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17 August 2024

Scriptural Demand After Prayer

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Very evident in the Scripture is the call and demand for prayers at all times. The Lord Jesus Christ taught us that “men ought always to pray, and not to faint” (Luke 18:1). Consistent and persistent prayer is a type
of prayer that the believer is admonished to engage in (1 Thess. 5:17).
The consistency and persistence in prayer are not expected to come to a stop after
you have required the answer for which you prayed. The consistency and
persistency in prayer is paramount to constantly establish and exercise
the authority of God in all areas of our lives and to remain victorious in a world
that is full of chaos and evil.
One important thing to note when it comes to prayer is that God is capable of
answering every single demand we make in prayer. He invited us to call unto
Him and He will answer us (Jer. 33:1 – 3). If He cannot answer us,

He will not ask us to call unto Him. Our Lord Jesus Christ also
authoritatively told us to ask because we shall receive (Matt. 7:7). This is
because He knows the Father has the ability and resources to answer us.
However, it is important we know that there are still scriptural demands we have
to meet after prayers. I want to briefly list them. In practising them, we have great
assurance of the practical manifestation of the answer to the prayers we have
made.
The first demand is to maintain a joyful countenance. When you read 1 Samuel
1, we would notice that it was after Hannah’s countenance was no longer sad
that God remembered her and she got pregnant after meeting with her husband.
Praying to God and still putting on a sad look is proof that you doubt the ability of
God is bringing your desire to pass. If you wait to see your answer before you put

on a joyful countenance, it shows you are walking by sight and not by faith. So,
after praying, learn to put on a joyful countenance.
The second demand I want to share with you is that of engaging in praise and
not complaining. Numbers 11:1 says that when the people complained it
displeased God. Don’t complain anymore about an issue you have brought
before the Lord in prayer. Your complaining is a sign of unbelief in the ability of
God. Yes, it is possible that some issues you have prayed about would not
change immediately, but assuredly they will change as Lord as God will answer.
So you have no business complaining after praying. Stay hopeful and engage in
praising God who can bring to pass that which you have asked of
Him. Abraham got his heart’s desire as promised by God because instead of
complaining he kept glorifying God (Rom. 4:20-21).
The third thing that is required you should do is to speak forth the manifestation
of your desire which you have prayed about. Our Lord Jesus Christ taught us that
we shall have whatsoever we say. “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).
It is my prayer that you will always you the right attitude after praying that would
make you experience the answer to your request in Jesus’ mighty name.

Wisdom Emamuzo Peter
Teacher/Author/Pastor

27 July 2024

Prayer That Provokes Turnaround

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We serve a God who is good at turning around the situation of men and societies. There is no situation that is too difficult or hard for God to handle.

Jeremiah 32:17; 27

17 Ah Lord God! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:

27 Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?

If there is nothing too hard for God, it means there is no situation in which God cannot turn around when it is submitted unto Him.

Again Scripture says

Mark 10:27

27 And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.

Luke 1:37

37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.

If nothing is impossible with God, then our tough situation is not impossible for God to change. Yes, it may be impossible for man to handle, but not with God. God can turn our situation around for our good.

Two Factors Needed

Now to turn our situation around, two factors must be involved.

The God factor:

Matthew 11:28

28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Isaiah 1:18

18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

The God factor reveals to us that without God, our situation will remain unsolved and even get worse. It is God that can turn around our situation. Therefore we must let Him into our situation for us to handle and turn it around.

The Man Factor:

The Man factor has to do with man first recognizing his helplessness to solve his problems, and humility to call upon God to turn his situation around for him. This is with the knowledge that he cannot handle his situation all by himself. so he needs help.

Psalm 34:5-6

5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.

6 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles.

1 Chronicles 4:9-10

9 And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.

10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.

Every man who has ever experienced a turnaround called upon God for help and intervention. Until you come to the point of calling unto God, you may never experience a change of situation.

Now, prayer is one requirement man must engage to get God to turn his situation around. However, I want to list below, the characteristics of the prayer that provokes turnaround for you.

The prayer must be earnest (James 5:17 – 18)

The prayer must be persistent (Luke 18:1 – 8; Matthew 7:7 – 9)

The prayer must be fervent (James 5:16 – 17; Col 4:12)

The prayer must be faith-rooted (Mark 11:24; James 5:15)

The prayer must be Word based (1 John 5:14 – 15; John 15:7)

The prayer must be guided by the revelation of the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:26 – 28).

These are kind prayers that provoke a turnaround. It is a new season for you in Jesus’ mighty name. I see your situation has been turned around for good in Jesus’ mighty name.

