

## Discover the Key to Your Freedom

### Life Liberating Keys

Michael Kinyua

Copyright   2014 by Michael Kinyua. All rights reserved.

Michael Kinyua

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# The Commission

### There is What You Were Born to Fulfill

To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world.

## The Commission

Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;

And with thee will I break in piece the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;

With thee also will I break in piece man and woman; with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid.

I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rules.

_And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the Lord._ Jer 51:20-24.

# Dedication

To the Living Faith Church Worldwide & the entire community of Christian believers

# Acknowledgments

It's with much gratitude I stand to honor the Lord God Almighty for His provisions in this authentic work, remembering and with appreciations to institutions, individuals and persons whose participation both direct and indirectly was of help in the positioning of this book. More appreciation goes to my family for their relentless love and motivation during the time of writing this book, their bearing with me many days and nights when I had to be away from home to facilitate this noble course. My friends and co-workers; Eric Wang'ombe and Zachariah Mutiso for being key in both editing, layout and graphic designs according this book its unique and appealing image, friendly and easy to read. May God richly bless them. Special thanks to my Spiritual fathers, the entire family of the winners chapel and Bishop David Oyedepo's library, for creating and facilitating both inspirational and motivational elements in my life as I sought the will of God in crafting of this book and to all my acquaintances in the Lord.

Blessings to all.

# Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter One: The Word Is Infallible

Chapter Two: Hearing From God

Chapter Three: The Holy Spirit Empowerment

Chapter Four: Application of the Mantle (The Anointing Oil)

Chapter Five: Dynamics of Prayer and Declarations

Chapter Six: Maintaining a Calm Heart

Chapter Seven: Covenant Practice

Chapter Eight: Understanding Induces Power

Chapter Nine: What Promotes Understanding

Chapter Ten: Pursue Your Vision

Chapter Eleven: Application of the Blood

# Foreword

by Myles Monroe

I received the request to write a foreword for this book with much gratitude; we have been friends with Evangelist Michael Kinyua, worked together as Ministers of the Gospel in the Lords Vineyard with Crusades, Rallies, Conventions, and again putting up together in the same neighborhood, we have became more like brothers. I remember when Ev. Kinyua began to prepare his first book's manuscript for production; it's in those days that he began also to get inspired to write This Title as his second book. In pursuit for what he believed to be the will of God for his life, today he has This Title ready and it's being released to the market. I consider myself much privileged to be among The First Individuals to read This Title and wish to encourage that the entire work in this book is perfectly constructed as observed, to inspire you into great heights in spiritual warfare and also into your eminent freedom.

The main focus in this book is in Discovering The Key To Your Freedom. It's like all lives have a predetermined course, there is a particular expectation with eternity about each however very much resisted. This understanding defines an inevitable obligation with believers to begin to dig deeper in exploring

to discover the keys that are available to enable them enter in to their rest. As related by Michael in this book, our freedom is in the discovering and in the application of the discovered keys. It's evident that knowing the keys only is not enough but when one takes an extra effort to apply the key, results are undeniable. As I went through This Title just to be sure on my foreword it caught my attention how we could all be liberated if this knowledge was imparted to us and right away began to claim my portion. The perspective in which God sees us and how the spiritual realm is an establishment that we have power and authority to influence dawned on me with much joy.

You see, it's not how desperate we appear or how pitiable we look that will move God to intervene in our situations, but the means for the believers Deliverance, Freedom and Breakthrough is in particular keys and when one comes to the knowledge of these keys and with understanding how to apply them he is launched into his freedom. Scripture details that, "you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free." It's until one comes to the knowledge of truth in their situation that with understanding and application of the truth they are set on to their freedom.

I believe with the whole of My Heart, Mind and Spirit, 'that as you read through this book, you will find it a worthwhile investment; a book to treasure and not only read through but a book you will be proud to recommend for others to buy and read. This book will carry the legacy for freedom through her generation and will stand as a reference even to other generations. It's of worth course for Christian Converts, Preachers, Intercessors, Authors and in general, all the interested will find an element of growing to maturity in this great work. I pray that God speaks to you as you continue reading through this book. I again pray that the Holy Spirit elaborates more of the truths captured in this book and may the victory of the Lord become your heritage as you read through it.

Let the blessings of God come to all those who will buy and read through this book. Amen

# Introduction

## Discover the Key to Your Freedom

If what you know is all that you will ever know, then you will be in problems. To counter-attack new challenges you must know something new. That is to say, in any unfavourable situation you must discover what to do to exempt yourself from that situation since every man wants to be referred to as a victor in competitions or at the end of any battle. However winners do not just win, but win only by the winning principles revealed to them. Brethren, there are principles which are attached to winning. There are pillars that must be placed at the right place by the person intending to win; the said pillars must be placed at the right time and in the right manner.

Yes, God has called us into His kingdom to win in every confrontation. Howbeit, there is what to do in order to emerge as winners. You will never win in life's competition having not discovered what it takes to win. This is because life is not a walkover but a battle and no battle can be won without discovery and application of battle winning tactics.

Life is like a competition. It is one battle after another. Your awareness of this, or not being aware, doesn't matter. This means your failure to know that life is a call for war and earth is the battle field can't provoke God to change this principle. It is God who founded these principles and you well know that, whatever the Lord establishes remains forever because He is also a forever God. Therefore, it is important to discover that life battles are waged day and night, aiming to destroy you. Your opponent - the devil -through his human agents aims to make you his captive, the same as he did to Adam.

I am therefore glad to tell you that there are keys to be applied in actualizing your victory and in a shaming the devil, and that's the reason this book is an important tool to you. It is a must read to those who lives are defeated and refer to themselves as redeemed of the Lord. You should read it if you desire to emerge a victor in your life's battles. The book will tune you in to a frequency which those who don't know defeat operate in. It contains nuggets of truth which can transform your life. Oh yes, the book contains knowledge and wisdom which will strengthen you because; _... wisdom and knowledge shall be stability of your time._ Isaiah 33:8.

Brethren, I always declare that I cannot be bewitched. No witchdoctor can dare me and prevail. This is because I have what makes a human being to live above witchdoctors intimidations and some of my testimonies in this book prove my sayings. Therefore, rejoice because as you continue reading this book you will discover that it takes the applied word of God to live above harassments from witchdoctors and wizards.

Once Jesus said: _If you continue in my word (the truth) you are my disciples' in- deed and you will know the truth and the truth will set you free._ John 8:32 _._

You see? Knowing the truth and continued application of the truth puts you above the devil and his agents. The revealed truth is the only key to make you victorious in all your life's struggles. May this book equip you with the keys to enable you to open closed doors in your life.

Use the tactics revealed here to slay witches and wizards who are hindering you from possessing your blessings. Apply the keys explained here to humiliate your opponent. Yes, apply them to create what you want since God refers to us as gods, meaning that we are co-creators with Him: Therefore create what you desire by applying divine principles gathered and well explained in this book.

# Chapter One

## The Word is Infallible

Someone said; "Every man is trying to either live up to his father's expectations or make-up for his father's mistakes. He lives to his father's expectations or lives trying to correct his father's mistakes." That means living as per our fathers vision or life struggling to redeem ourselves from calamities we inherited from our parent. He meant that we should be responsible for correcting our inherited mistakes in order to attain our desired freedom.

Right in this beginning I am glad to tell you that freedom comes with responsibility, we must be responsible in searching for the force which offers freedom. The amount of The Truth which man knows is equated to the freedom he is experiencing on earth. Truth is the revealed word of God; it is the unchanging force on earth and also in heaven. This means it cannot lose value - never depreciate. It cannot change because God himself changes not. Acting on what you have discovered about God puts you on top of every issue. The power in the word of God overcomes all of life's challenges; it lifts the doers of the word above earthly problems.

The doers of the word are lifted above every evil circumstance. Doing the word is applying the key to your freedom.

Hear this, nobody can triumph permanently in this corrupt world without applying the word; as the song goes _"Christ solid rock I stand all other grounds are sinking sand ... "_ You may ask me, brother Kinyua, what exactly does that mean? Assuredly I say to you, every person who has risen in any field without practicing the truth will come down. Whatever he has achieved will come to naught. This is because his achievements were not founded on the rock. It has no foundation of the word. His wealth will disintegrate, no matter his effort to make it stand.

This is because everything that exists was created by the word: God spoke and what He spoke came to be. He is the Originator of the seen and the unseen, the physical being and spirit being. Therefore commencing a project without involving God is an exercise in futility, wasted effort and therefore a sin. It is chasing after the wind and whatever you have gained will not last long. That means it will not be celebrated by your children's children. It is wasted effort or chasing after the wind. It is like building your house upon the sand whereas Jesus said; ... _Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock. And the rains descend and the floods came and the winds blew and beat upon that house and it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock._ Matt 7:24-25 _._

The house will stand immovable because whatever the Lord does stands the test of time. It will stand even when opposed from every side. Opposition bows to the works of the Lord. Of course, miracles from the Lord will be fought by the devil via his agent; nevertheless, they will not prevail against the Lord's doings. God cannot command you to start a project and allow the devil to destroy it.

Therefore never be tempted to consult a witchdoctor to seek spiritual guidance on any issue. God has warned us never to seek council from witchdoctors and wizards, since their signs and wonders are temporal and will cost us a lot at the end. This is because the devil has no free gift. Whatever he gives will lead the recipient to sorrow at the end. Howbeit, the Bible says concerning the blessings of the Lord that they don't add sorrow to the recipient:

_The blessings of the Lord, it makes rich and addeth no sorrow with it –_ Proverbs 10:22 _._

This means consulting witchdoctors before commencing any project may lead us to great loss. However, the Lord guides, He directs, He leads to profit; ... _Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go._ Isaiah 48:17 _._

Friends, note that I was almost to lose the draft of my first book because I didn't let God lead me by His word about who was to proofread it. During the time I was about to take my first book titled _"Guarded by God"_ for printing, I decided to get a piece of advice from a certain author. This was to ascertain that the draft had no mistakes and would be for benefit to all that reads.

Please note that before I went to consult the author, I had not consulted God via prayer to direct me on who to consult and to be the last to proofread my draft. This was a very wrong step. I came to regret later and learnt ever to be consulting with God before I take steps pertaining to any major issue. This is because _... there is a way that seems right to a man but at the end leads to destruction._ Proverbs 14:12 _._

We met with this well known author whom I had not met before at about 11:00 a.m. as agreed and I asked him various questions pertaining publication and marketing of books. I received well articulated answers and I joyfully welcomed his counsel. The man has authored many books, three of them best selling, and therefore you can just imagine how skillful he is in book writing.

All said and heard, I concluded my meeting with the author by asking him a very challenging question which he had not expected from me; "Yes, you are a good author and therefore a good proofreader, how come you are to proofread my book which is based in salvation and faith in Jesus Christ but you don't confess Jesus as your savior, and further to that you were known as terrible man.

Immediately his face changed slightly, he seemed as if he was trying to resist anger or trying to hide a bitter feeling which had developed in him due to my questions. Immediately when I saw that I said "Oh yes, your books portray you as a terrible man."

Friends, instead of receiving answer from my fellow author, he attacked me with two solid questions. That; ... was I not cleared by Police about crime many years ago? Slowly I turned as if looking something on my shoulder while trying to hide a smile caused by the author's harsh, rebuking answer. Before I turn my head again to face him, he proceeded on to tackle the second question that; ... Are you writing the book to be read only by those who confess Jesus as their savior or to be read by every person who desires to read it?

Truly speaking, I only managed to answer his second question and my answer was obvious; that I am writing the book to be read by everybody who desires to read it. He therefore said to me: "let the draft be proof-read by various categories of people, saved and unsaved, Godly or even the atheist." He paused and continued by saying; "after all of them have proofread you are then at liberty to either disregard their corrections and their comments or accept them."

Surely, I was completely humbled by the author's skillfully, well-set questions and answers. Without any other question, I handed over to him the draft plus proofreading charges. He promised to burn even midnight oil in order to complete proofreading in 14 days and return it to me together with written comments.

Brethren, as the saying goes, that: Birds of different feathers don't fly together. We couldn't couple with my unique author without hiccups. To my surprise I have never seen this man again. Also, it is unbelievable that I am yet to receive back my draft from him and this is seventh year ever since.

Remember, I had not asked God for instruction whether to take my draft to that author; the counsel of the Lord could have saved me time and my money. I hurriedly went to Egypt to seek help from Pharaoh without first seeking God's counsel. The Bible says:

_Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; ... That walks to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt! Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion._ Isaiah 30:1-3 _._

Failure to consult God before giving out my draft to that author could have terminated the writing and publication of that book. It could be total failure had it not been God who provided an escape route whereby I printed another copy of the same draft from computer and requested my boss – Colonel Akhulia to proof read.

My advice to you is; to be seeking direction from God since He alone is accurate in all matters; He is the sharp shooter in all directions and if you follow His ways you will safely and accurately arrive to your zone of blessings; this is because when you carefully seek direction from God: _... thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying: This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand and when you turn to the left._ Isaiah 30:21 _._

The word of God offers the right directions. It offers safe directions and eliminate doubts in our journey to Canaan - the land of blessings. My failure to seek the word of God concerning who to proofread the draft could have terminated the production of the book which has been a great blessing to humanity. The book has sold very well in major town of this country, in Kampala-Uganda and also in Kigali-Rwanda. May the Lord direct you always. May you seek His will concerning the goals you desire to fulfill- hallelujah.

It is important to quickly mention here that; the word of God is the source of freedom only when acted upon. It is the source of power to freedom only when obeyed. Through the voice of the Lord David the king won every battle. He couldn't mobilize his troops to battle zone having not, consulted the Lord.

There was a time he was in crossroad whether to engage Philistines in battle or not. Therefore, he prayed and asked God whether to battle the Philistines; however the voice of the Lord came from heaven that he should not go out but wait for the footsteps of the Lord of going to battle coming to him from top of mulberry trees. The Bible states that _:_

... the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley. Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.

And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.

_David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer._ I Chronicles 14:13-16.

You see, the word of God has power to set you free only when obeyed. Every time King David hearkened to the voice of the Lord concerning battle, he defeated his enemies easily. Fear about him spread to the neighboring countries and he became honourable to all.

Obedience to the word of God promotes and attracts divine favours, it makes a person to join the class of honourables. Yes, by obedience to the word of God shall the Assyrians plus the Egyptians of your life get defeated. They shall be ashamed because of the level the word of God will lift you. Just like the countries neighboring Israel came to fear David the king, witchdoctors and wizard of your life will completely fear you. The scripture will be fulfilled in your life which says:

_By the voice of the Lord shall Assyrians be beaten down_. Isaiah 30:31.

Those who are backbiting and full of Jealousy due to your glorious life will be clothed with shame. They will bow down to your God. They will hide themselves for shame. Their evil expectation concerning your life will not materialize since the word of God you are in obedience to has made you in- charge of your life battles. It has made you to excel in your life endeavors. Yes, you will be in-charge in economical activities via the application of the word. Obedience to the truth will enable you dominate the department or organization you are working in; praise be to the name of the Lord.

Friend, it is also important to note that the word of God which is meant to set you free is hidden. Therefore you must tirelessly search it, you must dig dipper to reach into the realm where you are able to hear from Him. The Bible say; _it is the glory of the Lord to hide the matter, but it is honor of the king to search out the matter-_ Proverbs 25:2 .

That means; when you manage to find the matter (word) which is hidden in God's secret place this qualifies you to be honoured by the people. Remember, Daniel the prophet was honoured due to revealing to the King God's hidden word. He revealed King Nebuchadnezzar's dream and its interpretation and got promoted right there. The King honoured Daniel by promotion.

The matter is always hidden for you. That means when you earnestly search and finally manage to enter into the heavenly realm and hear the Lord speaking to you, you will obey and obedience to heavenly instructions lifts you to class of honour. The world will honour you. They will wonder and acknowledge that God is with you since no one can accomplish what you will have accomplished unless he is hearing from God.

# Chapter Two

## Hearing From God

It is important to know that our levels of freedom on earth are determined by our ability to hear the voice of the Lord. Many people hear God's voice; however they end up rebuking that voice and the one speaking to them thinking that the voice is from the devil. They end-up rebuking God in Jesus's mighty name unknowingly. Therefore, they continue living a confused and defeated life.

Brethren, if that is so then it is vital to know how God speaks to us in order to benefit from what that voice carries. We must know how God speaks to his people in order not to ignore or rebuke Him thinking it is a voice from the enemy.

The word of God which offers freedom when exercised can be delivered to us in different ways. Howbeit whichever way it is delivered it carries the same weight. It has the same weight–the same value. Therefore it doesn't matter in which way God has chosen to deliver his instructions to us. Our part is to hearken to His voice.

I am therefore joyful while telling you that the word of God can be delivered to as in the following ways among others;

### Written Word

It is important to understand that God's word doesn't change. What was written thousands of years ago still stands. The Bible is a volume of books starting from Genesis to Revelation. God is the author and what God authored is forever just as God is eternal. The scriptures were written by the servants of God as they were moved by the Holy Spirit of God to write. Therefore what was written via instructions from the Holy Spirit can't be altered. This is because the word of God is God's character and since God never changes, then His word cannot change. It was the same, it is still the same and will be the same: _Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever. Jesus Christ the same, yesterday, today and forever -_ Hebrews 13:8. That means His characters cannot change. And so His word cannot change.

God uses few words to speak to individual per – time, He doesn't give stories. When we open the Holy Bible, the Holy Spirit stirs-up our spirit to discover the truth. Via reading we get revelations of the truth and when we obey the revealed truth we are ushered into the freedom zone. Jesus Himself overcame Satan in the wilderness by telling him three times _"it is written._ " That means that Jesus was not only confessing to Satan what is written, He was in obedience to the written word. Standing on what is written (the written word) enabled Jesus to remain free from Satanic oppression. That means He wasn't subjected by devil into any captivity while He was on earth.

Daniel strongly desired to know about the time their captivity in Babylon would end. Compassion gripped him due to uncertainty of the time they were to be released. Howbeit, his peace was restored when he read the book of Jeremiah the prophet and understood that they were to stay for seventy years in Babylon. You see, God spoke to Daniel via written word.

By reading the Bible a certain brother discovered that he was not the Elijah, because Elijah had already come in the name of John the Baptist and therefore should not waste his time claiming to be Elijah. It happened that brother heard a voice that: _"thou art Elijah to come"_ when he heard that he set time for prayer and fasting and on the second day in prayer he opened his Bible and his eyes were divinely directed to the scripture where Jesus said, "Elijah has already came in the name of John the Baptist."

It is written:

_... And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things. But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them. Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist._ Matthew 17:9-13 _._

It seemed that the devil wanted to destroy that brother. Satan wanted the brother to start claiming that he had the spirit of Elijah and therefore has been empowered by God to do might works just like Prophet Elijah. The devil had desired to mislead that brother. The brother could have taken a wrong step and wrong direction, and this could have made him lose his purpose which God had ordained for him. He could have lost the purpose of his existence. This is because he could have engaged in somebody else Job instead of engaging in what God had brought him on earth to do. The revelation from the written word liberated him. The written word channeled him in the right direction. Oh yes, he was re-channeled to what he was created by God for by reading and understanding the written word. As you read the Bible, you will likewise be freed from misinformation.

The devil has misinformed many people who are ignorant to the written word. I urge you to seek for your freedom from the Bible since it contains revelations. It has truth which _liberates ... and when the truth sets you free you are free in deed._ John 8:36 _._

### Visions & Dreams

God also speaks to his redeemed through visions and dreams. Therefore, vision and dreams from heaven should be taken seriously.

And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.

_And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in_ _a vision_ _, and will speak unto him in_ _a dream_ _._

My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.

_With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and_ _the similitude_ _of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?_ Numbers 12:5-8 _._

In order for us to be freed from destruction we must believe that God also speaks to us through visions and dreams. To experience victory in life's battles we must move according to divine directions. Visions and dreams offers directions which a human being must follow in order to arrive at his Canaan.

The Bible tells us that Simon Peter entered into another level of anointing after a message was delivered to him via a vision which was directing him to go to Cornelius house and preach. He was shown that God is not a respecter of persons , and right there the spirit of discrimination or his tribelistic mentality got broken. Before that Simon Peter believed that God was concerned with Jews alone and he was therefore treating the uncircumcised like a cursed lot. Howbeit the truth was delivered to him by the Lord through a vision. He obeyed what God instructed him and preached the gospel to the house of Cornelius-the first gentles to receive the Holy Spirit in the Bible.

While preaching to those who had gathered in Cornelius house the tribalism, discriminative realm which surrounded Peter got broken, Holy Spirit descended and all those who heard Peter spoke in new tongues. He was delivered from the spirit of discrimination and tribalism by obeying the vision from heaven. From that day God started using him mightily. The word of God delivered through vision sets us free. It makes us victors in every battle. Yes, it makes the recipient a rock that cannot be moved.

