-Understanding the effects and power of the position of your relationship with God.
-Understanding the principles and mechanisms of the three laws of spiritual communication.
-Employing spiritual communication to gain awareness of the uniqueness of your relationship with God in the fulfilment of His will according to the doctrine of predestination.

• Discovering, through spiritual communication, your personal responsibilities in your determination to fulfil divine destiny.
  -Unveiling, through spiritual communication, the operations of familiar spirits in the church, wolves in sheep’s clothing, and false brethren who love to spiritualize all things.
• Employing spiritual communication to achieve empowerment against confusion and spiritual instability to fulfil God’s will in your life.
  -Understanding the danger of sheep without Shepherd and knowing God’s voice through His word and your personal circumstances, as well as other means of spiritual communication.
  -Uncovering the deception of the Devil (old -serpent) against the word and the voice of God through spiritual communication.
  -Discerning and overcoming false teachings, teachers, prophets, prophetic and dream manipulations through spiritual communication.
  -Knowing and proceeding according to your understanding of God’s involvement in your life through spiritual communication.
  -Deliverance from defilement and spiritual harlotry or idolatry through spiritual communication.
  -Understanding times and seasons of God’s will in your life through spiritual communication.
  -Understanding the power of God’s voice throughout your life through spiritual communication.
  -Power against interference and jammed networks in spiritual communication.
  Spiritual communication.
  How to know and to hear
  the voice of God.
  SPIRITUAL COMMUNICATION.
  How to know and to hear
  the voice of God.
  Dr, Apostle. Emmanuel Adebiyi.
  The Glory of the Latter House Bible Ministries International.
  Montpellier, France.
  Email : apostle@glbmchurch.com
  Telephone:0033605694257
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  Unless otherwise indicated, all Scriptures references
  are from the King James Version. K. J. V.
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  Contents.
  Preface.

1. Three laws of Spiritual Communication.
2. Law of importunity.
   –Exposition on Isaiah 58.
   –Baptism of the Holy-​Spirit.
3. Law of spiritual sensitivity and consciousness.
   –Love in the Spirit.
4. Law of spiritually minded.
5. Necessities of Spiritual Communication.
   –Purposes of our election.
   –The danger of sheep without shepherd.
   –Price, power and blessings of guidance in spiritual communication.
6. Methods of Spiritual Communication.
   Preface.
   In this book, you shall discover and understand the importance of ”receiving” (as commonly said) from God, which cannot be over-​emphasized in recent times.
   The devil is mobilizing his armies day by day to ensnare God’s elected unaware like a rushing of a mighty flood – Thou didst strike through with staves the head of his villages; they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me; their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly. Habakkuk 3; 14.
   Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, in such and such a place shall be my camp.
   And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians have come.
   And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.
   Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing and he called his servants and said unto them, Will ye not show me which of us is for the king of Israel?
   And one of his servants said none, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber. 2 kings 6; 8 – 12.
   It is the Spirit and the power of the Lord that declares unto man what is in his thoughts, the Spirit of God of the prophets, which lives and abides in every blood-​bought New Testament believers – I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth; for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak; and he will show you things to come! John 16; 12 – 14.
   When deceptive appearances, impressions and footsteps of Satan and his cunning craftiness are unknown to the individual in the church, perhaps, to the new born babes and the “unwatchful brethren”, then, the usurper can take advantage to lay ensnare, frustrate, discourage, divert, and instill fear in order to bring them into bondage.
   This deception causes distraught and destruction, because the brethren are “spiritually blind and deaf,” like horse and mule which have no understanding.
   If the communication link between him and His heavenly Father is not intact and effective; the devil’s predisposition to lie, steal and kill and to destroy would not be easily discovered.
   There are, perhaps, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them without significance; yet, we have been chosen by Him before the foundation of the world that we should know “His will and see that just one” and should “hear the voice of His mouth”.
   Abraham, our father of faith, received God’s revelation, heard His voice, walked with Him, followed His guidance and instruction, heeded to His warnings, and it was well with him – Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will show thee. Genesis 12; 1.
   There were two grave mistakes in Abraham’s life in his communicative relationship with God. The first mistake was his sentimental decision to take Lot with him, who was a great cause of trouble and regret as he made himself a thorn in the flesh of Abraham– And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, herds, and tents.
   And the land was not able to bear them that they might dwell together; for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. And there was strife between the herd men of Abram’s cattle and herd men of Lot’s cattle. And Abram said unto Lot, let there be no strife, I pray thee between me and thee, and between my herd men and thy herd men; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me; if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou wilt go to the right hand, then I will go the left – Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you; for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him. Genesis 13; 5 – 9. Isaiah 51; 2.
   Abraham’s second mistake in spiritual communication was his acquiescence to Sarah’s suggestion for an adopted child through Hagar – Now Sarai Abram’s wife bore him no children; and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. And Sarai said unto Abram, behold now, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing; I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. Genesis 16; 1 – 2.
   Note: Carnal sentiments and affections are two great enemies to the relationship with God, for those that are in the flesh cannot please God. Romans 8; 8.
   The Gibeonites deceitful game worked on Joshua and the elders of Israel because the elders allowed sentiments and natural inclinations to govern their decisions to consent to the Gibeonites’ stratagem – the presentations of dry and mouldy bread, rent wine bottle and old and torn clothes. Judges 9; 3 – 8.
   In any decision, affair, or any relationship, God’s mind must be patiently sought for through prayer.
   Committing ourselves without the knowledge of His perfect will may cause irrevocable regret – All things have I seen in the days of my vanity; there is a just man that perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolonged his life in his wickedness.
   Be not righteous over much, neither make thyself over wise; why should you destroy thyself? Ecclesiastes 7; 15 – 16.
   Regard the Gibeonites’ scrupulous word choice in the name of God and religion — And they said unto him, from a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the Lord thy God; for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt…And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the Lord. Joshua 9; 9 – 15.
   Appearance is deceitful, for man looks outside, but God looks inside, that is, into the heart of the very heart of man; for He declares unto man what is in his thought.
   Note: they are not all children of God, who called upon Him; neither is all in relationship with Him that professed his knowledge.
   Are not the descendants of Gibeonites here in our churches today, in the name of serving God with us, with the motives of holding our sons and daughters, men and women of Zion in captivity through marriage?
   They are the sons and daughters of Belial, if they do not succeed to turn you back to Egypt, they are content to show you their true unregenerate self, content to maintain the marriage, doing things in their own ways.
   Otherwise, they attempt to scandalize and destroy your godly testimonies and divine relationship by jeopardizing your divine relationship — For he that loves wife, husband, children, father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me, and he that forsakes not all that he has, cannot be my disciple.
   A certain man of God lost his marriage for whatever reason, and he confessed to the world that it was his fault, having placed or prioritized the ministry or his relationship with God above his marriage; but now that the marriage has broken, what is he waiting for to leave the ministry and relationship with God to mend his marriage?
   I think the wife shall be the happiest woman in the world and in script in Guinness world book of record, if the man of God shall diminish his ministerial commitments for matrimonial attendants.
   That is the other doctrine, which must not be taught, which was spoken by the pastor. 1 Timothy 1; 3.
   You cannot join those that God did not appoint with you, else, they may end up causing division or becoming offense between you and God – It is impossible that offences will come; but woe unto him, through whom they come! It were better for him that millstones were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. Luke 17; 1 – 2.
   Likewise, you cannot compromise your relationship and peace with God to satisfy or rejoice the heart of any ungodly demand on you – And she said unto him, how can you say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? Thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.
   And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; that he told her all his heart, and said unto her, there hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother’s womb; if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like other men…. Judges 16; 15 – 20.
   Note; It is impossible and foolish to think you have the answer to every question, solution to every problem, satisfaction to every desire and demand.
   Consider the patience and longsuffering of God toward sin and sinners.
   He will not always chide — Because sentence against evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. He will always give time to change and space to repent.
   And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; (the One that can do all things, the Omnipotent) walk before me and be perfect. Genesis 17; 1.
   It took thirteen long years for God to wait and address Abram’s terrible and ungodly error to father a child with the bondwoman, for he was eighty-​six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram — I would hear what God the Lord will speak; for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints; but let them not turn again to folly. Psalms 85; 8. Genesis 16; 16.
   You cannot victoriously and successfully walk with God with a deaf ear and blind sight — having eyes, but seeing nothing, and ears, but hearing nothing – And in them is fulfilled the prophesy of Isaiah, which saith, by hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see and shall not perceive; for this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ear is dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
   But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. Matthew 13; 13 – 16.
   May the Lord anoint our eyes with eye salve so that we may see our divine potential; evaluate our spiritual standing and progress, assessment of our celestial report and rate, in our daily walk of the pilgrim journey in Jesus’ name!
   Our spiritual life is one of a school – The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary; he wakened morning by morning, he wakened mine ear to hear as the learned. Isaiah 50; 4.
   Our temporary time on earth is for the probation of our worthiness to spend eternity with God, depending on how we live, work for, and walk with Him; either as a good and faithful servant or as a bad and unfaithful servant — And E-​nock walked with God; and he was not; for God took him away – By faith, E-​nock was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him; for before his translation he had the testimony, that he pleased God. Genesis 5; 24.
   “And Jeremiah said, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Behold, Ha-​nam-​el the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Ana-​thot: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it.
   So Ha-​nam-​el mine uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the Lord, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Ana-​thot, which is in the country of Benja-​min: for the right of inheritance is thine; and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself.
   Then I knew that this was the word (Spiritual revelation or communication) of the Lord”. Jeremiah 32; 6 – 8.
   In 2 Corinthians chapter 11 verse 23; we read: “For I have received of the Lordthat which I delivered unto you”.
   Apostle Paul was not there, not being born – again, when the Lord instituted the sharing and partaking of his body and blood (the bread and wine) in his last supper with his disciples before his deceased.
   All the information of the ceremony performed by the Lord with his disciples was transmitted precisely to apostle Paul by the revelation of the Holy Spirit. This narration corresponded exactly with what occurred in his absence, for he was not converted at that time.
   That is spiritual communication.
   A unique and accurate confirmation of the written Word of God, by the voice of God or revelation by the Spirit of God, in total agreement with the written word of God.
   The voice of God’s word can never contradict the word of God’s mouth.
   The former is spiritual communication, while the latter is the written word of God, for no prophecy of the scripture is of any personal interpretation, for the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man; but the holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
   It is self-​deceptive and destructive to spiritualize or establish any revelation or involvement in an engagement not corroborated with two or more testimonies from the word of God –You cannot add to God’s word and not be deemed a liar.
   All liars shall have their portion in the lake which burns with fire and brimstones, the second death – Every word of God is pure; he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. Proverbs 30; 5 – 6.
   Simon walked with God and heard His Voice.
   It was revealed to Simeon (voice of God’s word or revelation of the Holy-​Spirit) that he shall not die before he had seen the arrival of Messiah’s birth. He was kept alive for the confirmation of the revelation given him by the Holy Ghost, and was later led by the Spirit to the temple to see the baby Jesus where his parents took him for dedication. Luke 2; 25 – 27.
   During the creation, man’s role was for him to be accountable to God, which of course corresponds to communication and fellowship.
   This role was coveted by Satan, who then took it cunningly from man.
   Man was appointed the ruler of this world under God, but Satan stole it from him and became the god and ruler of the darkness of this world –Again, the devil took him up into a higher mountain, and showed unto him in a moment’s time all the kingdoms of the world.
   And the devil said unto him, all this power will I give thee and the glory of them; for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
   A wise servant (the cunning devil, subtle and deceitful) shall have rule over a son (Adam and Eve) that causes shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren. Proverbs 17; 3. Luke 4; 5 – 7.
   Therefore, Adam and Eve lost the life in which they would possess a likeness of God.
   Thus they became children of wrath in nature — for this purpose, Christ came down to earth to show the path back to God, to teach man the truth and way of the Lord and to give the life of God back to man – In him was life, and the life was the light of men – I am the light of the world; he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. John 1; 4; 8; 12.
   The serpent lied to them, saying that they shall be like God, (whereas they already possessed divine resemblance — I have said, you are gods, and all of you are the children of the Most High….John 10; 34 — 35) that their eyes shall be opened, knowing good and evil. On the other hand, the serpent was saying that they shall be independent of God, which they shall not need Him again to tell them what to do and what not to do.
   It is impossible for any blood covenant child of God in Jesus Christ to be ever independent of Him, otherwise, they’ll become like a sheep without a shepherd – I thought on my ways (I would never want to get lost and become a sheep without a shepherd) and turned my feet unto thy testimonies — For ye were as sheep going astray, but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. Psalms 119; 59. 1 Peter 2; 25.
   When the prodigal son believed that he had grown enough, he decided he had no need to be under the constant and daily shepherding care and control of his father. So, he took his share of his father’s inheritance and left, then squandered them, got lost and stranded, which then prompted his penitent return home.
   However, to the elder’s brother disgruntled comments of his brother’s reception, after his abject but celebrated return; the father said, Son, thou are ever with me, (you never detach, neither seek for independence) and all that I have is thine – For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish; thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring (away or far) from thee.
   But it is good for me to draw near to God, that I may declare all thy works. Luke 15; 25 – 32. Psalms 75; 27 – 28.
   There are many fraudulent people in the world today, even in the church, which are cunning in using their spirituality or outward pious influences to deceive the heart of the simple, unstable, or the indistinguishable, diverting them from the purpose and will God — For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state. For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ. Philippians 2; 20 – 21.
   There are many believers today who are like the foolish Galatians brethren; which once obeyed the truth and were later led astray (spiritually bewitched) into errors and lies because of their spiritual instability and lack of discernment with the word of God – thou hast trodden down all them that err (go astray) from thy statutes, for their deceit is falsehood. Psalms 119: 118.
   Spiritual instability, discouragement, weakness, displacements and relapsing may result from a child of God who is not receiving constant communication or who has lost contact with the living God.
   The God of all comfort is always there to encourage and strengthen us as a loving Father in our distress and discomfort, reassuring us of his presence, knowledge and acknowledgement of our circumstances – For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, my grace is sufficient unto thee; for my strength is made perfect in weakness. 2 Corinthians 12; 9.
   The devil is constantly looking for the slightest opportunity to make a lawful captive. For instance when Saul inquired of the Lord, He answered him not, neither through dreams, Urim, nor prophets. Consequently, his mislead heart sought for the will of God through a fortune-​teller (a witch at Endor). What a misfortune! 1 Samuel 28; 5 – 12.
   And when they shall say unto you, seek unto
   them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizard
   that peep, and that mutter, should not a people
   seek unto their God, for the living to the dead?
   Isaiah 8; 19.
   One must not be spiritually naïve in believing all shall be well though he covets knowledge and secret of the unknown from the kingdom of Satan.
   It is not because they can reveal the past or foretell the future that a genuine child of God should fancy an approach or fellowship with agents and children of the devil; this is spiritual idolatry, contamination and defilement, an abomination before God.
   King A-​ha-​zi-​ah the son Ahab reign over Israel in Samaria after the death of his father, and he did evil in the sight of Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
   For he served Baal, and worshiped him, and provoked to anger the Lord God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
   And A-​ha-​zi-​ah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go enquire of Ba-​al-​ze-​bub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
   But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Ba-​al-​ze-​bub the god of Ekron?
   Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shall not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shall surely die. 1 Kings 22; 51 – 53: 2 Kings 1; 2 – 4.
   There are people like A-​ha-​zi-​ah who are serving God and seeking counsel from soothsayers and stargazers, seeing nothing wrong in it, or ignorantly concludes that knowing and hearing from the unseen world is the essence, not minding nor putting into consideration the source of the message, this is somehow incautious, disheartening and hell bound.
   There are many others, who believe they are serving God, but who consult diviners, fortune tellers, palm-​readers, and magazines’ horoscope readings as a kind of spiritual self-​assistance which has nothing to do with their faith in God.
   These people have been beguiled and have fallen into the deception and defilement of familiar spirits and the condemnation of Satan, whose judgment now of a long time lingered not, and their damnation slumbered not.
   When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy
   God giveth thee, thou shall not learn to do after the
   abominations of those nations.
   There shall not be found any among you that maketh
   his son or daughter to pass through the fire, or that
   useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter,
   or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiars, or
   wizard, or a necromancer.
   and because of these abominations the LORD thy
   God doth drive them out from before thee.
   Thou shall be perfect with the LORD thy God.
   For all that do such things are abomination unto the Lord thy
   God.
   For these nations, which thou shall possess hearkened unto
   Observer of times, and unto diviners. But as for thee, the Lord thy God hath not suffered not suffered you to do so.
   Deuteronomy 18; 9 – 14.
   The divine intentions during the creation were for man to form a fellowship with God and to undertake his bidding.
   Unfortunately, man disobeyed God and became associated with the devil in nature and communication.
   Man must willingly serve and obey God to enjoy the fellowship both with Him and with His son Jesus Christ; or choose to sell himself to Satan either ignorantly or voluntarily. The two are not the same; you must choose one; for you are servants to whom you yield yourselves to obey.
   There are two kinds of kingdoms — the kingdom of God or the kingdom of Satan, which has blinded the minds of those who do not believe, preventing the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, the image of God, from shining upon them – For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy-​Spirit. 2 Corinthians 4; 3 – 4. Romans 14; 17.
   There are two kinds of power — the power of God or the power of Satan – And I said who are you Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus whom thou persecutes, but rise and stand upon thy feet; for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou shall hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee; Delivering thee from the people and from the gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. Acts 26; 15 – 18.
   There are two kinds of people, children of God or sons and daughters of Belial – He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
   Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
   In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil; whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God. 1John 3; 8 – 10.
   Two places have been prepared and are waiting for man in eternity. Man must choose, by the manners he currently lives, one of these two places to spend eternity – Heaven or paradise with God or a hell of torment with Satan and his demons – And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried into Abraham’s bosom; (Paradise) the rich man also died, and was buried.
   And in hell, he lift up his voice, being in torments – And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
   And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. Luke 16; 22 – 24. Revelation 20; 14 – 15.
   There are two major voices – The voice of God or the voice of Satan – Man must chose whose voice he hears and obeys.
   You cannot have loyalties with, or cast ballots for both.
   You must choose whom to serve and whose voice you listens to and obey.
   Since the fall in the Garden of Eden, man has being under obligation to serve either the creator (God) or the devil; for the latter sought for worship making himself as God.
   Man is supposed to be a child of God through the new birth in Christ Jesus, living his life by the principles or the knowledge of God’s word, walking, living and control by the power of God.
   Our lives originated from Him, sustained and accomplished in Him, for in Him we live, move and have our being.
   Or, man in nature, a child of the devil, fulfilling the desire of the flesh and of the mind, following his heart, living and walking in the lusts thereof, according to the operation of the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is working now in the children of disobedience.
   These are spiritual issues, and the reality of what is happening in the spiritual realm. It requires a fastidious spiritual awareness and caution in man’s search and desire for God – Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
   For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
   God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
   Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
   And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
   That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
   For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, for we are also his offspring.
   Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
   And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent: Acts 17; 22 – 30.
   The comprehension of the power of truth is obscured to the natural man; whereas, this is the only source of his complete deliverance from the chains and bonds of iniquities — The truth that set free.
   The natural man is spiritually dead, and can only be enlightened by Christ, through the power of the Spirit and the word of God, by convicting him of sin and righteousness, and revealing the consequent judgment; otherwise, he shall forever be excluded from the life of God.
   His understanding is darkened through the blindness of his mind.
   Until he turns to and accepts Christ Jesus as his Lord, can the veil be lifted by the regeneration of the Holy Spirit, thus the true knowledge of biblical spiritual truths can be discerned, understood, applied and be profitable to him.
   Even in our daily walk and relationship with Christ, the tempter (Satan) never relinquishes his fight against the believer – And the serpent was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. Revelation 12: 17.
   Every day, the battle continues between the devil and the believer, for he must overcome many tribulations in order to enter the kingdom of heaven, for that is where his more than a conqueror lies — over comer. The Christ Calvary victory is re-​confirms, re-​establishes, and re-​assures him, as long as he follows God’s word by walking in the Spirit. This is achieved by: continuously confessing and applying the written word in the “battle of conscience’’, speaking the faith of God’s word positively and affirmatively, resisting and rebuking the enemy whenever he, his demons, or human agents approach by saying, “get thee behind me Satan”- But thanks be unto God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
   Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unwavering, abounding always in the work of the Lord, for ye know that your labour is not in vain, for we are made partakers of Christ, if we maintain our steadfast confidence from beginning unto end.
   The choice is for the believer to take his stand to maintain his place in the kingdom of God by obeying the Lord in his daily walk and relationship–
   And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which build his house upon the sand; and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell; and great was the fall of it, for Christ became the author of eternal salvation unto those that obey him. Matthew 7; 26 – 27.
   Disobedience against God’s word or voice costs man to become spiritually lost, dead, and sold to the devil.
   The bible declares that you are a servant to whom you obey, whether of sin, which leads to become a servant and child of Satan and results death (in hell for eternity).
   On the other hand, if we keep obeying God’s word, it maintains us in the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus imparted in salvation, and leads to holiness and eternal life. Romans 6; 13 – 16.
   Before God, every man must accept the responsibilities and accountability for his life and behaviour, regardless of the source of the obstacles or offenses. He must stand upright and walk uprightly – whosoever causes the righteous man to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit; but the upright shall have good things in possession – The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; but the folly of fools is deceit. Proverbs28; 10. Proverbs14; 8.
   Each of us must daily and personally labor to enter into divine rest, lest we fall into the example of the Israelites unbelief and the bitter consequences of its repercussion, as it said ”Today, if you hear His voice do not hardened your heart”. Hebrews 4; 17.
   Chapter 1.
   The Three Laws of Spiritual Communication.
   There are laws of nature and physics which science claims dictates the physical world.
   There are spiritual laws as well, which govern spiritual affairs and matters.
   However, the spiritual gave birth to, and is more real than, the physical, because through our faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of the things which do appear. Hebrews 11; 3.
   The latter, we’re all familiar with, for instance, the law of quantum mechanism, law of gravity, law of thermodynamics, theory of general relativity etc.
   Many believers are not aware of the operations and applications of spiritual laws, the implications which involve either breaking or not carefully following the rules which govern the spiritual realms.
   We shall look critically into the first of the three laws of spiritual communication.
   Through the grace of God, by whom we can do all things, we shall walk and apply the laws, without exaggeration, and we shall come to understand the voice of God distinctively. In us, the scriptures, “My sheep hear my voice” shall be fulfilled.
   With courage, we shall be able to trust without doubt that the Lord has led us with joy, without fear of intimidation, or of divine disapproval – And I exhort you to be of good cheer; for there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you, but of the ship.
   For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, saying, fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar; and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
   Wherefore sirs, be of good cheer; for I believe God that it shall be even as it was told me. Acts 27; 21 – 25.
   There are spiritual laws of the kingdom of God, all which can be found in the scriptures, which instruct us to apply a certain set of rules. In the case where we neglect them, our spiritual life and experiences may become meaningless and frustrating, devoid of any reward in the time to come, for if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. 2 Timothy 2; 5.
   The laws of spiritual communication are operative and effective in the spiritual realm, and applicable and rewarding in the physical, similar to the law of love – bear you one another’s burdens, and so fulfils the law of Christ. Galatians 6; 2.
   These laws are the fundamental base of a stable and rich spiritual life, and, if the believer obeys them, the door is unquestionably opened for the fellowship with the Holy Spirit in his life.
   The laws of spiritual communication are certainly not the Law of Moses or the Ten Commandments, which the bible deems the law of sin and death.
   They are spiritual principles, rules, and regulations, and in order to maintain a healthy, abiding, and indestructible, relationship in the daily fellowship with God, one must walk and abide by these spiritual orders.
   They are the laws of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus, which has made us free from the law of sin and death – the words that I speak unto you, are spirit and life.
   The first of law of spiritual communication – Law of importunity.
   We are studying from two different references in the writing of St Luke chapter 11 verses 5 – 8; and, Luke chapter 18 verses 1 – 8.
   And he (Jesus) said unto them, which of you
   shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at
   midnight, and say unto him, friend lend me
   three loaves; for a friend of mine in his
   journey is come to me, and I have nothing to
   set before him?
   And he from within shall answer and say,
   trouble me not; the door is now shut, and my
   children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and
   give thee.
   I say unto you, though he will not rise and give him,
   because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity
   (persistence demand) he will arise and give him as many
   as many as he needeth.
   And he spake a parable unto them to this end (for this
   purpose or lesson) that men ought to pray and not faint;
   saying, there was in a city a judge, which feared not God,
   neither regarded man;
   And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him
   saying, avenge mine of my adversary.
   And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within
   himself, though I fear not God, nor regard man; yet
   because this widow troubleth (insisted) me, I will avenge
   her, lest by her continual (persistence) coming she weary
   me.
   And the Lord said, hear what the unjust judge saith.
   And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day
   and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
   I tell you that he will avenge them speedily.
   Nevertheless when the son of man cometh, shall he find
   faith on earth?
   Thorough consideration of these passages reveals that the Lord is teaching us powerful lessons on “patience before God in prayer;” and “the act of taking no for an answer from God, if our demand is right and not meant to be consume upon our lusts” – You ask, you receive not, because you ask amiss (wrongly, not according to the will of God, or not meant to glorify God) that you may consume it upon your lusts. James 4; 3.
