Category: Faith

Ps 63:3, Mal 2:1-3
• Praise & thanksgiving is a commandment, God expects it.
• Praise is appreciating God for Hs person (who He is).
• Thanksgiving is thanking God for what He has done and what He has promised to do.
• Praise is the cheapest access to the most high God.
• Praise is a preservative of the blessing. Malachi 2:1-3
• Blessings are preserved by praise.
• Praise excites, motivates and mobilizes God. Psalm 22:3
• Praise is a weapon against satan.
• Praise is God’s medicine against the enemy.
• When praise comes into the picture, God comes in to deal with the enemy.
• Praise is also God’s hotline.
• Praise actually tunes you to God.
• Praise is an instrument of honour that God has put into the hands of believers to make for an honourable living. Psalm 149:1, 6, 9
• There is no reason strong enough to make a man to be cast down if praise is in place.
• Whatever makes you to be cast down has made you a failure.
Psalm 8:2
• The enemies of God are those who are opposing the will of God in our lives.
• Praise on our lips makes our enemies to become God’s enemies, making Him to avenge for us on the earth.
Matthew 21:16
• If you stop praise, then you stop the flow of the power of God.
• People who walk in perfected praise are the people who know victory.
Jeremiah 32:27

Why praise God?
1. We were created to praise. Isaiah 42:21, 1 Peter 2:9
• For us praise is our calling because we were created for that
• No Christian is at his best without praise

2. Praise pleases God. Psalm 69:30-31
3. An acknowledgment of God. Malachi 2:2, Psalm 44:3
• Wherever favour shows up, it is because mercy showed up first.

4. To show gratitude. Deuteronomy 28:47-48
• Praise is an expression of our gratitude to God.
5. Praise lifts. Habakkuk 3:17-19, Psalm 113:7-8
• God lifts those who praise him high.

6. For a guaranteed destiny. Romans 8:29-30, John 14:6
• Our end game is to reach glory and in order to reach glory we need to fulfill our destiny by using the tool of praise.
• Praise puts us in a good position for our destiny to be fulfilled.

7. Praise releases strange order of favour. Genesis 27:27
• In the realm of the spirit, favour is a smell.
• Strange favours are released when people praise God.

• It is the hand of God that makes the difference.
• Where the hand of God isn’t, even a fly can kill a person.
• Places matter.
2 Sam 7:10
• Our safety is not physical , it is spiritual.
• Our protection is not physical, it is spiritual.
2 Chr 10:13-14, 11:1
• When God has moved on your side, even physical giants become useless.
1 Cor 16:9, Deut 2:24, 2 Cor 2:14
• If you lose a battle, check your alignment.
• God causes us to triumph.
• Every time there is alignment, things fall into place.
• A believer must hate sickness and poverty wit passion.
• Poverty came as a result of man sinning.
• When man was in perfect alignment with God in the garden, there was no poverty.
• A poor person cannot help another poor person.
• A sick person cannot help another sick person.
• God wants you well so that you can help others.

• What we declare is what angels run with to fulfill.
• Your mouth can cost the work of your hands, you must be careful what you speak.
• Our mouths have power to build and destroy.
• The word we speak is empowered to create what we speak.
• It takes an open mouth to flow in the supernatural. (Ps 81:10-14)
• Your speaking the word of God causes God to move into action.
• We don’t have victory over our enemies by wishing but by speaking the word of God.
• Signs and wonders are in the mouth.
Acts 14:3, 2 Cor 10:16
• Don’t be ashamed to say what God has done.
• Don’t be ashamed to say what God has promised to do.
• Your saying makes what you are saying to become a reality.
• If you don’t say it, it won’t come to pass.
• God said it and He saw what He said (Gen 1:1-3)
Dan 3:17
• Your closed mouth is your problem.
• Don’t speak circumstances, speak the word of God.
• You are not saying the word of God for your neighbour but for yourself.
• Speak the word of God boldly and you will see miracles.
Mal 3:16-17
• Speak favour on your life and you will experience favour.
• Speak health and you will experience health.
• Speak marital bliss and you will experience marital bliss in your marriage.
• Speak breakthrough and breakthrough will be your portion.

WHAT DOES LIGHT SIGNIFY IN THE SCRIPTURES?
1. light dispels darkness. Luke 10:18, John 1:5, 12:31.
• No matter what a person is facing, when light comes, darkness is dispelled.
2. Light rules. Gen 1:16-19
• Every time a person has light, that person will rule
3. Light quickens (gives life). John 1:4-5,
4. Light is truth.
• Where there is falsehood, you need light
5. Light is wisdom. Dan 5:11-12
6. Light is God’s presence. Psa 89:15
• The presence of God is the appearance of light.
7. Light is Jesus. John 8:12, 9:5
8. Light is life. Psa 36:9, john 1:4
• Light provides growth, warmth, clarity and victory.

