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27/04/2020

YOUR BREAKTHROUGH MAY BE WHERE YOU ARE RUNNING AWAY FROM!
PART FOUR (4)
PETER’S DENIAL OF CHRIST

MAIN SCRIPTURE: MATTHEW 26:69-75

Mt 26:69 Now Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came to him. “You also were with Jesus of Galilee,” she said.
Mt 26:70 But he denied it before them all. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said.
Mt 26:71 Then he went out to the gateway, where another girl saw him and said to the people there, “This fellow was with Jesus of Nazareth.”
Mt 26:72 He denied it again, with an oath: “I don’t know the man!”
Mt 26:73 After a little while, those standing there went up to Peter and said, “Surely you are one of them, for your accent gives you away.”
Mt 26:74 Then he began to call down curses on himself and he swore to them, “I don’t know the man!” Immediately a rooster crowed.
Mt 26:75 Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.

In Peters’ first denial, he was confronted by a girl, a door keeper who asked him the question: you are not one of this man’s disciples, are you? That simple question was enough to make peter stumble. Peter’s second denial, another servant girl saw him and said to the people; this fellow was with Jesus of Nazareth. He denied it again with an oath, I don’t know this man!
A little later, another asserted; certainly this fellow was with him. Peter replied, I don’t know what you are talking about (Luke 22:60). This was Peter’s third denial. At this as he was speaking, the rooster crowed. Jesus looked at Peter, their eyes connected, and then Peter remembered the words the Lord had spoken. He went outside and wept bitterly!
Peter by denying Christ, was running away from his breakthrough place. He realised he had sinned and went back to Jesus and his breakthrough was restored!

WHY PETER FELL
1. He trusted in himself more that the words of Jesus. So he stumbled at one simple question from a girl.
2. He made self greater than others
3. He didn’t believe scripture
4. He ignored Christ prediction

To deny Christ is to drop Him off our lives, oppose any of the truths which regard to his person, office and grace or to hide and conceal them from others through fear, shame of sharing the gospel.
Jesus said “whosoever shall deny me before men, him I will also deny before my father which is in heaven (Matthew 10:33). This means Christ will not approve your breakthrough. He would declare as a mediator before the presence of the father that you are a worker of sin. God does not let any sin go unpunished (Numbers 14:18). Sin postpones our blessings!
As David recorded in Psalm 18:25-26: To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless, to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.

LESSONS FROM THE PASSAGE

1. Jesus went through tough times, betrayal by Judas, denial by Peter, desertion by his disciples, being exchanged by a notorious prisoner Barabbas. As you go through tough times, trials, pressure, torture like Jesus, hold on to God because He holds your breakthrough. The bible does not promise an easy journey but a wonderful destination!

2. Denial does not come from afar but from within. The enemy within is more dangerous that outside. In your trying moments, there are some people who might deny you but God remains faithful!

3. People, who love you the most can deny you, betray you. This was the case with Peter, he denied Christ!

4. God can use people who make mistakes when they repent. Peter, two months later, became a leader of the apostles, a strong leader in the church as recorded in Acts. Repentance brings us back to the place of breakthrough!

5. Our mouth, speech, words may lay claim to heaven but our actions deny God. Peter’s words did not match with his actions. Some people, it is their attitude, character that deny Christ. Some, it is there dressing, evil speaking, foolish talking, speaking words that are untruthful. To others, it is shunning life’s burdens and responsibilities, their pursuit of sinful pleasures, conforming to the pattern of the world (Romans 12:2). Still others, by the love of their own opinion, justifying self and cherishing doubt, they deny Christ.

6. If Jesus is our advocate, we cannot lose. If Jesus refuses to take our case we cannot win so our actions in this life have eternal consequences because He will consider them when deciding whether to defend us or not.

7. Choose to be a confessor of Christ; the denier must certainly be one whom Christ has never known!

PRAYER:
Righteous father, Holy father, I believe Jesus Christ of Nazareth is your son and is both saviour and Lord. Give me grace not only to confess that before anyone who asks but to live a life of hope and confidence, even to others. Help me to stick to the place of my breakthrough, in Jesus mighty name! Amen and amen!

I Wishikoti, P (Mr) your brother and friend in the Lord Jesus, write to thank you for taking your precious time to read these posts on my page. I would like to hear how God has blessed you through this message by liking it or post your comments.
Part four (4) ends the series on the above topic. Look out for more posts in the month of May, the Pentecost month, month of the Holy Spirit!
I pray to delegate much grace to you, in Jesus name! Peace be with you all!