   Importunity is a spiritual law or principle in prayer which states that for valid reasons known only to and permitted by God, a believer praying in the will of God may not receive an instant or immediate response to his petition. However, as long as he remains insistent, steadfast, and spiritually desperate for an answer, he shall not be left un-​attended to by God – And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
   So Ahab went up to eat and drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth; (sat on the ground, a possible posture in prayer) and put his face between his knees.
   And said, to his servant, go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, there is nothing. And he said, go again seven times.
   And it came to pass, at the end of seventh time, that he said, behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand.
   And he said, go up, say unto Ahab, prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not. 1 Kings 18; 41– 46.
   Here we see the law of importunity in motion, as Elijah demands repetitively for rain seven times, just after the great victory over the four hundred and fifty false prophets’ of Baal at Mount Carmel.
   Note; despite the manifestation and magnitude of the Consuming fire at the scene of the altar which Elijah made, he still needed to pray insistently and consistently seven good times before the heavens gave way for the small cloud of rain that appeared. It doesn’t matter if it is a small cloud that appears initially; as prayer intensifies, the cloud shall become a great rain and flood.
   Once you get the door opened, it shall never close again, for once the Lord opens the door, no man shall close it, but one is required to continue knocking until the door is opened!
   Importunity is persistence in asking. It is to persevere, undiscouraged and obstinate, by delayed answer.
   It is the evidence of a strong faith in God, and is apparent in those whose prayers are answered by terrible things in righteousness — By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea. Psalms 65; 5.
   Christ’s message from these two chapters is to alerts us that for valid reasons known only to God, your petitions may not be granted immediately. Therefore, your patience is tested, you are in the ‘’spiritual school of patience’’, or ‘’faith improvement and developer’’, for patience in the spirit, the bible says, is better than proud in the spirit; and he that believes shall not be in haste.
   Importunate prayer should never be taken for “vain repetition” as the Lord said in Matthew Chapter 6 verse 7, for the former is to ask continuously (if you are praying according to God’s will) until you receive, so that your joy might be fulfilled. The latter, however, is a prayer outside of God’s will.
   It is also the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.1 John 5; 14.
   The faith that believes God hears him in prayer is the same faith that waits patiently to receive the response of his petitions.
   HOW DO WE ASK ACCORDING TO GOD’S WILL?
   First, you must understand that there are two kinds of God’s will in prayer.
   The first will is the act or the manner of praying in accordance with the word of God; that is, praying in your native language, using God’s word to justify your demands.
   The will of God is the word of God and vice versa.
   The second is by praying through the necessary intervention of the Holy Spirit, who helps to pray through us according to the will of God.
   There are some prayers that are not successful until we yield them over to praying through the Holy Spirit, as we shall see from the scriptures later on.
   The word of God is the “revealed and complete will of God”.
   The act of praying in accord with the word of God is an exercise in spiritual communication, which can only guarantee either a just response or acquiescence of your petitions.
   In other words, it is to reveal to God the acknowledgement of His word against unfavourable and challenging situations in your life.
   The following is not acceptable according to God’s will: everyday reading of Psalms and the seven books of Moses to combat your enemies; lighting red, blue, or white candles and burning incense to pray; going to the streams or river or sea to bath away evil.
   These represent un-​conscious alliances with both the mermaid spirit and marriage with the spirit wife or husband, for we know that whatsoever is born of God overcomes the world, and the greater is He that lives in us, than he that is in the world.
   These rituals are carried out by some of the professed Christians, who operate under the influences of familiar spirits. These actions are not from God, but from the enemy’s creation and deception. Any ritualistic church is a diabolical assembly, which must be instantly deserted.
   A great price of redemption was paid by Christ’s life; his blood achieved this liberation perfectly.
   No genuine seeker of Christ’s righteousness should be involved in such a spiritual confusion – He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, is as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, is as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations. Isaiah 66; 3.
   The word of God is spiritual law, therefore, every effective and consistent spiritual communication must accord to the scriptures, for the scriptures’ message is the foundation and ground for each petition.
   Every rewarding spiritual communication must be done through and by the word of God.
   In this season of God’s grace, prayer is an immense privilege, as it proves a basic necessity for a solid and lasting relationship between God and His children.
   God energizes the power and spirit of prayer within us, that is to say, prayer is a direct function and influence of God within us towards Him –
   And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to approach unto me; for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? Saith the Lord. And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. Jeremiah 30; 21.
   Heavenly Father commanded us to a ceaseless prayer life, for we have a high priest who has gone into the heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us, let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. 1 Thessalonians 5; 17. Hebrews 4; 16. (9) 24.
   By the virtue of Christ’s death on the cross (at the moment he gave up the ghost), the veil of the temple was ripped in two from the top to the bottom. This incident symbolized the direct, unlimited access to approach the throne of God, which was effectuated because of Jesus Christ’s redemptive labors.
   This access is not only for twenty– four hours a day, 7 times a week, 365 days of the year, but is available for us to approach, freely and boldly all the days of our life, anytime of the day or the night, wherever we are, whether in a closet, prison house, car, bus, plane etc.
   Every believer is a royal priest or priestess of God.
   If one walks in the light of the word of God and is doing his bidding, they shall be less likely to seek prayer assistance or revelation from a prophet, who is waiting to make profit from and merchandised of the sheep without shepherd.
   As a legitimate child in an earthly family, one does not require the intervention of an oldest or the youngest to express your thoughts and opinions with the parents, for as children of the family, all have equal privileges and birth rights to speak and to be heard.
   ‘When you pray, say, our Father which is in heaven’. (Mathew 6; 9).
   And what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us that that we should be called the sons of God.1 John 3; 1.
   Prayer is not thinking. One does not think, one says a prayer, and although your Father in heaven knows what is in your heart before you ask, you must nevertheless still express what is in your heart in your prayer to Him.
   Prayer is spiritual. It is not the recitation of Psalms or other books. It is not meditation.
   Prayer is the act of talking to God, of pouring out your heart and personal matters, and of reasoning with God. — Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer. It is the expression of our need, spiritual emotion and affection – When thou said, seek ye my face, my heart said unto thee, thy face, Lord, will I seek. Psalms 64; 1. Psalms 27; 1.
   It can be done alone, or in a gathering of believers, as well as with a fellow believer of a faithful spirit – Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. Matthew18; 19.
   A prayer partner assures us of hearing from God, for two are better than one.
   You are not obliged to pray out loud if circumstances or environment does not warrant it.
   We can pray like Hanna, the mother of Samuel, whose lips only moved as she prayed.
   The person next to her did not even hear her conversation with God, and hence the prophet Eli misjudged her for a daughter of Belial and concluded that she was a drunkard. But she was heard by God nonetheless.
   God is a Spirit; therefore prayer is a spiritual communication between God and man, who is not born of blood, or the will of the flesh, or the will of man, but of God’s Holy Spirit.
   Prayer commences the life and is the first cry of a new spiritually born baby, which is just like a newborn cry at his arrival into the world. Like the baby, who continues to enjoy the parents’ care and company as he grows, we must continue insistently and steadfastly in prayer until we get to heaven, where we shall pray no more. — For, behold he prayeth. Acts 9; 11.
   So also Christ intercessory prayer shall be over when the last saint shall get home, for then we shall have no need of anything, no need to pray again!
   Prayer must be our joyful, self-​disciplined, and consistent exercise, for therein lays our strength and life.
   Prayer is a daily exercise to build up your spiritual muscles and strength.
   You must learn to discipline yourselves to pray ceaselessly, so that your spiritual life should not be vulnerable to all attacks and temptations — Watch and pray that you enter not into temptation – when the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall raise up the standard against him (This is applicable if we are filled with the Spirit, for how many believers have been swept away by the floods of the ungodly)?
   A life full of prayer and attention is the secret to a steadfast life.
   We cannot be cautious if we don’t pray adequately, for the revelation to defend ourselves comes from the life of prayer.
   Prayer is the opportunity of exchanging views and receiving instructions on family matters with the heavenly Father.
   In the book of Daniel chapter 9, verses 1 – 3, we have some understanding of the necessary preparations regarding prayer.
   First, we understand that Daniel searched and studied books concerning the word of God (parchment in which the things of God were kept in record until the complements of the scriptures) and with a solid understanding, explained to prophet Jeremiah how to endure seventy-​years in the desolation of Jerusalem.
   Second, Daniel turned his face unto God, to seek through prayer, fasting, sackcloth, and ashes…
   One must understand that one cannot merely presume to pray on a particular subject without a solid knowledge of God’s word to support their claims and petitions. Otherwise, one would merely be opening their mouth in vain and multiplying words without knowledge.
   The importance of understanding the scripture and its power in seeking an effective communication with God is only achieved through humility of heart. For example Daniel sought God with sackcloth and ashes, which signified his body’s affliction and his own humiliation.
   Fasting is another spiritual obligation similar to prayer, and it must be our constant practice of righteousness, a regular way of living our spiritual life. For the kingdom of God is not meat and drinks, but righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost, and he that is in these things serves the Lord, is acceptable to God and approved of men. Romans 14; 17.
   The Lord said in Matthew chapter 5 verse 20, “except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven”.
   If we are to heed the teaching of the Lord, we must fast at least thrice in the week, unlike the Pharisee praying in the temple in Luke chapter 18 verse 12 which commended himself of two times in a week fasting – I fasted twice in the week, even in the power of his flesh, without the help of quickening Spirit.
   The works of the flesh are prevailing more and the fruit of the spirit is vanishing as fasting is no longer obligatory in the church.
   The Lord was confronted that his disciples were not living consistent fasting lives, like the disciples of John the Baptist and of the Pharisees.
   His response may elucidate the fact that these are the days of consistent fasting life, not because we want to use it to get something from God, but as a demonstration of self-​denial before Him — The day is coming, when the bridegroom shall be taken away, and in those days (denotes necessity and obligation) shall they fast. Matthew 9; 14 – 15.
   We’re depriving ourselves of great spiritual potentials as long as we are not fasting as we ought to do.
   If you cannot endure from morning till 6pm in the evening, you can choose to break your fast by noon or 3pm according to your health and work condition, but to neglect it altogether is horrible for the growth and power of flesh, which must suffer spiritual blows in order to die. Forasmuch then as Christ has suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with same mind; for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
   For the time past of our life may have suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, excess of wine, revellings, banqueting, and abominable idolatries.
   Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you, who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.
   For this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. 1 Peter 4; 1 – 6.
   How many times have you fasted and prayed that a certain yoke of sin should be broken in your life? The only way to suffer the flesh and to be free from sin is the way of serving God in a consistence fasting life.
   As you can see, what shall be considered in the last judgment and life verdict while you were on earth before God, is not based on how many materials and possessions you possessed, but it’s on how you lived your life according to God. It will be measured on how you lived and walked in the spirit – if we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit, let us not desirous of vain glory, not provoking one another, envying one another. Galatians 5; 25 – 26.
   How you live for immaterial things, how you have respect to the recompense of reward, how you build the inner man, how you endure afflictions, seeing Him who is invisible, how Christ increases as you decrease every day in the world, how you abstain from fleshly desires which waged war against your soul, how you purify yourself, as He is pure, how, as an obedient child, you do not fashion yourself according to former lusts in your ignorance, how you visit the fatherless and widows in their afflictions, and keep yourself unspotted from the world, how you work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, how you suffer with Christ that you might reign with Him, how you rejoice and are exceedingly glad when you are reproached and falsely accused for His name’s sake, how you live and seek for the city to come, how you stand firmly in the liberty which Christ has made you free, and not entangled again with the yoke of bondage, how you love his praises above the praises of man, how you rescue the perishing and save lost souls, how you love those that love God and wholly hate those who hated Him, how you esteem the reproach of Christ greater than the riches of the world, how you keep and walk by faith and not by sight, how you love him more than father, mother, sisters, brothers, wife, husband, sons and daughters, and even more that your own life, how you never shrink from death, how you overcome and endure to the end, etc.
   Study on Isaiah 58.
   1. Understanding the leaven of fast.
   A. Verse 3, find pleasure and exact all labors.
   Verse 4, contentious and argumentative spirit, smiting with the fist of
   wickedness.
   Helpful scriptures against various behaviors during fasting. Psalms 12; 5. Zachariah 7; 1 – 13. 2 Timothy 2; 23 – 25.
   B. Verse 5, a day is not sufficient in a week for an acceptable fasting life in contrast to the Pharisee which fasted twice in a week, in the power of his flesh.
   As you attend water baptism to fulfill all righteousness, you must live a consistent fasting life to practice righteousness.
   Helpful scriptures. Luke18; 11 – 12. Matthew 3; 13 – 15. Matthew 5; 20. Isaiah 58; 2.
   Verse 5. Bowing the head like a bulrush – making impression on others.
   Spreading sackcloth and ashes under – indirect publicity of
   fasting.
   Helpful Scriptures. Joel 2; 12 – 14. Matthew 6; 16 – 18. Proverbs 27; 9a.
7. Understanding the constitutions of a true fast.
   Verse 6, loose bands of wickedness, undo heavy burdens, release the
   Oppressed and break heavy yoke.
   Helpful Scriptures. Job 29; 12 – 17. Proverbs 31; 8 – 9.
   Verse 7 and 10a are identical.
   –Give the food you missed in the fast to the hungry, do not keep and gather all three meals for the evening.
   –Accommodate and invite the homeless to your home to entertain them.
   –Clothe the naked.
   –Hide not from thy own flesh, do not build the flesh, nor make provision for it.
   Helpful Scriptures. Matthew 25; 33 – 40. Proverbs 21; 13. Proverbs 14; 21 and 31. Psalms109; 24. Ezekiel 16; 26. 1 Peter 4; 1 – 5. Romans13; 14. John 6; 63.
   Verse 9. –You must seek and set time aside to pray during fasting.
   –Stop finding faults and pointing fingers of accusation on other
   people.
   –Stop speaking vain and irrelevant things.
   Helpful Scriptures. 2 Chronicles 7; 14. Isaiah 17; 12 – 14. Psalms 56; 5 — 6. Psalms 64; 6 – 8. Luke 18; 11.
   3. Effects, the spiritual power, and blessings of a right fast.
   Verse 8. –You shall have light as day – Light means spiritual
   revelation, sharp spiritual eyes, and clearance of
   spiritual sight.
   Helpful Scriptures. Daniel 2; 16 – 23. 5; 10 – 11. 10; 12 – 13.

• Your health shall spring forth speedily– renewed like the
  Eagle (Look youthful or young).
  –Your righteousness shall speak for you.
  –The glory of God shall be your reward– you will be glorifed in Him and He shall be glorified in you.
  Helpful Scriptures. Psalms 103; 5. Proverbs14; 30. Daniel 5;10 – 11 Isaiah 57; 12. Matthew 17; 14 – 21.
  Verse 9b. –Thou shall cry, here I am – closeness in relationship and
  Intimacy with God.
  Verse 11. – God will guide you continually.
  –Satisfy your soul in drought and make fat your bones.
  –You will be like a watered garden, like a spring of
  waters, whose water fail not (Spiritual freshness).
  –People around you or in your life shall build the old
  places (Restoration).
  –Raising up the foundation of many generation.
  Helpful Scriptures. Psalms 32; 8 – 9. Hosea 6; 1 – 3. John 7; 37 – 38. Isaiah 27; 2 – 6. Joel 2; 23 – 27. Proverbs 29; 18.
  In chapter 10 of Daniel, verses 1 – 13, we understand that God answered Daniel the first day he presented his request, and an Angel of the Lord was sent to him to communicate His response.
  Unfortunately, he got to Daniel after the twenty-​one days of spiritual fight to deliver the message.
  This was the result of the demonic hindrance and opposition against Daniel in the second heaven.
  Thanks to God for divine reinforcement and intervention so that this angel’s message reached Daniel. This was due to the strength of Daniel’s prayer life and spiritual persistence in exercising his right to persist until he received. Note; never take no for an answer, if you are praying according to the will of God.
  Though the heavenly Father unquestionably knows what we need before we ask Him, Daniel would never be at rest, nor be in haste to leave God’s presence, until he received a response to his petition, for the scripture says be not hasty to go out of God’s sight. Ecclesiastes 8; 3.
  As children of God, these things are very practical in our daily living and are applicable and suitable for our spiritual life as well.
  God never intends for us to ask but then ignore the response; though we have it in our mind that he listens to us, we should also have it in our spirit that we are to be connected in His response, for He that made mouth could, as well, speak — We have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth. Deuteronomy; 5; 24.
  It is the divine law and perfect will for us to be importune in prayer, as the Lord Jesus Christ taught us never to give up if our petitions are meant to glorify God, and if they are according to His will.
  God never gives up on us and never finishes with us until the completion of the good works He has started in us.
  Likewise, we should not give Him a rest day or night until our requests are granted in perfection of that which concerns us in Christ Jesus.
  It is the proof of your living faith and demonstration of spiritual strength and violence (for the kingdom of God suffers violence and violence takes it by force) In that day, shall the Lord of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people, and for a spirit of judgment to him that sit in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate. Isaiah 28; 5 – 6.
  Delayed answered should not be seen as an un-​answered prayer, if we are praying in the will of God.
  Importunity is the act of praying relentlessly to God over a particular situation or issue, for the bible says that by long forbearing is a prince persuaded — Proverbs 25; 15a.
  “I have set watch-​man upon thy walls, O Jerusalem,
  which shall never hold their peace day nor night?
  ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence.
  and give Him no rest, till he establish, and till He
  make Jerusalem a praise in the earth”. Isaiah 62; 6 – 7.
  Christ’s other lesson on importunity is to teach us that not all prayer receives immediate response from God, like the Lord’s Prayer on “thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven’’. We must continue to ask this every day until God’s perfect will and primary purpose of creating the earth and man is done.
  It is not to be said that God is not willing, neither unable to grant the petition in a twinkling of an eye, but it is because He knows best on what to give us at a particular point in time (if we are not weary in asking), what will not damage our relationship with Him, or what will not cause pride in us.
  There are some pre-​emptive prayers that we are moved by the Holy Spirit to present before-​hand, until completion of the time God takes to accomplish them – And Elisha came down to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, the man of God is come thither.
  And the king said unto Hazael, take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the Lord by him, saying, shall I recover of this disease?
  So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camel’s burden, and came and stood before him, and said, thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, shall I recover of this disease?
  And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, thou mayest certainly recover; howbeit the Lord hath shewed me that he shall surely died.
  And he settled his countenance steadfastly, until he was ashamed; and the man of God wept.
  And Hazael said, why weepeth my lord? And he answered, because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel; their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
  And Hazael said, but what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? (Self boasting, confidence in the flesh and self sufficiency, the three demonic magnets, which pulls any one wise and strong in his own sight down in a twinkling of an eye. Amos 1; 3 – 4. Hosea 13; 16.)
  And Elisha answered; the Lord hath showed me that thou shall be king.
  So he departed (without asking for prayer, counselling and any spiritual help available, for those things revealed about his future wickedness in power should be prevented — Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God– hold up my going in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not. Psalms 17; 5.) from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, what said Elisha to thee? And he answered, he told me that thou shouldest surely recover.
  And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died; and Hazael reigned in his stead. 2 Kings 8; 7– 15.
  “For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him”. Psalm 32; 6.
  Importunity is the test of trust for God’s sustenance and power to do great things in our life. As you can see, there was a great need for bread to sustain the friend which came in the mid-​night, which required perseverance. There also necessitated great determination for justice for the weak and helpless widow who needed to be avenged of her enemies.
  The mid-​night friend was quite sure that there was not any one available or capable enough to spare him bread for his late hour’s guest. For this reason, he continued to ask for his friend’s assistance, having trusted in his capabilities, care, and unfailing love, not minding the friend’s reluctance to rise up at once from the bed.
  The widow woman knew the importance of persistence in her request before an unjust judge, seeing that there was not anyone else assigned with such authority as the judge, to do her justice to avenge her of her adversary.
  Perhaps our case may be like that of Daniel, where the gates of hell prevented his response and obstructed the angel that was sent by God. But because of Daniel’s understanding of the law and principles of importunity, which calls for constancy, persistency and spiritual insistence, divine intervention was achieved.
  Even though Hezekiah prayed and was responded to same day, he received fifteen years added to his life span from the mouth of the same prophet whom God sent to tell him that he shall die, yet we should know the power of a soft tongue which breaks the bone. Isaiah 38, 1 – 5. Proverbs 25; 15b.
  What is a soft tongue?
  It is to implore, negotiate, or present your case in a godly, wisely and humbly manner to the Lord in accordance to his word –Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord, (unlike king Ahab who imprisoned Prophet Micah on similar case) saying, I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept. Sore.
  And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the Lord came to him, saying, turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears…2 Kings 20; 1 – 4.
  Just like the Syrophenician woman responded to the Lord for the healing of her daughter….
  Truth Lord; yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their master’s table. Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. Matthew 15; 27 – 28.
  We should not become distraught when there are delayed answers to our petitions, rather, we should allow the peace of God, which is above all human understanding, to rule in our hearts and minds. For, in rest shall you be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength.
  Hannah prayed for a long period of time and never got discouraged from going to Shiloh every year for the same problem of child-​bearing.
  Finally, God visited her and the barren woman bore seven children. Thus when one’s set time has come you must be favored and answered, but until then, keep on asking, seeking and knocking. 1. Samuel; 2; 5.
  Jeremiah prayed and waited for good ten days before the word of God in response to his petitions came to him. Jeremiah 41; 1 – 7.
  The early church apostles and the disciples of the Lord waited and prayed for ten long days before the descent of the Holy-​Spirit baptism upon them as the Lord commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem until they received the power from on high. Acts 2; 1.
  The women gathered together and held God tight for the miraculous deliverance of Peter from the prison of King Herod and the death sentence hanging on him after many days of importune, ceaseless and intercessory fervent prayer for one thing — Peter’s release. Acts 12; 5.
  Jacob held God tight and wrestled in prayer until the break of the day and got his name and character changed from a deceiver to a prince.
  Note; no good thing comes easily, and to fit or drive a four inches nail into a small hole, you must hit the head with hammer several times. Genesis; 32; 26 – 30.
  Importunate prayer is the proof of our trust and dependency in God’s competence. It shows the strength of our inner man and the power and level of our spiritual violence.
  The strength of our inner man reveals the beauty and degree of our character, and this also shows the kind of believer we are in the Lord.
  Importunity reveals the measure of patience in the believer’s life, which is acquired by experiences in our relationship with God.
  Dwelling in God’s presence and seeking His loving face with great desire of communion and communication with Him, longing after Him, is of great importance in the believer’s daily life.
  One thing have I desired of the Lord, that would
  I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the
  Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty
  of the Lord, and to inquire in His temple. Psalm 27; 4.
  In God’s presence, there is a joy of an answered prayer while we are still waiting for the response and manifestation of our petitions.
  There is a total protection whenever life’s winds of life blow. During these times, when the blast of the terrible ones is like a storm against a wall, the Lord shall be the strength to the poor and needy, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat.
  And the Lord would create upon every dwelling place of
  Mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and a smoke
  by day, and the shinning of a flaming fire by night: for upon
  every glory there shall be a defense.
  And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime
  from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a convert from
  storm and from rain. Isaiah 4; 5 – 6.
  A believer dwelling in God’s presence shall never experience spiritual dryness or emptiness, rather, he shall be eyes to those who cannot see, and water for the thirsty soul in the kingdom of God.
  He is like a fruitful and useful branch in the tree that always produces fruit and supports others.
  He communicates life and carries on with the fullness of God’s life.
  He shall have the understanding of times and seasons and can tell what people ought to do.
  We should desire daily the presence of God in this world of darkness and confusion. We ought, at times, to separate ourselves from all other activities and distractions of life to seek His presence. That is, seeking His face, as David said; “As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God.
  My soul longeth, yea even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and flesh crieth out for the living God.
  5 biblical keys and principles for a prevailing prayer in effective spiritual communication.

1. Praying according to the will of God.
   We must know and understand the scriptures that relate to the issues at hand and use the sword of the Spirit (the word of God) to fight in prayer, for there is no sword that equals the power of God’s sword, and no battle which the sword of the Lord shall not destroy.
   John 15; 7. 1 John 5; 14 – 15.
2. Do away with sin, for if we retain iniquity in our heart, the Lord shall not hear us — If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous – if thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him; if iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
   For then shall thou lift up thine face without spot; yea, thou shall be steadfast, and shall not fear because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away;
   And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shall shine forth, thou shall be as the morning.
   And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea thou shall dig about thee, and thou take thine rest in safety… Job 8; 6. Job 11; 13 – 19.
   Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear,
   But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he should not hear — For innumerable evils have compassed me about; mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head; therefore my heart faileth me. Isaiah 59; 1 – 2. Psalms 40; 12.
3. Alms giving — This spiritual exercise is greatly connected with spiritual communication. It is when we have done all we can but are not apt at reaching out to the poor and needy around us, the bible says that if we shut our ears at the cry of the poor, when we also pray and ask or beg God for anything, he shall not hear us. Proverbs 21; 13.
   We must understand this as one of the major things which God commended and which moved Him to reward Cornelius’ longings and searching for Him through constant alms giving as the Angel of God told him that his alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God. Acts 10; 1 – 4; 31.
   There are three indispensable spiritual exercises and obligations which the Lord outlined in His sermon on the mount which is: when you pray, fast, and at the same time give alms.
   The Muslims are very effective in almsgiving (sadaka) as a way of practicing self-​righteousness, for they know that when you give to the poor, you honor God.
   For them, it is a spiritual offering, which the scriptures agree to — to do good and to communicate forget not, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. Hebrews13; 16.
