Category: Prayer

What is in the Bright and Shining Light Agenda?
3. It signifies that we are in the era of wisdom
(Eccl 7:11-13, 10:10 Luke 16:9-10, Ezek 28:7, 17, Gen 41:31-28, Prov 4:7, Dan 12:3, Ps 72:8-11)
• Wisdom provides solutions to problems people are facing.
• Where there are solutions, there is money and promotions.
• If you have money but lack wisdom, there are certain realms you can’t enter.
• Wisdom will bring beauty and color to your life.
• Wisdom will bring sharpness to the things you do.
• Wisdom makes you shine.
• Growing in age does not mean growing in wisdom.

4. Dominion (Dan 2:31, 44-46, Exo 34:30, Luke 24:4-5, Acts 10:30, 22:6-7)
• Bright and Shining Light speaks of dominion at higher levels.
• When your afraid of you, certain battles come to an end.
• Light is a weapon that ensures you remain in dominion.

5. Superior weapons over stubborn enemies (Jer 51:11, Ezek 21:15, 21, Nah 3:3, 2 Thes 2:8, Hab 3:11, Acts 12:7)

6. Visibility and spread (increase) (Deut 33:2, 1 Sam 16:15-21)
• Visibility is important because it amplifies value.
• You can have value but when people can’t see that value, it doesn’t help.
• You need light for people to see, cooperate with and enjoy what God has endowed you with.
• It is not about how good you are but who sees or knows your good.
• Recognition leads to opportunities.
• Trust and influence grow with exposure.
• When you are exposed, people can trust you.
• People trust what they see more.

How to increase your visibility
1. Know who you are and occupy your place
• Jesus was not afraid to say who He was.

2. Make use of all available platforms to make yourself known for what you carry

3. Be consistent
4. Show up where it matters
5. Deliver the value you carry (represent) publicly
• Let people see what you can do.
• Don’t perform secret miracles, perform them publicly.
• Joseph wasn’t interpreting dreams secretly.

• When your love for God begins to wax cold, the things you used to be zealous about God for you won’t be zealous anymore.
• When your love for God begins to grow cold, the things of God won’t move you anymore and that will be the beginning of your downfall.
• Those churches that are called traditional churches today weren’t always like that, they were once as hot as those who think they are hot today.
• As an individual, you can examine your walk with God (2 Cor 13:5).
• In the same way a student can know when his grades are going down, you too as a believer can examine your walk with God.
• Today there are pastors who are not saved.
• Today there are pastors who hire gunmen to kill other pastors they’re jealous of.
• Today, there are pastors who go to witchdoctors to get charms in order to have power.
• We are in the last days.
• One of the signs of the last days is the love for God dying in the hearts of people.
• When the love for God dies, the negative things that were difficult for you to do will become easy to do.
• The love for God we receive in our hearts is what makes us to desire God.
• There is nobody that is strong in their christian walk outside God, don’t deceive yourself.
• We are strong in God and through the fellowship we have with Him.
• It doesn’t take much for a believer to backslide.
• Prayerlessness for one week is enough to make a believer backslide.
• A good man can become a bad man without God.
• A good husband can become a bad husband without God.
• A good wife can become a bad wife without God.
• The good things we are and are enjoying are because of God.
• Our strength, our beauty is in our relationship with God.
• Keep checking your love for God because once it leaves your heart, something else will enter.
• When people backslide, they lose affection for God and the things around God.
John 14:30, 1 Cor 13:13
• The love for God that is in our hearts help us love God and gravitate towards the things of God.
• If you are having difficulties gravitating towards the things of God, check your love for God.
• If you no longer want to serve God with zeal and passion, check your love.
• Every time love for God seems to be going down, it is an indication that the relationship with the Holy Spirit is dying.
• Every time you have fellowship with the Holy Spirit, your love for God is refreshed and gets stronger.
• When the devil has access to your life, the first thing he will do is kill the love for God and replace it with his own.
• The Spirit of God uses love as a tool to draw you closer to Him.
Zec 12:10, Psa 65:4
• We must worship God in spirit (John 4:23-24) .
• We must serve God with our spirit (Rom 1:9)
• Whatever helps us to be in spirit is helping us to serve God.
• The word of God helps us to be in the spirit.
• The word of God is spirit and those who consume it are consuming what spirits feed on and their spirits will be strong.
• Don’t neglect the duty of building your spirit, life is spiritual.
• It will be difficult to go to the end without the help of the Spirit.
• Where is your love for God?
• Are you on your way up or down?
• What is a believer doing with a non-believer for 3 hours? What are they talking about?
• How come you fall asleep when studying the word of God but come alive when you are doing other things?
• You can tell whether you’re making progress in your walk with God, are stagnant or are going backwards.
• You’re never late for work because you’re afraid of your boss but you’re not afraid to come late to church.
• There is a lot of backsliding going around.
• The devil is fighting hard and wants maximum casualties among christians.
• Children of God need to be alert and use the word of God against the enemy .
Psa 35:4
• You need an avenue with God to reply your enemies.
• People are killed first through the lips of men before they die physically.
• Some people have made the children of other people to become as useless as their children.

