WELCOME TO THE LAUNCH OF FULL ARMOR FELLOWSHIP CHURCH NAIROBI KENYA.

This is the Lords doing and we rejoice in it!

Ephesians 6:10-18 is a common scripture called the whole armour of God. Where we are encouraged to wear the helmet of salvation, the breast plate of righteousness, the belt of truth, the sword of the spirit which is the word of God,  the shield of faith and the feet of the gospel of peace. A clear study will show you that all these attires reflect to one person, Jesus. Jesus is my salvation,  He is my righteousness, He is the truth,  He is the word, He is our peace and the source of my faith. When you wear Jesus you are guaranteed of victory. For Jacob to get the blessings of Essau he had to wear Essau, because the blessings were reserved for the first born according to the law. Jesus is the first born from the dead. Our big brother. On calvary there was a divine transfer He became me so that I can become Him. 1Corinthians 13:12 when I look into the mirror I see a vague image of me. In the Jewish culture mirrors were polished metals and they gave a blurred image but one day I will look at him and See Me and He will look at me and see Himself. When you wear Jesus you are qualified to walk in answered prayers.

By the grace of God, I'll be leading this great work of God. Be part of us and experience the totality of God's power and grace at work!

JESUS IS LORD! HE REMAINS THE KING OF KINGS AND THE LORD OF LORDS.

Mark the dates;

Friday 3rd February from 5:00pm to 8:00pm   (worship experience)

Saturday 4th February from 2:00pm to 6:30pm (worship experience)

sunday 5th February from 7:00am to 12:45pm(first main service) 2:00pm to 6:30pm (OFFICIAL LAUNCH SERVICE)

TO GOD BE THE GLORY AND HONOR!

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MOTIVATION SPEAKER OR BIBLICAL PREACHER?

"Motivational Speaking," or "Biblical Preaching."

There is a vast difference differences between "motivational speaking" and "biblical preaching." In many churches today, both here, and aboard, people leave "encouraged" in their emotions and in their abilities for "self-esteem."

But there are still some churches that seek to builds up Christians in The Word, as the Holy Spirit applies the Scriptures to the hearts and minds of the hearers.

Motivational speakers can tend to tell a lot of good stories, and also seek to sway the people through emotion and some forms of psychology.

Biblical preachers can tell some good stories, but above that, help to open the door to the people, to be influenced by the Holy Spirit, through the Word of God.

Motivational speakers may throw in a few Bible Text, as a launching pad to their main topic.

Biblical preachers rely totally upon the Scriptures to feed God's sheep.

The Bible is the basis of their message, and not a launching pad for humanistic thoughts, presented from behind a Pulpit.

My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power, (1 Corinthians 2:4-5 NIV).

TROPHIES DON'T GO TO THOSE WHO STARTED WELL BUT TO THOSE WHO FINISHED WELL

Trophies don't go to those who started well but those who finished well.

I want to speak to someone today, where you started does not matter but where you are heading to matters, Jesus came on earth and choose crooked men as His disciples, it was not about their background but their future, Paul before then Saul was a persecutor but until the Damascus experience, his future is spoken more than his past.
The fact that You may not be where you want to be but you are not where you used to be is enough reason to know GOD IS CONTINUING TO WORK ON YOUR STORY.... It is not over yet... If you believe Shout AMEN!

AAAAMMMMMMEEEEENNNN!!!

Pastor Steve Omodecx
The Blessed Family Ministry.

THIS GOOD GOD!

God is God:
He doesnt care about *age*, no wonder he blessed Abraham.
He doesnt care about *experience*, no wonder he chose David.
He doesnt care about *gender,* no wonder he lifted Esther.
He doesnt care about *your past*, no wonder he called Paul.
He doesnt care about *your physical appearance*, no wonder he chose Zacchaeus
(the shortest one).
He doesnt care about *fluency in speech* , no wonder he chose Moses.
He doesnt care about *your career*, no wonder he befriended Mary Magdalene; a prostitute.
He doesnt care about *class*, no wonder he sent his own Son on earth.
All I know is that my God never changes
He never made *a promise he wouldnt keep*👌
He never saw *a person he wouldnt help*👌
He never heard *a prayer he wouldnt answer*👌
🖼He never found *a soul he wouldnt love*👌
He never found *a sinner he wouldnt forgive*👌

This is the kind of God I would like to commune with every day the moment I wake up. I strongly recommend Him to you.

