Jan
31 Sat 09:52
NATHANIEL
BASSEY:
Hello
all. I would like to introduce a project to you all; a spiritual one - ACTS OF
THE SAINTS, beginning tomorrow.
We
have Acts of the Apostles but Paul calls us SAINTS and since we have 28days in
February and also have 28 chapters in the book of Acts, I decided we would go
through the book of Acts next month, doing a chapter a day and putting to practice
what we read and study. My church begins
this tomorrow. We must reintroduce our 1hr minimum praying in tongues daily.
Peter
said in Acts 6, we must give ourselves continually to the ministry of prayer
and the word.
And
we would find a time to meet to have that spirit and word conference we couldn't
do in January and those of you that can, also fast though the month. We would
have a time of sharing daily as well
Feb
1 Sun 12:40
IKECHI
UGWOEJE:
Shalom
Saints, Bro Nath will lead today's 'Acts Of The Saints' session. Let's all join
in. Don't fail to spend at least an hour praying in tongues daily. Though the
fast is not compulsory through the days, if you can it will be cool, it will
help the process. I am expectant and I trust that God will shape our lives and
Nation these 28 days.
Feb
1 Sun 22:41
NATHANIEL
BASSEY:
Shalom
Saints. Greetings in Jesus' name. Welcome to ACTS OF THE SAINTS. We begin the
study of the book of Acts, praying and doing. Acts 1:1 is so clear on this.
“The
former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do
and teach,
Acts
1:1”
Jesus
began to DO AND TEACH. WE seem to do lots of talking and teaching in our own
time. It's time to DO. We must DEMONSTRATE God's power. (Acts 10:38)
Verse
2
He
DID AND TAUGHT until he was taken up. In order words, he continued his
assignment until his very last moment. May we leave this earth accomplishing
that which we have been apprehended for.
Verse
2 also says through the Holy Ghost he gave commandment. Now this is the master
himself, doing nothing, but by the Spirit's help. The master was ALWAYS SPIRIT
LED. (Isaiah 11:2-4). No wonder he was
always right. We talk a lot about the leading of the spirit, but let's ask
candidly, how many times are we really led by the Spirit?
Day
by day, we see and hear stories about Christians, and indeed ourselves, and it
becomes very clear that we may not be led by the spirit a lot of the times.
So
this month, it's my prayer that as we study and pray, seeking the Lord, there
would be revival and restoration in nor lives to live the only kind of life we
have and know to live: THE SPIRIT FILLED AND LED LIFE.
“To
whom also He shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs,
being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the
kingdom of God:
Acts
1 :3”
This
is interesting, Jesus wants to reveal himself to us. In fact, scripture says he
is passionate to do so. And this month, we'll experience him again; anew and
afresh.
I love
that phrase: “many infallible proofs” He wants to do it in such ways that of a
truth and without any doubt that we know we have encountered him.
Feb
2 Mon 00:17
PEACE:
Amen.
I want to encounter Him differently this month and henceforth.
Feb
2 Mon 00:29
AMAKA
SERITA:
Amen.
The gospel! Simple but powerful! Thank you sir. He did before he taught.
Meaning he never taught what He hasn't or didn't experience or practice. His
absolute dependence on the Holy Spirit. And by [a series of] many convincing
demonstrations [unquestionable evidences and infallible proofs], he revealed
himself. (AMP)
Thank
you for this
Feb
2 Mon 04:53
TONIA:
Halleluyah!
Good
Morning Saints!
Thanks
for sharing @PNath, this is awesome!
Lord
I align myself with Your word all through this month and even from hence forth,
to DO the word by the power of the Holy Spirit!
And
I begin to encounter You afresh, anew, like NEVER BEFORE, cos there is MORE of
You and I desire that MORE!!!
Saints,
I am indeed blessed and I feel a welling up in my spirit!!!
All
through the Gospel, we find Jesus going away, retreating to spend time with in
the mountains and you are tempted to wonder what it was He was praying about.
