THE TEACHING PRIEST

THE TEACHING PRIEST 

From The Teaching Ministry of Dr. Joel Dabbas 

2 Chronicles 15:3 KJV

Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

The structures of the Kingdom is sustained by the teaching priest. God ordained it this way because it is through genuine kingdom knowledge that men are built. 

They reason why many are drifting away from Kingdom purpose and agenda is because of the presence of few genuine kingdom teaching priest's.

They reason why there are many weaklings in the body is because of the absence of genuine kingdom teaching priests.

We are in the last of the last days and one of the things that will characterize these times is that men will desire teachings that soothes them. Teachings that will pamper them and make them feel alright in their sin.

But in the midst of these I hear God saying I will yet raise my men. They will be my voice to the nations of the world. They will truly divide the Word of truth to countless many. Glory to God!

How Teachers teach and dimensions of teaching priests.

Teaching priests operates in two powerful dimensions.

Teaching can be Expository or Revelatory (1 Corinthians 14:6).

If you are teacher you must know which dimension you flow in. It will help you understand how God wants to manifest by His Spirit through you.

When an expository teaching priests ministers you the heart of the Father is truly revealed. 

When a revelatory teaching priest ministers, your eyes is opened to kingdom secrets

Also, as believers we must flow in certain gifts of the Spirit. So for instance a teaching priest that has a prophetic gifting, will not only teach but prophesy.

A teaching priest with the gift of healing and working of miracles will not only teach but operate supernaturally in miracles.

A teaching priest with the gift of interpretation of tongues will not only teach but interpret tongues and so on.

Matthew 21:23 KJV says that "And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?"

Teaching Priests after the order of our Lord Jesus Christ teach with the authority of the king and do great things for God.

The teaching ministry is a powerful kingdom asset that trims men and prunes men to be who they ought to be in God's Kingdom and the world.

I see a rise of true teaching priests around the nations of the earth in Jesus Name.

God bless you

From Yours 

Joel Dabbas

FLAMING FIRE

FLAMING FIRE

SCRIPTURE: Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire - Psalm 104:4

 An Excerpt From The Teaching Ministry of Pastor Dr. Joel Dabbas 

Let me begin by letting you know that God is a Maker. The very first introduction of God to us in Scripture was that He is a Maker of things. In the book of Isaiah and in Jeremiah these prophets constantly declares this creative part of God by likening Him to a Potter. Our God can build, He can carve out great things from nothing. He is God. Hallelujah!

Now to our focal Scripture in Psalm 104:4 the Bible says that God makes His ministers ministers a flaming fire.

According to the Collins dictionary, a flaming fire means burning with or emitting flames; it is to glow brightly; brilliantly and radiantly. It also means to beam or burn with intensity or ardently; vehemently; and with great passion. Looking at these definitions it points us in two directions or are characteristic of:
1. The glory; and
2. Fervency
In other words God makes His ministers to beam His glory and He makes them fervent.
To become a flaming fire, you have to be made. That means there is a process you will need to go through with God and in God. There is a curriculum to be taken, lecture to undertake, a training and a forging that has to be done in your life.
Beloved, it is possible to burn: i mean it is possible that the vestige of your spirit being takes another form. The form of God's fire.
One nature of God is fire and to be one His true sons or daughters take on this nature.

A flaming fire is one God can give territorial assignments. A flaming fire can be a strong voice of God for his or generation. A flaming fire is a weapon for strange warfare. A flaming fire is a disaster to the kingdom of the devil.

HOW TO BE MADE INTO A FLAMING FIRE

1. Become a minister of God
This means to be ready to carry Gods message and speak it. There are alot of believers who are not ready to speak Gods message to their world and the world. They are only satisfied to sit in church every year without becoming a voice for God. There are alot of people who are ministers for themselves and their belly. They are not around to deliver Gods message to people but their own grafted message. A minister of God is a carrier of the message of God

2. Stay and be submitted to God
Every coal is a product of a wood who submitted itself to be burnt. If you don't want to stay with God and be submitted to Him, you are not ready to be made into flames of fire. In Exodus 34:27-30 KJV look at what happened to Moses
"[27] And the Lord said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.
[28] And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
[29] And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.
[30] And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him."
Moses stayed with God for 40 days and returned beaming His glory. If you stay with God and humble yourself under His hand before long you will emerge a burning flame of fire.