The school of destiny has no closing day

The school of destiny has no closing day ; it has no age restrictions and the minimum enrollment requirement for admission is simply a strong willpower, willingness to believe in something greater than yourself, willingness to go where even the brave dare not venture, and willingness to keep on your belief even though everyone,anyone and anything around is suggesting otherwise. Destiny is not a place for the faint hearted, it is a place for those who KNOW their GOD is not limited!

Isaiah  1:19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:  1:20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

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IN YOUR SUCCESS, LET SILENCE BE YOUR FRIEND

A seed grows with no sound, but a tree falls with huge noise… Destruction has noise, but creation is silent. In your success remain silent as there is power in silence. Grow Silently!
Cultivate Silence

A farmer discovered that he had lost his watch in the barn. It was no ordinary watch because it had sentimental value for him.
After searching high and low among the hay for a long while; he gave up and enlisted the help of a group of children playing outside the barn. He promised them that the person who found it would be rewarded.
Hearing this, the children hurried inside the barn, went through and around the entire stack of hay but still could not find the watch.

Just when the farmer was about to give up looking for his watch, a little boy went up to him and asked to be given another chance.
The farmer looked at him and thought, “Why not? After all, this kid looks sincere enough.” So the farmer sent the little boy back in the barn.
After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand! The farmer was both happy and surprised and so he asked the boy how he succeeded where the rest had failed.

The boy replied, “I did nothing but sat on the ground and listened. In the silence, I heard the ticking of the watch and just looked for it in that direction.”

A peaceful mind can think well than a worked up mind.
Sometimes the noise in our life is so much with no clarity on what to do. The mind seems so occupied with lots of thoughts that promotes fear, discouragement & anxiety.
Let peace guard ur heart this Month. Consciously clear your head and mind. God bless you.

God is faithful

Pastor Steve Omodecx.

MEN; MARRIAGE IS NOBLE BUT NOTE THESE...

When you take a look at the first marriage in history, Gen 2:24... After God made man, he put him in the Garden of Eden, the word "Eden" is an Hebrew word for "where God dwells" so the first thing God gave man was "His Presence". So the first thing a man needs is NOT a woman, it is the presence of God, and a woman should meet him in the presence of God. Eve met Adam in Eden,
Some women amaze me, they leave the presence of God, go outside to find a man and then try to drag him back into the presence of God.
The next thing God gave man in after putting him in the Garden was WORK. (Gen 2:15) God gave man work before woman. That means a man needs a job before he gets a woman. God's priorities are very clear.
The third thing God told man was "Cultivate"...... Cultivate here means, bring out the best in everything around you, to maximize the potentials of everything and everyone around you, To make everything fruitful. He only said that to the male. That's why God will never give a man a finished woman. The male was created by God to create what he wants. The woman you are looking for doesn't exist, she's in your head. Your job is to take the raw material you married and cultivate her into the woman in your head. So you have been married for 20yrs and you still don't like the product you get, that's your fault. If your wife is putting a little weight and you don't like that, don't criticize her, it's your job to wake her at 6am, " Hey baby, let's go jogging" You don't like her dress, take her to a boutique and buy her cloths you like. She can't speak good English? Send her to school and pay her tuition fee. CULTIVATE HER!!!!
The fourth thing God said to man, he said "Guard the Garden". The man has to be the protector of everything under his care. That's why God gave you a stronger bone frame. A bigger muscle mass, not to abuse the woman, but to protect the woman.
The last thing God gave man was his Word... God told man not to touch the tree, God never told the woman about the tree, NEVER!!!..... Which means it was the man WHO received the word of God and his job was to teach his wife the word of God. Nothing frustrates a woman like when she asks her man "So what do you think" and the dummy answers "what ever you think is OK"..... Don't do that bro, don't do that. She's looking for knowledge and direction.
That was the last command God gave to man in Vs 17, Now watch this, in vs 18, God said, "It is not good for this man to be alone" now, don't just read the statement fast, read it again slowly " it is not good for THIS MAN to be alone" WHAT MAN???
The man who is
*In His presence
*Has a job (working)
*Can Cultivate you
*Can protect you
*Can teach you
So here's the problem, if you meet a man who doesn't like His presence, isn't working, can't cultivate you, can't protect you and can't teach you then IT IS GOOD FOR THAT MAN TO BE ALONE....

