“Thus says the LORD to Cyrus His anointed, Whom I have taken by the right hand, To subdue nations before him And to loose the loins of kings; To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut” (Is 45:1)

We had a good flight and arrived at Istanbul at 6am. We came to the hotel we booked on line at about 8 am. The official time to be allowed in the room is 2pm. The nice lady at the reception said that the room is free and ready that we should go in at no added cost. The room is clean and fresh. Flowers at our window (see picture). The sunshine softens the cold… Their air freshener smells so nice…

“Knock and the door shall open!” (Mt 7:7)
We have been using a particular Airline for about 5years. Each time we tried to enter their lounge in Lagos airport, they refused us entrance. They said we do not qualify, for our ‘level’ on miles was not big enough. Each time we pass their gate I tell myself, ‘one day I will enter inside…’ Finally… Today… We have entered… we are inside now. Free food and free internet, cool place…
It pays to remain steady in faith and to persevere until the end. I made up my mind to stretch and exercise my faith in all things, big and small. From inside the fancy lounge once forbidden, I send you greetings…

I received a letter from a man who wrote on my blog. The subject was how Christians can be bewitched. The text was taken from the Book of Galatians. I do not know this man personally. I do not know where he lives. It does not matter. Please pray for him. He needs help. God will bless you as you intercede for others who need prayer in time of need.

“O, you foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified” (Gal 3:1)

“Hi Mam, first of all I would like to say thank you for the article you wrote regarding the bewitched subject it really gave me insight and knowledge on the subject.

If I may say I am really facing disappointment, fear, icthy ears, depression and some of the things you mentioned on the list. I Google the subject as I thought someone I came in contact with might have tried to bewitch me. All of this stared when me and my aunt shared with this girl a house and during that my luck changed and my aunt started seeing things like dirt splashed on our bedroom’s door she would clean it and it always came back so she went home to do some research and she was told the girl we lived with was no good.

So we moved out and since then everything changed our life’s where disturbed we lived in constant fear, nothing is going well I don’t know what she did to us I even stopped going to school like nothing is going well for me.

I don’t know what to do I am home now and I see some splashes on the door I  am just so scared to think that the dirt splashed on the doors might be her work even though I am far away at home how is this possible. I don’t understand how can I break through this please help me.

Kind regards

M…”

This is my answer to him:

“Dear M…

Thank you for your letter. I see that you need help. I cannot help you directly, but God can help you wherever you are, even right now. According to the Bible, Christians can be bewitched by evil people. These wicked men or women use occult power to place spells on the believers. You may not like to hear that, but it is the truth.

The first thing that you need is to be sure that you are saved, that you are a child of God. Just going to church is not enough. Even reading the Bible or praying is not enough. A spirit of religion is not enough. You need to be born again by the Spirit of God. That is a miracle only God can do. That should be your first duty; to be sure your soul is eternally saved.

Secondly, you need to deliver yourself from the evil spirit of fear. First of all, the devil attacks with fear, to weaken you, before he does other damage. Stand on the Word of God: “God has not given us the spirit of fear but of power love and sound mind” (2Tim 1:7). Anything God has not given to you, reject it immediately!

Lastly, pray to be filled with the Holy Spirit. He will give you the power to live a victorious life as a Christian. He will give you wisdom. He will give you the courage to stand and fight back. You should not fear a witch. A witch is to fear you! I will pray for you! God loves you! Come back with a testimony to the glory of God!

Love in Christ alone

Lia Leigh”

“When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land which He has given you… And you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day” (Deut 8:10, 18)

The prayer meeting was wonderful. We are still going up the mountain, closer to God, trusting for encounters with Jehovah Jireh. We praised God and shared two testimonies.

Pastor E: when he came to Father’s House was a young man, confused and broken hearted. He is now a happy married man with three children. God has helped him financially beyond his dreams. He bought three trucks to do business and he is now roofing his house. He gave all the glory to God!

Bro L came to our church 8 years ago. At that time he was also a broken man. He went abroad and came back to Nigeria with big dreams. He went into politics. But all things crashed… he lost all his money thru bad investments. The wife is a faithful born again sister. She stood by him, praying for him. She often trekked to church but never missed a service. She is a teacher. She took a loan from her school signing a contract that she will work free of charge for the next two years. She gave the money to her husband for business, but again he lost them all.