3. Have a genuine hunger
This drives you more into God. The more you know Him, the more you want to know Him.

4. Dedicated word and prayer life
This is are the raw materials that churn men into flames. The word of God can set you on fire for life.

Exodus 34:27-29 KJV 

"[27] And the Lord said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.
[28] And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
[29] And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him." Moses was with God and interacting with the Word for 40 days. Moses was receiving, writing and ingesting the word of God into His spirit for 40 days and returned burning in blazing glory. Something happens to your spirit also when you spend time with the Word like Moses did.

WHY YOU MUST BECOME A FLAMING FIRE

1. Because God will have a need of you all the time

2. Because you will also cause others to burn
When the disciples became flaming fire in Acts Chapter 2 people from different nations came to watch them burn and 3000 souls were saved. A flaming fire is highly contagious. A pastor who is already turned into a flaming fire will turn everyone in his church into burning vessels. This is a spiritual system for endless revival in the church. Any child of God who is a flaming fire will become a mobile revivalist.

3. Because the world is growing in wickedness and it will require fire to swallow all the nonsense of the enemy around

4. Because flaming fires are bold, courageous and effective
That timidity to impact your world is arrested when you are made into a flaming fire

5. Because flaming fire kills lukewarmness and slotfulness thereby increasing your passion in serving God (Romans 12:11)
It takes fire to be fervent in serving the Lord. Nothing cages and hinders one from serving God like the absence of spiritual fire

Finally, becoming a flaming fire is to become a mobile fire of God. By this you become a fire starter everywhere you go. People talk with you and their heart burn for God. I am truly hungry to be a flaming fire minister whereby any encounter with me (by the help of the Holy Spirit) just as you are having now will turn you and people into not just fire carriers but fire themselves.
I pray for you become a flaming fire in this lukewarm world in Jesus name
God bless you!!

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THE LAWS OF KINGDOM SERVICE

THE LAWS OF KINGDOM SERVICE 

The Teaching Ministry Of  Dr. Joel Dabbas 

“I am among you as one who serves” (Luke 22:27).   

“A disciple is not above his teacher or a slave above his master” (Luke 6:24). 

The sole reason for our creation is to serve God. There is no one that is truly spiritual who won't serve God. The true response of a soul who have genuinely encountered the benevolence of God's saving grace is to serve Him. Everyone that ever amounted to anything in the kingdom were servants of God. 

Service is the surest way to show God that all of us is for Him. Service is to be engaged in your major assignment on earth. When life comes to an end, our lives can only be summarized by the level of service we offered to God's kingdom, and to people. No service to God and humanity, no legacy in time and eternity. 

Now, that we know what service is all about, it is important to know the laws that governs productive, reasonable and worthy service unto God. And i will deal with a few here:

1. THE LAW OF HUMILITY

Humility is a major necessity for effective and profitable kingdom service. Humility is a sign that your flesh is mortified and the influence of flesh on you is annihilated. The more selfless you become the more you serve without reservation. 

Micah 6:8 KJV says that "He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?" To have a good walk with God humility is key. Nothing corrupts service like arrogance and pride. If you doubt me, ask Lucifer. Ezekiel 28:12-15 "till iniquity was found in thee." Your service to God  becomes stale and irritating to God until pride is found in you. Lucifer sinned without temptation; he was an inventor of iniquity. (Ezekiel 28:17) Perhaps, one of the reasons God hates pride is because it reminds Him of Lucifer. 