He had the power TO DO all that He desired to do for He is God Himself, but He
never missed those times cos those times were to fellowship. For He did nothing
but by the Holy Spirit and what He did was the manifestation of the influence
and principles of Heaven while He was on Earth!
Hmmmm,
this same Jesus said in John 14:12. “Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that
believeth on me, the works that I do shalll he do also; and greater works than
these shall he do; because I go unto my Father". We have been called to do
the GREATER....how else do we accomplish this, but by the power of the Spirit
Himself. There's more brethren, there's more. Until we begin to manifest the
MORE, we haven't yet started.
But
thank God there's Grace enough and the Spirit is here to help us....thank God
for this study this month. We indeed begin to manifest the very ACTS of the
Saints as we dive more into this study in Jesus Name!
Feb
2 Mon 06:51
UTIBE:
It's
a February that will see us Do and Teach!!!
Feb
2 Mon 09:39
IKECHI
UGWOEJE: Amen! Thanks for sharing Bro Nath and others who contributed. We move
on to Chapter 2 today and ARM will lead. If you didn't read Chapter 1 yesterday
please do and read chapter 2 today also. Everyone should feel free to take us
back to any passage from previous chapters that you feel we all can be blessed
with. I had a great time praying in the Holy Ghost this morning. When you pray
in other tongues, God's will for your life is being process your life takes
shape! Halleluyah! You can do 30mins in the morning and 30mins at night or
15mins in the 4 quarters of the day. Over to you ARM
Feb
2 Mon 10:17
NATHANIEL
BASSEY:
Acts
1:4
The
master commanded them to WAIT. It wasn't a suggestion. To wait for the promise of the father. The
world we live in today does not support WAITING. Everything must happen now.
But God is still God. We must wait on God to have genuine encounters with him.
And waiting in not necessarily a state of inactivity. Sometimes it means pray, worship
and sometimes just being quite before him. May God help us to make out time to
WAIT on him. We would wait for contracts. Wait for visas. We must wait on the Lord.
ACTS 1:24-26
24
And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men,
shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,
25
That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by
transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
26
And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was
numbered with the eleven apostles.
The
Holy Ghost is the believer's most precious treasure on earth. He is Christ
within.
The
scripture says that when he comes he'll guide us into all truth. He reveals
secrets and shows us the way to walk in.
The
Apostles in Acts 1 had a situation, prior to the coming of the Spirit in Acts
2. They prayed God to show who would take Judas' place, but later cast lots.
Isn't this the same case with us sometimes that we ask a thing from God, and
can barely wait for his opinion and then go ahead to make our own plans? You
would remember that their lot fell on Matthias. But after this day, little or
nothing was said or heard about the one THEY chose.
But
when you go to Acts 13, we see a similar situation and need, but this time as
they ministered to The Lord and fasted, THE HOLY GHOST HIMSELF SAID,
"separate unto me, Paul and Barnabas...." And the rest is
history. Today we know Paul, chosen by the Spirit, to have written
three third of the New Testament.
Right
there is the difference when God himself makes a choice.
Saints,
God's choice is always far better, and to be preferred. It is worth waiting
for.
And
the good news is that we have the HOLY GHOST right within us now. He is not
coming, or about to come. HE IS HERE.
Oh!
May we come to a realization of the awesome revelation that the God of all the
heavens and the earth lives inside of us. It becomes a grave irony or paradox
when as believers we get confused, lacking direction on issues of life and
destiny, when the greatest revealer and guide is just a heartbeat and breath
away.
Feb
2 Mon 18:34
VICORENZE:
This
is truth and I agree
The
Holy Spirit is readily available to us, He is the power we want, the direction
we seek and the help we need.
Feb
2 Mon 18:58
TONIA:
Wow!
God bless you @PNath; was just talking with a family friend who's confused about
making a choice over two job options in Kano and Abuja and this came in. Sent
this to him now and he testified it ministered to him. We all need to seek Him
(the Holy Spirit) consistently on a daily basis concerning decisions we make.
