YEAR 2013: MY YEAR OF LAUGHTER & MOCKERY AT MY ENEMIES

YEAR 2013: MY YEAR OF LAUGHTER & MOCKERY AT MY ENEMIES

Year 2013: MY YEAR OF LAUGHTER AND MOCKERY AT ENEMIES

Our God is good. He is a very present help in trouble! (Psalm 46:1). Brethren this is the year that the Lord has made for us to laugh and mock at our enemies. I welcome you all to this wonderful year. Happy New Year brethren!!! Truly thus far the Lord has helped us.

This Bulletin Is A Writing Of:

v Divine equipping

v Divine instructions and

v Divine guidance

Whenever our God want to send His children on a journey, He always prepares them for that journey by telling them how it will look like. He always equips His children for that journey.   Our God is a God of divine preparation and there is nothing happen to Him suddenly. He knows how every year will be that is why He can tell us how each year will be for us.

Why does God always tell His children about the journey?HE TELLS US ABOUT THE JOURNEY SO THAT WE WILL KNOW HOW TO BEHAVE IN EVERY SITUATION WE FOUND OURSELVES IN AND WHAT TO DO. I want to thank God that we are one of His children that always benefit from this divine equipping, divine guidance and divine instruction. “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law”(Deut.29:29). You are on your journey to your greatest destination, in the name of Jesus. Amen.

YEAR 2013

According to the prophetic word of the Lord concerning us in this ministry, THIS YEAR 2013 IS OUR YEAR OF LAUGHING AND MOCKING AT YOUR ENEMIES.

¹Now there was a certain man of RamathaimZophim, of the mountains of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph an Ephraimite. ²And he had two wives; the name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. ³ This man went up from his city yearly to worship and sacrifice to the Lord of hosts in Shiloh. Also the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Pinehas, the Priests of the Lord were there. ⁴ And whenever the time came for Elkanah to make an offering, he would give portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and daughters. ⁵ But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved Hannah, although the Lord had closed her womb. ⁶ and her rival also provoked her severely; to make her miserable because the Lord had closed her womb. ⁷ So it was year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord that she provoked her; therefore she wept and did not eat. ⁸ The Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? Why do you not eat? And why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons? ⁹So Hannah arose after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat by the doorpost of the tabernacle of the Lord. ¹⁰ And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the Lord and wept in anguish. ¹¹ then she made a vow and said, “O Lord of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your maidservant and remember me, and not forget your maidservant, but will give your maidservant a male child, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head.” ¹² And it happened, as she continued praying before the Lord that Eli watched her mouth. ¹³ Now Hannah spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli thought she was drunk. ¹⁴ So Eli said to her, How long will you be drunk? Put your wine away from you!’ but Hannah answered and said, “No my lord, I am a woman of sorrowful spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor intoxicating drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord. ¹⁶ “Do not consider your maidservant a wicked woman,” for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief I have spoken until now.” ¹⁷ The Eli answered and said “Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant your petition which you have asked of Him.” ¹⁸ And she said, “Let your maid servant find favour in your sight.” So the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.¹⁹Then they rise early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord, and returned and came to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her.”
1 Sam 2:1 “And Hannah prayed and said: “My heart rejoices in the Lord; My horn is exalted in the Lord. I smile (laugh) at my enemies, Because I rejoice in your salvation”

In the above scriptures, we saw a woman whom had been mocked year by year because she had no children. It came to pass the day she poured her heart unto the Lord and the Lord answered her and gave her the fruit of the womb.

“To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven” (Eccl 3:1).I want you to understand that the fact that you are in your season of tears does not mean that you will remain in that season forever. This year the Lord has decided to remember all his children. He has decided to remove all form of mockeries in our lives. He has decided to remember us the way He remembered Hannah. He had decided to remove the garment of shame from us and cloth us with the garment of glory. He has decided to change our bad smelling to good smelling.

There is a time for the enemy to laugh and mock you and also there is a time for you to laugh and mock your enemies but as you are going to laugh last, you will laugh the best. The bible says that “Better is an end of a thing that the beginning”. This is your time to laugh and mock at your enemies, in the name of Jesus.

WORDS OF EXHORTATION

“But exhort (encourage, uplift) one another daily, while it is called Today, lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin” (Heb 3:13).

I want you to know that every end of the road is a beginning of a new road in your life. Every opportunity you lost in the past is a beginning of a new opportunity. Most of the time we waste our time by mourning what we have lost in the past and we are not using the opportunity we have now. For an example; you are a student last year and you failed your study; now you are living a confused and frustrated life. You must understand that it has become a past, this year go and study again because you cannot be in a new year and still have the mentality of the old year. If you want move forward, do notlook backward. Your past year failure, disappointment, mistakes, shame, delay, limitation, hindrances, disgrace, have pass away. You cannot be in the New Year and still mourn for what happened last year.

