Philippians 4 : 6-7 (NIV) ‘‘Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your request be made known to God, and the peace of God which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”

Are you someone today who is very worried about certain situations in your life? Are there challenges in your life?

You may be in a certain season of your life where you feel lost and you aren’t happy with things that is happening around you. You want to make a change. But it is difficult. You are in a situation where there is no help around you, except GOD.

Many of us ,we resort to God as the last solution in life. But actually, resorting to God is the best solution in life. Matthew 6:33 “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”

The opening scripture of today’s note reminds us not to be worried of anything. It is NO POINT of worrying. When we worry, we potray a Godless life. We must remember our life belongs to God. Sometimes we try to control our life so much that we want it to go at a certain direction , but it doesn’t. Every day we get worried about it. Have we forgotten our life belongs to the Lord?

God actually gave us a way on how to tackle worriedness within us.

Based on Philippians 4 : 6-7 ( NIV) the verse above , We are to take everything in prayer and supplication.

I remember when I was young, and I needed to buy something, I would run to my Dad and he will buy me whatever I needed at that time. Imagine this, we have our Heavenly Father who is bigger and beyond human understanding. We need to realize this. We just need to bring our needs to our Father in prayer and supplication with thanksgiving.

The world is going through so much of uncertainties today. Many are locked up in their homes ,unable to go out. Maybe it is a season of picking back our basics. Spending time with the Word of God. Talk to the Holy Spirit. He knows and understands your anxiety.

If you are someone who is going through a certain challenge in your life, I would like to encourage you ,do not fret. Just let go and let God take charge. Maybe you have been trying to take charge all this while. Trying to find your own ways to settle issues in life. It can be a health problem. From one doctor to another doctor. Diagnosis gets worst and it is causing you anxiety. It can be a relationship issue. Your spouse may not understand you. You have been throwing wrong words against each other and hurting each other. It can be a financial crisis. No business is prospering. Barely getting the day ahead. You may have been borrowing from one person to another. You may have been in the midst of completing a huge project with very limited time. It sounds so impossible to complete the project.

Hey, I have good news. Take time away from all this worriedness that is eating you up. Keep them away. Turn your eyes upon Jesus. Give your supplication to the Lord.

Take time to really be serious in your walk with God. When we come to God with our requests, there is this supernatural peace from God. This peace is from Him knowing our life is secured in Him.

Your life is certain with Jesus. If deep down in your heart, you know the solution is Jesus. Why aren’t you taking Him seriously? What are you waiting for?

Jesus woke up very early in the morning to seek his Father.

Mark chap 1: 35 (NIV) ” Very early in the morning, while was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.”

Why must he do it? He knew the importance of taking time off to seek the Father.

Do you remember when you were a student? Remember the early days when you would get up and spend time studying subjects in school? Have you tried being like Jesus, waking up very early in the morning to seek the Father? Have you tried reading and meditating on the Bible early in the morning?

Jesus is real.He wants to have this fellowship with each of us today.Try Jesus and experience a supernatural flow of blessings!

Say this today : I refuse to be worried and I want to seek God more in my life-R.J.JOHN

Prayer: ”Abba, I thank you Lord for your faithfulness in my life. I thank you Lord I can depend on you Lord. Thank you Lord for my each of my readers that whatever their challenges are, they are overcomers in Christ.” Amen

Application :

1. Wake up early in the morning. Set apart a minimum of 15-30 minutes a day worshipping God. Spend time speaking in tongues.
2. Pick a book in the Bible. I would encourage the book of John. For the whole one month, study the chapters in this book.
3. Get serious in studying the Bible. Have sermon notes, note pads. Be attentive to the voice of the Spirit.
4. Refrain from social media like Facebook and Instagram for some time. Instead, take time off in this month into prayer and intercession.
5. Write down your worries in your notepad today. As you are writing it down, remember the Lord sees, and He will take charge of it. You have to let go to allow Him to do His work. Try Jesus today!

A few days ago someone close to me gave me a call and reminded me.” Rowena it is important to speak in tongues often. You are not speaking enough tongues.” At that moment, I thought I was someone who speak in tongues often. Why would the Holy Spirit lead this particular person to remind me to speak in tongues often?”

