Many of us have family members who are not born again, and some of them are born-again or church-going Christians, but they don’t have our level of faith. They don’t even know about CDA (Confess, Declare, Announce). Do you know that it is within your right as a believer to still SECURE THEM and forbid the devil from touching them? The Holy Spirit specifically told me that we should teach this concept tonight, and I pray that His purpose will be established in Jesus’ Name.

It wasn’t in the plan, but like I was saying, when you give your life to Christ, you are entitled to some rights in Christ Jesus. One of them is the power to keep your family members safe from the touch of the devil, whether they are born again or not. There’s a measure of protection you can give them, including healing, sound health, and long life. That is what we are about to discover tonight.

Let me start by establishing it to us in the Scriptures and then tell us HOW.

Job 1:10 says, “You have always put a wall of protection around him and his home and his property. You have made him prosper in everything he does. Look how rich he is!” It will surprise you that it was the devil that was speaking here.

Who was speaking here? It said, “YOU HAVE PUT A WALL OF PROTECTION AROUND HIM, HIS HOME, AND PROPERTY.” KJV says HOUSEHOLD. If you are working in certain companies, some of your family members are allowed to be under insurance. You’re the one working there, but they are covered. In the same vein, the Bible says in Acts 16:29:

“The jailer called for lights and ran to the dungeon and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. Then he brought them out and asked, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? They replied, Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, along with everyone in your household.”

When you are SAVED, your household is SAFE, but only a few people know this. When the flood came in the days of NOAH, God ensured that all his family members entered the ark. In fact, the Bible says GOD SHUT THE DOOR OF THE ARK in Genesis 7:16.

When the angels visited Sodom and Gomorrah, the angel took Lot’s family by the hand and were like dragging them out. I pray you will not lose any of your family members, be it sickness, untimely death, or kidnapping. THERE SHALL BE NO LOSS in your household!

Rahab knew her right, so she demanded that the spies spare not only her but all her family members, and Joshua honored it, as seen in Joshua 2:12.

In the same vein, when Jesus visited Peter’s house, He met a sick person there, who happened to be Peter’s mother-in-law. Jesus healed her. Do you have Jesus in your life? Then, anyone on the bed of sickness RISE UP NOW. Is there Jesus in your life? Then, He is in your life! Is there Jesus in your life? Then, He is in your HOUSE!

When Jesus entered the house of Nicodemus, He announced, “SALVATION HAS COME INTO THIS HOUSE TODAY!” Who is SALVATION? JESUS.

The Greek word for Salvation is SOTERIA. What’s the meaning of SOTERIA? “Deliverance,” “Preservation,” “Safety,” and even “Deliverance from the molestation of enemies.” Anything that looks like the devil rejoicing over you is CANCELLED now. Whatever looks like shame and stigma is OVER!

HOW TO ANNEX THIS FAMILY SECURITY INTO YOUR LIFE:

1. SHOW UP IN ZION: Zion is a spiritual family for all believers. When you’re a member and present where the word is shared, the covenant in the house rubs off on you and your family members. As mentioned in Obadiah 1:17, “But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.”

2. Consciously bring your family members under the covering: Kneel to pray and call the names of your family members, bringing them under divine covering in Jesus’ Name. Command the devil to stay away from them.

3. Apply CDA (Confess, Declare, Announce): Whenever you face specific needs or challenges concerning your family members, find relevant scriptures and stand on them, confessing, declaring, and announcing the Word of God over their lives.

4. Imagination: Counter negative imagination with positive ones. Don’t let evil thoughts dominate your mind about your family members. Use the spiritual principles mentioned to see changes in your life.

POWER EVANGELISM

Talking about power, simply means DEMONSTRATION OF POWER. It means SIGNS AND WONDERS. Look at this Mark 16:20:

“And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.”

Normally, we shouldn’t have anything short of EVANGELISM BY POWER. 2 Corinthians 12:12 says:

“Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.”

