You You Shall Not Be Barren
David David Oyedepo Oyedepo
Contents Introduction Chapter 1: Created To Be Fruitful Chapter 2: Your Covenant Guarantee Chapter 3: Get Rid Of Those Obstacles Chapter !: The "no#led$e Factor Chapter %: Your Your Faith Fai th &ccess Chapter ': The Overco(er)s *entalit+ Chapter ,: Ta-e Ta-e It B+ Force .roofs Of God)s Faithfulness
Introduction
Bet#een *a+ 1st and 2nd 1/01 I had a ver+ re(ar-able encounter #ith God in a vision I sa# a parade of sufferin$ (asses a$onisin$ for rescue The si$ht #as so terrible and even (ore so #as the sound of their cries $roanin$s and #ailin$s #hich (ade (e feel their pan$s and pains in (+ bein$ I also be$an to sob and cr+ Then the ord said to (e 4But fro( the be$innin$ it #as not so4 God did not create (an for sufferin$ and a$onies5 6is product #as ta(pered #ith and corrupted 7hat I sa# in that vision #as not the ori$inal creation of God but the oppression of the devil #hich is #hat #e see all over the #orld toda+ It (anifests in sic-ness disease sha(e na-edness and barrenness But than- God there is a #a+ out The vision ended #ith God sa+in$ these #ords to (e: "The hour has come to liberate the world from all oppressions of the devil, through the preaching of the Word of faith, and I am sending you to undertake this task."
The 7ord of Faith is therefore the $uarantee for the liberation of all (an-ind Hebrews 1: 3 sa+s: Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the a!esty on high
8o +our predica(ent is not above the 7ord of God no (atter its source Barrenness is a spiritual issue #hich traverses $eo$raphical econo(ical and social barriers It defies (ost scientific approaches This proble( has reduced (an+ civilised (en to cra#lin$ into huts and ha(lets in search of a solution The ans#er is actuall+ no#here else but in 9esus That #as #h+ 6e said "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest" (Matt. 11:28) 9esus has the ans#er to the proble( of barrenness obod+ else #ould have been audacious enou$h to invite ever+one e;cept the One into #hose hands God has co((itted all
The invitation is to all #ho are tired and do not -no# #here else to turn It is for those #ho have #ept in search of children but are still hopin$ for their (iracle If +ou are in this cate$or+ 9esus sa+s to +ou "Come and learn of Me." 6e -no#s that (an+ people have pra+ed for +ou #ithout results But no# 6e sa+s "Come and learn", because, "You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free" (Jn. 8:32). In Revelation 3:7 it is #ritten: #nd to the angel of the church in $hiladelphia write These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of %avid, he that openeth, and no man shutteth and shutteth, and no man openeth
9esus is the One that opens and no (an shuts5 #hen 6e shuts no (an opens 6e opened the #o(b of 8arah Rebe-ah Rachel 6annah ?li@abeth and (an+ others in conte(porar+ ti(es 8o there is a -e+ in 6is hand #ith #hich 6e opens closed #o(bs and #hen 6e opens not even the devil can shut the( Isaiah 43:13 sa+s: &ea, before the day was I am he and there is none that can deliver out of my hand' I will work, and who shall let it(
7hen God is at #or- no force can distract or stop 6i( 6e is still at #ortoda+ openin$ up the #o(bs that the devil has shut If 6e did it so cheapl+ for Rachel 6e is still the sa(e God toda+ and #ill do the sa(e for +ou It does not (atter for ho# lon$ +ou have searched for a child or ho# hopeless the doctor)s dia$nosis appears Genesis 18:14 sa+s "Is anything too hard for the Lord?" If +our ans#er is 4o4 then +ou are on +our #a+ to receivin$ +our (iracle 6o#ever in case +ou are in a situation in #hich +ou are not too sure if it is too hard for God or not 6e supplies the ans#er for +ou in Jeremiah 32:27: )ehold, I am the *ord, the +od of all flesh' is there any thing too hard for me(
8o +our case is settled God #ho could loo- at a 1AA+earold (an and his #ife of /A and as- 4Is an+thin$ too hard for the ord4 is stron$ enou$h for +ou to settle do#n #ith Thin- about it the Bible calls 6i( the O(nipotent God In 6is hand is all the po#ers of heaven and earth 6e sits upon the circles of the earth doin$ #hat 6e pleases
That sa(e God sa+s that +our case is not too hard for 6i( to handle 8o re
Chapter ' Created To )e -ruitful
&t creation God initiated a covenant of fruitfulness #ith (an 6e said to hi(: ...)e fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it' and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. +enesis '/
I((ediatel+ those #ords #ere uttered ever+thin$ (an needed to (a-e hi( fruitful #as deposited inside hi( 7hat God said at the be$innin$ is still in force toda+ and nothin$ can ta(per #ith it 6e said to the fishes: ...)e fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas... +enesis '
The #aters are still bein$ filled #ith fishes in spite of all the fishin$ e;peditions $oin$ on around the #orld It is that sa(e God that co((anded (an to be fruitful You are not created to be barren You are b+ desi$n a ver+ fruitful bein$ o biolo$ical reason should be stron$ enou$h to -eep +ou fro( havin$ children if it is +our desire because fruitfulness is +our ri$ht b+ creation God #ill not tell +ou to be #hat 6e has not (ade +ou to be Therefore #hen 6e said 4Be fruitful4 it (eans 4I have (ade +ou fruitful so $o and (ultipl+ to the de$ree +ou desire4
The 0rigin 0f )arrenness 7hen God blessed &da( at the be$innin$ it #as not onl+ hi( but ever+one that #as to co(e after hi( 8o +ou #ere there in &da( #hen God (ade that pronounce(ent That is #h+ +ou can plu$ in and receive +our o#n (iracle ri$ht no# &nd I see it happenin$ for +ou otice also that not onl+ #as &da( blessed but God did not (a-e
provisions for his healin$ This is because (an #as created in God)s i(a$e i((une to an+ for( of sic-ness &ll he needed #as food for the nourish(ent of his bod+ not for dru$s *an #as co(plete at the be$innin$ In li-e (anner there #as no (ention of barrenness at the be$innin$5 therefore no provision #as (ade for its cure 8o ho# did barrenness $ain entrance into hu(anit+
1in &fter God established the covenant of fruitfulness #ith the (an 6e had (ade the devil ca(e te(pted hi( and he fell 7ith his fall the plan of God for fruitfulness #as corrupted 8in ca(e alon$ and #ith it barrenness That is #h+ barrenness is a natural thin$ #ith sinners Dntil the sin proble( has been dealt #ith no sinner can be free fro( barrenness Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned' 2omans 3'
The pla$ue of barrenness ca(e into the #orld as a conseEuence of one (an)s sin 7hen &da( and ?ve fell a curse #as placed on the( in Genesis 3:1: 4nto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
The #ord 4sorro#4 does not but no result I ca(e bac- to i$eria frustrated and de
that there #as no po#er in see-in$ after (iracles that it #as onl+ #hen one -no#s the 7ord of God that one can have a brea-throu$h I bou$ht so(e of the Bishop)s boo-s includin$ +na(ics of 6oliness &nointin$ For Brea-throu$h and The *+ster+ Of The &nointin$ Oil I settled do#n #ith the boo-s and thorou$hl+ read the( &fter the Brea-throu$h 8e(inar I also attended the Brea-throu$h i$ht #here #e had an encounter #ith the seven spirits of God 7e #ere anointed #ith the seven spirits of God and there and then I -ne# I #as pre$nant That ni$ht God used the Bishop as a point of contact I had a drea( and in that drea( I sa# the Bishop #ith a beautiful child 6e said to (e o +ou love this child) I said Yes) and he said et)s have a pra+er of a$ree(ent) It #as a drea( but it has beco(e a realit+ 7e had a pra+er of a$ree(ent and behold in *arch I discovered that I #as pre$nant ast +ear #as our +ear of double honour *arch #as (+ birthda+ also in *arch I celebrated the conception of this child 6ere a( I #ith (+ (iracle bab+ 9o+4
madasun, . #Mrs.$
This testi(on+ is a proof that for barrenness to leave sin the root cause (ust first be destro+ed
The Curse 0f The *aw
Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. %euteronomy /'/
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7hen a (an is not born a$ain there is no #a+ he can obe+ the la#s of God5 so he is auto(aticall+ under the curses of the la# 6is (a+ not be a case of barrenness but that of headaches bod+ itches or an+ of the other pla$ues catalo$ued in euterono(+ 20 fro( verse 1% Thus as lon$ as +ou are not born a$ain +ou live perpetuall+ under the curses of the la# and can be afflicted at #ill & !2+earold curse of barrenness #as han$in$ over a brother)s Fa(il+ and another had lo# sper( count But the (o(ent the curse #as bro-en the+ #ere delivered 4I $ot (arried in 1//% and since then #e)ve been believin$ God for the fruit of the #o(b On &pril 21 1//, (+ (other called (e and told (e of a particular curse in the Fa(il+ 8he said #e should pra+ that it #ould elude us I I((ediatel+ told her Tell ever+bod+ I #ill be the first person to brea- that curse) I -ne# #ho I a( H a covenant child I re(e(ber that #as the da+ the Brea-in$ The Curses Of ife teachin$s be$an in church b+ divine arran$e(ent &bout a (onth before (+ (other told (e this on *arch ! there #as a po#erful i(partation here in church I ca(e ver+ pre$nant #ith e;pectation that da+ because #hile invitin$ people for the pro$ra((e the Bishop had said #e should brin$ an+thin$ that #as barren around us The #a+ he (ade the announce(ent if I had an+ barren do$ or an+ other pet at ho(e I #ould have brou$ht the( for the service that da+ 7henever the barren are called out to be pra+ed for in church (+ #ife #ould al#a+s as- (e if I ca(e out But I #ould tell her no because God had not called (e barren I don)t usuall+ $o out #hen the barren are called out but on that fateful da+ I #as so pre$nant #ith e;pectation that I #ent out I -ne# (+ #ife and I cau$ht so(ethin$ that da+ The curse in the Fa(il+ is that ever+ first born of the Fa(il+ never $ets (arried If the+ do b+ an+ chance the+ never have children It had been on for !2 +ears #e don)t -no# #ho placed it and #h+ &ll I -no# is that I #as the seventh victi( I loo-ed at the Fa(il+ linea$e and sa# (+ other older relatives those #ho #ere not (arried and those #ho #ere (arried and didn)t have children One particular one is so pronounced5 she has been (arried for 1, +ears #ith no child +et Four da+s after the Brea-in$ The Curses Of ife teachin$ ended (+ #ife be$an to feel funn+ 8he #ent to the hospital and #as dia$nosed pre$nant 8he delivered on ece(ber % 8he had a bab+ bo+ avid Olu#ase$un Folorunsho4
Idowu, L.
47e $ot (arried in 9une 1//! 7e #anted to have our child i((ediatel+ but (+ #ife did not ta-e in There #as a Brea-throu$h 8e(inar in &pril 1//' I ca(e to a$os in *a+ fro( .ort 6arcourt #here #e live I #as led to bu+ the &pril Brea-throu$h 8e(inar video tapes On $ettin$ to .ort6arcourt (+ #ife and I #atched it In that tape the Bishop revealed so(ethin$ to us 6e said 7hatever the cause of not havin$ a child is it is a curse) 6e #ent on further to sa+ You don)t pra+ over curses5 rather +ou curse the( in the na(e of the ord) 7e had under$one several tests and #as told (+ #ife #as o-a+ but that I had a lo# sper( count The Bishop in the tape specificall+ (entioned that it #as a curse and that #hat #as to be done #as to curse it in the na(e of the ord That #as all 7e anointed ourselves and pra+ed That sa(e (onth =*a+ 1//'> (+ #ife conceived and this is the bab+4
%labin&o, L.
Barrenness is classified a(on$ the curses of the la# but the $ood ne#s is that there is hope for +ou if +ou are born a$ain
1atan, The 5nemy &t creation #hen God blessed &da( 6e $ave hi( do(inion over all the earth &da( #as the $od of the #orld he #as absolutel+ in char$e But #hen he fell he sold his birthri$ht to 8atan and 8atan beca(e the $od of this #orld In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of +od, should shine unto them. Corinthians 6'6
7hen 8atan ca(e on the scene as God)s archene(+ he #as deter(ined to corrupt the beaut+ of God)s creation5 so he be$an afflictin$ and oppressin$ hu(anit+ &ll the evil +ou see in the #orld toda+ and ever+thin$ short of perfection are the handi#or-s of the devil That #as #h+ 9esus said in Matthew
1!:8: ...)ut from the beginning it was not so.
This (eans that the horror of barrenness and all other #oes of (an-ind evident toda+ are traceable to 8atan &s I (entioned earlier (an #as created a health+ bein$ But #hen the ene(+ too- over authorit+ he corrupted (an)s nature and (an beca(e a victi( of sic-ness disease and barrenness Therefore that state of unfruitfulness is not biolo$ical or hereditar+ but satanic It is the #or- of the ene(+ God te(pts no (an #ith evil =9a(es 1:13>5 rather all $ood and perfect $ifts co(e fro( 6i( 9ust as a sprin$ cannot brin$ forth both s#eet and bitter #aters God cannot be loosin$ +ou if 6e is the One bindin$ +ou 6e is not behind that barrenness it is clearl+ an oppression of 8atan #nother parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field' )ut while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. )ut when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. 1o the servants of the householder came and said unto him, 1ir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field( from whence then hath it tares( 7e said unto them, #n enemy hath done this... atthew 8'69/
That is the devil at #or- I believe that &da( #as spirituall+ asleep #hen ?ve $ave hi( the fruit to eat because there is no record of an+ for( of resistance on his part 7hen he ate the forbidden fruit he $ave 8atan access into God)s beautiful creation Therefore ever+thin$ contrar+ to God)s ori$inal purpose for +our life is the #or- of the ene(+ Barrenness is satanic It is not scientific 8cientific treat(ents can rarel+ handle it For instance #e have been told b+ (edical science that before a child is produced the fe(ale e$$ =ovu(> (ust be fertilised b+ the (ale sper( cells =sper(ato@oa> But #e find in the 7ord of God an instance of supernatural conception #hen 9esus #as to be born The Bible si(pl+ sa+s "The 7oly +host shall come upon thee, and the power of the 7ighest shall overshadow thee' therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the 1on of +od" :*k. '83;.
