things we hope for, it means being certain of things we cannot see. – PHILLIPS

What is our hope 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.

• Violence shall no more be heard in Nigeria.
• There will be no more wasting or destruction at Nigeria’s borders.
• Nigeria’s walls shall be called Salvation and Her gates praise.
• The Lord will be Nigeria’s everlasting light and God will be her glory.
• The Body of Christ in Nigeria shall be all righteous.
• A little one of the disciples of Jesus Christ will become a thousand; a small one a great nation.

Again God said in Isaiah 55:10-12 (AMP): 

“For as the rain and snow come down from heaven,
And do not return there without watering the earth,
Making it bear and sprout,
And providing seed to the sower and bread to the eater,

So will My word be which goes out of My mouth;
It will not return to Me void (useless, without result),
Without accomplishing what I desire,
And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it. 

All of these promises have been signed by God. 
On God’s side – It’s already a done deal,

On our side –We need the Spirit of faith to give us eyes of faith. We need the Spirit of Christ to reveal the unseen.

Spirit of Faith, Come down upon Us

Matthew 9:27-29 NKJV

"When Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out and saying, “Son of David, have mercy on us!” And when He had come into the house, the blind men came to Him. And Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?”

They said to Him, “Yes, Lord.”Then He touched their eyes, saying,

“According to your faith let it be to you.”

 The Lord is asking us the same question: Do we believe that He is able to do this?

We too say “Yes Lord”, but it is according to our faith that it will be to us.

Prayer Points: Spirit of Faith, Come down upon Us 

• Lord, I believe You are able to do this in Nigeria.

• Please touch my eyes afresh and help me to see Your divine possibilities.

• Spirit of faith, please give me eyes of faith.

• Let my eyes be the kind that does not look Nigeria’s past – her past failures, past corrupt reputation, past struggles, past hardship and even past glories – but let it be eyes that sees the unseen; eyes that only see Nigeria in light of Your promises for her.

• Lift me up above my current experience of Nigeria and simply take You at Your Word.

• When You say,  “Launch out into the deep and let your nets down for a catch,” Like the experienced fisherman that Simon Peter was, let our response also be, “Nevertheless at Your Word, I will let down the net.” Luke 5:5.

• Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my life – vision that sees every promise as divinely guaranteed and gives us full assurance of faith.

• Help us to hold fast the confession of our hope for Nigeria without wavering for He who promised is faithful. Hebrews 10:23.

• John 9:39-41: And Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.”Then some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, and said to Him, “Are we blind also?”Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.

• Deliver us from saying,  ‘We see’ when we do not see, or when it is vague. Grant us the humility to draw near with a true heart to acknowledge our spiritual blindness so that mercy will come to us. Lord, please show us Your mercy.

• Root out everything that opposes the Spirit of faith from our midst – unbelief, mammon, presumption, fear, timidity, disobedience.

• “...the veil is taken away in Christ.”  2 Corinthians 3:14.

• Help us to know that the cross must painfully tear way the veil of the life of sin and self from us; and it will bleed. Only then can we enter into the presence of the living God to pray down His will.

• Lord! Please give us the courage to insist on the crucified life.

Seen Versus Unseen

2 Corinthians 4:18 - While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

Unseen: Violence shall no more be heard in Nigeria

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.  Isaiah 60:18.

 Seen: Kidnapping

There has been a rapid growth in the kidnapping of babies, children and adults. This situation so acute that is giving a lot of concern to the people.  It has also become a daily occurrence.

Nevertheless, this is What the Lord said:

Matthew 16:9 - And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.  - NKJV

 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; the things you don’t allow on earth will be the things that God does not allow, and the things you allow on earth will be the things that God allows.”  - NCV

God has given us the authority to disallow on the earth the things that He does not allow and to allow on earth the things that He allows.

Prayer Points: Violence shall no more be heard in Nigeria

• Psalm 72:12-14a - “For He will deliver the needy when he cries, the poor also, and him who has no helper.  He will spare the poor and needy, And will save the souls of the needy.  He will redeem their life from oppression and violence...” 

• Lord, we believe You, that despite all the kidnapping occurrences all over the nation, violence will no more be heard within the borders of Nigeria because You have declared it.

• You have declared that there will be no more wasting or destruction. Let it be so in Jesus’ mighty name.

• By Your Spirit, the kidnapping incidents in Nigeria has been declared stopped and we believe You. Please bring Your healing and restoration families that have been affected.

• O Lord, be the help of the victims. Deliver them from the hand of their oppressors and save their souls according to Your Word.

• O Lord, be the help of the victims. Deliver them from the hand of their oppressors and save their souls according to Your Word.