THE WISDOM OF MOVING FORWARD

THE WISDOM OF MOVING FORWARD..often times we spend so much time crying over the past, the past relationships, the past miracles and doors, opportunities and levels such that we lose focus on what is presently available to us. Isn't it amazing the children of Israel were crying to be allowed to go back to Egypt, while God was busy bringing them to the promised land. You have to apply the wisdom of moving forward in order to move to your next level. It takes a very strong person to let the past be past. To cry over your past and carry injuries and  heart breaks drain you of the strength you need to possess your present promise. Isaiah 43:18-19 puts it this way...forget the former things behold I am doing a new thing. You can't behold by looking back..let the past be the past and look up, there's something new waiting for you. I command Grace and the power of God over your life, raise your head above the storm and frustrate the devil with your moving forward and keep your head up regardless of what you've been through. Speak right now,  your tongue has power " I AM MOVING FORWARD", don't die where the past left you. Bounce back and keep your head up! He is your God!!! Amen!

THE INCORRUPTIBLE SEED - WATER AND SEED

'WORD -THE INCORRUPTIBLE SEED'
The WORD OF GOD is both SEED and WATER

Words spoken in faith put pressure on every circumstances. When a circumstance tries to put pressure on us, we can turn it around by putting pressure on that circumstance with the Word of God.

Mk 11:23, Jesus said: For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

If we believe, doubt not in our hearts, and believe what we are saying, it will come to pass. The Word spoken becomes a seed.

It may be small at first, but it just keeps growing, and it keeps putting pressure against the mountain. That constant pressure of the seed (spoken Word) making its demand will bring the harvest of desired results.

But for many of us, the problem is that we have not really understand fully that the seed is what forces the production. The soil does not decide what to raise or where to put the pressure.

An example: When we planted soy beans, we got more soy beans, one hundred times out a hundred.

The seed, not the soil, determines the production. Now, the soil may determine the amount of production, but the seed determines what will be produced.

So the seed that Jesus is talking about in this kingdom principle is the Word of God. In other words, the Word of Promise, the exceeding great and precious promises, is the seed source!

Rom 10:8, the apostle Paul says, "The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart."
Paul is telling us how to plant God's Word in our hearts, where it will force production.

Then, in Lk 17:5,6, Jesus told two great faith secrets. The disciples had said, "Lord, Increase our faith." Jesus said, "If you had faith as a grain of mustard seed, you might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you."

The King James Version says it SHOULD obey you. The Greek says it WOULD obey you.

Jesus said faith works like a seed, and the way you plant it is to say it.

Now, can we see the correlation between this and what God was saying through the prophet Isaiah?
"As the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, it forces the earth into production. So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth. It becomes the seed for the sower, and bread for the eater."

The seed has Spirit Life in it. And Jesus said, "...man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God" (Lk 4:4).

The Word is a life source. Jesus said, "... the words that I Speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life" (Jn 6:63).

The seed is full of life. It is the Kingdom Seed. It is called the Word of the Kingdom (Matt. 13:19). And Jesus said:
..So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, and he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself.... Mk 4:26-28

That constant pressure of the seed (spoken Word) making its demand will bring the harvest of desired results.

As we speak God's Word, faith comes. Faith comes by hearing, and hearing, and hearing, and hearing the Word of God. That's why it's necessary for us to continue to speak the Word. This principle is so simple but many of us have missed it. All through the Bible we see that the Word of God is the seed. We sow it by speaking it into the heart, which is referred to as the ground or soil in Mk 4:26.

Question: Are we basing our faith on the Word of God and like Peter, who said, "Nevertheless at THY WORD..." (Lk 5:5

The Word says, "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony..." (Rev. 12:11).

Beloved, if we will hold fast to God's Word and continue to plant the seed, IT WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE WHAT YOU EXPERIENCE IN LIFE!

PROPHECY? Yes But Work on it!