   The poor beggars are no longer lining up in front of our churches, but they visit the mosques during Friday’s prayer. You would be surprised at the troops of lame, blind, and deformed that go before the mosque, not for supernatural healing, but for bread to eat.
   The tone of Jesus words (when you fast, pray, and doest alms) denotes duty, obligation, and necessity.
   We must be eager or enthusiastic to perform these rituals, no matter how small or little it is – only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I was forward to do. Galatians 2; 10.
4. Effective fervent prayer (seriousness, eagerness in sincerity) and the spirit of constant forgiveness of others’ wrongdoings towards us.
   Effective fervent prayer means a focused, serious-​minded, determined prayer engagement with earnest desire, presented in an un-​relenting effort until the result is visibly achieved.
   In the post delivery system, there is both a normal postage stamp and a fast delivery system operation for courier.
   The two systems are functional, but one is faster because of an increased cost of service, likewise, when we put more eagerness and fervency in prayer, when you stay up late at midnight, you can be sure of a rapid response delivery system to your petitions from above. James 5, 16 – 18.
   By constant forgiveness, even as the Lord himself taught us that when we stand praying, we should even forgive our offenders before they had knowledge of their pardon, so that the Father in heaven can also forgive and hear us.
   Un-​forgiveness is cruelty. It is wickedness, malice and grudge.
   With all these roots of bitterness in us, the Lord shall not hear us, neither can we hear from him, until we shut out the unpardonable, wicked, and malicious and grudge voices out of our heart and ears. Mark 11; 25 – 26.
   Sometime in 2008, a woman in her middle forties came for deliverance and counseling in one of our Thursday’s program in Turin. The Lord specifically told her, among other things, to forgive, and thus she shall be helped with new open doors, and many blessings shall come unto her.
   She should release her offenders from her heart, among whom her former husband whom she brought from Africa but who betrayed and abandoned her to marry a younger woman.
   She was so blessed and so much enjoyed the counseling on Thursday that she decided to give our Sunday worship a trial.
   At the Sunday worship, she saw an old friend with whom she had decided that they shall never come to terms again, neither here nor in heaven, according to her.
   Because of this long-​time grudge and enmity, she came back the next Thursday to inform me that she withdrew her decision to stay in our church.
   I reminded and implored her of the word of the Lord for her to forgive so that she could be blessed, but my imploration turned on deaf ears as she insisted that she had sworn never to forgive her, so I let the sleeping dog lie.
   Unfortunately, between six to seven weeks later, she passed away into eternity, to meet and give account to God, whose word she had despised.
   David says, I will hear what God the Lord will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, and to his saints, but let them not turn again to folly (sin). Psalms 85, 8 – 15.
5. Praying in tongues – Wherefore, brethren, covert to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues. 1 Corinthians 14; 39.
   Baptism of the Holy Spirit.
   While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard his word.
   And they of the circumcision which believed (converted, born– again Jews) were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.
   For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter, can any forbid water, that these should not be baptized which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Acts 10; 44 – 48.
   I am so thankful unto God for the new birth which he brings to pass in some of us which are so deep and lost in the world; by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy-​Ghost; which he has abundantly shed on us through Jesus Christ our Savior.
   Except for that occurrence, there can be no conviction of transformation, no fellowship of the Spirit, neither can there be any change for a new creature or newness of life, as the scripture says…that the Spirit of the Lord will come upon thee, and thou shall prophesy with them, and thou shall be turned into another man. 1 Samuel 10; 6.
   Hallelujah! that is exactly what it means in 2 Corinthians chapter 5 verse 17; if any man be in Christ, (or if any man be in the Spirit of Christ, or if any man have the spirit of Christ in him or if Christ is in any man by the presence of his Spirit) he is a new creature, old things are passed away, behold all things are become new. Titus 3; 5 – 6.
   Our Lord Jesus Christ clearly and plainly explained to Nicodemus that only a man born of water (baptism of water unto repentance) and of the Spirit; (but as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name; which were born, not of the blood, not of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
   Who is God — God is a Spirit– John 4; 24; which means, they are born of the Spirit of God. John1; 12 – 13) he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. John 3; 3 – 7.
   Jesus himself was born again before he died to give us the new life.
   You see him entering into the Jordan to be baptized of John the Baptist to fulfilled all righteousness, and as he was coming out of the water, the Holy-​Ghost came upon him as John saw and testified that this is he of whom I said, after me comes a man which is preferred before me; for he was before me. And I knew him not; but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
   And I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove. And I knew him not; but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptize with the Holy-​Ghost; and I saw and bare record that this is the Son of God.
   Jesus, who took on humanity, was able to be baptized with water and be empowered by the Spirit to do the will of God, and to fight the spiritual battle victoriously. As such you, also, cannot walk with God to live the new life in an old way, with the old spirit– for you don’t want to be among those sensual and carnal believers, having not the Spirit, for if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. Jude 17 – 19. Romans 8; 9. Hebrews 2; 14 – 15.
   The kingdom of God requires and demands the necessity of power, because of the oppositions and attacks from the old master, the devil; from whose dominion and power we have been delivered from. The Lord calls him the strong man, and how can you bind the strong man without the presence and power of the Holy-​Spirit in you to spoil his house? Matthew 12; 29.
   This is the primary reason God gives power to them that believes and accepts Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior — that as Jesus was declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead, we might as well be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might through the baptism of the Holy-​Ghost. 1 Corinthians 4; 20. Acts 26; 18. Romans 1; 4.
   How can you walk with God and be led by him against the power of the flesh in the world of sin and Satan, without the baptism of the Holy-​Ghost? Romans 8; 14.
   How can you overpower the old master, the old man, the sin in you, without the presence and power of the Holy-​Ghost which is meant to help you to subdue the flesh and its works? Romans 8; 13. Galatians 5; 16 – 17.
   How do you live in the Spirit, to be able to walk in the Spirit, if you do not have the baptism of the Holy-​Ghost; thus you make yourself a defenseless enemy of the devil; for who shall be there to raised up a standard for you, when the enemy shall come in like a flood? Isaiah59; 19. Galatians 5; 25.
   Many Christians are like the sister (breast-​less, dry-​chest) in the book of the Song of Solomon chapter 8 verse 8 — we have a little sister, and she hath no breasts; what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
   Do you think that it was in vain that the apostles who after hearing while they were in Jerusalem that the people in Samaria had received the word of God, sent unto them Peter and John? These two apostles who, when they had descended, prayed for them (a man or child of God filled with the Holy Ghost, must pray for you to be filled or baptized) that they might receive the Holy Ghost, (for as yet he had fallen upon none of them; only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus, which is water baptism) then laid they their hands on them, and the Samarians thus received the Holy Ghost.
   This is not meant for verbal or written expression and testimony, but for practical experience, if the Holy Ghost descended on Christ, why not you? Acts 8; 14 – 17.
   Alas! Be careful where and how you are searching for the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Do not allow just any man or woman to transfer another spirit into your life by laying on their hands on you.
   You can receive the outpouring without anyone laying hands on you, even in your bedchamber if you seek Him for this with all your heart. Luke 11; 9 – 13.
   Beware of spiritual land mines spirits out there, so that you don’t receive another spirit, which we have not received. 2 Corinthians 11; 4.
   Never say, if it is the will of God, he would pour it on me when he want; or I have the Holy Spirit automatically because I can say that Jesus is Lord, for no man can say Jesus is Lord, except by the Holy Ghost.
   I say unto you, there are many feigned lips out there which proclaimed his Lordship, whose mouth is near to the Lord, but their heart is far, having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof.
   Every tongue which has not received the Holy Ghost shall also confess by force when his mighty power of vengeance shall be revealed from heaven, against all wickedness and unrighteousness of men, that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the father. 1 Corinthians 12; 3.
   2 Timothy 3; 1 – 5. Romans 14; 11.
   The condition is whosoever is thirsty, let him come, and drink. He that believes, as the scripture says, out of his belly shall flow the rivers of the living water (but Jesus was speaking of the Spirit baptism, which those that believes in Him should receive; for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified).
   Now Christ is glorified, what are you still waiting for to be filled! John 7; 37 – 38.
   Another enormous lie is that not everybody speaks in tongues!
   The question do all speak in tongues in 1 Corinthians 12 verse 30, does not mean that some shall speak with tongues and some, not — For Christ said, whosoever believes and is baptized (with the Holy-​Ghost) shall be saved; and whosoever does not believes shall be damned; and these signs shall follows them that believes…they shall speak with new tongues.…Mark 16; 16 – 18.
   Let me answer do all speak in tongues question! 1 Corinthians 12; 30.
   Paul is saying that there is a general language in tongue, a prayer language, meant for our private personal communion, and there are special diversities of tongues’ dialects, meant for the good of all during public worship time. These can be easily interpreted– wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue (the man who receives the general tongue) pray that he may interpret, for if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. 1 Corinthians 14; 13 – 14.
   We should speak in tongue one after the order if there is an interpreter; or if you can interpret your tongue, you should wait for someone to finish speaking an exhortation or a warning message before you start yours, and if there is no interpreter, speak to yourself and to God. 1 Corinthians 14; 28.
   All speak in tongues who receives the genuine baptism of the Holy Ghost from Jesus who said, and behold I send the promise of my Father upon you; but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high– for John truly baptized with water; but you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost. Luke 24; 49. Acts 1; 5.
   All of them on the day of Pentecost spoke with tongues. Acts 2; 1 – 4.
   All of them at Samaria whom Peter and John prayed for spoke with new tongues. Acts 8; 17.
   Simeon the sorcerer saw visible convincing evidence, which influenced him to offer money to the apostles to be able to impart baptism of the Holy Spirit to people. Acts 8; 18 – 21.
   All those who heard Peter preach the word of God at the house of Cornelius spoke with new tongues. Acts 10; 44 – 47.
   In Acts chapter 19 verses 1 – 7, all the twelve men met by Apostle Paul at Ephesus first received the baptism of water and were ignorant of any baptism of the Holy Ghost. They then received the baptism in the Holy Ghost and spoke with new tongues and prophesied, as apostle Paul prayed for them.
   How do you pray or sing in the Spirit without the baptism of the Holy Ghost– what is it then, I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also; I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. 1 Corinthians 14; 15.
   When we are praying in the Spirit, we are speaking in an unknown tongue and speaking directly to God as the bible declares; for he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understand him; howbeit in spirit he speaketh mysteries. 1 Corinthians 14; 2.
   In fact, there are some prayers that can only be well presented by the Holy Spirit, who comes in to help our ailments and to intercede for us. If we allow him the chance, during such prayers he groans in such a way that human words cannot express – And forbid not to speak in tongues. 1 Corinthians 14; 39.
   We are involved in a spiritual warfare and prayer is the strongest of all weapons in the battle available for our victory – Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit. (Ephesians 6; 18).
   How did the Holy Ghost come to your aid in prayer with inexpressible groaning, helping you to pray according to the will of God, when you disbelieve that you should pray in the Spirit?
   Moreover, the Spirit helpeth our infirmities; for we know not what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
   And he that searcheth the hearts knowethwhat is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh Intercession for the saints according to the will of God. Romans 8; 26 – 27.
   How do you pray most devoutly, in the Holy Ghost, without the baptism of the same?
   Are you still among the sensual which erred in the spirit, which knows not the scriptures, nor the power of God, and who forbids to speak in tongues –But ye beloved, building up yourselves on your most Holy-​faith, praying in the Holy-​Ghost. Jude 20.
   Do you understand that you must pray in the Holy Ghost with tongues in order to build up your faith?
   Do you complain about a lack of, weak, or little faith?
   Build it up by praying in the Holy Ghost, pray in tongues!
   You must ask for it, seek, and knock at heaven’s door for the Lord to pour the Holy Ghost upon you.
   When you receive, you will not need any man’s witness to testify that your body is now the temple of the Holy Ghost, which you have of God and no longer your own –And I say unto you, ask, and it shall be given unto you, seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
   For everyone that askethreceiveth; and he that seekethfindeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
   If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
   If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children; how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? 1 Corinthians 3; 16 – 17. Luke 11; 9 – 13.
   Do you make God a liar which said I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, your sons and daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions and your old men shall dream dreams ?…Joel 2; 28.
   Everyone that desires personal spiritual refreshments and edification must always pray always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit, for he that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifies himself. 1 Corinthians 14; 4.
   Everyone who wants his life re-​furbished during praying must always desire to pray always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit, and this is one of the reasons why so many believers are dry and weak in the church today.
   This blessing is not only meant for the early church, but for us as well, and for as many as the Lord shall call until perfection of all things which concerns the church has been achieved. This will be when she shall be taken up to be forever with the Lord — For our conversation is in Heaven, from whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; who shall change our vile body, so that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
   There is a particular secret and experience in fellowship of the Holy Spirit which every Spirit filled believer acquires while praying in tongues.
   There is an inner fortification, upliftment, peace, and confidence which can be fully explained by those who have had this experience of abiding presence. Though our outward man perishes, the inward man is renewed day by day; a kind of refreshment and satisfaction in the spirit, and the conscious presence of God’s life in the physical body, for he that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself.
   Praying in tongues is to pray in the mind of the Lord, for the Spirit is the Spirit of the Lord, which is Christ in us -For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he might instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians2; 16.
   The second Law of spiritual communication –The Law of spiritual sensitivity and consciousness.
   Verily, verily I say unto you, He that entereth not
   by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some
   other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
   But he that entereth in by the door, is the sherpherd
   of the sheep.
   To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his
   voice; and he calleth his own sheep by name,
   andleadeth them out.
   And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth
   before them, and the sheep follow him; for they know
   his voice.
   And a stranger will they not follow, but they will
   flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
   John 10; 1 – 5.
   The law of spiritual sensitivity and consciousness explains that there is a divine ability implanted in every child of God to know and to hear His voice distinctively, through the mechanism and power of the discernment of spirit.
   One day, I was at a military camp in the company of a Christian friend.
   We were both in his room sharing together from the scriptures while suddenly; I heard the sound of a trumpet which lasted for about five minutes or more simultaneously.
   All of a sudden, nearly all the soldiers were out in the same outfit, including the Christian friend, as I was looking outside from the window.
   The first impression that came to my mind was that there were some troubles somewhere in the camp, until an hour later, when my friend returned back from the parade to enlighten my insensitive
   and unconsciousness mind. He explained that the evening trumpet was blown to call the soldiers out to prepare for their normal every evening’s exercise; hence, I judged myself as lacking military sensitivity and consciousness, because I wasn’t trained to be a machinery military, but a spiritual one.
   The military brother further explained that there are many different sounds of the trumpets with different distinctions to communicate to them in the camp for different occasions, and I admired him for his military discernment.
   To this the bible agrees and says that if the trumpets give an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself to battle? This is similar to how I remained unconcerned and unmoved at the barracks, to the sound of that evening trumpet. 1 Corinthians 14; 8.
   Every genuine child of God is gifted with discernment of the Spirit – My sheep hear my voice.
   They must be awakened to the senses and consciousness of the in– dwelling Holy Spirit, as the enemy is redoubling his efforts against the people of God in these last days by the multiplication of his agents and the increasing of false teachings and shepherds.
   There are also the innumerable operations of seductive and familiar Spirits in churches today, planting spiritual landmines to deform and destroy lives and souls.
   Let us consider the incident between God, Samuel and the old prophet (Eli) in the temple in 1 Samuel chapter 3 verses 1 – 10.
   Samuel was a young spiritually inexperienced boy, lacking spiritual sensitivity and consciousness to God’s voice, for the word of God was precious in those days as there was no open vision– When I was a child, I speak as a child, hear as a child, behave as a child etc.
   Even though Samuel was in the temple ministering unto the Lord before Eli, his childish mind could not differentiate God’s voice from Eli’s.
   As a child, he reasons, understands, speaks, hears, and behaves as one. Samuel could not be blamed for this, he must be taught to say, speak Lord, for thy servant heareth.
   Our primary responsibility as believer is to minister to the Lord, seeking each possible opportunity to praise and worship Him, abiding in His presence, earnestly seeking His face, and remain in faithful and open in spirit to receiving responses from the living God.
   You cannot wait on the Lord and not be honored to renew your strength, mount up with wings as eagle, contend with horses and swimming over at the swelling of Jordan.
   He also that wait on his Master in ministering shall be honor with abundance of life, with the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, with revelations – Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophet and teachers; as they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy-​Ghost said, Separate me Paul and Barnabas for the work whereunto I have called them – And Elisha said, bring me a minstrel (instrument of music to minister unto the Lord). And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the Lord came upon him. 2 Kings 3; 15. Acts 13; 1 – 2.
   In every children of the Lord, there is God’s given spiritual capability for sensitivity and consciousness to His voice, and the Lord expects each and every of his children to be discernible – I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shall go; I will guide thee with mine eye.
   Be ye not as the horse or as mule, which have no understanding; (be discernible) whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee. Psalms 32; 8 – 9.
   In Job chapter 32 verse 8, we read; there is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
   If the spirit is inspiring, it must be from the Holy Spirit.
   This is partially true, for there are four types of spirits operating in the world and they can inspire men as well.
   The Spirit of God – But God hath revealed them to us by his Spirit; for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God — Even so, the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. (Divine inspiration). 1 Corinthians 2; 10 – 11.
   The human spirit – for what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man, which is in him? Do you think that if Jesus heard the voice of the flesh and prayed for God’s will to be done and strength to do the same, you shall be spared not to hear the ugly voice of the flesh – And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless not as I will, but as thou will. Luke 26; 39. (Carnal inspiration).
   The worldly spirit – Now we have received, not the spirit of the world – Do you think that if the world spoke to Jesus to be conformed to it, they shall not appeal to you, like they lured Demas to loved his world then –
   When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone. John 6; 15. (Worldly inspiration).
   The evil spirit – And the devil said unto him, if thou be Son of God… You think if the devil spoke to Jesus, he shall not speak to you? Of course, he will!
   If Jesus heard but refused to obey the voice of devil, you shall as well hear his voice, but will you obey him? (Demonic inspiration)
   Anyone with a sincere heart, walking closely with the Lord in humble obedience to His word, would be sensitive enough to hear His voice and be conscious of His presence, because He lives in us as we live, move, and exist daily in him.
   Eli could not at first discern God’s voice from Samuel’s until after He called the third time. Who else could be calling on the young man who was to be raised to be a prophet by night in his sleep? Well, Satan might as well!
   The old instructor cannot be blamed for his slowness to instruct the boy to ask for God’s audience, as it is not only God’s voice that we hear in the world today. The bible says we must be quick to hear and slow to speak!
   You can clearly discern the kind of voice speaking by the way the hearer lives out his life and the fruit he bears, for the man who is not serving God would certainly be serving something else, and his master must have visible influences of his presence in his life. – The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom and hide it not. Isaiah 3; 9.
   There are many today who claim to be servants of God, but the Lord Jesus calls them “wolves in sheep clothing”; Paul calls them “false brethren”; Peter calls them “cursed children which have forsaken the right way,” and, Jude classifies them as “filthy dreamers that defile the flesh”, because their works and actions constantly deny Christ, though their tongues in everyday conversation confess to him.
   When a child develops the habit of residing closer to the Father, not only does he begin to reflects His image, he will be able to understand, in some good measure, His ways and His paths, including most of the actions of his Father; His body language, the secret language of His eyes, then shall we know, if he continues to know the Lord…
   James says; “draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you”. James 4; 8.
   This is to say that our day to day transformation and spiritual growth does not really depend on how long we’ve been with the Lord, but how close we are with Him; for many that are first, shall be last, and many that are last, shall be first.
   The intimacy of our relationship with the Lord determines the personal revelations and information we receive, and the experiences that we have.
   Former spiritual experiences should not be taken for granted, lest we allowed our heart to rejoice and depends on past glory; but, presently, we are deteriorating in spiritual life, while our consecration and crucifying life is decreasing, having left the first love.
   You find those which are after you in the Lord counseling and encouraging you, doing the things you supposed to do as a person who has been in the Lord before them, ortelling you how things ought to be done, not because they are proud, neither overzealous, but because they are becoming more and more like trees planted by the rivers of water, becoming more and more like the path of the just which is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day. Proverbs 4; 18.
   Therefore, you should earnestly and constantly contending for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints; not in strife and envying, not in chambering and wantonness, but in the fight for the purpose of your existence in life. Make yourself strong, standing and increasing in the grace of God, making your calling and election sure; if not, the last can become first and first last.
   The Lord said, he that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me; and he that loveth me shall be loved of my father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him”. John 14; 21.
   The most important thing we as believers need is the manifestation of Christ in our lives and the only thing that can bring this about is our complete obedience to God’s word; Job said; neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.Job 23; 12.
   If we don’t obey his word, we cannot hear his voice – Why do ye not understand my speech? Even because ye cannot hear my word. John 8; 43.
   Obedience brings about the manifestation of Christ and constant communication from and with the Savior in our lives; for he says, you are my friend if you do whatsoever I command you.…..He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that love me, — and will manifest myself to him. John 15; 14.
   When we speak of friendship, we are speaking of intimacy, transparency, constant communication, and fellowship.
   This is what our relationship with Christ and Christ with us ought to be, in the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the communion of the Holy-​Spirit. 2 Corinthians 13; 14.
   LOVE IN THE SPIRIT.
   Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother…We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have to all saints, for the hope which is laid up in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel; which is come unto you, as it is in all the world, and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth;
   As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellow servant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ; who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. Colossians 1; 1 – 8.

The Holy Spirit is the foundation of God’s love, knowledge, and relationship in our lives.
He is our school master who brings us to Christ, who enrolls and admits us, teaches us all truth, promotes us, and eventually graduates us when our vile body shall be change, so that it may be fashioned like the glorious body of Christ. When this time comes, the corruption shall be reverted to incorruption, and the mortal shall become immortal, and death shall be swallowed up in victory. Hallelujah!
Our spiritual life is initiated, maintained, and accomplished by the Holy Spirit, not by might, nor by power, but “my Spirit”, saith the Lord of hosts.
He is to form us in Christ and form Christ in us, pouring daily into us God’s love and renewing it in our heart, making sure that nothing separates us from His love. He is the creative power of God, the abiding presence of Christ, the hope of glory.
From the moment of our spiritual conception, to the growth and completion of our spiritual life, the Holy Spirit is deeply involved, and cannot be a second class citizen or priority in us if we are to keep with his constant fellowship, which is of utmost importance to walk with him as he has begun to walk with us. – If there be any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels of mercies, fulfill ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord of one min. Philippians 2; 1 – 2.
3 Ways to keep the fellowship of the Spirit.

1. Walking in the Spirit – if we live in the Spirit let us also walk in the Spirit; let us not be desirous of vain glory, either provoking one another or envying one another. Galatians 5; 25 – 26.
   The Holy Spirit brings us to Christ and we must walk with Him until the end by producing His fruit, and this is the proof of his presence in us — But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness temperance etc. Galatians 5, 22 – 23.
   When the Holy Spirit comes to dwell in the believer, he clothes and blesses the believer with all his nine fruits.
   Rarely do we see people who have all the nine gifts of the Spirit, which is an indication that the fruit is more important to God than the gifts – for the Holy Spirit dividing to every man severally as he will.
   The acts of God are awesome, they make people believe in his omnipotence, but we must keep in mind that His way is everlasting, and we must follow wholeheartedly — My soul followeth hard after thee, thy right hand upholdeth me. Psalms 63; 8.
   The fruit is what we must bear, the gift is what the Holy Spirit produces in us, and the gift without the fruit is equivalent to spirituality without morality, which is deceptive and deadly.
   As we increase in the anointing, we must proportionally augment in shining and resembling Christ within us, who is the hope of glory, so that the way of truth should not be ill spoken off.
   If we’re manifesting the power of his resurrection, we also must portray the form of godliness, for the disciples were admired by the miracles they performed, but were glorified with Christ as they were called Christian — Christ like, by their manner of life, which resembled Christ’s.
   The fruit of the spirit reveals the ways of God and moral beauty of Christ through us, while the gift reveals His acts – God made known his ways unto Moses, but his acts unto the children of Israel. Psalms 103; 7.
   Moses was a man of great spiritual power and authority with God. He was highly respected and reverence for the presence of God and his miraculous acts in his life.
   Moses knowledge, understanding and strength in God’s ways are shortcoming as he could not endured the people in much longsuffering. They angered him at the water of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sake; because they provoked his spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his mouth. Palms 106; 32 – 33.
   Manifesting the gifts of the Holy Spirit without increasing or growing in his fruit is a wasted effort and services life which shall be rejected by the Lord at the end – A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
   Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into fire. Wherefore by their fruit ye shall know them.
   Not everyone that saith to me Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say unto me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name?
   And in thy name have cast out devils; and in thy name done wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you; depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Matthew 7; 18– 23.
   We must work very diligently to grow and enhance the growth of the fruit of the Holy Spirit.
   Failing to grow and increase in those fruit is equal to rejection — But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins, wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure; for if you do these things (manifesting, increasing and growing in the fruit of the Spirit) you shall never fail.
   For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1; 4 – 11.
2. Covering of the Holy Spirit – Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me, and that cover with a covering, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin. Isaiah 30, 1 – 2.
   It is a slap on the Divine face to seek for any spiritual back-​up or self-​help in the name of protecting yourself from talisman or anything or to divert from the total trust in the greatness of Him who is in you.
   The invincible protection of the Holy Spirit in the believer’s daily life confrontations and overcoming of evil is more than enough – For thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherd is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them; so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion and for the hill thereof.