The Bible in proverbs 29:18 tells us that where there is no vision people perish. This is because they will not be in a position to know the direction to follow. Therefore they are captured by the enemy without knowing. Friends, as you obey what God is showing you in visions and in dreams, y ou will increase in all sides. You will increase in health, wealth and honor. Never will you be trapped by the enemy. Demonic cages will be broken and you will be released by the forces of freedom to the next level of your God-ordained status.

### The Gifts of the Holy Spirit

These are impressions which God sends in our spirit. Of course our recreated spirits are programmed in such way that they can detect the promptings of the Lord any time.

God demands that we obey what He has impressed inside our hearts. Sometimes you may meet with your former friends and immediately feel your peace has departed. Somebody may visit you in your house and after welcoming him/her you feel completely disturbed or sometimes you may join a congregation and immediately feel the joy of the Lord inside you has diminished; Friend, God is warning you to depart from them. He means you are not safe and wants you to depart from that dangerous zone. Through those impression He is telling you to separate yourself from such in order to experience freedom. He means your life is in danger and you have to separate yourself from them in order to live. Of course, joy is a fruit of the Holy Spirit and therefore the destroyer of joy is an agent of the devil. These feelings are God's pointers that the devil is about to strike you. Oh yes, he is about to kill you hence departing from such people is the only Key to your freedom.

The gifts of the Holy Spirit are vital instruments which God uses as keys to our liberty. A well known great servant of God - Oral Roberts was a, healing, gifted Evangelist. His right hand was empowered by God for healing the sick. He could feel the power of God flowing in his right hand when preaching in crusades and that was a signal from the Lord that He is ready to release the healing power through Oral Robert's right hand. When the servant of God laid his right hand on the sick at that moment, healing virtue could flow and the sick person set free from whatever diseases he had. The servant of God, Oral Roberts, was dependent on this divine signal, the feeling or sensation of healing power flowing in his right hand.

The gift of the Holy Spirit was also operating during the Acts of the Apostles. There was the time Paul the apostle was warned not to go to Jerusalem by another prophet but he refused. He was told that trouble awaited him at Jerusalem. However due to the zeal of the Lord he ignored the prophetic instructions.

The Bible says _: ... And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus. And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles. And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem._

_Then Paul answered, "What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus." And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, "The will of the Lord be done."_ Acts 21:10-14 _._

The zeal to serve the Lord should sometimes be biblically controlled, otherwise it may subject one into calamity of all calamities and one foolishly believes that It was the will of the Lord for one to be in that calamity. We should believe in the gifts of Spirit manifested in the men of God. It is in believing in what the true and holy man of God carries we are going to benefit from the gifts of the Holy Spirit in him. God has arranged our freedom via gifts of the Holy Spirit in the men of God. Ignorance or despising one of the gifts of Holy Spirit which are distributed to men of God by the Lord is despising the key which the Lord Jesus has ordained for our freedom. It is like dictating to God the vessel or mantle He is to use to actualize our freedom. It is allowing the spirit of pride and tribalism to rule over us just like it was ruling in Naaman the commander of the Syrians Army. He submitted to be healed by God and healing power to flow to him if only he dipped himself in river of Damascus alone. They were; river Abana and river Pharphar. He said;

_...Are not Abana and Pharpar rivers of Damascus better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them and be cleansed? So he turned and went away in a rage._ II Kings 5:12 _._

His desire was limiting God to use vessels only from Syrians in healing him. In this case it is like believing in the power of God in pastors from certain areas only. This is a tribal and discriminating mentality. We should not _ritualize_ God. This is because every tribe belong to Him and His anointing doesn't depend on tribe, He distributes spiritual gifts as freely as He desires.

Remember, God entered Moses and commenced to deliver Israelites from Egyptian's bondage while inside Moses. The Israelites believed that God was in Moses. Therefore they followed him from Egypt up to the liberty zone. This was because the gift of the Holy Spirit purposed to liberate

Israelites was stored by God inside Moses. Likewise the key to your freedom is hidden in a certain man of God. May you locate that man!! May God reveal to you the man who possesses your liberating key. Acknowledge that God has ordained His servants to carry freedom power. This will cause the freedom power to flow from the man to you. Brethren, if the gift of the Holy Spirit in that man of God set you free, you will be free indeed, for out of Zion will deliverers come forth.

### Audible Voice

God also speaks to his people by an audible voice. Therefore, our freedom is determined by our ability to hear with our inner ears the voice of the Holy Spirit. We are spirit and we live in the body. We must depend on the Voice of the Spirit of God. Hearing from God dissolves doubts for the steps you are intending to take in solving your problems.

David the king knew that the voice of the Lord eliminated doubts. He knew the Lord's voice offers a solution to man's calamities. In every time he encountered problems; David was depending on - "thus sayeth the Lord" for the direction he was to take in solving those problems. He was depending on "thus sayeth the Lord." The Bible says there was a tribe called Gibeons which was a neigbour to the Israelites. The Gibeonites had made a covenant of peace with Israelites such that the Israelites would never fight with them. However, when Saul took over kingship he violated the covenant and tried to annihilate the Gibeonites. This brought a curse on the Israelites which commenced to bite during the reign of King David.

It is written:

_Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered,_ _It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites_ _... and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah. Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites,_ _What shall I do for you?_ _and wherewith shall_ _I make the atonement_ _, that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD? And the Gibeonites said unto him, we will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. ... Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give them._ 2 Samuel 21:1-6 _._

You see, King David knew that for anything not working, there is what can make it work. He enquired of the Lord about the cause of three years famine and the Lord voiced to King David that - _It is because of King Saul._ Saul had killed Gibeonites contrary to the covenant which both tribes had set and this brought a curse to Israelites.

The word of the Lord is the Key to man's life closed doors, the Lord said to David _"It is because of Saul"_ and when David honoured the word of the Lord his obedience terminated the famine. We should depend on God's voice, and develop desires to hear from Him because when He speaks our liberty is guaranteed.

Sometimes at Nyali Barracks in Mombasa during the season of Mombasa Annual Agriculture Show, God via His voice secured me from destruction. During that week, on Friday morning, I prepared myself to attend the Agriculture show. Just as I was almost to leave my residence, I heard _"Devil want to kill you."_ It was a sharp quick voice. Immediately I sat on my bed and for about fifteen minutes I was meditating on what I heard. While still sitting on my bed I opened the Bible for more clarification. I wanted a confirmation whether it was really the voice of the Lord or of the enemy. While opening various pages of the Bible, my eyes were divinely directed to;

" _... and angel of the Lord warned the wise men that they should not return to Herod after visiting the child (Jesus) at Bethlehem, for he wanted to kill the child"_ Matthew 2:12. (Emphasis mine).

Immediately I believed that the same angel is warning me not to attend the agriculture show at that time. It was a confirmation that God had spoken and I obeyed. Yes, I had to obey the audible voice of the Lord or I end up in grave. My going to the annual agriculture show could have terminated my life. The devil had organized a death trap and was in fact to succeed. The key to my freedom from organized death was the obedience to the voice of the Lord. Unfortunately my good friend lost his life on that occasion on the same day I was warned not to attend.

God made me a victor over untimely death via obedience to His audible voice. Likewise, you will overcome life challenges by following the directions which the voice of the Lord is leading you. Depend on the voice of the Lord as a source of Victory. It is a way to live a tension free life. It makes the believers to win battles of life without sweat. You will not sweat because the Lord who has sounded an escape route will also empower you to emerge a victor in every struggle.

I am glad to tell you that I am one of the brethren who have undoubtedly benefited from the audible voice of the Lord. Again it happened that in the year 2000, I was deployed at Bargoni Location, in Lamu District which is in the coastal province of Kenya. I opened the sub-unit office very early in the morning. As usual during that chilly morning I was busy planning the office work to be tackled first and which work to be tackled later and the work to be kept pending until the next day.

As I was in that busy schedule I heard _"it is life and death battle."_ By hearing that, fear crept along my spinal cord. Since I was standing, I sat down first to meditate about what I had heard. More than seven questions were in and off my mind; Who are my opponents? And among them who will throw the first stone? How are they going to fight me? How am I to fight back? ... What am I to do in defending myself from the attacks? While still in the mixture of confusion and fear, I decided briefly go to church building which was just at a stone's throw distance from my office to seek clarification from the Lord about that voice.

Arriving in the church building I commenced to praise God, I praised Him for about five minutes and then prayed. It was in the midst of prayer that the Lord revealed to me the weapons the devil had to use in fighting me. Satan intention was to spoil my name in order to be quoted as incapable, rude hence in disciplined.

I went back to my office fully empowered and with a spiritual weapon to use in that spiritual battle. Inside the office tension in the air was so thick you could have cut through it with a power-saw. As per physical rank I was little David and my opponents who were reporting in the office to be served were giant goliath. I observed extra degree of love and discipline in that office on that day, I behaved wisely and played my cards as the situations demanded. I was extra careful on how to handle everybody coming to be served in that office that day. Note that some of those who came to be served were completely rude and others very harsh. One of them came holding two oranges; he peeled both oranges and after eating left the parts of orange peels on the office table. I couldn't dare to tell him to return and collect them as that could ignite confrontation. I just collected them and casted them in litter- bins. I resisted anger and hatred up to the end of that day.

To the glory of the Lord, in the evening those who were behind the evil plot were not able to face me because of shame. They ended up being shameful as their evil plan against me didn't work. The obedience to the voice of the Spirit saved me.

Brethren, I am also glad to tell you that before the end of that year some of those had planned evil against me were sacked from their jobs, and their services were fully terminated. Others didn't see the end of that year. This was in fulfillment of the word of the Lord which says: ... _Touch not my mine anointed and do my prophet no harm - Psalms 105:15._ They were not permitted by God to celebrate the end of that year –they died untimely deaths. I thanked and praised God for his mighty protection. The Lord used His sword to terminate their jobs and for some He terminated their lives - may you continue to obey His audible voice since the voice of the Lord is your key to freedom.

### Through His Servants

The key to our freedom can also be delivered to us from heaven via God's servants. Those who obey the voice from servants of God are enjoying triumphant life on this world. God has chosen His servants as vessels to speak His mind to us. They speak God's mind to the redeemed of the Lord. The word of God is the will of God concerning a certain situation. It offers tactics on how to solve a certain problem or how to face certain wars. God always sends His servants as a rescue-team. Servants of God rescue us from destruction via the spoken word of God. The Bible says that: God _... sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions._ Psalms 107:19-20 _._

The word is sent to deliver us from destruction. The word from God is delivered to us via his servants, and God will always fulfill the word of His servant; He makes what He Has commanded His servants to tell you come to pass. That means, He fulfills the word which He gave to His servants.

Thus sayeth the Lord, I am the Lord ... That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof. Isaiah 44:26.

He performs the counsel; by making it come to pass. Therefore our liberty is tied to the voice of God delivered to us through His servants.

During the time when Jesus called Simon, Peter, and his friends to be His disciples; they were busy fishing at Lake Gennesaret. They had toiled the entire night but hadn't caught any fish. They were expert in fishing but in that night their qualifications couldn't enable them to catch any fish. However, the word from Jesus terminated their struggle. Jesus told them to _Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a draught.. .and when they had this done they enclosed a great multitude of fishes, and their net broke ... Luke 5:1-7._

The word from Jesus offered a solution. It was a whole night they waited for a key to release the expected blessings. The word from God's servant terminates our toiling and provides our winning goal in life's competitions. The servants of God speak God's will concerning the situation we are in. God demands that we obey His servants in order to win the battles we are facing. This is because every life hardship we encounter on our journey to fulfill our destiny bows to the voice of God. Friend, may you believe the word of the Lord, may you emerge a winner by discovery and the application of the wining keys. God is willing to makes us victorious only when we believe in His word. Remember, the word can be delivered to us through; Visions & dreams, Gifts of the Holy Spirit, Audible voice of the Lord and also Via His servants.

# Chapter Three

## The Holy Spirit Empowerment

There are two kinds of realm: Seen and unseen realms of spirit. The seen realm is controlled by the unseen realm. The celestial bodies control the terrestrial bodies. Further to that - the unseen realm is divided into two realms - The realm of Holy Spirit and the real of evil spirits. The Holy Spirit is real and the evil spirits are real too. Slavery is caused by a spirit, therefore freedom can only be brought by a spirit. Superior Spirit must be stirred into action to destroy the spirit which enslaves.

When the Israelite were in the land of bondage, it was the evil spirit in the Egyptian leadership that enslaved them. The cruel evil spirit of Egyptian leadership had to bow to the Holy Spirit. God displayed His supremacy to Pharaoh and his cabinet. He wanted the king of Egypt plus all of his subjects to know that He had come down to display His power. Yea, God proved His almightiness by redemption of His people, the Israelites via the power of the Holy Spirit displayed through the man Moses.

The Holy Spirit is the power of God. He is power that guarantees freedom. That was why Jesus instructed His disciples not to move outside Jerusalem until they received the empowerment of the Holy Spirit. Before the Pentecost disciples were hiding for fear of the Jews, however when they were baptized in the Holy Spirit, they receive power, hence redemption from fear. The freedom from fear made them ready to face the Jews and even the Pharisees whom they had earlier feared. The freedom force from the Holy Spirit destroyed the Satanic realm which had caused them to fear death and intimidation from the Pharisees – halleluiah!

We must depend on the Holy Spirit in our life battles. He makes us to understand scriptures and the understanding of scriptures guarantees freedom. Jesus referred to Him as our teacher. He teaches us by revealing to us what is in 66 books in one volume called- the Bible. When He reveals the scripture to us, we get solutions to our problems. When solutions are applied deliverance is inevitable.

As I continue writing the Holy Spirit reminded me about declaration I had made one day; I declared in the presence of four men sitting together with me in our office that - _"I cannot be bewitched, no witchdoctor can dare me."_ All of them kept quiet but ten minutes later I discovered that one of the four men was furious due to my declaration. He thought it was an empty declaration or empty boast. Therefore he decided to teach me a lesson by proving to me that he was well armed with charms believed to be the most offensive in his tribe.

The same day after lunch, he approached my table pretending that he was perusing letters in one of the files which was at far right-hand corner of my tables. He stood there for a minute. At that time I became very keenly aware of his actions. I observed all his actions keenly but didn't want him to discover that I was observant to his acts. I was super-sensitive about the spirits around there and ready for spiritual battle with the devil's agent.

He then dragged the file near to me and opened few pages shiftily or in other words - violently being keen that the air stirred up by pages of that file while being shiftily opened was moving towards me. After that he went and sat down claiming in his heart – _"mission accomplished."_ He was sure that I had inhaled demonized air and therefore his mission in bewitching me has been accomplished.

Friends, no sooner had I completed auditing two files than I began to experience lung blockage, coughing and little chest pain. I ignored the results of his acts, I took it easy. Howbeit before the end of that day the hell got loose against me. My health condition worsened, and this forced me to arrive at home earlier than my usual time.

After my arrival at home, I selected two audio tapes from my well-equipped tapes, DVDs and books library. The tapes message were titled _Total Wars Against Witches and Wizard_ \- part one and two. For two and half hours I listened to those tapes and obeyed the instructions. Brethren, when I finished listening to both tapes, I could feel that the atmosphere has changed, the pain in my chest was no more. The coughing also disappeared and I was completely free.

The word of God is the carrier of the Spirit of God. This truth was confirmed by Jesus Christ when He said that _: It is the Spirit that quickeneth, the flesh profiteth nothing. The words that I speak unto you are Spirit and they are life._ John 6:63 _._

Wherever the anointed word of God is preached, the Holy Spirit must descend to displace the evil spirits. The descending of the Holy Spirit unlocks the captive because where the Spirit of God is there is liberty. Friend, after listening to that message I got totally liberated and I experienced good sleep till morning. May you experience the same freedom by listening to the preaching of the word of God since the word contains the Spirit of God which liberates.

Don't consult a witch even when agents of the devil intimidate you. Neither should you wear a charm due to harassment from your boss. Invite the Holy Spirit in your camp via listening to anointed messages and your freedom is guaranteed. I experienced my freedom by listening to audio tape messages preached by the man of God, you will experience the same in Jesus's mighty name.

Please note that when God redeems his people He also judges the one who had held them captive. He judges the captivity until the captivity becomes captive. During the Israelites' flight from Egypt, He miraculously separated the red sea; howbeit the same red sea swallowed the troop of Pharaoh. The Egyptian troops were judged right there. When God delivers His people He also judges those had made His people captive.

You may ask: brother Kinyua, what went on after you returned the next day in the office completely healed?

On the next day I sat down in my usual seat and same man was present. What marveled me was that he had already discovered that the evil spirit he had planted in me which was causing chest pain and painful coughing had departed from me. He had discovered that I was now completely free. Subsequently, I noted that he was organizing to fire back and his firing back would put me in my grave before God's appointed time for me to die.

I therefore decided to equip myself with the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God. I took my walk-man (Radio cassette player) - put on earphone and commenced to listen to the second message of the two cassettes I had picked from my well-equipped cassettes, DVDs and books home library.

To my amazement, after listening to that message for fifteen minutes or so, the man was completely confused, restless and unable to work. He then moved from his usual seat to a sofa set where visitors sit as they wait to be served. The captor had been made captive, the agent of the devil was in

total torment. The presence of the Holy Spirit confused the agent of the devil such that he could not answer questions directed to him by the waiting visitors who had come to be served there.

The Holy Spirit is a force for freedom. He is the key that sets-at liberty a mighty force to manifest our desired end. We must rely on him. Quenching the Holy Spirit or grieving Him by living a sinful life is refusing or doing away with the chosen key to unlock the force which guarantees freedom. You should depend on Him on your little journey on this planet and you will be emerging victorious in every battle.

It is important to let you know that the man and his charms could not hear the sound of the message preached since I was using earphone (mono-earphones) on my left ear. According to him he thought that no one could manage to undo what he had done to me in spiritual realm. He therefore thought I was a stronger witch than him. He thought I was senior to him in demonic realm. Little did he know that my protection was the power of the Holy Spirit released from the radio-cassette preaching.

Then after that he stood up and commanded me to follow him into an old files archive and assist him in searching a file which was missing. Peradventure his demonic wisdom assured him that if he moved me from that room where I was seated to another, the confusion he was experiencing would cease. He thought I had planted some charm in that room and especially on my seat, therefore moving me from that room would provide a relief to him. Hardly did he understand that the radio cassette player was in my shirt pocket and since I had put on jacket, he wasn't able to see the cassette player.

When we went to the next room, the cassette continued to play, I saw him closing the door and making sure it was closed tightly. He thought maybe by closing the door it would terminate the force that was affecting him coming direct from the office in which we were before. Nevertheless, the confusion continued, he was acting as if drunk; twisting his eyes here and there. I could also note that he couldn't let his eyes directly meet with mine. That was a sign of total victory over demons which were controlling him. Friend, the Holy Spirit is the liberating power and always provides victory to the redeemed. Please engage Him in all your life battles and you will win without struggle.

Finally that witchdoctor's agent left the room without warning. When I noted that he has gone even without alerting me I cheerfully returned to my table. As I returned, a song from heaven was in my heart, this song in my heart was glorifying God for establishing His kingdom in that office. The presence of the Holy Spirit could be felt by many who were in that room - May the name of the Lord be magnified.

Let me quickly say to you that; every time the Holy Spirit arrives He reveres what the spirit of the devil has done. You are therefore freed from demonic intimidations; witchdoctors are brought under your feet, and you start to walk free; for this purpose the Son of God was manifested that He can destroy the works of the devil. The captivity is made captive by the power of the Holy Spirit. Surely Jesus came to undo the works of the devil.

Don't give-up because of the wars you encounter now and then. Do what the Bible says about inviting the Holy Spirit for your help. God has channels He has set on how to invite the Holy Spirit. That means there is what to do for the Holy Spirit to descend and re-enter you. The under-listed are tested and proven ways to invite Him.

### By Praise and Worship

God's presence is brought by the praises and worship of His redeemed. We praise God for who He is and for what he has done in our lives and in the lives of others. Praise will never change God status, but will change you. When you praise God His Spirit descends to displace the evil spirits, hence destroy the works of the devil. That's why the Bible says God inhabits the praises of His people. When the Holy Spirit descends He does wonders to confirm that Jesus is Him who He claims to be.

The Holy Spirit will always glorify Jesus by doing what you have invited Him to do in line with God's word. This includes healing your sick body and also tormenting your opponents so that they set you free. You should invite the Holy Spirit to torment your captor because unless your pharaoh is tormented he can't let you go. The captivity must be attacked in order to set you free. Therefore, invite the Holy Spirit by praising God and experience various manifestations of deliverances beyond human understanding.