This is a new year, new beginning and new opportunity. You cannot be in the New Year and you still have the mentality of old year.

“Finally my brethren be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might” (Eph 6:10).

Finally you are in year 2013. For you to be able to laugh and mock at your enemies you have to be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. The word of the Lord says “put on the whole armour of God….You cannot laugh and mock at your enemies if you are not putting on the whole armour of God.

You are a soldier in the battle field and every soldier in the battle field who is not fully equipped going to the battle is already doom for destruction. You must put on the whole armour of God. If you look into the bible, you realised that everything that is listed in the armour of God is the word of God. The Lord said unless we abide in the word, the enemy will be laughing and mocking at us. Every master equipped his servants for them to do what the master wants them to do.

This year you cannot just laugh and mock your enemies unless you do what the Lord is telling you to do.

The fact that you are in your time of humiliation does not mean that you will remain humiliated forever. The fact that .you are in the days of struggles does not mean that you will remain like that.

When you are facing your days of humiliation, when you are facing your days of confusion, when you are facing your days of disappointment, when you are facing your days of opposition, do not think that you are cursed. Do not think that you will remain like that, do not think that you are the only person passing through what you are passing through now. Everyone faces their own days of trials and they always come out triumphing.

¹⁵ “See then that you walk circumspectly (look carefully, live purposely, worthily, accurately), not as fools but as wise, ¹⁶ redeeming the time,(using your time very well, buying up each opportunity) because the days are evil”.¹⁷ Therefore do not be unwise (thoughtless, foolish) but understand what the will of the Lord is. ¹⁸And do not be drunk with wine (do not be filled with confusion), in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit (be filled with the word of God, be filed with the Holy Spirit) (Eph. 5:15-18)

Brethren I want you to understand that we are the one that needs God’s protection, provision, support and God does not need our support. God does not need to follow us but we are the one that need to follow Him, listen and do what He is telling us to do.

What made Hannah condition to change?

v Her desired for a change: Hannah decided that she will not remain the way she was but to call upon the name of the Lord. ¹²“Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. (Jer. 29:12). This year make a decision that your life must change. When you decide that your life must change for good it will surely come to pass.

v Her seriousness to seek God: You may have been a born again Christian for a very long time, but you has never been serious to seek God and to follow Him. This year if you can seek God to know Him, you will find Him just as Hannah found God¹³And you will seek Me and find me, when you search for Me with all your heart” (Jer. 29:13). It is possible for you to find and know God. You will receive the ability from God. “King Uzaiah sought the Lord in the days of Zachariah, who had understanding in the vision of God and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him prosper”(2^nd Chron. 26:5).

This year you must be serious in whatever you are doing. God is not lazy, but God is a hardworker. Every child of God must come out of laziness. Hardworking is a key to success. “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might” (Eccl 9:10a).

ü As a student; study with allyour might.

ü As a business man/woman run your business with all your might

ü In your career, do your work diligently.

ü When awarded a tender, do a quality job and deliver on time.

ü In your marriage be in that marriage with all your might. Pray to stand strong no matter the battle.

ü In your spiritual life, follow God with all your might, David says that“one thing he desired and that he will seek after is to dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of his life, (not to dwell in his throne as a king, his desire was not on his riches). To behold the beauty of the Lord, And to inquire in His temple” (receive counsel from God) (Psalm 27:4).

Success people will never sit down with failures. Many people gives excuse that why they are not succeeding is because they are in the village. I want to let you know that if you cannot succeed in the village; you cannot alsosucceed in the city.The secret of your success depend upon how you use your opportunities and time.

WORDS OF WISDOM

“Through wisdom a house is built” (Prov.24:3a).

Anything that is wasting your time is wasting your life. The more time you are wasting, the more of your life you are wasting. You must arrange your life very well. Those who fail did not use their time very well. Be a wise man/woman. Hard work is synonyms with riches. Arrange your life very well. Take off things that can waste your life. You must know that life is a teacher the more you live; the more you learn. You must go back to school. You are not too old to learn and you are not too young to learn. You must improve your life. Things will not change until you change. Gen 12:1 “Now the Lord has said to Abram: Get out of your country, from your family, and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you” Your situation will never change until you change your mind set and attitude towards your situation. Success does not just come. You must discipline yourself, for success. Be a man/woman of vision. Set goals and be committing it in the hand of the Lord and your God will bring it to pass. Not every movement is a progress-make a positive movement this year and also know what you want in life.    “³ Trust in the Lord, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness ⁴ Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart” (Psalm 37:3-4)

· You must trust in the Lord

· Trust in his faithfulness (word of God)

· Delight yourself in the Lord (be joyful in the Lord, have your strength in the Lord)

· Without God you will not survive but with God you will survive. “ Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; unless the Lord guards the city, the watchman stays awake in vain” (Psalm 127:1)

COUNSELLING

“Where there is no counsel the people fall (perish, destroy); But in the multitude of counsellors there is safety”(Prov 11:14).