There #as no (ention of a (ale sper( cell (eetin$ a fe(ale e$$ 9esus ca(e alive contrar+ to biolo$ical theories and la#s It is also a #ell -no#n fact that 8arah had passed the a$e of (enopause The Bible said that it had ceased to be #ith her after the (anner of #o(en =Gen 10:11>5 +et Isaac ca(e forth Therefore Christ is the ans#er to the crisis of barrenness 1ee how 1atan bound this daughter of
But #hen I ca(e into this church I be$an to hear diverse testi(onies &nd the Bishop #ill al#a+s sa+ God is not a respecter of persons) I said to (+self Oh (e $o $et belle) 8o #hen in *arch last +ear the Bishop told those see-in$ the fruit of the #o(b to co(e out I ca(e out *+ husband told (e o +ou re(e(ber #hat the doctor said) I said octor is not (+ God on)t +ou hear different testi(onies here) The Bishop prophesied that da+ sa+in$ This pre$nanc+ +ou are $oin$ to carr+ +ou #ill carr+ it and #ill not -no# that +ou carried an+ pre$nanc+5 and on the da+ of labour +ou #ill not have pain +ou #ill not have labour) I clai(ed the prophec+ 7hen I #as due to deliver I
&our 2edemptive 2ights The co(in$ of 9esus si$nalled the restoration of beaut+ to (an "salm 14!:4 says, "...(e will beautify the meek with salvation." 8o +ou are no lon$er a (an or #o(an to be pitied but a creature of env+ If +ou have been saved -no# that +our beaut+ has been restored spirituall+ &ll +ou have to do is to (a-e it real b+ the operation of +our faith It is true that because of the curse of God on (an at the be$innin$ (an+ have had to #eep to $et children But #hen 9esus died God sa# the travail of 6is soul &nd because God #as satisfied 6e averted the curse &et it pleased the *ord to bruise him he hath put him to grief' when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the *ord shall prosper in his hand. 7e shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied' by his knowledge shall my righteous servant !ustify many for he shall bear their ini=uities. Isaiah 38'>9
The price for +our barrenness has been full+ paid You have co(e under the atonin$ blood of Christ therefore +ou are free fro( barrenness 2omans ?'6 says' -or sin shall not have dominion over you' for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
8o sin cannot have do(inion over +ou5 and if it cannot ho# (uch (ore barrenness #hich is a conseEuence of sin &lso note that rede(ption does not onl+ include freedo( fro( sin but libert+ fro( the curse of the la# as #ell 7hen 9esus #as crucified 6e nailed +our barrenness to 6is cross and blotted out all thin$s contrar+ to +our fruithfulness b+ 6is blood 6e redee(ed +ou fro( the curse of the la# so that it has no le$al hold over +ou an+ lon$er Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us' for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree' That the blessing of #braham might come on the +entiles through @esus Christ that we might receive the promise of the 1pirit through faith. +alatians 8'896
o# that +ou are saved +ou need to understand that +ou #ere buried #ith 6i( in baptis( so +ou can rise #ith 6i( in resurrection That (eans +ou are totall+ set free fro( the pla$ue of barrenness Buried #ith hi( in baptis( #herein also +e are risen #ith hi( throu$h the faith of the operation of God #ho hath raised hi( fro( the dead #nd you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he =uickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses )lotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross Colossians '96
7hen +ou are born a$ain the po#er of 8atan over +ou is bro-en 9esus b+ 6is death destro+ed hi( that had the po#er of death 8atan &nd not stoppin$ there 6e also sei@ed all his po#ers 8o 8atan has no po#er left in hi(5 all he uses to hold +ou bound are subtlet+ devices and #iles #nd having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it. Colossians '3
9esus co(pletel+ triu(phed over 8atan5 and that 6e did for +ou That is #h+ he said "ll !ower is given unto me in heaven and in earth" (Matt. 28:18) . 7hen +ou $ive all that +ou have to so(ebod+ else +ou definitel+ have nothin$ #hile he has all +our thin$s That is ho# it is #ith 8atan5 9esus tooover ever+thin$ he had so he has nothin$ left #ith hi( but tric-s *est 1atan should get an advantage of us' for we are not ignorant of his devices. Corinthians '
6o#ever 8atan is so established in the art of deception that he see-s opportunit+ to trap God)s elect I re(e(ber one da+ I understood God)s provision for (+ libert+ believed it and #al-ed in the realit+ of it so I could boldl+ sa+ 4et God be true and an+ threat of 8atan or
biolo$ical assertions be a lie4 .lease note ho#ever that until +ou are born of God +ou cannot overco(e the devil 7ithout a doubt #e have an ene(+ #ho is bus+ atte(ptin$ to undo all that God has done But #hen #e sub(it to the la#s of rede(ption #e can undo all his #or-s in our lives Therefore until a (an is born a$ain he does not have a stand in God that $uarantees his victor+ on the earth In 1/0% in "aduna a Fa(il+ had been to (an+ places in search of a child The head of the ho(e in his testi(on+ said 4Finall+ #e settled #ith Christ4 The+ had been unstead+ previousl+ but #hen the+ settled do#n #ith God 6e settled their case There is a #ic-ed and cruel $od of this #orld #hose (ission is to oppose God and 6is creation But #hen +ou surrender +our life to Christ a covenant bet#een +ou and God is established causin$ God to put a stop to the devil)s activities brin$in$ the crises in +our life to an end Consider this 8cripture: -or whatsoever is born of +od overcometh the world' and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. @ohn 3'6
You #ill overco(e in 9esus) na(e
Chapter ' &our Covenant +uarantee
#nd ye shall serve the *ord your +od, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land' the number of thy days I will fulfil. 5xodus 8'39?
There is a platfor( +ou can stand upon and co((it God to bless and -eep +ou fro( the pla$ues of (iscarria$e and barrenness That platfor( is the covenant It is the (ost potent force in the #orld of the spirit and a stron$hold in the conflicts of life & covenant is a contract involvin$ t#o or (ore people In this case it is bet#een God and +ou5 #ith God as the covenantor and +ou the covenantee =as the beneficiar+ of God)s covenant> Fro( 8criptures #e see that God -eeps covenants 6e is constant #hereas (an is variable 6e sa+s in "salm 8!:34: My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my li!s. The issue of fruitfulness is also one of such covenants That is #h+ #hen God #as pourin$ out blessin$s on 6is people 6e co((itted 6i(self to their fruitfulness #hen 6e said: Thou shalt be blessed above all people' there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle. %euteronomy A'6
God #as sa+in$ in essence 4I -no# that there is a force of barrenness at #or- on the earth but because +ou belon$ to *e +ou shall not be barren neither (ale nor fe(ale4 That is God)s covenant pac-a$e for +our fruitfulness It puts +ou on God)s priorit+ list (andatin$ +ou to receive a child before an+ other person 6e said "Thou shall be blessed above all people..." &s lon$ as +ou are a child of God +ou are entitled to children on the basis of the covenant Fruitfulness is not reserved e;clusivel+ for fe# luc-+ people because as far as God is concerned #e are a people of eEual destin+ 7e all are eEuall+ entitled to the benefits of the covenant on)t all +our children have eEual access to +our possessions 7hatever
+ou o#n is available to all +our offsprin$ eEuall+ That is precisel+ ho# it is #ith God obod+ is luc-ier Dnderstandin$ is the difference bet#een so(ebod+ the covenant is #or-in$ for and the one it is not #or-in$ for You need a #or-in$ -no#led$e of the covenant to en
The Terms 0f The Covenant & covenant has ter(s #hich (ust be fulfilled before certain attendant benefits can follo# It is not a pro(ise +ou clai( in pra+er or a desire +ou enforce b+ fastin$5 it is a covenant #hich (ust be practised & $roup of people entered into a covenant #ith the ord in 2 Chronicles 1% and encountered rest on all sides Fro( the account #e discover that the+ did not need to cr+ confess pra+ or fast to en
with their whole desire and he was found of them' and the *ord gave them rest round about. Chronicles 3'8, 3, ,3
The+ entered into a covenant #ith God and 6e $ave the( rest round about That #ill be the lot of an+one also #ho cares to si$n in for the covenant of fruitfulness God #ill $ive hi( or her rest fro( barrenness Dnderstand that on 6is part God has set the sta$e for +our fruitfulness &ll +ou are reEuired to do is to discover +our part in it and the po#er to realise the benefits #ill be delivered to +ou Consider the $reat (an of God "enneth ? 6a$in #ho said he has not had even the sli$htest headache for over 'A +ears 6e is over 0A no# +et he is still stron$ enou$h to preach at (eetin$s re$ularl+ and also drive his car hi(self That $ives +ou an idea of the validit+ infallibilit+ and i((utabilit+ of the covenant The covenant he is standin$ on also $uarantees supernatural provisions divine health lon$ life and fruitfulness =?; 23:2%2'> God is eternall+ co((itted to all 6is covenants5 6e does not brea- or alter the( I re(e(ber #hen I discovered the covenant of abundance fro( God)s 7ord I -ne# #ithout a doubt that I had escaped the clutches of povert+ I positioned (+self for that covenant and it be$an to #or- for (e 7hat fired (e up in (+ search for God)s provision for abundance is contained in 9ere(iah 33:2A21 7hen insi$ht da#ned on (e I shouted 4I)ve found it4 I sa# ho# stron$ the covenant could be I sa# that e;cept +ou can stop the da+ and the ni$ht fro( e;chan$in$ positions +ou cannot cause God)s covenant to fail Therefore as lon$ as the earth re(ains God)s covenant =of an+ -ind> is in force forever Thus saith the *ord If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season Then may also my covenant be broken with %avid my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne and with the *evites the priests, my ministers. @eremiah 88'>9
That (eans that no (atter the satanic obstacles on +our path to fruitfulness God)s covenant #hich is superior to all oppositions on the earth is +our eternal $uarantee for children 7hat are the factors that (a-e the covenant of fruitfulness effective
Consecration The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree' he shall grow like a cedar in *ebanon. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age they shall be fat and flourishing $salm B',6
)lessed is the man that feareth the *ord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. 7is seed shall be mighty upon earth' the generation of the upright shall be blessed. $salm '9
God)s 7ord (a-es it clear that ri$hteousness or consecration provo-es God)s blessin$s The fruit of the #o(b is a(on$ those blessin$s ?ver+ blessin$ of God is reserved for the ri$hteous those #ho are #al-in$ #ith God in inte$rit+ and truth those that fear the ord Therefore it is ti(e to return to the ord in truth You cannot be runnin$ after one herbalist so(e#here and e;pect to en
*an+ people have underta-en ris-+ and frustratin$
God)s foundation can never be chan$ed It al#a+s has been and al#a+s
#ill be5 and #hosoever builds on it is sure of a future of fruitfulness in God The testi(on+ belo# is a proof of the veracit+ of the covenant ter(s of consecration 4I $ot (arried in ece(ber 1//A and e;pected to $et pre$nant but did not Then I started $oin$ fro( one herbal ho(e to the other spendin$ a lot of (one+ but to no avail In 1//! (+ husband too- (e to ivin$ Faith Church &bu
-or bodily exercise profiteth little' but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. Timothy 6'/
8o $odliness affects all areas of +our life It $rants +ou access to the profitin$ real( of life It procures positive chan$es in all areas of +our life Once the sin barrier has been dealt #ith +ou freel+ step into real(s of fruitfulness God does not as- an+bod+ to see- 6i( in vain 6e #ants to cleanse +ou and beautif+ +ou because the ulti(ate of holiness is beaut+
1ervice #nd ye shall serve the *ord your +od, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land' the number of thy days I will fulfil. 5xodus 8'39?
7hen +ou $enuinel+ serve God +ou co((it 6i( to +our #elfare &s a result 6e ensures +ou are never reduced to the point of be$$in$ 8ince +ou are
all out for 6i( 6e #on)t stand b+ #ith folded ar(s #hile +ou lan$uish in sic-ness 6e #ill not let the devil pla$ue +ou #ith barrenness or (iscarria$es In fact b+ enterin$ into a covenant #ith God 6e ties 6i(self b+ an oath to ensure that +ou reap +our re#ard For (en veril+ s#ear b+ the $reater: and an oath for confir(ation is to the( an end of all strife 7herein God #illin$ (ore abundantl+ to sho# unto the heirs of pro(ise the i((utabilit+ of his counsel confir(ed it b+ an oath: That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for +od to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us' 7ebrews ?'?9/
7e see t#o i((utable forces at #or- in a covenant God and 6is oath &s far as God is concerned both 6i(self and 6is oath carr+ the sa(e de$ree of force the+ #ei$h the sa(e Therefore once +ou fulfil the condition of bein$ in service to God +ou have co((itted 6i( to bless and (a-e +ou fruitful 4&nd +e shall serve the ord +our God4 is a decree 7hen +ou co(pl+ #ith it then 4he shall bless th+ bread and th+ #ater there shall nothin$ cast their +oun$ nor be barren in th+ land4 9esus said: (e that loveth his life shall lose it* and he that hateth his life in this world shall kee! it unto life eternal. If any man serve me, let him follow me* and where I am, there shall also my servant be+ if any man serve me, him will my ather honour. -ohn 12:2#$2
It is ti(e to follo# after God Once 6e is +our focus $oodness and (erc+ #ill be scra(blin$ after +ou Ta-e the stor+ of the 8huna((ite #o(an in 2 %in&s 4' for instance 8he devotedl+ cared for ?lisha the prophet and 6e said to her: ...#bout this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son... #nd the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that 5lisha had said unto her, according to the time of life. Dings 6'?9A
7hen +ou are in service +ou are entitled to a re#ard and "salm 127:3 sa+s: *o, children are an heritage of the *ord' and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
8o if +ou are a ste#ard in God)s -in$do( this is +our hour for re#ards God has a plan to distin$uish bet#een those that are servin$ 6i( and those that are not &s +ou serve 6i( 6e #ill definitel+ distin$uish +ou
Chapter 8' +et 2id 0f Those 0bstaclesE
God)s $reatest heart)s desire is that +our (iracle $ets to +ou But there are so(e (a
4nbelief Dnbelief (eans a lac- of belief or faith in God or in 6is abilit+ to (a-e +ou fruitful It al#a+s places a li(it on God because God cannot $o outside 6is 7ord to help +ou 6is 7ord sa+s "ccording to your faith be it unto you" (Matt.!:2!). 7e see this happen in 9esus) (inistr+: #nd he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. ark ?'3
9esus could not do (i$ht+ #or-s in 6is o#n countr+ because of their unbelief It stood on 6is #a+ as a (i$ht+ obstacle and #ould not let 6i( have access to the people i-e#ise until the stone of unbelief is rolled a#a+ fro( +our heart +our (iracle cannot reach +ou Therefore it is ti(e to $et out of unbelief and to enter into faith Re(e(ber faith $uarantees victor+
The #ge -actor ¬her obstacle the devil places before people to hinder the( fro( receivin$ their desired (iracle is a$e 6e lies to the( 4It is too late +ou have passed the a$e of childbearin$ Your case is closed4 But that is a lie Re(e(ber #hat +enesis ' says' -or 1arah conceived, and bare #braham a son in his old age, at the set time of which +od had spoken to him.
