EXPRESS IMAGE GLORY MINISTRIES
THE MESSAGE NOW
Vol. 5, No. 12 – Sunday, 29th March, 2020
(1 Kings.1:26-43, Heb.12:16-17, Jude 1:22, Deut.7:2)
DIVINE MERCY IS INBUED WITH EXEMPTION CLAUSES

The unequivocal content of the book of Deuteronomy chapter 7 verse 2 states: ‘and when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them’.
Because the Lord our God is a God of extreme kind mercy, I am of the strong view that no one reading the concluding part of the foregoing verse will simply gloss over it without such a person’s attention being sustained for a moment.
Can it ever be true that God will instruct people to cease from showing mercy to a specific group of people? The truth is that there are exemption clauses maintained as condition for most things.
In this connection, divine mercy too is inbued with such exemption clauses. Exemption clauses are statements of condition which deviate from the general rule. It is a statement of general fact that the mercy of God is universal, not limited to any race or creed. But in certain circumstances, the One who has the prerogative of mercy can maintain a defining stand on the issue of mercy.
The troubling fact is, should God outlaw mercy from being beneficial to a person or persons and should any of God’s children or people offer mercy to such person or persons, the consequences for such action is always so dire. This is why the Lord expects that in showing mercy to any person especially persons outside the household of faith (Gal.6:10), we must be Spirit-led and deeply discerning (Jd.1:22).
Not everyone deserves the mercy of God. God has defined in certain circumstances certain people who will never have access to His mercy. Persons who kill or subject Israelees to slavery, harsh treatments, etc, are under divine curse. Should any one extend mercy to such killers or support charity organisations which show mercy to such killers, such a person assisting or donating to such charity organisations will be punished by God. For it is written: ‘I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse those who curse you’ (Gen.12:31).
If you give your money to persons who are involved in halting the spread of the gospel of Christ; if you offer your money to persons who kill Christians or who are given to killing people generally, by the dint of your giving or offering of money or assistance, you have brought yourself under divine judgment. It is the good counsel of the Lord to show mercy to the poor, the needy, the handicapped, but even then please be prayerful and discerning in so doing. Have you ever asked yourself why your finances are bombarded by challenges? Have you ever asked yourself why your prayers for financial change does not seem to travel beyond the roof of your house?
Check the things you use your money for and the people you give your money to. Because if you are careful and spiritually discerning, you may discover that your money sometimes is being used for rituals against you or against other people.

IN THE END, REMEMBER THIS: THAT ‘MONEY REPRODUCES MONEY’, THAT GIVING MUST HAVE LIMITS BECAUSE TAKERS NEVER HAVE LIMITS AND ARE SOMETIMES NOT DESERVING OF THE OFFERED GIFT. THAT THE MORE YOU GIVE DOES NOT ALWAYS MEAN THE MORE YOU WILL RECEIVE. RATHER, THE MORE YOU GIVE RIGHTLY AND ACCORDING TO GUIDED DIVINE PRINCIPLES, THE FAR MORE YOU WILL GET. PLEASE KEEP GIVING BUT BE DISCERNING, MAKING A DISTINCTION ALWAYS.

Question and Answer Section
Question: when was the last time you heard a force praying within your belly without your consciousness? When was the last time you gave some thing to support God’s work apart from your tithes and offerings? When was the last time you supported any man to fulfill a purpose? When was the last time you put smile on the face of someone?
Answer: Hmmm!.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Counseling, Prayers and Appointments: Please contact contactus@expressimageglory.com Alternatively, meet us every Sunday at the address below:
Suit 26, 2nd Floor, Nikky Africana Plaza, 70C Allen Avenue, Opposite UBA/MTN Office, Ikeja, Lagos.

Donations and Financial Supports – Please support the Kingdom of God through Christ Jesus in this Ministry by paying your hard-earned money to only this one account and no other: Express Image Glory Ministry, Stanbic IBTC Bank, Account number – 0020881228.

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: contactus@expressimageglory.com The General Superintendent Minister 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: Blessed Saviour Hear My Cry
PRAY NOW:
1. O God, I give you thanks for your word and for one whom you have used to deliver this word.
2. O God, I repent of every wrongful giving without discerning.
3. I sack every spiritual bank manager and bank cashier having access to my finances.
4. With the dynamite of divinity, I shatter every spiritual bank vault where my money and glory is confined.
5. O right hand of God, pull out for me all my glory and money from every spiritual vault.
6. I send every evil spiritual bank manager, cashier and spiritual bank into divine judgment and captivity.
7. I recover my finances by force and by fire.
8. Present your personal petitions.

