“Dear Heavenly Father, You are good and Your mercy endures forever. Thank You for the activities of the preceding week. Thank You for life, health, peace and protection. Thank You for my life, family, job/business and finances. Thank You for providing for all my needs according to Your riches in glory. You have given us the most important things: life, health, peace and a sound mind. For all I can’t possibly mention now, thank You and all glory be to your holy name in the name of Christ Jesus Amen!” Having returned with thanksgiving today, this New Week opens up for your advancement.
TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN SOUL-WINNING (3): BE COMMITTED
And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. Luke 9:62 (KJV)
It was Che Guevara who said, “We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.” Martin Luther King Jr. says, ‘A man who does not have something for which he is willing to die is not fit to live.’ Until you are willing to die for something you are not worthy to live. We are talking about commitment to the gospel. Commitment is the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose. It means that you focus on a purpose steadfastly no matter what comes. To be successful in soul-winning you must be committed. It would take your time to pray, preach, follow-up and your money too. Everything you have got must be involved in order to see success. First, recognize that this is kingdom business. Like every other business, you must plan, budget, execute, evaluate outcome and restrategize. Which group of people are you aiming at reaching out to? The group will inform your strategy. For instance, if you are reaching out to teenagers, then you will have to think and behave like a teenager yourself to be able to reach them. You must be very patient and a good listener. No matter the group you are reaching out to, commitment is a must. If you give the gospel 30% of the attention you give your career/business, you will see such result that will amaze you. The results that have eluded us is only a function of lack of commitment on our part.
Interestingly God does not do something with someone that is not committed. Our text says that no one that puts his hands on the plough and looking back is fit for the kingdom of God. You are disqualified immediately it is notified that you are showing signs of no commitment. Noncommital is a disqualification criterion in the army of the Lord. You must be committed not in word but indeed. Until your commitment is certified, success as a soul-winner is not in view. See the kind of commitment that makes people a success in the harvest field, listen to Apostle Paul, ‘For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!’ (I Corinthians 9:16). Commitment is placing necessity upon yourself in regards to the gospel. It is giving yourself a target of souls that must be established in Church and driving yourself to achieve it. Most of our jobs are target-driven, and we strive to meet and exceed our targets in our various jobs but can we just be target-driven in regards to souls?
It is commitment that is driving results. If we are going to be results-oriented in our soul-winning task, we must be target-driven and commitment conscious. Beloved, how can you be committed today? How can you improve on your level of commitment to the gospel today? Time is running out. There is an urgency in the Spirit to rush in and preserve the harvest from decadence. Will you respond? Will you carry-on as if there is nothing? This is your opportunity to see divinity manifest in your affairs as you commit to Kingdom expansion business. That prayer point that has been on your mind for a long time now, can be tackled in a flash by the power of God if you can just commit to the heart of the Father in these last hours of the age. Selah!
REMEMBER: Until there is commitment, there can be no results.
CONFESSION: Sweet Heavenly Father, thank you for making my life beautiful giving me an opportunity to be your witness to the peoples of the world. I receive grace to be more committed in my primary assignment. I up my game from today and go wide for the gospel. So help me God! Glory!
PROPHETIC RELEASE: Everything contending with your commitment to the gospel is cursed today in the name of Christ Jesus Amen!
FURTHER READING: Philippians 1:21; 3:12-14
ONE YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: Jeremiah 31:27-32:4; 1 Timothy 3:1-16; Psalm 88:1-18; Proverbs 25:20-22
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I decree rest into your life. Rest from the cares and weariness of this world. Rest from storms and stress. Rest from all that binds and buffets. Rest at home. Rest in the office/business. Rest in your body and health. Rest in life and destiny. Rest from distractions and diversions. Rest on every side. Wars are over in your life. Shields of the mighty are destroyed today. Instruments of cruelty and wickedness against your life and destiny catches fire now in the name of Christ Jesus Amen!
TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN SOUL-WINNING (2): MORTIFY SELF
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. I Corinthians 9:27 (KJV)
The greatest enemy of the recreated human spirit is not the devil. When you were born again, you had dominion over the devil and his gates of hell. The greatest enemy of the born again person is his/her flesh. Self is the greatest enemy of the born again person. There are three forces at war in the life of the born again person: the Holy Spirit, the Flesh and the devil. The flesh is always cooperating with the devil that is why you must put it under. Self talks about the cravings of the sinful nature. To be useful and usable in the hands of the Lord of the harvest, you must mortify your self. You must come to the altar of burnt offering and lay your body at the altar as a living sacrifice. The reason is that you must be salted with fire to be useful in the hand the Lord (see Mark 9:49). If you are still alive in your flesh, you are not useful and usable for the work of the gospel. With your self still alive, you cannot represent the Lord and the gospel in your lifestyle which is the most primary form of evangelism. A self that is still alive is full of pride, easily angry, boostful and self-centered.
Galatians 5:19-21 lists the activities of the works of the flesh, ‘19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.’ You see why we said that until Mr Flesh dies, you are not ready for kingdom business. The need for people to be enlisted into the harvest field is enormous but just anybody will not qualify to be enlisted. You can now better understand why it is not everybody that comes to Church understands the soul-winning business. So many are around, but very few are qualify to be enlisted. These days many are coming to Church for so many reasons; some to belong and answer that they are Christians, others just to get God to answer their prayer, etc. The flesh must be dead and Mr Self must be laid on the altar. It is as serious as that.
Beloved, do you understand what it means to mortify the flesh now? It is to do away with the works of the flesh mentioned in Galatians 5:17-21. Lay yourself at the prayer altar and petition God until there is no trace of any of them in your life. The truth is that the sin nature died the day you got saved, the problem is that at lot of us have not renewed our mind to put these things off. Stay in the word and renew your mind and they will wear off and your life will conform to the righteousness of God in your recreated human spirit. In the place of word bath, your strength is renewed to manifest the nature of righteousness in your spirit. Because the Word is Spirit and Life, the more Word you take into your spirit, the more the fruit of the spirit will reveal and manifest in your character. Get into the Word and lay the flesh and its works to rest permanently. Shalom!
REMEMBER: Everybody must be salted by fire to be usable in the harvest field.
PRAYER: Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for your word to me today. I ask for the grace to read, study and meditate on the Word in order to mortify self in my life in the name of Christ Jesus Amen!
PROPHETIC RELEASE: I decree fresh appetite in the Word upon you now in the name of Christ Jesus Amen!
FURTHER READING: John 6:63
ONE YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: Jeremiah 30:1-31:26; 1 Timothy 2:1-15; Psalm 87:1-7; Proverbs 25:18-19
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No matter what you are going through now, it is the plan of Jehovah to settle you (I Peter 5:10). Whatever area you are expecting settlement, receive it now. Today, I prophecy that prolong unmarriedness is settled now. Whatever it requires for God to settle you in marriage; in your own marital home, I command it released now. For everyone that will receive this, that spell is terminated today and your glorious marital destiny released and settled in the name of Christ Jesus Amen!
TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN SOUL-WINNING (1): ASSURANCE OF SALVATION
The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God, Romans 8:16 (NASB)
From today to the next couple of days, we shall be examining what it takes to be successful at soul-winning. There are certain ingredients that must be in place for us to make a success at our soul-winning drive. Today we shall be considering assurance of salvation. Assurance of salvation means that you are sure of your salvation. The person that must be successful in winning souls must be very sure that he/she is genuinely saved. You must have had that encounter yourself. There is no substitute to that. You are called to be a witness. How can you witness to what you never saw or knew? Being a witness presupposes that you have experience of what you are talking about. You can never appear in court as a witness of what you never knew anything about. The soul-winner must be a person that had encountered the Lord Jesus genuinely with evidence of a changed life. Like the blind man in John 9, your testimony should be “I was blind but now I see. I used to do this and that, but now I do not.” One of the outstanding thing about Apostle Paul was his conversion testimony. It was so profound that at the slightest chance he recounts how he became the man he had become.
You may be born in church, that does not equal to being saved. That your parents are Christians does not mean that you are saved. Salvation is a personal experience. It is an encounter that does not leave you the same. Your salvation must be traceable to a day that you heard the Word and answered an altar call, or a time when you surrendered to Christ Jesus on your own. Are you baptized since you believed? It is very important that you are baptized in water. Do you have the witness of the Holy Spirit in your spirit that you are a child of God. We are stressing this because it is the foundation of the person that will be successful in soul-winning. Until you are saved, you cannot become an instrument to saving others. Trying it is getting the experience of the sons of one Sceva. In Acts 19:13-17, some boys started preaching and casting out demons even though these boys have not even known the Lord themselves. Then the devil leaped on them and dealt with them until they ran out naked. It is dangerous to function in the warfare of soul-winning without being genuinely saved yourself. The reason is that soul-winning is warfare. It is confrontation with the gates of hell. If you are not in Christ, you are still in the camp of the devil, then how can you dare to try to lead a fellow captive to freedom?