1 Peter 5:5 KJV "Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble." Pride will deprive a man of the honour service is to bring (Proverbs 15:33). Greatness in the kingdom ebds when a person allows pride to creep in. Give God humility and He’ll supply you honor. Never allow men to praise you to hell. Never allow any achievement get into your head. Clothe yourselves with humility. Don’t wait for anyone to tell you how your voice sounded. On account of any money you gave to the kingdom, never raise your shoulders. Serve God with all humility. Refuse to raise a generation of Christians that will raise shoulders while they look down on other believers. Never look down on other believers. God will not give his glory to a church or pastor, or anyone (Isaiah 42:8). Anytime people allocate praises to you, redirect it to God. Let God have all the glory (John 15:5). If you sang well, preached well, fasted well, God is the vine, you are the branches. ‘Without God you can do nothing’. Without God, you are nothing. 

Without God, preacher, what can you do? Without God, you prophet what can you proohesy. Without God what sigbs and wonders can you perfirm? Why are you moving about as if you did something? If God removes his grace from you, you’ll see nothingness and emptiness. God will never leave you! If you serve God dismissively and humbly.

God does not pay you in the currency of the physical, He pays you with a currency called grace. That is why every true servant of God always grows and increases in grace. 

2.THE LAW OF HONOUR 

To serve in this kingdom well and profitably you must honour. First, your service to God must be from the stand point of honour unto Him. Secondly, honour vessels god have set over and above you.

To be a leader is a great honour; whether it’s in politics, government, education, it doesn’t matter. To be called a leader of people is always a great honour. However, to be a leader in the house of God is even a far greater honour, because that’s a role that belongs to Christ. It’s about His work. It means some of His work has been given to you. In Matthew 16:18, Jesus said, “…I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” Notice that He didn’t say, “Let us build my Church”; rather, He said, “I will build my Church.” Part of how He builds His Church is through those He’s appointed to lead and teach His people; the leaders of the Church. That is why Apostle Paul tells us that we are co-labourers (1 Corinthians 3:9). Every part of the work that we carry out to fulfil His vision is a huge responsibility, because it means He’s carrying it out through us. If you serve God from this sought of posture of honour, everything we do in His name is from the point of reverent awe and a high sense of previlege. 

3. THE LAW OF SUBMISSION 

Submission is surrender to the authority of God. An 'unsurrendered' person is an 'unconquered' person and so it is difficult to receive instructions for service. In my walk with the Lord I have come to discover that the marks of true and total submission to God are brokenness, yieldedness and willingness. A life that is submitted to God is one totally given and sold out to God. This makes you what Apostle Paul calls himself "A bond servant" of our Lord Jesus Christ. One that is totally submitted to God will not: 

i. Wait to be motivated to serve 

ii. Does not want a thank you from others

 iii. Does not lag or drag his or her feet to serve 

4. THE LAW OF LOVE 

Service is a proof of affection (love). Acts of service is a love language. You can’t claim to love or value God if you are not interested in serving Him. 

The mark of true kingdom stewardship is that people are truly in love with God. Any service or sacrifice done for the kingdom that is not on the basis of love for God and for people is useless. 

"Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor , and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing" (1 Corinthians 13:1-3 KJV) 

5. THE LAW OF OBEDIENCE 

“And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?” Luke 6:46

Obedience is an action word, it drives the physical manifestations of the submission and convictions of our inner beign. Obedience helps us to pursue what God asks us to do without asking questions. The greatest example of obedience and service was given by the Lord Jesus Christ when He said, “Nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done” (Luke 22:42). 

Obedience is a submitted will to a course stronger and greater than ours. It is saying YES LORD without counting the cost implication. 

6. THE LAW OF COMMITMENT

"Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work" (John 4:34). The same way God sent Jesus to the world to do His work, He has also sent us to come and do His work. Your life does not belong to you, your talent and strength do not belong to you, your resources do not belong to you, they all belong to God for the service of His Kingdom. The attitude of Jesus to Kingdom service is worthy of emulation. Jesus referred to the service of the Kingdom as His meat. He derived great pleasure and sweetness in the service of the Kingdom, rather than attaching pains to it. Today, a lot of people prefer physical meat and pleasure to the Kingdom assignment. Jesus also said He must finish the work God had sent Him to do and that was why He said on the Cross “it is finished“. You must also strive to finish God’s assignment for your life. In order to finish the work you have been assigned to do, you must be hardworking and very zealous. John 9:4 says, “I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.” Jesus saw the work of God as a must and not just a wish. It is something that must be done. Commitment to Kingdom Service is serving without ommiting anything that you where assigned to do. 