EXPRESS GLORY IMAGE MINISTRIES
THE MESSAGE NOW
THE BLOOD OF JESUS

Vol. 5, No. 11 – Sunday, 22nd March, 2020

Revelations 12:11, Hebrews 13:20-21, Isaiah 53:5

At no time in the history of the world has things been this bad health-wise. It took the world by the storm, ordinary persons, presidents, kids, day-old babies, men, women of all races are attacked by what is known as corona virus disease 2019 i.e covid-19. The corona virus is at large, the world is overwhelmed and draconian measures are put in place if peradventure we could have respite. Things are getting tougher and tougher and may certainly get worse before it gets better.
For those who have their trust in Christ they have a solution in the blood of Jesus, the song writer says: “Just obey, just obey its the way God’s way…”
The night Israel was to be delivered, the instruction was put the blood on the lintel of your house, once you obeyed then he said in Exo. 12:13 “When I see the blood I will pass over you”. Not when I see you as an Israelite or as a Jew or as a Christian but when I see the blood.
If you have a feeling that you are being rejected by Christ there is nothing you can do but to tarry on and long at His feet. There is no other healer, no other way of escape, no any other one to run to but stay with Jesus Christ and plead your course. He shall have mercy on you, deliver you and heal you.
2Chronicles 7:14 says “if my people which are called by my name shall humble themselves and pray, and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways; I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land”. There is nothing like prayer anybody may believe it or not. On the 15th day of March 2020, president Donald Trump of America declared that Sunday a day of National prayer. America prayed and God heard them and showed them that common chloroquine is the answer (cure) to the pandemic covid-19.

If they had prayed earlier than the 15th day of March maybe very many thousand in the world wouldn’t have died. The doctors said they only care but God cures.
Jesus is the great shepherd of the sheep by the everlasting covenant signed by His blood.
The blood of Jesus is the most powerful weapon that God has given to us as believers. When a BELIEVER pleads the blood of Jesus he is automatically protected from attacks of Satan and his agents. The blood of Jesus reminds Satan and demons of their defeat on the cross of Calvary.
The shedding of Christ’s blood on the cross and subsequent resurrection brought us back to God and also sealed the eternal doom of Satan and the fallen angels.
Taking Jesus to the cross remains one of the things Devil will eternally regret. 1Corithians 2:7-8 Christ’s death is the wisdom of God. If the Devil had known, he wouldn’t have killed the Lord of Glory.
The shedding of the Blood of Jesus unknowingly to the Devil was the only thing needed to seal the everlasting covenant between God and us(Hebrew:13vs 20).
Once you invoke the covenant, the Devil is disorganised, disarmed, disgraced and devastated. He made a show of them openly. Col.:2 vs 15 This is what you are doing by pleading the Blood of Jesus.
With the Blood of Jesus:
1. You are neutralizing the powers and activities of Satan, in whatever form it comes like a flood, a virus, or whichever way, a standard is lifted up against them( Isiah 59 vs 19)
2. You render him impotent, powerless and also bring shame upon him. He get jittery at the sight or hearing the Blood of Jesus.

The Blood of Jesus cannot lose its power, potency or efficacy and has no life span. The Blood of man has a life span of 120 days, the Blood of Jesus is everlasting and not perishable.

In real terms, only The Blood of Jesus has lasting values. When Heaven and Earth vanish, the redeeming power of the Blood of Jesus will continue forever. The Blood of Jesus cleanses the sinner and heals the sick. The greatest sin is to say we have no sin (1John 1 vs 8). We are at our best like a filthy rag before him.
The Blood of Jesus didn’t just cover up our sins it removes them. Its a weapon that can never lose it power.
We overcome Satan and sickness and even the Corona Virus by the Blood of Jesus. The Blood of Jesus is our lifetime weapon.
Today 75% of believers live in the 3rd world and predominantly non Christian communities and the situation is getting worse by day. At no other time do we need Blood of Jesus than now.
The whole world becomes an ant in the hand of corona virus, we need the blood of Jesus to cure and heal us and He will do it. “ with His stripes we are healed” (Isaiah 53 vs5)
In the end “ I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy so prospereth”

QUESTION AND ANSWER
With what did Peter heal the lame at the beautiful gate?
Ans: Name of Jesus Christ
1b. With what did Elisha heal the land and water of Jericho
Ans: Salt in a new cruise

