New Year Message

We are here again in anticipation for the new year, what will it bring for us? Man and Woman of God will be making declarations and prophecies or have already made them. We are very good at reciting the promises of man and woman of God and also what God promised through His Word. There are conditions to the promises. There are few things that I think one must remember as we go into the new year.

1. Forgive and seek forgiveness.

Don’t go to 2018 with baggage. The people who hurt your since primary have moved on, you are only affecting yourself. You cannot think positive with baggage in your mind. The only thing that people owe you is love, same as you. Un-forgiveness contaminate and prevents the flow of the anointing in our life. Colossians 3:13 Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.

Hebrews 12:15 looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled.

Matthew 5:23-24 Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

Ephesians 4:30-32 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. [31] Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.

#Free yourself, ask God for a forgiving heart.

2. We need a new instruction from God.

What is God expecting from you. What are the new things you must start and what are things you must stop, what must you continue with? Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful.

Exodus 33:13-14 Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people.” And He said, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” People will suggest and give advices but seek advice from God.

Genesis 22:9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. The position determine the provision. There are things you have to get rid of just because of where you want to go. Psalm 25:4-5 Show me Your ways, O LORD; Teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; On You I wait all the day. Where you are now, is it instruction from God? Before you take a journey, enquirer with God so you can be properly directed and protected. Romans 1:13 Now I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that I often planned to come to you (but was hindered until now), that I might have some fruit among you also, just as among the other Gentiles.

#When you walk with God, there will be fruits in what you are doing.

3. Wisdom

We need wisdom to make wise decisions. We need wisdom how to handle the people of God. We need wisdom to handle what God Blessed us with. Proverbs 7:4 Love wisdom like a sister; make insight a beloved member of your family.

#Wisdom is knowing what needs to be done now.

4. Perseverance

We will will stumble along the way, the trick is to fight on. It’s not how many times you fall but how many times you rise. In a race there are casualties. Don’t be the one. 1 Corinthians 9:24-25 Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win! All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize.

In a race, there are those who stumble and fall, there are those who stop running and walk to to the finish line, there are those who run out of gas crash out. Proverbs 4:25 Look straight ahead, and fix your eyes on what lies before you.

#As a Christian focus on the cross, don’t allow distractions to move your eyes from it.

5. Faith to start.

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. The declarations that were made, requires us to put it in our hearts and run with it. Believe in the prophets. Your belief must influence your behavior and your faith. Your faith influences your decisions. There are things that will happen to you because of what’s is coming tomorrow. Matthew 7:24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. If you are believing God for a Business, start registering, do research. If you are going to register at tertiary, investigate the field you want to go. One of the responsibility of the Set Man is to help those who follow him to grow in faith. When a man or woman of God pray and declare healing, in the spirit it is done but the person prayed for still need to register in his mind that he can walk hence after few steps the confidence is built and they start running. After Peter declared healing for the lame man, he held him by the hand and walked with him. James 2:14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them?

6. Be content.

To be content does not not mean accept mediocre. 2 Corinthians 10:12 For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with those who commend themselves. But they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. Be happy with with yourself, your foam and your character. You cannot have a positive mind in an unhappy atmosphere. Know that there is something that you are good at. Discontentment will always stand on the way of who you should be. It will stop you from being yourself. People always look to something that they don’t have and forget what they have.

The salary that was your dream is the same salary that you are earning now and you are still unhappy. Anyone who want to be happy, is one who look at one thing and grow it.

7. Make the Bible your friend.

Make the Bible your friend, that’s how you will maintain the blessings Joshua 1:8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

Draw near to me, I will draw near to you.

Luke 24:13-16 Now behold, two of them were traveling that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was seven miles from Jerusalem. And they talked together of all these things which had happened. So it was, while they conversed and reasoned, that Jesus Himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were restrained, so that they did not know Him. Every time you bring yourself close to Jesus, He brings himself closer to you. You draw yourself closer to a Him in prayer, scripture reading, and fellowship with other believers. Matthew 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.”. Jesus is not imagined but revealed.

He is near us, we just need to discern.

Luke 24:32 They said to each other, “Didn’t our hearts burn within us as he talked with us on the road and explained the Scriptures to us?”

You can be alone but your mind can be in a crowd. Take control of your mind.

1 Corinthians 13:9 Now our knowledge is partial and incomplete, and even the gift of prophecy reveals only part of the whole picture!

Be an example to young believers.

Not that you will be perfect but remember that somebody is looking up to you as a role model. Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.

When people are sick or facing difficulties, they become desperate. A person just need to extend a bit of hope to get them interested.

You cannot identify a false teacher/prophet if you don’t make the Bible your friend. Witnessing a miracle does not signify or guarantee the presence of God in a place. Revelation 16:14 They are demonic spirits who work miracles and go out to all the rulers of the world to gather them for battle against the Lord on that great judgment day of God the Almighty.

People make ignorant statements, saying those who go to suspicious ministers seeking prayer, are stupid. People go through hardship and the grace is not the same, others look for anything that seem to bring relief. One thing we must know is that the false prophets, do perform miracles, which is one thing that makes it hard for the desperate person to differentiate what is real and what is not.

There are things that when God reveals, you get excited and walk boldly.

Divorce or separation, affects a lot of people more than the two people involved. Take time before you make that decision.

To walk in the spiritual realm, you must forget about people else you will always explain why you do things.

When things are not revealed to others, they won’t understand when they happen. There are people who are called to do signs and wonders but don’t walk in their calling because of fear of man. 2 Kings 4:33-34 He went in alone and shut the door behind him and prayed to the LORD. Then he lay down on the child’s body, placing his mouth on the child’s mouth, his eyes on the child’s eyes, and his hands on the child’s hands. And as he stretched out on him, the child’s body began to grow warm again!