You Choose Your Fears!

You Choose Your Fears!

by | Jan 22, 2024 | Christian Walk, Healing & Freedom

A couple of days ago, as I woke up in the morning, within a flash of seconds I saw something that felt so real. I saw a sizable group of people filled with fear, shivering in terror at the sight of something. It was the sight of a new year being unveiled. While the world was celebrating in anticipation for what 2024 holds, this weird group of people were sitting in the dark and were traumatized at the sight of the new year’s sun rise.

Fear

In my spirit, I knew what I was a seeing was a reality and I began to pray for this group of people.

Precious Holy Spirit spoke to me saying: “Tell my Body – It’s you who choose your fears.”

If you believe in your fears so much, they will work for you, just as the principle of faith works. For instance, if you fear things will become worse for you in your job and keep meditating on it, before long you shall see your fears manifest. If you fear that sickness will come for you, it surely will. If you have fears in your heart that you will never get married, those fears will bring that fruit to you. Job said: For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me ( Job 3:25 ).

Just as God gets attracted to faith, fears draw the presence of demons to you.

God is blatant in saying that He has not given His children a spirit of fear, but of power, love and of a sound mind ( 2 Tim 1:7 ).

Be rooted and steadfast in the Word of God. Know that Jeremiah 29:11 is a reality, when God says: For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Child of God, you choose your fears, so choose well. Choose the fear of the Lord over and above everything else. His Word is your protection and peace.

XOXO

Author Kim D’souza

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What I Learned From The Dried Lemon Tree🍋

What I Learned From The Dried Lemon Tree🍋

by | Jan 14, 2024 | Christian Walk, Healing & Freedom

Due to some neglect, my lemon tree completely dried up. This lemon tree is no ordinary tree I purchased from the nursery. In a season of learning about seeds in the Kingdom of God from my spiritual father, Pastor Derrick D’souza, 4 years ago, I planted this seed from its fruit. I planted and watered this lemon tree, and seeing it grow was like seeing the glorious works of Yahweh.

With little understanding, I remember pruning it when it grew vertically because I wanted it to be a certain height so that it looked appealing.

A friend had come over, and as soon as she looked at the tree, she said, “Ohh, the tree is gone; you should throw it.” Now, she was not wrong; the neglect had dried all the leaves; it looked as good as dead, and watering it seemed like a waste of time. But I smiled at her and said: “It will come to life.”

Lemon Tree

Look, I don’t know anything about gardening, but I know how to listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit. I heard Him say these words to me: “It will come to life,” before it happened, and all I merely did was repeat those words.

After 15 days of faithfully watering the lemon tree, I noticed it had grown fresh leaves today. I laughed at the enemy, as good as dead, you said. The God of my father is a God of resurrection.

Two things I learned from the Lemon tree:

1. Being rooted in Christ

Even after months of neglect with no sunlight or water, the lemon tree could sprout back because it was rooted. When you fail, do not be disheartened. Just smile and say, “It will come to life.” Suddenly, you will see fresh green leaves – I call it the sweet, sweet grace of our Father in your life.

To be rooted in Christ means Jesus provides all the essential nutrients we need to grow and bear fruit and also provides the foundation we need to stand firm when we face trials or tough seasons.

“As you, therefore, have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.” Colossians 2:6-7

So, If the enemy tells you it’s over, know that your roots are strong enough for you to spring back.

2. God is working, even when you don’t see it.

You may not see any change in your situation right now, but know that God is working. Don’t settle for what the world has to say about your life; your God’s steadfast love never ceases, and His mercies do not end.

“Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed,
Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23

Let His mercy locate you every morning.

Girl, what you invest your time in today will help you get through challenging times. Me pruning the tree made the roots stronger for it to thrive in a time of drought.

Similarly, as you spend time building your roots on the Word of God, you will thrive when others are barely surviving.

