Category: Marital Bliss

Gen 37:15-19
• We live in a dreamer’s world.
• Can any man cause himself to dream? No.
Jer 29:11
• God has a plan for every one of us, it is our duty to discover it.
• The plan God has for you is called your purpose.
• If the plan is with God, it means you need to get it from God through His ordained systems.
• A person who is not born again is far from discovering their purpose.
• What we call purpose is actually God’s vision for you.
• VISION, not ambition.
Hab 2:1-2
• God will assess you based on what He has given to you as vision.
• A vision can be a product of desire, dreams, imagination and divine encounters.
• Only those with dreams dominate their world.
• Those who do not have dreams live carelessly (Prov 29:18)
• Vision sets the pace for your destination.
• Vision is what makes a person to be precise about why he lives.
• When he wakes up in the morning, this is what drives him.

How do I discover my purpose?
1. Giftings / talents (2 Kings 4:1-7, Mat 13:44-46, Luke 19:13-18)
• Check in your heart and go on a search.
• Find the talent and gift inside you and around you.
• God has given each one of us talents.
• Your talent will give you space among the greats.

2. Identify your passion
• What are you passionate about? It could be an indication of your purpose.
• Your passion could be an indication of what you came here for.
• Moses had already been driven by the passion to set the Israelites free, long before God appeared to Him.
• Nehemiah had a passion to see the house of God rebuilt.
• Many are waiting to be spoken to by God when they already have passion inside them.

• Passion could be something that you like doing or something that makes you feel unhappy when you see it e.g pain when you see children living on the streets.

3. Knowing your calling

Why is it important to seek vision?
1. It is the way to escape perishing (Prov 29:18)
2. To secure your destiny (Prov 14:12)
• If you don’t know what you are supposed to do, anything will look right to you.

3. Vision is higher than your own plan (Jer 29:11, Isa 55:8)

4. In order for you to have divine backing (1 Thess 5:24)
• When He is the one who has shown you what you should be doing, He will help you to fulfill it.

5. You enjoy angelic ministration and guidance (Exo23:20)
• When you have located vision, you are entitled to be guided by angels to get there.

6. You enjoy favour (Gen 39:5-6)

Characteristics of a vision from God.
1. Every vision from God drives the visionary
• Every morning, you wake up with energy to pursue the vision.
• Wherever you see carelessness, it is either someone has not discovered their vision or has not developed the ability to pursue it.

2. It gives you confidence (Acts 26:19)
3. Every true vision guarantees results once pursued (1 Kings 8:15)
4. Divine presence (Psa 23:1-6)

Luke 18:1, Rev 4:1
• There is an enemy called the devil whose job in heaven was to be a covering cherub.
• In most cases, many people are covered.
• Vision is not a once and for all thing.
• From time to time you will need corrections.
• You can never have these corrections if you are not a seeker of God.
• As a child of God, if you are prayerless, confusion will be your portion.
• You need to be prayerful and full of the word so that you keep hearing when He speaks.
• Don’t have an excuse that you are young, keep doing the right things.
Acts 9:5
• Prayer fuels visions and revelations (Jer 33:3), it gets you closer to your vision.
• You might not know right now, but as you pray, even the hidden talents you had will be uncovered.
• Don’t say “everyone is doing it,” you are not everybody.
• When you don’t have a vision, anybody can lead you in whichever direction.
• What is called vision is also called your assignment.
• When you locate your assignment you have also located all the money that you need.

Gen 37:2
• There are people that have vowed to get rid of your dream.
• You need to wake up.
• Don’t wait until your dream has been killed.
• You must be a responsible person, a person that can be dependable and reliable.
• You need the help of God to overcome cultural practices.
• You must be a responsible person, a person that can be dependable and reliable.
• You need the help of God to overcome cultural practices.
• If God had not visited Joseph, he would have lived and died as a pastoral farmer.
• If you can dream you can live again.
• If you have stopped dreaming, you are a candidate for the graveyard.
Gen 39:2-5
• Joseph had integrity and leadership skills.
• The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
• In school, there are people that would want to have sexual relations with you in order to pass a course.
• In the work place, there are people that would want to sleep with you in order for you to have a job.
• Joseph passed the integrity test.
• Joseph was disciplined.
• You cannot have a great future if you are not disciplined.
• It is wisdom that qualified Joseph.
• If all you have is your mother, father and the books you have in school, the playing field is not level.
• What is it that will make you different?
• We are in a world where everyone is fighting for the few opportunities that are there.
• You must have something that gives you an extra edge, that is wisdom.
• There are foolish lecturers that tell students that there is no God yet they continue to complain about life.
• The playing field is not level if you rely on just earthly and intellectual wisdom.
• There are four kinds of wisdom, these are: earthly wisdom, intellectual wisdom, devilish and godly wisdom.
Gen 43:11, 26
• The wisdom of God will take you to the throne.
• The wisdom of God will break down barriers.

