PROPHETIC DECLARATION FOR YOU THIS WEEK!

 

"As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all." (KJV1769D Eccl 11:5)

As nobody knows the movement of the spirit; as nobody knows how the baby is formed in the womb of a pregnant woman; as nobody knows how water gets in the coconut, so nobody is able to determine your destiny or when God has determine to visit you with mouth watering, eyes watering, wonderful testimonies!

I declared that, the heavens has determined to restore unto you all your lost glory. The Lord is giving you double for your shame. The earth, has been mandated to yield her resources of treasure unto you. The seas, rivers, and oceans are releasing there warehouses of treasures unto you. Your blessings that are locked in the forest and deserts are released unto you. 

Listen to what the spirit is saying to you, "Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought. For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted." (Isa 60:11-12)

Thus says the Lord unto you, "And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee." (Isa 60:10).

I release, activate and engage, the Angels in charge of every declaration, go to the four corners of the earth and bring them to full manifestation in your life in Jesus Christ mighty name!

You are next to give testimonies in Jesus name!

ApsTimothy Oluwajoba 

Lamshem International

https://lamshem.blogspot.com

LIMITATIONS OF SELF!

 “For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing.”

If a young believer learns this lesson early in his Christian life, he will save himself from a world of trouble later on. The Bible teaches that there is NO GOOD THING in our old, evil un-regenerate nature. The flesh is absolutely no good. It is not improved one iota at the time of conversion. It is not improved by a lifetime of consistent Christian living. In fact, God is not trying to improve it. He has condemned it to death at the Cross and wants us to keep it in the place of death.

If I really believe this, it will deliver me from a futile search. I will not look for anything good where God has already said it can’t be found.

It will deliver me from disappointment. I am never disappointed when I don’t find any good in myself. I knew it wasn’t there in the first place.

It will deliver me from introspection. I start with the premise that there is no victory in self. In fact, self-occupation spells defeat.

It will guard me from psychological and psychiatric counseling which turns the searchlight on self. Such therapy only compounds the problem instead of solving it.

It teaches me to be occupied with the Lord Jesus. Robert Murray McCheyne said, “For every look you take at self, take ten looks at Christ.” That is a good balance! Someone else said that even a sanctified self is a poor substitute for a glorified Christ. And the hymnwriter wrote, “How sweet away from self to flee, and shelter in our Savior.”

Much modern preaching and many new Christian books send people on an introspective binge, occupying them with their temperament, their self-image, their hang-ups and inhibitions. The whole movement is a tragedy of overbalance and it leaves a trail of human wreckage.

“I am too bad to be worth thinking about; what I want is to forget myself and to look to God, who is indeed worthy of all my thoughts.”

"Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. … But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?" (KJV1769D Rom 7:17-21,23-24)

It is time to put aside your limitations that stand as barriers to your upliftments and attaining what Christ has planned for you on earth.

 "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 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." (KJV1769D Heb 12:1-2)
 
 PRAYERS:

1). Pray for forgiveness from self and for allowing self to take dominion.

2). Pray against the spirit of self and worldliness in operation in your life and ask Jesus to be the centre of your life.

3). Oh Lord, sanctify me wholly for your use throughout each day of this year, in Jesus Christ mighty name.

4). O Lord Jesus, let your fire locate my foundation and anything that would not glorify your name in my life be roasted and be consumed, in Jesus name!

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Make Righteous Judgment This Year!

 “Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.” (Joh 7:24)

One of the most deep-seated frailties of fallen humanity is the persistent tendency to judge according to appearance. We judge a person according to his looks. We judge a used car by its body. We judge a book by its cover. No matter how often we are disappointed and disillusioned, we stubbornly refuse to learn that “all is not gold that glitters.”

In his book Hide or Seek, Dr. James Dobson says that physical beauty is the most highly valued personal attribute in our culture. We have made it what he calls “the gold coin of human worth.” Thus a beautiful child is more favored by adults than a plain one. Teachers tend to give better grades to attractive children. Pretty children get less discipline than others. Homely children are more subject to blame for misdemeanors.

Samuel would have chosen the tall, good-looking Eliab to be king (1Sa 16:7), but the Lord corrected him,

“Look not on his countenance or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.” (1Sam 16:7)

The greatest case of misjudgment in history occurred when the Lord Jesus visited our planet. Apparently He was not prepossessing as far as physical appearance was concerned. He had no form or comeliness, and when men saw Him, no beauty that they should desire Him (Isa 53:2). They could see no beauty in the only truly beautiful Person who ever lived! Yet He Himself never fell into this terrible trap of judging according to looks, for before His advent, it was prophesied of Him,

“He shall not judge after the sight of His eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of His ears” (Isa 11:3).

To Him it was not the face but the character that counted. Not the cover but the contents. Not the physical but the spiritual.

"You shall not respect persons in judgment. You shall hear the small as well as the great. You shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment [is] God's. And the cause that is too hard for you, bring to me, and I will hear it." (MKJV Deu 1:17)

 Prayers: Personalised Declaration

1)  Father Lord, forgive me in area I have judged wrongly. I have allowed human perspective to rule my judgments. Let the blood of Jesus cleanse me from any form of cloudy physical interference that hinders my spiritual judgments, in Jesus me.

