“Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way, first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer the gift.”Matthew 5:23-24, KJV
The prosperity message is a very cheap message with slippery path. That was not the message that Jesus preached. True Christianity is not about getting, true Christianity is about giving. Until your life becomes a seed, it will not produce a harvest. The greatest thing you can sow is your life, money is the least. God is interested more in your heart than in your hand. If your heart is not right with God, everything you offer amounts to hay, wood, stubble. That is the inward nature of Christian ethics. Offences will surely come. The rector of the seminary I attended used to say, “if you don’t want to be misunderstood, don’t aspire to lead”. You must learn to deal with insult and offences.
Pray –
- Lord, search my heart. Is there any bitterness or unforgiveness, malice or strife there? Lord, wipe it away. I saturate my heart with the blood of Jesus and I unreservedly forgive (mention their names).
- Lord, help me. Please remove every offence in my heart. I have been hurt severally but Lord, grant that my heart shall not grow bitterness, resentment or hold anyone in unforgiveness.
- Remove every defilement that comes as a result of resentment. Give me a perfect heart that my prayer be not hindered, that my blessing be not hindered.
- I want to have fellowship with you, I want to have smooth and wonderful fellowship one with another. Grant me the grace, Lord, to live above offence and the contaminations that are out there.
- I send every insult to the cross of Christ and I nail it there. Thank you Jesus for bearing the insults on the cross. Thank you Lord. Thank you for total liberation from the things that bind, hinder, and fetter. Thank you ancient of days, in Jesus’ mighty name I pray.
Don’t get into spiritual warfare without proper consecration. It is the most difficult part of intercession – the priestly ministry. The kingship ministry where you make decrees and legislations is the sweetest part of intercession. A lot of people rush into this without doing proper consecration. It may be very counterproductive and that is why you have a lot of casualties even in ministry.
One thing you cannot fake is the pure fire of the Holy Ghost and that is what the devil dreads. Purity is power. The purpose of this exercise is to bring us to a point where our prayers will fly at the speed of desire and then begin to have Jesus visitations.
TO BE CONTINUED.