As my Father in the Lord would say, “What we do most as believers is prayer and what we do least is also prayer”. Many are praying for several things today and they are not seeing results because of the wrong approach(es) being used for the kind of prayer being made.
Before I teach you about how to pray for the sick, let me firstly introduce you to the concept of Prayer. When you ask an average believer today what prayer is, the definition that will be given to you is, “Prayer is an act of communication with God”. But my dear reader, prayer is beyond only communication. Communicating with God is just like a part out of many other things we do in prayer. Let me show you some prayers in the Bible and tell me if it’s a communication with God:
(A.)Philippians 4:19
[19]But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
(B.)Acts 3:6
[6]Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
(C.)Ephesians 3:20-21
[20]Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
[21]Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
This is 3 out of hundreds of prayers scattered across the Bible and this is the analysis of each of the prayer: A is a prayer of Declaration, B is a prayer of Claim, and C is a prayer of Thanksgiving addressed to God.
Number one mistake some believers make is that they do address all prayers to God meanwhile there are some prayers that we don’t need to bother God with.
In Praying for the Sick, you must first know that you are not addressing the prayer to God to come and heal the sick, what you do is to claim your right (Healing) as a believer and to pray a prayer of faith/laying on of hands with an unbeliever.
You’re to claim your healing as a believer praying for another believer because Jesus will not have to go to cross to be striped again and again for your sickness, he had done it once and for all. Peter said “WE WERE HEALED” not we’ll be healed or He will heal us.
1 Peter 2:24 [24]Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
So what we do in the place of prayer in praying for the sick is that we CLAIM.
YOU PRAY LIKE THIS:
Thank You Lord Jesus for your finished work on the cross of Calvary, I claim the healing of XYZ in Jesus name. To the glory of God the Father in Jesus name.
Can you type, THANK YOU JESUS in the comment box if you’re blessed by this?
The question I want us to treat today is this: Why did the Shepherd look for the lost sheep and the Father didn’t look for the prodigal son?
The reason is MATURITY. Sheep signifies a child and a son is mature. A child can’t make decisions but a son is independent in his decision-making.
The Sheep was deceived and so should be looked after but the son made his decision himself and of course, he’s mature.
Though his sense was not alright while making the decision when he came back to his senses, he went back to the Father and the Father received him, and that’s LOVE.
Both Parables are centred on the Love of the Father.
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I’m sure you tried out the style I taught last week. If you have not read the article, please scroll down and read it. I’ll start this part but still share with you my experience along the line.it
After I drafted the DAMSAM reading schedule, I was told by the Holy Spirit that I should not be rigid with the plan and that there are some times He would need to interrupt my plan so as to communicate some mysteries to me and it was so in line.
He also suggested that I pick the early hour of the day for my study and communion because there won’t be distraction by that time and my mind will be receptive to receive from the Lord. But the challenge here is how will I be waking up early in the morning? I so much love the Holy Spirit, He also gave me a way out, and here it is:
1. He said I should pick a time and I picked 4am.
2. He told me to set my alarm for that time and set it to repeat everyday.
3. I was asked to pick a song that is of high volume and I selected an mp3 of Dr. Paul Eneche’s praying tongues. (This alarm can almost wake the dead😂).
4. He said when I wake up, the first thing I should do is to walk out of my bed and if I’m reluctant of doing that, I should firstly pick up my phone and log in to any social media and just flip through. (We’ve been taught by so many people that pressing phone early in the morning like a sin but Holy Spirit taught me this😄). After 5 minutes of pressing phone, the sleep will run away and I’ll then start prayer, worship and the word.
This, I have been doing over a long period of time and now I even wake my alarm.
I hope you’re edified by this. Try it and let me hear from you, don’t hesitate to communicate your challenges to me too.
I have met many people who seek for help because they do not always have the urge to read their Bible and when they even get moved to read, they do not always understand what they read. Are you also in this shoe? I’m happy to inform you that your help is here. After reading this article, you’ll be always be willing to read your Bible.
Let me start by telling you my story while growing up as a believer. Then, I was told that to grow as a believer, I must observe my Quiet time every morning. I took it up but my experience was not encouraging at all. Anytime I was awake, I’d sing, pray and speak to the Holy Spirit that He should come and speak to me as I open my Bible. I would read “…and Abraham begat Isaac and Isaac begat Jacob…” and in no time it would be boring to me, I’d have no choice than to close my Bible because I was already bored.