Prophetic utterances from a prophet gives you a preview of the future set by God not man(2nd Kings 4:16-17) for God does nothing without revealing His secrets to His servants. Amos 3:7-.
This makes the devil and your enemies to attack you but remember non of the words of God goes back to Him void but accomplishes it purpose(Isaiah 55:10-11). So don't be afraid, dismayed neither discouraged for as the devil attacks you, bringing all darkness, as you walk in the valley of the shadow of death(not real death) His rod and His stuff they shall be with you, they shall protect you, encourage you, empower you and comfort you(psalms 23:4)for His promises are Yes and Amen(2nd Corinthians 1:20-.)and He doesn't glory in death(Psalms 6:8-, 88:11-)and above all, He is not man that He may lie(Numbers 23:19-).
So fight for prophecy, push for prophecy for it to manifest, for it to birth what it is incubating which is your expectation that all glory may go back to Jehovah God for it is not by power neither by might but by the Spirit of God(Zachariah 4:6-)

Work on it...it will definitely manifest!

WHO IS THIS MAN JESUS?

*Who is Jesus?*

*In chemistry,*
He turned water to wine.    
                  John 2:6-10
                  John 4:46

*In biology,* 
He was born without the normal conception;
          
                 Isaiah 7:14
                 Luke 1:26- 37

*In physics,*
He disapproved the law of gravity when He ascended into heaven;

                     Mark 16:19

*In economics,*
He disapproved the law of diminishing return by feeding 5000 men with
two fishes & 5 loaves of bread;

               Matthew 14:19
               John 6:13

*In medicine,*
He cured the sick and the blind without administering a single dose of drugs;

               Matthew 15:30
               Mark 1:34

*In history,*
He is the beginning and the end;

            John 1:1-5
            Revelation 22:13
            Revelation 21:6

*In government,*
He said that He shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Prince of Peace;
                    saiah 9:6-7

*In religion,*
He said no one comes to the Father except through Him;

                    John 14:4-6

*So, Who is He?              He is Jesus!*

The Greatest Man in History

Jesus had no servants,
yet they called Him Master.

Had no degree,
yet they called Him Teacher.

Had no medicines,
yet they called Him Healer.

He had no army,
yet kings feared Him.

He won no military battles,
yet He conquered the world.

He committed no crime,
yet they crucified Him.

He was buried in a tomb,
yet He lives today.

That's my savior! The Prince of peace!

MENTORSHIP

Treasure Your Mentor.
Mentorship is the impartation of information. Mentorship is accepting perfect knowledge from an imperfect man. Your mentor is anyone who
consistently teaches you what you want to know.

It was the secret of Elijah and Elisha; Moses and Joshua; Paul and Timothy.
Pursue and extract the knowledge of the mentors that God has made available to your life.

Mentorship Is Learning Through The Pain of Another. Your Future Is Determined By Who You Choose To Believe . A mentor is not just  a towering figure over your life but a friend, a brother, a sister,  a father etc ... A good mentor is that person who fits well in that gap you need them to be and is led by God first before he /she leads you. It may not be about age but divine wisdom in conduct, life, love and relationships with all people. Seek God in finding that true mentor.

I love them all who mentor me. I truly love you.
“A wise man will hear, and will
increase learning; and a man of
understanding shall attain unto wise
counsels,” (Proverbs 1:5).

13 FACTS ABOUT THE MIDNIGHT PRAYERS

1. MIDNIGHT is a time of transition, from one day to another. God can bring a transition in your life as you pray at MIDNIGHT.

2. MIDNIGHT is a time of great spiritual activity, both good and evil. Destinies of man are shaped and interrupted at MIDNIGHT. If you are not shaping your destiny at MIDNIGHT, then somebody may interrupt your life at MIDNIGHT.

3. At a natural level great victories have been won when nations were caught by surprise as their armies were asleep at MIDNIGHT. Satan launches attacks at MIDNIGHT: he feeds people in their dreams at MIDNIGHT; he rapes others in their as they are asleep at MIDNIGHT, etc.

4. Great calamities are spiritually effected at MIDNIGHT. God had to wait until midnight to execute judgment on Egypt: (Exodus 11:4-6) Then Moses said, “Thus says the LORD: ‘About MIDNIGHT I will go out into the midst of Egypt; and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the female servant who is behind the hand mill, and all the firstborn of the animals.’”

5. Midnight is the time people are most vulnerable to spiritual attacks. It is the hour when enemies lay siege and render people defenseless. It is also the time that you can launch a deadly, surprise attack on your enemies’ camp.