That was like an instruction deep down within me and I was move to write in today’s note.

It was 10 years ago when I was baptized with the Holy Spirit. I remember vividly clear it was an International Christian Youth Conference where the Pastor was speaking on gift of tongues. That was my first time hearing on tongues. I was afraid. I didn’t want to go forward during the prayer session. But there was a desire in me. ”What is this language. Everybody is speaking in an unknown tongue,” I thought at that very moment. But I still did not move forward to receive it. I guess it was fear maybe.

Suddenly an unknown lady from the congregation approached me and started speaking in tongues into my ears in the middle of the prayer session. I felt different and suddenly I started speaking in tongues. I realize it was automatic. I couldn’t stop it. I was excited. Very excited at that moment. The next day the tongues continued. I was just very excited whenever I spoke in tongues.

Acts chap 2 : 1-4 : When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

Now after many years God is reminding me to speak in tongues more seriously and more often. Why do we do tongues?

1. 1st Corinthians chap 14 : 2 : For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God. Indeed, no one understands them, they utter mysteries by the Spirit. Speaking in tongues creates a spiritual atmosphere between us and God. We basically speak to God. Nobody else including the devil doesn’t understand it.
2. 1st Corinthians chap 14 : 4a : Anyone who speaks in a tongue edifies themselves,….Speaking in tongues helps to equip ourselves. Are you at cross roads of your life, unsure of what to do, life has been tuff on you, you may be asking God what is the solution. Try taking speaking in tongues seriously.
3. 1st Corinthians chap 14 : 14a For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays….Speaking in tongues is for you to charge your spirits up. You are actually praying in your spirit. Are you feeling very tired today? You think is your job that is causing you the tiredness?NO!. Your Spirit is hungry. Your spirit needs to pray.
4. Jude chap 1 : 20 But you dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit. Praying in tongues is praying the most Holy faith! How wonderful is that.

What man cannot achieve, its not impossible with God. By speaking in tongues we are removing mountains in our life. Supernatural ideas comes to us. Supernatural wisdom and speed come to us. Remember tongues edifies us. We are charging ourselves up.

No wonder God reminded me to speak in tongues more seriously and more often. I needed to charge myself up for my next season of life. I realize without tongues, without charging myself up I may not be ready for the most exciting season of my life. Dreams has come to pass. Alright Holy Spirit, lets go!

Say this today : I will speak in tongues life never before-R.J.JOHN

Prayer: I thank you Lord for the gift of tongues upon each of my readers today.I thank you Lord you are bringing us to another realm of faith.

Application :

1) If you don’t speak in tongues ,first have a desire for the gift. Once you have the desire for the gift, have some quiet time with the Holy Spirit, close your eyes , place your hands on your chest and say ”Thank you Holy Spirit for this gift of speaking in tongues.” Receive the gift of tongues by faith today!Just speak!

2) If you are someone who is already speaking in tongues, take tongues more seriously. Increase 5 minutes praying in tongues, to 15 min, to 1 hour, to 2 hours as how the Holy Spirit leads you. Do it consistently. Then, watch the supernatural takes place!

3) You can also approach your church pastor or your cell leader. Share your thoughts with her and let her pray over you by the anointing of the Spirit.

Exodus chap 15 : 26b :” For I am the Lord that healeth thee.”

Are you disturbed or feeling depressed about situations in life? Are you going through a broken relationship today? Did doctors give you a diagnosis and you are feeling very depressed and forsaken? Are you praying and praying for years and it looks like there is not much of a difference?

I am here today to encourage each of my readers today ” I am the Lord that healeth thee”. This is not just a phrase for us to be hopeful to get healed. It is a declaration. A spoken declaration over your life today. Receive it in the name of Jesus.

No matter the discouragement or whatever ailments that you are facing today, take courage and remember this. It is the Lord that healeth thee.

When God created Adam and Eve, they were perfect. Did you realize, Bible did not record anywhere in the story of creation about diseases? Everything was perfect. He created men and women in his image. The world was perfect.

So how did diseases come in? It was always the plans of the devil to manipulate and tell lies. Remember how Satan lied to Eve and made her eat the apple? When God created man, His instruction was simple. Genesis chap 16b & 17: ” You are free to eat from any tree in the garden, but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it, you will certainly die.”