Therefore a$e is not a relevant factor in +our Euest for the fruit of the #o(b God visited 8arah as 6e had said 6e did unto her as 6e had spo-en not accordin$ to the thin-in$ of the people or #hat the people said This insi$ht should help +ou attac- all distractions of hell &n+ti(e 8atan co(es to harass +ou #ith +our a$e as- +ourself 4&( I as old as 8arah If God could do unto 8arah as 6e had said and visit her as 6e had spo-en then 6e #ill do (ine (+ a$e not#ithstandin$4 7ebrews '8 says' Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the a!esty on high
7hat deter(ined 8arah)s fruitfulness #as not the state of her #o(b or &braha()s a$e but the efficac+ of the spo-en 7ord This is because God upholds or controls all thin$s b+ the 7ord of 6is po#er Once +ou receive #hat 6e has said +ou beco(e capable of subduin$ ever+ other contrar+ thin$ et (e $ive +ou a practical e;a(ple: 4I #as here last +ear for the last Feet#ashin$ service of the +ear trustin$ God for the fruit of the #o(b .recisel+ three (onths before (+ #eddin$ I stopped (enstruatin$ &fter (+ #eddin$ I #ent to see the doctor The first doctor said *ada( I a( sorr+ +ou)ll find it difficult in ta-in$ in) The second one said 8orr+ #ithout (enstruatin$ ovulation cannot ta-e place 7ithout ovulation +ou cannot $et pre$nant) 6e then said Tell +our husband to $et bet#een 1AAAA to 1AAAAA naira read+ and I #ill carr+ out different tests to -no# e;actl+ #hat is #ron$ #ith +ouJ Initiall+ I be$an to run fro( one hospital to the other seein$ $+necolo$ists ater I $ot hold of one of the Bishop)s publications You 8hall ot Be Barren The first para$raph I read said There is no biolo$ical reason that is stron$ enou$h to hold (arried couples fro( $ettin$ pre$nant if the+ #ant to) I held on to that 6e further said The Bible sa+s be fruitful and (ultipl+) and I said to (+self *enses or no (enses I a( $ettin$ pre$nant) &t the last Feet#ashin$ 8ervice in 1//' I ca(e here and #as sittin$ under the canop+ The Bishop said Toda+ the devil #ill see +ou and #ill cr+ Toda+ #e are $oin$ to dis$race the devil and $ive God a serious dance) I #as reall+ prepared 6e further said *atthe# =the son$ leader> co(e and lead us in #orshippin$ God in the I
and said ?nou$h of barrenness enou$h of unfruitfulness Toda+ (enses or no (enses I a( $ettin$ (+ bab+ I a( co(in$ here #ith (+ bab+ at the last Feet #ashin$ service of the +ear in 1//,) &fter that I be$an to dance as if I #as in a co(petition *+ husband #asn)t at the service so #hen I $ot ho(e I told hi( Our bab+ is read+) and he said O-a+) In 9anuar+ I #ent to the hospital to see (+ doctor I told hi( I a( pre$nant) 6e said O-a+ let)s carr+ out the (ost accurate test #hich is the blood pre$nanc+ test) But the result #as ne$ative I #ent ho(e and told (+ husband and he said the doctor didn)t see #ell In Februar+ I #ent bac- to the hospital and told (+ doctor Chec- (e a$ain I a( pre$nant) 6e said *ada( I don)t (ean to fri$hten +ou I don)t thin- +ou can be pre$nant I a( sure it is because of +our (enstrual c+cle It is either +ou have .I =.elvic Infla((ator+ isease> ectopic pre$nanc+ or the ovarian c+st is still disturbin$ +ou) But I said octor I cannot have an+ of these diseases) 6e said 7h+ are +ou so sure) I said Because there is nothin$ li-e that fro( Genesis to Revelation) 6e said *ada( $o and do a scan a$ain) and I #ent B+ the ti(e I $ot to the scan doctor)s door I be$an to sha-e The doctor said But #o(an I have scanned +ou before) I said in (+ heart God don)t (a-e (e a case stud+ in this hospital) The (an placed his scannin$ (achine on (e and said 7o(an +ou are pre$nant) I be$an to cr+ I as-ed octor ho# (an+ (onths pre$nanc+) and he replied eleven #ee-s and four da+s) Toda+ I have (+ bab+ in (+ hand a bouncin$ bab+ bo+4 Olo#osu-o &
7hat God sa+s is al#a+s the final co((and It is #hat deter(ines #hat happens not the condition of +our #o(b or e;tre(e a$e &$e is definitel+ not a relevant factor in the covenant of fruitfulness &ll +ou need is 6is 7ord Consider for a (o(ent ?lisabeth the 8arah of the e# Testa(ent The Bible sa+s "nd they had no child, because that )lisabeth was barren, and they were now well stricken in years" (*e. 1:7). In essence the+ #ere both ver+ old <hou$h ?lisabeth had counted herself out #hat God said prevailed over the a$e barrier )ut the angel said unto him, -ear not,
who was called barren. -or with +od nothing shall be impossible. *uke '8, 8?98A
You (ust co(e to a point of a$ree(ent #ith God &s far as 6e is concerned +ou do not have a special case The fact that #e can refer to 8arah)s case as the oldest #o(an to conceive and bear a child (eans +our case is not special at all 8arah #as /A In fact she said "...ho would have said unto braham, that /arah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age." (Gen. 21:7.) If God could visit her 6e #ill also visit +ou in 9esus) na(e I often sa+ hu(orousl+ that +our case #ill not (a-e #aves in heaven because the+ alread+ have the case of a /A+earold #o(an #ho had a child 8o #hen God does +ours it #ill fall into the cate$or+ of 4re$ular event4 not a headline event It is ti(e to cast do#n all i(a$inations and ever+ hi$h thin$ that e;alts itself a$ainst the -no#led$e of God and brin$ into captivit+ ever+ thou$ht to the obedience of Christ #ho is the anointed 7ord of God
0ppositions 0f 1cience 0 Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called' Which some professing have erred concerning the faith... Timothy ?'>9
8cientific discoveries and approaches have stood bet#een (an+ people and their (iracles 7hen +ou hold onto the( accordin$ to the 8cripture above +ou lose +our victor+ to the doctors 4Oppositions of science falsel+ so called4 si(pl+ (eans that #hatever report science $ives +ou concernin$ the state of +our bod+ is false The truth is the 7ord of God & doctor put his eEuip(ent on (+ hand and said 4&h +ou have hi$h blood pressure4 I said 4ot (e4 6e said 4Read it for +ourself4 But I replied 4I don)t need to4 Then I told hi( hu(orousl+ that #e both #ere touchin$ the eEuip(ent so (a+be the eEuip(ent read both our blood pressure as one I never too- a tablet for hi$h blood pressure as (+ blood pressure is nor(al That doctor #ould have succeeded in transferrin$ hi$h blood pressure to (e if I had allo#ed hi(
& leadin$ $+necolo$ist dia$nosed a #o(an to have fibroid But she sta+ed at ho(e and -ept anointin$ her abdo(en in si(ple faith until the ti(e of deliver+ refusin$ to $o to the hospital for sur$er+ But #e #ere privile$ed to see the 4fibroid child4 in church #hen she ca(e to testif+ I then thou$ht to (+self 48cience #ould have slau$htered this child4 *an+ innocent (en and #o(en have found the(selves enslaved to scientific facts and scan reports In the school of faith science is not a friend but an ene(+ that (ust be confronted You (a+ be li-e that #o(an #ho had been barren for 1% +ears and had done all t+pes of hi$hl+ sophisticated tests +et nothin$ #or-ed for +ou But the $ood ne#s is that there is a solution in Christ 9esus You can lose contact #ith God #hen +ou are overl+ devoted to the facts of science The facts of science are fallacies #hich do not $o to$ether #ith the truth of God)s 7ord For instance +ou $o for a test and the dia$nosis sa+s fibroid You return ho(e and announce to +our husband 4I have fibroid45 it then beco(es +our inheritance +our private possession B+ repeatin$ it often +ou are buttressin$ and reinforcin$ the doctor)s dia$nosis and so it sta+s put in +our bod+ Be persuaded that science is not a friend but an ene(+ that (ust be confronted It deals #ith facts #hile #e live b+ faith5 it is in no #a+ superior to faith &fter the birth of (+ first son (+ cousin #ho is a (edical doctor ca(e to the house one da+ loo-ed at the bab+ and said 4Brother avid +our son has
Tradition #nd $hilosophies 0f en ...Thus have ye made the commandment of +od of none effect by your tradition. atthew 3'?
)eware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. Colossians '/
7hen +ou a$ree #ith tradition +ou (a-e the 7ord of God ineffective in +our life To hold on to tradition is to (iss the truth Tradition can be defined as a tale belief or practice handed do#n5 it is also a lon$established belief or custo( .hilosoph+ is the investi$ation of the nature of bein$ -no#led$e of the causes and effects of all thin$s reasonin$ etc It is dan$erous because it robs +ou of +our inheritance *an+ people are +et to receive their (iracles because the+ listen to philosophies of (en One tradition that has prevented (an+ fro( bein$ fruitful is that bleedin$ stops after conception 8o the (o(ent a #o(an be$ins to bleed after conception she believes the pre$nanc+ is lost But one of (+ dau$hters in the ord bled for four and a half (onths after conception +et she $ave birth to a bab+ bo+ at the fullness of ti(e Tradition sa+s 47hen +ou see blood the bab+ is $one45 but the truth sa+s 47hatsoever the ord doeth it shall be forever I #ill #or- and #ho shall let it 7hen I open the door #ho can shut it4 8o(eti(e a$o a #o(an ca(e to (e shiverin$ 8he said she had had a (iscarria$e 7hen I as-ed her ho# she -ne# she said she had been bleedin$ 8o I as-ed her 47hat do +ou have inside a bab+ or blood4 8he loo-ed at (e and s(iled I added 4If I cut (+self no# #ith a ra@or blade #hat #ill co(e out4 8he said 4Blood4 8o I as-ed her 46ave I then had a (iscarria$e4 8he lau$hed I then told her 4It)s a lie of the devil +ou don)t have a (iscarria$e4 7ith that she left and the pre$nanc+ #as supernaturall+ sustained God sa+s 4You are pre$nant no#4 It #ill a(ount to an insult to rise up to(orro# and because of so(e sli$ht bleedin$ +ou sa+ 4I don)t thin- I a( pre$nant4 The report +ou choose to believe #ill deter(ine +our outco(e Who hath believed our report( and to whom is the arm of the *ord revealed( Isaiah 38'
7hen (+ #ife told (e that she had had a (iscarria$e #hen she #as pre$nant for our first son it #as not a Euestion of ho# she felt That #as not an issue because I -ne# better than that I did not flinch 6ear this: in spite of #hatever blood +ou see +our bab+ is intact The blood +ou see is not (iscarria$e +ou are the one #ho $ave it a na(e If a (an cuts hi(self #ith a ra@or and blood starts co(in$ out does it (ean he has had a (iscarria$e Is it blood +ou are pre$nant #ith or a child That +ou see blood has nothin$ to do #ith the child in +our #o(b 7hat +ou see is
%estroying #ll #lternatives God is a or an +thin$ under +our pillo# =li-e a char(> all for the purpose of $ettin$ a child 7hatever else +ou put +our trust in acts as a hindrance to 6is divine intervention Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth' Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them' for I the *ord thy +od am a !ealous +od, visiting the
ini=uity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me 5xodus >'893
For +ou to en It is ti(e to destro+ all alternatives before the+ ulti(atel+ destro+ +our destin+ In 6is o(nipotence God does not refer cases that co(e to 6i( to an+one else5 6e is #ell able to handle all that co(e to 6i( 6e is al#a+s up to an+ tas- no (atter ho# i(possible it (a+ appear It is therefore foolishness to looto an+ other source because God is (ore than able y soul, wait thou only upon +od for my expectation is from him. $salm ?'3
8o(e people have not been able to secure God)s intervention because the+ are ban-in$ on their financial abilit+ to secure sophisticated (edical assistance For so(e others their trust is in their relations #ho are reputable $+necolo$ists5 #hile another $roup of people put their trust in #itch doctors #ho $ive de(onic children But until +ou destro+ all alternatives +ou (a+ never see God in action The reason the devil presents +ou #ith alternatives is so that +ou can lose touch #ith God 8o(e ti(e a$o God said to (e 4You have t#o e+es can +ou (a-e one to loo- up and the other to loo- do#n at the sa(e ti(e &s lon$ as +ou are loo-in$ to an+ (an do not clai( to be loo-in$ unto *e4 They looked unto him, and were lightened' and their faces were not ashamed. $salm 86'3
Those #ho rel+ on God are never stranded God is a covenant -eeper5 6e has not chan$ed 7hen +ou believe 6is report 6e reveals 6is (i$ht+ hand to +ou You (ust destro+ all the alternatives +ou are rel+in$ on and sta+ #ith God until +our ans#er co(es If a man die, shall he live again( all the days of my appointed time
will I wait, till my change come. @ob 6'6
<ernatives are $reat ene(ies of faith The+ render +our faith ineffectual5 and until faith is in place +ou cannot e;pect to secure divine intervention Therefore it is ti(e to destro+ #hatever alternatives +ou (a+ be rel+in$ on for a child and put +our trust solel+ on God
The -eeling 0f 7opelessness -or to him that is !oined to all the living there is hope' for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 5cclesiastes B'6
7hen +ou are born a$ain God b+ covenant $uarantees +ou a livin$ hope on all issues of life 6e is the Kine and #e the branches so to be
The devil also atte(pts to destro+ +our hope b+ arrai$nin$ before +ou all the ne$ative (edical test results all in a bid to (a-e +ou $ive up But do not $ive up because God #ill do a ne# thin$ in +our life &s lon$ as the Kine is alive and +ou are connected to 6i( there is hope for +ou Re(e(ber ho# 6e visited 8arah: #nd the *ord said unto #braham, Wherefore did 1arah laugh, saying, 1hall I of a surety bear a child, which am old( Is any thing too hard for the *ord( #t the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and 1arah shall have a son. +enesis /'896
You (a+ have been (oc-ed b+ nei$hbours and even relations But at the ti(e appointed God #ill put +our Isaac in +our hands &nd that ti(e is no# braham, against ho!e, believed in ho!e, according to that which is s!oken (Rom. 4:18).