XOXO
Sheryl

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Why We Must Never Give Up Praying for Our Unsaved Family Members

Why We Must Never Give Up Praying for Our Unsaved Family Members

by | Dec 25, 2023 | Christian Walk, Healing & Freedom

Girl, are you the only believer in your family? You encountered the Father’s unconditional love, and you realised this is where your heart feels at home because you were always designed to be in union with your Creator. You experienced love, joy, peace, and deliverance, and you decided that there was no way you would go back to your old life.

However, you soon find out not everyone close to you is as excited about Jesus as you are. You realise that those close to you still want to live in the old way of life you decided to leave behind. Not only that but now you may find a lot of opposition from the people closest to you.

When you realise that it is a spirit operating behind them that hates you and is attacking you because the devil is so scared of you, you will be able to guard your heart against offense and bitterness. The Bible says, “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” Ephesians 6:12 NKJV

Declarations

It is the enemy who wants you to give up

Even though the enemy may use broken people to attack and hurt you, the Word of GOD encourages us to pray for those who don’t know JESUS so that they, too, can come to the knowledge of the truth.

“For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.” 1 Timothy 2:3-4 NKJV

It is the enemy who wants you to give up. You may have been praying for your loved ones, and still, you see them making wrong choices, unwilling to listen and open doors for things they should have never done, inviting one storm after the other in their lives. You always pray, but you still see them in the same place with the same demons, and you wonder when everything is going to change.

Don’t be deceived into thinking that nothing is happening. The Word of GOD in James 5:16 NKJV says, “The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.” Keep believing that your prayers avail much. Don’t believe the lies of the enemy.

As my spiritual mother, Prophetess Kim D’Souza, says, “Can you doubt your doubts? If anything, doubt the enemy but never doubt the Word of GOD.” The word of GOD says clearly in Romans 3:4 NKJV, “…..Let God be true but every man a liar.”

Give them a new name.

My spiritual father, Prophet Derrick D’Souza, says if you want to see a change in a person’s life, start by giving them a new name. We see in the Bible that only after Abram and Sarai’s names were changed to Abraham and Sarah did they birth Isaac and become father and mother to many nations. After Jacob’s (a supplanter) name was changed to Israel, meaning ‘Let GOD prevail,’ he received the covenant his father and grandfather had received.

If you want to see a change, start by giving them a new name. Call them the next Revivalist, JESUS Lover, Son of GOD, The Light, etc. Start calling things that are not as though they are, and you’ll see them come to pass on earth.

Do not allow discouragement/ disappointments and hopelessness to creep in.

I remember one time Prophet Shyju Mathew prophesied over a lady, saying, “The very fact some of your family members are alive is because of your prayers.” He added that they would have been long dead had you not stood in the gap and prayed continuously.

I learned that day that just because we don’t see a change in the physical doesn’t mean nothing is happening. The very fact some of your family members are even alive today is because of your fervent prayers. Beloved of the most high, let that encourage you!

Never stop fellowshipping with fellow believers.

Many times, when you go to church or prayer meetings, your loved ones may get irritated and attack you. But I want to tell you it is the devil; never ever give in to the lie that if you stop attending church or prayer meetings, there will be peace in your house, and no fights or irritation will happen. That is the tactic of the enemy.

Many will be offended by your choices, but you keep growing strong in the LORD. Increase your prayer life. No matter what, never leave fellowshipping with fellow believers. Never skip church. Skipping church will not bring peace in your house. In fact, it will give the enemy a free hand.

Don’t live to please people. You are called to live for the audience of ONE! When you honor GOD, the very people who dishonored you because of your choices will see HIS hand upon your life and come to you to know about this KING!

GOD is working behind the scenes for you

Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. Mark 11:24 NKJV

For the longest time ever since I became a believer, I’ve prayed for my biological father. He was a staunch non-believer with a hardened heart towards the LORD. Along the way many people too, prayed for my father declaring he would come to the LORD. Years passed by yet I didn’t see much change in him. Then last year, he had a brain stroke. While he was still in coma, my spiritual father Prophet Derrick D’Souza prayed for him and said that the LORD has reconciled my father to himself. Soon my father regained consciousness, and overtime I began to notice a change in him. While his memory and ability to hold conversations was still improving, whenever I would share about JESUS to him he would weep.