How Will I Commit What I Am Doing ( My Ways) To The Lord?

(a) Prayerfully:- “Pray without ceasing” (1 Thess 5:17)

(b) The counsel of the Lord should be my guidance:- “Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against you” (Psalm 119:11) when you have the word of the Lord in your heart, then you will not fail. Pay attention to the word of God. Stop living by the word of men. The words of men are neutral word, empty words, but not the word of God. That is why you must delight in the word of God. The words of God are Spirit and they are Life.   “The word that I speak to you, they are spirit and they are life”. (John 6: 63). Whoever that abides in the word of God, abide in the Spirit of God and abide in abundant life.

(c) Listen to the word of God:- “How can a young man (a Christian) cleanse his way? By taking heed (listening to the word of God) according to your word” (Psalm 119:9)“Let the word of God be a lamp to your feet and a light to your path”. (Psalm 119:105)

(d) You must build your life on the word of God and you will realise that you can smile at any storm:- “This book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success”( Josh 1:8). “If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit” (Gal 5:25)Living in the Spirit means:

v Living by the word of God,

v Walking in the Spirit means acting on the word of God.

For an example in 1^st kings 18; Prophet Elijah received the word of God to go and present himself to King Ahab. Even though he had been hiding before he received the word of God; he obeyed God without fear. “And so it was at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, “cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is meditating, or he is busy, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is sleeping and must awakened” (1 Kings 18:27)

When you lack the wisdom of God you will not be able to obey God. The more you discover the ability of God the more you will discover your ability.The more of the word of God in you; the bolder you will become and you will mock your enemies.

(e) Commit your works in the mighty hand of God:“Commit your works (trusts your work wholly to the Lord, commit your ways) to the Lord, and your thoughts (plans) will be established (succeed)” (Prov 16:3, Psalm 37:5).

The word of God:

*Is like fire *is like hammer   *is like Two edged sword

*is a living water, *is a shield, *is like a medicine, etc.

“For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart” (Heb 4:12). The whole world was created by the word of God. “That man/woman that delight in the word of God, that man/woman that meditate on the word of God day and night (everyday, every time)shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he/she does shall prosper. (Psalm 1:2-3)”

When you do not have the word of God, people will laugh and mock at you and the devil cannot fear you. The word of God is a shield of faith that you will use to quench the fiery dart( all differentkinds of satanic arrows that are being fired against you) of the enemy. When you have the word of God; you will walk through the fire and you will be a fire proof, you will walk through the water and you will be a water proof(Isaiah 43:2).

FOR YOU TO LAUGH AND MOCK YOUR ENEMIES, BUILD YOUR LIFE ON CHRIST. If your build your life on churches, you will fail. If you build your life on ‘pastor Kaulumah is my spiritual father’, you will fail. If your build your life on ‘Pastor, Dr, Engineer so and so is your spiritual father’ you will fail. I am pleading with you today to build your life on the word of God.²⁴“Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock. ²⁵ and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock” (Matt 7:24-25).

I realised that many Christians used the word of God as a shield. It means they only know how to hide behind the word of God), but they do not know the word of God as assurance. To know the word of God as an assurance means it is inside you and you know its abilitythen you are not afraid of any situation. Daniel was assured of his deliverance that was why he was not afraid to be thrown in the lion’s den. Meshack, Shedrack and Abednego were also assured of their deliverance that was why they were not afraid of being thrown in the fire. When the word of God is inside you; you will not be afraid to face any challenges.“The Lord will guide you continually, He will satisfy your soul in drought, and strengthen your bones; you shall be like a watered garden. And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail”(Isaiah 58:11). When you know the word of God as an assurance it will guide continually, and it will give you inner strength. Unless you hide in the word of God; your ways will never be cleared. For your ways to be clean, for you to conquer where others are being conquered; let the word of God guide you.

In Conclusion:

¹¹For this commandment which I command you today is not too mysterious (hard) for you, nor is it far off. ¹² it is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘who will ascend into heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ ¹³ “Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ ¹⁴ “But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it” (Deut. 30:11-14)

PROPHETIC DECLARATION

1. You my life, you shall become great, in the name of Jesus.

2. Any kind of waster attached to my life, enough is enough be remove by fire, in the name of Jesus.

3. Time wastersbe remove from my life by fire, in the name of Jesus.

4. Opportunity wastersbe remove far away from me, in the name of Jesus.

5. Destiny wasters that have attached itself in my life; fall out and die, in the name of Jesus.

6. Out of nothing in my life will come great things, in the name of Jesus.

7. I will smile at every storm this year, in the name of Jesus.

8. I will flourish in every area of my life, in the name of Jesus.

9. None of my household shall be a victim of circumstances, in the name of Jesus.

10. Thank you Jesus for your faithfulness, in the name of Jesus.

(Pray as the Spirit of the Lord gives you utterance!)

FOOD FOR THOUGHTS

“But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart,

That you may do it” (Deut. 30:14)