Feb
2 Mon 19:50
AMAKA
SERITA:
Yes
sir!!! This is so true. This is the place to be. Yesterday morning the Lord put
this song in my heart during my night sleep, which I eventually was singing as
I woke up... "Trust in the Lord with all your heart. And lean not on your
own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him. And He shall direct, and
He shall direct your path...... He will not suffer your feet to be moved. He
that loves you will not slumber..." By Don Moen. That was how the Lord
started His conversation with me that morning.... I tell you brethren, that
meeting was very life transforming. He then took me to Ex 23:20-33. Since that
yesterday, up until now, I just “siddon dey look” and watching God do the
things only He can do!!!! So glorious! And today again, He's speaking to me
again through Pst Nathaniel Bassey! See all the benefits that are ours only if
we can yield to the leading of the Holy Spirit! "Oh what peace we often
forfeit! Oh what needless pain we bear!" God bless you sir for yielding to
the Holy Spirit and allowing Him to bring through you this timely word for the
season.
Feb
2 Mon 20:00
NATHANIEL
BASSEY:
Hallelujah.
The Lord also put this scripture in my heart to pray with. "order my steps
in your word" psalm 119:133. Imagine praying this every morning before you
set out on the day's business. POWERFUL THINGS MUST HAPPEN. You will be constrained
to do his will.
In
Acts 2 verse 1, I saw something;
“And
when the day of Pentecost was fully come”
Why
"fully come"?
Perhaps
they'd been praying for days, weeks or even months and it looked like nothing
was happening. But you know what? From the moment they started, something was
happening. And that's the same with us; sometimes we give up just as the time
is almost FULLY COME
Feb 2 Mon 20:56
FEYIKEMI:
Hmmmmmm...
God please help us hold on until it is 'fully come'
Feb
2 Mon 20:56
NATHANIEL
BASSEY:
Imagine
if these folks stopped 30minutes before it was fully come…
Lesson:
keep praying. Something is happening that you can't see. It's building up. And
just like the cloud, it is loading and gathering moisture, and like it says in
the text, SUDDENLY, THERE WILL COME A SOUND. A sound of revival, a sound of
rejoicing, a sound of a baby, a sound of an phone call for that job, contract,
a sound of a wife, husband etc. Remember Elijah heard the sound of rain, yet
there was no rain, but he kept on at his prayer. May we continue until IT IS
FULLY COME.
Feb
2 Mon 21:02
FEYIKEMI:
Amen!
Feb
2 Mon 21:02
SEN.
JAIDA ATTAH:
AMEN
Feb
2 Mon 21:13
AMAKA
SERITA:
Yes!
"Fully come" is it! Some of us stop a step away from the answer.
Jesus said in Luke 8. "When the Son of man arrives, will He still find
faith...?" Reminding me of His word in Eccles. "when the cloud is
full of rain, it'll empty itself on the earth". Thank you Lord. Our
prayers build a memorial before God. We should not give up. We will keep on
praying. The answers are building up. And I conclude with this: WHEN HE [the
Lamb] broke open the seventh seal, there was silence for about half an hour in
heaven. Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were
given seven trumpets. And another angel came and stood over the altar. He had a
golden censer, and he was given very much incense (fragrant spices and gums
which exhale perfume when burned), that he might mingle it with the prayers of
all the people of God (the saints) upon the golden altar before the throne.
[Ps. 141:2.] And the smoke of the incense (the perfume) arose in the presence
of God, with the prayers of the people of God (the saints), from the hand of
the angel. So the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar
and cast it upon the earth. Then there followed peals of thunder and loud
rumblings and blasts and noises, and flashes of lightning and an earthquake.
[Lev. 16:12; Ezek. 10:2.] (Revelation 8:1-5
AMP) ..... How powerful our prayers can be if we pray without ceasing without
fainting and allow it to build up.
Feb 2 Mon 21:17
NATHANIEL
BASSEY:
Woo
oh! Glory.
