Lift up your hands to heaven and pray:
Father, I rededicate my life to you tonight. I’m Yours. I belong to You, for Your glory, and for Your grace. I am available for Your use.
I remain a vessel for You, in the name of Jesus Christ!
Ask God to give you a definite encounter tonight, by the power of His Word.
Pray: Father, let me access life and wisdom; reposition me for greatness tonight, in the name of Jesus Christ!
The quality of Believers that emerge from any ministry, depends on the spiritual training that they’re subjected to.
When a Believer is not an accurate representation of The Word and the victory in God, the problem is not from God’s end, rather it is to the degree to which that Believer has submitted to qualitative scriptural spiritual training.
The degree to which you submit yourself to qualitative scriptural spiritual training, is the degree to which your life becomes a representation of The Word and the power of God.
The training of the Believer is dependent on the following:
– The growth level of the man of God.
– The level of the man of God’s understanding.
– The seriousness the man of God gives to the assignment.
In the Ministry of Koinonia, what we learn must be:
1. Spirit inspired
2. Word compliant
3. Pragmatic enough and life applicable.
As a shepherd over Koinonia, my assignment to you is to help you:
– Encounter The Lord Jesus Christ and cultivate a functioning relationship with Him.
– Encounter truth that is Spirit-inspired, Word-compliant and life-applicable.
You will not fail in life. Your life will be so spectacular that it will be clear before all people, that you’ve encountered God.
The benefit of knowledge is in its ability to drive away ignorance and command victory.
“Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom.” Song of Songs 2:15 (NIV)
One of the ways of studying the scriptures is to study it contextually, because they were inspired by The Holy Spirit.
The idea behind this teaching, is to master relationships and identify killers of destiny.
Foxes here refers to small, seemingly insignificant factors that can cause great damage to your God-given relationships and destiny.
“A little leaven [a slight inclination to error, or a few false teachers] leavens the whole batch [it perverts the concept of faith and misleads the church].” – Galatians 5:9 (AMP)
The degree to which you are connected to God-given strategic people (relationships), is the degree to which your destiny will be actualized and on time, in your life.
Upscaling and rising in life are mainly dependent on relationships.
CARDINAL RELATIONSHIPS TO NOTE
- Relationship with Jesus Christ is what reconciled us to God.
- Relationship with The Word, gives you wisdom.
- Relationship with The Holy Spirit, gives you stamina and empowerment.
- Relationship with your fellow Believers, is what gives you your place in life and destiny.
You are as fortunate as the quality of relationships in your life:
– The men and women that believe in you
– The men and women willing to stand with you
– The men and women willing to invest their time, credibility and their resources to advance your destiny.
You make progress in life, at the pace of the relationships available in your life.
The problem of some people is because they have too many people in their lives. While for someone, one relationship can equal the succor of a Nation.
The easiest way to succeed in life is through relationships and destiny connections, and unfortunately the easiest way to fail too in life, is having wrong destiny connections.
Things to note about Relationships:
- Destiny fulfillment and destiny advancement is impossible without relationships, associations and connections.
- Relationships are defined as advantageous connections which should be mutually beneficial to all the parties involved.
- Relationships are bridges that can help you cross from where you are, into an excelling life, and relationships can also make you cross into a life of decline.
- Relationships are currencies; they can buy anything money can buy, and also what money cannot buy.
- You’re as fortunate as the quality of the relationships in your life.
Kinds of Relationships:
- Family relationships: This is found among members of the same biological bloodline.
- Professional relationships: This is found among those in various careers.
- Love – intimate relationships: This is the relationship that graduates into marriage.
- Mentor – Mentee relationships: The kind that is interested in transforming individuals and introducing superior belief systems to them.
- Community relationships: This is the kind of bond formed with people within a community.
I pray for you, by the wisdom in tonight’s teaching, you will gain mastery over your relationships, in the name of Jesus Christ!
A person who will be a world-changer and who will live out their prophetic destiny, is a person who has reorganized and prioritized their relationship levels.
Nothing should ever take the place of Jesus Christ as the highest, in the levels of your relationships. Our relationship with Jesus Christ must be jealously guarded by the honour you accord it.
Jesus is the central system that powers anything that works.
Your highest relational engagement should not be to a man of God, nor to your Boss, your business partner or your spouse. Your highest relational engagement must be to Jesus Christ. He is the central system that powers every other thing.