   As bird flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.
   Turn ye unto him from the children of Israel have deeply revolted. For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you to sin. Isaiah 31; 4 – 7.
   Spiritual prostitution or whoring is a sin unto death, not to mention the sin of speaking against the Holy Spirit – If any man sees his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them which sin a sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death; I do not say that he shall pray for it.
   All unrighteousness is sin; and there is a sin not unto death.1 John 5; 16 – 17.
   This is spiritual defilement, and is equivalent to turning unto Satan — Any soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people, sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am the Lord your God. Leviticus 20; 6 – 7.
   There is a difference between a godly, healthy spiritual life in Christ and the abominable practices and involvements in spirits or spiritualism, which has nothing to do with our love in the Spirit.
   Our true love in the spirit of God must denounce any past involvement in magical material possession, and we must put our trust completely in the Lord and his word – And many that believed came, and confessed, and showed their deeds.
   Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men; and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. So mightily grew the word of God and prevail. Acts 19; 18 – 20.
3. Feeding constantly on the Word – It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing, the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life. John 6; 63.
   The Holy Spirit brings the understood words of God into our memory, and empowers them to be used as his sword in the time of spiritual crises.
   Large or small integrations of God’s word in us are what the Holy Spirit works within our lives, and this fuels his fire in us. How important it is to let the word of Christ dwell in us in all richly in all wisdom!
   The power and fire of the Holy Spirit is in the word of God – Is not my word like as a fire? Says the Lord; and like a hammer that breaks the rock into pieces?
   You must wake up early everyday to offer sacrifices of praise and worship. You must search the scriptures and memorize them as much as possible.
   If you know the scriptures, you will know the voice of God, and you shall not be deceived through false dreams from the pit of hell, by false teachers and prophets, apostles and by some miracles workers which erred from the word, adopting methods and means for healing that are not biblical — I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried; I hoped in thy word, mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word. Psalms 119; 147 – 148.
   In 2 Samuel chapter 5, verses 18 –24, we see another good illustration to spiritual sensitivity and consciousness to the voice of God in David’s life.
   This is one of the reasons the Lord loves David as a man after His own heart, for David would not attempts to do anything presumptuously without the “go – a –head” order from the Lord, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite, the wife of whom he committed adultery with.
   This was as the result of David’s failure to discern the time of battle to the time of taking rest – Negligence of duty.
   As a shepherd, David should know better the implications of a sheep beyond the shepherd’s view or sight; nevertheless, he allowed the spirit of ease to laid hold on him and missed out of divine guidance at the time kings go forth to battle, he stayed back at home.
   When you are in the wrong place, you will end up doing the wrong thing, for you cannot be found where you are needed, and an idle hand is the devil’s workshop.
   Thus the beginning of real troubles of his entire life and generation, for he
   Committed adultery with Bathsheba, killed the husband and got him cursed and punished by God. Woe unto them that are at ease in Zion! Amos 6; 1.
   The victories won were as the results of David’s obedience to the sense and consciousness of the Holy– Spirit.
   The first battle’s instruction for the victory was very cleared, as David inquired of God on what to do. Verses 19 – 20.
   But the Lord has different way and method the second time for David’s victory when he inquired of God on what to do when the Philistines gathered and drew near for another battle.
   You must be very mistaken when you think that the way in which God provides solution in the past to a problem in your life is the same method He would adopts when another problem or similar one occur, for His ways are past finding out.
   NEVER GET WEARY OF INQUIRING OF THE LORD IN ALL YOUR WAYS AND AT ALL TIMES, FOR EACH NEW ENDEAVOR, SOLUTION AND OPPORTUNITY.
   We should always be asking for solutions for guidance in any situation, no matter how insignificant the problem may seem to be.
   And when David inquired of the Lord, He said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them… And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that thou shall bestir thyself: for then the Lord has gone before thee to smite the Philistines.
   23 –24.
   There was a great grave danger awaiting David and his men before the Philistines, if he should have lacked spiritual sensitivity and consciousness to the sounds in the tops of the mulberry trees.
   The sounds were to communicate the presence of the Lord that went before David to the battlefield against the Philistines.
   Was David spiritually conscious and sensitive enough because he can physically see the Lord in the tops of the mulberry trees?
   Not at all.
   But it wasn’t difficult for him to discern the presence and the movement of God, as a man filled with the Holy Spirit, walking daily and constantly with Him. When God gives you a sign, you will see it and know it.
   The bible says that “No man has seen God at any time — John; 1; 18.
   It takes a life devoted to discern and become conscious of the presence of God.
   This was exactly what happened on the day of Pentecost, when the Lord came down in the form of the Holy-​Spirit to dwell in His people.
   The sound in the tops of the mulberry trees is the same sound from heaven as a rushing mighty wind that fills an entire house in an upstairs room after many days of intensive prayer, for the descent of the Holy Spirit’s baptism, as the Lord has promised.
   It is a joyful sound; and blessed are the people who are fortunate enough to know this joyful sound. They shall walk in the light of the Lord’s countenance.
   We can be cognizant to the presence and voice of the Holy Spirit when we are like the disciple whom Jesus loved, leaning on His bosom!
   When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in the spirit, and testified, and said, verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
   Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake.
   Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.
   Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake. He then lying on Jesus’ bosom saith unto him, Lord, who is it? John 13; 21 – 25.
   Note: It is good to sit around Christ or at His feet to hear and learn, but it is much better to lean on the Master’s bosom, for this is the signal and expression of total trust, peace, and acquiescence to his love.
   Christ would not need to lift up his voice to speak to him that lies at his bosom to hear, he could merely whisper into his ears the message. This shall be then conveyed to those around or at his feet so that they can obtain understanding from him who leans on his Master’ bosom.
   Jesus loves all his disciples, but when you are friendlier to your friend, he loves you more, and opens up further to you – A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly; and there is a friend that sticker closer than a brother. Proverbs 18; 24.
   Let us briefly discuss the implications of lacking spiritual sensitivity and consciousness from the scripture in the 1 Kings Chapter 13, verses 11 – 22.
   This young prophet went down to Bethel by the word of the Lord (divine guidance) to prophesy against Jeroboam’s false altar.
   No doubt he had a powerful ministry, as instantaneous signs and wonders were wrought by God to confirm his divine message. For instance, Jeroboam’s hand became dried up for stretching it against God’s anointed (Later restored after apology), and the altar was rent, pouring out ashes according to the word of God.
   God’s warning and instructions to His young prophet from Judah were extremely explicit. “Eat no bread, drink no water and do not turn again by the same way that thou came”.
   He willingly obeyed the Lord’s instructions after the completion of his mission by refusing Jeroboam’s invitation for refreshment. But later, he disobeyed the Lord through the seduction of an old prophet who presented him with a lying message from heaven, which he claimed was given him by an angel of God, whereas he gathered the information from his children.
   He was reprimanded by God for his stupidity from the mouth of the same prophet which deceived him and was mortally punished from the hand of God as he was killed by Lion on his way back.
   The lessons in this passage are thus: first, you must understand that God is not the author of confusion. He would never present specific warnings and instructions and then send another person (no matter how spiritual or older in the Lord he might be) to change this message without confirming the change beforehand or afterwards.
   Secondly, you must not be simple enough to believe and accept any message in the name of the Lord.
   Make them prove it and patiently communicate or inquire of God to confirm it or to deny it, which He would undoubtedly do – And Judas (not Iscariot) and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them. Acts15; 32.
   It is not all the messages spoken in the name of the Lord that are truly from Him.
   It would not be a sin if you’re reluctant to act on any message spoken in the name of the Lord, when you’ve not received any confirmation.
   It is very dangerous and disastrous to obey the message when God has not really spoken it.
   God may be looking into how prudence and careful you are in spiritual communication and how much you love by obeying Him.
   God praises your wisdom and prudence when you do not act instantly and foolishly because you are not convinced, not by any strong and peaceful witness of the Holy Spirit within you, neither has gotten two or three witnesses to confirm the word spoken to you in His name.
   You shall be held responsible for been deceived either by a prophet, teacher, pastor, whomsoever by whatsoever, for the simple believes every word, but the prudent looked well to his going – if you are wise, you shall be wise for yourself, if you are scorner, you alone shall bear it.
   There are many words spoken in the name of the Lord which are programmed by your arch enemy against your life in order to draw you back, misdirect you, or to put you in fear against the Divine purpose.
   This might mean to exploit you, and worst of all, to destroy the sweet and precious relationship you’re enjoying with God – Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Mehetabeel; who was shut up; and he said, let us meet together in the house of God within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple; for they will come to slay thee.
   And I said, should such a man as I flee? And who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.
   And lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me; for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
   Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproached me.
   My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Samballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear. Nehemiah 6; 10 – 14.
   You should understand that before God speaks once or twice, the enemy might have spoken thousands of times just to confuse you, or for you to distrust God, or for you to stray from His guidance and Divine presence.
   No one should impose or dictate how you ought to live your life once you are of an age of maturity or accountability (though, godly counsel, if wisely heeded can be beneficiary), but God has the absolute right to have control over your life for your own good, if you would carefully obey His voice and follow His paths, for we are the people of His pasture, and the works of His hands. Psalms 95; 6 – 7.
   However, there are some men that really hear God’s voice and proclaim messages in the name of the Lord.
   Some of these men enjoy the pleasure of always speaking in the name of the Lord to maintain their spirituality, though God may not be speaking at that time. Watch out for these men!
   Look at the story of David’s affection and desire for the good of God’s ark, his intention to build a temple to accommodate it, the expression of his care to build a house for the ark of God to Nathan the prophet.
   The prophet Nathan, being his spiritual counselor responded; go, do all
   that is in thine heart; for the Lord is with you (without actually heard from God; but the same night, God visited him to rectify the error of his instruction, for that work was prepared for Solomon and not David to do).
   And it came to pass that same night, that the word of the Lord came unto Nathan, saying, go and tell my servant David, thus says the Lord, shall thou build me an house for me to dwell in?
   Whereas I have not dwell in any house since the time that I brought the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.
   In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people saying, why build ye not me a house of cedar? 2 Samuel 7; 1 – 15.
   Somebody may speak today in the name of the Lord, with divine confirmation, however, this does not guarantee that such a person’s divine message should not be judged in the future when he speaks in the name of the Lord. To err is human.
   There is a respectable friend in the Lord who received a prophetic ministry; and truthfully, God uses him in this ministry to lift up many lives.
   He has spoken messages in the name of the Lord, which have proven to be true.
   One day he said unto me, God has spoken to me to tell you that we are going to work together.
   Yes of course, we are laborers together in God, iron sharpens iron, I responded, but I must be led into it. I quietly replied to myself.
   During some of my periods of fasting, praying, and waiting to hear from God, I received a revelation. My revelation was how I was embarking on a journey and was called back home for some reason, but along the way, my car broke down in the middle of the road. I hopelessly waited for another car, and was meanwhile unable to repair my car until I woke up. His message was clear.
   I love to work with churches, especially as God really opens these doors and desires for me to be there, but our love for doing the will of God should not induce us to be so simple in accepting every word spoken in the name of the Lord.
   Neglecting divine guidance is spiritually deadly, dangerous, and disastrous.
   This is similar to an airplane loss out of the radar zone of the control room, whereby the pilots had no communication with those who were monitoring the air plane and technical flight accuracy control, from the take off to landing.
   Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge. 1 Corinthians14; 29.
   Anybody could err in spirit, especially those believers who are given to wine and strong drink — But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, and they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they erred in vision, they stumble in judgment. Isaiah 28; 7.
   You should not despise any message, but prayerfully filter all things, thoughtfully sift the message, and acquiesce to what God is doing in your life. Never give any room for anyone to steal your peace or to depress your spirit.
   Praying always for the perfection of everything which has to do with God’s will in your life, and praying against anything which is not His will should be your purposes of living, as you’re praying every day that His will be done on earth, as it is done in heaven.
   Discernment of the spirit is much more effective when, concerning our life, we are aware of the will of God, and how He is leading us, for our negligence of His will would complicate our spiritual stability; little wonder Apostle Paul wrote that Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. Colossians 4; 12.
   Let us briefly look into the ministry and life of Apostle Paul from the Acts chapter 21, verses10-​14.
   The purpose of God’s calling upon his life was this, “for I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake”. Acts 9; 16.
   The scriptures clearly shows how much this beloved Apostle travailed more abundant, suffered in stripes above measure, in frequent imprisonment, in deaths often, beaten thrice with rod, stoned once, suffered shipwreck three times, one night and one day in the deep, in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by his own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; in weariness and painfulness, in watching often, in hunger and thirst, in fasting often, in cold and nakedness. 2 Corinthians 11; 23 – 27.
   Through the Holy Spirit, Prophet Agabus confirmed God’s message to Paul at the commencement of his ministry. The message regarded the bounds, afflictions, and the tribulations that awaited him fashioned by the Jews at Jerusalem.
   Indirectly, the devil spoke through the brethren trying to discourage and divert him from going to Jerusalem, as the Holy Spirit is guiding Him, by weeping and trying to break his heart, to disregard the Lord’s guidance.
   I believe that their weeping bears this message: Paul, don’t be over-​zealous, it’s not only there at Jerusalem that you can preach the word of God, stay here with us and continue your ministry, we recognized and appreciated your ministry, is it not for the same God?
   In verse 13, Apostle Paul reproved their cowardice spiritual attitudes and brought their thoughts back to the obedience of Christ, which eventually led to their submission and confession in verse 14 for the will of God to be done.
   The question is, if apostle Paul was not able to discern, be sensitive, and be conscientious, in order to accomplish what God called him for, how would the brethren who “love their lives so much as to shrink from death” (Revelation 12; 11) have came back to their spiritual senses and consciousness, exclaiming that the will of the Lord be done?
   We must understand that any word and message communicated by the Spirit of God is His perfect will for the person(s) involved at that particular time, whether or not the message is to our liking, and the main purpose is our readiness to fulfill His will, when we hear His voice!
   But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we,
   if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope
   firm unto the end.
   Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, today if ye will hear his
   Voice, hardened not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the
   day of temptation in the wilderness… Hebrews 3; 6 –11).
   The third Law of spiritual Communication – The Law of spiritually mindedness and quietness.
   There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
   For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
   For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
   That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
   For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
   For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
   Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
   So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
   But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. Romans 8; 1 – 9.
   The law of spiritually mindedness is the law of divine spiritual affection, longing, and thirstiness for more of God, for blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, and they shall be filled.
   In this competitive world of chaos, restlessness, and vanity, the Lord has a different way of doing business for each of His own.
   He taught us to live each day at a time, seeking not what to eat and clothes to put on, putting all our trust in Him, in satisfaction and contentment with such things that we have; careful for nothing, but in all thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, our requests should be made known unto Him. And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, shall keep our hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Philippians 4; 6 – 7.
   When a believer is worldly minded and a pleasure seeker, he breaks the law against worldliness and the law of celestial affection– Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an example.
   For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ; whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.
   For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ… Philippians 3; 18 – 21.
   If all our spring is in God, then we can live in close communion with Him, when our affection is on things above, then, our heart can be full of love and overflowing with abundant life.
   If a man is mindful of money, certainly he would be hearing the voice of mammon (demon of money) speaking to devise means of acquiring wealth without sweat. Eventually he shall found himself in many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
   Likewise when the heart and life is defiled with immoral sexual thoughts and activity, inevitably, filthy dreams would set in.
   I knew a genuine sister from Nigeria who undoubtedly has a credible testimony of a child of God.
   One day, she said that she heard God telling her to cut brown paper into the size of a particular denomination of currency notes and those papers shall be turned into thousands or millions of money notes after twenty-​one days of dry fasting and prayer.
   I protested and told her this was not from God, but a sort of temptation of turning stone into bread, because the devil knows how he’s been attacking your business and finance – And when the tempter came to him, he said, if thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. Matthew 4; 3.
   She affirmed that God had spoken and it wasn’t the first time she understood the voice of God, so she went and fasted, and she nearly died to no avail.
   This is just like a friend who had a big heart and a mind for a great project. While praying, he heard a voice which told him to embezzle the co-​operative money entrusted to his trust in order to realize his project and leave the city.
   He rejoiced falsely, and mistakenly proclaiming that the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just, (wrong biblical quotation to his situation, Proverbs 13; 22.) thinking that God was leading him into generational prosperity.
   First, he had already steered from the word of God by exercising himself in things too great for him – Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
   Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother; my soul is even as a weaned child. Psalms 131; 1 – 2.
   When the believer hears any voice that is not from God’s word, he cannot obey it, for it is not from God, he must resist the voice and say like Jesus to Satan; get thee behind me Satan.
   Secondly, that voice was contrary to the teachings of the bible; “Let him that stole, steal no more, but rather let him labor — for by stealing, or been an accomplice, I have taken the name of God in vain and procure a curse of un-​timely death sentence upon myself – As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatchet them not; so he that getteth wealth and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool – whosoever is partner with a thief, hates his own soul, he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not. Jeremiah17; 11. Proverbs 29; 24.
   From the heart comes the issues of life and from the same heart come the things that defile.
   Spiritual battle is won or loss right from the heart.
   Our heart must be steadfast and right before God, if it is to be approved.
   The heart is the centre of life and we must safeguard our life thoughts. There is a great power in meditation, for whatever a man is mindful of, this must certainly exert influence over his life.
   I will illustrate our hearts, which are like the fine tune radio or television channels: FM, AM, CASINO BETTING, FOX, CNBC, ABC, CNN, ADULTS XXX, RED LIGHT, JAZZ MUSIC, GOSPEL MUSIC, WEATHER, HOROSCOPES, LIVE SPORTS, VATICAN or other radio and television channels.
   It impossible to tune to FM and get connected with the Vatican Radio.
   Except for that there is a wave interference which makes it difficult, due to a jammed network, (confusion in spiritual communication, and many wrong voices) to enjoy both radio stations at the same time.
   If you want to fully enjoy FM you must stay tuned to FM.
   Many believers are jammed in their spiritual communication. They are bombarded by many wrong and right voices.
   You can see this by the way they lead an unstable, confusing, indecisive, and inconsistent life, not hearing clearly.
   If you want to fully enjoy the sweetness of the Lord in the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, your affection should always be on the things from above. Then, when He, the Holy Spirit, shall receive notion from Christ who sit on the right hand of God in heaven to give unto you, you shall be able to grasp at once his communication, because you are connected.
   When our heart is divided, we shall be found faulty by Him who understands our thoughts are far off.
   If we are walking with the Lord, our heart should also be with Him, not like a distracted student in a classroom, hearing the lecture but carried away by irrelevant thoughts.
   This is the unwarranted distraction from the object of focus, otherwise known as the state of absent-​mindedness.
   Apostle Paul admonished us to think on whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report and virtue… as we begin to tune our heart to those things that are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of good report …
   GOD WILL BEGIN TO POUR AND MANIFEST HIMSELF INTO OUR LIVES IN PROPORTION TO WHAT OUR LIFE THOUGHT IS, FOR WE MUST EAT THE FRUIT OF OUR THOUGHT- For thus says the Lord of Hosts; as I thought to punish you, when your father provoked me to wrath, saith the Lord of Hosts; and I repented not; So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and unto the house of Judah; fear ye not.
   These are the things that ye shall do; speak ye every man the truth to his neighbors; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates; and let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath; for all these are the things I hate, saith the Lord. Jeremiah 6; 19. Philippians 4; 8. Zachariah 8; 14 – 17.
   When a man is mindful of God, meditating day and night in His word, he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, with assurance of a steadfast, fruitful and successful life in all his endeavors. Psalms 1; 1 – 3.
   The laws of the kingdom are exempt from anxiety and worry guts.
   Daily dependency in God’s unfailing provision and sufficiency must be demonstrated. As David said; as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the maiden unto the hands of her mistress, so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God.
   Woe to those children of the kingdom which cannot totally depends on God and allows their minds to stayed on Him, but went down to the world for help and covering; when the Lord shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is helped shall fall down and they shall all fall together. Isaiah 30; 1 – 3: 31; 1 – 3.
   Can you see how a child of God could implicate his brethren in the flesh because of his lack of total trust in God? That he does this instead of living his life in such a way that might provoke others to seek the Lord and to trust in him as well?
   We must appreciate the fact that we are called to live a life of higher standard and greater calling, which is opposite to the thinking and mentality of this world. For that which is highly esteemed before men is abomination in the sight of God.
   It shall be difficult for a child of God whose heart has been filled with life’s material things, the deceitfulness of riches and lusts of other things deleterious to his spiritual life, to understand and to walk in God’s ways and thoughts.
   That was the life of Jesh-​u-​rum, (ungrateful Israel) which waxed fat, and kicked; thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick…of the rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee. Deuteronomy 32; 15 – 18.
   God is always mindful of man.
   In return, man ought to be mindful of His creator as well, to acknowledge Him in all his ways for constant fellowship and guidance in this world of darkness.
   Trust in the Lord with all your heart; and lean not to your own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths. Proverbs 3; 5 – 6.
   There is a great spiritual curse when a child of God remains obstinate to His word, when he is not mindful, nor thoughtful of God.
   In Isaiah, chapter 17, verses 10 – 11, we read, “Because thou has forgotten the God of thy salvation, and has not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shall thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips…
   When there is a problem of any kind, we should first ask counsel from God by prayer, and patiently await His guidance, instead of listening to the devil’s suggestions to go and seek help from the ungodly.
   It is not proper for a child of God to complain of his situations in life in Christ to those who are without Him in order to gain their sympathy.
   This is betraying Christ; it is accusing the good Shepherd of incompetency, the greatest act of ungratefulness – Neither murmur you, as some of them murmured, and were destroyed by the destroyer. 1 Corinthians 10; 10.
   God has many ways in responding to the need of His children without them complaining to anyone.
   He can use either a believer or an unbeliever, known person or a stranger, to solve the problem, without them having a slightest idea of an intervention divine on what God has usedthem for…for in returning and rest shall ye be saved: in quietness and in confidence (in the LORD) shall be your strength — Isaiah 30; 15.
   If we are spiritually minded, we shall not look; neither is moved by the things which are seen. We shall focus on the things which are not seen, the desire of our soul shall be to his name and to the constant remembrance of Him, which shall make room for perfect peace of mind and quietness within and without– Thou shall keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed in thee, because he trusted in thee.
   What is the law of quietness?
   The law of spiritual quietness explains that there is a time to speak and a time to keep silence. He that has knowledge spares his words; and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise; and he that shut his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. Ecclesiastes 3; 7. Proverbs 17; 27 – 28.
   Quietness is a spiritual law, for we are commanded to study to be quiet and to mind our business, not meddling in others’ matters.
   We must put on the virtue of a quiet prince and princess of God, reflecting and outshining in the image of Christ within, who was brought as a lamb to the slaughter and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. Jeremiah 51; 59.
   Quietness is the way of God.
   It is an highway in the kingdom of God – He leadeth me beside the still waters, he restoreth my soul.
   Without a quiet life, mind and spirit, we stood the risk of missing out of God’s best, for only beside the still waters (the place of quietness, alone with God) can we be furnished, have restoration and reparation of necessary things in our spiritual life. Psalms 23; 2 – 3.
   We should remember it was always in the cool of the day that God scheduled his daily visit in the garden before the fall, and this signifies the time or place of quietness.
   Adam and Eve enjoyed their quietness, comfort and fellowship of the Spirit before they squandered it away by their sin.
   Fear, confusion, and shame took over, for the terror of sin shall overpower the sinners in Zion, fearfulness shall surprise the hypocrites – And the works of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance forever.
   And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places. Isaiah 32; 17 – 18.
   Some thinks that true spirituality is in the ability to try to be heard always even when God has not spoken.
   Talkativeness is an evil spirit witch resides in parrot, but a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
   When we are quick to speak, instead of being quick to hear; thus when God speak, if he speak at all (because we might have done all the speaking and nothing is left for him to say again), we cannot hear, nor understand, for then shall we be slow or dull in hearing. James 1; 19.
   When a believer is at loggerhead with his heavenly Father, or if he is obstinate and argumentative, loving to have his way and expecting God to understand his actions, he shall suddenly be destroyed without remedy.
   My peace I give unto you, not as the world gives.
   Sentiments and carnal pity party should not be allowed to overwhelmed us, neither should the words of the miserable comforters or the mockers around us be put into consideration to distract us from focusing and uniting our spirit and mind with the Lord in any difficult situation; — And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers; and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, this is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left — Why art thou cast down O my soul? And why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. Psalms 42; 5.
   The devil has gained entrance into many congregations, and lives through the spirits of envy and disputes. This is a result of these victims’ failure to control themselves on irrelevant outward earthly things, for where envy and strife is, there is confusion and evil work.
   Where there is confusion and evil work, it is evidence that the people have lost contact with the true voice of God.
   God is not in the flesh.
   The works of the flesh as listed in the Galatians chapter 5; verses 19 – 21 are the keys which grant the devil to have advantage and certain influences in the life of a child of God, as well as in the church.
   Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of
   this world, according to the prince of the power of the air,
   the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience.
   Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past
   in the lust of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of
   mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
   Ephesians 3; 1 – 3.
   Do we realize the truth in these verses that the works of the flesh are the influences of the evil, or of the unclean spirits of the devil?
   When a believer is fulfilling the desires of his flesh and mind, you can be sure that he has with him the “evil double contact”; and, in such a situation, the only remedy is intense prayer of deliverance and self-​discipline. This is in order to put the body under subjection, so that he can be disconnected from evil double contact, and to be indeed free in Christ’s liberty.