7. THE LAW OF SACRIFICE 

Every service to God must come at a cost. That is what sacrificial service entails. A cost less service amounts to a worthless service. 2 Samuel 24:24 KJV "And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver." Refuse to serve God conveniently. Refuse to serve God only when there is no risk; serve God sacrificially. Don’t only do for God what is convenient. Go out of your way and do things that place demand on your time, energy and resources for God. God knows the things we have to give up for God. God watches! Your level of sacrifice will determine your level of fire. Let your service for God affect your regular schedule. Be willing to give up certain rights and privileges, comforts, pleasure in the course of serving God. Come to the point where God will see that you are not working because it is comfortable, but serving because we believe him.

SUPERNATURAL SPEED AND ACCOMPLISHMENT PRAYER AND FASTING DAY 3

 

SUPERNATUAL SPEED AND ACCOMPLISHMENT FAST. 

DAY 3 (Wednesday. 13th. January 2021) 

PRAYER FOCUS: RESORATION AND THE POSSESSING OF POSEESSION. 

FOCAL SCRIPTURE:JOEL 2:25, OBADIAH 1:17 

1- Heavenly Father, thank You for strength and the grace to wait upon You in this fast. To You alone be all the glory. 

2- My Father we ask that the precious blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sins in the Name of Jesus. 

3- I decree and declare that all of my possession in the hands of the enemy i take them back now by force in the Name of Jesus. 

4- My Father, My Father, May the anointing of restoration come upon my family and Your church Grace Foundation mightily this year in the Name of Jesus. 

5- My Father, My Helper, i command total restoration of every thing i have lost in the Name of Jesus. 

6- Any demonic personality who has taken what belongs to me, I command them to release it in now in the mighty Name of Jesus. 

7- My Father, My Helper, i retrieve back from the hands of the enemy any of my possession that I unknowingly misplaced, in the Name of Jesus. 

8- Oh God of restoration, i ask for the release of seven-fold restoration of everything the enemy has taken away from me, in the Name of Jesus. 

9- Oh God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob restore to me my wasted years in the Name of Jesus. 

10- My Father, my Helper, remove from my life every barrier to my possession in 2021 in Name of Jesus. 

11- Oh God of Jabez, my Restorer restore my wasted efforts, money, health, strength and blessings in the Name of Jesus. 

12- Heavenly Father, we ask for the restoration of passion, love, unity and zeal in Your church Grace Foundation, thereby provoking uncommon manifestation in 2021 in the Name of Jesus. 

13- Father, we ask for the release and restoration of all possessions that belongs to Your church in the Name of Jesus. 

14- Oh God of heaven in 2021 cause Your church Grace Foundation to possess territories thereby breaking new grounds in the Name of Jesus. 

15- Thank You Lord for answering our prayers.

THE SOURCE OF ENDLESS JOY

        THE SOURCE OF ENDLESS JOY  

Written by Joel Dabbas 

Joy is vibrant happiness that gushes out of the heart of a person. Studies have shown that joyful people have less chance of having a heart attack, maintain a healthier blood pressure, and tend to have lower cholesterol levels. There's research to prove that joy boosts our immune systems, fights stress and pain, and improves our chance of living a longer life. Many people have situation induced joy: One which comes only when one experiences a favourable or good event. The shortfall of having situation based joy is that life itself is full of bends and curves. There are times life will come with challenges, and also the devil (the number one enemy of all mankind) is always forging and orchestrating situations against you. This is because the enemy dislikes seeing people happy.

Now, let me introduce to you the root of ceaseless and unimaginable joy. 

#1 The first key to ceaseless joy is SALVATION: 

Salvation is receiving Jesus into your life and making Him your personal Lord, Saviour; and King. The coming of Jesus into the world of any person provokes and releases joy. 