20/04/2020

YOUR BREAKTHROUGH MAY BE WHERE YOU ARE RUNNING AWAY FROM!
PART THREE

Hagar and Ishmael

Main Scripture: Genesis 16:1-10

Ge 16:1 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar;
Ge 16:2 so she said to Abram, “The LORD has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family through her.” Abram agreed to what Sarai said.
Ge 16:3 So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife.
Ge 16:4 He slept with Hagar, and she conceived. When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.
Ge 16:5 Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my servant in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the LORD judge between you and me.”
Ge 16:6 “Your servant is in your hands, ” Abram said. “Do with her whatever you think best.” Then Sarai mistreated Hagar; so she fled from her.
Ge 16:7 The angel of the LORD found Hagar near a spring in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur.
Ge 16:8 And he said, “Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,” she answered.
Ge 16:9 Then the angel of the LORD told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.”
Ge 16:10 The angel added, “I will so increase your descendants that they will be too numerous to count.”

Sarai, Abram’s wife no longer expecting to have a child of promise, suggested to Abram to take a maid servant Hagar as a wife, whose children would be her property. This was done without asking the counsel of the Lord. This was a sin of unbelief in God and His promise. Hagar conceived, developed pride and despises her mistress. This offends Sarai and she deals hardly with Hagar, so she fled from her mistress probably heading back to Egypt her original home.
Hagar went out of her place of breakthrough, out of the way of her duty, safety and going further astray when the angel of the Lord found her. The angel told her to go to the place of her breakthrough. Even Ishmael’s blessing and breakthrough was in Abram’s house.
Breakthrough points:
1. Abram and Sarai were discouraged enough that they approached their problem of barrenness by leaving God out of the matter. Long wait for the promise discouraged them and made them vulnerable to act in the flesh. When you impatiently try to fulfill God’s promise in your own effort, it accomplishes nothing and may even prolong the time until the promise is fulfilled. As a child of God, walk in faith not in unbelief. See things in the realm of the spirit not only in the material, physical world.

2. In Hagar’s pride and misery, she acted without proper reasoning. Remembering these questions: where have I come from? Where am I going?, would save us from a lot of trouble and delay. Recollecting who you are, will teach you your assignment. Inquiring where you are coming from, will show you your sin and folly. Considering which way to go, will help discover our danger and misery or our place of breakthrough and greatness.

3. Hagar was running into sin, going away from her place of breakthrough to Egypt where there were idol gods. She was also running into danger in the desert through which she had to travel. It was great mercy indeed to be stopped by an angel as she was in a wrong way.

4. Those who leave their space or sphere of breakthrough must quicken their return. The angel of the Lord told Hagar to repent, submit, change her direction and there was a promise to protect her. Hagar returned and her behavior softened Sarai and she received more gentle treatment.

5. Hagar knew that if God could be with her in the wilderness, He would be with her in having to submit to Sarai also. So she returned to the place of her breakthrough.

PRAY
O Lord! I decree and declare; help me remember the place of my breakthrough. Let there be a voice in the wilderness calling for my breakthrough right now.
Righteous father! Raise destiny helpers to help locate and release my breakthrough in this season, in Jesus name!

Note: Final part 4 post comes on 27th April, 2020. Remember to submit your comment on how the word of God has impacted you on Hour of Prayer Testimony page. Shalom!

13/04/2020

YOUR BREAKTHROUGH MAY BE WHERE YOU ARE RUNNING AWAY FROM!
PART TWO
Jonah Flees From the LORD

MAIN SCRIPTURE: Jonah 1:1-12

Jnh 1:1 The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai:
Jnh 1:2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.”
Jnh 1:3 But Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the LORD.
Jnh 1:4 Then the LORD sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up.
Jnh 1:5 All the sailors were afraid and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten the ship. But Jonah had gone below deck, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.
Jnh 1:6 The captain went to him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call on your god! Maybe he will take notice of us, and we will not perish.”
Jnh 1:7 Then the sailors said to each other, “Come, let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity.” They cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah.
Jnh 1:8 So they asked him, “Tell us, who is responsible for making all this trouble for us?
Jnh 1:11 The sea was getting rougher and rougher. So they asked him, “What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?”
Jnh 1:12 “Pick me up and throw me into the sea,” he replied, “and it will become calm. I know that it is my fault that this great storm has come upon you.”
Jnh 1:15 Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm.
Jnh 1:17 But the LORD provided a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish three days and three nights.
Jonah was commanded to go to the great city of Nineveh to prophecy against it for their great wickedness had come up before God, but Jonah refused and ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish, a city towards the end of the earth. He wanted to escape far as he could from God’s presence.
Jonah was told by God to do two things:
1. To go to Nineveh.
2. To cry out against the city: to rebuke them for their sin and call them to repentance. This shows that Jonah was carrying the breakthrough for the people of Nineveh, but he ran away.
In running away, God prevents Jonah’s escape by sending a great wind and stirred up a great storm such that the ship was about to be broken up. The sailors discovered that Jonah was the source of the trouble after their prayers and casting lots. He was later thrown in the sea where he spent three days in the belly of the fish. Fish was used to carry him to the place of his breakthrough.