The 7ord spo-en to hi( sustained his hope 7hen +ou han$ on to #hat God sa+s hope #ill -eep burstin$ forth fro( +our inside oo- at +our present position and place it side b+ side #ith God and +ou #ill discover ho# cheap it is to #al- into victor+ The ans#er to barrenness is not #ith doctors scientists philosophers or traditionalists obod+ -no#s the #or-s of God neither does an+one full+ understand the (+ster+ of procreation Your ans#er is #ith God #ho has autono(+ over the #or-s of creation #s thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child' even so thou knowest not the works of +od who maketh all. 5cclesiastes '3
9ust as that #o(an #ho had been barren for 1% +ears encountered Christ destro+ed all her alternatives settled do#n #ith -no#led$e and #as visited #ith a child the sa(e #ill be +our portion in 9esus) na(e God cannot chan$e and #ith 6i( is no respect of persons &s lon$ as +ou rid +ourself of all the obstacles (entioned in this chapter +ou are sure to encounter +our o#n (iracle God is on +our side
Chapter 6' The Dnowledge -actor
#nd hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all. 5phesians '98
Fro( the above 8cripture it is abundantl+ clear that all thin$s are under the feet of 9esus These include all de(onic installations satanic stron$holds #itches #i@ards and all diabolical po#ers God has put all thin$s includin$ +our case under 6is feet5 not under nature or (edical science but under 6i( John #:22 tells us that the ather &udgeth no man, but has committed all &udgement unto the /on. 8o the 8on is absolutel+ in char$e of the affairs of the #orld toda+ 1 John #:7 calls the 8on =9esus> the 7ord of God
or there are three that bear record in heaven, the ather, the ord, and the (oly host+ and these three are one. 8ince 9esus is the 7ord of God and all thin$s are under 6is control it (eans that all thin$s are under the control of the 7ord =6eb 1:3> 7hen +ou beco(e a (e(ber of the Bod+ of Christ all thin$s that concern +ou are no lon$er under the control of satanic or biolo$ical forces but under the 7ord of God That (eans once +ou have the 7ord for an+thin$ +ou are in control in that area For instance if +ou receive the 7ord on fruitfulness and be$in to operate b+ it +ou have the upper hand in +our conflict #ith barrenness Years bac- God sho#ed (e a (+ster+ in Revelation #:1$#: #nd I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. #nd I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof( #nd no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. #nd I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. #nd one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not' behold, the *ion of the tribe of @uda, the 2oot of %avid, hath
prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
I sa# fro( that 8cripture that until the Boo- =the Bible> is opened the tears of (an-ind #ill continue5 until the Boo- is opened on a particular issue that issue re(ains closed Therefore +ou (ust stron$l+ desire the openin$ up of the 7ord of God to +ou on the issue of fruitfulness if +our captivit+ is to be turned
It Is The Instrument 0f Change ?ndurin$ chan$es are results of 7ord encounters Re(e(ber that God)s 7ord is settled forever =.s 11/:0/>5 so it has the abilit+ to produce lastin$ chan$es in +our life You can have definite chan$es in +our Fa(il+ finance (inistr+ etc #hen God)s 7ord on an+ of those areas $ains entrance into +our spirit The sa(e is true in the area of barrenness &s +ou d#ell on God)s 7ord concernin$ fruitfulness the po#er in the 7ord be$ins to effect definite chan$es in +our bod+ (a-in$ it possible for +ou to conceive #nd the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me. 5Fekiel '
God)s 7ord is also selfanointed The unction upon it has transfor(in$ po#er It transfor(ed a once i(potent (an In his testi(on+ he said: 4In 1/0' I noticed that I had not been havin$ nor(al erection I considered this as nothin$ so I told no one not even (+ parents &t this ti(e I #as in (+ second +ear in the universit+ I #as in this condition till after (+ Y8C That #as #hen (+ parents $ot to -no# and fro( then #e tried all sorts of sources see-in$ for deliverance I had to travel fro( "aduna to i(o in the east to see- for cure In the process it #as the (erc+ of God that saved (e fro( bein$ used for rituals In the church I #as attendin$ then so (an+ thin$s #ere $iven (e to use includin$ blac- (edicines 8o (an+ thousands of naira #as spent on orthodo; (edicine too This #as (+ situation until &pril 1//% #hen I first attended ivin$ Faith Church &t this ti(e I #as still on (+ in
God for the paintin$ of the o(inion 8anctuar+ $oin$ on then I used the offerin$ to provo-e (+ healin$ Then one da+ in October I ca(e to the church pre(ises #ith the in (+ #ife announced to (e that she #as feelin$ li-e she had conceived thou$h she #as still havin$ her nor(al (enstruation On Februar+ 22 1//' #e #ent for a pre$nanc+ test and the test turned out to be ne$ative I told (+ #ife that the+ could not detect the pre$nanc+ at that sta$e &fter that I -nelt do#n before God and anointed the result ThanGod for the teachin$ Bishop O+edepo $ave us on The a# Of ature &nd The a# Of The 8pirit 7ith this teachin$ in (+ heart I declared the result as the result of nature and that the la# of the 8pirit sa+s the pre$nanc+ #as there 7e #ent for a second test #hich a$ain #as ne$ative &ll the #hile (+ #ife #as havin$ her (enstruation and +et havin$ all the si$ns of pre$nanc+ But #hen #e did the third pre$nanc+ test it #as confir(ed that (+ #ife #as pre$nant and that the pre$nanc+ #as about 1A #ee-s old 8ince then the pre$nanc+ has been $ro#in$ #a;in$ stron$er and stron$er4 Olusola 8 &
God)s 7ord is co((issioned to (a-e a chan$e5 and this chan$e co(es as a (an $ets in contact #ith revelations b+ the inspiration of God I a( not tal-in$ about $oin$ to the 7ord for infor(ation because infor(ation alone
cannot effect an+ chan$e I a( tal-in$ about contactin$ revelations that can produce definite chan$es in +our position )ut we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the *ord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the 1pirit of the *ord. Corinthians 8'/
The $lass bein$ referred to is actuall+ the 7ord of God )ut be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. -or if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass' @ames '9 8
You are able to see God throu$h 6is 7ord in the sa(e #a+ +ou loo- into a (irror to see an i(a$e of +ourself &nd as +ou behold 6i( in the 7ord +ou are chan$ed fro( $lor+ to $lor+ Revelation in the 7ord is that supernatural force that can brin$ about chan$es for the better in +our life One da+ after settlin$ do#n to read the entire boo- of .sal(s I -ne# that certain po#erful chan$es had ta-en place in (+ life That evenin$ as I (inistered to a couple #ho had been loo-in$ up to God for a child so(ethin$ si(pl+ burst forth fro( (e and the (an fell to the floor and be$an to roll around on the carpet sa+in$ 4I didn)t -no# it #as for (e4 That revelation ended the issue of barrenness in their lives If an+ revelation +ou clai( to have received is not chan$in$ +ou fro( $lor+ to $lor+ +ou need to be#are of it God)s 7ord is inspired to produce profits #ll scripture is given by inspiration of +od, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness' Timothy 8'?
$rogramme &ourself 0ut 0f )arrenness & co(puter has various pro$ra((es also called soft#are 7ithout this soft#are +ou cannot run the co(puter 8oft#are is defined si(pl+ as a set of instructions #ritten to solve a particular proble( 9ust as #e have co(puter soft#are I believe #e also have covenant 4soft#are4 #hich are covenant facts #ritten to solve particular proble(s Dntil these facts are in place proble(s
#ill re(ain #nd ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. @ohn /'8
& (an of God ri$htl+ said 4I have converted all (+ proble(s to pro$ra((es4 *editatin$ on these #ords I ca(e to the conclusion that one can pro$ra((e oneself out of an+ proble( in life includin$ barrenness no (atter ho# difficult the situation (a+ be B+ usin$ covenant 4soft#are4 +ou can convert barrenness to fruitfulness The follo#in$ are instructions to $uide +ou:
+et 7old 0f The Word Woe unto you, lawyersE for ye have taken away the key of knowledge' ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered. *uke '3
*ost people have a bunch of -e+s ?ach -e+ in an+ bunch is desi$ned to open a specific door5 not is above all Therefore #hen +ou issue orders fro( above all forces belo# (ust obe+ +ou It i(plies then that #ithout a sound understandin$ of the 7ord of God +ou are handicapped in +our conflict a$ainst barrenness The 7ord is the #a+ to victor+
*e #: 4$7 tells the stor+ of so(e fisher(en #ho toiled all ni$ht #ithout results Their situation re(ained the sa(e until the+ received a 7ord fro( 9esus ow when he had left speaking, he said unto 1imon, *aunch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. #nd 1imon answering said unto him, aster, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing' nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. #nd when they had this done, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes' and their net brake. #nd they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. #nd they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.
That frustratin$ situation ended #hen the+ applied the(selves to the dictates of the 7ord *ook at this testimony' 4I #as here at the 7*I =7o(en *inistr+ International> (eetin$ in 1//% I ca(e in full of troubles I #as loo-in$ for the fruit of the #o(b and (+ ho(e #as virtuall+ torn apart then &t the (eetin$ .astor =*rs> Faith O+edepo said God #ill reach out to all that call on 6i() ¬her pastor also said Be full of
This is #here the
editate 0n The Word Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. editate upon these things give thyself wholly to them that thy profiting may appear to all. Timothy 6'8, 3
This ne;t step calls for ponderin$ on the 7ord until faith is released *an+ ti(es #e assu(e that once a discover+ has been (ade in the 7ord faith is in place But faith does not
You can spend so(e ti(e plu(bin$ the depth of that 7ord until +ou are certain of God)s covenant of fruitfulness Then +ou ta-e +our place in it It is not
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein' for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. @oshua '/
)lessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. )ut his delight is in the law of the *ord and in his law
doth he meditate day and night. $salm '9
Dntil +ou be$in to (editate on the 7ord 7ord +ou (a+ never -no# #hat is +ours b+ ri$ht and #hat actions to ta-e to co(e out of +our predica(ent *editation opens +ou up to heaven)s counsel The process of (editation can also be li-ened to the process of di$estion in the hu(an bod+ Food that is not di$ested is of no value to the bod+ In li-e (anner God)s 7ord undi$ested throu$h (editation is #orthless The readin$ of the 7ord is the level of infor(ation but the di$estion of the 7ord throu$h (editation produces revelation 6avin$ di$ested the 7ord 7ord it $ets to +our spirit(an #ith ease Re(e(ber that Romans 1+:1+ sa+s: -or with the heart man believeth unto righteousness and with the t he mouth confession is made unto salvation.
8o faith occurs in the heart But it cannot $et there #ithout (editation It is (editation that ta-es the 7ord 7ord fro( the surface to the inside
$resent &our Case To +od $roduce your cause, saith the *ord bring forth your strong reasons, saith the Ding Ding of @acob. @acob. Isaiah 6' 6'
God e;pects +ou to present to 6i( reasons #h+ 6e should step into +our case 7here do +ou $et the stron$ reasons fro( Fro( the 7ord 7ord of God 7hen +ou are assured fro( 6is 7ord 7ord that children are +our herita$e in God $o to 6i( and present +our case in line #ith +our discoveries God is the
#nd this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us' #nd if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. @ohn 3'693
Confront The 1ituation &fter +ou have spo-en to God about +our proble( face the opposition and address it Barrenness has #ithstood +ou this lon$ because +ou have been #aitin$ for God to do so(ethin$ about it But +ou are the one to spea- to 11:23 sa+s: it Mar* 11:23 -or verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, )e thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass he shall have whatsoever he saith.