### Listening to the word of God

Just as I said earlier that when I listened to the word of God preached via audio cassette I got delivered. The sickness captivity master minded by the wizard was defeated. I am glad to say again that the word of God is the carrier of the Spirit of God. It is a container which contains the Spirit of God. Jesus said "the words I speak to you are spirit and are life" - friends, words are spirit. When the word enters you, the Spirit it carries enters you and wherever the Spirit of God is there is liberty. That means liberty is introduced to you when the Spirit enters you. Listening to the word of God is inviting the liberating Spirit contained in that word to set you free from captivity. The Bible says: _While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which_ _heard_ _the word._ Acts 10:44.

It is only those who heard who were filled with the Holy Spirit. Not all who were in the Cornelius house were filled with the Holy Spirit but only those who heard the word were filled.

At Mount Sinai Moses listened from God for what he was to tell the Israelites. Listening from God caused the face of Moses to shine. He shone brightly such that the children of Israel were not able to look at him. That is to say, by listening to the word, you will shine to an extent that devil and his agents causing sickness and deceases would violently depart from you, hence you return to your Canaan; the land of freedom. You will re-capture your health, your stolen wealth will be returned and the agents of the devil will be ashamed.

### By Reading and Understanding

The Holy Spirit can also be invited by reading books. Note that all written words are documented thoughts. Therefore I am glad to inform you that authors are thoughts documenters, they document their thoughts. When reading books, you are reading authors thoughts. To say your life is determined by the books you always read, simply means that your life is going towards the direction of your strongest thoughts. It equally means that your life is being shaped and re-shaped by the type of books you read. Reading books always makes your mind strong in the topics you are reading. When reading the Bible or materials written by highly anointed servants of God you are reading Christ's mind hence imparting your spirit with Christ's Spirit. Therefore, you are upgrading your mind. This is because those anointed authors have Christ-like minds. Your mind becomes strong as you continue reading books written by people with highly anointed minds. Yes, when reading anointed books, you are polishing your inner man with the Holy Spirit, and by doing so regularly with the word of God which is the carrier of the Holy Spirit, your life becomes brighter and brighter. This makes your opponents to be disgraced, defeated and destroyed because they cannot see any mark of failure on you.

### Through Observation

In Military or in war tactics perspective we define _"Observation"_ as the ability to see through enemies' concealment. However, accept my simple definition that- observation is seeing or properly analyzing what you are looking at. Please understand that there is anointing which inhabits you via observation. Observing the man of God when he is preaching, observing choir singing songs and even by watching Christian concerts attract the Holy Spirit. The anointing you get by observation cannot be gotten through reading or listening. God speaks to us through various ways, but He also speak to us through visions and dreams for He well knows that there is power in observation. That is why He told Prophet Jeremiah:

_Arise and go down to the potter's house and there I will cause thee to hear my words. Then I went down to the potter's house and behold he wrought a work on the wheels._ Jeremiah 18:1-3 _._

The potter made pots and he then marred them and re- shaped then according to the shape he felt best while Jeremiah watched. God spoke to Jeremiah via what the potter was doing. He knew there was a certain portion of His power (God's power) that would enter Jeremiah only through observing the potter when making pots. God speaks to His people through visions and dreams because He knows there is power in observation.

When God speaks to you via visions you receive power (anointing) which enables you to accomplish what He has commanded you to do. This is because what you see you don't struggle to believe and what you believe you are automatically empowered to accomplish. Brethren, you are strengthened to do only what you believe; therefore by seeing other people getting healed you automatically believe that the word heals, this attracts healing anointing towards you and you likewise get healed.

Elisha the servant of Elijah qualified to receive double portion of Prophet Elijah's spirit since he was able to see him when taken to heaven by chariots of fire. Hear this:

And ... Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.

_And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless,_ _if thou_ _see me_ _when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee;_ _but if not_ _, it shall not be so._

_And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire,_ _And Elisha_ _saw it_ _, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof._ _And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces._

_He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan._ 2 Kings 2:9-13 _._

Elisha's ability to observe his master when he was taken to heaven by chariots of fire qualified him to receive what he desired _... if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so ..._ Friend, there is power which enters you when observing the men of God when they are preaching. Therefore avail yourselves to the presence of servants of God when they are preaching since it is a greater blessing to observe them than hearing them via a cassette player or a Radio.

Many people have received their miracles via observation just like Prophet Elisha received a double portion of anointing from his master; A certain sister whom I would call Mary Adams (name withheld) saw in a dream a man of God sent from another country praying for her to receive healing. The sister had been asthmatic for six years. She had tried all medication to secure her healing. Nevertheless, her healing could not materialize. Therefore, she was like an outcast in the family, in fact she was an issue to talk about in the community-backbitten all over and no one desired to associate with her. This is because they thought, asthma is an air born disease. The sister was in that torment for six years until the Holy Spirit came for her rescue.

According to her, she woke up from her bed in the morning to prepare for breakfast. Just as she was about to open her bedroom door heading to kitchen, she remembered that she saw in a dream a man of God praying for her to be healed, she shouted –Amen, Amen!! – which meaning _"So be it, so be it."_

There is power in observing the acts of the Holy Spirit. Many people receive their healing after they see others being healed. When they see what has happened to others, they automatically believe the same can happen to them. They believe that the miracle performed to others by the Holy Spirit can be performed to them also.

After the asthmatic sister remembered the dream which she experienced the previous night about somebody praying for her, she rose up and took a video CD in which a certain bishop was praying for the sick while lying his right hand on them. The sickly sister watched that video message keenly. After watching half of it - wonders strike in. She violently sneezed three times, and that was the end of her struggles. It was a miracle, a healing miracle. That sister received her long awaited miracle that minute, tears of joy couldn't be hidden.

Members of her family celebrated Jesus. However, a doctor _"a doubting Thomas"_ to whom she was visiting periodically for medication and whom they had referred to as a family doctor took three months to believe. Friend, observation infused healing-faith into the sickly lady and invited the Holy Spirit for her healing. Therefore, as you continue to watch various manifestations of the Holy Spirit you will likewise receive your miracles. I believe you are the next to receive a powerful anointing of the Holy Spirit via observation.

In one occasion, God asked Jeremiah: _Jeremiah what sees thou?_ and Jeremiah answered "I see a rod of an almond tree" ... _Then said the lord unto me. Thou hast well seen, for I will hasten my word to perform it._ Jeremiah 1:11-12.

God said to Jeremiah that because Jeremiah has seen well He will hasten His word to perform what He had promised to do. He told Jeremiah the prophet that He will hasten to fulfill His word since the prophet has seen clearly. He has seen well the picture that God brought to him in a vision. That means there was anointing of the Holy Spirit that entered prophet Jeremiah via seeing in order to enable him accomplish what God had sent him to do.

Remember that even when the father of all nations- Abraham, was Promised the Land of Canaan by God; God told him _"Lift up now thine eyes, and look."_ God showed him the land of Canaan. The Bible says: _And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him,_ _Lift up now thine eyes, and look_ _from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: For all the land which_ _thou seest_ _, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed forever. And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee._ Genesis 13:14-17.

That is to say, only the circumference of the land which Abraham had ability to see could be his. He could only be given amount of land he was able to observe. That means the further he could see, the more the land he could possess, he couldn't receive from the Lord area he had not seen.

The power to receive a large piece of land depended on Abraham's ability to see it in the realm of spirit. The amount of land which Abraham was to be given depended on his ability to see. The power of the Holy Spirit (anointing) entered Abraham to possess only the land (square kilometers) he had ability to see in the spirit _"as far as you can see, I have given the whole of that area to you."_

Brethren, there is anointing in observation; the power to set you free. There is ability that inhabits the observers of the acts of the Holy Spirit. The manifestations of the Holy Spirit are miracles performed by God. May the Lord multiply His dreams and visions to you so that you can be highly imparted with the ability to accomplish what He ordered you to do. May you be able to see far like father Abraham.

Some people argue that even if Abraham could see far, he could not manage to see more that seventy kilometers across the Promised Land. Friend, I also believe the same that Abraham in the physical realm could only see a few kilometers of the land, hence could have been given only what he had seen. However I am glad to inform you that the father of great nations was in spirit, hence opened his spiritual eyes to see, and was able to see thousands of square kilometers to the North, South, East and to the west side of the Promised Land.

He was able to see a large piece of land, large enough to be occupied by a nation for he was to be made a father of a great nation. May you be able to see God's purpose for you. Friend, may you also see clearly so that He can hasten to perform it - God answered the prophet Jeremiah "You have well seen and because you have well seen, I will hasten my words to perform what you have seen, (emphasis mine).

God wants you to see in order to perform it. He cannot perform it for you unless you see it. He cannot give you power to do what you have not seen. You must see His plan for you in order for you to receive power (anointing) to accomplish that plan. Therefore we can clearly say that; the ability to see is the ability to receive what God intends to give you. Oh yes, if you have not seen anything, possibly God would do nothing to you. If you have seen and have not seen well He will perform, though not meet your expectations.

The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Freedom. He liberates human beings from all life's bondages. Every captivity is caused by a spirit and, if that is so, then deliverance can only be done by a spirit. The spirit which liberates must be a superior spirit. It must be superior to the spirit which enslaves. If Satan's spirit is supernatural then God's Spirit is superior- supernatural - in order to set us free. Let us depend on the Holy Spirit in our lives economic endeavors. Let's depend on Him in attainment of financial freedom. Poverty will not be in view; sickness will not be experienced anywhere because when the Holy Spirit sets us free we are free indeed.

# Chapter Four

## Application of the Mantle

### (The Anointing Oil)

Let me open this chapter with definition for the anointing oil. This is because in April 1998 a wise man of God said – _whatever you cannot define, you cannot find._

The anointing oil can be defined as an avenue upon which the Holy Spirit is released to perform your desire. The Anointing Oil is not The Holy Spirit, neither is it a charm, but a mysterious channel of the Power of God to perform your desire. It is God's wisdom revealed and delivered to man.

Note that all believers who have received revelations pertaining the anointing oil are able to break hindrances which have been blocking them from entering into the next level. Some use anointing oil to seal their houses not to be penetrated by powers from witches and wizards - our God is a caring father; He cannot leave us without liberating keys. He knows that demonic captivities (captors?) are real. And that is why He has revealed to us the mystery of the Anointing Oil.

Howbeit, some money-minded preachers have misused the anointing oil, they have used the God given mysteries like a charm. May you not fall into their hands. Seek revelation from God about his liberating instrument. Just the way the king of Babylon's (Nebuchadnezzar) dream was revealed to Daniel the prophet by the Holy Spirit in a night Vision, He will reveal to you the power behind application of the anointing oil. Hence you will not fall in the trap of enemy's deceptions.

The application of the anointing oil originated from heaven. God is the originator of the anointing oil. He instructed his servant Moses on how the anointing oil was to be made and told him that only the redeemed of the Lord were to be anointed. It was only to be poured on the redeemed of the Lord. That means it wasn't to be applied or poured to man's flesh- but to man's spirit only. Those who are redeemed by Christ are delivered from flesh, hence they are spirit. They don't walk after the flesh but after the spirit. Therefore they are spirits, hence qualify to be anointed with the oil.

God said:

_Upon_ _man's flesh_ _shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you. Whosoever compoundeth any like it,_ _or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger,_ _shall even be cut off from his people._ Exodus 30:32-33

That means anointing oil is to be poured only to those who have been made spirits by the redemption of Jesus Christ. That is; ... _Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured._

By that scripture God meant that if you are not saved you cannot apply anointing oil to anybody. This is because if you apply the anointing oil it would not produce the expected results. It will be like the case of Gehazi the servant of Elisha, who, when he laid the rod of Elisha to the dead body of the shunammite woman's son in 2Kings 4:29-31, the dead son didn't resurrect. But when Elisha arrived the son resurrected.

However, the devil tirelessly fights the use of the anointing oil. He uses human agents as its critics. This is because he knows that it is a mighty Key delivered to man from heaven to destroy his work on earth. The critics of anointing oil lack revelation about it. Sometime Jesus told Simon – _"blessed art thou Simon, for it is not, flesh and blood that has revealed to you about who I am but my father who is in heaven and I say unto you; you are Peter (Rock) and upon you, I will build my church and gates of hell will not prevail against it"_ Matt 16:17-19. (emphasis mine).

If Simon was made a rock (unshaken) just by revelation that Jesus was The Christ, likewise the revelation about the anointing oil will make you a rock. Application of it will invite the Holy Spirit which would make you immovable. It will humiliate your opponents and enable you to win your battles easily. Jesus asked the twelve:

_... But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said,_ _Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God._ _And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona:_

_for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, That_ _thou art Peter,_ _and upon_ _this rock_ _I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it._

_And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven._ Matthew 16:15-19

Jesus didn't mean that he will construct a church building (house) on Simon Peter's grave, as some interpreted and of course did it. He meant that upon the revelation that Jesus is the son of God, confidence and strength will enter you and therefore no gate of hell will prevail against you.

That means when you discover that Jesus was sent by God from heaven - this discovery quicken the heaven's release of the almighty Spirit to you and when that almighty Spirit is in you no gate of hell can prevail against you. You will be breaking strongholds and always going forward towards your Canaan. Satan will not prevail against you after you capture this revelation that Jesus is the Son of the living God. The gates of hell will not prevail against you.

Jesus saved many by revealing to them that He is the Christ. Among them was Saul of Tarsus. He saved Paul while on the journey to Damascus by revealing to him that He is the Christ. Saul was made _"a rock"_ while on the way to Damascus. He was made _like peter_ , he was made firm in wars with Pharisee and the Jews. Saul asked; who art thou Lord? – and Jesus answered "I am Christ who you are persecuting" This is an uncontested truth that, everyone who claims to be saved today is after the revelation that Jesus is the Son of God. Yes, He is the Son of God and that is why at the mention of His name anointing for your victory descends from heaven. The revelation that Jesus was sent from heaven would make gates of hell to open, and release those who had been held captive.

Hitherto, many are saved but there are levels of freedom they cannot attain having not received Keys which offer such freedom levels. Brethren, you will enter into another level of freedom via revelation and application of the anointing oil. Seek the face of God for revelation pertaining to the anointing oil and because He is the author of the oil He will reveal to you the mysteries of the anointing oil.

I witnessed the power of God via the anointing oil when I was threatened by a witch after stepping on his maize garden in Nairobi – Kenya. It happened that there was a downpour the previous night, for it was during rainy season. Roads were muddy and people struggled to walk. I therefore decided to walk on the left side of the road which was less muddy than the other side. However, along that side of the road was a maize planted garden.

As I was hurriedly walking, I stepped on one maize plant unintentionally. Suddenly I heard the voice of a man harshly shouting at me. I turned to see who he was and saw it was a man in his early 40s. He came towards me and demanded to know why I had stepped on his maize. The man became very harsh and ready to fight. I immediately noted that he was the gardener. Therefore, I tried to convince him that I had not stepped on his maize intentionally and that I was very sorry about it.

However he completely refused to let me go even after all my efforts to cool his temper. Then he approached me thinking that I would fear and sooth him by at least promising to give him money. To his surprise he couldn't see any reflection of fear on my face. While still trying to cool him, he became furious and declared that he would deform me by using witchcraft powers. He authoritatively and proudly warned me that after three days I will be seeking him for mercy. Of course he wanted a bribe from me but I said - NO.

Please, do you know what went on? After one day I begin to experience mild pain in my right leg's foot. Then after some hours I discovered that the pain was moving upwards, I could feel it in my right leg's knee and about six hours later I could feel it in my hip-joint every time when I walk.

Brethren, the kingdom of our God is full of joy, peace and no sickness or pain can be found there. Neither pain nor sickness in the kingdom, and evils manifestations are not associated with it. I knew that the devil through his agent-the wizard has sounded a war alarm. He had blown a battle trumpet; he will

therefore fight me whether I fight back or not. This is because:

_... from the time of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence and the violent take it by force._ Matthew 11:12.

Yes, it is only the violent Christians who would be able to re- capture the kingdom of heaven. The Kingdom of God suffers war and only the believers who are ready to respond by violence will take the kingdom back to themselves. Forcefully, they are to take the kingdom of heaven stolen from them by the devil. Friend, you must fight to recapture the stolen kingdom of heaven.

I therefore decided to take back the kingdom of heaven which was stolen by the devil. Satan had begun to steal the kingdom of God from me through his agent (the witchdoctor) by making me sick. The pain increased and at about 09:30 p.m., before I slept I decided to engage prayer as an instrument of warfare. While still praying I remembered a wise saying of my pastor that; judgment which is not declared is judgment undelivered. I re-discovered that I must declare judgments by my mouth. I immediately started to declare judgment upon that witchdoctor. The judgment was based on what is written in psalm. That;

_... Let destruction come upon him at unawares, and let his net that he hath hid catch himself, into that very destruction let him fall. ... Let him be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt, let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me._ Psalms 35:8 and vs 26.

After that I took a bottle of oil and put some oil on my hand, I threw it in the atmosphere while declaring violently that any attempt from him to bewitch me be terminated by his mysterious death. Then I advanced to his maize garden which from my residence was just a Sabbath day journey, I took only ten minutes to arrive. After my arrival I said very short prayer and then anointed some leaves of the maize plants while pronouncing judgment upon his belongs. At that time I could feel in my spirit that I am getting a breakthrough, Jesus was disarming the devil's agent, something was happening in the realm of spirit – God was confirming His written word in the Bible in Numbers 23:23 That ... _There is no divination against Israel_. Brethren, the truth is that no one can bewitch an Israelite. Today, the redeemed of the Lord are Israelites via the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Okay, they will try to bewitch the redeemed of the Lord but will not succeed- Hallelujah.

Well, I then went back to my residence to sleep. That night I experienced super-natural peace and confidence that God had done it. Health and peace which is experienced only in the kingdom of God was restored; the witchcraft power departed. It was a wonderful experience. I am glad to tell you that when I woke up from sleep in the next day, there was hardly any pain. I couldn't tell when the pain disappeared- glory and honour be to the Lord Jesus.

Moreover, the wonders of the almighty God via the anointing oil didn't cease there. This is because God who delivered the Israelites from the hands of Pharaoh also judged the same Pharaoh with harsh judgment. After God delivered me from the witchdoctor's hands, He proceeded to judge the witchdoctor. Oh yes, God delivered me from pain in my hip- joint completely and He continued to judge that witch by destroying the whole of his maize plantation.

It happened that one week after that incidence, a herd of cattle was passing along that road. When they arrived near the garden, the herdsman decided to enter in a hotel nearby to take some food since it was around lunch time. He was taking food while peeping through the hotel window to see how far his animals had gone. But couldn't see exactly what they were doing and could only see few of them, assuming that the others were okay.

He thought everything was okay, but to his amazement when he returned to them he couldn't believe his eyes. The cattle had destroyed the whole garden of maize plants which I had anointed. They had cleared everything and were now busy eating the stems of those maize plants. Friend, there is mysterious power in the anointing oil when the oil is applied by faith. Yes there is power in the anointing oil, apply the anointing oil for your freedom. It is a key handed to you by God for your liberty and when the power of the Lord in the anointing oil set you free you will be free in deed.

The wonders delivered from God via application of the anointing oil are many, please hear this: One member of our church; Sister Monica (name withheld) was like Apostle Paul before his conversion, who used to fight Christianity because he lacked revelation. The sister used to criticize the anointing oil until Jesus revealed the mystery to her. She criticized every message preached concerning anointing of the Holy Ghost via oil. She claimed that God is almighty and doesn't require physical material for His Holy Spirit to descend on us. She argued that God is able to reach as without any channel.

At the beginning of the following year she became very sick. She tried to read books authored by mighty men of God and also coupled the reading with prayer, nevertheless her healing wasn't materializing. She finally got admitted to the hospital in bad condition. News reached to the servant of God that the sister laid helplessly on hospital bed. At the beginning of the second week the servant of God accompanied with two elders of our church visited her in hospital.

After greetings and comforting her with few words, the Servant of God opened his Bible in Mark 6:7,12 & 13 read loudly that; ... _And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits ...And they went out, and preached that men should repent ... And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them._

Then the man of God removed a bottle containing the anointing oil from his coat pocket and authoritatively said to her "what you have been speaking against is what God gonna use in lifting you from this hospital bed. The man of God continued by asking her – Monica, by the scripture I have read to you have you believed that the wisdom concerning anointing the sick with oil for their recovery descended from heaven? The sister violently and in confused state answered in Kiswahili language _"Ndio!!"_ which means _"yes"_ and grabbed the bottle of oil from the man God, she intended to pour all of it on her sick body.

The servant of God assisted by two elders struggled to snatch from her the bottle containing the anointing oil and finally prevailed. The servant of God lifted the bottle containing the anointing oil, he prayed for it and then put some oil on his right hand and anointed the sick sister's head, while releasing powerful declarations in the atmosphere concerning the healing of that sick sister.