Eccl 10:4-7, Luke 1:36-43
• Don’t seek encouragement from everybody, there is a right person to encourage you.
• Ask God to send the right people into your life.
• The money you think you need won’t drop from heaven, God will use a person to bring it to you.
• Even when you ask God to remember you, He will remind someone of you.
• Some people carry themselves in a high and mighty way that shows they think they’re above everyone else.
• Your next level might be tied to someone that you think is beneath you.
2 Kings 5:2-3
• Know how to relate well with people.
• A security guard can give you valuable information about the important person you have a meeting with.
• In many places, age is not a factor.
• At your work place , if your boss is younger than you , you should still respect them because of the office they hold.
• Forget how old you are and go for the dream God has given you.
Gen 18:12
• We don’t all manifest at the same age.
• There is no specific age for becoming something.
• No age is too late to become something.
• If you didn’t become CEO of a company at 25, it doesn’t mean you will never become it.
• Don’t allow age to be your hindrance.
• Your time is now.
• Now is the best time.
John 11:21
• Each one of us has our own pathway.
• Don’t be confused by your neighbour’s manifestation.
• Donald Trump became president at 70 years while Barack Obama left presidency at 55 years, that didn’t make his presidency any less enjoyable because he became president later in his life.
1 Tim 4:12
• People mess up when they’re angry.
• Watch your mouth when you’re angry, it is not everybody that you should express your mind to.
• When some people say things against the king in their anger, the king uses his power to turn things against them.
• You need to be good at listening and slow to speak.
• Don’t be quick to cut off somebody while they’re speaking, you might end up cutting off the king and not getting what you came for.
• Stay cool and hold your mouth until you have heard everything and are given opportunity to speak.
1 Kings 10:1-3
• When people hear the wisdom behind how you speak and how your articulate matters, they will be interested in doing business with you.
• It is not just about speaking in tongues, you need wisdom on how to nurture relationships.
• “Thanks” and “thank you” don’t mean the same, depending on who you are talking to.
• You cannot use “thanks” when talking to a ruler.
• Speech is one of the areas where wisdom is expressed.
• Your speech will cause people to either be attracted to you or repelled by you.
1 Sam 18:1-3, Gen 24:14
• It is not always the lowest bid to do a job that is picked. Organisations are not only looking at cost of executing the project.
• Relationships = money.
• Grace should accompany the words you speak.

Steps to take if you want your life to shine:
1. Salvation (Luke 10:27, John 3:1-3)
• Salvation is the first and primary step to take if you want to shine in this life.
• Jesus is light.
• You cannot shine while you are in the dark.
• Inviting Jesus into your life is inviting light into your life.

2. Being dedicated to kingdom principles (Psa 132:3-5)
What should I committed to?
a. Prayer (1 Thes 5:17, Luke 18:1)
• Don’t stop praying.
• We avoid temptation by praying (Luke 22:40).
• Prayer fuels visions and revelations (Dan 2:17-19).

b. Fasting (Isa 58:6, 8)
c. Kingdom service
d. Giving (Acts 10:1-5)
e. Speaking right (Isa 43:26, Mat 12:37-38)
• Language matters a lot in the kingdom of God.
• Our mouths weren’t meant for eating alone, but for speaking positively.

3. Be studious (2 Tim 2:15, Dan 9:1-2)
• The answer to some of the challenges we’re facing are hidden in the word of God.