• There are 3 major decision a person has to make in life:
1. Accepting Jesus as your lord and saviour
2. Discovering the purpose for which you were born
3. Choosing a godly life partner

Find:
• To discover through diligent search.
• To obtain by effort

• Marriage was founded by God.
• Finding a godly life partner is far beyond the physical beauty, smartness, intelligence of person.
• You need God to help you.
• Choosing a godly life partner is about getting married to a partner who is healthy to meet your physical and spiritual needs.
• It is choosing a life partner who is willing and ready to increase your God-given abilities, purpose and visions here on earth.
• It is about finding someone who is ready to be with you.
• Marriage begins with you being a godly person first.
• If you are not a godly person, it will be difficult for you to find a suitable help for you.
• The most important thing is to seek the kingdom of God first (Mat 6:33).

How can i find a godly life partner?
1. By seeking God (Mat 6:33)
2. Through prayer (Mat 7:7-8)
3. Through genuine visions and revelations
• How can someone who is prayerless see visions and revelations about you?

What are the points to consider when choosing a godly life partner?
1. The person should be born-again
• Choose someone who is born again and has accepted Jesus as their lord and saviour.
• This person must be full of the word and have the Holy Spirit dwelling in them.

2. Do not choose a baby (novice) in the Lord
• Choose someone who is mature in the Lord.
• Two babies must never go into a relationship, the end result is disastrous.

3. The church you feed from plays an important role
• The church you go to plays a big role in doctrinal issues.
• You can’t find a lady to marry in every church.
• Not every church is a bible-believing church.

What is marriage all about?
1. Fulfillment of divine purpose and destiny for one’s life (Gen 2:18-19, 24-25)
• The one you are marrying is part and parcel of your destiny here on earth.
• You need to marry someone who is willing to be part of your life and purpose here on earth.

2. Union of purpose (Amos 3:3)
• No one is qualified for your association until they are going in your direction.

3. Sharing of responsibilities (Eph 5:22-25)
• The husband and wife have responsibilities in marriage.

4. The practice of love
• You must not choose a life partner you are not willing to love for the rest of your life.
• Be willing to share your genuine love with.
• There will never be marriage outside love.
• Marriage minus love equals frustration and wreckage.

5. It is the bedrock of support and safety (Eccl 4:9-10)
• A major assignment is to keep your spouse on their feet 24/7 physically and spiritually.
• If you don’t support that person, you are contributing to their failure.

6. Marriage facilitates victory (Eccl 4:10-12, Gen 25:21)
• Victory is assured when the matrimony is in order.
• Stand to win battles on behalf of your spouse.
• Present matters to God in prayer.
• Never waste people’s time if you are not ready to be with them.

Wrong reasons why people marry
1. Because they are of age
2. They are unable to control themselves to fulfill fleshly desires
3. Because they want to change their title (e.g they want to be called mrs)
4. They are tired of fending for themselves
5. Because they want to show pity to a person
6. Because they want to get permanent residence outside their country
7. They no longer want to be at their mother and father’s place

PRAYER POINT:
HOLY SPIRIT, LEAD ME BY YOUR TRUTH AND TEACH ME. SHOW ME THE GODLY LIFE PARTNER I SHOULD SETTLE WITH IN MARRIAGE SO THAT TOGETHER WE CAN BUILD A GODLY-CENTERED HOME, THEREBY ATTRACTING MANY PEOPLE TO CHRIST.
[PSALM 25:4-5]

Gen 37:2-11, 18-20

What is a dream?
• Aspiration, ambition or a hope of achieving something.
• A strong desire to achieve something.

• Are your goals aligned with what God has for you?
• We should pray prayers of inquiries to God concerning our dreams.
• Are our dreams aligned with God’s script for our lives?
• If our goals or dreams are a product of things we admire, we need to ask God what we came here on earth for.
• It is what you came on earth for that will put you on the global stage.

What is focus?
• Total commitment to becoming what you want to become
• To look unwaveringly at your assignment or dream.