The servant of God together with the church elders departed from hospital believing that God had healed her: Note that there is The Holy Ghost fire that descends from God to actualize your desires when the anointing oil is applied. At about three hours after the departure of God's servants the sister felt pain in her stomach. After a while she started to vomit. Lastly she vomited a thick greenish liquid and that was the end of her sickness. To the amazement of many people, the sister was discharged from that hospital on the third day, completely healed. She attended lunch-time fellowship the same day to testify about the acts of the Holy Spirit. Note that the Sister testified about the act of the Holy Spirit and not the act of the anointing oil. She testified about the act of the Holy Spirit via application of the Anointing Oil by faith.

Please understand that the anointing oil invites the Holy Spirit and when the Holy Spirit is invited by the application of the anointing oil He manifests your expectation. The Anointing oil is like the rod which Moses had and which the Lord empowered– and said to Moses: ... _And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs._ Exodus 4:17.

For more revelations pertaining to anointing oil, read my book titled – _Guarded By God_

# Chapter Five

## Dynamics of Prayer and Declarations

The Bible says; _As a man thinketh in his heart so is he_ – Proverbs 23:7. That is to say; you are your thoughts and your thoughts are you. What you pray repeatedly is what you will become. This is because when you are praying, you think God, and since God is great, the power in Him is infused in you. There is liberating power which inhabits those who pray always. The power changes your level from glory to glory.

What is prayer? - Prayer is vocally expressing our desire to God. It is verbally presenting to God what you want Him to do. Yes, God knows everything; He knows our desires even before you pray. Howbeit, He demands that we speak to Him about what we want. God knows all happenings and therefore Prayer is not telling God what is happening, it is orally expressing our desires to Him.

Of course He knows that you are in financial constraints or may be very sick but His law states that; we Voice-out our needs to Him. That's why He told Jeremiah the prophet, "Jeremiah, call upon me and I will answer you and show you greater and mighty things that you know not." God wanted Jeremiah to pray in order to upgrade him. Jeremiah's wisdom could be upgraded by God, but only through producing specific sounds to God. Behold God already knew that Jeremiah was in prison and that he desired to be set free, however, God demanded a call from prophet Jeremiah in order for Him to release freedom power.

If that is what the almighty God required from the prophet, He requires the same from us. This is because His principles don't change, since He is the unchanging God – He says:

_For I am the Lord, I change not therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed_ ... Amos 3:6.

_Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name; Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not_. Jer 33:2-3.

This is to say we should pray like prophet Jeremiah prayed in order to be freed from problems we are encountering. Note that if God changes His ways (His principles) we would not have points of reference. Understand that we always do as our fathers of faith did in order to receive what they received. We repeat the deeds of the Israelite to receive blessings received by Israelites; if God is a changing God then we would not receive what Israelites received after doing what they did.

This also means that the applied word would not produce to us like it produced to the apostles. We would end up frustrated, defeated and destroyed by the enemy. Friends, God doesn't change, His words (His principle) never change – the apostles applied the word and the word produced good results to them. Applying the same word just like apostle did would produce same results to you because ... _I am the Lord, I changes not therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed_ ... Brethren, God changes not, therefore pray like prophet Jeremiah prayed and you will receive the blessings attached to prayers.

Oh yes, in order to receive blessings of Abraham, do What Abraham did. When you do what Abraham did you will receive the same results. This is because God is His word, He changes not and His word changes not. I am glad to tell you that the apostles applied the word which Abraham applied and they preached the Gospel which was characterized with signs and wonders because Jesus is the same today, yesterday and forever- Halleluyah, He changes not.

God changes not. If the all-knowing God demanded a call from Jeremiah the prophet in order to give answer to the prophet, He likewise demands same from us in order to show us keys which opens the doors to our freedom.

Prayer can be likened into a picture you have accommodated in your mind about what you want. That picture requires to be painted into the atmosphere in order to change from a picture to a reality. Praying is painting that picture by your mouth into the spiritual realm. Painting is speaking out that picture. As you keep on releasing that picture into the atmosphere it becomes clearer and clearer until it manifests to a real thing. It becomes clear and real in your life. The picture becomes a reality as you keep on forming it in your mind via meditation and releasing it to the atmosphere via your mouth.

God will answer your prayer, He will show you keys which you want to use in unlocking your blessings. This is because the delivery of keys to set you free from your problems is tied in prayer. You must pray God in order to receive the key to use in opening closed doors of your life. You should understand that life is a battle for freedom. This battle is in phases and each phase has a key to enable you get out and experience freedom. Through prayer may your keys for the next desired level of your freedom be delivered to you. May you discover what to do in order to enter into a higher level of comfortable life. The believers who don't pray never receive. Prayers are highways to receive solutions for life problems and I am one of prayer beneficiaries.

One time I was at a cross-road, on the issue of my company "Mikewanji Multi Suppliers Agencies." It was during the time I was pursuing its registration documents. To hasten the registration process, I was advised to engage brokers by giving them money and therefore would get all the documents the same day. In my heart I felt that acquiring those documents through middle – men (brokers) would involve bribery and this would initiate a curse to the company from inception.

As I was in deep meditation on the way to follow-up the required documents, a thought flashed into my mind. I remembered a wise saying of the servant of God in that year that: _whatever you do without the word (heavenly instructions) would come to naught_. Immediately, I decided to engage prayers to know the direction to take in order to get the required documents in the shortest time possible.

Do you know what happened? Very early in the morning, the Lord said to me- _"let the company documents go through the whole process required by the law."_ Then I opened my Sunday service note book, my eyes were divinely directed to see one sentence which stated, "You must avoid impatience if you want to exist in the super natural." I definitely knew that God had spoken. God meant that if I wanted to remain being sensitive to the realm where angels exist, I was to be patience.

Patience was the only key to make me remain continually surrounded by the supernatural power of God. I was supposed to be patience. I was to follow God's time in order for me not to be condemned. God is patient, He is never in hurry. But the marvelous thing is that He never gets late. His timings are the best. You must follow His leadings in order to arrive at your destination in the nick of time and safely. Oh yes, He leads and His leadings are highways to blessings, and the process or stages He demands you to follow would not lead you to sorrow-Hallelujah!

Brethren, I observed patience and to the glory of God, I obtained all the required documents easily, with no evil connections, hence the spirit of bribery was completely humiliated. Patience won the battle fought in acquiring the said documents. The company is very stable since it was founded on the word. It was founded on the rock Jesus and no gates of hell can ever prevail against it. This is because building your business via heavenly instructions delivered to you after prayer will frustrate all the evil intentions of the enemy. The evil planned by your opponents targeting your business will be of no effect. God will engage his angels in your wars to make that business thrive. Prayer is a force released to undo the Satanic deeds in your life.

Prayer triggers heaven to deliver tactics you require in operating that business. That business cannot disintegrate since God is in control. You will emerge a winner from today as you pray to receive divine directions. You should seek divine instructions for whatever you feel God has instructed you to start. Engage prayer to know what to do, and the speed you require to execute God's mandate. Through prayer God instructed me to be patient, and if patience won my race what God will instruct you in prayer will win your race too. The devil and all those who are against you will be frustrated at the end. They will be in total confusion and shame at the end as you celebrate the acts of the Lord. All of them will acknowledge that the Lord Jesus had been with you in each and every level to the top.

Brethren, prayer is a mighty key to our freedom, but of the same importance is to know how to pray. Yes many people pray, but pray amiss. They apply this key in wrong manner. We must pray and pray in the right way for our prayer to be answered. The disciples asked Jesus how to pray and immediately the master answered them how they should;

_... And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth_ ... Luke 11:2-4.

Jesus meant that although they were prayer worriers, yet they were praying in the wrong manner- they were praying amiss, hence could not receiving the answers to their prayer from God.

Yes, it is a prayer of faith that moves mountains, but that is how to pray. The disciples of Jesus were praying a miss until the Lord revealed to them how. That is why the sick child was brought to them for healing but they could not heal the child. Jesus revealed to them how to pray in order to receive the answer. He answered his disciples, _"this kind of disease can only be terminated by prayer coupled with fasting."_ Yes the key to unlock heavenly power to provide "that kind" of healing could be delivered, but how? Only through prayer and fasting. Friend, we must pray in order to receive the key to our problem, and pray in the right manner.

A prayerless man is a powerless man. God will exempt you from being eaten by that which is eating others, but this is only by calling upon Him. He will send His angels to kill all the Egyptians and Assyrians of your life who are hindering you from fulfilling your destiny. The devil is envying God's divine purpose for you. He is using human vessels to destract your attention from what God pre-planned for you. I urge you to engage prayer in clearing the devil who stands in the way to your Godly purpose. Prayer is a key to our freedom. It levels and flattens all the mountains elevated by the devil along our way.

### Power in Declarations

Just after expressing our desire to God by prayer, we must Declare or prophesy with our mouth what we have prayed to be. To speed up actualization of our freedom, we must take another step referred to as - Declaration.

What is declaration? Declaration is calling the things you desire in your heart to be. You call them to be - you make them to appear by calling them to be. You should declare with your mouth for them to manifest in physical state. This is because what you have believed either by seeing in a vision or from a scripture makes you a candidate of a miracle only, however when you declare, you actualize it. Declaration is speaking out the picture which is in your mind. You release the picture which God has formed in your mind- that which He has shown you. You release it to the atmosphere via your mouth by declaration. Remember that during the creation, God declared what was not there to be. On the account of light – a picture of light was in God's mind and he released it by saying, "Let there be Light." The light materialized immediately in obedience to God's declaration. God created us in His own image and likeness; He created us to operate like Him. Therefore you must commence to create your desired situation or environment via declarations, like God does.

During the prophet Ezekiel's vision of dry bones in Ezekiel Chapter 37, prophet Ezekiel was to declare to the dry bones in order for the bones to respond by turning into a mighty army, a multitude of people who could not be numbered.

He says:

_The hand of the Lord was upon me and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones. And caused me to pass by them round about; and behold there were very many in the open valley, and lo, they were very dry. And he said unto me, son of man, can these bones live? And I answered; oh Lord God, thou knowest. And again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, Oh ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. ... So I prophesied as I was commanded and as I prophesied there was a noise and behold a shaking and the bones came together bone to his bone ._.. Ezekiel 37:4-9

I believe prophet Ezekiel had prayed for many days for the Israelites to be freed from Babylonian's captivity. Therefore God showed him that the next stage or step which the prophet had to take was to declare Israel's liberty. He had a burning desire for God's people to be freed from bondage and had expressed his desire to God for many days. Therefore, God came down to show Ezekiel the key to Israelites freedom. He showed him that; the Babylonians captivity will end after the expiry of the appointed time; seventy years, however prophetic declarations were a must in order to end captivity. The dry bones were to live again when declared to. Ezekiel was to declare the infusion of life to the dry bones. Declarations by the prophet for actualization of that vision were not optional but a must.

Due to declarations from prophet Ezekiel, at the expiry of seventy years God stirred up the spirit of the Babylonian king- the then King Cyrus to command the return of the Israelites to Jerusalem. Declarations from the prophet for restoration of Israelites from captivity was a requirement and a must in order for God to actualize it. Therefore, prophetic declarations are keys to our freedom at any time.

You see; prayer is expressing our desire to God but a declaration is commanding what we have desired and prayed to materialize. You cause it to be, by declaring it to be. Friends, understand that a declaration is calling to physical manifestation what God has shown you after prayer, in the spirit.

The prophet had to declare in order for God to confirm. The Bible says God confirms the word of His servants (Isaiah 44:26) that is to say God confirms declarations of His servants by bringing what they have declared to manifest physically. When you apply this key God brings your desire into a reality. That is to say - He confirms what His servant has declared by bringing it forth. Be informed that what a real servant of God has declared must came to pass. By this God confirms that He is the one who had sent them to declare what they declared.

_Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pray thy vows. Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways._ Job 22:27-28.

Friend, it is prayer first and then decree a thing to be established. Declare judgments upon those things which are opposing you against fulfilling your goals; declare removal of the people hindering you from moving to your Canaan-the land of blessing. They are all to drown in the sea. They shall be clothed with shame when trying to pursue you in order to forcefully return you back to Egypt.

Brethren, I am not introducing to you the business of - _quid pro quo_ ; you scratch my back I scratch yours. NO, I am only trying to tell you that judgment not declared is judgment undelivered. May victory manifest upon your ways via declarations. May your liberty be actualized as you follow these liberating steps. May you win your battles in the mighty name of Jesus.

Sometime in the year 2011, I was tasked to do a very complicated job. That job had a five days deadline; I was commanded to complete it within five days. I became very busy from the first day to fourth one, waking up early in the morning and sleeping very late in order to finish that tedious job in time. In fact at the evening of the fifth day I was still struggling with computers, rushing here and there to get the required data, arranging it in proper way in order to beat the deadline. I discovered that I couldn't. It wasn't possible to complete that task in five days' time.

Thoughts were flashing in and out of my mind- the commander has said that the job is to be completed in five days time and his word is a law. Oh my Lord Jesus I need your liberty - I prayed. However I am glad to tell you that; with God everything is possible. There is an answer to every question in Him; oh yes - in Him there is also a solution to any problem, for all things are possible with Him; Luke 1:37.

Do you want to know what went on? Just before tea break in the morning of the sixth day still wondering what will happen. I went down-stairs slowly, slowly, from my office to the ground floor. Since my office was on the first floor. I stood outside near the entrance of the four story building in which I was working. Without any one seeing me I took a bottle of anointing oil which I had carried and put some oil on my fingers. I looked side to side to ascertain that no one was seeing me. Then I hurriedly and violently bent down, touched the ground with my anointed fingers and loudly declared; _where is the Lord God of Elijah!!!_

I hurriedly stood up after declaration and relaxed. Then I slowly went back to my office in the first floor to continue with my job. I believed by declaring so, the God of Elijah would come down to display his power by intervening in my case just like he did to Elisha in 2 Kings 2:13-14 which says: _He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan. And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters,_ _and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah?_ _and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over._

Friend, declarations are a keys to our freedom, to my surprise after about three hours my commander came and told me that the authority had wrongly informed him about that job and all what was required was only a quarter of what I had initially done. The God of Elijah revealed to the authority that there was misinterpretation of job required to be done. All that was required was the first and the second part of the job that I had already done. That meant I had completed the job a day before the deadline. There is power in declarations. Your mouth is not for eating alone but for creating your desired situations via declarations. The God of Elijah descended to bring the key for my liberty; God heard me when I prayed and came down to defend me when I declared - _Where is the Lord God of Elijah!!!_ Our God is the Lord who confirms the declarations of his redeemed- Glory and honour be to Him.

You see, God honours declarations and I am glad to inform you that He honours both negative and positive declarations. He responds to both destructive and creative declarations. What our parent pronounces to us before they die is fulfilled by God. He fulfils blessings or curses declared to us by our parent prior to their death. Jacob made declarations to each of his twelve children few days before his death. The first born of twelve sons of Jacob was called Reuben. Jacob cursed Reuben his first born because he slept with Jacob's female friend. He slept with his father's concubine. This made Jacob to declare concerning Reuben that:

_... Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch._ Genesis 49:3-4.

However God's mercies endureth forever, through God's mercy after about 470 years the Lord raised the man Moses, whom via prophetic declaration reversed the curse planted to Reuben and his genealogy by His father Jacob. Moses declarations terminated what Jacob had pronounced to Reuben. This is because of higher anointing which was operating in Moses the man of God. Remember, Moses had higher anointing than Jacob, hence was able to undo what Jacob had done. The Bible says _And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death ... Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few._ Deuteronomy 33:1 & 6.

Moses had higher authority than Jacob and therefore qualified to reverse the curse pronounced to Reuben. Friend, our victory is made sure when we declare what we have seen or heard from God. Yes, we have expressed our desire to God for so long via prayer. Let's change our vocabulary now and begin to declare.

We are to declare what the word of God says concerning our bad situation in order to be freed. Of course your prayer has been answered but requires declarations from your mouth in order for the answer to manifest in the physical realm. Declarations bring manifestations from God. May your deliverance be manifested by God through prayer and the power in declarations.

# Chapter Six

## Maintaining a Calm Heart

It is true that God chose prayer as a key to your freedom. Nevertheless, for your prayer to be effective you must make declarations and maintain a settled heart. This is because a heart full of anxiety cannot receive anything from heaven.

What is anxiety? Anxiety is fear which is caused by distorted faith. Oh yes, disrupted faith results in anxiety. Anxiety can also be defined as fear that God is taking too long to intervene. Again fear that what you had believed would happen is not happening or it is taking too long to happen. Moses told Israelites in Exodus 14:13 that: fear not, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord. They feared when they saw the hosts of Egypt approaching, howbeit, Moses calmed them down.

You shouldn't fear that so and so is going forward in his economical endeavors while as financially you are stagnating at the same level. Anxiety is impatience, while as the Bible admonishes as to be anxious for nothing but with prayer and

thanksgiving we should let our desire be known to God. Brethren, when we are full of anxiety we cannot get answers to our prayer, therefore we should resist anxiety to its end.

We should resist impatience to its end because if we fail to, it will cost us our throne like it dethroned King Saul. The destiny of King Saul was ruined by fear (anxiety). He feared that David had been recognized by Israelites for killing Goliath whom King Saul was unable to kill. Saul was filled with anxiety when women started praising David by singing that David had killed ten thousands while King Saul had only killed a thousand. He feared that David was becoming more popular than him. This motivated him to lay down strategies on how to eliminate David. Hear from the Bible:

_... it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities Israel, singing and dancing to meet King Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick. And the women answered one another as they played and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said. They have ascribed unto_ _David ten thousands_ _, and to me they have ascribed_ _but thousands_ _: and what can he have more but the kingdom?_ 1 Samuel 18:6-8.

King Saul failed to resist anxiety; fear about David's popularity gripped him. We should totally resist anxiety and replace it with patience. We must wait on God's appointed time for our promotions. The time for your neighbour to be blessed may not be your time. Therefore God's time to lift you to the next level of status must be patiently awaited.

The Bible says there is a time and season for everything- therefore, the time for David to be lifted by God was at hand. King Saul could have waited for God's time to lift him further. He could have been lifted from King to mighty King, hence dominate all neighboring kingdoms. The Palestinians, Ammonites, Syrians and Egyptians could have been brought under his command. But instead of waiting he became Jealous for the level that David was lifted to by God- May you not fall in the trap like King Saul.

A calm heart is an important state which allows God's blessings to be channeled to us. If King Saul could have acknowledged that it was God's time to prepare David as a potential king and thank God for David, this could have sustained Saul's blessings and protected his family forever.

Saul fell in the trap of anxiety again during the time of sacrificing to God. He feared that prophet Samuel was getting too late to arrive at the place of sacrifice. He therefore decided to conduct a sacrifice instead of waiting for the prophet. When the prophet Samuel arrived, he pronounced God's judgment upon King Saul. Anxiety robbed him of his throne. This is because he conducted an exercise which he was not anointed for. Impatience dethroned King Saul. Oh yes, failure to maintain a calm heart robbed him the kingship.

Friend, I refuse to be impatient. I am to wait upon God's appointed time for me to start doing a certain work. I am to wait upon God to answer my prayer. I won't move before or after God, but move with God. When I have prayed and pronounced declarations, I will wait patiently for God's appointed time for manifestation of his blessing upon me. I know for truth, God will surely act and will not tarry since He is God who answers our prayers.

When Job, the servant of God, was sick, he was mocked by everybody including his dear wife, but he made a declaration which shocked his mockers; that he is to wait until he is healed. Job declared:

_If a man dies shall he live again? All the days of my appointed time will I wait till changes come._ Job 14:14.

Yes, Job calmly waited upon God to heal him and when the time came he was truly healed. We must resist impatience at all times. Impatience is a kind of fear which can also be referred to as a restless heart. A restless heart cannot receive anything from God. Of course it is important to pray, but of equal importance we should exercise patience before and after we have prayed.

When we feel getting in a trap called anxiety after we have presented our desire to God through prayer, we should program our mind with something else, re-direct your mind to something else which God did to you and begin to thank Him for that. This means; during the time anxiety is about to strike, the word to be observed is thanksgiving. Thank God for the past benefits. Thank Him for what He did for you in past years. Exercising thanks giving is embracing the key ordained by God for your freedom from anxiety; it is embracing God's formula programmed to set man free. Remind God of things that He has done for you- mention them one by one while saying thanks to him. At the time of anxiety don't look upon the things you are seeking from God, observe His formula only. That is; observe His word and the word then is; thanks giving. Friends, thanks giving to God will calm your heart.

It is important to quickly state here that this secret robber (anxiety) of God's blessings mostly comes into full force when the believers have not received the specific day or time when their prayers will be answered. For instance the birth of Jesus Christ was prophesied, and even the time the Christ was to be born was foretold by the prophets. Through prophets, Jews knew the time Christ was to be born hence were not anxious about when. The place of His birth _"Bethlehem"_ was also known via prophets. Therefore the Jews were not anxious about _where (the place)_ , they were patiently waiting for their king at that appointed time; 1 AD _(One Anno Domini)_ and in appointed place; Bethlehem.