Wisdom Emamuzo Peter

Teacher/Author/Pastor

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1 February 2024

The Implication Of Obeying God

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Revealed in the Scripture, is the role of obedience which is fundamental to walking with God and also experiencing His blessings in all areas of our lives. Obedience is key to experiencing God. Although, at the beginning, God put the man He created in a garden where man would not need to struggle to survive but enjoy the supernatural provisions from God, man needed to maintain His relationship with God by obeying His instructions.

Genesis 2:7-8

7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.

8 And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

So you see, being in a blessed environment where man would need not struggle to survive was not enough. Man needed to live obediently to the commands and instructions of God for man to enjoy the blessing that he has been given.

It is important to know that no matter how powerful a prophecy or promise of God is to you, you will need to obey God for you to experience the fulfillment of the promise or prophecy.

Genesis 12:1-4

1 Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

2 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:

3 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.

4 So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

Abraham needed to leave his father’s house for him to see the fulfillment of what God had promised.

However, in this brief teaching, I want us to consider some implications of obeying God. Remember that implication means suggestion, opinion, or derived meaning that can be drawn from an action or a statement which is not explicitly or out rightly stated. By this, we want to bring out some suggested meaning of obeying God.

First, when you obey God’s instruction it means that you fear God. As a matter of fact, the fear of God is the foundation for obeying God. You will hardly obey God if you do not fear Him.

For instance, when Abraham obeyed God in sacrificing his son Isaac, the Scripture told us that it was a proof that he feared God. (See Genesis 22:1-3, 10-12). Without the fear of God you cannot obey God. Therefore obeying God shows that there is the fear of God in your heart.

Secondly, to obey God shows that you trust His ability to do what He promised. Whenever you obey God you are simply demonstrating your trust and confidence in the person and ability of God. Scripture tells us that God cannot deny Himself (2 Timothy 2:13) and that God cannot lie (Numbers 23:19, Titus 1:2). Therefore by obeying Him, you are actually expressing your trust in His ability to keep to His word.

Thirdly, to obey God proves your love for Him. Our Lord Jesus Christ taught us that if we love Him, we will obey His commandment (John 14:15, 21 – 23). This means the proof of love for God is your obedience to Him. Simply put, loving God is obeying Him.

Fourth, to obey God implies that you are submissive to His authority. Our Lord Jesus Christ revealed this to us when He said:

John 5:19, 30

19 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.

30 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.

The obedience of Christ was proof of His willing submission to the authority of the Father. In like manner, when you truly obey God from your heart, you are simply saying that you are submissive to the authority of God. I have come to realize that you cannot obey the one that you cannot submit to his or her authority. Obedience is a proof of submission.

It is my prayer that God will continually grant you and me the grace to constantly obey as we show our love for Him, submit to His authority, trust His ability and fear Him.

Wisdom Emamuzo Peter

Pastor/Teacher/Author

19 January 2024

Prayer And Integrity

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Every believer is born again to have a supernatural experience; experience that cannot be predicted by man or the devil. This is why our Lord Jesus Christ described the believer as wind whose direction of movement cannot be determined by any.

John 3:8

8 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.

This means the believer is one who is ordained to live a life full of supernatural happenings in this world. He is ordained to live on earth the very life of heaven. This is why the believer’s life is meant to be a wonder.

Now, one thing that helps the believer to live this supernatural life and to have supernatural experiences in life is PRAYER.

Prayer has been given to every believer as a means to trigger the supernatural into action or manifestation in the believer’s life. Prayer is given to the believer as means of dialoguing with God in order to make the very of life of God the daily experience of man.

Prayer is so powerful that it can alter the course of life’s events. It can alter the events in the supernatural world.

Prayer is so swift that it travels faster and farther than light. From the experiences of those that have fully engaged prayer, prayer can reverse event the intentions of heaven. Prayer is so powerful that death bows to it, sickness and diseases submits to it. Prayer has broken the chains of darkness and demons, destroyed the yoke of evil, levelled mountains and filled up valleys. Prayer has so much power that it has turned the situations of nations, families and individual’s around.

Prayer genuinely made has brought back the dead to life, made available the supernatural acts of the almighty God.

However, one element that has made prayer so powerful is INTEGRITY. When integrity is in place, prayer becomes a force that cannot be ignored, but respected by all forces in heaven and earth.

1 Sam 12:16-18

16 Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the Lord will do before your eyes.

17 Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking you a king.

18 So Samuel called unto the Lord; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.

Samuel could call upon God to do the unusual because there was integrity on his part. Here is the testimony of his integrity.

1 Sam 12:1-5

12 And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.

2 And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.

3 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man’s hand.

5 And he said unto them, The Lord is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.

Many people think it is just the noise, words and gymnastics in prayers that move God to answer prayers. But that is not really the case. Among other things that make prayer invincible and powerful is integrity in the part of the person who makes the prayer.