Being genuinely born again has no substitute if you are going to be useful in the hands of the Lord. Kingdom business are only the preserve of kingdom men and women. No stranger has a lot in it. If you are reading this today and you are not sure of your salvation then please pray this with all your heart thus: “Dear Father, I repent of my sins and believe in Jesus Christ that He came, died for my sins and rose again to give me life. Now, I confess that Jesus Christ is Lord and Saviour of my life. Lord Jesus I surrender my heart to you today and forever. Through You Lord and in Your name I have eternal life; I am born again. Thank you Lord for saving my soul. Now I am a child of God. Praise the Lord! Hallelujah!” Congratulations!
REMEMBER: Soul-winning is warfare and it is unsafe for the unsaved person to engage in it.
CONFESSION: I am born of God. Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. I triumph everywhere I go for the gospel. Glory be God!
PROPHETIC RELEASE: As you ensure your foundation, you shall be fruitful in the work of the gospel in the name of Christ Jesus Amen!
FURTHER READING: I Peter 1:23
ONE YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: Jeremiah 28:1-29:32; 1 Timothy 1:1-20; Psalm 86:1-17; Proverbs 25;17
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The invisible battles are won in your favour today. Altars speaking against your life and destiny catches fire now. Cycle of mysterious evil occurrence is broken today by the blood of Jesus Christ. Satanic delay that is leading to frustration is cut off now. Whatever that has been delayed by the forces of darkness moves with speed now. I decree restoration today for you in every area that you have been pillaged in the name of Christ Jesus Amen!
WAYS YOU CAN GET INVOLVED (6): LIVING OUT THE GOSPEL
Then, even if some are disobedient to the word, they will be won over without a word by the way you live, when they see your pure and reverent conduct. I Peter 3:1B-2 (KJV)
Everyone of us has the privilege to live out the gospel in our day to day operations. With most people that are close to you, lifestyle evangelism is normally the most effective. It is normally a contradiction when you see one that is vocal about the gospel but whose lifestyle is directly the opposite. There is nothing that turns off children than to see parents that proclaim the gospel in words but their lifestyle at home is opposite the gospel. This is the reason so many children from Christian homes turn away from the Lord as soon as they left home. You have parents that are Christians in the Church but devils at home. No matter what you tell children, what they see you doing is what they are going to imbibe. Lifestyle evangelism is so critical at home, office and with close associates. People that relate with you on a daily bases will be drawn to the Lord more with your lifestyle than with words. When you have shown Christ-like character, it is easy to preach and be heard. So as a Christian, your lifestyle is critical to the success of the gospel in your sphere of contacts. Your colleagues are watching you. You cannot take bribe, lie and cheat and then turn around to preach to them about Jesus. It is not possible to take such a person seriously. You will regard the person as a religious fanatics. But when someone has challenged you with a solid life of integrity, and the person talks to you about Jesus, you are quick to listen.
There is a quote “preach the gospel at all times and when (if, where) necessary, use words” usually attributed to St Francis of Assisi. The truth is that St. Francis of Assisi never said those words. What came closest to that was in his Rule of 1221 on how Franciscans should practice their preaching: “No brother should preach contrary to the form and regulations of the holy Church nor unless he has been permitted by his minister … All the Friars … should preach by their deeds.” What we are saying today is that at all times that you live out your life, you are preaching the gospel whether you know it or not. You are either marketing or demarketing the gospel. Someone will either subscribe or reject the gospel because of the way you are living. In our text, the wife, was encouraged to live in such a way that even if the husband does not obey the gospel, he will be won by observing the godly lifestyle of his wife.
