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COVENANT BREAKTHROUGH SERVICE:NOVEMBER -DECEMBER 2020

COVENANT BREAKTHROUGH SERVICE
MONTHLY COVENANT PRAYER SESSION:
VIGIL: November 2020 – December 2020;
Time: 12 A.M to 1 A.M.;
DATE: Monday 30th November 2020 to Tuesday 1st December 2020;
COVENANT THEME: Victory At Last;
Monthly (December) Scripture: Ezekiel 30:21-22;

FAITH DECLARATION: re-echo this Scripture in the ears of the Almighty and for preservative wisdom for yourself: Psalm 39 and 1 Samuel 21:10-15.
CONFESSION: Confess the following Scriptures with resounding faith that cannot be resisted nor denied: (Psalms 56, 57 and 64:

O Strength of Israel that cannot lie, Make this hour the true hour of revelation and prophecy that shall in every standwise . I have come to know that this new moon, the (aquarius – Capricorn) moon of December is the lone moon of determination of what shall be in the new year. O aquarius – Capricorn, in you is the height of men’s errors, disasters and the preparations of the carryovers—the evil baggage for coming year. But by the wisdom and the power of the Almighty, my new moons of the new year shan’t be determined by you and the wicked spirits that wallow around in you but by Him who is the Possessor of heaven and earth. I hijack by the strength of the Lord’s right hand my breakthroughs of year 2020 yet to be delivered to me from you. I remove myself from the shadowy shelter of stagnation, non-achievement, failure and every ill experience of the passing year. Because the Strength of Israel cannot lie, I decree that progress and result-oriented ventures of year 2021 begins from you O aquarius –capricorn moon. O aquarius – Capricorn moon, no tears of sorrow shall drop from my eyes in you. I refuse every evil carryover. I shall not lose any of my blessings to you. Where is the Lord God of Israel who made prophet Moses a god and an authority over Pharaoh? Arise! Cause those dark powers of aquarius – Capricorn moon to release me after such long delay. Spirit of wisdom for direction at every point, take over me! Let the unusual anointing for wisdom; such wisdom that paves the way out of trouble, the way into the city of greatness and testimony, resume immediate activities in my life. That which prayer or fasting, pastor or prophet cannot do for me. Do it for me O spirit of wisdom mingled with mercy. O stumblingblocks and rocks of offenses ever slowing down my swift movement to my Promise Land, O wisdom of God provide a divertion through another course to my destination. It is true that the errors of men can change the direction of God’s move. But they cannot stop God from arriving at His final destination concerning my destiny. Therefore, I prophesy illumination in my way. I decree divine speed to my feet. I dislocate thorns and thistle holding me back. I allow the angels of mercy and the accompanying Spirits of wisdom to lead me. No falter. No fall. No frustration. For Ezek.12:27-28 must now begin to be fulfilled in my life and destiny. I cancel every kind of accident.
Thank you kind father, thank you kind God and thank you most faithful One.

HOUR OF HEAVENLY SHOWER: pick up the Scripture below and speak gladdening words to Jehovah: Psalm 124, 129, 141, 144 and 146.

HYMN: O Lord My God
PRAY NOW:
1. O dear kind God, I come to thank and worship You for keeping me alive through the storm of year 2020
2. O kind father, have you not been so merciful to me? Therefore, I celebrate you with songs, melody and worthy appreciation from my heart this hour.
3. I praise You most gracious God for all you have done for me. In advance I exalt you because this new moon shall be both a recovery moon and the moon in which my tears will be lost in the river of endless joy and happiness.
4. Spirits of family, generational and personal Pharaoh that have insisted against my progress, collide against the Rock of Ages.
5. O heaven over my destiny, be opened for mercy and for favour.
Present your personal petitions.

UNCOVERING THE SECRET OF VICTORY OVER NIGHT RAIDERS, NIGHT TRADERS, NIGHT CATERERS AND THE GENERAL POWERS OF THE NIGHT (Part 2)

THE MESSAGE NOW

Vol. 4, No. 48 – Monday, 9th December 2019

(Matt.13:25, Job.38:12-13)

UNCOVERING THE SECRET OF VICTORY OVER NIGHT RAIDERS, NIGHT TRADERS, NIGHT CATERERS AND THE GENERAL POWERS OF THE NIGHT (Part 2)