To make the matters worse, in 2013 he became very sick, to the point of death. The doctors diagnosed terminal heart failure. He went to different shrines, native doctors, false prophets and even to the teaching hospital here, but there was no good news anywhere. They all said the same thing:  that he will die in September. He lost a lot of weight and could not walk without breathing hard. His wife will often come to my office weeping and praying. One day in August 2013 I told her that he will not die but live to declare the works of the Lord. Under anointing, I told her that he will be healed in January 2014. She believed and like Hannah, she stopped weeping. To my surprise, the husband, who does not attend church, believed too. He threw away all the charms and the jujus. God was indeed merciful to them and in January 2014 he became healed. He then gave his life to Christ!

God then perfected His work. Suddenly they started prospering financially. They now have two cars and a truck. They bought two plots of land but the youths in that area assaulted him. The chief of that clan apologized to him. To pacify him he told him to look for any other land that belongs to the same clan and take it. That he does not need to measure the land. He pointed one to him and now he is the owner of an acre of land. They just laid the foundation for their house. Just like that! He publicly honored his wife saying that it was her prayers that sustained them. He also gave God be all the glory!

The anointing was so strong that we could only praise God! Our eyes are on Jesus! We do not want to forget God, the source of all good gifts. We refuse to be ungrateful! Often you say that you are poor, until you meet someone who is a beggar. You complain of headache until you see a terminally ill patient gasping for air, lying on a dirty bed in a village hospital These are the definitions of poverty and wealth: Poverty it means to have less than your basic needs (food, clothes, shelter and transport).Wealth means to have something more than your basic needs! Selah!

Do you know that 25,000 people die daily from starvation? Do you know that one quarter of all people on earth live on less than 1$ per day? There is danger to become ungrateful, when becoming rich we tend to forget God. This is God’s command: if there is food in your stomach then loudly and actively bless the God! The fellowship with God should be preserved forever, even when you increase from poverty to riches. He that is poor and he that is rich, praise the Lord!!! Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!

Our grandson Oliver Sisan praising Jesus as he sleeps!

Glory to God! 

“Build houses and dwell in them; plant gardens and eat their fruit” (Jer 29:5)
Dear Child of God,
This is the Word of God. It is not the word of man. The Word of God is established in heaven and on the earth. It is called the Living Word. The Word of God waits to be manifested in your life!
It does not matter if you are rich or poor, young or old, educated or not. It does not matter if you have ‘capital’ or not. All you need is to have faith in God, Jehovah Jireh, the Provider! Pray! Praise God!
Simply said, go and buy a plot of land and build your house. Then plant a garden around your house: flowers for beauty, herbs and vegetables for food and trees for their fruits. Enjoy your life. Give all the glory to God! Come back with a testimony! That is all!
In Jesus name,
Amen!

This is the promise of God: if you have compassion towards the poor God shall heal you from any sickness! I believe! Be haled in Jesus name!

“God blesses those who are kind to the poor. He helps them out of their troubles. He protects them and keeps them alive; He publicly honors them and destroys the power of their enemies. He nurses them when they are sick and soothes their pains and worries”
“When you help the poor you are lending to the Lord—and He pays wonderful interest on your loan! He will reward you!” (Ps 41:1-3; PV 19:17; LBT)

PRAISE REPORT

I just received this note from a brother who attends our church. His wife just ha a baby. She was at home when the floor tiles started breaking, like there is an earthquake. But there is no earthquake in Warri this week, for I live here too. This is an occult attack. When the powers of darkness cause physical visible harm, they are desperate to prevail. But the devil has failed once more, for this family started praying and praising God. No fear, only faith! Give glory to God for another victory in the family of God! Bellow is his testimony:

Our youngest daughter, Jemine, and her one month old son, Oliver Sisan Oakes.

To God be all the glory!

GIVE THANKS
A brother who attends our church for some years sent me this note. He is a believer, in his thirties, educated and a hardworking man. But he is not spiritually stable. He easily gives up on any project. It has been like that over the years, in his school, relationships and jobs. His life could have been much better. He is not married. He still lives in a very small poor ‘ghetto’ room. His explanation for this lack of prosperity is that he is ‘a village boy’ and that Warri city was a great temptation for him. That is why he is so distracted and restless. I told him that in Christ all things are new and he should start living out his faith.
We prayed deliverance and counseled him but there was no change over the years. As pastors, we needed perseverance and supernatural love. God provided that. Finally, the sun shines on this brother and overcomes his darkness. This is his story: Last year he got a good job as a store keeper in a big company. He was so happy. But after few months he fell down from a ladder at his working place and he broke his leg. He was in cast for months. This January he went back to work. His testimony is that against all odds, he kept his job for one whole year. To many, this may not be a great story. But to him it is. We too are encouraged. He gives all the glory to God who helps all His children, even the weak and the slow.