• Without focus it will be difficult for us to succeed and manifest our destinies.
• You cannot be on the global stage without focus.
• There are so many things to distract us without focus.
• What you focus on directs your energy.
• Sometimes we tend to focus on the negative things that surround us.
• God showed you the end, focus on what God has showed you.
• Don’t focus on what you are lacking,focus on the end-product.
• Put your energy on the right things.
• Where you start from is not where you will end, you can start from anywhere.
• Put your best foot forward.
• We are programmed to succeed, let us not program our minds for failure.
• We can program our minds to lose when we focus on the negative things by focusing on what we don’t have and where you are.
• Where you come from is not an issue, focus on what God has said you will be.
• The family that you came on earth through is not an issue, it was just a vehicle to bring you here.
• Focus will call for discipline and perseverance (Gen 39:7-10).
• If you are not disciplined, you will settle for less.
• Be focused to the extent that not even your colleagues can distract you.
• Let us not be selfish, our destinies are attached to so many destinies.
• If we fail, there are many destinies that will be affected.
• There are so many things that can distract you in school.
• Be content with what you have.
• Be content with the fact that you are in school and your school fees have been paid.
• Admiring things that other people have brings problems.
• Know where you are coming from.
• Remain connected, have a spiritual covering over your life.
• Know where you belong and make sure you are connected.
• If you purpose in your heart, God will give you the grace.
• Have your own personal prayer altar.
• For destiny to be fulfilled, you will need to pray a lot on your own personal prayer altar.
• People are not as “neutral” as you see them.
• Every excuse has an expiry date.
• There will be a time when that excuse will no longer make sense.
• Will you still keep saying you’re an orphan at 50 years?
• You may not be responsible for what is happening to you today but you will be responsible for tomorrow because you have an opportunity to take charge.
• With focus comes dedication.
• Focus will call for discipline and commitment.

Isa 54:1, 49:8, 13-14, Ezek 36:8-15
• The present is a reflection of the decisions made yesterday while tomorrow will be a reflection of the decisions made today.
• If you don’t see the picture of what God is doing so that you can line up, you will remain in the same state.
• There is a positioning we need to get to in order for certain things to flow.
• Your present circumstances are not an issue to God, He is looking at your tomorrow.
God’s dealings with you are based on your future.
• Your future is already past tense to God.
• When your position changes, those that used to see you somewhere will miss you for a while until they see you in your glorified place.
• Every enthronement has a grooming season.
• Nobody rises to become a king without grooming.
Luke 1:80, 1 Sam 2:8, Psa 75:6-7

HOW DO I POSITION MYSELF FOR ENTHRONEMENT?
1. PRACTICAL RIGHTEOUSNESS
(Psa 45:6-7, Prov 14:34, Isa 58:2, 8, 62:1, 2 Chron 7:13-16, Zec 3:1-4, Rom 1:4, Isa 11:3)
• To live right is a choice.
• You cannot be a candidate for lifting while living anyhow.
• Purity makes something to be of more value.
• Sin corrupts.
• Sin erodes value.
• When man was in the garden, he was a creature of high value until sin debased him.
• The first thing that shows when God wants to lift a man is righteousness because it shows the stand that man has with God.
• When your righteousness rises, you rising is unstoppable.
• Repenting of those things that displease the Lord should be part of your prayer & fasting.

2. FAITH IN GOD (Job 14:14)
• Have faith that God is the lifter of men, changer of stories and that He is about to lift you and change your story.

3. THE KEY OF HUMILITY AND SUBMISSION (1 Pet 5:6, Jam 4:10, Isa 57:15, Mat 23:12, Prov 11:2, Phili 2:5-11)

4. THE KEY OF OBEDIENCE (Deut 28:1-3, 13, Gen 12:1-4)
• Obedience is a lifter.
• When you obey, you are on your way to the top.
• Obedience may not be convenient but it is very profitable.

5. FAITHFULNESS AND LOYALTY (Luke 16:10-12, Mat 25:21, Ruth 2:11-12, Dan 10:12, Mal 3:16-17)
• Faithfulness is being at something at all times.
• Your faithfulness in small things will lead to liftings.
• If you cannot give God his 10% from K100, will you do it from K1000?
• We practice faithfulness in small things in order to be entrusted with big things.
• Check their character.
• Don’t be moved by tongues.
• Everybody can pray in tongues, it is a gift of the Spirit.
• Character is not a gift.
• When God tells you to do something, keep doing it until He tells you to stop.

6. KINGDOM SERVICE (Mal 3:16-17)
7. TAKING ADVANTAGE OF DIVINE OPPORTUNITIES (Gen 40:8, 41:14, 1 Sam 17:17)

8. DIVINE TIMING (Eccl 3:1, John 2:1-4)
9. PRAYER (Isa 40:31, 1 Chron 4:9-10)
10. SACRIFICE

1 Sam 21:1-3
• The person that you have an offence with holds your blessing.
Mat 5:23-24, Mat 18:22
• Forgiveness comes from the supreme law of love.
• Love is the master key to all manner of breakthroughs you are looking for.
• The things that hinder people are small things.
• Your own house help at home whose salary you have withheld for several months could be the stumbling block to your breakthrough.
SOS 2:15