Dntil +ou address barrenness it #ill not (ove The la# of the spirit de(ands that +ou spea- to it You You can present +our case to God #ith as (an+ 8criptures as possible but if +ou do not address the (ountain it #ill re(ain in place It is ti(e to sa+ to it: L 4You barrenness +ou have no ri$ht to be here I curse +ou fro( the roots no# L You fibroid I challen$e +ou no# Be uprooted in 9esus) na(e L You bloc-ed tubes lo# sper( count introverted uterus be healed no# in 9esus) na(e4
8pea- to the particular situation addressin$ it b+ na(e Matthew 17:2+ sa+s: #nd @esus said unto them, )ecause of your unbelief' for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, 2emove hence to yonder place and it shall remove and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Therefore +ou can brin$ do#n those (ountains b+ the 7ord 7ord of faith in +our (outh
#nnouncee &our #nnounc &our Gictory %eath and life are in the power of the tongue' and they that love it shall eat eat the fruit thereof. thereof. $roverbs /'
6avin$ challen$ed the (ountains +ou no# have the final sa+ in the conflict #ith barrenness 7hat +ou sa+ #ill deter(ine #hether +ou are 11:3> Therefore at ever+ point +ou are either fra(in$ or shatterin$ +our #orld b+ +our #ords #ords If +ou sa+ sa+ 4I cannot be barren4 barrenness #ill be ta-en care of But if +ou sa+ 4I have a (iscarria$e4 it beco(es +ours 7ithout declarations the tas- is not co(plete
Watch &our &our #ctions #ct ions God #ei$hs actions If +our actions are contrar+ to +our declarations +ou have cancelled +our (iracle &fter 6annah $ot up fro( pra+in$ pra +in$ she too- bread and her countenance #as no lon$er sad 8pea-in$ propheticall+ in 1 ,amel 2:3' 6annah said: Talk no more so exceeding proudly let not arrogancy come out of your mouth' for the *ord is a +od of knowledge, and by him hi m actions are weighed.
on)t sa+ 4I a( pre$nant4 and loo- sad That #a+ thou$h +ou are sa+in$ the ri$ht #ords but +our action is causin$ people to read the contrar+ on +ou God #ei$hs +our actions before 6e delivers +our (iracle to +ou God (ust see that +ou actuall+ (ean #hat +ou are doin$ before 6e releases +our blessin$s to +ou
2efuse To Huit 7e staggered not at the promise of +od through unbelief but was strong in faith, giving glory to +od +od 2omans 6'>
The ne;t vital step in pro$ra((in$ +ourself out of barrenness is a refusal to Euit 6avin$ located a particular 7ord upon #hich +ou are standin$ +ou (ust refuse to sta$$er The Bible sa+s concernin$ &braha( that he sta$$ered not at the pro(ise of God throu$h unbelief but #as stron$ in faith $ivin$ $lor+ to God In essence &braha( refused to Euit Thin- on this: is +our God able to handle +our case If 6e is +ou have no reason to shift +our $round You often hear doctors confess in cases too difficult for (edical science to handle 4It #ill ta-e God4 This i(plies that God is (an)s last resort God never refers a case else#here5 6e is the God of all flesh and no case is too difficult for 6i( 8o #hen +ou co(e to God +ou have co(e to the final point of call and 6e #ill not disappoint +ou et (e state cate$oricall+ that the 7ord of God is so(ethin$ the devil has no ans#er to Once it $ains entrance into +our heart +ou have $ained control over the forces of barrenness 6ebre#s 1:3 sa+s that God upholds or controls all thin$s b+ the 7ord of 6is po#er 8o the 7ord is #hat +ou reEuire (ost to handle barrenness B+ the 7ord of God an+thin$ that is (issin$ in +our bod+ can be replaced because all thin$s #ere (ade b+ the 7ord and #ithout it #as nothin$ (ade The 7ord has creative abilities and I see it creatin$ +our (iracle bab+ In conclusion it is i(portant to reiterate that there is (ore to victor+ than pra+er "no#led$e is the (aster -e+ that $uarantees victor+ over barrenness 7hen +ou contact libert+ b+ -no#led$e it is libert+ indeed #nd ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. If the 1on therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. @ohn /'8,8?
This is the point #here (an+ people (iss it The+ are d+in$ on their -nees #hereas the+ lac- the li$ht reEuired for victor+ The onl+ #eapon dar-ness respects is li$ht 4&nd the li$ht shineth in dar-ness5 and the dar-ness co(prehended it not4 =9n 1:%> Therefore +ou are not in control of barrenness until +ou are in touch #ith the 7ord that puts +ou in control
Chapter 3' &our -aith #ccess
@esus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. ark B'8
Muite a nu(ber of people have seen fro( the 7ord of God their ri$hts to havin$ children but the+ have not been able to receive the( 7h+ Faith is +our access to God)s blessin$s That is #h+ Hebrews 4: 2 sa+s: -or unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them' but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
It is one thin$ to have the 7ord and a different thin$ to (i; it #ith faith inside +ou Dntil the 7ord discovered (i;es #ith faith +our desired blessin$ cannot be delivered to +ou Thin- of the $reat blessin$ of a child received b+ &braha( and 8arah5 their (iracle ca(e as a result of their $reat faith In spite of its see(in$ i(possibilit+ b+ steppin$ out of unbelief into faith &braha( crossed over fro( the real( of i(possibilities into that of possibilities The faith real( is the possibilit+ real( of life In it all thin$s are (ade possible That is #h+ I -no# the state of +our bod+ does not (atter If +ou #ill si(pl+ co(e out of unbelief into faith all thin$s #ill beco(e possible to +ou 0ne of my daughters in the faith contacted her miracle despite the fact that one of her ovaries had been re(oved and the other one badl+ da(a$ed 4I $ot (arried in ece(ber 1/00 Before this ti(e I #as privile$ed to have sat under the teachin$s of Bishop avid O+edepo in "aduna before co(in$ to a$os Over a period of ti(e I #as brain#ashed #ith the 7ord of God that sa+s none shall be barren in the land nor cast their +oun$ 8o #ith that 7ord and (an+ others I #as too sure that I couldn)t be barren In 9anuar+ 1/00 before I $ot (arried I had a fibroid operation in #hich (+ ri$ht ovar+ #as re(oved and the left one turned inside out because the fibroid had started affectin$ it The doctor told (e then that it #ould ta-e the $race of God for (e to have a bab+ 7hen I eventuall+ $ot (arried I did not ta-e in i((ediatel+ but I did not re(e(ber the operation at all havin$ been brain#ashed #ith the truth I #as
too sure of havin$ children and I refused to loo- an+#here else for help I stuc- to the truth that I had -no#n &t the church)s ei$ht anniversar+ celebration =Kictor+ Celebration> in 8epte(ber 1//1 I #as selected as one of those to be ordained as a deaconess so I travelled to "aduna #ith (+ husband &s soon as #e $ot to "aduna #e headed for the service and sat at the bac- of the sanctuar+ The Bishop #as preachin$ on the anointin$ oil that da+ 6e said &s +ou are seated i(a$ine 9esus Christ pourin$ oil on +ou and see +our +o-e bein$ bro-en and leavin$ +ou) I could see barrenness leavin$ (+ bod+ It #as so real that I -ne# so(ethin$ left (e I #as ver+ happ+ that ni$ht because (+ husband and I had actuall+ $one for the ordination reluctantl+ On 8aturda+ the pro$ra((e continued and the Bishop preached on #isdo( 6e said #isdo( reEuires that #e stic- to the truth that #e have -no#n no (atter #hat #e (a+ be $oin$ throu$h I added another truth to the ones I -ne# before and #as $lad to have $one to "aduna On 8epte(ber 22 the Bishop #as preachin$ and in the course of the (eetin$ he said the 6ol+ Ghost told hi( to re(ove his $ar(ent anoint and pass it round the con$re$ation that #hatever #e believed God for #hen #e touched the $ar(ent #e #ould have our (iracles 6e called it the ei$hth +ear anniversar+ $ift 7hen the $ar(ent $ot to (e I touched the oil on it lifted (+ blouse and touched (+ sto(ach #ith it I #as too sure that I had received (+ (iracle that da+ I #rote at the bac- of (+ Bible Toda+ 8epte(ber 22 1//1 I received (+ (iracle of fruitfulness) &nd e;actl+ nine (onths later precisel+ on 9une 1, 1//2 I had (+ bab+ bo+ &s if that #as not enou$h on 9anuar+ 2 1//3 #hen (+ bab+ #as
7hat faith does is to dra# virtue fro( the 7ord 7hen the #o(an #ith the issue of blood touched the hel( of 9esus)
$ar(ent virtue flo#ed into her bod+ deliverin$ her (iracle to her 9esus is also the 7ord of God 8o if +ou touch the 7ord ri$ht no# #ith +our faith the virtue in that 7ord #ill flo# into +our bod+ brin$in$ about a (iraculous conception This happens because God al#a+s bac-s up 6is 7ord 7henever a (an stands on the 7ord God has no choice but to brin$ it to pass Then said the *ord unto me, Thou hast well seen' for I will hasten my word to perform it. @eremiah '
Faith is our lifeline in the -in$do( 7ithout it it is i(possible to please God5 and until God is pleased +our (iracle is not on the #a+ Faith is also vital because b+ it the elders obtained a $ood report ow faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. -or by it the elders obtained a good report. 7ebrews '9
8o +ou do not obtain $ood reports #ithout faith It is #hat (a-es $ood an+ ne$ative report of the doctors 8atan -no#s the value of +our faith5 he -no#s that #hen it is in place he is helpless 8o he attac-s it 9esus revealed this #hen in u-e 22:3132 6e cautioned .eter and infor(ed hi( that 8atan desired to have hi( and sift hi( li-e #heat But 6e #ent on to sa+ 4I have pra+ed for thee that th+ faith fail not4 The devil #as $unnin$ for .eter)s faith because if he could $et at his faith he #ould have been able to destro+ hi( Re(e(ber that the Bible sa+s 4The but it $oes be+ond that to allo#in$ the 7ord of God direct and control +ou Faith is not a $ift it is a product of discover+ For instance #hen +ou see that the curse has been lifted and -no# that ever +thin$ contrar+ to +ou has been nailed to the cross +ou can be$in to celebrate +our victor+ on the basis of insi$ht because the battle is over Faith is not passive it is an active livin$ force Consider #hen God told &braha( 4Get thee out of th+ countr+unto a land that I #ill she# thee4=Gen 12:1> It is #ritten that &braha( departed B+ departin$ in accordance #ith the 7ord of the ord &braha( sho#ed that the 7ord had ta-en control of his
entire bein$ If it #as (ere a$ree(ent he #ould have sat do#n to be$in to or$anise his departure little b+ little But the Bible sa+s 4&nd so &braha( departed4 That is faith oo- at Hebrews 11:1 a$ain: 0ow faith is the substance of things ho!ed for, the evidence of things not seen. It i(plies that there is an evidence of faith There are pointers to the presence of faith The follo#in$ sho# #hen faith is present
-aith 1peaks 7e havin$ the sa(e spirit of faith accordin$ as it is #ritten I believed and therefore have I spo-en5 #e also believe and therefore spea-5 Corinthians 6'8 The spirit of faith demands that you speak what you believe. What you cannot speak, you do not believe. Therefore, faith is not valid until it is spoken. -aith is expressed in words not !ust those you speak to people, but the words you speak to yourself as well. &our words either count for or against you, that is why @esus said'
-or by thy words thou shalt be !ustified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. atthew '8A
Dntil a (an is tau$ht to spea- ri$ht he never $ets (uch out of life It is the correct use of #ords that (a-es life (eanin$ful Your ton$ue (ust be tau$ht to spea- fruitfulness or else +ou re(ain in barrenness This is a (a Your ans#er #ill not co(e until +ou openl+ and unasha(edl+ announce it to the hearin$ of friends and foes ali-e The brother in this testi(on+ did
(others should brin$ their bab+ thin$s to church 6e said God #anted to bless people #ith children 7e obe+ed the instruction and brou$ht our bab+ clothes in faith The clothes #ere anointed and the Bishop declared It is done) 6e also said #hatever se; #e desired #e should receive sa(e *+ #ife I have not used (+ (one+ to bu+ an+thin$ God has
8ee #h+ +ou need to spea- onl+ #hat +ou believe:
Words #re 1eeds ow the parable is this' The seed is the word of +od. *uke /'
?ver+ far(er -no#s the i(portance of seeds 7ithout a seed in the $round ever+ effort done in the far( is useless In li-e (anner the other thin$s #e do li-e #orship service to God #ith our ti(e (one+ and ener$+ could be classified as the $round clearin$ process one of these are ho#ever eEual to harvest 7hat $uarantees a harvest is the Eualit+ of seed so#n The 7ord of God is 4The 8eed4 Dntil +ou learn to spea- it forth out of +our (outh all the other efforts +ou (a+ be (a-in$ to#ards $ettin$ a child are a #aste There are (an+ co((itted Christians sufferin$ toda+ #ho have no business sufferin$ at all But because the+ have not been tau$ht the ri$ht #a+ to spea- the+ re(ain in slaver+ .lease note that the #ords +ou spea- are as (uch a seed as the 7ord of God because +ou are created in God)s i(a$e and li-eness If #hat God spo-e #ith 6is (outh at creation ca(e to be #hatever +ou sa+ #ith +our (outh #ill co(e to be ...7e shall have whatsoever he saith. ark '8
The 7ords +ou spea- are seeds a#aitin$ harvest 7hen +ou spea- (iracle #ords +our harvest is sure to be a (iracle That is #h+ Genesis 8:22 sa+s: While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
This calls for sensitivit+ on +our part so that +ou do not lose out to the devil For instance the fact that as a #o(an +ou sa# so(e blood should not (a-e +ou sa+ 4I have a (iscarria$e4 In spite of #hatever blood +ou see +our bab+ is intact The presence of blood is not an evidence of a (iscarria$e5 it is +ou that called it a (iscarria$e I believe that the fact that a #o(an bleeds has nothin$ to do #ith #hether she is pre$nant or not5 it does not ta(per #ith the child God sa+s is in her #o(b Blood and child are not s+non+(ous It is not blood that +ou are pre$nant #ith but a child 7hatever blood +ou (a+ be seein$ is nothin$ but so(e e;cess blood loo-in$ for a #a+ out of +our bod+
7hen (+ #ife #as pre$nant #ith our first child I travelled and on (+ return (+ #ife said to (e 4I had a (iscarria$e4 I replied 4It cannot happen Can I have (+ food please4 There #as no further discussion and no opportunit+ for e;planations In fact there #as a pra+er (eetin$ in (+ house that ver+ da+ but there #as no (ention of that incident nor reEuest for pra+ers for it The re(ar-able thin$ is that the pre$nanc+ #as sustained and the bab+ #as born nine (onths after That is the po#er of declaration at #or- Therefore +ou (ust be careful #hat +ou sa+ because God is not a respecter of persons Dntil +ou understand the (+ster+ behind the #ords +ou spea- +ou (a+ never receive +our desired blessin$ 7hatever +ou encounter in +our to(orro# is a function of #hat +ou sa+ toda+ It is ti(e to sa+ to that (ountain of barrenness 4Be thou re(oved and be thou cast into the sea45 and it shall be re(oved But if +ou loo- at it and sa+ 4You are so heav+4 or 4You are i(passable4 it beco(es too heav+ to be sur(ounted 7hatever +ou sa+ to the (ountain is #hat it obe+s 8o(e +ears bac- #e #ere in a (eetin$ in Bauchi 7e (inistered to a #o(an #ho #as called barren and she #ent bac- ho(e and announced to her husband 4I a( pre$nant4 &nd it #as so
&our Words Commit +od That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers that saith to @erusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited and to the cities of @udah, &e shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof' Isaiah 66'?