As I grew in Communion with the Holy Spirit, He Himself taught me how to make the Bible my best book ever. This fateful day, He said, “Damsam let Me teach you something. If you will enjoy your study life, you have to structure it.” He told me how God structured so many things in this world in which I may not be able to expound to you right now, He then gave me some instructions which I will analyze below:
Holy Spirit: Hello Damsam
Me: Yes sir
Holy Spirit: Can you remind me of your pet name?
Me: Damsam
Holy Spirit: Turn it to an Acronym
Me: DAMSAM
Holy Spirit: Name each letter of the acronym after a book or a character in the Bible.
Me:
D- Daniel
A- Acts
M- Mathew
S- Samson
A- Azariah
M- Mark
Holy Spirit: I authored the Bible. If I want to speak to you, I know how to speak what you need to you per time from each letter of the book you’re reading, they are new every morning.
Me: Waoooooo😨
Holy Spirit: After you exhaust DAMSAM pick any name randomly and turn it to Acronyms too.
So…this is the catalyst for my Quiet time, personal Bible study etc. I write to testify to you that there are so many life transforming messages and inspiring articles the Lord has given me through this instruction.
Are you bored of reading the Bible?
Are you always losing interest in studying it?
Then use these principle and see how thirsty you will be for the word of God.
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Our God is a Good God, what’s He does is always good not evil. If it is good, then it is God; and if it is evil, it is from the devil. The scripture even says every good and perfect gift is from the Lord (James1:17) and that all that the Lord made was good.
However there are some Bible verses that portray God as the perpetrator of evil, and I’ve seen so many people building on these verses to justify their saying that God allows evil to happen to people so as to teach them some lessons or to punish them of their sins.
Some of those passages are:
Isaiah 45:7 [7]I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Lamentations 3:38 [38]Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
2 Kings 15:5 [5]And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king’s son was over the house, judging the people of the land.
There are some points you should note while dealing with these verses:
1. These verses and others were always drawn from the Old Testament.
2. The whole Bible was divided into 3 main dispensations: I. The dispensation of Faith, II. The dispensation of Law, III. The dispensation of Grace.
3. All the scenarios mentioned were picked out from the dispensation of law and law states that if you do this, this is what will happen to you (Check Deuteronomy 27: 15-26 for the statements of law and 28:15-68 for the curses of law).
4. There was a “curse” placed on everyone who violated the law on earth during that dispensation, irrespective of whom they might be (Israelite or non- Israelite).
5. Whenever the law was violated by the Israelites, God would remove His shield on them and the devil would have access to treat them with evil.
6. Jesus came to put an end to the dispensation of law and brought the dispensation of Grace. Galatians 3:13 [13]Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
7. But there are some people that fall sick after they commit a sin? Yes, they fall sick because they gave a legal ground to the devil by feeling guilt, condemnation, worry etc.
8. If you commit a sin as a believer, your sin is not thicker than the blood of Jesus. 1 John 2:1-2 [1]My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: [2]And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
If you believe this report can you confess, “MY GOD IS A GOOD GOD.”
When people complained to me that they find it difficult to memorize scriptures I used to tell them that “ko necessary”. It is not necessary. Read, study, understand, meditate and be able to paraphrased the scripture is what is most important.
I can tell you very clearly that if you quote a paraphrased scripture to demons, they will flee. I am telling you from experience. During the temptation, Jesus didn’t quote verbatim to Satan, He paraphrased with revelation. What about those demons that came to attack you in the dream? Did you quote verbatim plus book, chapter and verse before they fled?
Anyone who have casted out demons before can attest to this. And if anyone says its not true then I will ask if he actually quoted the chapter and verse and then told the demons the version he quoted from either it is KJV or NLT or NIV. And whether it was verse 2a or 2b and if he also included the punctuation or pronounced the English correctly.
Thank God for movies, where someone is given a script to cram ahead but it’s not the same in real life. Maybe I should tell you that when the Bible was originally written, it has no chapter or verse, it was the scholars that added it for the sake of ease. That’s why you didn’t see Jesus and the Apostles ever quote chapter and verse.
Some people are very good at memorizing the Scriptures. It is a very beautiful thing and emulatable discipline but if you don’t have that, use what you have.
What you need is to be able to locate those Scriptures you know and need easily in the Bible. And with many Bible apps today, you just need to search using a keyword or use Google like, type: “where did Jesus fed four thousand in the Bible”. Or use your Bible app to search for “four thousand”.
