Introduction

Isaiah 61:1-2

The spirit of the sovereign lord is upon me, because the Lord has appointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the broken hearted and to announce that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed. He has sent me to tell those who mourn that the time of the Lord’s favor has come, and with it, the day of God’s anger against their enemies.

 As a believer, I believe the spirit of the Lord is not in me for decoration or to just fill a space. The spirit of the Lord is upon me because I have been appointed to do; to do something. Above all, I have been appointed to spread the good news- word about our lord Jesus Christ. And this goes for every other believer.

Mark16:15

And then he told them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone, everywhere.

And this is our first ministry, the ministry of reconciliation.

2Corinthians 5:18

All this newness of life is from God, who has brought us back to himself through what Christ did. And God has given us the task of reconciling people to him.

 This ministry encompasses:

1.   Bringing good news to the poor

2.   Comforting the broken hearted

3.   Announcing that captives will be released

4.   Announcing that prisoners will be freed

5.   Telling those who mourn that the Lord’s favor has come

6.   And with it the day of God’s anger against their enemies

This is the word for this program. Yes it is online, but the spirit of God is not limited. God will do ALL he says he will do. Liberation week is strictly spirit originated. It was laid upon my heart during my church’s monthly (July edition) fasting and prayer. I had to do it. I am too sure about this.  And I am too sure that the spirit of God is here.  He is here to liberate, to liberate the committed heart from all forms of holds.

I strongly believe that before the end of the week, we will be met at the point of our needs. We will hear good news, be comforted, released if held captive, freed if bound, experience God’s favor and our enemies will taste of the Lord’s anger since they’ve refused to back off.  In Jesus Name, Amen.

Jesus and the ‘woman’

 

Romans 8: 1-2

So, now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. For the power of the life giving spirit has freed you through Christ Jesus from the power of sin that leads to death.

 Jesus does not condemn you.

It is the devil that condemns and not Jesus. He seems to have the right to do so, especially if you are not a believer.  

Jesus has always cared for and respected the woman.

Jesus was once in human form so he understands what any man or woman could be going through. He does not discriminate.

John 4:7&9

Soon a Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Please give me a drink.”

The woman was surprised, for Jews refuse to have anything to do with Samaritans. She said to Jesus, “You are a Jew, and I am a Samaritan woman. Why are you asking me for a drink?”

Once he offered a (woman we would refer to as) a five time divorcee, who was also a ‘living’, life. He offered her the living water.

John 4:10

Jesus replied, “If only you knew the gift God has for you and who I am, you would ask me, and I would give you living water.”

When he met her, he engaged her in a long conversation. His conversation wasn’t even about forcing her to change, he was teaching her. He knew if he taught her she would catch the revelation and change by the power of what she’s heard. She would change by the power of the word.

By his words, he offered her solution, a better way of life.

Jesus does not condemn. He solves and he revives.

When she heard, she became filled and out of her belly flowed a perpetual spring.  

John 4: 13

Jesus replied, “People soon become thirsty again after drinking this water. But the water I give them takes away thirst altogether. It becomes a perpetual spring within them, giving them eternal life.”

John 4:28 -30

The woman left her water jar beside the well and went back to the village and told everyone, “Come and meet a man who told me every thing I ever did! Can this be the Messiah?” So the people came streaming from the village to see him.

Dear, if you know you need to turn, then, make that decision to turn around today. Take that step.  He knows deep down you reverence him and will like to come close and bow down to worship. He knows you wouldn’t mind washing off his feet with the tears of your eyes and pour him the most expensive perfume bought with your hard earned money.

You want him to smell nice even though you don’t feel right. Ignore other voices and come and sit with him. He will like to have a long conversation with you just like he did with that woman by the well. He will like to converse with you till you are filled, and filled till you are revived. But he can’t if you are still on the other side just observing and hoping. You need to come over and let him in. And he will give you his Holy Spirit. Then you will sit with him, sit with the word. He is the word. And he will fill you. I promise you, he will tell you who you are and what you’ve done. This is so you experience a self discovery and note mistakes so as to make amends that will move you forward.  Stagnancy will be a thing of the past.

There is no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus. You will then experience liberty from the constant accusations of the enemy. Ordinarily, he won’t stop, it’s his full time job.

To give your life to Christ, please pray this prayer:

“Dear heavenly Father, I come to you in the name of Jesus. 

Your word says “he that comes to me I will by no chance cast out”.

So I know you won’t cast me out. 

You said in your word that “anyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Acts 2:31).

I ask that you save and deliver me now.

I confess my sins to you right now. 

I accept and confess Christ Jesus as my Lord and Savior. 

Henceforth it is not my life I live anymore but yours-the life of Christ, the God life”.

Amen.

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Speaking about the life giving spirit (and its power) that has freed you. 