God is co((itted to doin$ #hatever +ou sa+ 6e responds to +our #ords Re(e(ber #hen *iria( and &aron spo-e a$ainst *oses The+ #ere si(pl+ havin$ a discussion but God heard the( and responded =u( 12:1!> God does not respond to pra+ers alone but also to the #ords of +our (outh Re(e(ber ho# the children of Israel lost their access into the pro(ise land because of the #ords the+ spo-e (-m. 13:31$33). Their reaction to the report of the ten spies $ot the( into trouble 1ay unto them, #s truly as I live, saith the *ord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you' &our carcases shall fall in this wilderness and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,
umbers 6'/9B
8o +ou (ust #atch #hat +ou sa+ even under pressure because it could be the reason #h+ +ou are still in the prison house of barrenness God)s co((it(ent to $ive +ou #hatsoever +ou sa+ (a-es #hat +ou speastic- God sta(ps it and #rites the date +ou spo-e it do#n (a-in$ it unchan$eable
The #ngels #re oved )y Them )e not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before +od' for +od is in heaven, and thou upon earth' therefore let thy words be few. 1uffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error' wherefore should +od be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands( 5cclesiastes 3',?
7hen #ords co(e out of +our (outh the an$els pic- the( up as instructions and act on the( The+ have been (andated to (inister to +ou as an heir of salvation and part of their duties is to respond and perfor( +our de(ands =6eb 1:1!> Ta-e +our (essen$er in the office for instance Can +ou as- for a cup of hot tea and he $ives +ou a cold $lass of co-e o (atter ho# hot the da+ is #hat +ou as- for is #hat +ou #ill $et That e;plains #h+ +ou sa+ 4I have fibroid4 and it is so because the an$els act on #hat +ou sa+ Once it co(es out of +our (outh the+ ensure +ou have #hat +ou sa+ %eath and life are in the power of the tongue' and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. $roverbs /'
0ppositions )ow Your #ords are also #eapons for crushin$ all (anner of oppositions If +ou are in God)s service +ou have a coverin$ over +ou that forbids lac- sic-ness barrenness (iscarria$e and pre(ature death =?;23:2%2'> But here +ou are +ou serve the ord and have been (arried for several +ears and are still believin$ God for a child 7hat +ou should do on the basis of that 7ord is to tear do#n all the oppositions of hell standin$ on +our #a+ to fruitfulness
Children are +our entitle(ent but until those stran$ers hear +our voice the+ #ill not fade a#a+ fro( their hidin$ places Oppositions #ill not bo# until the+ hear fro( +ou #s soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me' the strangers shall submit themselves unto me. The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places. $salm /'66963
There is an an$el (andated to ta-e +ou to +our place of destin+ 6e -no#s that there are oppositions on +our #a+ #hich he (ust cut off if +ou (ust arrive there safel+ 8o as +ou spea- +ou (ove hi( to level all +our oppositions )ut if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. -or mine #ngel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the #morites, and the 7ittites, and the $eriFFites, and the Canaanites, the 7ivites, and the @ebusites' and I will cut them off. 5xodus 8'98
*an+ Christians are too silent to be victorious The+ close their (ouths even #ith evil encroachin$ on their territor+5 so it -eeps $ainin$ ascendanc+ over the( But the louder +ou tal- the (ore of God)s (anifestations +ou e;perience You are not food for the devil so he should not continue (essin$ +ou up the #a+ he is doin$ no# B+ virtue of rede(ption he has no le$al access to +ou The provision for +our libert+ is on $round but +ou ta-e deliver+ of it b+ the #ords of +our (outh 9esus said: -or I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. *uke '3
-aith #cts Faith does not onl+ reflect in the #ords of +our (outh but also in +our actions Faith has evidence If faith is there it sho#s in +our loo-s #al- state(ents +ou (a-e and +our countenance 7ithout correspondin$ actions there is no evidence that faith is in place 6annah said propheticall+ "3alk no more so e4ceeding !roudly* let not arrogancy come out of your mouth+ for the Lord is a od of knowledge, and by
him actions are weighed" (1 ,am. 2:3).8he had e;perienced this di(ension of faith practicall+ In chapter one of first 8a(uel 6annah #as bein$ provo-ed b+ her fruitful rival 8he initiall+ reacted to her situation b+ #eepin$ and refusin$ to eat But after her encounter #ith God at the te(ple in 8hiloh the Bible sa+s: #nd she said, *et thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. 1o the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad. #nd they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the *ord, and returned, and came to their house to 2amah' and 5lkanah knew 7annah his wife and the *ord remembered her. 1amuel '/9B
God #ei$hs actions to ascertain +our faith 7hen +our actions are ne$ative it betra+s +our lac- of faith That is #h+ James 2:18 sa+s: 4.../hew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works." Once +ou clai( to believe a particular 7ord of God there (ust be a correspondin$ action that bac-s up +our clai( or else it is a dubious clai(
Child9*ike -aith ...5xcept ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. atthew /'8
The blessin$s of the -in$do( are for those #ho have beco(e as little children not for the co(plicated and anal+tical It is for the si(ple in heart people #ho #ill declare 4God said it I believe it that settles it4 It is those #ho a$ree to stic- to #hat God sa+s in childli-e faith that are $uaranteed fruitfulness *an+ Christians are too co(plicated and sophisticated for the si(ple 8criptural solutions to their proble(s God has chosen the "oolishness of !reaching to save them that believe" (1 or. 1:21). &nd the foolishness of God is still #iser than the #isdo( of (en That is #h+ +ou (ust han$ on to #hatever 6e sa+s in 6is 7ord #ith childli-e faith olossians 2:1+ sa+s "nd ye are com!lete in him..." That (eans in spite of the octor)s report #itches or #i@ards nothin$ can ta(per #ith +our co(pleteness &s lon$ as +ou are in 6i( +ou are co(plete 8o be$in to shout it out loud: L 4In spite of the devil I a( co(plete
L In spite of (+ feelin$s I a( co(plete L In spite of the octor)s report I a( co(plete4
You are co(plete 7hatever (a-es +ou feel less than co(plete is a tricof the devil If the doctor sa+s +our sper( count is lo# as- +ourself ho# hi$h &braha()s #as In the case of *ar+ the (other of 9esus the issue of sper( did not arise +et 9esus #as a perfect child If God sa+s +ou are co(plete that is #hat +ou are &ll +ou reEuire to be pre$nant is li$ht fro( the 7ord of God The an$el #ho appeared to *ar+ said: ...The 7oly +host shall come upon thee, and the power of the 7ighest shall overshadow thee' therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the 1on of +od. *uke '83
The $ospel is the po#er of God unto salvation Therefore #hen +ou believe the 7ord the po#er of God overshado#s +ou placin$ a hol+ 4thin$4 inside +ou You need childli-e faith to believe this &ll +ou need for +our (iracle is to be convinced of +our co(pleteness in Christ octors (a+ have said that +ou are not co(plete enou$h to have a child but fro( God)s 7ord #e see that +ou are connected to a co(plete Kine so +ou cannot be an inco(plete branch &s a (atter of fact +ou are so co(plete that +ou have beco(e an a$ent of co(pleteness able to brin$ libert+ to others et faith rise up in +ou ri$ht no# because it is the $uarantee for +our (iracle It deter(ines #hether +ou #ill ever be a
Chapter ?' The 0vercomers entality
-or whatsoever is born of +od overcometh the world' and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. @ohn 3'6
You (ust possess a peculiar (entalit+ if +ou (ust overco(e barrenness I call it the overco(er)s (entalit+ It could also be called victor+ consciousness Dntil +ou have it +ou could #ell re(ain in bonda$e to 8atan a victi( rather than the victor +ou #ere created to be
&ou #re # Child 0f %estiny Firstl+ it is i(portant to note that +ou are not here on earth b+ chance God desi$ned a definite pro$ra((e for +our life even before +ou #ere born That (a-es +ou a child of destin+ The ver+ fact that +ou are saved toda+ is not
You are saved because +ou #ere separated unto salvation fro( the foundation of the #orld The ulti(ate of +our callin$ is in $lorification There is nothin$ $lorious about barrenness That is #h+ I -no# that God)s ulti(ate for +ou is fruitfulness
Dnow Who &ou #re The second point +ou (ust note to possess an overco(er)s (entalit+ is the truth of +our ne# status in Christ Isaiah 8:18 sa+s:
)ehold, I and the children whom the *ord hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the *ord of hosts, which dwelleth in mount
That (eans as a child of God +ou are supposed to #al- in the real( of si$ns and #onders on a dail+ basis This is Euite unli-e the unbelievers #ho (a+ en e# birth translates +ou to another real( of life 7hereas +ou #ere once flesh no# +ou are spirit5 and that #hich is born of the 8pirit is spirit =9n3:'> This is #h+ +ou are referred to as a peculiar people 6o#ever if +ou do not -no# #ho +ou are +ou stand to be cheated and robbed You are not (eant to suffer li-e the rest of the #orld God has chosen +ou to sho# forth 6is praises on the earth5 6e has called +ou out of dar-ness into 6is (arvellous li$ht =1 .et 2:/> has /alle0 o ot o 0ar*ness into His marvellos li&ht (1 "et. 2:!). 7 sa+s: The+ -no# not neither #ill the+ understand5 the+ #al- on in dar-ness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course I have said Ye are $ods5 and all of +ou are children of the (ost 6i$h But +e shall die li-e (en and fall li-e one of the princes God sa+s 4Ye are $ods4 B+ this +ou (ust understand that +ou are not per(itted to die li-e (en or fall li-e one of the princes .eople of the #orld (a+ suffer (iscarria$es and barrenness but it is not +our lot as a child of God5 it is not in God)s pro$ra((e for +ou B+ virtue of +our ne# birth +ou are seated in Christ in heavenl+ places far above all the troubles natural (en face5 +ou are above all principalities po#ers rulers of this #orld and #ic-ed spirits operatin$ in heavenl+ places =?ph 2:%'> You (ust not see +ourself as a (ere (an but as a spirit bein$ thou$h in the li-eness of (en You (ust see +ourself seated on a superior throne far fro( #here barrenness rei$ns This understandin$ (ust be fir(l+ rooted in +our heart You are not here on the earth to be afflicted +ou are (eant to rule in the (idst of +our ene(ies 7e are in an a$e #here #e #ill be teachin$ principalities and po#ers a lesson b+ the (anifold #isdo( of God Therefore no for( of oppression #ill have access to +our person an+ (ore ote that it is not that #e are seated #ith Christ in heavenl+ places but in 6i( 8ince all thin$s have been put under 6is feet so also have all thin$s =includin$ barrenness> been put under +our feet Once +ou succeed in $raspin$ the realit+ of this truth +ou can tell 8atan to $et lost 6e #ill no lon$er be
relevant in +our life because +ou are far above his do(ain .ossessin$ this superiorit+ co(ple; enables +ou put 8atan #here he belon$s These are not stories but divine (+steries It #as #ith this consciousness that I could def+ 8atan #hen he said to (e 4o# +ou have $one settin$ others free sho# (e ho# +ou #ill have +our o#n children4 This is #hat havin$ a superiorit+ co(ple; is all about I could not i(a$ine (e bein$ barren 7here I a( seated forbids it But that is the sa(e place +ou are seated so no oppressor or tor(entor should have access to +ou The end of satanic harass(ent has co(e in +our life ri$ht no# 7e are in the era of saviours arisin$ out of Nion and +ou are one of the( It is ti(e therefore to loo- at barrenness and put it #here it belon$s under +our feet 7e are enterin$ into ti(es of stran$e (anifestations of the sons of God but before +ou can save others +ou should be able to save +ourself #nd he said unto them, &e will surely say unto me this proverb, $hysician, heal thyself' whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country. *uke 6'8
9esus has put all thin$s under +our feet it #ill be an insult if +ou are still under all thin$s 6e has caused +ou to be seated in 6i( far above occultic forces #itches and #i@ards etc on)t put +ourself under +ou are (eant to be above Once +ou allo# these #ords to $ain access into +our spirit and +ou be$in to respond to the( +ou #ill cheapl+ enforce +our position in the spirit #orld and discover ho# #onderful life can be 7hatever has a na(e is under +our feet Barrenness (iscarria$e fibroid lo# sper( count bloc-ed tubes are all na(es You can na(e and nail the( to the cross because their operations in +our bod+ are ille$al You do not approach these thin$s in a be$$arl+ (anner but #ith a deter(ination to brin$ the( to boo- 7ith an overco(er)s (entalit+ ever+thin$ #ill respond to +our authorit+ You #ill cease to be a pra+er pro
The $lace 0f The ind *et this mind be in you, which was also in Christ @esus' $hilippians '3
*ost (iracles 9esus perfor(ed #ere lar$el+ as a result of the use of 6is (ind 6e al#a+s -ne# #hat to do =9n ':'> 6is (ind #as so fertile that it beca(e the foundation for the si$ns and #onders #itnessed in 6is (inistr+ &nd the Bible sa+s +ou have that sa(e Eualit+ of (ind =1 Cor 2:1'> & sound (ind is one of the $reatest $ifts #e have fro( God but it is #hat the ene(+ attac-s the (ost Once he is able to $et at +our (ind he has $ot +ou You cannot receive +our (iracle #ithout +our (ind bein$ attuned to the (iraculous The Bible tells us ho# &braha( received his (iracle: #nd being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of 1arahs womb' 2omans 6'B
In essence &braha()s (ind did not consider his a$e as an obstacle to his (iracle 6e closed his (ind to all the ne$ative factors includin$ the deadness of 8arah)s bod+ Rather he #as stron$ in faith $ivin$ $lor+ to God It is #hen +ou allo# +our (ind to consider the ne$ative factors that +ou be$in to sta$$er at the pro(ises of God Your (iracle cannot beco(e a realit+ until +our (ind is able to accept it 7hat it sees and accepts #ill shape +our destin+ Deep thy heart with all diligence for out of it are the issues of life. $roverbs 6'8
That is #h+ the devil #ould rather have (ore blind (inds than blind e+es 6e -no#s that until +ou see +our situation as hopeless in +our (ind)s e+e it is not so The ene(+ has succeeded in trappin$ (an+ Christians throu$h their (inds In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of +od, should shine unto them. Corinthians 6'6
The attac- is on +our (ind The devil brin$s to$ether all the ne$ative reports in +our situation to challen$e all +our clai( of -no#in$ God)s 7ord 6is approach has not chan$ed fro( the ti(e of ?ve 6e is still as-in$ 4Yea hath God said4 You (a+ be believin$ God for a child and the devil co(es up to +ou and sa+s 47hat of the scan results and all the tests that are ne$ative on)t +ou
re(e(ber that +ou have been dia$nosed as havin$ (ultiple fibroids4 &ll the devil is tr+in$ to do is use occurrences and situations to upset +our faith 6o#ever if 8atan cannot $et at +our (ind he can)t $et +ou For (an+ their (inds are (a
One cardinal function of the (ind is thin-in$ Thou$hts are so po#erful that +ou are either (ade or (arred b+ the(5 but seldo( are +ou left neutral 7hat +ou thin- of +our circu(stances ulti(atel+ deter(ines #hat happens 8o(e people)s ne$ative thou$ht is the $reatest obstacle to their (iracles *an+ believers are +et to have their (iracles because the+ spea positivel+ about their situations but thin- ne$ative thou$hts God cannot be (oc-ed &s a (atter of fact +our thou$hts and #ords #ei$h the sa(e before God 6e responds to the thou$hts of +our heart
The #o(an #ith the issue of blood said #ithin her4If I (a+ but touch the hel( of his $ar(ent I shall be (ade #hole4 &nd that #as it she encountered her (iracle That #o(an had a (iracle (ind 8he thou$ht her #a+ throu$h to
her (iracle 7hat are +ou sa+in$ #ithin +ourself You need to be able to bridle the thou$hts of +our (ind if +ou #ant to beco(e a
Watch Those ImaginationsE #nd the *ord said, )ehold, the people is one, and they have all one language and this they begin to do' and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. +enesis '?
