Monthly Archives: July 2017

COVENANT BREAKTHROUGH SERVICE: JULY-AUGUST

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COVENANT BREAKTHROUGH SERVICE

Monthly Covenant Prayer Session:

Quarterly/Monthly Scripture: Jeremiah 51:44;

Vigil: July – August 2017;

Time: 11:30 P.M to 2 A.M.

Date: Monday, 31st July to Tuesday, 1st August 2017;

Covenant Theme: Celebration and Feasting by Grace

Scripture: Jeremiah 16:16, Obadiah 1:4

Read the following Scriptures aloud with gratitude to God the Most High: Psalms 8, 111, 113, 117 and Judges 5.

Confession: read Psalm .121 123 and 128 aloud; (now say):

O my tiring hands, my slipping feet and weakening heart, arise. For God, I mean the God and father of the Lord Jesus Christ who is the possessor of heaven and earth is yet alive and now returned to my coast to help me.

So, every power, force, spirit and personality within and outside the realms of existence accord the King of glory due reverence. O God, true and gracious, send my word of deliverance now.

The earth and the destinies of other men are awaiting the manifestation of my rising. And, I shall rise up in greatness. I therefore decree in the name of Him who created the heavens and the earth, my destiny and hidden virtues ever in the state of spiritual slumber, arise now and attain fulfillment.

The negative programming of snails and evil covenants into my destiny, be de-programmed now. O my life and destiny, take up your running and dancing shoes for divine acceleration and ordained celebration. I shall no longer remain in the backseat where others are rising so tall.

O God, by the strength of your calling and anointing upon the Man of God, Michael Adekunle Abiodun, let my glorious change come and begin from henceforth.

O God, give full proof of Michael Adekunle Abiodun’s calling in my life, in the name of the Lord Jesus, Amen.

3. Burst into an open-heaven, grateful heart of praise in full appreciation of the Most High God for so long as the day will break tomorrow, there is yet hope for you.

Hymn: I’m Pressing On The Upward Way

Pray now:

1.Skeleton of darkness haunting and hunting my glory and star, collide against my Maker tonight.

2.You shadows of wickedness following my life and destiny, collide against the power of the Most High.

3.Circles of limitation measuring up and militating against my progress, I pronounce total erasure and destruction against you.

4.In this battle of life, I shall certainly win, in the name of the Lord Jesus.

5.Every twin personality receiving my blessings on my behalf and without my consent, I bury you tonight by fire.

6.That miracle which I have doubted will ever happen to me, O God, in your mercy, give me a pleasant surprise concerning them.

7.Lay your hands on your children and prophesy greatness upon them (pregnant women should place their right hands on their stomachs and fervently pray and prophesy.

8.My blessings hanging in the dark realm and in all spiritual arena, O thou angels assigned to tonight’s covenant service, go and retrieve them for me.

9.By the word of the Lord in Ob.1:4, I pull down every pharaoh and Goliath standing in my way.

10.By the decree of heaven, my husband shall not lose his job and headship over me.

11.Every accusing finger against my husband from his and my household in collusion with forces from without, be cut of, be disgraced and exposed.

12.The gathering and decree of spiritual forces in the air and marine powers against Express Image Glory Ministries, be shattered by thunder and by the word of God.

13.This year shall not claim my life and the life of any of my loved ones.

14.O God, command the commencement of my celebration season and moments of feasting according to Isaiah 25:6.

15.I am retiring to sleep,O God, speak to me about things I need to know.

(PREPARE,FASTING BEGINS TOMORROW)

THE STATE OF THE HEART IS THE HEART OF THE MATTER

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THE MESSAGE NOW

Vol. 2, No. 31 – Monday, 31st July, 2017

(Joshua 1:1-9, Psalm 139:23-24)

THE STATE OF THE HEART IS THE HEART OF THE MATTER

 

When British politician and author, Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) quipped the memorable lines: ‘nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think’, some of his detractors might have simply sniggered that such statement only adds up peripherally.
But the weight and indepth meaning of Disraeli’s astute statement stretches far beyond the frontiers of any political expression that merely adds up. For one, his profound statement is a reminder that the heart of the matter of pleasing God and humanity is a matter of the heart.

By the way, if success will become a reality in any life, it will undoubtedly be preponderant on the key principle propounded by the Lord to Joshua in Josh.1:8.
Therein is the reference to the principle of constant meditation for the attainment of good success. This of course thrives only as a function of the nurture of great, positive thinking which is the foundation for any lasting success.
American educator, Amos Bronson Alcott (1799-1888) put it in this manner: ‘thought (i.e., meditation) means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the man’.

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THE MESSAGE NOW

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THE MESSAGE NOW

Vol. 2, No. 30 – Monday, 24th July, 2017

Today’s message is for us to think about where we stand with God. Whether we believe it or not, the end is near and our Lord Jesus Christ is coming sooner than we think for his own. 

Some of us may not have heard of him and are thinking who is the Lord Jesus Christ? John 3:16-18 says “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Now is the hour of salvation because tomorrow might be too late. The return of our Lord will be like a thief in the night.