And if you wish to memorize a thing, anything, this is what you can do. Record it on your phone and play it back to yourself over and over repeating after the voice.
Don’t forget to Download Greek & Hebrew Tutorial on t.me/sadozite. In that teaching, I revealed how to know and reference Hebrew & Greek rendition of the Scripture.
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1 Timothy 6:12 [12]Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
There are certain wars which you have to be prepared for if you want to start living a sickness-free life. It’s called the good fight of faith. So, it’s best that I get your mind prepared so that it won’t be strange to you.
AGAINST HUMAN TRADITION Mark 7:8-9 [8]For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. [9]And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
We have the reality of the word of God and we have the tradition of men: Human tradition: Whenever you are sick, you can be prayed for and you must also use drugs to heal yourself.
God’s word: Whenever you’re sick, have faith, pray and be healed (Drug is not in the equation).
Human tradition: it’s not possible for you just be living without falling sick.
God’s word: Jesus has healed all our sicknesses so we are entitled to a sickness-free life.
You can see the conflict between the two schools of thought. If you are in the first school of thought and you want to metamorphose into the second school of thought, you should actually be ready to face so many persecutions or challenges from the people that are in the first school of thought.
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I remember when I started practicing Divine Healing, I was feeling some symptoms and I told someone very close to me and he advised me to go and use drugs. I told him I’m using CDA capsule already (Confess,Declare, Announce) and he shouted at me asking if I had joined “them”, If I was also proving “Holier than thou”, and all sort of insulting words. But I told him to keep calm that I would be fine. Last time, I told him that it had been over 5 years now and I had not fallen sick at all. He was shocked and just replied, “okay”.
At another time, some friends who see my Healing Nexus articles on Facebook and instead of learning from it, they began to criticize me that I taught that using drug is a sin. But I’ve never done that. It was when we met physically that I even got to know that they’d been having some meetings behind my back all because I’m teaching what I was instructed by God to do. I keep telling them that, “The fact that motor cars have accidents doesn’t mean that we won’t travel with it again”. Also the fact that the teaching of Divine Healing suffers persecution by people doesn’t mean that we won’t teach it again.
Wisdom Nugget
Peter was sent to the Jews and Paul was sent to the Gentiles, Peter et al will always wage war against Paul for the enlightement of the Gentiles right he’s giving to them. So, when I see people like that, I’m not always moved, I need them because for every Jesus’ ministry there must be a scribe, Pharisees and Sadducees that will always antagonize Him.
You’re the one I have a busines with. Are you ready to be living this reality? Then prepare for the war. Jesus even promised us persecution in this journey because we really need it (John 16:33).
Can you confess that, “I WILL STAND TALL AT THE FACE OF MY WAR”?
The greatest name in a class room is the name of the class monitor. The greatest name among the students in a school is the name of the Senior Prefect. The greatest name in a private school is the name of the Proprietor’s name. The greatest name in a College of Education is the Provost’s name. The greatest name in a Polytechnic is the Rector’s name. The greatest name in the University is the Vice Chancellor’s name. The greatest name in a state is the State Governor’s name. The greatest name in a country is the President’s name. The greatest name in the Heaven and the earth is JESUS.
Little wonder the Bible says that He that is from above is above all. The most respected name even in the kingdom of darkness is Jesus. I’ve met with so many people who claim that “at the mention of the name of Jesus every knew must bow”, even one of our old songs in the children church portrays that assertion. And I wonder why we call the name but it doesn’t work at times. But there are some people that call it and it works for them. For us to get the reason behind its usage we need to look at where that verse is in the Bible and get the real meaning of what it’s saying: Philippians 2:9-10 [9]Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: [10]That AT THE NAME OF JESUS every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
We can see here that the problem is not from the Bible but from us. The Bible didn’t say “at the mention” but it says “at the name”. Looking at the preposition, “at”, it’s a preposition indicating position and that points us to what that verse is pointing at – “a position”.
Where’s the position? Here’s the address of the position:
Ephesians 1:20-21 [20]Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him AT his own right hand in the heavenly places,
The address of that position where Jesus is placed is “at the right hand side in the heavenly places”. And don’t forget that the right hand stands for place of authority. What about the weight or jurisdiction of the name’s sovereignty?
