1.                  Be having fellowship with God and be coming to church fellowship Hebrews 10:25, Ps. 133, Acts 2:4-28, 1 John1:7

2.                  Be studying God’s word and mediate on it, keep yourself busy for God ….Ps. 1:1-3, John1:1-4, John 17:17-19, Jn. 8:32, 36, 11 Cor. 3:16-18.

3.                  Be a worshiper and praise of the Holy Ghost Ps. 92:10, 11 Sam 23:1-3, 11Cor. 13:14, Philp. 2:1

4.                  Delight in looking for Christians friends children of light as you. 1Cor.15:33-34, 11Cor. 6:13-15, 7:1-2, John 11:1-2, 12 Luke 10:38-42 Jesus friend to Lazarus Prov. 18:24, 27:17, 17:17, Holy Ghost can be your best friend John 15:13, James 2:23.

5.                  Don’t fellowship with things of the world nor copy them … TV> watching, evil dress, sex, films e.t.c Eph. 5:11-14.

6.                  Be wise to work, school and talk with sinner- Col. 4:3, Matt. 10:16 let your character speak to them Rom.15:17-20, Mtt5:13-16

7.                  Holy in all manner of speech – 1 peter 1:15-17, Col. 4:4-5, Eph. 4:29-30. Holy quietness is not dimly silence Isaiah 30:15, 1Thes. 4:11, Jn. 19:9 speak the word of God always you will frustrate satanic works, Rom. 10:9-10, 13, Matt. 12:34-37. Be born Again, set yourself apart by eating God’s word, Join and be close to your spiritual family members … the word do sanctify us Ps 12:6, Jn. 17:17, 19.

Below are factors that may hinder your prayer and fasting programme from achieving its desired results   

1.     Sin (1 Sam. 7.6, 11Chro. 7:14, James4:2-3) unconfesed Ps. 66:18, 1Sam. 7:6, 1Jn1:9

2.                  Un believing Heart/spirit – Mark 11:23

3.                  No love – Gal 6:2, I Jn. 3:22-23, Acts 14:23, 20; Isaiah 58

4.                  Idols in the Heart – Ezekiel 14:1-4, Joel 2:12-15, Colossian 3:5, Ephesians5:3-5, 1Cor. 10:7

5.                  Unforgiving Spirit – Mark 11:25

6.                  Deaf ear to the cry of the poor – Prov. 21:13, Isaiah 58:6-9.

7.                  Marriage problems 1 peter 3:7 don’t have sex during fasting until after Cor.7:5

8.                  Disobedience to God’s word – Prov 28:9, 1jn. 5:14-15, 1Sam. 7:4-7, Joel 7:6-9, 1 Sam. 15-22

9.                  Not ask or fast – Jer. 4:2, Matt. 6:17, 16

10.              Opposing God’s saints Ps 18:40-41, Num. 16, Act 23:12-21.

11.              Disrespecting God – Heb. 5:7

12.              Asking and fasting contrary to Jesus Name. John 14:13-14, 15:7

13.              Wrong motive in prayer and fasting – James 4:3, 1sam 16:7, Matt. 6:8.

14.              Bad desire or burden of prayer and fasting, Mark 1:24, Lk. 2:37-39, Rom. 10:1, Gal. 6:2, Acts 13:14.

15.              Prideful heart in prayer and fasting, 11Chro. 7:14, 11 kings 21:25-29, 11Chro. 20:1,3-10.

16.              Not willing to surrender – Matt.26:38-39.

                    32   (Matthew 4:23 NKJV) And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people.   32.                         Matthew 8:17     This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: “He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.”   33.                        (Matthew 8:13 NKJV) Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go your way; and as you have believed, so let it be done for you.” And his servant was healed that same hour  34.                         (Matthew 8:16 NKJV) When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick,  35.                        (Matthew 9:35 NKJV) Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.  36.                        (Matthew 10:1 NKJV) And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease.  37.                        (Matthew 10:6) “But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And as you go, preach saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ “Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.”   38.                        (Matthew 10:8 NKJV) “Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.  39.                         (Matthew 12:22 NKJV) Then one was brought to Him who was demon-possessed, blind and mute; and He healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw. 