God told Adam clearly you will certainly die if you eat the apple. Then how come they both didn’t die in reality? What actually took place? What death was God talking about? It is actually the spiritual life of God that was cut off. This divine life died. That was the moment man was cut off from this life of God and they started being humans. Adam & Eve could immediately see they were naked. They could not see they were naked before this. Do you get this?

I believe this is how diseases came in. When sin came into the world. In the Old Testament, we see how different diseases and plagues came in. God needs to save his world back, therefore he sent his son Jesus to save the world. John chap 3: 16 ” For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.” This is when Christianity begins. When we look at the New Testament, there was a solution for every disease. The solution was not from doctors. It was Jesus. I am a medical doctor by profession specializing in public health physician. Trust me. Jesus is the healer.

Remember the lady with the issue of bleeding? Luke chap 8: 42-48 records a lady who was bleeding for the past 12 years. Most likely, it was not a continuous flow of blood, if not she would not have lived twelve years with it. Most likely it is a recurring experience. A common cause of this would be a hormone imbalance. Her ovaries could have been secreting too much estrogen. Her menstrual periods would then have been prolonged and profuse, or they might have occurred more than once a month. Some say it could be fibroid tumors/carcinoma. But it is not likely as if it is cancer, she may not live up to 12 years.No matter whatever it is, Jesus healed it. The lady had faith. She came behind Jesus and touched the edge of his cloak. .In verse 46 Jesus said ” Someone touched me.I know that power has gone out from me.”It was the faith of the bleeding women that healed her.

2nd Corinthians chap 5: 17. Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creation. Old things have passed away, the new life has come. What does this verse explain? This verse explains that the moment we accept Jesus Christ as our personal Saviour, we are born again. We seize to become humans anymore. We don’t function by the rules and systems of the world. We are translated into another realm. This life of God in us. as the verse says in 1st John chap 4: 17: ” As He is, so are we in this world.”

This new life doesn’t allow us to be sick. This life doesn’t allow us to be depressed. This life doesn’t allow us to be defeated in life. This is what Jesus was doing during his ministry on earth. He went around healing. He healed the sick. When Jesus touched the lady with the issue of bleeding, this is what happened. She received the divine life of God in her. In this new life, she can’t bleed anymore. Healing took place.

When Jesus died and rose again, He sent His Holy Spirit to each of us. That is how we see the disciples of Jesus were healing the sick. Therefore we must always remind ourselves we bring healing to ourselves and the circle of people around us. This Life of God is in us. Do not let the devil lie to you anymore. You may be feeling some uneasiness in your life right now. Rebuke it in the name of Jesus. You cannot be sick. Remember, if you are a born-again Christian, you have this life of God in you. Refuse to allow the Devil to lie to you. Enough is enough. If you have lied to for the past 60 years, make a change today and receive this Life of God in you today.

Say this today:- I am healed in the name of Jesus-R.J.JOHN

Prayer: ”Abba, I speak healing to each of my readers today. I rebuke and bind the Spirit of Covid, anxiety, cancer, depression, heart disease, kidney disease, skin diseases, brain disorders blindness, and whatever ailments my readers are facing today. You cannot be breathless. You cannot be discouraged. You cannot be depressed. I rebuke it in the name of Jesus. Receive your healing today. Amen

Application: Send me a personal text on my Facebook page R.J.JOHN if you have personally received healing. I am 100% convicted today’s note would give you the healing you need. I give glory for this healing that you have received. Remember, it is the Lord that healeth thee.

Do you believe if I were to tell you today, you are handpicked by God? You are in a certain season of your life because you are hand picked by God. You are called to fulfill His destiny for your life.

Most of the time, in the rush of work and commitments in life, we tend to forget the life we live today, it does not belong to us, but is for the glory of God.

In my younger days I used to tell God. ‘My life belongs to you Lord.It is not for me. Use me for your glory. I am a world shaker, history maker. ‘I would get so excited saying this years ago. But I was not sure what happened along the years.

1st John chap 2 : 27 – As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him.

This verse above clearly reflects upon us that we are handpicked by God and we have this anointing in us. We do not need anyone else to teach us, but this anointing is real and it will teach us. What and who is this anointing actually? It is actually the Holy Spirit within us. This anointing is real. So real that we just need to continue remaining in Him.