2). Oh Lord, throughout this year, I ask for your leadings, directions, instructions, counselings, knowledge, understanding, and wisdom to take righteous decision in the fear of You, in the Jesus mighty name!

3) Father Lord, let me see things only in your own perspective, throughout this great year in Jesus Christ mighty name.

4). I receive the spirit of discernments to rightful decisions throughout this and every other year, in Jesus Christ mighty name! Amen!!
 

365 Days Bible Reading: Genesis 4 - 7

Aps Tim Oluwajoba

#LamshemInternational

In Humility, Let Us Exalt One Another In the Lord

 “In lowliness of mind, let each esteem other better than themselves.” (Php 2:3b)

 "For all seek their own, not the things which are of Jesus Christ." (MKJV Phil 2:21)

To esteem others better than self is unnatural; fallen human nature rebels at such a blow to its ego. It is humanly impossible; we do not have the power in ourselves to live such an otherworldly life. But it is divinely feasible; the indwelling Holy Spirit empowers us to efface self in order that others might be honored.

Gideon illustrates our text. After his three hundred men had defeated the Midianites, he called for the men of Ephraim to add the final blow. They cut off the escape route and captured two Midianite princes. But they complained that they had not been called earlier. Gideon replied that the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim was better than the vintage of Abiezer (Jdg 8:2), that is, the mopping-up operation conducted by the men of Ephraim was more illustrious than the whole campaign waged by Gideon. This spirit of selflessness appeased the Ephraimites.

Joab showed great unselfishness when he captured Rabbah and then called for David to come and administer the coup de grace (2Sa 12:26-28). Joab was quite content that David should get credit for the victory. It was one of the nobler moments in Joab’s life.

The Apostle Paul esteemed the Philippians better than himself. He said that what they were doing was the significant sacrifice to God, whereas he was nothing more than a drink offering, poured out over the sacrifice and service of their faith (Php 2:17).

In more recent times, a beloved servant of Christ was waiting in an anteroom with other distinguished preachers, ready to file out onto the platform. When he finally appeared at the door and a thunderous ovation took place, he quickly stepped aside so that those who were following him would receive the applause.

The supreme example of self-abnegation is the Lord Jesus. He humbled Himself that we might be exalted. He became poor that we might become rich. He died that we might live.

"For let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, thought [it] not robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, and took [upon Himself] the form of a servant, and was made in [the] likeness of men. And being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself [and] became obedient unto death, even [the] death of the cross. Therefore God has highly exalted Him, and has given Him a name [which is] above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of heavenly ones, and of earthly ones, and of ones under [the] earth; and [that] every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord, to [the] glory of God [the] Father." (MKJV Phil 2:5-11)

 This we walk graciously into another year, let us esteem one another better than ourselves. Let do less of complaints, more of sacrificial works in humility. Helping one another in love in obedience to Christ command. 

"This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. … You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. … These things I command you, that you love one another." (MKJV John 15:12,14,17)

It is my prayer that, the Spirit of humility will possess us to exalt and to honor one another in the sacrificial love of God in Christ Jesus.

 I pray this morning, that every evil cloud, that have been orchestrated from the pit of hell to block your rising and shinning in the glory of God this year shall be cleared away
 

Have a prosperous and productive day, in Jesus Christ mighty name!

Aps. Tim OLUWAJOBA

LAMSHEM INTERNATIONAL

NEW YEAR RESOLUTION AND PRAYER REQUEST!

 “This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.” (Exo 12:2)

New Year’s resolutions are good but fragile, that is, easily broken. New Year’s prayers are better; they ascend to the throne of God and set answering wheels in motion. As we come to the beginning of another year, we would do well to make the following prayer requests our own:

Lord Jesus, I rededicate myself afresh to You today. I want you to take my life this coming year and use it for Your glory. “Take my life and let it be consecrated, Lord, to Thee.”

I pray that You will keep me from sin, from anything that will bring dishonor to Your Name.

Keep me teachable by the Holy Spirit. I want to move forward for You. Don’t let me settle in a rut.

May my motto this year be, “He must increase; I must decrease.” The glory must all be Yours. Help me not to touch it.

Teach me to make every decision a matter of prayer. I dread the thought of leaning on my own understanding. 

“I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps,” Jer 10:23.

May I die to the world and even to the approval or blame of loved ones or friends. Give me a single, pure desire to do the things that please Your heart.

Keep me from gossip and criticism of others. Rather help me to speak what is edifying and profitable.

Lead me to needy souls. May I become a friend of sinners, as You are. Give me tears of compassion for the perishing. “Let me look on the crowd as my Savior did, till my eyes with tears grow dim. Let me view with pity the wandering sheep, and love them for love of Him.”

Lord Jesus, keep me from becoming cold, bitter or cynical in spite of anything that may happen to me in the Christian life.

Guide me in my stewardship of money. Help me to be a good steward of everything you have entrusted to me.

Help me to remember moment by moment that my body is a temple of the Holy Spirit. May this tremendous truth influence all my behavior.

And, Lord Jesus, I pray that this may be the year of Your return. I long to see Your face and to fall at Your feet in worship. During the coming year, may the blessed hope stay fresh in my heart, disengaging me from anything that would hold me here and keeping me on the tiptoes of expectancy. “Even so, come, Lord Jesus!”

 

 Wishing you a blessed New Year!

Aps. Timothy Oluwajoba

Lamshem International