Breakthrough points:
1. Running away from the place of your breakthrough, life becomes tough and everyone around you is negatively impacted by your disobedience. A great storm arose and the sea was getting rougher and rougher. The storm endangered the life of everybody on the ship and lost some cargo into the sea. Everything Jonah did, touch worked against him. Even the weather was against him. Child of God is everything working against you? Return to the source of your life!

2. There is a place where your breakthrough is. Jonah was carrying the breakthrough for the people of Nineveh and his breakthrough was there too. Jonah 3:5 records that the Ninevites believed God. They declared a fast, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth, repented and declared a fast. The fast was so great that even animals fasted and cried out to God.

3. There is somebody holding your breakthrough. Jonah’s breakthrough was with God’s direction. As he sat in the scorching heat, God caused a shady vine to grow up to ease his discomfort but the following day God sent a worm which chewed the vine and it withered. Heat beat up upon his head again (Jonah 4:6-7). Don’t forget God, people who stood with you in the times of trouble. Forgetting them is running away from your breakthrough. The person who helped you to where you are had your breakthrough and pushed you to your current level. If you forget them, your breakthrough may be doomed.

4. Be obedient to God’s voice, His word, before you make a move, then will God rescue you in times of trouble and provide your needs.

5. He is a God of a second chance. God can still use you to accomplish His purposes despite your shortcomings. Instead of making excuses, use your talents, gifts to fulfill God’s mission.
6. God can show compassion on people including your enemies. Do not have a hatred that stops you from sharing the gospel.

Prayer:
Righteous father! Forgive me for the times I have turned a deaf ear to your call or a blind eye to your word of truth. Help me to be ready and willing to go where you would send me, to do what you would tell me to do and develop a heart of compassion for lost souls. Blessed heavenly father, help me to be alert to the promptings of the Holy Spirit and be obedient to your will- this I ask in Jesus name!

Note: part three(3) of this message will be on 20th April, 2020.

30/03/2020

YOUR BREAKTHROUGH MAY BE WHERE YOU ARE RUNNING AWAY FROM!
PART ONE
Where you are running away from may be where your breakthrough is.

LIFE OF PRODIGAL SON

MAIN SCRIPTURE: Luke 15:11-30

Lk 15:11 Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons.
Lk 15:12 The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.
Lk 15:13 “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living.
Lk 15:14 After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need.
Lk 15:15 So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.
Lk 15:16 He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
Lk 15:17 “When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!
Lk 15:18 I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
Lk 15:19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired men.’
Lk 15:20 So he got up and went to his father. “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.
Lk 15:21 “The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son. ’
Lk 15:22 “But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger j and sandals on his feet.
Lk 15:23 Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate.
Lk 15:24 For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.
Lk 15:31 “ ‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.
Lk 15:32 But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ ”
From the above scripture, it is worth noting that the prodigal son’s breakthrough was with his father.
The younger son asks his father for his portion of the family estate as an early inheritance. Once received, the son sets off on a long journey to a distant land and begins to waste his fortune on wild living. When he was out there, he discovered that the life he was living was not real and began to suffer, not knowing that his breakthrough was in his father’s house.
Not until he came back to his senses, did he realize where his breakthrough was. He recognizes his foolishness and decides to return to his father and asks for forgiveness.
In verse 22-23, he was given the best robe, a ring, sandals on his feet and a fattened bull in his father’s farm! Wow! He received the position he lost in life. The best robe placed on him shows restoration of his position as a son. A ring on his finger, a symbol of great affection, authority, wealth and dignity. Sandals on his feet, only servants and slaves went barefoot in biblical times. This meant that the prodigal son was not to be treated as a servant but as a son with all entitlements.

Breakthrough points:

1. The same place he ran away from is where his breakthrough was. Some people where they are running away from is where their breakthrough is and where they are going is not where their breakthrough is. Heaven might be open where you are coming from.

2. This son represents a person living in rebellion to God. Sometimes, we may go through hard situation before we come to our senses and recognizes our sin.

3. Before you take a move or make a decision, be sensitive to the voice of the father (God). Inquire from God. Some will say, ‘‘let me go to a new place, change my location, change my mentor/ spiritual father to improve my life’’ what is God saying? Should I take a move, decide on this matter or wait?

4. If you are bent on leaving God, things will go badly for you. You will be humiliated in this uncaring world. The farther you get from the father’s loving care, the worse off you will be. Therefore, the best course is to return to God and His forgiveness.

5. God will always lead you to a place of abundance. Psalm 65:11 New Living Translation says “you crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance.”

In conclusion offer this prayer:
Heavenly father, I thank you for your mercy and unmerited grace to me, your son/daughter who is prone to reject you and go my own selfish way.
Oh righteous father! Help me not to lose sight of where I have come from, in Jesus name!
Father God, shower me with rich gifts of forgiveness, identity and belonging in your kingdom, in Jesus name!
Note: watch out for part two on 13th April, 2020.

30/03/2020

YOUR BREAKTHROUGH MAY BE WHERE YOU ARE RUNNING AWAY FROM!
PART ONE
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