Luke 2:10-11 – “Don’t be afraid,” he said. “I bring you good news that will bring great JOY to all people. The Savior – yes, the Messiah, the Lord – has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David!" 

Salvation is to become a citizen of heaven. Salvation is the spirit of a man returning back in surrender to its Maker: It is restoring the spirit, soul and body of a person to the one who originally owns it - God. Salvation is to be marked from destruction. Salvation is coming under all that Jesus paid for on the cross of calvary. When a person pledges his or her allegiance unto God and totally renounces the works of darkness submitting to a life of holiness and righteousness, the whole of heaven bursts into joy (Luke 15:7). Salvation brings eternal joy. 

Psalm 95:1 says that "O come, let us sing unto the Lord : let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation."

If you have lost that deep seated joy that salvation brings to the spirit and soul of a man, with all desperacy say  O Lord "Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit" (Psalm 51:12). If you have not given your life to Jesus say dear Lord, i confess and repent from all my sins now. I acknowledge that I am a sinner. Forgive me Lord and give me Your matchless grace to live a life worthy and pleasing unto You in Jesus name. 

#2 The second way to enjoy ceaseless joy is THE PRESENCE OF GOD: 

The presence of God is not just in a place alone. For instance Gods presence is not only in Church meetings. Infact one of the character of God is that He is omnipresent. He is everywhere at the same time. But the manifestation of the presence of God is not palpable everywhere. If you have the presence of God inside of you; also if you furnish your relationship and fellowship with God all the time. The darkness of heaviness, gloomness and depression have no hold on you. 

"Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore" (Psalm 16:11). 

To have full joy and to be full of joy, have Gods presence with you. 

1 Chronicles 16:26-27 – "The gods of other nations are mere idols, but the Lord made the heavens! Honor and majesty surround Him; strength and JOY fill His dwelling." 

#3 The third source of ceaseless joy is THE WORD OF GOD 

Jeremiah 15:16 - Your words are what sustain me; they are food to my hungry soul. They bring joy to my sorrowing heart and delight me. How proud I am to bear your name, O Lord (TLB). 

The word of God is the capsule of joy. The word invades the shadow of grieve and sorrow; and diffuses them away. Remember, when Mary was grieving for the loss of her only brother Lazarus? When she met Jesus, Jesus told her "Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?" (John 11:40). If you can chew the word of God in the time of grieve, sorrow will scatter from your heart. The word of God carries around her the power and the glory of God. When I was in the university there was a moslem lady who had carryover. She was heart broken and crying. I met her on my way to night studies. I spoke with her and comforted her. She suddenly looked at me and said where did I get all these words I just spoke to her from? I told her they where from the Bible, she said she felt relieved and weight lifted off her just listening to the word I spoke to her. She told me that she had earlier spoken with her imam but ended up more depressed. When the word of God hits your world, incomprehensible joy erupts in you.

#4 The fourth way to function in ceaseless joy is INTIMACY WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT:

One of the fruit of the Holy Spirit is joy (Galatians 5:22). The Holy Spirit is joy Giver and joy River.

#5 The fifth way to function in ceaseless joy is EXISTING IN THE ATMOSPHERE IF WORSHIP:

Every genuine worshipper cannot be joyless. The principle of worship is two fold: first is the principle of coming before an altar or a throne. Second is the principle of sacrifice. 

Every worshipper comes before an altar with incense and before Gods throne with adoration coupled with sacrifice. So as you establish yourself in genuine worship to God, you exchange your pain for His joy; you exchange your shame for His glory. The strength of worship is revelation: In Matthew 2:2 the wise men from the east said that "Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him." The more you know Him the more you will worship. The more you worship Him, the more joy you encounter. 

I decree that your life will be overshadowed with you from above in Jesus name .

May the tears in your eyes be wiped away in Jesus name.

PRAYER AND FASTING 2020 DAY 1

 HIGHER GRACE FAST 2020

THEME: DIVERSE MANIFESTATION IN 2021.

