DAY 22: RIDING IN THE HIGH PLACES FOR OUR BRETHREN IN THE DIASPORA.
BIBLE READING: Matt.9:35-38.
Ps.37:23 -24 “The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him…”
Acts17:26 – “And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their pre appointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings.”
When the Israelites were sent to captivity because of their sin, God spoke His mind through Prophet Jeremiah to them: 29:5 “Build houses and dwell in them; plant gardens and eat their fruit” – Jeremiah 29:5. They spent 70years in captivity during which Jehovah gave them glorious promises for their future and delivered them at His appointed time – Jer. 29:11-14.
For the brethren who are settled in a foreign land, hear the Word of God unto you in this season of riding into your high places: “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. And I will be found of you, saith the Lord: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the Lord; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive” – Jer.29:11-14.
If God gave those promises to them in their captivity and fulfilled them, He will not let you down as His ambassador in your location. He will surely take care of you and move you from where you are into your High Places of significance in that city, state, or nation He has sovereignly placed you. Use every opportunity and influence that you have to invest into someone’s life. Sow sacrificially with joy and you will reap miraculous harvests repeatedly to your surprise in Jesus’ name.
PRAYER POINTS
1. We thank you Lord for our brethren in diaspora, for giving them the dream of their heart in the land they are located – Psalm 21:1-2.
2. We grateful Lord for your protection upon them and their families and for the jobs/businesses you have blessed them with.
3. Send miraculous assistance to the brethren to legitimatize/regularize their residency in their land of abode in Jesus’ name.
4. Thank you Lord for all CGM churches overseas and for those that have surrendered themselves as vessels of honour for your use in foreign lands. Strengthen them all as they march on in faith so that the gates of hell would not prevail against them – Matt.16:18.
5. Put your fear in the brethren in diaspora so that they would not indulge in fraudulent practices, adulteration of products, and dubious transactions.
6. O Lord forgive all our brethren in Diaspora for not being faithful in their spiritual service, for serving mammon, worldliness, and selfishness. Let Jesus’ blood cleanse them from their iniquities – 1John 1:7-10; 2:15-17; Luke 16:13.
8. O Lord of Hosts, fight the battles of our brethren in diaspora, perfect all that concerns them – their immigration status, marriage, job, health; and deliver them from all attacks of darkness in all their undertakings in Jesus’ name – Jeremiah 11:20; Isaiah 45:1-7.
9. God of Joseph, help the brethren to set themselves apart for your purposes, to prepare/facilitate the way for others, start helpful projects, as they do their best to build CGM in the various cities and nations of the world for enduring impact – Genesis 45:3-7; Psalm 92:10-15.
10. O Lord God remove every thorn and thistle from the way of our brethren in diaspora, that they may use all what they have to serve you wherever they are located – Prov. 22:5.
11. Heavenly Father help our churches in diaspora to expand to the four corners of the world and possess the East, West, North and South of where they are located.
12. Lord let your church move on in power and enduring fruits as you help the brethren to plant new CGM churches where our church is not yet visible in the nations of the world for your glory – Isaiah 43:5,6; Matthew 9:35-38.