Many a times my father still is not fully aware of his surroundings, yet he is aware of GOD. His spirit immediately recognises praise and worship songs which he has not even heard before. And when the song stops, he turns around, looks at me and says, why did it stop? Keep playing it.

One day I sat next to him with a gospel song playing in the background. While listening to it he suddenly began to touch my feet as though he were pouring something on it. I asked him, what he was doing? He replied that he was washing my feet. In that moment, I realised he was seeing JESUS and was washing the LORD’s feet in worship. I told him that JESUS loved him. He wept bitterly and said, “I know, I love HIM too. He’s great.” Overwhelmed by the goodness of GOD, my father weeps when someone reads the word of GOD to him. Beloved, I realised many a times I allowed the enemy to fool me but now I know, even when nothing seems to be happening,our Heavenly FATHER is working behind the scenes and we must believe HIM and not the voices that discourage us or pushes us into disbelief. GOD not only brought my father alive from the hold of death but also from the hold of spiritual hell.

Daughter of the KING, let the joy of the Lord be your strength. One day, you will stand before the King with your loved ones and see how you not giving up made such a big difference!

XOXO
Nadia Feroz

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12 Powerful Declarations for Your Workplace + Free Giveaway!!

12 Powerful Declarations for Your Workplace + Free Giveaway!!

by | Dec 5, 2023 | Christian Walk, Leadership

Work can be challenging, stressful, and overwhelming. But have you tried God at work? He makes work more pleasurable. The more you surrender, seek Him, and ask His help, the easier it gets, and you will begin to find favour in the most unlikely places.

One day, my mother-in-law, Sophy, taught me something. She said, “Before you start work, just surrender your work and the laptop to God and pray. That’s how you start work.” That touched me because many times, I rush to switch on the laptop and start working without acknowledging God. Proverbs 3:6 says, “In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths.” God loves your dependency on Him; when you depend on Him, you will see Him come through at work.

Also, my spiritual mother, Author Kim, often emphasizes the power of what we believe and declare. God used words to create the world (Genesis 1) and taught us to speak to mountains to move even with faith just as big as a mustard seed. (Matthew 17:20-21)

Declarations

I love this promise of God in Psalms 3:3, which says, “But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high.” Isn’t our God amazing that He wants our heads held high?

Below, I’m sharing some powerful declarations that you can speak over your workplace, today and every day. As you believe and declare these, you will no longer be burdened by your work, but you will begin to see blessings in your work life.

12 Powerful Declarations for Your Workplace

  • I have the mind of Christ to be guided by His thoughts and purposes. (1 Cor 2:16)
  • Whatsoever I put my hands to, it will prosper. The works of my hands are blessed. (Deut 28:8, 28:12)
  • I will be blessed in the city and the country. (Deut 28:3)
  • Blessed will be my basket and kneading bowl (Your bike, car, instruments, laptop, utensils, products, software, project etc.). (Deut 28:5)
  • Blessed shall I be when I come in and when I go out. (Deut 28:6)
  • I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. ( Phil 4:13)
  • I will see the work of God and His glory at my job. The favor of God is upon me, and He has established my work. (Ps. 90:16-17)
  • Whatever I do, I work heartily as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that I will receive the inheritance as my reward from the Lord. I am serving the Lord Jesus Christ. (Col 3:23-24)
  • I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus; I am blessed, and the Lord surrounds me with favor as that of a shield. (Ps. 5:12)
  • I do all things without grumbling or disputing, that I may be a blameless and innocent child of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom I shine as lights in this world, holding fast to the word of life. (Phil 2:14-16)
  • I am diligent, I am wise, and I have a diligent hand. (Prov 10:4)
  • Promotion does not come from the East or West, but my promotion comes from the Lord. (Ps 76:6-7)

 

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Waiting for Your Breakthrough for Long?