However God doesn't always reveal to us the time He has set for His performance of miracle. He sometimes prefers to perform His wonders at times known to Him alone. This is because He wants us to put our trust in Him and in Him alone and wait by faith. Behold He must prove our faithfulness before He manifest the freedom we desire, hence we should be calm and wait for Him to act.

Look at the disciples of Jesus; they were strictly instructed by the master to tarry at Jerusalem until they received power. Their fear was not that the power of the Holy Spirit would take long, they were fearing the Jews and the Pharisees who had killed Jesus. They were not anxious at all about when the Holy Spirit would come. Therefore this qualified them to receive the promise during Pentecost. They were sure that Jesus would send the Holy Spirit as He had promised. They possessed calm hearts. Lack of anxiety or their calm hearts qualified them to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit.

Anxiety is fear, but it is fear that what you have expected to happen is not happening. It is also fear that what you have been expecting to happen is taking too long. During Pentecost, the Holy Spirit descended as promised by the master and found the disciples ready for Him. They were ready to receive Him. That means their hearts had no hindrances to the Holy Spirit. Thus the conditions of their hearts qualified them for in-filling with the Holy Spirit. This is because the disciples were not anxious. They were patient enough. Their hearts were not filled with anxiety hence possessed the requirements or the keys to receive the promise.

Maybe anxiety or impatience of the disciples could have pushed days of the arrival of the Holy Spirit forward to later days than programmed. This is because anxiety is a thief of time and seasons; anxiety is a thief of duration, a thief of time which could have taken for your prayer to be answered. It causes delay for answers to your prayer. Brethren, you should understand that what triggers a miracle is God's presence in your heart and God can only inhabit the heart which is free from anxiety, hallelujah.

People who are anxious about employment should keep themselves busy with something else. They should keep their mind occupied. They should destroy anxiety by doing the available jobs before the job they had prayed to God materializes. The job you had prayed God to give you may tarry and subject you to periods of anxiety. But if only you can engage yourself with another economic activity while still waiting for your miracle job, fear (impatience or anxiety) would not be your portion. You will not be impatient. This is because you are busy. Your mind is occupied; it is engaged in something else.

Brethren, we cannot fight anxiety by praying against it, but by:

1. Occupying our mind with another activity.

2. Thanking God always for what he has done for us before. We should mention to God the former blessings we have experienced from him and thank Him for that.

After hearing that you may ask me - Brother Kinyua, is it not written that prayer is the mover of mountains? Yes, prayer is the mover of mountains and therefore key to our freedom, but effective prayers happen only after we have been freed from anxiety. If we are anxious and pray we are only releasing empty words, powerless words and our mountains therefore would not move. This means when you are under stress you cannot pray effective prayer, therefore your captivity remains. Yes, prayer is an instrument that provides liberty, but we must first get rid of impatience in order for your prayer to reach heaven without hiccups.

Please, I had been a victim of this trap ( _anxiety_ ) many times. For instance, the time my first book titled _"Guarded by God"_ was due for printing, I decided to take the book for printing. But while on the way, I felt emptiness inside my heart. I experienced spiritual dryness and discovered that something was wrong. Something has departed from me. I felt I was not anointed with spiritual power like before.

Therefore, I decided to stop taking the draft book to the printers and went straight to church hall which was just a Sabbath day journey from the city center. I went there to present my problems before the Lord and asked Him- _"Eloi, Eloi lama Sabachthan?_ Oh Lord, oh Lord why have thou forsaken me?" Why this spiritual emptiness? Why this spiritual deprivation after I decided to take my draft book to the printer?

I am glad to inform you that Jesus asked the Father the same question when on the cross. Note that the son of God came for our example, hence we must emulate Him. The Master while on the cross asked God:

" _Eloi, Eloi Lama Sabachthan?"_ He meant; my God, my God why have you forsaken me? Matthew 27:46

If Jesus prayed we must likewise pray. Yes, we must ask God why things that we are expecting to happen are not happening, why things we are expecting to receive from Him are not materializing.

Note that there is no problem without a solution. There is a solution to anything which is not working. For everything which is not working, there is what can make it work. God is the source to all life answers. He is the solution provider to every life's problems. When you ask Him, He is to answer you, since He rejoices when you are excelling in what He created you to do. We should ask Him since he who asks receives. Therefore I went to church for prayer and asked God questions concerning the draft book which I was to take to the printers.

I arrived at church hall at about 11:30 a.m. and sang songs of praise to my God, followed by a short prayer. After that I sat down and opened the draft book slowly, page after page. To my surprise, I located two paragraphs in chapter three and five of that book; God lead my eyes to those paragraphs. Immediately I discovered that the two paragraphs could have been misunderstood.

I further discovered that the second from last chapter had sentences which were Biblically wrong. That was the reason the Spirit of God hindered me from taking the draft book to the printers. To my surprise immediately after I deleted those paragraphs and corrected the sentences which were Biblically wrong, my peace was instantly restored. Friends, our God knows everything. He is the all-knowing God. He knew that there was a fish in the sea which had a coin, the money which Peter took after opening the fish's mouth. They took the coin to the tax collectors as a tax payment for Jesus and for Peter, the tax payment was strictly required by the Government. The Bible says;

... And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him saying; what thinkest thou Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children or of strangers. Then Peter saith unto him of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, then are the children free.

_Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up, and when you hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money; that take and give unto them for me and thee._ Matthew 17:24-27.

You see; God knew the fish had money in her mouth, hence he sent Peter to pick it for tax payment. Of course the same God already knew that there was a serious mistake in my draft book, however He required me to sing praise and pray in order to receive the clarification from Him, clarification about where the mistakes in that draft book were. I obeyed God's instructions by deleting the two paragraphs and corrected the theology in the second from the last chapter. After I corrected peace and joy in my heart was restored immediately.

Anxiety that the draft book was getting late for printing hence rushing to print it could have resulted into perpetual shame. Anxiety could have robbed me honour and dignity and replaced it with shame. Brethren, you must pray to be shown the direction to follow in order for you to be exempted from shame and dishonour. When you maintain a calm heart and then pray, you will be shown all hindrances which are hindering you from fulfilling what God has mandated you to fulfill. Our God will instruct you on how to overcome those barriers and you will surely celebrate your Victory at the end.

# Chapter Seven

## Covenant Practice

Covenant practice is a proven sustainer of agreement between two parties. It sustains the mutual benefits agreed upon. It is a force that benefits both parties.

First I am to define the term "covenant," and then the covenant-practice to enable you possess a clear picture of covenant practice as a foundation of this liberating key. This would promote your understanding of what this chapter contains.

What is a covenant? This is a binding agreement between two parties: the covenantor (senior party) and the covenantee (junior party). It is a legally enforceable assurance that when one party acts, the other party responds by fulfilling the terms as agreed. You fulfill your part and your partner in the covenant responds by doing what has been agreed upon. The actions of one party and the response of the other are agreed upon from the beginning. Therefore both parties do as per what they first agreed. Note that these parties may not be equal, but their action in obedient to what they agreed affects each other.

Covenant practice: it is the action taken by partners in obedience to what has been agreed. Failure of one party to fulfill its part leads to breakdown of the covenant. Hence it is true to say that faithfulness is paramount in sustaining the covenant. Therefore, a covenant is an agreement between two parties which is sustained by both fulfilling the terms and conditions as stipulated in agreement by both parties.

The Bible says;

_Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice._ Psalms 50:5

Brethren, we are in covenant relationship with God. This covenant is sustained by faithfulness. God is a covenant keeping Father, He cannot act against the covenant between Him and His believers. That means He always fulfills His part. In this chapter, we are dealing with God and man in covenant relationship. God is a major partner whereas man is a minor partner. This means man cannot set conditions to God; however God can set conditions to the man. Friend, it is very vital to understand that we have a part to play in order to benefit from Him. In order to attract the liberating force from heaven we must play our part.

God is a faithful covenant partner; He fulfilled all what He covenanted with King David: Psalms 89:33-35 states; _Nevertheless my loving kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David_ .... God also fulfilled all what He covenanted with Abraham after Abraham obeyed God's instructions. Abraham fulfilled all parts of agreement, hence God had no otherwise other than to fulfill His part also. Please, let me confirm to you some of Abraham's acts of obedience:

1. He moved from his father's land to the land which God commanded him to.

2. He separated himself from Lot, his nephew.

3. He carried on the covenant of circumcision as per God's covenant.

_And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin: and it shall be a_ _token of the covenant_ _betwixt me and you. And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you ... and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant._ Genesis 17:11-13

4. Abraham circumcised his son Isaac on the eighth day according to the covenant instruction from the Lord.

5. He offered his only son Isaac to God as a sacrifice, and figuratively speaking received Isaac back from the dead (Hebrews 11:17-18)

6. He gave a tenth of his wealth (tithe) to God through Melchizedek the eternal priest of God -Gen 14:18-20.

Therefore, Covenant Practice lifted Abraham from the seat he was occupying to the seat of father of a great nation. Economically he was lifted to a financial giant. Covenant practice lifted him to a seat of honor. The Bible says he had men trained in his house that would face kings in war. He was rich in cattle (Gen 13:2). This was because he did his part and by doing so motivated God to do His part also.

The Lord is calling us into partnership with him in his establishment by doing what He has instructed us. God's ways are a source of freedom; they are highways to a city of refuge, the highway to your safety. As you walk on God's way the magnet that makes God God will descend, enter you and make you a god. By this all arrows shot by the devil towards you are repelled. Note that our protection on this planet can only materialize by obeying heavenly instructions. In other words- covenant practice is a key to your freedom.

Of course our flesh may feel over-stressed when obeying what the Lord has commanded us. But when we resist the will of the flesh and painfully obey God, the benefits which are released from heaven due to our sacrificial obedience cannot be compared with the pain we experience when practicing the covenant. As the Bible says:

_Looking unto Jesus the author {beginner} and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds_ ... Hebrews 12:2-3.

For Jesus to be the King of kings He had to endure the cross and accept to be subjected to shame in His crucifixion. In this, He was painfully fulfilling the covenant between Him and God. That is: He endured the cross – That is, He Painfully and sinlessly went the way of the cross. Hence qualified to be the King of Kings.

You see? The word of God is always resisted by our flesh. Jesus overcame the resistance of the flesh. Sacrificial living is living fulfilling the word of the Lord no matter the cost. Abraham lived a sacrificial life. He did the word in spite of the feelings of the flesh. The devil's intention is that you listen to your feelings or in other words: the pain you are experiencing when fulfilling the demands of the covenant between you and God. However Jesus endured the sufferings of the flesh. He endured pain and refused to hate those who were crucifying him - that is he endured the cross. The covenant between God and Jesus (That is) – to descend from heaven and live a sinless live (endure the cross) qualified Jesus to sit again on the right hand of God the Father Almighty in great authority. He managed to sit where he was before. That means if we fulfill the terms of covenant we are to attract heavenly blessing and all round protection.

Yes, I know there are Ten Commandments which are the covenant between God and Israelites enacted at mountain Zion. But the Bible reveals other practices which explain the Ten Commandments in details, and these are forces which attract blessings from God. They are man's actions which motivate God to release the freedom key. They motivate God to lead you to a struggle free zone.

Covenant practices between God and man, among many others are: 1. Giving 2. Working hard and 3. Sacrificial living. However, these covenant practices are hidden in the deep realm of the Spirit, hence must be discovered by the help of the Holy Spirit. You must search until you receive revelation from God on how they work. Otherwise you would be tired trying to fulfill your part without any progress and hopelessly conclude that they don't actually motivate God to bless you.

Therefore, join me in a short journey for a revelation on how these keys to your freedom operate:

**Giving:** Giving is releasing to somebody else what you have. Sometime ago a certain servant of God said –"You can give without loving, however you cannot love without giving." Therefore, we are to give out of love in order for God to respond by blessing us. Abraham was freed from poverty via loving God. We approve that he loved God for he gave his belongings to the Lord. When you are giving to the needy, you are offering to the Lord.

That is to say giving sacrificial offerings and payment of tithe lifted and protected Abraham's wealth. He was a Tither, he gave a tenth of his possessions to priest Melchizedek. Gen 14:20. He was also a giver- he gave food to the angels who visited him - Gen 18:1-8. Though Abraham knew not that they were angels he offered them food. That proves Abraham was a liberal and gave to all. He was not giving only to those who he knew, but to the needy. You see? You should give out of love to those who are in need but not only to your kin and your tribesmen. God will honour your giving by liberating you from lack and want.

However, when giving your offerings and tithe I pray that you won't fall into corrupt conmen who earn from what they have not worked for, selfish greedy human beings, who claim themselves as spiritual and holy whereas they are conmen. I pray for you not to waste your belongings by giving to just anybody you find on the way. Note that even God cannot just give in a wasteful manner. Give according to people's needs which you have identified; note that even God is not a wasteful God.

When giving to the needy we should have a right motive. Those who give in order to receive thanks or recognition from men cannot receive blessings from the Lord. The congratulation they have received from men is a full payment of their giving. Jesus said; when man gives in order to be honoured, to be exalted by men. or by those who have seen him giving - he has already received his reward. His intention is not to help but to be seen by men that he has offered a big offering. Brethren, don't give alms expecting honour from men. Howbeit, give expecting a reward from God.

Expectation to receive from God after your giving is a force that makes God to respond by rewarding you. Matthew 6:1- 4 states that ... _Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men._ _Verily I say unto you, They have their reward._ _But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth. That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in_ _secret himself shall reward thee openly_ _._

Brethren, an expectation to receive from God after we give is very vital. We must expect to receive from God. There was a time when a well known evangelist by the name; Oral Roberts asked God: Oh Lord, why am I always giving and I am not receiving after giving while as your word says after we give we will receive? The servant of God was quoting to God scripture in the Bible in Luke 6:38 that:

_Give and it shall be given unto you, good measure, pressed down, and shaken together and running over,_ _shall men give into your bosom_ _. For the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again._

Our heavenly father is a prayer answering God; He didn't hesitate in responding to Oral Robert's. He answered his question immediately that; _"It is because you are not expecting to receive from the Lord of harvest after you have given."_ Brethren, we should expect to receive from the Lord of harvest after we give. This is in line with what a certain servant of God said that: "expectation is what mother's manifestation." That is to say expectant brethren are the ones possessing power to bear miracles. We should give knowing that we are practicing a covenant which will affect us positively. When we give we have planted a seed and our expectation should be that we are to reap from our giving in due seasons. As the Bible says _" ... your expectations will not be cut off."_ Proverbs 23:18.

When we give, we commit God to give us also since He has set a law that says; we give in order to be given by men. Strong forces from God will compel men to give to you. The Bible says ... shall men give into your bosom... Therefore God will lead men to give to you.

When Abraham gave his son Isaac to God as a sacrifice he committed God to respond. God in order to fulfill the law He had set- (law of give and receive), He gave His son (Jesus) to the children of Abraham as a sacrificial lamb. Both God and Abraham practiced the covenant. Each of them did what was vital to benefit from the covenant. They both did what was required to sustain the covenant. Friends, may you do your part in order to motivate God to fulfill His part also.

God is always set - ready to act. However, He waits for believers to act in order for the power of receiving from God may flow into them. He promised Noah after the flood, that the law of sowing and reaping will never cease as long as the Earth remains. This law was pronounced by God after Noah sacrificed to God clean animals immediately after the flood.

It is written: _And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord and took of every clean beast, and offered burnt offering on the altar. And the Lord smelled a sweet savour and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, for every imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth, ... neither will I again smote any more everything living, as I have done. While the earth remain seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter and day and night shall not cease._ Gen 8:20-22

We must sow good things in order to reap. We must give in order to receive. It is an everlasting covenant and lasting as long as the earth remains, so it is still in force. Seed time and harvest.. ... shall not cease.

Okay, let me quickly state here that planting seed is not limited to giving money only but also our actions. Our actions are equated to seeds. We are sowing seeds via our actions and we are to reap in due season. King David killed Uriah because of Beersheba, Uriah's lawful wife. He broke the covenant between him and God which says; "Thou shall not kill." That evil action was an evil seed which he came to reap in due season. David killed Uriah and then after some years Absolom the son of David nearly killed David. King David ran for his life, the covenant said in II Samuel 15:14. His own son took a spear to kill David the way he killed Uriah. The law of seed time and harvest time was in action. That is; what king David planted is what he harvested. You should plant good seed in order to harvest good things. Treat others well and you will likewise be treated well. God is still on the throne to make sure that the principles He has set are in operation in heaven and on the earth. He makes sure that these laws are fully in force. These laws are still binding to-date. This means, what Abraham received can still be received by doing what Abraham did; Hallelujah.

Freedom from financial constraint can be acquired via covenant practice. Oh yes, I know wealth can be acquired through many ways, however, behold only that which is acquired through covenant practice is sure and long lasting. It is the kind of wealth that will be celebrated by your children's children. A good example; what we see in Israel today, is as a result of covenant between God and Abraham. Abraham acted on the word. He practiced his part in covenant between him and God, and we can clearly see the power of that covenant still binding today. Today Israelites are enjoying what their forefathers did and they are busy practicing the same in order to forward the covenant power to their unborn, or in other words, their generations to come. May you enter into covenant practice with God by giving to the needy and to the poor. Pay tithe as required by the Lord, give to the needy and surely the results of your actions will be celebrated by your generation and the generations to come.

**Working Hard:** This can be defined as; serious commitment in the service revealed to you by God. No idle man can be great in the kingdom. Serious commitments in the service which God has called you for doesn't only redeem you but also help to keep you redeemed. When we obey the word of God, the force gathered by obedience enables us to prosper in whatever we do. That means we excel in whatever our hands do. A hard working covenant-practicing man prospers in whatever he does. This is because there is a mighty force backing his actions.

The forces produced by the covenant between him and God coupled with hard work makes him to shine in any work he engages himself in. God blesses us via the work of our hands. That is to say whatever we do would produce a good harvest. Don't be lazy. Be active in order for the forces of the covenant to find a channel to blessing you. There is a mighty blessing which accumulates in our body through working. Getting wealth fraudulently subjects you to a curse. It creates an empty space in you that cries to be filled. Your effort plus commitment is very vital in your road to blessings. What you have not laboured for can easily depart from your hands. It can easily be stolen or destroyed by the devil. What is labour? Friend, labour is human activity and ability used in production of goods and service.

The Bible tells us that Abraham armed his trained men to go and rescue Lot, his nephew, from the enemies. Gen 14:14-16. His army was skilled – a trained army. That means Abraham knew that war cannot be won by lazy and unskilled fighters but the skilled ones. Friend, we cannot rise economically without working hard. Working hard is a strong instrument for freedom - freedom from lack and want. It's a key to unlocking wealth and the only key that would set you free from poverty. Note that there is nothing good achievable without hard work. God's covenant assures you that when you work hard to fulfill your goals, your victory is sure in spite of being heckled by powers of darkness warlords. The warlords of darkness will heckle you; however they will finally be ashamed because your rising is guaranteed.

Not that anything which a man gets through corrupt ways will not last long. If that kind of achievement does not disintegrate during his life time, it will not be enjoyed by his children. His children may apply all their efforts to preserve such wealth but all in vain. This is because they cannot break the covenant principle which states that: _Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase._ Proverb 13:11.

Hello, wealth gotten through vanity cannot stand the test of time. Opposition will rise one day and destroy it completely. Only that which has been gotten in the right way withstands life's challenges. This is because this wealth has been achieved through practicing God's covenant; God's ordained ways to achieve it. Therefore no opposition can destroy such wealth since it is born of God and you well know that: that which is born of God overcomes the world - John 5:5. Your opponents may rise against your wealth gotten in Godly ways but to no success. This is simply because whatever God has given overcomes all forces of the devil. Hallelujah, wealth born of God overcomes opposition, also all ... _what the Lord does is eternal_ ... Ecclesiastes 3:14 (NIV).

Brethren, acquire your wealth via God's way for it to be secure. God cannot destroy what He has given to you. This is because He cannot fight himself. If He destroys what He has enabled you to achieve it would be like destroying Himself. It is like fighting Himself or changing Himself, whileas God doesn't change.

He says: _"For I am the Lord I change not, therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed."_ Malachi 3:6.

His character doesn't change. Your opponents can only succeed in destroying what God has given you when you walk against God's covenant. What God has given you can only be destroyed if you sin against Him. When you sin He withdraws His protection from you and your belongings, enabling the destroyer access to destroy your achievements.

You must understand that whatever you achieve through hard working would cost the devil much strength to rob it from you. He won't be able to counter the force you have applied in achieving whatever you have achieved. The force of faith "hard work" which you have applied to accumulate your wealth is coupled with Godly forces to neutralize all powers from the devil. God's power surrounds your achievements, hitherto Satan through his agents can do it no harm since he can't be able to break through that Godly force to rob you. Behold, God has covenanted with us that, through working hard, we would reap the fruits of our labour no matter the storms.