You have a responsibility of learning how to relate with yourself, because it has a huge effect on your destiny and relationships.
The major reason why many people join associations that are destructive, why they hate others, hate success, and why many people suffer self-esteem issues, is the absence of “self-love”.
Marriage wasn’t designed to solve all your emotional problems. Many got married after they failed in every other relationship. They took the emptiness associated with not knowing Jesus, not fulfilling destiny and lacking the understanding of relationships, and dumped it on marriage.
- There is a level of emotional satisfaction that only knowing and loving Jesus Christ, can give you.
- There is a level of satisfaction that only discovering purpose, can give you.
- There is a level of satisfaction that only relating with family members, can give you.
- There is a level of satisfaction that only being gainfully employed and deployed, can give you.
- There is a level of satisfaction that only being a giver, can give you.
In marriage you encounter various issues that can cause conflict, such as a spouse not growing simultaneously as you are and falling behind. Stating for this reason, that you’ve fallen out of love and don’t love the person anymore, means you never really loved in the first place. True love does not have a reason.
You are as fortified as the growth of those you lead, not your growth alone. If those around you don’t grow, they will become a nuisance to you, they will feel used and they will eventually revolt against you.
Selfish people think they love themselves, but in fact they use themselves to hide from healing the wounds caused by their antecedents. Selfishness is not self-love.
You’re unique. There’s no one on earth who is like you. You have to treasure yourself, because you’re God’s gift to your world.
The Psychological Needs Of Humans:
- The need for security.
- The need for newness and variety.
- The need for significance.
- The need for love, connection and acceptance.
- The need for growth.
- The need for impact and contribution.
Love yourself enough to work on your self-esteem. You must stop hurting and bleeding on people who genuinely love you
Don’t admire people at the detriment of yourself. The world will only love who you have first loved. If you love yourself enough to work on yourself to deal with esteem issues, the world will love you.
The world further hates those who are already hated.
Lay your hands on your chest and pray:
Lord, help me to love myself in a way that is void of selfishness, but is healthy enough to produce a witness out of me, in the name of Jesus Christ!
When you encounter people who are exceptional with God-like efficiency, it’s because they took responsibility and worked on themselves.
When you’re healed, you will be an instrument of healing to others.
There are those who are waiting for the downfall of the rich and the failure of the successful, so that they can say “I said it!”. These people are always angry and sad about the success and progress of others. It is largely due to a hidden pain and the hatred they have for themselves, manifesting as hatred for others.
You must not be insecure. Be grateful for what God has done in your life. You can provoke yourself to godliness, and never allow hate to find a place in your heart.
Caution: Make your world a better place. Take away anger and envy. Don’t hate those God is lifting, instead learn from them.
Four Levels Of Relationships:
- Your relationship with God.
If any kind of relationship takes a position higher and nobler above this relationship, there’ll be consequences. - Your relationship with yourself. (Matthew 22: 38-39)
You have a responsibility to learn how to relate with yourself. The health of your relationship with yourself can have an effect on your life, purpose and destiny. - Your relationship with people and your environment. Psalm 115: 16
The health of your relationship with others will always be a reflection of your relationship with Jesus Christ, and yourself. - Relationships with things.
There is a healthy and an unhealthy way to relate with things. Being materialistic and obsessed with things is an unhealthy way to relate with things.
As a minister, if you are not secure, you cannot lead the people God has given you. Excelling within the cosmos demands that you know how to relate with God, yourself, humans and things.
The Equation That Leads To A Successful Life:
- Your relationship with God gives you access to wisdom and favour.
- Wisdom and favour gives you access to people and systems.
- Your relationship with yourself, gives you the confidence and security to engage profitably with people.
- In honour of profitably relating with people, they will give you access to resources and influence.
- The resources and influence will be used to serve God, bless mankind and live a successful life.
Little Foxes: Things That You Must Be Aware Of And Avoid Across The Levels Of Relationships:
- Foxes in your relationship with God:
– Ignoring your personal time of fellowship with God.
– Not defining clear Christian values to live by.
1 Corinthians 15:33, 2 Corinthians 6:14
– Ignoring the corporate gathering of Believers. Hebrews 10:25
The danger of habits that pose as little foxes, is that your consistent practice of them, will cumulatively and eventually bring you to total decline.
God teaches us love and acceptance, but He doesn’t teach us to conform to evil. It is important to let people know where you stand as a Believer, without being fanatical.