40.                        (Matthew 12:15) But when Jesus knew it, He withdrew from there; and great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all.”  

 41.                        (Matthew 14:14 NKJV) And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick.  42.                          (Matthew 14:35) “And when the men of that place recognized Him, they sent out into all that surrounding region, brought to Him all who were sick, and begged Him that they might only touch the hem of His garment. And as many as touched it were made perfectly well.”   43.                        (Mark 6:7,13) “And He called the twelve to Him, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them power over unclean spirits … And they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many who were sick, and healed them.”  44. (Mark 16:15) And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will follow those who believe: in My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”   45. Mark 16:17-18 17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18 they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”  46.                         (Luke 6:19 NKJV) And the whole multitude sought to touch Him, for power went out from Him and healed them all.  47.                         (Luke 4:14,18) Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee … “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.”   48.                        (Luke 5:17 NKJV) Now it happened on a certain day, as He was teaching, that there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every town of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present to heal them.  

49.                        (Luke 6:17) “… who came to hear Him and be healed of their diseases, as well as those who were tormented with unclean spirits. And they were healed. And the whole multitude sought to touch Him, for power went out from Him and healed them all.”  

 50.                        (Luke 8:47 NKJV) Now when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling; and falling down before Him, she declared to Him in the presence of all the people the reason she had touched Him and how she was healed immediately.  51.                        (Luke 8:48 NKJV) And He said to her, “Daughter, be of good cheer; your faith has made you well. Go in peace.”  52.                        (Luke 9:1) “Then He called His twelve disciples together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.”   53.                        (Luke 9:6 NKJV) So they departed and went through the towns, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.   54.                        (Luke 9:11) “But when the multitudes knew it, they followed Him; and He received them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who had need of healing.” 55.                         (Luke 10:8-9 NKJV) “Whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you. “And heal the sick there, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.  56.                         (Luke 17:15 NKJV) And, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God one of them, when he saw that he was healed  57.                        (John 10:10) “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.”   58.                        (Acts 3:12 NKJV) So when Peter saw it, he responded to the people: “Men of Israel, why do you marvel at this? Or why look so intently at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?  59.                         (Acts 4:29-31 NKJV) “Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word,” by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus.” And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.  60.                        (Acts 8:6) “And the multitudes with one accord heeded the things spoken by Philip, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed; and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed.”

 61.                           (Acts 10:38) “… how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him”

 62.                        (Acts 14:3)  “Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who was bearing witness to the word of His grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.”   63. (Acts 19:11) “Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.”   64. (Acts 28:8)  “And it happened that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and dysentery. Paul went in to him and prayed, and he laid hands on him and healed him.”  65. Romans 4:17-20  as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist. In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”  He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah’s womb. No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God,  66.                         (Romans 8:11)    If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.  67.                         (Hebrews 11:11)  By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered him faithful who had promised.   68.                        (1 Corinthians 12:9 NKJV) to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit,  69.                         (James 5:14-16 NKJV) Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.  Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.  70.                          (Philippians 4:19) “And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”   71.                         (3 John 1:2)   Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.  

72.  (Revelation 22:2 NKJV) In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 

Everything God created is good. Sicknesses and diseases are the works of the devil. But the good news is that Jesus came to destroy all the works of the devil, which includes every bodily affliction. Reproduced below are the words of God, which we encouraged to believe in, stand upon, and confess regularly for your healing from any kind of disease.

1.     (Exodus 15:26 NKJV) and said, “If you diligently heed the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”

 2.     (Exodus 23:25)  “So you shall serve the Lord your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take sickness away from the midst of you. No one shall suffer miscarriage or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.”

3.     (Deuteronomy 7:15) “And the Lord will take away from you all sickness, and will afflict you with none of the terrible diseases of Egypt which you have known, but will lay them on all those who hate you.”

