2023/2024 OPERATION 18-18 – (CONCLUSIONS AND BLESSINGS I)

“Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

Matthew 18:18, KJV

The Bible has given us a blank cheque in this scripture. Whatever you allow is allowed, whatever you disallow is disallowed. What a wonderful privilege. This is part of the blessing of being in the Lord. We have so many blessings in Christ Jesus. I pray that this year, we will optimize, actualize, practicalize and demonstrate them for our personal benefit, for the benefit of those around us and for the benefit of the world at large. That is the true definition of wisdom – correct application of knowledge for one’s personal benefit and for the benefit of others.

One of the benefits of being in the Lord is that your life personally will show for it. You can’t be in the Lord and be out there in the world, it is not possible. There are things that must not be mentioned around you. Anything that mocks the image of God in your life is an enemy and should not be allowed. As you disallow things, you must not smile, your outlook in spiritual warfare matters a lot. I say this as someone who has experienced it in the practical school of deliverance. If you smile as you are commanding a demon to leave, the demon will also start laughing.

A demon can entertain you for hours. But by the time you stop smiling and issue one command, some of them will start negotiating. It is very interesting to note. These things matter a lot. What you tolerate, you cannot change. The world is the way it is today because those whose responsibility it is to get things running the right way and who are supposed to be true gate keepers have abdicated their posts. When that happens, what you have is a society of anything goes. Darkness takes over. All darkness needs to penetrate is to allow one hole.

No one can reward kingdom service. Ministry is serious. It is warfare and you must understand who has called you. The call is the most important thing. When things are not working well, you must go back to him who called you and talk to him. He is the one that will send you help. Today, some people are called by their pastors and that is why there is proliferation all over the place. But where is the impact?

There are things that should not be mentioned again in your life, we are going to pray into them right now. We have the authority to bind and loose. Authority is delegated power. Jesus said, behold I give unto you power, that power is ‘exousia’ which is authority – delegated power to act on behalf of another. When God calls you, he backs you up with heavenly resources to succeed. But when your pastor calls you, what does he have to back you up?

Apart from the ‘exousia’, we have ‘dunamis’, the dynamic power, the power to do. When we are empowered by the precious Holy Spirit, no power can mess up with us. There is power above all. This year, it is my prayer that everybody connected to this ministry will operate the power from above in the name of Jesus, that is the greatest power in the whole universe.

TO BE CONTINUED.