6. As a Christian, you can break open closed doors as you pray at MIDNIGHT. Samson lay low till MIDNIGHT; then he arose at MIDNIGHT, took hold of the doors of the gate of the city and the two gateposts, pulled them up, bar and all, put them on his shoulders, and carried them to the top of the hill that faces Hebron. (Judges 16:3)

7. Mysterious things happen the most at MIDNIGHT. Have you lost anything or anyone very dear to you under mysterious circumstances? Chances are that the operation was carried out at the MIDNIGHT hour. Remember the harlot in Solomon’s time who lost her child by sleeping on it at MIDNIGHT and at MIDNIGHT she stole her friend’s child:
1 Kings 3:20(KJV) And she arose at MIDNIGHT, and took my son from beside me, while your handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

8. Great spiritual transactions happens at MIDNIGHT. Solomon got wisdom from God at MIDNIGHT. If you are not receiving something good at midnight, then chance are high that there are evil changes happen against you at MIDNIGHT.

9. Very wicked operations happen at MIDNIGHT but we can change that. We must arise and fight. We must wake up and pray. If we do, we can have great impact in our societies and churches.

10. David, the man who never lost a single battle in all his life, has this to say:
At MIDNIGHT, I will rise and give thanks to You, because of your righteous judgments. (Ps: 119:62)
What excuse do you have? Do you say, “I wish I arise but I’ll be tired”? Do you have a busier schedule than that of King David (president of the nation of Israel?). I don’t think so.

11. Do you know better than what Paul and Silas knew? Who praised and worshipped God at MIDNIGHT:
But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was a great earthquake so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed. (Acts 16:25-26)

12. MIDNIGHT is the best time to make serious intercession:
And He said to them, “which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at MIDNIGHT and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him;’ And he will answer from within and say, ‘Do not trouble me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give it to you’? I say to you, though he will not rise and give to him because he’s his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs.” (Luke 11:5-8)

13. Praying at MIDNIGHT is a sacrifice that will not go unrewarded. God sees our desperation through the sacrifices we make to Him.

Pray this prayer:
-Lord help me to understand that when we are asleep, satan and his demons aren’t asleep but they are busy launching arrows at us,
-Lord help me to understand that there are serious activities that takes place at MIDNIGHT much of which are against us as Christians
-Lord deliver me from spiritual laziness so that I may rise up to defend my inheritance and to take back what the devil stole from me

GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU PRAY AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND FOREVER

PAINFUL CRISES ARE GODS BEST WAYS TO MOULD YOU!

Sometimes the best thing that can happen to us is something we would describe as painful or difficult. This is because problems and crises are often God’s chosen tools to develop character in us. When He allows these situations in our lives, it’s not only to build our character, but we are equipped for the next level of destiny and greatness He has for us.

I’m convinced your best days are ahead of you, not behind you. I know this because 1 Corinthians 2:9 says, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him” (NLT). You can be sure God has prepared great things for you, things so good you cannot even imagine them.

Those things are prepared for you, so the question becomes: Are you prepared for them? In other words, are you ready to handle the wonderful opportunities that are in store for your life? Do you have the wisdom, the maturity, and the character you need to steward them well?

Stay lifted!

20 BENEFITS OF FASTING

1. Fasting is the strongest sign of humility before God. If you can't eat coz of God then you are humble.

2. Fasting is the fastest way to build up your anointing (power). The more you fast the more the anointing.

3. Fasting desciplines the flesh and it's carnal desires.

4. Fasting sharpens your inner man(your man). You become very sensitive in the spirit. You sense things before they happen. When your leader says let's buy a bus for the church don't become a problem because you have  already picked it in spirit. When they say let's build the church you happily contribute easily because you have already picked it in your inner man.

5. Fasting enables the content of your inner man to be released upon your generation. You become a blessing not only to your family but your generation.

6. Fasting turns you into another man and kills pride.

7. Fasting renews your anointing(God's power on you).

8. Fasting is a law of faith. It increases your faith (Matt 7:21). Those who rarely fast have a problem to believe for big things. Always argumentative.  To them everything is difficult.

9. Fasting raises your faith to a level higher than just ordinary prayers do. This means there are certain breakthroughs which can only happen when you fast.  Mark 9:29 "..this kind can only come out by prayer and fasting".

10. It quickens your spiritual ears and opens your spiritual eyes to see the unseen. You become prophetic. Prophecy and fasting are friends.

