PILLARS OF DESTINY

Copyright © August 2008 by:

David O. Oyedepo

ISBN 978-2905-51-8

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 Introduction

I came across a Word in the scriptures

back in 1977 that struck a cord inside
me and has greatly influenced my life
and destiny. That Word is:
For I know the plans I have for you,
says the LORD, plans for welfare and
not for evil, to give you a future and a
hope.
- Jeremiah 29:11 (RSV)
God has a plan for me! And in His
plan lies my future - a goodly one,
because He says His plan for me is a
plan of welfare. I was so stunned by
this truth that I bought about 400
postcards on which I wrote this verse
of scripture and sent them out to all my
Christian friends. God has a plan for
me – even me! What a great destiny I
have!
The Chambers dictionary defines
destiny as the purpose or end to which
any person or thing is appointed. God
has a good plan and destiny for you.
Knowing this truth, the question then
is: “What must I do to secure this
future that God has mapped out for
me?” This is the reason for this book -
to help people discover God’s glorious
plan for their lives and show them how
to actualise it.
God called me into ministry in
1981, with a liberation mandate, and I
stepped out in the pursuit of destiny
full-time in 1983. The liberation
mandate is built upon a three-fold
platform – the Word of faith,
prosperity and signs and wonders.
The Word of Faith Mandate
By a definite and divine encounter
on May 1, 1981, I stepped into God’s
plan for my life after an historic 18-
hour encounter, where I saw an army of
suffering humanity, battered, beaten,
tattered, shattered, deformed, defaced,
down and out, sobbing, weeping,
wailing, and agonizing for rescue. It
was a gruesome sight. I began sobbing
uncontrollably, because the cry of the
afflicted was so intense. I could not
help but sob and weep with great sighs.
I then began to ask the Lord, “But
why, Lord?” And He responded, “But
from the beginning, it was not so.” I
was not satisfied with this answer, so I
asked again, “But why, Lord?” Then
came the mandate: “But from the
beginning it was not so. And now the
hour has come to liberate the world
from all oppressions of the devil,
through the preaching of the Word of
faith; and I am sending you to
undertake this task.”
This mandate is what gave birth to
our global ministry. God’s plan was
divinely unveiled.
The Prosperity Mandate
In the summer of 1987, I was away
in the United States of America on a
series of speaking engagements when I
had a unique encounter with God in my
hotel room. The encounter culminated
in the delivery of another mandate –
the prosperity mandate.
Specifically in the early hours of
August 26, 1987, while getting out of
bed to begin my morning devotion, the
Spirit of the Lord spoke clearly to me,
saying: “Arise, get back home and
make My people rich.” I looked at
myself and wondered, “Who am I to
make others rich, and what do I have?”
The words sounded strange to me.
However, by the help of the Holy
Spirit, I discovered what Apostle Paul
wrote to the Corinthian Church: “…As
poor, yet making many rich…” (2 Cor.
6:10).
 It was then I breathed a sigh of
relief. I saw home as not just Nigeria,
but as Africa; where most people live
below the poverty line. I immediately
arose, and like Paul the Apostle said, “I
conferred not with flesh and blood.” I
abandoned all my speaking
engagements and rushed back home in
obedience to this mandate. Today, to
the glory of God, multitudes have been
made rich through the anointed
teachings and diverse ministrations.
This is the root of the prosperity
emphasis of our ministry, and
undeniable proofs abound everywhere.
The Signs and Wonders Mandate
Again, in the early morning of June
29, 1992, as I was in my bedroom
worshipping in God’s presence, the
Spirit of God came calling, and yet
another mandate was delivered. God
said to me on that day:
“It’s time for change! Prepare
yourself for the imminent change of
phase I have talked about over the
year s . It is the era of signs and
wonders! It’s a new dimension of a
higher order!
Begin to declare total war against
the kingdom of darkness: proclaim
liberty, emphasize power, and step into
the realm of anointing. Usher in this
new era with me!
It’s time for the restitution
(replacement/restoration) of all things
which the mouth of the Lord has
spoken (Acts 3:20-21). It is time to
administer the forces of the Spirit,
that will enable the saints take up
their inheritance in Christ.
I am launching you into the
apostolic phase of your ministry for
pace setting. Therefore, walk before
me, and be thou perfect, and I will
perform every word of mine in your
direction. I open up the gates of
nations to you today!”
Our ministry took a quantum leap
into higher realms of supernatural
manifestations from that time on. This
happened not just during our church
services, but also through the hands of
members of the congregation
everywhere. The dead have been raised
back to life in their numbers, lepers are
cleansed, the blind receive their sight
and the lame leap, walk and jump for
joy. We have also seen supernatural
restoration of broken homes,
breakthroughs in businesses and
careers and many more signs.
The liberation mandate has been
vigorously pursued and fulfilled ever
since it was delivered; and the effect
has been great. This is because it takes
a message from the Lord to impact the
world. Every “sent” Word enjoys the
supernatural backing of the Sender and
culminates in divine confirmation. This
has been the pattern all through Bible
history as exemplified by the following
people:
 Moses – The Deliverer
Looking at the unique ministry of
Moses in the book of Exodus, we
discover that every word he spoke was
as commanded by God. No wonder he
could not be arrested, assaulted or even
killed; because he was bearing the
message of the King of the universe.
As he bore the message of the Judge of
all the earth, he had the full backing of
the Sender. Moses’ message was raw,
unappealing, undiplomatic, and yet
irresistible! Since he was operating and
speaking as commanded, he remained
supernaturally in command (Ex. 4:22-
23; 7:16; 8:1, 20; 9:1, 13).
Ezekiel – The Prophet
We can also understand the power
of the sent Word from the ministry of
Ezekiel. In the episode that happened
in the valley of dry bones in Ezekiel
37, the prophet said, “And I prophesied
as I was commanded,” and things
began to happen on their own accord,
until there arose a mighty host unto
God from a valley that was earlier
filled with dry bones! There is power in
the “sent Word”; there is power in the
“commanded Word” (Ezek. 37:1-14).
Jonah – The Preacher
Another graphic illustration of the
efficacy of a heaven-sent message is
found in the ministry of Jonah. He was
sent to the city of Nineveh with this
command:
Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great
city, and preach unto it, the preaching
that I bid thee.
- Jonah 3:2
Again, the message was delivered
completely raw: “He cried and said,
Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be
overthrown” (vs. 4). The effect of this
raw message was supernaturally
dramatic – the whole city turned unto
God: man, beast, herd, flock, every
living thing in the land was impacted
by this seemingly meaningless
message (vs. 7-8). The result of this
spiritual awakening was that “God
repented of the evil, that he had said
that he would do unto them; and he did
it not” (vs. 10).
Jesus Christ – The Messiah
 When Jesus sent out the twelve in
Luke chapter 9, He also clearly defined
their message: “And he sent them to
preach the kingdom of God, and to heal
the sick” (Lk. 9:2). Again, the effect
was awesome – “they went through the
towns, preaching the gospel, and
healing everywhere” (Lk. 9:6).
The seventy that were sent out in
Luke 10 also went with the same
message of the kingdom: “And heal the
sick that are therein, and say unto
them, The kingdom of God is come nigh
unto you” (vs. 9). What was the result?
“And the seventy returned again with
joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are
subject unto us through thy name” (Lk.
10:17).
 Every sent Word commands the
backing of the Sender, just as the
pursuit of every discovered destiny.
You have a glorious destiny in God!
In following God’s plan for my life
and destiny, I have discovered what I
call Pillars of Destiny. Pillars, like
foundations, are very vital to any
building. They are what hold or prop up
the building; other weights of the
building rest upon them. That is why
the Bible says:
Wisdom hath builded her house,
she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
- Proverbs 9:1
These pillars of destiny, to my
mind, are what, if diligently adhered
unto, will definitely cause us to achieve
God’s great and glorious plan and
purpose for our lives. They are the
things upon which our Christian faith is
built and will help us become good
Christians and sustain us in the
Christian journey.
I have identified twelve
fundamentals pillars of destiny, which
I have also categorised under the three
main mandates of our commission.
They are twelve in line with Revelation
22:1-3. It is my prayer that each pillar
will deliver its fruit to you. They are:
The Word Of Faith
The Word
Faith
Prayer
Consecration
 The Word Of Prosperity
Vision
Wisdom
Success
Prosperity
The Word Of Signs And Wonders
The Holy Ghost
The Supernatural
Healing
Praise

The above 3-fold emphases

constitute spiritual bedrocks upon
which any great destiny can be built.
The principal pillar of destiny is the
Word of God. All other pillars take
their source from it; for without it we
can do nothing. The Word of God is
packaged in the Bible, which I believe
is the safest guide of destiny. The
Word is the platform upon which great
destinies are built, and it is the womb
that gives birth to faith.
So then faith cometh by hearing,
and hearing by the word of God.
- Romans 10:17
The next pillar is faith, which is
very vital to our walk as Christians.
Faith is an expression of our
confidence in God and His Word.
Nothing works in the kingdom of God
without it. In fact, you cannot please
God without it, and exploits in life and
the Kingdom is impossible without
f a i t h . Christianity is absolutely
worthless without it. Many have
erroneously thought, however, that
faith works on its own. This is not so,
as there are other forces that work to
help faith produce and determine what
it delivers. The remaining ten pillars
are the other forces that work with
faith.
This book is very dear to my heart.
In it I have tried to share with you what
I believe will help you actualise
destiny. It is a collection of some of
my sample teachings on the various
topics that make up the twelve pillars
of destiny. Under each pillar I have
included seven teachings on each
subject. It is my prayer that they will
bless and strengthen you, so you too
can fulfill God’s glorious plan and
arrive at His destiny for your life.
 Section A

The Word Of Faith

Content
Introduction 19
1. What Is In The Word? 23
2. The Master Key Of Knowledge
37
3. You Need Revelation 45
4. Dominion By Light 53
5. Covenant Access To Light 63
6. The Power Of Learning 79
7. Getting To The “Topmost”
Top… 87
 Pillar 1

The Word Foundation

Introduction
The Word of God is the master key
of life. It is able to open or lock any
door. There is nothing life demands
that is not obtainable from it. No
wonder God said to Joshua in Joshua
1:8:
This book of the law shall not
depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt
meditate therein day and night, that
thou mayest observe to do according to
all that is written therein: for then thou
shalt make thy way prosperous, and
then thou shalt have good success.
 The Word is where it all begins; it
is the foundation of our faith. The
Word of God is packaged in the Bible,
which I believe is the safest guide of
destiny. It is the Book of books, and I
love it so much; it is my food. Follow
me, as I introduce this Book, the Bible,
to you in this poem:
“The Bible is the most valuable
volume in the whole world. It is the
oldest, yet the most current; the most
ancient, yet the best seller of all times.
It is the most widely quoted of all texts
on the earth, and its principles still
rule most of the civilized world today.
Its laws make up most of the contents
of all legal systems worldwide; and its
contents touch on all aspects of
human existence – spiritual,
intellectual, physical, moral, social,
etc. I believe the Bible is the most
dependable and reliable text on
leadership.
Its light penetrates the invisible
with its invincible force and delivers
its mission with precision. Its “meat”
strengthens the soul and revitalizes
the body. Its “light” shatters all
darkness and shows the way to go. Its
“balm” heals the sick body and sets
the afflicted free. Its “sword” destroys
all satanic holds and wins all invisible
wars. Its “refiner’s fire” sanctifies all
rotten lives, and its “principles” edify
and make wise.
Yea, the written Word is in
absolute command of all the
happenings in the world. The written
Word rules both the natural and
spiritual worlds. Holding to the
written Word by faith puts you in
command of the happenings in this
world. Surely, the entire world will
continue to grope in darkness without
the written Word of God.
Without the Bible, the human race
would have been doomed. I am yet to
come across a man that ever regrets
his commitment to the practice of this
book; but many regret ignoring the
values contained therein. You are
always in command of the happenings
by holding fast to what is written. To
toss the Bible aside is to stir up
storms, which is bound to be
devastating.
Commitment to “The Book”
guarantees peace; addiction to “The
Book” stimulates joy unspeakable, full
of glory. Truly, this great Book holds
the answer to every question, and the
key to every door.
Every other text is made up of
letters, but the Bible is made up of
wonders. The effect of every other
book is limited to the natural sphere,
but the effect of the Book of books
transcends the natural to the spiritual,
and even to eternity. Its effect is
supernaturally unlimited, its authority
irresistible, and its force unstoppable.
The written Word is a divine
license for a successful and impact-
full living. It is a divine visa to a life
of exploits. It is the way out of every
trouble, the truth about all issues, and
the gateway to a life of fulfillment.
Yea, it is designed for profitable
living. The more committed one is to
its principles, the more profitable life
becomes. The Word is water, milk,
meat, and strong meat; and is able to
meet all our physical fitness needs. It
is the wisdom of God in print, and is
able to make wise the simple. The
Word is a spiritual hammer that
breaks the rocks in pieces. It is the
eternal truth about God, man, the
world, and the world that is to come.”
The Word of God is certainly the
principle pillar of destiny. Without it
we can do nothing, as all other pillars
are built upon it. The quality and
quantity of the Word of God you have
is what determines your destiny and
how much of the benefit of the other
pillars you enjoy. Note that it is not
enough to “know” and preach the
Word; you must practice and “live” the
Word in order for it to profit you. Until
you allow “This Book” to enter your
heart, darkness will continue to reign.
Do you want to shine, then you must
have a Word encounter in whichever
area of life you desire to shine.
So, come along with me, as we go
through some sample teachings on the
subject of the Word.
 Below is a list of some books I
have written on this subject. I believe
they will bless you:
The Force Of Freedom
The Miracle Seed
Word Encounters
 Chapter 1

What Is In The Word?

What is in the Word? What is it
that makes it unique? Every other book
informs, but this book (the Bible)
transforms. Whereas every other book
is made up of letters, this book, on the
other hand, is pregnant with wonders.
No wonder the Psalmist said, “Open
thou my eyes that I may behold
wondrous things out of thy law” (Ps.
119:18).
The Word of God is what
determines our ultimate worth in life.
The revelation of the Word of God is
what will reposition the Church in her
rightful place here on earth as the light
of the world, the salt of the earth, and
as a city set on a hill that cannot be
hidden. This is because by God’s great
design, the last days is packaged for
unusual revelations (Isa. 2:1-3; Mic.
4:1-2). The depths of insight and
revelation will make the Church
become the envy of the world. As a
result, all nations shall flow to her,
asking to be taught by her. The destiny
of the Church - your destiny and mine -
anchors on the Word of God, which is
the custodian of our glorious destinies.
How much of it we are able to connect
with is what defines the limit of our
destinies.
What is in the Word of God that
makes it so unique?
It Carries God’s Power
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
Jesus said, “The words that I’ve
spoken to you are spirit and life, and
are designed for your supernatural
quickening; they bring back to life
everything that is dying or is already
dead.”
The Spirit of God connotes the
power of God. The Bible says, “And
you shall receive power after the Holy
Ghost is come upon you.” Jesus also
told the disciples to tarry in Jerusalem
until they are endued with power from
on high (Acts 1:8; Lk. 24:49). Also,
when Peter was speaking in the house
of Cornelius, the Bible says the Holy
Ghost fell on all them that heard the
word (Acts 10:44). All these references
show that God’s Word is the carrier of
His power, just as mosquitoes carry
malarial parasites. So, whenever the
Word “stings” you or gets into you,
power is released into your life.
The Bible says, “As many as
received Him, to them gave He
power…” In verse one of John chapter
one, we are told: “In the beginning was
the Word, and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.” We know
that Jesus is the Word. That means, as
many as receive the Word are given
power. No wonder Paul said, “I’m not
ashamed of the gospel of Christ for it is
the power of God unto salvation”
(Rom. 1:16). God’s Word
communicates God’s power, which in
turn guarantees salvation. Salvation
means a change of position for the
better. So, God’s Word communicates
God’s power, which guarantees our
salvation, rescue, escape and
transformation.
God’s Word is God’s power in
print, and is gathered by His Spirit (Isa.
34:16; 2 Tim. 3:16). Therefore, when
you imbibe the Word you imbibe His
Spirit, and by extension, His power.
It Carries God’s Life
 God’s Word carries God’s life and
nature.
Whereby are given unto us
exceeding great and precious promises:
that by these ye might be partakers of
the divine nature…
- 2 Peter 1:4
Every scripture is pregnant with
divine nature. The more scriptures you
imbibe, therefore, the more of His
divine nature you possess. The Word of
God inoculates us with the nature of
God, His abilities, capabilities, and
capacities; connecting us to His
divinity. That is what makes the
difference between the Bible and your
history, chemistry or psychology
books. Whereas these are all made up
of mere letters and are designed to only
inform you, the Bible is made of
wonders, and is packaged to transform
you and to change your level and
position.
Jesus answered them, Is it not
written in your law, I said, Ye are
gods?
If he called them gods, unto whom
the word of God came, and the
scripture cannot be broken;
- John 10:34-35
The coming in of the Word of God
into your life begins the process of
transforming your humanity into
divinity by upgrading and translating
you. The Bible says we have been
translated from the kingdom of
darkness into that of His own dear Son
(Col. 1:13). God’s Word is what
enhances the reality of that transaction.
Something changes when God’s Word
comes or enters into you. That is why
Jesus said, “The words I have spoken to
you, they are Spirit - they communicate
My power, and they are life - they
communicate My nature.”
The Bible describes the Word of
God as a glass (Jms. 1:23-25). It also
says in 2 Corinthians 3:18:
But we all, with open face
beholding as in a glass the glory of the
Lord, are changed into the same image
from glory to glory, even as by the
Spirit of the Lord.
That means, as we imbibe God’s
Word we are transformed or changed
from glory to glory, into the same
image, and unto the fullness of the
status of Christ. Therefore, the more of
His Word you imbibe, the more of His
nature you manifest. This is what
makes you a sign and a wonder to your
world. So, every truth of the Word you
discover and engage enhances the life
of God in you.
It Carries God’s Wisdom
The Word of God also carries
God’s wisdom.
And that from a child thou hast
known the holy scriptures, which are
able to make thee wise unto salvation
through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
- 2 Timothy 3:15
 The law of the LORD is perfect,
converting the soul: the testimony of
the LORD is sure, making wise the
simple.
- Psalm 19:7
God’s Word makes wise; it
communicates the wisdom from above,
which positions you above all your
peers, teachers and the ancient (Ps.
119:97-100). Luke 11:49 defines God’s
Word as the wisdom of God. The Word
of God is God’s wisdom in print. So,
the more of His Word you imbibe, the
more of His wisdom you are able to
manifest in your daily life.
Divine Health
God’s Word communicates divine
health also.
 My son, attend to my words;
incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Let them not depart from thine
eyes; keep them in the midst of thine
heart.
For they are life unto those that
find them, and health to all their flesh.
- Proverbs 4:20-22
The Bible says, “He sent His word
and the word healed them and
delivered them from all their
destructions” (Ps. 107:20). Jesus was
teaching in Luke 5:17, and the Bible
says the power of God was present to
heal the people. Every healing,
according to scriptures, is God showing
His power over the oppressions of the
devil. God’s Word does not only keep
you healthy, it also sets you free from
all satanic harassments. No wonder we
are told that Jesus went about doing
good, and healing all them that were
oppressed of the devil (Acts 10:38).
Peace
The more of the knowledge of the
truth of God’s Word you possess, the
more peace you enjoy.
Grace and peace be multiplied unto
you through the knowledge of God, and
of Jesus our Lord.
- 2 Peter 1:2
Thou wilt keep him in perfect
peace, whose mind is stayed on thee:
because he trusteth in thee.
- Isaiah 26:3
God’s Word communicates in-
explainable peace, divine peace, peace
that cannot be measured scientifically,
peace like a river. Great peace have
they whose mind is stayed on Him,
whose mind is saturated with Him,
whose hearts are filled with His
knowledge; and nothing shall upset
them.
Joy Unspeakable
God’s Word also communicates
divine joy - joy that cannot be
interpreted; joy that just oozes forth
like a fountain.
Thy words were found, and I did eat
them; and thy word was unto me the
joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I
am called by thy name, O LORD God
of hosts.
 - Jeremiah 15:16
Joy unspeakable and full of glory
comes through believing God and His
Word (1 Pet. 1:8).
Nutritional Contents Of The
Word
The Word of God not only delivers
all that have been listed above, but also
nourishes the body. Let’s now look at
the nutritional content of the Word of
God.
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come
ye to the waters, and he that hath no
money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea,
come, buy wine and milk without
money and without price.
Wherefore do ye spend money for
that which is not bread? and your
labour for that which satisfieth not?
hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye
that which is good, and let your soul
delight itself in fatness.
Incline your ear, and come unto
me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I
will make an everlasting covenant with
you, even the sure mercies of David.
- Isaiah 55:1-3
God’s Word is loaded with great
nutritional values, designed for the
strengthening of your inner man
against the days of battle.
Water
God’s Word is a fountain of water.
Water is for our refreshing, it keeps us
going. Jesus said in John 4:14:
But whosoever drinketh of the
water that I shall give him shall never
thirst; but the water that I shall give
him shall be in him a well of water
springing up into everlasting life.
The Bible also says in Ephesians
5 : 2 6 , “That he might sanctify and
cleanse it with the washing of water by
the word.” God’s Word offers us water
to refresh our inner man.
Milk
The Word of God is also milk.
As newborn babes, desire the
sincere milk of the word, that ye may
grow thereby:
- 1 Peter 2:2
Milk is for growth. That means
your growth is guaranteed by the milk
of the Word of God. If you want
strength, then you need the milk of the
Word of God, which enhances spiritual
growth and development.
Meat
God’s Word is meat.
But strong meat belongeth to them
that are of full age, even those who by
reason of use have their senses
exercised to discern both good and evil.
Hebrews 5:14
Every doctrine of the gospel is
meat for the soul. The strength you get
from water is not comparable with the
one that comes from milk, and the one
from milk is not comparable with the
one from meat. So, we must outgrow
the water level, move unto the milk
level, and then unto the meat and the
strong meat levels of the Word of God.
Honey
The honey level of the Word of
God is for exploits.
My son, eat thou honey, because it
is good; and the honeycomb, which is
sweet to thy taste:
So shall the knowledge of wisdom
be unto thy soul: when thou hast found
it, then there shall be a reward, and thy
expectation shall not be cut off
- Proverbs 24:13-14
What this means is that you are in
command when you gain access to the
honey of God’s Word; that is, the
working knowledge of the truth, which
puts you supernaturally in command of
the affairs of life. If you want real
strength, then reach out for the honey
of the Word of God. Talking about the
eagle in Deuteronomy 32:9-14,
reference is made to the honey, which
is the eagle’s food. It is a source of
strength for the eagle, which has so
much strength that it can carry a weight
that is three times its size.
Wine
God’s Word is also loaded with
wine. This is when you come under the
intoxicating effect of the Word of God;
you live under its influence, and start
doing as occasion serves you.
And in this mountain shall the
LORD of hosts make unto all people a
feast of fat things, a feast of wines on
the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of
wines on the lees well refined.
And he will destroy in this
mountain the face of the covering cast
over all people, and the vail that is
spread over all nations.
He will swallow up death in
victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe
away tears from off all faces; and the
rebuke of his people shall he take away
from off all the earth: for the LORD
hath spoken it.
- Isaiah 25:6-8
The wine of the Word brings you
under the supernatural influence of the
Word in your daily life. You live under
the influence of the Word and are
intoxicated with the truth. In this
realm, you are not moved by what you
see or hear; you are only moved by the
Word of God, with which you approach
every issue of life. It is at this stage
that every death around you is
swallowed up, because of the
intoxicating influence of the Word of
God. You can’t live under the influence
of Word and not be in command.
Speaking about the great tribe of
Judah to which you and I belong in
Genesis 49:11-12, the Bible says:
Binding his foal unto the vine, and
his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he
washed his garments in wine, and his
clothes in the blood of grapes:
His eyes shall be red with wine, and
his teeth white with milk.
Wine and milk is lion’s food; and
you know that the lion is the strongest
among beasts, and turns not away from
any (Prov. 30:30). Also, when Jesus
came, the Lion of the tribe of Judah,
the Bible said about Him in prophecy:
Therefore the Lord himself shall
give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall
conceive, and bear a son, and shall call
his name Immanuel.
Butter and honey shall he eat, that
he may know to refuse the evil, and
choose the good.
- Isaiah 7:14-15
When you have the butter, milk and
honey of the Word of God, you’ll
decide the happenings in your life, just
as Jesus did.
Weapons In The Word
 Hammer
Is not my word like as a fire? saith
the LORD; and like a hammer that
breaketh the rock in pieces?
- Jeremiah 23:29
Every truth you discover in the
Word of God is a spiritual hammer. So,
when you say, “It is written”, you are
throwing a spiritual sledge hammer at
the obstacle on your way, which will
break it into pieces.
Fire
The Word of God is also fire that
devours every stubble. The Word is not
just fire, but a consuming fire. We see
this in the story of the three Hebrew
boys when they were thrown into the
fiery furnace in Daniel chapter three.
The fiery furnace could not consume
them, because the fire that consumes
fire stepped in! Likewise, when you lay
hold on the fire of the Word of God, it
will devour every stubble that is
responsible for the troubles of your
life. No fire of the enemy can have
effect on your life when you lay hold
on the Word. No wonder God said in
Isaiah 43:2:
…When thou walkest through the
fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither
shall the flame kindle upon thee.
Why? “For our God is a consuming
fire” (Heb. 12:29). When the Word
enters you, the fire of God enters you
and burns off every chaff on your
inside. A woman was reading one of
my books, ‘The Healing Balm,’ and a
live spider came out of her ears! The
fire of the Word chased it out!
Rock
God’s Word is also a rock of
offence. When you come against it, you
are broken into pieces, and when He
comes against you, you are grounded
into powder. When you lay hold on the
stone of the Word, you’ll become an
impossible case for the devil. When
they come against you there is trouble,
and when you come against them, they
are devastated.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD,
Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a
stone, a tried stone, a precious corner
stone, a sure foundation: he that
believeth shall not make haste.
- Isaiah 28:16
Who is that stone? Jesus. And Who
is Jesus? The Word of God. So, when
you lay hold on the stone of the Word,
every witch, wizard and occultic power
will give way to you, because you can
no longer be molested.
Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never
read in the scriptures, The stone which
the builders rejected, the same is
become the head of the corner: this is
the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous
in our eyes?
And whosoever shall fall on this
stone shall be broken: but on
whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind
him to powder.
 - Matthew 21:42,44
What is in the Word? Divine
strength is in the Word. The Word of
God is a spiritual hammer, a
consuming fire and a rock of offence.
The combination of these three makes
you one to be feared and respected.
There is so much loaded into the
Word of God, no wonder it’s the
foundation of our faith destiny.
 Chapter 2

The Master Key Of Knowledge

And I will give unto thee the keys
of the kingdom of heaven: and
whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth
shall be bound in heaven: and
whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth
shall be loosed in heaven.
– Matthew 16:19
When I was a little boy, I fell
asleep in my grandmother’s little
room, and she unknowingly locked her
room door and left for the market.
When I woke up and found that I was
locked in, I began knocking and
banging on the door. But since that day
was the general market day when
everybody went to the market, there
was nobody around to hear my yelling
and banging. I kept banging till my
toes and fingers began to bleed. Tired
from all my unsuccessful efforts at
opening the door, I laid down beside
the door till my grandmother returned
from the market in the evening. If I had
the key to the door, it would have been
a different story.
In the same manner, many are
hedged in and locked up by the
circumstances of life because they have
not located the keys that operate the
issues they are confronted with. But the
knowledge of kingdom mysteries is the
heritage of every redeemed child of
God. Jesus said in Mark 4:11:
…Unto you it is given to know the
mystery of the kingdom of God: but
unto them that are without, all these
things are done in parables:
The keys of the kingdom is the
knowledge of the mysteries of the
kingdom of heaven. It is your staff of
office as a redeemed child of God,
designed to establish your status of
dominion and validate your authority
over the enemy. The knowledge of the
mysteries of the kingdom, which is the
same as the knowledge of the Word of
God is what puts you in command and
gives you mastery over the issues of
life. But as small as a little padlock
might be, it takes using the right key to
open it. The use of any other thing will
end in futility. Your grammar or
academic qualifications are of no use;
neither will struggling with it or the
use of the force of anointing work.
You need knowledge to reign on
earth! This is because at the root of
every man’s problem is ignorance;
whereas the secret of triumph is
knowledge. Don’t let any devil deceive
you; there is no substitute for
knowledge! I have seen many prayer
warriors who are worn out. They shake
their heads and hands, but that doesn’t
open the door. Your only guarantee for
liberty is knowledge.
Information For Transformation
Not every key can open a door.
Many Christians have succeeded in
taking delivery of only one key, and
they want to open 50 other doors with
this single key. They are saved, no
doubt; but the key that will grant them
access into health, abundance and
success they don’t have.
Every exploit in life is a product of
information. You cannot be informed
and not be transformed. It is
information that breeds transformation,
which in turn leads to inspiration, and
then culminates in aspiration. When
aspiration is pursued, it brings forth
transformation. Nothing happens by
accident on the earth. The biggest
enterprises on the earth all took off
from the bits and pieces of information
gathered. One of the world’s richest
men, Richard Branson, attained his
height of success from reading a little
book titled, “Small is Beautiful”. His
entire business empire took off with
the information he gleaned from that
little book. We must, therefore, place
value on information, if we don’t want
to suffer frustrations in life.
It takes information to be free from
stagnation and deformation. If you are
informed, you will be formed; and if
you are well informed, you will be
w e l l - f o r m e d . The amount of
information you have on any issue of
life will determine your
accomplishment in it.
And it shall come to pass, if thou
shalt hearken diligently unto the voice
of the LORD thy God, to observe and
to do all his commandments which I
command thee this day, that the LORD
thy God will set thee on high above all
nations of the earth:
- Deuteronomy 28:1
All that the above scripture means
is information. If you will crave after
information from the Lord, and let it
bring enough inspiration to ginger
aspiration, you will come out on top.
You can’t enjoy prosperity more than
how informed you are about it.
Information is the baseline for your
tomorrow; whatever you will become
tomorrow will be determined by how
well informed you are today. Once you
have it, you will just smile at every
opposition, because you know better.
Lack of information brings about
deformation. So settle down and crave
adequate information, which is relevant
to your goals in life or which addresses
the challenge before you, because you
need your own personal knowledge to
be free from any kind of destruction
the enemy is organizing around you.
The reason the disciples called Jesus
“Master” was because He had an
answer to every question and knew
what to do in every situation. He was in
control of everything, including the
winds and the waves of the sea. Isaiah
11:9 says:
They shall not hurt nor destroy in
all my holy mountain: for the earth
shall be full of the knowledge of the
Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
When you are filled with the
knowledge of the Word of God, you
cannot be hurt, resisted or molested.
With knowledge, you can have things
the way you want them at all times, as
long as they are covered in the
covenant. The Bible says in 2 Peter 1:4:
Whereby are given unto us
exceeding great and precious promises:
that by these ye might be partakers of
the divine nature, having escaped the
corruption that is in the world through
lust.
That means, as you imbibe the
precious promises in the Word of God,
the divine nature of God is
mysteriously infused into you; so that
wherever you appear, it is as if God
Himself has appeared in that situation.
So, the deeper your launch into the
Word, the higher your control over the
affairs of life.
Enter The Control Room
The entrance of thy words giveth
light; it giveth understanding unto the
simple.
– Psalm 119:130
God has no way of ending your
toiling other than through His Word.
You can’t be in command until the
Word is at hand. When the Word gains
entrance into your life, it results in
putting you in command and in charge
of the affairs of life. Many have ideas
that are inadequate to handle the
challenges they are confronted with.
When knowledge and information in a
certain area becomes adequate, every
door in that particular area will open on
its own accord. No matter how many
devils seem to be challenging you,
light is enough to deal with them, as
the entrance of God’s Word gives light
and understanding to our simple minds.
Knowledge will open any door to
which it is directed.
And to the angel of the church in
Philadelphia write: These things saith
he that hath the key of David, he that
openenth and no man shutteth: and
shutteth, and no man openeth.
 - Revelation 3:7
Jesus is the One that has the key
mentioned above, and who is Jesus? He
is the Word of God. The Word of God
delivers to you the key of David, and
when He opens, no man shuts, and
when He shuts no man can open. The
devil does not have the final say about
the doors of your life. We must all
come to the Word of life to take
delivery of our keys. The Bible is a
book of keys; and the covenant keys it
contains are what we refer to as
revelation knowledge, divine insights
and illumination.
You need to ask the Lord to help
you locate from His Word the
appropriate keys that deal with the
issues of life. The struggles we
encounter is because we don’t have the
appropriate keys. How much prayer do
you need to pray before you enter into
your car when you have your car keys
in your hand? In like manner, every
door can be opened; all that is needed
is the use of the appropriate covenant
key. The use of the right key in your
home will drive away every tension
there. Just one little insight will do the
job; so get informed! Life is designed
to be buoyant, fulfilling and exciting.
Sit down, pick up the Bible and
relevant books, and begin to read them
for information, not just for pleasure.
For the Word to gain access into
you, you must first pay attention to it.
If you don’t pay attention to the Word
of God, you may never take delivery of
the keys that operate the issues of life.
I have always said that our triumph and
success in life is not a matter of luck,
but of light. But we need to pay the
price to get it! Stay in the control room
of the Word of God to get what it takes
to actually be in control. Remember,
every extra light you get puts more of
God in you, because God is light and in
Him is no darkness at all (1 Jn. 1:5).
The Word of God is the only
infallible, invincible instrument of
control (Heb. 1:3). It not only puts you
in control, it also makes you a master
of circumstances and situations.
We Have Equal Access
 In the last day, that great day of the
feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If
any man thirst, let him come unto me,
and drink.
- John 7:37
A good thing about locating the
appropriate keys we need is that we all
have equal access by the blood of the
Lamb to the things behind the veil. But
how much we utilise that access
determines what becomes of us
ultimately. God is not to be blamed if
you fail, neither is the devil your
problem; because he is against
everybody, including those who work
for him. But as much as the devil is
equally against all the saints, he is not
able to pull them all down. This is
because even though God has given us
all equal victory, each one enters into
his victory at his own level or by
reason of the insight he possesses.
We are not all enjoying the same
level of victories and triumphs today.
This is not because some are more
qualified than others, but because some
are walking in more light than others.
You don’t fail an exam just because it
is difficult; you fail because you don’t
have the facts that make for success.
That is why I believe that you are not
sick because there is sickness in town;
you are sick because there is not
enough light in your veins to dispel the
sickness. God has no favorites, and
there are no special or lucky Christians.
In fact, the Bible says in Acts 10:34,
“God is no respecter of persons,” and
in Romans 10:12, “…For the same
Lord over all is rich unto all that call
upon him.”
Even though salvation is free for all
and secures the soul, knowledge, which
preserves and ensures your well being
on earth, is a personal responsibility.
Jesus said, “YOU shall know the truth,
and the truth YOU know shall make
YOU free” (Jn. 8:32). So, go for light,
and lay hold on the master key of
knowledge!
 Chapter 3

You Need Revelation

And I wept much, because no man
was found worthy to open and to read
the book, neither to look thereon.
And one of the elders saith unto
me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the
tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath
prevailed to open the book, and to
loose the seven seals thereof.
- Revelation 5:4-5
Revelation is the cure for all tears;
it is the bedrock upon which every
revolution is built. Until “the Book”
(the Bible) is opened, weeping and
frustration continue. Thank God that
the Lion of the tribe of Judah has
prevailed and has opened the Book,
bringing an end to all man’s tears.
When Jesus gave up the ghost, the veil
in the temple was torn in twain,
providing a supernatural access for
everyone into the things behind the
veil.
The opening of the scriptures to us
through revelation decorates our future,
terminates our sorrows and tears and
dignifies our destinies. It provokes
supernatural turn-around also.
The Virtues Of Revelation
Revelation infuses divine nature.
Whereby are given unto us
exceeding great and precious promises:
that by these ye might be partakers of
the divine nature, having escaped the
corruption that is in the world through
lust.
- 2 Peter 1:4
When the great and precious
promises of scriptures enter into a man
(by supernatural understanding), they
impart on the person the nature of God.
Divine nature can only be infused into
a man when he grasps the mysteries of
the Word (Jn. 10:35). The Bible tells us
that God is a Spirit (Jn. 4:24) and the
Word of God is also Spirit (Jn. 6:63).
Therefore, when God’s Word enters
you, the Spirit of the Lord enters you,
imparting you with His nature.
Revelation also terminates tears
(Rev. 5:4-5; Isa. 60:20). It ensures
protection too, because nothing shall
hurt or destroy upon God’s holy
mountain (Isa. 11:9). Revelation
provokes sanctification as well (Jn.
17:17; 15:3; Eph. 5:26; Ps. 119:9-11).
Whatever is born of God does not sin,
because the seed of God (the Word of
God) is in him. When you have His
Word, then you are free from sin.
Another virtue of revelation is
dignity (Ps. 45:3-5). Revelation also
provokes faith. No one doubts what he
can see. Even Thomas believed after he
saw. What revelation does is to make
you go beyond hearing, causing you to
s e e . When you see, doubt dies (Ps.
119:18; Jn.4:48; 20:29). Every man of
revelation is a man of faith, and every
man of faith is more than a conqueror,
because he can quench all the fiery
darts of the enemy.
Another thing revelation does is to
boost destiny. In Genesis 13:14-15,
God told Abraham to look, and all that
he saw, God gave to him. Destiny is a
function of revelation, because you can
only go as far as you can see. You can
only take delivery of the inheritance
you can see (Acts 20:32).
Revelation also enhances divine
health.
My son, attend to my words;
incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Let them not depart from thine
eyes; keep them in the midst of thine
heart.
 For they are life unto those that
find them, and health to all their flesh.
- Proverbs 4:20-22
It also guarantees supernatural
wealth (Ps. 112:1-3; Job 22:21-25).
Every true wealth is a product of the
revelation of the covenant of
abundance.
To provoke a supernatural turn-
around, go for revelation; because
divine revelation is the bedrock for a
revolution in whichever area you desire
a change. Just in case someone is still
asking, “Why do I need revelation?”
Here is why:
To Provoke Signs
Every supernatural manifestation is
provoked by revelation. Mark 16:20
says:
And they went forth, and preached
every where, the Lord working with
them, and confirming the word with
signs following.
God was working with the
disciples, confirming the words they
spoke with signs following – signs of
supernatural success, of supernatural
provisions and of supernatural health.
In God’s great formula for success,
He said in Joshua 1:8:
This book of the law shall not
depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt
meditate therein day and night, that
thou mayest observe to do according to
all that is written therein: for then thou
shalt make thy way prosperous, and
then thou shalt have good success.
Signs do not mean just getting
healed and delivered from satanic
holds. It also means being an
amazement and a marvel to your world,
in spite of the woes around. When
Jesus came to earth, He came as a sign;
He was a living wonder in fulfillment
of the scripture that says, “The Lord
Himself shall give you a sign” (Isa.
7:14).
Every supernatural manifestation is
provoked by revelation, because the
revelation of the truth is what makes
you a miracle worker. Until you
possess a working knowledge of the
truth you can’t work miracles, as a
working knowledge of the truth is
required for the working of miracles.
There is something unique about
revelation; there are things you hear,
things you see and things you handle.
John said in 1 John 1:1:
That which was from the beginning,
which we have heard, which we have
seen with our eyes, which we have
looked upon, and our hands have
handled, of the Word of life;
That’s why God said to Moses,
“Thou shall take this rod in thine hand,
wherewith thou shall do signs” (Ex.
4:17). With the rod in Moses’ hand, the
magicians were utterly helpless.
Pharaoh became dumb, and Moses took
over; the whole Egypt was under
Moses’ command! So, with a rod in
your hand, every brutal Pharaoh will
have no choice but to bow to your
authority. That’s why you and I need
revelation.
Revelation - The Key To Dignity
Revelation is also the key to
kingdom dignity. Your dignity is
determined by your depth of insight.
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O
most mighty, with thy glory and thy
majesty.
And in thy majesty ride
prosperously because of truth and
meekness and righteousness; and thy
right hand shall teach thee terrible
things.
- Psalm 45:3-4
Unusual insight is what makes you
ride prosperously and in majesty. Your
kingdom dignity is enhanced by
revelation, and thy right arm shall
unfold to you deep things. That’s why
the Word admonishes us to study to
show ourselves approved unto God (2
Tim. 2:15). In other words, get down
into the Word, find it, apply it
correctly, and you will never know the
meaning of shame again.
Revelation is the cure for shame
and reproach. That’s why the Bible
says in Isaiah 60:1-3:
Arise, shine, for thy light is come,
and the glory of the Lord is risen upon
you.
For, behold, darkness shall cover
the earth, and gross darkness the
people: but the Lord shall arise upon
thee, and his glory shall be seen upon
thee.
And the Gentiles shall come to thy
light, and kings to the brightness of thy
rising.
He also said for your shame you
shall have double. Therefore, by reason
of the revelation you have, for every
shame of your life, you shall have
double restoration of honour.
Revelation Guarantees Dominion
Revelation also guarantees your
dominion on earth. The Word says:
And the light shineth in darkness;
and the darkness comprehended it not.
- John 1:5
No matter how dark it may be,
when light comes darkness can’t stop
light from shining! And Psalm 119:130
says, “The entrance of thy words giveth
light.” That means when the truth is
unfolded, light is infused, and when
light is infused, your dominion over
darkness is established.
Satan and his cohorts could not stop
Jesus, the Living Word and Living
Light. Everywhere He appeared, they
cried out in fear and desperation,
because they couldn’t withstand Him.
Jesus didn’t go about looking for
witches, but all the witches were giving
way to Him, because darkness can’t
resist the authority of light.
When you become a committed
Word-hunter, you are heading to
becoming one of the kingdom high
fliers, because try hard as they may,
nobody can stop you.
Your Inheritance Is Released
We have a very enviable
inheritance in Christ; but it can only be
delivered to you via the revelation of
the Word of God. Apostle Paul reveals
this to us in Acts 20:32:
And now, brethren, I commend you
to God, and to the word of his grace,
which is able to build you up, and to
give you an inheritance among all them
which are sanctified.
You are entitled to take delivery of
only that which you can see. Whatever
you cannot see, you are not entitled to,
for as far as your eyes can see, shall be
given unto you (Gen. 13:14-15).
The degree to which we enjoy our
inheritance in God is limited by the
depth of our revelation. God said, until
you see it, you can’t get it. He is,
therefore, urging us to pray to see it,
because when we see it, He is
committed to giving it to us. So, pray
that you see. Pray, search and seek
according to the rules of the game.
When you see it, you will get it. Your
most enviable heritage in Christ cannot
be delivered without divine insight.
That’s why you need revelation.
 Chapter 4

Dominion By Light
Light is your guarantee for
dominion in the world of darkness, as
light will never lose in any conflict
with darkness. When you are in
possession of light, you are in
command of all the forces of darkness:
And the light shineth in darkness;
and the darkness comprehended it not.
That was the true Light, which
lighteth every man that cometh into the
world.
- John 1:5, 9
Ephesians 6:12 clearly states that
we wrestle not against flesh and blood,
but against principalities, against
powers, against the rulers of the
darkness of this world, and against
spiritual wickedness in high places.
Therefore, we need light to dominate in
this world of darkness.
Light gives you dominion in all
sphere of life and makes you master
over your enemies. It launches you into
the realm of exploits, where you are
continually the head and not the tail.
This was what happened to Daniel. He
was a man distinguished by light.
Daniel 5:11 records that:
There is a man in thy kingdom, in
whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and
in the days of thy father light and
understanding and wisdom like the
wisdom of gods was found in him;
whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy
father, the king, I say thy father, made
master of the magicians, astrologers,
Chaldeans and soothsayers.
God gave Daniel light, wisdom and
understanding that placed him far
above the magicians, astrologers,
Chaldeans and soothsayers in the land.
The king said thus to Daniel in verse
14:
I have even heard of thee, that the
spirit of the gods is in thee, and that
light and understanding and excellent
wisdom is found in thee.
That is Light! Light announces you
to the world, and gives you a place of
greatness.
 The entrance of the Word gives
light and understanding to the simple
(Psalm 119:130). When the Word of
God gains entrance into your heart,
understanding comes, and when you
understand, you are enlightened for
dominion. Everyone can be lighted;
and how enlightened you are
determines the degree of dominion you
will command.
The possession of light is very
crucial to us as believers in this world
of darkness. We need it to disarm the
forces of wickedness and establish our
dominion. Let us examine three
essential channels through which we
could access light:
Through Revelation
 The knowledge of what is available
is information; but when you know
what to do with what is available, that
is revelation! Psalm 119:105 says:
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet,
and a light unto my path.
Light in this passage implies
knowing what to do with the Word of
God, as that is what gives dominion.
Acts 2:37-38 tell us:
Now when they heard this, they
were pricked in their heart, and said
unto Peter and to the rest of the
apostles, Men and brethren, what shall
we do?
Then Peter said unto them, Repent
and be baptized everyone of you in the
name of Jesus Christ for the remission
of sins and ye shall receive the gift of
the Holy Ghost.
This suggests that until revelation
comes, people wallow in darkness.
Three thousand people stepped out of
hell into heaven in one day, simply by
knowing what to do. It is revelation
that births revolution. When what to do
is revealed, a great turnaround is the
end result.
John 6:5-7 says:
When Jesus then lifted up his eyes,
and saw a great company come unto
him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall
we buy bread, that these may eat?
And this he said to prove him: for
he himself knew what he would do.
Philip answered him, Two hundred
pennyworth of bread is not sufficient
for them, that every one of them may
take a little.
Here was a great company of
people that needed to be fed. Feeding
them looked like an impossible task.
But the Bible says that Jesus said this
to prove them, for He Himself knew
what He would do. Jesus caught a
revelation for multiplication, and just
by giving thanks, 5,000 people were
fed with just five loaves of bread and
two small fishes. What’s more, after
feeding the large crowd, they still had
12 baskets left over! In like manner, no
matter what challenges you might be
faced with, when you catch a genuine
revelation and apply it, you will
overcome. The revelation of the truth
embraced produces undeniable proofs;
it lightens you for dominion and
liberty.
The revelation of the truth is the
master key to a world of dominion.
Jesus said to Peter, after he had
confessed Him as Lord and Saviour in
Matthew 16:18-19:
And I say also unto thee, That thou
art Peter, and upon this rock I will
build my church; and the gates of hell
shall not prevail against it.
And I will give unto thee the keys
of the kingdom of heaven: and
whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth
shall be bound in heaven: and
whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth
shall be loosed in heaven.
The kingdom we live in operates on
keys, not on chances or luck. Keys here
means the insight you catch from
God’s Word to tackle a particular
situation. The key you hold is what
determines the door you can or cannot
open. Without the right key, crying,
rolling on the floor and screaming
won’t open the door for you. Kicking
the door won’t open it; neither would
the intensity of your prayers. Until you
know what to do and do it, you can’t
open the door. When you get hold of
the right key by knowledge and rightly
apply it, then God is committed, and
when He is committed, the mountains
will crumble.
 So what opens to you is determined
by what key you have taken delivery
of. “I will give unto you the keys of the
kingdom of heaven, and whatever you
open with those keys on earth, they
shall be opened in heaven, and
whatever you shut with those keys on
earth, they shall be shut in heaven.”
You can’t hold the right key and not be
in command.
Revelation of the truth connotes
insight. When you see what the Word
of God is saying, you automatically
know what to do. Insight gears you up
to take action, because you understand
what you have seen. What you see you
believe, what you believe you behave,
and what you behave you become.
When you believe, you commit God to
perform, thereby commanding
dominion.
There are wonderful things in the
Word of God, but you need revelation
to get them. The Psalmist said: “Open
thou mine eyes, that I may behold
wondrous things out of thy law” (Ps.
119:18). When your eyes are opened,
wondrous things follow.
Dominion is a product of insight.
When you know what to do and
actually do it, God is committed to
perform it. If God be for you, nothing
can stand against you. Jesus said the
people will not believe except they see
(Jn. 4:48). This is because you can’t
doubt what you see. Insight terminates
struggles, doubt and unbelief. It causes
you to triumph without sweat. With the
understanding of the Word, you have
Word-insight, which is light unto your
path.
I caught a light from God’s Word
on prosperity in 1981. I saw that
prosperity is not a promise, but a
covenant that operates on terms. When
you fulfill the terms, the covenant is
sealed and must deliver.
Having insight into the Word of
God sets you high above, but is not
enough to establish your dominion. It
is Word-insight with Word-practice
that guarantees the dominion that
cannot be confronted. Even Jesus
adhered to this. The Bible says about
Him: “…All that Jesus begun both to
do and teach” (Acts 1:1). The Bible
admonishes us also in James 1:22 that
we should not be hearers of the Word
only, but doers also. So, until insight is
applied, dominion is not in view.
When you gain insight you are in
possession of true knowledge. “My
people are destroyed for lack of
knowledge” (Hos. 4:6). This means that
appropriate insight guarantees
fulfillment of destiny and freedom.
“You shall know the truth and the truth
shall make you free” (Jn. 8:32).
Through Understanding
Light comes through
understanding; that is, being able to see
the truth in God’s Word. You can’t see
it and not be lighted! When you see the
truth, doubt is automatically destroyed.
Proverbs 4:7 says: “Wisdom is the
principal thing; therefore get wisdom:
and with all thy getting, get
understanding.” This means that there
is no substitute for spiritual
understanding.
Lack of understanding puts you on
the same level with the unbeliever, who
suffers the consequences of sins and
abides in the congregation of the dead.
“The man that wandereth out of the
way of understanding shall remain in
the congregation of the dead” (Prov.
21:16). The unbeliever doesn’t know
Jesus, so he has no life in him. There is
no light without understanding.
 Many people go to church with
different versions of the Bible. They
are full of religion, but lack
understanding. As a result, they find
themselves in the same struggles with
sinners, and suffer the same things
sinners suffer. Until understanding
comes, light is not in view.
One way to enhance your
understanding is meditation, which
activates your understanding. When
Jesus was faced with a trap set for Him,
He escaped through the channel of
meditation.
This they said, tempting him, that
they might have to accuse him. But
Jesus stooped down, and with his finger
wrote on the ground, as though he
heard them not.
- John 8:6
By stooping down and acting as
though He was writing on the floor,
Jesus was through meditation
activating His mind for an appropriate
answer. You must take out time to
meditate on the truth till light comes.
Meditation involves a separation to
ponder on the truth of what you have
heard or read.
Through Joyfulness And Stillness
Light could also be accessed
through joyfulness and stillness. Light
is the heritage of the joyful. The
happier you are, the more enlightened
you become, and more insight you
gain. The Bible says:
 Therefore with joy shall ye draw
water out of the wells of salvation.
- Isaiah 12:3
Only the still can still the storm.
God said, “Be still and know that I am
God” (Ps. 46:10). Anxiety is an
evidence of doubt, and would not allow
you receive anything from God.
But let him ask in faith, nothing
wavering. For he that wavereth is like a
wave of the sea driven with the wind
and tossed.
- James 1:6
Philippians 4:6 also says:
Be anxious for nothing; but in
every thing, by prayer and supplication
with thanksgiving let your requests be
made known unto God.
 So, if you want God to take over
your situation, then stay calm and be
still. Then:
The LORD shall fight for you, and
ye shall hold your peace.
- Exodus 14:14
You can’t access the required light
and not have dominion. So, go ahead
and dominate! I see amazing light that
will establish your dominion forever
coming your way today.
 Chapter 5

Covenant Access To Light

I have talked so much about light,
insight and revelation, emphasizing the
need for them in order to triumph and
enjoy dominion here on earth. But what
is the covenant access to light? How do
we access light?
Come Up Hither…
After this I looked, and, behold, a
door was opened in heaven: and the
first voice which I heard was as it were
of a trumpet talking with me; which
said, Come up hither, and I will shew
thee things which must be hereafter.
- Revelation 4:1
 To be able to access revelations
from the Word of God, there is a
platform you must first get unto. That
is why the angel told John, “Come up
hither.” He means to say, “You can’t
see what I’m about to show you from
the floor where you are right now.” To
access or see the great truths God
wants to show you from His Word, you
must first take some steps from the
floor to a correct platform.
Many hear what God is saying, only
very few see it. If you want to see what
God is saying, then you must climb up
to where you can hear Him. Like a
radio station, God is constantly
speaking, but only the very few that are
connected to His frequency, can hear
Him.
So, on what platform must you
stand to access the truths of scripture?
Be Born Again
The first step to accessing the
truths of scriptures is being born again.
And he said unto them, Unto you it
is given to know the mystery of the
kingdom of God: but unto them that are
without, all these things are done in
parables.
- Mark 4:11
Unto the redeemed alone is given to
know the mysteries of the Kingdom of
God. Jesus, speaking to Nicodemus in
John 3:3, said:
…Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born again, he cannot
see the kingdom of God.
Except a man is born again, he
cannot see. He can only hear, but
cannot see; and the Bible tells us that
as far as your eyes can see, it shall be
given to you (Gen. 13:14-15). Our
destinies is limited to what we see, as
what we can see is what defines the
limits of our destiny; and except a man
is born again, he cannot see.
The number one step to a world of
supernatural revelation is salvation.
You must be truly saved to gain access
to light from heaven. By salvation I
mean accepting Jesus as your Lord and
Saviour; not just being a church
member or being very active in church.
The Fear Of God
 The secret of the Lord is with them
that fear him; and he will show them
his covenant.
– Psalm 25:14
When you live in the fear of the
Lord, you enjoy express access to
God’s secrets. Fear here does not mean
to have a phobia; rather, it means
having a genuine reverence for God
and His ways. Daniel’s life is a good
example of what I mean. He and his
three friends embraced the fear of God
and purposed not to defile themselves.
For this reason, God gave them such
knowledge and wisdom that they were
ten times better than the most learned
people in the land (Dan. 1:8-20).
W h e n King Nebuchadnezzar
threatened to kill his wise men who
couldn’t interpret his dream, Daniel
was very sure that his right standing
with God would grant him access to
light, and show him all hidden things
(Dan. 2:5, 16-23). The light of God in
Daniel was so strong that it was likened
to that of the gods. When the top
scientists and chief philosophers could
not decode the mysterious hand writing
on the wall, Daniel again made it
known easily (Dan. 5:9-28).
God is the custodian of all secrets
(Deut. 29:29), so when you operate on
the platform of the fear of God, you
have access to all He knows. Job was
another man that enjoyed divine
illumination. God Himself testified
that he “feareth God” (Job 1:8). During
his trials, Job maintained his reverence
for God and did not yield to his wife’s
taunting counsel to curse God and die
(Job 2:9). He also excelled financially
and enjoyed business explosions
because of divine illumination that
came as a result of the fear of the Lord
(Job 29:4-25).
Joseph feared the Lord. He said,
“How then can I do this great
wickedness, and sin against God?”
(Gen. 39:9). Also in Genesis 42:18, he
said, “For I fear God.” As a result of
His fear for God, this is what Pharaoh
had to say about Him:
And Pharaoh said unto his servants,
Can we find such a one as this is, a man
in whom the Spirit of God is?
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,
Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all
this, there is none so discreet and wise
as thou art:
- Genesis 41:38-39
The fear of God connected Joseph
to unusual insight. The fear of God
helps to clear your access to the secrets
of God. Not every born again child of
God walks in the fear of God. Those
that don’t are the ones referred to as
carnal; and they have no access to
God’s light (1 Cor. 2:12-14).
Therefore, you need the fear of God in
your life, to access the deep things of
God. Receiving divine illumination
demands sanctification and
consecration, which are proofs of the
fear of God.
Meekness
Step number three up the platform
of unlimited revelations is meekness.
The meek will he guide in
judgment: and the meek will he teach
his way.
- Psalm 25:9
It takes meekness to access
revelation in the Word of God, as God
is only committed to teaching and
showing only the meek His way. So,
the quality of your meekness will
determine the depth of secrets you
enjoy from Him.
But he giveth more grace.
Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the
proud, but giveth grace unto the
humble.
– James 4:6
According to Apostle Peter in 2
Peter 1:2, grace and knowledge mean
the same thing. “Grace and peace be
multiplied unto you through the
knowledge of God, and of Jesus our
Lord.” That is, the more grace you
have, the more knowledge you have. If
God gives more grace to the humble, it
means they also have more access to
knowledge, which sparks off light.
Moses’ life epitomizes this fact.
Not only did God speak in Moses’ ears,
He also appeared to him face-to-face
(Ex. 33:11). I consider this to be the
highest form of illumination. God
Almighty Himself declared His
readiness to reveal things to Moses
(Num. 12:8). No wonder he could write
about the story of creation. No one was
there when God created the earth, but
He revealed it to Moses, who in turn
wrote the first five books of the Bible.
The foundation for Moses’ outstanding
access to light lies in his meekness. He
was the meekest man on the earth
(Num. 12:3).
With humility at work in you, God
will lead you in the right way.
However, if you arrogantly think you
already know all there is to know, and
begin to justify yourself against God,
you simply hinder the entrance of the
light you need to get to a higher level
in life.
The Love Of God
Henceforth I call you not servants;
for the servant knoweth not what his
lord doeth: but I have called you
friends: for all things that I have heard
of my Father I have made known unto
you.
– John 15:15
You gain access to realms of
unlimited revelation when you become
God’s friend by loving Him. When you
are in love with any individual, he has
access to confidential matters relating
to you. The stronger your love for that
person, the greater your access to
confidential issues from him. So, when
you become His friend, you gain
unlimited access to His secrets. Jesus
said, “I call you no more servants, but
friends; because a servant does not
know what his master does.”
Friendship is by a bound of love.
Abraham was referred to as the
friend of God. He was so close that
there was nothing God could hide from
him (Gen. 18:17). Paul was another
man who loved God to the point of
addiction (Rom. 8:35-39; Phil. 1:21),
and so he enjoyed abundant revelation
(2 Cor. 12:7). David was also a man
after God’s own heart. He became a
prophet through his love for God; so
God unfolded to him unusual things
about the coming Messiah and about
the way He would be crucified. But
what will a king be doing with that
kind revelation? David was a king who
had deeper insights than some prophets
in town, because of his heart for God.
When you have a heart for God, He
bears His heart to you. That’s why He
said, “My son, give me your heart”
(Prov. 23:26). According to Paul, only
those who love God can gain access to
the deep things of God, that is light,
insight and revelation (1 Cor. 2:9-10).
Joy
The next step up the ladder to the
platform of revelation is joy.
Therefore with joy shall ye draw
water out of the wells of salvation.
- Isaiah 12:3
Your effort to get water from the
wells of revelation is likened to a
bucket. The rope you need to let the
bucket down into the well is joy. No
matter how much water is in the well,
if you don’t have a rope with which to
draw, of what benefit is a bucket? So,
you need joy.
Many Christians are rope-less; they
don’t have joy, and so are constantly
depressed. Every little thing breaks
their heart. But Apostle Paul says,
“Rejoice evermore!” Paul was a man of
great depths of revelation; he was also
a joyful man (Acts 16:25-26; Phil. 4:4;
1 Thess. 5:16). The devil knows you
can’t access revelation without joy, so
he works hard at keeping you depressed
perpetually.
 Ye shall have a song, as in the night
when a holy solemnity is kept; and
gladness of heart, as when one goeth
with a pipe to come into the mountain
of the LORD, to the mighty One of
Israel.
And the LORD shall cause his
glorious voice to be heard, and shall
shew the lighting down of his arm, with
the indignation of his anger, and with
the flame of a devouring fire, with
scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
For through the voice of the LORD
shall the Assyrian be beaten down,
which smote with a rod.
- Isaiah 30:29-31
Access to revelation demands
jubilation. God’s voice is a joyful
voice; therefore, only joyful hearts can
connect with it. It takes joy to connect
with water from the wells of salvation.
No wonder the Psalmist said:
Thou wilt shew me the path of life:
in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy
right hand there are pleasures for
evermore.
- Psalm 16:11
It takes joy to connect with the path
of life.
Peace
Be still and you shall know that I
am God…
- Psalm 46:10
Why? Because the voice of the
Lord is a still small voice (1 Kgs.
19:12), and will only come to those
who are still. Therefore, the more
peaceful you are, the more insightful
you become. Why? “And thine ears
shall hear a word behind thee, saying,
This is the way, walk ye in it…” (Isa.
30:21). The voice is coming behind; so
it takes very cool and calm, peaceful
and serene people to hear it.
Come With A Thirst
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come
ye to the waters, and he that hath no
money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea,
come, buy wine and milk without
money and without price.
- Isaiah 55:1
God’s Word is likened to water -
“That he might sanctify and cleanse it
with the washing of water by the word”
(Eph. 5:26). That is why the Bible said,
“Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye
to the waters.” That means, “Come ye
to the waters (of the Word), and this
water will unfold to you the ways of
God, which will in turn convert all your
shame into glory.”
You need a thirst to access light.
Without a thirst you can’t have access
into the deep things of God. Why?
God’s Word says in Isaiah 44:3:
For I will pour water upon him that
is thirsty, and floods upon the dry
ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy
seed, and my blessing upon thine
offspring.
Floods of revelation is the preserve
of the genuinely thirsty. When you are
thirsty, He pours upon you floods of
His water, which provoke His blessings
in your life. As a result of the flood,
verse 4 tells us what will happen next:
“And they shall spring up as among the
grass, as willows by the water
courses.” A springing up takes place
when this water is poured upon you.
The Bible also says in Isaiah 41:17-
18:
When the poor and needy seek
water, and there is none, and their
tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD
will hear them, I the God of Israel will
not forsake them.
I will open rivers in high places,
and fountains in the midst of the
valleys: I will make the wilderness a
pool of water, and the dry land springs
of water.
It takes a thirst to access the
refreshing, fulfilling, and wonder-
producing waters of the Word of God.
What is it that provokes a thirst (for
the Word of God) in you? The
knowledge or awareness that if you
can’t find an answer in the Word, then
you can’t get it anywhere else is what
produces a thirst. Every other source is
mere guess-work, for His Word is
settled in heaven forever. Heaven and
earth may pass away, but not a jot of
His Word will go unfulfilled. This
knowledge generates a thirst in you, as
you seek for answers to bugging
questions of life.
 When the Lord called me into
ministry, ministry work was not as
glamorous as it is today. So, I knew
that I either had to know the One who
sent me and know how to access His
provisions or die in frustration. I wrote
a book, Towards Excellence in Life
and Ministry from the things I
discovered about ministry before I
came into ministry. I began asking
God, “Now You have called me, who
will pay me?” To get an answer to
these bugging questions, I had to sit
down with Him and His Word. God
showed me from His Word how when
He sent His disciples out they lacked
nothing (Lk. 22:35).
He said to me, “I am responsible
for your going, you are not to prepare
for it at all. I will not need your savings
to make the going great; your savings
can’t handle it. The silver is mine, and
the gold is mine to execute My agenda
on the earth.” I again asked Him,
“Okay, what must I do for You to pay
me?” He said to me, “As you minister
spiritual things to the people, I will be
committed to paying your wages. So,
get down on the field; don’t walk
carelessly to the pulpit, but get fully
armed and beautifully prepared. Listen
to Me, hear from Me, and they will
hear you.”
These questions on my mind then
were what moved me to take those
journeys in the Word. By the time I
found answers to my questions, I knew
I’d found it. I’ve never called any
mortal man on the telephone till date,
seeking financial help, as He has
always supplied all our needs in
ministry! From inception till now, we
have never paid our staff one day later.
In those early days, when we’re to pay
staff salaries, in spite of obvious lack
of resources, I still said, “Get ready to
pay the people this afternoon.” On one
occasion, at 2 P.M. someone walked
into our office, saying, “I was just
passing through town and just felt I
should say hello to you all in the office
here.” When he was leaving, he
dropped a seed, which was the exact
amount we needed to pay everybody!
 Desperation will always provoke
revelation. When there’s a genuine
thirst to know, God promises that He
would pour water upon the thirsty
ground. Until there is a thirst, you
don’t have an access, because God does
not waste His water; He pours it out
upon only the thirsty.
With the above listed seven steps,
you are now on the platform where you
can see what God is saying. Before
now, you could only hear what He was
saying, but couldn’t see it. But it takes
seeing to possess. Now that you can
see, you need next to connect with the
help of the Holy Spirit in order to enjoy
unlimited access into revelation.
The Holy Spirit
 But God hath revealed them unto us
by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth
all things, yea, the deep things of God.
But the natural man receiveth not
the things of the Spirit of God: for they
are foolishness unto him: neither can
he know them, because they are
spiritually discerned.
– 1 Corinthians 2:10, 14
The Holy Spirit is the One who
unfolds the mysteries of the kingdom;
He is our principal Helper in our search
for light. Apostle Paul, a legal
luminary in his days, well-read and
learned in the Holy Scriptures,
confessed that the things of God can
only be spiritually discovered.
Jesus, when announcing the coming
of the Holy Spirit, declared His
ministry thus:
But the Comforter, which is the
Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send
in my name, he shall teach you all
things, and bring all things to your
remembrance, whatsoever I have said
unto you.
– John 14:26
That is, the Spirit will show man
how to handle the affairs of life from
the pages of the scripture. He will
translate the logos of the Word to
rhema, turning the letters into spirit
and life (2 Cor. 3:6).
We see a manifestation of this
ministry of the Holy Spirit in the life of
the apostles after Pentecost. For
instance, timid Peter stood up in public
and preached an explosive sermon. Not
only did he openly confess Jesus, he
fearlessly condemned His enemies
(Acts 2:14-40). Also, he had a unique
insight into the power in the name of
Jesus, and used it to raise the lame man
at the Beautiful Gate (Acts 3:6-8).
Stephen, on his part, in a single
chapter, accurately summarized the
whole history of Israel on the spur of
the moment (Acts 7:1-53).
All these occurred by the help of
the Holy Spirit. You must, therefore,
take heed not to grieve Him or quench
His fire at work in you.
Seek From Your Heart
Another thing that guarantees you
access to light is when you seek for it
from your heart. Too many people are
looking for God with their heads rather
than with their hearts. You can’t find
God with your head, because God is too
big for your head. He said in Jeremiah
29:11-13:
For I know the thoughts that I think
toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts
of peace, and not of evil, to give you an
expected end.
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye
shall go and pray unto me, and I will
hearken unto you.
And ye shall seek me, and find me,
when ye shall search for me with all
your heart.
God’s glorious plan requires all
your heart to locate it. The reason for
this is made clear in Luke 15:8:
Either what woman having ten
pieces of silver, if she lose one piece,
doth not light a candle, and sweep the
house, and seek diligently till she find
it?
You light a candle to find what is
missing in darkness. The heart of man
is the candle of the Lord with which
you search out whatever is missing
(Prov. 20:27). That is why only heart-
seekers become great finders.
You Engage In A Search
To access light, you must engage in
a search. You must accept the
responsibility of engaging your heart in
a search for revelation and insight. A
thirst, a heart and a search are covenant
combinations that provide you access
into the light that will put you in
command.
You need to labour in the Word
before you can access the nuggets from
heaven.
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also
wisdom, and instruction, and
understanding.
- Proverbs 23:23
“Buy the truth.” That means there
is a cost to it, but it’s your
responsibility. Even though the Holy
Ghost wants to help you, you also have
a part to play in accessing insights and
revelation.
For he that is entered into his rest,
he also hath ceased from his own
works, as God did from his.
Let us labour therefore to enter into
that rest…
- Hebrews 4:10-11
Without going into a labour room,
you are not entitled to having a baby.
Likewise, every revelation is a spiritual
baby; you must, therefore, first go into
the labour room of the Word to take
deliveries of revelations, which will
put you on top always. That is why the
Bible says:
Study to shew thyself approved
unto God, a workman that needeth not
to be ashamed, rightly dividing the
word of truth.
- 2 Timothy 2:15
 It takes a studious life to enjoy a
glorious destiny. Paul paid the price of
studying, he was a man of books; no
wonder he enjoyed great depths of
insight (2 Tim. 4:13).
 Chapter 6

The Power Of Learning

Come unto me, all ye that labour
and are heavy laden, and I will give
you rest.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn
of me; for I am meek and lowly in
heart: and ye shall find rest unto your
souls.
For my yoke is easy, and my
burden is light.
- Matthew 11:28-30
The Holy Ghost spoke some very
powerful words to me sometime ago.
He said, “Learning is richer than
praying; learning has greater value than
fasting. Learning is the master key to
living!” No wonder Jesus said, “Come
and learn of me! My yoke is not
comparable to the yoke you are
carrying about. What it takes to learn is
far cheaper than what you are suffering
now. Come and learn of me, and you
shall find rest for your souls.”
I don’t know what others did, but
prayer alone is not what led to the
growth of the church I am pastoring. I
discovered in Acts 6:7:
And the word of God increased; and
the number of the disciples multiplied
in Jerusalem greatly; and a great
company of the priests were obedient
to the faith.
As a result of the above, I took time
to learn what it takes to do what I am
sent to do.
I define knowledge as discovery,
and wisdom as the application of
knowledge. That is, wisdom is
discovery applied, which equals
recovery. When there is a discovery
and it is correctly applied, it brings
instant reward – that is, automatic
recovery (Prov. 24:14). So we can
boldly say that nothing sets people free
like knowledge!
Learning Is Your Responsibility
The acquisition of knowledge is a
personal responsibility, which no one
can do on your behalf. Just as no one
can be saved on your behalf, and no
one can prosper or succeed for you,
learning is a non-transferable
responsibility!
Nothing happens on it is own; every
object assumes a state of rest, until a
relevant force is applied to it. It is time
to do something to get somewhere. A
man who had been stooling blood since
1997 sat down in the school of wisdom
(in our church), light came, and
darkness left! Now you may ask,
“What if light didn’t come?” Then he
would have remained like that,
possibly till death.
God is no respecter of persons;
what He says to one, He says to all.
And what is He saying? John 8:32:
And ye shall know the truth, and
the truth shall make you free.
 A learner is a winning, overcoming,
successful and triumphant Christian
any day! You are not an overcomer
until God’s Word gets into you; you
won’t gain control over the affairs of
life until the Word becomes real to
you. But the traditions of men seem to
have usurped the authority of God’s
Word in the lives of many today. The
Word of God is powerful! It will stir up
the flow of divine nature in you and
enable you to excel in all areas of life.
We all have a common but rich
heritage in Christ; but our different
depths of knowledge is what
determines how much of our heritage
we enjoy. Labour is the pathway to
delivery; it is labouring in the Word
that guarantees discoveries. Any
woman you see carrying a child knows
the meaning of labour. The labour
begins from when she first conceives
the baby in her womb. Later, she can
no longer do the exercises she could
perform before, like running, jumping,
pounding, and so on; she requires the
help of others. However, no one can
help her to labour for the birth of her
child. It is personal labour at delivery
time. Until Zion travailed, she didn’t
bring forth her children (Isa. 66:8).
Likewise, you cannot bring forth
results by wishing; you bring forth by
labouring. Can a woman suddenly put
to bed and say, “I didn’t even know I
was pregnant?” No! There is a
gestation period of nine months, during
which she is aware that she was
carrying a weight. Why then do you
expect to produce results
unconsciously? Why do you think that
by merely sitting down and confessing
the Word you will get results? Labour,
friend! There is no triumph without
travail; there is no delivery without
labour.
Labour in the Word
John 6:27 charges us:
Labour not for the meat which
perisheth, but for that meat which
endureth unto everlasting life, which
the Son of man shall give unto you: for
him hath God the Father sealed.
The word of faith cannot be in you
and you don’t know it. I ate up the
word of faith, and I knew it. When I
found the mystery of long life and
victory over death, I knew. So I knew
that there is no occultist or armed
bandit that can cut short my life. It is
not prayers, but discovery. Mind you,
there can be no delivery of good
reports without first labouring or
making discoveries. So you need to get
to work now.
And it shall come to pass, if thou
shalt hearken diligently unto the voice
of the Lord thy God, to observe and to
do all his commandments which I
command thee this day, that the Lord
thy God will set thee on high above all
nations of the earth.
 - Deuteronomy 28:1
This is talking about exploits that
have their roots in the Word. That
means, if you will settle down to labour
in the Word, you cannot escape living a
life of exploits. Hebrews 4:11-12 tells
us of a rest that comes via labouring in
the Word:
Let us labour therefore to enter into
that rest, lest any man fall after the
same example of unbelief.
For the word of God is quick, and
powerful, and sharper than any
twoedged sword, piercing even to the
dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and
of the joints and marrow, and is a
discerner of the thoughts and intents of
the heart.
 We are to labour in the quick and
powerful Word of God, so that we can
encounter faith that guarantees rest.
There remaineth therefore a rest to
the people of God.
For he that is entered into his rest,
he also hath ceased from his own
works, as God did from his
- Hebrews 4:9-10
I have never prayed for peace in my
family. Why? I already gave birth to
peace before I got married. I remember
that before I got married I preached on
a sweat-less and hitch-free married life
from the discoveries I made from
scriptures. I wasn’t married then, yet I
taught very great mysteries on
marriage. Not one of the outstanding
discoveries I made on marriage then
has failed. Also, I am blessed
financially; yet I cannot remember
when I ever asked God to give me
money. I simply took time to learn
what it takes to be free from poverty.
Learning is the secret. The apostles
s a i d , “But we will give ourselves
continually to prayer, and to the
ministry of the word” (Acts 6:4). Our
ministry has simply been run on
discoveries. Everything you see today
came by the Word. Effective labour in
the Word will always result in
outstanding deliveries in the world.
The man of God, Kenneth Hagin,
was living in abject poverty until the
light of the Word on prosperity came
into his heart, and then there was a
delivery. This was in 1953; but he had
been in ministry since 1934. His
financial struggles ended only when he
encountered insight from the Word of
God. God is no respecter of persons or
age; only a discovery will bring forth a
delivery. How I wish all prayer
warriors would also become Word
warriors. Then we would have had
greater victories.
Where you stand in the Word today
determines your place tomorrow.
Everything on earth answers to the
Word, because everything on earth was
created by it.
Study to be effective
Study to shew thyself approved
unto God, a workman that needeth not
to be ashamed, rightly dividing the
word of truth.
- 2 Timothy 2:15
You must study to be effective. If
you don’t want to be ashamed, sit down
and study hard, because the
examinations of life have no timetable!
They come at random – day or night. If
we divert half of the energy we expend
in trying to succeed into building
ourselves up in the quickening Word of
God, we will have ten times greater
success than we are experiencing now.
Study! If you don’t seek, you won’t
find. I know that you are probably a
very busy person, and you probably
come home at 9 p.m. But what is a man
doing sleeping from 9 p.m to 6 a.m. the
following morning? If only we will
stay with the Word as drunkards stay
with their drinks, we will be
intoxicated with blessings.
There is always a way out of every
challenge. As soon as you do what He
has commanded to be done, the
struggles come to an end! In Hosea 4:6
God said:
My people are destroyed for lack of
knowledge: because thou hast rejected
knowledge, I will also reject thee, that
thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing
thou hast forgotten the law of thy God,
I will also forget thy children.
When you know what to do and do
it, your release is automatic! Jesus
said, “Come unto me, all ye that labour
and are heavy laden, and I will give
you rest…learn of me.” When you
come, you discover secrets that
guarantee rest. So the key to rest is
learning. Every discovery brings your
way an added recovery and guarantees
that you live a struggle-free life. Come
and learn the way to rest, otherwise
you’ll remain restless all life long.
 Chapter 7

Getting To The “Topmost” Top…

The Word of God is God’s channel
for man’s lifting. Your readiness to
operate the Word of God is your access
to the topmost top. This is because
there is no other way of rising until
light comes your way via the Word of
God. How much you have heard and
how much you operate what you have
heard is what will determine how high
you go. The Bible says:
And it shall come to pass, if thou
shalt hearken diligently unto the voice
of the LORD thy God, to observe and
to do all his commandments which I
command thee this day, that the LORD
thy God will set thee on high above all
nations of the earth:
- Deuteronomy 28:1
You are a king and a priest, and
have a great future. But you need to
take great steps in order to arrive at
that future. God’s Word is what
provides you access to the steps you
need to take.
We can only shine by light. The
intensity of light at work in you is what
determines the degree of shining you
will experience. The entrance of God’s
Word is what gives light and
understanding to the simple (Ps.
119:130). There is no short cut to the
top: obedience to the revelation you
receive from God’s Word is your
access to the top. Responsibility is the
price for greatness. No irresponsible
person will ever become great; as it
takes discipline to be distinguished.
And one thing that is able to turn
dreams into reality, and impossibilities
into possibilities, is unequalled
dedication. Be dedicated to learning
and a search for revelation.
Knowledge commands exploits.
Exploits in the Kingdom have their
roots in the knowledge of God and His
Word.
And such as do wickedly against
the covenant shall he corrupt by
flatteries: but the people that do know
their God shall be strong, and do
exploits.
- Daniel 11:32
Your knowledge of God is what
determines your exploits in life, not the
happenings around. The environment is
not your problem; your lack of
adequate light is the problem. This is
because even in the same place where
many are having the best of times,
many others are having their worst
time. I often tell people that the weight
of the opposition is not the reason for
their stagnation, but their inadequate
light; as the opposition is only taking
advantage of their ignorance to oppress
them.
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O
most mighty, with thy glory and thy
majesty.
And in thy majesty ride
prosperously because of truth and
meekness and righteousness; and thy
right hand shall teach thee terrible
things.
- Psalm 45:3-4
Your might is determined by the
Word, which is the sword of the spirit.
To gird thy sword upon your thigh
means to walk in the Word. As you
walk in the Word, you will walk in
might; and as you do so you are
walking in exploits – “And in thy
majesty ride prosperously because of
truth…” Truth is power! No devil can
withstand it! The knowledge of the
truth is the power behind the
enthronement of the saints, as nothing
can stop the truth.
Before I got married, the devil
whispered in my ear: “Now that you
have gone about setting others free,
show me how you will have your own
children.” I immediately said to him,
“Devil, you’ll be surprised I won’t
even pray about it!” When he later
threatened with a miscarriage, and my
wife told me, I insulted him further by
saying to my wife, “It cannot happen!
Can I have my food please?” That was
the end of it, as the pregnancy was
supernaturally sustained, and a healthy
baby boy was born. I never prayed; I
simply resisted the devil by faith built
upon knowledge. Friend, there is no
mountain anywhere; everyman’s
ignorance is his mountain! With
fullness of knowledge, the devil that
has been tormenting you will be fully
arrested.
Be A High Flier
We fly by light, not by luck. When
light comes, you are set for a flight,
which will affect every area of your
life. “Who are these that fly as a cloud
and as a dove to their windows?” (Isa.
60:8). They are the ones with light!
Light makes you a master over your
enemies; it puts you in command.
Daniel chapter five reveals how light
dominates darkness. Daniel was master
over all the wicked forces in Babylon
because of the light he carried. When
you possess adequate light, you too
will be in command!
Light is sweet when you embrace it.
It consumes darkness and it makes you
shine.
Arise, shine; for thy light is come,
and the glory of the LORD is risen
upon thee.
For, behold, the darkness shall
cover the earth, and gross darkness the
people: but the LORD shall arise upon
thee, and his glory shall be seen upon
thee.
And the Gentiles shall come to thy
light, and kings to the brightness of thy
rising.
- Isaiah 60:1-3
It is your birthright to dominate
this wicked world of darkness through
the revelation of the truth; but you
must be willing to pay the price to get
the prize. When any light comes your
way, you must exercise yourself in it in
order to enjoy the profit it carries.
Things won’t work until you exercise
yourself in the revelation you have
received. Champions are made through
e x e r c i s e . You won’t become a
champion by mere promises or wishes;
you will only become one by
exercising yourself in your field of
sport. Likewise, you must take great
covenant steps in order to get to the top
that God has planned for you. The way
to the top is not an issue of chance, but
of covenant exercises. So, discover
what God wants done and set yourself
to doing them.

