When God rescued the Israelites from Egypt in the Book of Exodus, it started with a series of miracles. God displayed His power when Moses's shepherd rod transformed into a snake. Pharaoh's magicians did the same with their sticks but then Moses's rod swallowed theirs. The Lord continued to show His might when the plagues arrived and eventually He parted the Red Sea so His people could walk to safety. Alas, their pursuers were captured in a watery grave.
God did these things so that everyone would hear of these feats and know that He is the one, true God. This was the actual effect because even 40 years later, people were scared of the Israelites and their God. Rahab testified to this when she said to the spies that her people had heard how their God brought them out of Egypt with wonders. Joshua 2:11 - When we heard of it, our hearts melted in fear and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the Lord your God is God in heaven above and on the earth below.
How is it then, that the Israelites whom God freed from slavery with signs and wonders could doubt His capacity when times got tough in the wilderness? We previously considered this issue and learned that the generation that left Egypt was more familiar with the false gods of that land than the Almighty. They, therefore, lacked a depth of experience with God and His capacity to save. That inexperience, combined with fear, caused them to doubt the Lord.
Yet, there is another lesson to learn from that period of the Israelites' time in the wilderness. Specifically, when we consider that they were faced with a lack of water not once but at least twice. First, it was at Marah with its bitter waters, then soon after at Rephidim, where there was no water to drink. Have you ever wondered why they had to go through such repeated challenges?
God put them through a repeated test for a reason. It was to teach them to trust in Him. They needed to realize that since He had solved their water problem at Marah, He would surely solve the problem at Rephidim. Unfortunately, on both occasions, the people reacted with little confidence in God's ability to provide. Nevertheless, He didn't deprive them of water, making sure to give them what they needed.
Have you witnessed a pattern in the challenges you experience? Could it be because the Lord wants you to relax and rest in the knowledge that if He took care of the problem before, He will do so again? This is a lesson we all have to learn - that when a challenge repeats itself, it could be because God is giving us another chance to pass the test.
I had an unavoidable bill that became too expensive. I prayed to the Lord for help and He assured me He'd take care of it. Still, each month I'd stress about the bill and because God is faithful, the bill would always get paid.
One month, having reached the end of my rope and knowing that I couldn't keep worrying, I just stopped. Reminding myself that my God would prove Himself, I reviewed prior miracles I'd experienced tied to that bill and other issues. It took four months to get to that point but guess what? Once again, He did it and the bill was miraculously paid without effort on my part.
He didn't just stop there, however, He made it so I didn't have to worry about the bill again because once I started trusting, He provided additional funds via increased clients and other opportunities. In the end, what had seemed like a wilderness suddenly transformed into a place of green pastures (Psalm 23:2). All through relying solely on God.
Getting to the point of complete trust wasn't easy and I had to war with the enemy. The devil wanted me to lose my composure and squander the victory that was already mine. The Lord would repeatedly remind me of Jairus and how despite all physical evidence to the contrary, he didn't buckle under the pressure of doubt. He instead walked with Jesus to the victory that was his from the moment he'd asked the Savior for help.
God is no respecter of persons (Acts 10:34). As long as you are His child - having been reconciled through submission to Christ - you are His favorite. He's not a human being who is incapable of loving all His children equally. Therefore, as He did it for me, He can and will do it for you. Even exceedingly and abundantly more than you could ask or imagine (Ephesians 3:20). Never forget, that pattern of trouble might not be because the Lord is punishing you. It could simply be Him allowing you to repeat a test so you get it right. And you need to get it right to step out of the dry places. Know that He is right there with you and has set everything up for you to succeed. In such a case, praying that affliction should not arise again will not solve the problem. Taking Him by the hand and finally trusting Him to walk you into your victory is what will do it.
CLOSING PRAYER
Heavenly Father, thank You for another opportunity to gather in Your name and in Your presence. Hallowed be Your name. Thank You for bringing us together from different countries so we could worship You and stand in the gap for people.
Lord, as we go our separate ways, please remember us for our obedience in giving You due praise as well as praying for others. Meet each person who participated at their point of need. Wipe away their own tears and answer their personal petitions with speed and power whereby it is clear it could only have been You!