UNVEILING THE BRIGHT AND SHINING LIGHT AGENDA [Part 2]
• Brightness definition – the quality of being luminous (emitting/reflecting light)
• Shining definition – reflecting light
– Emitting light
– Flashing light
– Distinguished or eminent
– To be clear and obvious.
What is in the bright and shining light agenda?
1. Clear guidance and direction. Isa 59:9
• Brightness makes a difference and you can’t be mistaken about it.
2. We are in the era of emitting the glory of God in greater measure attracting nobles. Isa 60:3, 62:1, psa 50:2, John 5:35, eze 1:28
• If you haven’t risen to a certain realm of light, you may never attract certain people because they have more light than you do.
• Light naturally brings attraction.
• If you remain ordinary, ordinary things will follow you.
• The bright and shining light agenda is how to break out from the enemy.
• Psa 18:12

Isa 58:6, 8, Rom 8:14
• Prayer with fasting makes you sensitive to the promptings of God.
• God does not always speak with an audible voice, He does much more with promptings.
• Promptings are important because they are personal.
• Every realm has forces that guard it.
Mat 17:19, 21
• There are certain things that a man who does not pray and fast will never experience in his life.
• Mature sons of God are led by the Spirit.
• What you have been prompted to do might not have been on your program but just do it.
Pro 16:1, 21:1
• Money is spiritual, there is a spiritual connection to money.

Isa 45:1-3
• When it comes to having money, there are two scenarios:
1. The enemy allows you to have money but you must use it to serve his interests.
2. God gives you money. You have a relationship with Him and still remain a good person serving His interests because you have given yourself to Him.

• It is either satan gives you money or God gives you money.
• Pastors who don’t know how to journey with God will never have money.
• There is money hidden in the darkness and God can guide you to it by His light.
• Where spirituality is heightened, people give.
• Prayer changes people who pray, before it can change things around them.
• Prayerful people are not very talkative, they’re very patient.
• As you pray, the Holy Spirit helps you activate self-control: you listen more and talk less.

WHAT DOES LIGHT SIGNIFY IN THE SCRIPTURES?
1. Light dispels darkness. Luke 10:18, John 1:5, 12:31.
• No matter what a person is facing, when light comes, darkness is dispelled.
2. Light rules. Gen 1:16-19
• Every time a person has light, that person will rule
3. Light quickens (gives life). John 1:4-5,
4. Light is truth.
• Where there is falsehood, you need light.
5. Light is wisdom. Dan 5:11-12
6. Light is God’s presence. Psa 89:15
• The presence of God is the appearance of light.
7. Light is Jesus. John 8:12, 9:5
8. Light is life. Psa 36:9, john 1:4
• Light provides growth, warmth, clarity and victory.

Rom 8:14
– To be led by the spirit is not easy because you usually have to move out of the way to follow His leading.
– You can follow what another man is doing, what is trending, but that is not equal to following the leading of the Spirit.
– What may look profitable today may not be profitable tomorrow, so you need to follow the guidance of the Spirit.
– We must be able to discern because God will not always speak audibly, sometimes He speaks through inspiration to your Spirit.

Mal 2:7
– We serve our way into leadership, into an anointing and grace.
2 Kings 3:11-12
– If you serve an anointing, you must carry an anointing.
– Not every one close to an anointing ends up getting anointed.
2 Kings 2:1, Isa 66:2, 57:15, Num 12:2-7, Exo 33:11, 20, Rom 8 26
– We must preach out of inspiration.
– You know what to preach about through prayer.
– God is only obliged to confirm what He tells you to preach (Isa 44:26).
1 Cor 2:4, John 14:11, Mark 6:2

– Man was named by God, then He entrusted him to name all the animals (Gen 2:19).
– There is a place in the spirit, where our thoughts become the thoughts of God, our ideas become the ideas of God. That is the ideal way of living as a child of God.
– Name means reputation, authority, respect, memorial, glory, monument and fame.
– A name is supposed to live beyond the life of a thing.
– The name was also meant to show you the destiny of a thing.
– A name has a lot to do with your destiny.
– A name carries prophecies and every time people call you, they help to verbalize the prophecy over it.
– There are only two kingdoms, the kingdom of light and darkness.
Deut 28:10, 4:4-7
– When you practice the word, it will produce results which will show that God is with you.
– God is closer to you when your prayers are being answered.
John 3:2, Acts 10:38
– Your prayers being answered is a testimony that God is with you (Exo 33:16-18, 1 Kings 18:24).
Gen 32:26-28, 17:5, Luke 1:31, 1 Kings 21:25
– Curses are released on a name.
Num 6:23-27
– Before the blessing can sit, He is looking at your name.
1 King 10:7, Prov 18:10, 22:1, Eccl 7:1, Mal 1:11, Mat 9:31, 16:13-17, 1 Sam 25:25, 1 Pet 2:9, John 1:46
– The Kingdom of God has a language (Isa 33:24).
– Royalty is usually associated with spirits.
– We have a spirit which teaches us how to behave royal, the Holy Spirit (Rom 8:14-15).
– Royalty lead the way, others follow.