Contents
Introduction 95
1. The Mystery Of Faith 99
2. How Faith Comes 109
3. Faith Is An Act 117
4. Releasing The Power Of Faith
123
5. Faith Is In Degrees 127
6. The Spirit Of Faith 133
7. The Stronghold Of Faith 139
 Pillar 2

Faith – The Master Key

Introduction
Faith is very vital to our walk as
Christians. Faith is an expression of
our confidence in God and His Word.
The Bible says:
Now faith is the substance of things
hoped for, the evidence of things not
seen.
For by it the elders obtained a good
report.
Through faith we understand that
the worlds were framed by the word of
God, so that things which are seen were
not made of things which do appear.
 But without faith it is impossible to
please him: for he that cometh to God
must believe that he is, and that he is a
rewarder of them that diligently seek
him.
- Hebrews 11:1-3, 6
Faith is an act motivated by the
Word of God. I define it as a living
force, drawn from the living Word, for
a living proof. Faith is an act and
always produces proofs or evidences. It
has a great recompense of reward (Heb.
10:35). It is the principal determining
factor of every man’s status, as
exploits in the kingdom is impossible
without faith.
Nothing works without faith.
Salvation is impossible without it (Eph.
2:8), just as healing is impossible
without faith (Matt. 9:22). You cannot
walk in victory without faith either:
For whatsoever is born of God
overcometh the world: and this is the
victory that overcometh the world,
even our faith.
- 1 John 5:4
Christianity is absolutely worthless
without faith, as it is the principal
instrument for doing exploits in the
kingdom (Heb. 11:32-34). Faith is what
gives colour to Christianity, and
enables you to stand in the midst of
opposition and yet be in control. Faith
is the beauty of Christianity! It is the
producer of good reports. Faith is an
ever-winning and never failing force!
 As you go through some sample
teachings on the subject of faith and
study the books listed below that I have
written on the subject, I believe you
will emerge a high flier.
The Exploits of Faith
The Winning Faith
The Law of Faith
 Chapter 1

The Mystery Of Faith

Not everyone living on the earth is
terrestrial. Those who understand and
operate the mystery of faith live in a
celestial realm on earth. They live in a
state that is free of sickness, failure,
shame and all forms of harassment. In
other words, they are living a heavenly
life in earthly places. This class of
people has brought heaven to earth by
the operation of their faith (Rom. 10:6-
8). Everyone who desires this kind of
life also has a free access to it through
faith.
Once you know the value of a thing,
it becomes easy to want to spend and
be spent for it. It is important,
therefore, to know how valuable faith
is to Christianity.
What Is Faith Worth?
Now faith is the substance of things
hoped for, the evidence of things not
seen.
For by it the elders obtained a good
report.
Through faith we understand that
the worlds were framed by the word of
God, so that things which are seen were
not made of things which do appear.
- Hebrews 11:1-3
The greatest event of life – creation
came out of faith; it gave birth to the
most outstanding exploit in existence.
Therefore, every outstanding event in a
man’s life in the kingdom will also be
as a result of his faith. The worlds were
made by the Word of God through
faith. That means the only way to get to
where God has ordained for you, which
is the top, is through faith.
Going by Jesus’ words, faith is the
answer to all impossibilities. No
impossibility can survive where faith is
at work (Matt. 17:20; Mk. 9:23). In
actual fact, every situation that seems
impossible to you is only an evidence
of the absence of faith, because faith is
a mover of mountains (Mk. 11:23). By
faith, all mountains, no matter how
great, are cheaply leveled.
Faith is very valuable to Christian
existence, because it is the guarantee
for victory in the battles of life (1 Jn.
5:4). Every challenge of life can be
overcome by faith. It is God’s answer
to the problems of living on earth. It is
only through faith that the devil’s
activities around you can be stopped (1
Pet. 5:9; Eph. 6:16). You cannot resist
the devil by noisy declarations or bold
face; only by steadfast faith. Satan does
not hear your exclamations of, “I
cannot be sick!” if there is no faith
backing it up.
Faith is the master key to a
triumphant and proof-filled life. It is
the beauty and essence of Christianity.
In fact, the totality of the Christian
adventure is summarized as The Faith
(Acts 6:7), and I will show you why.
The Significance Of Faith
And Jesus answering saith unto
them, Have faith in God.
- Mark 11:22
Jesus said if you have faith as little
as the grain of a mustard seed, you
shall move mountains, and nothing
shall be impossible unto you (Matt.
17:20). Nothing is possible without
faith in Christianity, as faith has an
answer for everything. No wonder
Jesus said in Mark 9:23:
… If thou canst believe, all things
are possible to him that believeth.
Faith enables us to operate in the
class of God, where nothing shall be
impossible to us. Faith is very
important to the Christian, because he
can scarcely do anything without it. For
example:
We are saved or born again by
faith. Salvation is absolutely
impossible without faith; for by grace
are we saved through faith (Eph. 2:8).
We live by faith (Hab. 2:4; Rom.
1:17; Gal. 3:11; Heb. 10:38). If the just
shall live by faith, it means the unjust
shall die without faith. The just cannot
exist without faith.
We can only stand by faith (2 Cor.
1:24).
We also walk by faith (2 Cor. 5:7).
We are kept by faith (1 Pet. 1:5).
We are shielded from the arrows of the
wicked and preserved for dignity and
honour by faith. Without it, we would
be doomed and damned, as we would
be vulnerable to the wickedness of
hell!
Healing comes by faith (Matt. 9:27-
29). Faith is our guarantee for divine
health and healing, as Jesus would so
often say to the sick that came to Him,
“Be it to you according to thy faith.”
We also overcome by faith (1 Jn.
5:4). Faith is not merely a biblical
doctrine, but a winning weapon in the
battles of life. It is what silences the
devil (Eph. 6:16).
This seven-point significance of
faith summarizes the Christian walk.
We are absolutely nothing without
faith. If faith is so powerful and holds
such grace and glory, what exactly is
it?
What Is Faith?
Now faith is the substance of things
hoped for, the evidence of things not
seen.
- Hebrews 11:1
Faith is defined as a spiritual
substance, which connects man with
God for divine intervention. According
to Hebrews 11:6, you cannot connect
with God except through faith; for we
can’t please Him except through faith.
Faith is not a feeling; it is a concrete,
tangible force by which people obtain
good reports (Heb. 11:2-39). It is a
spiritual force that connects the natural
with the supernatural.
 This is well illustrated in the
miracle of the woman with the issue of
blood (Lk. 8:43-48). Despite the crowd
pressing Jesus, He insisted that
someone had touched Him, because the
touch, unlike all the others, drew virtue
from Him. When the woman confessed,
trembling, Jesus assured her that her
faith had made her whole. The point
here is, multitudes were touching
Jesus, but only one person connected
with Him. Faith is that vital spiritual
force that makes the difference
between the human and the divine.
Therefore, faith is a must for every true
Christian.
Also, faith has evidence; it
produces proofs. You cannot have faith
and not show it. That is why there is a
drastic transformation of your lifestyle
at new birth. Long-standing bad habits
suddenly become distasteful and are
easily abandoned, just because a
spiritual connection with faith had been
made.
The Source Of Faith
So then faith cometh by hearing,
and hearing by the word of God.
- Romans 10:17
The Word of God is the only
authentic source of faith. Faith comes
by hearing the Word of God coming
from the mouth of one sent by God
(Rom. 10:14-17). The Bible is the bank
of faith, where every wise man draws
from. It is also a treasure of faith. Once
Jesus opens it up to you, your life will
always carry proofs.
When the enemy is trying to harass
you or anything connected with you, go
to the Word, and take the shield for
quenching all the fiery darts of the
devil (Eph. 6:16). With faith your
victory is sure.
The mystery of faith makes the
difference in every Christian’s life. Its
operation in your life will prove the
reality of heaven.
The Root Of Faith
Faith has a three-dimensional root,
which makes it work optimally. Any
tree that has no root cannot produce
fruits. Likewise, the rooted faith is the
winning faith.
 The Love Of God
The winning faith must be rooted in
the love of God. The depth of your love
for God determines the level of results
your faith will ever produce. Jesus, in
answering the question on the greatest
commandment in the law, said:
... Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,
and with all thy mind.
This is the first and great
commandment.
And the second is like unto it, Thou
shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
On these two commandments hang
all the law and the prophets.
- Matthew 22:37-40
The love of God is the platform
upon which every scripture functions.
Without it, you do not have a
foundation for a result-oriented
Christian life. Without a true heart for
God, you will never make a mark in the
school of faith. Apostle Paul, a man of
great exploits, and who also operated
the winning faith, demonstrated an
unconditional love for God (Rom.
8:35). At a point he declared that to die
for Christ was gain (Phil. 1:21). No
wonder he could boldly say that he
could do all things (Phil. 4:13). His
love for God put him on the winning
faith line all his life.
You need to get to the point where
God becomes your reason for living,
and then things will start happening in
your favour. Jesus asked Peter, “Lovest
thou me more than these?” The love
question must first be answered before
you can become a high flyer in the
school of faith. Do you really love God
or are you just running after Him for
bread and butter? You need to settle the
love question today. When you stop
serving Him for what He does, but start
worshipping Him for Who He is, then
your faith will begin to work like fire.
The love of God is not theoretical,
it is practical and demonstrable. If you
truly love God, you will let Him have
your time, energy, resources and
everything, as a proof of your love for
Him. Also, if you have a sincere love
for God, it will naturally overflow to
the people around you (1 Jn. 4:20).
The Word Of God
The winning faith is also rooted in
the Word of God. Romans 4:18 reveals
the root of Abraham’s faith:
Who against hope believed in hope,
that he might become the father of
many nations, according to that which
was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
His faith was rooted in that which
was spoken, and so he did not stagger
or lose hope. When your faith is rooted
in that which is spoken (the Word of
God), you will no longer consider the
negative things around; rather, you are
blind to all contrary situations. Paul’s
faith for deliverance and preservation
from death in the shipwreck was rooted
in what was told him (Acts 27:25). The
Bible says:
And blessed is she that believed:
for there shall be a performance of
those things which were told her from
the Lord.
- Luke 1:45
Of course, you can only believe
what you have heard from God, not
what you have not heard. So, the more
committed you are to the Word of God,
the more proof-producing faith you
cultivate in your life. You can change
any situation if only you will accept
responsibility to sit down and get deep
into the Word.
The Heart Of Man
The third dimension of the root of
the faith is the heart of man. It is with
the heart that we believe (Rom. 10:10).
Faith must first be of the heart before it
can produce. That is where God looks
at to determine the reward of your
faith. The woman with the issue of
blood had faith first in her heart, and
then it produced healing for her (Matt.
9:21). The story of the man sick with
the palsy, whose friends brought down
to Jesus through the roof, also confirms
the need for heart-rooted faith (Lk.
5:18-26). The men did not say
anything, but the Bible records that
Jesus saw their faith. That winning
faith at work on their inside brought
them the miracle they desired.
Knowing the Word alone is not
enough. Hebrews 4:2 says:
For unto us was the gospel
preached, as well as unto them: but the
word preached did not profit them, not
being mixed with faith in them that
heard it.
That is why it is possible for people
to hear the same words, but not get the
same results. God does not look as man
looks; man looks on the outside, but
God looks into the heart. He responds
only to the faith on your inside.
 Chapter 2

How Faith Comes

Faith is the master-key to every
man’s destiny, because what you
become is a function of what you
believe. Jesus said, “According to your
faith be it unto you” (Matt. 9:29). It is
unto you according to your faith, not
according to the circumstances around
you. Everything about your life is
therefore faith-determined, not devil-
determined; and to some extent, not
even God-determined, because until
you believe, God cannot perform.
But without faith it is impossible to
please him: for he that cometh to God
must believe that he is, and that he is a
rewarder of them that diligently seek
him.
- Hebrews 11:6
It takes faith for anything to work.
Faith is not optional in the Christian
race, but a prerequisite for good reports
(Heb. 11:2). In fact, the Bible says that
whatsoever is done outside faith is sin
(Rom. 14:23), and the wages of sin is
death. So, when your actions are not
faith-motivated, they lead to a dead-
end.
As we work towards the distinction
God has purposed for us in life, it is
important to know that faith is what
will make it a reality. It is, therefore,
necessary to have a good understanding
of how faith comes.
By Hearing And Seeing
So then faith cometh by hearing,
and hearing by the word of God.
- Romans 10:17
Open thou mine eyes, that I may
behold wondrous things out of thy law.
- Psalm 119:18
Faith is not just a conviction; it is a
product of revelation in the Word of
God. Until God opens your eyes to
behold the wondrous things in the
Word, you cannot experience wonders
in life. But once you can see it, you
naturally believe it, and whatever you
believe, you ultimately become. This is
because you cannot see a thing and still
doubt it.
 In whom the god of this world hath
blinded the minds of them which
believe not, lest the light of the
glorious gospel of Christ, who is the
image of God, should shine unto them.
- 2 Corinthians 4:4
The devil is not so much interested
in deafening people’s ears, as he is in
blinding the eyes of their
understanding. This is so that they
cannot “see” the wondrous things in the
Word, which will build up their faith,
which in turn will lead to their triumph
in life. For this reason, Apostle Paul
prayed for the Ephesians Church thus:
That the God of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Father of glory, may give
unto you the spirit of wisdom and
revelation in the knowledge of him:
The eyes of your understanding
being enlightened; that ye may know
what is the hope of his calling, and
what the riches of the glory of his
inheritance in the saints,
And what is the exceeding
greatness of his power to usward who
believe, according to the working of his
mighty power,
- Ephesians 1:17-19
I believe that when the Bible says
faith cometh by hearing, and hearing
by the Word of God, the first hearing is
with our ears, whereas the second
hearing is with our minds. That means
faith comes by hearing and seeing the
wondrous things in the Word of God.
God expects us to not only hear, but to
also see His plans and purpose for us in
His Word. That is why He said to
Abraham:
…Lift up now thine eyes, and look
from the place where thou art
northward, and southward, and
eastward, and westward:
For all the land which thou seest, to
thee will I give it, and to thy seed for
ever.
- Genesis 13:14-15
What you see is what God is
committed to giving you. For instance,
I knew I would never be a failure in
life, because I saw in the Word of God
that failure is not His plan for me. That
is the secret of my confidence for
success. Revelation, not mere wishes,
is what generates active and result-
oriented faith.
Take time to hear the Word, but
much more, strive to see what has been
written concerning you in it, because
until you see it, you cannot secure it.
When you see it, you will not need any
encouragement to do that which will
qualify you to take delivery of what
you have seen. The Word of God is a
bank of mysteries. So, until you see, do
not stop searching.
Understanding
Good understanding giveth
favour…
- Proverbs 13:15
We have established the fact that
faith comes by hearing and seeing. But
what does it mean to “see”? It means to
understand the Word read or heard.
The man that wandereth out of the
way of understanding shall remain in
the congregation of the dead.
- Proverbs 21:16
And the Bible says, “The just shall
live by faith” (Heb. 10:38). It means
that without faith, the just is dead. We
see from the above scripture also that
without understanding (the ability to
“see”) he shall also end up in death.
Faith is, therefore, equated with
understanding.
In Acts 8, when Philip met the
Ethiopian eunuch and heard him read
from the book of Isaiah, he asked him,
“Understandeth thou what thou
readest?” The eunuch replied, “How
can I, except some man should guide
me?” Philip then began to teach him.
When his understanding opened, his
faith came alive, and he was able to
experience salvation.
There are different levels of faith,
which imply various depths of
understanding. Outstanding faith is a
product of good understanding of
scriptures. To develop your faith,
therefore, you must grow in
understanding, because when
understanding comes, faith is
automatic.
For instance, an understanding that
He (Jesus) that is in me, is greater than
he that is in the world (1 Jn. 4:4) gave
me the faith for divine protection. No
bloodthirsty demon could dare Jesus,
so none can dare me also.
Faith is not a make-believe thing;
but a product of discoveries in the
Word of God. What you see is what
you believe; and if you believe, all
things are possible unto you (Mk.
9:23). Therefore, when confronted with
any form of impossibility, all you need
do is to build up your faith by
desperately seeking to understand the
provisions of scriptures for a solution.
When you find it, there shall be a
reward.
Faith Is Cultivated
Faith is to be consciously
cultivated, not to be assumed. It is true
that faith comes by hearing, and
hearing by the Word of God; but only
those who work at hearing the Word
will ever succeed in building up their
faith.
Note that faith is not rated by the
quantity of scriptures you employ, but
by the depth of conviction of the truth
you acquire from those scriptures. The
disciples said to Jesus, “Lord, increase
our faith,” and He replied them:
… If ye had faith as a grain of
mustard seed, ye might say unto this
sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by
the root, and be thou planted in the sea;
and it should obey you.
- Luke 17:6
 If you have faith like a grain of
mustard seed, you do not need chains
of scriptures to deal with challenges;
you only need depth of conviction. As a
matter of fact, no challenge of your life
will ever require more than two
scriptures to be leveled (Matt. 18:16;
Isa. 34:16). Only one scripture brought
Kenneth E. Hagin out of his paralytic
bed (Mk. 11:23). John G. Lake had an
explosive healing ministry from Acts
10:38. I had my prosperity
breakthrough from Deuteronomy 8:18,
and my divine health package from
Matthew 8:17.
Therefore, just one scripture
coupled with deep conviction is
adequate to provoke divine
intervention. God said one word and
light came (Gen. 1:3). He didn’t have
to repeat the command. Stop running
after volumes; rather, start chasing
after depths! Your depth of conviction
will provoke divine intervention any
day, any time.
Faith is your greatest asset in the
adventure of life. It defines your
overall worth. More importantly, faith
is the universal identity of Christianity
(Acts 6:7). That means you are not a
Christian without faith, as faith is what
establishes your Christian status.
 Chapter 3

Faith Is An Act
Even so faith, if it hath not works,
is dead, being alone.
- James 2:17
Faith is an act! This is a very
important feature of faith. It is what
releases the virtue that gets things
done. Acting what you believe and
confess is what turns on the virtue for
performance (Lk. 1:45).
Turn On The Switch
I learnt in school that every
electrical appliance has a switch.
Though current is loaded in the system,
it takes you first turning on the switch
for the appliance to offer its services.
For example, if I want the fan turned
on so it can cool the room, no matter
how much confession I make, the
words of my mouth cannot turn the
switch on. To enjoy the cooling benefit
of the fan, I must act by turning on the
switch. Without that action of turning
on the switch, though current is loaded
in the fan, and everything is set, I can’t
enjoy the cooling effect of the fan.
Unfortunately, however, we have
turned the issue of faith to a war of
words in the Charismatic circle. We
speak so much, and act not at all! We
confess and confess, until we are
confused! But it takes an act to release
the current of faith. The woman with
the issue of blood took a step, and the
healing current was released. Blind
Bartimaeus was heard calling out to
Jesus for help. He didn’t just say, “I
know someday Jesus would pass by
this street.” He took steps to reach
Jesus, and the current for the
restoration of his sight was released.
In Mark chapter 2, four men let
down a man through the roof of the
building, and Jesus saw their faith in
their action, and healed their sick
friend. Their action portrayed their
faith, and the healing current was
released. Jesus said to the sick man,
“Son, thy sins are forgiven thee…Arise,
and take thy bed, and go thy way into
thine house” (Mk. 2:3-11).
 A Definite Act…
Every release of divine virtue is
traceable to a definite act. Without an
act, there can be no release of virtue.
Confession is cheap; it is profession
that is tough. There is what the Bible
calls the profession of our faith (Heb.
10:23). Professing your faith is what
releases the virtue; that is, behaving it,
living it and acting it. You can speak
from now till tomorrow, but until you
turn on the switch for the release of
current, your fan will not work. But
without saying a word, a mere act of
turning the switch on will cause the fan
to work.
Can you imagine the task of using
your hand to turn your fan on? But
many in the Body of Christ need
refreshing, and are engaging human
and physical efforts to cool their lives.
It takes an act of faith to enjoy divine
refreshing.
Faith is an act; and it is that act that
compels the release of virtue, which we
later celebrate as testimonies. For
example, one of the great pillars of our
ministry is prosperity or supernatural
wealth. But what does it take to enjoy
covenant prosperity?
But thou shalt remember the LORD
thy God: for it is he that giveth thee
power to get wealth, that he may
establish his covenant which he sware
unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
- Deuteronomy 8:18
 The power to get wealth is released
on the platform of the covenant; that is,
on the platform of you doing your part.
Until your path is done, that power
cannot be released. You cannot pray
prosperity on, neither can you fast your
way into it; you have to act out the
covenant to enjoy it.
If you look at Abraham’s life, you
will see faith in action: “So Abram
departed…” (Gen. 12:4). Every release
of virtue is traceable to a definite act of
faith. The profession of your faith will
always lead to the demonstration of
power in the spirit, as God will always
respond to your profession. When you
keep professing it, you will soon begin
to manifest it. You cannot speak your
current on; simply turn on the switch.
God is moving the Church from the
realms of confession of faith to the
realms of profession of faith. As she
lives and acts it, divine virtue will keep
flowing, causing testimonies to keep
abounding. Our profession commits
God, but our act is what compels Him
to perform.
Start Acting The Word
For as the body without the spirit is
dead, so faith without works is dead
also.
- James 2:26
Your act is the connection that your
faith requires to perform. Faith without
an act is like a body without life. Your
fan has life in itself, but cannot
manifest that life until an act (of
turning on the switch) is in place. So
until you start acting on the Word, the
life of God that causes divine
performance cannot flow, as God is
committed to your profession, not your
confessions.
The knowledge that faith is an act
will take you off the same spot, as you
will act your way to the top. You can
work hard to develop a faith identity in
your pursuits, and the difference will
be made clear. Stop celebrating big
grammar and great oration; rather, start
developing a sound profession of faith.
Agreed, you know it, you believe it,
and are saying it; now is the time to act
it! Knowing it and believing it alone
will not turn on the current; acting it is
what does. I do not doubt that you
know it, but if all you know is
operational in your life, it will show. It
gets to a point where knowledge is
translated to faith, and faith is
demonstrated by an act, and then a
refreshing comes – your fan begins to
blow and there is no sweat.
Now, receive grace to flow in this
truth that has just been communicated
to you, in Jesus’ precious name.
 Chapter 4

Releasing The Power Of Faith

Faith is an omnipotent force. Jesus
said, “If thou canst believe, all things
are possible to him that believeth”
(Mk. 9:23). Unfortunately, though faith
is an omnipotent force, many
Christians still live impotent lives.
“Why?” you might ask. “If faith is so
powerful, why am I so powerless? Why
do I lack results?” The answer lies in
the fact that many do not know how to
release the power in faith, they do not
know how to provoke the power in
faith to work for them.
Faith Is Action
 The Word of faith always leaves
you with what to do. Mary said to the
men at Cana of Galilee, “Whatsoever
he saith unto you, do it” (Jn. 2:5). The
Word of faith is the Word of action. It
always leaves you with a
responsibility, with what to do to
release the power it carries.
When they lacked wine at the
wedding, the Word of faith said: “Fill
the water pots with water,” and the men
obeyed. He further said to them: “Take
from it to the governor of the feast.” As
they obeyed the instruction, behold, the
power of faith was released by their
action, and the water was turned into
wine!
The power of faith is at the mercy
of your Word-provoked actions. Your
Word-provoked action is what releases
the omnipotent power of faith. “Make
the men sit down,” Jesus said to His
disciples when He wanted to feed the
five thousand. He then took the five
loaves of bread and two small fishes,
lifted up His eyes to heaven and gave
t h a n k s . At the instance of Jesus’
positive action, the power of heaven
was set into motion, and the little food
was more than enough to feed five
thousand men (Jn. 6:5-13)!
Your corresponding action to the
Word of faith you have heard is what
sets the pace for supernatural
intervention. The woman with the issue
of blood had heard so much about
Jesus. Moved by faith, she said in her
heart, “If I may but touch the hem of
his garment, I shall be made whole.”
But she did not stop there. She went
further by making her way through the
press, to touch the hem of Jesus’
garment, and the switch for the
miraculous was turned loose! Virtue,
the omnipotent power of faith, began to
flow, and her shame ended instantly!
Faith does not leave you with only
what to recite or confess, but also with
what to do. Faith is not just cheap talk;
faith is great acts! Faith is working the
Word of God. This is where, I believe,
many Charismatics miss it. We have
reduced this great weapon to cheap
talks. Now, everybody is saying it, but
almost nobody is seeing anything to
prove what he or she is saying.
Do you know that you will never
live a healthy life until you start acting
heal t hy? It takes healthy acts to
become a healthy saint. You cannot be
looking like the “elder brother” of
fever every time and expect to be a
healthy star in the kingdom.
Your Actions Weigh
It is not only your words that
matter to heaven, your action is equally
important.
…For the Lord is a God of
knowledge, and by him actions are
weighed
- 1 Samuel 2:3
You cannot keep looking like a
failure and expect to become a success.
God is busy weighing your actions to
determine His interventions in your
life. If your actions are found wanting
you may die in want, because you have
blocked the access to His intervention.
Hannah got her miracle because after
she had prayed her heart out to God,
she stood up and ate bread, and her
countenance (which had been sad for
the past 10 years) was no more sad (1
Sam. 1:18). So, if you claim to be free,
act free, look free and take free steps!
Many Christians are in the covenant of
prosperity, but act poverty, leaving
God with no way of blessing them.
They act, look and talk poor. But see
what James said:
 Even so faith, if it hath not works,
is dead, being alone.
Yea, a man may say, Thou hast
faith, and I have works: show me thy
faith without thy works, and I will
show thee my faith by my works.
- James 2:17-18
The word “works” is translated as
action in the newer translations. You
need a corresponding action coupled
with the Word of faith you claim to
have received, to release the power it
carries. You must live your faith out.
God said to Abraham, “Get thee out of
here, I am going to make of you a great
nation. I will bless you and thou shall
be a blessing.” Abraham believed God,
so he departed.
 Action is the only way to prove that
you believe. If you do not act out what
you claim to believe, then you don’t
believe it. Abraham was justified by
his actions, and earned the singular
title of being called “The friend of
God.” Your positive action is what
enhances your colourful destiny with
G o d . Faith in action is the God-
ordained process for releasing the
power of faith.
 Chapter 5

Faith Is In Degrees
Then Jesus answered and said unto
her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it
unto thee even as thou wilt. And her
daughter was made whole from that
very hour.
- Matthew 15:28
Why is it that some people’s faith
produces and other people’s do not?
The reason is that Bible faith is in
degrees. We all have varying degrees
or levels of faith.
Faith Is A Growing Force
There are two very important things
to note about faith: faith is in degrees
and is also a growing force.
We are bound to thank God always
for you, brethren, as it is meet, because
that your faith groweth exceedingly…
- 2 Thessalonians 1:3
Everyone is given a deposit of a
measure of faith at salvation.
For I say, through the grace given
unto me, to every man that is among
you, not to think of himself more
highly than he ought to think; but to
think soberly, according as God hath
dealt to every man the measure of
faith.
- Romans 12:3
In the parable of the ten virgins told
in Matthew 25:1-12, we are told that all
ten virgins had oil in their lamps. But
one group, the five wise ones, had more
oil than the other group, the five
foolish ones. The oil of the foolish ones
ran out while they were waiting for the
groom to arrive, but the wise ones had
some oil reserve, which they poured
into their lamps when the one there ran
out. In like manner, as Christians grow
in their walk with God, they all have
varying levels of faith, though they all
started out with equal deposits at new
birth.
No Faith Level
And he said unto them, Why are ye
so fearful? how is it that ye have no
faith?
- Mark 4:40
What Jesus is saying here is, “Why
is it that you have no faith? Everybody
has a measure of faith, so what
happened to yours?”
Every living thing dies at one time
or the other. If faith is a living force, it,
therefore, means that faith can fail or
die just as all living things. That is why
Jesus said to Peter, “I have prayed for
you, that thy faith fail not” (Lk. 22:32).
Faith failure can be likened to heart
failure, because faith is the heart of
your spiritual life; if your faith fails,
you are gone! Being at a no-faith state
makes you an all-time victim; you
become defenceless and totally
helpless, for only the shield of faith can
handle the wicked arrows of the enemy.
Little Faith Level
 There is also the little faith
measure.
And Peter answered him and said,
Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto
thee on the water.
And he said, Come. And when Peter
was come down out of the ship, he
walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
But when he saw the wind
boisterous, he was afraid; and
beginning to sink, he cried, saying,
Lord, save me.
And immediately Jesus stretched
forth his hand, and caught him, and
said unto him, O thou of little faith,
wherefore didst thou doubt?
- Matthew 14:28-31
The dimension of faith required to
continue was not available in Peter, so
he began to sink. When you do little
with your measure of faith, it becomes
little faith, for whatever a man sows
that also shall he reap. Little faith
cannot confront great challenges. That
is why you have to accept the
responsibility of building up your faith.
Little faith is vulnerable to doubt
when confronted with great challenges.
No one survives on the waters with
doubt. With doubt, you are sure to
drown, except you cry out for help. The
Bible says in the last days perilous
times will come (2 Tim. 3:1). That is,
the world will be confronted by the
worst challenges. That was why Jesus
asked, “When the son of man will
come, shall he find faith on the earth?”
(Lk. 18:8). That is, the challenges will
be so enormous that only those who
have given attention to developing
their faith would be found standing.
Everyone needs to build their faith to
the point of violent reaction against
every contrary situation.
It is not to you according to your
cries and tears; rather, it is to you
according to your faith. The Bible says
the wicked will do more wickedly,
because he knows he has but a short
time. That is why you have to build up
your faith, so you can violently react
against anything contrary to your rights
in Christ.
Great Faith Level
 This is another level of faith.
Then Jesus answered and said unto
her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it
unto thee even as thou wilt. And her
daughter was made whole from that
very hour.
- Matthew 15:28
Great faith will always have it the
way it wants and wills it; it will always
put you in command. God is showing
us the way to great faith. The measure
of faith will give you a measure of
results, little faith will give you little
results, but great faith will bring home
great results. Great faith will naturally
put you in command, because you have
built your faith to a level where you
begin to operate by the spirit of faith (2
Cor. 4:13).
You cannot stay with your measure
of faith, nor can you live with your
little faith. You have a responsibility to
keep building up your faith until you
grow to the level of the Thessalonian
Church, whose faith was described
t h u s : “That your faith groweth
exceedingly.”
Great faith puts you in command,
while the spirit of faith establishes you.
 Chapter 6

The Spirit Of Faith

There are two dimensions of faith
in scriptures: the Word of faith and the
Spirit of faith. The Bible says:
We having the same spirit of faith,
according as it is written, I believed,
and therefore have I spoken; we also
believe, and therefore speak.
- 2 Corinthians 4:13
The Word Of Faith
But the righteousness which is of
faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in
thine heart, Who shall ascend into
heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down
from above:)
 Or, Who shall descend into the
deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again
from the dead.)
But what saith it? The word is nigh
thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy
heart: that is, the word of faith, which
we preach;
- Romans 10:6-8
What this means is that we can live
a supernaturally distinguished life here
on earth just by the ministry of the
Word of faith. The Word of faith
(Logos) has its’ source in the written
Word of God.
So then faith cometh by hearing,
and hearing by the word of God.
- Romans 10:17
The written Word that we read and
hear generates faith in our hearts: “For
with the heart man believeth…”
(Rom.10:10). But the Spirit of faith is
different both in operation and in its’
source. It is not generated like the
Word of faith, but imparted. This is the
ultimate in the school of faith, because
the Spirit of faith is the Spirit of
exploits. The Word of faith when
believed has to be appropriated to get
results, but the Spirit of faith brings
you under a heavenly influence, that
moves you beyond the natural realm
into unlimited exploits.
The Source Of The Spirit Of Faith
And it shall come to pass, if thou
shalt hearken diligently unto the voice
of the LORD thy God, to observe and
to do all his commandments which I
command thee this day, that the LORD
thy God will set thee on high above all
nations of the earth:
- Deuteronomy 28:1
It is one thing to hear a man
through his writing, but another thing
to hear his voice in an audiotape.
Whereas the Word of faith as earlier
said comes via the written Word
(Logos), the Spirit of faith is imparted
by hearing the voice of God, the spoken
Word (Rhema).
The Word of God generates faith,
but the voice of God imparts the Spirit
of faith. Hearing God’s voice is what
imparts the Spirit of faith and confirms
you for exploits, because when you
hear the voice of God on any issue, it is
settled. For instance, I had lots of
discouragement when God called me
into ministry. But the Spirit of faith
that I encountered through the voice of
God I heard gave me the wings to fly,
and made it impossible for me to be
discouraged.
The Bible says in Psalm 29:3, “The
voice of the Lord is upon the waters…”
We know from scriptures that the
Word of God is referred to as water
(Eph. 5:26). It means then that behind
every verse of scripture is the voice of
God. So, when what is written is voiced
to you, you become immovable by any
opposition. No wonder Prophet Ezekiel
said:
 And the spirit entered into me when
he spake unto me, and set me upon my
feet, that I heard him that spake unto
me.
- Ezekiel 2:2
You cannot hear the voice of God
and still be down!
The Operation Of The Spirit Of
Faith
But my servant Caleb, because he
had another spirit with him, and hath
followed me fully, him will I bring into
the land whereinto he went; and his
seed shall possess it.
- Numbers 14:24
This is an example of the operation
of the Spirit of faith. When Caleb and
Joshua, along with the ten other spies,
returned from spying out the land of
Canaan, the ten gave the people an evil
report, which made them afraid. But
Caleb rose up and said to them:
Only rebel not ye against the Lord,
neither fear ye the people of the land;
for they are bread for us: their defence
is departed from them, and the Lord is
with us: fear them not.
- Numbers 14:9
What was responsible for his
extraordinary confidence? He had
another spirit, which we know from
Hebrews 11 was the Spirit of faith.
That Spirit was what helped him to
follow God fully.
It means the Spirit of faith imparts
grace to keep one moving with God’s
plan and purpose, so that even when
others are giving up, that spirit keeps
you moving on. It helps you follow
God fully; and when you follow Him
fully, you end up in His fullness.
The Spirit of faith has its root in the
heart, so that when you hear from the
Lord, the hardness of your heart in that
area is dissolved and the purpose of
God is then given pre-eminence. God’s
purpose in you becomes so rooted, that
even when others give up, you continue
to go higher, because there is
something on your inside!
It is the Spirit of faith that
personalizes your inheritance by an
unusual unfolding of the Word of life.
Also, the Spirit of faith makes
outstanding winners, because what is
said to you becomes like fire shot up in
your bones, and propels you to dare
what others are afraid of.
Stand Upon Your Watch
I will stand upon my watch, and set
me upon the tower, and will watch to
see what he will say unto me ...
- Habakkuk 2:1
We have already established that
the source of the Spirit of faith is the
voice of God. But hearing the voice of
God is a deliberate act. Until you set
yourself to hear Him, you won’t hear
Him. You do not sit at one corner
wishing for God to speak to you. You
put yourself together by standing upon
your watch (in meditation), setting
yourself and watching to see what He
will say to you.
Even though what He says to one,
He says to all, it is important that you
hear your own, because when you hear
His voice on a matter all doubts die.
Just a Word from the Lord can change
your entire life, so you must strive to
encounter His voice. Do not fake it,
otherwise you will be found to be a
fake. Do not pose or make it up; just be
yourself. When you know what it takes
to wait on Him until He speaks, you
will be free. Many of us talk too much
in the presence of God, that we do not
even give Him any chance to speak
anything to us.
Note, however, that God’s voice
does not come in the midst of noise and
vibrations. You require a separation,
concentration and determination, if you
must encounter His voice. God’s voice
is your covenant heritage. That is why
Jesus said, “My sheep hear my voice,
and I know them, and they follow me”
(Jn. 10:27). Therefore, the ability to
hear Him is already in your recreated
nature. You do not need a prophet to
hear on your behalf; you can hear for
yourself. It is your right, so seek His
voice on every issue of your life.
If what you hear does not bring you
solution, it is not the voice of God.
Anything you hear that cannot be
buttressed in scriptures is not the voice
of God, because He cannot deny
Himself. What He says is never
contrary to what He has written.
 Chapter 7

The Stronghold Of Faith

Turn you to the strong hold, ye
prisoners of hope: even to day do I
declare that I will render double unto
thee;
- Zechariah 9:12
Faith begins with the Word of God,
but does not end with it. There is
something extra that gives faith the
backing to produce; I call it the
stronghold of faith.
Abraham’s Example
Abraham is our pattern of faith in
the Bible. Whenever you are
confronted with an issue, it is always
good to look at those who have faced
such challenges before and overcome
them, so you can take a cue from what
they did and overcome too. The Bible
also enjoins us in Isaiah 51:2 to look
unto Abraham our father. What was the
stronghold of Abraham’s faith?
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:
So Abram departed, as the Lord had
spoken unto him…
- Genesis 12:1,4
After God told Abraham to leave
his country, he didn’t go about singing
or praying; he simply departed.
Obedience! In Genesis 17, God enacted
a covenant with Abraham, which
demanded his circumcising himself
and his entire household. The Bible
records that:
And Abraham took Ishmael his son,
and all that were born in his house, and
all that were bought with his money,
every male among the men of
Abraham’s house; and circumcised the
flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame
day, as God had said unto him.
- Genesis 17:23
“In the selfsame day”! It was not
just obedience, but delightsome and
prompt obedience! Abraham was 99
years old then, but it didn’t stop him
from obeying God’s voice.
 Again in Genesis 21:9-14, Abraham
had to send Hagar and Ishmael out of
his house, because God had
commanded it. The Bible records that
Abraham rose up early in the morning
to do as God had commanded. In
Genesis 22 also, Abraham rose up early
in the morning to go on a three-day
journey to mount Moriah to sacrifice
His long-awaited son, Isaac, in
obedience to God’s command.
Obedience was the stronghold of
Abraham’s faith. It was the instrument
he engaged in committing God to his
lifting, welfare and glorious destiny.
Jesus said in John 8:39: “…If ye were
Abraham’s children, ye would do the
works of Abraham.”
 Merely chanting the blessings of
Abraham is not what brings blessings
your way, but doing his works. To
enjoy what Abraham enjoyed, do what
he did — obey. The challenges in the
lives of many Christians today are
rooted in their disobedience. They go
about making great confessions, while
at the same time disobeying the
scriptures.
I consider obedience, therefore, as
the hardest currency in the kingdom. It
has the highest purchasing power, as
anything good and great can come your
way through obedience. Have you not
heard, “If ye be willing and obedient,
ye shall eat the good of the land” (Isa.
1:19)?
 The Worth Of Obedience
After studying this subject of
obedience, I came up with this
conclusion:
Obedience equals divine wisdom
(Matt. 7:24-27), which is what
distinguishes men on the earth, for,
“whatsoever is from above is above
all.” Obedience equals signs and
wonders. “Whatsoever he saith unto
you, do it” (Jn. 2:5). All those head-
breaking prayers won’t deliver to you
what obedience will. Obedience equals
prosperity (Jos. 1:8). Just observe to do
what He commands, and you will make
your way prosperous and have good
success.
Our ministry had some level of
success in Ilorin at the start of the
ministry, but obedience to God’s
command to move took us to Kaduna,
and led us into a higher level of
success. But when He again
commanded us to move to Lagos, we
did, and the success in Lagos is greater
than what we had in Kaduna.
Have you not heard, “Behold, to
obey is better than sacrifice, and to
hearken than the fat of rams (1 Sam.
15:22)? There is no substitute for
obedience. Prayer and fasting are a
waste of energy, if you live in
disobedience (Prov. 1:24-28).
Obedience will always commit God,
and make your life colourful, enviable
and fulfilling. Abraham triumphed by
it, you too will triumph by it.
The End-Product Of Obedience
For this is the love of God, that we
keep his commandments: and his
commandments are not grievous.
- 1 John 5:3
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 end-products of obedience are
supernatural manifestations, divine
interventions and the release of glory
and beauty upon the life of the obedient
man, woman or congregation. There is
no substitute for obedience in the
school of faith. Whereas the Word of
God is the author of faith, obedience is
the finisher of faith. The Word you
hear and believe is impotent until you
do it. It is when you do it that it
becomes fruitful and produce results.
Jesus is the Word of God and also
the pillar of obedience. The Bible says:
And being found in fashion as a
man, he humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the death of
the cross.
Wherefore God also hath highly
exalted him, and given him a name
which is above every name:
- Philippians 2:8-9
Jesus is the epitome of obedience.
He (as the Word of God) is the author
of our faith and is also the finisher of
our faith (in His obedience). Nothing
warms God’s heart as obedience. It is
the cheapest way to woo Him in your
favour.
May the grace to be obedient to
God’s voice and command be imparted
upon you, in Jesus’ name!
 Pillar 3

PRAYER

Contents
Introduction 147
1. Lord, Teach Us To Pray 149
2. Essentials Of A Winning Prayer
159
3. Winning Prayer Supplements
169
4. Prayer Boosters 177
5. What To Pray For 187
6. Praying In The Holy Spirit 193
7. The Place Of Fasting 199
 Pillar 3

Prayer
Introduction
Prayer is a spiritual channel for
connecting with helps from above.
Let us therefore come boldly unto
the throne of grace, that we may obtain
mercy, and find grace to help in time of
need.
- Hebrews 4:16
We go boldly to God in prayers, to
obtain help from Him. Daniel was a
man of prayers, no wonder he was also
a man of faith. He is the only one to
have dared the lions’ den and returned
alive to tell the story. His prayer life
must have been a source of strength for
his faith. Yes, faith brought him out of
the lions’ den alive; but prayer
sustained his faith in the face of death.
To be prayer-less is to be helpless,
because God is committed to sending
you help from above when you call
upon Him. His helps that come through
prayer help to boost and sustain your
faith, which helps you to actualise
destiny.
Again, here is a selection of my
teachings and books on the subject of
prayer.
Keys to Answered Prayers
Winning Prayer
Born To Win
 Chapter 1

Lord, Teach Us To Pray

Prayer to many is a medium of
asking God for things. But that is not
the whole story. Prayer is much more.
Your heavenly Father knows what your
needs are, so prayer should not be
engaged only when we need to
communicate our needs to God. Prayer
is seeking divine intervention over any
given situation on the basis of the
Word of God. It is a medium for
spiritual empowerment; when you are
empowered to gain command over
situations and things.
God knows what is in the dark,
because before Him all things lay bare.
He saw the affliction of the children of
Israel for 400 years, but until He heard
them call on Him for intervention
through prayers, He didn’t come down
(Ex. 3:7-8). Until God hears your call
in prayer, He will not come down on
your behalf. He does not respond to
your afflictions; He only responds to
your effectual communications:
O thou that hearest prayer, unto
thee shall all flesh come.
- Psalm 65:2
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and
desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye
fight and war, yet ye have not, because
ye ask not.
- James 4:2
 Certain things will never come your
way until you engage the prayer line.
The Bible gives us this assurance when
we pray:
For every one that asketh receiveth;
and he that seeketh findeth; and to him
that knocketh it shall be opened.
- Matthew 7:8
Certain things will never be
received until they are asked for;
neither will they be found until they are
sought for. Likewise, certain doors will
never open unto you until you knock.
The question then is, “How do we
pray?” Do we just pray by praying?
It Is Taught
Many have always thought that one
doesn’t need to learn how to pray; that
you simply learn to pray by praying.
This is a wrong assumption. Until you
are taught or trained, you cannot
triumph. That is why the military
worldwide invests heavily in training
its men for battle.
Can you imagine one becoming a
motor mechanic simply by repairing
c a r s ? That is, one becoming a
mechanic without first learning how to
repair vehicles? Skill is a fundamental
requirement in any field of human
endeavour. Every assignment requires
some form of training to make it
happen, whether formal or informal.
Jesus’ disciples knew this, so they
asked their Master: “Lord, teach us to
pray, as John also taught his disciples”
(Lk. 11:1). Knowing the importance of
training also, the Master took time to
teach them how to pray. He did not say
their request was a useless one.
In like manner, we need to be
taught how to pray in order for our
prayers to be effectual. It is not the
length of prayer that determines its
effectiveness, but the quality of prayer;
and you need knowledge to pray
correctly. The Bible says “Ye ask, and
receive not, because ye ask amiss.”
That means there is a right way to ask.
We need to know what it takes to ask
aright, because it’s not every call that
answers in heaven. You have to press
the right buttons for your prayers to be
answered.
 Gaining Access…
In response to His disciples’
request, Jesus taught them a model
prayer, which reveals all that must be
in place for our prayers to be answered
(Lk. 11:2-4). First, you must have a
Father in heaven:
Our Father which art in heaven…
Until you have a Father in heaven,
you are not welcome on the prayer line.
Until you are hooked up to God
through Jesus Christ by being born
again, you do not have an access to the
prayer line.
…Hallowed be thy name…
With God as your Father, you then
approach Him in worship in order to
gain access to His presence. You must
come before Him in worship, praise
and thanksgiving to have His attention;
not in murmuring or grumbling (Ps.
100:4).
…Thy will be done…
For an effective prayer life, you
must know the will of God. What you
do in prayer is to provoke divine
intervention on the basis of God’s
Word, which is His will (1 Jn. 5:14-
15). If you go to a court with a will, the
court is under obligation to enforce that
will, not minding whether the owner of
the will made a mistake in writing it or
n o t . Likewise, you will be justified
when you approach the Throne of
Grace on the basis of the will of God.
The Bible is God’s will, ratified by
the blood of Jesus and handed down to
whosoever. It rescues from destruction.
So, when you approach the court-room
of heaven with the will of God, you are
justified (Isa. 43:26). Every oppression
we suffer is from the accuser of the
brethren, Satan. When we remind God
of His will, declaring it with all
boldness, He is committed to justify us.
That means without the will of God,
your prayer is a mere religious exercise
that will not produce results.
It, therefore, means that for your
prayers to be answered, you must first
know what the will of God is on the
issue at stake. Prayer is not just saying
something; prayer is saying the right
thing. It is not made effective by much
speaking, but by meaningful speaking.
God will always ask, “Why must I step
in?” “Am I committed?” “Is it in My
plan for you?” “On what basis are you
invoking My intervention?” That is
why the Bible tells us in Isaiah 41:21:
Produce your cause, saith the Lord;
bring forth your strong reasons, saith
the King of Jacob.
That is why every Word-weak
Christian is a prayer failure. It is the
strength of the Word in you that
determines the strength of heaven’s
response on your behalf. When you
approach Him on the basis of His
Word, you have committed Him to act.
…Thy kingdom come…
Kingdom-oriented praying gives
you special attention with God, because
you are making spiritual investments
towards the expansion of God’s
kingdom through prayers. That is why
Jesus admonished us to “Seek ye first
the kingdom of God...” (Matt. 6:33).
When you begin to pray to please God,
He will give you access to His hotline.
Kingdom-oriented praying is when
you pray God’s power, dominion,
expansion, etc. into His kingdom. You
say: “Let Your kingdom become
effectual in my life. Let my life please
y o u . I want to be an asset to Your
kingdom, not a liability”, etc. If your
primary desire is to please God, He
will organise everything to your
pleasure. “Thy kingdom come” is a
love factor prayer that God cannot shut
His ears to.
In addition to these, there’s what I
call the Foundation for Effective
Prayers. When this is in place in your
prayer life, you will no longer need to
sweat and struggle for God to answer
your prayers.
The Foundation
The fundamental condition to be
met for effectual prayer is found in
John 15:7:
If ye abide in me, and my words
abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will,
and it shall be done unto you.
To every promise there is a
condition; when the condition is met,
the promise graduates into a covenant.
God is then bound to perform what He
has promised.
All the elements required for an
experiment must be in place and in the
correct proportions for you to arrive at
the right answer. “If ye abide in me” is
the capital element that must be in
place for your prayers to be answered.
“My Words abide in you” is the second
element. “Then you shall ask whatever
you will and it shall be granted unto
you.” This equals answered prayer; that
is, the product.
If these two vital elements are not
there, you will be shaking and hitting
your head in vain, because the product
won’t come. This is where the
charismatics miss it; they are running
around with the Word, when the first
capital “If” is not in place -”If ye abide
in me.” As a result, the Word is
rendered ineffective.
If all you have for an experiment is
just one element out of four, and you
start shaking and stirring your beaker,
and add singing and praying to it, when
would the product emerge? If you
shake it for the next 30 years it won’t
come, because the things required for
your desired product to be delivered
are not present.
“If ye abide in me…” is the capital
element for your desired product –
answered prayer. God is saying to us:
“If ye abide in Me, and then remind Me
of my Words concerning your desires,
you shall have it the way you want it. If
you abide in Me, then My Word that
you have applied commits My integrity
to deliver.” If a branch is broken off a
tree, and is no longer abiding in the
vine, but the branch needs something
that only the vine can supply, how can
it get it? No matter how much working
knowledge you have about your right to
the things the vine carries, as long as
you are no longer connected to it, you
can’t enjoy it. As long as you are not
abiding in Him, there is no way you
can connect with the flow of answers to
your prayers.
Real connectivity to God is the true
foundation for an effectual prayer life.
It is not so much about how hard you
cry, but how well connected you are to
the Source - God. That is why He said,
“My son, give me your heart” (Prov.
23:26). You need a connected heart to
become a commander in the prayer
warfront; that is the only guarantee for
answered prayers. Without a heart for
God, your cries will be mere noises in
the realms of the spirit.
What does it mean to be connected?
It means dedication to God, absolute
love for your Lord and Saviour. Do not
serve Him on contract; He should not
be your God only when He answers
your prayers or blesses you. He should
be your God because you choose Him
to be. The three Hebrew boys were so
dedicated to God that they would rather
burn than bow to the king’s golden
image, and God showed up on their
behalf.
…Our God whom we serve is able
to deliver us from the burning fiery
furnace, and he will deliver us out of
thine hand, O king.
But if not, be it known unto thee, O
king, that we will not serve thy gods,
nor worship the golden image which
thou hast set up.
- Daniel 3:17-18
There are too many prayer warriors,
but few prayer champions. You have
warred enough, now start winning. You
can’t be truly connected and still be
frustrated. When the conditions of
abiding in Him are met, answers to
prayers become a covenant that cannot
be broken. God said, “My covenant will
I not break, nor alter the thing that has
gone out of my lips” (Ps. 89:34).
Your deep love for God is the
anchor for the working of every
scripture. Every promise hangs on your
deep-rooted affection for God. You
can’t blame God for answering me.
Affection is my secret. I once said to
the pastors at a conference: “Until you
know the quality of my oneness with
God, you don’t know my secret.” When
all hell broke loose in our home, and
my wife’s life was ebbing away, and
Satan was celebrating her burial, I said
to God: “That You heal her is not what
makes You my God. Whether You heal
her or not, You are my God eternally.”
This kind of decision and dedication is
what provokes divine intervention.
Dedication is not a gift, but a
choice: “My son, give me your heart.”
Be truly connected to God in your
heart, and not with your mouth only.
Develop a new dimension of
relationship with God; it will not only
boost your prayer life, but also boost
every aspect of your life.
 Chapter 2

Essentials Of A Winning Prayer

And it came to pass, that, as he was
praying in a certain place, when he
ceased, one of his disciples said unto
him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John
also taught his disciples.
- Luke 11:1
Prayer is our principal access to
divine helps, and as we can see from
the above, Jesus Christ, our perfect
example, was a Man of prayer. He was
absolutely dependent on God’s help for
all He did (Jn. 5:30; 8:28). We must
learn what matters and what it takes to
pray and always have answers to our
prayers as Jesus did.
Be Confident
Going to God in prayer is not
enough; how you approach Him
determines what you get. This is how
the Bible commands us to approach
God in prayers:
Let us therefore come boldly unto
the throne of grace, that we may obtain
mercy, and find grace to help in time of
need.
- Hebrews 4:16
We are to go before God boldly. To
be bold means to be confident. I do not
mean one putting on a bold face. By
being confident I mean inner strength,
steadfastness and stability based on an
assurance that God is going to help
y o u . Some scriptural examples of
confidence in God are seen in the lives
of Daniel and the three Hebrew boys
(Dan. 3), Hezekiah (2 Kgs. 20:1-7) and
Paul.
God does not expect you to come
before Him like a miserable battered
beggar. He is not a wicked Father. On
the contrary, He is ever-willing and
ready to bless you (Rom. 8:32). So
when you approach Him with
confidence, He rewards you for it (Heb.
10:35).
Your confidence in God can be
built up in three ways. The first is
righteousness-consciousness, as
opposed to sin-consciousness (Prov.
28:1). If you are saved, the blood of
Jesus confers on you the grace of
righteousness or right standing before
God, resulting in an unlimited access to
His help (2 Cor. 5:21). Christians who
do not appropriate this provision are
sin-conscious, and so are always
wretched, broken and beaten. Their
lack of boldness in God disconnects
them from divine help.
Boldness can also be cultivated
through knowledge. Knowledge
strengthens the inner man (Prov. 24:5).
The more of God you know, the more
persuaded you are of His help, and the
more you can confidently ask Him for
it (Dan. 11:32; 1 Jn. 5:14; 2 Tim. 1:12).
T h e Holy Spirit also helps build
boldness in us. Peter was transformed
by the Holy Spirit from a weakling to a
fearless rock in a matter of minutes on
the day of Pentecost.
Be Kingdom-Minded
This is another cardinal factor for
winning in prayers. When the things of
God’s kingdom matter very much to
you, you commit God to your welfare
even without asking Him for it. Jesus
lets us into this secret:
But seek ye first the kingdom of
God, and his righteousness; and all
these things shall be added unto you.
- Matthew 6:33
When you favour God’s kingdom,
you turn His favour/help loose in your
direction (Ps. 102:13-15). King
Solomon (1 Kgs. 3) and Nehemiah
(Neh. 1) are examples of those who
enjoyed God’s marvellous helps,
because of their great love for His
kingdom. Their prayers were not self-
centred, hence God gave them
abundantly more than they asked for.
When you win God’s love through
kingdom-minded prayers, you have
automatic access to His best, and He
will manifest Himself to you (Jn.
14:21).
Do you really love God and have a
passion for the advancement of His
kingdom? Then you won’t need to
sweat in prayers, because even before
you ask, He will answer (Isa. 65:24).
Be Specific
You must also be specific in your
prayers for it to be answered. When in
need of help, frantic crying to God
alone will not deliver it to you. You
must be able to tell God exactly what
type of help you need. Blind
Bartimeaus for instance cried to Jesus
for help. But that was not enough to get
an answer from Jesus. Even though
Jesus could see that he was blind, He
still requested that Bartimeaus
specified what he needed from Him
(Mk. 10:46-52).
In like manner, God always wants
us to be specific in our prayers. Do not
just pray for help, be specific about the
kind of help you want. God is not an
ambiguous God, neither can your needs
be a challenge to Him. All things are in
His control, so you can afford to be
specific.
Note, however, that as you present
your specific needs to God, it is
necessary to reinforce your requests
with His will/Word that commits Him
to grant your request (1 Jn. 5:14). That
way, you will not be begging in prayer,
but asking for what is yours as stated in
His will.
Have Faith
Faith is a must in order to win in
prayer. Any prayer not backed up with
faith is not a true prayer. It is unwise to
expect to receive anything from God
without faith, for His Word says:
But without faith it is impossible to
please him: for he that cometh to God
must believe that he is, and that he is a
rewarder of them that diligently seek
him.
- Hebrews 11:6
When two blind men met Jesus and
asked for His help in restoring their
sight, Jesus told them His help was
dependant on their faith (Matt. 9:28-
29). Divine help does not come to you
based on your tears, prayer posture,
length or volume of prayer, but
according to your faith. As long as you
faith is in place when you pray, the arm
of God will be stretched forth to help
you.
The truth is that the greater your
faith, the shorter your prayer would
become, because response from heaven
hinges on your believing. There is no
mountain on earth that faith cannot
overturn (Mk. 11:23-24). Faith is a
must, and it can grow and be built up;
so build up your faith (2 Thess. 1:3;
Jude 20). The Word of God is the
major source of faith (Rom. 10:17).
Therefore, the first thing to do before
praying is to build up your faith on that
issue from God’s Word.
It is one thing for your prayer to be
fervent and another for it to be faith-
filled. Fervency is irrelevant without
faith, because God’s response is faith-
determined. Faith is a tangible force. It
is what gives substance to your prayer.
It is not faith when you say, “God can
do it.” But your faith is in place when
you say, “Because God has said this, I
know He will do it.” Therefore, let your
faith be in place before you start
communicating to God in prayers; as it
is the only way to move Him. The level
of your “faith tank” is what determines
the level of response you get from God.
Divine help is not only available,
but obtainable. Simply fulfill these
conditions, and God will be fully
committed to answering your prayers.
Elijah’s Example
Elias was a man subject to like
passions as we are, and he prayed
earnestly that it might not rain: and it
rained not on the earth by the space of
three years and six months.
And he prayed again, and the
heaven gave rain, and the earth brought
forth her fruit.
- James 5:17-18
Elijah’s prayer is given as an
example of a prayer that avails much.
At his request/prayer, there was
drought in the land for three and a half
years, and at his request again, the
heavens gave its rain (1 Kgs. 17:1;
18:41-46). How did he do this? What
did he do for his prayers to be
answered?
First, he repaired the Lord’s
broken down altar (1 Kgs. 18:30).
That means he repaired the broken
communication. Repairing the broken
down altar represents repentance (Isa.
59:1-2; Ps. 66:18; 1 Jn. 1:9). The
barrier between you and God must first
be cleared before you can become a
commander in the school of prayer. His
ears are not heavy that He cannot hear
you, but your iniquities are what have
separated you from Him. But once sin
is out of the way, God’s hand will be
stretched forth in your direction. That
is righteousness-consciousness, which
gives you the confidence to approach
His throne of grace for help.
Then he laid the wood in order (1
Kgs. 18:33). Wood here symbolizes the
Word of God.
And this is the confidence that we
have in him, that, if we ask any thing
according to his will, he heareth us.
- 1 John 5:14
 Put me in remembrance: let us
plead together: declare thou, that thou
mayest be justified.
- Isaiah 43:26
By laying the wood in order, God is
saying to you, “Remind Me of My
commitment on this subject, remind
Me of My will on this matter.” So, get
God’s will on the matter and put them
before Him in prayers. It is important
to first lay hold on the Word/will of
God on the issue at hand before you set
out to pray. It is what secures heaven’s
attention.
Understand that laying the wood in
order does not mean just chanting
scriptures. The Holy Spirit is your
greatest Helper in the school of prayer
(Rom. 8:26-27). He will help you to
locate the wood and arrange them in
order, and at the same time teach and
bring to your remembrance all things
whatsoever you have learnt of Him.
God says you should produce your
cause and bring forth your strong
reasons (Isa. 41:21).
When many years ago there was an
attack on my last daughter’s health, I
did just that, and God couldn’t turn His
ears away from me. My daughter had
been carried away from our home that
morning lifeless. When I got to the
office that morning, I shut the door and
said to God, “There must be a way out
here.” While worshipping before Him,
the Holy Spirit began to unfold the will
of God to me on the issue. He said, “I
am he that liveth, and was dead; and,
behold, I am alive forevermore, Amen;
and have the keys of hell and of death”
(Rev. 1:18). It became clear to me for
the first time that Satan does not have
the key of death in his hands anymore.
The Holy Spirit also brought me to
Hebrews 2:14, where the Word of God
said Jesus, through death, destroyed
him that had the power of death (the
devil), and delivered them who through
the fear of death were subject to fear
and bondage all their lifetime.
Therefore, Satan couldn’t have the
final say in the matter on hand. The
final scripture the Holy Spirit gave me
was in Isaiah 49:24-26, where God
assured that He would deliver and save
my children.
I immediately knew that the devil
had lost and simply wrote down these
three scriptures on a piece of paper and
gave it to a pastor to go read over my
daughter at the hospital; and that was
all! The battle over her life was over as
soon as the scriptures were read over
her!
In order to win in prayers, you need
to locate the appropriate
Word/scriptures that guarantee God’s
commitment to answer you and
approach Him boldly with them; He
cannot deny Himself.
The next thing Elijah did was to
pour out barrels of water on the burnt
sacrifices (vs. 33). This means you
should be filled with thanksgiving,
praise and worship for the anticipated
answers and divine interventions.
Lazarus was cold dead and rotten
when Jesus got to his graveside, but
Jesus said, “Father, I thank You.” He
was pouring out barrels of water. The
barrels of water simply represent the
fruit of your lips; that is, giving thanks
unto God continually (Heb. 13:15). The
Bible commands us to be anxious for
nothing (Phil. 4:6). Rather, we are to
give thanks in everything, for this is
the will of God in Christ Jesus
concerning us (1 Thess. 5:18). And
until you do the will of God, you won’t
obtain the promise.
 Giving of thanks is a principal
requirement in the school of prayer.
Until you thank Him, He cannot hear
what you are saying. Remember that
until the will of God is done, the
promise is inaccessible.
Then get on the firing line (vs. 36-
38)! With every other thing in place,
then make your specific requests
known unto God, and He is faithful and
just to hear and answer you. We have
this assurance from scriptures:
For every one that asketh receiveth;
and he that seeketh findeth; and to him
that knocketh it shall be opened.
- Matthew 7:8
You serve a God that answers
prayer; that is enough to put you on the
firing line. If you say it and cannot see
it, then pray more until you obtain an
answer. Jesus prayed until the sweat
coming from His body was as droplets
of blood. I see you win in every prayer
battle you engage in from henceforth,
in Jesus’ name!
 Chapter 3

Winning Prayer Supplements

God always answers prayers; that is
why all flesh always comes unto Him
(Ps. 65:2). He does not store prayers.
So if your prayers are not being
answered, you need to examine
yourself in the light of scriptures, to
find out what might be wrong. There
are some other things you must know
and do when you pray, in addition to
the factors discussed in the preceding
chapter, that gives you easy access to
God and guarantee answers to prayers.
Once these conditions are met, positive
response to the prayer made is
guaranteed from the throne of grace.
Be Relaxed
Be careful for nothing; but in every
thing by prayer and supplication with
thanksgiving let your requests be made
known unto God.
And the peace of God, which
passeth all understanding, shall keep
your hearts and minds through Christ
Jesus.
- Philippians 4:6-7
To be relaxed means to be calm,
still and free from all anxieties and
fears. Any prayer uttered in such a state
connects with heaven and delivers
answer. If you want an encounter with
divine help, then you must be relaxed
(Ex. 14:14; Ps. 46:10). This is because
the calmer you are in the face of
challenges, the more effective your
prayer is.
Anxiety is an evidence of doubt,
which is a major hindrance to answered
prayer. Doubt disqualifies you from
receiving any help from the throne of
grace (Jms. 1:6-7). The preparation of
the heart is what determines the answer
from the Lord (Prov. 16:1). But when
your heart is shaky, your heaven is
c l o s e d . Besides, it is a sign of
immaturity to still carry burdens about
after the Lord has said you should cast
them upon Him, because He cares (1
Pet. 5:7). Anxiety is a destroyer; so
relax! It cost King Saul his throne (1
Sam. 13:1-14).
 The major cure for anxiety is the
knowledge of God and His ability
(Dan. 11:32). You can afford to be
relaxed when you know better than
your challenger and are trusting in
God’s faithfulness and integrity (Num.
23:19; Isa. 55:11; Phil. 1:28; Titus 1:2;
Heb. 6:18). It is important to always be
relaxed in prayer. Be calm and refuse
to be moved by every wind that blows;
for God has made a way of escape for
you from every temptation that comes
your way.
Be Thankful
Serve the Lord with gladness: come
before his presence with singing...
Enter into his gates with
thanksgiving, and into his courts with
praise: be thankful unto him, and bless
his name.
- Psalm 100:2, 4
Thanksgiving is a covenant access
to the throne of God for help. When
you knock on the door of heaven in
worship, thanksgiving and gratitude, it
opens to you instantly. That is why
when Jesus taught His disciples how to
pray, He told them the first thing to do
was to hallow His name (Lk. 11:2).
Hallowing His name involves blessing
Him for who He is, from a heart of
gratitude and appreciation. Do this
before presenting your needs to Him,
no matter how pressing they may be.
By first being appreciative brought
instant help and marvellous answer for
Nehemiah (Neh. 1-2) and the apostles
(Acts 4:24-31).
When you come to God with
thanksgiving, His gates cannot be shut
against you. But murmuring turns Him
against you and makes you a cheap
victim of the devourer. Free yourself
from the destructive attitude of
ingratitude. Instead, be thankful to God
and bless Him. Many Christians are
confused and confounded today simply
because they are always complaining
(1 Cor. 10:10). Whenever things go
wrong with them, they blame God. The
devil has blinded their eyes, so they
can’t see that God is their only helper
out of every problem. Who will help
you if you murmur against Him?
 I came up with a philosophy early
in life that God is always right. No
matter the challenge, God is always
right. Therefore, thank Him even in the
midst of that trial, and you will
automatically secure His attention.
Some have engaged in many days
of fasting, which only ended them in
more frustrations, because they do not
know what it takes to open heaven.
Praise and worship are the forces that
open your heaven at will. The two
prayers Jesus prayed and got instant
answers to were those of thanksgiving.
In John 6, when He was surrounded by
a crowd of 5,000 men that needed to be
fed, the Bible says He took five loaves
of bread and two small fishes and gave
t h a n k s . The heaven opened and
multiplication was the result! They
gathered twelve baskets of fragments
from that miracle meal! Also in John
11, it was thanksgiving that brought
Lazarus back to life, after he had been
dead for four days.
There is always a point for
thanksgiving in every issue of life.
Locate it and give God thanks, for that
is His will for you in Christ Jesus (1
Thess. 5:18). Take away the stones of
ingratitude, discontentment,
covetousness and offences from your
l i f e . Remember, prayer never goes
through without thanksgiving. When
you are committed to thanksgiving,
you have an unlimited access to God.
 Be Forgiving
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
will not hear.
- Isaiah 59:1-2
I consider unforgiveness as a
capital sin, because other sins thrive on
i t . It is a major road block to your
access in prayer. When Jesus taught on
how to pray, He said we can only
expect God to forgive us to the level
that we forgive others (Lk. 11:4; Mk.
11:25-26). God will only forgive your
sins after you have forgiven others.
 Jesus makes the teaching on
forgiveness even clearer with His
parable in Matthew 18:21-35, where
the one who was earlier forgiven but
refused to forgive someone else who
had offended him was delivered to the
tormentors. In the same way, many
Christians are being tormented in their
health, family, business, career,
finance, etc. simply because they have
refused to let go of those who have
offended them.
No matter how grievous the offence
or painful the abuse, it is in your own
interest to forgive the offender. Since
we are growing on to perfection, we
will always need God’s forgiveness, so
the onus is on us to forgive others.
David knew this secret of forgiveness
so well. In fact, it was a reason for his
triumphs. Despite Saul’s aggression
and maltreatment, David continued to
call him father and even refused to kill
him when he had the opportunity to do
s o . It is not surprising then that
although David committed very
grievous errors, God still forgave and
restored him.
To be forgiving is to love, and love
covers all sins (Prov. 10:12).
Forgiveness was the last thing Jesus
demonstrated on the cross (Lk. 23:34).
Let this also be your attitude, whether
the offender is sober and apologetic or
not.
Be Earnest
 But if from thence thou shalt seek
the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him,
if thou seek him with all thy heart and
with all thy soul.
- Deuteronomy 4:29
When you pray to God for His help,
be hearty in the presentation of your
desires and call upon Him with all your
heart. Many call upon God with all
their might; they make a lot of noise,
but there is no answer to their prayer
because the heart connection is faulty.
God answers only heartfelt prayers, not
the outward manifestations in prayer.
Unfortunately, many do not know the
meaning of effectual prayer (Isa.
29:13).
Hannah, for instance, was for many
years always religiously appearing at
Shiloh, until the day she learnt better
and poured out her soul to God (1 Sam.
1:9-15). It was this same type of
earnest, heart-felt prayer that Elijah
prayed and held back rain for three and
a half years (Jms. 5:16-18). The
amplified version of this scripture is
more explicit. It renders it this way:
…The earnest (heartfelt, continued)
prayer of a righteous man makes
tremendous power available [dynamic
in it working].
The length or the volume of words
spoken in prayer is irrelevant to your
getting answers (Matt. 6:7). What
matters in receiving divine help is the
quality of your heart, based on the
earnestness in your soul and the Word
you are standing upon.
Delight
Delight thyself also in the Lord;
and he shall give thee the desires of
thine heart.
- Psalm 37:4
Delighting yourself in the Lord is
one of the greatest ways to an open
heaven; it connects you to divine
intervention. Delighting yourself in the
Lord means getting carried away with
God; getting addicted to Him so much
that He becomes your excitement and
everything about Him turns you on.
When you delight yourself in the
Lord, He will not wait for you to ask
Him for things; He simply commits
Himself to the desires of your heart
(Isa. 65:24). Your heavenly Father
knows you have needs, and He has
devised a means of meeting them, your
enemies notwithstanding (Matt. 6:31-
33) . But your kingdom connection is
what determines the degree of
intervention you will enjoy from Him.
It determines the rate at which heaven
will respond to your prayers.
An end has come to your struggles
in prayers! From henceforth, you will
always win in prayers, in Jesus’ name!
 Chapter 4

Prayer Boosters
Some years back, I noticed that I
was getting things done so cheaply, so I
asked God, “Won’t You even let me
pray before You answer?” and He
replied, “There is a company of people
that before they call, I will answer;
while they are yet speaking, I will
perform.” That means there is a realm
in God where you provoke divine
intervention without having to pray
(Isa. 65:24). It is a realm of answered
prayers without tears, a realm where
God contends with all that contend
with you, without you having asked
Him to. It is a realm of reaching
heaven and receiving from heaven
without shouting, a realm where you
provoke answers without asking!
Winning the prayer war is not a
function of rigours of intercessions,
supplications and prayers of
agreement. There are other direct
avenues to God that bring you victory
without sweat. If these avenues are not
in place, your many days of praying
and fasting and cries will be wasted.
The Obedience Line
And having in a readiness to
revenge all disobedience, when your
obedience is fulfilled.
- 2 Corinthians 10:6
Obedience is a very effectual
weapon in the prayer war, as what we
do in prayer is mostly to seek redress
from heaven. You can avenge all
disobedience with the weaponry of
obedience; you can bring down
imaginations and cast down every devil
as well (2 Cor. 10:3-5). This is because
if you do whatever He tells you to do,
no devil can undo you (1 Pet. 3:13).
Walking in obedience to God’s
commands puts you in charge, so that
you have things as you desire them.
Obedience is your gateway to the
realms of answers without prayers. You
can live a hurt-free life with obedience,
as it endears you to divine favour and
renders your enemies helpless. It
commits God to act on your behalf and
in your favour. If you will carefully
trace the events of your life, you will
notice that when things happen in your
life without you praying for them, you
had earlier responded in obedience to a
commandment of God. Obedience
naturally disarms the devil without
tears. “Whatsoever he saith unto you,
do it” (Jn. 2:5) is the secret of a
sweatless and effectual prayer life.
God said, “Because I cried and they
didn’t hear, so they cried, and I would
not hear” (Zech. 7:13). If God must
hear you when you call in prayers, then
you must first hear and obey Him.
Obedience keeps you at an advantage
in all spiritual conflicts. No wonder
Samuel told Saul:
 …Hath the LORD as great delight
in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in
obeying the voice of the LORD?
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
and to hearken than the fat of rams.
- 1 Samuel 15:22
Obedience has no substitute. It is
important that you check your
obedience level in whichever area you
seem to be facing some challenges, and
ask yourself, “Am I living by God’s
instructions here, or am I doing my
own thing?” If you are doing it His
way, then He is committed to hearing
and answering you whenever you call
upon Him.
Obedience infuses a man with
confidence, because if you have done
what is required of you, then you can
be bold to demand what is due to you
or to make declarations that commands
heaven’s backing. Jesus was a great
commander in prayer because of His
obedience to the Father. If you also
operate in absolute obedience to the
voice of the Father, you will command
the same kind of results He
commanded in prayers.
And it shall come to pass, if thou
shalt hearken diligently unto the voice
of the Lord thy God, to observe and to
do all his commandments which I
command thee this day, that the Lord
thy God will set thee on high above all
nations of the earth:
- Deuteronomy 28:1
 Obedience is so powerful, that it
speaks. If you desire financial open
heavens, for instance, you must obey
the laws of abundance; otherwise no
amount of prayer will ever bring
financial blessings your way. When
you are obedient to the demands of the
law of abundance, you will no longer
need prayer to enjoy it, as your
obedience will speak for you. Even if
the devil attempts to stop your harvest,
one word of prayer is enough to cast
him out, because he must bow to the
weapon of your obedience.
The same thing goes if you desire
peace in your home. You do not need
one day of prayer and fasting. All that
is needed is: husband, love your wife as
Christ loved the Church, and wife,
submit unto your own husband as unto
Christ (Eph. 5:22, 25). These acts of
obedience are enough to cast out every
devil from your home.
You never know how weak the
enemy is, until you start walking in
absolute obedience. At the marriage
feast in Cana of Galilee, where Jesus
turned water into wine, their need was
met just by obeying Jesus’ command to
fill the water pots with water. They
didn’t need to pray one word of prayer!
Your obedience moves heaven into
action in your favour and your
adversaries are dealt with on your
behalf. Obey God with all your heart,
both in secret and in the open, and your
struggles in prayer will come to an end.
The Bible commands our obedience to
be like this:
Not with eyeservice, as
menpleasers; but as the servants of
Christ, doing the will of God from the
heart;
- Ephesians 6:6
The Bible tells us:
If ye be willing and obedient, ye
shall eat the good of the land:
- Isaiah 1:19
The good of the land is accessible
to all, but available only to the
obedient. Receive grace for practical
obedience from henceforth.
The Imagination Line
If your imagination is always
negative, then your supplications will
end in frustration. Most battles are lost
in the mental realm, as your mind is
the battleground in every conflict of
life. Until you win in the mind, you
cannot win in the world.
Your imagination, just as much as
your asking, provokes divine
intervention. The woman with the issue
of blood first imagined her healing
before she was healed (Mk. 5:25-34;
Matt. 9:20-22). She drew virtue
without utterance from within her
heart. She must have heard the story in
Luke chapter seven of how Jesus
touched a coffin and how the dead son
of a widow in it rose up and must have
concluded within herself, “This person
who could touch a coffin and the dead
rose, if only I can touch the helm of
His garment, then I shall be made
whol e.” That is forming scriptural
equations in your mind to achieve your
desired end.
What you ask and think weigh the
same before God; He responds to your
thoughts the same way He does your
w o r d s . The scriptures cannot be
broken, “As he thinks in his heart, so is
he…” (Prov. 23:7). Your imagination
is a pacesetter for your destiny,
because God is able to do exceeding
abundantly above all that we ask or
think (Eph. 3:20).
The Affection Line
Affection is another means of
reaching God without having to say a
wor d. Somebody came to Jesus and
asked, “Master, which is the great
commandment in the law?” And Jesus
answered, “Thou shalt love the Lord
thy God with all thy heart, with all thy
soul, and with all thy mind” (Matt.
22:36-37).
The love line provides you a
private, unhindered access to God,
because when you draw near to Him,
He draws near to you. When you are in
love with Him, He is in love with you
as well. He responds to love the same
way He responds to what we ask for in
prayers. Love does not require words;
it is expressed by our actions. “For
God so loved the world, that He gave
His only begotten Son…” (Jn. 3:16).
When you win the love of God, you
will cease from tears; because before
you call, He will answer, and while you
are yet speaking, He will perform.
When you are in love, you are in
favour with God (1 Cor. 2:9) and He
will manifest Himself to you (Jn.
14:21). That means He won’t wait for
you to cry for anything before He
releases it to you. He will make His
best available to you at all times. Just
love God, and you will cease from all
your struggles! You cannot give God
the first place and be left at the last
place!
The Action Line
…For the Lord is a God of
knowledge, and by him actions are
weighed.
- 1 Samuel 2:3
Your dispositions and actions reach
God, just like your words. Abraham
never uttered one word of prayer on
mount Moriah. He simply put Isaac on
the altar, took a knife and was going to
sacrifice him as instructed by God.
When God saw that he was actually
going to kill the boy, He stopped him
and swore a blessing upon him, “…In
blessing I will bless thee…” (Gen.
22:17).
When God said He was going to
punish Ahab and bring evil upon his
house for their sins, Ahab tore his
garment and lay flat before God.
Though Ahab uttered no word, but God
s a i d , “Seest how Ahab humbleth
himself before me…I will not bring the
evil in his days...” (1 Kgs. 21:27-29).
You cannot look poor and expect to
become rich, neither can you look sick
and be healthy! You cannot look
cheated and be favoured. Until you act
success, you do not become successful.
Revelation-inspired actions touch
heaven and provoke supernatural
manifestations. After Hannah prayed to
God for a man-child, the Bible says,
“…The woman went her way, and did
eat, and her countenance was no more
sad” (1 Sam. 1:18). This was even
though she had not met her husband
and was not yet physically pregnant.
That is a winning action!
God weighs actions, and it is the
weight of your action that determines
the response you get from heaven (Jms.
2:17-18). Where you are going to end
is determined by what you are doing
today; so act well, and you will live
well!
The Testimony Line
Thy testimonies have I taken as an
heritage for ever: for they are the
rejoicing of my heart.
- Psalm 119:111
Testimonies are assets in prayers;
they authenticate the reality of God,
and by so doing destroy doubts.
Hebrews 11:6 says:
But without faith it is impossible to
please him: for he that cometh to God
must believe that he is, and that he is a
rewarder of them that diligently seek
him.
You need faith to receive anything
from God in prayers, and one of the
ways to generate faith is by
testimonies. Testimonies fortify your
confidence in God, so that you are able
to boldly approach the throne of grace.
David overcame Goliath by the power
of testimonies. He knew He could not
have killed a lion and a bear by his
physical strength at his age. Since it
was God that gave him the victory
then, he believed He could again give
him the giant’s head.
Most testimonies are reproductions
of other testimonies. They are pointers
to your heritage, showing you what is
available to you in God and how you
can access the same by standing
correctly in the covenant.
Put me in remembrance: let us
plead together: declare thou, that thou
mayest be justified.
- Isaiah 43:26
When you are face-to-face with
oppositions, you can remind God of
His previous acts in your life and in the
lives of other people, to provoke Him
to act again. And because He is the
same yesterday, today and forever,
whatever He has done before, He will
do again. When you remind God of His
previous acts, you invoke His
faithfulness and compel Him to
reproduce the act.
Your prayer access is enhanced
when you arm yourself with the acts of
God in your life and in the lives of
others. When Hezekiah was sick and
Isaiah the prophet was sent to tell him
that he would surely die, he simply
turned to the wall and prayed, 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…
- 2 Kings 20:3
His testimony made God to change
His mind and added fifteen more years
to his life. Your personal testimony
will bail you out in the day of trouble.
Note that you do not only testify before
people; you can also testify before the
Lor d. Maintaining a testimony bank
will enhance the effect of your prayer
life. I don’t think there is any challenge
you are faced with today that
somebody else has not testified of in
time past. So lay hold of those
testimonies, come boldly to the throne
and use them in prayer against that
problem, and you will be out of it.
Your prayer life will be much more
fruitful and refreshing from henceforth,
and you shall no longer be stranded, in
Jesus’ name!
 Chapter 5

What To Pray For

If Jesus said men ought always to
pray and not to faint (Lk. 18:1) and
Paul commanded us to pray without
ceasing (1 Thess. 5:17), then it is
obvious that prayer covers a very wide
range of issues that should keep you
productively engaged in it without vain
repetitions. Prayer should be exciting
and fulfilling for the New Testament
believer.
We have always thought that prayer
is just telling God our needs, but it is
much more than that. Our prayers
should go beyond asking God for bread
and butter always. Let me show you
some things you must pray for. They
are drawn from the prayer Jesus taught
His disciples and will guarantee
continuous open heavens for every
believer.
For Revelation
Give us day by day our daily bread.
- Luke 11:3
Bread in scriptures connotes two
things — physical food, which supplies
the energy needed to sustain the body,
and the bread of the Word of God,
which is the food of the spirit. When
the devil tempted Jesus to turn stones
into bread in Luke 4:3-4, His reply was,
“It is written, That man shall not live
by bread alone, but by every word of
God.”
Both the bread of the Word of God
and the physical food we eat are
equally important, but the Bible says,
“The spirit of a man will sustain his
infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can
bear?” (Prov. 18:14). It means that
when the spirit is well fed on the Word,
it enhances the health of both the spirit
and the physical body. The spirit is the
most viable source of energy for both
the body and the spirit.
A Word encounter is all you need
to take charge over any issue of life,
because God upholds all things by the
Word of His power (Heb. 1:3). That
was why David prayed in Psalm
119:18, saying, “Open thou mine eyes,
that I may behold wondrous things out
of thy law.”
Never expect your situation to treat
itself. Rise up to the challenge by
praying for revelation, so you can be in
full command of the affairs of your
life.
For Provisions
The other dimension of the daily
bread we ask for in prayers is our
material provisions. In Matthew 6:31-
32, Jesus said:
Therefore take no thought, saying,
What shall we eat? or, What shall we
drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be
clothed?
(For after all these things do the
Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly
Father knoweth that ye have need of all
these things.
God recognizes that you need
material provisions like food, clothing
and shelter. In Matthew 7:9-11, Jesus
asked:
Or what man is there of you, whom
if his son ask bread, will he give him a
stone?
Or if he ask a fish, will he give him
a serpent?
If ye then, being evil, know how to
give good gifts unto your children, how
much more shall your Father which is
in heaven give good things to them that
ask him?
Prayer for provision is scriptural.
God believes in giving good things to
His children, if only they would ask
Hi m . When we ask Him, the Bible
assures us that “no good thing will he
withhold from them that walk
uprightly” (Ps. 84:11).
From scriptures, we understand that
not all prayers are verbalized. Our
prayer for provisions can also be
through thoughts and actions. That is
why Jesus gave this injunction in
Matthew 6:33:
But seek ye first the kingdom of
God, and his righteousness; and all
these things shall be added unto you.
Kingdom addiction is a non-verbal
form of prayer that compels God to
keep adding to you. Also, being an
excited and committed tithe payer is
another way you compel your heavens
to be open, and blessings are added to
you, till you do not have enough room
to contain them (Mal. 3:10).
However, if after doing all these
you still cannot see the additions, then
the devil must be blocking your
blessings. So, come against him in the
name of Jesus, reminding God of your
covenant with Him, and command your
heavens to open for your additions to
come in. Remember God says, “Ask,
and it shall be given you” (Matt. 7:7).
For Direction
…Lead us not into temptation...
- Luke 11:4
When the Lord is your shepherd,
your heaven remains permanently
open, causing you to know no lack or
want. The secret of every kingdom star
is in divine guidance. David was a
great man of war, who never lost any
battle throughout his life; he was a man
of enquiries. Because he was divinely
guided, he naturally enjoyed God’s
presence, which ensured his victory (2
Sam. 5:17-25). Even Jesus was divinely
led. He said, “I can of mine own self do
nothing…” (Jn. 5:30).
God expects you to pray to Him,
asking for His guidance. You end up
toiling through life like a beast of
burden if you do not (Ps. 32:6-9). But
when you are on course with His
leadings, He goes before you to make
your way smooth.
 When you say, “Lead us not into
temptation”, what you are saying is,
“Lead us in the safe and right ways to
the paths of distinction.” So, get into
God’s presence and make enquiries on
every crucial step of your life, for He is
committed to leading you in the way of
profiting (Isa. 30:21; 48:17).
The Cry Of Mercy
…Blind Bartimaeus...sat by the
highway side begging.
And when he heard that it was Jesus
of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and
say, Jesus, thou son of David, have
mercy on me…
And Jesus stood still, and
commanded him to be called…
- Mark 10:46-49
 The cry of mercy will always
command the attention of heaven. No
wonder the Bible says:
Let us therefore come boldly unto
the throne of grace, that we may obtain
mercy, and find grace to help in time of
need.
- Hebrews 4:16
God has reserved mercy for us at
the throne of grace, and we can access
it by crying out for it. The mercy of
God is a weapon of defence. If God
were to mark our wrong doings we will
never merit anything from Him (Ps.
130:3). But He bids us to come boldly
to His throne of grace, not on the basis
of our rights, but on the grounds of
m er cy. Then will He overlook our
errors and defend us with the shield of
His mercy against our accuser.
Whenever anyone cried out for
mercy in scriptures, Jesus never asked
to know what wrong he did that got
him into that predicament. Rather, He
stood still and delivered the oppressed.
So, take advantage of God’s mercy to
keep your heavens open and take
delivery of your long-awaited miracles.
 Chapter 6

Praying In The Holy Spirit

Praying in the Holy Spirit simply
means praying in tongues. It is a
missing act in the Church today.
Praying always with all prayer and
supplication in the Spirit, and watching
thereunto with all perseverance and
supplication for all saints;
- Ephesians 6:18
Praying in the Holy Spirit is a very
effective form of prayer; it helps us
pray target prayers. This is because it is
the Holy Spirit praying through us. The
Bible says:
For what man knoweth the things of
a man, save the spirit of man which is
in him? even so the things of God
knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
- 1 Corinthians 2:11
This form of prayer is an advantage
for the New Testament Church,
because we have the Holy Spirit
dwelling in us. Now imagine the kinds
of victory we should expect in prayers
if we engage the Holy Spirit in
praying! We would surpass Elijah and
Daniel in results!
Praying The Will Of God
Whenever you pray in tongues what
you are doing is praying the will of
God. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of
God and so knows God’s will on every
matter. So when you engage Him in
prayer, He helps you to pray the will of
the Father on that issue. That is what I
call, “Target Praying”, as you can’t
miss. And when we pray according to
His will, we are guaranteed speedy
answers (1 Jn. 5:14-15).
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our
infirmities: for we know not what we
should pray for as we ought: but the
Spirit itself maketh intercession for us
with groanings which cannot be
uttered.
And he that searcheth the hearts
knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit,
because he maketh intercession for the
saints according to the will of God.
- Romans 8:26-27
The Holy Spirit makes
intercessions on our behalf. But you
must be truly in the spirit to be able to
pray effectively in the spirit. You do
this by engaging your spirit man in
praying, not just your intellect. When
this is done, you are communicating at
heaven’s frequency, and so are bound
to get outstanding results. No wonder
the devil wearies people and tries to
stop them from praying in the spirit.
Not only does he not understand what
is being said and so can’t hinder your
prayers and answers, but he also
doesn’t like the fact that you get instant
results in prayers. That’s why you must
violently break forth praying in the
spirit on issues that have refused to go.
May be that issue has refused to go
because you do not yet have or know
the will of God that will commit Him
to respond. Well, that is taken care of
when you pray in tongues, because the
Holy Spirit that knows the will of God
goes straight to tackle the matter, using
the will of God! He knows what is in
the mind of God, so He prays according
to the Will of God on your behalf to set
you free! No wonder Apostle Paul’s
prayers were always being answered.
He was a man that prayed in the Spirit
very often; he said he prayed in the
spirit more than everyone else (1 Cor.
14:14-18).
Warfare Tool
Praying in the Holy Spirit is a
warfare strategy and tool for winning
battles, especially invisible ones. Our
contentions in prayers are often with
invisible forces that won’t let us take
delivery of our heritage in Christ. But
when we switch to praying in tongues,
we engage the invincible God to come
down on our behalf and take over the
battle.
…When the enemy shall come in
like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD
shall lift up a standard against him.
- Isaiah 59:19
By praying in the Holy Spirit, we
engage Him in dealing with the barriers
that had hitherto been resisting our
breakthroughs. As you pray in the
spirit, you just find scriptures opening
up to you that help you pray the Will of
God on the subject matter. The battle is
getting tougher, so get wilder, to break
the invisible barriers holding you
down.
When you seem crowded in your
mind and you can’t seem to locate what
scripture to use in prayer; simply
switch on to your prayer language and
pray extensively in the spirit. If you are
a Bible student, you’ll find the
scriptures coming back at you; that is,
the correct scriptures with which to
deal with the matter. The devil can’t
understand you, as he doesn’t
understand the heavenly mysteries you
speak in tongues. So, pray in the spirit
to lift up standards against him. I have
shared with you already how I won the
battle for my daughter’s life. I engaged
this prayer weapon in battle.
Private Access
Praying in the Spirit is a private,
direct line to heaven.
For he that speaketh in an unknown
tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto
God: for no man understandeth him;
howbeit in the spirit he speaketh
mysteries.
- 1 Corinthians 14:2
Only God understands you when
you pray in tongues. You are speaking
mysteries to your heavenly Father,
calling upon Him to intervene on your
behalf.
You are also able to pray more
effectively, because it is your spirit
praying.
He that speaketh in an unknown
tongue edifieth himself…
For if I pray in an unknown tongue,
my spirit prayeth…
- 1 Corinthians 14:4; 14
The Holy Spirit energizes your
spirit man in praying. It is as though
you have plugged your spirit into a
charger, just as when you charge your
phone. Not only are you able to pray
more effectively, you are also able to
give thanks well when you pray in the
Spirit (1 Cor. 14:17) and your faith is
also being built up.
But ye, beloved, building up
yourselves on your most holy faith,
praying in the Holy Ghost,
 - Jude 20
You also pour out spiritual waters
when you pray in the Holy Spirit. This
makes your environment unbearable
for the devil that goes about looking
for dry places to stay. No wonder
Apostle Paul said, “I will pray with the
spirit, and I will pray with the
understanding also.” It was his secret
for victories in prayer. Paul engaged in
praying earnestly by praying in the
Holy Spirit; so, his prayers were
always receiving answers, for the Spirit
of God was praying according to the
Will of God through him.
Your rights and privileges are
defined in details in the scriptures; so
lay hold on them, and go forth in
prayers as a warrior, and fight your
way through to the victory. Learn to
engage the Holy Spirit in prayers, and
you are guaranteed triumphs unlimited!
You shall no more lose the prayer
battle!
 Chapter 7