Welcome to the concluding edition of this topic—a spiritual research which began a few weeks back. Permit me to begin from the point we left of. Job 38 strongly and wisely quarries:
‘12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?’
There are many mysteries here for our deep spiritual research. First, by spiritual law and rule, the day is understood to commence from the night. No wonder, the clear content of Genesis chapter 1:5, 8,13, 19, 23 and 31 informs that ‘and the evening and the morning were the first day’.
Second, the true nomenclature for midnight is ‘morning’ and it is the right moment for shaking the powers of the night out of their positions and weakening or outrightly withering their authority.
Third, there are always positioning and repositioning during the hour of the original ‘morning’ known as the midnight hour. By positioning and repositioning, I mean spiritual losses and beneficial gains.
Fourth, every and any day takes its rightful position when wicked forces of the night have been dislodged out of their preoccupations and positions during the hours of the previous night.
Fifth, every night is characterized by no other transaction but fierce battles. Note, a man’s day cannot be good except that man won the battle of the night. Thus I contend that the night is never for the weak or the indolent but for the strong and the vigilant.
I conclude therefore that men who scavenge through life, recording no meaningful success were so because they fall among the categories of the weak and the indolents at the seasons of the night.
Understand that uncovering the secret of victory over night caterers, night traders, night raiders and the general powers of the night is no deep mystery. It is always in the understanding of the mystery contained in Job chapter 33:13-18.
These verses read as follows:
’13 Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
17 That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword’.
Understand that the mystery in these verses is not a subtle but a salient one. God is an exceptionally kind God. The Almighty does His best to keep man informed. Why? Because God knows that information can be transforming.
So, the Almighty through the instrumentality of dreams informs man about the activities of the powers of the night. Man records defeat or the reality of those negative dreams either because man is ignorant of their understanding or man is nonchalant about them.
Understand the following dreams and if you have had any of these dream experiences, then there is a battle in your hands to vigorously fight.
‘If you dream and you find yourself drinking dirty water, it means the enemy wants to poison your spiritual life and reduce your fire.
If you dream and see yourself drowning and crying for help, the enemy is planning tribulations for you.
If you dream that something keeps obstructing you as you seek to cross from one place to another, the enemy is trying to hinder your progress.
If you are always eating meat, bottom line is that you have become a witch participating in witchcraft feeding.
When you find yourself always eating and your mouth is even forced open to take food in the dream, it means the enemy wants to weaken your spiritual power and plant sickness into your life.
If you find yourself climbing a mountain with difficulty, it means the enemy is making you toil before you can survive.
If you find yourself in a traffic hold-up, the enemy is introducing sluggishness into your life, to hinder you from reaching your goals in life.
If you find yourself nursing a strange baby, or milking a strange baby, the enemy is drinking the milk of your life.
If you find yourself falling into a pit and are unable to come out, the enemy has imprisoned you.
If you find the wind and whirlwind fighting against you, God is trying to tell you that there are troubles ahead to retard your progress.
If you find that your cap was blown away by the wind, it means disgrace is on its way for you.
If you lose something very important like your shoes or sandals, marital disturbance is coming. You had better start praying.
If you find your documents stolen in the dream, the enemy is trying to make those documents useless.
If you find that your clothes were stolen in the dream, this is an attack on your honour and glory.
If you see yourself, in the dream, carrying a heavy load, the enemy is trying to introduce paralyzing problems into your life, the kind of things that will make the person unable to move forward with record of any success.
If you find yourself always sitting for examinations without finishing them, this is the spirit of frustration and failure.
If you find yourself in darkness in the dream, this represents spiritual blindness.
If, in the dream, you find yourself being beaten by rain and you are running from it, it means the enemy is trying to prepare trouble for you.
When you dream and see fire destroying things, the enemy is trying to introduce calamity and woe into your life, you have to stop this.
If you find that you are travelling and the road is becoming longer and longer and longer, and you never really finished that journey until you wake up, the enemy is only trying to introduce frustration into your life.
If you find yourself being shot, either with arrow or gun, the enemy is trying to introduce afflictions of a terrible kind into your life.
If you dream of wearing a rag, nobody needs to tell you that this is the spirit of poverty and lack.
If you find yourself in an environment with faeces and dirty things around you, the enemy is trying to make you to miss heaven.
If you find yourself naked in the dream, this is the coming of disgrace and insecurity.
If you find your wedding ring and wedding gown stolen or torn or something bad happens to them, this is an attack on your marriage.
If you find your keys stolen, this means your enemy is trying to steal your spiritual authority from you.
If you find your house being burgled and your things being stolen, the enemy is trying to introduce spiritual emptiness into your life.
If you dream and find a child is missing, you have to pray hard for that child not to die.
If you dream and find a woman shaving your hair, you need to pray for the enemy not to kill your husband.
If you keep dreaming of masquerades, that is witchcraft and ancestral spirits pursuing you.
If you find that you are being attacked by dogs, these are sexual demons.
When you are attacked by cats and serpents in the dream, these are witchcraft attacks from the bottom of the pit.
If the serpent is biting you in the dream, it is not a thing to take lightly. If you see serpents in your dream and you fail to kill it, you should know for sure that the serpent is coming back to fight another day. If you see yourself being pursued or bitten by serpents, the enemy is poisoning your life.
Seeing crocodile in the dream is bad because it is the spirit of the leviathan, the spirit that can disturb you mentally, emotionally and physically.
If you find yourself being flogged in the dream, this is an attempt to destroy your reputation.
If you find yourself losing money in the dream, this is an attack on your finance.
If you find somebody issuing curses on you in the dream, it means that forces of affliction and oppression are pursuing your life.
If you find yourself bleeding through the nose or any other part of the body, this is witchcraft attack against your health.
When you find yourself in the marketplace where sometimes you buy things and other times you don’t, the enemy is trying to enslave you, and if you are not careful, they can give you mental disturbance.
If you find yourself having sex in the dream, this is a sign that you have a spirit spouse.
If you find yourself going back to your childhood days, it means the enemy wants to introduce retardation and backwardness into your life.
If you find yourself dying in the dream or seeing a coffin, this could mean death in various ways: financial, marital, spiritual. It may not necessarily mean that the person will die physically, other things may die.
Animals in the dream represent difficulties and problems. So if you see yourself being pursued in the dream by animals, it means problems are being introduced into the life of the person. It is even worse when these animals do attack. For instance, when you see bats and owls in your dream, it means hypocrites are working against you and the spirit and forces of the night are also pursuing you.
If you see yourself drinking alcohol in the dream, this represents confusion.
If you see yourself with brooms, it means you are going to have friends who are not united.
Seeing corpses in the dream means the forces of death are coming into the person’s life.
If you see cobwebs in your dream, this is the spirit of rejection and disfavour.
If you find yourself wearing wigs in the dream, this is an evidence of fake glory.
If you find yourself handcuffed in the dream, it means the enemy is putting curse on your labour.
If you find yourself with crabs, it means the enemy wants to introduce a reverse gear also known as deceleration into your life.
When you find yourself roaming in the jungle, the enemy wants to make you sweat and gather nothing.
If you keep seeing padlocks, it means that certain areas of your life have been locked up.
If you dream and see chains, this means a very serious trap is being set for you.
If you keep finding yourself always exhausted, it means the enemy is introducing fruitless struggles into your life.
If you find yourself vomiting in the dream, it means the enemy is trying to make you lose your virtue.
If you find yourself always crying in the dream, it means that the enemy is planning a serious sorrow for your life.
If you find yourself with rotten fruits or eggs in the dream, it means the enemy is introducing failure into your life’.
For further readings, see the book by Dr Daniel K. Olukoya (POWER AGAINST DREAM CRIMINALS) and Dr Michael A. Abiodun (THE MEANINGS AND THE MARVELING MYSTERIES OF DREAMS, THOUGHTS AND WORDS).
Understanding mingled with purity and spiritual power are the fundamental secrets to gaining victory over all forces of the night. But understand that the first thing to do is to give one’s life to Jesus in all its totality or rededicate one’s where one’s life has once been given to Christ.
The purport and the thematic message of Job.38:12-13 is constant spiritual rejuvenation and non-relenting in fervent prayers in and at every night season. One miss of one night prayer of at least twenty minutes can record a miss of a lifetime destiny.
IN THE END, JESUS SAID: ‘IF YE KNOW THESE THINGS, HAPPY ARE YE IF YE DO THEM’ WITH FERVENT PRAYERS (EMPHASIS ADDED). Prayers trigger revelations and it is equally by prayers that the understanding of revelations are gained.
Question and Answer Section
Question: What will you do with these revelations?
Answer: Hmmm!
 