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THE MYSTERY OF MERCY (PART 2)

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Vol. 2, No. 29 – Monday, 17th July, 2017

(Psalm 31:16, 123, Matthew 23:23, James 2:12-13)

 

THE MYSTERY OF MERCY   (Part 2)

It happened in Ibadan, the largest city in Africa (with more landscape and population than Cairo (which currently stands as the second largest city in Africa). Ibadan is a city well-seated upon seven hills and located in south-western part of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

There it happened at about the 1980s-1990s. This 46 year-old man faithfully spent every weekend with his family at Ibadan. As a banker, the bank with which he was an employee was located in Ile-Ife (another city in southwestern Nigeria).

As a matter of unfailing family commitment, this man left Ile-ife every Thursday at the close of business hours to be with his family until Monday morning. After about 14 years of marriage with the gift of four lovely children, information began to trickle-in to the effect that this man’s wife was living in acute sexual unfaithfulness.

Despite the series of warnings and the reservoir of information at his disposal, this man would not for a time question the confidence he had reposed in his wife. 

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THE MYSTERY OF MERCY PART 1

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Vol. 2, No. 28 – Monday, 10th July, 2017

THE MYSTERY OF MERCY PART 1

(Psalm 123)

There is a most unusual trait about mercy whose outworkings and instrumentality remains a mystery which surpasses all human comprehension and interpretations.

Some tell us that mercy is the foundation for favour. This further means that mercy is the trigger of every kind of favour. Some others inform us that mercy is grace or that the flipside of grace is mercy.

All these information conduced together make good sense no doubt. However, if the flipside of grace is mercy or the determiner of mercy is grace, and all good success attained by man is a function of grace, what then is the fountain from which grace flows to man?

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YOUR EXPECTATION WILL BEGET THAT MANIFESTATION IF YOU WIN THE BATTLE AT THE GATE (Part 2)

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Vol. 2, No. 27 – Monday, 3rd  July, 2017

(Mark.11:22, 1 Samuel 30:1-31, 1 Kings 19:1-21)

YOUR EXPECTATION WILL BEGET THAT MANIFESTATION IF YOU WIN THE BATTLE AT THE GATE

(Part 2)

If indeed, anger and discouragement are the last blows from the enemy at the very edge/gate of breakthroughs, I contend that in actual reality, discouragement is the final punch of the enemy that has and continues to break the spirit, faith and expectations of so many.

The singular assignment  of this most potent satanic weapon is to cause man to retire from his spiritual duties shortly before man’s loudest joy and celebration. 

The other reason is to destroy one’s destiny and consequently destroy other destinies attached to one’s destiny.

Third is that the weapon of discouragement will often be triggered after victory is won. Why? The enemy wants to prevent the victory won from being victory seen and enjoyed. But understand dearly beloved that if it is of faith, then victory won is as good as victory seen.

Have you not just ended a period of seven-day prayer and fasting? Were your prayers and fasting not offered unto God the Most High? Does God rejoice in man’s unanswered prayers? If the answer to the last question is NO! then keep your expectations so high because you will never be disappointed.

It is written: ‘for surely there is an end, and thine expectation shall not be cut off’ (Prov.23:18). Therefore, I decree that those great things which the reader of this magazine have presented to the Lord, shall manifest, be enjoyed and not be hindered or delayed in any way, in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Consider this: what would have been the fate of Asahel, Jehu and Lisha (and indeed) the lives and destinies which Elisha’s ministry touched if God had not intervened in the case of Elijah’s discouragement?

Really, was discouragement not at the very point of destroying Elijah’s uncommon breakthrough of entering heaven alive? Again, were it not for God, wouldn’t discouragement have terminated David’s life prematurely?

The same discouragement (which gave rise to evil minds) was responsible for that evil suggestion by the remaining four hundred men to leave out the fainting two hundred men in the sharing of the spoil.

Dearly beloved, be informed that there is always a constant battle at the gate of your breakthroughs (Judges.5:8). The seven days of your waiting on the Lord will never be a waste, in the name of the Lord Jesus. But be aware that the enemy of the human good will do everything to snatch your won victory at the gate.

THEREFORE, KEEP THE FIRE OF FAITH BLOSSOMING THROUGH RIGHTEOUS FIGHT. FOR NO MAN WINS THE CROWN OF GREATNESS WITHOUT FIRST FIGHTING THE SURE BATTLE AT THE GATE.

Altar call: 

Backslidden – living in sin – needing fresh recommitment (say):

Christ Jesus, You are the Anointed One of the Most High. I come to you today as I am. In your mercy, help me out of my situation. Heal my soul, my spirit, my body, my life and my destiny. I acknowledge you as the only true lover of my soul. Please, deliver me on every side and save me through and through. I promise from the depth of my soul to be yours from henceforth, in Jesus name. 

Help me now O God. Be my Lord, my Saviour and my all in all from this day. Thank you Lord (read Psalm 54 in closing and pray more).

 

Hymn: My Hope Is Built On Nothing Less

Pray now:

1. I return every stone of evil back to the sender.
2. Read Psalm 125 and cry aloud: O rod of the wicked over my life and destiny, catch fire.
3. With a joyful heart, present your requests again onto the Lord.
4. Pray earnestly for Express Image Glory Ministries
                                              Pastor Mike