THE IMPORTANCE OF PROMPT RESPONSE TO DIVINE INSTRUCTIONS
• After God has given you an instruction, it is useless if you can’t act fast.
Deut 28:1-3
• It is prompt response to the stirrings of the Spirit that brings about change of story (John 5:1-4).
• Many people act late and they miss their time of change.
• Every prophetic word requires a quick response.
• Faith is now.
• Every instruction requires prompt response if it is going to deliver fully and with maximum results.
Gen 22:1-3, 16-17, 17:22-23
• Sometimes our breakthroughs are wasted because of the way we respond.
John 2:4-9
• When you take long to act, you may forget the instruction and even lose the zeal you had to carry it out.
• Divine instructions are not always logical, they go against the way we do things and appear to be an inconvenience so they require the help of God to do them.
Neh 1:1-11
• Many christians act after God has left.
• There are spirits that resist obedience to divine instructions and that’s why you need the help of God to override their resistance.

PRAYER POINT:
FATHER, BY YOUR MERCY, EMPOWER ME FOR PROMPT OBEDIENCE TO DIVINE INSTRUCTIONS.
[1 Sam 21:1-3, 9, Gen 22:1-3, 16-17, 17:22-23, John 2:4-9]

• Priests are separated to serve spirits.
Num 6:23-27
• Don’t allow anyone to say anything to you.
• Spirits don’t want you to speak anything, they inspire what you say and when you say it, they confirm.
• Priests where never given land in the old testament, their lands where dotted among the tribes because each tribe needed a priest (Deu 10:9).
• Giving a man of God is giving to God (Num 18:8).
• A spirit of a person can come on a person through a name.
• When a name is given, there is a spirit behind it.
Gen 49:3-4, Deu 33:6

• God’s desire is for every person that becomes born-again to come to the point of a covenant.
• In the demonic world, satan also wants people to come to the point of covenant.
Psa 74:20
• Many business people and even politicians in this part of the world have their personal witch doctor while many Christians are naked in the spirit.
• If your pastor is standing at the same level you’re standing then you’re finished.
• Sacrifice is the pathway to covenant.
• We should offer ourselves to God as living sacrifices daily – that is being dead to you, your own desires and wishes while allowing God in your life.
• The church has not been taught about sacrifice and they are trying to meet people who are heavily sacrificial.
Mark 10:28-30
• You can’t have a new dimension in the absence of sacrifice.
• Indiscipline is the major undoing of most christians, they are very irresponsible.
• Diabolical people are very disciplined.
Luke 16:12
• What have you left for God’s sake?
• You want a new level but what are you leaving to get to that new level?
• Diabolical people are putting things on their altar while many have put nothing on the altar they want to defend them.
• Until we become serious with God we are not ready for a new level.
• When sacrifice is consistent, it becomes a covenant.
Gen 22:16-17
• Every time you are praying, they can see that you are praying and they strengthen themselves on their evil altars but what are you doing?
• Some people only have a record that they USED TO serve God.
• God will never ask you to give to Him when you have no needs because your heart will not be tested (Gen 21:1-2).
• Your sacrifice is your token of faith in His sacrifice.
• Your faith must be anchored in the power of God.

Deut 32:10-14, Psa 32:8, Isa 48:17, 23:1, 2 Sam 5:18-20
• To be led is a choice, you must choose to be led by God.
• The master key to divine breakthroughs is God’s leading.

CHANNELS BY WHICH GOD LEADS US
1. His word (Psa 119:105)
2. Through the voice of the Holy Spirit (Rom 8:14, Acts 13:2)
3. Through visions, dreams and revelations (Acts 22:6-10, Joel 2:28, Dan 2:17-19, Gen 37:9)
4. Through the witness of the Holy Spirit with our spirit (Acts 16:6-7)
• Peace is how you can test that it is God leading you.
5. Through prophetic direction
(Hos 12:10-13, Exo 3:22, 12:35-36, 2 Kings 7:1, 8:1, 1 Kings 17:13)

• As long as you are a sheep, you are entitled to be led by God (Psa 23:1).
• If you are stubborn, you are a goat.
• To be led requires meekness.
• In the school of divine direction, correction is a major course.
• Be ready to be corrected.
• Forget about what the people will think when you are corrected.
• Our common sense must become common nonsense when God is leading us (Luke 5:4-6).
• Not every open door is God’s door.
• Don’t allow your situation to make you follow your own way, don’t help God.

PRAYER POINT:
LORD, I AM THE SHEEP OF YOUR PASTURE. I AM ENTITLED TO DIVINE LEADING. HELP ME TO ACCESS YOUR LEADINGS 24/7 WHILE BAPTISING ME WITH A FRESH BAPTISM OF MEEKNESS.
[PSALM 23:1]