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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 Ps.54 in closing and pray more).
HYMN: The Great Physician
PRAY NOW:
1. Buyers and sellers of destinies during the night seasons, I capture my destiny from your evil bank and control.
2. Wicked redesigners of destiny, I invoke the power of the blood of Jesus Christ against you.
3. I return my destiny back to God’s original plan and purpose.
4. Powers of the night operating between 12 A.M. and 1 A.M., let the power and the righteousness of God collide against you and destroy you completely.
5. O you night caterers, night traders and night raiders feeding my destiny, transacting away my breakthroughs, exchanging my lots and walking against my life and destiny, let the fire and righteousness of the Godhead appear against you and crush you utterly.
6. O general wicked powers of the night walking against me, I terminate your assignment and bury you now.
7. Every man or woman igniting and sponsoring evil experiences against me and pretending to be my helper or prophet at the same time, let the countenance of the Lord be set against you for evil continually.
8. Every dream of past nights affecting my life now, die.
9. Every event and dreams of the present working against me now, die without effects.
10. Invisible powers troubling my nights, sleep and dreams, die and be buried by fire.
11. Every satanic ladder hiding in my life, catch fire and be roasted to ashes.
12.Lay your right hand on your head and say, I fire back every arrow of oppression.
Present your personal petitions now.

THE MYSTERY OF THE WEAKENED AND THE WINNING WOMAN

THE MESSAGE NOW
Vol. 4, No. 47– Monday, 2nd December 2019
(Gen.3:1-15, Rev.12:1-17, Rom.6:16)
THE MYSTERY OF THE WEAKENED AND THE WINNING WOMAN