Thank You in advance for being the Prayer-Answering God. Thank You for being the Steadfast God. Thank You for being He who loves us all completely.
IJN, Amen.
Hallelujah ehhh
Jehovah do me well
Hallelujah ehhh
Jehovah do me well
Turn around and count am
Jehovah do me well
I pray that you will attest to the things God has done well in your life.
God bless you and see you next week.
I don't know about you but I've been dancing and worshipping the Lord even as I pray for others. It's been over an hour and I'll surely keep going after fellowship ends. Confession time: I can hardly concentrate on anything other than God's great grace, right now.
I want to encourage all of us to worship God right now. Sing a song of glory to Him. Acknowledge Him for what He's done for you. Thank Him with zeal.
In my life, I have found that when I worship God with abandon, He is pleased and shares the secret things with me. So many of us are in need of understanding of what to do and I assure you that praise and worship is a key for that heavenly insight you need.
God bless you!
From M22 - Abba Father I pray for children across the world. I pray that you will continue to shield and preserve them from harm, violence and abuse. I pray that you will continue to nourish and nurture them to fulfil their purposes. I pray that you will Increase them in supernatural wisdom, favour and the anointing of the holy Spirit. I pray that they will advance your kingdom here on earth IJMN amen.
From M22 - Abba Father I pray for children across the world. I pray that you will continue to shield and preserve them from harm, violence and abuse. I pray that you will continue to nourish and nurture them to fulfil their purposes. I pray that you will Increase them in supernatural wisdom, favour and the anointing of the holy Spirit. I pray that they will advance your kingdom here on earth IJMN amen.
LAST 10 MINUTES
Never forget, that pattern of trouble might not be because the Lord is punishing you. It could simply be Him allowing you to repeat a test so you get it right. And you need to get it right to step out of the dry places.
That was the main lesson from today's message. Have you considered some of the challenges you've experienced? Are there any patterns you can readily identify?
It might not happen immediately, but I do want to encourage you to pray and ask the Lord for insight into the repeated challenges that you have yet to overcome. If there is something the Lord wants you to do, now is the time to pray and find out. I have learned that God won't give us a test we aren't prepared for. He has essentially rigged life for us to succeed. The key is to tap into Him and not our worldly intelligence.
Listen, it took the Israelites 40 years in the wilderness to figure out how to relate with God in a way that brought them consistent victory. Hallelujah that we don't have to wait that long. Let's pray, shall we?
Dear Father, thank You for teaching us about repeated cycles and the fact that there may be a test within that we are yet to pass. Lord, please give us insight direct from Your throne so we begin to recognize such patterns in the challenges we face. Give us wisdom, Lord, so we take the necessary steps under Your watchful and loving eye to pass whatever tests lie ahead of us. That we do this to Your glory and solely by Your grace, IJMN, Amen.
Father, I would like to pray for all the students that are a part of P&P either personally or through a Pepper here represented.
Lord, I pray for them to receive Your spirit of excellence that You kindly granted to Daniel while he served in Babylon/Persia.
Good Lord, I pray that Your children will excel because of Your righteous hand upon them for good. That the spirit of the Lord in them will enable them to produce high-quality work that distinguishes them from their peers and points to Your great power.
I decree that every effort by the enemy to interfere with their God-given capacity is destroyed by the light and word of God. For whosoever the Son has set free is free indeed. Glory be to You, dear King. Thank You for hearing and answering this prayer, IJMN, Amen.
Mighty Father God and Holy Spirit we give You all praise for Your healing power. Please bless my prayer subjects with Your healing grace and renewed health. Let every cell, hormonal system, bone, organ, tissue, nerve ending, and vessel come under the authority of the Almighty Healer Jesus, by Whose stripes we are healed, and into alignment with Psalm 30:2. Abba please comfort Your sons and daughters and replace the spirit of fear with Your transcending peace. Please provide them with quality healthcare and guide the minds of the medical team entrusted with their care. Deliver Your children from disease, infirmity, weariness, and pain with a supernatural healing breakthrough, for Your almighty victory. In Jesus' name, I declare, Amen.
God, I thank You for taking care of the underprivileged. As such, I put the weary before You knowing that You will bring dry bones to life and breathe into them. You are the God who doesn't ignore the cries of the afflicted. Also, You lift the poor from the dust heap.