Therefore brethren, we must work and work hard in order to enter into greatness. The class of honour can only be occupied by faithful and hard workers, it is for those who realize that - wealth isn't given on a plate, but it's worked out. Brethren, nothing is released from heaven having not been worked for on earth. The blessing descending from heaven can only locate faithful hardworking believers. That's why Jesus never permitted the two sons of Zebedee to sit one on the right and the other one on the left in His kingdom recklessly. He made their mother to understand that honour and dignity are reserved only for the hard working. That is, _"to those whom it was prepared." The mother of the two came to Jesus and asked Him a question; hear what the Bible says: Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom. But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?_

_They say unto him, We are able ... And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with:_ _but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father_ _._ Matthew 20:20-23

You see, our Lord made her to understand that those seats are only for those whom they were prepared for. The seats are for those who would work the work of God to that level of greatness. Greatness to sit on the right and left hands of Jesus Christ in His government to come.

Seats of honour and dignity in Christ's Government must be worked for, and those who are working aiming to seat on them must work very hard in order to qualify. They must tirelessly work for Jesus by serving the Lord on planet earth to qualify for seats of honour in heaven. Seats of honour are as per work done because Matthew 16:26-27, states _... .For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels;_ _and then he shall reward every man according to his works._

God honours His covenant with man that when man works hard he reaps the fruits of his labour. God must reward you when you work. The internal blessings (experience or skill) are reflected externally. People will discover that the quality and quantity of your product is out of experience gained. Therefore refuse to acquire wealth in corrupt ways, it is the devil who wants to rob you of the blessings attainable via hard work. The devil is persuading you to use short-cuts in order to rob you of experience or skill which are only acquired via working. Behold Idleness is a prescription for doom, may you deliver yourself by working hard.

**Sacrificial Living:** Covenant relationship demands us to please God and in order to please God we must live sacrificial lives on earth, when God is pleased freedom is guaranteed.

What is sacrificial living? A sacrificial life is living a life dominated by doing what is right no matter the cost. It is when you oppose the will of the flesh by forcefully fulfilling the will of the Spirit. For instance when you declare that from today you are to love everyone, you must understand what you mean. You mean that you have declared war with the flesh. The flesh will resist your efforts to fulfill that declaration; it will be painful to fulfill that saying. Therefore you fulfill the covenant law of love sacrificially. Note that you can be cured from disease by sacrificial love, or forgiving your persecutors unconditionally. This is because it has been discovered that most of medical problems like hypertension and high blood pressure are rooted in hatred/unforgiveness.

You must suppress your flesh or force the flesh to be subdued by your spirit by prayer and fasting. Your spirit man is set free enabling you to do the will of God without resistance. The will of God is: we love even those who oppress us. Don't like them, but love them since there is difference between loving and liking: You may not like their character or their behavior, but you need to love them just as God loves you. Friend, walking in covenant with God demands sacrificial living and sacrificial living is a key to your freedom.

You must nail the flesh on the cross by forcefully doing the word. This is because the flesh is against the will of God. The will of God is that you abide in His word in order for that word to produce what you had been desiring from Him. Please note that all your desired blessings from heaven are word tied (covenant tied). You must do what you have covenanted with God in order for the forces from His throne to manifest your desired blessings on earth.

Resist the will of the flesh just as the Lord Jesus intended his disciples to do during the night He was arrested. During the prayer at the garden of Gethsemane on the night which Jesus was captured by the Pharisees, He wanted to pray together with His disciples; Jesus desired the disciples to pray sacrificially at least for an hour. However they all slept. They were unable to pray with Jesus even for one hour. They were supposed to resist the will of the flesh (the desire to sleep) and forcefully pray together with the Lord. Sacrificial prayer is to pray even when your flesh is not willing. Jesus wanted them to sacrificially pray ... Mark 14:37-38, 47.

The key to overcome anticipated temptations in that garden was sacrificial prayer. So prayer could have suppressed the disciple's flesh, energized their spiritual man, making them to overcome the temptations which were just around the corner. They were to overcome the temptations by praying sacrificially. Sacrificial Prayer was the key to set them free from fear at that time. He desired them to resist the feeling of the body and enforce the will of God (prayer) at that moment in order for them to overcome the temptations which Jesus foresaw, that is why when He found them sleeping he asked them- can't you pray even for an hour? And told them: _"pray that you enter not into temptation."_

If the disciples could have followed the instructions from the Lord, Peter could not have used the arm of the flesh to fight for Jesus. Peter used his sword to cut Malchus, the servant of high the priest ear. Sacrificial praying was the key to exempt Peter from acting in the flesh. Cutting the ear of the high priest's servant was the work of the flesh. The flesh could have been suppressed before that by praying sacrificially. The flesh persuaded Peter not to pray and the same flesh persuaded him to use his knife in fighting for Jesus. Oh yes, the disciple's flesh could have been suppressed by praying sacrificially a few hours prior to the appearance of high priest and his servants to arrest Jesus. Prayer was the key to Peter's freedom at that moment. When the enemy came Peter and other disciples had no power to resist the will of the flesh; Peter entered into temptation as earlier warned by the Master.

I was blessed by a book written by a man of God – Dr. D.K. Olukaya who is the General Overseer of The Mountain of Fire and Miracle Church. In his book titled _Smite The Enemy and He Will Free_ in page 249 paragraph 2 he states that ... _Learn the discipline of rising up early. Those involved in spiritual warfare know that when you wake up early, you take charge of the day, putting you r s elf above the whims of the elements ... and the day will not in any way oppose you. Some religions actually require the devotee to rise early so he can speak to the day._

Friend, praying sacrificially means engaging prayer even if your flesh is not willing. You pray in spite of the feeling of the flesh which is persuading you not to wake up very early to pray. The Bible says that; a child is not born before labour pain. Sincerely, a child is born only after labour pain and not before. It is written in the book of Isaiah 66:7-8 _Before she travailed, she brought forth, before her pain came she was delivered of a man child. Vs 8_ _Who hath seen such things?_ _Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once?_ _For as soon as Zion travailed_ _she brought forth her children._

That means it has never happened that a child is born before labour pain. A child is born after the labour pain and not before. Verse 8b says ... ... for as soon as Zion travailed she brought forth her children.

Victory is attained after sacrificially doing the will of God. In the above scripture to Travail means painfully doing what the Lord says. It means your body is not willing "the flesh is weak" but you force it to be submitted to your spiritman to do what God is saying and this would guarantee the delivery of your blessings.

There must be a labour pain experience before a child is born; there must be sacrificial action before wonderful manifestation of great miracles. The flesh is resistant to do the will of God, you must force it if you desire to enter into your freedom. The freedom zone is the realm of the spirit where the devil can do you no harm. This is the same realm of spirit where the blessing descending from heaven can reach you. The blessing from heaven can locate you since you are in heaven on earth "earthly heaven" hence in the same frequency with the blessing descending from heaven.

Giving sacrificially is what the Bible refers to as sowing in tears. The Bible says in Psalms 126:5-6 that _They that_ _sow in tears_ _shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and_ _weepeth, bearing precious seed,_ _shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him._

Tearfully offering or sacrificial offering is what some preachers refers to as violent offering. It is part of sacrificial living. It is giving sacrificially. That means giving that which is paining you when you are releasing it. It has cost you dearly and painfully and therefore God must respond by giving overflowing cups of blessings. The covenant states: Give and it shall be given unto you. That is; sow and wait for harvest season. Seedtime and harvest will not cease. God promised us that this covenant will be in force as long as the earth remains.

_While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease._ Genesis 8:22.

Brethren, the key to freedom from lack is sacrificial giving plus hardworking. We are continually begging due to lack of knowledge. The covenant of giving to the needy and working hard is a tested and proven destroyer of poverty. This is the knowledge we dearly require. Friend, knowledge is a key to opening life's closed doors. It is a key to our freedom. May you commence from today to sow in tears in order to reap in joy, may you live sacrificial life; hallelujah.

# Chapter Eight

## Understanding Induces Power

Thus sayeth the Lord, my people are perishing for lack of knowledge- Hosea 4:6. Just from this beginning we have been assured by that scripture that understanding God's word is pivotal to deliverance.

What is to understand? It is to have a definite knowledge about something. In theological perspective it is forming a clear mental picture of what God is saying. Understanding is clear visualization in your mind of what God is telling you. Understanding is seeing what God is saying. You cannot excel in any task unless you clearly understand it. Understanding make's you to accomplish any task easily. Hallo, you cannot be victorious in any field unless you understand it properly. Understanding is having a deep appreciation of a matter.

Understanding makes you immovable when demonic traps are set on the way to your goals. The Pharisee and Sadducees may get an issue to attack you on, but at the end of the matter God will cover their face with shame after they behold your progress. Opposition bows to you and will not succeed in destroying what you have achieved, this is because what you have achieved is rooted in understanding. The roots are: "To understand." That means, you have achieved that via understanding the right principles and applying them properly; hallelujah.

The enemy whom you don't understand the tactics he applies will always defeat you because battles are won through understanding. There was time I believed that to pronounce judgment or destruction upon my opponents is sin. I thought Christians who do that are not merciful and that since God's mercies endure forever, such Christians are anti-God and therefore anti-Christ. I was foolishly relying on Psalms 118:1-2 which states:

_O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth forever. Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth forever._ Psalms 118:1-2.

This made me to be in time to time bondage with harassment from heathens. They enjoyed molesting me time and again. I suffered for long due to lack of knowledge. I lacked understanding that there are destructive and creative words in my mouth. Note that the servant of God; Elijah the prophet applied destructive and creative words in his earthly life time. He pronounced destructions to the two captains of fifties who were sent to arrest him; he commanded fire to descend from heaven and destroy them instantly and God remained merciful and he is merciful to-date. .... _And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty ..._

_And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight. Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight. And the Angel of the Lord said unto Elijah, go down with him: Be not afraid of him. And he arose and went down with him unto the king._ 2 Kings 1:12-15.

You see? When the third captain of fifties humbled himself to Elijah the servant of God he was secured from judgment. It took me a long time to understand, believe and apply judgments as an instrument of war like Elijah the prophet. This made me to suffer on the hands of proud, corrupt human beings.

I suffered until it was revealed to my pastor by God about my "Pharisee's doctrine." The servant of God took time to explain to me about multi-sided God, and also explained to me the word of God as -Two Edge Sword. To enhance my understanding he preached on the Sunday service that followed a message titled _"vengeances the other side of God"_ and surely, this increased my understanding.

Behold, before that Sunday service I had no understanding like Elijah the prophet _that "the Lord whose answered by fire let him be God."_ Fire burns, fire destroys, we also use it to warm ourselves. Therefore fire is good on one hand and it is also dangerous. As the saying goes; fire is a good (faithful) servant but a harsh or cruel master. It depends on how you want to use it. It also depends on situations confronting you which require application of fire. Use it as a faithful servant and in other occasions as a cruel master, and all glory plus honour will be to God.

Friend, God is not one-sided – The word (sword) is multi- sided. Yes, He can bless and can also curse. He can create and can also destroy. Never allow witchdoctors to mistreat you. Pronounce destructive judgment upon them and stand on Exodus 22:18 that _"thou shall not let a witch to live."_ Use your mouth to pin them down. This is because the Lord whose mercies endureth forever is also a consuming fire. Yes God is merciful; however He is also a consuming fire.

Understanding is a foundation for victory. Understanding God as a consuming fire made me to win battles easily. Confidence builds in me for discovering that I am an armed and dangerous son of God on this earth. From that time I started to experience some degree of freedom. Heathens couldn't continue to harass me any longer. Understanding became a key to my freedom from The Task-masters. From today your oppressor will never go free; this is because you have understood that there is deliverance power in your mouth. Via understanding and application of this key you will be freed from witchdoctors and wizard harassments.

Understanding and applying what you have understood is a master key to freedom. When I came to understand the other side of God and the power in declarations I experienced victory easily. I can remember on one Wednesday morning at Mariakani Barracks at about 8 o'clock, God made me to exercise the power in declaration. It happened that, on chilly Wednesday morning somebody entered in my office in a hurry and pronounced quick harassing words while pointing his finger at me. By those quick harassing words he was trying to instill fear in me. However, while still immovably sitting down powerful confidence rose from my inside. I held my hands akimbo while looking direct at him. My thoughts shifted here-and-there, searching for powerful and commanding words to pronounce as a response. Surprisingly, without waiting for my respond he turned back quickly and left. I couldn't fear him at all. This was because I understood who I was and the protective power around me. I was very conscious of God's presence in me.

When he left I rose up from my seat, in small audible voice I declared shame and destructions upon him after the order of Korah, Dothan and Abiram, who were swallowed up by the earth, when it opened its mouth. The Bible says: _And it came to pass, as he (Moses) had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them: And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation._ Numbers 16:31-33.

Do you want to know what happened later? In the morning of the following day news comes to me that he had been admitted in Cost Province General Hospital after his leg got fractured when he fell down while inside his slippery bathroom when taking a bath; Brethren, we are armed and dangerous on earth. We are hard stones on this earth _... and whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder._ Matthew 21:44.

Please, apply the mercies of God to handle your opponents and in other occasions apply God's consuming fire in handling your opponents. This makes God to count you as a wise Christian who properly understands the spiritual warfare.

The moment I came to understand the other side of God (consuming fire) I often began to stand on victorious platforms. I registered victory in many confrontations with the heathen: Witches and wizards were under my feet. I pray that from today God will make you understand His ways. You should put into practice the principles you have understood concerning Him. These principles are God's ways and you are supposed to follow His ways, since His ways lead to your freedom zone.

It is regrettable to say that some believers only understand Jesus as sent for redemption or blessing mankind. They don't understand the other side of Jesus. They don't understand that Christ was sent for falling and rising of many: - Luke 2:34 clearly says _And Simeon blessed them and said unto Mary his mother- Behold this child is set for the_ _fall and rising_ _again of many in Israel and for a sign which shall be spoken against._

Please understand that Jesus was sent not for rising of people only, but also for the falling of many according to that scripture. Therefore apply Jesus according to the situation you are in. Yes, pronounce him to create your desired ends.

It is undoubted that Jesus faced numerous opposition. The Pharisees and the lawyers of His time tempted Him with complicated questions. Questions that if not wisely answered could lead Him to political confrontation with the Roman Government. Behold sometime he was asked whether it was right to pay Government tax, understanding the laws of the land and comparing those laws with Spiritual laws delivered Him from the trap set by the devil.

Jesus knew it was God's will that we obey the Government since every authority on this earth comes from the Lord, and that no earthly Government can exist without the will of the father. He understood very well that Government rules and regulations should be obeyed as long as they do not contradict the word of God.

Oh yes, our Lord Jesus was faced with various challenges. Howbeit, in every confrontation he knew what to do in order to overcome. He won earthly battles hundred percent and declared lastly on the cross of Calvary that: _it is finished!!_ His battle with the flesh and with the devil was finished. Oh yes, the battle with His flesh and with the devil was fully won on the cross of Calvary.

Note that we are caged by what we don't know, and our failure to acquire knowledge to deliver us only ends up strengthening our bondages, this makes us remain completely caged. Trying to come out of that bondage without proper knowledge on how to come out would only enhance or harden our bondage. This is because: _... good understanding giveth favour but the way of ignorance is hard._ Proverbs 13:15.

You see, lack of understanding hardens life. Therefore we must watch and embrace understanding on how to acquire liberty, failure to which our bondage remains. The key to freedom is in understanding of what to do to be freed and what to do to remain freed. To be free is one thing and to remain free is entirely another thing; to attain these two requires understanding.

You will end up defeated if you start any project without proper understanding on what that project requires. The Bible says the earth was created via understanding; God understood what He was creating, therefore nothing on earth and in heaven can go beyond His control. That's why it's said in the Lord's prayer, "your will be done on earth as it is done in heaven" Friend nothing on earth or in heaven can be beyond God's control. He Created everything via understanding therefore He is in-charge and every situation bows to Him. His will is done in heaven and in order for us to experience heaven on earth we must understand and do His will on earth.

Please, don't do things haphazardly. To understand issues of life requires time. Take time to learn and know how to handle those issues. When Moses the servant of God was called, he took time to learn and understand God. He asked God all manner of questions in order to gain understanding of the mission he was sent to accomplish. Moses asked God in Exodus 3:1-1

~ What will I tell Israelites so that they can believe that you have sent me ? Tell them the God of your father has sent you, he has heard your cry and has come down to deliver you.

~ What is your name: I am that I am.

~ Who will I tell the king of Egypt has sent me - : Go and tell Pharaoh the king of Egypt that the " I am" has sent you.

You see, Moses was after gaining understanding. He wanted to understand God and His deliverance plan. The key to set you free from the shame and dishonour for not accomplishing God's mission is to understand it first. Yes many have been called but have not taken time to fully understand their calling. The vision which they saw was truly from God, but they must ask God how to go about it in order to excel in that call.

Yes, the voice we are hearing from the Lord must be understood first before we take any step. Isaiah the prophet was faced by the same issue which faces us today. But he was always waiting to understand clearly what God required him to do. Sometime he heard a voice which was telling him to cry. Howbeit, he refused to cry before he knew what to cry. He asked God what he was to cry and waited to be told by God what to cry. It is written in the Bible;

_A voice said: Cry: and he said, what shall I cry; "all flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as flower of the field"_ Isaiah 40:6.

Isaiah refused to cry anyhow and waited for God's further instructions on what to cry. Yes, he knew **how** to cry but asked God **what** to cry. He cried: _"all flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as flower of the field."_ The prophet understood that the word of God is to be followed to the letter, since the word of God is God's wisdom. Nevertheless, wisdom must be understood first before it is applied. When you are in bondage understanding God's wisdom is the key to your freedom. Therefore understanding is the key to exempt you from shame and dishonour. It is the key to freedom and should be acquired at all cost.

Before you venture into any business, first consult the right business experts. Then after you have fully understood what to do, take steps ( _make war_ ) in the directions the Holy Spirit is leading you, as the Bible says: ... _Every purpose is established by council (advice) and with good understanding make war._ Proverb 20:18.

The sentence above "With good understanding make war" means that the council (advice) must be understood before you make war (that is: before you apply it). Before every purpose is commenced it must be understood first. The devil knows very well that the mind is a battle field, hence he intends to capture our mind to hinder us from understanding God's ways clearly. We should repent of any sin that can grieve the Holy Spirit and then spend a moment in praising God. Praise would attract the Spirit of God, the Spirit of God will inject light and the power which hinders us from quick understanding of heavenly issues will depart.

This brings quick understanding of what to do in order to win life's battles. It is important to know that king David won every battle. He knew that understanding the ways of God for the battle was a master key to victory. That is the reason he was always seeking understanding from God in order to withstand enemy forces. David prayed, Oh Lord, the righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: _Give me understanding, and I shall live._ Psalms 119:144. (Emphasis mine)

King David knew that Saul was after his head, witchdoctors were after his life, jealous people didn't want him to succeed, backbiters didn't want him blessed, Palestine and Assyrians were after his kingdom; he therefore engaged in prayer. He prayed God to give him understanding in order for him to live _"Oh God, give me understanding and I shall live._ He knew that only understanding about the tactics of the life's battles could usher him to Victory. Brethren, to pin down your enemies you need the Spirit of understanding. Understanding makes you win your battles easily. It makes you humiliate your opponent without sweat.

Understanding will put you above others. It will crown you with honour since they will be consulting you for solutions to their problems. Understanding enthrones kings and sustains them in palace. Every king who doesn't understand people's problems ends up being dethroned. Oh yes they end up losing their throne because of not understanding people's plights and how God wants the king to act in particular seasons. Their Kingdom capsizes because they were built on sandy ground and not built on a rock, whereas Jesus said: _Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:_

He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.

_But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great._ Luke 6:47-49

Therefore Jesus equated understanding to a rock foundation. From today I declare to you that you will not lose your God's given kingdom, you will not lose any battle. This is because you have discovered that battles are won via understanding the winning principles.

The Bible says: _Through me (wisdom) kings reign and princes decree justice_. Prov 8:15. This means kings reign by wisdom which has first been understood. The word of God (wisdom) must undergo process called Understanding, then after Understanding you subject it into second stage called Application. When the understood wisdom is applied, it must produce. It produces wonderful results. Friends, let's go for understanding the will of God and then apply what we have understood and experience the sure wonderful results in spite of opposition.

In Israel, there was one tribe gifted in understanding. The Children of Issachar were the controller of Israelites timetable. They had ability from God to understand times and seasons. In every season they were the one consulted to tell the other eleven tribes of Israel on what to do. Understanding times made them commanders of Israelites time table.

_... And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment._ 1 Chronicles 12:32.

Having understanding of times automatically put the children of Issachar in a class of honour. It made them pace setters. Therefore we should earnestly desire from God the spirit of understanding. We should pray God to give us spirit of understanding so that we can be honoured by heathen and be delivered from negative situations. Understanding God's will is a force to lift you to level of honour and a master key to your freedom.