Within the confines of humanity, there are many truths that just cannot amount to a lie. It is the truth that Almighty God is the most powerful; and there is no question about this. It is equally true that women are the most powerful entity within the realms of existence apart from the Almighty God; this is also an incontestable fact. For is it not a fact of pristine truth that men rule the world? But is it not greater and further truth that women rule the men who rule the world?
But how so true is the fact that women are one of the most powerful entities in the universe? Facts from the desk of the spiritual has it that no man has ever seen the greatest enemy of man, the devil. But women have, and they have had physical encounter with this greatest enemy and even had conversation with this enemy.
As such, I will contend that there exists notes of great lessons to learn from the biblical accounts of the weakened woman and the winning woman. It is a weakness of worship and recognition.
Rom.6:16 categorically states that: ‘know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?’
The purport of this Scripture is obvious; the one man worships is the one man reverences. In other words, obedience to another is undoubtedly a form of reverence for that one. Reverence is an aspect of worship. And worship is a form of giving honour or value to the words, personalty and instructions of a given individual.
The question is how does this apply to the case of the weakened and the winning woman? When Eve obeyed satan in the garden of Eden and indeed went on to carry out his instructions, she was acting in perfect worship and giving recognition to the instruction and the giver of the instruction.
Understand that worship or recognition never occurs except there is some form of yielding on the part of the worshiper or the one recognizing the other. For indeed, it is properly written that ‘unto whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey his servants ye are’.
Understand also that worship means recognizing the presence of a fellow and submitting to the authority and the presence of that fellow. For no true worship can truly be true worship without recognition and submission. So, Eve yielded her authority in perfect submission.
To yield one’s authority is the same as humblying oneself and confirming the lordship of the one yielded to over the person that is yielding. When we yield to God in humble adoration and worship, we receive great strength and exaltation in return. For is it not written that the joy of the Lord is our strength? (Neh.8:10).
The implication of the foregoing Scripture is this: when men (in the generic sense) rejoice the heart of the Lord in humble worship, what men receive in return is strength from the Lord to be able to do all things. It is written: ‘the Lord will give strength unto His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace’ (Ps.29:11).
It is equally written: ‘they go from strength to strength. Everyone of them appeareth before God in Zion’ (Ps.84:7). The questions are obvious. Why do they go from strength to strength? The simple answer is because they appear in Zion. Why are they appearing in Zion? The simple answer is in order to worship God who is the ultimate right Lord to be worshipped in the right sanctuary of right worship. Of course, as a result of worshiping the right Lord in the right sanctuary and with the right heart of worship, strength was ministered.
Unfortunately, in the case of Eve, she yielded to wrong lordship and wrongly worshipped the wrong presence. Therefore, she received no good and no strength in return but slavery and servitude under an evil tax and task master who is the smartest deceiver and snatcher of authority and all goodness.
The same experience of Eve cannot be attributed to the winning woman in Rev.12:1-17. Picture the encounter in verses 1-5 of this chapter. It reads:
‘1 Now there appeared a great sign in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
2 And being with child, she cried out in labour and in pain to give birth.
3 And there appeared another sign in heaven: behold, a great and fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on his heads.
4 His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her child as soon as it was born.
5 She bore a male child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her child was caught up to God and His throne’.
Dearly beloved, please seethe between the lines of the above five verses and you would notice the following:
That the woman in the above encounter had no time for a single moment of recognition for the presence of the dragon.
That the woman in the above encounter never had a moment of conversation with the the dragon. For the act and the art of entertaining conversation paves the way for receiving all forms of information some or all of which can be fatal to one’s life and destiny.
That the woman in the above encounter gave no room for any instructions from the dragon. As such, the opportunity to obey his instructions did not even arise.
That the woman in the above encounter did not obey the dragon and as such, she did not worship him for obedience to instruction is in itself a form of respect for authority which indeed and in deed translates to a form of worship and reverence.
There is a basic rule about spirituality and worship. It is the basic rule of no-middle-ground. Since the woman did not worship the dragon, the spiritual rule took effect; it meant then that the woman honoured the Almighty God in holy and reverent worship.
What then is the implication for the foregoing? The fact that the woman succeeded in honouring God and not the dragon gave her strength to deliver of her child effortlessly, and saved her destiny and destiny child from ruin.
In the journey of your life as a Christian, how much attention do you give to recognizing the devil? When you retire to bed at night and offer your night prayers, were those prayers offered for the sake of reverence to the God who is able to keep you and your family all through that night?
Think about it and be sincere dearly beloved, was that night prayers offered because of the fear of attacks by the devil and his agents?
Have you ever considered this fact that in the New Testament, the Lord Jesus Christ hardly mentioned the devil except at occasions when He needed to rebuked or disgrace him?
Have you also noticed that in the Old Testament, any time the Israelites had problems, they simply believed that those problems were from the Lord and they simply returned to the Lord with genuine heart of repentance and their problems were immediately solved?
How many times have you had any problems and simply went before the Lord in humble repentance and worship instead of swinging into into immediate useless fire prayers?
Be sincere with yourself, fire prayers are very good. But how many of those fire prayers have produced the answers you expect? Is it not then the time to borrow a leaf from this teaching?
Fiery prayers, I repeat, are good. But why not return to God first, settle all accounts of sin, give Him most reverent worship and express gratitude to Him for His past and present kindness before embarking on the voyage of fiery prayers? Remember Mal.2:4.
Dearly beloved, apart from the Lord Jesus Christ, permit me to say that the greatest champion of the New Testament was and is the Apostle called Paul. How many times did he refer to the devil in all of his epistles? Certainly less than five times.
It means Paul the Apostle had no attention for recognizing the devil even in his worst hours of trials and tests. If the Pual the Apostle, a man of like passion as we are had no time for recognizing or ledning credence to the devil, then what about us? No other or better admonision can be offered to us other than the words of the Psalmist in Psalm 84:5.
IN THE END, THE GREATEST SECRET OF LIFE’S SUCCESS IS TO HAVE NO FEAR OF RISK AND RISK-TAKING BUT RATHER TRANSLATE EVERY FEAR INTO REVERENT ADORATION FOR SUCCESS. THEN THE DAWN OF SUCH SUCCESS WILL NOT JUST BE AT THE DOOR BUT ALREADY SEATED ON THE PARLOUR’S SOFFA AWAITING THE VICTOR. THIS SHOULD BE THE ATTITUDE FROM FEAR TO REVERENT WORSHIP. BY SO DOING, WE WILL BE TRANSFORMED FROM WEAKNESS TO WINNING.

Question and Answer Section
Question: What were Paul’s parting words en route heaven?
Answer: ‘I have fought the good fight of faith, and there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness’.

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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 Ps.54 in closing and pray more).

HYMN: I Have No Other Argument
PRAY NOW:
1. I repent O God for the sin of fear that I have entertained.
2. O you drier of spiritual strength and vigour, I puncture your power.
3. O merciful God, give me the Spirit of worship and reverent adoration.
4. O Spirit of grace and supplication, fall upon me.
5. O sweetness of life on every side, locate me.
Present your personal petitions now.

THE MYSTERY OF LIGHT OUT OF DARKNESS

EXPRESS IMAGE GLORY MINISTRIES

THE MESSAGE NOW

Vol. 4, No. 43 – Monday, 4th November, 2019
(Gen.1:1-5, 14-18, 15:1-20, 1 Jn.1:5, Jn.1:5)
THE MYSTERY OF LIGHT OUT OF DARKNESS

There are many things so marveling about God. One of such many things is that fact that God can do all things. Ever imagine that a most terrible man can give birth to a child who happens to be the best preacher in town? And when this is considered thoughtfully, doesn’t such, to some extent, appear mysterious?

Such is equally one of the marveling wonders of God. If I define darkness to mean the absence of light, scientifically speaking, I would not be far from the truth. If I argue that light cannot be better explained other than the fact that the presence of light is the absence of darkness; most certainly, it would be difficult to fault me.