I(a$ination is the sprin$board for (anifestation I(a$ination can be defined as an act of for(in$ i(a$es in the (ind It is a function of the (ind I believe that rather than heapin$ all the bla(e for the circu(stances of +our life on 8atan +ou should loo- in#ards5 because it is not until +ou i(a$ine barrenness (iscarria$es or fibroids that +ou have the( 7hatever +ou i(a$ine can)t be stopped If it is $ood it #ill co(e +our #a+ and if it is evil it #ill definitel+ co(e to +ou too The thou$hts of toda+ (anifest to(orro#5 it also (eans that #here +ou end to(orro# is deter(ined b+ #hat +ou i(a$ine no# -or the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through +od to the pulling down of strong holds Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of +od, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ Corinthians >'693
There are stron$holds holdin$ (en do#n in the area of their i(a$ination These are infor(ed b+ such thin$s as doctor)s reports and philosophies of (en or tradition But no (atter the calibre of the doctor if #hat he sa+s is contrar+ to the -no#led$e of God +ou (ust cast it do#n That also includes scan or ; ra+ reports ever+ hi$h thin$ Re(e(ber that all that +our e+es see and +our ears hear are onl+ te(poral but the thin$s that are not seen are eternal =2 Cor !:10> You (ust fi$ht all ne$ative reports and cast do#n ever+ evil i(a$ination usin$ +our #eapons of #arfare &ll those reports contrar+ to the -no#led$e of God are co(in$ fro( the devil5 he introduces the( #aitin$ for +ou to receive the( The (o(ent +ou do a po#er $oes to #or- to establish the( in +our life Dntil +ou accept the lies of the devil he cannot enforce an+thin$ on +ou The sa(e is true of the 7ord of God 7hatever it sa+s that +ou receive auto(aticall+ releases heaven)s forces to effect it in +our life 7e see #hat i(a$ination is all about in +enesis 8'6. #nd the *ord said unto #bram, after that *ot was separated from him, *ift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward'
7hen God #as establishin$ the covenant of $reatness #ith &braha( 6e said to hi( 4&ll the land #hich thou seest4=Gen 13:1%> This #as certainl+ not referrin$ to the seein$ one does #ith the ph+sical e+es but that done #ith the e+es of the (ind It follo#s therefore that #hatever truth +ou discover in God)s 7ord and for( an i(a$e of in +our (ind no (atter ho# see(in$l+ i(possible it (a+ appear +ou can have it5 because it is #hat +ou see that +ou $et For e;a(ple there are so(e sin$le people #ho are alread+ #onderin$ #hether the+ #ill have children or not after (arria$e It is ri$ht there in their (inds and the+ clai( God revealed such to the( But that is not true e$ative i(a$inations are traps of the devil to $et people stranded *an+ people have been ruined b+ their i(a$inations #hile others have been lifted and e;alted The choice is +ours ?ver+one is confronted #ith ne$ative i(a$inations but +ou need to be s(art enou$h not to let the( re(ain #ith +ou God spea-s and li-e#ise the devil5 but +ou reEuire alertness or sensitivit+ to decipher #hen it is the devil spea-in$ and to act a$ainst it pro(ptl+ That is #h+ the Bible co((ands us to prove all thin$s =1 Thess %:21> *ental #arfare is ver+ i(portant Its result is the decidin$ factor bet#een $ood and bad success and victor+ fruitfulness and
barrenness You have a
2enew &our ind #nd be not conformed to this world' but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of +od. 2omans '
God)s prescription for victor+ in (ental #arfare is (ind rene#al Your thou$hts and i(a$inations (ust be in line #ith 6is o#n if +ou are to (a-e it &nd there is no $reater instru(ent for rene#in$ the (ind than the 7ord of God It is able to flush out all ne$ative i(a$inations and $ive +ou a ne# thou$ht pattern In .hilippians !:0 a co(prehensive s+llabus for a successful thou$ht life is outlined: Finall+ brethren #hatsoever thin$s are true #hatsoever thin$s are honest #hatsoever thin$s are
$ossess #n 0vercomers entality
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man' but +od is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. Corinthians >'8
This verse outlines certain definite steps to possessin$ an overco(er)s (entalit+
%espise The 1ituation There hath no te(ptation ta-en +ou but such as is co((on to (an To be able to overco(e that situation +ou are confronted #ith +ou (ust
despise and see it as co((on There is nothin$ peculiar about it5 +ou do not have a special case 7hen +ou i(a$ine that God could loo- at a couple of 1AA and /A +ears and sa+ to the( 4&t the ti(e appointed I #ill return unto thee accordin$ to the ti(e of life and 8arah shall have a son4 =Gen 10:1!>5 it then beco(es a sure indication for +ou that God #ill surel+ return to +ou also and that +ou #ill have a son If God could address &braha()s situation #ith such audacit+ then +ou can be sure that 6e #ill do #hat 6e has said to +ou This should (a-e +ou loodo#n on that proble( Dntil +ou can despise +our proble( +ou can never be in control of it 8a+ out loud 4o# sper( count +ou are co((on4 4o ovaries +ou are co((on4 4o #o(b +ou are co((on4 You can onl+ be in co((and of thin$s that are co((on to +ou For instance it is i(possible for a ser$eant in the ar(+ to $ive orders to a captain 8i(ilarl+ +ou cannot co((and #hat is superior to +ou *an+ Christians have (ade (ountains out of their (ole hills so the+ spend all lifeti(e tr+in$ to cli(b the (ountain In a bid to secure s+(path+ the+ e;pand and e;a$$erate their troubles (a-in$ the( appear ver+ special &s a result the+ are unable to handle the( 6o#ever nobod+ has a special proble(5 (an+ are
+od Is -aithful But God is faithful It is God)s faithfulness that causes 6i( to ta-e over the battles of life fro( +ou irst hessalonians #: 24 sa+s: -aithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
On the pre(ise of this 8cripture as- +ourself 4Can God do #hat 6e has said4 If +our ans#er is in the affir(ative then +our (iracle is definitel+ on its #a+ God cannot den+ 6i(self5 #hatever 6e has said stands 6e is not a (an to lie or the 8on of (an to repent God #ill not turn around to den+ #hat 6e has said 8o +ou can count on 6i( and ban- on 6is faithfulness &s- 6i( 4Father is it true You did it for 8arah4 6e #ill ans#er 4Yes I did4 Then +ou as- 6i( a$ain 47as it You #ho did it for Rebeccah Rachel and 6annah4 7hen 6e ans#ers 4Yes it #as *e4 +ou then $o ahead to tell 6i( 4Re(e(ber no# oh ord Your covenant of old #ith &braha( (+ father I a( connected to that covenant b+ the blood of 9esus and it $uarantees (e fruitfulness Re(e(ber no# oh ord that (+ Isaac is e;pected this +ear4 That is all +ou need Fro( Isaiah !3:2' #e see that God e;pects to be put in re(e(brance I often sa+ hu(orousl+ that if #e as hu(ans need to be re(inded of our appoint(ents ho# (uch (ore the &l(i$ht+ God #ho oversees the affairs of the entire universe .erhaps that is #h+ 6e sa+s 4.ut (e in re(e(brance4
It Is ot #bove &ou ...Who will not suffer you to be tempted above that you are able... Corinthians >'8
&s far as God is concerned +ou can handle that challen$e God)s faithfulness ensures that #hat +ou are not capable of handlin$ #on)t co(e +our #a+ For instance #ould +ou as- a child in pri(ar+ school to solve a (athe(atical su( (eant for a (aths under$raduate o +ou #on)t This tells +ou that li-e#ise God #ill not allo# an+thin$ above +our capacit+ to co(e +our #a+ First Corinthians 1A:13 can be paraphrased to read 4I trust +ou *+ son that thin$ is not above +ou You can deal #ith it 8top cr+in$ it is not an issue You are in co((and +ou are in control5 so $o ahead (ove for#ard4 7ith ever+ te(ptation God (a-es a #a+ of escape 8o there is a #a+ out a #a+ to deal #ith that situation of barrenness 9esus said 4I a( the #a+ the truth and the life4 =9n 1!:'> on)t for$et that 9esus is also the 7ord of God It therefore follo#s that #hat God does is to sho# +ou the 7ord that #ill $et
+ou out of that situation This is the overco(er)s (entalit+ #hich +ou (ust possess to receive +our (iracle Re(e(ber that situation is co((on not stran$e or above +ou You can ban- on God)s faithfulness for there is a #a+ out 7hen +ou locate the #a+ out +ou (arch $allantl+ into victor+
Chapter A' Take It )y -orceE
1ay unto +od, 7ow terrible art thou in thy worksE through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee. $salm ??'8
The lan$ua$e of victor+ is force It is the (ost respected and #idel+ understood lan$ua$e in the #orld of the spirit 7ithout po#er victor+ is not $uaranteed The ene(+ #ill not sub(it to +ou because +ou are shoutin$ but throu$h the displa+ of po#er God is o(nipotent 6e is allpo#erful &nd if 6e is +our Father it (eans that +ou are a creature of po#er John 1:12 sa+s: )ut as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of +od, even to them that believe on his name'
Your translation fro( the -in$do( of dar-ness to the -in$do( of 6is o#n dear 8on i(parted po#er upon +ou It too- po#er to $et +ou out of dar-ness into li$ht and it #ill ta-e po#er for +ou to free +ourself fro( the clutches of barrenness 9esus #as declared to be the 8on of God #ith po#er =Ro( 1:3!> &nd 6e said "s the ather hath sent Me, so send I you" (Jn. 17:18). Therefore +our declaration as a son (ust also be b+ po#er It should thrill +ou to -no# that ne# birth has brou$ht +ou out of the real( of #ea-ness and corruption to the real( of po#er It is i(possible for +ou to ta-e #hat belon$s to +ou #ithout a de(onstration of po#er If +ou are a (an pla$ued #ith sterilit+ have it at the bac- of +our (ind that +our Father in heaven is O(nipotent That (eans +ou the son of 6is love cannot be i(potent You
+our $ates &s far as God is concerned b+ virtue of +our ne# birth +ou are a (an in co((and 9ust li-e &da( #ho( God blessed and $ave do(inion +ou are born to be in control &s it #as #ith &da( that ever+thin$ obe+ed his #ords ever+ situation of life is co(pelled to obe+ +our voice Ta-e +our place in rede(ption and stop celebratin$ the devil5 he is not +our proble( 7e see in u-e 1A:1,1/ that even before the disciples received the baptis( of the 6ol+ 8pirit the devil #as sub
Based on the declaration of God the Father ever+thin$ had no other choice but to hear 6i( o# that ne# birth has conferred sonship upon +ou ever+thin$ is also co(pelled to hear +ou includin$ barrenness ?ver+thin$ #ill respond to the co((and +ou issue forth fro( +our (outh &nd You have the authorit+ to (a-e thin$s happen the #a+ +ou desire Friend +ou have been restored to a place of do(inion5 +ou can $ive it e;pression throu$h the #ords of +our (outh It is ti(e to stop the threats of (iscarria$e sterilit+ bloc-ed tubes etc b+ releasin$ the po#er in +our ton$ue God has $iven +ou a (outh and a #isdo( that +our adversaries cannot resist or $ainsa+ =- 21:1%> &ll +ou need to do is to release the #isdo( of God =the 7ord of God> throu$h +our (outh and #atch +our ene(ies sub(it to +ou
+ive 7im $raise 1ing, 0 barren, thou that didst not bear break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child' for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the *ord. Isaiah 36'
There is tre(endous po#er in praise It is the believer)s cheapest access to supernatural intervention ?;odus 1%:11 sa+s that God does fearful thin$s in
praises because praise (oves 6i( into speed+ action It is God)s ordained strate$+ for victor+ In the da+s of 9ehoshaphat #hen Israel #as confronted b+ the ar(ies of nations #ith (ilitar+ (i$ht inco(parable to theirs it is recorded that Israel did not -no# #hat to do 8o the+ invo-ed the (i$ht of God a$ainst their ene(ies throu$h praise &s the+ be$an to sin$ and praise God the Bible sa+s: ...The *ord set ambushments against the children of #mmon, oab, and mount 1eir, which were come against @udah and they were smitten. Chronicles >'
&s +ou praise God #ith a loud voice and in a dance 6e #ill set a(bush(ent a$ainst barrenness on +our behalf You can hand an+ battle over to God via praise 8ee #hat happened in verse 2%: #nd when @ehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious !ewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away' and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.