Integrity in the part of God and man is the secret force behind prayer. God’s integrity is intact. That of man is the one that is questioned. Many prayers don’t bring result because integrity is lacking in the part of man. You cannot lack integrity and still expect prayers to be effective.

Integrity is being true to yourself. It is being true to words. It is the agreement of your words and actions. Integrity is agreement with the Word of God. Integrity is being conformed to the Word and lifestyle of God’s kingdom.

Prayer cannot be effective and productive as long as integrity is not in place. Jesus’ power in prayer is right in His integrity. Jesus said “ Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?” (John 8:46).

There are many people whose actions are not in agreement with their prayers. There are people whose lifestyle is not in agreement with their prayers. They forget that God looks at the heart, and just listening to our words.

If your prayers must be effective then integrity must be in place.

Integrity will give you boldness to approach God and to commune with God. Integrity gives you assurance of answers to your prayers.

From this moment, I pray that God will give you grace to make you have the integrity that requires answers to your prayers.

God bless you

Wisdom Emamuzo Peter

19 January 2024

FirstFruit Giving

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In the kingdom of God, we come to understand that giving is requisite to experience all forms of blessing from the Lord. Life itself is founded on the rock of giving. Take for instance, for man and animals to live, they must give out carbon dioxide. And for plants to live, they must give out oxygen. Until you are ready to give, you are not ready to live. The very proof that you are existing is your giving. This also means, your life will become a sum of whatever you give out.

While there are many types of giving in the kingdom this brief article is to help us understand the giving of the first fruit. Over the years, many believers have not been able to faithfully engage in the practice of the first fruit because of the wrong teaching and misconceptions that surround it. Some teach that the whole first fruit is what one is to bring as the first fruit offering but this is not what the Scripture teaches.

Read this passage about the first fruit.

Leviticus 23:9-11, 17

9 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest unto the priest:

11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.

17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the first fruits unto the Lord.

From this passage, there are we need to understand the following:

First, first fruit giving is an instruction from God Him.

Second, first fruit giving is a way of showing your appreciation to God who has made the earth to yield is increase for you.

Third, first fruit giving is obedience to God who commands the harvest.

Fourth, the first fruit is your first harvest from the land, first profit, income or salary.

Fifth, you are not to bring the first fruit harvest or income to God as your first fruit.

The Scripture we read above says “ye shall bring a sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest” and “ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two-tenth deals”. So you see that we are not required to bring the whole harvest to the house of God. We are to bring a sheaf or two wave loaves.

The emphasis on what to give as a first offering is “a sheaf’” or “two wave loaves”. A sheaf is like a unit of measure in ancient Israel. It is two omers. This means, that when you receive your first harvest, salary, profit, or income, you are to take a reasonable part of the harvest and present it to God through the priest as your first fruit offering.

There has been the teaching that you have to bring everything. No, child of God, this is what the Scripture teaches. You are only required to bring a part of it to God to appreciate Him for making your business, land, or work to produce harvest for you.

Now what is the benefit of giving the first fruit offering:

First, Scripture tells us that God shall make our barns to be filled up.

Proverbs 3:9-10

9 Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the first fruits of all thine increase:

10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

First fruit giving makes God command on your behalf supernatural supplies.

Again, Scripture also tells us that when we give our first fruit offering, the priest will command the blessing to rest in our houses.

Ezekiel 44:30

30 And the first of all the first fruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest’s: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.

There is a blessing that rests, settles and remains in a house or family. And it is the giving of the first fruit offering that makes it happen in our lives.

I want to encourage you to become passionate in giving your first fruit offering as it will command tremendous blessings upon your life and household. However, remember you are not to give your whole salary, harvest, income, or profit as your first fruit offering. Take a part of it and honour God with it, and He will command His blessing to rest in your life and house.

Wisdom Emamuzo Peter

Pastor/Teacher/Author

19 January 2024

Experiencing The Supernatural (Part 1)

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Life is a mix of the supernatural and the natural. And the physical or natural world is made to be controlled and governed by the supernatural. The supernatural sphere of life is where what happens in the natural is determined, monitored and controlled. Those who have gained access to the supernatural are those who are in charge of the happenings in the natural.

Matter of fact, it is encounter with the supernatural that brings you to a position of authority over the natural, and gives power to control and determine what happens in the natural realm. Men like Moses, Joshua, Elijah, Elisha, etc., were men who took full control of the events of the natural due to their encounters or experiences they had with the supernatural. They could stop the rain from falling for years, they could stop the sun from going down, they could bring forth hailstones, and they could turn water into blood. These ordinary men had with supernatural touch on their lives.

You cannot take charge of the earth without a strong hold on the supernatural. And this is one of the blessings of the redemptive work of Christ in our lives. By being born again we are given access to the supernatural with the full intention of making us authority over the natural realm. By accepting and believing in His death, burial and resurrection, we are brought in a kingdom that is supernatural in nature (Col. 1:13).