But all those definitional stances are no more than the facts of man and science. In divine dictionary, the consideration is by far different because out of darkness light can be born. And it is possible from spirit parlance that light can be separated from darkness.
More shocking still, the mystery of spirituality informs us that there can be the existence of darkness without light being absence but unnoticed. This means that the two can be subsumed in one entity co-existing without the light revealing itself. Amazing! Technically speaking then, darkness births light. What great mysteries are these? Yet still, light can exist right inside darkness without being noticed by the eyes and the facts and science of man.
Nonetheless, when light manifests once, its power is so potent that darkness which had birth it cannot stand before it. The secret mystery is that light is most gentle but equally most powerful.
A further mystery is that light has its time of manifestation; it does not seek to dominate. Neither does it announce its arrival but its presence commands the noticeability of its arrival and announcement.

The summation of the foregoing is that light is imbued with unchallengeable authority. Darkness on the other hand is most domineering. It has no authority, power and it is full of perfect weakness.
Despite its perfect weakness, it still strives to announce its presence by itself. It is therefore shouty and demanding. At no point can darkness overpower the light without the consent of the light. Indeed, within the confines of human history, the dominance of darkness over light has only occurred once under the clear assent and consent of the One who is the original Light (Exo.10:22-23).

History would remind any quality researcher that there was a total solar eclipse on May 20th 1947. Solar eclipse occurs when the moon (luna) moves between the sun and the earth, thereby totally or partially blocking the light from the sun. Seriously speaking, whatever explanations the science world may have as the reason for this occurrence is best known to science.
The possibility of a clash between the moon and the sun is not uncommon to Bible students. In Genesis chapter 1:14-16, the Scriptures give us a deep mystery. It reads:
’14 And God said, let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years:
15 And let them be lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: He made the stars also’.
Any deep thinker will understand that these two great lights are entities. It would also be understood by such deep thinker that the fact of the word ‘rule’ accorded to these entities means that these entities were imparted with some sort of authority and power. Where authority and power exists between entities, personalities or organisations, there is likely to be the prospect of contest. So, the event of May 20th 1947 was simply a natural reaction of two powers against each other.

The first Epistle of John the beloved in chapter 1:5 states that: ‘God is light and in Him is no darkness’. If He is light, how is it that the Spirit of God moved upon the waters whilst darkness was covering the face of the deep and no light could shine until God said ‘let there be light’?
Yet again, from verse 12 of Genesis chapter 15, it was out of horror and great darkness that the great God spoke to Abraham. How is it that the One who is light and in whom is no darkness chose the medium of darkness to speak?
Is it not written that the Light shineth in the darkness and that darkness comprehended it not’? He could shine in darkness and yet remain invisible and unnoticed. Is it not equally written that ‘behold the bush burned with fire but the bush was not consumed’ (Exo.3:2). OH! he could speak through the burning bush and neither the physical human eyes nor darkness can comprehend His mystery.
1 Cor.2:10 states: ‘but God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit:for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the DEEP things of God’. Alas! The Spirit being light yet ‘moved upon the face of the DEEP’ was searching the wonders of God and yet ‘darkness was upon the face of the deep. And yet still, that darkness could not discover or uncover the Light being the Spirit of God who was busy searching the deep wonders of God awaiting the spoken word to manifest that Light.

What a mystery and what a wonder! Is He, the great Light not all in all? Just see the great and unexplainable mystery of the oneness of the Light, the Word and the Almighty God all subsumed in one whole entity. And yet see how deep darkness can be and nevertheless despite being so deep, yet darkness cannot uncover that union or the works ever and always performed by the union entities.
Again, it is written: ‘the light shineth in the darkness and the darkness comprehended it not’. So are His ways; when the battering arm of darkness befall a man with gloom, with doom and with the looming horizon of sorrow, horror and terror, the Light works the wonders of deliverance that darkness does not understand until those wonders worked by the Light spark out into unchallengeable reality.
Then the darkness of gloom, doom and looming sorrow, horror and terror are dispelled and their disappearance is obvious. How awesome a lesson it is for man to invite the light into that situation of gloomy storm.

Take it or leave it! It remains a great mystery and indeed puzzling to the mind the fact that the Light can operate inside darkness without revealing itself onto darkness and yet the operations performed by the Light can be seen in clear action by the visible eyes of man but not by darkness.
It means the revelation of the Light to man occurs by choice. And each time the Light chooses to reveal himself, darkness automatically gets exposed and dispelled. This why in Genesis chapter 1 darkness covered the face of the deep’; yet the Spirit of God remained in active service in the creation of the universe.
The only potent force which has the ultimate power to reveal the Light is the Word of God who is God Himself. It is written, ‘and God said, let there be light, and there was light’. And yet another mystery! Who is truly the Light if not the Word? For is it not written, ‘thy word is a lamp unto my feet’.
If the word is a lamp, then it is a light and a provider of light. So then when He chooses to speak, light and illumination is immediately in readiness to surface.

What then is the summary of all these?
(1) As light cannot be restrained (except the light of man by opaque objects), it exists independently and supremely.
(2) God, the Light of just men, knows no cycle or circle of limitations.
(3) Without God, the summary of the entire universe is darkness.
(4) Darkness will always bow to light no matter what.
(5) The light is eternally constant and omnipotent.
(6) The light and the ray of hope may not shine nor spring up during that unpleasant situation, yet God is quietly at the background working out His wonders soon to be revealed.
(7) Blindness of the human eyes is beleaguered by blackness, bleakness and darkness of the physical eyes of man. Isn’t it a mystery that yet the eyes of God shines through the blackness, bleakness and blindness of human eyes to offer revelations and uncommon solutions which the physical eyes cannot see?
(8) Just as light dispels darkness at will because when light chooses to shine darkness just doesn’t exist at all, so too, God does not know nor recognize any impossibilities.
(9) Each time there is a declaration of the word of God, light automatically begins to shine and darkness loses its balance completely and automatically.
(10) The more and more a man loads himself with the word of God, the more and more the light of God flourishes in him. The further implication is the less and less darkness can exist in that man.
(11) He in whom dwells the word of God is a containment or carrier of divine light. The carrier of divine light is a carrier of God’s divine presence. Darkness cannot therefore be the next-door neighbor of such a-one.
(12) Just as light needs no helpers to shine, so also the God of heaven and earth needs no helpers but obedient worshipers in the working of His wonders.
IN THE END, HOW FAR MAN WILL GO IN GOD AND IN LIFE IS STRICTLY DEPENDENT ON THE EXTENT OF THE LIGHT WITHIN HIM AND AROUND HIM.