“And Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.” The centurion answered and said, “Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed… When Jesus heard it, He marveled…Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go your way; and as you have believed, so let it be done for you.” And his servant was healed that same hour” (Mt 8:7-13)

When Jesus finds true faith in men, He recommends them and heals them. The Centurion was a Gentile but he had true faith in Christ. Observe his great faith: the more humility the more faith. He had an assurance of faith not only that Christ could cure his servant, but, that He could cure him even at a distance. There was a group of friends who brought a sick man to Jesus. It was thru hard labor. Jesus commended their ‘working’ faith.  But this centurion had an even greater faith. He believed that the power of Christ knows no limits, and therefore nearness and distance are alike to him. Distance of place cannot obstruct either the knowing or the working of Him who fills all places. ‘Am I a God at hand, says the Lord, and not a God afar off?’ (Jer. 23:23)

Jesus admired the Centurion not for his money or status, but for his faith, his spirit, his attitude. That is what we should do! Look for genuine faith in men! Thru the Word of God and prayer, encourage faith in men! Forget their status or wealth. That is true ministry done for Christ’s sake!

In conclusion: Faith has many forms. If faith is genuine, Christ will commend it and will surely answer its request!

In Christ I declare:

I am healed!

In Jesus name,

Amen!

A sister from our church was attacked by men trying to enter her car. Possibly, they were kidnappers or armed robbers. God took control of the situation and she and her baby escaped unharmed. Not to long ago we shared a message called ‘Surrounded’. We prayed trusting God for His surrounding presence of love and protection. This is her testimony, that she was not afraid in a difficult circumstance and that God took control. This testimony is given to the glory of God and for the encouragement of the brethren.

“Dear Malia, Mummy good afternoon ma.truly we are surrounded by God and His angels to protect us. This is what happened: last week Thursday I went to my mother in laws house with my Baby,.At about 7:30 pm I decided to go coz it was getting late. I entered my car. As I was reversing, behold I saw someone trying to open my car and another man in front of the car. Fortunately for me I locked the car immediately I entered so they could not enter. The funniest thing was that when I saw them, I wasn’t afraid @ all,instead special boldness came upon me. I drove away with a very high speed. I was shocked, I almost hit the one in front of me. The truth is, when I saw them,I wasn’t the one who drove. The Sweet Holy Spirit took over and I give Him all the glory alone.
God has really used U greatly in our lives ma. Plz always include us in your prayers. Thank u Ma,
I am your daughter…”

“As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people both now and forevermore” (Ps 152:2)

Today we celebrate 41 years of happy, successful and fruitful marriage!
To God be all the glory!
Astazi sarbatorim 41 de ani de casatorie! Slava Lui!

“God’s wrath is revealed from heaven against all the sin and evil of the people whose evil ways prevent the truth from being known” (Rom 1:18)

This is a prophetic word we received this evening against the wicked evil spirit called ISIS and Boko Haram. God Almighty shall send ‘leanness’ among their leaders. Their ‘fat ones’, their leaders shall begin to lose weight (spiritual and physical). They shall become to weak to fight, walk or even talk. The Consuming Fire of Jehovah will start burning them, creating terror and madness among them. They shall fight one another and forget their victims. Their so called ‘fame’, their so called ‘glory’ that makes men be attracted to their demons, shall be completely destroyed. Not only destroyed but disgraced and destroyed!
Their ‘disciples and brides’ shall run away form them. They shall betray one another. Their souls and bodies shall become weaker and weaker until fainting. Their sword shall be turned against themselves. They shall fear one another and fight one another. They shall be mad and depressed. No doctor or medication can help them. Very few of them (even as ‘a child can count them’), just like the thief crucified with Jesus, shall repent and give their life to Christ before their death. These shall be saved but as a man passing thru fire. All the unrepentant shall perish! No weapon, strategy, army or country shall save them! For God’s wrath against evil is now manifested from heaven! In Jesus name, Amen!