You may be in a season of life, you want to achieve and complete something in your life. You find it difficult. Or you may be in a circle and you don’t see a logical solution out. Trust me. ”Do not fret. ‘You have the anointing in you. You are handpicked by God. You don’t choose God. God chose you. Just trust God in His process.”

It was many years ago God called me to write for Him. He just wanted me to place my fingers on the keyboards and I will write in the anointing. I realize God just wanted me to give my time to Him. I realize I write by the speed and wisdom of the Holy Spirit. Every time when I read back my notes, it speaks to my life too. I realize God speaks to me through my own notes as well.

I would like to encourage my readers today, ”You are handpicked by God. ‘

Whatever that you may have stopped doing for various reasons, do not stop there. Find yourself back in God. Remember the anointing follows you wherever you go and whatever God has told you to do. Just stir the anointing again!

You may not have the resources. You may not have the people for support. Your dream may have died off in the process. Challenges in life may overwhelm you. But remember, you have the most important person in you. God himself. The anointing is in you. Leave the past. Move forward knowing you are handpicked by God and you are not ordinary!

Say this today : I am handpicked by God-R.J.JOHN

Prayer : ”Abba, I thank you Lord for each of my readers that each of them are handpicked by you Lord to fulfil their destiny in you. I thank you Lord the anointing in them is stirred and they will use it for your glory. Amen

Application : Spend time stirring the anointing in you. Have quiet time with the Holy Spirit. Speak in tongues as often as you could. Rise above the challenges. It is for your promotion.

Proverbs chap 3 : 5-6 :Trust in the Lord with all your heart
     and lean not on your own understanding;
  in all your ways submit to him,
     and he will make your paths straight.

This is pretty much my favorite verse in my growing up days. When I was meditating upon this verse I came to realize, there are many times when I lean on my own understanding.

Most of the time, we tend to judge the way things are done according to our own understanding. How do we get this certain level of understanding in our life? There are various reasons that can contribute to it. It can be our environment, our friends, the places we used to go too, family values, education and the lists goes on. Our past life experiences of fear ,insecurity, loneliness may also have contributed to the understanding that has been framed in our life.

Someone told me this before many years ago ,”Rowena you have this tall condominium in your mind and soul. It is built inside your subconscious system. It is concrete as it has been there all these years. If you want to experience something new in your life, you must be ready to demolish this condominium in your mind and renew your mind with the Word of God.

So this condominium that each of us have is likened to our understanding at the way things are done in our life. These are strongholds. Strongholds are bondages built within us based on our understanding on certain areas of our life. Example, ”I am not smart. I can never make it in life. I will be poor forever, I will continue suffering, etc. etc.”

I believe each of us we have our own journey to reflect the goodness of God about our life. Many times we may feel discouraged, disappointed or maybe feel lost or troubled. But hey, stop having your own understanding. Go back to the Word. Trust in the Lord. Submit all our ways to Him. Let God handle us. Have this peace in Him .

Say this today : I trust the Lord-R.J.JOHN

Prayer : I thank you Lord that I can continue trusting in you. Help me to seek you O God always in every season of my life.

Application : Reflect on your own life. Make changes by trusting the Lord and take biblical practical steps towards it.

Exodus chap 14 : 13- 14 : Moses answered the people, ”Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. ‘The Lord will fight for you, you need only to be still.”

When the Lord say He will fight for his people the Lord gave an instruction to Moses.

Exodus chap 14 : 15 Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on. Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.

Moses heard the instruction clearly. Although seeing the huge Egyptians coming after them, He did not fret nor got fearful. He obeyed the voice of the Lord. He knew the Lord. At that moment of time, he only had the staff and he obeyed the Lord.

Exodus chap 14 : 21 : Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided, and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.

Exodus chap 14 : 26-28: Then the Lord said to Moses, ”Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen. ‘Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea went back to its place. The Egyptians were fleeing toward it and the Lord swept them into the sea. The water flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen-the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.

Through this passage we see clearly no any Egyptians survived. Are there Egyptians in your life right now? It may not be soldiers coming after you but deep down in your heart you are facing some challenges in your life. It can be your health, your finances ,your work or your relationships.