Question and Answer Section
Question: Who is Light of life?
Answer: The Word of God (Jn.1:14).

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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 Ps.54 in closing and pray more).

HYMN: Thy Word Is A Lamp To My Feet
PRAY NOW:
1. O Word of God, please come to me and speak to me.
2. O Word of Jehovah, lighten my pathway to success and to destiny land and to destiny people.
3. Every darkness in me, I send the Light and the Word of God against you to be eternally dispelled.
4. Great God, the Possessor of heaven and earth, rejuvenate my vision.
5. Right hand of fire, recover me and my destiny out of every obscurity, and cause my star’s stardom to commence before 2019 expires.
6. O mighty God, cause Express Image Worship Centre to become a spiritual ladder where holy angels of divine power ascend and descend.
7. Father, in your mercy, turn Express Image Worship Centre to solution ground where no prayers will be denied nor delayed.

COVENANT BREAKTHROUGH SERVICE;NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2019.

COVENANT BREAKTHROUGH SERVICE
YEAR 2019 THEME: Solution and mercy
Annual Scriptures: Gen.17:1-2, Ps.85:10-13, Ps.138:8);
QUARTERLY THEME and Scriptures: (Theme: Arise O Sword of God and smash the head of the serpent);
(Scripture – Jer.51:44, Gen.3:15, Lk.10:19);

MONTHLY COVENANT PRAYER SESSION:
VIGIL: November 2019 – December 2019;
Time: 12 A.M to 1 A.M.;
DATE: Saturday 30th November 2019 to Sunday 1st December 2019;
COVENANT THEME: Wisdom To Escape And To Excel;
Monthly (December) Scripture: Jer.38:17-19, Eccl.10:10, Lk.21:13-15;

FAITH DECLARATION: re-echo this Scripture in the ears of the Almighty and for preservative wisdom for yourself: Psalm 39 and 1 Samuel 21:10-15.
CONFESSION: Confess the following Scriptures with resounding faith that cannot be resisted nor denied: (Psalms 56, 57 and 64:

“O Strength of Israel that cannot lie, Make this hour the true hour of revelation and prophecy that shall in every wise stand . I have come to know that this new moon, the (aquarius – Capricorn) moon of December is the lone moon of determination of what shall be in the new year. O aquarius – Capricorn, in you is the height of men’s errors, disasters and the preparations of the carryovers—the evil baggage for coming year. But by the wisdom and the power of the Almighty, my new moons of the new year shan’t be determined by you and the wicked spirits that wallow around in you but by Him who is the Possessor of heaven and earth. I hijack my breakthroughs of year 2019 yet to be delivered to me from you by the Strength of Israel that cannot lie. I remove myself from shadow shelter of stagnation, non-achievement, failure and every ill experience of the passing year. Because the Strength of Israel cannot lie, I decree that progress and result-oriented ventures of year 2020 begins from you O aquarius –capricorn moon. O aquarius – Capricorn moon, no tears of sorrow shall drop from my eyes in you. I refuse every evil carryover. I shall not lose any of my blessings to you. Where is the Lord God of Israel who made prophet Moses a god and an authority over Pharaoh? Arise! Cause those dark powers of aquarius – Capricorn moon to release me after such long delay. Spirit of wisdom for direction at every point, take over me! Let the unusual anointing for wisdom; such wisdom that paves the way out of trouble, the way into the city of greatness and testimony, resume immediate activities in my life. That which prayer or fasting, pastor or prophet cannot do for me. Do it for me O spirit of wisdom mingled with mercy. O stumblingblocks and rocks of offenses ever slowing down my swift movement to my Promise Land, O wisdom of God provides a diversion through another course to my destination. It is true that the errors of men can change the direction of God’s move. But they cannot stop God from arriving at His final destination concerning my destiny. Therefore, I prophesy illumination in my way. I decree divine speed to my feet. I dislocate thorns and thistle holding back. I allow the angels of mercy and the accompanying Spirits of wisdom to lead me. No faulter. No fall. No frustration. For Jer.31:16 must now begin to be fulfilled in my life and destiny. I cancel every kind of accident.
Thank you Lord, thank you Lord and thank you Lord.”

HOUR OF HEAVENLY SHOWER: pick up the Scripture below and speak gladdening words to Jehovah: Psalm 124, 129, 141, 144 and 146.

