“This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us” – (1 John 5:14).
Have you heard of something called the lottery curse! It goes like this. A couple that is leading a normal quiet life buys a lottery number and of course, like all, prays feverishly to win the jackpot. As fortune would have it their prayers are answered and theirs is that lucky gold number. Once announced the couple celebrates before cameras splashing champagne. They soon go out on a world tour cruise, enjoy a shopping spree, refreshing themselves in idyllic castles. Life seems so good. But few years down the road the couple has divorced and now struggling with a mountain of debts.
This is what happened to Adrian and Gillian Bayford after winning Euro 148 million from a National lottery. Extra marital affairs and health problems from overweight soon followed. Most of us imagine that all lottery winners live happily ever after, but that simply isn’t the reality for a lot of them. An answer to prayer often leads to ruins.
So, here’s the issue: in our prayers do we ask for the “Lord’s will” or “my will”! When the Lord’ gave us his prayer he taught us to pray not so much as we wish but in accordance to His will. “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” (Mat 6:9-10). We might wish anything but probably that is not the best for us; as we see the fate of many of our lottery winners. Always pray for the Lord’s will to be done in your life!
Prayer for today: Lord Father God of Abraham, naker of heaven and earth, as you taught us ti pray according to your will, I submit all my request to you paying to bless me in accordance with your will, this I pray in Jesus’s name!
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18/05/2024 - 19/05/2024 All day“Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.” (Colossians 2:15)
Perhaps one of the most inspiring passages in the Bible with enduring lessons is where Moses pleads to Pharaoh to let the Jews go. Instead Pharaoh dared Moses if he had the power as that of a king. Challenged to “perform a miracle” Moses turned to Aaron who threw his staff down in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a snake. Pharaoh then summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the Egyptian magicians also did the same things by their secret arts: Each one threw down his staff and it became a snake. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs (Exodus 7: 9-12).
What we see here is the presence of occult powers in high places, as is true even today. A common mistake by some is to deny the existence of the occult behind certain thrones or power centers, especially in instances where we find those putting on a genteel manner of social respectability. There are also those who through their education and confined exposure to the spirit realm of things, doubt the existence of occult powers. The reality is that in the world we live in the enemy is much at work. 1 Peter 5:8 says, “Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.”
In this passage we see that while Pharaoh did release his snakes the staff God had placed in the hands of his messenger, Moses, was far greater and swallowed all. Here is the point. As believers we do have a far greater and mighty power to protect us from any attacks of the enemy. It is the blood of the lamb. As it is written, “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony...” (Revelation 12:11).
Today whatever snakes you may encounter from anywhere be assured that you have a far greater power than of the enemy. It is the blood of Jesus. As His word says, “call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me” (Psalm 50:15).
Prayer for today: Lord Father God of Abraham, maker of heaven and earth, today I pray for protection from the attacks of the enemy by the blood of the lamb, this I pray in Jesus’name.