Remember, there was a time Apostle Philip was sent by God to interpret scripture to Ethiopians' Eunuch who was reading the book of Isaiah the prophet:

... And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.

And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, ...

_And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him_. Act 8:26 - 30, 31

I urge you not to be like this Ethiopian Eunuch who was reading powerful scriptures, but the scriptures could not profit him. The scriptures were mere stories to him; powerless to him due to lack of understanding. He was reading the "letter" whileas the letter killeth but the spirit give life. When the letter is applied it brings shame and defeat.

That is: When the word is applied having not been understood it leads to shame and defeat. The Bible says; _...Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; Who also hath made us able ministers of the New Testament; not of_ _the letter_ _, but of_ _the spirit_ _: for the_ _letter killeth_ _, but the spirit giveth life_. II Corinthians 3:5-6.

The letter or the log is the written but unrevealed word = reading with no understanding. Therefore, the Ethiopian Eunuch was reading the letter and not the Spirit _(the revealed word)_. He read without understanding. This provoked the man of God to ask the Ethiopian _... Understudeth thou what thou readest?_

Philip the servant of God caused the letter to be the Spirit. He caused the word that the Ethiopian's Eunuch was reading to be Spirit by explaining to him. He made the Eunuch to understand the readings. When the word of God is understood it changes from the letter to the spirit, it becomes Spirit which gives life to the readers. It enters the reader and positively affects him. We must understand what we read in order to be empowered of it. Of course God's mercy endures forever. Therefore, through God's endless mercy He sent His servant to the Eunuch for empowerment by making him understand what he was reading. Otherwise before the arrival of the Philip, what the Ethiopian was reading sounded like mere story to him. Praise be the name of the Lord.

Understanding means entrance of the word. The scripture says _: The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple._ Psalms 119:130. When you understand the scripture, it has entered in you and the entrance of the word in your spirit man gives light. Everybody hates darkness and celebrates light, the word of God that contains light must enter into our life and enable us to understand the key to apply for the release of our blessings. The understanding of the word is the entrance of it into our mind. It is infusion of the word into our spirit leading to our empowerments, hence deliverance.

# Chapter Nine

## What Promotes Understanding

If understanding is one of the keys which enables us to enter into our freedom zone, then we must tirelessly be willing to discover how to obtain this vital key. There are various tested instruments which promote our understanding. Among them are:

### Servant of God

Servants of God are anointed for service. They are prophets sent to release the anointed word which changes our situations. God gives a lot of guidance through His prophets and this promotes understanding. As you read earlier, the Ethiopian Eunuch didn't know what he was reading. He understood not what he was reading until the arrival of God's servant. The servant of God took time to explain to him what the scripture he was reading meant. He caused the Eunuch to understand who Jesus was and what His mission on earth was. Servants of God are sent for our rescue. They are in rescue mission on earth; sent to deliver us from demonic misinformation which leads to deformation-as the saying goes: _If you are mis-informed, you will be deformed._

Mis-information causes deformation.

Oh yes, mis-information leads to deformation. Your life can be "deformed" completely due to wrong information that you may have believed. The devil want us to remain in darkness, he is referred to as the angel of darkness, he is the mis-informer. But thanks and honour be to our God who has raised his servants to guide us in understanding the truth. God's servants reveal to the redeemed of the Lord the secrets in God's word.

For instance, when King Herod heard that Christ had been born, he desired to know where Christ was prophesied to be born. He sought revelation from God's servants, the Bible says that;

When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled and all Jerusalem with him. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them Where Christ should be born. And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,

_And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, art not the least among the princes of Judah: for out of thee shall come a Governor that shall rule my people Israel._ Matthew 2:3-6 (Micah 5:2)

You see? Through the servants of God Herod the king discovered that Jesus was to be born at Bethlehem. Likewise, consult with servants of God for clarification on hard issues of life. You should be informed on how to handle life or else be deformed. Friend, you must understand certain crucial things in order to enjoy life on this planet. The understanding comes through consulting with somebody who you believe knows better than you. As pertains understanding divine issues it is via the anointed men of God; Men who have been tested and proven in earthly life, hence much more experienced than you on how to handle this life. Please, ignoring their counsel would subject you into endless shame.

Never make a major decision using your little understanding like what former King of France did: History tells us that in the year 498 AD on December 25th French King; king Clovis baptized himself in the river. He immersed himself three times – in the name of the Father, in the name of the Son and in the name of the Holy Spirit. The multitude that gathered at king's baptism ceremony clapped for him with joyful loud shouting. They exalted and congratulated him for baptizing himself.

However, what the King did was not biblical. It was baseless, useless action. He lacked understanding that no one can baptize himself. Friend, you cannot baptize yourself. Remember that even our Lord Jesus Christ was baptized by John the Baptist in river Jordan. The king of France couldn't humble himself and accept to be baptized by a priest or somebody else. He refused to recognize the office of the servants of God, and failed to seek advice pertaining water baptism from anointed men of God.

The king did a job which was not assigned to him by God, he _understandeth_ not what he was doing. In theological perspective what he did was just like swimming in the river, no spiritual benefits at all. It was meaningless and absolute carnality. He failed to seek advice from men who knew about water baptism; instead he decided to swim in the river. May you not be such confused, seek counsel from anointed servants of God who have good reputation concerning spiritual matters.

One day I went to seek counsel from a servant of God. I had a certain problem which I had fasted and prayed about for years without getting a solution. When I arrived in the servant of God's office he asked me a few question and even before I had completed my answer to his last question, he stood up, laid his right hand on my head and began to pray. While still praying, God revealed to him that the solution to my problem was in a certain Book. He stopped praying and immediately shouted "Brother Kinyua, the solution to your problem is in a book." He rushed to the church library, and came back with the book. He gave the book to me and instructed me to carefully read the book and return it after seven days.

I came out of his office, headed to my residence armed with the only instrument which contained the key to my freedom. I had a powerful desire to search for the key to my freedom from that book. Therefore, the following day I began to search the key to my freedom in that book through careful study. Glory be to God because when I reached page six of the book,

I got the key; that – _Not unless you forgive them, your freedom is not in view._

It was a powerful and timely revelation. Oh yes, I began to apply that word; reconciling with a certain group of people, and it is in the application of that truth I got delivered. There is power which descends from heaven to inhabit the believers who obey instructions from God's servants. Through understanding the root to my problem, that was: _"forgiving them"_ I got completely delivered. Through His servant, God made me to understand that the solution to my problem was hidden in a certain book. After reading the book I got freed. May God lead you to His right servant who would make you understand what to do to re-capture your liberty. Note that there are demonic situations we can never be delivered from if we ignore this principle of sourcing for understanding from the servants of God. May the solution to your problem be revealed to you. May the key be revealed to you by God via His servants.

### Praise and Prayer

There is part of God's power which descends to his people in response to praises offered to Him. What is praise? Praise is oral joyful expression for God's positive actions upon us. We offer praise to God for who He is and what He has done in our lives. The words we release while praising Him are containers "carriers" of the Holy Spirit. When those words get into our hearts they "burst," releasing the Holy Spirit which empowers our spirit (mind) to understand mysterious things.

God manifest Himself when we praise Him, this makes us attain a level of understanding above the heathens. The Holy Spirit illuminates the word of God for us to understand God's will. Therefore, before engaging in reading any book, set aside few minutes to praise God. This would quicken your understanding. I mean, you will not struggle to understand what is written in that book. The Holy Spirit whom you have stirred-up through praise takes-over enabling you to understand what you are reading. When you understand then you have received the key to your freedom and when the received key is applied freedom is guaranteed.

In some situation prophets used praise to provoke divine direction from God. They were using praise in order to understand God's will pertaining certain situations. There was a time when king of Judah, King Jehoshaphat, went to seek counsel from Elisha the prophet about the war between Israelites and Moabites: Hear what the Bible says in 2 Kings 3:10-24:

... .But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel's servant answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah ... And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.

Please note that the prophet of God had no immediate answer to king's questions. But because he knew how to invite the Holy Spirit in order for the Holy Spirit to reveal the answer to the king's question, he said:

... .But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him. And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches. For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.

And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.

_And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones ..._ 2 Kings 3:10-24.

After the musician had sang praises to God, God's Spirit descended to release the answer to the prophet for the king's enquiry. Then the King became courageous by knowing that he was to win the battle. He stepped out to the battle field to actualize the saying of the man of God.

Through the utterance of the servant of God the king got bold, he got empowered to match to the battle field. He got filled with confidence that he would win the battle and the confidence to win the battle geared him towards the battle field. The Prophet said ... _But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him ..._

The key to his freedom from fear was delivered to the King by the servant of God after the minstrel sang praises to God. That is, after the praise was conducted. After the praise, the man of God encouraged the king by making him understand that God has arranged victory for him in that battle.

Praise is a catalyst to invite the Holy Spirit. There was a day I arrived late for church service. I arrived five minutes after the servant of God had started preaching. Praise and worship time was long and very powerful in that Mombasa Church. But because of arriving late, I struggled for almost fifteen minutes before I caught up with others. Then after a moment as the pastor continued preaching he said: "Do you know why some people are not concentrating with my preaching? It is because they have missed praise and worship." I said to myself; "that's me." I was very remorseful and from that time I adjusted my time of arriving for church services. Ever since then I always arrive some minutes before praise and worship kick-off. When you praise the Lord, He enables you to understand what you hear and read from books.

I am also glad to tell you that we can also attain understanding through prayer. We should ask God to make us understand His ways. Through prayer you can receive understanding on how to operate a certain business and

This would assure you freedom from poverty. There are hidden ways which God ordained on how to operate that business in order to maximize profits. Yes, powerful secrets on how to operate that business are with God. God reveals the ways when you call upon Him. His ways always lead to the miraculous. His ways (principles) are everlasting and there is no regret in following them. This is because - Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. Isaiah 48:17.

You see? God teaches you the way you should go in operating that business. He leads you to make profit. King David was a man of prayer, and therefore a man who understood how to move from victory to victory. He discovered that he must get understanding from God on how to conduct himself on earth in order to live successfully. Oh yes, David came to know that for a man to live on this corrupt earth, he requires to understand the principles that would make him live.

I believe also that God had revealed to King Solomon that _"those who waver in the ways of understanding remains in congregation of death."_ Proverb 22:15-16. Solomon therefore engaged prayer in order for him to be exempted from dead congregations. As you pray like Solomon prayed God will give you understanding which will enable you to handle your problems. Prayer will make you discover the powerless sides of your opponent. May the wisdom from the Ancient of the Days locate you. When you pray, may you understand the root-cause of your life struggles.

### Reading Books

Please, know that no one can be greater than his reading life. Those who read end up being leaders. This is because they have duplicated higher minds to their minds via reading higher minded author's books. We read the gospel for it contains the mind of Christ. To be Christians means _Christ like_. That means to operate like Christ. However, in order to be like Him (Christians) we must read the Bible since it is written about His life on earth. We become like Christ when we read about Him in confirmation to the saying that goes: what you always read is what you end up becoming. We can understand God's ways by reading scriptures. Scriptures offer directions to the places we want to go. When we follow directions offered by well understood scriptures we safely arrive at our destinations.

Jesus said:

_Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light._ Matthew 11:29-30.

Reading holy books is learning, it is learning of Christ. It is making yokes of life easy and life burdens light to carry. For instance not many people can claim to have successful marriages having not read books or magazine on Biblical principles for marriage. In this they read on what Jesus taught

concerning marriage. Yes, they have discovered to rest their souls on Jesus. That is ... _Take my yoke upon you and learn of me ..._ and ye shall find rest unto your souls. Brethren, reading books make life easy, it equips readers with understanding on life handling tactics and therefore enables them to live struggle free-lives.

Reading makes you strong. I can remember one great man of God saying:- "By reading books, I discovered the nothingness of Satan" That means the servant of God acquired strange understanding that Satan has no power over him. God's servant came to understand his root in Christ and the class God has placed those who believe in Jesus Christ.

This great man of God- Bishop David Oyedepo also came to understand God's covenant pertaining financial prosperity, through reading a book written by Gloria Copeland. As he was reading that book he experienced powerful prosperity insights (understanding). To your amazement, this man is the Bishop of the word-of-faith preaching ministries all over the world. When other ministries cannot afford to buy even a ministry vehicle, this man has several Airplanes. May you start reading books in order to understand how God operates.

Daniel was a man of such great insight that they called him _... .who has the spirit of the holy gods in him_ \- Daniel 5:11. But Daniel's secret is revealed in Daniel 1:4 . ... .showing aptitude for every kind of learning, well informed ... .. this shows that he (Daniel) was a man of books. In fact Daniel 9:2 reveals more that - Daniel understood by reading scroll from other prophets too, it says ... _I Daniel understood from the scriptures, according to the word of the Lord given to Jeremiah ..._ Therefore we need to be readers of the right books.

Understanding of how things are properly set or arranged in order for them to produce maximally puts you ahead of other men. They will work for you at profit. However, they cannot work to your advantage unless they are put or arranged in proper way. But you cannot arrange them in the right way unless you get understanding first and this wisdom can be gotten from books. Read books to get keys to make you a triumphant man in life issues since the secrets on how to handle life are hidden in books. Books contain nuggets of truth, the truth is the word of God which has been understood. Paul the apostle instructed the young Timothy to study. He told him to be reading books in order to be approved.

_Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth._ 2 Timothy 2:15.

To say _... a workman that need not to be ashamed_ means if Timothy fails to study he will be ashamed. He will be ashamed at the end for doing things haphazardly hence get

defeated in life. He would fail in whatever he tried to do. He would get ashamed in ministry and in his other economical activities. _"Rightly dividing the word of truth."_ Dividing means analyzing or explaining. It is breaking the word of God into small understandable bits, understandable to his listeners. Therefore when he (Timothy) stood in front of people to preach, he would not be ashamed.

This is because the gathered people would approve Timothy's word; they would note that he preached words which have no earthly wisdom, but words with heavenly wisdom. Understanding is the key to unlock your success in life and this key can be acquired through counsel from servants of God, praise-prayer, and reading books. Yes God's counsel is the master key to our freedom, but it is a master key only when it has been well understood just as Proverbs 20:5 states ... _Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of_ _understanding_ _will draw it out._

# Chapter Ten

## Pursue Your Vision

Here are two mysterious words: Pursue and Vision. The two are the base of all what is ahead. They are the foundation of what you are about to hear.

Please note that everybody has what he was created by God to do on this earth. He told Jeremiah in Jeremiah 1:5 that:

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

There is what God created Jeremiah to do and what he created you to do. God could not have brought you here if there is no job He assigned for you. What God brought you to do on the earth is what is referred to as "Your VISION." In other words your vision is your purpose why God created you. It is what God created you for. A normal human being cannot use his time and energy to build useless building or purposeless instrument. Likewise God cannot use His might to create something without purpose. He cannot use his time to create useless things. God created you for a purpose and therefore, no one is without purpose on this earth.

However, purpose is discovered by the individual. Those who feel they are without purpose are those who have not discovered what they were created. Friend, Purpose is revealed to you by God. You must discover your purpose and then pursue after it.

To PURSUE is the act of responding to your vision. It is being active in what you have discovered you were created for. The pursuit of your vision is responding to your call. It is committing your time energy at the area of your ordinance by God. God didn't create you to do everything. There is a specific work reserved for you by God. Therefore, don't plan and relate to do everything – since you will be a jack of all trade but a master of none. The work reserved by God for you is revealed to you by the Holy Spirit. Brethren, the first step to free yourself from life's hardship is the discovering of what the Almighty God created you for. The second step is in beginning to do what you were created for.

Pursuing your vision is engaging yourself in that discovered assignment. That assignment is God's mandate for you; He will make sure that He provides the right information to enable you complete that assignment. No devil can molest you and prevail when you are executing God's mandate in the right manner; oh yes, God will defend you because ... _men will deliver you up to the councils ... .But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you._ Matthew 10 17-20.

You see, God will defend you and make sure you have accomplished what He called you to do. When executing the divine assignment in God's ordained manner, you will not have time with the devil since your mind is occupied at all the time. Friend, to be totally occupied in your purpose is a strong key to your freedom. Many believers are in bondage because the enemy uses their idle moment to plant evil thoughts in their minds and when those evil thoughts are executed by the believer they are automatically demonic ensnared. Idleness is automatically an opportunity for Satan's entrance in to your life. The Bible says;

... The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat ... ...

But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?

_He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. ..._. Matthew 13:24-28.

You see, ... _While men slept_ , his enemy came and sowed tares. When men were idle the enemy came and sowed tares. Brethren, laziness and idleness are the removers of Godly protective cover which surrounds us, whileas commitment in our purpose is a shield, it shields us from executing the plans of the devil by concentrating on God's mandate.

A good example is David the king. He entered into bondage because of an idle moment. He was resting in his palace when his hosts were in the battle field. That idle moment was an opportunity to the enemy in planting evil plans and facilitated David in executing those plans. This made the King to face calamity of all calamities which he never thought of in all his life time.

The idle moment cost King David a lot. It cost him his son and nearly cost him his throne! Remember that when David was resting inside his house he saw a woman taking a bath:

_And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah._ _But David tarried still at Jerusalem_ _. And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof_ _he saw a woman washing herself;_ _and the woman was very beautiful to look upon._

And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.

_And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child._ 2 Samuel 11:5

When Kings went to battle, David tarried at home. This idle moment exposed him to attacks from the devil. Concentrating on your purpose is the key to your freedom. The realm you will be operating in when executing God's mandate will be an impossible case for the devil to penetrate. Yes, the devil will come but meet you busy doing what God instructed you to do. David was supposed to join his soldiers in the battle, he was to go to the battle field together with his men of war. Howbeit, the Bible says he tarried at Jerusalem. He couldn't let go of the comforts and joys in the palace and join his troop in the battle field. He was comfortable and not alert.

Friend, it is war time. You are to fight with the things that hinder you from executing your vision. You must engage in war at times which God the almighty has assigned for war. You must work the work which God gave you in order to wipe out poverty from your domain. To tarry at home enjoying yourself with your favorite Television Programme will end you in the bottomless pit of poverty. The pit where Satan and his agents would be waiting to inflict you. The devil showed King David an alternative. Likewise, devil would reveal to you other ways of becoming wealthy in order to cage you forever. He may whisper to you about stealing, conning people, corruption. He may even lead you to occultism whereby you are subjected into covenant with him to sacrifice your children or even your parent in exchange for wealth.

Brethren, wake up and curse idleness. Pursue your goals as the saying goes, "an idle mind is the devils workshop."

You must war against the hindrances to your God's given job. Those forces which are blocking you from pursuing your purpose should be resisted by fighting them to the end. God has declared war against them, and you are to declare war with those forces while following divine instructions in order to emerge a conqueror. The war is part of executing your vision, it is part of running with your vision in order for you to continue to be free. Note that freedom from lack and want can be attained via hardworking in the area of your calling. It is through working hard that many people have risen and achieved platform of honour. To tarry at home willingly exposes you to the arrows of, like King David. Please, free yourself by committing yourself to working hard.

Oh yes, many people are idle. They are not engaging themselves in the available work before they discover their purpose. This makes them to exist in lower level in their earthly life, they end up being beggars. You should be aware that if you refuse to engage in the available economical activity you will die for hunger and God will still remain God. Gone are the days when men were fasting and praying that God would touch a particular boss in order for that the boss to give them money. It is not the times when Christians were praying for miracle money to fall from heaven like manna and pick them as they walk along the road. It is time to pursue our purpose; it is time to receive covenant blessings according to the work of your hands. God won't bless you directly, but will only bless you via the work of your hands.

Be committed to what God has shown you. Commitment will redeem you and keep you redeemed. Moses was not eloquent; he was slow in speech at the time of his calling. He feared that he wouldn't be able to argue with pharaoh fluently about the Israelite's freedom. But when he obeyed to serve the Lord in the area he was called to, the Lord became committed to quicken Moses' tongue. God also provided a mouthpiece for Moses – Aaron (Exodus 4:10-16).

He was redeemed from stammering and remained redeemed till his death. The key to Moses freedom was pegged on the service he offered to the Lord in the area he was called to serve in.

Those who have been pronounced as terminally ill should not give up. They should engage themselves fully in their purpose; they should programme what to do in years to come. They should discover that to be terminally ill is not the end of life. It is good to create a positive picture. A positive picture of what they will be in years to come. You see, you should set a mental programme about what you will do in years to come and plan not to die. Start a business and offer service to human being, since there is power to set you free acquired through service offered to people. Please note that when you are serving your customer in the right matter, you are serving Jesus Christ, and you are a representative of the Lord, with a good testimony.

For instance, Jonah the prophet was rescued by God from the belly of a big fish which had swallowed him only when he declared that he would surely serve the Lord: Prophet Jonah pronounced "I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving ... That is to say: he will serve the Lord without murmuring - Sacrifice is serving.