HYMN: Now Thank We O Our God
PRAY NOW:
1. By the Strength of Israel that cannot lie, I and my loved ones are no prey to the enemy through out this new moon.
2. I reject the dryness, lack and losses of January 2020.
3. I wet the moon of January 2020 for my fruitfulness, favour and happiness with the dew of heaven.
4. O right hand of God, recover my biro, my skill and my joy from the evil snatcher and manipulator.
5. I am now ready for marriage. Therefore, O my hidden spouse, be pulled out into limelight by the right hand of God.
6. I am now due for conception, therefore, you my miracle babies that are being transported up and about, let the wind of the Almighty hijack you and force you back to me.
7. I am now ready for the next level of greatness. Therefore, let there be an unusual visitation of God onto me.
8. I send out sack letters to every personality, force, spirit and power on assignment to hurt men in the moon of this aquarius – Capricorn.
9. O violent horned goat, I chop off your evil horns now, in the name of Jesus.
10. I address you O new moon of December, my laughter will never be held back by you or in you.
11. Victory and rejoicing are the clear signs of year 2020, and I and my loved ones shan’t be excepted.
12. O God of Elijah at the bank and brink of the River Jordan and at Carmel, give a token of your wisdom and strength to move forward.
Present your personal requests.

DIVINELY-GUIDED INSTRUCTIONS FOR ENJOYING THE UNCEASING BLISSFULNESS OF JEHOVAH IN 2019

THE MESSAGE NOW
Vol. 3, No. 53 – Monday, 31st December, 2018
(Psalm 32:8, Deuteronomy 9:1-6, Joshua 3:1-17, esp. 5)

DIVINELY-GUIDED INSTRUCTIONS FOR ENJOYING THE UNCEASING BLISSFULNESS OF JEHOVAH IN 2019

Common sense unarguably accepts that commonly-agreed understanding will produce common position and common stance. In effect and in essence, the consequence of such commonality is common results commonly embraced by all the parties in the commonly understood transaction.

For the sake of reiteration, permit me to reemphasise the strong view once again that in order to achieve common results commonly enjoyed, there must be no variance in understanding. The absence of variance in understanding will effect common agreement. Common agreement subsumed with common intentions will lead one easily to one’s desired haven with the least stress. What you have read so far should not sound like an abstract to your intelligent minds.

The point is simply better and less abstractly told by the prophet Amos. Amos chapter 3:3 states that (paraphrased): without man’s alliance with God in Godlike attributes free from sin, partnership between God and man will head in only one direction: it is the sole direction of the rocks for a massive accident. Why? Because God struggles so much when He is in the company of a sinner. There has never been a year like the year 2019. It is a year in which God has gone ahead without man’s invitation to settle all problems of man ahead of man’s entry into it. What an awesome kindness from Jehovah!

So, it means then that man is left with an open cheque for 2019 with the bank to which the cheque is attached fully loaded with money and all the resources man will ever need. However, get this clear. The likelihood of a hurdle at the cashier’s desk is often not surprising for many people. In other words, there is a condition attached to cashing the freely-given cheque. It is the condition of righteous living. The Lord is lamenting very seriously that the spiritual clouds over man are heavily laden with great rain of blessings (Eccl.11:3). But when will man desist from sin such as petty and serious lies, lusts, pride, anger and many more? The problem now is not how to cross the Jordan or how to break down the terrible walls of Jericho.

For God has already done all these as far as 2019 is concerned. But shall man possess his possessions after entry? (Obadiah 1:17). This is a question for man alone to answer. One thing is sure: all men will have themselves to blame and not the next man or the satan who motivated them to sin in 2019 should they fail to keep away from sin.

The year 2019 is a year of solution says the Lord God of heaven and earth. The question is: will you miss out from the divine solution provision of 2019? Understand that there is only one figure missing between 19 and 20. It is the figure: 1. It means that without 1, 19 will never become that glorious 20 which 19 seeks. That missing figure 1 is righteous living.

2019! 2019 is a composition of four digits: 2, 0, 1 and 9. When combined in terms of a year nomenclature, there are two combined meaningful digits of 20 and 19. If God who has gone ahead into 2019 is the first two digits of the year 2019 being 20, then man is the remaining two digits being 19.

It means then that should man ever desire to have a common position and common stance with God which will ultimately produce common glorious results for man’s testimony and joy and praise to God, then man need the figure 1 being righteous living in order to be at a common agreement with God. Of course, it tells us that although it is the year 2019, yet man can be in 2020 common understanding with His Maker. 2020 means perfect partnership with no difference in complexion, attitude or spiritual numeracy though in the year 2019.

IN THE END, THERE IS A LAW OF CAUSE AND EFFECT. PUT SIMPLY, ACTIONS OR INACTIONS BEGET CONSEQUENCES ON BOTH SIDES: POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE. TO EMBRACE THE POSITIVE IS TO CHOOSE GOD’S OWN WAY OF DOING THINGS THE RIGHT WAY. THAT SHOULD BE THE COMMON UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN GOD AND MAN WHICH WILL PRODUCE THE COMMON RESULTS EXPECTED BY GOD AND MAN.

Question and Answer Section:
Question: What is the missing link between 19 and 20?
Answer: Figure 1

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Further information: Be informed that this Ministry has only one Facebook page and no other. Any other Facebook page or bank account is counterfeit. Any Concerns or questions about this facebook page or bank account should be directed to the Administrator of this Ministry, the Assistive Technology Adviser or the Resident Pastor. The Superintendent Minister and Pastor of this Ministry therefore pleads and urges you to desist from all such fake and ungodly Facebook pages or accounts. Be informed also that there is only one medium for soliciting donations and that medium is via our weekly magazine – The Message Now through our Facebook page or website: www.expressimageglory.com

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 Ps.54 in closing and pray more).

HYMN: Nearer My God To Thee
PRAY NOW:
1. Worship God like never before.
2. Promise Him from the depth of your heart that you will live for Him in total righteousness in 2019.
3. Praise Him again and again.
4. Make a fresh commitment to Him declaring Him to be your father and none else.
5. Praise the Lord!
HAPPY GLORIOUS NEW YEAR.