The Place Of Fasting

A great number of God’s children
find it difficult to fast. Just as Esau lost
his birthright to a morsel of bread,
many Christians have lost their
glorious inheritances to their inability,
unwillingness and lack of
understanding of the place of fasting in
their prayer lives.
Fasting is not a religious affliction,
but a spiritual weapon designed to
guarantee your victory in every battle
of life. When faith is in place, coupled
with prayer and fasting, there is no
barrier that can stand on your way, as
every barrier to the actualisation of
God’s agenda for you will crash.
Fasting is a spiritual catalyst in
prayer; it enhances the potency of our
prayers (Isa. 58:9; Matt. 17:21). It is
God’s design and command. “Is not
this the fast that I have chosen?” He
asked the children of Israel in Isaiah
58:6. God prescribed fasting for His
children to polish them, not to punish
them. Every command of scripture is
not grievous; they are designed to
groom us (1 Jn. 5:3).
Jesus shows us that fasting and
prayer is part and parcel of a believer’s
l i f e. They go hand-in-hand. He also
revealed that fasting is the covenant
obligation of every believer. That is
why He said, “When ye fast…” not “If
ye fast…” (Matt. 6:16-17). There is no
gift of fasting; it is a command
designed to put you in command of the
affairs of life.
There are so many oppositions to a
winning prayer life. But when we add
fasting to our prayers, we cheaply
overcome the oppositions. When His
disciples were faced with a case they
could not handle, He told them:
Howbeit this kind goeth not out but
by prayer and fasting.
- Matthew 17:21
There are some “kinds” that require
a combined force of fasting and prayer
to overcome. Jesus healed the lunatic
boy because He was in command
through fasting and prayer. We also see
help come down for Daniel through
fasting and prayer in Daniel chapter
t e n . He had prayed and God had
released the answer to his prayer from
the very first day, but it did not reach
him till after twenty-one days. The
prince of Persia had withstood the
answer-bearing angel on the way. But
because Daniel was in a fast along with
his prayer, angel Michael was
dispatched from heaven to go help
clear the way, and Daniel received his
answer.
Fasting is God’s great agenda for
His people. It is one of those vital
forces required for you to experience a
genuine turnaround by the hand of God.
It is a spiritual exercise designed to
loose the bands of wickedness off your
life, family, destiny and business.
Benefits Of Fasting
Fasting and prayer is a spiritual
device for supernatural
empowerment.
And Jesus returned in the power of
the Spirit into Galilee: and there went
out a fame of him through all the
region round about.
- Luke 4:14
After His forty days of praying and
fasting in the wilderness, we see Jesus
return in the power of the Spirit into
G a l i l e e . He was supernaturally
empowered for His messianic ministry
of saving the world from their sins, and
His fame spread round about the
region. The Psalmist could also only be
empowered after fasting and prayer
(Ps. 63:1-2).
You have easy access to striking
revelations through fasting and
prayers. “Then shall thy light break
forth as the morning” (Isa. 58:8).
Jeremiah 33:3 also says:
Call unto me, and I will answer
thee, and show thee great and mighty
things, which thou knowest not.
Mysteries in God’s Word are
revealed to you as you engage the
combined forces of prayer and fasting.
You, like Daniel, have asked so many
questions, but have not received
answers, because there are oppositions
blocking them (2 Cor. 4:4). So, you
need to wait on God in a fast, for the
breaking forth of His light upon you.
You are also guaranteed sound
health. “…And thine health shall
spring forth speedily…” (Isa. 58:8).
Fasting and prayers takes care of your
health and that of your family. Many
are ignorant of this truth, that’s why
they always give excuses for not being
able to fast. You better voluntarily
engage in spiritual fasts, before doctors
place you on compulsory fasts at the
hospitals when your health fails.
The hold of sin over your life is
destroyed through fasting – “…Thy
righteousness shall go before thee; the
glory of the Lord shall be thy
rearward” (Isa. 58:8). Fasting causes
your righteousness to blossom and
ensures that God’s glory is revealed in
your life. It also guarantees that every
deadly habit challenging your destiny
in Christ is removed (Zech. 3:1-5). You
are empowered to “do” righteously and
live right.
Speedy answers to prayer are also
guaranteed when you engage in a God-
ordained fast.
Then shalt thou call, and the LORD
shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he
shall say, Here I am…
- Isaiah 58:9
Fasting opens channels of
communication and grants you direct
access to God. What’s more, it
guarantees divine guidance.
And the LORD shall guide thee
continually, and satisfy thy soul in
drought, and make fat thy bones: and
thou shalt be like a watered garden, and
like a spring of water, whose waters
fail not.
- Isaiah 58:11
Fasting is meant to enhance clarity
of divine direction. God’s guidance is
what makes the journey great. So, no
matter how gross the darkness, when
the Lord is your Shepherd, you shall
not want and will not miss your steps.
Though you pass through the valley of
the shadow of death, you shall fear no
evil, because divine presence
guarantees divine guidance. And if God
be for us who can be against us?
A spiritual access into your
contested heritage in God is
guaranteed you, as you become a
repairer of the breach and a restorer of
the paths to dwell in. Also, all your
desired breakthroughs are delivered
on this covenant platform (Isa. 58:12-
1 4 ) . Fasting gives you the spiritual
power to overcome and subdue every
act of wickedness against you and all
that is yours (Isa. 58:6). No band of
wickedness will remain in your life,
because God has designed fasting to
loose the bands of wickedness, undo
the heavy burdens and let the oppressed
go free. Everything weighing on your
body, mind or spirit is taken off your
life as you fast.
When you start operating your life
as commanded by God, He takes over
your entire life affairs, putting you in
command. It is only then that He will
satisfy your soul in drought, make fat
thy bones and you shall be like a
watered garden and like a spring of
water, whose waters fail not. That talks
of supernatural abundance. It is
available when you hearken to His
commandment to fast.
Note, however, that the fasting that
guarantees all these benefits is the one
conducted in love. You must operate in
love in order to maximize the benefits
of fasting. Let there be no bitterness or
hatred in you, and your prayers will go
up to God easy. With love, He will
transform everything around your life
and you will be released as a reformer
to your generation.
Fasting is a vital turning-point tool.
God’s turning-point agenda requires
that we employ all spiritual forces
contained in scriptures. Abundant
benefits will be made manifest in your
life now that you have coupled your
faith with prayer and fasting. Your
light will break forth out of obscurity,
and whatever kind had hitherto resisted
your demand must obey you now. You
will have turnaround testimonies from
henceforth as you engage in prayer and
fasting, in Jesus’ name!
Contents

Introduction 207
1. The Need For A Consecrated
Life 211
2. Winning The War Against Sin
219
3. The Holy Spirit – Our Covenant
Purifier 227
4. Conquering Controlling Powers
235
5. The Power of a Good Conscience
245
6. The Rewards of Consecration
253
7. The World is Waiting For You!
261
 Pillar 4

Consecration
Introduction
“How does consecration help me
fulfill destiny?” you may wonder. The
Bible says:
Turn you at my reproof: behold, I
will pour out my spirit unto you, I will
make known my words unto you.
- Proverbs 1:23
Our turning at God’s reproofs is
what qualifies us for the outpouring of
His Spirit, which in turn grants us
access into the revelation of His Word.
He promised, “I will make known my
words unto you.” Paul, a man of great
depth in the revelation of the Word of
God, said this about himself:
Ye are witnesses, and God also,
how holily and justly and unblameably
we behaved ourselves among you that
believe.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:10
Paul lived a consecrated life. That
was what gave him access to
revelation, which in turn strengthened
his faith and helped him fulfill destiny.
The cleaner we live, the greater our
access to revelations, which is the
greatest foundation for faith. No
wonder Paul was a man of great
revelation and faith.
And lest I should be exalted above
measure through the abundance of the
revelations…
- 2 Corinthians 12:7
I can do all things through Christ
which strengtheneth me.
- Philippians 4:13
He enjoyed so much revelation
such that his faith was well built to the
point where he could do all things.
Consecration strengthens faith. Living
a consecrated life is what grants us
access to the mysteries of the kingdom
of God and the great plans He has for
us.
And he said unto them, Unto you it
is given to know the mystery of the
kingdom of God: but unto them that are
without, all these things are done in
parables.
 - Mark 4:11
The mysteries of the kingdom are
for insiders only, not outsiders. By
outsiders I do not mean those who are
not born again alone, but also believers
who do not live consecrated lives. The
Bible describes them as dogs who
return to their vomit (2 Pet. 2:22).
For without are dogs, and sorcerers,
and whoremongers, and murderers, and
idolaters, and whosoever loveth and
maketh a lie.
- Revelation 22:15
Living a consecrated life is a must,
if a victorious Christian life is your
g o a l . Join me in exploring some
teachings on the subject of
consecration. Also get these books for
additional insight:
Dynamics of Holiness
Walking in the Newness of Life
Conquering Controlling Powers
 Chapter 1

The Need For A Consecrated Life

Consecration opens the door to
revelation, which is the fountain of
strength for faith. God says in Proverbs
1:23:
Turn you at my reproof: behold, I
will pour out my spirit unto you, I will
make known my words unto you.
Two blessings come out of turning
at God’s reproofs: God says He will
pour out His Spirit unto you as well as
make known His Words unto you. That
is, when you walk in the fear of the
Lord, you gain access to power and
unlimited revelation.
 “I will pour out my spirit unto
you,” that is unction; and you know
that exploits in life is impossible
without unction. Training is not equal
to exploits, neither can teaching on its
own produce exploits. After teaching
His disciples for three- and-a-half
years, Jesus still told them, “Do not go
anywhere, otherwise you will be
messed up! Wait until you are endued
with power from on high, and then you
will begin to do exploits” (Acts 1:8
paraphrased).
Without unction, you have no
position; and you can’t have unction
until you turn at His reproofs. You
must choose to live a holy and
righteous life, a life of consecration
unto the Lord, in order to have a place
in God and in His move upon the earth.
If you continue in sin and refuse to
heed the Holy Ghost’s commands to
“Shut up! Stop that! Stop lying! Stop
a n g e r ! Stop immorality!” then you
block your access to revelation and
unction.
Apostle Paul was a man of great
exploits who also enjoyed great depths
of revelation. He lived a holy life in the
fear of the Lord to get there. Even he
could testify of himself:
Ye are witnesses, and God also,
how holily and justly and unblameably
we behaved ourselves among you that
believe:
- 1 Thessalonians 2:10
 Receive us; we have wronged no
man, we have corrupted no man, we
have defrauded no man.
- 2 Corinthians 7:2
How many can testify of
themselves like this in today’s world?
Paul lived a life of purity, no wonder
he enjoyed so much revelations and
unction. He was too sure of his walk
with God, that he commanded the
Church to follow him even as he
followed Christ (1 Cor. 11:1; 4:16). He
went on to further command us thus:
Having therefore these promises,
dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves
from all filthiness of the flesh and
spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of
God.
 - 2 Corinthians 7:1
For God hath not called us unto
uncleanness, but unto holiness.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:7
Turn Now!
God is saying to you: “Turn at My
reproof, and I guarantee you unction
that will establish your position; I
guarantee you revelation that will put
you in the centre of My programme for
the hour.”
“Turn!” That simple word is all it
takes to secure your destiny in the
kingdom of God. If you refuse to turn,
you have turned down the opportunity
that God is giving you for an enviable
place in His glorious move on earth.
There are no short cuts; until you turn,
nothing turns. If your position must
turn, then you must first turn at His
reproof. Everything is waiting for you -
your situation, your present position,
the whole creation and the whole of
heaven is waiting for you. So turn,
before God turns away from you.
No man can impart revelation unto
another. The Bible says, “But God has
revealed them to us by His Spirit. (1
Cor. 2:10). The secret things belong
unto God, but the things that are
revealed by God to us are for us and
our children (Deut. 29:29). God is the
One in charge of how much you are
able to see from His Word. No matter
how many meetings you attend, it is
how much God reveals to you that you
are going to get. And how much you
turn determines how much He makes
available. It is, therefore, time to turn,
because the kingdom of God suffers
violence, and only the violent takes it
by force.
Revelation is not really a function
of how much you study, but of how
well you are positioned in God. So,
turn! Reposition yourself, and He will
make His Words known unto you,
which will help boost your faith and
lead to great exploits being performed
by your hands.
We are in the last days, and the
days of the greatest move of the Spirit
in Christian history. But it will require
the purest of men to take the lead. No
one has ever seen this kind of move
before; and that is why the kind of men
and women that will bear the ark must
be men of integrity, probity and purity.
That is why God is saying to you now:
“Turn! I will pour out My Spirit unto
you and will use that same anointing to
unfold depths of life from my Word to
you.”
Revelation is not in the kind of
seminars you attend, but in the kind of
life you live. It is not in how many
books and tapes you have on your
shelf. Those are all secondary items.
The principal item is your life. How
pure is it? Sin is going to be the
greatest disqualifier of men in this
great move of God. Many
unimaginable people will be dropped,
while some young ones just coming in
will be flying with wings like the eagle,
because their heart is right and pure in
the sight of God.
You Must Stay Clean
God has delivered to you a new
product called “Holiness”; but it
requires spiritual maintenance to keep
it clean. The Psalmist gives us a clue
on how this can be done:
Wherewithal shall a young man
cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto
according to thy word.
With my whole heart have I sought
thee: O let me not wander from thy
commandments.
Thy word have I hid in mine heart,
that I might not sin against thee.
- Psalm 119:9-11
Just as every vehicle requires
continuous cleaning and maintenance
for good performance and durability,
so every vessel of God requires
constant cleaning. It is your
responsibility to possess your vessel in
sanctification and honour (1 Thess.
4:4). Responsibility is the price you
pay for greatness. Your destiny cannot
be greater than how responsible you
are.
One of the ways of staying clean is
by staying connected to God’s Word,
just as the Psalmist revealed. To stay
clean and alive, you need to stay
connected to the Word. The Bible says:
 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
God’s Word is His device for your
quickening, as there is no physical
means of staying alive in God. You,
therefore, need to stay connected to His
Word. Drawing an analogy from the
mystery of marriage in Ephesians 5:26-
27, Paul said concerning the Church:
That he might sanctify and cleanse
it with the washing of water by the
word,
That he might present it to himself
a glorious church, not having spot, or
wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it
should be holy and without blemish.
The cheapest way of getting dust
off your vehicle is by pouring water on
it. A napkin alone, without the use of
water, cannot get rid of all the dust. So
God has made an arrangement for you
to stay clean, and that arrangement is
in His Word. In John 15:3, Jesus said,
“Now ye are clean through the words
which I have spoken unto you.” God’s
Word has power to make and keep you
clean. So, if you are not connected to
the Word, there is no other way by
which you can be kept clean.
It is, therefore, your responsible to
make sure you are full of the Word at
all times. No matter how careful you
are as a driver, whether you move your
car or not, it will gather dust. Likewise,
you cannot stay clean without a
constant washing in the Word of God.
A constant bath in the Word is what
guarantees you continued and sustained
holiness; and the pool is right there
with you (the Bible). We have this
further assurance from the Bible:
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.
- 1 John 3:9
The seed of God referred to here is
the Word of God (Lk. 8:11). When that
seed abides in you, you have a strong
defense against sin and you will also
bear the fruit of God, because every
seed brings forth its’ own fruit.
Every time you go into your
bathroom to take a physical bath or
shower, always ask yourself, “Have I
taken a spiritual bath in the Word of
God today?” Accepting the
responsibility of staying clean is what
guarantees a future for you in God.
Your body is refreshed after every
physical bath. A bath after a very busy
working day refreshes you, such that
you have a very enjoyable sleep,
because all the things that earlier
blocked your body pores have been
washed off. So also will your spirit be
refreshed from taking a spiritual bath
in the Word of God.
Please, accept this responsibility;
as there is no shortcut. Nobody
succeeds by accident, as no accident is
a success. So, let us stop wishing for a
holy life, and start working at it. That
is why Paul admonished us to, “work
out your own salvation with fear and
trembling” (Phil 2:12). We saw him do
just that:
And herein do I exercise myself, to
have always a conscience void of
offence toward God, and toward men.
- Acts 24:16
Accept responsibility for this
spiritual exercise, and you will be on
the highway of life where the devil
shall be fully disarmed, and your
dominion totally established. You
know why there is no sickness or crisis
in heaven? It is because there is no sin
there. It is possible to send the devil far
away from your environment. When
you become God’s friend, Satan will
stay away from you. Holiness will
make you a very great friend of God,
because two cannot walk together
except they be agreed (Amos 3:3). If
God is thrice holy, then you have to be
holy to be His friend; and when you are
God’s friend, you are master over the
devil. So, take constant spiritual baths
in the Word of God, and you will send
the devil and his products far away
from your tabernacle.
 Chapter 2

Winning The War Against Sin

The fight against sin is a war; and I
want you to know that you can win that
war. In fact, the battle is decided in
your favour already, as Jesus already
won the war on your behalf at Calvary,
if you are born again. The Bible tells
us:
For sin shall not have dominion
over you: for ye are not under the law,
but under grace.
- Romans 6:14
Until you recognise a battle as one,
you are likely to be a casualty in it. The
battle against sin is a war, and you
must fight to win it. Don’t expect to
win a war you don’t fight.
Many have accepted defeat and
taken the battle over sin as one they
can do nothing about. But there will be
a revolution if we fight for our spiritual
health as we would for our physical
health. First John 3:7 says, “He that
‘doeth’ righteousness is righteous.”
Righteousness is a thing we do, not a
thing we merely confess.
What’s more, what it takes to win
the war against sin is in every born
again child of God.
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.
 - 1 John 3:9
God’s seed that enables you
overcome sin has been deposited into
every child of His. And what is that
seed? The Bible tells us in Luke 8:11
that the seed is the Word of God. The
seed of the Word of God is what
empowers us not to sin. The Psalmist
attests to this truth:
Wherewithal shall a young man
cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto
according to thy word.
Thy word have I hid in mine heart,
that I might not sin against thee.
- Psalm 119:9, 11
Why The Battle Against Sin
The devil strives to keep us in sin
for three major reasons. Firstly, he
wants to keep you in the outer court
perpetually, where you will have no
access to revelation.
And he said unto them, Unto you it
is given to know the mystery of the
kingdom of God: but unto them that are
without, all these things are done in
parables:
- Mark 4:11
Being without because of sin (Isa.
59:1-2) makes you a victim of
frustration. The devil hates for you to
go beyond the second veil, where
revelation for your shining is located
(Heb. 9:2-4). He wants you to remain
in sin, which he knows God hates, so
you won’t have access to God and
revelation in His Word.
 Secondly, you must fight to win the
war against sin; otherwise, you will be
robbed of divine presence. Nothing
makes a difference like divine
presence. Jesus could only do exploits
here on earth because He carried divine
presence.
…Rabbi, we know that thou art a
teacher come from God: for no man
can do these miracles that thou doest,
except God be with him.
- John 3:2
How God anointed Jesus of
Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with
power: who went about doing good,
and healing all that were oppressed of
the devil; for God was with him.
- Acts 10:38
 And he that sent me is with me: the
Father hath not left me alone; for I do
always those things that please him.
- John 8:29
Even the apostles carried divine
presence, so signs were a natural thing
with them:
And they went forth, and preached
everywhere, the Lord working with
them, and confirming the word with
signs following. Amen.
- Mark 16:20
No one ever made a difference in
life without divine presence; and the
way to secure it is to do that thing that
pleases Him – live a righteous life. The
devil knows that God is angry with the
sinner everyday (Ps. 7:11), so he
strives to keep people in sin, so they
will incur the wrath of God.
You must strive to win the war
against sin, so you can also carry
divine presence always. Note that
divine presence, not Moses’ rod, was
what parted the Red Sea. Joseph also
prospered in slavery and prison
because of divine presence (Gen. 39:2,
21).
A third reason you must strive to
win the war against sin is that losing
will disconnect you eternally from
God. Below is what you stand to gain
or lose from winning the war against
sin:
He that overcometh shall inherit all
things; and I will be his God, and he
shall be my son.
But the fearful, and unbelieving,
and the abominable, and murderers,
and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and
idolaters, and all liars, shall have their
part in the lake which burneth with fire
and brimstone: which is the second
death.
- Revelation 21:7-8
Blessed are they that do his
commandments, that they may have
right to the tree of life, and may enter
in through the gates into the city.
- Revelation 22:14
Hell is not meant for men, but
people unconsciously choose to go
there (Matt. 25:41). But you must win
the war against sin, so you can abide
with your Father God forever.
The Enemy’s Strength
Deception is the devil’s number
one tool. Satan is a master deceiver,
and has used this tool in trapping many
in sin. He takes advantage of many
through his wiles and tricks. But the
Bible tells us that we are not ignorant
of his devices (2 Cor, 2:11).
But I fear, lest by any means, as the
serpent beguiled Eve through his
subtilty, so your minds should be
corrupted from the simplicity that is in
Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 11:3
Satan corrupts and beguiles through
deception (Rev. 20:10; 12:9).
Therefore, we must:
 Put on the whole armour of God,
that ye may be able to stand against the
wiles of the devil.
- Ephesians 6:11
Be sober, be vigilant; because your
adversary the devil, as a roaring lion,
walketh about, seeking whom he may
devour:
Whom resist stedfast in the faith,
knowing that the same afflictions are
accomplished in your brethren that are
in the world.
- 1 Peter 5:8-9
Where you stand with God, not
what you do for Him, is what matters
to Him. So, strive to win the war
against sin by all means. We lose great
treasures here on earth and eternity
with God when we toy with sin.
Like I said earlier, the war against
sin can be won. In fact, God has made
all provisions available to enable you
win, if you want to.
Our Hope of Victory
God has provided us with what I
call the “Two Fires” for winning the
war against sin. They are – the fire of
the Holy Ghost and the fire of the
Word of God. They both perform the
same function – consume all the chaff
of sin. You will be free from every
chaff of the devil when you engage
them.
If deception is the problem, then
revelation from the Word of God is the
answer.
 Is not my word like as a fire? saith
the LORD; and like a hammer that
breaketh the rock in pieces?
- Jeremiah 23:29
God’s Word is an instrument of
sanctification.
Sanctify them through thy truth:
thy word is truth.
- John 17:17
And ye shall know the truth, and
the truth shall make you free…
If the Son therefore shall make you
free, ye shall be free indeed.
- John 8:32, 36
It is impossible to be clean from sin
without taking a bath in God’s Word,
which is a cleansing instrument (Eph.
5:26; Jn. 15:3). You have the capacity
to live a clean life, and all that it takes
to do so have also been provided for
y o u . The Bible commands us to be
perfect, even as God is perfect (Matt.
5: 48) . If it were impossible, Jesus
would not have said so, because God’s
commandments are not grievous (1 Jn.
5:3).
Then the fire of the Holy Ghost
comes in to teach us things. The Holy
Spirit is our master access to the deep
things of God (1 Cor. 2:10-12).
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 shew
you things to come.
He shall glorify me: for he shall
receive of mine, and shall shew it unto
you.
- John 16:12-14
But the Comforter, which is the
Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send
in my name, he shall teach you all
things, and bring all things to your
remembrance, whatsoever I have said
unto you.
- John 14:26
Revelation is your ability to hear
and see what God is saying to you from
His Word. The Holy Spirit is the One
that grants us access to revelation.
Your guarantee for victory over sin
is to keep both fires burning in your
life. The fire will not only consume the
chaff, but will also keep away every
serpent that might want to come near
you. Keep the fire burning in your life
daily by casting in the wood of the
Word of God, because the devil cannot
stand the fire (Lev. 6:12-13). But if you
allow it to go down or burn out, you
will be the devil’s victim.
Believe God for your spiritual
health, just as you would believe Him
for things in the physical, and He will
grant your desires. The war against sin
can be won, so do all it takes to win!
You shall not be defeated, in Jesus’
name!
 Chapter 3

The Holy Spirit – Our Covenant

Purifier
Upon the land of my people shall
come up thorns and briers; yea, upon
all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
Because the palaces shall be
forsaken; the multitude of the city shall
be left; the forts and towers shall be for
dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a
pasture of flocks;
Until the spirit be poured upon us
from on high, and the wilderness be a
fruitful field, and the fruitful field be
counted for a forest.
Then judgment shall dwell in the
wilderness, and righteousness remain
in the fruitful field.
And the work of righteousness shall
be peace; and the effect of
righteousness quietness and assurance
for ever.
And my people shall dwell in a
peaceable habitation, and in sure
dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
- Isaiah 32:13-18
Righteousness was no longer on the
streets, so the devil was on the loose,
and everything was working against
t h e m . But the outpouring of God’s
Spirit will cause righteousness to flow
like a river, and by the flow of
righteousness, there shall be an
unleashing of divine peace, which will
in turn be accompanied by quietness
and assurance for ever. Then will
God’s people enter into their quiet
dwelling places where nothing shall be
able to scratch them anymore. But first,
the Spirit of God must be poured out
upon us.
Until you overcome temptations,
you are not a candidate for supernatural
manifestations. After Jesus overcame
the temptations, the Bible says He
returned in the power of the Spirit (Lk.
4:1-14). His destiny only opened up
after He overcame. He came to earth on
a mission which never took off until He
had overcome temptations; and then He
erupted into the realms of supernatural
manifestations.
 The Bible tells us that the world is
waiting for the manifestation of the
sons of God. But they can’t manifest
their sonship until they have been
declared sons by God, and Jesus Christ
was declared the Son of God by the
spirit of holiness (Rom. 1:4).
Therefore, we also need the spirit of
holiness before we can be declared
sons of God.
The destiny of every redeemed
child of God is loaded. Among other
things, Jesus assures us that we shall do
greater works than the ones He did. But
that destiny will not be revealed until
you are first declared the son of God
with power by the spirit of holiness,
which will only happen after you have
overcome temptations.
Everybody must first be tested
before they can be positioned. Even
Abraham had to pass his test before he
was positioned. It was only after then
that the Bible records that God began
to swear to him, saying, “By Myself
have I sworn that in blessing I will
bless you...” (Gen. 22:1-19). So, that
test you are confronted with is a test to
be passed, not one that will crush you.
Holiness is the foundation of
Christianity (2 Tim. 2:19). This is
where the Church has missed it. We
have continued to wish for the building
of towers without minding the
foundations of holiness. This is what
Jesus came to deal with, so we can
enter into the fullness of God’s plans
for our lives. It was sin that
disconnected man from God; and only
the cure for sin can reconnect man back
with God.
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
will not hear.
- Isaiah 59:1-2
Sin is what separates a man from
G o d . Victory over sin is what
authenticates your salvation, as
salvation is fake as long as sin reigns in
one’s life. Salvation is fake when one
lives with sin, because you cannot
make it to heaven. You will lack the
proofs of redemption and your prayers
through Jesus unto God will never be
answered. If you don’t have victory
over sin, you can’t carry God’s
presence, and everything that
redemption offers will elude you.
Holiness is the foundation of
Christianity. The Bible says:
Nevertheless the foundation of God
standeth sure, having this seal, The
Lord knoweth them that are his. And,
Let every one that nameth the name of
Christ depart from iniquity.
If a man therefore purge himself
from these, he shall be a vessel unto
honour, sanctified, and meet for the
master’s use, and prepared unto every
good work.
- 2 Timothy 2:19, 21
“Let every one that nameth the
name of Christ depart from iniquity.”
Victory over iniquity is the foundation
for Christianity. The whole creation is
groaning, waiting for the sons of God
to be made manifest; but they cannot
be manifested until sin has been
conquered. The Bible says that if any
man be in Christ, he’s a new creature.
Old things are passed away; behold, all
things are become new (2 Cor. 5:17).
Until there’s first a passing away of old
things, the new creature is not genuine.
I want you to know that your
sanctification is for the salvation of a
generation. The whole earth is waiting
for the ‘sons’ of God to manifest, not
the ‘children’ of God. Whereas
salvation makes you a child of God,
sanctification and living a holy life is
what confers sonship on you.
Governments are placed only upon the
shoulders of sons, not on children, lest
they collapse under the weight. The
world is waiting for you and me to take
our positions and deliver them from the
bondage of corruption, so they too can
become children of God and then grow
into sonship (Rom. 8:19-21).
Sanctification is the gateway to
supernatural manifestations. When
Jesus came down here, He asked,
“Which of you convinces me of sin?”
(Jn. 8:46.) He also said, “The prince of
this world cometh, and hath nothing in
me” (Jn. 14:30). In fact, the Bible
records that He who knew no sin
became sin for us, so we might be
made the righteousness of God in Him
(2 Cor. 5:21). No wonder He could
command the supernatural at will!
Jesus lived above sin, so you and I can
and must live above sin also.
Your Covenant Helper
There is nothing God commands us
to do that He doesn’t first make
provisions that will enable us do it. In
the call for holy living, it is impossible
to be free indeed from sin without the
help of the Holy Spirit. The blood of
Jesus cleanses us from all
unrighteousness (1 Jn. 1:7), true; but it
is the Spirit of God that enables us to
walk in righteousness. The Holy Spirit
is the One that helps us mortify the
deeds of the body, as no man can
destroy the work of the flesh by
himself. There is no technique you can
use that guarantees you victory over sin
without the help of the Holy Spirit.
For if ye live after the flesh, ye
shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do
mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall
live.
- Romans 8:13
That means you and I are utterly
helpless without the help of the Holy
Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the fire that
burns off every chaff of sin in our lives
with His unquenchable fire (Matt.
3:11-12). As precious as gold is, its’
value will not come forth until it is
first passed through the furnace of fire.
In like manner, no matter how precious
your destiny might be, it must first be
subjected to the fire of the Holy Ghost
before its value can show forth. The
Holy Ghost is the furnace of heaven
that brings out the treasures in you.
You need to call out to the Holy
Spirit for His help against sin. You
need to say to Him, “Holy Spirit, I
open up to you and to your
unquenchable fire. Cleanse me from
all unrighteousness, in Jesus’ name.”
I define the unquenchable fire as the
furnace that consumes every
unpleasant thing that stands in its’ way.
It consumes whatever tampers with
your purity in God. If you submit
yourself to the cleansing fire of the
Holy Ghost, it will burn off every chaff
in your mind, body, eyes and ears.
People always go hunting for the
power, but are not prepared to have the
foundation that causes the flow of the
power - sanctification.
Behold, I will send my messenger,
and he shall prepare the way before
me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall
suddenly come to this temple, even the
messenger of the covenant, whom ye
delight in: behold, he shall come, saith
the LORD of hosts.
But who may abide the day of his
coming? and who shall stand when he
appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s
fire, and like fullers’ soap:
And he shall sit as a refiner and
purifer of silver: and he shall purify the
sons of Levi, and purge them as gold
and silver, that they may offer unto the
LORD an offering in righteousness.
- Malachi 3:1-3
The Holy Spirit is the messenger of
the covenant; He is the Refiner’s fire
and fullers’ soap that will purify us, so
we can offer unto the Lord offerings in
righteousness. It takes the help of the
Holy Spirit to overcome the
temptations of sin, for by strength shall
no man prevail. It is not possible by
power or might; only by the Spirit of
G o d . So, let the Holy Spirit take
control of your life. Freedom from
iniquity is the only sound foundation
for your Christian faith.
If your Christianity does not land
you in heaven, Paul said you are of all
men most miserable. Heaven is the
eternal reward for the battles that we
fight while here on earth. Whatever
you don’t want must give way to you
this time; not by you pushing it, but by
calling on the Holy Ghost fire to burn it
off for you.
 Chapter 4

Conquering Controlling Powers

The last days’ operation of iniquity
is on the frequency of mysteries.
There’s a law of sin at work on the
earth. Forces have been let loose from
hell to hold the sons of God bound in
sin. There are controlling forces in the
air that remotely control people,
making them do things they never
intended to do. These forces remotely
control, subject and bring men and
women into captivity. Many are in the
kind of dilemma Paul found himself in
Romans chapter seven:
For that which I do I allow not: for
what I would, that do I not; but what I
hate, that do I…
For the good that I would I do not:
but the evil which I would not, that I
do.
- Romans 7:15, 19
The law of sin is a force; it’s a
control! There are many things you
never intended to do, but somehow
there are forces that take advantage of
your ignorance of the real battle. Or
how do you explain this – a man got
drunk with alcohol yesterday, and in
his stupor slept in the gutter. He wakes
up the following morning to find
himself in the gutter. Should he go
back to his drinking joint again? No!
But on his way back from work that
same day, instead of going home, he
goes back on a drinking spree! That’s a
man under the law of sin! He can’t help
himself. The Bible describes such a
man like this:
For the creature was made subject
to vanity, not willingly, but by reason
of him who hath subjected the same in
hope.
- Romans 8:20
The Bible says such a man is held,
“not willingly.” But I have good news
for you, if you are under such bondage:
you can be set free from such
controlling forces! Your victory over
these forces of sin is by knowing from
the onset that your battles are
essentially spiritual, and, therefore,
will require a spiritual approach to win.
For we wrestle not against flesh and
blood, but against principalities,
against powers, against the rulers of the
darkness of this world, against spiritual
wickedness in high places.
- Ephesians 6:12
There are forces called “rulers of
the darkness of this world.” They are
behind all the works of darkness. They
are spirits, and they are sent to destroy
men’s destinies. There’s a spiritual
dimension to those habits, controls and
depressive moods that just refuse to
leave you. They are organized from
hell to disconnect you from your
source. Let me identify some forms of
spiritual controls, so you can
understand what I mean.
Controlling Spirits
There is what is known as unclean
spirits. Every man you see reacting
against the Word of righteousness is a
captive of this spirit (Mk. 1:23). The
mission of unclean spirits is to make
men walk in all manner of
uncleanliness.
There is also the spirit of the
world (1 Cor. 2:12). First John 2:15-16
tells us how that spirit manifests:
Love not the world, neither the
things that are in the world. If any man
love the world, the love of the Father is
not in him.
For all that is in the world, the lust
of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes,
and the pride of life, is not of the
Father, but is of the world.
The spirit of the world commands
the activities of the lust of the flesh. It
monitors, supervises, co-ordinates and
organises the lust of the flesh, the lust
of the eyes and the pride of life. When
Jesus was telling His disciples about
His coming death and resurrection in
Matthew 16:21-23, Peter, influenced by
one of these negative spirits, began to
rebuke Him. Peter, who had just by
revelation proclaimed Jesus as the
Christ was manipulated by these
wicked spirits in high places. He was
under a strange influence from the pit
of hell.
Anything that causes spiritual
arrogance and rebellion is the work of
the spirit of the world. Jesus saw
beyond the man Peter, and so turned
and said:
Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art
an offense unto me: for thou savourest
not the things that be of God, but those
that be of men.
- Matthew 16:23
Judas was another victim of the
spirit of the world.
Then entered Satan into Judas
surnamed Iscariot, being of the number
of the twelve.
- Luke 22:3
Rebellion is a demonic activity
perpetrated by evil influences. Satan
entered Judas, and caused him to betray
the Master. These are not natural
forces, but are essentially spiritual,
demonic and satanic forces aimed at
destroying men’s destinies. The spirit
of the world has destroyed many
families. The lust of the eyes at work in
a woman makes her want everything
money can buy, until she wears the
man out. The spirit of the world is what
is tormenting your mind, and won’t let
you be contented or be grateful to God;
but rather keeps your mind panting
after things. Haven’t you heard that
godliness with contentment is great
gain (1 Tim. 6:6)?
There is also a lying spirit. The
amazing thing is that people may even
look very anointed under its influence
(1 Kgs. 22)! Lying is a demonic
influence over people’s lives, to make
them come under God’s wrath. The
Bible tells us that all liars won’t go to
heaven (Rev. 21:8, 27).
The spirit of bondage gets people
tied down, locked up and chained
(Rom. 8:15). This spirit is responsible
for all manner of afflictions that people
suffer, like the woman who was under
the affliction of the spirit of infirmity
for eighteen years until Jesus set her
free (Lk. 13:11-16). It is a spirit of
captivity and it captures people. For
instance, how do you explain someone
who is coughing and is yet smoking?
Meanwhile, he has been told at the
hospital that he has tuberculosis. He
doesn’t want to die, but can’t help
himself. He is under the arrest of the
spirit of bondage, the spirit that causes
addiction to evil.
There is a bondage to corruption,
and is as a result of the spirit of
bondage. It gets people addicted to evil
without any feelings. But when Jesus
was here on earth ministering, He went
about healing many who were
oppressed of the devil (Acts 10:38).
Everything binding you to what you
don’t want is a spirit of bondage, and
you can be free from it now.
There is a spirit of whoredoms,
and what it does is to constantly crave
filthiness, sexual immorality, making
motions in the body, etc. (Hos. 5:4).
You have cried secretly for help and
deliverance, you have fasted and
prayed, yet you can’t break away from
i t . It’s a spirit at work—the spirit of
whor edom s . That’s the spirit of
adultery and fornication.
There is also a spirit of
disobedience, and its’ ministry is to
fulfill the desires of the flesh and the
mind (Eph. 2:1-2). This spirit works
disobedience in people, going through
the flesh and mind, to take people away
from God’s presence, so they can be
afflicted and tormented.
“Who shall deliver me from the
body of this death?” Paul lamented
(Rom. 7:24). Vows, determination and
will power are able to handle habits;
but spiritual influences require much
m o r e . They can only be handled
spiritually. But thank God there’s a
way out! The Bible says:
For though we walk in the flesh, we
do not war after the flesh:
(For the weapons of our warfare are
not carnal, but mighty through God to
the pulling down of strong holds;)
- 2 Corinthians 10:3-4
Let me now show you the way out
of sin and the controlling powers that
are set to destroy you.
The Spirit of Life
For the law of the Spirit of life in
Christ Jesus hath made me free from
the law of sin and death.
- Romans 8:2
 There is a law of the Spirit of life in
Christ Jesus; it sets free from the law
of sin and death. Through the law of
the Spirit of life, the law of sin and
death can be subdued and defeated. Just
as Aaron’s rod swallowed up all the
magicians’ rods in Egypt, the law of
the Spirit will swallow up whatever
form of controlling spirit or power is at
work in you.
For the mystery of iniquity doth
already work: only he who now letteth
will let, until he be taken out of the
way.
And then shall that Wicked be
revealed, whom the Lord shall
consume with the spirit of his mouth,
and shall destroy with the brightness of
his coming:
- 2 Thessalonians 2:7-8
The law of the Spirit is God’s
provision for the destruction of the
mystery of iniquity that is at work in
people’s lives. “And without
controversy great is the mystery of
godliness” (1 Tim. 3:16). With the
mystery of godliness at work in you,
when the enemy shall come in like a
flood to destroy you, the Spirit of the
Lord shall lift up a standard against
him (Isa. 59:19).
In Romans chapter six, Paul reveals
that sin disconnects from God. In
chapter seven, he shows us the
helplessness of the mortal man in
dealing with sin, but introduces us to
the help of the Spirit in handling sin in
chapter eight. Without the help of the
Spirit, you are helpless in your
struggles against sin, as it is one law
that delivers from another – the law of
the Spirit from the law of sin. The
superior law delivers from a lesser law.
The way to engage the law of the
Spirit in the battle against sin is to
walk in the Spirit. To walk in the Spirit
means to engage the Holy Spirit by
taking advantage of His ministry
against the works of the flesh. The
Bible says:
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit,
and ye shall not fulful the lust of the
flesh.
- Galatians 5:16
 The Holy Spirit living inside you is
the cheapest way of destroying the
controlling powers set to destroy you.
You operate the law of the Spirit by
engaging the help of the Holy Spirit in
intercessions when those motions in
your mind and body begin to torment
you.
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our
infirmities: for we know not what we
should pray for as we ought: but the
Spirit itself maketh intercession for us
with groanings which cannot be
uttered.
And he that searcheth the hearts
knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit,
because he maketh intercession for the
saints according to the will of God.
 - Romans 8:26-27
The Holy Spirit helps you pray
according to God’s will, enabling you
to secure help to mortify the deeds of
the flesh (Rom. 8:13; Col. 3:5). The
Spirit is contrary to the flesh. So you
are able to subdue the flesh when you
engage the Holy Spirit, and the reverse
is what obtains when you do not engage
the Spirit. The Bible says in Luke
11:21-22:
When a strong man armed keepeth
his palace, his goods are in peace:
But when a stronger than he shall
come upon him, and overcome him, he
taketh from him all his armour wherein
he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
Greater is He that is in you (Holy
Spirit), than he that is in the world (1
Jn. 4:4). So when you engage Him in
keeping your spiritual goods (your
colourful destiny in God), your goods
will be safe. The Holy Spirit is the
force that guarantees your victory and
security in the conflicts of life, so be
filled with Him always (Eph. 5:18).
Engage the help of the Holy Spirit
by getting into cloud-forming prayers
in the spirit, like Elijah did. Every time
you explode in tongues against the
works of the flesh, you are confirming
the judgment of the Holy Spirit against
the devil. That is how to mortify the
deeds of the flesh and destroy the
destroyer sent to destroy you. That
motion in your flesh can be consumed;
that lying, crave for adultery, drugs,
beating your wife and yelling at your
children can be stopped! The help of
the Holy Spirit is available for you;
engage Him.
 Chapter 5

The Power Of A Good Conscience

I define the conscience as the
invisible you that determines what
becomes of the visible you. Your
conscience is you, and only you can
relate with it. It is your confidential
companion, your God-ordained
policeman. Its’ mission is to polish
your destiny, if you will let it.
Every mortal man has a conscience.
You don’t need to be a Christian to
have one; but being a Christian helps
your conscience stay more alive. As a
matter of fact, the healthier your
conscience, the higher you fly and the
greater you become in life. The
conscience, your awesome and
invisible confidant, can be the life-wire
of every mortal destiny, as where you
place him will determine where you
will be placed at the end of your
journey on earth.
Everybody has a conscience,
though some have killed theirs. There
are four levels or state of a man’s
conscience. Paul the apostle defined
the first kind as the weak conscience
(1 Cor 8:12). The weak conscience is
susceptible to whatever goes on in a
man’s environment; it is vulnerable to
environmental pressure. It is
chameleon-like, as it adapts to any
thing that is done in its’ presence.
When you eat food offered to idols in
their presence, they fall for it.
The second type of conscience is
t h e defiled conscience (Tit. 1:15). It
has been captured and corrupted. Then
there is the evil conscience. This kind
of conscience is tuned in to only evil
things; it has shut out all forms of
good.
Let us draw near with a true heart
in full assurance of faith, having our
hearts sprinkled from an evil
conscience, and our bodies washed
with pure water.
- Hebrews 10:22
This kind of conscience is one that
has taken on evil as a way of life. It is
always skimming and falsifying things.
A man with this kind of conscience has
lied so much that lies now become like
truth to him. Then we have the dead
conscience. At this point, destiny is
dead. This is how the Bible describes a
dead conscience:
Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having
their conscience seared with a hot iron;
- 1 Timothy 4:2
When a conscience is seared, it
means it is destroyed or dead. What
happens when you place a hot iron on
any piece of flesh? The cells are
destroyed of course! A conscience
seared with hot iron is a dead
conscience, and all it produces from
henceforth is dead works.
How much more shall the blood of
Christ, who through the eternal Spirit
offered himself without spot to God,
purge your conscience from dead
works to serve the living God?
- Hebrews 9:14
Like begets like; so all a dead
conscience can produce is dead works.
Salvation is not a substitute for the
conscience, neither is the Holy Spirit.
The conscience has a special ministry
to any being on earth. It is the scale of
justice inside every man that tells him
when he goes wrong. It is so important
that Paul speaks of it this way:
Holding faith, and a good
conscience; which some having put
away concerning faith have made
shipwreck:
 - 1 Timothy 1:19
That you are in the faith does not
excuse you from the demands of
keeping your conscience alive;
otherwise, life and destiny will come to
a stand still or be grounded. It is not
enough to be in the faith; you must
keep your conscience alive in order to
secure your destiny in Christ.
I say the truth in Christ, I lie not,
my conscience also bearing me witness
in the Holy Ghost,
- Romans 9:1
The Holy Spirit cannot function in
you when your conscience is dead. The
fire of the Holy Ghost is designed to
refine a man; but when your conscience
is defiled, evil or dead, that fire will
consume you instead. So the anointing
is not a substitute for possessing a good
conscience.
Keeping your conscience alive is an
important task every believer should
take seriously. If not, your conscience
will graduate downstream from a weak
conscience to a defiled one, and then an
evil one, until it finally dies. To keep
an active conscience, you have to be
willing to pay the price of confronting
evil, instead of bowing to evil. That is
why Peter wrote to the Church, saying:
For this is thankworthy, if a man
for conscience toward God endure
grief, suffering wrongfully.
- 1 Peter 2:19
It is thankworthy to suffer wrongly
rather than be guilty, because you are
preserving your destiny. Peter is in
other words saying that when a man
jealously guards his conscience against
evil corruption, and rather suffers
wrongly, he will have reasons to thank
God at the end of the day. Jesus left us
an example, so we can follow in His
steps and end where He ended – in
gl ory. Every name under heaven is
forced to bow at the mention of the
name of Jesus today.
Our ministry has never been
tempted to give any form of bribe to
any body under heaven, whether
military or civilian, politician and what
have you. When the National
Universities Commission came for the
verification of the Covenant University
(CU), one of the men thought he was
doing me a favour, and said to me,
“Sir, everywhere we go, they promise
to give the Chairman something as well
as the other fellows on the team;
otherwise, the report may never come
out.” As soon as he said that, I yelled at
him: “Stand up, you devil! Do you
think I am faking it here? Walk out
from here!”
You don’t have a future without a
good conscience, so stop playing
games with your life. If you do, you are
unknowingly digging your own grave.
Losing your job is not as important as
losing your destiny. Anyone who had
seen Joseph suffering in the prison
would have thought he had lost out. But
he needed to go through the prison to
arrive at his appointed place of destiny.
There was no way Pharaoh would have
heard about Joseph if he hadn’t gone to
prison.
Joseph spent ten years in prison. He
was captured at the age of 17, and spent
three years in Potiphar’s house. Some
people may wonder, “How can
somebody be such a dummy? ‘I fear
God! ’ Fear God for what?” But he
chose rather to preserve his conscience
from corruption than to sleep with his
master’s wife and become an
established second husband. Joseph
would not sell his birthright for a
morsel of meat.
 Show me a man with a living
conscience, and I will show you a man
with a great future. If you don’t have a
good conscience towards God, you
don’t have a future. It’s all over to you.
The reason you join others to do evil is
because you are also enjoying it. But a
good conscience is your only way to
where you are going.
Train Up Yourself
And Paul, earnestly beholding the
council, said, Men and brethren, I have
lived in all good conscience before God
until this day.
- Acts 23:1
Can you boldly and sincerely say
the above statement like Paul did?
Paul’s salvation was a dramatic one on
his way to Damascus. He was so much
in touch with power, that everything
about him represented power. He was
also a man of unusual insight and
revelation. Half of the New Testament
was written by him. How did these all
come about? He said, “I have lived in
all good conscience before God until
this day.” He also said:
And herein do I exercise myself, to
have always a conscience void of
offence toward God, and toward men.
- Acts 24:16
“I exercise myself…” That is, “I
trained myself; I exerted pressure on
myself to maintain a conscience void
of offence towards God and man.”
Having a good conscience is not a thing
that just happens; you exercise yourself
to obtain it. You only excel in an area
you exercise yourself in. To have a
pure conscience in a corrupt world
looks like an uphill task, but it can be
attained.
Pray for us: for we trust we have a
good conscience, in all things willing
to live honestly.
- Hebrews 13:18
Honesty is a proof of a good
conscience. Godly sincerity too.
For our rejoicing is this, the
testimony of our conscience, that in
simplicity and godly sincerity, not with
fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of
God, we have had our conversation in
the world, and more abundantly to you-
ward.
- 2 Corinthians 1:12
The testimony of a good conscience
is godly sincerity. With a good
conscience you don’t have to be
supervised to do what is right. Your
conscience is your God-ordained guide
on the path of dignity. It helps to
package you. It checks you when you
are on the path; and when you stop
minding the checks, it withdraws. I
strongly believe that God destroyed
Achan’s entire household because they
all saw him when he brought in the
accursed things, but kept quiet. In fact,
they probably helped in digging the
hole it was buried in. The same
judgment that comes upon the evil doer
also comes upon those who help to
cover evil.
From Paul’s testimony, we discover
that greatness in the kingdom of God is
rooted in possessing a good conscience.
“If in this life only we have hope in
Christ, we are of all men most
miserable” (1 Cor. 15:19). Therefore,
“My son, if sinners entice thee, consent
thou not” (Prov. 1:10). “So then every
one of us shall give account of himself
to God” (Rom. 14:12). “So are the
ways of every one that is greedy of
gain” (Prov. 1:19). Therefore, “Have
no fellowship with the unfruitful works
of darkness, but rather reprove them”
(Eph. 5:11). Expose them; make them
known, so you can free your
conscience. No matter how many
people are joined together, the wicked
shall not go unpunished. Judgment will
come one day and land on the heads of
evildoers. No agreement can avert the
judgment of evil.
Nothing is a substitute for a
conscience that is alive and well. So,
embrace honesty and godly sincerity,
as any evil you cover up will uncover
your destiny. You will not be
destroyed!
 Chapter 6

The Rewards Of Consecration

Innumerable profit awaits you if
you labour to live a consecrated life, as
there is profit in every labour. The
Bible says:
Righteousness exalteth a nation:
but sin is a reproach to any
people.Righteousness exalteth a nation:
but sin is a reproach to any people.
- Proverbs 14:34
Whereas sin brings a curse,
righteousness brings blessings. Psalm
112:1-3 tells us:
Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the
man that feareth the Lord, that
delighteth greatly in his
commandments.Praise ye the Lord.
Blessed is the man that feareth the
Lord, that delighteth greatly in his
commandments.
His seed shall be mighty upon
earth: the generation of the upright
shall be blessed.His seed shall be
mighty upon earth: the generation of
the upright shall be blessed.
Wealth and riches shall be in his
house: and his righteousness endureth
for ever.
Righteousness is usually in place
wherever you see God’s blessings.
While the wages of sin is death, the
wages of righteousness is life more
abundant. There is a lot more rewards
and pleasure in righteousness than
there is in sin, so sign up to live a holy
life today. Let me show you some of
the things you stand to gain when you
live right before God:
Living a sanctified life is the
biblical proof of your redemption.
The Bible tells us that we shall be
known by the kind of fruits we bear
(Matt. 7:16-23). Also, if truly you are
born again, living a holy and sanctified
life is what is required of you, as the
old is expected to have passed away,
and the new come in its’ place (2 Cor.
5:17).
Purity guarantees divine presence,
which makes all the difference in life.
Jesus said, “He that sent me is with me:
the Father hath not left me alone; for I
do always those things that please
him” (Jn. 8:29). Jesus always enjoyed
divine presence.
Joseph lived a holy life in the fear
of the Lord. That was why God was
always with him, whether as a slave in
Potiphar’s house or as a prisoner in the
p r i s o n . He prospered and enjoyed
favour everywhere he went, because he
lived a righteous life. Living a life
consecrated unto God guarantees His
presence always with you.
You are guaranteed answers to
prayers also. The Psalmist said, “If I
regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord
will not hear me” (Ps. 66:18). God’s
hand is not short to save, nor His ears
too heavy to hear us when we call upon
Him; but He can’t hear or deliver us
because of iniquity (Isa. 59:1-2). But
when we live righteous lives, we are
guaranteed speedy answers to prayers
when we call upon Him.
Another virtue of sanctification is
access to the fresh anointing. That is
because God loves righteousness and
hates wickedness.
Thou lovest righteousness, and
hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy
God, hath anointed thee with the oil of
gladness above thy fellows.
- Psalm 45:7
When you love righteousness and
hate wickedness, you are open to the
fresh anointing of the Holy Spirit. The
Bible says in Luke 5:38 that new wine
must be put in a new wine bottle.
Therefore, if you want the new
anointing, then you need a renewal of
your lifestyle.
Purity also guarantees access to
revelation and divine secrets. Job was
a man that feared God and eschewed
evil. As a result, he had access to the
secrets of God (Job 1:1-3; 29:1-4). The
fear of God gives you access to divine
secrets.
The secret of the LORD is with
them that fear him; and he will shew
them his covenant.
- Psalm 25:14
Living a sanctified life guarantees
access to honour.
 But in a great house there are not
only vessels of gold and of silver, but
also of wood and of earth; and some to
honour, and some to dishonour.
If a man therefore purge himself
from these, he shall be a vessel unto
honour, sanctified, and meet for the
master’s use, and prepared unto every
good work.
- 2 Timothy 2:20-21
You live an honourable life when
you live a righteous life. Remember
that righteousness exalts; it doesn’t
bring down.
Above all, purity guarantees
eternity with Christ in heaven.
Remember that it’s appointed unto man
once to die, and after that judgment
(Heb. 9:27), and Revelation 21:8 and
27 lists out those that can never enter
heaven. It takes sanctification to have a
place with God in heaven. You shall
not miss your place in heaven.
Without holiness, nothing works -
no revelation, no answers to prayers,
you lack divine presence, and so on.
There are yet other rewards of
righteousness.
Prosperity, Promotions and Beauty
But my horn shalt thou exalt like
the horn of an unicorn: I shall be
anointed with fresh oil.But my horn
shalt thou exalt like the horn of an
unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh
oil.
Mine eye also shall see my desire
on mine enemies, and mine ears shall
hear my desire of the wicked that rise
up against me.Mine eye also shall see
my desire on mine enemies, and mine
ears shall hear my desire of the wicked
that rise up against me.
The righteous shall flourish like the
palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in
Lebanon.The righteous shall flourish
like the palm tree: he shall grow like a
cedar in Lebanon.
Those that be planted in the house
of the Lord shall flourish in the courts
of our God.Those that be planted in the
house of the Lord shall flourish in the
courts of our God.
They shall still bring forth fruit in
old age; they shall be fat and
flourishing.They shall still bring forth
fruit in old age; they shall be fat and
flourishing.
- Psalm 92:10-14
No matter the drought in the land,
the righteous shall flourish; his leaves
will remain green. Just as Job
flourished by righteousness, everyone
that practices righteousness will
flourish. This is how the Bible
described Job:
There was a man in the land of Uz,
whose name was Job; and that man was
perfect and upright, and one that feared
God, and eschewed evil.There was a
man in the land of Uz, whose name was
Job; and that man was perfect and
upright, and one that feared God, and
eschewed evil.
And there were born unto him
seven sons and three daughters.And
there were born unto him seven sons
and three daughters.
His substance also was seven
thousand sheep, and three thousand
camels, and five hundred she asses, and
a very great household; so that this
man was the greatest of all the men of
the east.His substance also was seven
thousand sheep, and three thousand
camels, and five hundred she asses, and
a very great household; so that this
man was the greatest of all the men of
the east.
- Job 1:1-3
Righteousness was the reason for
the height Job attained. He became the
greatest man in the land, not through
crookedness or perverseness, but
through uprightness and godly
perfection. He was scared of evil; he
never touched it. He was so scared of
evil that he even went to what you
might call ‘extremes’ to ensure he was
right with God at all times:
And it was so, when the days of
their feasting were gone about, that Job
sent and sanctified them, and rose up
early in the morning, and offered burnt
offerings according to the number of
them all: for Job said, It may be that
my sons have sinned, and cursed God
in their hearts. Thus did Job
continually.
 - Job 1:5
That he avoided evil suggests that
he was living in the days of evil, but
never partook of it. Instead, he became
the greatest man in the east!
Righteousness holds a guarantee for
your prosperity. All those we read
about in the Bible that lived righteous
lives were honourable people as well.
The king’s rich food would have
defiled Daniel and kept him as a mere
civil servant for life, but righteousness
exalted him. When they were
instructed to pray only to the king, he
wouldn’t deny his God. No, not even in
the face of death! He walked gallantly
into the den of lions, and righteousness
preserved him (Prov. 11:3)! Rather
than being eaten up by the lions, he
ended up in the high places of the
government of his time!
Honour has its root in
righteousness. The Bible says:
And they that be wise shall shine as
the brightness of the firmament; and
they that turn many to righteousness, as
the stars for ever and ever.
- Daniel 12:3
Righteousness causes men to shine
as stars. So, if you truly desire honour,
then wisdom demands that you also
desire righteousness with a greater
i n t e n s i t y. Let your desire for
righteousness be more than your desire
for honour, for when righteousness is
in place, honour is automatic. No
matter how many principles you put
together, until righteousness takes its
place, honour is not in view.
Holiness is the cheapest way to the
top. You don’t need to be crooked to
become great. Job was a perfect man,
yet he became the greatest in the entire
e a s t . You don’t need financial
perversion or immorality to gain access
to the throne. Whatever throne
unrighteousness places you on, it is so
it can bring you to utter shame at the
end. The eyes of the Lord run to and fro
through all the earth, to show Himself
strong on behalf of anyone whose heart
is perfect towards Him. So, God’s eyes
can enter any prison and pick up a man
from there.
 Purity also gives birth to beauty.
Psalm 149:4 says, “He will beautify the
meek with salvation.” Your beauty and
true covenant colour emerges only
when you are saved from sin. That is
when your authority and dominion can
be established. When sin goes, beauty
emerges. I see your beauty emerge in a
most powerful way!
Righteous living is to your
advantage, so choose to live right!
 Chapter 7

The World Is Waiting For You!

On July 15, 1996, the Lord
instructed me to train up people to
walk in the realm of signs and wonders,
because the whole creation is waiting
for the manifestation of the sons of
God. He said to me:
“Build Me a people to be envied,
a people of attraction, a people of
honour; and by them I will storm the
world. Build with Me a people of
depth, a revolutionary army by depth
of revelation; and I will take the
world by storm. I have given you the
people; now build them with Me.
Give them purpose, impart vision
into them. School them into exploits
and release them into their destinies.
Work with Me my son, as I raise a
new generation of saints by your
hands.”
He didn’t say, “Build Me a
religious gathering.” Rather, He said,
“Build Me a revolutionary army by
depths of revelation, and I will take the
world by storm.” We know that the
depth of revelation we have access to is
determined by how much we turn at
His reproofs. So, the envy of this new
generation of saints, their attraction,
glory and honour will come from their
sainthood.
…Christ also loved the church, and
gave himself for it…
That he might present it to himself
a glorious church, not having spot, or
wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it
should be holy and without blemish.
- Ephesians 5:25, 27
God is building an army of
stainless saints, not an army of
churchgoers. May you be seen worthy
to be part of the army that will stop the
groaning of the world (Rom. 8:19).
Therefore:
Put on the whole armour of God,
that ye may be able to stand against the
wiles of the devil.
- Ephesians 6:11
We learn from Psalm 110:1-3 that
the day of His power will precede the
day of His coming. The effectiveness
of any army is in the quality of its
training. So we have to train up in the
power of God in preparation for His
com i ng. Every act of God has a
foundation; and the foundation for
power and the supernatural is holiness
(2 Tim. 2:19). No wonder Jesus tells
us:
But seek ye first the kingdom of
God, and his righteousness; and all
these things shall be added unto you.
- Matthew 6:33
The foundation of God for the
manifestation of His power is
righteousness. You must walk in it in
order to be a partaker of the good
things He has in store for His Church.
 Stay Revived!
Come, and let us return unto the
LORD: for he hath torn, and he will
heal us; he hath smitten, and he will
bind us up.
After two days will he revive us: in
the third day he will raise us up, and we
shall live in his sight.
Then shall we know, if we follow
on to know the LORD: his going forth
is prepared as the morning; and he
shall come unto us as the rain, as the
latter and former rain unto the earth.
- Hosea 6:1-3
Every revival commands a rise, and
every revived soul enjoys a rise. When
we return, we shall be revived; and
after we are revived, we shall be raised
up. If we are not raised, then there is no
proof that we have been revived. After
the prophetic revival in the valley of
dry bones in Ezekiel 37, the Bible says
there arose unto God a mighty host.
After every revival in your life, there
should be all-round rise in your health,
mentality, finances, and so on.
When you are revived, you enjoy
the outpouring of both the latter and
the former rain upon your life. When
that rain begins to fall, its effects are as
recorded in Joel 2:23-26:
Be glad then, ye children of Zion,
and rejoice in the LORD your God: for
he hath given you the former rain
moderately, and he will cause to come
down for you the rain, the former rain,
and the latter rain in the first month.
And the floors shall be full of
wheat, and the fats shall overflow with
wine and oil.
And I will restore to you the years
that the locust hath eaten, the
cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and
the palmerworm, my great army which
I sent among you.
And ye shall eat in plenty, and be
satisfied, and praise the name of the
LORD your God, that hath dealt
wondrously with you: and my people
shall never be ashamed.
The flushing out of shame from a
man’s life is the practical effect of the
coming of the former and latter rain
into his life. When you return and are
revived, God is then committed to
raising you. No matter how hard
working you may be, until you are
revived, you can never be raised.
If the cleaning that God is doing
now does not matter to you, then your
destiny will not matter to Him as well.
You can’t enjoy the latter and former
rain until you are revived; and until
this rain comes down for you, your
struggles in life will continue. Our
distance from God is the reason we are
suffering the present humiliations. But
the Bible admonishes us to:
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw
nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye
sinners; and purify your hearts, ye
double minded.
 - James 4:8
Until you return and are revived,
the rain does not fall; and until the rain
falls upon you, you can’t be restored.
One of the great signs of revival is the
restoration of dignity to the saints. That
work in your hand will blossom and
explode, and that tension in your
business will disappear as though it
never existed when you are restored.
All you need do is to return to the Lord
in truth and in deed; and when the rain
begins to fall, every devil in town will
know that God’s rain has started falling
on you.
The scriptures cannot be broken. It
is not enough to repent; you must stay
revived as well. The revival fire must
be burning alive in your spirit, and
your tie with God must be so strong
that even the devil knows that you are
walking with God. You must hate sin
practically and not explain it away.
You must leave it without having any
feelings for it at all.
We are not created for afflictions.
Rather, God has created us for the
manifestation of His glory. Therefore,
come, and let us return unto the Lord!
The afflictions we suffer are by reason
of our disobedience to Him. They will
all come to an end if we return unto
Him.
The rain of God’s blessings is not
for everybody; it is for the souls that
have chosen to be revived, those who
have returned with all their hearts. The
way out of shame is to retain the
revival fire in your life. When that
revival fire is burning, your life is
bound to be refined, and you are bound
to enjoy outstanding results. It may be
slow, but it is eternally sure. Though it
tarries, wait for it, as it will surely
come, because righteousness exalts,
while sin is a reproach to any people.
If you will only stay revived, the
world will be compelled to listen to
you, because your star will shine and
the rain of God’s blessings will never
stop falling. Uzziah sought the Lord;
and as long as he sought the Lord, God
made him to prosper and he was
marvelously helped by God (2 Chron.
26:1-15).
With consecration, your life is sure
to enjoy distinction. I have never seen a
consecrated soul that didn’t have the
proof of God’s hand upon his life. I
would like you to pray to God, asking
Him to help you live a consecrated life:
“Help me to maintain a high level
of consecration, oh God. I must not
drop off this revival wave. I depend on
Your help Lord, so that my heart will
not be deceived by any being. I must
not miss the outpouring of the rain of
Your blessings, so help me to stay
consecrated unto You.”
Psalm 112:1-4 lists some benefits
that accrue to any man that fears the
Lord:
 Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the
man that feareth the LORD, that
delighteth greatly in his
commandments.
His seed shall be mighty upon
earth: the generation of the upright
shall be blessed.
Wealth and riches shall be in his
house: and his righteousness endureth
for ever.
Unto the upright there ariseth light
in the darkness: he is gracious, and full
of compassion, and righteous.
Stay revived, and the world will
soon locate where you are. Not too long
from now, your story will be read in
the great places of the earth. Walk with
God, and you will have a great future.
 No matter what you suffer for
righteousness sake, its gains far
outweigh the sufferings. No matter
what pleasure sin may offer, it is only
for a moment; whereas the blessedness
of righteousness is forever. You may
look ordinary today, but let your
integrity never depart from you.
I curse the hand of sin from your
life right now! You are entitled to
God’s rain, as long as you have
returned and are revived, so call for
that rain now. When that rain falls,
your floors shall be full of wheat and
He will restore to you the years that the
locust and the cankerworm have eaten.
You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied
and praise the name of the Lord, and
you shall never be ashamed!
 Contents

Introduction 273
1. You Are A Child Of Destiny!
275
2. Locating Your Vision 281
3. Prove The Vision 291
4. The Pursuit of Vision 299
5. The Time Factor 307
6. Vision Boosters 315
7. The Master-Key For Success 323
 Pillar 5

Vision
Introduction
Vision is the unfolding of divine
plan and purpose. When divine plan is
unfolded, faith is naturally stirred up.
Moses would not have dared to go back
to Egypt from where he had fled for
fear of being killed, if divine plan had
not been unfolded to him. No wonder
the Bible says in Proverbs 29:18:
Where there is no vision, the people
perish: but he that keepeth the law,
happy is he.
Where there is no vision, the people
just keep struggling. But where vision
is, faith comes alive. Vision is the
covenant seed for success in life. Life
will remain a struggle without a clear
vision of God’s purpose for your life.
But when vision is present, faith for
accomplishment comes alive. It was
only after Apostle Paul discovered his
purpose in life that he became a great
man of faith (Gal. 1:15-16). Before
then, he was merely going about like a
rascal.
Vision is a faith catalyst as well as
helps one to fulfil destiny. When you
catch a vision of God’s plan for your
life or where you are going, like
Moses, no Pharaoh will be strong
enough to stop you from getting there.
Your face will be set as a flint towards
your end.
I have included some selected
teachings and a list of books I wrote on
the subject of vision that will aid your
understanding of this subject.
Understanding Vision
Understanding Divine Direction
 Chapter 1

You Are A Child Of Destiny!

Every born again child of God is
born to fulfill a particular purpose on
earth. A discovery of that purpose is
what is called a vision. Vision can,
therefore, be defined as the unfolding
of a divine plan as it relates to a nation,
a group of people or an individual.
Every believer has a peculiar plan
and function assigned to him before he
was born. God told Prophet Jeremiah:
Before I formed thee in the belly I
knew thee; and before thou camest
forth out of the womb I sanctified thee,
and I ordained thee a prophet unto the
nations.
- Jeremiah 1:5
The unfolding of God’s plan for a
man’s life and the pursuit of it is the
beginning of a great future. This is
because you can never become a star
until you operate within the scope of
God’s plan for your life.
Being members of one body, that
is, the body of Christ, every believer
has been ordained to carry out a
particular function in the body of
Christ. A body is made up of different
parts or members, with each carrying
out a particular function. As a member
of the body of Christ, you are a steward
of a particular function, which God
expects you to carry out. That is your
ministry; and it is not limited to the
pulpit alone. Ministry is occupying
your God–assigned position.
Ministry is carrying out a divine
assignment. Joseph had a divine task
— he was sent to Egypt to preserve
lives. Gideon was not called to preach,
but to deliver the people of Israel from
the hands of the Midianites. Abraham
was called to be established as an
institution through whom the families
of the earth would be blessed.
Therefore, callings and elections are
not limited to preaching. You have a
function or divine assignment to
perform here on earth. A discovery of
this function is what is called a vision.
Vision is a divine insight into
God’s plan for you, and the pursuit of a
discovered vision is what is called a
ministry. It, therefore, means that no
vision, no ministry.
You have a ministry and it is your
duty to discover it. Just like Prophet
Habakkuk, you need to stand upon your
watch to see what God has for you.
Become a visionary; as only
visionaries become great in the
kingdom. Locate your function and
begin to manifest in it, for the future of
every believer depends on the
discovery of his function or purpose on
earth.
You must know this though: that no
calling is of a low status. Every calling
or function is a high calling, as every
calling culminates in glory. Every part
of a king’s body is royal. You cannot
say of the hand, “This is only the hand,
it is not the king; so it has no honour.”
No! Every part of the king is the king
and must be accorded the respect and
honour due to it. So is it with every
member of the body of Christ. Every
function you are ordained to carry out
leads to honour, dignity and stardom.
The Importance of Vision
A discovery of vision is very
important in any man’s life, as it puts
an end to a life of struggles. One just
keeps on struggling when God’s plan
for one’s life is unknown. This is
because God only enables you to
perform in the area He has assigned
you to serve. This is where you make it
seemingly effortlessly, smiling all the
way.
Do you want to enter into your
promised land? Do you want to possess
your possessions? Then you need a
genuine vision from God in your life.
Vision is the gateway to greatness in
the kingdom. Vision is what makes a
man. Consider what happened to one of
our covenant fathers —Jacob.
Jacob had been a trickster and
usurper all his life, until he met with
God at Bethel on his way to meet
Laban. This was the turning point in his
life, as his personal encounter with God
turned him into another man. The
usurper was gone, the trickster was
buried. He made a covenant with God
and a new life began. Though he
arrived Laban’s place without a vision,
he was determined to live right. This
was, however, not enough. For fourteen
years, he sweated and laboured for the
woman he loved. He was cheated and
relegated to slavery. After fourteen
years of sweating, he only had two
wives and a battalion of children to
show. He had no substance and future
(Gen. 28-30).
Then a need arose for Jacob, and
with it came a vision. He remembered
his covenant with God. He asked for
and received a terrific insight into
cattle rearing, which he promptly put to
w o r k . He pursued this vision and
prospered in it. The scripture says
concerning Jacob in Genesis 30:43:
…The man increased exceedingly,
and had much cattle, and maidservants,
and menservants, and camels, and
asses.
The potential for greatness was in
him all the while, but until he saw the
need for insight into the ways of God,
he never received. Vision brings about
positive covenant changes in one’s life.
The discovery and pursuit of vision
gives stability to one’s life, as you
know where you are heading. You have
a goal and aim for it with strong
purposeful strides, not as one beating
the air. Vision changes your attitude
and actions. While others might bow to
any wind of doctrine, you are not
moved, because you know where you
are going. Your vision prevents you
from going just anywhere or following
after what others are doing. Rather, it
gives you a definite focus and a
consciousness of one on a divine
mission. Vision gives you a horse to
ride on.
Only men of vision will be enlisted
into God’s end-time army, as they are
men who know where they are heading.
They are men who know their mission
and go about it with the strength of a
horse. Their faces will be set only
towards accomplishing their mission.
They shall not thrust each other. Each
one shall follow his own path and
calling, working separately, yet
together towards fulfilling one goal.
No man gives himself a vision.
Every true vision comes from God. The
difference between vision and ambition
is that whereas vision is God-given,
ambition is man-made. Vision is from
above, while ambition has its origin
here on earth. Ambition is born out of
an earthly drive to do it better than
others. It springs mostly from envy and
a desire for power and self-recognition.
Adolph Hitler was a man driven by an
earthly ambition to rule the world. He
wanted the German nation to rule the
whole world and saw the Jews as
standing on his way to achieving this
goal. So he decided to exterminate the
Jewish race from off the face of the
ear t h. Hitler had an ambition, and
would stop at nothing in order to
achieve it.
On the other hand, however, the
great man of faith, George Muller, had
a vision and heavenly dream. He
wanted to put smiles on the faces of all
the orphans left after the war. So, he
gave up everything he had to start an
orphanage, looking unto God alone for
supplies. As a result, he never had to go
stealing, killing, defrauding or begging
for sustenance. He was an ordinary
man who had an extraordinary vision.
He believed God to carry out the
extraordinary task and dared to step out
in faith. This is a vision from God. God
gives the vision and enabled the
visionary to bring it to fruition.
No man gives himself a vision; no
one places himself in an office. God is
the One who assigns offices to His
children, and He has set every member
in the body as it has pleased Him (1
Cor. 12:28).
 Chapter 2

Locating Your Vision

There is a need for every believer
to have a vision. Only a fool will
despise the need for a vision, because
the Word of God clearly spells out the
consequence for the lack of it (Prov.
29:18). A lack of vision can bring ruin
to a whole generation, and can lead to
the destruction of the saints of God.
But it is not God’s wish that anyone
should perish. Rather, He wants
everyone to enter into His Canaan of
rest and abundance; and only vision
can take one there.
Vision gives direction to life. God’s
path for you is in the vision He gives
y o u . Without vision you cannot get
your bearings in life right; so, get your
vision, locate your place in God and let
the light of God shine on your path.
But how does one secure a vision?
Do visions fall from heaven like
mangoes from a mango tree? No!
Genuine visions come from God, even
though man has a part to play in
securing it. God called Abraham out of
his father’s house, to a place where He
would show him at age 75 (Gen. 12:1-
3).
Vision is revealed by God in
response to man’s heart desire. Desire
leads to enquiry and enquiry to
acquiring. A vision is sought for and
acquired by man. Everyone through
separation seeks his own vision. No
one can seek a vision for another
p e r s o n . That was why prophet
Habakkuk said:
I will stand upon my watch, and set
me upon the tower, and will watch to
see what he will say unto me…
- Habakkuk 2:1
Vision is an individual, personal
affair, not a collective affair. This is
seen in the repeated use of the first
person pronoun in the above text. A
man who desires a vision must first
separate himself from every distraction
and make enquiries from God. This is
because God will not give you
something you don’t need or seek after.
 God Is Willing To Reveal His Plan
I have good news for you: God is
always willing to reveal His plans. He
didn’t make His plans for Himself, but
for you and me. He devised them so
that we can arise as stars and bring
about the re-establishment of His
kingdom here on earth. I use the word
“re-establishment” because Adam
transferred his dominion of the earth to
Satan at the fall. So God is eager to see
the re-establishment of His power and
authority on earth, hence His eagerness
to reveal His plans to you knows no
limit. He said:
…I am the LORD thy God which
teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth
thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
 - Isaiah 48:17
God has taken upon Himself the
responsibility of leading you into your
destiny; and He does this by revealing
His plans to you. At your request, He
shows you your own little role and
portion in His great master plan.
Seek God In Prayer
Whereas God is eager to show us
the plan He has for us, we must first
ask Him to reveal it to us. One of the
ways we ask Him is through prayers.
Prayer draws the hand of God into a
situation. It is what connects man to
the throne room of God. If you want to
know God’s mind in any situation, you
must pray to Him to show you.
The man Daniel was a man of
visions and revelations. He was also a
man of prayer. He received his visions
and revelations through prayer. A time
came when he discovered it was time
for Israel’s captivity to be over. He
took it upon himself to seek the face of
God in prayers concerning the
restoration of Jerusalem. He prayed
and God released His plans to Him in a
vision (Dan. 9).
God only reveals His plans to those
who ask Him. You must be ready to
pray the prayer of enquiries in order to
secure your heavenly vision, which will
give you a place on the earth. If you
will not ask, you will not receive it
from Him. Speaking through Prophet
Jeremiah, God said:
 Call unto me, and I will answer
thee, and shew thee great and mighty
things, which thou knowest not.
- Jeremiah 33:3
Until you call, He will not show
you; and you call through prayers. So,
ask and receive, so your joy may be
full.
Be Watchful
Visions are also received during
watchful moments. After calling upon
God in prayers to show you His plan
for your life, you must make yourself
available to receive His plan by being
watchful (Hab. 2:1). Watching and
praying are two different things.
Whereas prayer is calling upon God to
show you His plan, watching is
conditioning your spirit man to
receiving the plan from God. It
involves linking your spirit man with
heaven in order to receive heaven’s
signals; that is, spiritual sensitivity.
The two go hand-in-hand.
The prophet Habakkuk first prayed
to God, and then set himself to watch
to see what God would say to him. He
had to quit praying in order to watch.
Most people who talk about receiving
God’s plan did so in moments of
watchfulness. God’s plan can be
revealed at any time – while going
about your daily affairs, at the wheel of
a car driving, etc.
For instance, the vision of our
ministry was delivered when I went to
visit some friends. I had travelled to
visit them, only to get there to meet a
note on the door that said they had
travelled out of town. As I turned to
leave, the Holy Spirit said to me, “All
things work to the advantage of them
that love the Lord.” This was a flash in
my spirit, which I would have missed if
I wasn’t watchful. The Word was
undoubtedly from the Lord, as I had
never heard that translation before. I
repeated the sentence and told myself
that the situation was to my advantage.
I became alert, on the lookout for
further instructions, which came
shortly after. The Holy Spirit said,
“Seek a quiet place, I want to talk to
you.” I went in search of a hotel, where
God delivered the eighteen-hour long
vision of our ministry to me. As long
as your spirit man is tuned to receiving
from God, His glorious plan will drop
into it.
The Help Of The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit also plays a part in
your ability to locate God’s vision for
y o u . You must ask for His help in
locating divine plan and be sensitive to
His voice. After praying to God to
show you His plan for your life and you
wait on Him diligently to reveal the
plan, you need also to be sensitive
enough to hear and understand His
voice when He speaks. The Bible says
in John 10:27: “My sheep hear my
voice, and I know them, and they follow
me.”
If you are born of God, you are
expected to hear God’s voice, and His
voice is the voice of the Holy Ghost.
Children don’t have to go to school to
learn their parents’ language. Even the
greatest dummy naturally understands
his mother tongue. The ability to hear
God’s voice does not belong to
ministers alone, but to everyone born
of God. A spiritual tuning takes place
at salvation that enables every
redeemed child of God to hear and
understand Him.
Hearing God’s voice is not a gift,
but a birthright. Men who have attained
great heights in Christ today are known
for their super-sensitivity to the Holy
Spirit. Even our Saviour, Jesus, had to
be sensitive to the voice of the Spirit in
order to succeed on earth. He said of
Himself: “I can of mine own self do
nothing: as I hear, I judge” (Jn. 5:30).
As He heard, He acted. He was in
constant communion with the Father.
When He was told about Lazarus’
sickness, He didn’t go running down
there immediately. Rather, He waited
to hear from the Father before moving
(Jn. 11).
A time came when the great man of
God, Elijah, was stranded. The
situation was so bad that the great man
of Mt. Carmel cried unto God to take
his life. But he waited for God to
answer Him, and God did. God spoke
to him, telling him what to do. This
took him to another level in ministry.
God’s voice paved a way for Elijah
when he was weak. The voice of God
offered him direction and established
his office (1 Kgs. 19:11-18).
You too can hear His voice. Your
ears are created to be hearing ears,
capable of hearing the voice of the
Holy Spirit. Sensitivity to the voice of
the Spirit helps you walk in divine
plan, thereby bringing you to honour
and dignity here on earth. Those who
sweat in life and ministry today are
those who are deaf to the voice of the
Holy Spirit. They do what is right in
their own sight, and not what God tells
them to do. It is very crucial, therefore,
that you are sensitive enough to receive
from God when He speaks. Below are
some ways you can enhance your
sensitivity to the voice of the Holy
Ghost.
Be Quiet
There is a notable thing in Elijah’s
experience in the wilderness. There
first came a strong wind, an earthquake
and a fire, but God’s voice was not
heard in them. His voice finally came
in form of a still, small voice. The
word “still” is worthy of note here,
because there is no way you can
receive signals from heaven without
the practice of quietness. The Word of
God tells us that God’s voice comes
from behind.
 And thine ears shall hear a word
behind thee, saying, This is the way,
walk ye in it…
- Isaiah 30:21
If God’s voice comes from behind,
then you need to be very quiet to hear
i t . Except you are in the practice of
quietness you cannot understand the
mystery of receiving from God.
Practice quietness on your inside and
outside. The Holy Spirit is always there
to instruct you, so learn to be quiet and
receive instructions from Him daily.
Worship
Worship is adoration. It is bowing
down at the feet of God, hallowing His
name. You lay down your crown before
Him when you worship Him. As a
result, you receive revelations from
God when you come before Him in
worship. You must learn to worship
Him, if you want to increase your
hearing ability.
Elisha knew this very well. When
he needed to receive instructions from
God, he said to the people:
But now bring me a minstrel. And
it came to pass, when the minstrel
played, that the hand of the LORD
came upon him.
And he said, Thus saith the LORD,
Make this valley full of ditches.
For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall
not see wind, neither shall ye see rain;
yet that valley shall be filled with
water, that ye may drink, both ye, and
your cattle, and your beasts.
- 2 Kings 3:15-17
As the minstrel played on the
instrument and Elisha’s heart rose up
to God in worship, the Word of the
Lord came unto him. A lot of ministers
around the world do this today. They
ask for a tune to be struck on the organ
or keyboard while ministering to the
afflicted. Normally, it is a soft tune
that plays on and on, and it enhances
their sensitivity to instruction from the
Holy Ghost. Psalms and hymns are
very good worship tools. I have noticed
that I’m usually armed with super
confidence anytime I enter into a deep
realm of worship in psalms and hymns.
Meekness
 Meekness enhances your ability to
receive from God because you come
before Him on the platform of
nothingness. It means coming to God
devoid of all your so-called knowledge,
coming to Him empty and with the
understanding that only He can fill you
up. God’s Word says:
The meek will he guide in
judgment: and the meek will he teach
his way.
- Psalm 25:9
God says, “Put away your ideas and
receive My instruction with
meekness.” When you do, you will
possess the earth, because only the
meek will possess the earth.
Meekness leads to obedience, and
obedience to possession. Don’t be too
wise for God to instruct. Don’t be like
King Ahab who was too wise and too
full of himself for God to instruct.
Make yourself a Jehoshaphat instead.
Respect God’s instructions and obey
them promptly, as prompt obedience
qualifies you for more instructions.
 Chapter 3

Prove The Vision

One thing is crucial to success in
life and ministry: ascertaining the
genuineness of your vision before
launching out in its pursuit. A major
characteristic of a genuine vision is
that it has its source in God. It is God’s
revealed plan and has to be traceable to
Him. Any vision that does not have its
source in God leads to destruction. It
might flourish for a while, but certain
destruction is inevitable.
A vision that is not proved is not a
vision to be pursued. There is a path
God has prepared for everyone born of
Him. He forbids anyone turning from
this path, either to the right or to the
left; because your success in life
depends on how well you keep to this
path. So, before you start running with
the vision you have received, first
subject it to an examination. Check its
accuracy, sieve off the unwanted
elements and hold on to the substance.
Even the Word of God had to be tried
seven times (Ps. 12:6). If God’s Word
could be subjected to testing, then
every vision or revelation received
must be properly scrutinized. This is
because:
There is a way which seemeth right
unto a man, but the end thereof are the
ways of death.
 - Proverbs 14:12
Do you know that the devil himself
can appear as an angel of light (2 Cor.
11:14)? Therefore, don’t go running
with just anything you receive. Prove it
first. Even the Bible commands it:
Prove all things; hold fast that
which is good.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:21
“All things” include visions. This
implies that not all visions are true. We
are told that there are two voices
clamouring for man’s attention: the
voice of the Shepherd and that of the
stranger (Jn. 10:4-5). Because there are
many voices, there must be a way of
knowing which one is genuine and
which is the counterfeit. How do you
do this? How do you determine the
accuracy of your vision?
The Word Tool
God’s Word is the only authentic
tool for proving a vision. After
receiving a vision, illuminate your
spirit in God’s Word for a backing,
before you step out in its pursuit. By so
doing, you have the double assurance
that it is from God, because God will
only back up what He has said.
A young pastor was praying in his
house one day when he heard a voice
say to him: “You are the Elijah who is
to come before the Saviour comes
back.” This seemed so good and real,
and he was excited. Then the thought
came that he should get a scriptural
backing for the revelation, and he went
into God’s Word. Then he read where
Jesus told His disciples that Elijah had
already come in the person of John the
Baptist. He went to his pastor for more
illumination and was told the same
thing. Then he knew that the vision he
had received was not from God.
The devil knows the scriptures and
quotes them to confuse people. That is
why you must first get into the Word of
God for proofs before pursuing any
revelation you may have received.
Compare scripture with scripture and
unravel the truth behind the vision.
Who Is Speaking?
In proving your vision, you must
also determine who is speaking. There
are so many voices all around. Since
visions involve some form of
communication, it becomes necessary
to ascertain the personality behind the
voice you have heard, as not all voices
are God’s voice. There is the authentic
voice of God, there is the voice of your
spirit man and there is the voice of the
devi l . Only one of these voices is
reliable and dependable, and that is the
voice of God.
I once heard something that I
thought was from God. The Lord later
questioned me about it and I reminded
Him that that was what He said. But He
responded, “No, that was the voice of
your spirit man; you heard yourself.”
The voice of your spirit man is not
absolutely reliable. It may be biased,
because it might have some element of
carnality in it. That is why you must
watch how you rely on it for guidance.
You might be able to detect the devil’s
voice easily, but your own voice is not
that easily exposed, because man’s
ways always seem right in his own
eyes. It is important that you identify
the voice behind your vision, so you
are not led into error.
Ascertain The Content Of Your
Vision
The content of every vision has to
be ascertained also. You must get a
good understanding of the content of
your vision before you start to run with
i t . God has no pleasure in your
confusion; rather, He is excited at your
having direction. So, get back to Him
with your vision, asking for further
illumination on the content. Learn to
ask God for complete illumination of
your vision, as His assurance and
further revelation will give you the
courage to run with the vision more
effectively.
After being commissioned into
ministry, a time came when we needed
to set up the operations headquarters of
the ministry. Ilorin town looked very
attractive. As far as I was concerned, it
was the ideal spot. But my wife and I
committed the matter to God, ready to
obey whatever He would say. And the
Lord spoke, saying, “Arise, go to
Damascus.” The Lord made it plain
that Damascus stood for Kaduna – the
city of persecution. Witnessing Islamic
uprisings there was, therefore, no news
to me. I was well acquainted with my
role in it. No force on earth could stop
me from playing my part, because this
was what I was anointed for. God’s
voice helps you to operate under an
extraordinary confidence.
Be inquisitive about your vision.
Ask the Lord about everything He has
said to you, including the minutest
detail. Get Him to give you a good
understanding of the content of the
vision before you step out. Ask that
you may receive direction; and the
prayer of enquiry is the prayer that
offers direction. It is a major tool for
determining direction in life.
Peace
Every God-given vision is
accompanied by His peace. The Bible
says:
I will hear what God the LORD will
speak: for he will speak peace unto his
people, and to his saints…
- Psalm 85:8
When God the good Shepherd
leads, He always leads beside the still
waters. Still waters connote peace and
rest. If a vision is truly of God, it will
be accompanied by peace in the heart.
That is the authentic proof that the
vision is from God (the author of peace
and concord).
 Whenever the peace of God eludes
a believer in the pursuit of a
“purported” vision, there is need to
check it. This is because except God is
actually involved, no vision can be
accomplished (Zech. 4:6; Ps. 127:1).
The Master Himself concludes it with a
seal of finality: “…Without me ye can
do nothing” (Jn. 15:5).
Every vision requires the direct
involvement and intervention of God in
order for it to be accomplished and
fulfilled. No wonder the Bible says in 1
Thessalonians 5:24:
Faithful is he that calleth you, who
also will do it.
In the final analysis, it is God Who
works in the vessel to accomplish the
vision He gives. However, if God must
work in man, man must first be at rest.
We have this blessed assurance in the
Word that we need not be otherwise,
for the Lord will fight for you (while)
you hold your peace (Ex. 14:14). If
God must take over, then man must
hold his peace. God will not take over
our battles and pursuit until we hold
our peace, because He will not share
His glory with anyone (Isa. 42:8).
Until you are at rest, God cannot be
at work on your behalf. If you must see
God at work, then you have to be at
rest. This is the secret behind the peace
that attends all heaven-borne visions.
With peace in your heart, triumph in
your pursuit is guaranteed.
 In proving your vision, there are,
however, certain things you must guard
against. I will discuss two of them.
Fleeces
One of them is trying to prove your
vision by laying out fleeces. Remember
how Gideon set out fleeces in order to
ascertain whether God would save
Israel by his hand (Judg. 6:37-40)?
When you are operating by fleeces, you
say something like this: “Father, if I go
to see my pastor and the first thing he
tells me is, ‘Jesus loves you’ then I
know You have called me to work
under him.” You cannot use this
method to get clarification on your
vision. The Word of God says that as
many as are led by the Spirit of God,
they are the sons of God, not as many
as are led by fleeces (Rom. 8:14).
You may argue that Gideon did this
and it worked for him. Yes, but Gideon
was under the old covenant, where they
had no indwelling presence of the Holy
Spirit. You are of the new covenant and
have the Spirit of God dwelling inside
you. He is there to lead you, so ask
Him for illumination.
People’s Confirmation
Another thing you should guard
against is seeking after people’s
confirmation. This is not wrong in
itself, as God can use people to help
y o u . But you need to guard against
depending wholly on this form of
confirmation because a lot of them
may end up leading you into confusion.
When I received my vision to go into
full-time ministry, I told a great man of
God about it, and he told me that God
had not called me. If I had not heard
God clearly, this would have sent me
off track. But I knew I heard God
clearly, so I stuck to my calling.
Nehemiah could not have
succeeded in his mission if he had
revealed it to people for confirmation.
He did the surveys by himself and only
informed the people of what they were
to do. If he had asked for their advice,
he would have been led off his path.
Beloved, look up to God and hear
His voice. It is He alone that is able to
lead you in the path He has chosen for
you.
 Chapter 4