Luke 10:25-37
• We are supposed to safeguard the souls that God brings into this church, ensuring that they become established in the faith as we have.
• Winning souls starts with the people that God brings into our church.
• We shouldn’t say and do things that will discourage new souls from being established in this church.
• If you tell a new convert negative things about the church you belong to, will that encourage them to be established in the church?
James 1:26-27
• Be a bearer of good news.
• It is not everything you see and hear that you should broadcast.
• Know what to speak.
• Church is like a hospital.
• When you see others fall, reach out to them and help them. Don’t make them fall deeper.
• It is impossible to win souls without the love of God.
• Be intentionally concerned about the wellbeing of others.
Mat 14:14
• If we safeguard the souls we’ve been given, He will give us more.
• If you fail to do what God ordained you to do, He will raise someone else to do what you were supposed to do.
1 Cor 13:1-8, 13, Isa 60:1-3
• We need to grow to the point where we become examples of the kind of christianity God desires.
• You can’t have impact over a diabolical man if you are a baby christian.
• You need to grow in the word of God if you are to be a successful soul-winner.
• Soul winning is translating people from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light.
• If you are struggling to live in the light, how can you bring people into the kingdom of light.
• Spiritual growth happens only by knowledge.
• You can’t bear fruit in the kingdom of God if you are immature.
Gal 5:22-23

• There are four groups of people in this world:
1. Natural men (1 Cor 2:13)
• These reason according to their senses.

2. Carnal men (1 Cor 3:1-3, Rom 8:5-9)
• Carnal men have not undergone the process of transformation.
• They have not allowed the word of God to change them.
• We listen to the word of God so that it transforms us.
• If you don’t allow the word of God to transform you, you will be carnal.

3. A believer unto salvation (Rom 10:9-13)
• It is possible to believe God just for a miracle and not believe God for salvation.
• Those who believe God only miracles can leave God after they have received the miracles they were looking for.
• When someone believes God unto salvation, they receive:
a. Forgiveness of all their past sins
b. The gift of righteousness
c. Eternal life

How do we keep the souls that God gives us?
i. They should be subjected to the intense ministry of the word of God (Rom 12:1-2)
• This is the only way that they will be renewed and transformed.
• Without this, they will never grow and it will be easy to backslide.
• At salvation, what gets saved is the spirit and not the soul and body.
• If they are not subjected to the word of God, their soul and body will overpower them because those are still running on their default settings.

ii. They should be introduced to the ministry of the Holy Spirit (Acts 19:1-6)
iii. Introduce them to the ministry of a vibrant church with a sound, teaching priest (Acts 19:1-6)
• It’s not just about going to church but having a relationship with God.
• If you win a soul, make sure they are established in a church that can give the full counsel of God.

4. A spiritual man (2 Pet 3:17-18, 1 Pet 1:1-9, 2 Pet 1:5-9)
• This is somebody that has developed their walk with the Holy Spirit and has grown in grace and knowledge.

• If you feel like you don’t know what to say to invite someone to church, simply tell them to “come and see.” (John 1:39, 4:28-29)
• Pray as you go out to win souls so that your words are empowered , don’t go out in the arm of the flesh.

• Kingdom service represents anything done for the kingdom of God in order to promote the gospel, depopulate hell and populate heaven.
• Life is about investments and it is only those who make deposits than make withdrawals.
• You cannot withdraw from a bank where you have not been making deposits.
• God is not an opportunist, He is a rewarder of those who seek Him diligently.
• Every harvest starts with a seed.
John 12:24
• You cannot reap where you have not sown.
Dan 6:10

Who is an addict?
– An addict is someone who is devoted to or surrenders himself habitually to the control and influence of a thing or person.
– Someone who out of compulsion, spends time, energy and valuable resources doing something.
– Someone who allows himself to be influenced and controlled by someone or something he loves and holds in high esteem.

What is kingdom addiction?
– Joyfully allowing God to exercise full ownership and control over your life, time , resources, career and decisions towards the advancements of His cause on the earth.
– To be sold out to God such that nothing else matters to you except it matters to God.
– To be devoted to God and to His word.
– A readiness to live and die for God’s cause on earth without due consideration for self.

• If you’re not addicted to God’s cause, your life has not yet began.
• Many christians have accepted Jesus as their savior but they have not accepted Him as Lord of their lives so they are not yet dedicated to Him.
• Be fully convinced of the God you are serving.
• Be sold out to God if you want to make heaven.
• Make up your mind to serve God with all of your spirit, soul and body.
• Kingdom addiction calls for total surrendering of all you are and all you own – it is total dedication to God.
• Kingdom addiction is the secret to distinction (Dan 6:10).

