IT IS UP TO YOU!

Verily I say unto you, whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven (Matthew 18:18).

The word "bind" in the opening scripture also means "forbid" or "disallow". In other words, Jesus is saying "...Whatsoever thou shalt forbid or disallow on earth shall be forbidden or disallowed in heaven..." That means you're absolutely responsible for the quality of life you live. Some folks don't like to hear things like this, because they love to hold God or even the devil responsible for whatever happens in their lives.

It reminds me of a certain man who heard a preacher teach on this scripture and he stormed out of the church angrily. When he was asked why he was angry at the preacher he replied, "That preacher's trying to blame us for all the bad things". He didn't want to be told he was responsible for his life. But I think that's the best news a man could hear!

If you're responsible for what happens in your life, it means you can choose to accept into your life only those things that are consistent with God's plans for you. Whatever you choose to allow into your life is what will reign, and whatever you choose to forbid or disallow will be forbidden or disallowed. You're absolutely responsible for your life!

You have a choice and the right to welcome health, prosperity and joy into your life and your home. Don't let life push you around one more day; refuse poverty, lack and failure. Forbid sickness, disease and infirmities from manifesting in your body and in your home! It's up to you to keep the devil where he belongs- under your feet. You have the authority!

Prayer

Dear Father, thank you for the awesome privelege of being able to decide the quality of life that I want to live! I unleash the forces of prosperity, health and victory in my life, and disallow sickness, poverty and defeat in my home and in the lives of my loved ones, in Jesus' Name, Amen.


Rhapsody of Realities - November 26, 2007
-Pastor Anita Oyakhilome

Talk Your Way Out Of It!

Even so the tongue is a little member; and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! (James 3:5)

God expects us to prophecy-talk our way out of any negative situation, rather than wait for him to do something. That's why He said, "And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy"

This is the reason you must fill your heart with the Word, for out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks (Matthew 12:34). When your heart is saturated with the word, right in the midst of trouble, the Word will well up in you and burst forth through your mouth! It doesn't matter how dire the challenge you're confronted with might seem, you can talk your way out of it. This was what the Lord told Ezekiel to do in the valley of dry bones: "And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest. Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD." (Ezekiel 37:3-4).
Ezekiel found himself in a valley full of dry bones and the Lord asked him, "Can these bones live?" That was an impossible situation, but God told Ezekiel to "prophecy to the bones." As soon as Ezekiel complied, a great miracle took place: "... and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone" (Ezekiel 37:7).

The challenges you face are bread for you; refuse to let them drown your faith. No matter how dry the valley may seem, you can talk your way out of it- you can prophecy your way out of any predicament. Keep talking your health, success, prosperity and victory. You can talk your way out of any trouble into the good life God has ordained for you.
(Acts 2:17). To prophecy means to speak words of power. Meaning you can prophecy your way to the top; you can prophecy your way out of trouble, into the good life!

Confession

I'm talking my way to the top! God's Word of Power is in my heart and in my mouth today. I'm walking in the glory of God and living the transcendent life in Christ! I'm effecting changes in my life, and causing negative situation to be in line with God's will and purpose for my life in the Name of Jesus. Amen

Rhapsody of Realities June 16, 2009
-Pastor Chris Oyakhilome




A few things I want you to see in Pastor Chris' message here;
Words of power- what does that mean? A word of power is a word backed by your belief in it. If for example, you look in the mirror and declare "I'm fat!" and actually believe that you are fat, even if you're not really fat, you will become fat; because you've spoken a word of power. What you need to do is fill your ears, eyes and mind with the opposite of such words until it gets into your spirit.

When Jesus told that fig tree that no man shall eat of it ever again, you best believe that He believed every word that proceeded out of His mouth! He had so much confidence in His words that He just continued about his day instead anxiously of standing by the tree, biting his nails, waiting for it to keel over. In fact, it was Peter who pointed out that the tree had died as they passed back that way the next day. Jesus wouldn't have looked at it a second time if Peter hadn't marveled that His curse worked.