The Pursuit Of Vision

After having received a vision from
God, there is still something you must
do in order to actualise it. A vision
received must be pursued; otherwise,
you will still end up a failure, no
matter how grand the vision. A man’s
vision (no matter how fantastic) will
follow him to the grave if he does
nothing about it. Vision without pursuit
is mere wishes; and a wise man said,
“If wishes were horses, even beggars
will ride.”
There is a law that stipulates that,
“All objects assume a state of rest until
a force is applied to it.” The same law
obtains in the spirit. Nothing will
happen to a situation, desire or vision
that you do nothing about. Action is the
word here. No action, no
accomplishment. Actors are winners,
and winners are kings. Without great
drives, great vision will lead to great
frustration.
No reason should be strong enough
to stop you from pursuing your vision,
as those who do nothing towards their
goal, groan at the end. The Bible says:
The sluggard will not plow by
reason of the cold; therefore shall he
beg in harvest, and have nothing.
- Proverbs 20:4
There is no challenge-free track on
earth. Whatever reason will not let you
take steps in the direction of your
vision will ultimately rob you of
fulfillment in life.
There are always divine provisions
with which to pursue every God-given
vision received, as God will not reveal
a plan to you without giving you the
resources with which to actualize it.
God will not send a man on an
impossible mission. This is why He
said, “Write the vision, and make it
plain upon tables, that he may run that
readeth it” (Hab. 2:2). In other words,
“I have shown you what to do and you
have received from Me what it takes to
do it, so run! Move! Take steps; it is
within your reach.” Every genuine
vision leads to enthronement. You,
therefore, owe yourself the
responsibility of making it work
through diligent pursuit.
Visions Are Specific
Genuine visions are plain —“Make
it plain upon tables, that he may run
that readeth it.” They clearly state
what to do, when to do it, where to do it
and how to go about it.
I have heard many preachers claim
that they have received a vision from
God. But when asked what that vision
is, they say, “God has sent me to
preach the Bible.” This reply normally
amuses me, because God can never
send an individual to preach the whole
Bible! You are too small to preach the
whole Bible, as the Bible is loaded with
matter.
A genuine vision from God will
point you to the specific substance you
are to preach. For example, when the
Lord called me into ministry, He made
the vision plain before me: “Go forth
and liberate My people from all
oppressions of the devil, through the
preaching of the Word of faith.” The
job was to liberate the people from all
oppressions of the devil, and the tool
for this liberation is the Word of faith.
A vision is a specific task assigned
and revealed to an individual by God.
That is why great men of God today are
identified with specific and very clear
callings. For one man of God, he is
assigned to preach the salvation
message, while another is called to
preach faith and healing, and yet
another, prosperity. God is not an
author of confusion. When He calls
you, He makes your calling plain.
God Gets The Job Done
A man is worth nothing except by
virtue of what he has received from
above. God makes the man, because it
is the gift of God in him that makes
him.
A man’s gift maketh room for him,
and bringeth him before great men.
- Proverbs 18:16
The task you are called upon to
undertake is spiritual. It cannot be
accomplished by the strength or
smartness of man, but by the gift of
God within a man. The gift within sets
in motion spiritual forces which create
a way for you. Therefore, as you pursue
your God-given vision, trust not in
yourself or ability for getting the job
done. Whatever He has called you to do
will be accomplished by His gift
within, as God’s callings are always
accompanied by His gifts, which are
never withdrawn (Rom. 11:29).
When God calls, He endows you
with what it takes to stand in that
office. Remember Gideon? He called
himself the least of the least, but God
said, “That is why I have chosen you;
so you don’t rely on your own
strength.” There is a strength needed to
accomplish a calling, and God is the
One who supplies it. You cannot carry
out your God-given assignment in your
own strength. Rather, look unto Him
and believe Him for His strength. That
is when His gift within you will go into
operation to produce the needed
results. In the final analysis, God
makes both the man and the ministry.
So then, it is not of him that
willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of
God that sheweth mercy.
- Romans 9:16
What makes a man is the grace of
God. The grace of God is a free gift; an
unmerited favour from God. You don’t
qualify for it; He simply gives it to
you. In the callings and elections of
God, your human qualifications are
your greatest disqualifications, while
your natural disqualifications are what
qualify you, because God delights in
choosing the base and weak things,
those without reputation, to make them
(1 Cor. 1:26-29).
I was the least qualified for a
preaching assignment in my own eyes
and in the eyes of the world, because I
was very slow-tongued. But the
situation has changed now, as people
sometimes complain that I speak too
fast. God’s enablement has made the
difference. Moses was also the least
qualified for the work God called him
t o . God knew that no matter how
qualified Moses was naturally, he
would fail in his assignment. So He
said to Moses, “I am your
qualification. Go in My name and
might and get the job done.”
God is your qualification; without
Him you can do nothing. Battles are
won only by the grace of God. Feats are
accomplished not by power nor by
might, but by the Spirit of God. Each
time Samson fought and won, it was
always preceded with the phrase, “And
the spirit of God came upon him.”
Samson did not pay anything to get it.
In fact, he did all he could to lose it
through promiscuous living. The only
time he failed and was captured, it was
recorded that the Lord had departed
from him (Judg. 16:20).
 Your nakedness is revealed
whenever God leaves you, because it is
God that gets the job done. So then,
like Apostle Paul, you too can say, “I
am what I am by the grace of God.”
God’s strength is made perfect in
weakness, such that when you are weak
in yourself, then you are strong in God.
Zeal
A God-given vision always imparts
a divine drive in the beneficiary, which
drives him to accomplishment. This
divine drive is called zeal. Zeal is that
inward excitement that pushes you
forward to accomplishing your
m i s s i o n . When the zeal of God
consumes you, every other factor
becomes subsidiary. God cannot call
you to a task without giving you the
zeal to perform it.
If your vision must be
accomplished, you must be determined
to run with it. You must pursue your
God-given vision, as every calling of
God culminates in glory. A pressing is
required. In the course of pursuing his
vision, Apostle Paul said:
I press toward the mark for the
prize of the high calling of God in
Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 3:14
Don’t go about minding other
people’s business or ministries; mind
yours. God has not called you to be a
referee. Have you noticed that referees
don’t win any prizes? Be least
concerned about how others are
pursuing their visions. Rather, be
concerned about your own mission, as
great success can only be recorded
through diligent pursuit. Be determined
to do what it takes to get to where you
are going. Pursue your vision and
receive your crown. You can’t get the
juice out of an orange without
squeezing it. So press on and obtain
your prize. A vision that will not be
realised is one whose challenges you
are not prepared to rise up to.
 Chapter 5

The Time Factor

For the vision is yet for an
appointed time, but at the end it shall
speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait
for it; because it will surely come, it
will not tarry.
- Habakkuk 2:3
The word “yet” implies that the
vision is not for now. A vision from
God always has a time element. The
prophet Habakkuk sought a vision and
received one; but the Lord told him,
“Don’t expect what I have told you to
happen now. It will surely happen, but
its time is yet to come.”
 Correct timing is very important in
God’s programme. All visions have
their appointed time for execution,
which is determined by God alone. You
don’t just receive a vision and begin to
run with it. Just as you prove the vision
and ascertain the contents of the vision,
you also need to confirm from God the
appointed time for your given vision to
take off. This is because God’s time is
the time of safety; it is the time of
miraculous provisions and favours for
accomplishment. God’s time is the
time when He goes before you to make
the crooked places straight.
There is always a time for the
showing forth of every calling of God.
John the Baptist was on a divine
mission. It had been said of him even
before he was born that he would
prepare the way of the Lord. He knew
this but didn’t go about it immediately
until the appointed time. He waited for
God’s right time to set out. The Bible
says:
And the child grew, and waxed
strong in spirit, and was in the deserts
till the day of his shewing unto Israel.
- Luke 1:80
Jesus also knew what His mission
on earth was, but spent 30 years
carrying out menial jobs in the
carpenter’s shed. The Son of God, the
Saviour of the world, was carrying
wood and mending broken tables and
chairs for 30 years! He knew who He
was right from the beginning and
voiced it out at age twelve (Lk. 2:49).
But He waited for His appointed time.
He heard John preach the gospel of
repentance, but didn’t rush out to start
off His own ministry. He exercised
caution and waited. He humbled
Himself, and then the heavens opened!
He finally launched out after having
received John’s baptism and the
baptism of the Holy Ghost.
If John the Baptist and Jesus had
both stepped out a day before their
appointed time, they would have
wrecked their missions. The time God
calls you to ministry is not necessarily
the time for you to step out in its
pursuit. Always get God’s appointed
time and walk in it.
Heaven’s Timing
Timing is very important in the
pursuit of any vision. If you miss the
right timing, you will fall flat on your
back. After the Lord called me into
ministry, I didn’t step out in its pursuit
for months. But a time came much
later when I began to sense it was time
to step out. I went to God, hoping to
hear His marching order. I separated
myself to ask for His timing, calling
upon Him in prayers. When I opened
my eyes after many hours of praying, I
saw a bright light fill the room. It was
as if heaven’s musical gadgets were
tuned on to release heaven’s music.
The sound I heard which flooded the
room was, “Be in time, be in time.”
This brought tears to my eyes, and I
found myself weeping. God had
sounded it: the time was ripe to launch
out. I left there with a commissioning
programme set in my mind. I knew
who was to do the sending forth. It was
a pastor I had never met in my life. I
got the name of his ministry and his
address and wrote to him. He wrote
back, begging to be excused because he
had other engagements lined up in Port
Harcourt, Nigeria, on the same day as
my commissioning date.
Unperturbed, I wrote back, telling
him that the Lord said that his Port
Harcourt engagement was his own
personal meeting, but that my
commissioning ceremony was the
Lord’s. I had just sent out my letter
when I received another from him,
saying that the Lord had instructed him
to put off the Port Harcourt meeting in
order to be at my commissioning! We
met for the first time at the
commissioning ceremony! “For the
vision is for an appointed time.”
In 1985, I thought the Lord wanted
me to reach out with the Word to
different cities in the country, and so I
drew out a plan and pasted it on the
board in my office. One day I looked at
it, feeling quite pleased with myself.
Then the Lord said, “Take off that plan
from the board.” When I asked why, He
replied: “This is not My plan for you
for now. I want you to do further
digging in this place where you are. It
is time for you to set your root deeper
into the land and bear more fruit. When
it is time for you to reach out I will let
you know.” I removed the plan from
the board and asked for another plan
for the year, and He gave me a growth
plan through the sound teaching of the
Word. We had a 91% increase in 1986!
Every phase in ministry has its
timing. If you miss out on the timing,
you miss out on God; and when God is
not with you, the result is sweat
unlimited. That is when it will appear
as though you were not called by God.
Ministers of God should learn to fix
their programmes in accordance with
God’s timing, and not go rushing off to
just anywhere they are invited to.
Jesus Understood It
A call came for Jesus to go to
Bethany to heal Lazarus who was sick.
The call was from His loved ones, yet
He stayed back and waited for divine
instructions. An order to go to Bethany
came only after Lazarus had died and
was buried. Jesus went at God’s
appointed time, and the glory of God
was manifested (Jn. 11:1-45). The
anointing follows God’s timing.
Joshua’s Example
Joshua was also sensitive to divine
timing. He obeyed God’s marching
orders and moved at God’s command,
resulting in the fall of the great wall of
Jericho.
And it came to pass on the seventh
day, that they rose early about the
dawning of the day, and compassed the
city after the same manner seven
times: only on that day they compassed
the city seven times.
And it came to pass at the seventh
time, when the priests blew with the
trumpets, Joshua said unto the people,
Shout; for the LORD hath given you
the city…
So the people shouted when the
priests blew with the trumpets: and it
came to pass, when the people heard
the sound of the trumpet, and the
people shouted with a great shout, that
the wall fell down flat, so that the
people went up into the city, every man
straight before him, and they took the
city.
- Joshua 6:15-16, 20
If he had told the people that there
was no point marching around the city
seven times on the seventh day, and
that they should do it only once, they
would have faced the greatest defeat in
history. Not being obedient to God’s
timing may put a seal upon your doom,
so always seek to know His right time
for what He has called you to do.
Saul Missed It
One should learn from what
happened to King Saul. The set time
for him to wait for Samuel to come and
offer sacrifices to God was seven days.
Saul waited till the seventh day and
lost his patience on the last day. He
couldn’t wait till the end of the day to
see if Samuel would come or not, and
decided to offer the sacrifice. But as
soon as he was done offering the
sacrifice, Samuel arrived.
And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast
done foolishly: thou hast not kept the
commandment of the LORD thy God,
which he commanded thee: for now
would the LORD have established thy
kingdom upon Israel for ever.
- 1 Samuel 13:13
God is very particular about your
working within His schedule. When
God speaks, the anointing for
breakthroughs follows. Working in
God’s timing reduces tension and
produces instant results. It is the only
way to guarantee success in life and
ministry. There is a place to preach per
time, and there is a word for each
place. Don’t go rushing everywhere
just because others are doing it and are
successful. You must respond to the
time nudging of the Holy Spirit.
If you are not sure of His timing,
ask Him and He will tell you. You are a
soldier in the army of God; don’t go
marching at your own command. Wait
for the Captain of the Hosts to give His
orders and then follow. Listen for His
marching orders before you move.
Obeying God’s timing leads to
sweatless triumphs. Saul’s impatience
put an end to his reign. Don’t be like
Saul; avoid haste. Listen for God’s
marching orders, adhere strictly to
them and you will prosper.
 Chapter 6

Vision Boosters
We are in a kingdom of cause and
e f f e c t . Distinction does not just
happen; you make it to happen. There
are things you must do to make your
vision produce undeniable results. You
don’t only need to know how to prove a
vision; you also need to know how to
pursue it to a logical and tangible end.
Certain things help you stay
focused and undistracted in the pursuit
of vision. I call them Vision Boosters.
These are forces that boost vision or
provoke the realisation of vision. They
help you fulfill your heaven-given
vision, so you end up in distinction.
Be Joyful
Joy boosts vision, because only
excited people excel in the race of life.
Jesus was ever joyful; no wonder He
ran His race to a successful end. He
couldn’t be distracted from His
purpose for coming to the world – to
die on the cross for the redemption of
mankind from their sins.
Looking unto Jesus the author and
finisher of our faith; who for the joy
that was set before him endured the
cross, despising the shame, and is set
down at the right hand of the throne of
God.
- Hebrews 12:2
Joy and enthusiasm is a force that
guarantees outstanding results. This is
because until you are depressed and
downcast, you can’t see failure. Those
who go about frowning don’t know
what will happen to them next. Only
excited people excel in life. True
greatness is channeled through
enthusiastic individuals. True
successes are smiling people. No
wonder Apostle Paul commanded us,
saying, “Rejoice in the Lord always;
and again, I say, Rejoice” (Phil. 4:4).
Joy is a covenant yeast that cause
dreams to blossom; so don’t allow the
enemy rob you of your joy. What’s
more, joy is a fruit of the Spirit (Gal.
5:22). So if you are born again, you
have what it takes to be ever joyful,
and so fulfill vision. Joy imparts
strength and insight (Neh. 8:10; Isa.
12:3). What becomes of your vision is
a function of the strength at work in
you, and your strength is a function of
your joy.
Testimonies
Testimonies are not mere stories,
but evidences of the faithfulness and
integrity of God, the infallibility of
scriptures and the immutability of His
counsel. They boost vision as they help
you overcome your next obstacle. They
are triggers for victory in spiritual
conflicts, as they energize the inner
man for exploits. That is why those
who don’t mind testimonies keep
struggling with trials.
 When David confronted Goliath,
testimony was what gave him the
victory. He said to himself, “God who
delivered me from the paw of the lion
and the bear will also deliver me from
this uncircumcised Philistine,” and the
little boy ran towards Goliath and
brought down his head (1 Sam. 17:37-
51). He was empowered by testimony.
Testimonies are instruments of
supernatural empowerment. They
energize you to stretch beyond
your s el f . Note that they do not
necessarily have to be personal
testimonies. They are as potent even
when it’s what happened to someone
else. This is because testimonies are
the finger of God in action, so it
doesn’t matter who it happened to. As
long as it happened on the basis of
God’s Word, it is an instrument of
triumph in your hand. They have the
God-given power to reproduce
themselves.
Testimonies are like what happens
during exams at school. Without a
good memory, you will never pass your
exams, because all an exam does is to
test your capacity to retain knowledge.
Likewise, if you can’t retain the
knowledge of God’s acts in time past,
then you will end up a failure today.
You say to yourself: “God did it
yesterday, and because He is the same
yesterday, today and forever, He will
do it again today.” What is your dream
like? Many people have accomplished
that before, so why not locate their
testimonies and use it to fire yourself
up.
Testimonies are faith boosters, and
faith is the principal booster of vision.
As a matter of fact, faith is the life of
every vision. If faith is boosted by
testimonies, then testimony is the
substance of every vision. It helps you
to keep going even when nothing looks
like it. Testimonies show you what
steps to take. The testimony of one has
the power to deliver the other, because
he is simply pointing you to the way
God moved into his affairs. If you want
Him to move into your affair also, then
you must do the same thing he did, for
God is no respecter of persons.
Testimonies refresh the soul and
energize the inner man; they keep you
going when others are worn out. They
are treasures in your adventures.
Keeping records of previous acts of
God in your life rejoices the soul. You
can’t easily be discouraged when you
are conversant with the acts of God in
your life and in the life of others.
Whenever you are faced with any
challenge, a strange courage wells up
from within you, and you say to
yourself: “No it’s only for a while. Mr.
So and So went through that thing and
this is how he came out. I’m coming
out also; this is not my end.” You are
then able to face tomorrow with greater
boldness and fortitude.
An understanding of His
testimonies will guarantee victory in
the place of defeat and success in the
place of failure. It will give life to your
vision and deliver you from all
frustrations. It’s time to begin to count
your blessings one by one, and you’ll
see how much it will reinforce your
faith for triumph in your adventures in
life.
Decision
Decision is fundamental for the
success of any vision. Indecision is a
plague; its effect is frustration,
depression and devastation. Somebody
said indecision is the graveyard of
good intentions. No matter how lofty
and promising a vision is, without a
strong decision to pursue it, it will fail.
No indecisive man can ever be
distinguished. Reuben had to pay the
price for his indecisiveness (Gen. 49:3-
4).
And Jesus said unto him, No man,
having put his hand to the plough, and
looking back, is fit for the kingdom of
God
- Luke 9:62
Decisive men don’t look back; they
are ever forward marching and don’t
take “No” for an answer. Their heart is
fixed, trusting in the Lord. The reason
for many vision failures is that men are
not determined to pursue their visions.
They may start off well, but when
faced with any little challenge on the
way, they draw back. So many things
you have seen in scriptures have not
produced because you lack the decision
to make them produce. Every time a
light breaks forth on you from
scriptures, reinforce it with a decision,
and you will see how real the Word of
God is.
God has shown you where you’re
going; make a decision to press on to
its accomplishment.
Information
It is one thing to know where you
are going and another to know how to
get there. Every vision rides on the
wheels of information. No matter the
quality of your vision, if you lack
information to match, you will end up
in frustration. Information, whether
spiritual or secular, is the hub of every
outstanding accomplishment. When a
vision is starved of information, it
begins to suffer disintegration.
Information is the cheapest way to
eradicate regrets.
My people are destroyed for lack of
knowledge: because thou hast rejected
knowledge, I will also reject thee, that
thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing
thou hast forgotten the law of thy God,
I will also forget thy children.
- Hosea 4:6
When you invest your time in
acquiring relevant information that will
help drive your vision, the result will
prove that your time was not wasted.
Good understanding giveth favour:
but the way of transgressors is hard.
- Proverbs 13:15
No matter your goal or vision,
information is a catalyst for its
accomplishment. You need relevant
and adequate information on the
subject of your vision in order to fulfill
destiny. Go for it!
Association
A wise man said, “You are going to
be the same person you are today in
five years time except for two things –
the books you read and the people you
walk with.” Your relationships in life
will either make or break you; they
never leave you at the same spot (Prov.
13:20). Abraham’s vision was delayed
because of the presence of Lot and
Terah with him. Until Terah died and
Lot was separated from him, Abraham
did not enjoy speed in the pursuit of his
purpose.
There are certain people you have
to separate from, if you must see the
fulfillment of your vision. The Bible
says:
Be not deceived: evil
communications corrupt good manners.
- 1 Corinthians 15:33
It is your responsibility to decide
the people you walk with, since
friendship is by choice, and not by
force. Choose friends and associates
that will assist you in fulfilling your
vision, not those who will derail you
from its pursuit. Many great destinies
have been ruined by wrong
associations. Anyone that has a
negative influence on your life is an
enemy, not a friend. Such “Lots” have
to go; otherwise you will lose your lot
in life.
Concentration
Another factor that will enhance the
fulfillment of your vision in grand
style is concentration. Another word
for concentration is focus. It is what
determines the sharpness of your
destiny, as you can’t have a good
picture without first having a good
focus. There is power in concentration.
The light of the body is the eye: if
therefore thine eye be single, thy whole
body shall be full of light.
- Matthew 6:22
You are one man and you are best
at doing only one thing. If you can
locate what that thing is, then you have
a vision. But you have to give it all
your attention in order to succeed at it.
You need to give full attention and
focus to the pursuit of your vision.
I see God beautify your vision as
you pay these prices, in Jesus’ name.
 Chapter 7

The Master-Key For Success

When we are correctly positioned
in the Creator’s plan, we reflect His
glory without sweat, just as the moon
reflects the light of the sun without
generating the sun’s heat. That’s why, I
believe, the Bible says, “Where there is
no vision, the people perish.” The word
“perish” does not mean to die. It means
to be stripped of honour and dignity
(Prov. 29:18). Another translation says,
“Without vision is a people made
naked.”
When you miss God’s plan for your
life, you become a struggler; you begin
to fight as one beating the air. But
when you are on course with God’s
plan you become an amazement to your
worl d. Without vision are a people
made naked, as though they don’t know
a n y t h i n g . But with vision they
command distinction, as though they
know everything.
In the school of success, strength is
no guarantee; neither is skill a security,
because my Bible says, “By strength
shall no man prevail” (1 Sam. 2:9).
Human smartness is no guarantee for
success, because the battle is not to the
strong, neither yet the race to the swift,
nor yet favour to men of skill (Eccl.
9 : 11 ) . So what is it that really
guarantees success?
 Right Work
In the school of success, not hard
work, but right work is what matters.
Doing the “right work” is loaded with a
lot of backing that gives you a place in
the front line. On the other hand,
however, hard work in a wrong
direction will still culminate in a hard
life.
For example, some years ago, we
took off from Kaduna to Port Harcourt
for a Full Gospel Businessmen’s
Fellowship breakfast meeting. I had
just come out from an all-night service
in church, so while my driver drove, I
fell asleep in the car. My driver took a
wrong turn somewhere along the way,
but was still driving in the wrong
direction at the same speed he took off
with. When I woke up and read the sign
of where we were, I knew we had
missed our way. We stopped to ask a
farmer, who confirmed this.
Our speed was no guarantee for
arriving at our destination. Rather, it
was taking us farther away from it. The
driver’s skill was no help either,
neither was the comfort of the vehicle
we were in. Everything that was
supposed to be a plus became a minus,
simply because we were on the wrong
road. In like manner, skill, speed and
strength in the wrong direction/work
are no guarantee for success. Right
work is what gives value to hard work.
That’s why there is no substitute for
locating God’s plan for your life and
walking in it. Sound direction is crucial
in your drive towards your desired
destination, because you can’t come on
course with God’s plan and not become
an amazement to your world.
To be successful, you must first
understand that you did not just
happen; you were made (Ps. 100:3;
139:14). You are a high-tech product
packaged to perform certain well
defined functions. Since no product
determines his purpose (this is the sole
prerogative of the manufacturer), you
cannot determine your purpose; all you
can do is to discover it.
Before I formed thee in the belly I
knew thee; and before thou camest
forth out of the womb I sanctified thee,
and I ordained thee a prophet unto the
nations.
- Jeremiah 1:5
Every product performs best when
used for the task it was designed for.
So you must find out, “What am I
created to be?” This is because you’ll
never be fulfilled with a billion naira or
dollars until you find out where you
belong. This is where vision comes in.
It is the master-key to a world of
success. Vision is a discovery of God’s
plan for your life. He is your
manufacturer, and has designed you to
perform a specific task here on earth.
You need to find out from Him what
that plan is and pursue it with all
fervency.
It is one thing to be convinced and
another to be correct. Many today are
victims of their convictions. But your
conviction is irrelevant; it is your
correctness that is important. If you
take a wrong step, ten angels swearing
that you’re right won’t make a
di f f er ence. It is, therefore, very
important that you sit down and talk
some sense to yourself. “I am not a
creature of chance; I am a child of
destiny. There is an agenda for my life.
I need to discover it and walk in it.”
This is not only an Old Testament
phenomenon, but a present day thing,
as Apostle Paul discovered what he was
called out to perform (Gal. 1:15).
Everybody is separated unto
something; a discovery of what you are
separated to is what guarantees your
endless success in life. May you find it,
pursue and enjoy it, in Jesus’ name!
A Search Is Required
For I know the thoughts that I think
toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts
of peace, and not of evil, to give you an
expected end.
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye
shall go and pray unto me, and I will
hearken unto you.
And ye shall seek me, and find me,
when ye shall search for me with all
your heart.
- Jeremiah 29:11-13
God has a good purpose for
creating you; you are designed to fulfill
a great assignment here on earth. But
you have to go to Him to locate what it
is. You must ask Him to show you what
it is. He is saying to you, “My plan for
you is in place, but you need to search
for it with all your heart. Until you
discover it, you’ll be walking in your
own plan; and you can’t be at your best
walking in your own plan. Your best
lies in My plan for you.” Don’t search
for God’s plan like somebody who has
already made up his mind on where he
is going. That’s why the Bible says the
meek will He guide in judgment and
teach His way (Ps. 25:9). Position
yourself to be guided by God; it will
make a lot of difference in your
pursuit.
Success is essentially defined by a
t a s k . That is why we talk about a
successful lawyer, banker, industrialist,
engineer, etc. If you just said, “That
man is a success.” People will tend to
ask, “Success in what?” Vision is the
identification of what he is successful
a t . A particular mission defines the
success you are talking about. Until
mission is discovered, success is not in
view. I, therefore, ask you: “What is
your assignment from heaven?” Find it,
keep at it and enjoy success without
limits! Become a successful minister,
civil servant, academic, etc.
There are people today in ministry
who don’t have any business being
there, because they are not designed for
the job. On the other hand, some are in
business whose place is in ministry.
They work day and night, yet no
motion, because they are pursuing a
wrong cause. Don’t seek to be like
somebody else – “That guy is in
business, and I was smarter than him
when we were in school. Therefore, I
will go into business too, so I can be
successful like him.” That’s wrong!
Please find where you belong and enjoy
it. You don’t have two lives to live, so
don’t waste this one that you have.
Every child of God is a choice vine
(Isa. 5:1-13). My Bible says you are a
chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a
holy nation, a peculiar people, designed
to show forth God’s praises (1 Pet.
2:9). You are a choice vine planted by
Go d . All you need do to become a
resounding success is to locate your
planting and abide there (1 Cor. 7:20,
25).
One wrong step can wreck a whole
destiny. Many honourable men have
lost colour because they don’t know
where they are planted. There’s an edge
of protection wherever you are planted,
as the Lord sends His angel before you,
to keep you in the way and to bring you
to the glorious place He has prepared
for you (Ex.23:20-23). When you are
on course with divine plan, your
destiny is protected and shielded from
the evil that beset others.
 It’s Never Too Late
Please know that it’s never too late
to be right. No matter how far away
you have gone from divine plan, it’s
never late to be right. Therefore, take
courage now and say to God, “Lord, get
me back on course with Your plan for
my life.”
God is committed in leading you, if
you are committed to following Him.
He said:
… I am the Lord thy God which
teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth
thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
O that thou hadst hearkened to my
commandments! then had thy peace
been as a river, and thy righteousness
as the waves of the sea:
 Thy seed also had been as the sand,
and the offspring of thy bowels like the
gravel thereof; his name should not
have been cut off nor destroyed from
before me…
And they thirsted not when he led
them through the deserts: he caused the
waters to flow out of the rock for them:
he cleaved the rock also, and the waters
gushed out.
- Isaiah 48:17-21
On October 1, 1983, during a time
of fellowship with the Lord, He said to
me: “My son, I am committed to
leading you, if you’ll be committed to
following Me.” It means that if I am
not committed to following Him He
won’t waste His time leading me. But
if I follow His leading, then my
peace/success shall be as a flowing
river. I have followed His leading and
have enjoyed unbroken fellowship and
unending success ever since.
Following God’s leading through a
discovery and pursuit of His agenda for
you takes you to your high places in
life (Deut. 32:9-14). You only gain by
operating in the centre of God’s plan
for your life.
Without a vision the people perish;
but he that keeps to the vision, happy is
he. Thank God for hard work, strategic
planning, consistency and so forth. But
none of these is a substitute for sound
direction. When you are correctly
positioned in God’s master plan, you
are free from every form of frustration.
Your life will only shine brighter and
brighter unto the perfect day. He will
not allow the rod of the wicked to rest
upon your lot when you are on His
assignment. What’s more, you are
supernaturally provided for. May you
find your place, in Jesus’ mighty name,
Amen!
 Pillar 6

WISDOM

Contents
Introduction 333
1. What Is Wisdom? 337
2. The Wisdom of Love 345
3. The Power of Dedication 357
4. Wisdom for Building a
Successful Home 367
5. Wisdom for Continuous
Financial Success 375
6. Wisdom for Healthy Living 383
7. God’s Wisdom for Living a
Fruitful Life 393
 Pillar 6

Wisdom
Introduction
Wisdom is locating God’s way of
doing things. It is the applied
knowledge of the truths gleaned from
the Word of God. This is how Jesus
defined wisdom:
Therefore whosoever heareth these
sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will
liken him unto a wise man, which built
his house upon a rock:
- Matthew 7:24
Wisdom is not common sense, but
scriptural sense. It is not mere mental
exertion or restricted to knowledge
alone; but doing the sayings of God. It
is making use of the Word of God to
produce profits in any given area of
life. That is, doing things God’s style,
His approach, and by His method. This
is a better way of getting results and
answers, because God’s ways and
thoughts are higher and better than
man’s (Isa. 55:8-9).
There are certain scriptural
demands, which though vital, many
have ignored to their own hurt. But
wisdom is in doing them, for they are
the bedrocks that determine what
happens in one’s life. For example,
Joshua 1:8 says:
This book of the law shall not
depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt
meditate therein day and night, that
thou mayest observe to do according to
all that is written therein: for then thou
shalt make thy way prosperous, and
then thou shalt have good success.
Wisdom demands that you pay
attention to the book of the law – the
Bible. It is in doing what the Word
commands that you can enjoy the
benefits they deliver. For example,
those who would be blessed are those
who will do what is commanded in
these next verses of scripture:
Blessed is the man that walketh not
in the counsel of the ungodly, nor
standeth in the way of sinners, nor
sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
But his delight is in the law of the
LORD; and in his law doth he meditate
day and night.
And he shall be like a tree planted
by the rivers of water, that bringeth
forth his fruit in his season; his leaf
also shall not wither; and whatsoever
he doeth shall prosper.
- Psalm 1:1-3
Divine wisdom is a product of
faith, because it is revealed. God’s
wisdom is hidden, and packaged in
mysteries that common sense cannot
locate (1 Cor. 2:7-10; Mk. 4:11; Dan.
2:19). It takes a revelation by the Spirit
of God to locate divine wisdom. God’s
Word is His wisdom. To locate divine
wisdom, therefore, you must first
locate God’s Word, which is the
foundation of faith. You then express
your faith in the Word by putting it to
work — “doing these sayings of mine.”
It is only after then that wisdom will
deliver its products to you. The
selection of some of my teachings on
the subject of wisdom below will bless
you.
I believe these books on the subject
of wisdom will also bless you:
Excellency Of Wisdom
The Winning Wisdom
Mental Excellence
Towards Mental Exploits
Walking In Wisdom
 Chapter 1

What is Wisdom?
We hear a lot of talk about wisdom
both in the world and from scriptures.
The American Heritage Dictionary
defines it as, “Understanding of what is
true, right, or lasting; insight; common
sense; good judgment; the sum of
scholarly learning through the ages;
knowledge; wise teachings of the
ancient sages; a wise outlook, plan, or
course of action.”
The Bible describes different kinds
of wisdom in James 3:15, 17:
This wisdom descendeth not from
above, but is earthly, sensual,
devilish…
But the wisdom that is from above
is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and
easy to be intreated, full of mercy and
good fruits, without partiality, and
without hypocrisy.
There is the earthly wisdom, the
sensual, devilish and divine wisdom
(wisdom from above). Earthly wisdom
is the wisdom of this world, common
sense or natural wisdom. Sensual
wisdom is men’s wisdom; and it
centers on the senses. It’s basically all
about intellectual wisdom and stops at
book knowledge. It includes all
technological, scientific and
intellectual efforts (1 Cor. 2:6).
Devilish or diabolical wisdom operates
in the occult realm; it is the wisdom of
the princes of this world, that is,
satanic wisdom. It involves the
manipulation of the mind through
satanic influences.
Divine wisdom, on the other hand,
is the wisdom that is from above;
God’s wisdom. Paul the apostle, by the
inspiration of the Holy Spirit, said that
all the wisdom of this world and
devilish wisdom equals zero when
compared with the inexhaustible
virtues of the wisdom of God. This
wisdom is available to all and sundry
via salvation, unlike in occultic circles
where there are various degrees of
knowledge per time, and the things that
are done are largely shrouded in
mysteries.
Divine wisdom can be defined as
knowing what to do, and doing it in
order to get the desired result. It is
knowing which way to go. Divine
wisdom is knowing the scriptural way
to go, the scriptural steps to take, and
the scriptural things to do. It doesn’t
wait for solutions, but always creates
solutions to problems, and has proofs.
Wisdom is not just a product of
reasoning; rather, God’s wisdom is
released by reasoning with Him in the
light of His Word. “What does God say
I should do?” you ask yourself. When
you do what He says you should do,
then you have committed God’s
integrity to confirm His Word in your
life.
In Revelations 10:8-10, God’s
Word is portrayed as a bitter pill.
And the voice which I heard from
heaven spake unto me again, and said,
Go and take the little book which is
open in the hand of the angel which
standeth upon the sea and upon the
earth.
And I went unto the angel, and said
unto him, Give me the little book. And
he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up;
and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it
shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
And I took the little book out of the
angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was
in my mouth sweet as honey: and as
soon as I had eaten it, my belly was
bitter.
It is the application of the bitter
truth of God’s Word that sweetens
destinies. Until you are willing to
swallow the bitter pill of the Word of
God raw, you are not ready for
enduring testimonies. No doctor can
help you outside the prescription he has
given you. If after giving you a
prescription you refuse to take the
medication as instructed, there’s
nothing else he can do to help you. In
like manner, having the prescription of
the Word of God is great. But how
much of its truths are you applying to
your life? The application of the bitter
truths of scriptures is what culminates
in testimonies. Not every truth is
sweet, particularly in its application;
but in the bitterness of the truth lies the
greatness of your destiny. It is the
bitterness of the drugs that people take
that result in their healing.
Wisdom is the principal thing;
therefore get wisdom: and with all thy
getting get understanding.
- Proverbs 4:7
That means wisdom is the gateway
to whatever provisions God has made
for you and me in His kingdom. That
is, the application of the truth that
relates to such issues is what allows
you access into the fullness of God’s
plan in that area. Jesus said, “This is
God’s wisdom: whosoever hears these
sayings of mine and does them, the
same is a wise man.” So, wisdom is not
in hearing, teaching or preaching the
Word of God; wisdom is in doing the
Word of God. Doing what God says for
you to do is what equals wisdom (Matt.
7:24-28).
The Source of Divine Wisdom
Just as everyman’s wisdom is
expressed in his words, God’s Word is
equally an expression of His wisdom.
God’s Word is the source of divine
wisdom; it’s His wisdom bank. In His
Words are hid all the treasures of
wisdom and knowledge (Col. 2:3).
Wisdom for enjoying a successful
family life, buoyant business and
academic excellence are all available
in the Word.
 The knowledge of the truth makes
wise unto freedom and enthronement,
and it comes by an encounter with the
knowledge of God and His Son, Jesus.
The correct application of this
knowledge is what is called wisdom.
The instructions contained in the Bible
are the highest forms of instructions in
all human affairs. Whatever is declared
in it is superior to any circumstance on
earth. No wonder the Psalmist said:
Thou through thy commandments
hast made me wiser than mine
enemies: for they are ever with me.
- Psalm 119:98
The Bible makes one wise. Paul
said to Timothy:
And that from a child thou hast
known the holy scriptures, which are
able to make thee wise unto salvation
through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
- 2 Timothy 3:15
The Bible is God’s wisdom
packaged in book form; it is the
original wisdom bank that covers all
areas of life. This wisdom is the key to
exploits and excellence, and guarantees
rest round about. Hearing God’s Word
and doing it makes you a wise man.
By the wisdom of God, you are able
to control the goings on in this world –
life, death, things present and things to
come. You are able to regulate and
monitor your future. The wisdom of
this world can’t handle all that. Side by
side with the wisdom of God, the
wisdom of this world is foolishness.
For instance, the wisdom of this world
cannot handle the future; neither can it
handle death – which makes every
mortal man shiver. Job 28:22 tells us
that, “Destruction and death say, we
have heard the fame (of God’s wisdom)
with our ears.” From today, by your
application of divine wisdom, not even
death will be able to resist you any
longer, in Jesus’ name!
Here are a few things the Bible says
about wisdom:
I wisdom dwell with prudence, and
find out knowledge of witty inventions.
- Proverbs 8:12
How much better is it to get
wisdom than gold! and to get
understanding rather to be chosen than
silver!
- Proverbs 16:16
He that getteth wisdom loveth his
own soul: he that keepeth
understanding shall find good.
- Proverbs 19:8
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also
wisdom, and instruction, and
understanding.
- Proverbs 23:23
Through wisdom is an house
builded; and by understanding it is
established:
And by knowledge shall the
chambers be filled with all precious
and pleasant riches.
- Proverbs 24:3-4
 Who is as the wise man? and who
knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a
man’s wisdom maketh his face to
shine, and the boldness of his face shall
be changed.
- Ecclesiastes 8:1
…Wisdom is better than
strength...wisdom is better than
weapons of war…
- Ecclesiastes 9:16, 18
You will reign by divine wisdom!
 Chapter 2

The Wisdom of Love

Everything great must have a base,
a platform, a foundation upon which it
is built. There is no great building
without a great foundation that
supports it. Love is the covenant
platform for unending success in life. It
is where we must stand to commit God
to launch us into the realm of success
in all facets of our lives. First
Corinthians 2:9 says it all:
…Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard,
neither have entered into the heart of
man, the things which God hath
prepared for them that love him.
 This scripture defines the platform
upon which all-round success is built.
God has a great agenda for them that
love Him, which eyes have not seen
(pace setting accomplishments), ears
have not heard (ear tingling exploits),
nor has it entered into the heart of any
man, because it’s bigger than any
dream that any man can conceive.
Success in life has been wrongly
defined, even in the Church; and
because it lacks a true foundation, it
always culminates in frustration. Until
this platform of love is established, the
struggle continues. Whereas there are
many worshippers, there are very few
true lovers of God. God’s genuine
lovers have proved to be the greatest
world changers all through Bible
history.
Love is God’s dominant nature.
God is not faith, vision or power; God
is love (1 Jn. 4:16). He that dwells in
love dwells in God, and God in him;
and you and God form an eternal
unbeatable team in the contests of life.
We will see generational successes
built on this platform; and at the end of
the day you will be left to make your
choice on which side of the line to
belong.
There is nothing new under the sun.
There is nothing in scriptures that has
not already been proved in the lives of
men and women in Bible history. That
is why the Bible says for you to stand
in the way and see and ask for the old
paths, where is the good way wherein
our fathers trod, and walk in them, and
you’ll find rest for your souls (Jer.
6 : 1 6 ) . Only those who understand
mathematical examples don’t sweat
working a problem. But when you want
to start from the problem to the
example, you will struggle. You must
first understand the example before
attempting to solve the problem. That
way, you will walk through the
problems as if they do not exist. The
Bible says, “And be ye not slothful, but
followers of them who through faith
and patience obtained the promises”
(Heb. 6:12). The love of God at work in
your life is the true foundation for
fulfilling destiny in a grand style.
What Is Love? How does the Bible
define love?
For this is the love of God, that we
keep his commandments: and his
commandments are not grievous.
- 1 John 5:3
The biblical definition of the love
of God is keeping His commandments
with delight. The Bible also tells us
more about love in John 14:21:
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.
God’s love is defined by the quality
of your obedience to His
commandments. The Bible says “let us
therefore not love in words, but in truth
and in deed” (1 Jn. 3:18). God’s love is
not in word, but in deed and in truth.
But many in the Church today draw
near to God only with their mouths;
their hearts are far from Him (Isa.
29:13). True God-lovers are wise, and
always have something to show for it.
What is love? God’s love is a
giving love. The proof of love is in
giving. That is why God so loved the
world, He gave us His Son (Jn. 3:16). If
you so love God, you’ll so give to
prove that you so love (2 Cor. 8:7-8).
How dwells the love of God in you if
your brother is destitute of his daily
needs and you only pray over him,
casting out the spirit of hunger, but you
don’t give him what he needs,
especially when it’s in your power to
do so (Jms. 2:15-16)? Giving proves
the sincerity of your love. God’s love is
a giving love, not a taking love. Giving
is what results in receiving, but giving
must come first.
The love of God is always flowing
out to meet the needs of the needy and
in the building of God’s kingdom here
on earth. God’s love is not a collecting
love, but a distributing love. No
wonder the Bible says Solomon loved
the Lord, and the king went to Gibeon
to sacrifice there; a thousand burnt
offerings did the king sacrifice upon
the altar unto the Lord (1 Kgs. 3:3-4).
 We also must understand that the
love of God is a choice we make; it’s
not a gift we receive. Jesus asked Peter,
“Lovest thou me more than these?” and
he replied, “Lord, You know that I love
You” (Jn. 21:15-17). Before departing,
Joshua made it very clear to the
children of Israel that they had a choice
to make.
And if it seem evil unto you to
serve the LORD, choose you this day
whom ye will serve; whether the gods
which your fathers served that were on
the other side of the flood, or the gods
of the Amorites, in whose land ye
dwell: but as for me and my house, we
will serve the LORD.
- Joshua 24:15
 Love is a choice you make, and that
choice is what defines your ultimate in
the journey of life. Unfortunately, this
is where many have problems. The
Bible expressly commands us not to
love the world and the things in it (1
Jn. 2:15). But many today have
exchanged heaven for their passion for
the things of the world without any
feelings or remorse. Many in the
Church now engage in an unholy
competition with the world – “We must
get it by all means.” The love of God
has been thrown to the blues because
they want to make it by themselves.
You know that is an uphill task,
because, “Without me you can do
nothing,” you’ll struggle forever.
Except the Lord builds the house, they
labour in vain that build it; and by
strength shall no man prevail. Favour is
not to the men of skill, so your skill is
not a merit in getting to where you are
going.
Many are running without God, and
that’s why they are goofing around.
The unholy crave for the things of the
world today has reduced many in the
Church below the level of the world,
because the love of the world and the
love of God do not go together; one
must give way for the other. You
cannot serve two masters; you will
have to embrace one and disdain the
other. Even if I were still where I used
to be twenty-four years ago, my
passion and affection for God will not
drop one bit. This is because I am not
running after Him for what He will do
for me or give to me, but for who He is.
And because He never changes, my
position has kept changing for the
better ever since!
There are too many bread and
butter people in the Church today, and
they keep chasing after it,
disappointment upon disappointment.
Those who came after Jesus for bread
and butter left disappointed. “Master,
all men seek thee,” they said to Him.
But He replied, “I know why you are
seeking for me - for bread. No bread
t oday.” They left disappointed (Jn.
6: 22- 69) . Every bread and butter
Christian gets disappointed time and
again, because it’s not the way up.
Let us now see some examples
from scriptures of those who loved God
and the heights they attained as a
result.
Abraham
Abraham’s relationship with God
was that of instant, delightful
obedience. “Get out of thy father’s
house”- “and so Abraham
departed…”; “Circumcise all male
born in your house” - “and Abraham
took a stone…” There was no research
carried out first to prove whether it was
safe to do so or not. He cut everybody
open, with blood gushing. “Take your
son, your only son, Isaac…” Abraham
took Isaac and they took off early the
next morning, without telling Sarah
where they were going or what they
were going to do. That was when God
said, “Now I know that thou feareth me,
and by myself have I sworn that in
blessing I will bless you.”
That’s where we all need to get to.
We need to get to the point where God
swears a blessing on us. When this
happens, you will enjoy success
without limits in all areas of life. More
than twenty years ago, the Lord said to
me, “My son David, even if you don’t
want to be rich, it’s too late.” He had
made a demand on me, and I joyfully,
celebrating delivered the demand, and
He said that to me on my way home.
 The love of God made Abraham;
and James 2:23 said he became the
friend of God. In Genesis 18:17, God
said, “Will I do a thing and not tell
Abraham my friend? Abraham is my
friend, I must confide in him.”
Abraham became a friend of God on
the platform of love; and the Bible said
Abraham was old and stricken in age,
and the Lord had blessed him in
everything (Gen. 24:1). No wonder he
could say to the king of Sodom, “I will
not take a thread from you, lest you
say, ‘I made Abraham rich.’” The love
of God made Abraham. It will make
anybody, any day and at any time.
Joseph
Joseph was sold into slavery out of
envy, and he became a slave in the
house of Potiphar. In spite of this, the
Bible says in Genesis 39:2, “And the
Lord was with Joseph…” Even as a
slave, Joseph was a prosperous man in
the house of his master the Egyptian.
All that belonged to Potiphar was under
Joseph’s care. Verse nine reveals what
made Joseph prosper:
…How then can I do this great
wickedness, and sin against God?
Joseph prospered even in slavery
because his life was ruled by God’s
commandment. His love for God made
him refuse to commit the sin of
fornication with his boss’s wife. Even
when he was cast into prison, God was
still with him. God’s presence with him
made the difference in his life. Joseph
made a choice to walk in the fear of
God. He was in love with God, so he
could not be lost. The love of God
brought him out and made him the
ruler of the people and a succourer of
the destiny of his haters.
Job
Job was the greatest of all the men
in the then developed world (Job 1:1-
3). When he came under Satan’s attack
and his wife advised him to curse God
and die, Job rebuked her, saying, “Why
do you speak as one of those foolish
women? God and I are one. I have no
where else to go; I will still hold on to
my integrity of divine connectivity”
(Job 2:9-10). In spite of the calamities
that befell him, Job held jealously unto
his covenant of divine connectivity
because of his love for God. He said,
“Even though he slays me, yet will I
trust in him. All the days of my
appointed time will I wait, till my
change comes” (Job 13:15; 14:14).
Songs of Solomon 8:6 tells us that love
is as strong as death.
Job’s love kept him going in the
day of his trouble, until it brought him
to the days of his triumph. The latter
end of Job was far greater than the
first. No matter the setbacks you may
have suffered, if only you can maintain
the tempo of your love for God, your
future will be far brighter than you ever
can imagine. The love for God made
the greatest man in the then developed
world; therefore, love is the platform
for building a prosperous and fulfilling
future.
David
David was a man after God’s own
heart. His heart panted after God (1
Sam. 13:14; Ps. 42:1). No wonder the
Bible records this testimony about him
in Acts 13:22, “I have found David the
son of Jesse, a man after mine own
heart, which shall fulfil all my will.”
God did not find David because he was
a man who will sing every song he can
find, but because he was a man who
will “do all my good pleasure.”
Biblical love is not a singing love, but
an acting love.
 When God was being assaulted by
Goliath, David couldn’t bear it. He was
restless. “Who is this uncircumcised
Philistine to talk nonsense against the
armies of the Lord God of Israel? I
would rather die than watch this
continue.” His brothers said, “We know
your pride”, but he said, “Oh, I wish
you knew what’s at work in me; it’s not
pride, it’s love that is moving me.”
Whereas men thought he was proud,
God saw love in action and decided to
back him up. David took his life in his
hand and headed for Goliath, from
where he also ascended the throne. All
by being driven by the love of God!
You can’t have a heart for God and
not make a mark in the world. This is
the old path where our forefathers trod
that gave them their generational place
in history. Twelve years ago, Israel
celebrated the 3,000th year of David as
king; because he was a man after God’s
own heart.
Solomon
The first thing said about Solomon
in 1 Kings 3:3 was that Solomon loved
the Lord. His love for God landed him
as being wiser than all men (1 Kgs.
4:29-34). All the kings of the earth
came to hear Solomon’s wisdom. His
greatness was indescribable, such that
when Jesus Christ the Creator came, He
compared His greatness with that of
Solomon – “a greater than Solomon is
h e r e . ” And that began from the
foundation of “and Solomon loved the
Lord.” He became the greatest of all
kings of the earth.
Daniel
The love of God was what drove
Daniel to the heights he attained.
Together with his three other brethren,
he purposed in his heart not to defile
himself with the king’s rich food. He
couldn’t stop praying, despite the
decree that prohibited anyone from
praying to any other god other than the
one set up by king Nebuchadnezzar.
They cast him into the den of lions to
die, but God never deserts His lovers.
Daniel came out alive the following
day, causing the king to decree that
anyone who would not serve Daniel’s
God should be put to death!
Paul
Paul said, “Who shall separate us
from the love of Christ? shall
tribulation, or distress, or persecution,
or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or
sword? Nay, in all these things we are
more than conquerors through him that
loved us” (Rom. 8:35-39). Every
genuine lover of God ends up a world
changer and a conqueror. That is why
Paul the Apostle is still preaching
today, two thousand years after his
death. On many altars around the world
every Sunday, you hear people say,
“Paul said…, Paul said…” Paul is still
speaking today because of love.
Uzziah
 There is the story of a young king,
Uzziah, who came to the throne at the
age of sixteen. The Bible says of him,
“And he sought God in the days of
Zechariah, who had understanding in
the visions of God: and as long as he
sought the LORD, God made him to
prosper” (2 Chron. 26:5). As a result,
we are told that God helped him
against the Philistines that rose up
against him. He was mightily helped by
the Lord such that he invented great
weapons of war. His fame spread
abroad all the nations of the earth as a
result of God’s help. As long as he
sought the Lord, God made him to
prosper. That means loving God is not
something you do today and withdraw
tomorrow; it’s a thing you keep at.
I’d like you to receive this baptism
of love that will keep you burning for
God the remaining days of your life.
You don’t lose anything loving God;
rather, you gain everything loving Him.
Eyes have not seen, ears have not
heard, it has not entered into the heart
of any man the things that God has
prepared for them that love him. Every
genuine lover of God ends up as a pace
setter and trail blazer in his generation.
I have said time and again that you
may read all the books I’ve written and
cram all the scriptures, but until you
discover my heartbeat for God, you
don’t know my secret. My secret is not
just in those principles, but in the
power that makes them work. So, I’d
like you to graduate from being a mere
worshipper of God to a lover; from a
member to a lover. The love of God
does not make a loser; it only makes a
winner. The love of God makes a star
and guarantees sustainable success.
The Bible says love never fails. The
love of God immunes a believer to
every kind of failure.
 Chapter 3

The Power of Dedication

God won’t tell you what is
convenient; He will tell you what is
required, and when you do that which
is required, you are sure to get what is
desired. Dedication is one of God’s
requirements for pleasing Him and
getting to the top that you desire.
Dedication to your course on earth
is a must in order to succeed in life.
Whereas receiving a vision from God
is the seed for exploit, your dedication
to the pursuit of that vision is what
plants the seed. No one can succeed in
life and ministry without a vision
driving him; but without dedication to
that vision, success is a mirage as well.
Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Except a corn of wheat fall into the
ground and die, it abideth alone: but if
it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
- John 12:24
What Jesus means in the above
scripture is, “I am on a mission; but
My mission without dedication will
make it an impossible one.” Dedication
is what gives value to your vision.
“Except” means there is no way out
other than this way. The quality of your
dedication first to God, and then to
your calling or assignment is what will
determine the magnitude of your
impact.
 Inside the seed lies the tree, and on
the tree are found fruits, and inside the
fruits are more seeds; replanting the
seeds equals more trees and fruits, and
the planting of those seeds equals much
more trees, bearing much more fruits
and producing much more seeds, until
a forest arises from the one seed.
The Bible says we are trees of
righteousness, the plantings of the
Lord, that He might be glorified (Isa.
61: 3). So, when we catch a vision
(seed) and plant it through our
dedication to its pursuit, a tree is born.
On that tree will grow fruits inside
which are seeds. When we then replant
that seed, it will bring forth more trees
and the trees will bring forth more
fruits and seeds, which when replanted
keeps the circle going, and before you
know it, you have generated a forest
that cannot be ignored. You cannot
estimate the potential of a seed until it
is planted; and no seed can be planted
on behalf of another.
Those that be planted in the house
of the LORD shall flourish in the
courts of our God.
They shall still bring forth fruit in
old age; they shall be fat and
flourishing;
To shew that the LORD is upright:
he is my rock, and there is no
unrighteousness in him.
- Psalm 92:13-15
Your plantedness (dedication to
your course on earth) is what
determines the level of your
fruitfulness. “Except” means your
impact and exploits in life will be
limited until that principle is put to
work. Except a corn of wheat falls to
the ground and dies, and under the
earth is heat and moisture that messes
you up and breaks you (your pride is
broken and every carnality in you is
shattered), the treasure in you will not
come forth. That’s why until you pass
the test of dedication, your pursuit in
life has no future.
The Bible says, “It came to pass
after this thing that the Lord did test
Abraham.” God will always test people
before He positions them. The test of
dedication (to God and to your vision,
no matter the rate at which it is
developing) is a fundamental test we
must all pass in the pursuit of our
vision. When the Lord called me into
ministry, it was not popular to go into
full-time ministry. The popular thing
then was to do it part-time and watch
how it went. I went to share my vision
with an elderly person in ministry, a
respectable person, who said to me, in
testing me, “God has not called you.” I
immediately replied, “God has called
me.” He adjusted his seat and said to
me, “I said God has not called you to
go into full-time ministry.” I had gone
to see him with my wife. We both left,
and I said, “God, should I pretend not
to have heard You, see that I don’t
succeed in any other thing I do.” I
burnt the bridge, to either swim with
Christ or sink with Him.
When your life becomes a seed
unto God, your destiny will be
supernaturally fruitful, and your
assignment full of impact. Until your
life becomes a seed, your struggles will
continue. But when you plant the seed,
the result can only be likened to what
the Bible says about the kingdom of
God being like a man who showed a
seed in his ground and goes to sleep,
and the seed grows on its own, first the
blade, then the ear, after that the full
corn in the ear, and he knows not how
(Mk. 4:27-29). Dedication is the end of
your struggle for impact in life! When
you are dedicated to whatever
assignment you are called to, the earth
will bring forth fruits of its own
accord. Your dedication today is what
determines your tomorrow.
Affection
Affection is at the root of
dedication. That was why Jesus asked
Pe t e r, “Lovest thou me more than
these?” “Lord, you know I love you,”
he replied. Jesus asked Peter the same
question thrice before putting him in
charge of the assignment while He was
away. It means that what is or can be
committed to you is determined by the
quality of your affection and dedication
to Him. No matter how hard you pray
over a seed, until it is planted in the
soil, when will it ever become a fruit?
Intercession is of no value without
dedication. Except a grain of wheat
falls to the ground and dies, it abides
alone; intercession and supplication not
withstanding, it abides alone. But if it
dies, it will bring forth much fruits.
The future of every seed begins
with it being planted. Even God
commanded this in Genesis 1:29:
And God said, Behold, I have given
you every herb bearing seed, which is
upon the face of all the earth, and every
tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree
yielding seed; to you it shall be for
meat.
Every tree bears fruit that carry
seeds in itself. And the Psalmist said
we shall be like a tree planted by the
rivers of water, that brings forth its
fruits in its season. That means when
we are planted, we don’t miss bearing
our fruits in our season. “He knows not
how, but the earth bringeth forth of its
own, first the blade, then the ear, and
then the full corn in the ear.” We are
fruit-yielding trees, whose seeds are in
itself. So, the seed to bring every vision
we receive from God to pass is in us.
Your dedication to God and His
mission in your hand is what
guarantees unlimited exploit. With
dedication that seemingly ordinary
vision can grow to become a thick
forest.
 Dedication is your access to the
hundred fold dimension of results.
Peter said to Jesus, “Behold, we have
forsaken all, and followed thee; what
shall we have therefore?” (Matt.
19:27). Jesus replied him, “And every
one that hath forsaken houses, or
brethren, or sisters, or father, or
mother, or wife, or children, or lands,
for my name’s sake, shall receive an
hundredfold, and shall inherit
everlasting life” (Matt. 19:29). This is
repeated verbatim in Mark 10:28-30
and Luke 18:28-30. How much you are
willing to leave is what determines
how successful or how much impact
you will have in life. Dedication
enables you to maximally deliver your
mandate, and to fulfill your purpose
here on earth. You require total
abandonment, which is what I call
dedication.
Too many are having fun with their
lives. But an unplanted seed will die
where it is kept, as it cannot reproduce
itself until it goes into the ground.
Likewise, my life and your life cannot
be any better until it’s genuinely
planted. Paul the Apostle said, “For me
to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” He
also said, “I count all things as dung,
for the excellency of the knowledge of
God in Christ Jesus” (Phil. 1:21; 3:7-
8). The “If I perish I perish” company
are the ones that flourish the most. So
it is time to decide what your tomorrow
will be by an oath of dedication today.
The mustard seed is said to be the
least of all seeds on the earth; but when
it is sown, it grows to become a mighty
tree where the birds of the air come to
make their lodgings in. Therefore, no
matter how little your vision may seem
today, your dedication to its pursuit
will transform it. Many years ago, I
said in our little church then that the
time was coming when people we go to
meet in America would be applying to
come to where we are. We had less
than thirty worshippers then. I said this
because I knew what will bring it to
pass: my unwavering commitment to
the Caller and my dedication to the
calling. My prayer for you is to make
that wise choice for dedication now.
Dedication born of affection (not
result) is what culminates in His
manifestations in your life. So, don’t
crave manifestations, but crave
affection, and dedicate yourself to Him
because you love Him, and then He
will begin to do in your life what He
wants to do. Jesus said in John 14:21,
“He that keeps my commandment is he
that loves me; and he that loves me, my
Father and I will love him and will
manifest ourselves to him.” Affection
plus dedication will always provoke
God’s manifestation.
Love is stronger than death (SOS
8:6). I once met a young man, whose
dedication to his spouse born out of his
love and affection for her healed her of
H.I.V. Intending couples in our church
must undergo medical checks before
they can be married. This couple had
done their test, and the lady was tested
positive for H.I.V. One night, as I was
driving around our campus, at about 2
a.m., I met the young man praying on
the road. He knelt right there on the
road, so I had to stop to ask him what
the matter was, and he said, “Sir, I still
want to marry her because I love her.” I
was amazed that he still wanted to
marry the lady in spite of the test
result. But since we have seen amazing
transformations and testimonies of
God’s healing power, I said to him, “I
decree that change! See me on Friday
with your testimony.” The lady was
healed! That is the power of dedication.
Love is indeed stronger than death!
There are people who are not
following God because of what He will
give them, but because they just love
Him. I have said to God many times,
“Whether You give me anything or not,
You will still be my God. You clothe
me, You don’t clothe me, You are my
God. Even if You say there is no more
heaven, I still follow You; wherever
You go, we’ll go together.” May that
love that engenders on dying
dedication erupt in you soul today,
launching you into a new realm of
divine manifestations, in the precious
name of Jesus Christ!
 A Choice To Make
Dedication is not a gift, but a
choice you must make. The planting of
your seed is not a gift; it is a choice
you made. You determine within
yourself that the seed is good for food
and for planting as well, but then you
make a choice on what to do with it.
That’s why Joshua told Israel to choose
who they wanted to serve – God or the
heathen gods (Jos. 24:15).
When you are dedicated to your
assignment, you will always be willing
to obey and do whatever God tells you.
With dedication, you are not having
fun with your assignment; rather, you
sit down with it day-in-day-out,
working it out. Until you arrive at the
point of dedication, you will not be free
from frustrations. Dedication is a
choice you make, which stems from
your love for God. It is what qualifies
you for pace-setting, trail-blazing,
mind-bugging exploits which eye have
not seen, nor ear heard, neither has it
entered into the heart of any man the
things that God has prepared for them
that love Him.
There are three forces that rule
destiny: the force of faith, hope and
love; and the greatest of these is love.
Love is greater than faith because
though faith will provoke divine
manifestations, love will bring God
down in person. The Bible says he that
dwells in love dwells in God and God
in him. God will manifest Himself in
response to your faith, but you’ll
become a manifestation when you are
soaked with the love of God. You dwell
in God and God dwells in you, making
you a wonder.
Think of the seed (your vision) and
see whether you are thoroughly
planted. If you are truly planted, you
will soon become truly fruitful, no
matter how it may look today.
Unfortunately, today’s generation is
more concerned about results than
about the root. So, the result comes for
a while and then suddenly it dries up.
But remember, vision is the seed and
dedication is the act of planting the
seed for the purpose of reproduction,
expansion and exploits.

Chapter 4
Wisdom for Building a Successful
Home
The wisdom of God is the principal
raw material for building an enviable
family life. God’s wisdom that we
engage in building our homes and
families is what guarantees its strength
and future. The Bible says in Proverbs
24:3-4:
Through wisdom is an house
builded; and by understanding it is
established:
And by knowledge shall the
chambers be filled with all precious
and pleasant riches.
So, for your home to be filled with
pleasure and life, what you need to
employ is the wisdom of God. The
Bible tells us in Psalm 127:1, “Except
the LORD build the house, they labour
in vain that build it: except the LORD
keep the city, the watchman waketh but
in vain.” God is in other words saying
to us, “Engage My wisdom in building
your home, and no devil can break it.”
Marriage is instituted for
honourable living; it is designed to
bestow honour on God’s children. No
wonder the Bible says, “Marriage is
honourable in all” (Heb. 13:4).
Marriage is also designed by God for
better living.
 Two are better than one; because
they have a good reward for their
labour.
For if they fall, the one will lift up
his fellow: but woe to him that is alone
when he falleth; for he hath not another
to help him up.
Again, if two lie together, then they
have heat: but how can one be warm
alone?
And if one prevail against him, two
shall withstand him; and a threefold
cord is not quickly broken.
- Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
Marriage is not designed for better
and for worse, but only for better
l i v i n g . It is also designed for
fruitfulness, for He blessed them and
said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply,
and replenish the earth.” To enjoy the
good in marriage, however, we must be
ready to apply God’s wisdom. The
stability and continuity of our homes
can only be established on the sure
foundation of the Word and wisdom of
Go d . That is the way of insuring it
from being overturned by the devil.
The next question I expect from
you is: “What must I do to experience
all the wonderful things packaged in
God’s marriage plan?”
A great marriage is not a product of
luck, but a product of walking in the
light of scriptures. “Oh, what a great
family!” you exclaim in admiration. It
is simply a product of great obedience.
When you exempt yourself from the
demands of scriptures, you have sold
off your future, no matter who you are.
Let’s now consider what it takes to
build an enviable family life.
The Sure Foundation
Submitting yourselves one to
another in the fear of God.
Wives, submit yourselves unto your
own husbands, as unto the Lord.
For the husband is the head of the
wife, even as Christ is the head of the
church: and he is the saviour of the
body.
Therefore as the church is subject
unto Christ, so let the wives be to their
own husbands in every thing.
Husbands, love your wives, even as
Christ also loved the church, and gave
himself for it;
That he might sanctify and cleanse
it with the washing of water by the
word,
- Ephesians 5:21-26
Verse 22 tells the wives to be
subject to their own husbands in all
things. That means your education and
exposure notwithstanding, you are to
be subject to your husbands. Then the
husbands are told in verse 25 to love
their wives just as Christ loves the
Church and gave Himself for her. How
did Christ love the Church? While we
were yet sinners, He died for us. That
means no matter how your wife is, her
behaviour or misbehaviour, you are to
love her. The Church was in a very bad
state when Christ died for her. The
Bible then goes on to say, “That he
might sanctify and cleanse it with the
washing of water by the word,” not by
the beating of the fist. Husbands are to
speak loving and soothing words,
words that build, not words that break
to their wives.
That he might present it to himself
a glorious church, not having spot, or
wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it
should be holy and without blemish.
So ought men to love their wives as
their own bodies. He that loveth his
wife loveth himself.
For no man ever yet hated his own
flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it,
even as the Lord the church:
For we are members of his body, of
his flesh, and of his bones.
For this cause shall a man leave his
father and mother, and shall be joined
unto his wife, and they two shall be one
flesh.
This is a great mystery: but I speak
concerning Christ and the church.
Nevertheless let every one of you in
particular so love his wife even as
himself; and the wife see that she
reverence her husband.
- Ephesians 5:27-33
Verse 33 smartly summarizes all
that I’m saying – “let every one of you
in particular so love his wife even as
himself; and the wife see that she
reverence her husband.” This is the
marriage equilibrium; this is what
every home should be built on. If love
doesn’t match reverence in the home,
the marriage building is bound to
collapse.
The heavier responsibility for
building a successful home lies with
the husband. Verses 22-24 address the
wives, whereas verses 25-33 address
the husbands. The responsibility that
builds the home rests on the man of the
home in a 3:8 ratio. Whenever a
vehicle is involved in an accident, you
challenge the driver of the car
(husbands), not the passengers (wives).
As men, you are the one to be first
questioned if anything goes wrong n
the home. “Let every man so love” is
where the key lies, so the “wife can so
reverence her husband”. When you
truly submit, you will be truly loved,
and when you so love your wife, she
will end up truly submitting to you,
because no one ever rejects true love. It
is a two-way responsibility, which
when fully understood will solve every
marital problem.
No vehicle can be successfully
driven by two people at the same time.
Can you imagine people taking turns to
drive and changing seats while the
vehicle is still in motion? That is an
accident about to happen. When you
don’t allow the leader of the home to
lead, a crash is inevitable. You should
rather pray that the leader continues to
lead aright, and God will answer your
prayer of faith.
True faith is sharing responsibility
with God in the light of scriptures to
create the future you desire. There is
what you must do for God to move on
your behalf. Let’s not pretend; the
peace in your family is your peace.
You will never find a husband in a
troubled home who will claim to be
happy. Love and reverence is God’s
sure foundation for a great family. It is
where to stand to create the enviable
future you desire. So, don’t wait for the
other party; you play your part, and
that will be enough to compel your
spouse to fall in line with you.
 Learn to Forgive: Every time God
forgives, He forgets. Likewise, it is not
love documenting all the errors of your
wife, only for the purpose of calling a
family meeting where it will be raised
and read out. The Bible says, “Let
every man so love his wife as himself.”
One of the virtues of love is
forgiveness. Charity (love) forgives all
things (1 Cor. 13:4-7). God’s love is a
forgiving love. You must be willing to
forgive present, past and future
offences. This is the love of Christ.
God’s love is ever fresh and ever
burning, and that’s the kind of love He
said we should have in our homes.
Give: What is love from the
biblical perspective? “For God so
loved the world, He gave…” God’s
love is a giving love. The Bible says,
“But if any provide not for his own,
and specially for those of his own
house, he hath denied the faith, and is
worse than an infidel” (1 Tim 5:8).
Every husband has a covenant
obligation to provide for his own
house, especially for the people of his
own household. The sincerity of our
love as husbands is proved by our
g i v i n g . This obligation must be
fulfilled all the time.
Block the cracks: First Peter 3:7
says:
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with
them according to knowledge, giving
honour unto the wife, as unto the
weaker vessel, and as being heirs
together of the grace of life; that your
prayers be not hindered.
That means any cracks allowed in
your family leads to a spiritual set
b a c k . If you want continuous
breakthroughs as a family, therefore,
you must be willing to pay the price for
peace and joy in your home. That is the
way not to hinder your prayers, for
helps from above not to be stopped.
You negatively affect the destinies of
your children when you give room to
the devil to penetrate your family life,
and this can be very costly. This is
because the things your children see
you do positively or negatively impacts
upon them.
 There is nothing God ever demands
of you and me that is stronger than
what we can do. Let’s tap into grace to
be able to align with the demands of
scriptures in creating our desired
future.
 Chapter 5

Wisdom For Continuous Financial

Success
Talking about wisdom, Proverbs
8:18 say:
Riches and honour are with me;
yea, durable riches and righteousness.
There is a link between wisdom and
riches. The Only Wise God is also the
wealthiest (Ps. 27:1; 50:10-12). God
gave Solomon wisdom, and the Bible
records that he was wealthier than all
men in his time. This goes to prove that
wisdom is the custodian of wealth.
Riches is one of the amazing
products that God’s wisdom gives birth
to in our lives. Note that the Bible
describes it as durable riches; that is,
riches that multiplies and is lasting.
There are true riches and fake riches.
True riches come by the application of
the truth of God’s Word. And when you
know what it takes to access it, it
continues to grow and multiply in your
hand.
What are the principles of truth that
guarantees access to true riches? How
do we apply ourselves to these truths,
so we can enjoy a continuous flow of
true riches? One of my mentors once
said to me, “The reason many people
crash is because they soon forget what
things took them up. When they stop
doing those things that took them up,
they start coming down.”
Liberality
Our access to wealth has its
foundation in liberality.
The liberal soul shall be made fat:
and he that watereth shall be watered
also himself.
- Proverbs 11:25
At the root of true wealth is
liberality. God said to Abraham, “I am
going to bless you, and you shall be a
blessing” (Gen. 12:2-3). God’s
blessings upon Abraham was for a
purpose: so he can be a blessing to his
world. So, you are not blessed to be a
possessor; you are blessed to be a
distributor (Prov. 11:24; 1 Tim. 6:17-
19).
 We live in a consumer culture,
where everybody reaches out for
whatever they can grab. But that is not
God’s design for man. It is a known
fact that animals live to eat. But when
we live to eat, we are not any better
than the beast in the field. We
shouldn’t live to eat, but eat to live.
Eating shouldn’t be the reason why we
are alive. We should live to be a
blessing to others, to add value to
others. Abraham became very rich in
cattle, in silver and in gold (Gen. 13:2).
Genesis 24:1 tells us, “And Abraham
was old, and well stricken in age: and
the LORD had blessed Abraham in all
things.” Why? We saw him reaching
out to be a blessing to others, running
after visitors to entertain them. That is
the wisdom for lasting riches.
Your destiny is not a function of
how much you have accumulated, as
this does not enhance your destiny. It is
how much you have been able to
distribute with discretion that
guarantees your distinctive walk with
G o d . As a business owner, start
thinking of how to ensure that everyone
that is unable to go to school has some
aid from your company. Have a budget
of liberality, and see how God’s
prosperity will begin to grow in your
life. The wisdom for achieving lasting
prosperity is liberality.
Diligence
The second principle for lasting
wealth is diligence. The wisdom of
God says in Proverbs 13:11:
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be
diminished: but he that gathereth by
labour shall increase.
Do you want lasting wealth? Then
put your hands to work, as labour is a
requirement for lasting wealth. After
God called Abraham out of his father
house and land, the Bible records that
Abraham became very rich in cattle.
How did he achieve this? By the
wisdom of diligent work of course!
Even at the age of 75, Abraham was not
excused from labour; he had to work by
rearing cattle to attract wealth.
Many of us are planning on how to
leave a lot of money for our children so
they won’t need to work. I want you to
know that if they don’t work, they will
not have worth, as work is what gives
one worth in life. Abraham was the
wealthiest in his time, yet Isaac needed
to work in order to secure his own
worth and destiny. So he farmed and
dug wells of water. Jacob also laboured
to the point where he could make the
declaration, “I have everything.” The
Bible says:
Seest thou a man is diligent in his
business, he shall stand before kinds,
he shall not stand before mean men.
- Proverbs 22:29
Liberality, yes; but without
diligence, your access to true riches
will be impeded. In fact, there will so
be nothing to give out if you do not add
diligence to your liberality. Only
wealth gotten by labour increases;
wealth gotten by vanity diminishes.
Prudence
God’s wisdom demands prudence
from you if your goal is lasting wealth.
The story of the Prodigal Son in Luke
15:11-32 is a good example of what I
mean here. The Bible tells us that after
he received his share of his inheritance
from his father he left home.
And not many days after the
younger son gathered all together, and
took his journey into a far country, and
there wasted his substance with riotous
living.
And when he had spent all, there
arose a mighty famine in that land; and
he began to be in want.
And he went and joined himself to
a citizen of that country; and he sent
him into his fields to feed swine.
And he would fain have filled his
belly with the husks that the swine did
eat: and no man gave unto him.
- Luke 15:13-16
The Prodigal son began to be in
want because he was not prudent with
what he had. Living a loose life,
spending without discretion, unguarded
wastages, living a budgetary-free life
and spending on impulse are all things
that drain one’s wealth. Remember that
a little leak can sink a great ship. If you
don’t want your destiny to sink, then
block the leakages.
He also that is slothful in his work
is brother to him that is a great waster.
- Proverbs 18:9
This means that the slothful and the
waster both have a common heritage -
poverty. Show me a waster today, and I
will prophesy that that’s a beggar you
are looking at tomorrow. The wasting
culture we see today is a modern day
thing, because our parents were able to
build houses with the little they had
then. They were workers and enemies
of waste, so they were able to send
their children to school from peasant
farming. There are many today that
earn enormous sums but don’t have any
plot of land anywhere. They have
wasted their wealth on riotous living!
Many people’s telephone bill is more
than their house rent and budget for
f ood. Prudence is a requirement for
durable riches. You must declare total
war against waste, so you can enjoy
lasting wealth.
Faithfulness
Another word for faithfulness is
financial integrity.
A faithful man shall abound with
blessings: but he that maketh haste to
be rich shall not be innocent.
- Proverbs 28:20
It is not enough to be a good
manager of God’s resources; you must
also be faithful in handling it. You
must be faithful in your financial
dealings. Many Christians cannot be
trusted with money today; but it takes
walking in the truth to qualify for a
crown. Jeremiah 17:11 reveals the folly
of an unfaithful life.
As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and
hatcheth them not; so he that getteth
riches, and not by right, shall leave
them in the midst of his days, and at
his end shall be a fool.
Every crooked means to get riches
exposes your foolishness at the end of
the day. Financial integrity is one way
to enjoy God’s durable riches. Job was
a man of integrity (Job 2:9); no wonder
he became the wealthiest man in his
time. All the attacks he suffered could
not erode his destiny; he still bounced
back, because integrity shall preserve
your going. As a spare part seller, don’t
call second-hand parts new; you won’t
go far with it. As a motor mechanic,
don’t say you have changed a part that
you did not, so you can get more
money. You may live under that car
forever. God’s wisdom demands that
you be straight!
I don’t believe in what is called the
“Nigerian factor.” It’s the human
factor; it is you. Is every Nigerian a
crook or thief? N o ! It’s the human
factor, the real you, that is manifesting.
Lack of integrity cuts down you days;
it’s a killer disease: “He shall leave it
in the midst of his days.” Haven’t you
heard that the curse of the Lord is in
the house of the thief (Zech. 5:3-4)? Be
ye not partakers of the unfruitful works
of the darkness, but rather expose
them. It takes financial integrity to
preserve your destiny.
 Chapter 6

Wisdom For Healthy Living

With the wisdom of God at work in
your life, you can win the war against
sickness and disease. “How?” you may
ask. That is what I want to show you in
this chapter.
I often say that what you don’t want
you don’t watch; and what you don’t
resist has the right to prevail. What you
don’t confront you cannot conquer.
Therefore, to win the war against
sickness and diseases and live a healthy
life, you must fight the good fight of
f a i t h . Don’t stand there, watching
whatever is contrary to your heritage in
Christ. Rather, confront and fight it.
The Bible tells us in 1 Timothy 6:12 to
fight the good fight of faith, so we can
lay hold on our inheritance made
available by redemption. That means,
“Don’t wait for it to drop on your laps;
fight your way through to it, because
the enemy is contesting your rights.”
A contention is required in every
contest. Even though God had given the
children of Israel Canaan for an
inheritance, He still commanded them
to contend for the land.
Rise ye up, take your journey, and
pass over the river Arnon: behold, I
have given into thine hand Sihon the
Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his
land: begin to possess it, and contend
with him in battle.
- Deuteronomy 2:24
God, as it were, was saying here, “I
have given you, but he is going to resist
it. If you must have it, then begin to
possess it as you contend with him in
battle. It is yours, but the opposition is
contesting it, and you have to contend
with him in battle.” In the same way,
God has given every believer a heritage
of good and sound health. But you must
contend to take full delivery of it. My
Bible says:
And from the days of John the
Baptist until now the kingdom of
heaven suffereth violence, and the
violent take it by force.
- Matthew 11:12
 Your right to healthy living will be
violently resisted, and you will need to
counter that resistance by a counter
violence. Many in the kingdom today
who have an understanding of this truth
and have put it to work no longer have
anything to do with sickness and
diseases. One of my most revered
mentors once testified that he did not
know what a headache felt like for over
63 years! That couldn’t have been by
chance; it must be God at work in his
life, and that same God is your God if
you are born again. You too will soon
join that group, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
The Cause of Sickness
Sickness was not in existence in the
Garden of Eden; neither was there any
provision made for man’s healing. All
the herbs and shrubs in the garden were
for food, not for drugs, because God
had no intention for man to be a victim
of sickness or disease. Sickness is a by-
product of the corruption that man
became a victim of subsequently.
When man became Satan’s subject,
who is called the wicked, sickness
became one of the issues that man will
have to contend with. At the root of
every sickness and disease is Satan.
The Bible tells us:
How God anointed Jesus of
Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with
power: who went about doing good,
and healing all that were oppressed of
the devil; for God was with him.
 - Acts 10:38
Jesus went about healing all them
that were oppressed of the devil. He re-
affirmed that sickness was of the devil
when He healed the woman with the
spirit of infirmity for eighteen years in
Luke 13:11-16. He said, “And ought
not this woman, being a daughter of
Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo,
these eighteen years, be loosed from
this bond on the sabbath day?”
Sickness and disease is also a
product of the curse of the law; that is,
the curses that follow the breaking of
the law. Deuteronomy 28:15-66 gives a
list of the various diseases. But praise
God that Jesus’ redemption was total,
as it includes our redemption from the
curses of the law (Gal. 3:13-14). Jesus
dealt a final blow the curse of the law
by hanging on the tree on our behalf.
Therefore, sickness and diseases has no
legal right to harass you any longer.
The Cure
Is there no balm in Gilead; is there
no physician there? why then is not the
health of the daughter of my people
recovered?
- Jeremiah 8:22
Our great Physician is God
Almighty: “I am the LORD that
healeth thee” (Ex. 15:26). When Jesus
came, He presented Himself as the
Physician also. Remember He said
“Whosoever has seen Me has seen the
Father.” So the Father is the Master
Physician, and Jesus is the Great
Physician, as He came to duplicate the
ministry of the Father to mankind.
“But what is the balm in Gilead?”
you ask. The answer is in Proverbs
4:20-22:
My son, attend to my words;
incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Let them not depart from thine
eyes; keep them in the midst of thine
heart.
For they are life unto those that
find them, and health to all their flesh.
This is God’s recipe for your total
health – “Attend to My Words, give ear
to My sayings; let them not depart from
your eyes, keep them in the midst of
your heart, for they shall be life to
them that find it, and health to all their
flesh.” God’s Word affects every organ
in your body; it will renew your body
system and cause it to function
perfectly. That’s why the Bible said,
“He sent his word, and healed them,
and delivered them from their
destructions” (Ps. 107:20). God’s
Word is the master balm for the
healing of mankind. In Luke 5:17,
Jesus was teaching and the power of
God was present to heal them. God’s
Word was emitting His power for the
healing of mankind.
Healing comes via God’s Word
because it is a carrier of God’s life (2
Pet. 1:4). When you receive His Word
you imbibe His nature, which is
sickness-free. When God’s healing
Word is discovered and received, it
conveys God’s nature, which is
immune to sickness, and you become a
partaker of His divine nature, which
guarantees automatic escape from the
corruption that is corrupting the bodies
of other men in the world. God’s Word
received divinely inoculates you
against every form of sickness and
disease.
Healing also takes place via God’s
Word because His Word is Spirit and
life (Jn. 6:63). When you receive God’s
Word, His anointing and healing virtue
flows into your body to take care of
every poison in your system. Note that
when Peter was speaking in the house
of Cornelius, the Holy Ghost fell on the
people as they listened to him. And
when that woman touched the hem of
Jesus’ garment, her faith captured the
word, and virtue flowed to take care of
the twelve-year problem.
The entrance of His Word gives
light. So, when you receive His Word,
light comes into your system, and that
light is able to dispel every work of
darkness in your body (Ps. 119:130; Jn.
1:1-5). “In him was life; and the life
was the light of men.
And the light shineth in darkness;
and the darkness comprehended it
not.” Every activity of the devil is
carried out through the medium of
darkness, and when light comes,
darkness must give way. These are the
three-dimensional channels through
which God’s Word brings your healing.
Your Access to Cure
The Word is the cure, and faith is
your access to the cure. “Who hath
believed our report? and to whom is
the arm of the LORD been revealed?”
(Isa. 53:1). Until you believe the report
of His redemptive hand, the arm of the
Lord cannot be revealed in your life.
When two blind men came to Jesus to
ask Him to heal them in Matthew 9:27-
29, Jesus asked them, “Believeth thou
that I the Son of man, I am able to do
this?” They said yes, and He told them,
“According to your faith be it unto
you,” and they were healed
immediately.
We see faith on display again in the
story of the healing of the woman with
the issue of blood (Lk. 8:43-48). It’s
the prayer of faith that heals, not just
prayer (Jms. 5:14-15). You must ask in
faith to be healed also (Jms. 1:5-6).
Faith is what makes prayer effective.
You must believe to receive from God.
How then do you take delivery of
sound health or healing?
The Violence of Faith
Whereas faith is your master
access, the violence of faith is your
guarantee for a delivery. “The kingdom
of God suffereth violence, and the
violent taketh it by force.” They
brought a paralytic man to Jesus in
Mark 2:3-12, but there was no way to
get to where Jesus was. The man
violently took delivery of his healing
by being lowered to Jesus through the
roof! The Bible says when Jesus saw
their faith (not their efforts), He said,
“Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.” Do
you also remember the story of blind
Bartimaeus in Mark 10:46-52? He
cried out to Jesus, and the people
shouted him down. But he cried yet
louder, and the same people that told
him to be quiet said to him, “He calleth
thee.” Casting away his coat,
Bartimaeus rose and ran to Jesus. The
violence of faith!
I’ll like you to engage the roof-
tearing faith for your healing today; to
say to that affliction, “Enough is
enough!” You can’t be a tither and still
remain sick, for He said, “I will rebuke
the devourers for your sake.” So, say to
yourself, “Enough is enough! This
cancer must return back to sender
today; enough is enough! This
HIV/AIDS must end here now; enough
is enough! The price has been fully
paid for my body to glorify God.”
Holy anger is an asset I would like
you to engage right now in order to
take delivery of your inheritance of
sound health. I had a fever in 1979, and
one of my uncles out of compassion
said to me, “Now that you have prayed
and you are not healed, why don’t you
get down to the hospital?” Anger rose
in me, and I shouted at him, saying,
“Who told you I am sick? Who told
you I am not well?” And as I was
shouting at him, the healing virtue
began flowing. I began to sweat, and
that was how I became healed of the
fever forever. My Bible tells me that I
am of much more value than the
sparrows (Lk. 12:6-8). If any sparrow
is healthy today, then you should first
enjoy total health before it. So, get
a n g r y ! Deuteronomy 7:15 says the
Lord will take sickness away from you
and lay it upon them that hate you.
Holy anger is a spiritual asset in
taking delivery of your heritage of a
healthy life. You are too gentle for the
victory you are looking for. Someone
came to me in 2004. He met me in our
office lobby, and immediately started
shouting at me, saying, “I don’t have
HIV, I can’t have HIV!” as though I
gave it to him. I laid my hands on him
and said, “You don’t have HIV, the
price is paid.” He went straight from
that place back to the hospital to have a
test done, and he tested HIV negative!
You need the violence of faith to
possess your possession.
Note that every physical
brokenness has its root in the
brokenness of the heart, and it takes joy
to sustain your health (Prov. 18:14;
17:22). So, wisdom demands that you
be joyful and steer away from anything
that will cause brokenness of the spirit.
Until you are depressed, you cannot be
oppressed, as depression is the gateway
to oppression. That’s why the Bible
says in Nehemiah 8:10, “…neither be
ye sorry for yourselves; for the joy of
the LORD shall be your strength.”
When Jesus came, He came to heal
the broken-hearted and to set the
captives free. That is because until
your broken heart is healed, your body
cannot be healthy. You need to be free
from depression; it is the cheapest way
for the devil to buffet your body. On
the other hand, the joy of the Lord is
the secret of supernatural strength and
health. If you want to enjoy divine
health, that is what it takes, and
wisdom demands that you give it all it
takes.
 Chapter 7