   The mind of God is revealed to us by the Holy Spirit if we are walking in the Spirit and consistently approaching God everyday to worship, fellowship, praise, study, and listen to His voice.
   “But you have an auction (anointing that teaches into all truth)
   from the Holy — one, and ye know all things”. 1 John 2; 20.
   This is not an exaggeration.
   We can possess the perfect knowledge of God’s word most needed for our spiritual growth and stability through the Holy Spirit, if we acquaint ourselves with Him, maintaining spiritually minded and mindful of Him.
   Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace; thereby good shall come unto thee. Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
   If thou return to the Almighty, thou shall be built up; thou shall put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles…
   For then thou shall thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shall lift up thy face unto God. Thou shall make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shall pay thy vows.
   Thou shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
   When men are cast down, then thou shall say, there is lifting up; and the he shall save the humble person… and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands. Job 22; 21 – 30.
   “Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you
   into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he
   shall hear, that shall he speak; and he will shew you what to come”. John 16; 13 – 14.
   Partnership with the Holy-​Spirit is inevitable for he would not show anything to the believer who loves to have his own way, life’s plans and erring heart inclined to the world, in a place where we have no continuing city.
   If we are mentally quiet and submissive to God’s word, our mind rests confidently on the rock of our salvation. We would be surprised to understand that the living God does speak to man as a man speaks to his friend, as a father speak to his child.
   Chapter 2.
   The Necessities of spiritual communication.
   “And he said, the God of our fathers hath chosen thee,
   that thou shouldest know His will, and see that Just
   One and shouldest hear the voice of His mouth”.
   Acts 22; 14.
   This passage reveals four vital points about our standing and the purposes of our adoption as children of God.
   $1· We learnt about our election, that the God of our fathers has chosen us.
   Our election was on the mercy and foreknowledge of God into the adoption of children unto Himself, through Jesus Christ, that is, they which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted for the seed; For this is the word of promise, at this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
   And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac, ( for the children being not yet unborn, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) it was said unto her, the elder shall serve the younger.
   As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
   What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God?
   God forbid.
   For he said to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
   So then it is not of him that willed, nor of him that runs, but of God that shows mercy.
   For the scripture said unto Pharaoh, even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
   Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardens.
   Thou will say then unto me, why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
   Nay but O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, why hast thou made me thus?
   Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonor? What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction; and that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, even us whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles.
   As he said also in Hosea, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
   No matter the force or gravity of the difficulty that brings us to Christ, nor how bad our lives have been before we come to Christ, nor the reasons why we accept the Lord Jesus as our personal Savior, all of these things are comprised in God’s eternal purposes, which He purposed in Christ-​Jesus.
   We understand that he hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love. Ephesians 1; 4.
   Even before our conception in our mother’s womb, he has prepared us in and for Him as an object of His love and vessels of mercy.
   Moreover, we see our spiritual and physical position in Christ-​Jesus as a chosen generation, royal-​priesthood, holy nation, and peculiar people.
   No matter how rotten, bad and worst our lives has been before conversion, one thing is sure — I have love you with everlasting love and with loving kindness I have chosen you, for he came not to call the self righteous to repentance, but sinners. Jeremiah 31; 3.
   We are God’s special and precious jewels, the apple of His eyes, just as we have been raised up together and made to sit together in heavenly places in Christ-​Jesus, far above principalities and powers — God knows all his children by name.
   Now, what are the purposes of our election?
   2. To know His will.
   Knowing or understanding and doing the will of God is a necessity for every child of God who wants to live a God-​filled and purposeful life in preparation for eternity. As the scripture declares; Be ye not unwise (foolish), but understanding what the will of the Lord is. Ephesians 5; 17.
   A meaningful and accomplished life is one consummated in the will of God, for when Christ came into the world, he declared, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God”- I must do the works (the will) of him that sent me, while it is day, for the night comes, when no man can work again. John 9; 4. Hebrews 10; 7.
   Having been purchased by Christ precious blood, we know that the price of our redemption made us to become God’s heritage (we are Christ’s and Christ is God’s). 1Corinthians 3; 23.
   This ought and should make us to understand that we no longer have rights over our lives, nor will of our own, and that we must willingly surrender our personal ambitious, desires and purposes to Christ, so that we might know the will of God, which is good, acceptable and prefect for our lives. Romans 12; 1 – 2.
   The collective will of God must be fulfilled by everyone called by His name, and this has to do with our sanctification or holiness of life.
   This is God’s high mark and totality of our calling that he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life. Luke 1; 74 – 75.
   This is the goal set before each and every one of us to reach and retain; as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance; but as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; because it is written, be ye holy, as I am holy.
   Meaningful and lasting relationship with God, and victory in our spiritual warfare depends on our purification from the filthiness of the flesh and of the Spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
   Holiness in all manner of life and in our dealings with others is the spiritual protocol of our behavior – Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters with all purity-​follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see God. 1 Timothy 5; 1 – 2. Hebrews 12; 14.
   If we are to follow peace in fellowship with all men, it must be with holiness, even with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart, for what peace can there be, where there is religion whoredoms and bewitchments? 2 Timothy 2; 22. 2 Kings 9; 22.
   No exception nor negotiation for heaven, we must all tread and go along the highway of holiness, for an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called the way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those; the wayfaring men though fools shall not err therein, but the redeemed shall walk there. Isaiah 35; 8 – 9.
   The acceptable and well pleasing walk with God is the walk in holiness; furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how you ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
   For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus, for this is the will of God, even your sanctification; that ye should abstain from fornication.
   That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God; for God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
   He therefore that despises, despises not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his Holy– Spirit. 1 Thessalonians 4; 1 – 8.
   Unlawful and unbiblical sexual relationships and activities are strictly forbidden if we are to reach heaven.
   Genuine children of God do not engage in unbiblical sexual sins, neither condoles it in the church, nor in the world – Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. 1 Corinthians 10; 8. Numbers 25; 6 – 12. Acts 15; 29.
   There shall not be a whore (believer prostitute or prostitution) of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite (believer homosexual or gay or lesbian).
   Thou shall not bring the hire of a whore or the price of a dog (gains or cash profit realized) into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow: for even both these (the street worker, the gay or lesbian Christian and their offerings or gifts to the temple for worship) are abomination unto the Lord thy God. Deuteronomy 23; 18.
   Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field and as plantings of a vineyard; and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.
   And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate; for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot (profit or gains from prostitutions or homosexual ) and they shall return to the hire of an harlot. Micah 1, 6 – 7.
   Our governments and constitutions may not oppose same sex marriage, and as long as the street workers are paying their taxes, this is no cause for alarm.
   But in God’s kingdom of light and truth, this is no subject to talk about, not to mention of being involved…But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you as become saints… for this you know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance (no eternal life, but a candidate of hell) in the kingdom of God and of Christ.
   Let no man deceive you with vain words; for because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the children of disobedience, be not you therefore partakers with them. Ephesians 5; 3 – 7.
   In the scriptures, there are such words as ”your own”, “your soul”, “singleness of heart”, “if anyone”, “whosoever”, “if you”, “if anyone” etc.
   All this words indicates that our salvation and relationship with God is unique, particular and personal.
   God’s purpose and life’s assignments for individual are unique, but coherent in the body of Christ and all things are intended for the accomplishments of his eternal counsels and plans… For thou art created, all things are for thy pleasure, they are and were created. John 21; 15 – 23. 1 Peter 4; 10 – 11. Romans 12; 3 – 8.
   As our relationship is unique and particular, so our responsibilities, accountability, judgment, rewards, condemnation or acceptance is unique.
   God is not going to justify your failure and falling at the excuse of someone’s responsible for your failure and fall.
   You should be wise for yourself and keep company with the wise or stand alone for God in the midst of crooked and perverse nations.
   The father judges everyman according to the fruits of his works without
   respect of person or leaning on someone else’s spiritual credentials and testimonies.
   Individual must zealously and jealously protect, above all things, his relationship with God in Christ Jesus, without compromising.
   Nothing and neither any other relationship should be allowed to come between you and your relationship with God; you must be positively resolute to the end at all cost.
   Nothing, neither anyone should be allowed to overcome or negatively affect your high– price, Christ bought relationship and fellowship.
   There is no day that we do not need to make one or two important decisions to directs and shapes our lives and future.
   Almost in every passing day, week or month of our lives; we are faced with crisis which calls or requires choice(s) and we must make choice(s) which direct our paths rightly or wrongly, with failure or success, according to the choice we made.
   Choice that we make reveals our spiritual intellectual power and ability. It shows our wisdom or foolishness, and it reveals the kind of Christian we are; narrow way and straight gate or wide road and broad way believer.
   If we make the right choice by the counsel of God’s word, it would enables us using our will power to do the right thing, for taking a wrong choice by the counsel of the ungodly shall lead us to wrong action –which is sin.
   Until we die, we shall always have choice(s) to make and as a child of the Most High, our life must be in harmony with the written word of God; and this means that we must make good, careful and prayerful choice(s) through the counsel of God’s word – only let your conversation (way of life) be as it becomes the gospel of Christ. Philippians 1; 27.
   From the beginning of our relationship with God to the end, we shall always be facing physical and spiritual life’s crisis which are there to challenge, shape and proof our loyalty, faithfulness and devotion to God and His Lamb.
   Abraham choose (obedient, positive choice) to obeyed God by leaving his father’s house and land of his nativity to followed God.
   He choose (sentimental negative choice) to take with him Lot out of compassion, which God did not asked him to do and you know the consequences of his action.
   Abraham choose (by impatience made a negative choice) to consent with Sarah for a child through her Egyptian maid (Haggai); you know the difficulties, stresses and complications which followed the action of Abraham during his life time and even up till now, as children born after the flesh persecuted those born after the Spirit.
   He choose (sacrificial choice) to obey God to offer his son Isaac, which resulted in greater blessings and God swearing by himself to bless and multiply Abraham.
   Joseph choose (made holy choice) not to give in to his master wife’s advanced on him for sexual immorality; because he considered the act as sinning against the holy God, instead of taking advantage of the woman and situation, he fled the scene naked.
   Moses, when he came to years — that is when he supposed to obtain Egyptians national passport or claimed nationality, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing (choice of identifying with Christ in the world which rejected and crucified him) rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season, esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasure in Egypt. Hebrews 11; 24 – 26.
   Daniel was in captivity in a strange land, yet he choose not to put himself in greater captivity worst than the predicament which has fallen on him, as he determined (choice of consecration and sin mortification) not to defile himself with the king’s food and wine.
   Shadrack, Meshach and Abednego, were tempted to the point of death and were willing to die (choice of endurance and faithfulness to the end) in the furnace of king’s fire, than to worship the golden image set up to corrupt, defile and destroy their spiritual life and relationship with God. Daniel 3; 15 – 28.
   There is no justifiable excuse(s) before God when we make wrong choice and take wrong course and try to play the blame game.
   Adam tried this by implicating Eve in his sin, but was not justifiable before God; the woman also tried to excuse her sin by putting the blame on the serpent, which has no ground of reasoning whatsoever before God, the true and right judge of all.
   If we succeed or fail as the result of choice(s) made, either by the counsel of the ungodly or our own ideas and thoughts; the responsibility, the praise or reproof or consequences lies on us and not on anyone else — if you are wise thou shall be wise for thyself.
   Saul tried to put the blame of his erroneous action on the people he ought to be an example of right judgment in strong positive will and implicit and complete obedience God’s commands.
   He preferred to listen to the voice of the people than the voice and command of God.
   He spared the best sheep and goats against God’s clear order to completely destroy the Amalekites and everything in their land; thus he failed and was disfavored before God.
   Note; we cannot seek praise, favor or approval of men at the expense of disobeying God, for we ought to obey God rather than man.
   The challenges and affections of the things of the world should be guided against our desire and acceptance in contentment of divine daily provisions and dealings. 1 John 2; 15 – 17.
   Again, there is what I call “the individual or personal will of God”, which is to say that every one of us must constantly seek His face in daily prayer with a willing heart, as we continue walking with God.
   We must know and be prepared to achieve this by all means necessary and at all costs. For all our labors worthy of rewards are those things we did for our neighbors for His name’s sake, and other things which we accomplish or contribute for the advancement of His kingdom and His glory, on the condition that we are led by the Holy Spirit, and not borne out of strife or vainglory. Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteems other better than himself.
   To illustrate this, I knew a pastor who was sent to the United States of America by his father to study computer sciences. After some time, along the way he received the divine call, which revealed greater purposes as the will of the Father of all Spirits concerning his life.
   Whom should he obey? Should he satisfy his earthly father’s desire, who has spent a lot of money for him to study in the States, and who is threatening to disown him if he should decide to become a pastor?
   Should he obey God, having a perfect understanding that whosoever loves his father and his mother more than me (Christ) is not worthy of me?
   After many inner struggles, deliberation, and godly counseling, he finally surrendered to the Divine will, enrolled and graduated in a theological Institute for three whole years. And the scripture was fulfilled which says; when your father and your mother forsake you, then the LORD will receive you up. Psalms 27; 10.
   Faithful is He that calls, though the father of this brother stopped all relatives from communicating with him for some good time. However, after the completion of his theological training, he returned to Africa and we planted a ministry where all his brothers and sisters, including many relatives, were saved.
   However, believed you me, had he refused the Divine call and traded it for worldly pride and academic pursuits, he would have been guilty of the blood of those saved relatives if any of them died without Christ.
   And the servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared
   not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten
   with many stripes.
   But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes
   shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is
   given, of him shall be much required; and to whom men have
   committed much, of him they will ask the more. Luke 12; 47 – 48.
   When we pray according to Matthew 6; 10, we should well understand that the people of the world knew not God, and they have nothing to do with the will of God. Rather they fulfill the lusts of the devil, their father.
   Presently, the will of God is being performed here on earth in the lives of those who have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus, who are called by his name, and who are faithful in His kingdom, living to glorify him by all means and at all costs. For these believers, to live and die in Christ is their gain, for the kingdom of God is within them.
   Each and every one of us has a unique purpose (s) in life to fulfill for God in Christ Jesus, according to His plans for us, whether we are literate or illiterate, rich or poor, white or black, male or female.
   As a child of God, there is a unique and particular will of God for you in that laboratory, clinic, market, shop, laundry, office, etc where your are working.
   In our lives or while we have our being, it is our utmost obligation to seek, know, and to perform and make perfect His will before passing on to eternity. For we live for these things, and concerning our power to overcome, our victory is based only on these things; living a divine, satisfactory-​fulfilled life.
4. To see that just one.
   For that just one had earlier on appeared to Paul on his way to Damascus and said unto him…For I have appeared unto thee for this purpose and of those things in which I will appear unto thee. Acts 26; 16).
   Now, we are seeing him with open face looking as in a glass the glory of the Lord; as he promised, a little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.
   Our hope of seeing Him face to face shall be accomplished when Christ shall come to be glorified in the saints and be admired among those who believed.
   God’s overall purpose of redeeming us by the blood of His Son is to have us transformed into the image of Christ, and that as we have borne the image of the earthly, we should also bear the image of the heavenly — Now we are sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be; but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is: And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. 1 John 3; 2 – 3.
   What we are seeing now is merely the shadow of God’s glory; but the fullness of His glory shall be made known when we reach the land of glory to see the King of glory, and in His glory we shall share and reign forever.
   While we remain here below in the testimonies of Christ, we must always be grateful unto Him for calling us out of darkness into His marvelous light. We must represent him correctly in all our behaviors and dealings, living a holy, just, and irreproachable life!
   May this be our pursuit and experience, both from within the body of Christ and outside, even among the unbelievers, as we strive for a good name in Jesus’ mighty name.
   And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory
   And he said, thou cannot see my face: for there
   Shall no man see me, and live.
   And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me,
   and thou shall stand upon a rock and it shall come to pass,
   while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of
   the rock, and I will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:
   And I will take away mine hand, and thou shall see my
   back parts: but my face shall no man see.
   Exodus 33; 18 – 23.
   Christ is not in the East, neither in the West, rather, He lives in us nor we should not distrust that He is in a particular place without us because we cannot see, hear, or touch him. That is absolutely false.
   The Lord is in us, His kingdom is within us and He is always with us.
   It is our obedience to his word that increases His fullness and manifestation in our lives; in fact, He fills the whole universe with His presence.
   4. To hear the voice of His mouth.
   This is the root of our Spiritual strength, life, and success.
   Man was created initially to share communication with God.
   Every time at the cool of the day in the Garden of Eden, God visited man for conversation in fellowship and instructions, to fulfill the purpose of creation – namely, fellowship with man. But now man must look upwards, namely, fellowship with God.
   There is a great need and obligation for God as our Shepherd to communicate frequently with us, there is also a great need on our part as well to hear from Him constantly and clearly, so that He may guide us in every aspect of our lives if we allow Him.
   We must allow Him speak to us from His word daily; to allow him to lead us into His purposes for the day, as well as in life, to guide and to protect us from the snare of the fowler.
   I will instruct thee; and teach thee in the way which thou
   shall go; I will guide thee with mine eye.
   Be ye not as horse, or as mule which have no understanding
   (which means that you must be discernible, sensitive and
   conscious to the voice of God), whose mouth must be held
   In with bit and bridle, lest they (the enemy) come near unto
   thee. Psalms 32; 8 – 9.
   This must be so because God is our Father and has many and great responsibilities over us. What father would He be not to take pleasure to instruct, teach, and guide his children in discretion and teach them – For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him. Isaiah 28; 26.
   Satan, the enemy of our soul, is a deadly creature that cannot be easily uncovered except by the Divine support to dislodge and outsmart him.
   When a child of God is walking according to the laws of spiritual communication, he will understand the voice of God distinctively, and not only that, he will be able to fulfill God’s purposes for his life without fear of failure, intimidation, or victimization from the enemy whatsoever.
   Looking back into the life of Moses, right from the time that God led him back to Egypt to bring the Israelites out, to the time that he died in the land of Moab, you will understand that ninety percent of his relationship and walks with God and communications with the Israelites are the direct guidance and instructions from God. The only exception was the time that they provoked his spirit so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips and smote the rock instead of speaking to it in God’s instructions.
   Moses knew the grave danger and implications of failure to be led by the Spirit of God after the Israelites sinned against God in the matter of the golden calf, and he prevailed in his intercession on the Israelites’ behalf against God’s anger. He asked: “Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, show me now thy way, (led me by your Holy– Spirit) that I may know thee, that I may find grace in your sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.
   And He said, my presence shall go with thee, (I will lead you) and I will give thee rest.
   And he said unto Him, if thy presence go not with me, ( if you would not lead me by your Holy-​Spirit ) carry us not hence.
   For wherein shall it be known here that thy people and I have found grace in thy sight?
   Is it not that thou goest with us? So shall we be separated, I and thy people, from the face of the earth”. Exodus 33; 13 – 16.
   Just look at Moses negotiating for divine guidance.
   I do doubt the genuineness of one’s sense of belonging to Christ without being led by the Holy Spirit!
   The summary of spiritual communication is to be led always by the Holy Spirit, at all times, into all things, and during all the days of our life.
   The bible says; for as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. Romans 8; 14.
   It is the guidance of God that brings about His presence.
   It is the presence of God that makes the difference between a child of God and others, in what he does and where he goes.
   If God is leading us, we shall possess an extraordinary courageousness and inner peace during the passage of the valley of the shadow of death. We shall be like a lion, comely in his going, the strongest among the beasts of the earth, which turns not away for anything.
   God’s presence is never where He is not leading us.
   The bible says, God ruleth in Jacob (Psalms 59; 13).
   If God rules in Jacob, then He must have total authority over all things in Jacob, which includes guiding, instructing, and correcting him whom He rules over, for the ruler is the commander in chief.
   In another place we read; “For this God is our God, forever and ever; He will be our guide even unto death”. Psalms 47; 14.
   If God is to be truly our God, then He must be our guide.
   God is not our God when He is not our guide. He must be our conductor.
   He must also be our instructor; for as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. Romans 8; 14.
   Even in spiritual battle, there is a great need for guidance, as the Lord alone is the one who knows the enemy’s strength, our strength, and the measure of our faith and fullness in the dwelling of the Holy Spirit within us.
   You must not presume to get involved with the enemy in the battle of casting out of demons or in the administering of healing by your own hands, except if you are certain of the guidance of God’s Spirit, even if you are aware of the strengths within you, you must be led with enough tangible anointing presence to achieve a positive result.
   I have seen where people have ministered healing and deliverance to the possessed and oppressed while they have fallen victim of the same catastrophes, and brought upon an evil report to the name of the Lord. Overzealousness and ignorance kills!
   And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho,
   that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold,
   there stood a man over against with his sword
   drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him,
   and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our
   adversaries?
   And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the
   LORD am I now come.
   And Joshua— said unto him, what saith my lord
   Unto his servant?
   And the captain of the LORD’S host said unto Joshua,
   Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon
   standeth is holy.
   And Joshua did so. Joshua 5; 13 – 15.
   Without the involvement of the captain of the host of the Lord, his war strategy and instructions passed on to Joshua on how to bring down the wall of Jericho, it would have being difficult for the Israelites to defeat and possess that land.
   If the Lord shall fight for us so that no man shall be able to stand before us in our ways as He has promised, it is in the battles which he orders us to fight, and the paths he commands us to tread.
   Looking critically into the life of David, from the very time that he obtained the hallowed bread, to the time of Uzzah’s death, when they brought God’s ark of testimony back to Israel (1 Samuel 21– 2 Samuel 6) you shall not be surprised to know that this was possible because of David’s acknowledging God in all his ways, and God directing David in all his paths.
   David was always eager and on guard for God’s guidance before involving himself in anything -“should I go, or should I forbear? David always inquired. Thou shalt go, or thou shalt not go”. The Lord always responded.
   As a shepherd, David knew the consequences of a sheep beyond the reach of a shepherd’s sight, nevertheless, he allowed the spirit of ease to grab hold of him, so that he neglected the Divine guidance when the kings went forth to battle, and stayed back at home. 2 Samuel 11; 1.
   Thus the beginning of the real troubles of his entire life and generation, for he committed adultery with Bath-​Sheba, killing the husband and was then cursed and punished by God – Woe unto them that are at ease in Zion. Amos 6; 1.
   Time and guidance are two inseparable factors in all that have to do with God’s will in our lives, and a wise man’s heart knows both time and judgment.
   “Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Ephesians 5; 16.
   When a child of God is not in the right place at the right time by the guidance of the Holy-​Spirit, he is like a bird that wanders away from her nest; most certainly he is within the reach of the snare of the fowler, or he ends up doing the wrong thing, for he cannot be found where he is needed because an idle hand is the devil’s workshop.
   “As a bird that wandereth from her nest so is a man that wandered from his place”. Proverbs 27; 8.
   For how long should the Lord be asking us what are you doing here, as He asked Elijah when he ran away because Jezebel threatened his life with death? 1 Kings 19; 9.
   Or, for how long should we continue expecting the Lord telling us not to depart from a particular place until He lead us, as He commanded the disciples not to depart from Jerusalem for the baptism of the Holy-​Spirit which is meant for our guidance and revealing God’s will to us? Acts 1; 4 –5.
   The bible declares that whatsoever we lay our hands upon shall prosper. However, we have failed countless times in unaccomplished projects, because God’s hands would not be with us where He has not already initiated, or where what we have not fully committed into His hands nor have sought His mind before commencement.
   Is it not a sin, when a believer is acting and walking outside the direction of the Holy Spirit, independent of God?
   Peter decided to go fishing because he thought that the Lord was nowhere to be found, and his faith was lost. Then, he experienced great shame when he caught nothing, despite all night toiling in fishing — For in Him your fruit is found. John 21; 3.
   When you are not yet led by the Holy-​Spirit, continue to abide in the presence of God by seeking His face diligently until He guides you where to go and what to do: just like as it was in the wilderness, at the commandments of the Lord, the Israelites journeyed, and at the commandments of the Lord they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents. Numbers 9; 18.
   You must not presume to do something without the guidance of God just because nobody else is doing it. However, if you are guided by the Lord and people around you do not fully understand the motivation of your actions, it does not matter, not at all, for with time, the events of life will reveal the true spiritual man who is led by the Holy Spirit.
   Mary, the sister of Martha and of Lazarus was conscious enough to the small still voice of the Holy-​Spirit to anoint the body of the Lord Jesus against his burial, while the other brethren are accusing her of wastefulness. Mark 14; 3 — 9.
   She was extremely courageous and strong, for the news of Christ’s departure out of the world did not depress her, during this turbulence period, from positioning herself to hear the voice of God.
   She could discern by God’s revelation to anoint the Lord’s body, laying the foundation for her eternal testimony in God’s kingdom, and thus fulfilling the purpose of her calling, because she was performing her life’s greatest assignment.
   The Lord alone knew her motivation and commended her action by the testimony of what we are saying today to her honor and wheresoever’s the gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world; for she discerned and gave herself to the Spirit of God, to do what was needed to be done at the right time; which other women intended to do the same in the burial of Jesus, but was too late; when the Sabbath was past, very early in the morning, in the first day of the week, they came to the sepulcher at the rising of the sun, for the LORD of life is already risen. Mark 16; 1 – 6.
   Do not go where people are going, unless you are led by the Holy Spirit; no matter how long you remain where you are, demur, even if it seems that you are idle, and that somebody is calling you some unbearable nickname to influence your decision to abide.