You may not raise the dead in your first or second evangelism. You may not have the faith to ask the cripple to begin to walk. But there are VERY BASIC THINGS you should be able to do!

Like, you should be able to BAPTIZE THEM WITH THE HOLY GHOST if they so desire it. You should be able to HEAL THE SICK, like malaria, joint pain, ulcer, headaches, and those ones. If they try to harm you, they should see that you couldn’t be harmed. You should be able to CAST OUT DEVILS that may be tormenting them or affecting their lives and businesses.

These are regular things that should happen in our lives. You should be able to:

• CAST OUT DEVILS
• SPEAK WITH NEW TONGUES
• TAKE UP SERPENTS
• LAY HANDS ON THE SICK
• AND NEVER GET HURT

You have not seen these things manifest in your life because you have never even put it into practice.

For years I was praying for the anointing to heal the sick but I never approached any sick. How will the anointing work until someone told me that the anointing was already in me the very day I gave my life to Christ. He challenged me to go and look for the sick to pray for. I got an asthmatic patient and healed her to the glory of God. All you need is to BELIEVE THAT THE POWER IS IN YOU.

When you go on evangelism, when you go on hostel to hostel evangelism or go about anagkazo and online evangelism, and someone tells you they are sick, HEAL THEM. Ask them if they have the Holy Spirit, if they say no, FILL THEM UP. If they say they have a need, agree with them in prayer.

Luke 10:1, 8, 9 says:

“After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. And into whatsoever city ye enter…. And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.”

Read that again… who was Jesus speaking to here? He told them, if you come across the sick, HEAL THEM. How did they know that they have received the power? Did they fall down? Did they feel the anointing? No…. how? They believed in what He said.

When they came back, look at what they said in Luke 10:17:

“And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.”

You have the name of Jesus, that is all you need – JUST USE IT. Luke 10:19 says:

“Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.”

The same way Jesus spoke to them and they believed, He is also speaking to you in Mark 16:15, 17-20:

“And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature… And these signs shall follow… And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.”

TARGETS FOR POWER EVANGELISM

Who are those whom we are to target for power evangelism?

1. UNBELIEVERS: It doesn’t matter if they have Christian names. In fact, God empowered us just because of them. He empowered us before the harvest field. The word says, without signs and wonders they will not believe.

2. Believers that cannot speak in tongues: Invite them! If they can’t speak in tongues, they need to experience the baptism of the Holy Spirit.

3. THOSE THAT NEED HEALING: Many believers need healing. Many of us reading this even need healing. No pain is normal, including menstrual pain. If you don’t want it, then you can be healed.

4. Those you invite to the house of God: When you invite people to church, they might experience the power of God and receive healing or other miracles.

5. Your disciples: Your disciples should experience power evangelism through you.

GET TO WORK!

Before I close, I want to inform you that SADOZ PRESIDENT will be in Lagos on Friday and Saturday for Lagos Retreats. He will be in Iyana-Ipaja area on Friday for the retreat which will hold as a vigil starting at 10 pm. And he will be in Ogba on Saturday from 9 am to 1 pm.

If you wish to be part of these events, contact the provided numbers for more details.

How do I overcome RISING & FALLING?
One way: rise again!
What if I fall again?
Rise Again! Start All Over!
But I fell again.
RISE AGAIN.

If you’re confused, ask your mother how many times you fell before you learned how to walk properly.

You are walking today because instead of crying, you stood up and walked again.

But it’s taking long.
Because you stayed seated for a long time.
Next time, rise, start all over, do everything you used to do, look for more things you can do and keep walking again.