Jesus also said to the woman:

For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.” John 4:24.

You are spirit, you live in a body and you have a soul. Tomorrow we’ll talk about Jesus in you which is the Holy Spirit, his gift to us. He is the perpetual spring. We’ll share on how he is the most important person in the life of a babe.

The fear of a reoccurring unpleasant experience: how to deal with it.

Then the Lord told him (Moses), “Make a replica of a poisonous snake and attach it to the top of a pole. Those who are bitten will live if they simply look at it!” So Moses made a snake out of bronze and attached it to the top of a pole. Whenever those who were bitten looked at the bronze snake, they recovered! Numbers 21:8 & 9 NLT

And as Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the wilderness, so I, the son of man, must be lifted up on a pole, so that everyone who believes in me will have eternal life. John 3:14 & 15 NLT

Some of us are so worried and afraid about an unpleasant situation of the past reoccurring in our lives. An example is the fear of having an unhappy marriage or marital experience like our parents had- if it were so.  

This is another trap of the enemy.  Remember, fear can never produce anything good.  The bible says “… the just shall live by faith” (Hebrews 10:38a / Habakkuk2:4b).   If fear is the opposite of faith and faith brings life then fear only brings death.  And fear of the past repeating itself in your life will only make it happen. Remember what Job said when calamity befell him.  He said:

What I always feared has happened to me. What I dreaded has come to be. Job 3:25 NLT

That you fear it means you already give it power and authority over you.

Focus instead on the love of God, his grace and mercy – focus on Jesus to be precise, just as our open texts above indicate.  Stop focusing on the fact that the issue you fear might re-occur.  Dear, understand the love of God for you, he is your father.

He says in Matthew 7:11 that:

If you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly father give good gifts to those who ask him. (NLT)

And James 1:17a that:

Whatever is good and perfect comes to us from God above, who created all heaven’s lights… NLT  

He is a good God.  He does good and gives good.  He’s your father and he definitely wants you to have best. He wants you to have a good marriage and not a re-establishment of the past situation.

It is possible that history repeats itself, but this could be averted.  It is up to you to not to allow this unwanted occurrence from your past reappear in your life - ever.

Here’s how to deal with it:

Focus on the word, his promise to you.  The word, his promise, is more powerful and concrete than your past, than what you are afraid of.

Fear is of the enemy.   He is using the fear to tie you down to the past, to connect you with the issue so he can reconnect it to your present.

1John 4:18 says “…perfect love expels all fear.”

 

Believe and accept how much God loves you and dispel all taunts of the enemy.

 

When you focus on the WORD, you will not just be healed but also you will not be bitten or struck again.  This is a sure guarantee. But when you focus on the snake/ the issue, you become afraid, desperate, confused, and powerless and then it comes to bite/afflict you again.

 

Behold and believe.  If you behold and believe the finished work of Christ in your life, you will not perish but have life. You will not perish but have a whole new different future.

For God so loved the world that he his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16

You are saved. You have been saved from all that.

God did not send his Son into the world to condemn it, but to save it. John 3: 17 NLT

You have been saved, healed and delivered.

 

Focus on Jesus on the throne for as he is so you are in this world- 1John4:17

And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgement, but we can face him with confidence because we are like Christ here in this world.  1John 4: 17

He has been elevated above all power, ruler or authority or anything else in this world or in the world to come- i.e the future that you are afraid of - and you have been elevated with him!  

I pray that you will begin to understand the incredible greatness of his power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of honour at God’s right hand in the heavenly realms. Now he is far above any ruler or authority or power or leader or anything else in this world or in the world to come. Ephesians1:19- 21.

Also he is victorious, glorious, powerful, honourable, blessed, wise, strong and rich (Revelations 5:12); so are you.

Introduction

I insist that in most cases, marital delay or early marital problems is more of a function of a psychological issue than a spiritual or behavioral one.

A ring and a very white wedding gown will not bring solutions to a woman’s very personal problems. It will not make her a better woman nor cause a personal change.

We should stop wasting our time, stop wasting holy water, stop spending money on spiritualists, stop manipulating, stop frustrating our lovely new husband, stop disturbing pastor to keep praying…

The issue is within and the root is behind- in the past.

Let’s look at the past

Let’s take a journey into your innermost

One has to give- your baggage or you…

It is the mindset we attack and not the person. The mind set is a mind that is set- that way.  What we tackle is more like a strong hold i.e it holds strongly. 

We’ll loosen its grip and cast it down and out.

Our end result is a better woman and a ‘wife’ in its trueness.

Join me for 5 days as we tackle ‘the bleak past’, ‘fear’, ‘wrong thoughts’, ‘wrong affiliations’ and ‘bitterness’ and ‘unforgiveness’.

Below is our first post titled 'The Bleak Past'. Be Blessed!

 Esther