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HIS FATHER’S SPECIAL GIFT AND THE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS

THE MESSAGE NOW
Vol. 3, No. 52 – Monday, 24th December, 2018
(Is.9:6-7, Matt.1:18-25)
HIS FATHER’S SPECIAL GIFT AND THE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS

Stories like history can be sometimes dead or lost out of thought. But the good thing is that by means of recollection, revisit to archives or recourse to living memory of the aged, they can be revived and retold.

You probably have heard the story below but forgotten it over time. This reproduction then is a recall to mind the story about that father and his son. The story has it that a wealthy father had a number of children. Before his death, he distributed his known wealth to all his children. However, something strange happened. His best child was bewildered in uncommon disappointment because his loving father gave him nothing other than a Bible.

In rage, he threw the Bible somewhere and forgot about it. Months and years rolled on but his attention was never drawn to that Bible. But as events always have it, a turn of attitude took over the atmosphere around him one faithful day.

Suddenly, he decided to pick up the Bible—gift given to him by his father. As he picked it up, a key dropped from within the Bible. It was the key for the car he had requested for whilst his father was yet alive. Amazed and affectioned, he could not but appreciate his father the more for his care, thoughtfulness and unusual love. But the car was now out of fashion, outdated and probably badly-conditioned.

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THE SPIRIT OF PHARAOH THAT JOURNEYED WITH ME IN 2018 MUST BE LEFT BEHIND

THE MESSAGE NOW
Vol. 3, No. 51 – Monday, 17th December, 2018
(Exodus 12:38, Numbers 11:4)
THE SPIRIT OF PHARAOH THAT JOURNEYED WITH ME IN 2018 MUST BE LEFT BEHIND

Someone has rightly argued that ‘an enemy you don’t deal with on time will deal with you with time’. Oftentimes, in the journey of the modern Christian, spiritual strength and focus is directed at the physical enemy; the witch, the human oppressor and the likes.

Whilst there is no doubt in the sound spiritual fact that these physical enemies do exist, the further truth is that all these physical enemies are merely enemies without. The greater truth is that the enemy without succeeds only on the strength and success of the enemy within.

Understand dearly beloved that the children of Israel left the land of Egypt with the memory of their physical enemy, Pharaoh the king of Egypt being dead. To them, the death of Pharaoh marked the end of all problems.

But they failed to realise that although the physical pharaoh was dead, his representatives being the mixed multitude was nevertheless present within them. Indeed and in fact, the harm effected by the representative enemies within them in the course of their journey was by far more tumultuous and disastrous than what the physical Pharaoh: the enemy evidently seen caused to them. Isn’t it so? Remember dearly beloved that the journey of forty days became the journey of forty years as a result of the enemy within such as the rebellion, the murmurings, the ingratitude, the complaining, the idolatry and the sexual sins.

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NO COMPETITION WHATSOEVER

THE MESSAGE NOW Vol. 3, No. 50 – Monday, 10th December, 2018 (John 4:39, John 8:32, 36, John 14:6) NO COMPETITION WHATSOEVER

If anyone ever thinks that God is an illusion, such a-one suffers from chronic paranoia mingled with schizophrenia of an uncommon kind. The truth is this: God is real and the Blessed Lord Jesus Christ is His only begotten Son. The truth is this: whosoever does not believe in the Blessed Lord Jesus Christ as the only begotten Son of God cannot and will not enter the kingdom of God after his/her departure from this present world (John 3:36). The truth is this: for anyone who claims to be a Christian but forms a destiny alliance with anyone outside the Christian faith, such a-one is an enemy of God (James 4:4). Therefore, Dear Christian sister, to marry a person from a different faith is to have satan as your father-in-law. Dear brother, you are a pillar in the kingdom of darkness when you do the same (2 Cor.6:14). In an age where our nation and indeed the world is experiencing the highest scale of international hypocrisy and the continuing false propaganda that Christianity and other religions especially islam are the same, it is high time we educated ourselves on the differences between especially these two religions. Understand dear Christian, the God of the Christian is in every respect completely and perfectly different from the God of islam. Permit me to educate us on the fact that the only physical source of Christian truth is the Bible. In contrast, there are two trusted sources for that of islam. Continue reading →

THE EXEGESIS OF PSALM 65:11

THE MESSAGE NOW
Vol. 3, No. 49 – Monday, 3rd December, 2018
(Ps.65:11-13)
THE EXEGESIS OF PSALM 65:11

Two theological schools of thought express variant opinions about the thematic message of Psalm chapter 65 verse 11. Whilst the one concludes that the verse under reference is of seasonal application, the other pulls in the polar direction.

This other polar direction rather contends that verse 11 of Psalm chapter 65 is dimentionally applicable to all times and to all situations. In order to proffer a balanced analysis of any verse of Scripture, it is always necessary to read and interpret in context the preceding verse or the immediate verses succeeding such verse in context.

So, for a start, a read through and an interpretative application of verse 11 and its succeeding verses is a non-negotiable priority.

These verses therefore read as follows:

’11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness and the little hills rejoice on every side.
13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing’.

If anything, a careful reading of verse 11 indicates that this verse is both a conclusive, a stand-alone and an omnibus verse. Why? It is the main verse (like the main clause in grammatical syntax) in that it connects the subsequent verses (12 and 13) and relates directly with the two preceding two verses (that is verses 9 and 10).

There arises two questions of how and why in relation to the foregoing conclusion. To accord the how question its rightful answer, the opening clause of verse 11 is worth an attention.

It reads again: ‘thou crownest the year with thy goodness’…. Understand the context of this clause and in particular the interpretative applicational import of the word ‘goodness’ as was used in the verse.

Both the clause and the word ‘goodness’ can suggest no other meaning other than their connection with the rest of the verse and their intended application and relation with and to subsequent verses.

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