Declare: “I AM A CHILD OF GOD!”
- Foxes in your relationship with yourself:
– Low self-esteem (Hebrews 10:35)
– Self-hatred (Philemon 1:6)
– Laziness (Proverbs 20:4, Romans 12:11)
– Carelessness – with your health, finance, hygiene, words etc. (Hebrews 2:3)
Everything God gives to you, He alongside gives you the responsibility over.
I pray that you bring order back into your life, in the name of Jesus Christ!
Declare: In the name of Jesus Christ, I weed away the little foxes that seek to spoil my vine!
- Foxes in your relationship with people. (Amos 3:3, Proverbs 18:24)
– Competitive jealousy (Proverbs 4:25)
– Evil speaking (Proverbs 6:16-19, Romans 6:16-17)
– Offence
– Parasitic practices in relationships.
Any door you have closed by using wrong words, may my God swing those doors open, in the name of Jesus Christ!
Living in the world of men requires flexible and positive compromises. Relationships must be mutually beneficial, even if the benefits aren’t equal.
When you don’t have what to give in a relationship, you must learn to communicate honour and gratitude in the relationship you’re in. Gratitude is an equalizer.
The focal point of your making progress in life, is to understand and deal with these habits that pose as foxes that spoil the vine.
If you find yourself itching to tell people your achievements, amongst other things, it can be a sign of low self-esteem.
- Foxes in your relationship with things:
– Pride. (1 Timothy 6:16-17)
– Placing your faith in things, making them the basis of your confidence.
– Lust and affinity for things. (1 John 2:15-16)
Declare: I weed away the little foxes around my life and my destiny.
There is a danger in letting things own you. Wealth and riches if not properly controlled, can introduce folly into the life of great people.
PROPHETIC INSTRUCTION: Messages To Listen To This Week
– Little Foxes (Killers Of Great Destinies)
– Ichabod (Obtaining The Grace To Last)
Make contact with someone by holding their hands and sow a seed of prayer into the life of the person.
Pray: Father, every fox engineered by satan to destroy my neighbour’s relationship with You, engineered to destroy his or her perception about his or herself, engineered to destroy his or her relationship with people and things, we weed out those things in the name of Jesus Christ!
Mention all the foxes that you can identify in your life and declare:
“My garden (life) is free from foxes in the name of Jesus Christ! I desire and choose to be a wholesome Believer, in the name of Jesus Christ!”
ASSIGNMENT: Write out every habit of character trait that you know you need to work on, and obtain grace to work on them this week.
In the name that is above all names, enjoy grace this week, enjoy lifting this week, enjoy favour this week; let helpers come to you quickly this week, let helpers arise quickly for you this week, in the name of Jesus Christ!
May this week announce the end to shame and reproach. May this week announce the end to tears and languishing in the name of Jesus Christ!
The wisdom needed to excel in your endeavours this week, receive it now! Let it manifest all through the week, Sunday to Sunday. Sunday to Sunday, full of laughter. Sunday to Sunday, full of testimonies. Sunday to Sunday, full of good news, in the name of Jesus Christ!
I decree, you and all those connected to you are blessed for your sake. Let help come to you from afar, lifters come to you from afar, blessers come to you from afar, in the name of Jesus Christ!
I decree and declare that the glory of The Lord is risen upon you. The glory of The Lord shines from your face to the Nations, in the name of Jesus Christ!
I decree and declare, that God will give you wealth and riches, you will prosper in your prayer life, you will prosper in your Word-study life, it will be clear this week that you are the child of God. Let the grace to do signs and wonders rest upon you, in the name of Jesus Christ!
I place a mark of honour on you. May people honour you everywhere you go, you will be greatly preferred this week, in the name of Jesus Christ.
Every plot of darkness is aborted this week, it will not come to pass in the name of Jesus Christ. May your expectations become your testimonies this week, in the name of Jesus Christ!
We are in the days of His power and this calls for personal revival and spiritual awakening.
Are you yet to heed the call of Jesus? Tonight, He is reaching out to you once again, ready to show you a path that leads to life and eternal glory.
Take this bold step of faith and begin the journey of salvation by saying “yes” to Jesus Christ. With faith in your heart, declare this prayer of salvation to receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour.
If you’ve made the decision to receive Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior tonight, we celebrate you, and Heaven rejoices with you! We would love to hear from you and walk alongside you on your new Christian journey.
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