Do not be afraid. Stand firm and watch how God destroys the Egyptians completely. Like how The Lord instructed Moses to do something which may not sound logical. Imagine taking a staff to divide the sea when there are huge Egyptians coming after them! Sometimes we have to just obey. Don’t miss the Lord’s voice.

It is important to seek God and hear his instruction for our life. Just obey them. What do you have in your hand today? Moses had a staff and he used it. If you answer you do not have anything, then you are not ready to destroy the Egyptians in your life. It can be anything. Your time, your commitment, your talent, your work, your car. It can be anything.

Seek the Lord. Get serious in destroying the Egyptians completely. What do you have in your hand today? The rest Let God handle.

Say this today :I thank you Lord -R.J.JOHN

Prayer: ”Abba, I thank you Lord for your goodness upon me. I will remain still. Thank you for destroying the Egyptians.

Application: Use whatever that is in your hand. Sometimes it doesn’t make sense. Seek God. Be still. Let the Lord fight the battle.

The whole day yesterday I was singing in the Spirit. ‘Thank you Holy Spirit. Thank you Holy Spirit. ‘I just couldn’t stop singing it.

I was meditating on Scriptures trying to understand what immediately happened after the resurrection. I realize Jesus appeared to Mary Magdalene and the disciples.

John chap 20:19-21 : On the evening of the first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear for the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said ,’‘ Peace be with you!” After he said this ,he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were over joyed when they saw the Lord. Again Jesus said, ‘Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you. ‘And with that he breathed on them and said ,”Receive the Holy Spirit.

I believe Jesus appeared to the disciples to breathe upon them this special filling of the Holy Spirit. To do God’s work, we need the guidance and power of the Holy Spirit. It is impossible to do God’s work without the Holy Spirit.

When Jesus breathed on them and said ”Receive the Holy Spirit.” Something supernatural took place. This breath of God is breathe upon them. There is life in the breath of God. Man was created but did not come alive until God breathed into him the breath of life. Now through the breath of Jesus, God imparted eternal, spiritual life. With this inbreathing, came the power to do God’s will on earth.

Once you have experienced the resurrection power of Christ, it doesn’t stop there. That is just the first experience for many more supernatural encounter with the Lord.

Just thank the Holy Spirit for the next season of your life.Trust me it is your best season yet!

Say this today : I thank you Holy Spirit -R.J.JOHN

Prayer :”Abba, I thank you Lord for my readers that they have experienced the resurrection power of Christ and right now I breath upon them the power of the Holy Spirit to do your great work on Earth.”

Application: Receive the Holy Spirit.

It dawned to me, this year my Easter was different. My first time in my entire journey as a Christian I did not attend church physically on an Easter Sunday.

Those were the days by 6.00am we are in church celebrating Easter. This time Easter was different. I am in a season of life where I am learning to appreciate things and moments in life. I decided to dedicate this note to God to let him know, ”I love you, Jesus. Thank you for dying on the cross for me. Thank you for this resurrection power that is in me now.”

Matthew chap 26.26:While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.” Then he took a cup, and when we had giving thanks, he gave it to them saying,” Drink from it all of you. This is my blood of the covenant which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

Which covenant was Jesus referring to when Jesus asked to drink the wine which is the blood of the covenant.? People under the old covenant ( those who lived before Jesus) could approach God only through a priest and an animal sacrifice. Now, that is no longer needed, people can come directly to God through faith because Jesus’s death has made us acceptable in God’s eyes. ( Romans chap 3:21-24)Jesus has become the final sacrifice for sin. Rather than an unblemished lamb slain on the altar, the perfect Lamb of God was slain on the cross, a sinless sacrifice so that our sins could be forgiven once and for all. All those who believe in Christ receive this forgiveness.

The Holy Communion is a very important sacrament in churches today. We partake in Communion to remember the resurrection power of Christ.

”Abba, I thank you, this Easter me and my family have experienced this resurrection power of Christ-like never before. I receive it by faith by the mighty name of Jesus. The enemy has been defeated in name of Jesus. Amen.”

Definitely an Easter to be remembered.Glory to Jesus alone!