It takes the supernatural overshadowing you that makes you an authority on the earth. With the supernatural operating in and through, you can bring the powers of darkness, activities of evil and sicknesses under control. The Lord Jesus affirmatively said “These signs shall follow them that believe” (Mark 16:16 – 20).

However, you will need to constantly have experience of the supernatural in order for you to manifest the supernatural which will help you to keep the natural under control.

It was an experience Moses had with God that turned his life around, filled him with supernatural power and authority that made him take full control of the events of his life and that resulted in the exodus of the children of Israel from Egypt (Ex. 3:1 – 10). Experience with the supernatural God makes you a force to be reckoned with here both by man and demonic forces here on earth.

What then prepares us for supernatural experience? It is hunger for God. Supernatural experience is made accessible to those who will hunger for it. Scripture says:

Isaiah 55:1-2

1 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.

2 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.

The degree to which you hunger and thirst for Him to that measure He will manifest to you. your capacity to experience the supernatural is rooted in your hunger. Men that are not hungry for supernatural experience would hardly experience one.

You must become hungry to see Him in different aspect if you must experience the supernatural.

There are aspects of God that you will never learn or know until you experience God. the men of old walked in such supernatural authority because they were men who always hungered for more of God. With all that Moses saw God do through him, he knew that there were still aspects of God that he needed to experience and not just to know by head knowledge. And so he cried out his hunger by saying “Shew me thy glory” (Ex. 33:18). And the more he was hungry for the glory of God the more he was experiencing the supernatural of God that made him an authority both man and demonic forces did fear and obey.

As a believer, it should be your daily hunger to experience God. it should be an earnest desire to know God beyond the words you read and hear about. There is tremendous power that transforms when you experience the supernatural.

Wisdom Emamuzo Peter

Pastor/Teacher/Author

19 January 2024

Flowing In Ceaseless Prayer

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Prayer is one of the most frequent activities of men of all races, backgrounds, social classes and religion. Prayer is part of man’s life whether he is aware of it or not. And most interestingly prayer is not be divorced from the affairs of man. Even in our national assemblies, prayers are made in form of bills and reading.

We are wired to pray because prayer has the capacity to provoke the interference and invention of the spiritual realm in our daily natural and physical life.

As believers, Christ Jesus taught us various forms of prayer and one of such prayer is that persistent or continual prayers. He taught on this when He gave a parable illustrating how “men ought always to pray and not to faint” (Luke 18:1). In the parable, He made us to understand that there would be a time that we would need to pray “day and night” on a particular issue before we would get the answer. This means, not every prayer would receive answer at the instant. This continual prayer is not because God is not hearing us, but because we need to persist on issues until we gain victory.

In the Epistles, we are told by the Holy Spirit to pray without ceasing (1 Thess. 5:17), continue in prayer (Col. 4:2), and to pray always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit (Eph. 6:18). The reason for such admonition for continual prayer is because prayer is the vital tool we need to effect the authority of Christ over the issues of our lives. Prayer is what we need to establish the kingdom and will of heaven here on earth. Prayer is what we need to put the activities under check. Prayer helps us equip ourselves with the power of the Lord in exercising dominion on the earth. Just as the fire is not supposed to go out of the altar under the old covenant (Lev. 6:12-13), so also our fire of prayer is not supposed to go off, we are required to remain fervent in prayer.

While there is a demand for ceaseless prayer, we must understand that we cannot carry out the task of prayer in the alms of flesh. Scripture tells us that “by strength shall no man prevail” (1 Sam. 2:9). Therefore, we need energy that is from above and beyond us in order to keep the flow of ceaseless prayer in our lives.

The energy we need to maintain the flow of ceaseless prayer is the Spirit of prayer. To enable us in prayers effortlessly and continuously, the Lord promised to pour upon us the Spirit of grace and supplication (prayer).

In Zechariah 12:10, we are told “And I will pour upon the house of David, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and supplications”. This Spirit of grace gives the required Grace to stay in the place of prayer and engage heaven over our affairs in the place of prayer. This is the same Spirit that came upon the disciples on the day of Pentecost which sat upon each of them as a cloven tongue as of fire, and gave them utterance (Acts 2:1-4). The cloven tongue as of fire created in them the passion for continual prayer lifestyle and the utterance was the language with which they prayed the enemy could not understand.

In this present day were the love of many is waxing cold and many are drifting away from the faith we all need a fresh release of this unction from the Holy Spirit in order to remain fervent and tireless in the place of prayer.

We can flow in ceaseless prayers. Your prayer life will not go down in Jesus’ precious name.

Wisdom Emamuzo Peter

Pastor/Teacher/Author