DAY 1 PRAYER POINTS

1. Father, we thank You for Your goodness and mercies; thank You for multiplied drastic, dramatic, supernatural manifestation and testimonies in 2021. To You be all the glory, in Jesus Name.

2. Heavenly Father, thank You for the Blood of Jesus Christ that makes atonement for our souls; thank You also Lord, for Your Spirit that helps us to pray aright. To You be all the glory, Lord in Jesus Name.

3. My Father, I ask that your Blessing will produce dramatic and all round increase and multiplication in my life, family, and your Church Grace foundation ministry and our Nation Nigeria, all through the year 2021 in Jesus Name.

3. My Father, we ask that you increase us with men and substance in the year 2021. Let all our waste places and churches be filled up Lord, in the coming year, in the Name of Jesus

4. My Father, My Father, let Your Spirit be poured upon us from on high mightily in 2021, and let our wilderness become a fruitful field and let the fruitful field be counted for a forest, in the Name of Jesus.

5. Heavenly Father, we ask that in 2021 add to Your Church (Grace foundation) daily, such as should be saved, and let your glory be seen in our midst in the Name of Jesus

6. Heavenly Father, in 2021 go before me, go before Your Church grace foundation and make every crooked places straight in the Name of Jesus.

7. My father, my God, we ask that in 2021 go ahead of us and shake the heavens, the earth, the sea, the dry land and the nations, so You can fill your people and your Church grace foundation with your glorious abundance in the Name of Jesus.

8. Oh God of Abraham, issac and Jacob cause your favour to rest upon my life and your Church Grace foundation all through 2021 in the Name of Jesus.

9. Father, in 2021 let the climate of scarcity, shortage and poverty over our Nation be destroyed by Your mercy, favour and power in the Name of Jesus.

10. Open our heavens for diverse supernatural manifestation in 2021, in the Name of Jesus.

11. Father, give us an earth shaking revival in our lives, your Church Grace foundation and our Nation Nigeria and fill our lives, Church and Nation Nigeria with Your glory in 2021 in Jesus Name.

12. My father, My father we ask for the release of uncommon manifestation in our midst all through 2021 resulting in abundance, breakthrough and testimonies in the Name of Jesus.

13. Father, thank You for answered prayers. To You be all the glory, in Jesus Name.

 

 

PRESERVING FAVOUR

TREASURES OF GRACE 

(DAILY DEVOTIONAL)

WEDNESDAY, 16th SEPTEMBER 2020

PRESERVING FAVOUR 

By Joel Dabbas 

SCRIPTURE: “For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield” – Psalm 5:12 

There are many people who pray for favour and afterwards they miscarry and loose it. God wants us to be continuously and permanently blessed. He intends that the life of the righteous should remain the epicentre of His manifold favour. Favour is not just a mysterious showing that changes the life of a person. It is a spiritual system that can be operated by knowledge to the secret codes behind it. Todays anchor Scripture reveals that favour is a shield placed around the righteous. The word shield speaks of a defense system. Now many have allowed this defense system to be broken down and so they don't enjoy that spiritual facility called favour. How then can favour be sustained? 

1.Godly existence (Psalm 5:12): Every righteous person is guaranteed of a favour shield round about. It is a spiritual default system placed around a godly person. So godliness sustains favour. 

2.Character: Many loose favour to their lack of character. Characterlessness brings favourlessness. If you want to obtain, retain, maintain, sustain and to enjoy God’s favour you must develop Godly character. Godly character positions you for favour. As a child of God, if you position yourself rightly, you will enjoy long-lasting favour. So if you want lasting favour, you must work on your character. Character is doing what is right even when it is not convenient. Character deficiency leads to favour deficiency. Finally, when favour is received by a man who lacks character, that favour will be lost and aborted. When favour comes to a person who doesn't know God, it is mercy and a way to bring such to God. 

WHAT TO DO: Ask the Holy Spirit to groom you and be deliberate to see the word work on your character 

PROPHETIC PRAYER: O Lord, help me not to loose opportunities of favour by negative character in Jesus name 

FURTHER STUDY: Genesis 37:2-3, 39:4-6, 21-23