Wisdom for Living a Fruitful Life

God’s wisdom is the answer to all
of man’s woes, because it shows you
the right way to go and the right things
to do. You can’t go the right way and
do the right things and not win. That is
why He said, “If you will diligently
hearken to my wisdom and observe to
do what I say you should do, I the
LORD will set you up on high, above
all nations of the earth; and you shall
be blessed in your body, in the city and
outside the city. Your store house shall
be blessed also, as well as your basket,
your cattle and your kine. You shall be
the head and not the tail; you shall be
above only, and not beneath. You shall
lend always, and you shall not borrow”
(Deut. 28:1-14).
You can’t go the right way and not
win, and you can’t do the right things
and still fail. I located God’s wisdom
for financial fruitfulness twenty-five
years ago, and I’m still enjoying it till
now. I have never had to beg any man,
living or dead, for anything, and I have
never received anything for my
survival or for the triumph of the
ministry from any kind of government
or authority. Why? God’s wisdom is
the answer to man’s woes. If you do
what He tells you to do, you are bound
to live a super abundant life! God’s
Word is God’s wisdom in print. Luke
11:49 says, “Therefore also said the
wisdom of God…”
The Word of God
In Luke chapter 8, Jesus gave the
parable of the sower. While giving the
interpretation of the parable, He said,
“The seed is the word of God.” That
means, the miracle seed for whatever
increase you desire, no matter in what
area, is the Word of God. The Bible
says in Genesis 8:22:
While the earth remaineth,
seedtime and harvest, and cold and
heat, and summer and winter, and day
and night shall not cease.
Increase only answers to a seed
sown. Unfortunately, we have reduced
seedtime and harvest to mean money
o n l y. While that is inclusive, it is
incomplete. The real seed that opens up
every destiny for fruitfulness is the
seed of the Word of God. Talking about
the Word of God in a parable, Solomon
said:
My son, eat thou honey, because it
is good; and the honeycomb which is
sweet to thy taste:
So shall the knowledge of wisdom
be unto thy soul: when thou hast found
it, then there shall be a reward, and thy
expectation shall not be cut off.
- Proverbs 24:13-14
That is to say: “…So shall the
knowledge of wisdom (the Word of
God) be unto thy soul; and when you
have found that one missing thing, the
one that addresses what you are
looking for, then there shall be a
response from heaven, and your
expectation shall be established.”
There must always be a finding first
before there can be a victory.
My son, attend to my words;
incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Let them not depart from thine
eyes; keep them in the midst of thine
heart.
For they are life unto those that
find them, and health to all their flesh.
- Proverbs 4:20-22
A finding always precedes a
response from heaven. For example, in
order to be physically fruitful, you
must find the Word of God that
guarantees your fruitfulness. It is your
finding and receiving that Word that
sets the pace for your physical
fruitfulness, just as until a seed is sown
the harvest is not in view.
God’s Word is the miracle seed that
generates the miracles that we desire.
In 1985, a young and vibrant Catholic
boy picked up my first book, “The
Miracle Seed”, to read. By a force of
the Spirit, he went and sat on a rock
under a tree. After reading chapter one,
he gave his life to Christ by himself,
sitting on that rock. He went on to
chapter two and then to chapter three,
where he saw the place of the Holy
Spirit in assessing the Word of life. He
was immediately baptized in the Holy
Ghost without praying, and started
speaking in tongues! Today, he runs a
ministry with a network of other
churches. “The seed is the Word of
God!”
The seed is the Word of God that
gives birth to the miracle that we
desire. “It shall be life to them that find
it.” Uterus or no uterus, the Word will
create life. Ovary or no ovary, the
Word will generate life; because
“while the earth remaineth, seedtime
and harvest shall not cease.” And
going back to Deuteronomy 28:1, “If
you will diligently hearken to the voice
of the LORD your God (which is the
Word of God) to observe and to do all
that He commands you…blessed shall
be the fruit of your body.” That is,
inside that Word is power to make your
body fruitful.
The Bible says, “I wept much
because there was no one found worthy
to open the book.” Until the Book of
Life is opened, life remains a burden,
and weeping continues without end. It
is the opening of the Book to you that
opens your destiny. So, as the Book is
opened and the seed of life is being
sown, may your heart be open to
receive it. And as you receive it, may
you see the blessing that comes along
with it, in the name of Jesus Christ.
The Trinity of Triumph
There are three forces that will
always guarantee your triumph in every
battle that you are faced with in life. I
call them The Trinity of Triumph –
Faith, hope and love. Just like the
Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit
have the reign of the universe, faith,
hope and love hold the reign of victory
on the earth. These three forces will
also ensure that you live a very fruitful
and fulfilling life.
Faith
Faith is a spiritual medium through
which we engage the power of God for
the delivery of our inheritance. How?
Faith will convert the Word to power,
and that power will deliver your
v i c t o r y. It will always guarantee
victory when it comes by a revelation.
But our problem is that we have placed
more faith in the doctor’s verdict than
in the Word of God. So we shiver and
shake over whatever the doctor says. In
many minds, the doctor’s words are
superior to the Word of God; and the
report you believe is what determines
the result you obtain. “Who hath
believed our report? Let him expect to
see the hand of God” (Isa. 53:1).
The scriptures in Luke chapter one
reveals two vital ways through which
God converts barrenness to
fruitfulness. Talking to Mary about her
conception, the angel said to her:
…The Holy Ghost shall come upon
thee, and the power of the Highest shall
overshadow thee: therefore also that
holy thing which shall be born of thee
shall be called the Son of God.
- Luke 1:35
That is, the power of God is what
will make it happen. Though
inconceivable to her, Mary went on to
reply:
…Behold the handmaid of the
Lord; be it unto me according to thy
word…
- Luke 1:38
“Be it unto me according to thy
word.” We see the power of the
Highest and the Word of God on
display here. These are the forces that
go into operation to accomplish the
impossible. And verse 45 said:
And blessed is she that believed:
for there shall be a performance of
those things which were told her from
the Lord.
When you receive the Word of the
Lord and believe it, it is then converted
to power that has the ability to
accomplish the impossible. If you read
that chapter again from verse 30, you
will see the Word come, and then faith
is released into the Word, which then
converts it into power that gets the job
done. No wonder Romans 1:16 says, “I
am not ashamed of the gospel of
Christ: for it is the power of God unto
salvation to everyone that believeth.”
The Word of God is converted to power
for everyone that believes it. God’s
Word plus faith plus power equals
victory.
What is written has no value
without faith. It is faith that gives value
to what is written. Abraham had to
believe in what God had said before it
could produce for him. When he did,
the God who quickens the dead caused
Isaac to come out from two seemingly
dead people! In like manner, it does not
matter what is said to be dead in your
body: low sperm count, impotency,
infertility, fibroid, blocked tubes,
missing ovaries or uterus, name it, the
God who quickens the dead, and calls
those things that be not as though they
were, will step in now and change your
story, if only you will believe!
Hope
 Who against hope believed in hope,
that he might become the father of
many nations, according to that which
was spoken…
- Romans 4:18
The Bible says, “And hope maketh
not ashamed.” It takes a living hope to
be free from every form of shame. The
Bible says, “And whatever things are
written aforetime, they are written for
our admonition, that we through the
comfort of the scriptures might have
hope” (Rom. 15:4). So whatever you
see God do in scriptures is to help get
your hope alive; and He said, “I am the
Lord, I change not.”
Do you know how Job got his
restoration? Hope! Job said, “All the
days of my appointed time will I wait
until my change comes” (Job 14:14).
Job knew that his change was coming.
Though everything had gone, and he
was left alone in ashes, he said, “But I
can see changes coming. There is a
hope for a tree if it be cut down, that it
will sprout again. Through the scent of
water, it will bud, and bring forth
boughs like a plant” (Job 14:7-9). Hope
was burning high inside Job, and his
hope gave value to his faith.
“Now faith is the substance of
things hoped for…” That means when
there is no hope, faith is impotent.
Faith is the wife of hope, and what they
give birth to is called a miracle. What
negative reports do is to paralyze and
destroy your hope, so it can steal your
victory.
Love
When Job’s wife said he should
curse God and die, he said, “Me to
curse God? Never! I am still in love
with Him. Why are you speaking as
one of those foolish women?” And then
in Job 13:15, he said, “Even though He
slay me, yet will I trust in him.” That is
love! He remained in love with the
Father. His hope was burning high, his
faith was intact, and so he triumphed.
Wherever these three forces abide –
faith, hope and love, victory is non-
negotiable.
The Bible says “faith which
worketh by love” (Gal. 5:6). Love is the
platform upon which faith and hope
function. So love is the catalyst of
faith; it helps to accelerate the rate of
the reaction towards the desired end
product. What we have is faith married
to hope, and love making their union to
work. If you want to be truly fruitful, I
charge you to refuse to be depressed,
but remain intoxicated with the love of
God. Get excited because you are in
good hands. You can’t be in a better
hand than in the hands of the Most
High, as no one can handle what God
cannot handle.
The trinity of triumph: faith in what
is written, hope drawn from what God
has spoken all through the pages of
scriptures and the testimonies you hear,
and then your love remaining intact, no
matter the circumstances or the
mockers around you. That is how
winners win and overcomers overcome.
That is what makes the difference at all
times.
These three forces were at work in
Abraham’s life; no wonder he was
called the friend of God! Abraham
believed God and His Word, kept his
hope alive and remained absolutely in
love with Him. Even after having Isaac,
in response to his love for God, he was
willing to sacrifice his only begotten
son. Abraham so loved the Lord that he
was willing to give Isaac that he had
waited 25 years for, just as God so
loved the world that He gave His only
begotten Son. There is no greater
expression of love than that! That is
what gave Abraham his place.
No matter what you are believing
God for, if you place your faith in what
God has spoken concerning that issue,
your hope is kept alive and your love is
in place, then no devil can stop your
triumph. God visited Job and gave unto
him twice as much as he had before;
and Job’s dignity was gallantly
restored. Faith, hope and love were
what gave Job his place and restored
his destiny. The trinity of triumph will
restore yours too. My Bible says, “Eye
hath not seen, nor ears heard, it has
not entered into the heart of any man,
what God hath prepared for them that
love him” (1 Cor. 2:9).
 Pillar 7

Success
 Contents
Introduction 405
1. What is Success? 409
2. Information—The Highway To
Success 419
3. Covenant Keys To Success 427
4. Divine Guidance Is A Must 437
5. The Place Of Opportunity 445
6. You Need Endurance 451
7. Fundamentals of Success 457
 Pillar 7

Success
Introduction
Success can be defined as the
satisfactory realisation of a given goal
or set objective. Success is not a
destination, but the satisfactory
accomplishment of a given purpose.
Success in life is a life-long adventure,
as no one actually graduates from the
school of success. The amazing thing
about success is that we all, whether
white or black, educated or illiterate,
free or bond, have equal opportunities
to either succeed or fail in life. But
why do we all not succeed?
 True and lasting success is rooted
in God; and His Word, the Bible, is the
compass that points out the way. God
gives success and the grace to enjoy it
as well. That is why a truly successful
person is not only successful in the
works of his hand, but also in his
family, health, mentality, etc. True
success guarantees all-round rest and
security; it makes rich and adds no
sorrow (Prov. 10:22).
Revelation is the foundation for
lasting success. Every true revelation
(heavenly information) from God’s
Word on success establishes a
revolution, which ignites faith in you
for accomplishment. Success is a
covenant . When you discover the
secrets of the covenant of success and
do them, nothing will be strong enough
to stop you from succeeding.
Remember I said earlier that faith is an
expression of confidence in God’s
Word. That is, faith is doing God’s
Wo r d . So, when you discover the
secrets of success and do them, what
you receive is the product – success!
As you read some of my teachings
on the subject of success, I pray you
will discover whatever missing link
that is standing in the way of you
achieving lasting success from them,
and mend it.
Here is a list of some books I have
written on this subject. They will bless
you:
 Success Systems
Success Strategies
Born to Win
Making Maximum Impact
Maximised Destiny
Success Buttons
Exploring The Secrets of Success
Success in Marriage
All You Need to Have All Your
Needs Met
Towards Excellence In Life and
Ministry
Exploits In Ministry
 Chapter 1

What Is Success?
I began to examine a very
interesting truth lately. Everybody
knows what he or she is looking for.
The problem, however, is that most
people do not know how to get at it.
Ask any man in his right mind, and he
will tell you that he wants to become
successful. The problem is that most
people do not know what success looks
like, so they never find it. Rather, they
are busy all over town passing by the
thing they are looking for and not
knowing that that is what they are
looking for. But a reasonable search
begins with a detailed description.
Because of the wrong descriptions of
success, many have been searching for
it in futility.
It Is Not Possessions
Most people mistake success for
possessi ons. They think one is
successful when one has houses, lands,
cars, etc. They say, “Oh, that man is a
big success!” Then a thief says to
himself, “If that is success, I am going
to get it.” So he arms himself with a
gun without training on how to shoot,
and on the first night he is climbing
somebody’s wall, they give it to him in
the forehead and he “succeeds” into
hell, all because of a misconception of
what true success is!
 Possession is not a correct
description of success. Jesus said a
man’s life does not consist in the
abundance of things he possesses (Lk.
12:15). “O man of God, flee these
things…” (1 Tim. 6:10-11). God cannot
be telling you to flee possessions if it is
actually a correct description of true
success. God who teaches us how to
make our way prosperous and have
good success cannot be telling us to run
away from success. All He is saying is
that having money is not an accurate
description of success, as many
moneybags in town are abject failures,
having failed in their families, careers
and communities. They are bywords
and proverbs, yet they have plenty
money.
Some people also think success is
defined by the position one holds. Until
recently, for instance, coup planning
and execution was the order of the day
in the armed forces of some African
nations, because the coup planners
mistook position for success.
What then is the accurate
description of true success? Let us hear
it from Jesus’ mouth. There was a
strife among His disciples about which
of them would be the greatest, leading
Jesus to give them an accurate
description of true success. He said:
…The kings of the Gentiles
exercise lordship over them; and they
that exercise authority upon them are
called benefactors.
But ye shall not be so: but he that is
greatest among you, let him be as the
younger; and he that is chief, as he that
doth serve.
For whether is greater, he that
sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is
not he that sitteth at meat? but I am
among you as he that serveth.
- Luke 22:25-27
Jesus said to them, “I am the most
accomplished personality on earth, and
this is the secret of my exalted
accomplishment: I am among you as
one that serves.” No wonder we are
told in scriptures, “Wherefore God also
hath highly exalted him, and given him
a name which is above every name”
(Phil. 2:9).
So what is the description of true
success? It is accomplished
stewardship towards God and men,
serving God’s purpose and promoting
mankind’s welfare here on earth.
Examples of successful people in the
Bible include Moses and Nehemiah.
Though he was living in the comfort of
Pharaoh’s palace, Moses could not
ignore the affliction of his brethren. He
would leave the comfort of the palace
and would linger in the camp, and one
day he saw an Egyptian afflict and
buffet a Jew, and he could not stand it.
He had a burning passion for the liberty
of his people. And God said, “I have
found someone to lead My people out
at last.” It was his passion for his
people that qualified him to be the
leader of the people.
Nehemiah was also living in the
comfort of the palace, but had an
unusual passion for the restoration of
the colour and beauty of Israel. And we
were told that the good hand of God
was upon Nehemiah. When you have a
good heart towards God’s purpose, His
good hand will be upon your life. So,
true success expresses itself in true
service to God’s plan and the needs of
mankind. When that is established on
your inside, your destiny is established
with God.
The Law of Discovery
Success is the result of doing
something; it is the result of doing the
right thing by choice. It is not about
sitting around and bemoaning your
situation, but is about waking up from
your slumber and doing the right thing.
Success implies satisfactory progress.
The Bible in Proverbs 4:18 reveal
God’s success agenda for His people:
But the path of the just is as the
shining light, that shineth more and
more unto the perfect day.
Success is not merely about getting
results, but about getting results in
successions, one result coming after
the other, because God has
programmed you and me for success
without limits. We are destined to go
from one level of success to another
and one level of exploit to another. No
wonder Psalm 92:14 tells us that,
“They shall still bring forth fruit in
their old age.”
Note, however, that success anchors
on certain fundamental laws. There are
laws to discover and engage in order to
succeed. Here is the fundamental law
of success:
This book of the law shall not
depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt
meditate therein day and night, that
thou mayest observe to do according to
all that is written therein: for then thou
shalt make thy way prosperous, and
then thou shalt have good success.
- Joshua 1:8
Certain laws must first be in place
before you can enjoy success. Another
law of success is found in
Deuteronomy 28:1. There is a
command to obey before you can be set
up above all nations of the earth. In
order to succeed, therefore, you must
first know what these commandments
are and apply yourself to them, before
God’s integrity is committed to confer
success upon you. This is because no
one succeeds by accident.
The attainment of success begins
with a discovery. “You shall observe to
do all that is written therein…” You
must first be able to find what it is to
be done. A wise man once said the best
place to begin is at the beginning. In
the school of success, discovery is the
foundation. If you will diligently
hearken to the voice of the Lord your
God and observe to do all that He
commands you, He will set you up on
high above all nations of the earth. If
you want to make your way prosperous,
look out for the book (the Bible), find
out what is written inside and then
apply yourself to it, and you will make
your way prosperous and have good
success.
From scriptures we understand that
we only excel by light. “Arise, shine,
for your light has come and the hand of
the Lord is stretched forth upon you”
(Isa. 60:1). We rise by light not by
strength or struggles, for by strength
shall no man prevail. So the first law in
the school of success is the law of
discovery of who you are, what you are
worth and what you can do; a discovery
of your mission on earth. That is why
every success story is traceable to
certain discoveries. A discovery of the
fundamental laws of success and the
application of the same is the only way
to taste the grapes of success.
What you do, how you think, what
you say and what you do are all
informed by the discoveries you have
made. Discovery is the foundation of
every enduring, lasting and growing
success. Our financial success as a
family and ministry is as a result of the
discovery I made on finance. I went on
a three-day journey with Kenneth
Copeland’s book, “The Laws of
Prosperity”, Gloria Copeland’s book,
“God’s Will is Prosperity” and my
Bible. I said to God, “Show me the
secret of kingdom prosperity.” And on
the third day the heavens opened, and I
stood up in my shorts and screamed, “I
can never be poor!” That singular
discovery broke the yoke of poverty
mentality, which is responsible for the
poverty in Africa.
The people that speak into your life
determine what becomes of you. The
Bible says, “And the spirit entered into
me when he spake unto me, and set me
upon my feet” (Ezek. 2:2). If you want
to be successful, then listen to
successful people. Read books of
successful people and listen to their
teachings, as no one can give you what
he doesn’t have. Every success story
stems from making discoveries from
the right sources. In the academic
world, the quality of your references is
what determines the quality of your
paper. Therefore, businessmen should
look out for materials of successful
Christian businessmen who have made
outstanding marks in their various
pursuits.
The discoveries you make and
engage are what make men discover
y o u . Paul the apostle was a man of
discoveries; he couldn’t be separated
from his books and parchments (2 Tim.
4 : 1 3 ) . Daniel was another man of
discoveries. He is quoted as saying, “I
Daniel understood by books.” His
understanding through books made for
his outstanding result even in the land
of captivity.
Check every true success story; it is
traceable to fundamental discoveries.
The more discoveries you make, the
higher you fly. The law of discovery is
the number one law in the school of
success.
Discover Your Purpose
Another discovery you must make
is a discovery of purpose. Success is
not a function of position or
possessions, but a function of
fulfillment in life. You can never be
fulfilled until you locate and begin to
pursue God’s purpose for your life.
Many stars have refused to rise because
they have applied themselves to wrong
purposes. They are busy doing what
they are not created for, so they look
like dummies.
We will all never be pastors, no
matter how much Bible one reads.
Neither will we all be lawyers, no
matter how intelligent one may be. You
need a well-defined purpose to fly high
in life. When Jesus came, He said:
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he hath anointed me to preach
the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me
to heal the brokenhearted, to preach
deliverance to the captives, and
recovering of sight to the blind, to set
at liberty them that are bruised,
To preach the acceptable year of
the Lord.
– Luke 4:18-19
That was His purpose defined, and
He kept to it all through the days of His
earthly ministry. I would like to
introduce you to three avenues through
which you could locate God’s purpose
for your life.
Calling
This is a divine revelation that
defines God’s purpose for your life. In
this case, God exercises His right to
assign anyone (via revelation) to any
assignment of His choice. It has
nothing to do with your abilities but
God’s abilities at work in you, because
“Faithful is he that calleth you, who
also will do it” (1 Thess. 5:24). Every
divine calling naturally enjoys divine
backing.
Gifting
This is when you discover the
natural endowments inherent in you,
the productive abilities that flow out of
you naturally.
For the kingdom of heaven is as a
man travelling into a far country, who
called his own servants, and delivered
unto them his goods…to every man
according to his several ability…
- Matthew 25:14-15
There is no ungifted being on the
earth. Everyone is divinely endowed
for a profitable life. In case you have
not heard a voice and have not seen a
vision, look inward and identify your
gifting. There is enough inside you to
occupy you till He comes.
Gifts and callings are equally
potent; either one can get you to your
throne in life (Rom. 11:29).
Choices
…I have set before you life and
death, blessing and cursing: therefore
choose life, that both thou and thy seed
may live:
- Deuteronomy 30:19
God respects your choice. Not
everyone must have a divine calling,
and there are some who may not be
able to point to any outstanding gift in
their lives, but can still be established
in a purposeful, fulfilling life based on
their choice.
God made you a creature of choice,
and as long as your choice is not
contrary to His covenant provisions for
you, you have His backing. The power
of your choice in locating God’s
purpose for your life covers areas like
academics, business, professional
practices, but not ministry which is
given strictly by divine callings.
So, whatever you have discovered,
either by calling, gifting or your
choice, nurture it and do all you can to
develop yourself in it, because the
brightest stars in the kingdom are those
who know where they are going and
give it all it takes to get there.
 Chapter 2

Information — The Highway to

Success
Success speaks louder than words!
It commands greater attention than the
greatest oration anybody can make.
Success is self-inviting and self-
attractive. No wonder the prophecy in
Zechariah 8:23, where ten men will
hold on to the skirt of a Jew, saying,
“We will go with you: for we have
heard that God is with you.”
God’s agenda for the end-time
Church is to engage the supernatural
lifting of His people as the force of
attraction to the dying world. He wants
to make you a resounding success! God
has programmed to reap the end-time
harvest through the outstanding,
rewarding success of His people. That
is, the enthronement of the saints will
be a weapon in the hand of God in
reaping the end-time harvest. They will
look at you and say, “I am following
you,” because God would have so
decorated your life within a short time
of following Him.
We are not smarter than the past
generations; we are only a people born
in due season. Success must be the
garment of the saints, thereby
attracting the dying world to their
Saviour and bringing them to the city
of refuge. But there is what we must do
to attain to this height.
Information Brings Transformation
Information is a very great asset in
the world of success. That is why the
end-time Church will be given such an
unusual access into heavenly
information for earthly manifestations.
They will have unusual insights; they
will see what the vultures’ eyes have
not seen.
Information is power! You must be
informed in order to be transformed.
Therefore, you must crave for
information, as you cannot get any
higher than you are informed. When
God was giving the formula for
everlasting success, He said:
This book of the law shall not
depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt
meditate therein day and night, that
thou mayest observe to do according to
all that is written therein: for then thou
shalt make thy way prosperous, and
then thou shalt have good success.
— Joshua 1:8
That means you will draw from it
and operate by it; then will you make
your way prosperous and have good
s u c c e s s . This is because every
outstanding transformation and
resounding success is traceable to
discovered secrets. Certain information
is handed over to you, and when it is
properly traded, it brings you your
desired end - success.
Richard Branson who owns Virgin
Airlines is one of the wealthiest
Britons alive today. How did he get
there? Richard Branson dropped out of
school at the age of 19 and started
business as a newspaper vendor. He
encountered a vital information from a
little economics book titled, “Small Is
Beautiful”. That book provided certain
vital information, which became his
trade secret. He built his entire
business empire on that principle —
each department becoming
autonomous, and the heads of each
department becoming a co-president
with him. The information he contacted
from that little book paved the way for
his great heights in business.
The whole world is trading
information. The role of information in
the world of success cannot be
quantified. But unfortunately, there are
some in business today who do not
know anything about their businesses
except for personal ideas, most of
which are not working. Men have
transformed their lives and destinies by
laying hold on information and
applying themselves to it. We can’t go
any further than we are informed, as it
is an idea that begets another idea; a
thought gives birth to an act, which in
turn gives birth to results. Thus the
value you place on information will
determine the level of transformation
you will enjoy.
To be a resounding success on
earth, you need a working knowledge
of your assignment, no matter what it
is. If you are in business, strive to have
a good working knowledge of that
business, so your work won’t be
wearisome (Eccl. 10:15). You need to
know what obtains in that business,
career or vocation, you need to know
what makes it work, and apply yourself
to them. In fact, you have to go in
search of information; don’t just seat
there waiting for it to walk to you. If
need be, buy it! That’s why the Bible
admonishes us to buy the truth, and sell
it not.
Every candidate in an examination
has an idea; but only those with facts
pass the exam. You don’t pass an exam
with ideas, only with facts. Likewise,
you need the facts of whatever you are
engaged in to succeed in it, as it takes
facts to become fat. What facts do is to
make you stand out among your equals.
If you locate the facts of life, you will
be a high-flyer in life. So, locate the
facts of that assignment and put them
to work! That’s the highway to
success!
Lazy men believe in luck, but men
of worth believe in facts. A wise man
once said, “Success is a matter of luck,
ask any failure.” Rather than go for
facts, the lazy man thinks people
arrived at success by luck. There is no
accidental success, as no accident is a
success. I love how the Living Bible
renders Proverbs 24:3-4:
Any enterprise is built by wise
planning, becomes strong through
common sense, and profits wonderfully
by keeping abreast of the facts.
Facts are what make one profit
wonderfully, so go for information!
Reading
The most effective avenue for
information acquisition is reading. God
places emphasis on the printed page,
that’s why He commanded us to,
“Study to show thyself approved” (2
Tim. 2:15). In fact, God is the first
w r i t e r . He wrote the Ten
Commandments on graven stone before
giving it to Moses. That shows the
divine endorsement of the printed page
as the most effective avenue for
information acquisition.
Paul told Timothy to give attention
to reading, doctrine, and exhortation.
He said, “Meditate upon these things
that thy profiting may appear to all” (1
Tim. 4:13, 15). So reading makes
living successful. Most of the greatest
minds in today’s world emerged out of
a studious life. The quality of the
information that finds its way into your
mind determines the quality of your
mind. Anthony Robbins has grown to
become a consultant to big
corporations such as IBM, the US
Army, AT&T, etc. by reading. By
virtue of information, the capacity of
his mind has been enormously
enlarged.
We must never mistake schooling
for education. Education is largely a
function of information, whereas
schooling is a career. So it is possible
to spend two years in school and still
not be educated. Great minds are not
born; they are developed. Every great
mind is personally developed. There is
no one born a success. Success is a
conscious process that individuals
subscribe to.
Benjamin Franklin had only two
years of formal education before he
branched off to become a printing
apprentice. He spent his feeding money
to buy books, and thus read himself to
great heights. Someone who taught
himself how to read later successfully
founded a university, built a specialist
hospital, and became one of America’s
foremost philosophers. He did a study
on lightning and single-handedly
negotiated the French government’s
support for the America Revolution,
which enabled America gain
independence from Britain.
Michael Faraday was also an
apprentice in a book binding centre.
Though uneducated, he taught himself
to read. He spent his money to attend
scientific seminars, and grew to
become an inventor. Nothing dignifies
life like light, nothing enhances dignity
like information. So settle down to
consciously acquire relevant
information for your life.
Your dream for transformation is
rooted in information. There are many
people who went to school, earned
degrees, but can’t even talk sense. Such
fellows only had a schooling career;
they don’t have any information that is
relevant to life. Many have left school
many years ago, but have not read a
single book since they left. If a book
binding apprentice can emerge a great
inventor in the scientific world, and a
printing apprentice can emerge a
foremost philosopher in America, and
they are still being celebrated today,
then you have a hope.
Information makes the difference
in the school of success. Every reader
is a successful leader, and every
successful leader is an avid reader. To
be a leader means to be ahead, to see
ahead, to see before, and to stay above
the others. I think one of the reasons
for the leadership problem in Africa
today is because a lot of undeveloped
minds are in charge. Most of the people
in charge are mostly uninformed -
military administrators that have never
read any book on administration sit
over a council meeting to direct what
they know nothing about and
Presidents who have no reference to
any government of any nation, even the
government of their own nations. As a
result, we have largely undeveloped
people embarking on the task of
developing nations. Can you imagine
somebody who failed the School
Certificate Examination trying to teach
others how to pass it?
Information must be consciously
acquired. I once said every vision rides
on the wheels of information. No
matter how authentic your vision, your
level of information determines your
speed and overall accomplishment.
Every purpose is brought into effect by
information. Iron sharpens iron. What
reading does is to enable you rub your
small mind with greater minds, so as to
sharpen it and make it sound. I have
never seen a generation that has so
many books pouring out from the
Church like ours. We are in the age of
success, so let’s invest; let’s spend and
be spent to acquire information,
because it will determine the colour of
our destiny.

Chapter 3
Covenant Keys To Success
Success is the heritage of the last
days’ Church, as every child of God is
set apart for success. From the day you
step into the kingdom of life, success
becomes your inheritance. But the
success of every man in the kingdom is
a function of the light in which he
walks. The last days is the era of the
Church; but she will not take charge by
rigorous prayers or exhaustive fasting,
but by the divine secrets that shall be
delivered to her.
I will be showing you some of these
keys in this chapter.
Favour
Success is a direct function of
divine favour. Thank God for hard
work, but if it were equal to greatness,
a lot of men would have been great
t o d a y. What hard work could not
accomplish for the children of Israel in
their 430 years of enslavement in the
land of Egypt, favour did in one day
when they turned on this covenant key.
“Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my
mountain to stand strong...” (Ps. 30:7).
Favour, and not your strength, is what
makes you stand out in life.
 Though success is a product of
favour, enjoying favour places a
demand on those who desire it, as you
do not wait for God’s favour; you work
it out. How then do you provoke God’s
favour?
Be Kingdom-Minded
Psalm 102:13-14 reveals that
favouring God’s kingdom was what
triggered the favour they enjoyed. God
will only favour you when what
matters to Him matters to you. When
you are passionate about God and His
kingdom, then you are set for success.
No matter how hard you preach, if
you do not love God’s kingdom and
favour the dust thereof, you will never
s u c c e e d . Devotion, dedication and
yieldedness to God and His kingdom
are the ways to secure God’s favour. I
am not in any trade, neither have I ever
invested a dime in any business; yet I
will never beg till my time on earth is
over, because I favour His kingdom. I
enjoy His special favour that forbids
that I lack any good thing. Moreover,
when I have favour with God, I am
bound to have favour with men (Prov.
16:7).
When you sow a seed of favour,
you are set for a harvest of favour, so
do not scorn kingdom projects. Rather,
develop a new and positive attitude to
the kingdom of God. Consider it a
privilege to be involved in whatever
affects the kingdom in whatever way
you can, as God is watching from
heaven to reward His diligent seekers
with success.
It Is Entreated
And the daughter of Tyre shall be
there with a gift; even the rich among
the people shall entreat thy favour.
- Psalm 45:12
Favour can also be entreated; and a
gift is the instrument with which you
entreat it. The Bible says, “A man’s gift
maketh room for him, and bringeth him
before great men” (Prov. 18:16). You
can entreat God’s favour with your
gifts. I gave God something one day,
and He said to me, “My son David,
even if you do not want to be rich, it is
too late.” The summary of my story
today is that I am highly favoured. So
be determined to retain God’s favour
by constantly provoking it. Whenever
you see toughness and hardship around
you, organise your way out of it by
giving a favour-provoking seed as the
people did in Psalm 126.
Favour is not to be prayed or fasted
for, it is to be entreated; and God
enlarges your room in proportion to
your gift. Favour is the pathway to
fortune and success. It does not happen
by chance or luck; it is taking
conscious steps towards a conscious
end.
Another way of entreating favour is
by showing favour to others.
Blessed are the merciful: for they
shall obtain mercy.
- Matthew 5:7
In other words, “Blessed are they
that give favour, for they shall obtain
favour in return.” The level of favour
you enjoy is a function of the level to
which you favour others. In the book of
Esther, Mordecai got wind of a plan to
kill king Ahasuerus and leaked it,
thereby sparing the king’s life. A time
came when Mordecai was also to be
killed, but his earlier seed of favour
will not allow it. Instead, the king
could not sleep for his sake that night,
and the man who was to kill him was
killed in his place. No wonder Jesus
said in Luke 6:36, “Be ye therefore
merciful, as your Father also is
merciful.”
The law of seedtime and harvest
controls the issue of favour. Do you
want to walk in favour? Then be a man
of favour.
Be Grateful
And now, O ye priests, this
commandment is for you.
If ye will not hear, and if ye will
not lay it to heart, to give glory unto
my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will
even send a curse upon you, and I will
curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed
them already, because ye do not lay it
to heart.
- Malachi 2:1-2
Ingratitude is a character crisis that
stops the flow of favour. Watch every
ungrateful man, he hardly smells
success. David came into favour with
God because of His lifestyle of
gratitude: “I slept and I awoke because
the Lord sustained me.” “Bless the
Lord O my soul, and forget not all his
benefits…” Others would probably not
see anything in what he was saying, but
his gratitude caused him to walk in
favour before God.
A man of gratitude will perpetually
walk in favour. But this is a missing
ingredient in the life of many
Christians. A businessman who is not
grateful for the one thousand naira
sales he made today may not make
such profits tomorrow. Do you want to
walk in favour perpetually? Then
become a man of gratitude. Let
gratitude become a way of life with
you. Teach your children to be grateful.
Ingratitude has cost many their great
destinies, so learn to show gratitude to
both God and man. Show it in words
and in deeds also.
Some other covenant keys that lead
to true success include:
Goal
Success begins with having a goal;
that is, a defined target. That is why
successful men are usually referred to
as “goal-getters”. You do not get a goal
except you set one. Where there is no
target, you never hit one. So a life
without a goal is sure to suffer
frustrations and setbacks. Have you
ever seen a football match without a
goal post? The match will end in
frustration, as no winner can emerge.
The same way, if you start any day
without a set target, that day is likely to
be wasted, because you are going to
lose time and end up frustrated. That is
why any successful executive plans his
day before he moves out.
But it is not enough to set long-
term goals; you also need to have daily
goals, because the farthest journey
begins with a step. What you are doing
today is a pointer to where you are
heading tomorrow. Jesus, our perfect
example, was a great goal-setter. He
said, “To this end was I born, and for
this cause came I into this world, that I
should bear witness to the truth” (Jn.
18:37). That was His goal, and He
achieved it.
Grasping
It is not enough to have a goal; you
must have a good grasp of the details
involved in achieving that goal. An
understanding of the details of your
goal enhances the quality of your
o u t p u t . The Bible says, “Good
understanding giveth favour: but the
way of the ignorant is hard” (Prov.
13:15).
A good understanding will not only
place you in high demand in your field,
but will also grant you speed for
accomplishment. Every outstanding
result is a product of good
understanding. But you must know that
understanding is not a gift. It is a task
that you undertake out of a strong
desire and desperate search for
knowledge. Daniel was a man blessed
with the gift of wisdom. Yet he said, “I
Daniel understood by books” (Dan.
9:2). Therefore, understanding does not
come without a search.
Growth
Growth talks about a maturing
process; that is, growing into your
desires. Your level of maturity is what
determines your placement in the race
of life, as you do not take command
until you have been certified mature
enough for the position.
But strong meat belongeth to them
that are of full age, even those who by
reason of use have their senses
exercised to discern both good and evil.
- Hebrews 5:14
It follows that growth is a function
of mental maturity. It is having your
senses exercised to the level that you
have a firm hold of secrets and details
which puts you in command. God does
not entrust great things into the hands
of amateurs. No matter how much you
cry, God will not commit something
beyond your capacity and maturity into
your hands.
Grinding
This is the investment of time,
energy and resources into the goals you
believe in. No matter how colourful
your goal, it will never be
accomplished without a grinding or
working process. The setting of a goal,
grasping, and growing are all
preparations behind the scene, which
set the stage for the actual work.
There is dignity in labour, but the
talk of the lips only tend to penury
(Prov. 14:23). The Bible says, “The
soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath
nothing: but the soul of the diligent
shall be made fat” (Prov. 13:4).
Fatness is a function of hard work. No
amount of certificates you acquire can
substitute for hard work. The world of
yesterday celebrated certificates, but
today’s world celebrates results; and
there can be no result without hard
work.
“He that tilleth his land shall be
satisfied with bread...” (Prov. 12:11).
Your destiny is determined by what
you do with your hands, so put them to
work. Do not watch life pass you by;
you must make it count. There is no
substitute for hard work if you want to
succeed. If any, the only substitute for
hard work is a hard life; so make your
choice. No one will hear your story
tomorrow without you working hard
today.
A Gallup poll in America came up
with the statistics that 80 per cent of
the children of successful people do not
succeed. This is because they are not
exposed to the major ingredient that
makes for success - hard work.
Everything is done for them, so they
are never able to maintain what is left
to them. Living without working is like
dying without knowing. Be identified
with your job or studies, and do it with
all your heart. Do not see it as a
punishment or burden, for it is the
access road to where you are going.
Gaining
Profit is the motivation for hard
work. “In all labour there is profit”
(Prov. 14:23). The benefits of labour
are comprehensive, covering material,
physical and mental dimensions of life.
The founder of the Daewoo industry
said, “Hard work enhances creativity.
Not only that, it keeps you physically
fit and mentally alert.”
However, to retain the profits, you
have to embrace change. But what we
have is that some welcome change as
long as it doesn’t cost them anything.
But that is impossible! If you must
maintain whatever success you have
attained, then you must be adaptable to
the demands of change. Robert
Schuller told the story of a young man
in the Middle East, who had studied in
Cambridge but lost everything he had
during a crisis. He got to the desert one
day and said, “There must be water
under this ground,” and everybody
laughed him to scorn. But he went
ahead and got some of the war refugees
to start digging by hand. They dug until
the ground started getting wet, and they
later came across portable water. That
was the beginning of irrigation farming
in the Middle East. Somebody was set
for a change and got it.
If you want a different result, then
change your approach. If you want to
maintain success, then you must be
adaptable to change.
Challenges
There is no freeway in the pursuit
of any goal. You must expect road-
blocks and get ready for challenges,
which can come in the form of
mockery, oppositions and persecutions.
If you must reach your goal, you must
understand that such challenges exist
and be prepared to confront them.
 In 1992, God said to me, “I am
going to bless you and cause the work
to blossom, but persecution will come
to authenticate the blessing.” That is
why I always respond to oppositions
with a smile. Have you not heard?
“There is no man who has left house,
mother, wife, children or land for my
sake and the gospel, who shall not have
hundredfold of each one with
persecution” (Mk. 10:29-30). If you do
not expect those challenges, they may
drown you when they come. You may
give in to discouragement, which may
make you lose or miss your attainment.
Therefore, be determined to keep going
no matter what comes your way. The
Bible says, “Offences must come, but
woe unto him, by who it come”
(Lk.17:1).
May God help you to fulfill all that
is required of you to attain success, so
that your life will not be a waste, in
Jesus’ name, Amen!
 Chapter 4

Divine Guidance Is A Must!

Success is a choice to which you
must be truly committed before it can
be actualised. It is also a choice that
operates on laws which you must obey
consistently, excitedly and tirelessly.
One of the fundamental laws of success
is the law of divine guidance. That was
how Abraham’s journey to success
began in Genesis 12:1-3:
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
shew thee:
 And I will make of thee a great
nation, and I will bless thee, and make
thy name great; and thou shalt be a
blessing:
And I will bless them that bless
thee, and curse him that curseth thee:
and in thee shall all families of the
earth be blessed.
The Lord said to Abraham, “I’m
moving you forward as you follow My
guidance. I will show you the land of
your unending success.” Speaking
about how God led Israel through the
wilderness, the Bible says in
Deuteronomy 32:10&12, “He lead him
about, he instructed him, he kept him as
the apple of His eye…So the Lord alone
did lead him...” The Bible also tells us:
 Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer,
the Holy One of Israel; I am the Lord
thy God which teacheth thee to profit,
which leadeth thee by the way that thou
shouldest go.
- Isaiah 48:17
In the non-Christian world, hard
work is considered the principal asset
for success; but it is not true of the
Christian faith. Before Peter met Jesus,
he had been working hard, but without
success. In fact, he had toiled all night
and caught nothing. But as soon as he
obeyed the voice of divine instruction
given by Jesus, he caught so much fish
that he had to call on others to help, as
his net began to break (Lk. 5:1-7).
Every true and lasting success in
the kingdom is traceable to divine
guidance. You cannot afford to keep
struggling as a Christian. Hard work
alone is no guarantee for true and
lasting success. That is why the
Psalmist said in Psalm 127:1-2:
Except the Lord build the house,
they labour in vain that build it: except
the Lord keep the city, the watchman
waketh but in vain.
It is vain for you to rise up early, to
sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows:
for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
In your walk with God, you need to
be sensitive to divine signals, as it is
what will enable you locate from
heaven the provisions that will move
you on to the next phase in your
business, career, family, relationships,
e t c . If you study everyone that was
divinely lifted in the Bible (Abraham,
Moses, David, Paul), you will discover
that their lifting by divine guidance
was absolutely a personal affair. You
need a personal encounter with God;
you need to be alone with Him to
discover what is required of you. You
do not have to wait for a message on
the pulpit; rather, wait on the Lord, and
He will direct you.
Just as there were fishes in the sea
waiting for Peter’s net, so also is
success waiting for you, if only you
understand and appreciate the divine
guidance factor for becoming a
success. Many business people have
taken some regrettable steps time and
again because they were not divinely
led. You can’t be led and still lose, as
God never leads His people backwards,
He leads them forward. He led Israel
about until He made him to ride upon
the high places of the earth. When God
is leading, He leads you higher and
higher, not higher and lower.
According to scriptures, there is a
land appointed for your success; there
is a place where your success is
guaranteed. But every dislocation will
lead to frustration. Many have thought
their success lie in Europe or the
United States, and they have gone there
looking for it, only to end up being
frustrated. They led themselves there;
they were not divinely led. You can’t
be truly led and not take the lead. God
led Abraham, showing him which way
to go, and then suddenly Abraham
deflected in Genesis 12:10. Because of
the famine in the land, he went down
into Egypt, where he lost his integrity
and was eventually sent packing. When
Abraham traced his way back to God,
the Bible records that he became rich
in cattle, silver and gold (Gen. 13:1-2).
Benefits of Divine Guidance
Whereas the world is guided by
scientific facts, feasibility studies,
dreams, etc, believers are guided by the
finger of God. When you are divinely
guided, God goes before you to make
the crooked paths straight.
 Thus saith the LORD to his
anointed…
I will go before thee, and make the
crooked places straight: I will break in
pieces the gates of brass, and cut in
sunder the bars of iron:
And I will give thee the treasures of
darkness, and hidden riches of secret
places, that thou mayest know that I,
the LORD, which call thee by thy
name, am the God of Israel.
- Isaiah 45:1-3
God also sends His angel to go
before you, to keep you in the way and
to do warfare against opposing forces
in the spirit realm.
Behold, I send an Angel before
thee, to keep thee in the way, and to
bring thee into the place which I have
prepared.
- Exodus 23:20
God commits His angels who excel
in strength to guard you until you get to
the place of promotion prepared for
you. They are equipped to deal with
any dragon on your way to the top.
That’s why the going goes great when
God is leading you.
Divine guidance is very important
in a Christian’s life, because it ensures
divine backup. God is committed to
ensuring the success of whatever He
directs you to do. The Bible says,
“Faithful is he that calleth you, who
also will do it” (1 Thess. 5:24). God,
being the good Shepherd, always goes
ahead of us to silence all opposition
and dismantle all obstacles on the way
to the top (Jn. 10:4). So when you walk
in divine guidance, only the forces that
can stop God can stop you from being
successful.
Since there are different voices
giving instructions (Jn. 10:5), it is
important to know how to recognise
God’s leading.
How To Recognise God’s Voice
The Bible admonishes us to “Prove
all things; hold fast that which is
good” (1 Thess. 5:21). There are four
unique characteristics of divine
gui dance. The first is that it is
accompanied by peace (Ps. 85:8). God
will always speak peace. When He
instructs you, there is a deep-seated
peace of heart, eliminating all inner
turbulence.
Secondly, there is ease whenever
God directs (Ps. 25:12-13). You
operate in a tension-free atmosphere.
When God shows you the way to go,
you are at ease. Also, when the Lord is
leading, you are endued with strength
(Judg. 6:14). An unusual type of energy
comes upon you to move in the way
you have been directed.
Finally, the Bible says wherever the
Spirit of God is, there is liberty (2 Cor.
3:17). There is no feeling of being
bound or choked when you are doing
what God has directed you to do.
Rather, you enjoy spiritual freedom.
 Now that you know the benefits of
divine guidance and how to recognise
God’s voice or leading, you also need
to know how to be divinely led.
Securing Divine Guidance
The Holy Ghost is the principal
agent of divine guidance, and He can
only relate with you via your spirit
(Rom. 8:16). Therefore, in order to be
divinely guided, you must be in the
spirit. But the problem with many
Christians today is that they are more
often in the flesh than in spirit, so they
cannot pick the voice of divine
guidance. You cannot be in the flesh
and expect to hear God. So you have to
constantly tune in to your spirit man, to
hear the voice of the Spirit of God.
 In addition to being in the spirit,
you must be joyful to secure divine
guidance (Isa. 30:29-31). The voice of
the Spirit is a joyful sound, so it takes
an equally joyful spirit to hear it. That
is why depressed people end up
oppressed, because they cannot hear
the directives they need to go above
their situation. No wonder, Paul, a man
of many revelations, kept on
emphasizing the need to be in a
rejoicing state (Phil. 4:4).
Apart from being joyful, you also
need to be still (Ps. 46:10). The voice
of God can hardly be picked in a rowdy
atmosphere, whether internal or
external. Elijah’s encounter with God
in 1 Kings 19:11-13 is an illustration of
the need for stillness. It takes a still
spirit to hear the still, small voice of
God.
A fourth requirement for securing
divine guidance is through prayer (Ps.
32:6). You can know the details of
God’s programmes and purpose for
your life through prayer. David, a man
who was highly lifted by God, often
secured divine guidance through
prayer, his excellent war record
notwithstanding (2 Sam. 5:18-25). At
every crossroads, rather than depend on
your own understanding, go to God and
ask for His way (Jer. 33:3). Note that
God said He would show, not give
answers. Most people pray to get; very
few pray to see, not knowing that if you
can see what He is showing you and
hear what He is saying, you will get
what you desire. It is important to note
that the purpose of praying for divine
guidance is to receive answers from
God.
This brings us to the final means of
securing divine guidance, which is by
being watchful (Hab. 2:2). There are
many misguided prayer warriors, who
do not know anything about watching.
You cannot be talking and hearing at
the same time. So, after talking in
prayer, you need to stop and watch to
receive the required directions.
Divine guidance is what makes the
journey to success great, not your
expertise or skill, as one wrong step or
move can wreck a whole destiny. You
must mind the law of divine guidance
if your goal is to be successful, as the
anointing is no substitute for His
leading. God already had a plan and
programme for our lives before we
arrived; walking in the centre of His
programme for our lives is what makes
us the envy of our world. May you
never miss your place in God’s master
plan.
As you put these factors to use, you
will no longer miss your steps or invest
time, energy or resources in the wrong
things and your success will not be
denied, in Jesus’ name!
 Chapter 5

The Place of Opportunity

A wise man is quoted as saying,
“Success is a matter of luck, ask any
failure.” That is to say, every failure
sees and believes that success is a
matter of luck. But that is not the truth.
Success is a matter of light!
There are two words that are almost
similar: one is opportune, and the other
is fortune. When somebody is
fortunate, I believe it is because he is
opportuned; that is, he is smart enough
to grab a productive idea and put it to
work. He was smart enough to know
what would work and how to make it
work.
What is Opportunity?
Opportunity is a discovered avenue
for profiting. It is locating what will
work and making it work. It is knowing
what will produce. I consider
opportunity as the mother of all
fortunes, and to lack it is to be
unfortunate. A wise man once said,
“Opportunity is missed by many
because it is dressed in overalls that
look like work.” Many don’t like the
word “Work”. They think opportunity
is merely a chance to enjoy what they
don’t earn.
Taking advantage of situations by
the gifts of God in your life is another
definition of opportunity. Seeing the
situation around and knowing what
abilities are inherent in you, you then
look for where those things will sell
and put them to use. Nigeria is a
country blessed with great reserve for
great exploits. In fact, an Indian once
said, “Nigeria is so blessed that you
can literally pick Naira on the road; but
Nigerians are so blind that they cannot
see it.” May God open your eyes!
Stop seeking short cuts to success.
You can make the most of where you
are by deciding to be productive and
not look for cheap money! Nothing
stays with you that you have not earned
(Prov. 13:11). There is no untalented
Christian; there is no ungifted child of
God. And every gift of the Spirit is for
the profiting of the saints. You can
engage the gifts of God in you to locate
opportunities that abound around you
and make the most of them.
Some time ago there was kerosene
and gas scarcity in town, and one of my
brothers located firewood in nearby
villages, brought them to town and
made great gains in six weeks by
selling them to people. That is
opportunity! Our success or prosperity
is not tied to a particular area of
e n d e a v o u r . Psalm 1:3 says,
“Whatsoever he doeth, it shall
prosper...” It is not tied to any
particular field, but to whatsoever thing
he can make anything out of. That’s
why God’s Word says, “Whatsoever
your hand findeth to do, do it with thy
might...” (Eccl. 9:10). Proverbs 14:23
also says, “In all labour there is
profit...” So, do not be imprisoned by
your discipline or be tied down by your
certificates and qualifications. Do not
give in to frustration because of your
education. We live in a land of great
fortunes, and so there is no excuse for
misfortune. We live in a land of great
opportunities; to be unfortunate is a
shame.
What is the need for education? It
is to broaden your understanding,
helping you locate the abounding
opportunities around you that will
cause your star to shine. It exposes you
to a wider range of choices. People
with limited education do not know
perhaps beyond what they are told by
people around them. But the educated
have volumes here and there from
where they can gain and understand
things. Utilize your education; don’t
allow it tie you down in failure.
How To Locate Opportunity
There are three ways of locating the
opportunities that abound around you.
By a Search
The Bible says, “He that seeketh
findeth.” What you do not seek, you
will never find. “Ask, you shall be
given, seek you shall find, knock and it
shall be opened to you” (Matt. 7:7). It
is your responsibility to conduct a
search on where the gifts of God in you
can produce good values and results.
Conduct a search and be sincere about
i t . You must do that because
opportunity is a man that is ever in
great demand; if he does not come to
you, go for him.
There is something in you crying
out for expression. Look for where and
how you can express it and profit by it
as well. Opportunity abounds, but
people are afraid of the labour it
entails. People don’t want to work,
that’s why they claim that there are no
opportunities. In the parable of the idle
labourers in Matthew 20, Jesus said,
“Go and work.” That means there is
something for you to do. You must find
it. You don’t get from life more than
what you put in it. So, go in search of
opportunities.
Create Opportunities
If at the end of your search you
cannot locate opportunity, then create
one by creative thinking! Tell yourself,
“It can be done. I can do something
here. If nobody hires me, I will hire
myself.”
Creative thinking helps to locate
diverse opportunities. You have a God-
given ability to create things, because
you are an heir of God and joint-heir
with Christ. By Christ were all things
m ade. So you too can make things
happen, because you have creative
capabilities like Christ.
Catch Opportunities
 At times, you do not even need a
search, as opportunities present
themselves. That is, there is no search,
there is no effort, there is no rigour, but
you just find opportunity waiting for
you. A wise man said, “Eyes that look
are many, but eyes that see are few.”
David saw an opportunity in Goliath.
He killed him, and by Goliath’s death
David ascended the throne. Joseph saw
an opportunity in the cupbearer he met
in the prison. After interpreting his
dream, Joseph said to him, “Remember
me when you get to the palace.”
Note that opportunity must be
utilized in order to bring profiting. The
man by the pool of Bethesda was
sitting by the pool of opportunity for
38 years and could not utilize it. Worse
still, even when Jesus walked up to him
to ask, “Would thou be made whole?”
he almost lost the opportunity of being
healed by explaining away his situation
rather than answering in the
affirmative.
Opportunity has been described as a
baldheaded man that must be grabbed
quickly before it slips by. A wise man
said, “Many of us have heard
opportunity knocking at our doors. But
by the time we unlock the chains, push
back the bolts, turn the two locks and
shut off the burglary alarm, it was
gone.” This is a very apt summary of
Songs of Solomon 5:2-8. When
opportunity is lost, misfortune sets in.
So, it’s not enough to see and have
opportunity; you must rise up swiftly
to utilize it before it is gone.
It is time to see the opportunities
that pass by daily. May they not slip by
you unutilized anymore!
 Chapter 6

You Need Endurance

Thou therefore endure hardness, as
a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
No man that warreth entangleth
himself with the affairs of this life; that
he may please him who hath chosen
him to be a soldier.
And if a man also strive for
masteries, yet is he not crowned,
except he strive lawfully.
- 2 Timothy 2:3-5
The law of endurance is a cardinal
law in the journey to success. It is the
price you pay to ascend your throne, as
everything precious comes out of
pressures. Proverbs 27:21 says, “As the
fining pot for silver, and the furnace
for gold; so is a man to his praise.”
How much heat you are willing to
endure today determines how high you
will fly tomorrow.
The Church is full of earthen
vessels, but a few gold and silver ones,
because not many people are willing to
endure the heat of the furnace and the
pressures of the refining pot. But those
who take short cuts in life end up
having their lives cut short, and those
who dodge the heat miss the height.
Endurance is the identity of men of
prominence. It is a required quality for
distinction in life, for unless a man
strives lawfully in a race, he cannot
win the prize. It is my prayer that you
will receive grace from heaven to give
life what it takes, so you can make the
most of it. You will not miss it, in
Jesus’ name!
Pay The Price
For which of you, intending to
build a tower, sitteth not down first,
and counteth the cost, whether he have
sufficient to finish it?
- Luke 14:28
Your place in destiny is not free;
there is a price to be paid to secure it.
Psalm 126:3 says, “The Lord hath done
great things for us; whereof we are
glad.” But verses 5 and 6 tell us what
provoked the mighty acts of God:
They that sow in tears shall reap in
joy.
He that goeth forth and weepeth,
bearing precious seed, shall doubtless
come again with rejoicing, bringing his
sheaves with him.
It takes a great price to secure a
great destiny. Jesus was born of the
Holy Ghost, and was sent down to earth
from heaven on a mission. Yet He had
to pay the price to secure His place in
destiny. Today, He is still the most
distinguished man that ever lived. He
paid the price for greatness, and the
profit is everlasting. The Bible says,
“…Of the increase of His kingdom,
there shall be no end.”
In Matthew 20:21-22, the mother of
James and John came to Jesus to make
a request:
...Grant that these my two sons may
sit, the one on thy right hand, and the
other on the left, in thy kingdom.
But Jesus answered and said, Ye
know not what ye ask. Are ye able to
drink of the cup that I shall drink of,
and to be baptized with the baptism
that I am baptized with? They say unto
him, We are able.
In other words, enthronement does
not answer to prayer, but to the
payment of the required price. Every
tower has a price attached to it. Until
you first sit down, count the cost and
give it what it takes, your dream of a
tower will never be realised. This is
because the desires of your heart only
answer to your input in life. If you do
not pay the price today, you should not
expect to receive anything when the
time for giving out prizes comes.
Proverbs 27:21 makes it very clear that
a man’s praise never goes beyond the
price he is prepared to pay. Whatever
your desire in life is, pay the price
today, and it will be delivered into your
hands tomorrow.
Sacrifice
Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Except a corn of wheat fall into the
ground and die, it abideth alone: but if
it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
-John 12:24
The grace for sacrifice is the path
to significance. The reason there are
too many mediocres in the Church is
because most people sit down with
folded hands, waiting for something to
happen. We are co-labourers with God,
and until our part is fulfilled, God is
not committed to doing His part. For
instance, there may be two individuals
working in the same organization and
earning the same salary. But one has
built a house, without stealing, while
the other has built his stomach. The
first man knows the rule of game, so he
regulates and disciplines his taste,
sacrificing every luxury in order to
have a shelter over his head. But the
other man is not willing to sacrifice
anything. He eats all and keeps wishing
for one day when a building would
drop from the sky with his name
written on it. Of course, that day will
never come, because the Bible says
every house is built by some man (Heb.
3:4).
There must first be a dying, before
living can be colourful. Therefore, get
ready to give it what it takes to succeed
in life, so that you do not end up as a
Prodigal Christian. Place value on your
time and every covenant resources at
your disposal, and invest them
appropriately as a man who is in a race
and is determined to get the prize.
Psalm 126:6 says:
He that goeth forth and weepeth,
bearing precious seed, shall doubtless
come again with rejoicing, bringing his
sheaves with him.
Every great season of harvest is
preceded by a great season of sacrifice.
So, do not expect to reap success until
you are prepared to sacrifice whatever
will qualify you for the harvest of
success. Remember, a man can only
reap what he has sown.
Keep At It!
But I have a baptism to be baptized
with; and how am I straitened till it be
accomplished!
- Luke 12:50
If you want to make it to the top,
the law of endurance must be
embraced. And the harder you are on
yourself, the higher you will fly in life.
Do not give up in the middle of the
race; you must endure to the end in
order to win the prize. Some people
faint when they are just about to hit
their miracle. But the Bible advises us,
“And let us not be weary in well doing:
for in due season we shall reap, if we
faint not” (Gal. 6:9).
Look at the case of a cocoa farmer
and a tomato farmer for instance. In the
first three years, the cocoa farmer
looks like a miserable man, because he
has no harvest to take home. In fact,
the tomato farmer who harvests his
crops every few months may even
begin to mock him. But when the cocoa
farmer begins to harvest his crops, he
becomes the centre of attraction. Even
after his death, his children’s children
will continue to enjoy the proceeds
from the cocoa farm.
The next phase of your life is
waiting, but you can not access it
without paying the necessary price.
Stay committed to that seemingly little
career, and gradually you will begin to
compel God’s good hand to lift you.
Hebrews 12:2 says:
Looking unto Jesus the author and
finisher of our faith; who for the joy
that was set before him endured the
cross, despising the shame, and is set
down at the right hand of the throne of
God.
If only you can see the colourful
future that awaits you, you will never
be discouraged. Even Jesus went
through a process to possess His
possession. In Luke 12:49, He said, “I
am come to send fire on the earth…”
and in verse 50, He said, “…How am I
straitened till it be accomplished.”
That means He was stretched to the
full, yet He had to endure to the end.
Men who are able to set their world
ablaze by their impact are men of
endurance. Every man of significance
has a story of sacrifice and endurance
to tell. There will always be
opportunities to turn back if you do not
have the grace for endurance. But I see
that grace come upon you now, in the
name of Jesus!
Success is your portion, and you
will get there, in Jesus’ mighty name!
 Chapter 7

Fundamentals of Success
Most teachings on success,
promotion and divine lifting major on
what people should do to succeed.
However, many are doing all the
prescribed things, yet there is no
positive change in their status. Why is
this so? I discovered the reason is that
success or divine lifting is not so much
a function of what to do, but a function
of what to be.
For promotion cometh neither from
the east, nor from the west, nor from
the south.
But God is the judge: he putteth
down one, and setteth up another.
- Psalm 75:6-7
Many are excellent in their fields of
endeavour, yet every opportunity for
lifting passes them by because they
lack the necessary character to match
the position they aspire to. Therefore,
what to BE is much more important
than what to DO, because what you are
is what actually determines what you
do.
God enacted the law of divine
success in Joshua 1:6-9. A careful look
at those verses shows that God spoke to
Joshua five times about what to BE,
and just twice on what to DO; showing
how vital what you are, as opposed to
what you do, determines how
successful you are or will be.
The truth is that the future of every
seed lies in its nature. The quality of
your character is the foundation for
how great your future will be.
Unfortunately, awareness of this fact is
greatly missing in the body of Christ
today, so many are struggling with
doing, not realising that the
fundamental requirements for divine
lifting lie in being.
What should you BE to qualify for
lasting success?
Be Strong
Be strong and of a good courage…
Only be thou strong and very
courageous...
Have not I commanded thee? Be
strong and of a good courage; be not
afraid, neither be thou dismayed...
-Joshua 1:6-7, 9
God kept reiterating to Joshua the
need to be strong. The strength referred
to in this context is not physical
strength. It means to be wise as we see
in Proverbs 24:5: “A wise man is
strong; yea, a man of knowledge
increaseth strength.” The essence of
this wisdom in the school of success is
to offer divine direction. The Preacher
tells us that wisdom is profitable to
direct (Eccl. 10:10). When you are wise
and divinely directed, a sense of
purpose comes upon you, which
induces inner strength and makes you
unstoppable in your journey to the top.
 The latter part of the scripture in
Proverbs 24:5 says, “A man of
knowledge increaseth strength.”
Knowledge here means to be informed,
to be adequately enlightened about
your mission. God was telling Joshua
to check out everything He told Moses,
because such information would help
him on his journey to success. Daniel
also attests to this truth that strength
comes from knowledge (Dan. 11:32).
Be Meek
Now the man Moses was very
meek, above all the men which were
upon the face of the earth.
- Numbers 12:3
Moses was one of the greatest men
that ever lived on the planet earth. His
lifting was not a result of his
intelligence or physical strength; it was
a result of his meekness. The Bible
tells us that God resists the proud (1
Pet. 5:5). Meekness is a must if success
is your goal. You require meekness
(not religious piety) to see true
greatness.
Meekness or humility is not what
you do; it is what you are. Be humble,
and that will qualify you for divine
lifting, which ends in success. Our
Lord Jesus Christ, despite the great and
mighty works He did, and heavens’
open declaration and public
confirmation of His position, said, “…I
can of my own self do nothing.” He
never arrogantly took up the glory for
anything He did, but meekly kept on
acknowledging God as the Doer. No
wonder He was so highly lifted by God
(Phil. 2:5-9).
Be Faithful
Jesus gave a parable in Matthew 25,
about some servants whose master
gave different amounts of talents to
trade with while he went away on a
journey. When he returned, he called
the servants to give account of their
activities, and the first one said he had
doubled the initial amount given him.
His master’s glad response was:
…Well done, thou good and
faithful servant: thou hast been faithful
over a few things, I will make thee
ruler over many things: enter thou into
the joy of thy lord.
- Matthew 25:21
Take note of the double emphasis
here on faithfulness. It is a
fundamental requirement for success,
divine lifting, promotion and increases.
No wonder God said in 1 Corinthians
4 : 2 , “Moreover it is required in
stewards, that a man be found
faithful.” Here faithfulness is not a
suggestion, but a requirement.
Some Christians are going through
hard situations today, not because they
are not walking in the covenant per se,
but because they are not faithful,
especially in money matters. I saw a
statement about father Abraham in
Nehemiah 9:8:
 And foundest his heart faithful
before thee, and madest a covenant
with him to give the land of the
Canaanites...to his seed, and hast
performed thy words; for thou art
righteous.
Faithfulness was what qualified
Abraham for greatness. Again in
Galatians 3:8-9, we see how
faithfulness provoked divine blessings
for him; and by covenant for all of us
who follow his example.
Faithfulness is, therefore, a
requirement for success.
Be Grateful
To be grateful means to be thankful
or appreciative. It is your depth of
gratitude that determines your altitude.
David said it is a good thing to give
thanks unto the Lord (Ps. 92:1). That
was one of the secrets of his lifting. In
Psalm 116:12, 17, the Psalmist said he
would render unto God the sacrifice of
thanksgiving. Why did he call it a
sacrifice? It is because there are times
you give thanks for what you have not
yet received. Note that nothing shatters
destiny like grumbling. It breaks down
your defences and exposes you to the
oppression of the wicked one.
God’s will for every member of the
body of Christ is for us to be thankful
in everything. If you have lost anything
at all, God is the reason you have not
lost everything. Therefore, follow
prophet Habakkuk’s advice and rejoice
(Hab. 3:17-19). You cannot go down
praising God, neither can you remain
empty.
These four fundamentals are things
you deliberately and consciously
choose to be. The choice to succeed is
in your hands. Take grace today to
make the right choice, and your success
will be unending.
 Pillar 8

Prosperity
Contents
Introduction 465
1. The Covenant of Prosperity 467
2. Access to Kingdom Prosperity
475
3. Why God Prospers 485
4. How God Prospers 495
5. Fundamentals of Kingdom
Prosperity 505
6. Kinds of Giving 517
7. Some Hidden Covenants 527
 Pillar 8
Prosperity
Introduction
Prosperity in the kingdom of God is
not a promise you claim in prayers or
through fasting and confessions; it is a
covenant (Gen. 8:22; Deut. 8:18). It
answers only to your understanding and
practice of the covenant details.
Whatever career or business you are
involved in is not the sole determinant
of your prosperity; the light or
revelation under which you are
operating is what determines your
prosperity.
The Word of God is what creates
wealth. The Word seed is what controls
all forms of increases in our human
endeavours; and the faith we put in by
doing what the Word says is what
delivers kingdom prosperity. That is,
while the Word of God is the covenant
platform for kingdom prosperity, faith
is our access into it. No blessing of
God can be delivered to you without
faith first being in place (Lk. 1:45;
Heb. 4:2).
Faith is active; it controls your
actions. In Genesis 12, God said to
Abraham, “Get thee out…to a land that
I will show you.” The Bible records
Abraham’s reaction thus: “And so
Abraham departed…” Is it any wonder
then that the Bible also records in
Genesis 13:2: “And Abraham was very
rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.”
 Prosperity is a product of faith.
After discovering the secrets of
covenant wealth, it takes faith to put it
to work. The following teachings on
the subject of prosperity will show you
what it takes to enjoy lasting kingdom
prosperity.
The listed books below will also
greatly boost your insight on the
subject of prosperity:
Breaking Financial Hardship
Understanding Financial Prosperity
Financial Prosperity
Covenant Wealth
The Hidden Covenants of Blessings
 Chapter 1

The Covenant of Prosperity

He brought them forth also with
silver and gold: and there was not one
feeble person among their tribes.
- Psalm 105:37
Redemption is your divine
insurance against poverty. If you are
saved, you are secured in abundance.
God is committed to the abundance of
His people, as divine provision
authenticates redemption. You are
redeemed to be provided for, to be
supplied for. You are not redeemed to
beg; you are redeemed to distribute.
We are in the season of the latter
rain, which is the season of the
wondrous acts of God – the season of
unimaginable favour and fortune (Joel
2:21-26). No more will poverty be
identified with the Church of Jesus
Christ. The season of the latter rain is
also the time for the adorning of the
bride of Christ with divine providence,
affluence and the divine supplies of the
sea (Isa. 60:5; 61:10-11). The
conversion of the riches of the gentiles
is going to be supernatural monitored
by heaven, to ensure that every saint
gets his portion. Jesus will be
decorating His bride (the Church) for
the great marriage supper, and we are
the privileged bride of the great
Bridegroom, who is the Creator of the
ends of the earth.
As a latter day saint, supernatural
prosperity is your heritage. May you
receive your own portion of the divine
providence packaged for this season!
The Covenant Platform
The covenant is the platform for
your economic empowerment; it is the
foundation for supernatural prosperity.
There is a clear description of covenant
wealth in Deuteronomy 8:7-18,
whereby you eat bread without
scarcity, you build goodly houses and
dwell therein, and everything around
you multiplies. However, God said you
should never think this is possible by
your power. Rather, He says:
But thou shalt remember the LORD
thy God: for it is he that giveth thee
power to get wealth, that he may
establish his covenant which he sware
unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
- Deuteronomy 8:18
There is nothing you are and have
that can qualify you for this dimension
of wealth outside God. Proverbs 10:22
says, “The blessing of the LORD, it
maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow
with it.” The Bible also says:
Except the LORD build the house,
they labour in vain that build it: except
the LORD keep the city, the watchman
waketh but in vain.
- Psalm 127:1
So then it is not of him that willeth,
nor of him that runneth, but of God that
sheweth mercy.
- Romans 9:16
I returned, and saw under the sun,
that the race is not to the swift, nor the
battle to the strong, neither yet bread to
the wise, nor yet riches to men of
understanding, nor yet favour to men of
skill…
- Ecclesiastes 9:11
The power to get wealth is only
released on the platform of the
covenant, not because of your expertise
or skills. Covenant prosperity has no
respect for prayers; neither does it
recognize the force of fasting. It only
answers to the covenant. You access to
prosperity in the kingdom of God is via
a good understanding and practice of
covenant details.
By covenant I mean that God has
given guidelines on how to enjoy
p r o s p e r i t y . You locate them,
understand them and do that which is
required of you. It is only then that God
is committed in prospering you
according to His Word. A covenant is
like a contract. It involves two people –
God and you. God the Covenantor is
the originator of the deal, and you are
the beneficiary after your part of the
deal is fulfilled.
This scripture in Psalm 89:34 will
help boost your confidence in God and
in the covenant:
My covenant will I not break, nor
alter the thing that is gone out of my
lips.
God is a covenant Keeper. He keeps
His side of whatever covenant He cuts
with you. All you need do is to locate
what you must do to enjoy the benefits
the covenant offers and do them. God
is ever constant; man is the variable
party in every covenant. I entered my
financial rest since that day in March
1981 when I discovered the covenant of
prosperity and began walking in it. You
can always go to rest when you enter a
covenant with God and are committed
to fulfilling your part of the deal. The
children of Israel enjoyed rest round
about after they entered into a covenant
with God:
And they entered into a covenant to
seek the LORD God of their fathers
with all their heart and with all their
soul…
And all Judah rejoiced at the oath:
for they had sworn with all their heart,
and sought him with their whole desire;
and he was found of them: and the
LORD gave them rest round about.
- 2 Chronicles 15:12, 15
In March 1981, I set out for three
days to discover the secrets of
Kingdom prosperity. I went on my
journey with Kenneth Copeland’s book,
“The Law of Prosperity”, his wife’s
book, “God’s Will is Prosperity” , and
my Bible. On the third day, I found
something in Jeremiah 33:20-21 that
made me jump up in my shorts and
spun around, shouting, “I’ve found it! I
can never be poor!”
Thus saith the LORD; If ye can
break my covenant of the day, and my
covenant of the night, and that there
should not be day and night in their
season;
Then may also my covenant be
broken with David my servant, that he
should not have a son to reign upon his
throne; and with the Levites the priests,
my ministers.
- Jeremiah 33:20-21
I discovered that God’s covenant
was as eternal as the day and the night.
You can only stop the covenant from
producing if you can stop the day and
night from appearing. What God is
saying, therefore, is that as long as
human life exists on earth, His
covenant is in force. He further assures
us in verses 25-26 thus:
Thus saith the LORD; If my
covenant be not with day and night, and
if I have not appointed the ordinances
of heaven and earth;
Then will I cast away the seed of
Jacob, and David my servant, so that I
will not take any of his seed to be
rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob: for I will cause their
captivity to return, and have mercy on
them.
What then is the covenant that God
swore?
The Covenant
 After the flood, Noah reared an
altar and sacrificed unto the Lord of
every clean beast and fowl. The Bible
says God smelt a good savour, and in
Genesis 8:21-22, He said in His heart:
…I will not again curse the ground
any more for man’s sake; for the
imagination of man’s heart is evil from
his youth; neither will I again smite
any more every thing living, as I have
done.
While the earth remaineth,
seedtime and harvest, and cold and
heat, and summer and winter, and day
and night shall not cease.
The covenant is: what you sow is
what sets the pace for what you will
reap. God said, “The earth is barren
today; but I am going to fill the earth
again on the basis of this covenant.”
The flood had swept away everything,
but God restored everything via this
covenant.
Your sweat will never amount to
surplus; it is your obedience to this
covenant of seedtime and harvest that
guarantees abundance. Can you
imagine a farmer, who rather than plant
seeds in the soil of his farm goes there
and lifts his hands up to pray prevailing
prayers, after which he goes home to
announce to his wife, “We have the
heaviest yam harvest coming this
season!” What he has signed in for is a
heavy harvest of lack and want,
because harvest of yams only answers
to yam seeds sown in the ground.
Note that the knowledge of
scriptures is not what guarantees a
future, but its practice. Every
testimony of abundance in scriptures is
traceable to the practice of this law of
seed time and harvest. Abraham took
one son to the altar, and we all are
covenant sons and daughters of
Abraham today. God sent Jesus Christ
to die so as to connect us to the
blessings of Abraham. Jesus was made
a curse for us that we might be
connected to the Abrahamic blessings
(Gal. 3:13-14).
Solomon took a thousand burnt
sacrifices to the altar, and God said,
“You have fulfilled the terms of the
covenant, so you are entitled to the
fullness of My blessings.” With that,
divine wealth multiplied in Solomon’s
life (1 Kgs. 3: 3-15). There is no
testimony of supernatural abundance in
scriptures that is not first preceded by a
compliance with the terms of the
covenant. No poor man can be excused
from complying with the terms of the
giving law, if he must prosper.
Everyone that must come out of
poverty must first comply with the
giving law. To help the widow of
Zarephath out of lack and imminent
death, she had to first give out of her
last meal to Elijah. Even though she
was a widow and was about to eat her
last meal, but for her condition to
change, the law had to first be obeyed,
because every material blessing is
provoked or preceded by a material
seed.
The lack of knowledge is the reason
many are poor. There is no poor nation
without rich people living in it, neither
is there any poor village where there
are no moneylenders. Therefore, you
can live in a poor environment and be
prosperous, if you know and do what it
takes to prosper. The poverty of the
nation where you live does not
determine your destiny in that nation.
Your knowledge of God and His ways,
and your obedience to the covenant is
what determines your lot there.
I want you to know also that the
covenant will always prevail over the
prevailing situations or circumstances
around you. When God entered a
covenant with Abraham in Genesis 12,
Abraham did as he was commanded.
But not long after, he was faced with a
famine in the land. But the Bible
records that in spite of the famine in
the land, Abraham prevailed! Isaac and
Jacob also prevailed against the
famines they were confronted with,
because they were walking in the
covenant. No economic dearth or crisis
can break the efficacy of the covenant!
So enter into a covenant of prosperity
with God today, and enjoy supernatural
prosperity!
 Chapter 2

Access To Kingdom Prosperity

Supernatural abundance does not
end with sowing seeds alone, but is
also the result of a quality walk with
God, in which you understand what
God expects you to do and you do it.
God expect you to be correctly
positioned so as to see His supernatural
hand upon your life. I’ve given the
illustration about the moon and the sun
time and again. The moon has no light
of its own; all it does is to line up at a
particular angle to the sun, and that’s
what gives us the moonlight we all so
enjoy. The moonlight is nothing but the
reflection of the light from the sun as a
result of a correct alignment of the
moon to the sun. The sun generates the
heat, while the moon simply reflects
the light.
Jesus is the Sun of Righteousness,
and when we, like the moon, are
correctly aligned to Him, we will
reflect His glory without struggles. He
will generate the heat, while we will
simply reflect His glory!
In this chapter I will be showing
you some ways you can position
yourself for kingdom prosperity.
The Fear of the Lord
Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the
man that feareth the LORD, that
delighteth greatly in his
commandments.
His seed shall be mighty upon
earth: the generation of the upright
shall be blessed.
Wealth and riches shall be in his
house: and his righteousness endureth
for ever.
- Psalm 112:1-3
The fear of the Lord is a principal
requirement for a harvest of prosperity.
You can’t connect with divine blessing
by playing dubious games. One who is
well-positioned with God is not a
trickster; rather, God is his focus for
living.
The fear of the Lord guarantees you
access to supernatural supplies even in
famine (Ps. 33:18-19; 37:18-19). It is
no wonder then that Paul told Timothy
to exercise himself rather unto
godliness, because bodily exercise
offers only little profit (1 Tim. 4:8).
This also helps one understand what
John meant when he said, “Beloved, I
wish above all things that thou mayest
prosper and be in health, even as thy
soul prospereth” (3 Jn. 2). In other
words, the quality of your spirituality
is what determines the dimension of
prosperity you can enjoy from the
Lord.
Kingdom prosperity is not like a
casino game, where you bring this and
get that. It is accessed through the fear
of the Lord, through an intimacy with
God. Your spiritual prosperity is what
determines your material well-being.
True spirituality is not a function of
prayer and fasting, but a function of
your knowledge of God. That is why
the Bible tells us in Job 22:21-25:
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
shalt be built up, thou shalt put away
iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust,
and the gold of Ophir as the stones of
the brooks.
Yea, the Almighty shall be thy
defence, and thou shalt have plenty of
silver.
If you put iniquity away from your
tabernacle through the fear of the Lord,
then shall you lay up gold as dust and
have plenty of silver. It is one before
the other. Your spiritual stability
determines largely how much God will
prosper you, as He will not prosper you
beyond the level of your spiritual
maturity, so you will not go off course
and forget Him. If some experience
certain levels of abundance at the level
they are now, they may wander off into
sin, because they are too spiritually
immature to handle blessings of such
magnitude.
When God sees that you are serving
Him for who He is and not for what
you can get from Him, then He will
prosper you beyond your widest
imagination. But you can’t be involved
in bribery and corruption and still
expect to enjoy supernatural prosperity.
It is not possible. You can’t be
changing books and figures in your
office or sharing what does not belong
to you and still expect to enjoy
kingdom prosperity. What you need is
to position yourself correctly with God
through a quality walk with Him.
Kingdom prosperity responds to
how you live, and not to your giving
alone. Therefore, embrace the fear of
the Lord as the gateway to supernatural
prosperity. Make quality acquaintance
and intimacy with God your goal.
One other way that the fear of the
Lord brings about prosperity is that it
connects you with His secrets, which is
your link to prosperity. God Himself
testified that Job feared Him. No
wonder He revealed His secrets to Job,
which made him the greatest of all the
men in the east (Job 1:1-3, 8; 29:4).
God showed Job what to do to get
outstanding results in his business and
endeavours, which gave him an edge
over his peers.
What man is he that feareth the
LORD? him shall he teach in the way
that he shall choose…
The secret of the LORD is with
them that fear him; and he will shew
them his covenant.
- Psalm 25:12, 14
The fear of the Lord enlarges your
understanding of the ways of God, so
that you know what He requires of you
to get to that position you desire. When
you fear the Lord, He shows you His
covenant. That means He will show
you what you need to do to commit
Him to your affairs.
Obedience
A life of obedience to God is also
required in order to enjoy kingdom
prosperity.
If they obey and serve him, they
shall spend their days in prosperity,
and their years in pleasures.
- Job 36:11
 If ye be willing and obedient, ye
shall eat the good of the land:
- Isaiah 1:19
Every story of divine abundance is
rooted in obedience, which is the
gateway to the world of abundance.
Reading through Job 22:21-25, you will
discover that to step into abundance,
you must first receive the law.
Obedience is a non-negotiable
requirement for walking in heavenly
abundance. You mustn’t just obey for
the sake of obeying; your obedience
must be willingly done (Isa. 1:19; 2
Cor. 8:12). The quickest way for God
to set you up on high is through
obedience. The Bible says:
And it shall come to pass, if thou
shalt hearken diligently unto the voice
of the LORD thy God, to observe and
to do all his commandments which I
command thee this day, that the LORD
thy God will set thee on high above all
nations of the earth.
- Deuteronomy 28:1
If you won’t do what God is saying,
you will remain on the same spot. Be
ready to listen and apply yourself to the
things God tells you to do. God sent
Saul to go and destroy the Amalekites,
and what did he do? He preserved the
best of sheep and their king, Agag.
And Samuel said, Hath the LORD
as great delight in burnt offerings and
sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of
the LORD? Behold, to obey is better
than sacrifice, and to hearken than the
fat of rams.
For rebellion is as the sin of
witchcraft, and stubbornness is as
iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast
rejected the word of the LORD, he hath
also rejected thee from being king.
- 1 Samuel 15:22-23
Every time you rebel against God,
you are no better than a witch. When
you don’t do what He has instructed
you to do, don’t expect Him to do what
He has promised. Disobedience is the
reason for hardship in the body of
Christ. The gateway to blessings is
open unto us when we receive His
commandments. Whatever God has
commanded to bring about any kind of
blessing you desire, go for it. You
won’t need to beg God for His
blessings to flow in your life, if only
you will obey His commands.
Distribution
Charge them that are rich in this
world, that they be not highminded, nor
trust in uncertain riches, but in the
living God, who giveth us richly all
things to enjoy;
That they do good, that they be rich
in good works, ready to distribute,
willing to communicate;
Laying up in store for themselves a
good foundation against the time to
come, that they may lay hold on eternal
life.
- 1 Timothy 6:17-19
 Distribution is one of your
covenant accesses into supernatural
prosperity. Psalm 112 tells us of a man
whom God has blessed, and verses 4, 5
and 9 reveal the secret of his wealth.
Unto the upright there ariseth light
in the darkness: he is gracious, and full
of compassion, and righteous.
A good man sheweth favour, and
lendeth: he will guide his affairs with
discretion…
He hath dispersed, he hath given to
the poor; his righteousness endureth for
ever; his horn shall be exalted with
honour.
To enjoy supernatural prosperity,
you must be upright, show favour and
give out to people. You must, however,
be discrete about it; knowing where the
needs are and counting it a privilege to
meet them. Here is what the Bible says
in Proverbs 11:24-25:
There is that scattereth, and yet
increaseth; and there is that
withholdeth more than is meet, but it
tendeth to poverty.
The liberal soul shall be made fat:
and he that watereth shall be watered
also himself.
We have a covenant obligation of
tithing and investing into the kingdom,
and we also have the covenant
opportunity of ministering to the poor.
That way, you will escape the clutches
of poverty. Your willingness to be a
blessing to the world around you is the
reason God will bless you (Gen. 12:2-
3). As you reach out to the needy, you
commit God to meet your own needs as
well.
What’s more, the God-kind of love
is a sharing love (Jn. 3:16). God gave
His only begotten Son, to prove the
sincerity of His love for you. Likewise,
giving is the only way to authenticate
the sincerity of your love for Him (2
Cor. 8:8).
But whoso hath this world’s good,
and seeth his brother have need, and
shutteth up his bowels of compassion
from him, how dwelleth the love of
God in him?
- 1 John 3:17
It’s not enough to give your tithes
and other kingdom investments. You
need to show that you truly love God
by extending your blessings to those
around you; otherwise your love is
fake.
If a man say, I love God, and hateth
his brother, he is a liar: for he that
loveth not his brother whom he hath
seen, how can he love God whom he
hath not seen?
- 1 John 4:20
Being a willing distributor
guarantees you an unending access into
kingdom prosperity.
 Chapter 3