 4.     Deuteronomy 30:19-20  I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live, loving the Lord your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.”   5.     (Deuteronomy 32:39 NKJV) ‘Now see that I, even I, am He, And there is no God besides Me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; Nor is there any who can deliver from My hand’  6.      (2 Chronicles 7:14 NKJV) “If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”  7.     (Psalms 6:2 NKJV) Have mercy on me, O LORD, for I am weak; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are troubled.  8.      (Psalms 30:2 NKJV) O LORD my God, I cried out to You, And You healed me.  9.     (Psalm 34:19) “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. He guards all his bones; not one of them is broken.”   10. (Psalm 91:16)   With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”  11. (Psalm 118:17)  I shall not die, but I shall live, and recount the deeds of the Lord.  12. (Psalm 147:3)   He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds  13.       (Psalms 103:1-4 NKJV) Bless the LORD, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies, 14.    (Psalm 105:37) “He also brought them out with silver and gold, and there was none feeble among His tribes.”

15.   (Psalm 103:1-5) Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

16.       (Psalms 107:20 NKJV) He sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions. (Psalm 147:3) “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds … Great is our Lord, and mighty in power …”   18.                        (Proverbs 3:7-8 NKJV) Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and depart from evil.  It will be health to your flesh, And strength to your bones  19.  (Proverbs 4:20-22 NKJV) My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart; For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh.  20. (Isaiah 41:10)     fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.  21.                         (Isaiah 53:5 NKJV) But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.   22.                        (Isaiah 58:8 NKJV) Then your light shall break forth like the morning, Your healing shall spring forth speedily, And your righteousness shall go before you; The glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.  23.                         (Isaiah 61:1 NKJV) “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, Because the LORD has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;  24.                         (Jeremiah 3:22 NKJV) “Return, you backsliding children, And I will heal your backslidings.” “Indeed we do come to You, For You are the LORD our God.  25.                        (Jeremiah 17:14 NKJV) Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; Save me, and I shall be saved, For You are my praise.  26.                         (Jeremiah 30:17 NKJV) For I will restore health to you And heal you of your wounds,’ says the LORD, ‘Because they called you an outcast saying: “This is Zion; No one seeks her.”‘  27.                         (Jeremiah 33:6 NKJV) ‘Behold, I will bring it health and healing; I will heal them and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.  28.                        (Hosea 6:1 NKJV) Come, and let us return to the LORD; For He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up.   29.                        (Hosea 14:4 NKJV) “I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely, For My anger has turned away from him.  30.                         (Malachi 4:2 NKJV) But to you who fear My name The Sun of Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings; And you shall go out And grow fat like stall-fed calves. 

The Bible has the answer to every human need, and sets the path to eternal salvation.  Are you waiting on God for the fruit of the womb, the Lord that remembered Rachel will treat your case today in Jesus name

“…….And God remembered Rachel…and God

hearkened to her”   “And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. And she conceived, and bare a son: and said, God hath taken away my reproach” -Genesis 30:22-23

 Rachel was the wife of Jacob, the son of Isaac, and the grandson of Abraham. Jacob loved Rachel so much that he worked for Laban, her father for a total period of 14 years as a sort of dowry for Rachel. Jacob was initially supposed to work for 7 years in order to have Rachel as wife. But at the end of 7 years, he was deceitfully given, Leah, Rachel’s elder sister as wife. This was because of a tradition that forbade giving a younger sister in marriage before the elder sister.

Unfortunately, when Jacob eventually achieved his goal of having Rachel as his wife, she was not able to conceive and bear a child for him. Rachel was barren. This bareness lasted several years during which Leah, her elder sister conceived and bore six sons and a daughter for Jacob.  During this period of Rachel’s bareness, Jacob also took two other women as his wives. These include Rachel’s handmaid- Bilhah, and Leah’s handmaid -Zilpah.

Rachel handed over her handmaid to Jacob in order to cover up the shame of her bareness. Rachel thought that if she was not able to bear a child for her husband, at worst Bilhah her handmaid should be able to do this. Bilhah eventually bore two sons for Jacob.