Hear what the Bible says: ... _I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pray that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD. And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land._ Jonah 2:9-10.

And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying, Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.

_So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey._ Jonah 3:1-3.

You see, Prophet Jonah repented and declared that he will sacrifice unto the Lord (serve the Lord- pursue his vision) or in other words - accepted to be sent again, the anointing which he had ignored was re-ignited. The anointing for service re-ignited in Jonah immediately he repented and agreed to be sent. God released the anointing for service to Jonah and this anointing troubled the big fish that had swallowed him. The fish was uncomfortable. It experienced stomach upset and it had no choice other than to vomit Jonah, hallelujah.

As you serve the Lord the anointing will trouble the fish called HIV until it lets you free. That workmate who is threatening you without cause will be vomited out by that Company. He will be sacked and you will feel relieved. As you accept to pursue your vision in the right way God will kill all the Egyptians and the Babylonians who are troubling you. This is because your hard work and the vision is the boat to take you forward where God has organized for your rest and comfort.

Quite a number of people have been set free from problems through the service they offer. Exodus state that: _... ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee._ The divine power for service they receive from God to enable them serve- service's them first. That power liberates them first before they use it to liberate others. Think about Joseph who was imprisoned in Egypt. He was a man who had anointing to interpret dreams and visions. He served God by interpreting the dreams of his inmate in prison- The Butler and the Cup bearer.

The key to unlock the prison door for Joseph's freedom was his commitment to serving the Lord. He pursued his purpose even while in prison. The service he offered charted his way to freedom. Through God's divine arrangements, the man whose dream he interpreted remembered him before the king, Pharaoh commanded his release and invited him to the palace. Gates of hell couldn't prevail against the anointing for service which was operating in Joseph. The service he offered to his prison inmate charted a way for him to The Palace where he ate at the same table with pharaoh.

May the service you offer qualify you to seat together with dignitaries. May your service lift you to levels of honour. This is _because ... Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men_. Proverbs 22:29.

There are endless examples of the redeemed of the Lord obtaining the key to their freedom via pursuit of their vision. I am just reminding you that Paul and Sila who were in prison and were not discouraged due to the circumstances they were subjected into. They proceeded to serve the Lord through praising Him while locked in prison. Suddenly, the prison gates got opened by the power of praise and the two were miraculously set free.

Brethren, God will provide an escape route for you when you remain committed to the job He commanded you to do. He will never allow devil's agents to hinder you from going forward to your Canaan. He will defend you from all sides. If Paul and Sila obtained the Key to their freedom, likewise you are going to obtain your key also; you will obtain your freedom via serving in the area God called you to. Stick to it, excel in it.

Remember that Daniel the prophet was empowered by God not to be eaten by the Lions since he was pursuing his call. Initially, he forcefully and sacrificially obtained the key (anointing) to his freedom by refusing to eat king's food; saying no to the king's food moved God nearer to Daniel because he remained undefiled. God anointed him and commissioned him as a prophet in a foreign land. He went further and refused to worship the King's gods whom the King of Babylon had decreed everyone should worship. Daniel's conducts made Satan and his agents to know that he was true a worshiper of God and they couldn't prevail in hindering him from executing God's mandate.

The enemy will use all means to disrupt you from your purpose; he will fight you from stage to stage as you carry on with what you were created for. He may even use sons of God who think that your powerful divine moves are a threat to their popularity. However, be of good cheer since the Lord who commanded you to do what you are doing is Yes and Amen, He will make you a winner. You are to encourage yourself in the Lord your God and very soon He will paralyze all your opponents.

Let me quickly state here that when pursing your vision refuse to keep any grudge due to how anyone is pushing you or fighting you from all sides. Keeping a grudge would hinder you from maximizing your potential in pursuit of your purpose. Friends, hatred paralyzes the anointing. Satan's aim in raising people against you is to see how you would react.

Love them in spite of their wars against your vision. The devil knows that keeping grudges is inviting him to lock you in a spiritual prison where you cannot hear from God effectively. He makes sure that you will not receive revelations from the Holy Spirit. Divine ideas cannot access you hence you remain completely empty.

You see, in that situation the devil knows that God cannot speak to you and even if He speaks, the communication net- work from God to you is blocked by hatred. Then when you fail to hear from the Lord, the Ciders of Lebanon which hinders you from marching to top level would not break, and you know very well that _The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty. The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon._ Psalms 29:4-5.

That means only the voice of the Lord can break the cedars of Lebanon. The voice of the Lord breaks the barriers to your blessings and makes you land on your blessing zone. Obtain your key by embracing love and by refusing to hate. Deliver yourself by resisting hatred and you will experience endless divine revelations of what next to do in your missions on earth- Hallelujah!!

When you are committed to your purpose you automatically become an impossible case to the enemy. God cannot command you to initiate a project and fail to enable you

accomplish it. You will not die pre-maturely having not fulfilled your purpose. He will prolong your earthly life to make sure that you have pursued your purpose to the end. Allow Him to lead you from stage to stage as you undertake the project He revealed to you.

Remember, Jesus told Peter that He has given to him the key to the kingdom. He revealed to Peter his purpose on earth; that, peter had to be committed to revealing to people whom Jesus was and His mission on earth. Peter's commitment in revealing Jesus to people was the Key to his freedom and honourable life on earth. Jesus revealed to Peter his purpose ... _And in you I will build my Church and gates of hell shall not reveal against it._ Friend, you will not be locked in captivity when obeying God in pursuit of your vision - That means, gates of hell will not prevail against you. The gates will open on their own accord.

Peter didn't sleep on that key (revelation). He pursued his Purpose which was revealed to him by God the Father – Matt 16:16-19. He exercised himself in it; to reveal to people who Jesus was. This made him to rise to honorable platforms; he rose to the level of sharing platform with dignitaries. Oh yes, commitment to your purpose will lift you likewise.

The Key to freedom from shame is in commitment to your job. No lazy man can sit on honourable seats. This is because God has reserved the seats to only active men. The seats are for those who would exercise themselves forcefully and sacrificially in the work which God created them to do. You can only be exempted from shame and dishonour by sitting around your work. Concentrate to serve in your purpose for it is only by commitment you would shine more than others.

It is only in pursuit of your purpose He can give you keys to open doors of houses made for honourables. Yes, the key for your freedom from shame and poverty is obtainable but only by forcefully and sacrificially pursuing your purpose in life. God is not a liar He will make sure that what He told you comes true, he will empower you to accomplish it. Heaven and earth may pass away but the _word of God which He has revealed to and about you is forever, it is infallible since the Bible says: ... So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it._ Isaiah 55:11.

Jesus was sent by God to redeem man. He was gifted with the Holy Spirit and power, He utilized those gifts for the Bible _says ... How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil .._. Acts 10:38. He went about doing good-That means commitment. He was committed. He knew that nothing works until it is worked out and nothing moves until force is applied. He was committed to what He was sent to do. The key to freedom from stagnations, poverty and dishonour is commitment in the job which God enabled you to get -Friends, may you embrace this key.

When God revealed to me my purpose on earth in 1998, He gave me the gifts - Spiritual gifts to execute that assignment. The gifts were imparted via laying of hands by Pastor Joseph Wole. However a time came when I refused to serve in Nyali Barracks during lunch time as I had always served. After a fourth week still refusing to serve, I was almost dying. Brethren, the gifts of the Holy Spirit can destroy the carrier if not utilized in the area the person is called in. The potential in you can destroy you if not channeled to the purpose which it was aimed at. After all, a stagnant pool quickly smells.

Therefore, utilize the gifts of the Holy Spirit, refuse to be lazy; resist every kind of idleness. Be committed in doing the job assigned to you by God. This is because there is no call without benefits at the end when executed. Pursue your purpose for it is only in your calling you can be shielded by divine power which is beyond the intimidation by your enemies and of untimely death. Brethren, your purpose is your treasure revealed to you by our heavenly Father. Concentrate on that treasure you have discovered. Don't envy other people's jobs thinking by doing the job they are doing is when you are to shine most. If it is God who has commanded you to do a certain business He is the one to send customers to buy your products. In fact, customers will be waiting for you to open your premises in order to buy your products. When God instructed Isaac to plant during the dry season he harvested a hundred fold in spite of the weather.

Hear this: _Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him. And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great. For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him._ Gen 26:12-14.

The weather was contrary but couldn't hinder the servant of God Isaac from experiencing plenty of harvest. This is because Isaac was exercising the command from the all- knowing God. He had enough food when his neighbors were starving. He delivered himself from lack and want via commitment in the work revealed to him by God and I believe he also had plenty of sales to others too.

He didn't wish to harvest hundred fold during dry season; he worked his way out of starvation. Jacob didn't wish to be rich, he worked to be rich. Keeping on wishing and wishing could result in starvation. He was not moved by what others were doing, he knew they were pursuing their purpose. He concentrated on his calling and wiped out poverty from his life. Don't wish to be like a certain person, discover your purpose the way he discovered and take a step of faith towards your destiny. Note that, if wishes were horses, beggars could ride.

# Chapter Eleven

## Application of the Blood

There is power in the blood. This is because the life of every living thing is in the blood. Leviticus 17:11, 14 states _that ... for the life of the flesh is in the blood and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it, is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off._

Therefore, when you apply the blood of Jesus you introduce the life of Jesus in you- a holy life enters you because He lived a holy life on earth. During the old covenant the blood of animals was applied for atonement of sins. It was shed to cover the sins committed by the Israelites. The blood of the sacrificial lamb was poured by the priest on the golden lid of the Ark referred to as - The mercy seat which was inside the temple.

The sacrifice of animals was replaced by Jesus, who was sacrificed by God through the Jews on the cross of Calvary. This sacrifice was purposed to wash the sins of those who were to believe on Jesus. Hence the death of Jesus Christ terminated the animal's sacrifices. In fact the high priest Caiaphas unknowingly offered the greatest and final heaven's acceptable sacrifice when he offered Jesus to die for the nation (John 11:49-53).

Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever, His blood never get outdated. The blood of Jesus is same yesterday, today and forever. It doesn't change. It had the same cleansing-protective power; it has the same cleansing- protective ability and will continue to possess the same cleansing-protective ability.

However while we have this powerful instrument from God, many believers continue to suffer due to lack of knowledge. They lack discovery and application of this mighty key-the blood of Jesus. They apply anointing oil when it is not supposed to be applied. They fail to understand that God operates by time and seasons. There is the time to apply anointing oil or other mantles and there is specific time or circumstances where the application of the blood of Jesus is inevitable. In such circumstances only application of the blood of Jesus can produce the expected results. Trying to apply the anointing oil would be wasted efforts at that time.

There is life in the blood of Jesus to turn upside down any evil motive organized by the agents of the devil against you. I can remember in the year 2004 at Embakasi- Nairobi, the devil set a trap to destroy my career but because of the protective power in the blood of Jesus, the devil didn't prevail.

It happened that I was allowed seven days off to go and see my family at Mombasa which is an approximately 500 km journey. My boss was to sign the off application form which indicates that a person has been allowed some days off. He signed the document two hours before the time my off-duty was to commence. When I saw that, I requested my workmate to assist me in doing the work which was to be brought to me in the remaining two hours of that day. This was because I wanted to catch the first bus to Mombasa.

My office mate agreed, but after he perceived that the bus I had booked has taken off heading to Mombasa he set a trap to destroy me completely. He took a certain file to my boss which contained a letter which it was only me who could answer questions raised in that letter. In fact I had kept that letter pending in order to work on it after returning back from Mombasa since it wasn't urgent. When the boss received that letter he immediately demanded answer from me, but I was nowhere to be seen. I was on the way to Mombasa. My officemate told my boss that I commenced my off two hours before. This stirred-off my master's autocratic spirit and he pronounced me absent from the hour he signed my off sheet.

To cut the testimony short I arrived at Mombasa and received a telephone call informing me about my absence from work. On the next day early in the morning I booked a bus to take me back to Nairobi in order to cancel my absence. However, I was already counted one day and two hours absence and was to appear before my commander on the week that followed ready for judgment.

The blood of Jesus is a mighty weapon of war. It humiliates demonic intention over your life. It destroys the power of the devil targeted to destroy you. Oh yes, the blood cleanses you making sure that the devil has nowhere to hold on you. When you are cleansed by the blood of Jesus the devil has lost grip on you. His destructive power can't access you.

Friends, when I noted that I was to appear for the judgment on the following week and the judgment concerning my absence was to be inevitably passed, I commenced to pronounce the blood of Jesus. I pronounced all what I knew the power in the blood of Jesus can do. Oh yes I declared this while walking along the road, while resting on my bed at home and even while at my work place. I pronounced that the blood of Jesus is to be against the accusations and any planned judgment against me. By the end of two days I realized that every time I thought about the day I was to appear before my commander due to my absence I could hear a song rising in my heart saying how the blood of Jesus is powerful. How the blood of Jesus is able to undo what the devil has planned against the redeemed of the Lord. I therefore decided to sing that song loudly and confessed loudly concerning the protective power in the blood of Jesus. Please note that I wasn't confessing to be heard by anybody

And, in fact, nobody heard me confessing and singing about the power in the blood of Jesus. I was confessing that only to be heard by God and by the devil.

Then the day came when my case was to be heard. Surprisingly, I wasn't called to answer any charge. That day passed silently with no one interfering with me. It was only after three days I heard from somebody that the boss concluded that I had no case to answer. He also said that those who had trapped me lacked a compassionate heart and had not understood about the long distance to Mombasa which I had to cover. You see, I was completely delivered from the lion's den. The prison had no power over me, this is because; thus sayeth The Lord:

_... by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein no water is._ Zechariah 9:11

The blood of Jesus terminated my charges and cancelled the judgment organized by the agent of devil. The blood humiliated the accuser of the brethren; he was totally ashamed because of my victory. The blood of Jesus uprooted everything planted by my office-mate and protected me from all sides. Further to that, after one month, the officemate who had planned evils against me got transferred to another area against his will. He didn't want to be transferred. The powerful force in the blood of Jesus worked against his desire by transferring him to a place where he wasn't willing to be. Glory and praise be to God.

Brethren, remember that in the old covenant the animal was actually killed for blood sacrifice. But in the new covenant the death of Jesus Christ on the cross of cavalry summarized everything. We are supposed to release the power in blood of Jesus through confessing what the blood can do. We can also activate the power in the blood of Jesus by meditation; we imagine and visualize the blood of Jesus in our mind.

It is important to know that when we possess the picture of the blood in our mental system we are accumulating protective power in our spirit against the powers of Satan. When taking Holy Communion during church services, the purpose is to remind us that the body of Jesus was torn and the blood oozed out of His torn body. Jesus instructed His disciples to continue taking Holy Communion for the purpose of reminding them that His blood which is the key to our freedom oozed out of His body. The power to protect you is stirred up when you imagine and visualize the blood of Jesus. Be glad to discover that for you to rise further in your achievements you require another level of anointing, however to protect your achievements and your family, you need a blood of sacrifice- the blood of Jesus.

Hear this: A sister in Christ by the name Jane Thirimu from Likoni ward in Mombasa district applied the blood of Jesus and terminated all her problems which had struck her family. Her calamities began immediately when she re-located to her new rented house. The house was beautiful and larger than the one she had previously occupied, however problems kicked in after a few weeks in her new house.

It happened that a few weeks after she had moved in that house which, according to her, seemed better than her former house, two of her children got sick one after the other. She was in and out of hospital for medication of her children and spent a lot of money for medical cover. At the beginning of the second month the first born health worsened and hence was admitted in Coast General Hospital for closer medical attention.

In the same week this sister was secretly told by her neighbours that every tenant who rented that house must lose his or her child in the first two months. It seemed the landlord had a blood covenant with the evil spirits and had therefore planted witchcraft in that house for his blood thirsty demons. Demons must kill one of the occupants of those houses in order for the Landlord to continue enjoying demonic organized wealth. The sister received that strange news from her neighbours after she confessed to them about the strange voices she could hear inside the house at late night hours and also things moving here and there at night in the house.

When the sister discussed the news with her husband they undoubtedly believed that they were not safe. God must do something to restore their joy. During that season her husband bought a book titled – The Blood Triumph; authored by a well-known servant of God. On completing reading the book, he had already acquired understanding about the power in the blood. With that knowledge he was sure that he would terminate the sickness in his family. Luckily enough he shared the knowledge he had acquired from that book with his wife.

While in the midst of that strange atmosphere God revealed to that sister wisdom which liberated them. God revealed to her what to do to attain her dearly needed freedom. The sister did strange things about the blood. She put clean water in a container, red-coloured it and pronounced- "the blood of Jesus." The sister and her husband took a step of faith and prayed for that red water to turn in to the blood of Jesus the same way Jesus prayed for water to turn into wine. In the evening they started to sprinkle the blood of Jesus (red coloured water) on the floors and walls of their house. They sprinkled the blood of Jesus while pronouncing Judgments upon the forces of the devil. They declared that the blood is to uproot any spirit of death placed inside that house. They concluded their prayer by powerful shouts of Amen, Amen and Amen: – Please note that Amen is Hebrew word which means _"so be it or let it become true."_

Brethren, when you experience a new problem you must search for something new- a new weapon to wipe out that new problem. You must face the new problem with new tactics in order to emerge victorious. This is because starting from that night, that family experienced total peace. No more strange night movement in that house, they could no longer hear sounds of human footsteps inside their house at late night hours. The wonderful thing is that after three days their son was discharged from hospital totally healed and sickness was not experienced in that family any more. The power in the blood of Jesus took over security in that house- hallelujah!!

The surprise thing was that in the afternoon of the second day after the blood sprinkling, the Landlord got mad, he was throwing chairs and utensils while breaking house windows. He finally went outside and ran aimlessly only to be caught by his wife assisted by her neighboring friends and was taken to hospital hands tied with ropes. He was discharged from the hospital after two weeks. It is unbelievable to say that when he arrived at home from hospital three of his cats and his two dogs were found dead; maybe he gave out his animals to die on his behalf. He gave them to the demons in exchange of his life.

There is power in the blood of Jesus to terminate your problems and humiliate your opponent. The sister and her husband applied wisdom from heaven for their liberty. The blood application was God-given wisdom to them. They applied God's wisdom as the only chosen key to their freedom at that moment. Friend, it may sound unwise to you, you may even feel as if you would lose your dignity by doing what sister Jane and her husband did, you may also equate colouring water with red ink and sprinkling it on inside house walls and roof as foolish act but ...

_God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to naught things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence._ 1 Corinthians 1:27- 29

This means we should apply God's wisdom no matter how foolish it may appear. We should apply His wisdom to secure our life on this corrupt earth. This reveals to us that we should sanctify every new house before we start to live in it. We should apply the blood to destroy every evil thing planned against us in that house. When you apply the blood of Jesus your occultist landlord will be disarmed in the same way this landlord was disarmed. You will therefore be protected from all sides.

Yes, all round protections will be assured by the blood. The Bible calls such Landlords-creature and the sister together with her husband –sons (sons of God) It says _For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God._ Romans 8:19.

Manifestation is to display. It is to show what you have. That Landlord waiteth for display of the power from heaven by the sons of God. The sister and her husband displayed the power of God to that witchdoctor and his witchcraft power was completely defeated.

Remember that in Egypt during Passover, Moses and the Israelites manifested the power of God. They displayed the power of God by application of the blood; note that in Exodus Chapter 12 the blood was recommended by God as an instrument to cause the Lord's judgment to Pass-over Israelites. To Passover is-to exempt. To exempt them from destruction. He said ... ..when I see the blood I will Passover you;

And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it... and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning ...

And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt ...

_And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the basin, and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning. For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you._ Exodus 12:7 -23.

Brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of His grace which is able to offer you the freedom key. I know from now you will be applying wisdom revealed and well explained in this book to acquire your liberty. May God reveal to you how to apply the revealed keys. To Him be the glory and the honour forever. Jesus is Lord.

### Declaration

This book be sought by people from beyond this country, may it be the peoples' life transforming instrument by offering solutions to their problems. May it be the answer they have been searching for and offer keys to their lives closed doors. Tell somebody else about what it contains. Send a copy of this book to him or her. By sending a copy of this book to him/her is allowing God to use you in making the person to discover the key to his freedom just like you have discovered. Glory and honour be to Jesus.

### A Call to Repentance

God sent His word for the safety of His people ... .He sent his word and healed them and delivered them from their destruction-Psalms 107:20. The word has been sent to you via this book. Those who practice the sent word don't struggle in life. The word they are practicing make them triumph. Jesus whom they have received leads them from victory to victory in earthly life battles. They received the word and therefore allowed the same word to regulate their lives.

You see, the redeemed of the Lord are exempted from destruction; they are saved and therefore safe. If you are not saved and would like to be, pray this prayer loudly: "Lord Jesus I am a sinner, forgive me of all my sins, make me clean by your holy blood. Guide me from today in every issue. Thank you Jesus for forgiving me."