Ephesians 1:21 [21]Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and EVERY NAME THAT IS NAMED, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
That means that whenever you approach any sickness or any demonic oppression that is having a name, it must bow.
But why me? Are you asking the question, “Why me?” Are you saying you’ve approached or confronted situations with this mentality and it didn’t work? I will want you to remember the sons of Sceva too, they used the name and it didn’t work for them because they were not in the position of Christ, being in the position means to be saved.
Acts 19:13-14 [13]Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. [14]And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.
Do you still want to justify that you are in the position? You are saved and born again? I will ask you if you can browse the internet without putting on your data? If no, you can’t also use the name of Jesus without having faith in it. Peter and John confessed that it’s the faith they had in the name that made them to heal the man at the beautiful gate.
Acts 3:16 [16]And his name through FAITH in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
ACTION POINT. Are you battling with any sickness? Are you going to face any sickness at another time? Just give it a nam e even if you don’t know its name and use the name that is above all names to crush it with faith in you.
I remembered my days on campus when I was graced to be the Central Christian Body (CCB) President. As a president, I used to forward many letters to bodies outside which must bear my name and name of Patron of the body. At a time I couldn’t get across to the patron and I needed to send a letter. What I did was to write the name of the Patron and scanned his signature on the letter. What I did got to the notice of the Patron and he explained to me the reason why he needed to go through the letter and sign it before sending it out. In summary, he said that the letter conveying his name signifies that the letter is backed up by his authority.
The names we bear speaks volume about the authority that’s being conveyed upon us. Also in letter writing, you’ll see that any portfolio that a person is anchoring will always reflect under the person’s name. This means that the name we bear carries weight and the weight is a determinant of the authority we carry.
God the Father and Moses When God wanted to send an information to Pharaoh through Moses, Moses needed to ask of the authority he should present before Pharaoh and God told him “I AM THAT I AM” which signifys the omnipotent dimension of God. Exodus 3:13-14 [13]And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? [14]And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
Jesus and the 72 When Jesus was on earth, there’s a level of authority on Him and He transferred that authority to the 72 to go and face the powers of darkness. Note that the devil is indeed powerful but his power can’t override the authority of Jesus. After He gave them the authority, He sent them out and they came home rejoicing and they started giving testimonies of their outreach:
Luke 10:17 [17]And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
Jesus was excited and He explained to them that what happened was as a result of the “authority He have given them”. Luke 10:19 NLT [19]Look, I have given you authority over all the power of the enemy, and you can walk among snakes and scorpions and crush them. Nothing will injure you.
The disciples didn’t know that they were leveraging on the authority of Jesus as they were using His name.
The Godhead Authority In Polytechnic administration, the authority at the top level management (Rector, Deputy Rector, Registrar, Dean etc) is different from the authority of the middle level management (HODs). So also the authority of Jesus when He was in heaven differs from His authority on earth and David saw it prophetically and sang it as a Psalm. Psalms 110:1 [1](Psalm of David.) The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
Note that the first Lord was written all in Upper case and that’s how God the Father was being referred to – “LORD”, and the Lordship of Jesus is represented with the first letter capitalized only – “Lord”. The right hand God the Father was referring to means “the place of authority”. He saw the transition period and let’s look at how it happened.
The Transition Jesus metamorphosed to the higher place of authority when He died, and when He rose up He said, “ALL authority had been given to Him”; meaning that He didn’t have all authority when He was on earth. Matthew 28:18 [18]Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth.
So here is the progression: after His death, He got all the authorities and He sat at right side of the Father, but the good news is this; we died together with Him, were raised together and sat together.
Ephesians 2:6 [6]And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
So, we the students (Believers) are now having same authority the “Rector” has. (Glory to Jesus!) We are initiated to sit with the top level management but we are not permitted to have our affairs there until we finish our courses. But we can use the authority of the Registrar to deal with the cultists in the school because we’ve been given all the authorities.
Ephesians 1:20-22 [20]Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, [21]Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: [22]And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church.
So here’s the command given to us, the authority which is the name of Jesus is meant to do 5 major works as listed below.
Mark 16:17-18 [17]And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; [18]They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Are you a believer? Do you know you have the authority of Jesus? Do you know you have the name? Then you can lay hands on the sick to recover! Even if you can’t lay hands on others, you should be able to lay hands on yourself peradventure you fall sick and be recovered!
Do you believe in this report? Shout: Divine Healing is my reality!!!
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