HOW ARE NAMES SPOILT?
1. SIN (Zech 3:1-4)
– A name carries your reputation and sin tampers with your reputation.
– When a name is called, they spirit you are subjected to will appear.
– If you are subjected to demon spirits, they will be the one that will respond and stop your blessing from coming to you.
– If a filthy garment is on you, you are filthy.
– Change of raiment is change of name.
– The Holy Spirit is a catalyst (John 14:16, 26, 1 Cor 2:12, 2 Cor 3:18).
Eph 3:15
– Even God sanctifies His name so that it may be glorified through you (Ezek 36:23).

2. DISOBEDIENCE AND REBELLION.
3. BY THE ENEMY’S LIES AND CONTROVERSIES.
4. PROJECTIONS

HOW DOES ONE HAVE A NEW NAME?
– Change of names has to do with dimensions and realms.
1. When you get born again, your name is changed.
– After that, you can renounce or change it legally if need be. Eph 3:11

2. Service to God done in humility and obedience.
– A committed service will always end in change of name.

3. Prayer that leads to divine encounters (Isa 62:1-2, Gen 32:24-28, Hos 12:2-4)

Luke 21: 15
• If what is on your mouth is the wisdom of God, then it is irresistible.
• What you understand gives you a lot of benefit.
• The tongue has power but many Christians don’t use it, it is the opposite.
• If we receive the wisdom of God and put it on our lips, speak it, stand by what we speak, the enemy cannot resist that and it shall come to pass.
• The wisdom of God is the most superior wisdom.
• Those who stand by the wisdom of God will be the last man standing.
• If we speak the word of God and wisdom of God as it is revealed to us, those words are the words that matter.
Romans 4:17, Isa 51:16
• The word of God empowers our tongues for victory.,
• A closed mouth will always end up in defeat. Isa 44:26
• Your part is to speak and Gods part is to confirm what you are speaking.
John 18:3-6
• Your victory and defeat is in your mouth. Your mouth is not just for eating.
• If you want to change things, you use your mouth.

Psalm 16:4, 74:20
• It is not about what you are confessing to be, it is about where you stand with the God that is behind you.
• Can God entrust you to spread his influence?
• The only way we can escape wickedness in the world is by having a covenant walk with God.
• Not every child of God is walking right with Him.
• Not every child of God can be entrusted by God to do things for Him.
• God wants an open heaven over your life first so that it can attract others to your light.
• Politicians are not the ruling class of a land, they are just agents.
• A spiritual entity is the real ruler of a land.

THE MYSTERY OF NAMES

• It takes a lot more than just speaking to change a name.
Gen 4:4-5
• Your givings, kingdom service, etc. are activities done on the earth, but they rise to God accompanied by your name in the spirit realm.
• The name of a witchdoctor is given to him by a spirit.
Dan 2:10, 12, Psa 105:22, Gen 2:19, 3:20
• A believer that doesn’t have access to the wisdom of God day by day cannot rule anything.
• A name is not meaningless.
• There is something that is invoked every time your name is called.
• The word “name” in Hebrew is shem. It means:
reputation, character, glory, memorial, authority and honour.
• We don’t receive the same attention before God, the attention we receive is based on our name before Him.
• Names come from the spirit realm through men to men.
• Spirits understand the power of names because they were the first to receive names.
• Even God the creator answers to names.
• What was the inspiration behind the name you are answering to?
How do names come about?
• Names come about through inspiration, including circumstances.
• The devil can create certain circumstances around a person’s birth so that the person can have a name based on those circumstances (1 Sam 4:21).
• Don’t casually give a name to your business, take time to pray so that you can receive correct inspiration.
• You might like your name and might want to give it your child but who is inspiring you to do so?
• Would you want your child to live the life that you have lived?
• There is a spirit that answers to the name you are called in the physical realm, you must pay more attention to that (Rev 21:9-12).
Acts 19:5, 12:15, Gen 12:2
• Who are you? What do they call you?
• If you are bearing wrong names, the blessing might not stick on you because your name could be repelling the blessing.
• Jacob’s name caused the blessing his father put upon him not to stick. When his name was changed, everything about him changed (Gen 27:27-30, 32:26-27).
• Prayer is an avenue through which God can change your name.
• Abram’s name was changed to Abraham so that he could carry the blessing (Gen 17:5).
• Isaac was named by God (Gen 18:12).
• Riches, favour, silver, gold, etc. answer to a name (Prov 22:1).
Josh 7:1, 5, 1 Kings 21:25, 19:2, Exo 7:1
• God put His name on anybody that he ever used.
• The problem many people have is that they don’t appear in the place where God changes names.
• Some people’s struggles with prayer are because a spirit that they were given to cannot allow them to be intimate with another spirit.
• Don’t mechanically change your name, it is the mouth of God that should name.
• Names that musicians give themselves are inspired by spirits.
• When your name changes, the claim over your life from another camp changes because you are no longer theirs.
• In the spirit realm, names are keys that open doors.

PRAYER POINT
GOD, GIVE ME HYPER UNDERSTANDING CONCERNING THE MATTER OF NAMES AND HELP ME COME TO A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN CHANGE MY NAME SO THAT I EXPERIENCE NEW THINGS THIS YEAR.