Beloved, what kind of gospel are you preaching with your lifestyle in your office or business centre? As people encounter you on a daily basis, what impression is being made on their minds about the gospel, about the Lord Jesus? We must live to preach the gospel. That is to say that the way we live, must be such that will help us explain the gospel more to those that are observing us. By all means you are involved in the spread of the gospel, the least way being lifestyle evangelism. Take responsibility to represent the gospel in all you do. We are saved to live for the glory of God and help others find their salvation too. Shalom!
REMEMBER: Everybody is involved in lifestyle evangelism. Do it well!
PRAYER: Sweet Heavenly Father, thank You for Your word to me today. I ask for grace to life to please you and to show the light of the glorious gospel to my family, friends, colleagues, and those I meet on a day to day basis in the name of Christ Jesus Amen!
PROPHETIC RELEASE: I declare that your life shall bring glory and help your family, friends and colleagues to find salvation in the name of Christ Jesus Amen!
FURTHER READING: Acts 9:36-42
ONE YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: Jeremiah 26:1-27; 2 Thessalonians 3:1-18; Psalm 85:1-13; Proverbs 25:16
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I decree that good money will enter your hands. That financial inflow that you have long waited for whether from prospective contract that you have pursued for some time now or a new line of business that you just ventured into, I decree it is released into your hands today. In 24 hours from now, your account will swell with good money. Empty handedness is cursed in your life now. Be favoured by the Lord and people in the name of Christ Jesus Amen!
But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. II Corinthians 9:6 (KJV)
The Lord Jesus commanded us to preach the gospel to all the peoples of the nations of the earth. Nobody is exempted from hearing the gospel. By all means, we are to reach everyone with the gospel. The gospel is a very capital intensive enterprise. It require money to do even the least venture in respect to the spreading of the gospel. As we reach each person, materials to help them grow in Christ are made available which include tracts, handbills, booklets, pamphlets, books etc. Outreaches require public address systems, musical equipment, medical aids and equipment, etc. In the missions field, there is need to build churches, build houses for missionaries, provide amenities for the community, build schools, hospitals, etc. All these aforementioned are capital intensive projects that goes with preaching the gospel. Even in the urban areas, when you go out for evangelism, you will be met with real-time needs of people that needs to be attended to. In hospital evangelism, there are hospital bills of people who are well but couldn’t go home because they have not been able to come up with the hospital bill. These are real life needs we see in the harvest field. Beloved, God has put money into your hands not for you to live luxury lifestyle, but for the gospel. There are places you cannot go because of your engagements that your money can send someone to preach there. Missionaries are being sponsored. There are people in the most remote areas of India, China, Saudi Arabia preaching the gospel as missionaries. It takes huge finances to do all those.
I want you to ask yourself questions today. “What value is the money God has given me in relation to the gospel? What am I doing now in terms of giving to the gospel, if at all I am giving, is it the best I can do? Can I stand before the Lord now and beat my chest and say that what You gave me went to the gospel?” Remember that whatever you think you have today, was given to you by the Lord Jesus. I Corinthians 4:7 says, ‘For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?’ The money you are keeping for your grandchildren, you are stocking it for the anti-Christ. There is no time and the best you can do for your children and upcoming generation is to serve the Lord and help them to do same. Whatever resources God gave to this generation is to reach the people of this generation. Stop the foolishness of banking for the next generation while souls are perishing.
You are going to stand before the judgment seat of Christ and account for how you used the money He gave you for the gospel. You have two cars but you still want to buy the latest but you cannot drop a million for missionary work. What sort of a Christian are you? You can buy very costly designer clothes but cannot contribute to build missionaries a hut over their heads. Everything you are acquiring on earth is just for the fire. See what I Peter 3:10 says, ‘But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.’ If I say that it is foolishness to live for things, you may think it is an insult but how wise is it to live for only things that will burn up? You will give account on how you spent every dime that came into your hands. Selah!
REMEMBER: God is giving you money for the spread of the gospel.
CONFESSION: I am a big time financier of the gospel. My money is talking in the high places of the gospel work. Where I cannot go by reason of distance, I send my money to go for me. By all means, I am preaching the gospel, with my lifestyle, words and in cash. Glory be God!
PROPHETIC RELEASE: I decree that passion for the spread of the gospel engulf your heart from now in the name of Christ Jesus Amen!
FURTHER READING Matthew 25:31-46
ONE YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: Jeremiah 23:21-25:38; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-17; Psalm 84:1-12; Proverbs 25:15
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