The prayer meeting was very good. We praised God and shared two testimonies of God’s provision and grace. Nobody in the congregation felt sleepy. That is always a good sign. We prayed for the Holy Spirit to come and move in our midst. He came down and moved! We prayed for one another, two by two. We rejoiced in the presence of God! Then the message came:

“Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed” (Mt 8:8)

The Centurion was a Roman soldier, probably the commander-in-chief at Capernaum. Most soldiers lack reverence for God. They are rough. Yet this man was religious and humble. This combination is very rare to find. But God has His remnant among all sorts of people. As a Roman soldier he represented the oppressor of the Jews. But Christ favored him. This is a great lesson: love your enemies. Do good to them! Do not be over-interested in politics until you grieve the Holy Spirit!

The leper Jesus healed was a Jew. The centurion was a Gentile. Jesus had compassion on both Jew and Gentile. His marvelous light started to shine! By healing his servant the word of old Simeon begins to be fulfilled:

“A light to bring revelation to the Gentiles,

And the glory of Your people Israel.” (Lk 2:32)

Jesus healed the Jew with a touch but the Gentile with a Word, at a distance. The faith of the Centurion is greater than that of the Jew. Christ is more magnified in the Gentiles. God is not a respecter of men. Observe the attitude of the Centurion. He was very humble. He was the opposite of Naaman the Syrian, also a Centurion who was sick and proud. He sees something deeper in Christ. He believes that Christ is sovereign, even above Caesar, for he calls Him Lord. The Centurion is loving and caring. Others came to Christ to heal their children. This is the only example when somebody came on behalf of his servant. This is a wonderful example to us all. It is the duty of the master to care for his servants. This centurion did not abandon his sick servant like the wicked Amalekite master did (1Sa 30:13). He did not send him to his friends or family. He tried to find a cure for him. The servant could not have done more for the master, than the master did here for the servant. To be successful, intercession needs the background of love that never fails. The true compassion of Christ must enter your very heart, your bones, before you can be called a true Man (Woman) of God!

What do you need when praying for a miracle? Your needs and problems, your difficult circumstances, these are not important. You may need healing, financial or other breakthrough, spiritual or material. Just remember! For God, all things are possible. Also, for the man who has faith in God, all things are possible. As your faith increases, you become a stable believer, mature and fruitful, just like Jesus. Signs and wonders shall follow you! It is written!

Personally, I want to be like Jesus. Don’t you? Jesus never prayed any prayer that was not answered. This is a question: What are the conditions for a miracle? True humility, the knowledge of personal un-worthiness, combined with faith in the power of the Word of Jesus, in the power of His grace!!! This combination is spiritual dynamite! In all situations, what do I do? I pray! After that, I rest, trusting God for His provision for me. He has never disappointed me. Even when I thought I should be disappointed by His choice for me, I discovered that God gave me something better than I planned for myself. God has ‘upgraded’ me many times. So why worry?

“Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God day and night. “And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death” (Rev 12:10, 11)

We just ended our women’s fellowship. We had an awesome time. We praised God with singing and dancing. We shared testimonies proving His grace towards us. The following are two out seven. All glory to God!

Sister E said that three years ago, just before her wedding, she discovered two big lumps in her right breast. She prayed for a miraculous healing. As a woman she is always shy. She was always afraid of things in life. She only told her fiancée who is now her husband. They had so many problems before the wedding that she had no time to worry about it. Then her mother phoned that she had a dream that she has breast cancer. She did not tell her mother what she has just discovered for fear that speaking it loud means she agrees with the sickness. They only prayed against it. About two years later, as she was breastfeeding her first son, she discovered that the lumps became smaller and later they completely disappear. She is now completely healed. Today she testifies in public for the first time. She gave all the glory to God.

Sister C is in her sixties. She is illiterate but born again. She had just lost her three years old grand-daughter. It was an accident. Her eldest daughter (the baby’s mother) was standing with her daughter along the road waiting for the school bus to come. A truck lost control and came towards them. The daughter was killed on the spot but the mother escaped with minor injuries. Kneeling down, sister C testified to the grace of God. She was so emotional that she could not even stand. She was thanking God for preserving her daughter. She knows that it could have been worst. With tears on her face, she was praising God in her language. It was obvious that the Holy Spirit was comforting her. We could feel the strength of the Spirit pouring in her wounds. Out of the grace she received she then prayed for all the women, that none will experience untimely death, that none will bury her child. She gave God all the glory for her life, for her children, for Father’s House!

Then the Holy Spirit moved in our midst. By faith, I told the single sisters to go to the entrance of the sanctuary, to pick flowers from the altar and to march in like brides. To imagine that one day they shall be brides. This is a prophetic act of faith that trusting God that soon, they will marry. We prayed for them. We believe! We also prayed for the married women who desire the fruit of the womb. The anointing was so great that I could not preach my prepared message. The Holy Spirit was totally in control. I know for sure that many more testimonies shall follow!