11. It's a quick way to maintain good health. It makes you look sweet 16.

12. Fasting can destroy many diseases in your body.

13. Pharmacists say that fasting increases blood flow. It helps your veins and arteries. It heals hypertension. No bp.

14. Fasting can help control menstrual flow in women.

15. Fasting provokes peace of mind and assurance of victory, which translates into long life at the end.

16. Fasting heals obesity and diabetes.

17. Fasting breaks bad habits like smoking. You have a bad habit like smoking, anger, drunkenness, sniffing etc. You can ask God in fasting and all this will disappear by the blood of Jesus Christ.

18. Fasting gives you uncommon laughter and paralysé your enemies. Psalm 68:1. They be busy talking about you. They cry in secret while you progress.

19. Fasting takes you to your next phase of life, business, career etc. Are you tired of where you are? Take the route of fasting.

20. Fasting brings unusual success in your life, family etc. It also makes things to happen so quick eg marriage breakthrough, healing, job, overcoming nightmares etc.

Let's get into the realms of prayer!

MAKE YOUR SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE EFFECTIVE DURING FASTING

Receiving God's best blessing from a fast requires solid commitment. Arranging special time each day with God is absolutely crucial in attaining intimate communion with the Father. You must devote yourself to seeking God's face, even (and especially) during those times in which you feel weak, vulnerable, or irritable.

Read His Word and pray during what were mealtimes. Meditate on Him when you awake in the night. Sing praises to Him whenever you please. Focus on your Heavenly Father and make every act one of praise and worship. God will enable you to experience His command to “pray without ceasing” as you seek His presence.
As you enter this time of heightened spiritual devotion, be aware that Satan will do everything he can to pull you away from your prayer and Bible reading time. When you feel the enemy trying to discourage you, immediately go to God in prayer and ask Him to strengthen your resolve in the face of difficulties and temptations.

The enemy makes you a target because he knows that fasting is the most powerful of all Christian disciplines and that God may have something very special to show you as you wait upon Him and seek His face. Satan does not want you to grow in your faith, and will do anything from making you hungry and grumpy to bringing up trouble in your family or at work to stop you. Make prayer your shield against such attacks.

One of the major  reasons for fasting is for personal revival, revival for our nation, for the world and for the fulfillment of the Great Commission. But praying for our own needs and interceding for others are also important reasons to fast and pray. Bring your personal needs before the Lord, intercede for your loved ones, your friends, your church, your pastor, your community, your nation, and the world. By your prayers of humility, as you fast, you will help the Great Commission be fulfilled.

However, do not become so caught up in praying for yourself and others that you forget about simply reverencing and praising God. True spiritual fasting focuses on God. Center your total being on Him, your attitudes, your actions, your motives, desires, and words. This can only take place if God and His Holy Spirit are at the center of our attention. Confess your sins as the Holy Spirit brings them to your attention and continue to focus on God and God alone so that your prayers may be powerful and effective.

A renewed closeness with God and a greater sensitivity to spiritual things are usually the results of a fast. Do not be disappointed if you do not have a “mountaintop experience,” as some do. Many people who have successfully completed extended fasts tell of feeling a nearness to God that they have never before known, but others who have honestly sought His face report no particular outward results at all. For others, their fast was physically, emotionally, and spiritually grueling, but they knew they had been called by God to fast, and they completed the fast unto Him as an act of worship; God honored that commitment.

Your motive in fasting must be to glorify God, not to have an emotional experience, and not to attain personal happiness. When your motives are right, God will honor your seeking heart and bless your time with Him in a very special way.

May you have the greatest spiritual refreshment this season as you stay in his presence.

Let's go deeper with the Lord and in the Lord! Activate the prayer mantle in Jesus name!

PRAYER AND FASTING

*Prayer and Fasting*

_Definitions_
1. Personal commitment to renounce the natural to invoke the spiritual.
2. Dedication to a period of time to devote oneself to spiritual priority of prayer without food.
3. Willingly abstaining from natural pleasures for spiritual purpose.

*Benefits of Fasting*
1. It is a spiritual discipline.
2. Increases spiritual capacity.
3. It gives you sober mind.
4. Increases the hunger for God.
5. Physical health.
6. Physical healing.
7. Saves your money.
8. Spiritual freedom.
9. Gives you the nature of God.
10. Accelerates prayer answers.
11. Increases your intimacy with God.
12. Will make you be where God is.