  The story did not end there. When Leah discovered that she had passed child bearing age, and that Rachel had given her hand maid to Jacob as wife, She (Leah) decided to follow suit and also gave her hand maid-Zilpah to Jacob as wife. Zilpah bore two sons for Jacob. It was only afterwards that “God remembered Rachel and God hearkened to her and opened her womb”, and she bore Joseph (who became the last born of Jacob).  What do I want to bring out from this passage? It is the fact that Rachel faced a lot of shame, reproach, indignity, and mockery in her long years of bareness before…God remembered her and she conceived Joseph who eventually became the greatest of the children and in fact through whom the Jacob’s race was preserved.

The shame and affliction Rachel faced was frustrating and depressing. At a point she wanted to commit suicide. “And Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die” –Genesis 30:1    Imagine a situation she faced. She was loved more than her elder sister, yet she was barren. A total of 11 children were given to birth in her presence, yet she remained barren. Imagine the afflictions she went through witnessing those naming ceremonies and seeing the children grow up. Naturally she would be filled with envy and jealously because of her own bareness. What must have made matters worst was that even slaves were conceiving and bearing children for Jacob, yet She who was “beautiful” (Genesis 29:17) than all the rest could not produce an offspring. She must have thought what offence did I commit that made me barren?

Am I cursed to be barren? Why is my case like this? Am I going to die a barren woman? Wouldn’t it be better to commit suicide and end the story of my life instead of living a life of bareness, shame and reproach?

Fortunately, the Bible has this to say that Rachel lifted her eyes to God in prayers during these trying times. If she had not, the Bible would not have said in Genesis 30:22: that “God hearkened to her” I guess God will only hearken to someone calling his name.

  I believe some one reading this message is in a similar situation like Rachel was. Your bareness may not be as a result of inability to conceive. You may be financially or spiritually barren. You might have started a business for a long time yet it remains unfruitful. You may be encountering the shame Rachel faced, because those who started years after you, including those you trained are not a success. Moreover, you may be at the edge of taking a fatal decision.

Rachel said to her husband: Give me children, or else I die. You may be saying to yourself, if I don’t achieve this goal in few months time, I will commit suicide. Such could be the desperation and frustration you are experiencing as a result of long years of failures and bareness.

  The good news I have for you today is that help is on the way do not lose all hope. If only you can trust in God and cry unto him as Rachel did, God will remember you and hearken unto you. God remembered Rachel after long years of bareness; the same God will remember you today and make you fruitful in your endeavors, is it financial, academic, or professional.

  However, Rachel was able to overcome her miserly because she knew God and cried unto him. If you do not God, you will neither know how to cry unto him nor will He answer you even if you choose to cry. So the first step in coming out of that affliction is starting a personal relationship with God. This you can do by accepting his plan for the salvation of the whole world through Jesus Christ his son.

Do you wish to repent of your little sins today? Do you want to be reconciled with God, through Jesus the Lord and Saviour? Then say this simple prayer:   Father, in the name of Jesus Christ. I acknowledge that I am a sinner and have fallen short of your glory. I genuinely repent from all my sins and pledge to go and sin no more. 

I accept your plan to reconcile mankind to you through Jesus Christ, who you sent in your name. I believe Jesus Christ is the Messiah, and died on the Cross to pay the penalty for my sins and redeem me. I accept Jesus as my Lord and Saviour. I pray that His blood washes my sins away. I invite the Holy Spirit to rule my Life. I am born again in Jesus name.

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Prayers. 1.      O God of Rachel, hearken unto me and roll away my reproach.  2.      Every curse of bareness in my life, break by the blood of Jesus. 3.      You suicide thought troubling my mind, I cast you out in Jesus name. 4.      Spirit to hold unto Jesus in trouble, consume me. 5.      I shall laugh last and best in Jesus name. 6.      My shame be turned into glory for Christ’s sake.  7.      O Lord do not allow Satan to test my faith in you.     Babatope Babalobi

December 4, 2006

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