Why God Prospers

God is a God of plan and purpose.
He doesn’t do anything without a
reason. What then is God’s reason for
prospering people? Let us see some of
them.
To Be A Blessing
God blesses people so they can be
blessings to others. He made this very
clear to Abraham when He called him:
And I will make of thee a great
nation, and I will bless thee, and make
thy name great; and thou shalt be a
blessing:
- Genesis 12:2
 “I will bless thee…and thou shalt
be a blessing.” The purpose of
kingdom prosperity is made very clear
here. You are blessed to be a blessing.
The flow of the blessings will stop
when you stop being a blessing. Your
desire and willingness to be a blessing
is the reason God blesses or prospers
people. You must understand this very
clearly and align yourself with God’s
purpose, if you desire His blessings.
When God said in Isaiah 51:2,
“Look unto Abraham your father, and
unto Sarah that bare you: for I called
him alone, and blessed him, and
increased him” He means to say,
“Understand the basis for My blessing
Abraham and align yourself with it, so
you too can qualify for My blessings.”
What is the basis for Abraham’s
blessing? The answer is: so he can be a
blessing.
When the rich fool in Jesus’
parable heaped up all the worldly
treasures for himself alone and said, “I
have gathered enough for me to eat till
I die. I will pull down these stores and
build bigger ones and I will say to my
soul, ‘My soul rest.’” God said, “Your
body will also rest tonight, because I
didn’t bless you to accumulate and to
eat up wealth by yourself; I blessed you
in order for you to be a blessing.” God
said the man was not fit to live, and so
took him that night (Lk. 12:16-21).
This parable clearly illustrates that the
reason God prospers people is so they
can distribute their wealth. Paul also
emphasized this point in 1 Timothy
6:17-18:
Charge them that are rich in this
world, that they be not highminded, nor
trust in uncertain riches, but in the
living God, who giveth us richly all
things to enjoy;
That they do good, that they be rich
in good works, ready to distribute,
willing to communicate.
The admonition above notes that it
is time for the rich to let the impact of
their riches be felt around them. That is
why some individuals see some level
of prosperity only for a season, and
then enter into a dry season that has no
end; because they forgot what brought
them into their rainy season in the first
place. I’ve never had a better last year
in my financial journey, neither have I
had a dry season, because I know how I
got to my rainy season and I’ve
remained addicted to it.
You are to do good with His
blessings in your life and be rich in
doing good works, willing to distribute
with discretion. Then the Bible gives us
this assurance in 2 Corinthians 9:8:
And God is able to make all grace
abound toward you; that ye, always
having all sufficiency in all things,
may abound to every good work:
Your commitment to being a
blessing is what qualifies you for His
blessings. Your desire to employ many
more people in your business should be
the reason you want business
expansion, and not so you can have
more money to spend on your self.
There is no nation where the
government alone solves
unemployment problems. The
government definitely plays a part in
providing employment for the people,
but it is not enough; the private sector
must also play its role in employing the
populace. That’s where you come in.
Understand this: prosperity in the
kingdom is not an achievement, but an
“entrustment”. Kingdom prosperity is
entrusted. God only commits His riches
into the hands of people He can trust to
disperse it to areas most needed. Can
you be trusted to be a blessing to the
world around you with His blessings in
your hands? That is why Jesus said in
Luke 16:11:
If therefore ye have not been
faithful in the unrighteous mammon,
who will commit to your trust the true
riches?
A group of people who God has
sent you to bless is the poor and needy
around you. How have you responded
to them? You are not to wait for them
to come begging you, but to reach out
to them and bless them. The Bible
says:
He that hath pity upon the poor
lendeth unto the LORD; and that which
he hath given will he pay him again.
- Proverbs 19:17
He that giveth unto the poor shall
not lack: but he that hideth his eyes
shall have many a curse.
- Proverbs 28:27
He that hath a bountiful eye shall
be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to
the poor.
- Proverbs 22:9
There is that maketh himself rich,
yet hath nothing: there is that maketh
himself poor, yet hath great riches.
- Proverbs 13:7
Prosperity is a giving and receiving
covenant. Your receiving stops where
your giving stops. The rich fool in
Luke 12:16-20 did not know the
purpose of his wealth, so he became a
victim of it. God is only committed to
blessing you to the level to which you
are prepared to distribute. When you
are not a distributor, you don’t have a
future, as your financial future is tied
to this key. Knowing this truth, Apostle
Paul said to the Philippian Church:
Now ye Philippians know also, that
in the beginning of the gospel, when I
departed from Macedonia, no church
communicated with me as concerning
giving and receiving, but ye only.
For even in Thessalonica ye sent
once and again unto my necessity…
But my God shall supply all your
need according to his riches in glory by
Christ Jesus.
 - Philippians 4:15-16, 19
To enjoy enduring covenant riches,
you have to be on the giving and
receiving platform on a “once and
again” frequency, as prosperity does
not come by giving once and for all.
That is why some stumble on riches
once and never taste it again. When
you give once, you receive once. But
when you give once and again, your
receiving is endless. So, look out for
opportunities to give once and again, as
this will enhance your financial
destiny.
The poor and needy around you are
a covenant opportunity for your
supernatural prosperity, as giving to
them opens you up for divine blessings.
You’re not merely blessing them, but
are taking advantage of them to secure
what you need. As you lend your
human hand to the poor, you secure
God’s divine hand upon your life. Job
took advantage of this secret (Job 29:1-
17). You are blessed to be a blessing,
not to be a consumer of such wealth
upon yourself alone. When you become
a wealth distributor and willing
communicator, you are laying for
yourself a good foundation against the
time to come (1 Tim. 6:17-19).
Ministering to the needs of the poor
is a covenant opportunity, not a burden.
The Bible says, “Whoso stoppeth his
ears at the cry of the poor, he also
shall cry himself, but shall not be
h e a r d ” (Prov. 21:13). Jesus was
committed to the needs of the poor, so
we must follow in His footsteps. The
New Testament Church was also
committed to distribution, no wonder
none among them lacked (Acts 4:34-
37). Begin now to secure your destiny
by being a blessing and responding to
the needs of those around you, and
great shall be your financial future!
To Promote His Kingdom
Another reason God prospers
people is so they can promote His
kingdom with their wealth. The Bible
says in Zechariah 1:17:
Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the
LORD of hosts; My cities through
prosperity shall yet be spread abroad;
and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion,
and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
God places wealth in people’s
hands so they can shake the world with
the gospel. He takes pleasure in your
prosperity, but you must first favour
His cause.
Let them shout for joy, and be glad,
that favour my righteous cause: yea, let
them say continually, Let the LORD be
magnified, which hath pleasure in the
prosperity of his servant.
- Psalm 35:27
God gave the children of Israel
favour before the Egyptians as they left
Egypt, such that they went away with
plenty of gold, silver and raiment (Ex.
3:21-22; 12:35-36 ). But what was the
purpose of the gold? Exodus 25:2, 8
tells us:
Speak unto the children of Israel,
that they bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with his
heart ye shall take my offering.
And let them make me a sanctuary;
that I may dwell among them.
God blessed them with the wealth
of Egypt so they can build Him a
sanctuary in the wilderness with some
of the wealth (Ex. 35).
You are blessed not only to wear
good clothes, shoes and live in good
houses, but mostly to be a channel of
blessing for the spread of God’s
kingdom here on earth. When you seek
His kingdom first, you will no longer
need to keep running from pillar to
post, because God says all other things
you need shall be added unto you.
Therefore take no thought, saying,
What shall we eat? or, What shall we
drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be
clothed?
(For after all these things do the
Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly
Father knoweth that ye have need of all
these things.
But seek ye first the kingdom of
God, and his righteousness; and all
these things shall be added unto you.
- Matthew 6:31-33
Life is not only about being able to
pay your house rent, ride a car, get
married, have children, travel on
holidays, etc. It is about touching
people’s lives positively. Life is about
connecting mankind with the genuine
source of wealth – God, and promoting
His kingdom for the liberation of the
world.
Note that every gold (wealth) you
keep away from God will take you
away from Him. This is because you
will either worship the Lord with your
gold or you’ll worship your gold (Matt.
6: 24). Before the children of Israel
knew the purpose of the gold in their
hands, they made golden calves with it,
which they worshipped (Ex. 32). So,
it’s a risk when you do not know the
purpose of His riches in your hand or
lack the opportunity to give according
to His will.
God is prospering His Church for
the spread of His kingdom. So, your
degree of kingdom commitment
determines the level of your prosperity
in whatever pursuit you are involved
in. God declares in Haggai 2:7-8:
And I will shake all nations, and the
desire of all nations shall come: and I
will fill this house with glory, saith the
LORD of hosts.
The silver is mine, and the gold is
mine, saith the LORD of hosts.
Therefore, the bigger your kingdom
dreams, the larger your business and
career coast will become.
 Chapter 4

How God Prospers

Whatever can stop a man from
giving has succeeded in stopping him
from prospering. The Word says in
Isaiah 55:10:
For as the rain cometh down, and
the snow from heaven, and returneth
not thither, but watereth the earth, and
maketh it bring forth and bud, that it
may give seed to the sower, and bread
to the eater:
He gives seed to the sower, but
gives only bread to the eater. That
means there is no future for a non-
giver, as no matter the quality of the
bread he has, it can’t last for long.
When God gave them manna in the
wilderness, it melted every evening.
Non-givers only survive; it is givers
that actually live. They have seeds to
keep sowing, which keeps bringing in
the harvest. To be a blessing indeed,
you must become a committed seed-
sower, so that God can entrust more
seeds into your hand.
We have identified the covenant as
the platform for prosperity, and that
your access to it is by sowing seeds, as
harvest only answers to seeds sown.
You may then want to ask, “How will
God prosper me when I sow seeds?”
God will definitely not rain down
physical money from heaven upon you
in response to your giving. There are
avenues through which your harvest
will return to you. That’s what we will
be discussing in this chapter.
Divine Ideas
One of the ways through which you
harvest your seeds sown is through the
rain of divine ideas. God said in
Malachi 3:10:
Bring ye all the tithes into the
storehouse, that there may be meat in
mine house, and prove me now
herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I
will not open you the windows of
heaven, and pour you out a blessing,
that there shall not be room enough to
receive it.
In Genesis 7:11-12, we understand
that when the windows of heaven first
opened, what poured down from
heaven was rain. But what is this rain?
What does it symbolize, what does it
represent? It is not the literal rain,
neither is it destructive. It is the rain
God talked about in Zechariah 10:1:
Ask ye of the LORD rain in the
time of the latter rain; so the LORD
shall make bright clouds, and give
them showers of rain, to every one
grass in the field.
It is the rain of refreshing; it is the
rain of the Spirit of God, the anointing
of the Holy Spirit. It is the rain that
produced unimaginable abundance in
Joel 2:23-26:
Be glad then, ye children of Zion,
and rejoice in the LORD your God: for
he hath given you the former rain
moderately, and he will cause to come
down for you the rain, the former rain,
and the latter rain in the first month.
And the floors shall be full of
wheat, and the fats shall overflow with
wine and oil.
And I will restore to you the years
that the locust hath eaten, the
cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and
the palmerworm, my great army which
I sent among you.
And ye shall eat in plenty, and be
satisfied, and praise the name of the
LORD your God, that hath dealt
wondrously with you: and my people
shall never be ashamed.
 The Holy Spirit is always
symbolized as rain in scriptures - the
latter and former rain. He is the rain
God releases upon people in response
to their giving. Talking in prophecy
about the Holy Spirit in His seven-
dimensional form upon Christ, the
Bible says in Isaiah 11:1-3:
And there shall come forth a rod
out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch
shall grow out of his roots:
And the spirit of the LORD shall
rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and
understanding, the spirit of counsel and
might, the spirit of knowledge and of
the fear of the LORD;
And shall make him of quick
understanding in the fear of the Lord:
and he shall not judge after the sight of
his eyes, neither reprove after the
hearing of his ears:
The Spirit of the Lord in summary
is wisdom and power, which we saw
operating in Jesus during His earthly
ministry. So, in response to your
giving, God pours upon you wisdom
and power. That is, God’s ability in
man that enables him know what to do
at every point in time.
Therefore, when you give, God
responds to your giving principally
through the transmission of His divine
ability and ideas back to you. He said
He will open for you the windows of
heaven and pour you out a blessing.
That is, He will pour out the rain of the
Holy Spirit upon you, Who will give
you divine ideas on how to create or
generate wealth. The windows of
heaven open to connect you with ideas
that will in turn lead you into your
blessings.
Let us consider some biblical
examples of this.
Abraham
The Bible records that Abraham
became very rich in cattle, silver and
gold. But how did he beat other cattle
businessmen? Through the rain of
divine ideas which came in response to
his giving, Abraham must have said to
himself, “Let me dig wells here and
water my cattle.” So his cattle were not
going about in search of water in the
desert, but were being watered at one
spot. Divine inspiration located for him
what to do to get fatter and fresher
cattle and sheep than the others.
Isaac
Isaac knew about irrigation farming
through inspiration, so he kept digging
wells and watering his crops with the
water from the well. While other
farmers were waiting for rainfall, Isaac
was busy digging wells and watering
his field through irrigation. The Bible
records that Isaac sowed in the land
and received in the same year a
hundredfold, because the Lord had
blessed him (Gen. 26:12). He prospered
so much, until the man went forward
and waxed strong, and became very
g r e a t . The Philistines envied him,
because he got ideas that others didn’t
have. Isaac became the farmer of the
year in a strange land and during
famine, just by a divine idea.
Jacob
How did Jacob beat Laban in his
games? Through an inspired idea, he
made strips on polar sticks and placed
them in the watering troughs. So when
the strong sheep came to drink and
mate, they mated before these polar
trees and the sheep produced after the
strips made on them. Inspired ideas!
An idea came to him, he played his
cards right and it secured a destiny of
great riches for him.
When you receive a divine idea
from God, you will know what
opportunities exist in the land of
seeming poverty and how to utilize
them to your advantage. They help you
see treasures in the midst of trash; your
eyes begin to see every precious thing,
even when others claim there is
nothing more in the land, and are
looking for how to escape from the
land.
The Works of Your Hand
Another channel through which
God’s blesses you in response to your
giving is through the works of your
hand. The Bible says in Proverbs 10:4:
He becometh poor that dealeth with
a slack hand: but the hand of the
diligent maketh rich.
 “He becometh poor…” Just as
some men become rich, some others
become poor. You choice is what
determines your lot. “…But the hand of
the diligent maketh rich.” God prospers
your giving through the works of your
hand.
Giving without working is like
pouring water into a basket. This is
because whereas giving procures the
blessing, working is what opens the
channel through which the blessing
will flow to you. So, if you are not
working, you do not create the channel
through which the blessings will be
delivered to you. The two scriptures
below show the link between your
giving and work:
 A man’s gift maketh room for him,
and bringeth him before great men.
- Proverbs 18:16
Seest thou a man diligent in his
business? he shall stand before kings;
he shall not stand before mean men.
- Proverbs 22:29
Room is created by your gift
(giving), but your diligence is what
delivers the goods. Unfortunately,
many have faithfully fulfilled the first
part of the deal, but gone to bed,
expecting money to drop down from
heaven for them. N o ! The works of
your hand is the channel through which
God will release the blessings to you,
as He is no magician. For instance,
though Abraham was in the giving
covenant, he became prosperous
through working. The Bible never
recorded that God poured down
showers of money for him. His
prosperity was delivered on the
platform of work.
That is why the Psalmist said in
Psalm 1:1-3:
Blessed is the man that walketh not
in the counsel of the ungodly, nor
standeth in the way of sinners, nor
sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
But his delight is in the law of the
LORD; and in his law doth he meditate
day and night.
And he shall be like a tree planted
by the rivers of water, that bringeth
forth his fruit in his season; his leaf
also shall not wither; and whatsoever
he doeth shall prosper.
The man that does the will of God
(giving) is a blessed man. Therefore,
whatever he does shall prosper. If you
are a cook, for instance, you are bound
to prosper in it, especially when you
are an excited, committed and
dedicated cook. Joseph prospered in a
strange land, both in slavery and in the
pri son. If you are a giver and a
mechanic, do it as if you are repairing
Jesus’ vehicle. As a storekeeper, keep
that store as if God were the Chief
Executive of your business. The Bible
says, “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to
do, do it with thy might” (Eccl. 9:10).
God is committed to commanding His
blessings upon the works of your hands
as you continue in the giving covenant.
But He has nothing to bless if you are
not working.
If you are not working, you will not
only become poor, but are actually
signing for poverty in spite of your
g i v i n g . The Bible says whosoever
doesn’t work shouldn’t eat (2 Thess.
3:10). That means he will have to beg
to eat. Also, looking at Deuteronomy
28:1-14, you will discover that God’s
blessings are poured out on the works
of the hand, not on idleness. So, your
giving is like the rainfall that comes
upon the works of your hand, causing
the release of your blessings.
Note that your giving comes before
your working. No matter how hard
working you are, if you are not a giver,
all your labours will be in vain,
because God’s blessings can’t come
upon it.
Divine Favour
The third way God prospers, which
incidentally everyone believes in, is
through divine favour. Concerning the
children of Israel, God said in Exodus
3:21:
And I will give this people favour
in the sight of the Egyptians: and it
shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye
shall not go empty:
God did as He promised, and the
Bible records in Exodus 12:35-36 thus:
And the children of Israel did
according to the word of Moses; and
they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels
of silver, and jewels of gold, and
raiment:
And the LORD gave the people
favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so
that they lent unto them such things as
they required. And they spoiled the
Egyptians.
There was a supernatural transfer of
wealth on the platform of divine
favour, such that four hundred and
thirty years of labour was paid for in
supernatural arrears in one day! The
Lord gave Israel favour in the sight of
the Egyptians, so that they gave them
all that they required. The favour of
God can produce anything for you. No
wonder Psalm 30:5 says, “In His
favour is life.”
For thou, LORD, wilt bless the
righteous; with favour wilt thou
compass him as with a shield.
- Psalm 5:12
God commands His favour upon
you in response to your giving. As a
result, in spite of whatever economic
crisis, political instability and
pressures, there will be pleasure all
around your life, because of divine
f a v o u r . God’s favour made a
distinction for Israel even in Egypt.
While the Egyptians were selling
themselves and their lands for food,
Israel enjoyed abundance in Goshen, in
the same land where famine was
destroying others (Gen. 47:13-27).
In like manner, His favour will
distinguish you. There will be such
massive and unheard of conversion of
wealth to the body of Christ in the last
days by reason of divine favour. All the
seeds you have sown and will yet sow
shall keep coming down for you in
torrents of divine ideas and favour.
And as you put your hands to work, He
will also bless the works of your hand.
All your seeds sown shall not be lost,
in Jesus’ name, Amen!
 Chapter 5

Fundamentals of Kingdom Prosperity

If the foundations be destroyed,
what can the righteous do?
– Psalm 11:3
The foundation of every structure is
crucial to its future. Hence, your
understanding of the fundamentals of
divine wealth determines your future as
far as financial prosperity is concerned.
Jesus said, “…Whosoever heareth
these sayings of mine, and doeth them,
I will liken him unto a wise man, which
built his house upon a rock: and the
rain descended, and the floods came,
and the winds blew, and beat upon that
house; and it fell not: for it was
founded upon a rock” (Matt. 7:24-25).
Without a solid foundation, you
will be building on the sand, which
cannot stand the test of time. But you
must build upon a sure foundation in
order to enjoy lasting covenant
prosperity. I will be discussing some of
the virtues required of you in order to
enjoy lasting kingdom prosperity in
this chapter.
Give Willingly, Cheerfully &
Tirelessly
It is not enough to give your tithes
and offerings in church or give to the
poor. For it to be acceptable to God,
enough to produce a bountiful harvest
for you, it must be given willingly. If
you obey the giving law, but do not
give willingly, you stand to lose your
harvest, as you still will not eat the
good of the land of prosperity. The
Bible says:
If ye be willing and obedient, ye
shall eat the good of the land:
- Isaiah 1:19
Your giving must be willingly done
for it to be acceptable before God.
That’s why God instructed Moses in
Exodus 35:5:
Take ye from among you an
offering unto the LORD: whosoever is
of a willing heart, let him bring it, an
offering of the LORD; gold, and silver,
and brass.
We are told in verse 29 that “The
children of Israel brought a willing
offering unto the LORD, every man and
woman, whose heart made them willing
to bring for all manner of work, which
the LORD had commanded to be made
by the hand of Moses.”
Only a quality offering or gift that
comes from a willing heart will be
rewarded by God.
For if there be first a willing mind,
it is accepted according to that a man
hath, and not according to that he hath
not.
- 2 Corinthians 8:12
The above scripture reveals that
willingness far outweighs the quantity
of your seed or giving. This foundation
of willingness must be in place for
your giving to produce prosperity for
you.
Your giving must also be cheerfully
offered for it to be acceptable, for God
loves a cheerful giver.
Every man according as he
purposeth in his heart, so let him give;
not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God
loveth a cheerful giver.
- 2 Corinthians 9:7
If your offering is not given
willingly, then you can’t be cheerful
giving it. And a lack of cheerfulness in
giving can turn your blessings into a
curse as the Bible tells us in
Deuteronomy 28:47-48:
Because thou servedst not the
LORD thy God with joyfulness, and
with gladness of heart, for the
abundance of all things;
Therefore shalt thou serve thine
enemies which the LORD shall send
against thee, in hunger, and in thirst,
and in nakedness, and in want of all
things: and he shall put a yoke of iron
upon thy neck, until he have destroyed
thee.
Your giving must also be tireless.
Paul admonishes us to not be weary in
well doing: for in due season we shall
reap, if we faint not (Gal 6:9). He also
talks about giving once and again in
Philippians.
Now ye Philippians know also, that
in the beginning of the gospel, when I
departed from Macedonia, no church
communicated with me as concerning
giving and receiving, but ye only.
For even in Thessalonica ye sent
once and again unto my necessity.
Not because I desire a gift: but I
desire fruit that may abound to your
account.
But I have all, and abound: I am
full, having received of Epaphroditus
the things which were sent from you,
an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice
acceptable, wellpleasing to God.
But my God shall supply all your
need according to his riches in glory by
Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 4:15-19
The prayer in verse 19 is in
response to their tireless giving to Paul.
Even the Preacher advises on tireless
giving:
In the morning sow thy seed, and in
the evening withhold not thine hand:
for thou knowest not whether shall
prosper, either this or that, or whether
they both shall be alike good.
- Ecclesiastes 11:6
This foundation of giving willingly,
cheerfully and tirelessly must be in
place for you to enjoy covenant
prosperity.
Water Your Seed
To enjoy the harvest of prosperity,
you must also water your seeds sown.
Every farmer knows that despite
having sown his seed in the ground, he
needs to water it to ensure a bountiful
harvest. Likewise, your giving must be
accompanied by watering before God
can bring the increase.
By the watering of your seed, I
mean the proper use of your mouth.
The kinds of words you speak can
either enhance your harvest or hamper
it, the quality of your seed
notwithstanding. This is because what
you do with your hands will only be
profitable when matched by what you
say.
A man shall be satisfied with good
by the fruit of his mouth: and the
recompence of a man’s hands shall be
rendered unto him.
- Proverbs 12:14
A man shall eat good by the fruit of
his mouth…
- Proverbs 13:2
What we say with our mouths goes
a long way in determining our harvest,
because the Bible tells us that death
and life are in the power of the tongue
(Prov. 18:21). Unfortunately, this is
where many Christians miss it. They
are very generous givers, but poor
talkers.
The words we speak are seeds.
When you constantly talk lack and
want, that is what will be multiplied
back to you, the quality of the seeds
you have sown notwithstanding. Note
also that it doesn’t matter whether you
are speaking publicly or in private.
Your destiny is in your mouth, so speak
right words to match the seeds you
have sown (Prov. 18:20).
After you have fulfilled the giving
law, then the Bible says you shall
decree a thing, and it shall be
established unto you (Job 22:21-28).
What you will not decree won’t be
established unto you. There’s always a
planting and a watering before God
will bring the increase. Your seeds can
never bring forth fruits without water,
and God’s Word is the water with
which you water your seeds sown. So,
it is time to open your mouth wide and
comply with the covenant demands for
prosperity.
Do you want the mountain of
poverty in your life overturned by the
roots? Then don’t destroy your seed in
the ground with the wrong use of your
mouth. Rather, when others are telling
of their financial woes and fears, you
should be speaking of your
expectations in God. What you do
notwithstanding, you shall have what
you say, so speak right (Mk. 11:23)!
What do you expect from the seeds you
have sown? Say it! Water your seeds
with the right words!
Service
Service is another foundation that
must be in place for your prosperity to
be unending. The Bible says, “If they
obey and serve him, they shall spend
their days in prosperity, and their
years in pleasures” (Job 36:11).
Prosperity answers to service. Note that
it says they shall spend their days in
prosperity and years in pleasure. That
is unending prosperity!
Job became prosperous through the
ladder of service. Even the devil
acknowledged Job’s service unto the
Lord. He said to God, “Doth Job serve
thee for nought?” Even Satan knows
that there is reward in serving God. No
wonder Job became the greatest man in
the east. The Bible says in Exodus
23:25-26:
And ye shall serve the LORD your
God, and he shall bless thy bread, and
thy water; and I will take sickness
away from the midst of thee.
There shall nothing cast their
young, nor be barren, in thy land: the
number of thy days I will fulfil.
You are a prosperous person when
God blesses your bread and water, and
takes sickness away from you. Serving
God is your covenant insurance against
lack and want and every form of
bondage.
And they shall be mine, saith the
LORD of hosts, in that day when I
make up my jewels; and I will spare
them, as a man spareth his own son that
serveth him.
Then shall ye return, and discern
between the righteous and the wicked,
between him that serveth God and him
that serveth him not.
- Malachi 3:17-18
 God will distinguish between those
that serve Him and those that don’t. If
you are committed to serving God,
nothing can stop you from being a
partaker of the day of His wealth.
Talking about king Uzziah in 2
Chronicles 26:5, the Bible said, “…As
long as he sought the Lord, God made
him to prosper.” Psalm 34:10 also
says, “The young lions do lack, and
suffer hunger: but they that seek the
Lord shall not want any good thing.”
Your financial liberty is tied to
your readiness to serve God. What’s
more, in addition to your being
prosperous, service sets you free from
all forms of slavery. Until the children
of Israel were ready to serve the Lord,
God was not willing to set them free
from their many centuries of slavery in
Egypt. But as soon as they were wiling
to serve Him, they were free from
slavery and even left Egypt with plenty
of gold (Ex. 4:22-23). Service is a key
to unending riches, so take advantage
of it. Serve Him willingly and with
joyfulness of heart!
Integrity
Nevertheless the foundation of God
standeth sure, having this seal, The
Lord knoweth them that are his. And,
Let every one that nameth the name of
Christ depart from iniquity.
– 2 Timothy 2:19
To enjoy kingdom prosperity, you
must also first be free from every form
of financial corruption. Job in his days
was the richest man in the east, and the
Bible described him as “perfect and
upright, and one that feared God, and
eschewed evil” (Job 1:1). God has not
changed. If He required integrity to lift
Job to that position, He will not require
less from you. It is only men who live
in the fear of God that end up being full
of His blessings. Psalm 112:1-3 says
much along this line:
Blessed is the man that feareth the
LORD, that delighteth greatly in his
commandments.
His seed shall be mighty upon
earth: the generation of the upright
shall be blessed.
Wealth and riches shall be in his
house: and his righteousness endureth
for ever.
Wealth and riches shall be in the
house of one that fears the Lord, and
his righteousness shall endure forever
as well. That means multiplication will
continue only for as long as you uphold
your righteousness. Financial
unfaithfulness always leads to financial
emptiness. Jesus said, “He that is
faithful in that which is least is faithful
also in much: and he that is unjust in
the least is unjust also in much” (Lk.
16:10). That means God will never
entrust much into your hands, until He
has proved you faithful with little.
No wonder Jesus said in verses 11-
1 2 , “If therefore ye have not been
faithful in the unrighteous mammon,
who will commit to your trust the true
riches? And if ye have not been faithful
in that which is another man’s, who
shall give you that which is your own?”
Until the foundation of integrity is
solidly put in place in your life, don’t
expect to see the hand of God in your
finances.
The Bible makes us understand that
the curse of the Lord is in the house of
the thief (Zech. 5:1-4). No matter how
much a thief tries to walk in the
covenant, the curse will never allow
him to rise. The harder he works, the
harder life becomes for him, because
the scriptures cannot be broken.
Also, note that divine wealth is not
a function of your hard work or labour,
smartness, crooked dealings or
connections: it is the blessings of the
Lord that makes rich and adds no
sorrow with it (Prov. 10:22). That is
why the Bible admonishes us thus:
“Labour not to be rich: cease from
thine own wisdom” (Prov. 23:4). When
you are involved in dealings that do not
glorify God, His blessing cannot be
upon your work. And if His blessings
are not there, you can never enjoy true
prosperity. But when you uphold
financial integrity both in your
dealings with God and your fellow
men, you are on your way to financial
dignity.
Avoid Waste
 Waste is another thing you must
guide against if lasting prosperity is
your desire. This is because God hates
waste. After Jesus fed the five thousand
in the wilderness, He said to His
disciples, “Gather up the fragments
that remain, that nothing be lost” (Jn.
6: 12). The Bible says concerning a
waster:
He also that is slothful in his work
is brother to him that is a great waster.
- Proverbs 18:9
That means whatever befalls a lazy
person is what awaits a waster, no
matter how hardworking he is. A
waster today will beg tomorrow,
because God never prospers wasters.
Until you are prudent in managing the
small God brings your way, you will
never be made lord over many (Matt.
25:23). God’s prosperity in your life
increases with the level of your prudent
management of His resources in your
hands. So, block every leaking hole, so
you can enjoy lasting covenant
prosperity.
 Chapter 6

Kinds of Giving
The covenant of prosperity operates
on the law of giving. So, we’ll be
identifying some forms of giving in the
kingdom. But before that, I’d like to
show you something that makes it easy
to enjoy kingdom prosperity. It is what
I call the “Giving Grace.”
The Giving Grace
It is one thing to know what to do
and another to be empowered to do it.
Power is the ability to get things done.
Every result is a product of power
display. Principles are good, but it
takes power for principles to produce.
Wealth in the kingdom of God is not an
achievement or an accomplishment; it
is entrusted (Lk. 16:11). God puts
wealth in the hands of men and women
He can trust to use it for the purpose it
is given. That is why power to get
wealth is given only by God; it has
nothing to do with the natural system
or your abilities (Deut. 8:18). The
grace of God is what makes you
abound in kingdom wealth. The Bible
says:
And God is able to make all grace
abound toward you; that ye, always
having all sufficiency in all things,
may abound to every good work:
- 2 Corinthians 9:8
If God must empower you for
wealth, He must first empower you to
become a willing distributor; that is,
He must first endue you with the giving
grace. When this power comes upon
you, it enriches you for wealth. Paul
said concerning the Macedonia Church:
Moreover, brethren, we do you to
wit of the grace of God bestowed on
the churches of Macedonia;
How that in a great trial of
affliction the abundance of their joy
and their deep poverty abounded unto
the riches of their liberality.
For to their power, I bear record,
yea, and beyond their power they were
willing of themselves;
Praying us with much intreaty that
we would receive the gift, and take
upon us the fellowship of the
ministering to the saints…
Therefore, as ye abound in every
thing, in faith, and utterance, and
knowledge, and in all diligence, and in
your love to us, see that ye abound in
this grace also.
- 2 Corinthians 8:1-4, 7
The Macedonia Church was made
up of delightsome distributors. In spite
of their poverty, they still gave
willingly and joyfully. Why? Because
they were empowered to give! You
need the giving grace to enjoy kingdom
prosperity. The giving grace is the
covenant secret card for supernatural
turnaround. This is because the giving
grace empowers you to give excitedly
and willingly, even in the midst of
scarcity.
It is the giving grace that was upon
Abraham when he willingly took Isaac
his son to sacrifice at God’s command.
When God empowers you to give, He
will give you the grace to do what you
must do to bring about your desired
turnaround.
Let’s now identify and discuss
some kinds of giving in the kingdom.
Tithe
Tithing is a command from God,
and is the master key to enjoying
financial miracles. It is the tenth part
of whatever increase you enjoy. It does
not belong to you; it belongs to God.
And all the tithe of the land,
whether of the seed of the land, or of
the fruit of the tree, is the LORD’s: it is
holy unto the LORD.
- Leviticus 27:30
That is why God commands us to:
Bring ye all the tithes into the
storehouse, that there may be meat in
mine house, and prove me now
herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I
will not open you the windows of
heaven, and pour you out a blessing,
that there shall not be room enough to
receive it.
And I will rebuke the devourer for
your sakes, and he shall not destroy the
fruits of your ground; neither shall
your vine cast her fruit before the time
in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.
 And all nations shall call you
blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome
land, saith the LORD of hosts.
- Malachi 3:10-12
Tithing is an inescapable covenant
obligation. You can’t escape poverty if
you do not pay your tithes. Rather, you
come under a curse, because God says
you are robbing Him (Mal. 3:8). The
tithe is the Lord’s. So, no matter how
much you give in other areas, if your
tithe is out of place, you still come
under a curse, because you are robbing
God.
Tithing was in existence before the
Law of Moses came. Abraham paid
tithes to Melchizedek in Genesis 14.
Jacob also covenanted the tenth of all
his treasures to God as he fled from
Esau, his brother (Gen. 28:22). All
these took place before Moses came on
the scene.
Note that God is not enriched when
you pay your tithe. Rather, it is your
covenant access to securing a financial
destiny with Him. God promises to
rebuke the devourer on your behalf
when you pay your tithes. That means
the benefit of paying your tithes goes
beyond financial gains alone. Other
areas of your life, like your health and
home, are secured when you pay your
tithe.
Kingdom Promotion Giving
This includes your free-will
offering and kingdom demands
offerings. The free-will offering is the
general offerings you give in church on
Sundays and other service days, in
worship of God. The Bible instructs
that we shall not come before the Lord
empty-handed (Ex. 23:15; 34:20). So
we are expected to bring an offering
whenever we go before Him.
In giving this offering, you give
whatever you like, and the purpose is
for the promotion of God’s kingdom.
You go before the Lord with an
offering that is commensurate with
how much He has blessed you, to
appreciate His good hand upon your
life. Like everything in the kingdom, it
must be willingly and cheerfully given.
Giving To The Prophets
 Jesus introduced us to this form of
giving in Matthew 10:41:
He that receiveth a prophet in the
name of a prophet shall receive a
prophet’s reward; and he that receiveth
a righteous man in the name of a
righteous man shall receive a righteous
man’s reward.
Prophets are God’s messengers sent
to be a blessing to us. Everything you
give to them attracts prophetic rewards.
We provoke prophetic utterances from
them with the prophetic offerings we
give to them, just as Jacob was able to
provoke the release of blessing from
his father, Isaac, with the venison he
brought him.
Giving to God’s prophets provokes
prophetic blessings that cannot be
bought with money. The widow of
Zarephath and the Shunammite woman
were two people that enjoyed prophetic
blessings by reason of what they gave
to the prophet (1 Kgs. 17:10-24; 2 Kgs.
4:1-37). Whatever comes to you as a
result of seeds and gifts given to
prophets usually lasts. So, let’s take
advantage of the prophets of God in our
midst to take delivery of what God has
in store for us. You need their blessings
for lasting prosperity, so go for it like
the Philippian Church did (Phil. 4:15-
19).
Giving To The Poor
Like I said earlier, giving to the
poor around you is an opportunity for
your rise in the kingdom, as it is a
command from God Himself.
For the poor shall never cease out
of the land: therefore I command thee,
saying, Thou shalt open thine hand
wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and
to thy needy, in thy land.
- Deuteronomy 15:11
When you give to the poor, you are
indirectly giving to God. That is what
the Bible says:
He that hath pity upon the poor
lendeth unto the LORD; and that which
he hath given will he pay him again.
- Proverbs 19:17
The Word of God assures that we
are sure of getting back whatever we
give to the poor.
 He that giveth unto the poor shall
not lack: but he that hideth his eyes
shall have many a curse.
- Proverbs 28:27
Giving to the poor is an everlasting
covenant opportunity for our rising.
And what’s more, you are guaranteed
much more than financial rewards:
Blessed is he that considereth the
poor: the LORD will deliver him in
time of trouble.
The LORD will preserve him, and
keep him alive; and he shall be blessed
upon the earth: and thou wilt not
deliver him unto the will of his
enemies.
- Psalm 41:1-2
The Lord’s deliverance from
trouble can’t be bought with money.
It’s one of the true riches we enjoy
from God.
Sacrifices
Sacrificial giving is a key for
turning man’s financial captivity. This
form of giving usually cost you
something, but is worth it at the end,
because it is always followed by an
oath or covenant from God. Abraham
gave a sacrifice to God when he was
willing to kill Isaac when God asked
for the boy. As a result, God swore an
oath of blessing upon him:
And the angel of the LORD called
unto Abraham out of heaven the second
time,
And said, By myself have I sworn,
saith the LORD, for because thou hast
done this thing, and hast not withheld
thy son, thine only son:
That in blessing I will bless thee,
and in multiplying I will multiply thy
seed as the stars of the heaven, and as
the sand which is upon the sea shore;
and thy seed shall possess the gate of
his enemies;
And in thy seed shall all the nations
of the earth be blessed; because thou
hast obeyed my voice.
- Genesis 22:15-18
Sacrifices are usually sown in tears,
but the results can’t be denied.
When the LORD turned again the
captivity of Zion, we were like them
that dream.
 Then was our mouth filled with
laughter, and our tongue with singing:
then said they among the heathen, The
LORD hath done great things for them.
The LORD hath done great things
for us; whereof we are glad.
Turn again our captivity, O LORD,
as the streams in the south.
They that sow in tears shall reap in
joy.
He that goeth forth and weepeth,
bearing precious seed, shall doubtless
come again with rejoicing, bringing his
sheaves with him.
- Psalm 126:1-6
Usually, sacrifices are given for the
promotion of the kingdom of God.
Though they cost you something, note
that they must be given willingly and
cheerfully for them to bring you
increases. I gave God my car many
years ago, when we needed money to
start our church planting project, and
on my way back home that day, He
swore a blessing unto me. He said, “My
son, David, even if you don’t want to
be rich, it’s too late!” I have enjoyed
financial abundance, along with other
fringe benefits ever since.
When God makes a kingdom
demand on you, it’s so He can add
colour to your destiny. It is His secret
way of promoting you; so, respond to it
with all excitement.
Your Due Season
The Bible tells us in Galatians 6:9
not to be weary in well doing: for in
due season we shall reap, if we faint
not. The question then is, “When is my
due season for a blessing?” This is
what the Word says:
If the clouds be full of rain, they
empty themselves upon the earth…
- Ecclesiastes 11:3
You are not due for a harvest of
blessings until when your cloud is full.
You fill up your clouds by casting your
bread upon many waters (Eccl. 11:1);
and when your cloud is full, it will rain
down showers of blessings for you.
Note that every man plays a
principal role in determining his due
season. Your due season is not when
God thinks you are due, neither is it
when you have a need. It doesn’t
answer to prayers either, but to how
fast you fill up your rain clouds with
your giving. How much you lay up in
heaven is what determines when you
are due for a rainfall of blessing.
Your due season is when you are
due! Unfortunately, many faint before
their due season. I advise you to not
just fold your hands and wait for your
due season to come. Rather,
programme yourself for it through our
giving, and sacrificial giving is one
way of filling up your cloud very
quickly.
 Chapter 7

Some Hidden Covenants

Giving is the highway to a
prosperous life. Tr ue. But there are
some hidden covenants of blessings
that must also be in place for you to
enjoy true kingdom prosperity. God is
our heavenly Father, not our heavenly
b a n k e r . So, don’t expect to be
prosperous if all you do is to just give
to Him as though you are at a casino
feeding money into the machine in
order to hit a jackpot. The subject of
giving and prosperity is much more
than that. Various factors come
together to make the whole; so,
everything must be in place for it to
work.
God’s Word says, “whoso breaketh
an hedge, a serpent shall bite him”
(Eccl 10:8). For the covenant of
prosperity to produce in response to
your giving, you must not break the
hedge of the hidden covenants we shall
be discussing in this chapter. Though
very vital, they have either been
forgotten or neglected by many. No
wonder many give and give, but do not
get results. After identifying which one
you have failed in or neglected,
wisdom demands that you put things
right immediately. You shall not fail,
in Jesus’ name.
Honour Your Parents
 There are many kingdom people
who diligently pay their tithes and give
offerings, but who things are still not
well with, because this block is missing
from their covenant walk.
Honour thy father and thy mother:
that thy days may be long upon the
land which the LORD thy God giveth
thee.
- Exodus 20:12
Honour thy father and mother;
(which is the first commandment with
promise;)
That it may be well with thee, and
thou mayest live long on the earth.
- Ephesians 6:2-3
It is neither well with some
believers who are great givers, nor with
their homes, businesses and careers
because they are dishonouring their
parents. “A son honoureth his father…
if then I be a father, where is mine
honour?” (Mal. 1:6). God has given
our parents a covenant place in our
lives that we can’t afford to toy with.
Honouring them is a command from
God, and it is the first commandment
with a promise attached to it.
You are to honour your parents by
relating well with them and caring for
their needs. You can’t be eating so well
and living in affluence while your
parents are suffering hunger and
deprivation. God says it won’t be well
with you, no matter what you give to
Him and His kingdom. You are
breaking the hedge, and the serpent
must bite. Some live in very big houses
in the cities, but their parents are sick
and live in huts, with leaking roofs in
the village. No ! It can’t be well with
you living like this.
You should cater for your parents
according to the level that the Lord has
blessed you. You don’t have the fattest
calves in your flock and take the blind
and the lame to them. You don’t take
friends to five-star hotels but send
some miserable amount of money to
them as though they well beggars. Our
parents carry special blessings for us
which are released as we relate well
with them. Remember how Isaac
blessed Jacob after he had eaten the
venison he made for him? (Gen. 27)
Our caring well for our parents is that
venison that will release the blessings
for us. Visit them regularly and place
them on your regular budget, not on a
once-in-a-while, hit and miss budget.
I know that some of our parents
have done us wrong in time past. But
that is in the past. With your
knowledge of God and His ways, you
should put it behind you and go
forward through obedience. The Bible
tells us that:
Whoso curseth his father or his
mother, his lamp shall be put out in
obscure darkness.
An inheritance may be gotten
hastily at the beginning; but the end
thereof shall not be blessed.
Say not thou, I will recompense
evil; but wait on the LORD, and he
shall save thee.
- Proverbs 20:20-22
No matter what they have done to
you in the past, that does not give you
the licence to dishonour them.
According to God’s Word and wisdom,
you are not permitted to retaliate.
Leave it to God to handle. This is
especially true of children from
polygamous or separated homes, where
one parent has poisoned their minds
against the other. You are now a new
creature; old things are passed away,
and all things are become new.
After teaching on this subject in
church, some members obeyed the
Word of the Lord and put things right
with their parents, and they had diverse
kinds of testimonies of blessings and
healings to share. Don’t break the
hedge; go and put things right, so you
can be prosperous and live long on
earth. Until you start doing what God
commands, you’ll keep struggling, no
matter how much you give. Note also
that your parents don’t have to be in
need or a problem before you fulfill
your covenant responsibility to them. It
is a covenant demand that must be
obeyed.
Provide For Your Household
This is another covenant practice
that can rob you of your harvest if it is
out of place. The Bible commands:
But if any provide not for his own,
and specially for those of his own
house, he hath denied the faith, and is
worse than an infidel.
- 1 Timothy 5:8
It is the duty of the man of the
house to provide for his home,
otherwise, he will live a life worse than
that of a sinner. Man, it is your
covenant responsibility to provide for
your household. When you stop caring
and providing for your wife and
children, you come under a curse that
all your giving can’t deliver you from.
No matter how much tithes and
offerings you give, the Bible says you
have denied the faith, and so you will
suffer what unbelievers suffer.
The duty of providing for your
family must be joyfully accepted and
excitedly executed. It is not to be
shared with your wife or anybody else.
You must ensure that your family is
well fed, clothed and have shelter over
their heads. You have no right to put on
a tie when your children are not well
clothed. That is why all your tithes and
kingdom investments are not yielding
anything: because you are off course. It
is a curse if your family has not eaten
and you are going about town
unperturbed. God’s Word says a good
man leaves an inheritance to his
children’s children (Prov. 13:22).
Return home and put things right,
otherwise God will not hear any prayer
you pray.
As a man another thing you must
do is to honour your wife, in order to
bring home the harvest you are
expecting.
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with
them according to knowledge, giving
honour unto the wife, as unto the
weaker vessel, and as being heirs
together of the grace of life; that your
prayers be not hindered.
- 1 Peter 3:7
Deal with your wife according to
knowledge, that your prayers be not
hindered. That is, that your connection
with God be not disconnected and your
heavens closed. Any leaking house is
not worthy of a harvest. Tension within
the family system disqualifies it for
divine blessings. Husbands are
commanded to love their wives as
Christ loves the Church. So dealing
with your wife according to knowledge
will check any leakage in your family
and help you enjoy harvest.
Wives on the other hand are
commanded to submit to their
husbands (Eph. 5:22; 1 Pet. 3:1). Many
problems in the home are largely
caused by wives over whom their
husbands have no control. In family
government, the man is the head, while
the woman is the subject. The woman’s
role is to be a help meet for her
husband, not to lord it over the man in
the home. A submissive woman is
precious in the sight of her husband.
So, block that leakage in your home by
being truly submissive to your
husband. Nothing can stop your harvest
if this is in place.
Pay Your Workers Well
If you run a business where you
hire people who work for you, but you
do not pay them well, you can’t enjoy
the harvest of all your giving. This is
because the scriptures can’t be broken.
The Bible says in Luke 10:7 that the
labourer is worthy of his hire. You
can’t be living in opulence and
splendour while your workers are
starving.
Pay your workmen well, or do your
work yourself if you can’t. If you are
not in a position to pay them due to
whatever reason, let them know and
give them the choice of deciding either
to stay or leave. Don’t go to five-star
hotels and squander money, feasting
friends and so-called business
associates while you pay your staff
miserable amounts at the end of the
month. It will hinder your access to an
open heaven, what you have given
notwithstanding.
On the flip side, servants or
workers are to ensure they don’t
defraud their masters. This is a
command from the Lord (Eph. 6:5-8; 1
Pet. 2:18). Many workers are in the
habit of defrauding and undoing their
masters in a bit to rise. But note that
every step you take against your master
robs you of your promotion. Every step
you take against the source of blessing
that God has placed around you goes
into undoing your destiny. This could
possibly be why your giving hasn’t
produced as you expect.
Prosperity is accessed via the
covenant of giving; but your giving
won’t produce if these other things are
out of place. Find out which one you
are lacking in and correct it. You shall
not fail!
 Section C:

The Word of Signs & Wonders

 Pillar 9

The Holy Ghost

 Contents
Introduction 539
1. The Holy Spirit – Who is He?
541
2. Our Covenant Faith Booster 549
3. The Spirit of Revelation 555
4. He is an Excellent Spirit 563
5. He Beautifies Your Social Life
573
6. He Helps You In Praise 583
7. Doing Exploits by the Holy
Spirit 593
 Pillar 9

The Holy Ghost

Introduction
Another word for the Holy Spirit is
the anointing. The Holy Spirit helps us
in all aspects of our lives – spirit, soul
and body. Jesus describes the Holy
Spirit as our Comforter; that is, He is
here to make life comfortable for us.
The Holy Spirit is our number one
helper in fulfilling destiny. He helps us
to get saved, because the Bible says no
one can say that Jesus is Lord, but by
the Holy Ghost (1 Cor. 12:3). He helps
us in prayer when we do not know how
to pray (Rom. 8:26-27). He reveals the
mind of the Father to us (1 Cor. 2:10-
11), and helps build up our faith.
But ye, beloved, building up
yourselves on your most holy faith,
praying in the Holy Ghost,
- Jude 20
The Holy Spirit is a Person no
Christian can do without; One that no
other experience can substitute. He is
the ever-abiding power of God made
available to the saints. The Holy Spirit
helps to boost and strengthen our faith
by revealing the Word of God and the
mind of the Father to us. He also
enables us to do the Word and to live a
victorious Christian life. The following
sample teachings will further show you
more ways that the Holy Spirit helps us
fufill destiny.
The underlisted books will also
help your understanding on the subject:
Understanding The Anointing
Anointing For Breakthroughs
Anointing For Exploits
The Mystery of the Anointing Oil
 Chapter 1

The Holy Spirit – Who Is He?

God has destined the last days’
Church to set the pace for others to
f o l l o w. The whole of creation is
groaning and travailing in pain,
suffering under the bondage of
corruption, waiting for the hour that the
sons of God will manifest. But this
manifestation can only be made
possible by the operations of the Holy
Spirit. He is the One in charge of the
affairs of the kingdom of God on earth
today.
Both Prophets Isaiah and Joel
prophesied about His coming at diverse
times:
For I will pour water upon him that
is thirsty, and floods upon the dry
ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy
seed, and my blessing upon thine
offspring:
- Isaiah 44:3
And it shall come to pass afterward,
that I will pour out my spirit upon all
flesh; and your sons and your daughters
shall prophesy, your old men shall
dream dreams, your young men shall
see visions:
And also upon the servants and
upon the handmaids in those days will I
pour out my spirit.
- Joel 2:28-29
These prophecies were fulfilled on
the day of Pentecost in the book of the
Acts of the Apostles.
And when the day of Pentecost was
fully come, they were all with one
accord in one place.
And suddenly there came a sound
from heaven as of a rushing mighty
wind, and it filled all the house where
they were sitting.
And there appeared unto them
cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat
upon each of them.
And they were all filled with the
Holy Ghost, and began to speak with
other tongues, as the Spirit gave them
utterance.
- Acts 2:1-4
God had earlier been pouring the
Holy Spirit out in drizzles upon
prophets, pastors, priests and kings in
the Old Testament times, enabling
them to function in their offices. For
instance, until Saul was anointed king
of Israel, he could not ascend the
throne (1 Sam. 10:1). Elisha could also
not stand in the prophet’s office until
after Elijah had anointed him (1 Kgs.
19:16), neither could Aaron and his
sons minister unto the Lord as priests
until Moses had anointed them (Ex.
28:41).
But God never intended that the gift
of the Holy Spirit be given to only a
few people. That was why He spoke
through the prophets that a time would
come when His Spirit would be poured
out, not in drizzles or sprinkles, but in
its fullness, upon all flesh. No longer
will the Holy Spirit be upon a few, but
upon all who desire Him.
In the last day, that great day of the
feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If
any man thirst, let him come unto me,
and drink.
He that believeth on me, as the
scripture hath said, out of his belly
shall flow rivers of living water.
(But this spake he of the Spirit,
which they that believe on him should
receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet
given; because that Jesus was not yet
glorified.)
- John 7:37-39
So until Jesus was glorified not
everyone who desired the Holy Spirit
could have Him.
Who Is The Holy Ghost?
The Holy Ghost has a number of
names, titles and symbols by which He
is known, all of which portray His
character and personality. His most
popular names are: the Holy Spirit and
the Holy Ghost.
The Holy Spirit is the third Person
of the Trinity. He is equal to God the
Father and God the Son, but different
in function. He is referred to as God in
Acts 5:3-4. Like every other member of
the Trinity, the Holy Spirit is eternal
(Heb. 9:14), Omnipotent (Lk. 1:35),
Omniscient (1 Cor. 2:10, 13),
Omnipresent (Ps. 139:7-13), Sovereign
(1 Cor. 12:6, 11) and is a Creator (Gen.
1:2).
The Holy Ghost is also a unique
Person; not an “it”, but a “He”. For
instance, He speaks (Acts 28:25),
teaches (Jn. 14:26), and can be grieved
and resisted (Eph. 4:30; Acts 7:51) just
like any other person.
The Holy Ghost is not an emotion,
a feeling or a falling, nor is He a crying
or a wailing. He is a Person. He is the
One in charge of the affairs of the
kingdom of God on earth today; the
Chief Executive of the divine
programme on earth. He is the
motivator, energizer and operator of
every revealed plan (vision) from God.
He is the Revealer of the hidden
treasures of the kingdom and holds the
key to the inheritance of the saints. The
Holy Spirit is the most valuable asset
to Christian living. He is the central
figure in any breakthrough in life.
The Bible makes it very clear that
everyone lives to fulfill his name.
When the angel appeared unto Joseph
to tell him about the birth of Jesus, he
s a i d , “...Thou shalt call his name
Jesus...” By this statement, he revealed
something about the person of Jesus.
The name Jesus means Saviour; and
His mission — to save His people from
their sins (Matt. 1:21).
The name “Simon” (the reed; one
who is easily shaken) affected Simon
Peter’s personality, so Jesus changed
his name to Peter, “the rock” (stable,
immovable). There was also a man
called Nabal, of whom these words
were spoken: “...As his name is, so is
he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with
him...” (1 Sam. 25:25). Another man
was called Ichabod, meaning “the glory
is departed” (1 Sam. 4:21).
He Is The Comforter
Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It
is expedient for you that I go away: for
if I go not away, the Comforter will not
come unto you; but if I depart, I will
send him unto you.
- John 16:7
When Jesus described the Holy
Spirit as the Comforter, He
automatically revealed His mission - to
make men comfortable. The Holy
Spirit was sent primarily to establish
comfort for God’s people. Jesus gave
the people some level of comfort, but
promised that with the coming of the
Comforter, the comfort they previously
enjoyed would fade into mere
insignificance. Therefore, though the
disciples mourned after He left, it was
short-lived, for after Him came the One
that took the baton from the
Bridegroom - the Comforter!
The Comforter is the true name of
the Holy Spirit, and His ministry is to
make living comfortable for us.
He Is The Spirit Of Holiness
We are told in Romans 1:4 that
Jesus was declared to be the Son of
God with power, according to the Spirit
of holiness. Naturally, the Holy Spirit
hates sin, as He has His source in the
thrice-Holy God. His name means a
Spirit that is Holy. He is Holy and
cannot behold sin. That was why He
dealt with Ananias and Sapphira in
Acts chapter five. They lied, so He
destroyed them. When you give Him a
chance, He enables you live clean. You
will suddenly find out that you have a
total distaste for sin.
The Holy Spirit is out to ensure that
“the righteousness of the law might be
fulfilled in us, who walk not after the
flesh, but after the spirit” (Rom. 8:4).
What the law demands is made
possible only by the operations of the
law of the Spirit. The law on its own is
helpless to bring you to a place of
sanctity. But when you operate the law
of the spirit you are automatically able
to fulfill the righteousness of the law.
He Is The ‘Quickener’
But if the Spirit of him that raised
up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he
that raised up Christ from the dead
shall also quicken your mortal bodies
by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
- Romans 8:11
To quicken means to revive; to
inject life into something. The Holy
Spirit is the Spirit of life (Rom. 8:2), so
He also has a mission to preserve your
body from death by quickening it. That
is, He removes every killer disease
from your mortal body and also rescues
you from the sin nature, which leads to
the second death. Of Him, Luke 3:17
says:
Whose fan is in his hand, and he
will throughly purge his floor, and will
gather the wheat into his garner; but
the chaff he will burn with fire
unquenchable.
If you are born again and filled
with the Holy Spirit, then understand
that He who indwells you has a fan in
His hand and will thoroughly purge the
floors of your body, soul and spirit,
sweeping them clean. Whatever does
not glorify God in you, whether
sickness or sin-related problems, He
will sweep them all out and burn the
chaff with unquenchable fire (Matt.
3:11-12). Sin and sickness cannot
inhabit wherever the Holy Spirit
dwells.
No other personality of the godhead
is more impersonated than the Holy
Spirit. But you need to know Him in a
personal and intimate way in order to
flow in His anointing, as you can’t go
far as a Christian without the anointing
and help of the Holy Spirit.
 Chapter 2

Our Covenant Faith Booster

The Holy Spirit is our number one
faith Booster; He helps to build up our
faith. As seen in earlier chapters, faith
is very paramount in our walk with
God, because it’s the only way we can
please Him (Heb. 11:6). Faith is also
the only way we can access the things
of God; and the Bible says faith comes
by hearing, and hearing by the Word of
God (Rom. 10:17). The Holy Spirit
teaches us the Word and opens our eyes
to see what we need to see in it, which
causes faith to be built up in us, and
then delivers the good report we so
earnestly desire.
Our Covenant Illuminator
Speaking about the Holy Spirit,
Jesus said:
And I will pray the Father, and he
shall give you another Comforter, that
he may abide with you for ever;
Even the Spirit of truth; whom the
world cannot receive, because it seeth
him not, neither knoweth him: but ye
know him; for he dwelleth with you,
and shall be in you.
- John 14:16-17
The Holy Spirit, the Comforter
Jesus promised to send us, indwells
every redeemed child of God, and His
mission is to make life comfortable for
the saints. One of the ways He does this
is by helping to boost our faith. Jesus
described what His mission on earth
will be thus:
But the Comforter, which is the
Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send
in my name, he shall teach you all
things, and bring all things to your
remembrance, whatsoever I have said
unto you.
- John 14:26
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 shew
you things to come.
 He shall glorify me: for he shall
receive of mine, and shall shew it unto
you.
- John 16:12-14
The Holy Spirit is our Teacher; He
is commissioned to teach us those
things we do not know. He does not
only teach us all things, but also brings
what we have been previously taught to
our remembrance. That way, when we
are faced with a challenge, we are
easily able to locate a way of escape
from scriptures. He connects us with
the right Word, and without any form
of struggle, we are able to walk out
victoriously on all forms of stress.
What’s more, the Holy Spirit grants
us insight into the will and purpose of
God for our lives. Apostle Paul tells us
more of His role in our lives:
For what man knoweth the things of
a man, save the spirit of man which is
in him? even so the things of God
knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
Now we have received, not the
spirit of the world, but the spirit which
is of God; that we might know the
things that are freely given to us of
God.
Which things also we speak, not in
the words which man’s wisdom
teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost
teacheth; comparing spiritual things
with spiritual.
- 1 Corinthians 2:11-13
Since He knows the mind of God,
He reveals it to us and helps us to do
the will of the Father, which is the right
thing. He guides us into all truths and
speaks to us. In accordance with His
role as our Helper, He helps our
understanding into the will of God.
But the anointing which ye have
received of him abideth in you, and ye
need not that any man teach you: but as
the same anointing teacheth you of all
things, and is truth, and is no lie, and
even as it hath taught you, ye shall
abide in him.
- 1 John 2:27
Miracles come as a result of depth
discovered in the Word of God; not by
struggles or crying. Once you are able
to locate the right Word on any issue
you are confronted with and apply the
Word, God is committed to confirming
i t . Thus the Holy Spirit unveils the
deep things of God to you, to cause you
to encounter your breakthroughs.
God has mapped out highways He
wants His children to ride on. That is
why He gave us the Holy Spirit, Who
will grant us supernatural access into
those deep things. It is depth that
determines height in life. So, let the
Holy Spirit open up the Word of God to
you and unravel those hidden mysteries
specially packaged for your profiting.
The Love Dimension
The Bible further tells us that faith
works by love (Gal. 6:7). That is, faith
can only be effectual when we walk in
love. The Holy Spirit comes in here
again, because we are told in Romans
5:5:
And hope maketh not ashamed;
because the love of God is shed abroad
in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which
is given unto us.
The Holy Spirit it is that injects the
love of God into our hearts; and love is
what determines our access to
revelation, which in turn boosts our
faith.
Except by the enable force of the
Holy Spirit, it is humanly impossible to
love the way Jesus commands us to:
…Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,
and with all thy mind.
 This is the first and great
commandment.
And the second is like unto it, Thou
shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
On these two commandments hang
all the law and the prophets.
- Matthew 22:37-40
Love is the platform upon which
the laws and commandments function,
and it takes the help of the Holy Spirit
to so love. It is only then that we can
fulfill the demands of Matthew 6:33:
But seek ye first the kingdom of
God, and his righteousness; and all
these things shall be added unto you.
What can be more comfortable than
having all things that men are
struggling for and running after added
to you simple because the love of God
dwells richly in your heart? The love of
God in your heart is the bedrock for
success in life, and it is a gift from the
Holy Spirit. Faith is futile without love
in place; and a faithless life is a
frustrated life. But when you are
injected with the love of God by the
Holy Spirit, you are excited and
relaxed about doing the will of the
Father.
 Chapter 3

The Spirit of Revelation

And the spirit of the LORD shall
rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and
understanding, the spirit of counsel and
might, the spirit of knowledge and of
the fear of the LORD;
- Isaiah 11:2
The spirit of knowledge referred to
above is the same as the spirit of
revelation Apostle Paul described in
Ephesians 1:17:
That the God of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Father of glory, may give
unto you the spirit of wisdom and
revelation in the knowledge of him:
 The spirit of revelation is the
‘unfolder’ of the mysteries of the
kingdom of God; and every kingdom
mystery you grasp makes you a master
in that area. When you have insight
into a particular mystery, you become a
man of authority in that area. For
instance, I am through with sickness,
because I have gained mastery over it
by reason of the insight I have on the
subject of divine health.
Insight is what makes one a man of
authority, saying to one mountain,
“Go!” and it goes, and to blessings,
“Come!” and they come. Knowledge
and understanding is what gives one
such mastery.
Note, however, that insight does not
come by merely reading. No! It comes
by one seeking revelational knowledge.
The Ethiopian Eunuch read, but had no
insight. “Understandeth thou what thou
readest?” Philip asked him. He replied,
“How can I, except some man should
guide me?” (Acts 8:30-31.) This is
where the Holy Spirit comes in. Paul
said:
For what man knoweth the things of
a man, save the spirit of man which is
in him? even so the things of God
knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
- 1 Corinthians 2:11
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God,
and is our best guide in understanding
the things of God. It takes the Spirit of
God to know the things of God. He is
the Revealer of God’s hidden
mysteries. He gives us understanding,
which is what begets faith; and faith is
what gets the job done. The Bible says:
The secret things belong unto the
LORD our God: but those things which
are revealed belong unto us and to our
children for ever, that we may do all
the words of this law.
- Deuteronomy 29:29
Oh, how we need the Spirit of
revelation in the Body of Christ today!
We shouldn’t be reading the Bible for
the fun of it, but should be receiving
instructions for manifestation from it.
So, engage the search ministry of the
Spirit of God. Cry out to Him, saying,
“Oh Spirit of Revelation, open my eyes.
There are things freely given to me by
God in this Book. Show them to me
now.”
The Spirit of revelation cheaply
commands the miraculous, because
whatever instruction He gives, when
obeyed is guaranteed to manifest in a
s i g n . We see this happen in John
chapter two, when Jesus instructed that
the water pots be filled with water. At
the servants’ obedience to that
command, the impending shame was
averted, and glory was the end result.
There is a spirit called the Spirit of
Revelation. It will be in great operation
this end-time, because the Bible says in
Isaiah 11:9:
They shall not hurt nor destroy in
all my holy mountain: for the earth
shall be full of the knowledge of the
LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
When you encounter the revelation
knowledge of the Lord on any issue,
you become a man of exploits in that
area. The Church is in her season of
exploits, so we need the ministry of the
Spirit of Revelation in order to enlist in
this great army God is raising.
…But the people that do know their
God shall be strong, and do exploits.
- Daniel 11:32
It is no longer enough to just read,
so stop priding yourself on how many
books you have read and how many
times you have gone through the entire
Bible. Rather, the question should be:
“Understandeth thou what thou
readest?” The only authentic proof of
knowledge is liberty; for, “Ye shall
know the truth, and the truth shall
make you free” (Jn. 8:32). So, always
desire to catch a revelation of what you
are reading; that is what will make the
difference in your life and destiny.
“God had spoken once; twice have
I heard…” (Ps. 62:11). It is this second
hearing that is called revelation.
Having read what the book of John
said, you now go beyond that to gain an
insight into what God is saying to you
personally from it. That’s revelation.
Revelation makes God’s Word become
personal. It turns the general written
Word into a personal word; what the
charismatics call “Rhema”. This is
where faith is born. It is what energizes
you to act upon what you have read and
received; and the end result is a
miracle!
God has spoken so many things to
me by His Spirit that no man could
have taught me. When God teaches, it
is an instruction; and when you receive
it, it brings a manifestation in your life.
Revelation is power! This has brought
me to conclude that people are not
suffering because there is a great devil
somewhere. No! They suffer untold
afflictions because of their great
ignorance! God once said to me:
“There’s no mountain anywhere. Every
man’s ignorance is his mountain!”
 Revelation is the bedrock of every
revolution, it is the greatest asset to a
life of exploits; and the Holy Spirit is
there to make it happen for you, if only
you will call on Him. The glory of the
end-time Church will centre upon the
revelations God grants her. There is a
better way of doing what you are doing
now. When God shows it to you, you
are sure of achieving better results.
Think about this: if Christ were the
One running your business, will any
government policy or annual budget
affect it? If Jesus were running your
ministry, would He have a location
problem? Would the church have just
two to three people in attendance every
Sunday? To avoid the multitudes, Jesus
ran to the wilderness, but they still
pursued Him there. He crossed to the
other side of the river, and they
chattered a speedboat and arrived there
before Him. Why? Operational in Him
were the seven Spirits of God. So you
don’t have a location problem, but an
insight problem.
It is impossible to imagine that we
can arrive at the fullness of the
measure of the stature of Christ
without the forces that worked in Him
being at work in us also. Jesus
triumphed by the Spirit of revelation.
He was a Master over situations and
circumstances. He was never stranded.
You too can excel by this same Spirit
of revelation.
 The Fear of the Lord
There is, however, something you
must possess in order to freely enjoy
the operations of the Spirit of
revelation. It is called the fear of the
Lord. The Bible reveals how important
this is in our quest for revelation:
The secret of the LORD is with
them that fear him; and he will shew
them his covenant.
- Psalm 25:14
God reveals His covenant or Word
only to them that fear Him. Every man
in Biblical history who ever did exploit
possessed this component of the fear of
the Lord. The Bible quotes Joseph, a
man discreet and wise, who through his
wisdom saved Egypt in the time of
famine, as saying, “For I fear God”
(Gen. 42:18). Job, a man described as
the greatest of all men of the East, was
acknowledged by Satan as possessing
one outstanding quality: the fear of the
Lord. Satan asked God, “Doth Job fear
God for nought?” (Job 1:9).
A close study of the seven Spirits
of God listed in Isaiah 11:2 reveal that
at the root or foundation is the spirit of
the fear of the Lord. It is at the bottom
rung of the ladder, and just as every
ladder is climbed from the bottom up,
so you climb into the fullness of the
seven Spirits of God from the spirit of
the fear of the Lord.
And the spirit of the LORD shall
rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and
understanding, the spirit of counsel and
might, the spirit of knowledge and of
the fear of the LORD;
- Isaiah 11:2
The spirit of the fear of the Lord is
what gives birth to the spirit of
knowledge:
The fear of the Lord is the
beginning of knowledge...
- Proverbs 1:7
Knowledge then brings you into
might, which is inner strength. “A man
of knowledge increaseth strength”
(Prov. 24:5). From might you graduate
to counsel, to understanding, and then
to wisdom, which culminates in the
manifestation of power. The spirit of
the fear of the Lord is what Apostle
Paul refers to as the spirit of holiness.
And declared to be the Son of God
with power, according to the spirit of
holiness, by the resurrection from the
dead:
- Romans 1:4
Jesus was declared to be the Son of
God with power, because the spirit of
holiness was at work in Him. He was
tempted at all points, yet was without
sin; so He qualified to be anointed
without measure. No wonder He knew
and did the will of the Father always.
Then answered Jesus and said unto
them, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
The Son can do nothing of himself, but
what he seeth the Father do: for what
things soever he doeth, these also doeth
the Son likewise.
- John 5:19
I can of mine own self do nothing:
as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is
just; because I seek not mine own will,
but the will of the Father which hath
sent me.
- John 5:30
…I do nothing of myself; but as my
Father hath taught me, I speak these
things.
And he that sent me is with me: the
Father hath not left me alone; for I do
always those things that please him.
- John 8:28-29
The spirit of the fear of the Lord
will grant you access into revelations,
so you can walk in victory and do
exploits in life. When you walk and
live in the fear of the Lord, you are
guaranteed automatic exploits, because
you not only enjoy revelations, but also
carry God’s presence, which
commands exploits — the sea gives
way to Him, Jordan is driven back from
Him, and the mountains skip like rams
before Him (Ps. 114).
When you walk in the fear of the
Lord, you become a friend of God and
you have access to all things that the
Father has shown Jesus. When this
happens, you will begin to operate at
the level Jesus operated in, and you
will do the kind of exploits He did
when He was on earth, and even greater
(Jn. 14:12).
 Chapter 4

He is an Excellent Spirit
But there is a spirit in man: and the
inspiration of the Almighty giveth
them understanding.
- Job 32:8
The Spirit of God is an intelligent
Spirit; He gives understanding. The
Holy Spirit is an excellent Spirit, and
He causes men to excel cheaply here on
earth. He gives men the supernatural
ability to intelligibly diagnose
situations, put solutions together and
carry through those solutions to the
ultimate end for practical results.
Enough of mediocrity in the body
of Christ! Salvation is superior to
education. Daniel became “the man in
the kingdom” simply by the operation
of this Spirit of excellence. He always
had the answers to whatever problem
was before him.
The Spirit of God is what connects
us to this excellent spirit. He quickens
our understanding and helps us in our
quest for knowledge by revealing truths
to our spirit-man. He teaches us by
quickening our understanding to grasp
the things He is revealing.
Not only was our spirits redeemed
at new birth, but our minds also. The
Bible tells us in Revelations 5:10:
And hast made us unto our God
kings and priests: and we shall reign on
the earth.
So, whether you are saved and
called to be a priest in the temple or a
Christian on the streets, you are
expected to reign as a king wherever
you are. But this can’t be possible
without the excellent Spirit of God at
work in you. Talking about wisdom,
the Bible says:
By me kings reign, and princes
decree justice.
By me princes rule, and nobles,
even all the judges of the earth.
- Proverbs 8:15-16
You need this excellent Spirit to
reign on earth, as God won’t bless you
beyond your mental capacity.
Unfortunately, the Church has grown
lopsided over the years. She has laid a
lot of emphasis on the growth of the
spirit, to the detriment of the growth of
the mind. Some even think it is carnal
to put their minds to work. No wonder
many in the body today are so ignorant
and defeated in life.
But we see from scriptures
examples of great men who developed
both their spirits and minds
simultaneously.
Joseph
Joseph was a man that walked in
the fear of the Lord. He refused to yield
to his master’s wife’s temptation to
sin. The excellent spirit was at work in
him, for we saw him effectively
manage Potiphar’s home and wealth,
such that his master left all to his care.
Even when he was put in prison, he
sweatlessly gave the correct
interpretation to the butler and baker’s
dreams.
When Pharaoh had a dream that no
one else in the kingdom could
interpret, was it any wonder then that
Joseph was again called upon? The
excellent spirit in him came on display
again, and he was able to give the
correct interpretation.
And Pharaoh said unto his servants,
Can we find such a one as this is, a man
in whom the Spirit of God is?
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,
Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all
this, there is none so discreet and wise
as thou art:
Thou shalt be over my house, and
according unto thy word shall all my
people be ruled: only in the throne will
I be greater than thou.
- Genesis 41:38-40
The Spirit of God, the Spirit of
excellence was at work in Joseph,
causing him to be discreet and wise.
Not only was he able to correctly
interpret the dream, but was also able
to devise a means of preserving grains
for the fourteen years of plenty and
famine! By the Spirit of excellence at
work in him, he reigned in a foreign
land as Prime Minister! “By me kings
reign, and princes decree justice.”
Daniel
 Daniel was a man described as
possessing “the spirit of the holy
gods.” In Daniel’s time also, the king
dreamt and could not remember his
dream nor understand what it meant.
He called on all his magicians,
astrologers, sorcerers and Chaldeans to
tell him what his dream was and to
give the interpretation, but they could
not. In fact, they acknowledged thus:
And it is a rare thing that the king
requireth, and there is none other that
can shew it before the king, except the
gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
- Daniel 2:11
As a result, the king commanded
that all the wise men in Babylon be
destroyed. Daniel and his three other
colleagues would have been affected by
this decree, so they went to God for an
answer. Remember:
For what man knoweth the things of
a man, save the spirit of man which is
in him? even so the things of God
knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
- 1 Corinthians 2:11
So, the Spirit of God, that Excellent
Spirit came on display in Daniel, and
gave him the interpretation!
Then was the secret revealed unto
Daniel in a night vision...
I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou
God of my fathers, who hast given me
wisdom and might, and hast made
known unto me now what we desired of
thee: for thou hast now made known
unto us the king’s matter…
Daniel answered in the presence of
the king, and said, The secret which the
king hath demanded cannot the wise
men, the astrologers, the magicians, the
soothsayers, shew unto the king;
But there is a God in heaven that
revealeth secrets, and maketh known to
the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be
in the latter days…
- Daniel 2:19, 23, 27-28
The excellent Spirit of God at work
in Daniel was able to solve the
problem!
In chapter five of Daniel came
another troubling event, when a
mysterious hand wrote on the wall.
Again, the king and all his men could
not read the handwriting or tell what it
meant. King Belshazzar was greatly
troubled by this mystery. But thank
God for the queen, who came in and
said:
There is a man in thy kingdom, in
whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and
in the days of thy father light and
understanding and wisdom, like the
wisdom of the gods, was found in him;
whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy
father, the king, I say, thy father, made
master of the magicians, astrologers,
Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
Forasmuch as an excellent spirit,
and knowledge, and understanding,
interpreting of dreams, and shewing of
hard sentences, and dissolving of
doubts, were found in the same Daniel,
whom the king named Belteshazzar:
now let Daniel be called, and he will
shew the interpretation.
- Daniel 5:11-12
The king sent for Daniel, and the
gift of God in him answered. All the
exploits he did were traceable to this
unique spirit in him. See where it took
him:
Then this Daniel was preferred
above the presidents and princes,
because an excellent spirit was in him;
and the king thought to set him over
the whole realm.
- Daniel 6:3
You also have this spirit dwelling
in you, if you are redeemed. All you
need do is to put it to work.
Jesus
And when he was come into his
own country, he taught them in their
synagogue, insomuch that they were
astonished, and said, Whence hath this
man this wisdom, and these mighty
works?
- Matthew 13:54
The mighty works Jesus wrought
were products of the excellent Spirit at
work in Him. Jesus was never stranded;
He always knew what to do per time.
He always had ready-made answers for
the questions of the Jews. The Bible
records in Luke 2:47:
And all that heard him were
astonished at his understanding and
answers.
Everybody has problems; but those
who know the answer appear as though
they didn’t write the exam. The
examinations of life have no timetable.
If you have the answer to that
problematic family relationship, that
dwindling business or unfulfilling
career, you cannot be said to have a
problem. That is why you need to stir
up that excellent spirit in you to work;
so you will have the answer to
whatever problem might come before
you.
Two Levels Of Understanding
For this cause we also, since the
day we heard it, do not cease to pray
for you, and to desire that ye might be
filled with the knowledge of his will in
all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
- Colossians 1:9
There are two levels of
understanding. The first is spiritual
understanding and the other
skillfulness. Spiritual understanding is
when you understand what God has
planned for you from the beginning (2
Pet. 1:3-4), while skill is the
knowledge or ability that enables you
do something (such as a job) very well.
And Moses said unto the children
of Israel, See, the LORD hath called by
name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son
of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;
And he hath filled him with the
spirit of God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in knowledge, and
in all manner of workmanship;
And to devise curious works, to
work in gold, and in silver, and in
brass,
- Exodus 35:30-32
Bezaleel was a skilful man. A
combination of skill and spiritual
understanding made him supernaturally
skilful. You too need to lay hold on
supernatural skills to handle whatever
assignment has been placed in your
hands. Others will learn from you when
you possess it.
And he hath put in his heart that he
may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the
son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
Them hath he filled with wisdom of
heart, to work all manner of work, of
the engraver, and of the cunning
workman, and of the embroiderer, in
blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in
fine linen, and of the weaver, even of
them that do any work, and of those
that devise cunning work.
- Exodus 35:34-35
The excellent Spirit of God in you
will enthrone you among white, yellow
or grey people anywhere, any day. The
excellent spirit in you will gradually
motivate and mobilize you until that
business in your hand becomes ‘The
Business’ in town.
Most heavyweight accomplishers
make it in their thirties. Quite a
number in their forties, and very few in
their fifties. That goes to show that
their success was not as a result of
experience, but by the spirit of God in
operation in their lives. Men like
Michael Faraday were men that
operated by the spirit of excellence.
That’s why although he had only
primary school education, at age forty-
four he was already recognised by all
as the leading man of science! Yet he
was a devout Christian and a celebrated
preacher at his local congregation. He
was one of the physicists that greatly
advanced the work on electricity; all by
the operation of the spirit of
excellence!
 Chapter 5

He Beautifies Your Social Life

The mission of the anointing of the
Holy Spirit has in most cases been
limited to only spiritual and physical
m ani f es t at i ons . It is, however,
important to note that He has a social
relevance in our lives as well. When
Jesus Christ was here on earth, He had
the anointing without measure. He did
not only heal the sick and cast out
devils from the people, but also
provided bread for them, and
“buttered” it with fish. He was never a
beggar, but a distributor.
Jesus was socially comfortable. He
would always lodge in the large upper
room, ride in special and very spacious
boats (we saw Him “asleep on a
pillow”, where you cannot feel the
billows), and was always moving in a
convoy (“and other little ships with
him”) . His ministry was so socially
relevant that they came to take Him by
force to make Him king, but He fled.
Isaiah 61 tells us that among the
effects of the anointing are the building
of the old wastes, the raising up of the
former desolations, the repairing of the
waste cities and the desolations of
many generations. Then we are also
told:
And strangers shall stand and feed
your flocks, and the sons of the alien
shall be your plowmen and your
vinedressers.
- Isaiah 61:5
That talks about we becoming
major employers of labour, which
points to the social impact and exploits
that will happen through us via the
anointing of the Holy Spirit.
You Have An Identity
The anointing gives men identity.
See what it did to Jesus:
And Jesus returned in the power of
the Spirit into Galilee: and there went
out a fame of him through all the
region round about.
- Luke 4:14
We live in a world of about seven
billion people. Therefore, it will take
nothing but a supernatural push to
shoot the believer into the limelight.
For instance, Jesus was here on earth
for thirty years without any form of
identity. He was the Messiah sent for
our emancipation, but He remained a
mere lay reader in the synagogues of
Nazareth until He was anointed. But as
soon as Jesus had an encounter with the
Revealer of men, He came out of His
hiding place! When the Holy Ghost
laid hands on Him at His baptism, He
made Him known to the world.
In like manner, no matter your field
or area of life God has called you into;
it will take the anointing of the Holy
Spirit to distinguish you. The grandeur
of your destiny notwithstanding, your
destination is not sure without the
unction of the Holy Spirit.
And when they had prayed, the
place was shaken where they were
assembled together; and they were all
filled with the Holy Ghost, and they
spake the word of God with boldness.
- Acts 4:31
This scripture makes it clear that
the anointing cannot go unannounced. I
often humorously say that
“anointment” is what provokes
announcement! This is because an
anointed man is automatically
announced. He may be an ignorant and
unlearned man (like the apostles), but
the anointing will compel even the
most prominent of men in the world to
take notice of him. Those who dislike
him may castigate him, but they cannot
ignore him.
I once met a man of God who is
from a West African country and does
not speak English. When he ministers,
he would read just a verse of scripture
and then pray, and that is it! All kinds
of healing would then begin to erupt! I
was told he never had much formal
education. But he had an encounter
with the Holy Spirit, and that has given
him a place of prominence among men.
It is the anointing that distinguishes
between one Christian and the other.
How much anointing you carry is what
determines the quality of life you will
l i v e . The business of an anointed
businessman will automatically be
announced, because of the unction he
carries.
The first thing the Holy Spirit did
when He came was to bring the
disciples out of their hiding place in
the upper room. Subsequently, they
that were once fugitives became rulers
in the land. He announced His arrival,
broke the walls that enclosed them and
dignified His people. Peter, who had
earlier denied his Master even before a
little girl, could now proclaim boldly,
“Jesus Christ whom your fathers
killed.”
The Holy Ghost came to reveal
them, to bring them out of darkness
and cause their light to shine forth
from obscurity. In no time, the apostles
became a concern to the entire
province where they lived. The
authorities held several meetings
because of them. They became the
unbeatable winners, speaking and
having what they spoke by reason of
the Holy Spirit at work in them! The
apostles took over the synagogues as
though there were no high priests there
previously. According to the Bible, “A
great company of the priests became
obedient to the faith” (Acts 6:7). The
Holy Ghost came to reveal the sonship
of the sons of God. He is the
personality to lean on today, if we want
to be accomplished.
Even though you are saved, your
place in life cannot be secured until
you receive the unction of the Holy
Spirit, who is the gift of God to man
(Acts 2:38; Lk. 11:13). Haven’t you
heard it said in Proverbs 18:16 that “A
man’s gift maketh room for him, and
bringeth him before great men”? By
virtue of your new birth, you are a new
personality, a city set upon the hill that
cannot be hid. But until you receive the
gift of God, the Holy Spirit, you remain
hidden in the valley. It takes the Holy
Spirit to push you into the limelight.
By destiny, the last days’ Church is
designed to be a pacesetter. All nations
shall flow into her (Mic. 4:1-2); she
will be so exalted that she will be the
envy of men. But then, in the kingdom
of God, nothing is possible by power or
m i g h t . Every accomplishment or
exploit is made possible by the
operation of the Spirit of God. That’s
why you need Him in your life. We
read of great men of God such as D. L.
Moody and Smith Wigglesworth, who
though unlearned, made history by the
operation of the good Gift of God at
work in their lives.
You Enjoy Favour
The anointing of the Holy Spirit
also procures favour for you.
Because of the savour of thy good
ointments thy name is as ointment
poured forth, therefore do the virgins
love thee.
- Songs of Solomon 1:3
 When you carry the anointing of
the Holy Spirit, even your name is
sweet and creates an expectation. You
smell good and enjoy love from others.
Love from a second party is known as
f a v o u r. The favour you command
depends on the level of the anointing
that operates in your life. That you are
loved is not because of your looks,
status or educational background. The
anointing upon you is simply what
compels people to love you in spite of
themselves.When Saul was anointed
king by Samuel, one of the things the
anointing did to him was to procure
favour for him (1 Sam. 10:3-4). The
three men he met saluted him (felt
kindly disposed towards him) and gave
him gifts, not because he talked to
them or asked for anything from them,
but because he was clouded with favour
by reason of the anointing.
When you carry the anointing, you
will be welcomed everywhere you turn.
When they don’t see you, they will
look for you. It is not sonship to be
turned away from every office you go
to in search of a job or contract.
Registered sonship is all about honour.
The people were always looking for
Jesus when He was here on earth.
Check yourself. If nobody seems to
want to see you, it is either because you
don’t carry the oil or the one you carry
is stale. It takes fresh oil to enjoy
favour with God and men. The
Comforter inside you is not only for
speaking in tongues, but His ministry is
also to make you comfortable by
making you experience joy, love,
praise and favour. Keep Him fresh in
your life and you will live a practically
translated life.
You Are Enthroned
The anointing of the Holy Spirit
enable the saints of God enjoy royalty.
The Bible tells us in Revelation 5:10:
And hast made us unto our God
kings and priests: and we shall reign on
the earth.
But royalty in its fullest is
impossible without the outpouring of
the oil of the Holy Spirit upon a man,
because no king reigned in Israel
without first being consecrated by the
pouring on of oil upon his head.
One major function of the anointing
is to distinguish the beneficiary; to
enable him stand in the office of his
calling. The calling of God upon our
lives is that we have been redeemed
unto God and called out as priests and
kings, to reign on the earth. We have
been redeemed, not given a new title.
We were rescued from death and
brought out into priesthood and
royalty. We represent men before God
as priests and reign as kings on the
earth. But how many in the Church
today are living like this?
There is a very gory picture painted
in Ecclesiastes 10:5-7:
 There is an evil which I have seen
under the sun, as an error which
proceedeth from the ruler:
Folly is set in great dignity, and the
rich sit in low place.
I have seen servants upon horses,
and princes walking as servants upon
the earth.
Unfortunately, this is the state of
things in Christendom today. Rather
than reign as kings, believers are
walking about like servants! God calls
this state an evil. By reason of the work
of redemption, believers are so loaded
with redemptive packages, such that
our failure to manifest our true royalty
constitutes an “evil”. Until there is an
awareness and a consciousness of our
true birthright, this evil will not cease.
The Holy Spirit, through His teaching
ministry, helps us to see the truth and
empowers us to take steps to free
ourselves from the devil’s captivity.
We are all eligible for the throne,
but only the anointed ones will reign.
We are all potential kings, but it takes
the anointing for enthronement to
manifest kingship. God has destined
every believer to be the head and not
the tail in whichever area of life he is
placed. As a righteous businessman,
you should prevail in every venture you
undertake. At no point in time should
you be confused and not know what to
do, because you are a partaker of the
divine nature and possess the Creator’s
brain.
The Word of God says, “Where the
word of a king is, there is power”
(Eccl. 8:4). The anointing of the Holy
Spirit is what upgrades the authority of
your tongue and make your words
effective when you speak, causing the
things you declare to come to pass.
Royalty destroys inferiority complex,
as no king is inferior in his domain.
Begging must cease in the area where
God has called you. It is time to
manifest the royal blood flowing
through your veins.
When you carry a royalty
consciousness, it moderates your
behaviour and even affects the way you
dress. You won’t walk out of the house
in bathroom slippers and put on funny-
looking hats, like someone from some
odd place! Even kings in the village
don’t do that. Your behaviour from this
moment on will reflect royalty, in
Jesus’ name.
Have you ever heard that a king
fought with his wife and then went to
his subjects for settlement? Subjects
are brought before the king for
judgment and not the other way round.
When I received this light, I promised
myself that I will never have an
argument with my wife, because kings
don’t condescend so low. I have not yet
found a cudgel with which to make my
children obey my voice in the home.
They don’t fight over trivial matters in
a royal family. Instead, you are
reminded that because you are of royal
blood, such behaviour is not expected
of you.
When you realise that you are
royal, you won’t feel free anymore to
misbehave or lose your temper and
speak all manner of wrong things.
From this day on, misbehaviour will be
far from you, and the noise of fighting
will no more be heard in your
household, in Jesus’ name!
 Chapter 6