_Points to Note_

~Fasting gives you capacity to continue in communion with God.
¤ Fasting propels you to your destiny.
~The attitude you carry in fasting matters a lot
~fasting gives you confidence to launch out into your assignment
~Flesh hinders productivity.
~Fasting increases your spiritual capacity to download more from heaven.
~It enables you to manifest the character of God.
~It allows the real you who is the spirit to come out.
~There is a dimension of spiritual authority you can't access without prayer and fasting.
~Fasting is realising power in you.

_Scriptural references_

Isaiah 58
Psalms 109:24
Joel 2:12
Daniel 9:2-3
Esther 4:16
Acts 13:1-2, 14:22-24

WHY YOU SHOULD PRAY FIRST THING IN THE MORNING

What is so important about morning prayers.....?

1) Prayer in the morning is so important because you meet God before you meet the Devil.
2) You meet God before you meet the circumstances of life.
3) You talk to God before you talk to many people.
4) You fellowship with God before you fellowship with other people.
5) You hear news from Heaven before you receive any breaking news.
6) You sit before God before you sit before people.
7) You kneel before God before you kneel down before men.
8) You Honour God before you Honour people.
9) You get into His Presence before you get into the presence of people.
10) You feed your Spirit before you feed your body.
11) You  call Jesus before you call all other small names.
12) You see Jesus Christ before you see yourself in the mirror. 
13) You sweep your heart before you sweep your yard!

So, beloved, wake up and open your mouth and fellowship with your Lord Jesus!

I WANT TO TALK TO MEN, YES MEN!

I want to talk to men: You MUST be the priest of your home. Nothing must happen without your knowing. If your wife is the one waking you up for family devotion and setting the pace, something is wrong with you!

You must have charted the course of your children in prayer. Call them by name in prayer and prophecy over them. Bless your wife daily. Lay hands on her before you step out.

What makes a man is far beyond finance and romance- you must be a man of prayer! Nothing must happen in your home until you permit it (not by stubborn conducts but prayers).

Brother, if you are unmarried now and you are not learning to pray, you are living like a spiritual gambler saying "what will be will be"; you better wake up, smell the coffee. Stop sleeping like a log of wood. Wake up at night. Blast in tongues by the Spirit. Take on the Word and confess it. Do not leave your future home to chance. Marriage is not a ludo game.

Fathers and fathers to be, take your place. Build finance. Learn Romance but Exercise your Spirit and take your place.  I greet you all ,
Blessed times!

Pst Steve Omodecx
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PURPOSE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN NEED

Anyone that is purpose-driven will always get to their destination because purpose fuels vision and vision brings forth provision. You See, the cycle stands, you can't chase after provision without purpose neither can you go for purpose and lack a vision well drafted.

Ultimately, what makes the difference in this quest is one  constant = G O D.
The Bible says acknowledge GOD in all your dealings and he shall make your dealings succeed! Apostle Paul also talks about purpose, "I have run the Race. Kept the faith and I await the Crown." - That is purely purpose. Every race has its rules and price, if you focus on the price you are basically running in purpose.

In this week I pray that may God make your dealings BE PURPOSE DRIVEN than NEED DRIVEN!

Till then God bless you and  KEEP HOPE ALIVE!

Pastor Steve Omodecx.
Www.steveomodecxworld.blogspot.com

BEWARE OF SEASON TAKERS, SNATCHERS!

In this season, you must be very alert and seriously sensitive and careful as to whom you choose to pour into.
There are people in this world who are "takers" and their mission in life is to drain you of your energy, drain you of your resources, and drain you of the oil (anointing) that God has entrusted to you!
They never have any intention on returning anything that they take! In fact, they feel that they are entitled to everything that you have, even the reward that God gives you for your obedience and faithfulness to Him!
They will steal your time, manipulate you out of your increase, and show no appreciation! They will take and take until you are emotionally, financially, and spiritually depleted.
This is the season that you MUST shut these type of individuals all the way down! GOD has new exploits for you in this year and if you are to complete His assignments, you must learn how to distance yourself from the "takers" and allow God to connect you with those who understand balance! God has a work for you to do and you cannot afford to be fleeced and distracted!

#itsprophetic
#bewareofseasonTakers'

Pastor Steve Omodecx.