   If you are not led, it shall be no sin if you don’t go, (Parable of the laborers in the vineyard. Matthew 20; 6 – 7) wait patiently for God’s guidance until you shall be led, just like the Israelites. So it was that the cloud (God’s presence) abode from them until the morning, and when the cloud was taken up in the morning, they journeyed.
   Or whether it were two days, or a month or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not; but when it was taken up, they journeyed. Numbers 9; 21 — 22.
   Let just take another brief look into the life of Jacob as an example of the importance of God’s guidance, which can never be over-​emphasized from Genesis chapter 35, verses 1 and 5.
   And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and go there; and make there an altar unto God — And they journeyed; and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
   It is evident that God’s terror was upon the cities that Jacob was passing through because of His presence there.
   Why did God come to Laban in the night to rebuke and restrain him from doing any harm to Jacob when he secretly ran away from him? Was it not because God instructed Jacob to leave him – And the Lord said unto Jacob, return unto the land of thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
   And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
   And Laban said to Jacob, it is in the power of mine hand to do you hurt; but the God of your father spake to me unto me yesternight, saying take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. Genesis 31; 1 – 29.
   Note: God would do anything to defend His own and protect His interest in His elects, even if it required the heathen to have their deaf spiritual ears open for once to hear His voice and to withdraw their evil intents against His people – He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
   He hath remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
   Which covenant he made with Abraham and his oath unto Isaac; and confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law and to Israel for an everlasting covenant; saying, unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance.
   When they were but a few, and strangers in it; when they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people; he suffered no man to do them wrong; yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; saying touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. Psalms 1105; 7 – 15.
   We shall be able to tread on serpents and scorpions, and upon all the powers of the enemy without being hurt, if we follow God, while He leads us in the paths of righteousness.
   It is amazing to understand anyone who tries to stop us while God is leading us, or who tries to mock us would be doing this at his own risk, for such a man would be fighting against the presence of God — woe to him, that strive with his maker.
   In Isaiah chapter 55, verse 6, the bible says, “seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near”.
   We can only find God and see Him while He is guiding us, and He is always present in the ways He instructs us.
   It is difficult to find God where He is not leading us, until we reach the right place of guidance.
   Look at Jacob once again in Genesis 32, verses 9 and 24 – 30.
   We already knew that God led him to that point, as he was so bold enough to exclaimed, the Lord who said (instructed) to me, return to your country… for that’s just the reason why he was able to prevailed in wrestling, got his name changed.
   Jacob found God while He was guiding him; for truthfully, wherever God is leading man, he will find Him and prevail over every situation and circumstance which may stand in his way.
   Either passing through water or walking through fire, the Divine presence shall be there with him – For the Lord’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple is eye.
   As the eagle stirred up her nest, fluttered over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, takes them, beareth them on her wings; so the Lord alone did lead him,and there was no strange god with him. Genesis 32; 9 – 12.
   Moses knew the implications of venturing where God is not leading, for he was sure that the presence of God shall not be found in these locations, and that the worst can happen to the risk taker.
   This is as he protested to the Israelites in the breach of promise (look out for the book titled, “Breach of promise”) when he said, Go not up, for the Lord is not among you, that ye be not smitten before your enemies.
   For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the Lord, therefore the Lord will not be with you. Numbers 14; 42 – 43.
   Notwithstanding, the Israelites would not receive Moses admonition, and instead took the presence of God for granted, and went down to battle to learn their bitter lesson from the enemies.
   “But they presumed to go up unto the hill top,
   nevertheless the ark of the Lord, and Moses
   departed not out of the camp.
   Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites
   which dwell in that hill, and smote them, even unto
   Hormah”. Numbers 14; 44 – 45.
   In some large cities, if you are not driving carefully in order to follow the route to your destiny, and you mistakenly follow another direction, you will probably need to finish the incorrect course you have taken until you can find a way out, to the correct direction of your destiny.
   A “U” turn is almost always impossible especially if you are new in the city where you’ve never taken this route before. This is why there is GPS to direct and instruct the driver, because incorrect driving can be fatal, or it can attract traffic surveillance snapshots to alert the traffic police for fine or prosecution.
   Such are the consequences or the price of either failure or carelessness to follow the correct direction to your destination. One consequence is the additional time added to your journey at the expense of your fuel, which is the reason why maps or sign posts are available for everyone to trace his or her way very carefully, especially the tourist. The other solution is to drive with the precise help of navigator, and the believer’s unfailing navigator is the Spirit of God.
   The same thing is applicable in the kingdom of God when we are spiritually displaced – Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the Lord have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the Lord; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other gods.1 Samuel 26; 19.
   When, by carelessness or ignorance somebody misses out on the guidance of the Holy Spirit, it will take him more time to fast and pray and wait for a new direction. Additionally, he might have wasted a great deal of time doing nothing where he was not needed; unnecessary attacks and a descent into sin might be his consequent experience if care is not taken.
   The danger of sheep without shepherd. 2 Chronicles 18 vs16.
   It is a divine obligation on the part of God, to lead and to sustain his people the entire way in life, from the birth of our spiritual life to the end of our sojourn on earth, in order to bring them home to his holy mountain, the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the great King, which is our spiritually promised land. It is a necessity on the part of the believer to be always led by God.
   Physical or natural adultery is evil, but can be completely delivered from, and the sins fully pardoned and washed away, if the sinner sincerely and wholeheartedly turns to the Lord. However, spiritual harlotry is worse and hell-​bound; it is like adding stealing to laziness, the first-​class sin of death, which leads to eternal death and separation from God.
   There is no god like Jehovah God our Ancient days. It is provoking and grievous to the Omnipotent when we are seeking the aid of foreign gods, consciously or ignorantly worshiping demons as gods, we are destined for hell in eternity.
   We must overcome every situation and challenging circumstance which tries our faith, which requires trusting and patience on God, instead of running after other gods (demons) for help, revelation, guidance and protection– For their sorrows shall be multiplied, that hasten after other god; their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips. Psalms 16; 4.
   Good preparation and detachment from foreign gods(demons)must be made if we are to walk with God and be led by him — Wherefore, my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which among the Gentiles are turned to God; but that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornications, and from things strangled, and from blood; from which if you keep yourselves, you shall do well. Acts 15; 13 – 29.
   We cannot hold on to the gods of our father or mother’s house,(Genesis 31; 17 – 20; 30 – 35. Judges 6; 25 – 26).
   We must detach from the gods of our place of birth, or gods of any nation we are living. (Deuteronomy 12; 19- 32;2 kings 1; 1 – 6)
   We must never marry to any man or daughter of a strange gods, how much more to attach to the gods of our in-​laws or gods of our boss, mistress or an earthly king (1 kings 11; 4– 11; Daniel 3; 14 – 18.
   And God said unto Jacob, arise and go up to Bethel, and dwell there; and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
   Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments; and let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I go.
   And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods, which were in their hand and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by she-​chem. Genesis 35; 1 – 4.
   Carved images should never be in our possession for any reason, neither in our habitations, either for appreciation of art work, souvenir from a tourist land, or preservation of cultural heritage.
   For a bewitched believer like the foolish Galatians, they represented nothing, which is partially true, for the idols are nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one. 1 Corinthians 8; 4b.
   Mind you, those images are possessed of a demonic spirit, deity, or power of darkness. Additionally, the carved worker who scripted his image, did so in tribute to something or someone idolized – Moreover, the workers with familiar spirits and the wizards, and the images, and the idols and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the word of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord.2 Kings 23; 24. Ezekiel 6; 1 – 7.
   When we love, cherish and admire the world more than the Lord who created and died to save the world, we become part of a sinful and adulterous generation, which would not accept nor consider any of His way, for friendship with the world is enmity against God. Mark 8; 34 – 38. James 4; 4 – 5
   God’s opinion must be sought for, his pleasure must be satisfy, and his will must be done in all things we set our heart upon to do; if we are to have his backup, approval and blessings in our endeavors, for what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them as the Lord our God in all that we call upon him for?Deuteronomy 4; 7.
   Every sheep must be under constant watch of the Shepherd, for protection and guidance, and for his skillful experience in daily sustenance, care, and upbringing – The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want, he makes me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me besides the still waters.
   He restores my soul; He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Psalms 23; 1 – 3.
   Did you see the responsibilities and obligations of the Shepherd, His duties and debts to his sheep?
   He must give His life to defend the sheep, they will not get lost as long as they are within His view, and not wandering away from His presence and guidance — And David said unto Saul, thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock; and I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth; and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. I Samuel 17; 34 – 35.
   The shepherd must be in the front or take the lead– He leadeth me in the path of righteousness for his name’s sake.
   The shepherd must daily provide.
   The shepherd must look for the best field, where the grass is green, to lead and to nourish the sheep – and there was famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went down to Abimelech, king of Philistines unto Gerar.
   And the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I tell thee off; sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will all thee these countries… Genesis 26; 1 – 3.
   The shepherd must nurse the sheep, heal the sick, and gently lead those who are with infant — behold the Lord God will come, with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him, he shall feed his flock like a shepherd; he shall gather the lambs with his arms, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. Isaiah 40; 10 – 11.
   The shepherd must guide in the right paths of righteousness.
   If any sheep should walk away from the shepherding rod and watchful eyes of the shepherd, he stands the risk of being devoured and destroyed by wolves and other wild animals – But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.
   But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we anything, as long as we were conversant (close to them, not wander away from their sight) with them in the fields; they were a wall unto us both day and night, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. 1 Samuel 25; 14 – 16.
   Prophet Jonah was given direct commission and direction to the city of Nineveh for the final showdown with sin or salvation, repentance, or destruction from the almighty God.
   He was so unwilling and wicked in heart, against the mercies of God, to be shown to the Ninevites.
   Here, his eyes were evil, to the goodness of God — But Jonah rose up to flee unto the Tar– shish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tar-​shish; so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tar-​shish from the presence of the Lord.
   But the Lord sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
   Then said they unto him tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; what is thine occupation? and whence cometh thou? what is thy country? Out of what people art thou?
   Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, why hast thou done this? for the men knew that he fled from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them. Jonah 1; 6 – 10. 2 Chronicles 18; 12 – 17.
   Thus, any believer who is obstinate, self-​willed, and reckless against the direct will of God, will make himself a sheep without shepherd, exposed to danger and destruction. He shall carry bad luck and trouble for the people who are trying to help him, ignorantly or consciously, in his state of rebellion against God’s will. For He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength, who has ever hardened himself against Him, and prospered?
   A man that is an heretic, (truth opposition) after the first and second admonition reject; knowing that he that is such is subverted (turn out of the way, sheep without shepherd) and sinneth, being condemned of himself. Titus 3; 10 – 11.
   The word of God is the final authority, our compass in the ocean of life, and atlas in the wilderness of this world.
   When we chose to live without or outside the principles of the word God guiding our lives and affairs; we become a lost sheep, which does not listen to the voice of the shepherd– the man that wanders out of the way of understanding, shall remains in the congregation of the dead. Proverbs 21; 16.
   This is the congregation of the itching believer’s ears, feeding daily on flattering and soothing words, which are not piercing to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, of the joints and marrow, nor pricking to their hearts.
   When the word is no more a lamp unto our feet, and a light unto our path, then we shall be groping in the dark of this world without light and shall stagger like the drunken man out of the way, making ourselves like a sheep without shepherd. Titus 3; 10 – 11.
   The price, power and blessing of guidance in spiritual communication.
   And it came to pass, when the Lord would
   take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind,
   that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgah.
   And Elijah unto Elisha,Tarry here, I pray thee;
   for the Lord hath sent me to Bethel.
   And Elisha said unto him, As the Lord liveth,
   and as thy soul liveth, I will never leave thee.
   So they went down to Bethel. 2 Kings; 2; 1 – 14.
   The scripture before us was the account of the departure of Elijah from the earth and his separation from his servant’s prophet, Elisha.
   It has never been recorded that a son or servant of a prophet has ever reasonably argued with his master and have his way through. (A son or servant of the prophet is the same, which speaks of student in the prophetic school, serving under the prophet; awaiting his graduation into full time ministry).
   Consequences of spiritual rebellion are so great that every sons or servants of the prophet are very careful and subjective to their master’s instructions to the letters so that the wrath and anger of God should not befall them – Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eye service, as men pleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God. Colossians 3; 22.
   It is dangerous to be cursed by the anointed prophet, if you’re found standing on the way or against the move or the will of the Spirit of God, like in the case of Gehazi.
   Elisha resistance to the order of his master could not be possible if he had not received higher order and revelation from the Father which is from above, and above all, and in us all.
   Without any argument, Elijah understood and succumb to the spiritual ground and language power of his servant resistance to his direct order – And Elisha said unto him, As the Lord liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel and Jericho. Verses 2 & 4.
   Both knew what they were doing, but the right prevailed over the wrong.
   Perhaps one or two things prompted Elijah of not openly declared to Elisha of his taken away to heaven that day; namely — Trying to spare him of the sorrow and heaviness of the impact of his departure; but it could have been heavier and heartfelt for Elisha if he has not bid farewell to his master.
   Secondly, the spiritual selfishness of not wanting Elisha to rise above him — which I think should be the right cause.
   Studying the scripture downward on the same account, you’ll understand that God who is light, and in whom is no darkness, which does nothing without revealing to his servants the prophets, likewise made the departure of Elijah known by the spirit of revelation to the sons of the prophets in other cities of Bethel and Jericho. Vs 3 – 5.
   God never works in confusion, for what Elijah was trying to hide from Elisha was made visible and transparent to the sons of the prophets in other cities, but thank God, Elisha was not in obscurity, he was well informed as well – for at the mouth two or three witnesses, every matter is established.
   Perhaps, through his prophetic anointing and spiritual foresight, Elijah foresees the greater and surpassing glory of God upon Elisha’s life and ministry, in comparison to his life, ministry and success.
   Preventing this from happening, he must selfishly need to leave Elisha behind unannounced and departed from him unaware, without pronouncing his last blessings on him. Note, upon departure or graduation, the last blessing of a father to his son or of a master to his servant is of great spiritual value, which determines the future blessing and success of the beneficiary.
   The Lord has also instructed Elisha to see to it that he be with Elijah to wherever he go on that day until he witnessed his taken away, for therein lies the divine appointment and contact of power transferred –
   Oh that our soul would follow hard after him and his right hand shall uphold us in Jesus name. Psalms 63; 8.
   Elisha must pay the price before the double portion anointing of the power, glory and testimonies could be his – meaning, to be kept in the center of God’s will, you must disobey any other lord’s or master’s voice against the direct order of the Lord of lords.
   Secondly, to get the best from God, you must go or walk far with him as long and as much as possible.
   Thirdly, you must not give in to non committal idea to remain at Gilgah of any Elijah in your life; neither should you be content to stay with the sons of the prophets at Bethel or Jericho for the fear of being alone at the absence of your master.
   You cannot join affinity with the mockers, else you’ll ends up been like them. You see Elisha paying the price of determination to the mockeries of the sons of the prophets, turning deaf ears to abuses from both cities – knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head (bald head. 2 kings 2; 23.) today?
   Do not ever limit God to any Elijah under whom you are serving today.
   Listen to him but listen more to God and stand decisively and convincingly on what the Lord is speaking to you, for your promotion come from God, he lifts up one and put down the other.
   Chapter 3.
   The methods of spiritual communication.
   God who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past
   unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto
   us by his son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made world. Hebrews 1; 1 – 2.
   The network of God’s communication has clearly been revealed as the Father’s commission of all things to the Son, and His centralization of every contact to Himself through the one and only mediator, the Lord Jesus Christ.
   In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God.
   All things were made by him (by whom also he made the worlds); and without him was not anything made that was made.
   And the word was made flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father) full of grace and truth. John 1; 1 – 14.
   All truth of God’s knowledge and genuine contact in spiritual communication is grounded in the knowledge of knowing and accepting the Lord Jesus Christ as one’s Savior.
   The true understanding of God’s voice depends as well on the good understanding of His Christ life, teachings and doctrines. John 17; 3.
   On the mount of transfiguration, the glory of Christ was revealed to Peter, James and John, when Moses and Elijah were talking with Jesus concerning his death. The cloud overshadowed them and a voice out of the cloud, which said, this is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. Matthew17; 5.
   God’s testimony about his Son Jesus Christ in centralizing everything we must know and hear about Him is of concerned against heresy and deceit as people are preaching another Jesus, which the scriptures have not revealed; receiving another spirit, counterfeited to the Spirit of God; receiving another gospel, which is not accepted. 2 Corinthians 11; 4.
   The five fold ministerial gift is for the primary purpose of God reaching out to all and sundry, both in the church and in the world, to speak, warm and correct all for the imminent judgment to come upon the world of ungodly men and women through His faithful messengers as they fearlessly and charitably declares the word of God – And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom.
   And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy upon me, and sent Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
   But Abraham said, son, remember that thou in thy lifetime received thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
   And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed; so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us that would come from thence.
   Then he said, I pray thee therefore father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house; for I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
   Abraham saith unto him, they have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them (And he gave some, apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and some teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ; till we all come in the unity of faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the fullness of Christ. Ephesians 4; 11 – 14)
   And he said, nay, father Abraham; but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
   And he said unto him, if they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. Luke 16; 22 – 31.
   If Christ is in us, rich in all wisdom (The word made flesh), there is that spiritual link which activates and facilitates our accurate comprehension of every communication of the good shepherd to the sheep.
   If what we want is accurate and constant information from above, we must believe and continue in the word of God, and obey the teachings of the Lord Jesus (the gospel).
   It is not in Mary, the blessed earthly mother of the Lord.
   It is not in Joseph, his earthly father.
   Neither is it in Peter (Cephas the stone), but in Jesus himself, the Chief cornerstone.
   Neither is it in any of his disciples, but in the Master himself.
   The bible says in whom (Christ) we have boldness and access (to approach the throne of God for fellowship and petitions) with confidence by the faith of him”. Ephesians 3; 12.
   As New Testament believers, we don’t necessary need the intermediary of someone else (pastors, prophets or any others) apart from our faithful high priest, Jesus who died for us, before we can approach the throne of God. Hebrews 4; 14 – 16.
   Because Christ obtained eternal redemption for us, faith in His name and in the blood of His atonement, which was shed for the remission of our sins, opens the door for a permanent and constant fellowship with God in every second of the clock, twenty – four hours a day, seven times a week, three hundred and sixty five days a year, and much more, throughout all eternity.
   Any contact and prayer to God the Father which is not only by the only mediator between God and men, the Lord Jesus Christ (1 Timothy 2; 5) who is the only way (to God), the truth (of God) and the life (in God) must be a spiritual illusion, for He is the Father of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named. Ephesians 3; 14 – 15.
   Jesus is the word of God made flesh, and the final revelation of God’s will and purposes is only in the word of God, the scriptures.
   The true knowledge of God’s voice is in our good understanding of the scriptures, which speak about God and His Christ, with our careful and scrutinizing application of the word.
   The spiritual communication which is commonly known as the “RHEMA” (spoken word of God) could be much profitable in our life if we would diligently apply the scriptures from two or three references in judging and balancing the revelation(s) received, voice(s) heard, or messages given to us from people or from (whosoever) in the name of the Lord.
   The principles of God’s guidance(s) are easily discovered if we have the good knowledge of His characters and ways.
   How do we have a good knowledge of his characters and of his ways if we fail to search the scripture daily, which reveals the true nature of the Father, and to testify and teach us of the Son, and how to be his imitator?
   I know by experiences that the Lord has the way of directing and circumstances our path into the will of God (just like he did in the case of Rebecca, shortly after Abraham servant had prayed by the well) for the step of a good man are order by the Lord.
   There is nothing like co-​incidence in the affairs of the blood-​bought, steadfast and diligence covenant child, the happenings and experiences which are working patience, are the un-​folding of divine appointments, decrees and orders at the fullness of time, for he (God) performs the things that are appointed for us. Job 23: 14.
   God has a way of divinely enforcing our footsteps into the right place at the right time, if we are filled with the Holy-​Spirit.
   The bible says that the wind blows wherever it wants, and we can hear the sounds of its movements, but we cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes, so likewise a man born of the spirit. We see the case in Phillip the evangelist, who found himself miraculously displaced from Gaza to a street in Azotus, shortly after the baptism of the Ethiopian eunuch.
   If we don’t ask for guidance, we seldom receive this from God. The only condition to receive whatsoever we desire is to ask in the name of Jesus Christ, if the required condition of obedience is met.
   So Saul died for his transgression which he
   Committed against the Lord, even against the
   Word of the Lord, which he kept not, and also
   for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit
   to enquired of him. And enquired not of the Lord:
   therefore he slew him and turned the kingdom
   unto David the son of Jesse. 1 Chronicles 10; 13 – 14.
   Saul died prematurely for two reasons.
5. Because he spared and refused to destroy all that belongs to the Amalekites as commanded by God. 1 Samuel 13: 8 – 14. 15: 1 – 23.
6. Because he sought not to God, but to a witch who had a familiar spirit to enquired of it. 1 Samuel 28; 7 – 25.
   Disobedience to God’s word and reluctance to seek His face in every situation for constant guidance heavily constitutes the many failures and disappointments that could have been averted in the church.
   Happy is the man that feareth always; but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief – We must not be spiritually optimistic of any solution, until we take every challenge unique and our time to deal with every situation before God in the secret place of prayer. Proverbs 28; 14.
   When Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church, he succeeded in killing James, the brother of John. This was because the brethren did not sufficiently seek the Lord’s face in prayer, contrarily to Peter’s apprehension, when the church put aside her lateral thinking, taking things for granted and making prayer without ceasing unto God for Peter’s divine deliverance.
   The Gibeonites deception was successful against Joshua and the Israelites because they acted in haste and in simplicity without divine counsel from the mouth of the Lord and the people meant for destruction became dwellers among the Israelites to this day. Joshua 9; 14 – 27.
   The matter of not setting days aside monthly or yearly, seeking the Lord’s face in fasting and prayer should not be taken lightly as a sin which constantly obstructs and destroys God’s plans, as long as we’re so busy and distracted, involuntarily refusing to seek Him as the scripture commands us to seek the Lord and His strength, seeking His face evermore (Psalm 105; 4)
   This is what I call “spiritual vacancy or conger” (leave of absence), which is very important for balanced, strong, and good spiritual health and renewal, for the day of the Lord will come to destroy those who turned away from him (Backsliders) and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him. Zephaniah 1; 2 – 5.
   Prophets and prophetesses in spiritual communication
   In the Old Testament, the true Prophets and the Prophetesses were the spiritual philosophers, instructors, and guides of the believers in godliness and virtue.
   They lived a plain, simple, holy, and consistent life, and were highly esteemed as God’s mouthpiece among God fearing children – Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. 2 Chronicles 20; 20.
   Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was
   Kish, the son of A-​biel, the son of Zeror.
   And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young
   man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of
   of Israel a goodlier person than he:
   And the asses of Kish Saul’s father were lost. And Kish
   said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with
   thee, and arise, go seek the asses.
   And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed
   through the land of Shali-​sha, but they found them not:
   And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said
   To his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return;
   lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought
   for us.
   And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a
   man of God, and he is an honorable man; and all that he
   saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither:
   peradventure he can show us our way that we should go.
   (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God,
   thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the Seer: for he
   that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a
   Seer) …
   And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the Seer: go
   up before me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with
   me today, and tomorrow I will let thee go, and I will tell
   thee all that is in thine heart.
   As for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not
   thine mind on them; for they are found.
   And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on
   thee, and on all thy father’s house? 1 Samuel 11; 1 – 27.
   Samuel was consulted because it was normal for the Hebrews to enquire of God through a Seer, otherwise known as the Prophet, who sometimes gave direct message(s) from God by the revelation of the Holy-​Spirit, giving details, reasons, and solutions (God’s mind) to the problem at hand.
   False prophets can make bold, direct, and even fixed charges and sums for their services. The true ones minister freely and willingly, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God without the mind of gaining.
   Whether a gift is given or not as an act of appreciation and support of the prophet and his ministry, he cares not, for his God is his sufficiency.
   He doesn’t have the ability at all times to declare all that is in a man’s thoughts except for when God reveals them to him, otherwise he would becomes a “super Seer”, a false prophet, or a master prophet.
   And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.
   And he said Wherefore wilt thou go to him today? It is neither new moon, nor Sabbath. And she said, It shall be well…
   So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Ge-​hazi his servant, Behold, yonder is the Shu’nam-mite:
   Run now, I pray thee, to meet with her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee?-
   And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Ge-​hazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me. 1Kings 4; 22 – 27.
   In Amos chapter 3 verse 7, the bible declares that surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
   Elisha’s response to his servant’s action in thrusting this woman who lacked self-​control in her moment of loss indicates that is was customary for the Lord to tell secrets to the prophets (if He chooses).
   However, this time around, God had not revealed beforehand to His prophet, the predicament which has befallen the woman – Note; you must be careful of those super spiritual prophet of 24⁄7 prophetic ministry and ministrations.
   Prophet could be used by God for a whole nation to know the will of God and could be used as well for individuals as the Lord Jesus says that many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months when the great famine was upon the land, but unto none of them was Elijah sent, save unto Sarepta a city of Zidon, unto a woman that was a widow.…..Luke 3,25 – 27.
   And by a prophet (Moses) the Lord brought
   Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he
   preserved. Hosea 12; 13.
   And in these days came prophets from Jerusa–
   lem unto An-​ti-​och.
   And there stood up one of them named Aga-​bus,
   and signified by the spirit that there should be great
   dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass
   In the days of Claudius Caesar. Acts 11; 27 – 28.