He Helps You In Praise

One of the Comforter’s missions in
your life is to give you a supernatural
enabling to praise God qualitatively.
Praise is God’s “food”, for the Bible
says He inhabits the praises of His
people (Ps. 22:3). Each time you praise
God, you command His presence.
When you are enabled by the Holy
Spirit to give God quality praise, you
succeed in invoking His presence, thus
giving you a walk-over in life.
See what happened as the children
of Israel journeyed through the
wilderness:
 When Israel went out of Egypt, the
house of Jacob from a people of
strange language;
Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel
his dominion.
The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was
driven back.
The mountains skipped like rams,
and the little hills like lambs.
What ailed thee, O thou sea, that
thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou
wast driven back?
Ye mountains, that ye skipped like
rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?
Tremble, thou earth, at the presence
of the Lord, at the presence of the God
of Jacob;
Which turned the rock into a
standing water, the flint into a fountain
of waters.
- Psalm 114:1-8
The Israelites carried His presence
as they journeyed through the
wilderness, so no nation was strong
enough to withstand them; not even the
Red Sea or Jordan!
When Jehoshaphat and the people
of Judah appointed singers to praise
God, the Bible says that God set
ambushments against their enemies,
such that they began to help destroy
one another till none of them escaped
alive (2 Chron. 20:22-24).
God’s presence with you converts
the battles of life to a walk-over for
you. The same thing happened for Paul
and Silas in Acts 16:25-26. They began
to pray and sing praises aloud to God in
the prison, and suddenly there was an
earthquake; the prison doors were flung
open and their chains fell off on their
own accord! God had arrived on the
scene for their rescue! Praises bring
down God’s glory.
By helping you in praise, the Holy
Spirit causes you to have sweat-less
triumphs in whatever battles of life you
may be faced with. Being on a higher
praise frequency with God brings down
His presence, which always results in
victory. This is what the Bible says
happens when we praise Him:
Let the high praises of God be in
their mouth, and a twoedged sword in
their hand;
To execute vengeance upon the
heathen, and punishments upon the
people;
To bind their kings with chains, and
their nobles with fetters of iron;
To execute upon them the judgment
written: this honour have all his saints.
Praise ye the LORD.
- Psalm 149:6-9
This level of high praises is only
made possible through the help of the
Holy Ghost. Jesus said the Holy Spirit,
when He is come, shall glorify Him
(Jn. 16:14). When you enter into the
Holy Ghost dimension of praise, tears
sometimes roll down your cheeks as
you sing of the Excellency of God’s
name; and when Jesus is glorified
through you, you end up being glorified
with Him.
The anointing of the Holy Ghost is
not in falling or feeling; it is an
experience that reveals itself in the
human life style. You can win without
sweat, but this can only be achieved
through the instrument of praise. Praise
is a fundamental requirement for
making God take over your battle while
you become a spectator. When the
Holy Ghost is given access, He turns
you on to the realm of high praises; and
when that happens, you begin to
execute the judgment that is written.
Whatever is not supposed to be in you
can’t remain, and that is how He makes
you comfortable.
...Touch not mine anointed, and do
my prophets no harm.
- Psalm 105:15
As you begin to praise the name of
the Lord in the high praises’
dimension, the heavens take vengeance
on whoever is hurting you and render
the right judgment upon your enemies.
Such was the case with David and his
wife, Michal, Saul’s daughter. David
had just finished dancing before the
Lord with all his might and she
condemned him for disgracing himself
before the people. She despised him in
her heart, and so God’s judgment fell
upon her. She was barren — the only
woman that remained barren in the
entire scriptures (2 Sam. 6:16-23).
The high praises of God takes you
off the battlefield, making you instead
a reporter of your own battle. God
doesn’t need His fist to give you
victory; the breath of His nostrils is
more than enough to take care of your
enemies!
Apart from carrying God’s
presence, many other things happen
when you praise God acceptably. Here
are some of them:
You Are Filled With Joy
The Holy Spirit is referred to as the
Oil of joy.
The spirit of the Lord God is upon
me…
To appoint unto them that mourn in
Zion, to give unto them beauty for
ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the
garment of praise for the spirit of
heaviness; that they might be called
trees of righteousness, the planting of
the Lord, that he might be glorified.
- Isaiah 61:1, 3
He is also referred to in Psalm 45:7
as the Oil of Gladness:
Thou lovest righteousness, and
hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy
God, hath anointed thee with the oil of
gladness above thy fellows.Thou lovest
righteousness, and hatest wickedness:
therefore God, thy God, hath anointed
thee with the oil of gladness above thy
fellows.
What this means is that He is the
anointing for joy and gladness. Like an
injection, He injects joy and gladness
into the beneficiary.
What is the significance of joy and
gladness in a man’s life? The Bible
says, “A merry heart doeth good like a
medicine; but a broken spirit drieth the
bones” (Prov. 17:22). Joy makes for a
healthy body, whereas a broken spirit
dries the bones. Doctors would tell you
that there are certain diseases that
cannot be traced, but yet exist. Most
health problems come from a broken
heart and not necessarily from any
traceable disease; which is what is
chiefly responsible for “dry bones”.
But the oil of joy which the Holy Spirit
infuses into the bearer guarantees a
healthy life; it is like medicine to the
body.
Do not, however, confuse joy with
happiness. Happiness comes as a result
of what you have or possess and what
you can see and touch; it is temporary.
Joy, on the other hand, has its fountain
in God. No wonder Apostle Peter
referred to it as “joy unspeakable and
full of glory” (1 Pet. 1:8)! You can’t
define the reason for it, but it is there.
This is one of the cardinal missions of
the Holy Spirit in your life.
The spirit of a man will sustain his
infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can
bear?
- Proverbs 18:14
A wounded spirit inflicts
unbearable afflictions upon a man. But
when the Holy Spirit has His way in
your life, He releases in you the oil of
gladness that puts an undeniable,
unspeakable and perpetual smile on
your face. The joy is such that you
can’t explain or express why you are so
excited. It wards off infirmities from
you and sustains you, which is in line
with Nehemiah 8:10, which says,
“...The joy of the Lord is your
strength....The joy of the Lord is your
strength.”
The joy of the Lord takes over your
entire system, keeping you healthy,
active and well. Show me a man who
has escaped the realm of worries and
anxiety, and I will show you a man who
has the strongest immunity against all
diseases and plagues. Joy easily wards
them off. When you have this joy in
you, people can’t understand what it is
that gets you so excited. Believe me, it
is more comfortable to be healthy than
to be sick!
Revelation
You also enjoy fresh revelations
when you praise God acceptably. The
Holy Spirit in praises illuminates your
spirit man to the mysteries of the
kingdom of God.
But the anointing which ye have
received of him abideth in you, and ye
need not that any man teach you: but as
the same anointing teacheth you of all
things, and is truth, and is no lie, and
even as it hath taught you, ye shall
abide in him.
- 1 John 2:27
The Holy Spirit takes you on an
adventure into the deep of God’s Word
as you praise Him. Praise begets
revelations, which in turn begets
revolutions, that is, a forceful turn-
around! When the minstrel began to
play to Elisha, the hand of the Lord
came upon him, and a word of
direction came. The clouds that form a
barrier and hindrance to revelation are
lifted as you sing praises to the
Almighty.
Fresh Oil Is Released
Praise releases upon you fresh oil,
which makes for a new anointing.
 It is a good thing to give thanks
unto the LORD, and to sing praises
unto thy name, O most High…
But my horn shalt thou exalt like
the horn of an unicorn: I shall be
anointed with fresh oil.
Mine eye also shall see my desire
on mine enemies, and mine ears shall
hear my desire of the wicked that rise
up against me.
- Psalm 92:1, 10-11
Fresh oil, which is divine
enablement to do great exploits, is
released upon you as you praise God.
Fresh oil also commands fresh joy that
in turn leads to your flourishing.
The righteous shall flourish like the
palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in
Lebanon.
Those that be planted in the house
of the LORD shall flourish in the
courts of our God.
They shall still bring forth fruit in
old age; they shall be fat and
flourishing;
- Psalm 92:12-14
Flourish means to develop quickly
and be successful; to grow well; to be
healthy and happy. When the fresh oil
comes upon you through praise, you
are successful, you grow well, and you
are healthy and happy. What’s more,
every yoke around your life is broken,
and all oppositions are silenced.
Praise retains the freshness of the
oil upon your life. Without it, your oil
will become stale, and testimonies will
soon give way to trials. But that shall
not be your portion, in Jesus’ name!
I commend you to a life of praise.
Seek the help of the Holy Spirit for a
praiseful lifestyle, so you can
command God’s presence with you
always. That way, you are guaranteed
of victory all the days of your life.
 Chapter 7

Doing Exploits By The Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit has dwelt here on
earth since His arrival on the day of
Pentecost. You do not need to wait to
receive Him as the apostles had to. The
Holy Spirit is resident here on earth,
attending to whosoever desires Him. If
you are born again, He already dwells
in you. All you need do is to stir Him
up to do what He is sent to help you
accomplish.
Jesus said to His disciples before
He left:
But ye shall receive power, after
that the Holy Ghost is come upon you:
and ye shall be witnesses unto me both
in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in
Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of
the earth.
- Acts 1:8
You need the Holy Spirit’s power
to reign here on earth; otherwise the
devil will deal with you.
The Holy Spirit helps you speak in
an unknown tongue, which only God
understands. This prayer language
helps you to pray according to the will
of God (Rom. 8:26-27). This language
is what to engage when you seem to be
confronted with an issue and you don’t
know what to do and how to pray. It is
what to switch to when you want to
intercede on behalf of others. It also
helps you to praise God acceptably and
to give thanks well (1 Cor. 14:17).
What’s more, the devil can’t intercept
your prayer and praises when you use
this language, because he doesn’t
understand the heavenly language.
Praying and praising in tongues is a
guaranteed express line to God.
But then, the Holy Spirit in you is
for doing much more than these; He is
for doing exploits here on earth! We
are in the day of God’s power, and the
Holy Spirit is the person sent to help
you reign in power.
Thy people shall be willing in the
day of thy power, in the beauties of
holiness from the womb of the
morning: thou hast the dew of thy
youth.
- Psalm 110:3
The anointing of the Holy Ghost
upon men is not to make them fall, but
to cause them to rise up and take
charge. It is not just for vibrating and
speaking in tongues; it is to establish
your dominion in the midst of
opposition. That is why no matter how
saved you are, until you are anointed
you can’t get much done. The anointing
is a divine enabling. It is a higher
encounter with the Holy Spirit than the
baptism.
In the Old Testament, Joshua the
servant of Moses had no title or
particular office. His primary
assignment was to minister to the
servant of God. But when the anointing
came upon him via the laying on of
hands, the people submitted to his
leadership.
And Joshua the son of Nun was full
of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had
laid his hands upon him: and the
children of Israel hearkened unto him,
and did as the Lord commanded Moses.
- Deuteronomy 34:9
Elijah was a man with a fiery
anointing; he called down fire from
heaven to slay the prophets of Baal.
After his departure, Elisha his minister
took up his mantle and went forward,
dividing Jordan into two. The sons of
the prophets who had earlier mocked
him came bowing down to him when
they saw the double portion of Elijah’s
spirit and anointing upon him. Unction
gave Elisha a new position.
David was a man that craved for the
“fresh-oil”. Was it any wonder then
that he never lost a battle? The oil upon
him was always fresh. He said:
But my horn shalt thou exalt like
the horn of an unicorn: I shall be
anointed with fresh oil.
- Psalm 92:10
As a result of the fresh oil he
always carried, David’s eyes saw his
desires on his enemies and he
flourished like a palm tree and was
strong like the cedar of Lebanon. He
was productive, even in old age.
Saul became captain over the
Lord’s people after he was anointed
king in first Samuel 10. Likewise,
when you are anointed, you become a
captain among men. Whatever you say
stands, as your word will be a
command. You will say to the devil,
“Go!” and he will go, and you will say
to blindness, “Go!” and it will obey
you. You will be enthroned captain in
your field when the Holy Ghost comes
upon you.
Also, as a result of the anointing,
whatever had been missing or stolen
from you will be restored, as was the
case with Saul. You will go forward,
making satisfactory progress. Like Saul
also, you too will be favoured, and the
anointing will cause men to give to
you.
In the New Testament, we see that
even though Jesus was the most
talented mortal that ever lived, He
could do nothing until the anointing
came upon Him and declared Him to
the world. His talent could not
distinguish Him. He was highly gifted,
because at age twelve great men had
already begun to marvel at His
wisdom. But He still needed to be
endued with power from on high before
He could fulfill His commission.
First, He was born of the Spirit (the
new birth), then He was baptised of
John and the Holy Ghost descended
upon Him (the Holy Ghost baptism). In
spite of these two spiritual experiences,
however, Jesus could not do miracles
or excel in ministry until He was led of
the Spirit into the wilderness, where He
was anointed and equipped for exploits.
And Jesus being full of the Holy
Ghost returned from Jordan, and was
led by the Spirit into the wilderness…
And Jesus returned in the power of
the Spirit into Galilee: and there went
out a fame of him through all the
region round about.
- Luke 4:1, 14
Jesus only began to do exploits
after He returned from the wilderness
in the power of the Holy Spirit. After
His encounter with the anointing, He
declared:
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he hath anointed me to preach
the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me
to heal the brokenhearted, to preach
deliverance to the captives, and
recovering of sight to the blind, to set
at liberty them that are bruised,
To preach the acceptable year of
the Lord.
And he closed the book… And the
eyes of all them that were in the
synagogue were fastened on him.
- Luke 4:18-20
The people could no longer ignore
Jesus, because the anointing and divine
enabling of the Holy Spirit had come
upon Him! In like manner, the plan of
God for you is also great; but you need
the anointing to actualise it.
 After the outpouring of the Spirit
upon them, the apostles also took over
the temple, such that the Bible records
t hat “a great company of the priests
were obedient to the faith” as a result.
A little while later, they gathered again
to pray, and the Bible says the place
shook where they were assembled and
they were filled with the Holy Ghost,
speaking the Word with boldness and
with great grace they gave witness to
the resurrection of the Lord Jesus
Christ. They had been connected to the
dynamic ministry and power of the
Holy Spirit.
No matter for how many years you
have been going to church, if you don’t
seek a contact with this divine source
of power, you will live a meaningless
life. But when you connect with the
Holy Spirit, men will begin to run
helter-skelter, seeking for ways to be
connected to what you carry! The
anointing is for “doing”. It is to enable
you fulfill God’s purpose for your life.
Jesus fulfilled His ministry (Acts
10:38), and now, it’s your turn. You
will not fail, in Jesus’ name!
See Your Need for Empowerment
Many don’t seek the anointing of
the Holy Spirit because they don’t
understand His function in their lives.
The anointing is what adds colour to
our lives as Christians; otherwise,
Christianity will be nothing but
frustration and mere religion.
 Without the Holy Spirit at work in
you, life will be meaningless and
destiny insecure. You will be totally
helpless in conflicts. But with the help
of the Holy Spirit:
…When the enemy shall come in
like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD
shall lift up a standard against him.
- Isaiah 59:19
We need to arise to our God-given
responsibility and role as saviours
(Obad. 1:21). However, we can only do
so by the enabling of the Holy Spirit, as
power or might can’t get the job done.
We are helpless on our own to carry
out the great task the Lord has prepared
for us.
You cannot afford to live a life that
lacks the anointing, because your
personal encounter with the anointing
will lead to the liberation of
multitudes. After reading the book of
the Acts of the Apostles many years
ago, I became desirous of the power
that was at work in the apostles, which
caused them to produce the signs and
wonders I read about. I read the book
again, this time slowly. I drank in
every word as I read, with a deep
longing in my soul, and I had very
definite and specific encounters. It is
no wonder then that today the Lord has
given me a liberation mandate, which
has led to the setting free of many
captives around the world.
You also have a great call upon
your life. God’s power is available, but
you must long and thirst for it, as God
hates waste. He will not anoint one who
will hide it, rather than use it. That is
why He said:
In the last day, that great day of the
feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If
any man thirst, let him come unto me,
and drink.
He that believeth on me, as the
scripture hath said, out of his belly
shall flow rivers of living water.
- John 7:37-38
For I will pour water upon him that
is thirsty, and floods upon the dry
ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy
seed, and my blessing upon thine
offspring:
 - Isaiah 44:3
Only the thirsty qualify for an
outpouring of the anointing. Now cry
out to the Lord, say: “Anoint me Lord,
I long for Your touch!”
 Pillar 10

The Supernatural
 Contents
Introduction 603
1. Operating In The Supernatural
607
2. Foundation For The Supernatural
613
3. Fundamentals Of The
Supernatural 619
4. The Trigger For Signs And
Wonders 629
5. Guarantee For The Flow Of
Signs And Wonders 635
6. The Sound Factor 643
7. Maintaining The Miraculous 649
 Pillar 10

The Supernatural
Introduction
Jesus said unto him, If thou canst
believe, all things are possible to him
that believeth.
- Mark 9:23
The supernatural is the answer to
all the impossibilities of life; and faith
is what puts you in command of the
supernatural. This is because it is only
to you according to your faith.
The supernatural is a product of
faith. Like I so often say, miracles are
no accidental occurrences. Rather, they
are the deliberate acts of God provoked
by the desperate faith of men. Faith is a
vital key for unlocking the door of the
supernatural. Jesus said:
And these signs shall follow them
that believe; In my name shall they
cast out devils; they shall speak with
new tongues;
They shall take up serpents; and if
they drink any deadly thing, it shall not
hurt them; they shall lay hands on the
sick, and they shall recover.
- Mark 16:17-18
That is the supernatural in
operation! It takes faith to do this, for
“these signs shall follow them that
believe.” As far as God is concerned,
the miraculous or supernatural does not
depend on Him, but is initiated by man
through his faith.
The Jews observed how Jesus
commanded the supernatural, and
asked Him what His secret was.
Then said they unto him, What
shall we do, that we might work the
works of God?
Jesus answered and said unto them,
This is the work of God, that ye believe
on him whom he hath sent.
- John 6:28-29
Faith is the way to “work the work
of God” (the supernatural). Jesus’
answer to the Jews who wanted to work
the works of God was: “That ye
believe.”
The selection of some of my
sample teachings on the subject of the
supernatural below will help you better
understand the subject, and cause you
to also begin working the supernatural.
Also below is a list of some books I
have written on this subject. I believe
they will bless you.
Operating in the Supernatural
Anointing For Exploits
Commanding the Supernatural
Releasing the Supernatural
Walking in the Miraculous
 Chapter 1

Operating In The Supernatural

Every need answers to a miracle,
every challenge bows to a wonder, and
every desire surrenders to a sign. The
supernatural is the true root of
Christianity; it is what gives credibility
to the Christians faith. The virgin birth
of Jesus Christ was a miracle, just as
His strange understanding at age 12
that amazed the doctors of the law. His
ministry of signs and wonders cannot
be denied: He made the blind to see,
the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak.
His death and resurrection was a
miracle.
 Christ is our root in the faith, and
everything about Him is a miracle.
Therefore, the supernatural is the
security of our destiny in Christ. When
we disregard the place of the
supernatural, we become spiritually
impotent and vulnerable to the wicked
maneuverings of the devil.
‘Who Are You?’
The Bible says in Isaiah 8:18:
Behold, I and the children whom
the LORD hath given me are for signs
and for wonders in Israel from the
LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in
mount Zion.
The supernatural is the birthright of
every believer! Our foundation in the
supernatural is defined thus by Paul in
his letter to the Ephesian Church:
And are built upon the foundation
of the apostles and prophets, Jesus
Christ himself being the chief corner
stone;
- Ephesians 2:20
We are built on the foundation of
the apostles and prophets, with Christ
Himself being the chief corner stone!
Therefore, whatever we see in Christ
and in the apostles and prophets must
be available in us too. They operated in
the supernatural, and so much more
should we, because we live under a
better covenant. Nothing defines
Christianity as the supernatural; it is
what gives colour and beauty to the
faith.
 But to operate in the supernatural,
you must first know who you are in
Christ, as the future and destiny of
every believer is defined by his
understanding of his root. The believer
must know who he is, where he is from,
and what he is worth before he can
operate in the supernatural without
sweat. People came to John the Baptist
and asked him “Who are you?” He
replied them boldly, “I am the voice of
one crying in the wilderness.” He knew
who he was and what he carried. But
many believers today don’t know who
they are or what they are worth. Is it
any wonder then that they find it
difficult to operate in the supernatural,
which is their birthright?
 Your Supernatural Root
Talking about our root in the
supernatural, Jesus said:
That which is born of the flesh is
flesh; and that which is born of the
Spirit is spirit.
The wind bloweth where it listeth,
and thou hearest the sound thereof, but
canst not tell whence it cometh, and
whither it goeth: so is every one that is
born of the Spirit.
- John 3:6,8
Everyone that is born of the Spirit
is a spirit being, not a spiritual being.
So, new birth makes you a spirit in
human flesh. Adam was a supernatural
being before the fall in the Garden of
Eden. He operated in the same class as
God, Who always came in the cool of
the day to fellowship with him. In fact,
after creating the animals, God brought
them all to Adam to name, and
whatever name Adam gave them was
the name by which they were called.
His spirit was alive, and he operated in
the supernatural. But Adam’s spirit
man died after the fall, and Adam was
reduced to a natural being.
Blessed be God, however, that
when Jesus came, what died in Adam
was restored to the believer! Therefore,
whatever virtues Adam possessed in
the garden before the fall are the same
virtues you carry in your body today.
You are now born of the Spirit, and that
which is born of the Spirit is spirit!
New birth enables you to share divinity
with God. It is a restoration of the
human dignity, and is designed to
restore dominion back to mankind.
Being born again is not a religious
identity, neither is it merely a visa for
getting to heaven. Rather, it is the
gateway to a world of wonders on the
eart h. New birth is like a resident
permit to execute the ways of heaven
here on earth as an ambassador of
Chr i st . Just as the wind does not
struggle with anything in its path, as
heaven’s ambassador you too need not
struggle with obstacles here on earth.
New birth makes you a commander
in all situations of life; it is your
certified access to divinity. It makes
you a god in human form. If you are
born of God (born on the Spirit), then
you are no less than a god. This is
because a goat gives birth to a goat,
and a cat to a cat. Therefore, as long as
God is your Father, you are also a god.
It is God’s nature to do wonders; the
supernatural is God’s natural habitat
(Ex. 15:11). To behave less than your
divine root, therefore, is an abuse on
redemption (Jn. 20:21). The world is
waiting for your manifestation as
God’s son and representative here on
earth, not for your excuses (Rom.
8:19)!
Signs Follow Sons
For unto us a child is born, unto us
a son is given: and the government
shall be upon his shoulder: and his
name shall be called Wonderful,
Counsellor, The mighty God, The
everlasting Father, The Prince of
Peace.
- Isaiah 9:6
Children are born, but sons are
given! Before Jesus was born, many
prophecies had gone ahead of Him
saying that He would be great and save
His people Israel from sin. Yet, He was
born as a child. Since no child is
equipped to fulfill destiny, Jesus had to
grow and develop into a Son before He
could take authority and bear the
government upon His shoulders.
And the child grew, and waxed
strong in spirit, filled with wisdom:
and the grace of God was upon him.
- Luke 2:40
If Jesus had to grow, then you
cannot use magic to get to your place
in God. You have to settle down and
work at it. When you fulfill the
responsibilities of development, you
are naturally released as a sign. So,
until you grow into “sonship”, signs
will not follow you. Children run after
miracles, but sons distribute them. In
the Bible, we always read of the crowd
seeking Jesus because of the miracles
He did among them. They were
children, He was the Son. Only sons are
vested with the authority to be signs
and saviours in the kingdom (Obadiah
21). On the mount of transfiguration,
God said of Jesus, “This is my beloved
Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear
ye him” (Matt. 17:5). When you
become a son, all elemental forces such
as sickness, disease, failure and
frustration must hear and obey you.
Power is never put in the hands of
children, because they are themselves
under tutors and governors until the
time appointed by the father (Gal. 4:1-
2). That is, until they develop into sons.
Talking about Jesus, Isaiah said, “His
name shall be called Wonderful.” It
takes sonship to be full of wonders and
to sit in judgment (Jn. 5:22). No matter
the weight of prophecies that have been
declared concerning you, you need to
grow into them, if you must see their
manifestations in your life.
It is not enough to discover your
heritage in Christ; those discoveries
must be developed, otherwise they
might as well not exist. By heritage
you are created a sign, but it will only
become a reality by development.
Children are born, but sons become (Jn.
1:12). No matter how great a man’s
destiny, if he remains at home
sleeping, he will never taste of that
greatness. So, rise up and work your
way into the reality of your heritage in
the supernatural. No one triumphs
without training. Training is the core of
any army, and we are the soldiers of
Christ. After the disciples had stayed
with Jesus for a period of three and a
half years, He released them as sons
into the world, and signs dogged their
every path (their training was
complete, so their shinning was
inevitable). May you also be released
as a sign that you are created to be!
 Chapter 2

Foundation For The Supernatural

And these signs shall follow them
that believe; In my name shall they
cast out devils; they shall speak with
new tongues;
They shall take up serpents; and if
they drink any deadly thing, it shall not
hurt them; they shall lay hands on the
sick, and they shall recover.
- Mark 16:17-18
This is the supernatural! The reason
many people cry and agonize
fruitlessly in prayer is because they
have lost command of the situations of
life. In John 5:22, Jesus said: “For the
Father judgeth no man, but hath
committed all judgment unto the Son.”
God committed all judgment to Jesus,
and He in turn passed the authority
down to us. He said: “As my father
hath sent me, even so send I you” (Jn.
20:21).
Christians do not need to cry or beg
for anything. All they need do is to rise
up and be in command. God has
deposited in us all it takes to produce
signs and wonders and to manifest the
supernatural. But we must accept the
responsibility of making it happen in
our lives. First Peter 2:9 makes us
understand that believers are a peculiar
people, called out of darkness into
God’s marvelous light. That means we
are not part of the world’s system, and
so are not programmed to suffer the
same frustrations that the people of the
world suffer. Things should not happen
to us as they happen to others, because
we belong to a different and superior
source – the supernatural.
Unfortunately, however, many
Christians have been corrupted by their
natural environment, and so have lost
the understanding of their peculiar
nature. Their case is like the story of
the baby lion that grew up among
sheep. Story has it that the cub adjusted
so much to its new environment that it
forgot that it was a lion. One day a lion
came to the river where the sheep were
drinking water and roared. All the
sheep ran away, including the ignorant
cub. This continued for sometime until
the cub one day saw its reflection in the
river while drinking water from the
river. It saw that it looked like the lion
they usually ran away from.
Subsequently, the next time the lion
roared at them, the cub refused to ran
away, but rather ran excitedly to the
lion, who in turn welcomed it into their
midst. The cub crossed over from fear
to boldness by understanding its true
nature. No wonder the Bible says:
They know not, neither will they
understand; they walk on in darkness:
all the foundations of the earth are out
of course.
I have said, Ye are gods; and all of
you are children of the most High.
But ye shall die like men, and fall
like one of the princes.
- Psalm 82:5-7
An understanding of who you really
are will always build in you the
confidence required to be in command.
You Are A Sign
Therefore the Lord himself shall
give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall
conceive, and bear a son...
- Isaiah 7:14
God gave Jesus as a sign from
heaven. In like manner, you are also a
sign from heaven by new birth (Jn.
20:21). New birth means another sign
is born. It is a supernatural event, just
like the birth of Jesus by a virgin
mother. If you are a child of God, then
you are for signs and wonders
(Isa.8:18). It is not something you are
trying to be, but something you are
created to be. New birth confers on you
the ability to operate in the realm of
signs and wonders. It is not a privilege
reserved for a select few, but
something that naturally follows all
who believe (Mk. 16:17).
Every circumstance in life is under
the control of the supernatural. God’s
Word says no matter the tribulation or
trial, you are more than a conqueror
(Rom. 8:37). This means you are
already equipped to command the
supernatural. A good understanding of
this truth will help build in you the
confidence required to take charge.
You Are A Wonder
For unto us a child is born, unto us
a son is given: and the government
shall be upon his shoulder: and his
name shall be called Wonderful...
- Isaiah 9:6
Wonderful simply means full of
wonders, which Jesus truly reflected.
As God called Him Wonderful, even so
have you also been called Wonderful.
You are created full of wonders at new
birth, as the life of God replaces the
natural life that was earlier in you. This
means God’s abilities are now
transfused into you; and as a partaker
of His divine nature, you too can
perform the wonderful acts that He did
with ease.
Men said of Jesus, “What manner
of man is this!” (Matt. 8:27). They
always marveled at both His words and
deeds (Mk. 5:20). As a believer, your
life must also be a wonder to the world.
People should look at you and know
that God is alive in you. Inexplicable
things that can only be described as
supernatural should naturally happen to
you and through you. Jesus said:
The wind bloweth where it listeth,
and thou hearest the sound thereof, but
canst not tell whence it cometh, and
whither it goeth: so is every one that is
born of the Spirit
- John 3:8
You are so wonderful that you are
likened to the wind. People cannot tell
where you are going to or coming
from, but they can see you growing and
becoming greater daily; they see that
you are in command of every
circumstance of life.
You Are A Spirit
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say
unto thee, Except a man be born of
water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter
into the kingdom of God.
That which is born of the flesh is
flesh; and that which is born of the
Spirit is spirit.
- John 3:5-6
When you are born again, you are
not only spiritual, you are a spirit; and
the spirit is what commands the
supernatural. Since every life, be it
plant or animal, produces after its kind,
as a true child of God, you too belong
to God’s kind of order. God is a Spirit
(Jn. 4:24), and you also are a spirit.
Therefore, the abilities of God are
inherent in you. You actually carry
divine power on your inside, giving
you all it takes to be in command of the
supernatural.
An understanding of this
fundamental point is crucial to your
walk in the supernatural. Everything
goes out of course when the children of
God lose control due to lack of
knowledge and understanding of their
divine nature (Ps. 82:5). God says you
are a god, but if you do not understand
this truth, you will remain in darkness
and defeat. It is not the enemy
hindering your progress; it is your lack
of light. Do not watch things get out of
control around you any more; get up
and take charge! As you do so, no devil
in hell will be able to stop you on earth
any longer.
Chapter 3
Fundamentals Of The Supernatural
For the earnest expectation of the
creature waiteth for the manifestation
of the sons of God.
- Romans 8:19
Many Christians wrongly assume
that signs and wonders are free. The
truth is that nothing is free in this
world, not even miracles. That is why,
to lay a solid foundation for the
operation of signs and wonders in your
life, I will show you a few basic ways
of accessing the realm of the
supernatural.
The New Birth Access
The wind bloweth where it listeth,
and thou hearest the sound thereof, but
canst not tell whence it cometh, and
whither it goeth: so is every one that is
born of the Spirit.
- John 3:8
Nicodemus thought that only Jesus
could perform signs and wonders, but
Jesus emphasized that all men had
equal access to the supernatural by the
new birth (Jn 3:1-8). This is because
you are born of the Spirit when you are
born again, thus making you a spirit
being. If you are a spirit being, then
you share divinity with God, and so can
operate in the supernatural like Him.
New birth makes you a commander in
all situations of life, like God. It is
your certified access to divinity; it
makes you a god in human form (Ps.
82:5-7).
New birth also bestows the creative
mind of Christ on you, which is needed
to live life in the supernatural (1 Cor.
2:16). See what that mind is capable of
doing:
In the beginning was the Word, and
the Word was with God, and the Word
was God.
The same was in the beginning with
God.
All things were made by him; and
without him was not any thing made
that was made.
- John 1:1-3
The Word is Christ, whose mind
you possess through salvation. If that
mind created all things, it, therefore,
means that you also possess a creative
mind. When the earth was without
form and void, the mind of Christ came
on the scene, and now we talk about the
earth as the Lord’s and the fullness
thereof, the world and all that dwell
therein.
You possess that creative mind, so
you have what it takes to operate in the
supernatural! You can recreate
whatever is not good around you, just
as God did! That is life in the
supernatural! When faced with the
challenge of feeding five thousand
men, the Bible says Jesus knew what
He would do; and the supernatural
manifested, as heaven’s kitchen came
down, and all the very hungry men
were fed, with twelve baskets of
fragments gathered! New birth is what
connects you to this life. With the mind
of Christ in you, you will always know
what to do.
New birth also re-establishes your
relationship with God that was lost
after Adam sinned and was chased out
of the Garden of Eden. It qualifies you
to carry divine presence, which
automatically qualifies you to operate
in the supernatural. God now becomes
your companion (Matt. 28:20), and if
God is with you, the miraculous
becomes the order of the day for you,
because obstacles cannot withstand
God’s presence (Mk. 16:20; Ps. 114:1-
7).
The Word Access
Jesus answered them, Is it not
written in your law, I said, Ye are
gods?
If he called them gods, unto whom
the word of God came, and the
scripture cannot be broken;
- John 10:34-35
They became gods by the Word that
came unto them. Until the Word of
God comes to you, you can’t access the
world of signs and wonders, as anyone
who has the Word of God is a god. Get
the Word, and you will be in control,
and become a sign and a wonder to
your world. You will lord it over
circumstances and be a god over
situations.
Before God sent Moses out as a god
to Pharaoh (Ex. 7:1), He gave him an
instrument for working miracles. God
called it a rod in Exodus 4:17:
And thou shalt take this rod in thine
hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.
God placed the instrument of
working miracles in the hands of
Moses. But what is this rod in our own
days? By prophecy, the rod refers to
Jesus Christ (Isa. 11:1-3), Who in the
New Testament is revealed as the Word
(Jn. 1:1-3). Therefore, just as Moses
took the rod, when you take the rod of
the Word in your hands, you will be
able to do signs. So Exodus 4:17 can be
paraphrased like this: “And thou shalt
take this Word in thine hand,
wherewith thou shalt do signs.”
We work the Word to produce the
wonders. When you get the revealed
Word over any issue of concern in your
life, you automatically operate in the
class of God in that area, as you can
then do as occasion serves you. There
is nothing new under the sun, so there
is no situation in life that does not have
a way out in the Bible. However, it is
your responsibility to camp around the
Word, for sign-producing encounters
and discoveries (2 Tim 2:15).
But note that it is not just enough to
find the necessary Word; much more,
you need to put the discovered Word to
work by applying it. The Word you
know is great, the one you believe is
fantastic, but the one you act upon is
what will deliver the result you desire.
Every miracle is traceable to the
applied Word of God. No wonder
James said:
But be ye doers of the word, and
not hearers only, deceiving your own
selves.
- James 1:22
Manifestation is revelation plus
corresponding action. When you take
steps in the direction of the light God
has shown you from His Word, you
compel signs to be born. All the
miracles recorded in scripture came as
a result of deliberate actions taken by
the beneficiaries. For example, at the
miracle of turning water into wine
recorded in John 2:1-11, Mary, Jesus’
mother, told the people, “Whatsoever
he sayeth unto you, do it.” The people
didn’t have to fast to get the miracle;
they simply did what Jesus (the Word)
told them to do. Many have camped
around revelations but ended up in
frustrations, because they will not take
the corresponding actions that turn
revelations into reality. Until you act
on the Word you have received, God is
not committed to confirming it.
Another thing you must do with the
Word you receive in order to work the
supernatural is: you must speak the
Word.
For verily I say unto you, That
whosoever shall say unto this
mountain, Be thou removed, and be
thou cast into the sea; and shall not
doubt in his heart, but shall believe that
those things which he saith shall come
to pass; he shall have whatsoever he
saith.
- Mark 11:23
In the story of creation recorded in
Genesis chapter one, everything God
said, He saw. Likewise, when you
speak the Word you have received and
believe in, you will also see what you
desire, as you commit God to perform
that which you have declared. No
sound, no sign is the fundamental rule
in the school of signs and wonders.
Even Jesus operated by this rule: “…as
my Father hath taught me, I speak
these things” (Jn. 8:28).
The sound you make is the trigger
for the signs you get; but it takes a
heart filled with the right Words to
produce the right sound. Signs and
wonders in the kingdom are not magic;
they come via discoveries. So, sit with
the Word!
The Holy Spirit Access
But the natural man receiveth not
the things of the Spirit of God: for they
are foolishness unto him: neither can
he know them, because they are
spiritually discerned.
- 1 Corinthians 2:14
Knowledge of the Word is a
principal requirement for working
signs and wonders. However, there is a
difference between mental knowledge
and revelation knowledge. The latter is
what is needed for manifesting your
divinity, and it can only be accessed
with the help of the Holy Spirit.
No matter the volume of scriptures
you have memorized, without the help
of the Holy Spirit, you cannot
accomplish much in the school of signs
and wonders. You are absolutely
incapable of tapping into the deep
things of God without the help of the
Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 2:10-14). It is the
Holy Spirit that brings out the life from
the letters of scriptures.
Knowledge of the Word is not just
knowing where something is written,
but having proofs of freedom (Jn.
8:32). One major assignment of the
Holy Spirit is to guide believers into
this liberating knowledge (Jn. 16:13).
He does not just tell you, He shows
you; and the moment you can see the
truth, doubt is automatically destroyed.
The Holy Spirit also quickens your
understanding, telling you what to do
(Isa. 11:3); and when you know what to
do, you become a commander of the
supernatural.
We need the help of the Holy Spirit
more than the help of any human being
on earth, as He alone is the custodian
of all truths.
The Faith Access
Walking in the miraculous or being
a sign on the earth does not happen by
accident; neither does it just drop on
you. Your deliberate act of faith is
what provokes God to deliver your
miracle to you. Miracles do not just
happen, nor do they happen at God’s
timing. You make them happen when
you want them to; and faith is your key
to the miraculous, because signs follow
only those that believe.
And these signs shall follow them
that believe; In my name shall they
cast out devils; they shall speak with
new tongues;
- Mark 16:17
Signs follow only those who
believe, not those who are engaged in
religious activity. Faith is a major
qualifier for signs, as it translates you
from the natural to the supernatural
realm. Faith is not mental assent, but a
heart-seated belief in God’s
commitment to do what He says He
will do. It is a tangible force with
which you can quench all the fiery
darts of the devil (Eph. 6:16). Even if
you know volumes of scriptures, they
are useless if faith is not applied (Heb.
4:2). Although Moses had the rod (the
Word) in his hand, all the supernatural
feats he performed hinged heavily on
his faith (Heb. 11:24-27).
After miraculously feeding 5,000
men, those who witnessed it wanted to
know how to do such supernatural
exploits. Jesus’ reply to them was:
“This is the work of God, that ye
believe on him whom he hath sent” (Jn.
6:29). Believing in Him that is sent is
faith: faith in the Word and in Jesus,
the sent One.
Two things make faith invincible:
first, it commits the ability of God. An
example is seen in the story of the
woman with the issue of blood (Lk.
8:43-48). Her faith compelled the flow
of divine virtue that healed her. God’s
omni-potency was provoked by her act
of faith. Secondly, faith commits God’s
integrity. If you dare to believe
whatever He has promised you, He
cannot deny Himself, because it is
impossible for God to lie (2 Tim. 2:13;
Tit. 1:2; Heb. 6:18; Num. 23:19).
The supernatural draws essentially
on your obedience of faith to the
demands of scriptures. When you do
whatever He tells you to do, you have
committed Him to confirm His Word.
There is nothing magical about the
miraculous; miracles are no accidents,
but the deliberate acts of God provoked
by the desperate faith of men in the
living Word of God. When your faith
comes alive on every scriptural
demand and you respond positively to
them, you birth signs and wonders at
will.
 Chapter 4

The Trigger For Signs & Wonders

And these signs shall follow them
that believe; In my name shall they
cast out devils; they shall speak with
new tongues;
They shall take up serpents; and if
they drink any deadly thing, it shall not
hurt them; they shall lay hands on the
sick, and they shall recover.
- Mark 16:17-18
The name of Jesus is God’s
ordained trigger for signs and wonders.
An understanding of the potency of that
name will put you on the miracle path
all the days of your life. The name of
Jesus is not just a clause we use in
prayer, neither is it a punctuation in a
religious talk. It is not an emblem that
we bear to show that we are Christians
either. The name of Jesus is a sceptre
of signs, a seal of authority which He
handed over to His disciples to
command signs at will. The name of
Jesus is the heritage of the sons of God.
The Wonder-Full Name Of Jesus
For unto us a child is born, unto us
a son is given: and the government
shall be upon his shoulder: and his
name shall be called Wonderful,
Counsellor, The mighty God, The
everlasting Father, The Prince of
Peace.
- Isaiah 9:6
 God names people according to His
purpose for their lives. He changed
Abram’s name to Abraham, and Sarai’s
to Sarah, to suit their destinies (Gen.
17:5, 15). The prophet Isaiah said of
J e s u s , “His name shall be called
WONDERFUL…” That means, His
name is not ordinary; it is full of
wonders. While praying in Acts 4:30,
the disciples said:
By stretching forth thine hand to
heal; and that signs and wonders may
be done by the name of thy holy child
Jesus.
Signs and wonders are rooted in the
name of Jesus. The eruption of
miracles, signs and wonders in the Acts
of the Apostles was as a result of the
use of the name of Jesus. In Acts 3:6,
Peter said to the lame man at the
beautiful gate:
…Silver and gold have I none; but
such as I have give I thee: In the name
of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and
walk.
Note that he said, “Such as I
h a v e … ” That is because he had
possession of the name as an
instrument for working signs. When
the disciples were brought before a
panel to defend the miracle, Peter said:
…Be it known unto you all … that
by the name of Jesus Christ of
Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom
God raised from the dead, even by him
doth this man stand here before you
whole
- Acts 4:10
The name of Jesus is enough to
silence all the roaring, howling and
noisome pestilences of your life; it is
equal to any task it might be required
to perform. The name of Jesus
produces immediate results. When the
lame man at the Beautiful Gate was
healed, the Bible records in Acts 3:7,
“…And immediately his feet and ankle
bones received strength”, and in Acts
9:34, when Peter prayed for Aeneas, we
were told, “…He arose immediately.”
That gives you an idea of how powerful
the name of Jesus is; it causes
immediate releases!
The name of Jesus also destroys
yokes. In Luke 10:17, the disciples said
to Jesus, “…Lord, even the devils are
subject unto us through thy name.”
Isaiah 59:19 tells us that the Spirit of
God raises a standard against the devil
our enemy. That means the name of
Jesus also commands the effectual
working of the Spirit of God against
the enemy.
The Uniqueness Of The Name
There are several factors that make
the name of Jesus unique, that make it
a power-conducting name. Let us
consider a few of them:
It Is A Gift From God
Wherefore God also hath highly
exalted him, and given him a name
which is above every name:
 That at the name of Jesus every
knee should bow, of things in heaven,
and things in earth, and things under
the earth;
- Philippians 2:9-10
God gave Jesus that name! While
telling Joseph about Mary’s conception
of Jesus, Angel Gabriel said, “And she
shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt
call his name JESUS...” (Matt. 1:21).
We know the gifts and callings of God
are without repentance. No wonder the
name has not changed, but is still full
of wonders (Heb. 13:8)!
It Is Self-anointed
Christ means the Anointed One.
That means there is an anointing built
into that name that makes it peculiar
and strange. Songs Of Solomon 1:3
says:
Because of the savour of thy good
ointments thy name is as ointment
poured forth, therefore do the virgins
love thee.
Yokes are destroyed because of the
anointing (Isa. 10:27), and we see this
happen once and again in the book of
Acts, as the disciples use the name of
Jesus to set men free. This proves that
the name Jesus is self-anointed.
It Puts The Angels To Work
And again, when he bringeth in the
firstbegotten into the world, he saith,
And let all the angels of God worship
him
- Hebrews 1:6
 That means all the angelic hosts
stand at attention to receive orders
when the name of Jesus is mentioned.
They move in to intervene in situations
and bring deliverance once that name is
invoked in the face of any opposition.
Invoke The Name!
And Peter said unto him, Aeneas,
Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise,
and make thy bed. And he arose
immediately.
- Acts 9:34
When Peter invoked the name of
Jesus, it set Aeneas on his feet, after
eight years of sickness! Note that there
is a difference between calling the
name of Jesus and invoking it. To
invoke means to enforce the release of
the wonders in the name.
There is enough power in that name
to get you out of that sick bed, failure
and frustration! When you invoke the
name of Jesus, you are as it were,
spraying forth His immeasurable
anointing, which works on your behalf
to cause every opposition to surrender.
The name of Jesus establishes your
dominion on the earth, and brings you
into a realm of outstanding results.
Have Faith!
And his name through faith in his
name hath made this man strong,
whom ye see and know: yea, the faith
which is by him hath given him this
perfect soundness in the presence of
you all.
 - Acts 3:16
Faith is what releases the virtues in
the name of Jesus. It is not enough to
know the name; you have to inject faith
into it when using or invoking it.
Knowing what the name carries
increases your confidence, because
when you invoke the name in faith
thereafter, signs are bound to flow.
From today, when you see
opposition, aim at the devil’s head and
shoot at him by pulling the name
trigger and your victory will be
established. This is the confidence that
we have when we use that name:
And whatsoever ye do in word or
deed, do all in the name of the Lord
Jesus, giving thanks to God and the
Father by him.
- Colossians 3:17
 Chapter 5

Guarantee For The Flow Of Signs And

Wonders
Moses was one of the greatest signs
in the Old Testament; God smote Egypt
with mighty signs and wonders by his
h a n d . Moses was a sign even unto
death, as he has no grave among men,
because God took him. The Bible
reveals Moses’ secret to us in Exodus
33:15:
And he said unto him, If thy
presence go not with me, carry us not
up hence.
In other words, “I know I cannot
fulfill my mission as a sign except
Your presence goes with me.” This is
God’s reply to him:
And he said, My presence shall go
with thee, and I will give thee rest.
- Exodus 33:14
God re-assured Moses, saying, “My
presence will go with you, and you will
have it the way you want it. You will
be in command, and will be a sign and
a wonder among the people. I will
distinguish you among men by My
presence.” When Israel came out of
Egypt, God was in their midst.
Consequently, “The sea saw them and
fled” (Ps. 114:3).
What is our guarantee for an
unending flow of signs and wonders?
Divine Presence
 God’s presence is our guarantee for
a continuous flow of signs. Jesus, the
Moses of the New Testament, also tells
us His secret of success in John 8:29:
And he that sent me is with me: the
Father hath not left me alone; for I do
always those things that please him.
God’s presence was His guarantee
for an unending flow of signs (Acts
10:38). Also, God’s presence was the
secret behind the explosion and success
of the apostles.
And they went forth, and preached
every where, the Lord working with
them, and confirming the word with
signs following.
- Mark 16:20
God’s presence was with them,
confirming their words with signs
following. When you carry God’s
presence, you begin to experience His
mighty acts. The Bible tells us in
Zephaniah 3:17:
The LORD thy God in the midst of
thee is mighty; he will save, he will
rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest
in his love, he will joy over thee with
singing.
God’s mighty acts are generated in
His presence, because signs trail His
presence. To maintain the flow of signs
and wonders, therefore, divine presence
is a must.
You may then ask, “If divine
presence is so valuable, what then does
it take to carry it?” Every treasure has a
cost. There is a price you must pay in
order to carry God’s presence. Let me
show you two of them:
Love
Jesus answered and said unto him,
If a man love me, he will keep my
words: and my Father will love him,
and we will come unto him, and make
our abode with him.
- John 14:23
That is divine presence – “we will
come unto him, and make our abode
with him.” Love is so important to the
Christian faith that Jesus hinges
everything about Christianity on it.
Master, which is the great
commandment in the law?
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt
love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all
thy mind.
This is the first and great
commandment.
And the second is like unto it, Thou
shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
On these two commandments hang
all the law and the prophets.
- Matthew 22:36-40
True love begins with God and
overflows to men. The depth of your
love for God is usually reflected in
your love for people. Naturally, you are
more comfortable staying around those
who love you; you feel more at home
with them and are constantly drawn
towards them. The Bible says two
people cannot walk together or
cooperate if they do not agree or have
like minds (Amos 3:3). God is love;
and the scripture says if you do not
have love, you do not have God (1 Jn.
4:7-8). If God is love and you walk in
hatred, there is no way you can carry
His presence, because two cannot walk
together except they be agreed. Until
you become a true lover of God and
other people, you cannot carry His
presence.
No man hath seen God at any time.
If we love one another, God dwelleth in
us, and his love is perfected in us.
Hereby know we that we dwell in
him, and he in us, because he hath
given us of his Spirit.
 - 1 John 4:12-13
God becomes your friend when you
walk in love, and if God is for you, who
can be against you (Rom. 8:31)? All
your enemies are rendered helpless,
because of the presence of God that
you carry through love (Ps. 114:1-8).
Soul Winning
Go ye therefore, and teach all
nations, baptizing them in the name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost:
Teaching them to observe all things
whatsoever I have commanded you:
and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto
the end of the world.
- Matthew 28:19-20
In other words, “As you go to
influence the nations, your friends,
neighbours and members of your
family for My kingdom, lo, I will be
with you. You are guaranteed of My
presence, if you will be committed to
My mission of reaching the world.” A
practical involvement with God in His
purpose of reaping the over-ripe
harvest of souls guarantees His ever-
abiding presence. After Jesus healed
the mad man of Gadara and he wanted
to follow Him, Jesus said to him in
Mark 5:19-20:
...Go home to thy friends, and tell
them how great things the Lord hath
done for thee, and hath had compassion
on thee.
And he departed, and began to
publish in Decapolis how great things
Jesus had done for him: and all men
did marvel.
Going out for Jesus and the
kingdom of God is a cardinal price to
pay for divine presence. Jesus said to
the man, “Go home to thy friends…”
That is, “Show your friends the effect
of redemption on your life; tell them
what Jesus has done for you and others.
As you market your faith among your
friends, His presence will abide with
you.”
The harvest of the world is over-
ripe. There is an unlimited opportunity
to secure divine presence perpetually
as you influence your environment for
Jesus. His presence goes with people
that are on the go for Him; it does not
sit with them. The Bible says, “...The
Lord working with them, and
confirming the word with signs
following.” The Samaritan woman at
the well went to tell others about
Christ. “Come, see a man, which told
me all things that ever I did: is not this
the Christ?” she said to the people (Jn.
4:29).
Soul winning does not only
guarantee divine presence, it is also
rewarding. Paul said:
Now he that planteth and he that
watereth are one: and every man shall
receive his own reward according to his
own labour.
- 1 Corinthians 3:8
 Soul winning attracts divine wages.
Jesus said in John 4:36, “And he that
reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth
fruit unto life eternal: that both he that
soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice
together.” It also ensures that you are a
candidate for divine health (Jn. 15:1-2).
When you win souls into the kingdom,
God removes every parasite troubling
your body, so you can bear more fruits.
Winning souls into God’s kingdom
also gives you a prayer advantage with
God (Jn. 15:16) and ensures that God
makes a star of you (Dan. 12:3; Prov.
11:30). If you must maintain the flow
of signs and wonders in your life, then
divine presence is a vital requirement.
When you succeed in maintaining His
ever-abiding presence, you stand out
among men. Then it shall be said of
you, “What manner of man is this that
such mighty works are done by his
hands?” That shall be your portion, in
Jesus’ name!
 Chapter 6

The Sound Factor

The wind bloweth where it listeth,
and thou hearest the sound thereof, but
canst not tell whence it cometh, and
whither it goeth: so is every one that is
born of the Spirit.
- John 3:8
Signs and wonders refer to
occurrences outside the usual or natural
sphere of life. They do not happen by
chance; rather, they are the deliberate
acts of God provoked by the desperate
faith of man. This implies that you
have an active, non-transferable part to
play in the manifestation of the
supernatural. There are things you must
do if you must overcome whatever
situation you are confronted with. One
of such is the effective use of your
tongue.
The sound factor is principal in
your quest for commanding signs.
Without a sound, there can never be a
sign. The greatest of all wonders is
recorded in Genesis 1:1-31. The entire
universe was created by what God said:
“...And God said...” God saw all that
He said.
The words you speak or produce
determine the wonders in your life.
This is seen in the lives of the apostles,
who experienced signs based only on
the words they spoke (Mk. 16:20; Acts
14:3). Until you say it, do not expect to
see it (Mk. 11:23). As terrible as death
poses to be, it also responds to the
command of your sound (Prov. 18:21).
The challenges of life can be subdued
by your sound; it is your instrument of
command.
The words you speak are destiny
moulders. You can give shape and
colour to your life by the sound you
produce, just as God did:
Through faith we understand that
the worlds were framed by the word of
God, so that things which are seen were
not made of things which do appear.
- Hebrews 11:3
You are a child of destiny; you
cannot afford to live like a destitute.
Speak good words, because God not
only watches over His Word to perform
it, but also confirms the words you
speak.
The Potency Of Your Words
Four things make your words
potent. First, God confirms your
words; He is committed to performing
whatever you say. God has not
changed, He is the one that
“...Confirmeth the word of his servant,
and performeth the counsel of his
messengers…” (Isa. 44:26).
Secondly, your words put the
angels to work. They carry out your
words, whether positive or negative.
No wonder the Bibles warns in
Ecclesiastes 5:6:
 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy
flesh to sin; neither say thou before the
angel, that it was an error: wherefore
should God be angry at thy voice, and
destroy the work of thine hands?
God gave a similar warning to
Moses and the children of Israel in the
wilderness (Ex. 23:20-21). Angels can
be turned on in your favour by your
words of faith. The three Hebrew boys
in Babylon enjoyed angelic
intervention because they spoke the
right words before being thrown into
the fiery furnace (Dan. 3:15-25).
A third reason why your words are
powerful enough to command signs is
because every word is a seed. The
Word of God is seed (Lk. 8:11-15). As
a true child of God therefore, your
words are also seeds (Ps. 82:6). Since
whatever a man sows is what he reaps,
the things you say are what will happen
to you. So, begin to say exactly what
you want to see, because until you say
it, you won’t see it.
Think about it for a moment: is it
the same day you sow a seed you
expect a harvest? No! Therefore, it is
not always the first time you say a
thing that you see it. But keep on
saying the right words in faith, until the
harvest manifests. The more contrary
things look, the louder you must
declare the way you expect them to be;
and you shall have what you say.
Fourthly, your words give you
control over all opposition. Every
“close-mouthed” Christian is a victim
of oppression. Open your mouth wide,
and God will fill it (Ps. 81:10). He has
given you a mouth and wisdom that no
opponent can withstand (Lk. 21:15).
All the enemies of your life are waiting
for the sound of your voice to bow; so
start speaking loud and clear (Ps.
18:44-45).
If you must enjoy the supernatural,
you need to mind what you say about
your life, person, business, career,
marriage, property, children, etc. Until
you know how to use your tongue
correctly, you can never enjoy a
colourful future.
Speak Boldly
 Speaking boldly gives divine
authority to your speech. Jesus, our
perfect example, spoke so boldly that
every one who heard Him marveled at
His boldness. Even the storms could
not withstand the authority with which
He spoke, and bowed at His sound (Mk.
1:21-28; Lk. 8:22-25).
Boldness is a proof of your trust in
God. You cannot trust Him and not be
confident; and your confidence
automatically reflects in your speech.
The apostles wrought so many signs
and wonders; they did not just speak,
but were described as “speaking boldly
in the Lord” (Acts 14:3). This type of
speech is what commits God in your
favour, causing Him to respond with
signs and wonders.
Note that nothing enhances
boldness like your depth of knowledge
of God and His ways (Dan. 11:32). The
more you know, the more you increase
in strength.
A wise man is strong; yea, a man of
knowledge increaseth strength.
- Proverbs 24:5
Miracle Words
Miracle words are drawn from a
heart filled with the truth of the Word
of God. Miracle words can only come
out of miracle hearts. Jesus said in
Matthew 12:34-35:
...Out of the abundance of the heart
the mouth speaketh.
A good man out of the good
treasure of the heart bringeth forth
good things: and an evil man out of the
evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
The more you sit with the Word of
God, the more life that comes out of
you. Mary chose to sit at Jesus’ feet to
hear the Word, and He commended her
for it (Lk. 10:38-42). You cannot fill
your heart with words of abundance
and divine health and still talk poverty
and sickness. You need the Word of
God in your heart to govern your
situation in life.
It is time to take charge and
command. You are equipped to set the
pace for wonders in your life with the
sound you produce, which in turn is a
function of your depth in the Word of
G o d . So, use your mouth and take
charge!
 Chapter 7

Maintaining The Miraculous

For the earnest expectation of the
creature waiteth for the manifestation
of the sons of God.
- Romans 8:19
It is not enough to acquire a
machine; you also need to possess a
working knowledge of how it is
maintained. The same way, you need to
have a working knowledge of how to
maintain life in the miraculous.
Whatever God does require
maintenance. For instance, a group of
people came up with the doctrine of
once saved always saved. But we know
that once saved is not always saved, as
there is what to do to maintain your
salvation. The miraculous is not
different. There is what to do to
maintain your walk in the miraculous,
and there is also what not to do, if you
want to sustain it.
Having a working knowledge of
how to maintain a miraculous lifestyle,
and walking in the light of that
revelation makes you a bona-fide
commander of the miraculous.
Purity
A life of purity is required in
maintaining a supernatural lifestyle.
Jesus was declared to be the Son of
God with power, according to the spirit
of holiness (Rom. 1:3-4). It is,
therefore, the effectual working of the
spirit of holiness in men that makes
sons out of children, and causes the
sons of God to emerge.
Unction (power) is tied to
consecration, and manifestation is a
natural by-product of unction. That
means at the root of your manifestation
is consecration. When you respond to
the commands and dictates of the god
of this world (the devil), you are a
child. As long as the sin nature has the
final say in the steps you take, you are
a child. Let that sin die, for until sin
goes, signs would not flow. Sin is the
greatest enemy of the flow of signs.
Living a life of purity makes you
worthy to do signs.
 Your status in God is a function of
your walk with Him. The sin nature has
tied the Church down to childhood, and
as such her manifestations have been
delayed.
If a man therefore purge himself
from these, he shall be a vessel unto
honour, sanctified, and meet for the
master’s use, and prepared unto every
good work.
- 2 Timothy 2:21
Your lifestyle, to a great extent,
determines the quality of power you
carry. Until you are able to
successfully and continuously guard
yourself against the bondage of the
elements of this world, you cannot be
considered a son. And until you are
considered a son, you are not worthy to
manifest signs. Signs are the exclusive
preserve of sons.
Preparation
Every divine encounter calls for
genuine preparation. Every miracle, no
matter how used you are to the
miraculous, must be consciously
prepared for. There is no manifestation
without preparation. Every outstanding
result is traceable to outstanding
preparation.
In John 11, I believe Jesus got
Himself set to get Lazarus out of the
grave. He knew that Lazarus was dead,
but He abode there two days more; I
believe, in preparation to raise him up.
When He came out to pray later, He
simply said, “Father, I thank thee that
thou hast heard me.” That statement
would not have been normal or sane if
nothing had gone on earlier between
Him and the Father.
So the things you see happen on the
stage in Jesus’ life actually first
happened behind the stage, during the
time of preparation. You too can turn
everything around you the right way
up, but you will first need to take time
(in preparation) to get it done. Elijah
didn’t just get up and say, “By my
word, it shall not rain.” James 5:17
reveals what his secret was:
Elias was a man subject to like
passions as we are, and he prayed
earnestly that it might not rain: and it
rained not on the earth by the space of
three years and six months.
He prayed earnestly; that is, he first
connected with heaven and organised it
with God, and then came out to make
the declaration. Declaration without
preparation will end up in frustrations.
If your declarations do not match your
preparation, you are only signing up for
frustrations.
You want to live a life of signs? Do
you want to live life in the miraculous?
Then you must know how to operate
behind the scene, setting the stage for
the signs and wonders you desire. It
takes your personal preparation to
guarantee your personal manifestation.
Spiritual Smartness
 The Word of God is described as
quick:
For the word of God is quick, and
powerful, and sharper than any
twoedged sword, piercing even to the
dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and
of the joints and marrow, and is a
discerner of the thoughts and intents of
the heart.
- Hebrews 4:12
As quick as the Word is, it will
only answer to quick responses from
you. There was a man who lived by the
miracle pool of Bethesda for 38 years,
seeking healing! He was not a man of
action, but of explanation; so he laid
there watching everyone else get
healed and leave him by the pool for 38
years (Jn. 5:2-9).
Every time God’s Word is being
preached, the miracle pool is being
troubled; every sensitive person steps
into it. Men of action are naturally men
of manifestations. If you are smart
enough to move at the instance of
every revelation, you will never lack
manifestations. That is, as soon as God
shows it to you, you are on the move!
It takes spiritual smartness to
command and maintain the flow of the
miraculous. Every time a Word drops
in your heart, immediately step into
action with it.
Behold, I stand at the door, and
knock: if any man hear my voice, and
open the door, I will come in to him,
and will sup with him, and he with me.
- Revelation 3:20
That is manifestation. Every time
God knocks on your door with an
insight from His Word, He is only
calling on you and saying, “Do you
want it? Rise up and catch it.” The
ministry of the Holy Spirit comes on
mostly on sudden frequencies. While
Peter was yet speaking in the house of
Cornelius, the Holy Ghost suddenly fell
on them. Also on the day of Pentecost,
the Bible records “…And suddenly,
there was a mighty rushing wind…and
they were all filled with the Holy
Gh o s t ” (Acts 2:2-4). If the Holy
Spirit’s manifestations are on sudden
frequencies, then it takes people who
are hypersensitive to catch it. You will
not miss the hour of your visitation.
The above listed factors are ways of
maintaining a life in the miraculous.
 Pillar 11

Healing
 Contents
Introduction 657
1. Divine Health Is Your Birthright
661
2. The Root Of Sickness 669
3. The Word – Master Key For
Total Health 677
4. Prescriptions For Total Health
687
5. The Faith Access 699
6. Wisdom For Total Health 705
7. Maintaining A Healthy Lifestyle
711
 Pillar 11

Healing
Introduction
Every born again child of God has a
covenant of divine health with God.
This is because God is not only
interested in the well being of our
spirits and souls alone; but also in the
well being of our bodies as well. That
is why the Bible says, “Beloved, I wish
above all things that thou mayest
prosper and be in health, even as thy
soul prospereth” (3 Jn. 2). Jesus paid
the full price for our total health on the
cross (Isa. 53:5), and God emphatically
declared: “I am the Lord that healeth
thee” (Ex. 15:26).
God’s ultimate plan for His
children is living a sickness-free life;
that is walking in divine health. But if
you are afflicted with sickness, I have
good news for you: God wants you
healed! Jesus said healing is children’s
bread (Mk. 7:25-27). That is, if you are
born again, it is your right to be healed!
Jesus was anointed with power, and He
went about doing good – healing the
sick. Divine healing is your right if you
are redeemed.
There’s a place in God where you
will stand and never get sick. It is the
realm where the divine nature on your
inside is so stirred up that you become
immune to sickness and disease. It
takes faith to get there.
Faith is a necessary ingredient for
healing. This is because every
provision of scriptures is accessible
only through faith. In many accounts of
Jesus healing the sick, you hear Him
say, “Your faith has made thee whole”,
“Be it to you according to your faith.”
In Acts 14:9, the Bible tells us that
while preaching one day at Lystra,
Apostle Paul perceived that a certain
man had faith to be made whole, and he
was healed.
Divine health is available; but it is
obtainable only through the faith
channel. Until you believe the report of
divine health and healing, you can’t
enjoy it. As I take you through some
sample teachings on the subject of
divine health and healing, your faith
will be built up, so you can take
delivery of your rich covenant heritage.
Also listed are some books I have
written on this subject. I believe they
will be an asset in your understanding
of the subject.
Keys To Divine Health
The Healing Balm
The Miracle Meal
Miracle Healings
 Chapter 1

Divine Health Is Your Birthright

Sound health is paramount to
human existence; every other thing in
life comes after it. That is why
everybody responds quickly to its
demands, because sickness can be very
devastating. Very colourful dreams can
and have been terminated by sickness.
It can make a hitherto successful man a
total failure in life. Very many wealthy
people have ended up in penury
because of sickness and disease, since
any man would do or sell anything to
save his life.
Good health is the springboard for
progress and achievement in life,
which is why it is crucial to all. The
Psalmist acknowledges this, and so is
thankful to God for his healing.
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and
forget not all his benefits:
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities;
who healeth all thy diseases.
- Psalm 103:2-3
God’s wish for you is sound health.
He makes this very clear in 3 John 2:
Beloved, I wish above all things
that thou mayest prosper and be in
health, even as thy soul prospereth.
God is as interested in you being
healthy as He is in you being saved and
prosperous. Unfortunately, however,
some Christians think the Lord is
trying to teach them lessons when they
fall sick. No! God’s desire for His
children is that they live a sickness-
free life; that is, a life that is
completely free of all forms of
sicknesses and diseases. In fact, that
was why Jesus came. The Bible sheds
more light on this:
How God anointed Jesus of
Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with
power: who went about doing good,
and healing all that were oppressed of
the devil; for God was with him.
- Acts 10:38
God anointed Jesus, so He can heal
all those that were oppressed with
sickness by the devil. If it were God’s
will for you to be sick, Jesus won’t go
about healing the same people He
wants sick, as a kingdom divided
against itself cannot stand. Jesus
cannot be healing the sick if sickness
was from God! Sickness is not God’s
will for you! Satan is the root cause of
sicknesses and diseases, and he goes
about deceiving men, trying to make
them believe it is from God. But I have
good news for you! The Bible says:
…For this purpose the Son of God
was manifested, that he might destroy
the works of the devil.
- 1 John 3:8
Jesus came to destroy the works of
the devil in your life (sickness) and to
set you free! God Himself said, “I am
the Lord that healeth thee” (Ex. 15:26).
God your Father is your Healer and
Deliverer! He is the solution to all your
problems, not the cause. After the
salvation of your soul, the next most
important thing to God is the salvation
of your body. You must know this,
understand it and walk in its
consciousness; otherwise, the devil will
keep robbing you of your birthright of
divine health and healing.
Let me now show you God’s
provisions for your total health from
scriptures.
Your Covenant Access
Christ hath redeemed us from the
curse of the law, being made a curse
for us: for it is written, Cursed is every
one that hangeth on a tree.
 - Galatians 3:13
God’s solution for sickness and
diseases is wrapped up in the mystery
of salvation. It is interesting to note
that Jesus could have forgiven our sins
without having to go to the cross,
because the atonement for sin only
required His blood, which He could
have shed through any other form of
death. But Jesus had to go to the cross
in order to establish a covenant of
sound health for mankind.
We understand from Deuteronomy
28:15-61 that every sickness and
disease is a curse of the law. Jesus,
therefore, went to the cross to avert
that curse and to set us free from its
effect. So every redeemed child of God
is no longer under the law, and can now
react against the operations of the law
in their lives. First Peter 2:24 and
Isaiah 53:5 tells us that by His stripes
we were healed. By the two acts of
Jesus hanging on the cross and
receiving stripes on His back, He fully
paid the price for our total health!
God is committed to your total
health just as He was to the health of
the children of Israel. The Bible tells us
that the children of Israel journeyed
through the wilderness for 40 years,
and there was not one feeble person
among their tribes in all these years! It
was because Jehovah Rapha (the Lord
that healeth) was in their midst (Ps.
105:37). The nights were chilly and
cold, yet they did not suffer fever. The
mosquitoes also had a field day on
them, but none of them broke down
with malaria. They were exposed to the
harshest weather conditions and
journeyed through the wilderness
where wild beasts were in abundance.
They trekked for 40 years, yet their
legs were not swollen. Why? Jehovah
Rapha was their covering. And God
says, “I am the Lord, I change not”
(Mal. 3:6). That same God is your God.
It, therefore, means you too can enjoy
divine health as they did of old!
A picture is painted of the Messiah
in Malachi 4:1-2. The Bible says:
For, behold, the day cometh, that
shall burn as an oven; and all the
proud, yea, and all that do wickedly,
shall be stubble: and the day that
cometh shall burn them up, saith the
Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them
neither root nor branch.
But unto you that fear my name
shall the Sun of righteousness arise
with healing in his wings; and ye shall
go forth, and grow up as calves of the
stall.
While multitudes are burning off,
leaving them with neither root nor
branch, a company of people who are
under the rays of the Sun of
Righteousness (Jesus) shall be growing
up and going forth! When you are
under the messianic covering of the
Sun of Righteousness, HIV/AIDS,
cancer, kidney failure, heart and liver
diseases and those funny diseases that
the world suffers will be far from you.
There will be a clear difference
between you and the world, as new
birth is accompanied with the enviable
benefit of sound health. You are not
born again to suffer again! You are not
saved to suffer, but to be sound in
health! That is why the Bible tells us in
Matthew 8:17:
That it might be fulfilled which was
spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
Himself took our infirmities, and bare
our sicknesses.
Divine health is your birthright in
God; Jesus already paid the price in
full on your behalf, so enjoy it! Let me
again show you two other vital roots
that guarantee you divine health:
The Abrahamic Covenant Root
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in
peace; thou shalt be buried in a good
old age.
- Genesis 15:15
God made this promise to
Abraham, and because he walked in
obedience to God, it was converted to a
covenant for him. Abraham not only
lived a very long life, but also enjoyed
sound health.
And these are the days of the years
of Abraham’s life which he lived, an
hundred threescore and fifteen years.
Then Abraham gave up the ghost,
and died in a good old age, an old man,
and full of years; and was gathered to
his people.
- Genesis 25:7-8
Abraham went to his fathers in
peace, and you are connected to this
same Abrahamic covenant of longevity
through Jesus’ hanging on the cross of
Calvary (Gal. 3:13-14). This covenant
virtue of longevity flowed from
Abraham to Isaac also (Gen. 35:28-29).
Isaac was full of days like his father
Abraham; he died at age 180. The Bible
tells us in Galatians 4:28 that we, as
Isaac, are children of promise. Again,
this Abrahamic covenant virtue flowed
down to Jacob (Gen. 47:28).
Every time you see longevity,
sound health is implied. We have a
covenant of divine health in God under
the Abrahamic covenant. The death and
resurrection of Jesus is our eternal
ransom from sickness and disease.
Jesus Christ died in order to connect us
to the Abrahamic covenant. Therefore,
picture yourself in a good old age still
vibrant, strong, refreshed and bubbling
with life. Like Abraham and our
covenant forefathers, you will go to
your fathers in peace and in a good old
age!
Your Prophetic Root
We also have a prophetic root of
sound health and longevity in Christ.
The Bible says:
And Moses was an hundred and
twenty years old when he died: his eye
was not dim, nor his natural force
abated.
- Deuteronomy 34:7
Moses was just as vibrant when he
died at 120 as he was at 40. This is how
he is linked to Jesus: verse ten tells us
that there arose not a prophet in Israel
like unto Moses, whom the Lord knew
face to face. And Peter tells us in Acts
3:22:
For Moses truly said unto the
fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your
God raise up unto you of your brethren,
like unto me; him shall ye hear in all
things whatsoever he shall say unto
you.
Jesus came like unto Moses, and
you are like unto Jesus (Jn. 17:18;
20:21). That means you are like unto
Moses; you have a prophetic root of
divine health. Moses enjoyed divine
health. Despite his age, his eyes were
not dim nor did his natural force abate.
Your Abrahamic and prophetic
roots all prove the validity of your
heritage of divine health.
 Chapter 2

The Root Of Sickness

The thief cometh not, but for to
steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am
come that they might have life, and
that they might have it more
abundantly.
- John 10:10
You have an enviable heritage of
divine health in God. Right from
creation, it is very clear that man was
not created for sickness and disease.
This is proved by the fact that no
provision was made for man’s healing
at the beginning. The provision for
healing only came after the fall of man.
 Man was not created to be sick;
rather, he was created in the likeness
and image of God. But Satan came and
corrupted that wonderful creation. The
scriptures make it clear that every
disease is machinated by the devil. In
the story of Job we are told:
So went Satan forth from the
presence of the Lord, and smote Job
with sore boils from the sole of his foot
unto his crown.
- Job 2:7
Contrary to Job’s belief, Satan was
actually behind his afflictions, not God.
It was Satan who smote Job with sore
boils, not God. Also in Luke 13, the
Bible tells us of a woman said to have a
spirit of infirmity that bowed her down
for 18 years. This is Jesus’ diagnosis of
her sickness:
And ought not this woman, being a
daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath
bound, lo, these eighteen years, be
loosed from this bond on the sabbath
day?
- Luke 13:16
Her infirmity was the handiwork of
Satan. The Bible tells us in Acts 10:38
that Jesus went about doing good and
healing all that were oppressed of the
devil. From Acts 19:11-12 and
Matthew 8:16 also, we see that evil
spirits were always behind every
sickness and disease, showing that the
devil is the one behind every form of
sickness. The Bible always described
the people as being oppressed by the
devil, not by the weather.
The Sin Connection
Wherefore, as by one man sin
entered into the world, and death by
sin; and so death passed upon all men,
for that all have sinned:
- Romans 5:12
Like I said earlier, God designed
man for perfect health right from
creation. That is why He never made
any provision for man’s healing in the
Garden of Eden. There is no where in
scriptures, either by instruction or
commandment, where Adam needed to
do anything to keep himself healthy.
He was a symbol of total health. Until
he shifted his ground and gave in to
sin, sickness and disease had no access
to him. We can conclude, therefore,
that sin is the root cause of sickness,
because it was after man sinned that he
became a victim of sickness and
disease. The Bible says:
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield
yourselves servants to obey, his
servants ye are to whom ye obey;
whether of sin unto death, or of
obedience unto righteousness?
- Romans 6:16
Sin gave Satan an in-road into
man’s life and health and the right to
determine what happens as far as
man’s health was concerned. It was
after sin came that man began to fall
sick and to look for healing. But praise
God we have a provision in God which
restores us to our original position of
total health.
Sickness Is A Spirit
I want you to know very clearly
that Satan is the author of sickness and
disease, and that he operates through a
battalion of evil spirits, such as deaf
and dumb spirits, spirit of infirmities,
and so on. The Bible says:
And he was teaching in one of the
synagogues on the Sabbath.
And, behold, there was a woman
which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen
years, and was bowed together, and
could in no wise lift up herself.
- Luke 13:10-11
From the original Greek text,
Ostheneia is the root word for
“infirmity.” The word Ostheneia (want
of strength) is the common Greek word
for sickness. For eighteen years the
woman referred to in the above
scripture was being oppressed by the
spirit of sickness. That means sickness
is a spirit. If sickness is a spirit, then it
means that there is a spirit of
deformity, a spirit of fever, a spirit of
cancer, a spirit of migraine, a spirit of
kidney failure, a spirit of fibroid, a
spirit of blood disease, a spirit of
lameness, etc. That is why Mark 9:25
tells us:
When Jesus saw that the people
came running together, he rebuked the
foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou
dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee,
come out of him, and enter no more
into him.
Jesus rebuked the deaf and dumb
foul spirit that was oppressing the boy,
and he was made whole. There is
always an evil spirit behind every
infirmity or sickness, and Satan is the
source of all sicknesses.
Satan Lost His Throne!
God created you perfect; you were
created very good. Then Satan came
and sowed his evil seed of sin, and the
good creation of God became evil.
Until Jesus came, and then the tables
turned! The Bible says:
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.
- 1 John 3:8
Every disease is the work of the
devil. But praise God Jesus came that
He might destroy the works of the
devil! The Bible says He went about
doing good and healing all that were
oppressed of the devil. Here are some
examples:
And there was in their synagogue a
man with an unclean spirit; and he
cried out,
Saying, Let us alone; what have we
to do with thee, thou Jesus of
Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us?
I know thee who thou art, the Holy One
of God.
And Jesus rebuked him, saying,
Hold thy peace, and come out of him.
And when the unclean spirit had
torn him, and cried with a loud voice,
he came out of him.
- Mark 1:23-26
And when he was come out of the
ship, immediately there met him out of
the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
Who had his dwelling among the
tombs; and no man could bind him, no,
not with chains:
Because that he had been often
bound with fetters and chains, and the
chains had been plucked asunder by
him, and the fetters broken in pieces:
neither could any man tame him.
 And always, night and day, he was
in the mountains, and in the tombs,
crying, and cutting himself with stones.
- Mark 5:2-5
But then, he came in contact with
the One that has the power to destroy
every spirit of sickness – Jesus!
But when he saw Jesus afar off, he
ran and worshipped him,
And cried with a loud voice, and
said, What have I to do with thee,
Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I
adjure thee by God, that thou torment
me not.
For he said unto him, Come out of
the man, thou unclean spirit.
- Mark 5:6-8
The man was set free! By the time
the people who used to know him as a
mad man saw him again, he was
“sitting, and clothed, and in his right
mind...” (Mk. 5:15)!
By virtue of your redemption in
Christ, Satan has no final say in your
life any more. Jesus came to destroy all
the works of the devil, including all his
sicknesses and diseases! The Bible
says:
When Jesus therefore had received
the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and
he bowed his head, and gave up the
ghost.
- John 19:30
After taking that bitter drink, Jesus
said, “It is finished”; that is, it is
finished with anything that is making
life bitter for you - finished with
sorrows and pains - and He bowed His
head and gave up the ghost. That may
sound like defeat, but in Hebrews 2:14-
15, the Bible says:
Forasmuch then as the children are
partakers of flesh and blood, he also
himself likewise took part of the same;
that through death he might destroy
him that had the power of death, that is,
the devil;
And deliver them who through fear
of death were all their lifetime subject
to bondage.
Death was overthrown when Jesus
gave up the ghost! The one who had the
power of death (Satan) was destroyed,
and man’s liberty from all his
oppressions was sealed. When Jesus
descended into hell, Satan’s throne was
destroyed and man’s liberty was
established!
“It is finished!” was the
proclamation that put an end to the
dominion of Satan over your life and
destiny. The dominion of the wicked
over your body came to an end as a
result of that proclamation also! Know
this then, Satan is too weak to make
you sick! Power was taken from him
when Jesus went down to the grave,
and the scriptures cannot be broken! If
Jesus hadn’t destroyed Satan, He
couldn’t have been Lord over your life.
But He did, and Satan lost his throne!
As a result, Matthew 15:13 says:
 … Every plant, which my heavenly
Father hath not planted, shall be rooted
up.
That sickness in your body is a
planting of the devil. But Jesus has
come to root out everything Satan has
ever placed in your body. So, the only
sickness that won’t leave you alone is
the one that is stronger than God; and
of course, there’s no such sickness! If
God says, “Yes!” the enemy cannot
say, “No!” God has already said,
“Yes!” concerning your healing. The
Bible further gives us this assurance in
Romans 8:11:
But if the Spirit of him that raised
up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he
that raised up Christ from the dead
shall also quicken your mortal bodies
by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
There’s something in you that
guarantees health. It is the Spirit of
Him that raised Jesus up from the dead,
the same Person we call the Holy
Spirit. He has a mission to supply the
virtue for divine health to your body.
He is the same Spirit in the Healing
Balm. Get set for an encounter with
Him that will end all your aches and
pains forever!
If you are born again, then you are
seated in heavenly places with Christ,
far above all principalities and powers
(Eph. 2:6; 1:20-22). It means you are
far above the “troubler” of this world
(Satan) and all his plagues (sickness
and disease) and all their evil spirits of
infirmities, for the Bible tells us in
Romans 16:20:
And the God of peace shall bruise
Satan under your feet shortly…
Satan has already been bruised
under your feet, so enjoy the liberty of
total health given you by God!
 Chapter 3

The Word—Master Key For Total

Health
Divine health is your heritage in
God and your birthright in Christ. The
price for your total health has been
paid in full by Jesus. The Bible says:
But he was wounded for our
transgressions, he was bruised for our
iniquities: the chastisement of our
peace was upon him; and with his
stripes we are healed.
- Isaiah 53:5
Jesus paid the price for your sound
health 2000 years ago when He was
beaten with 39 stripes. He fully paid
the price, so you can enjoy divine
health (a sickness-free life). That’s
why the Bible tells us in 1 Corinthians
6:20:
For ye are bought with a price:
therefore glorify God in your body, and
in your spirit, which are God’s.
The price was fully paid on your
behalf, so you don’t have to suffer
sickness again. Your body is now to
glorify God through sound health, for
you are His. God has made several
provisions for you to enjoy total health
and healing. Let me show you the
major one:
The Word Of God
The Word of God is the master key
for your total health. It is the principal
channel for the healing of mankind.
The Bible says:
He sent his word, and healed them,
and delivered them from their
destructions.
- Psalm 107:20
The Word is quick, living and
powerful, and can combat any form of
sickness and win (Heb. 4:12). Since
everything was made by the Word,
everything can be repaired by it as
well. Therefore, until you know enough
of the Word, you cannot be free
enough. It is the degree of your insight
in the Word that determines the degree
of your freedom. The Bible shows us
the importance of the Word of God to
your total health:
 My son, attend to my words;
incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Let them not depart from thine
eyes; keep them in the midst of thine
heart.
For they are life unto those that
find them, and health to all their flesh.
- Proverbs 4:20-22
The Word of God is health to every
part of the body of whosoever finds it –
the liver, kidneys, intestines, bone,
marrow, eyes, and whatever body part
you can imagine. It is an all-purpose
drug! There is something in God’s
Word that guarantees your divine
health. When you attend to the Word of
God and keep it, the Bible says it shall
be health to all your flesh. The truth is
that there is treasure in the Bible, and
those who find it find health and
strength. Unfortunately, many have
mistaken the contents of the Bible for
stories. But they are not mere stories,
but Spirit and life (Jn. 6:63).
Behind every word in scripture is
the Spirit of God. The breath of God is
what quickens, and healing virtue is
transmitted whenever the Word is
being preached. The Bible tells us in
Luke 5:17 that as Jesus was teaching,
the power of God was present to heal
the people. That is, God’s power to
heal was being communicated via the
Word Jesus was speaking. The Word of
God carries the Spirit, which is the
power of God. So God’s Word you hear
and read is not merely for your
information, but for your total health as
well; it carries the power to heal. But
what actually delivers the good health
and healing is faith in the Word that
you have heard. The lame man at
Lystra was healed because he had faith
in the Word that was being spoken by
Paul. The Bible records that:
The same heard Paul speak: who
stedfastly beholding him, and
perceiving that he had faith to be
healed,
Said with a loud voice, Stand
upright on thy feet. And he leaped and
walked.
- Acts 14:9-10
Your faith in the Word you have
heard and read is what provokes the
flow of the healing virtue that is able to
handle every form of sickness and
disease. One day in 1983, a relation of
mine was dying of sickle cell anemia,
and I was sent for. I didn’t go
immediately, but told them I would be
with them the following day. I first
wanted to prepare myself in the Word
before going. I went there the
following day as promised, and began
sharing the Word of God with the
family. As the Word was going forth,
the boy’s countenance began to change,
and while I was yet speaking, the boy
stood up from his mother’s laps.
Without prayer, he was made whole,
and is alive and well today! Faith in the
Word he heard was what healed him.
God’s Word is Spirit and life! It is
health for the flesh also; so go in
search of it! When you find and believe
it, then shall you enjoy the reward of
sound health that it carries. Rather than
do this, however, many Christians are
busy fishing in shallow waters; they
make several half-hearted attempts at
reading the Bible and give up, saying,
“I have tried my best, it is just not
working.” Why is it not working? The
reason is that they have not delved into
the deep, where it will always work.
The Bible tells the story of Peter’s
frustration in fishing one day in Luke
5:1-9. He, along with James and John
had toiled all night and caught nothing.
Then Jesus came and told them to
launch out into the deep and let down
their nets for a catch. After they did as
they were instructed, they enclosed a
great multitude of fishes such that their
nets began to break. They had to
beckon to their mates in another ship to
come to their aid, and the Bible records
that both ship began to sink by reason
of the multitude of fish they caught.
These were the same people that were
frustrated earlier because they hadn’t
caught any fish. But they became
amazements to their community after
they obeyed the command to launch
out into the deep for a draught.
What awesome encounters one
comes across in the deep! It is the same
with the study of the Word of God. It is
not how many scriptures you know, but
the depth of the truth you encounter
from it. What you need is depth, not
volumes of scriptures. It is not enough
to know a particular scripture; but you
must know it well enough to have
results.
Digging Deep
Knowledge is in degrees and it
varies in depths. The more of the Word
of God you study and know, the more
of His provisions for your well being
you will discover. Paul told the
Corinthian Church that God had
prepared great things for them which
eye had not seen, ear heard, nor the
heart understood (1 Cor. 2:9).
 If you know enough of what
provisions God has made for your
sound health, you will no longer suffer
ill-health. This is because all your
health needs have been met before the
foundation of the world. The same day
you were redeemed from your sins, was
the day you were set free from all
forms of sicknesses and diseases (Ps.
103:2-5, Isa. 53:5). But it takes
knowledge to enjoy it.
All your health needs have been
duly taken care of before you arrived
here. All you need do now is to make
adequate discoveries, which will
guarantee you enough recoveries.
Jeremiah 1:11-12 makes us understand
that the brighter you can see, the faster
the speed of delivery. That means it is
not enough to see, it is much more
important to see well. When you dig
into the Word of God, you will make
discoveries that will guarantee that you
live a sickness-free life always.
Greater depth in the Word
guarantees your access to liberty. After
you discover treasures in the Word, it
is also your responsibility to apply
them, for your total health and healing
is in the doing of the Word you have
discovered. The application of the
Word of God is the original Balm of
Gilead.
Now, let me show you some steps
that will enhance your access to depths
of insights in the Word of God.
 Right Attitude
You need to possess the right
attitude of meekness to access depths
in the Word of God. The Bible gives a
guide to those who qualify for depths
in the Word of God:
The meek will he guide in
judgment: and the meek will he teach
his way.
- Psalm 25:9
Possessing the attitude of meekness
is a requirement for assessing the deep
things of God. There was a man
described as the meekest man on the
surface of the earth – the man Moses
(Num. 12:3). Moses’ meekness granted
him access to great mysteries such as
the story of creation. Moses wrote the
story of creation in Genesis and the
first five books of the Bible because
God revealed it to him. God revealed
His ways to him as well, whereas
others only say His acts (Ps. 103:7).
Moses was in a class of his own, and
meekness was what paved the way for
him.
You need a meek and teachable
heart to access the deep things of God,
as He will only teach the meek His
Word and ways. With the right attitude
in place, you will make discoveries in
the Word that guarantees your total
health.
Access By The Holy Spirit
Access to the deep things of God is
also by the help of the Holy Spirit.
 O the depth of the riches both of the
wisdom and knowledge of God! how
unsearchable are his judgments, and his
ways past finding out!
- Romans 11:33
No matter the depth you are
looking for, the Holy Spirit is the
master Teacher. Consciously embrace
the ministry of the Holy Spirit by
asking for His help in accessing depths
in the Word of God. Allow Him to
teach and show you things from the
Word of God. Jesus said that is His job;
so let Him do it.
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 16:13
But as it is written, Eye hath not
seen, nor ear heard, neither have
entered into the heart of man, the
things which God hath prepared for
them that love him.
But God hath revealed them unto us
by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth
all things, yea, the deep things of God.
For what man knoweth the things of
a man, save the spirit of man which is
in him? even so the things of God
knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
Now we have received, not the
spirit of the world, but the spirit which
is of God; that we might know the
things that are freely given to us of
God.
- 1 Corinthians 2:9-12
Do not assume the ministry of the
Holy Spirit; rather, consciously seek
and desire His help in getting to where
you are going. Instead of explaining
away your defeat with your health,
settle down and ask the Holy Spirit to
help you see God’s rich provisions for
your healing and total health. Refuse to
be discouraged; rather, get excited and
rely on the ministry of the Holy Spirit
in accessing the deep things that belong
to you. Your long-awaited access to
total health is in the Bible, and the
Holy Spirit will help you locate it in no
time.
 Chapter 4