Waiting for Your Breakthrough for Long?

by | Nov 26, 2023 | Christian Walk

Daughters of the most High God, there must be several things or areas we are waiting on God for in our lives. And if we’ve been waiting for quite some time, it becomes difficult to believe that breakthroughs can happen to us. Someone else? Yes, but me? Not sure!

When nothing seems to work..

There was a time in my life when nothing seemed to work. Doors that I thought would open for me never opened. Many times, I found myself weeping with a broken heart in front of closed doors.

breakthough

Grieve came in waves when the realisation hit that I’d been chasing after dreams never meant for me. My heart regretted thinking about the time I wasted sincerely trying to walk in areas not meant for me in the first place.

While I prayed with all my heart for others to receive their breakthroughs and witnessed one friend after the other stepping into the choice of their career, stepping into new lands with dreams, hopes and excitement, here I was year after year, happy for others but crying behind closed doors for myself; everyone’s go-to person for prayer but unable to navigate my own way out.

If I tried taking one step forward, the enemy would try to pull me back 10 steps behind. Lies began to creep into my heart and my mind: maybe my Heavenly Father doesn’t love me; maybe I’m not good enough for Him; maybe there are people much better than me that my Father adores; maybe I’ve been overlooked; maybe, just maybe He left me in a waiting room and simply forgot about me!

As time passed, it became difficult to believe that I could see a light at the end of my tunnel.

When God sends a Deliverer..

“Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to Me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. Come now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.”
Exodus 3: 9-10 NKJV

We see every time in the Bible when the Lord wanted to deliver His people, He sent a man/woman. When the cries of the children of Israel reached God, He sent Moses to deliver them from the hands of the pharaoh. This principle applies to the people of God even to this day.

Could it be that breakthroughs we wanted stopped short because we couldn’t recognise, were ignorant, hard-hearted or were full of ego to humble ourselves and submit ourselves to the one ‘Sent’ to us? When the Hebrews initially rejected Moses, they had to wait another 40 years to be finally ushered out of Egypt.

“When hope’s dream seems to drag on and on, the delay can be depressing. But when at last your dream comes true, life’s sweetness will satisfy your soul”.
Proverbs 13:12 TPT

After finding myself in a wilderness for several years, the Lord connected me to a stream of which I began to partake of. And the keys to my breakthrough lay in that stream. My breakthrough lay with the ‘Man and Woman of God’ sent to me.

As I began to attend Bible studies, prayer meetings and church service regularly, I often heard the man and woman of God (my spiritual parents) say, ‘Don’t tell me you serve this Jesus and remain jobless.’ They would challenge my understanding and say, “Show me one person in the Bible who served this God and remained poor.”

They would encourage us to focus on building our inner man, to keep building our altars diligently and to focus on our relationship with God, and the rest shall be added unto us.

When dreams finally come true..

And indeed, after less than a year of connecting to that stream, I got a good job. I could financially invest in God’s Kingdom. The chains and shackles the enemy had put on me to keep pulling me behind came down in one full blow. Now, it was my turn to pack my bags and move to a different location with dreams and excitement.

As I entered 2023, my spiritual parents declared that this was the year of possessing the promised land that the Lord was giving us. The Lord put on my heart to set up my own business. For someone who had always lived in the comfort of a meagre monthly salary, it was a leap of faith, but since I’m connected to a ‘house of faith’ (my church), I took the leap and soon got a contract from a production house.

I couldn’t believe it was finally happening to me! Daughter of the most high, take heart: if God did it for me, then He can truly do it for you. For someone like me, the more painful it became waiting in what seemed to be an endless tunnel, the sweeter it became when I stepped out of the tunnel and into the light.

Ask the Lord to show you the Woman / Man of God sent to you because you can go to church all your life and yet remain stuck in the same place for years unless your deliverer brings you out of your Egypt; diligently keep investing financially in the Kingdom, and believe He who promised is truly faithful. In due time, you, too, shall come out of your wilderness. Rest assured, your breakthrough is just around the corner. This Father we serve is too good.