The word of God can be seen in two dimensions which are: The written word of God known as Logos, and the Revealed word of God known as Rhema. We are in a generation of young
believers that are not ready to follow protocols, they love to skip it. I have seen so many young believers that also want their words to be quotable, they want to spit fire, they want people to sigh and be utterly amazed at their utterance but are not ready to pay the price to gain the prize. I have the opportunity to meet with several young people that need counseling on their unstable study life but from my experience, I found out that they are only running to a counselor to get a cheat that will take away the responsibility they ought to take. So many people are not ready to be disciplined and serious with their spiritual growth. It is good you have a spiritual father, it is good you run to a counselor but you’re the one that is accountable and responsible for your life, they are just there to guide you.

Are you looking for Rhema? Good; there are stages you have to pass through before obtaining them. They are what I call 3R’s Stages which are: 1. Reading Stage. 2. Researching Stage. 3. Revelation Stage.

READING STAGE

This is the initial stage of receiving Rhema, it is the basic, and you can’t boycott this stage. Your seriousness in this stage will determine your speed in getting to the revealed word.

At this stage, you read your Bible book by book, read about a character or about a concept in the Bible. You may create an operating system as I taught in chapter one but it must be flexible to the leading of the Spirit.

• By Book: Obadiah, Colossians, Nehemiah etc.

• By Character: Paul, Ahimaaz, Hadassah etc.

• By Concept: Healing, Holiness, Grace, Warfare etc.

At this Stage, you must get a simple version of the Bible to read. So many people use the old, archaic and complex King James Version and it is responsible for their inability to understand their Bible. I would suggest that you get other versions of the Bible alongside, such as the New Living Translation (NLT), The Passion Translation (TPT), and Easy to Read Version (ERV) etc.

A brother and I had a chat via WhatsApp sometimes ago, he asked me to explain a particular verse of the Bible to him. I told him to read that same verse from 5 other versions and he came back later, without explaining anything to him, he just smiled and confessed that he now understands it.

While reading too, get a dictionary with you. There are some words that you might not get their meanings from different versions of the Bible but the dictionary will help you out.

I will also suggest that you get videos of such books or characters from Google as you read, when you visualize it, you understand it better.

Deuteronomy 11:19-20

And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

And thou shalt write them upon the doorposts of thine house, and upon thy gates:

While reading, you don’t have to restrict yourself to the passage for your quiet time alone. In fact if you are serious with your quiet time, you will notice that you will always thirst to read your Bible the more.

While you’re in the toilet, if you are with your mobile phone with you, read the Bible! You’re on a long queue in the bank? Read it! You’re waiting for someone? Read it! You don’t need to carry your hard copy Bible around when you have it on your phone. At any available time, keep reading it. This stage can be referred to as the BABBLING STAGE OF RHEMA.

Jesus, the word of God, had been dwelling, dining and wining with the disciples on the road to Emmaus (this is likened to the Reading), they told Jesus to tarry with them (Researching) and Jesus broke bread with them and their eyes were opened (Rhema).

RESEARCHING STAGE

At this stage, you’re pushing yourself forward a little bit. This is also called the Digging Stage; you dig into it spiritually and personally.

Digging spiritually is a spiritual exercise called Meditation, that is, you ruminate on it with the help of the Spirit of God for deeper understanding.

The Bible says blessed are those that find interest in meditating on the word of God.

Psalms 1:2

But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

Personal digging involves going the extra mile in getting the facts, it is also called STUDY. Here you study Bible commentaries, read books that pertain to the book or character you’re studying, get the Greek and Hebrew origins (To know more about this, download the message: “Greek and Hebrew Tutorial” by Pastor Ife Adetona on naijasermon mobile application or on telegram: t.me/sadozite .

The wise man says that when you search, research and find, those words will be life to you.

Proverbs 4:20-22

My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

REVEALING STAGE

This is the Rhema Stage; this is when the voice behind the word, the spoken word, will be revealed to you. At this stage, the word of God bubbles to you and that’s why it’s called the BUBBLING STAGE. Here your eyes are opened and you see what ordinary eyes can’t see in the word of God.

Luke 24:29-31

But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them. And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.

And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.