GIVING TO SHOW OFF? Think Again!

We have forgotten the DOCTRINE of giving to the needy . Giving has changed and has now become a SELFIE - MOMENT #Get_back_to_the_drawing_board

Lest we forget
Mathew 6:1 “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others TO BE SEEN by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

2 “So when you GIVE TO THE NEEDY , do not ANNOUNCE it with trumpets, as the HYPOCRITES do in the synagogues and on the streets, TO BE  HONORED BY OTHERS . Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

ROAD BLOCKS SHOULDN'T STOP YOU

Never allow a ROAD BLOCK to stop you from getting to your spiritual DESTINATION. Persistence is key in this season.
God wants to know how bad you really want it! When a roadblock presents itself, you must seek a more excellent way. Remember God has the master plan.
You must seek His face to get directions.
You may have to wait on the answer,
but don't give up on the promise! It is worth the wait!

Pastor Steve Omodecx.
Www.steveomodecxworld.blogspot.com

WHEN GRACE SPEAKS

GRACE means FAVOUR    Minus LABOUR
GRACE means PROMOTION without QUALIFICATION

When GRACE speaks, protocols are suspended, If u doubt me ask Esther;

When GRACE speaks, Laws are broken, If u doubt ask King David;

When GRACE speaks, Educational Qualifications are Useless, If u doubt ask Peter;

When GRACE speaks, Connections are needless, If u doubt me ask Joseph; from prison to Prime minister.

Today I decree that, in this Glorious year, THE GRACE OF GOD will speak on your behalf: in your family, in your life, in your marital home, in your office, in your finances, in your business, in your school and career in Jesus wonderful name I pray.
Amen

You will be flourishing from grace to grace

IT IS YOUR SEASON

In this season,God is going to strategically connect you to people who He will use to assist you in the birthing chamber for HIS GLORY AND HONOR! They will hold your hand, instruct you, and encourage you! They will speak life and blessings upon you tirelessly, They will speak God breathed Words of Wisdom and hold you up as you push out the greatness that lies within you!
What you must understand is that insecurities and pettiness cannot go where God is taking you! Loose them and loose the people who try to bring these things into your space. Shut your ears to voices that discourage you and remind you of the past!
Anytime God shifts you into a new dimension your mind Must visualize and prepare you for it, that's why He told Abraham "As far as you can see so shall you possess" and because your legs cannot take you where your mind has not taken you, you must prepare well for take off!

Child of God, It is not about a new year, but it is about a new mentality. A new zeal and a focused vision.  If you are to walk in your purpose, the cycle must be broken. You must become what you hope to attract! You must be what God wants you to be!

#itsyourseason

Pastor Steve Omodecx.

Www.steveomodecxworld.blogspot.com

NO BIGGER TITLE THAN FAITHFUL SERVANT

If you are serving God faithfully, it's not your duty to know everything being planned against you! Sometimes you will only know when leprosy is chewing up the victims. Moses wasn't aware Miriam and Aaron were discussing him negatively. It's God who heard them. Moses only knew when leprosy baptized Miriam. The greatest title in ministry is not an honorary doctorate. It's being God's FAITHFUL SERVANT. Let God handle your gossipers. Get busy for Him like never before. He knows how to corner your gossipers well well!!!

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NO BIGGER TITLE THAN FAITHFUL SERVANT

If you are serving God faithfully, it's not your duty to know everything being planned against you! Sometimes you will only know when leprosy is chewing up the victims. Moses wasn't aware Miriam and Aaron were discussing him negatively. It's God who heard them. Moses only knew when leprosy baptized Miriam. The greatest title in ministry is not an honorary doctorate. It's being God's FAITHFUL SERVANT. Let God handle your gossipers. Get busy for Him like never before. He knows how to corner your gossipers well well!!!

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THE SCHOOL OF DESTINY HAS NO CLOSING DAY

The school of destiny has no closing day ; it has no age restrictions and the minimum enrollment requirement for admission is simply a strong willpower, willingness to believe in something greater than yourself, willingness to go where even the brave dare not venture, and willingness to keep on your belief even though everyone,anyone and anything around is suggesting otherwise. Destiny is not a place for the faint hearted, it is a place for those who KNOW their GOD is not limited!

Isaiah  1:19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:  1:20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

Happy New Year!

Pst Steve Omodecx