Took
the censer and filled it with Fire from the altar!
Ayayayaya
!
Feb
2 Mon 21:18
VICORENZE:
Hallelujah!
We will wait by His grace!
I'm
so stirred in my spirit! Hallelujah
Feb
2 Mon 21:39
AMAKA
SERITA:
Sometimes
we pray and the answer comes immediately. At other time we pray and it seems
like nothing is happening. No, some things are happening. We should keep
praying. It can be likened to a tree, which brings out the flowers first, then
the buds, then the baby fruit, which takes another process of time to mature by
ripening. In prayer, some of us give up too quickly and pluck the unripe fruit.
What if Elijah had given up at his 6th effort???? I receive that prophetic word
@Pst Nath.
“Lesson:
keep praying. Something is happening that you can't see. It's building up. And
just like the cloud, it is loading and gathering moisture, and like it says in
the text, SUDDENLY, THERE WILL COME A SOUND. A sound of revival, a sound of
rejoicing, a sound of a baby, a sound of phone calls for that job, contract, a
sound of a wife, husband etc. Remember Elijah heard the sound of rain, yet
there was no rain, but he kept on at his prayer. May we continue until IT IS
FULLY COME.”
Amen!
Amen! Amen! Amen! Thank you Lord JESUS!!! !!!!
And
when this sound was heard, the multitude came together and they were astonished
and bewildered, because each one heard them [the apostles] speaking in his own
[particular] dialect. And they were beside themselves with amazement, saying,
Are not all these who are talking Galileans? (Acts 2:6-7
AMP)
And
when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were confused,
because everyone heard them speak in his own language. Then they were all
amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Look, are not all these who speak
Galileans? (Acts 2:6-7
NKJV)
Feb
2 Mon 22:08
EDIDIONG
ENO:
Wooooooow!!!
Hallelujah!!! Praise God...Keep praying...even when you don't feel like it,
keep praying...when it seems like nothing is happening...don't stop
praying...cos actually something is happening...The Cloud is getting thick...I
hear the sound!!! Praise God...
Could
not help but pray in the Spirit while reading through all our post here...some
fire stuff
God
bless you @P.Nat @ARM @Amaka @Ikechi and everyone that contributed...
Feb
2 Mon 22:12
AMAKA
SERITA:
The
Holy Ghost himself is set to make some astonishing and amazing sound via as
many of us as are willing to yield to His leading. And the sound will draw
dignitaries and prominent personalities from all works of life to come to us
for solutions. Some of us He’ll use in different nations and in different
spheres and arms of the society. Arising from such army are economic prophets,
entertainment prophets, political prophets, educational prophets,
marriage/family prophets, etc.... Solutions will be given through the
utterances given by the Holy Ghost. Some of us He will use to solve, family,
organizational or national puzzles. Can we just yield to Him? Remember people
from different nations came because of the sound or the noise they heard, and
as they got close, each heard the apostles speaking in their own different
languages. Meaning that if I was there, I would have heard the apostles in my
own original Igbo language! What a mystery. God is ready to package the
solution through us in a way that the person or nation or organization or the
family or the people we are sent to will completely understand and receive the
solution and at the end surrender to Christ!!!! Oh thank you Jesus! A whole lot
is happening here. Teach me Lord how you want me to yield. What and what do you
want me to put off or get rid of. What are those things about me and in me that
seem to block me off from yielding to you? I take the surgical blade like
Abraham did to circumcise my heart. Cutting off every trace of flesh and self.
Completely at your service Lord. Like little Samuel I say, speak Lord for your
servant hears. Samuel, unlike Aaron and his sons was well positioned to hear
the Lord. The Bible reported that at that time visions and revelations and Gods
word were scarce. Even Eli who was supposedly the priest wasn't hearing the
Lord. The difference here was that Samuel stayed in the exact place of God's
presence. Constantly at the sanctuary. And he stays until the light goes off.