XOXO
Nadia Feroz

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How to Be an Esther in This Generation 👸

How to Be an Esther in This Generation 👸

by | Nov 19, 2023 | Christian Walk

The Book of Esther is a true story of how a Jewish girl went from the girl next door to the Queen of Persia. There are so many lessons we can learn from the life of Esther to prepare us for a life-changing encounter with the King.

In this post, I want to share 5 lessons I learned from my meditation on the Book of Esther.

Esther

1/ Know Your Worth

“So if it please the king, we suggest that you issue a written decree, a law of the Persians and Medes that cannot be revoked. It should order that Queen Vashti be forever banished from the presence of King Xerxes, and that the king should choose another queen more worthy than she.”
Esther 1:19

Our family, friends and society often label us based on what they see on the outside. We often base our worth on what others say about us or how much we have achieved in life. Sometimes, we define ourselves by the mistakes we have made.

However, our true worth is found in nothing but the Word. The Word of God is our mirror of how God sees us and what He says about us. This is where our worth must be found, defined and established.

God sees you beyond just the natural because He is the One who created you. When He looks at you, He doesn’t see a bunch of mistakes. Instead, He sees a daughter washed by the Blood of His Son Jesus.

Know today that you are a queen and you are accepted by the King of kings. In His sight, you are more worthy than any labels put on you by yourself or by the world.

2/ Pursue Purity

“Then the king’s personal attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king.”
Esther 2:2

Do you know that when you have surrendered your life to Christ, He calls you a virgin despite any foolish mistake you have made in the past?

“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”
2 Corinthians 5:21

The temptations of this world may be real, and He understands our weakness. But He is a Holy God, and He wants His children to walk in holiness and purity. May we persevere not only to keep our physical bodies clean but also to keep our hearts clean.

“For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.”
2 Corinthians 11:2

3/ Submitting to God’s authority

“Then the king’s servants who attended him said: “Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king; and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather all the beautiful young virgins to Shushan the citadel, into the women’s quarters, under the custody of Hegai the king’s eunuch, custodian of the women.”
Esther 2:2-3

Esther couldn’t walk directly into the king’s presence because she wasn’t prepared to meet the king. Before she could meet the king, she had to be placed under the custody/authority of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who prepared her for 12 months before she met the king.

It is important to submit yourself to the man and women of God whom God has placed over your life. The Bible says in Hebrews 13:17, “Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.”

Self-deception is easy when a Christian does not submit to God’s authority. Find a spirit-led church that can guide you in God’s ways and help you grow in your spiritual life so that you can find and walk in your God destiny. These men and women of God who have gone ahead of you can help you prepare for your encounter with the King of kings.

4/ Embracing the new life

“Esther had not made known her people or kindred, for Mordecai had commanded her not to make it known.”
Esther 2:10

When God calls you into a new life or a new assignment, don’t allow your past or your family background to limit Him from doing what He wants to do in your life.

2 Corinthians 5:17 says, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”

Also, Ephesians 4:24 says, “and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.”

When we understand this, it is easy to bring changes in our lives so that we may reflect Christ and the new life He gives us in every area. May we walk unhindered by the past or our background in this new life God has called us to live.

5/ Trust and win!

After 12 months of preparation, it was finally Esther’s turn to meet the king. And this is what the Bible says:

“the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she won grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.”
Esther 2:17

Wow! This is your story and my story. We are loved, approved and accepted by the King of kings. Be glad and rejoice in this.

Let me declare this about you today- You are loved by the King of kings; you have won grace and favor in His sight more than all your companions, and on your head is a royal crown for you are a daughter of the Most High God.

I pray that you know who you are in Christ, know your worth, find your calling and live worthy of it. Remember, one encounter with the King can change your entire life.

May you have victory in Jesus’ mighty name.

This post is written by our guest writer Neha Shah

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