   Now there were in the church that was at Antioch
   certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and
   Simeon that was called Niger…
   As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the
   Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul
   for the work whereunto I have called them. Acts 13; 1 – 2.
   A prophet foresees and prophesies by foretelling the future events that are always confirmed by God by bringing them to pass as a sign of His commissioning the prophet.
   Not all who have the gift of prophesying are prophets.
   God’s promise in the book of Joel chapter 2 verse 28 was not that all who prophesize in the local church are prophets and prophetesses, but rather, He meant that when the Holy Spirit shall be poured out, He will bring concomitantly the operating gift of prophesying. This is meant for the edification, exhortation, and comfort when the local church.
   By the way, not all that prophesy are prophets.1 Corinthians 12; 29.
   A prophet in his office operates over a broader region under this ministerial gift, than a believer who is manifesting the gift of prophecy.
   A prophet can be led to nations, places, and churches to fulfill his ministry, but you can always find permanent male and female believers in the local assemblies who also exercise the gift of prophesy.
   And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Ju-​dea a certain prophet, named Aga-​bus.
   And when he was come unto us, he took Paul’s girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews
   At Jerusa-​lem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles. Acts 21; 10 – 11.
   When He (Christ) ascended up on high, he led captivity captives and he gave gifts to men, to some he gave prophets, for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ… Ephesians 4; 8 – 13.
   There are true and proclaimed prophets of God in the body of Christ today, as well as numerous false prophets and deceitful workers of Satan in society and churches.
   There are some special marks and descriptions given from the scriptures to identify the false prophets who pretend to speak from the mouth of the Lord, while actually giving the prophesy and dreams of their own heart, or of demonic source as divine.
   The Lord Jesus Christ warns us of the deceptive works of false prophets, even though they may speak like God’s servants, and perform miracles to convince their listeners.
   And when they had gone through the isle unto
   Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-​jesus: Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergi-​us Paulus, a prudent man; who called forBarna-​bas and Saul, and desire to hear the word of God. But El y-​mas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith… Acts 13; 6 – 12.
   A false prophet can use magical spells, or other sorts of satanic power to bewitch his victim, and can sometimes recommend the use of fetish and amulets, using other means of spiritual protocols to administer healing and deliverance. These might include: demanding sacrifices of goat, white or any colored clothes etc, anything apart from pure and sincere faith in the stripes of the Lamb of God who died on the cross. And thus he deceives his victims that all such things are made by God, and his demonic revelations are from heaven.
   He has little or no interest in considering total submission to God’s word as the final authority in people’s life.
   He often uses force to victimize or intimidate in a form of spiritual authority over people, instead of leaving them to the conviction or witness of the Spirit of God, using persuasion through humility, which stems from biblical authority.
   He counsels unscriptural practices to people, such as washing in the sea, sacrificing cocks or goats, sacrificing animals as old testament types etc, burning candles and incense for prayer, or using certain type of cloth’s color an obligation (white or red, blue or black) to worship God.
   He may put some special demonic anointed ring(s) on any of his hand, chains on his neck, and black or red towel to clean up his face when operating.
   He preached another Jesus, whom has not been preached to the church; he minister another spirit, apart from the Holy-​Spirit of God; and delivers another gospel, which is not acceptable. 2 Corinthians 11; 4.
   They promise liberty, but they themselves are the servants of corruption.
   They may be using the name of some Jesus to blindfold the indiscernible, holding the word of God in unrighteousness, talking it with their mouths, but their manners of life (fruits) betrays them.
   Commonly, when a false prophet speaks, his words are not always confirmed, except with the aid of satanic power, to confuse and deceive the heart of simple and indiscernible.
   Even before and during the days of Jesus on earth it has been that some of the Jews used the power of Beelzebub to cast out demons and to divine or forecast. Revelation 18; 14.
   He might once have been a genuine child of God, but along the way, Satan might have beguiled his greedy and covetous heart, which was desirous of a greater premature power, glory, gain, and fame, forsaking the right way, going astray, and following the way Ba’laam, all for the wages of unrighteousness.
   But the prophet which shall presume to speak
   a word in my name, which I have not commanded
   him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other
   gods, even that prophet shall die.
   And if thou say in thy heart, How shall we know the
   word which the Lord hath not spoken?
   When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD,
   if the thing follow not, nor come to pass,
   that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but
   the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shall
   not be afraid of him. Deuteronomy 18; 20 – 22.
   Women’s ministry in the New Testament church.
   Let your women keep silence in the churches;
   for it is not permitted unto them to speak, but
   they are commanded to be under obedience as
   alsosaith the law.
   And if they will learn anything let them ask their
   husbands at home; for it is a shame for woman to
   speak in the church.
   What? came the word of God out from you? or came
   it unto you only?
   If any man think himself to be a prophet (claim to hear
   or see from God) or spiritual, let him acknowledge
   that the things that I write unto you are the command–
   ments of the Lord.
   But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.
   1 Corinthians 14; 34 – 38.
   The word of God is pure and his commandment is everlasting.
   The good intensions of many of those women parading and presenting themselves as Pastors, Prophetess, Reverend, Evangelist etc are not sufficient, neither enough to justified their open rebellion, defiant and carnal and sensual zealousness against the word of God, but divine approval is the essence.
   Anything outside the word of God is of the devil, the flesh and of the world, which divine approval shall frown at and in the end, being dis-​obedient and condemned.
   The law and grace forbids and contradict the woman taken up authority in the church because of her position in the creation and her role in the fall.
   If a woman also vow a vow unto the Lord, and bindeth
   herself by a bond… and her husband heard it, and held his
   his peace at her in the day that he heard it, then her vows
   shall stand, and her bounds wherewith she bound her soul
   shall stand.
   But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it;
   then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which
   she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul of none
   effect; and the Lord shall forgive her. Numbers 30; 3 – 8.
   The matrimonial authority given to the man is extended to the church, to the end that being first created and placed in the garden and taught by God on what to do should maintain his leadership and headship role by teaching the woman all the time in all that he learns from God.
   There are many constructive and non negotiable roles and parts that the daughters of Zion should play in the church to assist the pastor, or the elders for the good of all.
   She can also be a leader over a particular group of women in the church, or if a pastor’s wife, could be the mother of the church in women’s affairs. She is not a pastor because she is a pastor’s wife, neither a bishop because her husband is a one – Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Ce’phas? 1 Corinthians 9; 5.
   She may, if allowed by the minister in charge, give seminars and edifying teachings to the group of young women in the church on how to keep the house, love their children and husbands.
   Woman in the new testament church can be a strong force and pillar of the local assembly in intercessory prayer group; prophesying in the assembly during general worship, direct praise and worship, become a deaconess, evangelized as a branch in the vine, which is meant for her fruit bearing in her personal witness or group evangelism.
   She has been called to be keepers at home and shall be saved in childbearing if she continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
   Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
   I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority
   over the man, but to be in silence.
   For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
   And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being
   deceived was in the transgression. 1 Timothy 2; 11 – 14.
   The doctrine of man and woman equality was first established in the garden by the Satan, as the serpent taught the woman contrary to what God taught Adam as she went and indoctrinated Adam against the very word of God.
   The equality that man share with the woman in union with Christ as being heirs together of the grace of life is never to be made equal in power and authority which was bestowed upon the man.
   In divine relationship, our Lord Jesus shares oneness with the Father — I and my Father are one, (John 10; 30). In the same time, he recognized and acknowledged the supremacy and authority of the Father above him when he said, My Father is greater than I. (John 14; 28).
   The head of every man is Christ; and the head of woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.
   I wonder how many women were appointed when the Lord sent out the seventy two by two to preach, or how many women were among the twelve disciples chosen, which were later called apostles, or do you think Christ made a mistake? No, never.
   Spiritual communication bya small, still voice.
   And they (Adam and Eve) heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day and Adam and his wife hid themselves. Genesis 3; 8.
   Shame is the promotion of fools, says the scriptures.
   It was quite unusual that the presence and communion with God that was once embraced, enjoyed, sought, and longed for by Adam and Eve in the garden seized to be desirable and pleasurable to them because of the presence of sin.
   The first parents were apprehensive of the consequences of disobeying God.
   They experienced the love and tender care of God, but were alien to divine justice, unfamiliar with divine chastening and ignorance of the integrity of God’s word (the day you eat of the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall die) thus they took the goodness of God for granted.
   One of the things the devil lies greatly about is the idea that there is no eternal hell fire awaiting the sinful impenitent heart (second death). This gives license to many people who are now willfully and deliberately living in sin, making light the warnings and consequences of ‘living to oneself’.
   The voice of God is the compass, balance, scale, center, level, height, strength, light, power and everything in our relationship and walk with him. Psalm 85; 8.
   The voice of God’s word is life and spirit, and if we walk obediently and positively in accordance to it, then the presence of God and the power of life which is in the word produces blessings and other great rewards.
   In this manner, we can be certain that no matter where we are, we have the assurance of his abiding presence, and the spiritual plane of our destiny is in communication with the control room so that we are not lost in the radar, in the midst of storms, turbulence, lightening, or whatsoever.
   If we walk and act defiantly contrarily to the voice of God’s word, instructing us from the celestial control room, we stand the risk of crashing our eternal plane, our destiny, and losing our lives – wherefore King Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision. Acts 26; 19.
   The word from God, or the voice of God’s word, have the projective power to transfuse both life and death, while the adversary’s voice is only meant to deceive, and if successful, to captivate into ‘self fullness, ‘self interest’, ‘self gratification’ and attainments. This will lead to man’s perdition and destruction, because the bible says, if you live after the flesh, you shall die; (second death or hell in eternity) but if you mortify the deeds of the body through the help of the Holy Spirit, you shall live (eternal life or gain your soul).
   Genesis chapter 3 verse 8 speaks about the ‘cool of the day’ as the time of God’s time of daily visitation, communication, and inspection to the garden.
   Every believer must know the time in his fellowship, experience and relationship in the cool of his day with God, if we must understand His voice.
   The cool of the day is the place of quietness, or the path of still waters.
   King David wrote in Psalms 23 chapter verses 1 – 2.
   The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want; he maketh me to lie down in green pastures. ‘He leadeth me beside the still waters’.
   The path of still waters is the way of Christian character.
   It is the mark of a righteous man, the reflection and confidence of an inward and outward security, and of inherent qualities of mind and character from the fruit of righteousness that is sown in them that know and make peace.
   The fruit of self-​control in the Holy Spirit enables the mature believer to behave and quiet himself, as a child that is weaned by his mother.
   Although he is cast down, he is not yet destroyed, he continues to possess hope in God, and continues his praises to his God for the help of his countenance.
   That place of still waters is the place of constant meditation in God’s word day and night, drawing water with joy from the well of salvation.
   Difficult situations never make a mature Christian obstreperous, in contrast to the wicked man, who is like the troubled sea, who cannot rest, and whose waters cast up mire and dirt, (Without calmness of soul and spirit) there is no peace for the wicked, saith the Lord.
   The measure of quietness we have, is the capacity of our spiritual ability to hear the small, still voice of God, even in the most difficult periods of time, as the bible says: And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers;
   And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, this is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left. Isaiah 30; 18 – 21.
   When you are engulfed with problems, you should wait on God.
   Waiting is twofold: first, the waiting produces patience, and then this patience produces experience.
   Secondly, waiting means to fast, as in the scriptures of the prophets, climbing the mountain (your mountain can be in your closet or an isolated place) to renew your strength, to grow wings like an eagle, to walk through the troubles and not faint, to walk through problems and not weary.
   Knowledge of discernment to speak words in due season is of great importance, as there is always a time to speak in every believer’s life, and a time to keep silent.
   Talkativeness is never a sign of ‘spirituality or maturity’, but a weakness, carnality and stupidity in a believer, for a fool, says the scriptures, is full of words; and the beloved Apostle Paul, exhorted us to ‘study to be quite’. 1 Thessalonians 4; 11.
   Both inward and outward quietness is required of us as children of God, for some outwardly looks appear quiet but are inwardly rough and noisy.
   The pretentious that hide the old man should cease at once, as he put off the old man at the expense of ‘self mortification’, so that the exalted Christ might increase his fullness in and through us daily, as we shine as light in the world.
   Prophet Elijah had a great experience and victory over the backslidden Israelites and the four hundred and fifty false prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel in the consuming fire of God’s manifestation (symbol of
   God expressing divine displeasure that the Jews had performed spiritual adultery).
   This was in response to His servant’s imploration to consume his brunt’s sacrifice by fire.
   Jezebel, upon hearing the news of her Prophets defeat and death by the hand and order of Elijah, threatened to take away the life of Elijah in retaliation for her false prophet lives.
   Elijah took to his heel to save himself from the hands of Jezebel, but on his way to meet God, there was a great and strong wind.
   Elijah might have remembered the manifestation of God’s presence before the crossing of the red sea, when Moses, through divine instruction, stretched out his hand over the sea for it to go back to a strong east wind the entire night, and made the sea dry land…
   And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground. Exodus 14; 21 – 22.
   Elijah jeopardized his life by running expectantly into the great and strong wind which rent the mountains, and break in pieces the rocks before the Lord, to welcome the presence of the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. 1 Kings 19; 11.
   After the wind, there was a great trembling of earth.
   Surely, the Lord has now finally arrived, thought Elijah, for I remembered the rebellion of Dathan, Korah and Abiram in the wilderness to Promised Land against my fellow prophet Moses, as God spoke through the manifestation of his divine displeasure in causing the rebels and their company to be swallowed by an earthquake.
   Elijah ran into the earthquake to meet God but the Lord was not in the earthquake. 1 kings 19; 11.
   After the earthquake was a fire.
   What a waste of time and energy! Thought Elijah.
   I would have thought quickly enough for the repetition of the Mount Carmel manifestation before I ventured myself into the noisy, great, and strong wind. Furthermore, I would have risked my life to enter the earthquake to seek God, notably the consuming fire of mount Carmel is here, the prophet soon discovered, as he approached the fire, that it was merely the manifestation of the Divine presence — the Lord was not in the fire. 1 kings 19; 12.
   Elijah’s experiences of a great, strong wind, an earthquake, and fire are the manifestations of Divine displeasure. These are also the instruments of God in divine visitation such as the hurricanes Wilma, Katrina, and Tsunamis etc.
   ‘Thou shall be visited of the Lord of host with thunder
   and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and
   tempest and the flame of devouring fire’. Isaiah 29; 6.
   After the fire, a still quite voice.
   When he heard a small still voice speaking to him, that he wrapped his face in the mantle (comported himself) and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave.
   And behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, ‘what doest thou here Elijah? 1 Kings 19; 13.
   Never bought the bragging and the intimidation of the enemy for a second, for the righteous are bold like lion, for fear torments.
   Whenever the fury of the oppressor arose, either in the earthquake experience, whirlwind or fire, be still, always remember God that is a far off, your strength is in confidence and quietness in Him.
   Sennacherib king of Assyria has defeated many nations whose god is not the Lord God of heaven and earth — for blessed is the nation, whose God is the Lord, and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. Psalm 33; 12.
   King Sennacherib has disgraced, en-​slaved and destroyed nations as he desired, then he proceeded to victimize the nation of Israel and king Hezekiah in like manner.
   He sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to King Hezekiah with a great army, demanding that the children of God should willingly surrender, and subject themselves under tribute of Sennacherib, the King of Assyria.
   Rabshakeh boasted of their previous victories and dominations over nations which had not the God of Jacob as their God, defying the Lord of host. He then threatened to invade Jerusalem, but the people of Jerusalem and King Hezekiah servants held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the King commandment was, saying, answer him not; meaning, silence is the best answer for a fool. Isaiah 36; 21.
   I love the strategy adopted by the Holy Spirit in this situation, and the result. God pleaded and defended the cause of his children against an ungodly nation and people. For He said, the reproaches of them that reproached you fell on me.
   In Isaiah chapter Thirty-​Seven, we read the conclusion of the challenges of the Assyrians army, the prayer of Isaiah the prophet and the outcome of the destruction that befell one-​hundred and eighty-​five thousand combatants of the enemy. This came to pass when God sent an angel of death to visit the camp of the Assyrians soldiers at midnight, and the next day, behold, they were all dead corpses.
   What a man of war our God is! What a mighty and awesome God we serve!
   Intimacy in relationship brings revelation of His divine personality.
   If we keep a good, serious, and faithful relationship with God, it shall be impossible for the enemy to rob and spoil us, as long as we are communicating with Him in our going out and coming in. 1 Samuel 25; 15.
   The intimacy of our relationship with God determines the position of our
   relationship, and this reveals the level of growth in our spiritual life-​Little children, young men or fathers.
   The position of our relationship with God determines the authority which we possess and exercise in the body.
   The disciple who always leans on the Master’s breast or bosom (outward sign of total and complete trust, self-​abandonment to Christ, intimacy, reliance and dependency) is more likely to hear Christ more clearly, even if it just a ‘whispering’ of Him. He is much more likely to hear the small still voice, in comparison with other disciples who were at a little distance away from His ‘bodily contact’, for he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
   We are the body of Christ and members in particular, in Him all parts of the body join together and compress by that which every joint supplieth. This is according to the effective functioning of each bodily part, which maketh the body grow in the edification of itself in love.
   The closest we move to Christ, the best it is for all the members to profit and the better it is for us to get to know Him more. James 4; 8. Job 22; 21. John 23; 23 – 25.
   We are chosen to hear the voice of His mouth. God planted the ears for the purpose of hearing, and wants all of his children to hear Him speaking. For this reason there is the divine ability in every genuine children of God to hear His voice as the Lord said, ‘My sheep hear my voice’.
   Hearing the voice of the Lord (small still voice) was promised by the Lord to his disciples of all ages when he said, what I tell you in darkness ( in the night or in your closest) that speak ye in the light (in the open or day time).
   And what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. Matthew 10; 27.
   Messages are received in form of a dictation whereby the topic is given audibly, sometimes when searching the scriptures, the inner man receives a word, transmitted into my mind and ear, then through the help of the Holy Spirit, by the scriptures which I have in me, begins to elaborates, expand and develops into a complete message.
   All this, said David, the Lord made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern. 1 Chronicles 28; 19.
   We shall always need help from the written word of God for assistance and consultation, for a balanced, meaningful, and truthful spiritual life in Christ Jesus.
   The Lord testified to this by saying, My doctrine is not mine, but His that sent me ; if any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. John 7; 16 – 17.
   When a believer in Jesus Christ cannot endure the written word in all its ‘sound doctrine’, then it shall be difficult for its itching ears to hear the Lord clearly. This is the reason why many are living a confused and worldly-​oriented Christian life.
   Several scriptural instances of men’s hearing the voice of God.
7. And they (Adam and Eve) hear the voice of God walking in the garden in the cool of the day..
   And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked. Genesis 3; 8 – 10.
8. Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will show thee. Genesis 12; 1.
   3….And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven….
   And behold, the Lord stood above it, and said. (So it is possible to hear the voice of God in a dream while sleeping as well as being awake. Genesis 28; 11 – 16.
9. And the Lord said unto Moses, lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee…. Exodus 19; 9.
10. My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.
    With him I will speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches… Numbers 12; 6 – 7.
11. And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire; ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude, only you heard a voice. Deuteronomy 4; 9 – 20.
12. For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such things as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it ?
    Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of fire, as thou hast heard and live? Deuteronomy 4; 32 –33.
13. For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty… and this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him on the holy mount.
14. And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? Acts 22; 7.
15. And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I was prayed in the temple, I was in a trance; And saw him saying unto me,make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem : for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me. Acts 22 ; 17 – 18.
    Gifts of revelation in Spiritual communication.
    Out of the nine gifts of the Holy Spirit, three gifts fall under the gifts of revelation.
    These are the word of wisdom, the word of knowledge, and the discernment of spirit. 1 Corinthians 12; 8.
    The word of knowledge reveals facts, and gives divine information on things that could not naturally be received.
    It can reveal man’s personality, human activities, or imminent danger, and, it can solve problems etc.
    Manifestations of the word of knowledge in spiritual communication and several examples from the scriptures.
    –Saul and a servant of Saul received a word of knowledge from Samuel that the asses they were looking for are found. 1 Samuel 9; 20.
    –Joseph interpreting dreams for the chief butler and chief baker. Genesis 40; 9 – 22.
    –Jesus declaration of Nathaniel’s integrity on their first encounter — behold an Israelite indeed, in who is no guile. John 2; 25.
    –Prophet Elisha declaration of Gehazi corruption in Namaan’s case – And he said unto him, went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and the maidservants? The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee and unto thy seed for ever. 2 kings 5; 26 – 27.
    –Syrians evil plans against Israel exposed and defeated. 2 kings 6; 8 – 12.
    –King Hazael wickedness and lawlessness on the throne foretold by Elisha before he became king. 2 king 8; 12.
    –Jesus and the disciples in search for a place for the Passover feast. Luke 22; 7 – 13.
    –Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well of Jacob– He told me all that ever I did. John 4; 17 – 18.
    –Jesus stood still, looking up at the tree where Zacchaues climbed to see him, for he knew he was there, searching and longing for Him. Luke 19; 5.
    –Jesus instructed Peter to go to the sea for a catch of fish to pay their tax.
    Matthew 17; 27.
    –Ananias and wife exposed by Peter in their deceitful act against the church. Acts 5; 1 – 10.
    Children of Satan and deceitful workers can also give word of knowledge. Nearly everything from God is counterfeited by the enemy through palm readers, numerology, astrology, soothsaying etc. Be careful.
    Manifestations of the word of wisdom in spiritual communication and several examples from the scriptures.
    –King Solomon in the case of the two harlots. 1 king 3; 16 – 28.
    –Wise woman from Tekoa vs. David in Absalom returned from exiled. 2 Samuel 14; 1 – 22.
    –Jesus response as to whether to pay tribute or not– give to Caesar what belongs to caesare and to God what belongs to God. Matthew 22; 18 – 21.
    –James resolving the problem at the council at Jerusalem. Acts 15; 13 – 22.

• Word of wisdom predicted by Jesus to be given at the hour of persecution —-But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what you shall speak ; for it shall be given you in that same hour what you shall speak.— Matthew 10 ; 18 – 20.
  –The Syrophenician woman’s wisdom response to Jesus — Truth, Lord, yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fell from their masters’ table. Matthew 15; 27.
  None but the Spirit of God can put this gracious word in her mouth in order to break the bone of Jesus’ argument against healing her daughter.
  Manifestations of the gifts of discernment in spiritual communication and several examples from the scriptures.
  -But he perceived (discerned) their craftiness. Luke 20; 23.
  –Apostle Paul and the lady possessed with python spirit– And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying; the same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, this, these men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. And this did she many days, but Paul, being grieved, (discerned) turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her. And he came out the same hour. Acts 16; 16 – 18.
  –The Shunemite woman recommended Elisha to her husband for accommodation…behold now, Iperceive that this is an holy man of God which passes by us continually…. 2 Kings 4; 8 – 10.
  –Nehemiah escaped the trap of false prophesy– And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me; for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. Nehemiah 6; 12.
  –Prophet Eli in Samuel mid-​night call by God in the temple…And Eli perceived that the Lord has called the child. 1 Samuel 3; 8.
  –A young man who fabricated a story to impressed David did so to get a reward at the cost of lying to die, snared to death by his own mouth – And David said unto him, how was not thou afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy Lord’s anointed? And David called one of the young men, and said, go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.
  And David said unto him, thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified (discerned) against thee, saying, I have slain the Lord’s anointed. 2 Samuel 1; 3 – 16. (4) 10.

And a woman having alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she poured it on his head.
And there were some that had indignation within themselves; and said, why was this waste of the ointment made? For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
And Jesus said Let her alone….. Verily I say unto you, wheresoever’s this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her. Mark 14; 3 – 9.
Whatsoever you may call it, be it perception, insight, foresight, apprehension, discernment, etc, all of these are correct. We must pray for these virtues to develop into manifestations in our spiritual life.
The old proverb says; A stitch in time, saves nine.
The stitch in time is simply the act of sewing up a small hole in a piece of material, and so saving the need for stitching more at a later date, when the hole has become larger.
This proverb encourages immediate efforts rather than putting things off until later; what you have to do, do it quickly and presently.
Many follow the crowd and majority, so that they lost their own sense of personal spiritual duty, responsibility, and reasoning.
Our spiritual life and relationship with God is unique, and never should we follow the crowd and majority. This causes us to lose our own sense of personal spiritual duty, responsibility, reasoning, and sight of God’s guidance…
This is the reason we must develop an intimacy with God and place ourselves alongside of him in all that he is doing or about to do in our individual lives.
For example, you see the life of Mary Magdalene, which was full of devotion, attachment, and uncompromised service for her Master and Lord.
She always listened to the voice of the Spirit of God within her without seeking for second opinion. This might have been affected by the enemy, to stop her from accomplishing the greatest and most important service of her life through carnal reasons of why this waste, by the way God is not a waster, has he not once taught that nothing should be lost! Mark 14; 4. John 6; 12.
Mind you, if there is anyone who deserves our greatest attention, devotion, and the best part of our possession in worship and reverence, it is none other but CHRIST THE SON OF GOD WHO LOVED ME AND GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ME.
Beloved, let us open up to the spirit of God, let us listen to His voice and let Him lead us into our most important life service. This service shall forever be spoken of us wherever there are people who witness or benefit from our love of labor in faith.
Mary Magdalene could not have done this if she followed the crowd, if she chose not to discern the voice of the Spirit of God and her Master’s need in that hour.