Lord meet the needs of the needy for only You can. We join together to petition on their behalf believing that You hear us and answer us on their behalf, IJMN, Amen.
From M22 -Abba Father I pray for the sick and recovering that your healing power permeates every inch of their body. I pray that they are fully restored by your stripes Abba. I pray that you will coordinate the eyes and hands of operating surgeons across the world so they can carry out successful surgeries IJMN amen.
Sovereign Lord. You are the Almighty. Full of power and might. I thank You for this opportunity to lift up the healing needs of my prayer subjects before You today.
Almighty God, Your word is clear in Isaiah 38:16 - Your words and your deeds bring life to everyone, including me. Please make me healthy and strong again.
Father, I know that satan seeks to steal, kill and destroy. However, You are the God who said that You came to bring life and life to the fullest.
I therefore call on You, my Creator, to send forth Your word to heal the sick. Let Your word transform their diseased bodies and clouded minds. Uproot whatever You have not planted, Heavenly Father. Bring the enemy's plans to steal, kill and destroy to an end in the lives of my prayer subjects, IJMN, Amen. Make them healthy and strong again, IJN, Amen.
YHWH Yireh, please meet the needs of Your daughters and sons struggling with inflation, struggling to pay bills and put food on the table, drowning in debt, and lacking basic necessities. Lord, we know that Your plan is to prosper and give hope and a future to Your children (Jeremiah 29:11). You are the God of provision, and we know that You provide in abundance, so I ask that You please open the storehouse of Your heavenly bounty and rain upon them a financial breakthrough (Deuteronomy 28:12) and lighten their burdens in accordance with Your will. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen.
From M22 - Abba I pray for everyone struggling in anyway. I pray that you help them to focus solely on you and not their circumstances. Help them give their burden and anxieties to you according to your word in Matthew 11:28 and 1 Peter 5:7. I pray that you help them turn to prior miracles to reflect on how good you have been to them and will continue to be to them. IjMN amen. Help them continue to count their blessings and not worries IjMN amen.
Glory be to the Lord!!!
Lord, thank You for peace. There are rumors of war and indeed actual wars in many places but You have spared us that reality. We pray for peace, dear Father, that it might reach the hardest hit places as well as hearts and minds.
We call for Your peace which surpasses all understanding to spread across this world You created. That it may glorify Your name and the world will know You are God and there is no other. IJMN, Amen.
PRAYER TIME
It is now time for us to become the intercessors we were created to be. Let us pray for the sick, the dying, the homeless, the weary, the foreigner seeking a place to call home. Call out to God on behalf of your nation, your neighborhood, your church. Pray for leaders at all levels of society.
Cry out for the oppressed, the orphans, the widows who feel they have no one to speak for them.
Remember that as God's child and servant, you have the authority to pray for others. Just ask the Lord to meet your prayer subjects at their point of need, whatever that may be.
Share your prayer, and say 'Amen' to the prayers of others. Let us display unity in caring for others in prayer and remember that some people don't know how to pray for themselves. Our praying for them can go a very long way.
I never walk alone
My God is with me ehhhh
oya...buga ...buga.. show dem...show dem...who walks with God!
Lord, I'm grateful for Your love and kindness.
Thank You for Your mercy and for granting grace to me even when I don't deserve it.
Thank You for all Your patience and blessings.
Hallelujah!
From M22 - Abba Father I please your mercy, grace and forgiveness over everyone of us. If there's any way we have sinned, I pray that you will forgive us and purify every inch of us. I pray for supernatural peace of mind (Phillipians 4:7) and the fruits of the Holy spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) continue to flood our hearts and displace every negative emotions. I pray that we receive supernatural wisdom, favour and the anointing of the holy spirit. I pray that God will supernaturally deliver and restore us. IjMN amen.
Yahweh is Your name, oh
Yahweh is Your name,
Mighty God
Odogwu is Your name, oh
Odogwu is Your name
Okaka
When I call You
Lord, You answer me
In my labor
Lord, You have shown me favor
When I cry, Lord
Lord, You hear my cry
You are my glory
And the lifter of my head
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Whom shall I fear when I have You?
Yahweh is Your name!!!!