The result of that praise #arfare #as a release of blessin$s The Bible tells us that God never chan$es It therefore (eans that if #e #ill care to do #hat the+ did God #ill repeat #hat 6e did in their situation Your praise #ill secure God)s intervention and cause 6i( to release +our bab+ to +ou
testi(on+ Then the 8pirit of the ord declared throu$h (+ (outh that I #as pre$nant that ni$ht The Bishop later ca(e up and said That lad+ that ca(e up here I tell +ou she is pre$nant alread+) &nd lo and behold I beca(e pre$nant and delivered t#o bouncin$ bab+ bo+s4 a#al *
7hen the Israelites #ere about to enter Canaan and 9ericho stood as an obstacle the+ tore their #alls do#n 4#ith a lon$ blast and a loud shout4 The+ stirred God up and 6e dealt #ith their ene(ies Throu$h praise Israel (oved God on 6is throne to step into their situation 6e is still the sa(e God You can (ove 6i( into speed+ action b+ +our hi$h praises God said 4Be fruitful4 because +ou are fruitful ?ver+thin$ that (a-es for fruitfulness is in +ou 7hatever is (issin$ in +our bod+ #ill be replaced in 9esus) na(e &ll the ne$ative thin$s #hich doctors sa# inside +ou #ere not planted b+ God That is #h+ the+ #ill be uprooted 9esus has co(e that +ou (a+ have life and have it (ore abundantl+ =9n 1A:1A> I co((and the stran$ers in +our bod+ to fade out of their hidin$ places in the na(e of 9esus You have been called barren but God has called +ou a
$roofs 0f +ods -aithfulnessE
0ur +od is faithfulE 7e has already established a covenant of fruithfulness with 7is people' Thou shalt be blessed above all people' there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle. %euteronomy A'6
#nd ye shall serve the *ord your +od... There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land... 5xodus 8'39?
i-e all covenants there)s God)s part and (an)s part If +ou fulfil +our part God is eternall+ co((itted to do 6is 6e cannot den+ 6i(self and "0o good thing will he withhold from them that walk u!rightly" ("s. 84:11). The Bible sa+s "Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord+ and the fruit of the womb is his reward." ("s. 127:3.) 8o if +ou are 6is child then +ou are Eualified to have children as (an+ as +ou desire5 for "(e maketh the barren woman to kee! house, and to be a &oyful mother of children." ("s. 113:!.) Belo# are so(e testi(onies proofs of God)s co((it(ent to +ou 9ust as these people $ot their hearts) desires so also #ill +ou God is on +our side
7ebrew91tyle %eliveryE 4*+ #ife and I had been believin$ God for the fruit of the #o(b for over three +ears &t one of the Brea-throu$h 8e(inars held last +ear the Bishop blessed our oil and said it #as for Euic- #or-s On $ettin$ ho(e I anointed (+ #ife and the ne;t (onth she (issed her period 8o(eti(e alon$ the line she had a (iscarria$e I ca(e to church and the Bishop said the (iscarria$e #as (ere e;cess blood I pic-ed that #ord and didn)t bother an+(ore thou$h the bleedin$ lasted for one (onth &fter it stopped the pre$nanc+ continued to develop 7hen she #as si; (onths pre$nant she #ent for a scan #hich she repeated about t#o #ee-s a$o 8he ca(e bac- ho(e cr+in$ The scan sho#ed that there #as a health+ fetus in the #o(b but that it la+ in a transverse
position I said It)s a lie it can)t happen) I tore the report into shreds and #ent to the hospital the follo#in$ da+ as the doctor #anted to see (e The doctor said to (e Bro 9err+ I -no# +ou are a 7inner but I have to tell +ou this Your #ife #ould have to under$o an operation in t#o #ee-s) ti(e because she #ould deliver on Februar+ 21) I i((ediatel+ told hi( it #as a lie that I #as a covenant child I as-ed hi( ho# (uch the operation #ould cost and he said about 3AAAA naira that I should $o and prepare for it I told hi( all I #as $oin$ to pa+ #as 2%AA naira and at #orse 3AAA naira I #ent ho(e pic-ed (+ tithe and &GI. boo-lets and paid (+ ece(ber tithes and &GI. #hich I hadn)t paid because of (+ trip to the villa$e in ece(ber &fter the pa+(ent I had (+ peace *+ #ife #ent for antenatal a #ee- later and the doctor said thin$s #ere $ettin$ alri$ht On Februar+ ! the da+ the Brea-throu$h 8e(inar on (ultiplication started (+ #ife #as in church On $ettin$ ho(e she told (e The Bishop has said ever+thin$) T#o hours later contraction started and she #ent to the hospital b+ herself the follo#in$ da+ I had $one to #or- that da+ and #as sent for and infor(ed that (+ #ife had put to bed On $ettin$ to the hospital I paid 3AAA naira the a (ount I had earlier told the doctor I #ould pa+ for (+ #ife)s deliver+4 I-echu-#u 9
Jy 1ister Is $regnant...E 4I attended the Kictor+ Celebration last +ear In one of the services the Bishop called up those desirin$ the fruit of the #o(b I have a sister #ho had been (arried for five +ears but had no child 8he and her husband live in Gabon I #as so (oved in the spirit and didn)t -no# #hat to do I #ished (+ sister #ere present at that service But i((ediatel+ the 8pirit told (e to rub the floor of the sanctuar+ #ith (+ (antle on behalf of (+ sister I did that and #hen I $ot ho(e I brou$ht out her picture placed the (antle on it and anointed it I then tied the anointed picture #ith (+ (antle and left it for one (onth Throu$hout that (onth I -ept prophes+in$ over the picture sa+in$ You shall not be barren Be fruitful and (ultipl+) 9ust last #ee- #e received a (essa$e fro( Gabon that (+ sister is pre$nant and #ill deliver in the ne;t t#o (onths I than- God4 )bubechukwu, ).
#nointing )reaks The &okeE 4&fter havin$ (+ first son in 1//1 I had series of (iscarria$es about four ti(es I #as tired and the doctors also beca(e tired of (e I didn)t -no# #hat to do I too- in a$ain and about the third (onth I started bleedin$ a$ain I #ent bac- to the doctor and at the end of the da+ he said 7o(an there is nothin$ I can do about it I have to evacuate +ou on *onda+) I #ent ho(e confused I had been a believer for so (an+ +ears but no# I started as-in$ (+self &( I not servin$ a livin$ God Is there no ?li but on Februar+ 2A 1//, (+ husband and I decided to loo- for the church 7hen #e $ot to the church I #as shoc-ed b+ the cro#d I sa# It turned out that the Brea-throu$h i$ht #as holdin$ I said to (+self Toda+ is (+ da+) urin$ the service I #as bleedin$ profusel+ and had to (a-e freEuent trips to the toilet to clean up This bleedin$ #as as a result of fibroid I had for 1A +ears That ni$ht the Bishop said that da+ #as the first ti(e people #ould be anointed seven ti(es I -ne# it #as reall+ (+ ni$ht &s the anointin$ oil #as passed round instead of anointin$ (+ head I rubbed it on (+ tu((+ &fter the si;th ti(e I had to $o to the toilet because it see(ed as if so(ethin$ #as upsettin$ (+ tu((+ There I noticed the bleedin$ had ceased I #as shoc-ed I #as supposed to see the doctor the follo#in$ *onda+ but I decided not to -eep the appoint(ent because I #anted to disprove hi( 7hen I $ot to hi( on Frida+ he #as furious #ith (e for not co(in$ for the evacuation on *onda+ I told hi( to scan (e a$ain 6e initiall+ refused but later a$reed 7hile he #as doin$ this I heard hi( sa+ 7hat is happenin$ There is so(ethin$ li-e a bab+ in +our #o(b) 6e also could not find the fibroid .raise God I had (+ bab+ bo+ in October 1//,4 -u!o #Mrs.$
&oke 0f )arrenness )rokenE 4I attended last +ear)s 6osanna i$ht =9ul+ Brea-throu$h i$ht> #ith (+ #ife For four +ears (+ #ife and I had been believin$ God for the fruit of the #o(b 7e ca(e here believin$ that God #ould do it for us because #e had been hearin$ and seein$ #hat 6e had been doin$ in other people)s lives That ni$ht the Bishop said #e should put #hatever #as $ivin$ us concern in #ritin$ and dance the dance of victor+ over it *+ #ife and I did so and reall+ believed that God had done it that ni$ht because I #as filled #ith a stran$e
JI %elivered y )aby 1afelyKE 4I $ot (arried in *a+ 1//' and since then I #as an;ious to have the fruit of the #o(b In 9ul+ last +ear at one of the services held the Bishop called for those loo-in$ for the fruit of the #o(b I #as one of those that ca(e out5 and he breathed into our (ouths That #as it I beca(e pre$nant The (an of God also prophesied sa+in$ Your Isaac shall be born this +ear =1//0>) I be$an to confess this to (+self because I #anted a bab+ bo+ In 9anuar+ this +ear I (et the Bishop at the airport and he said 7hen #ill +ou be due) I told hi( &pril o and behold I delivered (+ bab+ bo+ safel+ on &pril 2!4 debayo5luko, -. #Mrs.$
JK+ideon In y 7andsE 4*+ husband and I the Bishop declared This ni$ht #e shall praise God in our dance) I positioned (+self and danced li-e I never did before That ni$ht I had pains all over (+ sto(ach but I continued dancin$ 7hen I $ot ho(e that (ornin$ I #ent to the toilet and passed out blood This happened about si; ti(es and that #as it Toda+ +ou can see (e standin$ #ith Gideon the son of praise in (+ hands4 6gbala, /. #Mrs.$
)undles 0f @oyE 4I $ot (arried in ece(ber 1//! and after the first +ear I $ot pre$nant but lost it Fro( then I did not ta-e in a$ain &lso I had this spirit of fear that held (e captive all these +ears I
(an of God that sa(e (onth I beca(e pre$nant urin$ the pre$nanc+ I #ent for a scan and the technician said *ada( +our bab+ is doin$ fine) I said o (+ babies are doin$ fine) 6e insisted that the bab+ #as doin$ fine But I said o (+ babies are doin$ fine Chec- that scan ver+ #ell) 6e did the scan a$ain and screa(ed 8ee the second one) *+ doctor #ho #as also in the scan roo( and is a believer said ?bele +ou called forth the second one) &lso durin$ the deliver+ the ord #as #ith (e and ever+thin$ #ent s(oothl+ In fact the second t#in ca(e
-ive &ears )arrenness %estroyedE 4I #as (arried for five +ears and believed God for the fruit of the #o(b For t#o and half +ears I had a ver+ bitter e;perience I thou$ht I #as pre$nant but it #asn)t so It #as counterfeit I had this bi$ sto(ach for t#o and a half +ears #ith so(ethin$ that -ic-ed inside (e li-e a bab+ Toda+ it #ill appear to(orro# it #ill disappear It #as also ver+ painful Than- God the ord delivered (e at the &nointin$ 8ervice in ove(ber 1//' I be$an to bleed and vo(it all the horrible thin$s I ate in drea(s #hen I carried the evil pre$nanc+ This lasted si; #ee-s urin$ the 9ul+ 1//, Brea-throu$h 8e(inar the 6ol+ 8pirit told (e Go to church) and I obe+ed To#ards the end of the first service the Bishop said God told (e toda+ is for the fruit of the #o(b Those loo-in$ for the fruit of the #o(b should #ait for the second service) 8o I had to #ait for the second service 7hen the+ told us to co(e out I al(ost #ent bac- to (+ seat because thousands of people ca(e out But I patientl+ #aited and as the Bishop breathed into (e so(ethin$ cleansed (e and I beca(e pre$nant The devil #as (ad at this and attac-ed (e for four (onths I bled but I told the devil This ti(e +ou #on)t rob (e of (+ blessin$s *+ bod+ +ou can)t disobe+ the co((and(ent of God to be fruitful and (ultipl+) Before #henever I $et such attac-s in the drea( I #ould start bleedin$ and #ould nor(all+ lose the bab+ But this ti(e around I refused to $ive in and lose the bab+ I #as tired of bein$ ter(ed barren I also refused to use an+ sanitar+ to#el because I -ne# I #as pre$nant