BENEFITS OF KINGDOM SERVICE
1. Divine direction
2. Divine presence (Mark 16:20)
3. Divine preservation (Dan 3:28)
4. Divine health and vitality (Exo 23:25)
• When you are involved in His service, you are qualified for His servicing.
• When you are involved in His service, you are qualified for His wages.

5. Deliverance and liberty
6. Divine life and longevity
• If you are determined to live your life in the service of God, no power is powerful enough to shorten your life.

PRAYER POINT
FATHER, BY YOUR MERCY, GRANT ME GRACE TO BE COMMITTED AND ADDICTED IN MY KINGDOM SERVICE TO YOU EVEN AS YOU HELP ME TO MAKE POSITIVE IMPACT ON EARTH.

• It is the hand of God that makes the difference.
• Where the hand of God isn’t, even a fly can kill a person.
• Places matter.
2 Sam 7:10
• Our safety is not physical , it is spiritual.
• Our protection is not physical, it is spiritual.
2 Chr 10:13-14, 11:1
• When God has moved on your side, even physical giants become useless.
1 Cor 16:9, Deut 2:24, 2 Cor 2:14
• If you lose a battle, check your alignment.
• God causes us to triumph.
• Every time there is alignment, things fall into place.
• A believer must hate sickness and poverty wit passion.
• Poverty came as a result of man sinning.
• When man was in perfect alignment with God in the garden, there was no poverty.
• A poor person cannot help another poor person.
• A sick person cannot help another sick person.
• God wants you well so that you can help others.

• What we declare is what angels run with to fulfill.
• Your mouth can cost the work of your hands, you must be careful what you speak.
• Our mouths have power to build and destroy.
• The word we speak is empowered to create what we speak.
• It takes an open mouth to flow in the supernatural. (Ps 81:10-14)
• Your speaking the word of God causes God to move into action.
• We don’t have victory over our enemies by wishing but by speaking the word of God.
• Signs and wonders are in the mouth.
Acts 14:3, 2 Cor 10:16
• Don’t be ashamed to say what God has done.
• Don’t be ashamed to say what God has promised to do.
• Your saying makes what you are saying to become a reality.
• If you don’t say it, it won’t come to pass.
• God said it and He saw what He said (Gen 1:1-3)
Dan 3:17
• Your closed mouth is your problem.
• Don’t speak circumstances, speak the word of God.
• You are not saying the word of God for your neighbour but for yourself.
• Speak the word of God boldly and you will see miracles.
Mal 3:16-17
• Speak favour on your life and you will experience favour.
• Speak health and you will experience health.
• Speak marital bliss and you will experience marital bliss in your marriage.
• Speak breakthrough and breakthrough will be your portion.

WHAT DOES LIGHT SIGNIFY IN THE SCRIPTURES?
1. light dispels darkness. Luke 10:18, John 1:5, 12:31.
• No matter what a person is facing, when light comes, darkness is dispelled.
2. Light rules. Gen 1:16-19
• Every time a person has light, that person will rule
3. Light quickens (gives life). John 1:4-5,
4. Light is truth.
• Where there is falsehood, you need light
5. Light is wisdom. Dan 5:11-12
6. Light is God’s presence. Psa 89:15
• The presence of God is the appearance of light.
7. Light is Jesus. John 8:12, 9:5
8. Light is life. Psa 36:9, john 1:4
• Light provides growth, warmth, clarity and victory.

UNVEILING THE BRIGHT AND SHINING LIGHT AGENDA [Part 2]
• Brightness definition – the quality of being luminous (emitting/reflecting light)
• Shining definition – reflecting light
– Emitting light
– Flashing light
– Distinguished or eminent
– To be clear and obvious.
What is in the bright and shining light agenda?
1. Clear guidance and direction. Isa 59:9
• Brightness makes a difference and you can’t be mistaken about it.
2. We are in the era of emitting the glory of God in greater measure attracting nobles. Isa 60:3, 62:1, psa 50:2, John 5:35, eze 1:28
• If you haven’t risen to a certain realm of light, you may never attract certain people because they have more light than you do.
• Light naturally brings attraction.
• If you remain ordinary, ordinary things will follow you.
• The bright and shining light agenda is how to break out from the enemy.
• Psa 18:12