Jesus, the word of God, had been dwelling, dining and wining with the disciples on the road to Emmaus (this is likened to the Reading), they told Jesus to tarry with them (Researching) and Jesus broke bread with them and their eyes were opened (Rhema).

Don’t be lazy in the ministry of the word that God has placed in your hand. It is well with you in Jesus name!

POINTS OF ACTION:

⮚ Which of these stages are you presently? a) The Reading stage. b) The Researching stage c) The Revealing stage

⮚ Choose an option from the following and design your bible study around it; a) By Book b) by Character c) By Concept

SELF-ESTEEM or OTHERS’ ESTEEM

Those days in the Church, whenever it was offering time and I didn’t have money on me, I felt very shy to raise my empty hand for prayers. But these days, I do transfer and when it is offering time, I can’t raise my phone but confidently raise the “empty” hand.

What changed?

Those times I felt shy, why did I feel shy? Because I feel people would be looking at me somehow for lifting an empty hand? But now, have they stopped looking at me somehow? But I don’t care because I know in my mind that I have the money.

I shouldn’t have felt bad those days because the issue of offering should have just been between me and my God. So, the problem was with me and not with them. Because, now I still raise the same hands and I feel good.

It is called self-esteem and not others’ esteem. Don’t judge yourself by what others think or feel about you. Most times, those people don’t even notice you. What you think they are thinking is just what you are thinking about yourself.

On the issue of whether should christians confess and ask for forgiveness.

1. Christians have been forgiven their sins, much over 2000 years ago, right there on that cross.

2. Christians have also been healed over 2000 years ago on that same cross.

3. When you are sick today, you CONFESS YOUR HEALING. E.g.: I AM HEALED OF ACHES IN JESUS NAME. You are not supposed to be sick but symptoms appear at times.

4. When you sin today you ACKNOWLEDGE & CONFESS YOUR FORGIVENESS. E.g.: I RECEIVE FORGIVENESS OVER TELLING LIES TO MY ROOM-MATE IN JESUS NAME. You are not supposed to sin but you slip at times.

5. Your spirit (the original man) does not fall sick but his flesh and soul may come under symptoms but you don’t ignore it and say “The spirit is not the one that is sick”.

6. Your spirit is not sinful but the soul and flesh can fall into sin. You fall into it because you are not LIVING in it. Sinners don’t fall into sin, they live in sin.

7. Confession is not what makes God forgive you, HE HAD FORGIVEN YOU, It positions you to RECEIVE what you have been given. It starts by reassuring your conscience.

8. Acknowledging and Confessing means you are taking responsibility and repenting.

9. Confessing our sins as well as Confessing our healing does not add or remove from the work of the cross, it only positions you for RECEPTION.

Psalms 103

1 A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

QUESTIONS

ELON MUSK IS NOT GENEROUS

You must be aware that the richest man in the world who bought Twitter last year October have started paying a huge and competitive amount to its users who meet the required criteria. Tweeting for fun or interest is now turning into tweeting for money.

But why is he doing this? Does it mean that he is very generous? Where is the money coming from? And so on.

You may not know why he is paying hundreds of thousands of naira from what is called “ads revenue sharing” but one thing you should bear in mind is that he is not doing charity and he is not acting nice. There’s surely something more.

When my wife asked me: “Why did he spend such an amount to buy Twitter”. I told her: “Imagine Elon Musk as a rich man who saw an artwork that he loved so much and decided to pay any amount to have it”. Though a businessman and investor, his first aim of buying Twitter is not business but adding to his catalogue of luxury. While he could buy a gold-plated house or car, he bought Twitter for an irresistible amount.

In his expressions, you will realize that he saw Twitter as a platform that he likes and that he can further slim fit to what he really wants it to look like.