Prescriptions For Total Health

Apostle James asked in James 5:14,
“Is any sick among you?” That means
it wasn’t a usual occurrence for them to
be sick, because they knew and enjoyed
their God-given heritage of sound
health. They walked in the reality of
the truth that the price for their total
health had been paid in full by Jesus.
But in case sickness reared its’ ugly
head, there are provisions in scripture
to take care of it. Those provisions are
what we shall discuss in this chapter.
The Great Physician
Is there no balm in Gilead; is there
no physician there? why then is not the
health of the daughter of my people
recovered?
- Jeremiah 8:22
When some people are afflicted
with major sicknesses and terminal
diseases, they often think of going for
better medical attention in other
countries, especially if they can afford
it. But this is simply because they do
not know the Great Physician. If they
did, they would stop chasing after
human physicians. This was God’s cry
in Jeremiah 8:19-22.
The Great Physician is Jesus Christ,
the Son of the Living God. He
introduced Himself to us in Matthew
9:12-13:
 ...They that be whole need not a
physician, but they that are sick.
But go ye and learn what that
meaneth, I will have mercy, and not
sacrifice: for I am not come to call the
righteous, but sinners to repentance.
When you go to a consultant, after
diagnosis, he may say to you, “Oh no!
You need another specialist to handle
this.” But this Specialist I am
presenting to you, the Great Physician,
is an all-purpose Specialist that can
handle every case. Every human doctor
only manages life, but Jesus gives life.
He said, “I am the resurrection, and
the life: he that believeth in me, though
he were dead, yet shall he live” (Jn.
11:25).
 The Great Physician’s mandate is
clearly defined in John 10:10:
The thief cometh not, but for to
steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am
come that they might have life, and
that they might have it more
abundantly.
Only the hospital of the Great
Physician can guarantee the healing of
all kinds of terminal diseases and
plagues you can imagine. He said, “I
am the Lord that healeth thee;”
therefore you can count on Him, as He
is committed to your total health. Jesus
healed as many as came to Him during
His earthly ministry. He will do the
same for you today, if only you will
care to go to Him.
 And he came down with them, and
stood in the plain, and the company of
his disciples, and a great multitude of
people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem,
and from the sea coast of Tyre and
Sidon, which came to hear him, and to
be healed of their diseases;
And they that were vexed with
unclean spirits: and they were healed.
And the whole multitude sought to
touch him: for there went virtue out of
him, and healed them all.
- Luke 6:17-19
When Jesus was leaving, He said,
“Yet a little while, and the world seeth
me no more; but ye see me: because I
live, ye shall live also” (Jn. 14:19). If
you can see Him, the healing virtue He
carries will flow to you; and because
that virtue is able to handle any plague
and disease, your total health will be
permanently established.
Let this truth be settled in your
heart: God is committed to your total
health! When human doctors come to
their wits’ end on a case you often hear
them say, “It will only take God.” And
as many as have turned to God at this
time have never been turned back, but
have always been healed. What God
cannot do, no one else can; but there is
no sickness or disease that is beyond
Him, so go to Him! Healing is
children’s bread, and He is committed
to your total well-being.
The Anointing Oil
 And he called unto him the twelve,
and began to send them forth by two
and two; and gave them power over
unclean spirits;
And they cast out many devils, and
anointed with oil many that were sick,
and healed them.
- Mark 6:7, 13
Jesus sent His disciples out to
preach; and as they went, the Bible
records that He gave them power over
unclean spirits. Verse 13 then clearly
tells us what that power was – the
anointing oil. As they anointed those
that were sick with the oil they were
given, all that were anointed were
healed. The anointing oil is power
against all manner of sickness and
diseases; it is a balm in Gilead.
It is not just carrying the oil that
matters, but an understanding of what
the oil represents is what makes it have
maximum effect. What does this oil
represent? It is a spiritual medium
through which the Holy Ghost
manifests Himself for the liberation of
mankind. The anointing oil is one of
the vital prescriptions of the Great
Physician.
And it shall come to pass in that
day, that his burden shall be taken
away from off thy shoulder, and his
yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke
shall be destroyed because of the
anointing.
- Isaiah 10:27
 Every yoke of sickness, no matter
what name it bears, shall be destroyed
when the anointing comes on the scene.
Speaking about the Holy Ghost, Jesus
said:
Whose fan is in his hand, and he
will thoroughly purge his floor, and
gather his wheat into the garner; but he
will burn up the chaff with
unquenchable fire.
- Matthew 3:12
The Holy Ghost has a fan in His
hand for sweeping His floor clean. He
will first separate the wheat from the
chaff, which He will then gather and
burn with unquenchable fire.
Remember that the Bible says you are
the temple of the Holy Ghost. So, in
order to sweep the floor of your body
thoroughly, the Holy Ghost comes
inside you via the anointing oil
mystery and cleans up your system. It
will do what no medicine, injection, or
surgeon can do.
Using the anointing oil is not a
strange doctrine, but the application of
the truth of scriptures for your total
health. Jesus’ disciples were familiar
with its use and effect that James said
to the Church:
Is any sick among you? let him call
for the elders of the church; and let
them pray over him, anointing him
with oil in the name of the Lord:
And the prayer of faith shall save
the sick, and the Lord shall raise him
up; and if he have committed sins, they
shall be forgiven him.
- James 5:14-15
The anointing oil is not a mere
chemical product, but an all-purpose
drug – tablet, syrup, capsule and
injection all wrapped up in one. It will
destroy whatever the enemy might
have planted in you to destroy you. In 1
Samuel 16:13, David was anointed with
oil, and the Spirit of the Lord came
upon him. And the Bible says, “when
the enemy shall come in like a flood,
the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a
standard against him” (Isa. 59:19).
When you are anointed with oil,
therefore, the Spirit of the Lord comes
upon you and becomes the standard
against all oppositions to your health.
The Holy Communion
The Holy Communion is one of
God’s covenant prescriptions for total
health. It affects the spirit, soul and
body. The power in the Holy
Communion far exceeds that in the
manna, which the children of Israel ate
in the wilderness, and the Bible says
there was not one feeble person among
their tribes after 40 years of traveling
through the wilderness.
See what the Holy Communion
offers:
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the
flesh of the Son of man, and drink his
blood, ye have no life in you.
 Whoso eateth my flesh, and
drinketh my blood, hath eternal life;
and I will raise him up at the last day.
- John 6:53-54
The purpose of the Holy
Communion is to inject life into your
whole body – your muscles, organs,
nerves, bones and marrow. It infuses so
much life into you that it swallows up
all elements of death in your body. No
matter what might be said to be dead or
dying in your body, when you partake
of the Communion, it will come back
to life. As the flesh and blood of Jesus
enters you, what could not survive in
His body will be impossible to survive
in yours. The Communion infuses
eternal life into you, which is superior
to human life.
This is the bread which cometh
down from heaven, that a man may eat
thereof, and not die.
I am the living bread which came
down from heaven: if any man eat of
this bread, he shall live for ever: and
the bread that I will give is my flesh,
which I will give for the life of the
world.
- John 6:50-51
That bread both produces and
infuses life, which is immune to all
forms of sicknesses and diseases.
Whereas the blood of Jesus in the
Communion (the wine) attacks all
satanic assaults, the flesh (the bread)
re-orders your physiological state; and
we know that most sicknesses today are
purely physiological disorders. God
provided the Holy Communion
mystery to guarantee the flourishing of
our bodies and the soundness of our
health. In Psalm 103:5, we are told that
God is the One “who satisfieth thy
mouth with good things; so that thy
youth is renewed like the eagle’s.”
The flesh in the Communion is one
of such good things for us to eat for
total health. While instituting the Holy
Communion mystery, Jesus said,
“Take, eat; this is my body” (Matt.
26:26). Later on in John 6, He said, “I
am that bread of life. Your fathers did
eat manna in the wilderness, and are
dead.” This implies that the manna
God gave them to eat in the wilderness
is nothing to be compared with what
Jesus is offering us today via the
Communion. What we have now is
superior to what they ate; this is the
covenant antidote for all diseases.
Let’s see two graphic illustrations
from the Old Testament of the effect of
the flesh of Jesus in destroying every
form of disease that might be ravaging
your body. When God sent Moses to
deliver the children of Israel from
Egypt, God used the rod in Aaron’s
hand to work wonders. This rod was
put down before Pharaoh and it became
a serpent. When Pharaoh’s magicians
put down their own rods, the Bible says
the rod of Aaron swallowed up their
rods (Ex. 7:10-12). Symbolically, Jesus
is the Rod of God (Isa. 11:1). So, as
you partake of the flesh of Jesus in the
Communion, like the rod of God in
Aaron’s hand, it will swallow up every
disease plaguing your body.
The second illustration is found in
2 kings 4:38-41. One day the sons of
the prophets went out to gather herbs to
cook pottage, but innocently gathered
some wild gourds, which poisoned
their meal. When they ate, their body
reacted to the food and they cried out
to Elisha, “There is death in the pot.”
Elisha simply asked for a meal, which
he cast into the pot of pottage, and the
poison was neutralised. What Elisha
threw into the pot swallowed up the
harm in it. Your stomach can be
likened to a biological pot, and the
flesh of Jesus is the covenant meal that
neutralises all body poisons. If the
meal in the Old Testament could cancel
the effect of poisoning, imagine what
the original meal, the bread of life
(flesh of Jesus) will do.
Every sickness is essentially an
evidence of body poisoning. They are
mostly virus-based. The viruses cause
discomfort, pains and inconveniences.
They eat up the system and destroy
one’s vitality. But when you partake of
the Communion, every form of
“poison” responsible for blindness,
deafness, stomach disorder, chest or
heart diseases, AIDS and every other
kind of disease will be destroyed!
If you understand these two
pictures I have just painted to you, then
you will enjoy the benefits of divine
health in the Holy Communion. See the
flesh as the rod that swallows up the
magicians’ rods, and the meal in the
hand of Elisha that neutralises the
poison in the pot. The flesh of Jesus is
the antidote for all physiological
imbalances, and His blood is the
answer to every satanic assault. A
proper understanding of the virtue
contained in the Holy Communion will
guarantee you great, sound and
flourishing health all the days of your
life.
Ministry Gifts
 God has placed within His body
apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors
and teachers with the mission of
perfecting the understanding and faith
of the saints, until we all attain the
same level of faith (Eph. 4:11-12).
They are given to help perfect our
health also.
Sickness is not expected in the
camp of believers, but should it
happen, then make a call. James
instructs that you call upon the elders
of the church, and let them pray over
you, and anoint you with oil in the
name of the Lord. Not only will the
prayer of faith save you from the
sickness, but the Lord shall raise you
up, and even if you have committed
any sin, it shall be forgiven you (Jms.
5:14-15). Don’t be tied down by any
sense of condemnation. No parent
would wish sickness or disease for any
of his children; how then will the
loving Father in heaven think that the
best way to deal with you or to teach
you a lesson is to send you to an early
grave. What wisdom is in that?
The accurate interpretation of the
truth will always provoke divine
intervention, because the scriptures
cannot be broken. When the truth is
accurately comprehended, it puts you
in supernatural command. I pray that
you will comprehend and utilise these
provisions God has made for your total
health.
 Chapter 5

The Faith Access

Every provision in the kingdom,
including divine health, is accessible
only by faith. That is why Isaiah asks,
“Who hath believed our report? and to
whom is the arm of the Lord
revealed?” (Isa. 53:1). Only those who
believe see His glory. If you believe
what you have read so far about your
heritage of sound and total health, and
you put your faith in the Great
Physician and His prescriptions for
your healing, then you will see His
glory.
Until you believe the report of
divine health, don’t expect to see His
healing hand. Divine health is
available, but it is obtainable only by
faith. When you believe His report on
divine health, that Jesus suffered that
you will not suffer sickness and pain,
then you commit His hand, which then
causes the flow of the healing virtue to
you.
Looking at Jesus’ ministry, you
will discover that everyone that
enjoyed the healing virtue from Him
tapped into it by faith. When two blind
men met Jesus in Matthew 9:27-30,
and said to Him, “Have mercy on us,”
Jesus said to them, “Believe ye that I
am able to do this?” and they said,
“Yea Lord.” His final response to them
was, “According to your faith, be it
unto you.” Jesus, in other words, told
them, “Yes, I can do it; but only your
faith will let Me do it in your life.”
The problem is not whether God
can or will heal you; the problem is
whether you will allow Him to heal
you. When the blind men operated in
faith, the Bible says their eyes were
opened. Bible faith is the master key to
a world of divine health. The woman
with the issue of blood was made
whole because of her faith, “And he
said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath
made thee whole; go in peace, and be
whole of thy plague” (Mk. 5:34).
They brought a man through the
roof in Mark 2, and Jesus, seeing their
faith, said, “Take up your bed and go
home.” Healing has always been a
question of faith, not a question of
whether God can or will; so would you
let Him heal you? You must have faith
in the Word you read and hear
concerning God’s provisions for your
sound health and healing. You must
also have faith in God’s ability and
willingness to heal you. Not only that,
you also must trust His prescriptions
for your healing. Absolute trust and
faith in God and His Word is your
guarantee for staying healthy.
A woman who hitherto had no
fallopian tubes was able to deliver a set
of twins, to prove that there is no
reason strong enough to make you
barren. Another sister was diagnosed as
having fibroid and was to be operated
upon on a Thursday. But she placed a
mantle on her stomach, and when the
operation was to be done, they couldn’t
find the fibroid! These two had
absolute faith in God to do the
seemingly impossible, and He did!
There is no kind of sickness or
disease under the sun that a living faith
in the living Word of God cannot rout
or humiliate. Bible faith will destroy
any disease or sickness from its root,
because faith is the answer to every
fiery dart of sickness. But when it is
absent, nothing can happen. Jesus, with
all the power He possessed, could not
do any mighty works in His hometown
of Nazareth, because faith was absent
(Mk. 6:5-6). He desired to heal the
people, but couldn’t because there was
an unbelief barrier. In the same way,
God will not force healing and total
health on you; it’s your responsibility
to first believe in His provisions.
Act Your Faith
Faith in God means acting on God’s
Words and instructions. James said:
Yea, a man may say, Thou hast
faith, and I have works: shew me thy
faith without thy works, and I will
shew thee my faith by my works.
- James 2:18
You must act out your faith in God
to heal you. By this I mean you must
back up your faith by your action. For
instance, the man sick of the palsy
whose friends brought in through the
roof expressed his faith in Jesus’
ability to heal him when he rose up and
took up his bed as he was instructed,
and went home. If he had still remained
there, waiting for a special force to lift
him up from his bed, he can’t be said to
have faith. Also, the lame man at
Lystra that Paul healed expressed his
faith by leaping to his feet at Paul’s
command (Acts 14:8-10).
Your actions will truly reveal
whether you have faith or not. Having a
pity party for yourself when afflicted
with sickness does not show you have
faith in God’s provision for your
healing. Instead, you ought to rise up
and begin to “do” what the Word tells
you to do. For instance, the Bible says,
“Let the weak say, I am strong” (Joel
3:10). What are you saying concerning
your health? What are you doing? Are
you just lying there helpless, and
waiting for a force to lift you up? Note
that the people that were told to rise up
and take up their beds and go home
were usually the ones that did the
rising by themselves; Jesus or Paul
didn’t have to do the rising for them.
Your actions are very important. Until
Hannah’s action changed, she didn’t
become pregnant for Samuel (1 Sam.
1:18).
The word of your mouth is another
way of determining whether or not you
have faith. Your deliverance is in your
mouth, because you are only permitted
to see what you say. Therefore, if you
believe that Jesus has already gone to
the cross for you, and that you are no
longer under the curse of the law, shout
it loud! Address that sickness by saying
to it: “Jesus took you out of my way
and nailed you to His cross, and you
cannot disprove that. Now take off your
hands from my life. Liberty is my
heritage, and I am going to live my
remaining days on the earth free of
diseases.”
Talk your way to sound health, for
it is an expression of your faith to be
made whole! Also, back up your talks
with the appropriate action. Don’t say
one thing and your actions do the
contrary.
 Chapter 6

Wisdom For Total Health

Wisdom can be defined as the
accurate application of knowledge. You
command unquestionable triumphs
when you apply yourself to the
knowledge of the truth. Jesus said you
shall know the truth, and the truth shall
make you free; and whosoever the
knowledge of the operation of the truth
shall make free shall be free indeed
(Jn. 8:32, 36). And Jesus defined what
this wisdom is in Matthew 7:24:
Therefore whosoever heareth these
sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will
liken him unto a wise man…
 It is one thing to discover what the
Word says about your health, and
another thing to do what it says. The
Bible says a sound application of the
truth of God’s Word is wisdom, and
that is what guarantees unquestionable
triumph in every battle of life. Naaman
put the words spoken to him by Prophet
Elisha to work, and he came back
cleansed from his leprosy (2 Kgs. 5:10-
14). That is God’s wisdom. His wisdom
may sound like foolishness when
compared with the wisdom of this
world, but it’s what gets the job done.
He says:
For as the heavens are higher than
the earth, so are my ways higher than
your ways, and my thoughts than your
thoughts.
- Isaiah 55:9
God’s ways are higher than man’s
ways, and by going on that high way
you can say bye-bye forever to every
bodily torment and affliction. Let us
now consider some of God’s wisdom
for healing.
Service
This is a key to enjoying a life of
total health. The Bible says:
And ye shall serve the Lord your
God, and he shall bless thy bread, and
thy water; and I will take sickness
away from the midst of thee.
There shall nothing cast their
young, nor be barren, in thy land: the
number of thy days I will fulfil.
 - Exodus 23:25-26
One of the rewards of service is
sound health. God takes sickness away
from you as you serve Him - you shall
serve, then God shall bless; it is a
covenant! Not only that, He says He
will fulfill the number of your days.
See also what Jesus said in John 15:1-
2:
I am the true vine, and my Father is
the husbandman.
Every branch in me that beareth not
fruit he taketh away: and every branch
that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it
may bring forth more fruit.
You don’t have a healthy future if
you are not investing in kingdom
service. Don’t reduce yourself to a
“Give me, give me” Christian. Rather,
look out for and locate opportunities to
serve God in your church and
community. It is true that divine health
is your birthright, but you must serve
your way into it also. Engaging in
service with understanding brings
about divine rewards, which includes a
sickness-free body.
As you bear fruits in Him through
service, He commits Himself to your
health by purging every stranger in
your body. You cannot serve Him with
your strength and still be weak and
sickly. You can’t serve God and
sickness at the same time, for no man
can serve two masters.
Be Merry
 Another wisdom for staying healthy
is by being merry. Nothing drains
mankind of health and vitality like
depression; it is the gateway to
oppression.
A merry heart doeth good like a
medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the
bones.
- Proverbs 17:22
The enemy identifies his victims by
depression. Without the joy of the Lord
at work continually in your life you are
like a flower that will soon wither.
Fight depression the same way you
fight against sin and satanic attacks.
There is no hope of total health for
someone who gives in to depression,
because when it becomes your way of
life, sickness and disease become your
natural companions.
To stay healthy, be merry hearted.
Live a lifestyle of excitement and be
enthusiastic about life. You will live a
healthy life when you live under the
intoxication of the joy of the Lord.
Only truly happy people are entitled to
healthy living. Note that the joy of the
Lord does not depend on the
circumstances around you, but on the
vision of the Lord that you are able to
see from His Word. When you are
intoxicated with inspirations from the
Word of God, you will remain excited,
just as Jeremiah was.
Thy words were found, and I did eat
them; and thy word was unto me the
joy and rejoicing of my heart.
- Jeremiah 15:16
Every genuine Word-eater is
always an excited believer. It is the
application and practice of God’s Word
that stimulates the joy of the Lord in
your life.
Another way of remaining joyful is
by the ministry of the Holy Ghost. The
Bible says the kingdom of God is not in
food and drink, but in righteousness,
and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost
(Rom. 14:17). That’s why every
believer needs to be baptized in the
Holy Ghost. He provokes joy in you,
because He helps you gain access into
the truth of God’s Word, which gives
hope and causes joy to well up in you.
 After the gospel of salvation, the
next gospel Jesus came to preach is to
set free the broken-hearted and to
liberate mankind from depression,
because until you are free from
depression, there is no hope of freedom
from oppression (Isa. 61:1). The Bible
refers to the Holy Spirit as the “Oil of
gladness” and the “Oil of joy” (Ps.
45:7; Isa. 61:3).
God has packaged a solution for
you in the anointing, which destroys
the yoke of depression, sickness and
disease forever in your life. You have
power over sickness, because greater is
He that is in you (Jesus, who already
paid the price for your total health)
than he that is in the world (the devil,
sickness and disease). You are stronger
than sickness; it is under you, so it
cannot cut short your destiny and joy.
 Chapter 7

Maintaining A Healthy Lifestyle

Sound and total health is your
birthright in God, yes; but you have a
responsibility to enforce it. There are
things you must do to ensure that you
truly enjoy a healthy life. The Bible
tells us to:
Take us the foxes, the little foxes,
that spoil the vines: for our vines have
tender grapes.
- Songs Of Solomon 2:15
In order not to come under the
affliction of Satan, there are certain
things you cannot afford to indulge in,
because you are a tender grape upon a
tender Vine. If Satan is the root cause
of sickness, then you must avoid him
and his plagues by being spiritually
sensitive to what can give place to him.
Let me identify some of them.
Fear
Fear is one thing you must avoid by
all means. Remember that Job was a
perfect man, but in spite of it, fear was
at work in him, so it was easy for Satan
to gain an in-road to torment him. But
if you are born again, Satan can’t
operate in your life or around you
without your permission (Eph. 4:27).
Fear is one of the ways believers open
the door to sickness. Job was a
covenant child, but opened the door for
Satan affliction through fear. The Bible
quotes him as saying:
For the thing which I greatly feared
is come upon me, and that which I was
afraid of is come unto me.
- Job 3:25
Just as faith provokes divine
intervention, fear provokes satanic
intervention, because what you don’t
fear can’t befall you. Man’s fear
always ensnares him. Fear is a spirit,
and an oppression of the devil. It is not
of God. The Bible tells us that “God
hath not given us the spirit of fear; but
of power, and of love, and of a sound
mind” (2 Tim. 1:7). We are also told in
Romans 8:15:
For ye have not received the spirit
of bondage again to fear; but ye have
received the Spirit of adoption,
whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
Give no room to fear in your life,
so you don’t open the door for sickness
and all manner of satanic affliction to
enter your life. I curse whatever
sickness fear must have caused you, in
the name of Jesus!
Hatred
The Bible says in 1 John 3:14-15:
We know that we have passed from
death unto life, because we love the
brethren. He that loveth not his brother
abideth in death.
Whosoever hateth his brother is a
murderer: and ye know that no
murderer hath eternal life abiding in
him.
 If you harbour hatred in your heart,
you’re disconnected from the life of
God, giving the devil room to buffet
you in whatever way he likes. No
reason is strong enough to make you
walk in hatred; the cost for doing so is
too high. The Bible says anyone who
hates is a murderer, and does not have
eternal life. That automatically denies
you access to divine health.
Proverbs 4:23 admonishes us to
guard our hearts with all diligence.
Hatred is one thing you must guard
your heart against, if you desire to walk
in divine health.
Bitterness
This is another fox you must take
out of your life in order to enjoy total
health.
Looking diligently lest any man fail
of the grace of God; lest any root of
bitterness springing up trouble you, and
thereby many be defiled.
- Hebrews 12:15
Bitterness troubles people and
defiles. Saul was troubled by an evil
spirit because of his bitterness towards
David. The Spirit of the Lord departed
from him, and in its place, an evil spirit
from the Lord troubled him (1 Sam.
16:14). At the end, Saul’s whole
lineage was wiped out, leaving only a
cripple. Bitterness embitters life, so
don’t toy with it!
Unforgiveness
Quite a number of diseases are
traceable to sin. But we often
emphasize on the sins of commission
without paying much attention to the
sins of omission. Unforgiveness is not
a sin you commit, but one you refuse to
let go of. This is what Jesus had to say
about it:
And when ye stand praying,
forgive, if ye have ought against any:
that your Father also which is in
heaven may forgive you your
trespasses.
But if ye do not forgive, neither
will your Father which is in heaven
forgive your trespasses.
- Mark 11:25-26
This scripture reveals that certain
things won’t leave you except you
forgive those that have offended you. If
you refuse to forgive, your sins will be
retained; and when they are retained,
the consequences of sin (sickness and
disease) will be retained as well.
Forgive! It’s the only way to exercise
authority in the kingdom. Let that
fellow go, so you too can go.
We know that whosoever is born of
God sinneth not; but he that is begotten
of God keepeth himself, and that
wicked one toucheth him not.
- 1 John 5:18
It is time to keep yourself from the
evil one by blocking all avenues
through which he can gain access to
you to torment you. Keep away from
fear, hatred, bitterness and
unforgiveness, and you would have
succeeded in shutting the devil out of
your environment and affairs forever.
Fight It!
Sickness and disease do not come
from God, but from the devil. One
other thing you must do to remain
healthy is to fight sickness when it
comes. Stop nursing sickness, fight it!
The Bible tells us in James 4:7 to,
“resist the devil, and he will flee from
you.” Satan is not a gentleman; he
won’t leave without a fight, so fight
him off your body! Nobody wins a
battle without fighting; so, if sickness
comes knocking, rise up in arms
against it, don’t welcome it. You can’t
walk in divine health until you stop
nursing sickness.
In fighting sickness, the first thing
you must do is to recognise that you
are stronger than it. You must always
be conscious of your superiority over it
and remember all God’s provisions that
guarantees you health and healing. It is
the cheapest way to disarm sickness.
Unfortunately, however, many
Christians are ignorant of what the
Bible says in 1 John 4:4:
Ye are of God, little children, and
have overcome them: because greater
is he that is in you, than he that is in
the world.
You have a colourful heritage of
divine health in Christ, so go forth and
take it by force, for the violent take by
force.
 Pillar 12

Praise
 Contents
Introduction 719
1. The Wonders Of Praise 721
2. Give Him Thanks! 731
3. The Supremacy Of Praise 739
4. Foundation For Acceptable
Praise 747
5. Praise Motivators 753
6. Praise Warfare 761
7. Enemies Of Praise 769
 Pillar 12

Praise
Introduction
Praise is what to do when you don’t
know what next to do. Paul and Silas
were unjustly thrown into a
Macedonian jail. When it seemed as
though they had reached their wits’ end
and didn’t know what next to do, they
began singing praises unto God. Guess
what? Help came down for them! The
prison doors were flung open, and they
did not attempt to escape. Why? Their
faith was so built up that they knew
they could supernaturally open the
gates again if it was shut (Acts 16:25-
28).
Singing praises commits God’s
presence, which is the greatest access
to faith (Ps. 22:3). More often than not,
He reveals the appropriate scriptures
that show you the way out as you praise
Him.
Thou wilt shew me the path of life:
in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy
right hand there are pleasures for
evermore.
- Psalm 16:11
As you sing praises in the midst of
your confusion and helplessness, you
will always come in touch with what to
d o . The teachings and books I have
included on the subject of praise will
help to boost your understanding and
faith, and make your Christian walk
colourful.
The Wonders of Praise
Understanding The Power of Praise
 Chapter 1

The Wonders Of Praise

Praise is appreciating God for who
He is. Your appreciation then leads you
to worshipping Him. The Bible tells us
that praise is comely to God (Ps. 147:1)
and that it is a good thing to praise Him
(Ps. 92:1). We are also told that God
inhabits praise (Ps. 22:3). He loves
praises and loves being praised. No
wonder then that the Bible commands:
Let the people praise thee, O God;
let all the people praise thee.
- Psalm 67:3
Praise is cardinal to the believer, as
it is his cheapest access to God. Since
God inhabits praise, it is your surest
access to the miraculous. No matter
how great the opposition, it does not
require more than praise to handle it.
Praise was all it took to get Paul and
Silas out of the Macedonian jail (Acts
16:25-26). Unfortunately, the power of
praise is not fully understood in the
Church. Some think praise is just a
church activity and what you do while
you wait for others to join you in
church.
Praise is the fastest ladder to your
high places in life. Developing a
lifestyle of praise is what you need to
be more than a conqueror. I
encountered this truth in 1979 and
hosted my first Hosanna service
immediately. You can’t tell what has
happened to my life between then and
now, because praise has become my
way of life. It is an effective weapon in
my hands, and so I recommend it to
you as well.
Proverbs 13:15 says, “Good
understanding giveth favour…” You
need a good understanding of praise in
order to enjoy its benefits. Knowing
what you stand to gain through praises
will probably help you see what I
mean. So, let me show you the wonders
that abound in praise.
Provokes Divine Presence
But thou art holy, O thou that
inhabitest the praises of Israel.
- Psalm 22:3
 Praise compels God’s presence,
because it is His natural habitat. God
cannot but respond to praise. As much
as God wants to be with you all the
time, His presence is not automatic;
praise is the price you must pay for it.
That is why 2 Chronicles 15:2 says,
“The Lord is with you, while ye be with
him…” And Romans 8:31 asks, “If God
be for us, who can be against us?” That
means when you are in praise, you are
in God, and if you are in God, you are
unbeatable, because His presence will
naturally distinguish you. As the
children of Israel praised God on their
way out of Egypt to the Promised Land,
God was their sanctuary. The sea saw
them and fled (Ps. 114).
 This is one of our secrets of
t r i u m p h . Every outstanding
accomplishment our ministry is
enjoying today only cost us praise.
Many decades have passed since we
began this journey of faith, and we
have seen God at work; we have seen
Him taking the lead and causing
everything to work for us. As we
praised Him, He came on the scene and
His presence caused us to enjoy ease
and speed.
Likewise, the greatest events of
your life won’t need more than divine
presence; and it takes nothing more
than your heart-felt praise to provoke
His presence. If you determine to give
Him genuine praises the remaining
days of your life, the difference will be
clear. God’s presence will answer to
you, and that which you thought
impossible will cheaply come to pass
in your life. When you praise Him like
Paul and Silas did in the prison, He will
show up in every area of your life and
convert your reproach to dignity, just
as He stepped into the prison in an
earthquake, flung the gates open,
causing everyone’s chains to fall off
(Acts 16:23-40)!
Who is like unto thee, O LORD,
among the gods? Who is like thee,
glorious in holiness, fearful in praises,
doing wonders?
- Exodus 15:11
Praise compels the manifestation of
divine power on your behalf. God does
fearful and wonderful acts in praises.
You will never know how powerful
your God is, until you stir Him up in
praise. Your unreserved praise is what
moves Him into action in your favour.
We have recorded diverse testimonies
of healings and other fearful acts of
God in church; and they were all
wrought while we were praising Him.
Give God a chance to do something
fearful in your life by just giving Him
quality praise from the depth of your
heart. Never mind what the situation
may look like; God is never late, so
give Him praise! The Bible assures us
that the battle is not yours, but God’s.
Be not afraid or dismayed; rather, set
yourself, stand still and you will see
the salvation of the Lord (2 Chron.
2 0 : 1 7 ) . You set yourself through
praise. I see the power of God answer
to you in praises from henceforth!
It Enforces What Is Written
Praise is a spiritual medium
through which God enforces what is
written concerning you and removes
whatever is not of Him in your life.
The Bible records that when the people
sang Hosanna to Jesus, He entered the
temple and cast out everything that was
contrary to what was written.
And the Jews’ passover was at
hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
And found in the temple those that
sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the
changers of money sitting:
And when he had made a scourge of
small cords, he drove them all out of
the temple, and the sheep, and the
oxen; and poured out the changers’
money, and overthrew the tables;
And said unto them that sold doves,
Take these things hence; make not my
Father’s house an house of
merchandise.
- John 2:13-16
When you praise God and shout
with a loud voice unto Him, what you
are doing is provoking Him to enforce
what is written, contrary to what is
happening in your life. For example, to
be married and have a good home is
what is written. The Bible says
whosoever finds a wife finds a good
thing, and has obtained favour from the
Lord (Prov. 18:22). It is also said about
you that the Lord shall compass the
righteous about with favour (Ps. 5:12).
That means the righteous (male or
female) is not permitted to be
unmarried when they desire to be.
Barrenness is also contrary to what is
written, because God’s Word says
children are the heritage of the Lord
and the fruit of the womb His reward
(Ps. 127:3). Praise commits God to
enforcing your marital destiny.
We are not dancing for fun when
we dance and sing praises unto God;
we are dancing because we know that
our dance is loaded with virtues. When
we dance unto the Lord, He turns our
mourning into joy. People may not see
what you are dancing for now, but they
would see it when it manifests later.
Praise and thanksgiving are not what
you do after things have happened;
they are what you do primarily for
things to happen.
Hosanna is a shout that turns
Jehovah on. And when He steps in,
everything that is not of God around
you must leave. When you sing His
praises, He restores your home,
business, career, destiny and
whatsoever had hitherto been molested
by the enemy.
Praise Brings Favour
Praise causes you to enjoy favour
from God. When He is pleased with
your praises, He goes ahead to shower
you with whatever you desire. A very
graphic picture of what praise does to
God is painted in Mark 6:21-23.
Herodias’ daughter had danced before
Herod. He was so pleased with her
dance that he told her to ask him for
anything she desired, even to the half
of his kingdom. That was an outbreak
of favour as a result of her dance. In
the same way, your high praises to God
will cause Him to deliver to you
whatever will give you your place in
destiny.
Praise Brings Promotion
Praise also brings promotion. The
Bible says in Habakkuk 3:17-19:
 Although the fig tree shall not
blossom, neither shall fruit be in the
vines; the labour of the olive shall fail,
and the fields shall yield no meat; the
flock shall be cut off from the fold, and
there shall be no herd in the stalls:
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I
will joy in the God of my salvation.
The LORD God is my strength, and
he will make my feet like hinds’ feet,
and he will make me to walk upon
mine high places.
Do you want promotion? Your high
praises is the covenant highway to your
high places. Praise is your way out of
stagnation. God will command every
siege that is sitting upon your lifting to
be broken when you praise Him. There
is a breakthrough for you today as you
praise your way out of poverty,
misfortune, stagnation, sickness and
disease.
It Silence Your Enemies
Out of the mouth of babes and
sucklings hast thou ordained strength
because of thine enemies, that thou
mightest still the enemy and the
avenger.
- Psalm 8:2
Jesus interpreted “strength” here to
mean praise in Matthew 21:16. That
means God has ordained perfect praise
to silence the enemy and the avenger.
Your enemies are doomed when you
engage in high praises, because your
praise provokes God to rise up in your
defence; and when God arises, His
enemies are scattered (Ps. 68:1).
Praise is a weapon of warfare. It is
an honour reserved for every saint, to
enable them humble their enemies.
Let the high praises of God be in
their mouth, and a two-edged sword in
their hand…
To execute upon them the judgment
written: this honour have all his saints.
Praise ye the LORD.
- Psalm 149:6, 9
Every opportunity to praise God is
your chance to silence your enemies,
and to see prophecies fulfilled in your
l i f e . You can sing and dance your
enemies out of your way.
Preserves The Blessings
 It takes praise to preserve whatever
blessings you have received. Praise is
to blessing what salt is to meat. In
Malachi 2:1-3, the priests stood the
risk of losing their blessing for missing
out on this vital key:
And now, O ye priests, this
commandment is for you.
If ye will not hear, and if ye will
not lay it to heart, to give glory unto
my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I
will even send a curse upon you, and I
will curse your blessings: yea, I have
cursed them already, because ye do not
lay it to heart.
Behold, I will corrupt your seed,
and spread dung upon your faces, even
the dung of your solemn feasts; and
one shall take you away with it.
The priests stood to have dung
spread on their faces for not
remembering to praise God and to give
Him glory. If you don’t give Him the
glory due to His name for what he has
done for you, He will withdraw His
hand. And when God withdraws His
hand, man is finished. So, give Him the
glory that is due to Him, and watch
Him take over the affairs of your life.
Deepens Knowledge
Praise deepens your knowledge of
the truth, because with joy shall you
draw water out of the wells of salvation
(Isa. 12:3; Jn. 8:32). As the minstrel
began to play, the hand of the Lord was
upon Elisha, and the Word of God
came to him, giving him the answer (2
Kgs. 3:15).
Praise your way out of every pit!
Praise is the way to preserve His
blessings upon your life. Let us,
therefore, praise Him in the morning,
afternoon and at night!
 Chapter 2

Give Him Thanks!

Thanksgiving is an attitude of
appreciation and gratitude to God for
something He has done for you. It is a
major secret for a colourful Christian
life and adds flavour to you, causing
everything around you to begin to
respond positively.
Thanksgiving precedes praise. The
Bible says in Psalm 100:4:
Enter into his gates with
thanksgiving, and into his courts with
praise: be thankful unto him and bless
his name.
This is heaven’s protocol for
appearing before God. Thanksgiving is
what graduates into praise, as your
sincere appreciation of what God has
done for you will always culminate in a
hearty celebration of His awesomeness.
You cannot praise God sincerely and
acceptably until you are first thankful
and grateful to Him.
The Bible says it is a good thing to
give thanks unto the Lord (Ps. 92:1).
That means it is a bad thing not to do
s o . Come to think of it, if you are
thoughtful, you will always find
something to thank God for. No wonder
a Yoruba adage says: “If you do not
know how to think, you will never know
how to thank.” The Psalmist was a
thoughtful man, so he always had
reasons to be thankful. He said in
Psalm 103:1-2:
Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all
that is within me, bless his holy name.
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and
forget not all his benefits:
He then went on to list out all
God’s benefits in his life. No wonder
he won all the battles he was
confronted with!
What’s more, God expects an
acknowledgement from us after every
act of His in our lives. The story of the
leper that returned to give thanks after
he was healed in Luke 17:12-19 clearly
reveals this. Jesus asked:
…Were there not ten cleansed? but
where are the nine?
 There are not found that returned to
give glory to God, save this stranger.
This shows that God keeps record.
Every act of His not acknowledged
disqualifies you from receiving any
further blessings from Him. Pondering
on this truth, the Holy Spirit inspired
me one day to make this great
utterance: “To take God for granted
is to be grounded.” Everyone that
takes God for granted will be grounded.
The way not to be grounded, therefore,
is not to take Him for granted. So,
thank Him for all His benefits in your
life.
Life is your most valuable
possession. Those who don’t have
value for life don’t have value for God,
for God is the sole author of life. If you
have lost anything, He is the reason
why you have not lost everything. So,
be grateful to Him and praise him! I’d
like you to look away from what is not
there, and rather focus on what He has
placed there. The life you have today is
a gift from God.
If anything has been done, behind
those great events is God, “For without
me, ye can do nothing” and “By
strength shall no man prevail” (Jn.
15:5; 1 Sam. 2:9). Whatever good thing
you have seen comes directly from
God, because God’s Word says, “Every
good gift and every perfect gift is from
above, and cometh down from the
Father of lights, with whom is no
variableness, neither shadow of
t u r n i n g ” (Jms. 1:17). Your good
health, good looks, good wears, good
wife/husband, good children and good
business/career are all from God; so
thank Him!
For who maketh thee to differ from
another? and what hast thou that thou
didst not receive? now if thou didst
receive it, why dost thou glory, as if
thou hadst not received it?
- 1 Corinthians 4:7
Everything you have today is a gift;
that’s why we are under a covenant
obligation to give God thanks;
otherwise, you will start to sink. When
you give thanks, He keeps you afloat;
but when you refuse to give thanks, you
begin to sink. Have you lost
something? He’s the One who kept you
alive to know what you lost and what
you have gained. If you had lost your
mind, it would have been impossible to
know what you have lost and what you
still have. But He has kept you sound
and alive; so, be grateful and thank
Him!
Those who thank God for their
marriages will have children added to
them, and those who thank God for
their children will begin to notice that
He has added excellence to their
children’s studies. Those who thank
Him for academic excellence will
enjoy promotions. God is always
waiting for our thanks in order to
perfect the issues of our lives.
Thanksgiving is one of our most
powerful, mysterious weapons. Those
who give thanks have come to know
what it is to live a request-free life.
Since I stumbled upon this truth, I no
longer have requests, but thanksgiving
points. In fact, ninety percent of the
time I spend in God’s presence is spent
in thanksgiving! Get on the right side
of the ship, as you won’t get any catch
on the wrong side.
If you settle down to reason, you
will see that the fact that you are
breathing means that vital issues are
right in your life. But minor issues
have blinded you to these vital ones. I
have seen people spend millions of
naira and dollars on illnesses which
still persist. Somebody told me he had
spent over two million naira in search
for a cure for kidney failure. You say
your business is not working; at least
thank God that your kidneys are
working! Did I hear you say you don’t
know what is working? Your eyes are
still working, your heart is working,
your lungs, kidneys and livers are
working! You owe God thanks! That’s
what it takes to move Him in your
favour.
God has kept watch over the great
plans you had for the year, preserved
you and kept you alive till now. Give
Him thanks, and He will convert every
insufficiency into sufficiency. Give
Him thanks and that “little boy’s
lunch” in your house will be enough to
feed you for the remaining days of your
life. Just give Him thanks; that’s all
you need! I am so busy thanking Him
that I no longer know what I need.
Do you know the way up? Give
Him thanks for giving you a shop and
He will command your shop to make
good sales. Thank Him for giving you a
qualification and He will give you a
j o b . Thank Him for giving you a
profession and He will make it work.
Thank Him for giving you an office;
He will command good clientele there.
Anything you thank Him for increases!
Thanksgiving is a spiritual yeast that
brings multiplication wherever it is
found. Just give Him thanks and He
will be compelled to perfect whatever
He has begun. But whatever you
complain about will die; so thank Him
and the dying thing will receive new
life!
God has preserved you and kept
you alive; it’s time to give Him thanks.
I’d like you to consciously free
yourself from all concerns and rather
consciously and sincerely give Him
thanks, for He has done all things well!
Why must we give God thanks?
Doing God’s Will
In everything give thank: for this is
the will of God in Christ Jesus
concerning you.
-1 Thessalonians 5:18
 Cast not away therefore your
confidence, which hath great
recompence of reward.
For ye have need of patience, that,
after ye have done the will of God, ye
might receive the promise.
- Hebrews 10:35-36
Thanksgiving is doing God’s will.
Until you have done the will of God,
you will never obtain the promise. And
what is the will of God? “In
everything, give thanks.”
Securing Heaven’s Attention
Very many know the acts of God,
because they have seen miracles; but
very few know the ways of God. It is
not enough to see things happen; it’s
much more important to know how to
make them happen at will.
Thanksgiving is the way to securing
heaven’s attention. The Bible says:
Be careful for nothing; but in
everything by prayer and supplication
with thanksgiving let your requests be
made known unto God.
- Philippians 4:6
Your prayers and supplications will
never reach heaven until they are
wrapped up in thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving in the kingdom is not as
it is in the world. In the secular world
you only say, “Thank you” to someone
who has done something for you that is
worthy of thanks. But in the kingdom
of God, until you say, “Thank You” to
God, nothing gets done. It’s an entirely
different kingdom and operates on
different rules from what we are
conversant with (Isa. 55:8). Until you
say, “Thank You”, heaven can’t step in
on your case.
Thanksgiving is heaven’s
requirement before anything gets done,
as only the grateful wins the Father’s
attention. Can you imagine that Jesus
got to Lazarus’ grave and said, “Father,
I thank You.” He knew that until He
gave God thanks, the promise would
not be delivered. But this is why many
are in the pit today - they are waiting
for whatever they are believing God for
to first happen before they can then
say, “Thank You.” As a result, nothing
happens for them, because in this
kingdom, until your hands are lifted up
in gratitude to God, you’ll die in the
pit.
When Jesus needed to feed five
thousand men in the wilderness, He
knew what to do to open heaven’s
kitchen – He gave thanks! You must be
a man/woman of gratitude in order for
your requests to be heard. It is the
fastest way to God’s hotline. So, let the
woman who is called barren thank God
that she is married and stop
complaining about not having children,
and she will compel God to stop
everything and answer her. When
gratitude becomes your lifestyle, you
keep gaining altitude, because gratitude
is what provokes heaven’s attention.
 It is time to be grateful for every
finger of God you have seen in your
life. If you thank God for His finger,
you will see His hand; and as you
appreciate Him for His hand, you
provoke Him to show you His
outstretched arm. You are to gain for
being grateful to God for His benefits
in your life. When you do, you attract
extra benefits from heaven. It is my
prayer that you will make gratitude
your way of life, so you can enter your
season of unending rewards.
 Chapter 3

The Supremacy Of Praise

Turn you to the strong hold, ye
prisoners of hope: even to day do I
declare that I will render double unto
thee.
- Zechariah 9:12
Praise is a weapon and stronghold
that brings deliverance. Unfortunately,
many are unaware of its potency. It has
been taken for granted in the Church as
a result of ignorance. But let me show
you how effective it is by comparing it
with the force of prayer.
To show how powerful and
effective this weapon of praise is, you
will discover from scriptures that while
angels attend to prayers, God
personally attends to praises! How is
this so? When Peter was locked up in
jail by Herod “the Church made
prayers without ceasing unto God for
him.” An angel was sent to deliver the
answer in response to their fervent
prayers, for the night before he would
have been brought out and killed, God
sent an angel to bring him out of prison
(Acts 12:5-7).
We also find three instances of
angelic responses to prayer in the book
of Daniel – Daniel in the den of lions
(Dan. 6:19-22) and twice when Daniel
prayed (Dan. 9:3, 21-22; 10:10-14).
Though angels excel in strength, they
are limited in power, as there is no
omnipotent angel. Only the Almighty
God can fill that position.
Even Jesus confirmed that angels
are the ones that attend to prayers. This
is what He said when he scolded Peter
for using the sword against one of
those who came to arrest Him in the
Garden of Gethsemane:
Thinkest thou that I cannot now
pray to my Father, and he shall
presently give me more than twelve
legions of angels?
- Matthew 26:53
On the other hand, however, when
we praise God, the Almighty Himself
arises! The Bible says:
But thou art holy, O thou that
inhabits the praises of Israel.
- Psalm 22:3
God inhabits our praises! No
wonder He came down Himself when
Paul and Silas began to sing praises to
Him in the Macedonian jail! The Bible
says:
Let God arise, let his enemies be
scattered: let them also that hate him
flee before him.
As smoke is driven away, so drive
them away: as wax melteth before the
fire, so let the wicked perish at the
presence of God.
But let the righteous be glad; let
them rejoice before God: yea, let them
exceedingly rejoice.
Sing unto God, sing praises to his
name: extol him that rideth upon the
heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice
before him.
- Psalm 68:1-4
God arose in Acts 16:25-26 as Paul
and Silas began to sing praises unto
Hi m . And the Bible says when God
arises, His enemies must be scattered.
No wonder there was an earthquake
that shook the prison, causing all the
chains that held them bound to fall off!
Notice that Paul and Silas first
prayed. They must have felt that the
answer was not getting to them fast
enough, so they switched to praise.
Sure enough, when they began to sing,
the Almighty, Whom the prince of
Persia cannot withstand, arose and
came down by Himself! How do I
know? The earth trembled! And the
Bible says, “The Lord reigneth…let the
earth be moved” (Ps. 99:1).
Whereas an angel can be waylaid
on the way with your answers, no one
can waylay the Almighty! Answer to
Daniel’s prayer had been released from
when he began to pray; but the answer-
bearing angel was waylaid for twenty-
one days (Dan. 10:12-13). But see what
happened to the children of Israel when
they left Egypt singing praises unto the
Lord:
When Israel went out of Egypt, the
house of Jacob from a people of
strange language;
Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel
his dominion.
The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was
driven back.
The mountains skipped like rams,
and the little hills like lambs.
What ailed thee, O thou sea, that
thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou
wast driven back?
Ye mountains, that ye skipped like
rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?
Tremble, thou earth, at the presence
of the Lord, at the presence of the God
of Jacob;
Which turned the rock into a
standing water, the flint into a fountain
of waters.
- Psalm 114:1-8
Verse 2 says, “Judah was his
sanctuary.” Judah means praise. That
means they praised God so much that
He came down to dwell with Him. Any
wonder then that the mountains began
to skip like little rams and the hills like
lambs? Even the sea fled! No nation
was strong enough to stand in their way
as they journeyed to the Promised
Land, because God was with them.
Also, see the experience of the
praising giant, David:
I will call upon the LORD, who is
worthy to be praised: so shall I be
saved from mine enemies…
In my distress I called upon the
LORD, and cried unto my God: he
heard my voice out of his temple, and
my cry came before him, even into his
ears.
Then the earth shook and trembled;
the foundations also of the hills moved
and were shaken, because he was
wroth.
- Psalm 18:3, 6-7
God arose to fight for him! Praise
is God’s hotline. Whereas you can pray
amiss, especially if you are not praying
according to His will; but you can
never praise amiss. Every acceptable
praise brings God down.
Everybody knows about prayer.
Even when they don’t receive answers
to their prayers, they still keep praying,
not bothering to know why the answer
is not forth coming. The angel bearing
their answer may as well have been
delayed for one year, ten or even
fifteen years! But can God be delayed
for one minute? That’s why wise men
praise Him. Some have prayed
themselves to death and yet no answer,
but nobody can praise Him to death.
Every prayer Jesus made received
instant answers, because they were
wrapped in praises - “Father, I thank
You because You hear Me always.”
Bring God Down!
Many have done everything except
the right thing. Praise is the key that
brings heaven down. It is what causes
God to arise from His holy habitation.
When you are clothed with His
presence in praise, you are free from
pressures, because in His presence is
fulness of joy, and at His right hand,
pleasures for evermore (Ps. 16:11).
I can now ask you when you are
stranded, “Have you praised Him?”
Since the angel He sent hasn’t come
with your answer yet, why don’t you
invite Him in person? Praise Him in
the dance; make a joyful noise to the
Lord in praises. “O clap your hands,
all ye people; shout unto God with the
voice of triumph” (Ps. 47:1).
Since no one can stop Him, it is
wisdom to turn Him on with praise. I
see so many people dying in prayers,
but I haven’t seen anybody crushed in
praise. Praise always raises the one
praising. There’s no door on earth that
praise cannot open. You have cried to
God over that business enough; now
praise Him! You have fasted until you
have almost lost your intestines; just
praise Him! Relax and give Him what
turns Him on. Give God a chance to
come down for you into that situation.
You have cried enough; now praise
Him!
There are too many prayer warriors
in the Church; but it is time to raise up
praise warriors. When you begin to
sing, dance and praise God, He sets
ambushment against your enemies (2
Chron. 20:22-25). Praise is what causes
your battle to change hands.
God is restoring the tabernacle of
praise to the Church (Amos 9:11).
That’s the realm we are entering into
now; a realm where nothing answers
until praise is offered. So, please come
into the ark of praise. God will baptize
you afresh with the spirit of praise. It
will be so heavy on you that it will
never depart from you forever.
 Chapter 4

Foundation For Acceptable Praise

Praise is pleasing to God. It is the
cheapest way to live, because you come
on the hurt-free zone of life. Whereas
you have everything to gain when you
praise God, you must also know that
not all praises are acceptable to Him.
The praise that is acceptable before
God has nothing to do with your vocal
melody or instrument, but with the
melody from your heart.
As in all things with God, there’s
an acceptable way of praising Him.
God will not inhabit your praises
simply because you are thanking,
singing and dancing before Him. The
wood must first be in order. What is it
that makes our praises acceptable
before God then?
Righteousness
Every benefit we receive from God
is by His grace. You can’t enjoy His
grace and not praise Him. But there is
something that can stop the flow of
grace – sin. You must be free from sin
for your praise to be acceptable before
God, because the praises of a sinner
(“the wicked”) is noise in God’s ears.
The Bible says in Psalm 7:11 that
God is angry with the wicked every
day. That means if you are in sin you
will only provoke God’s anger the
more with your praises rather than His
blessings and interventions, because He
is angry with you. You must, therefore,
first deal with the enmity between you
and God before going on to praise Him.
The Bible says this concerning God and
sin:
Thou art of purer eyes than to
behold evil, and canst not look on
iniquity…
- Habakkuk 1:13
Righteousness must first be in
place in your life before your praises
can be acceptable unto the Lord. Since
God does not hear our prayers when we
regard iniquity in our hearts (Ps.
66:18), He will not also accept or
celebrate our praises when we sin. He
forsook His Son on the cross when He
bore the sins of the whole world, so He
will not come down for you when you
praise Him in iniquity.
God does not care about the melody
of your voice when you praise Him in
s i n . How vigorous your dances or
delightsome the rhythm of the song is
irrelevant as well. As long as you are in
sin, the melody of your songs and
praises is nothing but croaking noise in
His ears. All He cares about is your
righteousness. It is only when you
praise Him in righteousness that your
praises will deliver amazing results to
you. The foundation of God is sure –
depart from iniquity (2 Tim. 2:19).
You need grace to praise Him
acceptably; but you can’t see grace if
you continue in sin. I break the power
of sin over your life, so you can praise
Him acceptably, in Jesus’ name.
Gladness Of Heart
Another requirement for offering
acceptable praise to God is gladness of
heart. Not every song or dance equals
praise; only joyful dance and song
equals acceptable praise. That is why
the Bible tells us to make a joyful noise
unto the Lord. It must be joyful before
it is acceptable. If it is not joyful, then
it will be unacceptable and impotent; it
cannot produce or deliver.
Note that there is a difference
between joy and happiness. Happiness
is dependent on the happenings around
you. When things are going well, you
are happy; but when they are not, you
are unhappy. Joy, on the other hand, is
a fruit of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22) and is
not dependent on happening or
circumstances. The Bible describes it
as joy unspeakable, full of glory (1 Pet.
1:8). It is the exclusive preserve of the
saints of God.
Sorrow of heart is at the root of
man’s struggles in life. That is why the
Bible says in James 5:13, “Is any
among you afflicted? let him pray. Is
any merry? let him sing psalms.” Until
you are joyful, you can’t offer sincere
and acceptable praises. No wonder
when Jesus came, He committed
Himself not only to healing man’s
body, but to healing broken hearts as
well (Lk. 4:18). What you experience
next after salvation is the healing of
your heart. This is because until your
broken heart is healed, your destiny
remains sealed.
Sorrow of heart or depression and
gladness of heart are like light and
darkness – they can’t dwell together.
One must give way for the other.
Depression makes you a candidate for
oppression, and you cannot be
delivered as long as you are depressed.
You cannot praise God with sorrow in
your heart and so can’t get God to
intervene in your situation. But when
depression is healed, oppression
ceases.
To avoid falling a victim of
depression, whenever negative
situations come up, tell yourself it
could have been worse if it were not for
the grace of God. One day the Lord
said to me, “If you have lost anything,
I’m the reason you have not lost
everything.” Therefore, you owe God
praise! If you can breathe, then you are
indebted to Him in praise, because all
you need to possess in order to praise
Him is breath in your nostrils. The
Psalmist said, “Let everything that has
breath praise the Lord” (Ps. 150:6).
God is the reason why you still have
that breath; so be joyful and offer
acceptable praises unto the One Who is
worthy to be praised!
Let The Past Go!
 You must learn to let go of the past,
for it only leads to depression and
afflictions. The past is irreparable;
there is nothing you can do about it. If
somebody slapped you yesterday, your
crying today does not remove the slap.
So, let go of the past. You should start
looking forward instead. No one
succeeds in driving forward by looking
backwards. Paul revealed to us how he
handled the situation:
…Forgetting those things which are
behind, and reaching forth unto those
things which are before,
I press toward the mark for the
prize of the high calling of God in
Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 3:13-14
 If you won’t let the past be bygone,
you will carry the weight of the past,
which can rob you of the future’s great
fortunes and ground you as well. The
past is just that – past. It can’t be
mended, repaired or adjusted. It is past
forever. What should you do? Look
forward so that you don’t miss the
great fortune loaded into your future.
If you lost your job yesterday,
thank God you didn’t lose your life.
What if instead of giving you a letter,
they gave you a bullet instead? Did you
lose your car last year? Thank God it
was not your life that was lost. At least
you are still alive to ride another car.
Was your house burgled three years
ago? Please thank God it wasn’t your
life that was burgled. If it were
burgled, where would you be to know
what was lost in the house? Forget
about your past, forget about where you
are now, and reach out to the agenda
God has for you. It is an enviable and
colourful agenda.
Praise is what creates the conducive
atmosphere for the wonders of God to
be made manifest in our lives. But if
you still hang on to the irreparable
past, you will be sorrowful and unable
to praise God acceptably for Him to be
able to intervene on your behalf. But
with joy in the heart, you are able to
offer acceptable and fearful praises,
which in turn provoke His fearful acts
on your behalf.
 I command the yokes of whatever
has tied you down to past failures and
disappointments to be broken now, in
the name of Jesus! Forget the past and
celebrate your way into the fortune that
awaits you in the future.
 Chapter 5

Praise Motivators
Make a joyful noise unto the
LORD, all ye lands.
- Psalm 100:1
Every object assumes a state of rest
until a relevant force is applied to it.
This law of nature can be applied to the
issue of giving God praise on a
continuous basis. As the above
scripture shows, you are the one to
make praise happen, as praise is not a
gift of the Spirit. However, man’s heart
needs some motivation in order to be
able to give praise. I have, therefore,
identified some motivators, which are
guaranteed to trigger off praise in you.
The Word
I rejoice at thy word, as one that
findeth great spoil…
Great peace have they which love
thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
- Psalm 119:162, 165
The Word of God is the principal
praise motivator. According to the
Psalmist, God’s Word triggers off joy
in his inner man. Every man of
revelation is automatically a man of
celebration, as every discovery made in
the Word ignites praise inside him.
Even when one has not yet seen the
manifestation of the Word, the
discovery of it alone is enough to be
excited about. This was what kept
Abraham going throughout the many
years he had to wait for his promised
heir. He was able to keep rejoicing,
giving glory to God, despite his old age
and the “deadness” of Sarah’s womb
(Rom. 4:16-22).
Revelation from the Word makes
otherwise oppressive circumstances of
no consequence. This is because
revelation can be likened to the voice
of the Lord, which is mightier than the
voice of many waters (Ps. 29:3-9).
Nothing turns a man on like the Word.
When you catch a revelation from the
Word, you become intoxicated and
seem dead to circumstances around,
making it possible for you not to be
offended in anything or anyone.
 Prophecies
A direct offshoot of the Word is
prophecies. They not only motivate
praise in you, but also enable you to be
ever joyful, which in turn will cause
you to be ever praiseful. Prophecies are
instruments that unveil what lie ahead;
they tell you what to expect in the
f u t u r e . The Bible is a bank of
prophecies, and God’s Word is
essentially prophetic. It is described as
the more sure Word of prophecy (2 Pet.
1:19-21).
You can’t see a bright future and
not celebrate it (Ps. 42:11). It chases
away every form of depression that
might have been lurking around you.
What’s more, every prophetic Word
found in scriptures is backed up by
God’s ability to bring it to pass. The
Bible gives us this assurance in Isaiah
34:16:
Seek ye out of the book of the
LORD, and read: no one of these shall
fail, none shall want her mate: for my
mouth it hath commanded, and his
spirit it hath gathered them.
What God’s mouth has spoken, His
Spirit will perform. In fact, we see God
bringing His promises to pass with His
own hand in 1 Kings 8:15. This
assurance from scripture is what causes
praise to well up from within you
whenever you catch a revelation or
prophetic Word from the Bible. God is
obligated to performing whatever He
has promised. Isaiah 55:11 further
assures us thus:
So shall my word be that goeth
forth out of my mouth: it shall not
return unto me void, but it shall
accomplish that which I please, and it
shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent
it.
God’s Word is not permitted to
return to Him unfulfilled; and so this
motivates praise to Him in you, for you
know that whatever you have seen from
scriptures God is bound to deliver to
you (Gen. 13:14-15). Scriptures give
you access to your future. If you can
see them, you will be ever joyful and
praiseful, because you know for a
surety that you will take delivery of
them, like Abraham did.
Prophetic scriptures create a
colourful future. You can’t see them
and not be joyful and praiseful. They
stimulate joy and rejoicing within you,
even when they seem farfetched.
Gratitude
Enter into his gates with
thanksgiving, and into his courts with
praise: be thankful unto him, and bless
his name.
- Psalm 100:4
Thanksgiving precedes praise. Your
gratitude is what graduates into praise
(Ps. 92:1). Your sincere appreciation of
what God has done in your life always
results in a hearty celebration of His
awesomeness. Every ungrateful
Christian will end up as a failure in the
school of praise, as you cannot be
ungrateful and yet be praiseful.
The easiest way to provoke
gratitude within you is to recall the
past benefits of God in your life
according to Psalm 103:1-5. If you
remember that you are what you are
today only by the grace of God; and it
is by His grace that you can get to
where you will be tomorrow, you will
be full of gratitude and praises to the
Most High God.
Are you grateful for your salvation,
the health and numerous mercies of
God you are enjoying? Then it’s time
to show Him your appreciation. As you
do, you will enter the praise realm,
where your raise is guaranteed.
Testimonies
Testimony is another praise
motivator. Whenever you hear the
wonderful acts of God in someone
else’s life, you raise your hand to
heaven and say, “Praise the Lord.” Just
hearing about God’s great acts in other
people’s lives causes praise and
excitement to rise from within you.
The fact that God has done it for
someone else is a sure indication that it
can happen to you as well.
Anyone who takes advantage of
testimonies never lacks joy. There are
four major things to do with
testimonies in order to enjoy their
praise-provoking benefit.
 Bind them (Isa. 8:16). That is,
have a record of them and store them
up, so you don’t lose them.
Consider them (Ps. 119:95). The
word “consider” here implies to bring
to remembrance, to recall past
testimonies for the purpose of
matching them with the present
challenges confronting you.
Meditate upon them (Ps. 119:99).
This means to ponder on the nitty-
gritty of what brought about the act of
God in that particular circumstance.
Love them (Ps. 119:97). Don’t
always read satanic meanings into the
testimonies you hear; just love them,
even if you don’t like the person it
happened to.
 If you handle testimonies correctly,
then you will be ever joyful and
praising the Lord. Stop reading for a
moment, and think of all the
testimonies you have heard, read or
experienced, and lift up your hands in
celebration of God’s faithfulness.
The Company You Keep
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man
sharpeneth the countenance of his
friend.
- Proverbs 27:17
One of the most contagious things
in life is joy. Friends can help to
brighten your countenance. They can
cause joy and praise to come forth and
stay alive in you. If you enter a room
and meet the people there laughing
hilariously, you will unconsciously
begin to smile. If their laughter
continues and increases, you will also
join them to laugh, whether you know
why they are laughing or not.
You cannot walk with one that
murmurs and be praiseful always. No
matter how anointed you are or how
knowledgeable and old you are in the
Christian faith, the company you keep
can easily affect your life. The Bible
s a y s : “Be not deceived: evil
communications corrupt good
manners” (1 Cor. 15:33). Where you
find yourself determines what happens
to you in life (Prov. 13:20). So stay in
the company of people who will
brighten your countenance and make
you joyful, not in the company of those
who constantly cause you to be
downcast and sorrowful.
I don’t keep complainers as friends
or colleagues. If you come to me for
counseling looking downcast, I will
first tell you to brighten up before I can
listen to you. No one wins God’s
attention with complaints. Even if you
find yourself in the company of
mourners, mind what you say and
think. Focus all your thoughts on God’s
faithfulness, so that you can retain your
inner joy
If you want to protect your joy,
then mind the kind of company you
k e e p . Break all unprofitable
relationships and pull out of every
negative company. You can’t afford to
let them influence your praise lifestyle
anymore.
Embrace these praise motivators
and line up yourself with them. Then,
like Paul and Silas, you can always
sing your way out of any negative
situation or prison house (Acts 16:25-
26). Keep on rejoicing, and God will
never stop causing you to be
victorious!
 Chapter 6

Praise Warfare
Praise, as we have seen, is a very
effective spiritual weapon. In addition
to all we have said about it, praise can
also be used as a weapon of war. Most
of the impossible battles in scriptures
were won through the use of the praise
weapon. The shout of praise brought
down the wall of Jericho in Joshua 6,
Jehoshaphat led Judah to victory by
simply engaging the weapon of praise,
and high praises was what opened the
prison doors and loosed the chains for
Paul and Silas.
When you don’t know what else to
do in a situation, then bring God, Who
always know the way out, in through
praise, for He inhabits praise. Every
time this weapon is engaged, you
provoke His presence, before which no
obstacle can stand (Ps. 114). You can
engage the weapon of praise against the
invisible battles of your life. The Bible
says:
Let the high praises of God be in
their mouth, and a twoedged sword in
their hand;
To execute vengeance upon the
heathen, and punishments upon the
people;
To bind their kings with chains, and
their nobles with fetters of iron;
To execute upon them the judgment
written: this honor have all his saints.
Praise ye the LORD.
- Psalm 149:6-9
Praise is enough to handle any
situation you might be confronted with.
The Bible says, “Who is like unto thee,
O Lord, among the gods? who is like
thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in
praises, doing wonders?” (Ex. 15:11).
If you want to see the fearful acts of
God, then give Him fearful praise; and
He will come down to fight for you.
Praise is what hands the battle over to
God.
Our ministry has engaged this
weapon in securing all the victories we
have enjoyed and will continue to
enjoy. In fact, we dedicate a whole
month annually to praise God in our
entire church network. Is there any
wonder then that we enjoy such great
level of ease and comfort in ministry?
We bring down His majestic presence
in our midst, and so we can’t but enjoy
strength, security and endless
testimonies. His presence with us is
what is causing all the great
happenings in our midst - “The Lord
thy God in the midst of thee is mighty;
he will save, he will rejoice over you
with joy; he will rest in his love, he will
joy over thee with singing” (Zeph.
3:17).
When praise becomes your
lifestyle, testimonies and triumphs
become your heritage. You are clothed
with His presence, causing His fearful
acts to become the norm in your life.
The Opposition Is Silenced
Out of the mouth of babes and
sucklings hast thou ordained strength
because of thine enemies, that thou
mightest still the enemy and the
avenger.
- Psalm 8:2
Quoting this same scripture in
Matthew 21:16, Jesus said, “Out of the
mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast
perfected praise.” Jesus, therefore,
interprets the strength spoken about in
Psalm as praise. And in Psalm 110:2,
the Bible says, “The LORD shall send
the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule
thou in the midst of thine enemies.”
What then is the rod of His strength?
Praise! When praise is perfected, the
enemy and the avenger are silenced.
Your enemies have no choice but to
give way when you bring on the praise
weapon, because God’s presence is
invoked, and they can’t stand before
Him.
It is one thing to have to fight
before you win, but another to win
without having to fight. Praise causes
you to win without having to fight, as
you turn the battle over to God. That
was exactly what happened in 2
Chronicles 20, when Judah was
confronted in battle by three enemy
nations.
O our God, wilt thou not judge
them? for we have no might against
this great company that cometh against
us; neither know we what to do: but our
eyes are upon thee…
Ye shall not need to fight in this
battle: set yourselves, stand ye still,
and see the salvation of the LORD with
you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not,
nor be dismayed; tomorrow go out
against them: for the LORD will be
with you…
And when he had consulted with
the people, he appointed singers unto
the LORD, and that should praise the
beauty of holiness, as they went out
before the army, and to say, Praise the
LORD; for his mercy endureth forever.
And when they began to sing and to
praise, the LORD set ambushments
against the children of Ammon, Moab,
and mount Seir, which were come
against Judah; and they were smitten.
For the children of Ammon and
Moab stood up against the inhabitants
of mount Seir, utterly to slay and
destroy them: and when they had made
an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every
one helped to destroy another.
And when Judah came toward the
watch tower in the wilderness, they
looked unto the multitude, and, behold,
they were dead bodies fallen to the
earth, and none escaped.
- 2 Chronicles 20:12, 17, 21-24
Judah had no need to lift a finger to
fight; as God fought for them and not
one enemy soldier escaped. They
simply turned the battle over to Him in
praise, and spent three days gathering
the spoils of war! I see God taking over
your battles from henceforth!
God takes over our battles when we
sing praises unto Him in spirit and in
truth. Paul and Silas brought Him down
into their prison cells where they were
locked up in Acts 16:25-40. The
Almighty had no choice but to step in
when the praise weapon was engaged.
There was an earthquake that shook the
foundation of the prison and all the
prison doors were opened and their
chains fell off! Everything happened at
the same time! The people that had
earlier been humiliated and mistreated
were given a royal exit out of prison!
In praise warfare, you don’t just get
emotionally excited. Rather, you look
at that issue of concern and bring it
down through praise; what I call
“Target Praise.” Then see what will
happen:
Let God arise, let his enemies be
scattered: let them also that hate him
flee before him.
As smoke is driven away, so drive
them away: as wax melteth before the
fire, so let the wicked perish at the
presence of God…
Sing unto God, sing praises to his
name: extol him that rideth upon the
heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice
before him.
 - Psalm 68:1-4
Praise is a God-given weapon for
humiliating Satan. None of your
enemies is safe when you enter the
realms of high praises. The higher your
praises, the stronger His presence and
the more fearful will His acts in your
midst be. So, turn God loose on your
behalf with your praise! Don’t praise
Him for fun; engage in target praise
warfare. Perhaps there is an issue in
your life that seems to have resisted
prayer and disregarded fasting; it has
no choice but to bow to praise. Every
wall of Jericho will come crashing
down as you engage praise in battle.
So the people shouted when the
priests blew with the trumpets: and it
came to pass, when the people heard
the sound of the trumpet, and the
people shouted with a great shout, that
the wall fell down flat, so that the
people went up into the city, every man
straight before him, and they took the
city.
- Joshua 6:20
Only what will refuse to bow to
God will refuse to bow to the power of
praise, because praise provokes divine
presence, which in turn delivers the
fearful acts of God in your life. So,
target that sickness that must leave
your life, that poverty, failure,
joblessness and barrenness, and praise
Hi m . Psalm 92:11 will then become
real in your life:
 Mine eye also shall see my desire
on mine enemies, and mine ears shall
hear my desire of the wicked that rise
up against me.
You can uproot every evil lurking
around or afflicting you through praise.
Somebody says, “I should be married
by now.” Praise Him for that state, and
you will soon be married. “I should
have a job by now.” Praise Him in the
dance, and the job will soon be yours.
That was how a brother got a job. He
couldn’t get a job, so he began selling
malt drinks by carrying it on his
shoulders around the market. He came
to church one day and heard me tell the
congregation to get home and sincerely
thank and praise the Lord for His
goodness in their lives. He got home
that day and did as I had instructed; he
danced around his crate of malt drinks.
He went to the market the
following day as usual. And as he went
about his business, a man walked up to
him and asked where he got the drinks
he was selling from. He told the man,
who then asked if he needed a job. That
was how this brother was employed as
a manager in the same company that
produced the malt drink he was selling!
Praise is a potent weapon in
spiritual warfare. It brings you into the
hurt-free zone of life, because the
Almighty takes over the battle, making
you a relaxed winner. Note also that
praise is much more than just singing:
 Let them praise his name in the
dance: let them sing praises unto him
with the timbrel and harp.
- Psalm 149:3
You can praise Him with your
dances and musical instruments too,
and your beauty will emerge as you do.
For the LORD taketh pleasure in
his people: he will beautify the meek
with salvation.
- Psalm 149:4
Become a David of our times and
dance your way into sweatless
triumphs. As you praise Him and dance
before Him, don’t mind what others
might say or think. David did not care
for people’s opinions when he danced
before the Lord his God, and every
enemy mocking him was judged (2
Sam. 6:14, 20-23). I see God judge
your enemies from today, as you sing,
dance and praise His name.
 Chapter 7
Enemies Of Praise
We have seen all that praise offers.
Wisdom demands that we go for it.
Why would one know all this truth and
yet not praise God? It is because the
devil is seeking to destroy that person.
Therefore, in this chapter I shall be
discussing the enemies of praise. You
must do everything to guard against
falling victim to them.
God desires and deserves your
praises. Praise is one thing God can’t
do for Himself. He gave you the
privilege of filling that role; so praise
Him, before He raises stones to take
your place!
 Lack Of Joy
Thou wilt show me the path of life:
in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy
right hand there are pleasures for
evermore.
- Psalm 16:11
Divine presence is the ultimate of
man’s search in the adventures of life,
as it secures destiny, unfolds revelation
and provides guidance. It is, therefore,
something one must strive to possess
always. Praise is the surest access to
divine presence, as God inhabits praise.
So we must always make our
environment conducive for His
manifest presence.
Just like fish cannot survive on
land, divine presence cannot survive a
joyless and praise-less environment.
Joy is the state to be in always, for
praise naturally flows when you are
joyful. That is why Paul admonished us
to: “Rejoice in the Lord always: and
again I say, Rejoice”; “Rejoice
evermore” (Phil. 4:4; 1Thess. 5:16). No
matter how prayerful and dedicated
you are, if you are joyless you make
your environment an impossible place
for His presence to be made manifest.
Anything that will rob you of joy,
therefore, is an enemy that must be
fought with all your might.
The vine is dried up, and the fig
tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree,
the palm tree also, and the apple tree,
even all the trees of the field, are
withered: because joy is withered away
from the sons of men
- Joel 1:12
This is the consequence of a joyless
s t a t e . When joy is absent, God
withdraws; as a result, everything
withers, for without Him you can do
nothing (Jn. 15:5). No matter what is
happening around you, there will
always be something to be thankful for;
so search for that thing. A wise man
would do exactly what Habakkuk said
in Habakkuk 3:17-18:
Although the fig tree shall not
blossom, neither shall fruit be in the
vines; the labour of the olive shall fail,
and the fields shall yield no meat; the
flock shall be cut off from the fold, and
there shall be no herd in the stalls:
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I
will joy in the God of my salvation.
Be always joyful and get excited!
Be happy with your room, office, bed,
curtains and everything; just be happy
as you are. Satan cannot afflict you in
your Father’s presence, that’s why he
strives to pull you away from His
presence. Lack of joy opens the door to
depression, which is the bait for
oppression. You cannot be oppressed
until you are first depressed. Also, you
cannot have inspiration without joy
(Isa. 12:3). Joy is what sets the pace for
inspiration.
Joy is the vital link you need to be
connected to divine presence;
therefore, remain joyful!
Murmuring And Complaining
When you stop seeing what good
things God has done for you, you will
fall victim to this trap of the devil to
destroy you. But the Bible expressly
commands us:
Neither murmur ye, as some of
them also murmured, and were
destroyed of the destroyer.
- 1 Corinthians 10:10
Destruction is what awaits
everyone that murmurs against God, as
he hates it. God is displeased when we
murmur and complain (Num. 11:1). It
is a form of ingratitude; and when you
are ungrateful you can’t be thankful
and praiseful.
 When we murmur and complain,
we are as it were saying God has not
done anything for us, which is not true.
He has done all things well! He is the
reason you are still alive now. If it
were left to the devil, you would have
since been gone. Like I so often say, “If
you have lost anything, He is the
reason you haven’t lost everything.” He
has preserved that “little” thing left; so
be grateful and praise Him, because it
could have been worse.
God expects your gratitude
whenever He does anything for you.
When rather than being grateful you
complain, it’s like a slap in His face.
Murmuring opens the door for the
destroyer to come into your life. You
will do well to keep the door shut
against him.
Covetousness is one of the things
that lead men to murmur. Nothing is
ever enough for the covetous. No
matter what the covetous has, he is
never satisfied; he always wants more.
Contentment is the cure for
covetousness, so learn to be content
with what you have and your state per
time (1 Tim. 6:6-8). Contentment is the
gateway to the attainment of great
heights in life.
Holding On To The Past
The habit of looking back to past
failures is an enemy of praise. You
can’t live a praiseful life until you first
let go of your negative past.
Remembering the negative past places
a burden on you; and you can’t praise
Him acceptably carrying a burden
about.
The Bible tells us what to do with
the past and the benefits we stand to
gain from doing it:
Remember ye not the former
things, neither consider the things of
old.
Behold, I will do a new thing; now
it shall spring forth; shall ye not know
it? I will even make a way in the
wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
- Isaiah 43:18-19
Lay every negative past to rest. The
only thing worth remembering in your
past is testimonies. If they are not
good, then, “Remember not”. Like
Apostle Paul, press on to greater
heights instead.
Engage The Holy Spirit
A major ministry of the Holy Spirit
is to glory God (Jn. 16:13-14). He helps
our infirmities by moving on us to
glorify God. He is a depression and
sorrow Destroyer; so engage Him in
praise. The Holy Spirit will launch you
into a praising and thanksgiving
lifestyle, which will put you
permanently on the miracle lane.
When you engage the Holy Spirit,
He places on you the unction to glorify
God, which is your security against the
wicked forces in the world, because
you carry God’s presence with you
wherever you go. The Holy Spirit is a
destroyer of yokes, therefore, lifting
every burden upon your shoulders and
enabling you to praise God acceptably.
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon
me; because the LORD hath anointed
me…
To appoint unto them that mourn in
Zion, to give unto them beauty for
ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the
garment of praise for the spirit of
heaviness; that they might be called
trees of righteousness, the planting of
the LORD, that he might be glorified.
- Isaiah 61:1-3
The Spirit of God exchanges your
heaviness with the garment of praise
and becomes in you the oil of joy in
place of mourning. He releases you
into a life of continuous, endless praise
that brings you into union with God.
You become God’s sanctuary, and so
no evil will be able to withstand you;
you simply enjoy sweatless victories in
every battle of life.
There is such thing as singing in the
spirit (1 Cor. 14:15). Since the Holy
Spirit knows the will of God, when we
sing in the spirit, He helps us to sing
aright, as He praises the Father through
us. He brings to our remembrance all
that God has done and helps us to
praise Him acceptably.
Conclusion

I define life as a privileged

existence, with attendant
responsibilities. You are a child of
destiny, and so cannot afford to live
any longer as a destitute. But as is so
often said, “Responsibility is the price
for greatness.” Every child of God is
redeemed as a king and a priest,
destined to reign on the earth.
By implication, therefore, we are a
people of equal destiny. But it is by
wisdom that kings reign and princes
decree justice (Prov. 8:15). In our
context, wisdom is essentially putting
God’s Word to work. Jesus described
whosoever hears His sayings and does
them as a wise man (Matt. 7:24). That
is what this book is all about – putting
in your hand reader scriptural tools
with which to actualise destiny.
One of the things I have done in
this book is to introduce you to the
integrity and efficacy of the Word of
G o d . According to scriptures, God
upholds all things by the word of His
power (Heb. 1:3). How does He do
this?
Remember that all things were
made by the Word; without the Word
was not anything made that was made
(Jn. 1:1-5). If all things were made by
the Word, it is only logical then to
conclude that all things must be and
remain under the control of that same
Word. If we are Word-made, then we
must be Word-ruled. If our life is
Word-created, it must remain Word-
controlled.
The Bible asserts that we are trees
of righteousness, the plantings of the
Lord (Isa. 61:3). But the destiny of any
tree is dependent on its access to
sunlight. In the same way the destiny
of any believer is absolutely dependent
on his access to the Word, which is
Christ, and Who is also the Sun of
Righteousness (Mal. 4:2). Remember,
the entrance of the Word gives light
(Ps. 119:130). In the same vein, the
quality of our destiny is determined by
the quality of light we access from the
Word.
 Being ruled and guided by the
living Word of God is the cheapest way
to fulfilling destiny in a grand style.
The Word of God is the divine license
for living a successful and impactful
life; so give it first place in your life.
You will fulfill destiny, in Jesus’
name!
Table of Contents
PILLARS OF DESTINY 2
Introduction 5
Section A 24
Pillar 1 25
Chapter 1 33
Chapter 2 60
Chapter 3 77
Chapter 4 92
Chapter 5 112
Chapter 6 145
Chapter 7 160
Pillar 2 171
Chapter 1 175
Chapter 2 193
Chapter 3 206
Chapter 4 215
Chapter 5 223
Chapter 6 232
Chapter 7 244
Pillar 3 254
Pillar 3 256
Chapter 1 259
Chapter 2 277
Chapter 3 297
Chapter 4 312
Chapter 5 332
Chapter 6 343
Chapter 7 354
Pillar 4 369
Chapter 1 374
Chapter 2 391
Chapter 3 407
Chapter 4 423
Chapter 5 442
Chapter 6 459
Chapter 7 476
Pillar 5 493
Chapter 1 496
Chapter 2 508
Chapter 3 527
Chapter 4 543
Chapter 5 556
Chapter 6 570
Chapter 7 587
Pillar 6 604
Pillar 6 606
Chapter 1 612
Chapter 2 625
Chapter 3 650
Chapter 5 684
Chapter 6 698
Chapter 7 717

Pillar 7 738
Pillar 7 741
Chapter 1 746
Chapter 2 767
Chapter 4 803
Chapter 5 819
Chapter 6 830
Chapter 7 843
Pillar 8 854
Chapter 1 860
Chapter 2 877
Chapter 3 895
Chapter 4 913
Chapter 5 934
Chapter 6 956
Chapter 7 976
Section C: 992
Pillar 9 995
Pillar 9 998
Chapter 1 1001
Chapter 2 1015
Chapter 3 1025
Chapter 4 1042
Chapter 5 1060
Chapter
Chapter 6 7 1079
1096
Pillar 10 1113
Pillar 10 1116
Chapter 1 1121
Chapter 2 1134
Chapter 4 1163
Chapter 5 1175
Chapter 6 1188
Chapter 7 1199
Pillar 11 1211
Pillar 11 1214
Chapter 1 1219
Chapter
Chapter 23 1235
1252
Chapter 4 1271
Chapter 5 1293
Chapter 6 1303
Chapter 7 1313
Pillar 12 1325
Pillar 12 1328
Chapter 1 1331
Chapter 2 1349
Chapter 3 1365
Chapter 4 1378
Chapter 5 1390
Chapter 6 1404