Hymn: The great physician now is here.
Pray Now
1. Isaiah 58 vs 8 Say Father cause your words in Isaiah 58 vs 8 to be fulfilled in my life today: my health spring forth speedingly In Jesus name
2. Holy spirit come down now and replace any other spirit in me in the Name of Jesus
3. I mark my head with the Blood of Jesus, Blood of Jesus heal me now and be my sufficiency.
4. Blood of Jesus cover me and my household now In Jesus Name.
5. Zephaniah 3 vs 14-15, Say Father cause your word in Zephaniah 3 vs 14-15 to be fulfilled in my life I shall not see evil anymore in my life In Jesus Name
6. Blood of Jesus wave off corona virus over me, my household and Nigeria
7. Plead the Blood of Jesus over everything that is Yours- Both living and non living.
8. Plead the Blood of Jesus over Express Image Glory Ministries and its member

Isreal Ade-Raymond Ebo

EXPRESS IMAGE GLORY MINISTRIES

THE MESSAGE NOW
Vol. 5, No. 10 – Sunday, 15th March, 2020
(James 5:7-18)
THE EFFICACY OF PRAYER

‘Elijah was a man of like passion as we are; and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months’. The same man ‘prayed again and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit’ (James 5:17-18).
There is but a single word central to the theme and the many words contained in the foregoing two verses. It is the word ‘earnestly’. The adverb or the word earnestly imports the same connotation as the word tenacity.
Many times, men of our contemporary times have passionately raised the inquisition: why can’t we do the things which the men of God of old did?Tenacity at duty is always the defining moment which defies no for an answer. Tenacity is the greatest antimony of indolence. Tenacity never gives up nor takes the backseat of despair, self-pity or anger. Tenacity is blind and deaf to all things except the sight of the finish-line and the clarion call from the finish-line.
The unchallengeable truth is this: in all things and in every situation, God remains constant and so is His power. So then, the trouble is always with man who is seeking the move of His divine power.
The hand of God is always shaken through heated prayer from a spiritually treated heart. So, if I can profer any answer to the above inquisition on why many Christians cannot do the exploits performed by the men of old, it is the simple answer that God has not changed but the men of contemporary days have changed or deviated from the understanding that the men of old had about the never changing God.
Get this straight and unmistaken: if the spring of any water is impure, the pump discharging the water and the water itself will be impure. So is the case of the heart from which any word of prayer flows, the tongue and the lips discharging or dispensing the prayer and the prayer itself.
Without doubt, Elijah was a man of purity from within to the without. Additionally, Elijah was driven by only one passion: it was the passion to see to it that the Almighty God was glorified with and in all his actions. Elijah was never concerned with personal glory or the praise of men after requisite result is gained. (See Jam.4:1-3, 1 Cor.10:31).

When prayer is offered with idols in the heart; when prayers are driven by ulterior intention; When self-seeking is the force of any prayer; the attention of divinity to such prayers is outright deafness and sustained denial.
The efficacy of God-centred prayer cannot be questioned or faulted. Neither can the power of God to do the things He has done prior to our days be in any doubt. In fact and in deed, even in our days, the efficacy of prayer and the power of God to do the impossible and the incredible is constantly being manifested.

If then, our prayers of our own contemporary days are being delayed, we should consider the following:
1. Is the attainment of God’s glory the focal point of that prayer?
2. Is the trajectory of that prayer tailored along the same spiritual frequency and in tandem with the spiritual tangency of the will of God?
3. Is the prayer flowing from a treated heart?
4. Are there certain spiritual skills and lessons God wants the offeror/offerer of that prayer to learn prior to the prayer being answered?
5. Will the offeror/offerer of that prayer remain strong in prayer after the testimony to the prayer has been gained or will that offeror/offerer subsequently retire into a relax mode until another need arises or the next tragedy looms large? Understand that being constantly on the offensive keeps one from the penalty to be suffered from being consistently on the defensive.

It is the will and the command of the Lord and the Holy Scripture that ‘men ought always to pray and not to faint’. Unrelentedness is the soul of any prayer where the interest to record testimonies is the utmost desire. Did not the Lord and the Holy Scriptures teach us the principles of ‘importunity?’ (Lk.11:8).
Understand that prayer is a Spirit and all who will reap the rewards of its efficacy must be possessed by this spirit of prayer (Zech.12:10). Therefore, the greatest prayer which will prove the efficacy of prayer is first and foremost the prayer which examines the treatedness of the heart from which prayer flows.

IN THE END, TWO CRITERIA GIVES PRAYER WEIGHT AND COMMANDS ITS AUTHENTICITY AND RESULT-ORIENTED ABILITY. FIRST IS HOLINESS. SECOND IS SPIRITUAL FIRE.

Question and Answer Section
Question: When was the last time you heard a force praying within your belly without your consciousness? When was the last time you saw yourself praying so fervently in your dream?
Answer: Hmmm!.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Counseling, Prayers and Appointments: Please contact contactus@expressimageglory.com Alternatively, meet us every Sunday at the address below:
Suit 26, 2nd Floor, Nikky Africana Plaza, 70C Allen Avenue, Opposite UBA/MTN Office, Ikeja, Lagos.