His first idea was to have its users verified! This, he believes would reduce bots (fake) accounts and give authenticity to whatever they Tweet. To make it make sense and to enrol a lot of people on it, he asked people to pay for! This was a welcomed development by many who have been feeling cheated for not having the verified blue tick all the while. But to some of those who had it already, they felt it was a wrong move to give it out to TOM, DICK AND HARRY just for a few amount.

Then he added salt to the injury: he asked those who were formerly honoured with the blue tick for free to PAY for continued use. This vexed a lot of important figures and celebrities. Many vowed not to pay and to participate less on Twitter.

That and some other changes he was making to suit his dream of the bird app (Twitter) continued to get some people angry. Some companies also decided to reduce or stop advertising on Twitter.

Some people decided to take advantage of the situation by creating Twitter-like apps to compete and draw people away. The prominent among them was Blue Sky launched by Jack, former CEO of Twitter.

Mere the fact that Elon Musk could wake up one morning to decide what happens on his Twitter as the sole landlord gets people pissed. For instance, at his discretion, he granted the power to edit tweets to those who are verified only. Others cannot edit if they make mistakes. They will have to delete it. Again, he said those with the blue ticks could tweet more words at a go than those without it. He was doing all these to make the blue tick enticing. He knew many people could afford it but they were just being stubborn. He also decided to remain stubborn. The one he did that got people most angry was to limit the number of tweets that those without the blue tick could see in a day. That seems to be the height of it. Many vowed to vacate his house or participate less. That was when Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg showed up!

Mark announced he was launching his Twitter-like app, “Thread”. And without wasting time, it was released. People started downloading it. If not for anything, to spite Elon Musk. Elon vowed to sue (I don’t know how far with that) but I guessed he figured a better way to handle the situation- MONEY SHARING.

Forget all the anger people were having and the vow they had made never to buy or pay for the Twitter verification, money changed everything! To partake in the ads revenue sharing, you must pay for the verification ($8 or #3500-#5000 for Nigerians) and the more you tweet, the more you make! The system is simple. “Ads revenue sharing” means, “from the money companies that advertise on Twitter pay, we will give you a share but that means, we can show their advert under your posts”. This has made a lot of influencers to start replying comments under their tweets for more engagements.

Will Twitter make more money than before? I don’t think so. Even if they realize more money from the adverts, they are also giving out much more as well.

Will he stop the payout anytime soon? He has the power but I don’t think so. Many social media does it only that he has fewer conditions and he pays more.

Will the amount he pays reduce with time? Most likely. You can only share what you have and the more people that subscribe to it, the less each will get.

So, what does Elon Musk tend to gain in all of this since he is not acting generous or doing charity? HE IS KILLING COMPETITION.

There are more rules and changes, he will make on Twitter going forward but people won’t complain or threaten to leave because there is MONEY FOR YOU if you stay. For instance, he is changing the Twitter name and logo to X. He also said he will remove the BLOCK features. And people are not complaining. Rather, they are tweeting more aggressively.

If you read this to the end, take ❤️

A pastor killed himself for being jilted by a lover whom he paid his school fees (according to the story). Some have taken that out and begun to say “Don’t ever pay the school fees of a lady who is not yet your wife’.

Going back, I would have paid my wife’s school fees over and over. She would have gladly paid mine as well. I once used my whole salary to buy her a phone when we were in courtship. She used the whole of her school allowance to support my second book project. The project got stuck due to the inflated cost of printing materials. That was the first time she knew the meaning of being broke in her life. When I resigned into full-time ministry (still in courtship), I had to stop her from sharing her foodstuff with me. She was still a student at that time.

Paying the school fees of a lady whom you are courting (not a girlfriend) can never be wrong. It is the kind of person you are doing it for that is the issue.

First, I can only vouch for a Christian courtship. Mind you, it is not all Christians that are into a Christian courtship.

Second, take your head along with you into any relationship. Read the signs and don’t ignore the red flags. The kind of sacrifices I made in courtship can only be towards HER. She has also told me that she can only go that far with someone like ME.
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