Dear Sister in Christ! Tap from this anointing! The Holy Spirit will minister to you as you read these words. This was an ‘old fashioned’ revival service. In our church we keep things real. But we also trust God for miracles. We forbid entertainment! May your prayer become praise! May your testimony become fruitful! May the glory of God shine on you! In Jesus name, Amen!

Our Lord Jesus Christ says:
“So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty'” (Lk 17:10)
Stay humble! Worship God!

“Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless His holy name.

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits” (Ps 103:1, 2)

Are you not surprised how intimately God knows you? God is so big and you are so small, yet He knows you perfectly. Is that not enough to praise Him? Are you not amazed how God responds to you, when you are truly in need, when you pray, even if a whisper? The correct response to such tender mercies and amazing grace is to praise the Lord, to acknowledge His work in your life, to publicly testify to His goodness and power. Read Psalm 103. Nine times the word ‘all’ appears there. That means everything, 100% of all things!

Specifically, I am commanded not to forget, not to ignore or be passive about ‘all His benefits’. I have to choose to remember God’s gifts, blessing and benefits to me and my family. It is a choice! Not remember just some, but all of them! In Hebrew, the word ‘benefit’ means to reward you for your labor and service. Have you thought of it? That God knows all about your labor of love towards Him and His people? That He rewards you for all that labor? This is a great revelation: You can never lose serving God.

In the dictionary, the word ‘to benefit’ means to display kindness towards another, to give financial help in times of need, during sickness, old age or unemployment. It also means receiving extra favor from your employer, something more than your basic salary. For example, your boss gives you, health insurance, or he pays for vacation time for you and your family. God is behind all these benefits. God saves you not to suffer, but to ‘satisfy you with good things’ (v5). So, do not ignore the kindness of God towards you and your family. Meditate upon God’s Word. Think about your life…who you used to be and what God has done in you up till now. Stir up your soul today to praise Him the more! He blessed you with all benefits so you must bless Him with all your heart! For He is worthy of all your praise!

“Dear Heavenly Father, I acknowledge Your presence and Your work in my life! I am who I am today only by Your grace! I bless You today for all Your benefits towards me and my family! I bless You for my salvation, for the salvation of my husband, for our happy marriage, for the salvation of our children and grandchildren, for taking care of them as they live far away, for taking care of my old mother and my sister in Romania, for giving me a great spiritual family in Fathers House, Warri, Nigeria, for the money You give me, for the extraordinary favor with men, with strangers, for protecting me from armed robbers and kidnappers, for helping me to preach Your Word, for my health, for my peace of mind, for joy, for divine wisdom, for providing wonderful vacations to me and my family, for so many testimonies that I cannot count….for …for… for… I praise You today! I bless Your Holy Name, Jehovah God Almighty! There is no one like You! I am forever grateful, my Everlasting Father! In Jesus name Amen!”

A couple in our church have been waiting for six years to have a baby. Doctors have examined them and declared that medically, there is no way they can have a baby. The husband was a Muslim who got converted to be a Christian. Some years ago, armed robbers shot at him but he escaped. Both of them are now born again and Spirit filled. The wife is a children’ teacher in our church.They worship God with great passion and faithfulness. I saw their tears in prayers and intercession. I saw their joy in serving God. They had faith that one day they will be parents! They always talk about ‘their children’ even before a

Against all odds, nine months ago, the wife got pregnant. It has been a challenging pregnancy. She could not stand or come to church for months. But pain is soon forgotten when a baby is born. Yes, they are now the happy blessed parents of a handsome baby boy. May this testimony remind you that the Living God we serve is a God of miracles! Nothing is too difficult for God! To God be all the glory!
(This is the picture of the baby)

“A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world” (Jn 16:21)

“For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind” (2Tim 1:7)
This is one particular scripture that I often quote to myself and others. Fear is a very common spiritual problem. Most of the time, it is hidden. The devil deceives his victims trying to control them. Fear is a painful paralyzing emotion when you perceive a danger ahead. This danger may be real or imagined. These are some of the most common fears: fear to be poor, fear of failure, fear of success, fear to remain single, fear of barrenness, fear of flying, fear of accidents, of armed robbers and kidnappers, fear of men, fear of sickness, and lastly, the greatest of all is the fear of death. Fear makes you weak, spiritually, mentally and physically.