Want to know a trick to have confidence in your words? Eliminate lies from your speech. When you practise lying constantly, not even you will believe yourself at times. Your spirit is the one that uses your words and goes out to connect with God's spirit to order the circumstance and situations you've declared with your mouth. Don't decieve your spirit with lies.

Ok, that was kinda off tangent, so back on! hahaha!
So instead of leaving you with a prayer, I left you with a "confession". What's a confession?
no it's not just to admit something you did. This confession has a different meaning.
It is speaking God's Words in concert. It means AGREEING with God and speaking His words.
The greek word for this confession is homologia - profession

1. subjectively: whom we profess to be ours
2. objectively: profession [confession] i.e. what one professes [confesses] http://www.searchgodsword.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=3671

HOW TO CONQUER FEAR AND ANXIETY

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known unto God (Philipians 4:6).

The Word of God tells us to be anxious for nothing; that means to have no anxiety about anything. Rather, in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving you should make your requests be made known to God. The result of this is that the peace of God which surpasses all understanding shall garrison your heart and mind in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:7).

Also, the Bible is replete with the admonition for us not to fear. Now if we couldn't stay without having fear and anxiety the scriptures wouldn't tell us not to fear or to refuse anxiety. God knows you could live without anxiety, panic attacks and fear, that's why He said for you not fear or be anxious. He only tells you to do what you have the capacity to do.

So in conquering fear and anxiety you've got to have faith in God's Word. Your heart(spirit) must be stable in prayer and supplication with thanksgiving as you express your faith towards God. Fear is actually faith in the ability of all that is negative to stand against you and defeat you! Thus to conquer it, you have to have faith in the positiveness: faith in God's Word, faith in His love for you, faith in His grace, power and ability to put you over in life!

The knowlege of God's Word is the beginning of your deliverance from fear and anxiety. You can't have faith in God's Word if you don't know the Word. Your faith grows with the knowlege of the Word. As faith is stirred in your spirit, fear is dispelled. Jesus said in John 8:32 : "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" God's Word is the truth that delivers you from fear.

So it doesn't matter in what area fear tries to attack you, refuse to fret! Find out the truth from God's Word concerning the situation and stay your mind on that truth, refusing to be moved by any contrary or nagative information.

Prayer

Dear Father, I thank you for your Word in my spirit today stirs faith and dispels fear and anxiety in Jesus' Name. I refuse panic-attacks and reject every thought of worry and anxiety for I know that my faith in your Word and in your mighty power, love and grace towards me is my victory over the devil and the powers of darkness. Amen

Rhapsody of Realities - October 22, 2010
--Pastor Chris Oyakhilome


Now I want you to notice several things in Pastor Chris' message here.

• The opening scripture shared with us how to pray. We don't get jumpy, but calmly let God know our request, and we give him thanks as though we've already recieved our answer. That means we should BELEIVE WHILE WE'RE STILL PRAYING, THAT WE'VE BEEN ANSWERED. - (That's a major secret on how recieve answers to prayers. first u ask, then give thanks believing you've been answered, while still praying. If you don't believe, you won't see the results. )
• The second thing to notice is in the first paragraph; when your done praying, RELAX. Rest in the knowlege(by faith) that your loving father has heard you. If you keep asking over and over, it means you don't really believe that He'll do it, and remember that God is ONLY moved by your faith. He can't do anything for you without your permission and your faith is that permission (in Genesis the Bible tells us that he gave man dominion on earth- since he's a Spirit, he needs you to allow him to help you and that's through your trust in him).
• Thirdly, I highlighted the true meaning of fear for you because when you have a clearer picture of what it is, you'll know how to defeat it. Fear is actually faith, but not in faith in your desired results; instead, it's trusting in the negative to conquer you(and acting on it via your anxiety and negative words). Remember, FAITH is an immutable law. IT ALWAYS WORKS whether in the negative or positive, so dispel the negative faith, ie fear, and live in the realm of God's light.
  