• Let Your gospel reach the ears of all the kidnappers in Nigeria, and let it affect their hearts. Deliver them from oppression and violence by the power of the cross and restore them to Your purpose.

• We agree with You, Lord. Nigeria’s walls will be called ‘Salvation’ and her gates ‘Praise’.

• Spirit of faith, descend upon Nigeria and show the virtue of Your name; impart Your saving power and speak to every heart. Violence shall no more be heard in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Unseen: The Lord will be to Nigeria an everlasting Light.

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. Isaiah 60: 19-20.

Seen: Darkness in the economy and in the Government of Nigeria.

The economy is erratic and exchange rates are an all-time high. The government’s decision making also generates concern with the people.

Prayer Points: The Lord will be to Nigeria an everlasting Light

• Proverbs 21:11 -The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes.

• Lord, shed Your everlasting light on every decision made in that the office of the president, in the senate, in the house of representatives - be according to the divine counsel of heaven for Nigeria, even if the leaders are not aware of it.

• Let Your everlasting Light will guide the affairs of the economy, not human wisdom. We ask, O Lord, for You to miraculously stabilise the economy. Continue to expose with Your everlasting light, all those who waste or steal from the public purse.

• Lord, shed Your everlasting light on every decision made in that the office of the president, in the senate, in the house of representatives - be according to the divine counsel of heaven for Nigeria, even if the leaders are not aware of it.

• Let Your everlasting Light will guide the affairs of the economy, not human wisdom. We ask, O Lord, for You to miraculously stabilise the economy. Continue to expose with Your everlasting light, all those who waste or steal from the public purse.

• Please Lord, turn the hearts of the President and Vice President towards Your desire for Nigeria. Cause them to fear You. Put Your fear in the hearts of every government leader.

• Lord, please shine Your everlasting light upon President Buhari. Go to the root of his health issues, take control and heal him completely so that He can return to Nigeria.

Unseen: Your people in Nigeria shall be all righteous

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. Isaiah 60:21.

Seen: Many Churches are not on the path of righteousness

Many churches have leaders that are not in right standing with God and as such are unable to preach the complete Gospel.

Prayer Points: The Lord will be to Nigeria an everlasting Light

• Lord! Visit Your church in Nigeria.

• Purge Your Church, O Lord. Wash away all the things that do not allow You to be glorified and revive Your Church.

• We look to You for correct churches founded on the complete Gospel, where men will serve You aright and will all be righteous.

• Lord, give us correct pastors and leaders who will preach the correct message the correct way so that the body can be correct and all righteous.

• Give us pastors and leaders who are not money conscious but kingdom conscious; those who are the branch of Your planting and the work of Your hands.

• Spirit of faith, come down upon the church in Nigeria.

• Come and reveal the things of God and make the Godhead known. Come in Your power and make the Christ and Him Crucified Known in every place.

• You died for every sinner in Nigeria. Please apply the blood and give them eyes to see that You have brought them into Your new covenant. Deliver Your people from the old covenant – i.e the kind gospel that does not dislodge sin in their lives.

Unseen: A little one shall become a thousand

A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will hasten it in his time. Isaiah 60:22.

Seen: Disciples are not multiplying  as expected

There is a shortage of committed kingdom labourers who carry a burden for disciple-making.

• Revelations 3:8-9 - I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it;for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name. Indeed I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie—indeed I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you. 

• Lord, help disciples in Nigeria to keep Your word and never deny Your name.  Give them the tenacity in seeking You even in their little strength.

• Set before the disciples in Nigeria an open door that no one can shut - open doors for the gospel message to be preached in fullness, so that the spirit of faith can come upon the souls of men.

• Make those in the ‘synagogue of Satan’ come through these open doors. Call them from every street to come and worship at Your feet.

• Grant divine help and wisdom to the disciples for disciple-making.

• Let disciples multiply - let a little one of them become a thousand.

HYMN: SPIRIT OF FAITH COME DOWN

1. Spirit of faith, come down,
reveal the things of God,
and make to us the Godhead known,
and witness with the blood.
'Tis thine the blood to apply
and give us eyes to see,
who did for every sinner die
hath surely died for me. 

2. No one can truly say
that Jesus is the Lord,
unless Thou take the veil away
and breathe the living Word.
Then, only then, we feel
our interest in His blood,
and cry with joy unspeakable,
"Thou art my Lord, my God!"

3. O that the world might know
the all atoning Lamb!
Spirit of faith, descend and show
the virtue of His name;
the grace which all may find,
the saving power, impart,
and testify to humankind,
and speak in every heart.

4. Inspire the living faith
(which whosoe'er receive,
the witness in themselves they have
and consciously believe),
the faith that conquers all,
and doth the mountain move,
and saves whoe'er on Jesus call,
and perfects them in love. 

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