NOW
THE boy Samuel ministered to the Lord before Eli. The word of the Lord was rare
and precious in those days; there was no frequent or widely spread vision. At
that time Eli, whose eyesight had dimmed so that he could not see, was lying
down in his own place. The lamp of God had not yet gone out in the temple of
the Lord, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was lying down When the Lord
called, Samuel! And he answered, Here I am.
(1
Samuel
3:1-4
AMP)
Feb
2 Mon 22:12
EDIDIONG
ENO:
Could
not imagine been absent from a Fire Feast like this...
God
bless you all...
And
its good to be on board Flight "Acts Of The Saints"
Feb
2 Mon 22:15
AMAKA
SERITA: I'm being filled again here by the Holy Ghost @Eno. Glory to God!!!!
Thanks
family for generating this corporate anointing
Feb
2 Mon 22:17
EDIDIONG
ENO:
Woow!!
@Amaka that's some great stuff you just shared there…God bless you Sis...
Feb
2 Mon 22:24
VICORENZE:
@ Amaka,
the spirit is one, Nat said some of the things u are saying now on Sunday at David
Nkennor's album release. Amazing Holy Spirit. :)
Feb
2 Mon 22:44
AMAKA
SERITA:
Striking
words for me:
The
SOUND which was made by the Holy Spirit Himself. The mistake we make is that we
try making the Sound ourselves before the fullness of time.
Then
the FIRE: the flaming tongues as of fire. Which was the baptism of fire. The
fire that's encountered in God's presence which burns off the flesh and the
stubbles, and the chaffs and burns off the dross in our lives for the Holy
Spirit to have His full and undeniable expression. This fire forms the fruit of
the spirit in us. The character of Christ.
Then
the SPEAKING: this part is done by us as we are inspired by the Holy Ghost. The
action part of the whole stuff is not done by God. We take the action as we are
led or inspired or prompted by the Holy Spirit. At the point of
action/speaking, the Holy Spirit manifests Himself or demonstrates the power of
God, thereby glorifying JESUS.
Then,
UTTERANCE: they spoke as the Holy Spirit gives them utterance. Utterance is
given by the Holy Spirit. Not by the apostles but by the Holy Spirit. But
speaking was done by the apostles. Thank you Lord
The
cost for SHINNING is BURNING!!!!
Many
believers want to arise and shine but few want to go through the process of
burning.
BEHOLD,
I send My messenger, and he shall prepare the way before Me. And the Lord [the
Messiah], Whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; the Messenger or
Angel of the covenant, Whom you desire, behold, He shall come, says the Lord of
hosts. [Matt. 11:10; Luke 1:13-17, 76.] But who can endure the day of His
coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner's fire and
like fullers' soap; [Rev. 6:12-17.] He will sit as a refiner and purifier of
silver, and He will purify the priests, the sons of Levi, and refine them like
gold and silver, that they may offer to the Lord offerings in righteousness.
Then will the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasing to the Lord as in the
days of old and as in ancient years. Then I will draw near to you for judgment;
I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers,
against the false swearers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his
wages, the widow and the fatherless, and who turn aside the temporary resident
from his right and fear not Me, says the Lord of hosts. For I am the Lord, I do
not change; that is why you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed. (Malachi 3:1-6
AMP).
After
burning (the fire) comes the glory(the shinning).... See Isaiah 4:
After
the Lord has washed away the [moral] filth of the daughters of Zion [pride,
vanity, haughtiness] and has purged the bloodstains of Jerusalem from the midst
of it by the spirit and blast of judgment and by the spirit and blast of
burning and sifting. And the Lord will create over the whole site, over every
dwelling place of Mount Zion and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day
and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory shall be a
canopy (a defense of divine love and protection). And there shall be a pavilion
for shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge and a shelter
from storm and from rain. (Isaiah 4:4-6
AMP).
My
dear lovely family, burning may not be an easy and sweet experience, but it's a
necessity if we want the glory to fall or if we want to shine as lights for the
Kingdom of God.
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