Donations and Financial Supports – Please support the Kingdom of God through Christ Jesus in this Ministry by paying your hard-earned money to only this one account and no other: Express Image Glory Ministry, Stanbic IBTC Bank, Account number – 0020881228.

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: contactus@expressimageglory.com The General Superintendent Minister 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: Christian Seek Not Yet Repose
PRAY NOW:
1. Holy Spirit, please fill my heart afresh.
2. I sack from my heart every kind of worry and anxiety.
3. O God, help me to have the consciousness of your faithfulness in my heart always.
4. O God, please release upon me the willingness and strong desire for praying.
5. O Grace and Spirit of prayer, indwell me from henceforth.
6. O God, please advance your kingdom through me.
7. Treat my heart afresh and anoint it too for unusual exploits.
8. Great glory of God, locate me and cause me to pursue after You only.
9. Present your personal petitions.

THE MESSAGE NOW
Vol. 5 No.8 -Sunday, 1st March, 2020
Proverb 3:5, Matthew 11:28-30
LEAN ON JESUS

In the history of man, no one ever achieve success alone or were self made by relenting on his/her capacity, equally man does not exist on island. As man progresses in the journey of life, he will always need one form of assistance not by his capacity but another, an adage goes thus” “a tree does not make a forest”.
Therefore, to lean on which is phrasal verb means to rest or rely for support or comfort and the like. In the same vain, Prov. 3:5 equivocally informs that Christian should “trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding”
Complementing the above chapter Matthew 11:28 states”…. and learn of me. It means you cannot depend on your understanding in order to fulfil purpose.

In the spiritual parlance who you lean on is your source of living Gen 1:27. Equally, you will always receive inspiration from the person you rest on (Isaiah 50:4); in this vain, He will always fill you with the fullness of life: John 1:16. He gives you divine direction, besides, He will always reveal classified information to you, Ps 25:14, Isaiah 40:1 “comfort ye comfort ye my people, saith your God. He comforts those that lean on Him. Besides, there are numerous benefits enjoyed by whoever leans on Jesus, the lists are inexhaustible.

The blessings attached to leaning on our Lord are uncountable. Then i ask, who are you leaning on? Understand this, the Holy word cannot be broken, precept upon precept and line upon line, there are many who absolutely depend on God even when the situation will almost consume them, these are example for us to learn. For instance Hannah was barren, she looked unto God, even when her adversary provoked her yet she didn’t look unto man but God.1Samuel 1:5-10
The woman with the issue of blood in Matthew 9: 20-22-The woman had issue of blood for twelve years, could you envisage her pangs emotionally, the amount she would have spent before she finally met the SOLUTION – JESUS.
In Mark 1: 40-42, a man with leprosy was cleansed because he relied on Jesus for healing.
They all leaned on God for their desired miracle, not on man. Hear the instruction of
prophet Isaiah, he emphatically said “cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of” Isaiah 2:22. Rest on God all the time and victory shall be yours in the mighty name of Jesus.

IN THE END, GOD WILL ALWAYS BE THE FATHER OF THOSE WHO GENUINELY LEAN ON HIM IN THE JOURNEY OF LIFE.

Question and Answer Section

Question: Who did Jesus lean on during His ministry? 

Answer: God the Father. John 5:17

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Counseling, Prayers and Appointments: Please contact contactus@expressimageglory.com Alternatively, meet us every Sunday at the address below:
Suit 26, 2nd Floor, Nikky Africana Plaza, 70C Allen Avenue, Opposite UBA/MTN Office, Ikeja, Lagos.

Donations and Financial Supports – Please support the Kingdom of God through Christ Jesus in this Ministry by paying your hard-earned money to only this one account and no other: Express Image Glory Ministry, Stanbic IBTC Bank, Account number – 0020881228.

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: contactus@expressimageglory.com The General Superintendent Minister 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: Trust and Obey.
PRAY NOW:
1. O Lord my God, i lean on you refresh me in the name of Jesus.
2. God, Hannah, the woman with the issue of blood, the man with leprosy called on you and you answered them, you are still the same God answer me in the name of Jesus.
3. The Almighty God i lean on you give me miracles and major Breakthroughs in the name of Jesus.
4. My father, my father my father make this year 2020 the year of victory for me and my family in the name of Jesus.
5. Father dethrone whoever is occupying my seat and position in the journey of life and enthrone me in the name of Jesus.
6. You are God of restoration, restore me and announce me in the name of Jesus.
7. Present your personal petitions to God.