Say this today :I have the resurrection power working in my life. Amen-R.J.JOHN

Prayer : I thank you Jesus for dying on the cross for me and my readers. I thank you we have been translated from the Kingdom of Darkness into the Kingdom of Light.

Application: Communion is vital in every Christian believer. If you have someone not well, get the communion to him or her. Experience the resurrection power of Christ today!Amen

Happy Easter everyone!

Today morning I woke up early to seek God. As I was praying I had this vision. I saw a hand plucking out weeds. And the vision stopped. I knew God was trying to tell me something as the vision is still fresh in my spirit.

God speaks to me through my own note. I was moved to write a note on the Parable of the Weed.

Matthew chap 13 : 24-30

Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. ²⁵ But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. ²⁶ When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.

²⁷ “The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’

²⁸ “‘An enemy did this,’ he replied.

“The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’

²⁹ “‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them. ³⁰ Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First, collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.’”

When I was reading this parable, I noticed something. The weeds were planted by an enemy. What are weeds actually?

A weed is basically a plant growing the in the wrong place. It was not suppose to be there.

Do you all have weeds in your life today? It is not from God. In any good garden, we wouldn’t want any weeds. We would pluck the weeds off to ensure the garden turns beautiful. Your garden can be anything today. It can be your family, your life, or your work. Are there weeds? Are they struggle? It can even be our hearts. Is there a lot of bitterness, unforgiveness, or hurt inside ourselves? The good news is God is removing the weeds.

Take courage in the Lord. The enemy has been defeated. The weeds are plucked off. Do not remain like the unbelievers. Do not be a false believer! Trust Jesus!

How do we take the stand to pluck the weeds?

1st John chap 4: 15:If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God.

This verse clearly instructs us to pluck the weeds out of our life. Remember we must pluck the weeds out. Do not feed the weeds. Stop feeding the weeds with fear, worries and giving any room to the devil to add more weeds. Pluck it out. Rebuke Satan and the demonic powers upon your life or your loved ones right now! You can do it because as He is so are we in the world. REBUKE IT! PLUCK THE WEED OFF!

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Say this today: I rejoice that weeds in my life are removed and plucked out in the name of Jesus.I refuse to behave like an unbeliever.I trust Jesus-R.J.JOHN

Prayer: In the name of Jesus Christ I paralyze the works of the enemies. I rebuke demonic forces upon my life and my loved ones today. I speak to every weed of my readers today, it is plucked out in the name of Jesus

Application: Give praises to God as the enemies’ plans have been defeated because Jesus is Lord.

I believe courage is very important to every one of us. Courage keeps us going. It can be applied to any situation or seasons in our life. I believe courage is important.

To get from one destination to another destination, you need to have courage. For you to move to another level of faith, you need to have courage. Look at the image above. For the particular person to move across to the next location, he needs courage.He needs courage to jump.He needs courage to take the first step.That is the only way.

It can be any situation in our life, I believe it is important to be courageous.

God gave an important instruction to Joshua. God told Joshua to inherit the promised land. In this journey God gave Joshua an important instruction. God told Joshua to be very strong and courageous.

Joshua chap 1: 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”

How do we stay courageous in times of adversity ? Are you facing a very difficult situation right now? Deep down in your heart, you know only God is the solution.

When I continued reading the passage I realise God gave Joshua 3 practical steps how to stay strong and courageous.Do take note the part that I have bolded.

Step 1 : Joshua chap 1 : 7b –Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go.

Step 2 : Joshua chap 1: 8 – Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.

Step 3 : Joshua chap 1 : 9 – For the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”

Whatever situation you are facing right now, take courage in the Lord. Take practical steps to remain courageous. Pick a verse. Confess it out aloud and meditate upon it. For example, try meditating on this verse.

Psalm 23 : 6.Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.

This verse is from the Bible.So we take practical steps. We confess it out aloud and meditate it in our mind even though how tuff a situation is. Continue confessing goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.Pick any verse that is close to your heart.Stay close to the Word of God.

Say this today : I have the Life of God in me. I can never be discouraged in life. Amen-R.J.JOHN

Prayer : Abba I thank you Lord for courage. I speak courage upon each of my readers today as they take practical steps to stay courageous in the Lord. Amen

Application : Apply the 3 practical steps given.