The True Essence of Prayer

Extracted from Pastor Chris's message in Rhapsody of Realities(Dec 11,2010)

Confess your faults to one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much (James 5:16).

Many often chastise themselves for not being able to pray for long hours. What is the significance of long prayer times? you might want to ask. Well, God never said we must spend long hours in prayers for Him to hear us. He never told us how long our prayers should be and doesn't demand from us many hours of prayers as the definition of time by some is. But if you spend long hours, that's great. Remember, He lives in eternity; therefore, He's not regulated by minutes and hours as we are in the earth. So, in a sence, the significance or essence of a prayer is not its protraction in terms of the number of hours spent praying. It's not "how long" you pray that makes an impact; it's "how right" you pray.

Many spend long hours in prayer saying the wrong things, hence their lives are unfullfilled, being void of the spiritual results and impact of prayer. They have missed the true essence of prayer which is fellowship and communion with the Lord. That communion not only builds your relationship with Him, but also helps transform your personality from glory to glory.

What God wants is for you to spend quality time alone with Him, away from everything else. For example, you'd be amazed how much impact a fifteen or thirty minute time alone with the Lord, spent praying intensely in the Spirit, will produce in your life.

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Prayer

Dear Father, I love and appreciate every opportunity I have to felllowship with you in prayer. I thank you because those moments I spend alone with you are significant in improving my life and shaping my destiny as I get synchronized with your perfect will for my life, in Jesus' Name. Amen.

Did you spot a secret in the scripture extraction? Look again and you'll see how to recieve divine healing. ...pray one for another, that ye may be healed... When you're experiencing illness one of the sure ways to get healed quickly is to pray fervently(with deep & strong emotions as though your prayer is the only thing in the world that can cause change) for someone you see as suffering more than you, forgetting yourself for a moment in the process.
Remember that the Kingdom of God is about sowing and reaping. Want healing? Sow a seed of healing to someone else.

This message was not about that, but I thought I'd share that with you any way. :-)

Rid Your Heart Of Fear!

Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident (Psalm 27:3)

Fear is a tormenting spirit. It's one of the most easily deployed tools of satan-our adversary. This is the reason you must rid your heart of fear. The reflexes of fear must be completely disabled from your life; you have to grow to that point. I love it each time I fear Pastor Chris say "I lost my fright many years ago." Same here! There's no fear in me because I'm conscious and full of the love of God, and perfect love eliminates fear (1 John 4:18).

Fear creates the perfect environment for the devil to torment, intimidate and dominates people's lives. Never yeild your heart to fear, or give it room in your life. Knowing how much fear can dissipate ones faith, each time the Lord sent an angel to bring a divine message to people back in bible days, the angel's first utterance was "Fear not!"

The Lord Jesus, during His earth walk also consciously assuaged the fears of people with those same words. On a certain occasion, He was with a man name Jairus, whose daughter was ill. But while on the way to Jairus' house to heal the young girl, words came that she was dead. When Jesus heard it, all He said was "Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole"(Luke 8:50). Jesus has to quickly counsel him to rid his heart of fear to stop fear from dominating his heart (Luke 8:49-50).

To completely rid your heart of fear you must keep feeding your spirit with the Word. The day-to-day meditation on the Word will cause faith to rise in your spirit and surmount all your fears. Refuse to allow the wrong information that breeds fear in your spirit. The information you allow in your mind will determine the condition of your heart(spirit). For this reason, you must guard your heart with vigilance and dilligence "...for out of it flow the springs of life" (Proverbs 4:23 AMP).

God has given us a powerful weapon to cast out fear. That weapon is His Word. The Bible says, "For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword... "(Hebrews 4:12)

Prayer

Dear Father, I commend myself to your living and eternal Word today, which is able to rid my heart of fear and cause faith to rise in me like a giant. I declare that I'm growing in the knowlege of your Word and the revelation of your love, therefore fear has no place in me! I have the spirit of power, love and a sound mind, in the Name of the Lord Jesus. Amen



Rhapsody of Realities - June 26, 2009
--Pastor Anita Oyakhilome