As they say, a stitch in time saves nine, and procrastination is the thief of time.
It was too late for those women who rose up early in the morning on that first day of the week, which went to the tomb of Jesus to anoint his body (Mark 16; 1 – 8).
A woman of great spiritual intuition and faith has already done that against the burial of Christ (Mark 14; 8); her testimony was sealed, her work was approved and her name is spread about as Christ gospel is preached around. Amen.
Spiritual communication through inspirational or vocal gifts.
Under inspirational or vocal gifts falls the gifts of prophesy, of diverse kinds of tongues, and of interpretation of tongues.
God promised through his prophet Joel in chapter 2; 28…that your sons and daughters shall prophesy.
The gift of prophecy can reveal the secrets of man’s heart and the secrets of the enemy. It is for edification, exhortation, and comfort to the church. 1 Corinthians 14; 3 – 5; 24 – 25.
All gifts are wonderful and important, but Apostle Paul declares that greater is he that prophesy than he which speaks in an unknown tongue.
I have been privileged and I continue to enjoy the manifestation of the gift of prophesy through the brethren. Accurate and specific true words of prophecy are given to me by the Holy Spirit, for guidance, instructions, and warnings.
Prophesy are not to be despised. The spirit of true prophesies is the testimony of Jesus Christ. It must be sifted and proved by the help of the scriptures and the inner witness of the Holy Spirit which dwells in us. 1 Thessalonians5; 20. 1 Corinthians 14; 22.
If a brother or sister prophesizes in the church, it does not qualify them for the ministry of the prophet or prophetesses. The ministry of a prophet falls under a special greater work of responsibility in the body of Christ, which of course excludes women in the New Testament church.
Though Philip the evangelist had four daughters who prophesied, this did not make them prophetesses.
We may found many believers in a local church which prophesy, but a prophet in the real sense of Ephesians 4:11 may not be presence. Acts 21; 9.
When the gift of diversities in tongues is in operation, and a gifted interpreter of tongues is present, we can receive communication from God through these manifestations. 1 Corinthians 14; 27 – 28.
Spiritual communication through the ministering spirits. (Angels).
Are they not all ministering spirits (angels) sent forth to minister for them who shall be heir of salvation? Hebrews 1; 14.
I am saying again as I said before, we must scrutinize any method or means of message (s) that we are receiving. This is because the devil counterfeits everything from God, in order to mislead and destroy, as he disguises himself as an ‘’angel of light’’.
We must be discernible and be sound in the knowledge of God’s word to be able to overcome him. 2 Corinthians 11; 14.
Angelic channel in spiritual communication can be visible and vice versa.
They can transform themselves into human beings in terrestrial bodies to instruct and aid in troubling situations without, if necessary, the beneficiary having the slightest knowledge of the personality of the helper.
The second persecution of the early church brought the apostles into prison and there we had the account of their first miraculous escape from the prison as God sent an angel to opened the door of the prison and to let them out — -Acts 5 ;19.
Peter, while in the prison of Herod waiting for his execution was rescued
by an angel of God and was delivered from untimely death sentence hanging on his head. Acts 12;7 – 11.
The births of Samson, John the Baptist, and Jesus our Lord, were the results of the announcements of the ministering spirits.
At conversion, a prophesy went out before me that told me I should be awake at 2 am to pray. I didn’t have an alarm and it was not a time when mobile phones were common in Africa, so I could not use the alarm in the mobile to wake myself up. I asked the Lord to help me awake up at this appointed time so as to respect the divine appointment.
To my surprise, just at exactly 2am, I knew I felt a hand that touched to wake me up to pray, but I never saw anyone in the room beside me when I awoke.
This continued for three or more good years of my conversion and I concluded that this was an angel of God as in the case of Elijah.
In his experience, he ran from Jezebel and slept under the tree when an angel touched him, woke him up, and gave him food to eat. 1 kings 19; 5.
Fifteen years ago, with the company of my wife and three other Angolans brethren, we were on our way to Luanda crossing the Oshikango border from Naminbia to the Namankunde village under Cunene, a province of Angola, of which Onjiva is the capital.
We could not find a truck (for only liquor trucks driving to Angola could ply the route) and the night was falling so we decided, the five of us, to walk down to the nearest border village to pass the night, or perhaps, if we were fortunate, to find a truck to take us to Ondjiva.
It was getting dark, around 8pm I suppose, and after walking an hour or more, we reached a place where the road split in two. No one knew which of the two to roads to take in order to reach the right place.
While deliberating in confusion, we noticed the presence of a villager behind us, whom we had never noticed our entire passage, nor at the border when we had decided to go on foot.
We were not very frightened at his presence, for he looked calm and peaceful. We demanded of him if he may direct us to the right route to Namakunde, and he directed us to continue walking straight before he took the other road.
I concluded that this man who appeared as a villager, was an angel of God sent forth to keep us in our way. Psalms 91; 11.
–Hagar and angel when she ran away from her mistress house, instructed by an angel to go back home and submit herself to her mistress authority. Genesis 16; 9.
–Angel and Balaam in his error. Numbers 22; 32.
–Prophet Elijah instructed by an angel of God to comfort the messengers of the king of Samaria in their error. 2 kings 1; 3.
–Cornelius received communication form an angel sent from God to tell him on steps to take so as to be able to receive the words of eternal life to be saved. Acts 10; 3 – 7.
–Apostle Paul in the danger of shipwrecked received assurance of safety and journey mercies from an angel sent from God. Acts 27; 3.
Spiritual communication by circumstances and situations.
There are times where we do not hear a voice, nor did an angel send from God, nor prophetic utterances spoken, neither revelations given, dreams and visions are scarce, diversities of tongues are nowhere to be found, neither interpretations of tongues, still yet, God is speaking and we are not hearing, neither seeing anything.
Our eyes are giving to see and brain and mind to reason and think.
The Jews to whom the prophet Haggai prophesied never received the message correctly in their situations and circumstances despite all the setbacks they were encountering. They were still spiritually blind to the sight of their plights, and deaf to the voice of their circumstances as they were saying, the time has not come for the Lord’s house to be built. Haggai 1; 2.
The Lord said, you never got my message through your ‘much labor’ ‘little profit’ situation, neither through the wasteful usage of the instrument I fashioned for you.
God continued to say that he withheld rain from falling, in order to cause little or poor harvest, while at the same time challenging them to wake up to their situation, and to consider their ways of setting their priorities right by putting Him and serving His interests first. Haggai 1; 1 – 11.
The bible speaks of the children of Issachar, who had the knowledge of the times, and knew what Israel ought to do in any current situation and in any circumstances. 1 Chronicles 12; 32.
There is a voice of God or divine message to learn and to grasp in our situations and circumstances. This responsibility rests on us to pray for understanding of the different seasons and times as they are communicated to us by God, knowing that he changes times and seasons.
The Lord took Jeremiah to the potter’s house and spoke to him through the work his servant found the potter molding with the clay. Jeremiah 18; 2.
The Potter molded the clay according to his pleasure and desire, some good, some bad.
Then the Lord told his servant that the situation and circumstance he found the clay in the hands of the potter is just how the children of Israel are in his hand. Vs 4 – 6.
In 1 Samuel 10, the bible recorded the anointed of Saul as the first king of Israel.
Prophet Samuel told him all that he needed to know for the information to the recovery of the loss asses of his father; the purpose and foreknowledge of divine plan which directed him to the prophet for consultation.
The man of God gave him six prophesies and signs which had to come to pass in that same day in order to confirm the election and anointment of Saul to the throne of Israel.
–The announcements by two men that the lost asses were found and recovered. Vs 2.
–Saul receiving favour of God from three men going to worship at Bethel which offered him two loaves of bread.
–Shall pass through the garrison of the Philistines. 5a.
–Meeting a company of prophet with instruments of praise and prophesying. 5b.
–Saul shall be baptized there by the baptism of the Holy– spirit and become a new creature. Vs 6.
–And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou shall do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee. Vs 7.
On the other hand, Samuel was saying, I anoint you by divine appointment and I prophesied the presence and purposes of God into your life, you don’t need God to speak to you again, as all these signs shall come to pass, and the situations and circumstances you’ll find yourself in shall speak for themselves, where you must act and do accordingly.
We found a similar situation in David’s circumstances shortly after the deaths of Saul, his son Jonathan, Abner, the captain of Saul’s army and Mephiboseth, Saul’s grandson. 2 Samuel chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4.
In chapter 5, all the tribes gathered and subjected themselves to David, and reminded him of God’s promise concerning his exaltation and glory to be captain and shepherd over his people. Vs 2.
Everything was working in David’s favor; the Lord is perfecting all things concerning his servant, as he was increasing daily. Vs 3 – 10.
Foreign kings even sent emissaries, ambassadors, and architects to build him a presidential palace. By all those events, David perceived that the Lord had established him king over his own people…….vs. 12.
God utilized the situations and circumstances to speak to David, saying; Now you are king, can’t you see how the people are giving you royalty honor, arise and begin to exercised your royal authority and take possession!
David consulted with the captains of hundreds and thousands, and with every leader, in order to bring the ark of God to Jerusalem from Kirjathjearim.
The ark was carried in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab; and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart, but along the way unto the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark in his over-​zealousness, for the oxen stumbled.
The anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzza, and He smote him, because he has put forth his hand to the ark; and there he died before the Lord. 1 Chronicles 13.
David was at first displeased at the Lord smiting Uzza to death, but after deep understanding of how acceptable service and relationship with God must be after due order, (God’s work must be done His way, and not the other way round) he appointed the Levites, chosen by God to carry the ark of God, to minister unto him forever. Thus God communicated to David through the death of Uzzah that you must not dare to intrude into another man’s ministry beyond your call, either by curiosity or over-​zealousness. – And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites …and said unto them, ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.
For because ye did it not at the first, the Lord our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order. 1 Chronicles 15; 1 – 2; 13.
Dreams in spiritual communication.
All dreams must be evaluated and sifted by the word of God.
The simplicity that is in Christ and his easy yoke and light burden should empower and guard us against the lies and attacks of the enemy which are meant to manipulate or confuse us through dream.
The interpretation of dreams belongs to God.
We should prayerfully seek God’s face for any dream that is not clear and expect the Holy-​Spirit to teach us the entire truth in any situation through the help of the Scriptures.
Mediums, astrologers, soothsayers, wise men of this world, magicians, or dream interpretation books should not be used to resolve any doubt, or repel any fears about dreams.
Not everything you see in the dream, about you or someone else, should be spoken to people. You may need only to pray over a particular situation for somebody, for the Lord reveals so that you stand in the way for the person involved. You should only step in when you are absolutely sure that the Lord wants you to communicate to warn the person or to redress his life.
In every means of spiritual communication, the discernment of spirit and harmonization with the word of God should always be considered first.
For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceive it not.
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumbering upon the bed; then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction.
That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and pride from man. He
keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the
sword. Job 33; 14 – 18.
A dream is a spiritual drama in your head that appears and presents through imagery the thoughts in your heart while you are sleeping. This may be in the form of foretelling a future, warning of a danger, or announcing the arrival of a blessing – I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace; I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me. Daniel 4; 4 – 5.
And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren; and they hated him yet the more. And he said unto them, hear I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed; for behold, we are we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and obeisance to my sheaf. And his brethren said to him, shall thou indeed reign over us? Or shall thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.
And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and; behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. And he told it his father, and to his brethren; and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, what is this dream that thou hast dreamed?
Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? And his brethren envied him, but his father observed the saying. Genesis 37; 5 – 11.
Whatever you dream about is connected in some way to your life or to the people around you or in your life. It may be about something that has happened or is going to happen – And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, the dream of Pharaoh is one. God hath showed pharaoh, what he is about to do. Genesis 41; 25.
Dreams are both common and diverse. They can be good and delicate, or dangerous, mind disquieting, and sometimes misleading if not interpreted through prayer– And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and behold they were sad. And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in the ward of his lord’s house, saying wherefore look ye so sad today? And they said unto him, we have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it.
And Joseph said unto them, do not interpretations belongs to God? Tell me them I pray you. Genesis 40; 1 – 8.
Dreams are spiritual symbols and languages in dark speeches, the means through which God communicates his mind, plans, and intentions to man.
And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. And they said hath the Lord indeed spoken only by Moses? Hath he not spoken also by us? And the Lord heard it.
(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)
And the Lord spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out.
And the Lord came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.
And he said hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the Lord shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? Numbers 12; 1 – 8.
In dreams, there can also be verbal conversations and the hearing of a voice, when your spirit man is in conversation or dialogue with God –And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob, And I said, here I am. And he said, lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled; for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
I am the God of thy Bethel, where thou anointed the pillar, and where thou vowed a vow unto me; now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred. Genesis 31; 11 – 12.
Here, you see Jacob’s conversation with God, His instructions and guidance, and the justice delivered in Jacob’s favor due to Laban’s mistreatments of him.
In Abimelech’s dream, we see verbal conversations, a revelation of Abraham and Sarah’s deception, and instructions and warnings from God to this covetous king – And God came unto Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.
But Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? Said he not unto me, she is my sister? And she, even she herself said, he is my brother; in the innocency of my hands have I done this.
And God said unto him in a dream, yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me; therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live; and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears; and the men were sore afraid. Genesis 20; 3 – 9.
Divine edifying dreams can warn us of pending dangers and troubles. By taking caution and heeding the warnings from dreams, we can overcome evil escape whatsoever the enemy has planned against us –
Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding joy. And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him; and when they have opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh.
And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt; and be thou there until I bring thee word; for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt. Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coast thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men. Luke 2; 7 – 15.
Through dream, the timely intervention of God warned the wise men who received the news of Christ’s birth and announced to them that Herod must not return to him for any feedback on the child.
Similarly, Joseph was instructed in his dream to flee with the baby and mother. If these warnings had not been given through dreams, Satan would eliminate them all through King Herod, out of envy and wickedness against the seed of the woman who was to rule the world with an iron rod, for the scriptures cannot be broken.
Joseph fled to Egypt with Mary and baby Jesus as was instructed in his dream, but when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to him in Egypt, saying, arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for they are dead who sought the young child’s life – Our dream can be used as a timely instrument of divine guidance to go out or come in; just like in the wilderness where God led them by day in a pillar of cloud, and by night, in the pillar of fire; as long as the pillar of fire or cloud remains, the children of Israel remains and journey not; and whenever the pillar of cloud or fire moves, they journeyed, whether by day or by night.
The Lord can also use our dreams or those of others as a constant guiding instrument in order to teach us how to relate or deal with people. However, it must correlate with His current objective for us in our life according to the position of our relationship with Him.
The dreams are meant to establish us in His will, with perfect conviction and inner witness of the Holy Spirit – And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him, arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand. But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host. And when thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thy hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.
And when Gideon was come down, behold there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, behold I dreamed a dream, and lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along. And his fellow answered and said this is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel; for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.
And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshiped, and returned into the host Israel, and said, Arise; for the Lord hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian. Judges 7; 9 – 15.
Despites all the signs and divine manifestations that confirmed Gideon’s call, he needed one more revelation for his faith to be confirmed. This was, namely, the revelation and understanding of his enemies’ defeat through their own dream and interpretation.
This was meant to help and fill him with faith and courage, which is what he needed the most for the battle – divine dreams instill confidence, boldness and increase our faith in God’s dealings and promises – Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy; for by faith you stand. 2 Corinthians 1; 24.
The reason for God’s communication through our dreams is to convey answers or responses to our prayers, worries, or uncertainties, re-​assuring us of his abiding presence, and dispelling the fear of the unknown – And Samuel said to Saul, why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams, therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.1 Samuel 28; 15.
Dreams are good and an important means of spiritual communication, but adequate caution must be heeded against dream manipulators and the manipulations of evil spirits which are there to lie, steal, kill, and destroy.
False dreams from the pit of hell and the bottom of the sea are more than the heart could fathom. Every day, their arrows are flying out into churches, coming even from false brethren around us, to cause disorder, confusion, hatred, suspicion, insecurity in the sheepfold, or deformation of personality through the lying of familiar spirits.
Evil and negative dreams, either by you or from someone you know should be intensely, violently, and verbally resisted. They should be eradicated through the blood of Jesus in prayer, for God’s thoughts toward you are for peace, and not for evil.
No misguiding, confusing, or restless dreams should be allowed to abide
in your tabernacle– resist the devil and he will flee from you.
You must have resilient strength over evil dreams by speaking the word of God to counterattack the evil spirits behind such dreams, and by nullifying them through the blood of Jesus.
The authority to bind and unfasten should never be neglected as you return the arrows of evil dreams back to the senders.
There are some around us who are depraved and defiled, and who have never seen anything good or edifying in their dreams.
You have to intercede and pray for their deliverance from such dreams.
I remember the story of a sister in Luanda, Angola, some years back. She had carnally lain with more than five brothers in the church before she was exposed by the Holy Ghost during one of our programs.
What the enemy did was to reveal a picture of herself and a brother from the church having sex in her dream. Thus, her lewd affection and evil sexual desire would be so strong towards a brother, and if he was not a strong brother, he would fall victim to her seduction and lusts.
This type of person is called a filthy dreamer, someone who defiles the flesh.
Some of these people would enter into the world of fantasy, where they would never dream of marrying a single brother or sister, but always dreaming of marrying some already engaged or married. This is never the true voice of God, for no man should ever defraud his brother or sister in the Lord in such things, for the Lord is the avenger of this.
There is a difference between the dreams of our heart and the dream from the Holy-​Spirit.
God will never lead us to dishonour him through our dreams, nor into anything that may harden our heart against serving Him acceptably with reverence and godly fear.
His way is Strength to the righteous and not moral weakness, strife, nor shame – For in the multitude of dreams and many words, there are also divers’ vanities, but fear thou God.
The multitudes of our thoughts within us should be brought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, for a dream comes through the multitudes of business. Ecclesiastes 5: 3&7.
Never engage in any physical combats with an evil dreamer assigned against you or in your local church, they shall always be there.
Some of them do not question what they are seeing, and because they are prayer-​less and carnal, fall victim of demonic dream harassments.
Others are conscious children and instruments of Satan, purposely assigned to the churches for the same very purpose – And another parable put he forth unto them, saying, the kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field; but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
He said unto them, an enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? But he said, nay, lest while you gather the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
Let both grow together until the harvest; and in the time of harvest, I will say to the reapers, gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barns. Matthew 13; 24 – 30.
Keep binding and destroying the works of the familiar spirits communicated from people. Cut off the communicative links of the demon that is using you as an instrument of sabotage, in order to announce or portray evil. The enemy must not use your dream or someone else to bewitch you.
Without strong discernment and prayerful life, the devil can use the weapon of evil and deceitful dreams in order to cause confusion, distrust and rupture of homes, the destruction of strong relationships, and the separation of good friendships.
More helpful scriptural passages related to dreams:

• Jacob and the ladder Genesis 38; 12.
  –Jacob of Egypt. Genesis 46; 2.
  –Chief Butler in the prison. Genesis 40; 9.
  –Chief Baker in the prison. Genesis 40; 16.
  –Pharaoh of famine. Genesis 41; 5 – 8.
  –Solomon of wisdom. 1 Kings 3; 3 – 15.
  –Nebuchadnezzar of kingdom. Daniel 2.
  –Nebuchadnezzar of himself. Daniel 4.
  –Daniel of kingdom. Daniel chapters 7 – 8.
  –Daniel of God. Daniel 10; 5 – 9.
  –False prophets of lies. Jeremiah 23; 27 – 32; 29; 8.
  –Diviners of false things. Zachariah 10; 2.
  –Pilate’s wife of Jesus. Matthew 27 – 19.
  –Cornelius of an Angel. Acts 10; 3 – 6.
  –Peter of animals. Acts 10; 10 – 16.
  –Paul of a man of Macedonia. Acts 16; 9.
  –Paul of going to Rome. Acts 23; 11.
  –Paul of safety. Acts 28; 23 – 24.
  BACKCOVER; Genesis chapter 3 verse 8 speaks about the ‘cool of the day’ as the time of God’s time of daily visitation, communication with Adam, and inspection to the garden.
  Every believer must know the time in his fellowship, experience and relationship in the cool of his day with God, if they must understand His voice. The cool of the day is the place of quietness or the path of still waters.
  For I have received of the Lord that which I delivered unto you….1 Corinthians 11; 23.
  That is spiritual communication, a unique and accurate confirmation of the written word of God, by the voice of God or revelation of the Holy Spirit in total agreement with the written word of God.
  The laws of spiritual communication are never the laws of Moses or the ten Commandments which the bible calls the law of sin and death.
  They are the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus, which has made us free the law of sin and death – the words that I speak unto you, are spirit and life.
  When you are having repetition of filthy dream assault or being attacked by the demon of sexual immorality and depravity, as seeing a man lying with you being a man, or a woman lying with you being a woman, does that mean that you are born to be gay or lesbian, or you’ve lost your sexual identity, or God is calling you into gay and lesbian’s life? No, for the bible says, thou shall not lie with mankind, as with woman kind; it is abomination. Leviticus 18; 22.
  All homosexuality — sodomy, lesbianism and other sex perversion are disgusting before God with the penalty of second death if repentance is not earnestly sought for.
  This is the fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, the spirit (evil spirits) that is working in the children of disobedience. Any victim and prisoner must go for deliverance season and get those demons cast out of them. Ephesians 2; 2 – 3.
  They are not the voice of God, but of sin, flesh, evil spirit and Satan, whose mouths must be stop. Psalms 107; 42.
  Search the scripture and know that no effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind shall inherit the kingdom of God – Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication and strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. 1 Corinthians 6; 9 – 10. Jude 7.
  Our government, state or national constitutions may not oppose same sex marriages.
  As long as the street workers are paying their taxes, there is no cause for alarm, but in God’s kingdom of light and truth, this is no subject to talk about, talk less of being involved in it, such as gay churches, gay pastor, bishop to the gay churches, the unjust knows no shame – Thou hast a whore’s forehead, thou refused to be ashamed. Zephaniah 3; 5. Jeremiah 3; 3.
  Anything we accept in the name of love, peace and unity which is not scriptural is spiritually and divinely outrageous. Your love must abound more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; that you may approve things that are excellent; that you may be sincere (godly sincerity) and without offence till the day of Christ. Philippians 1; 9 – 10.
  If we have to follow peace in fellowship with all men, it must be with holiness; even with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart, for what peace can there be, where there is religion whoredoms and bewitchments? 2 Timothy 2; 22. 2 Kings 9; 22. Hebrews 12; 14.
  But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you as becomes saints… for this you know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance (no eternal life, but enlisted for perdition )in the kingdom of God and of Christ.
  Let no man deceive you with vain words; for because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the children of disobedience, be not you therefore partakers with them. Ephesians 5; 3 – 7.
  God is not your God when He is not your guide, conductor and instructor, for this God is our God forever and ever; he will be our guide even unto death – For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, are sons of God. Psalms 47; 14. Romans 8; 14.
  As a shepherd, David should know better the implication of a sheep beyond the shepherd’s view or sight, nevertheless, he allowed the spirit of ease to laid hold on him and missed out of divine guidance. At the time when kings go forth to battle, he stayed back at home. When you are in a wrong place, you would end up doing the wrong thing for you cannot be found where you are needed an idle hand is the devil’s workshop.
  Thus the beginning of real troubles of his entire life and generation, for he committed adultery with Bath-​Sheba, killed the husband and got him cursed and punished by God – Woe unto them that are at ease in Zion. Amos 6; 1.
  Time and guidance are two inseparable factors in all that have to do with God’s will in our lives; and a wise man’s heart know both time and judgment.
  My sheep hear my voice — If Christ is in you richly in all wisdom (The word made flesh), there is that divine spiritual ability and link which activates and facilitates your accurate comprehension of every communication of the good shepherd to the sheep; then, you cannot be like a bird which wander away from her nest, neither like an air plane lost in the radar from the control room – I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand…John 10; 27 – 29.
  SAVIOUR LIKE A SHEPHERD LEADS US.
  Savior, like a shepherd led us, much we need Thy tender care;
  In Thy pleasant pastures feed us, for our use Thy folds prepare.
  Blessed Jesus blessed Jesus! Thou hast bought us, thine we are.
  Blessed Jesus blessed Jesus! Thou hast bought us, thine we are.
  We are thine Thou dost befriend us, be the guardian of our way;
  Keep Thy flock, from sin defend us, seek us when we go astray.
  Blessed Jesus blessed Jesus! Hear, O hear us when we pray.
  Blessed Jesus blessed Jesus! Hear, O hear us when we pray.
  Thou hast promised to receive us, poor and sinful though we be;
  Thou hast mercy to relieve us, grace to cleanse and power to free.
  Blessed Jesus blessed Jesus! We will early turn to Thee.
  Blessed Jesus blessed Jesus! We will early turn to Thee.
  Early let us seek Thy favor, early let us do Thy will;
  Blessed Lord and only Savior, with Thy love our bosoms fill.
  Blessed Jesus blessed Jesus! Thou hast loved us, love us still.
  Blessed Jesus blessed Jesus! Thou hast loved us, love us still.
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  Worldliness in the church today.
  The two kinds of wisdom.
  Unequally yoked.
  Deliverance vs holiness.
  The Christian growth.
  Mixed multitudes.
  The vows.
  The breach of promise.
  Power of faith in positive confession.
  Not ignorance of the devises of Satan.
  Walking in Christ.
  Better things of life.
  Real value of life.
  Sons and daughters of Belial.
  Revelation of His glory and power in the saints.