ยฉ Ayo Omolayo
I entered the house with a long face and dropped my bag on the bed like I had a quarrel with it. I dropped heavily on the bed and crossed my arms.
I can’t believe God gave me the instructions. I followed them accurately and yet there was no results. What could be responsible?
“JULIE ANGEL! THE FACT THAT I SENT YOU DOESN’T MEAN THERE WON’T BE CHALLENGES!”
“Yes, I know! But that doesn’t mean I will fail. I’m supposed to be successful!”
“HMMMMM!”
“Daddy! What’s was that? Is there something I need to know that you’re not telling me?”
“MY PEOPLE PERISH FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE.”
I sat up in a jiffy.
“Daddy should I get my bible? Is it Rhema time?”
“DO I NEED TO TELL YOU?”
I quickly jumped out of bed and carried my bible and my bible study jotter.
“I’m set!” I said as I opened my bible.
“OPEN TO EPHESIANS 4:17.”
I quickly opened to the passage and read.
“This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind.
Verse 18. Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart.”
“YOU DISCOVER SOMETHING IN THAT SCRIPTURE THAT APART FROM THE FACT THAT THE GENTILES OUT THERE DO NOT KNOW GOD, THEIR MIND IS DARK AND BLIND.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION?”
“HAVE YOU EVER TRIED SHOWING A PICTURE TO A BLIND PERSON BEFORE?”
“No!”
“IF YOU HAVE EVER DONE SUCH A THING, YOU WOULD REALIZE IT IS ONE OF THE MOST FRUSTRATING THING TO DO. WHY? BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW YOU TRY TO MAKE THEM SEE, THEY DO NOT HAVE EYES.
SO NO AMOUNT OF PREACHING CAN SOLVE THE ISSUE OF BLINDNESS. IF YOU LIKE PREACH FROM TODAY TILL TOMORROW, BROADWAY ACADEMY WILL STILL CONTINUE LAUGHING WHILE YOU PREACH!”
“Haaaa! Jesus! So what can I do? How can I preach to them and get instant results?”
“GOOD QUESTION. NOW, OPEN TO MARK 3:27.”
I quickly opened to the passage and read.
“No man can enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.”
“DO YOU REMEMBER HOW DANIEL WAS PRAYING TO GOD AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, HE FASTED FOR 21 DAYS BEFORE THE ANGEL CARRYING THE ANSWER TO HIS PRAYERS SHOWED UP?”
“Yes!”
“EVEN WHEN GOD HAD GRANTED HIM THE ANSWER TO HIS PRAYERS, THE ENEMY HIJACKED IT AND MADE IT LOOK AS IF GOD DID NOT ANSWER HIS PRAYERS.
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. THE BIBLE MADE US TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE DEVIL IS THE GOD OF THIS WORLD. HE’S TRULY THE GOD THAT THE PEOPLE OF THIS WORLD WORSHIP.
IT’S EITHER YOU ARE FOR JESUS, OR YOU BELONG TO HIM. HE WAS THE ONE WHO TOOK JESUS TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN AND SHOWED HIM ALL THE GLORIES AND KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD AND TOLD HIM THAT THEY BELONG TO HIM AND HE WAS READY TO GIVE THEM ALL TO JESUS, IF ONLY HE WOULD BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP HIM.
WE ARE GOING SOMEWHERE. NOW THE BIBLE SAYS IN EPHESIANS 6:12. FOR WE WRESTLE NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD, BUT AGAINST PRINCIPALITIES, AGAINST POWERS, AGAINST THE RULERS OF THE DARKNESS OF THIS WORLD, AGAINST SPIRITUAL WICKEDNESS IN HIGH PLACES.
PRINCIPALITY MEANS A PRINCE WITHOUT A TERRITORY. MEANING, THAT PRINCE NEEDS TO CONQUER A TERRITORY AND BECOME THE RULER OF THAT TERRITORY.
SO THAT’S THE REASON WHY, WHEN GOD TOLD ISRAEL HE WAS GIVING THEM A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY. HE MEANT EVERY SINGLE WORD HE SAID. BUT DID YOU NOTICE THAT BY THE TIME THEY ARRIVED AT THE PROMISED LAND, THE LAND WAS NOT EMPTY. DID YOU NOTICE THAT?”
“Yes! They met giants in the occupying the promised land.” I answered as I wrote out what I heard.
“SO EVEN THOUGH GOD HAD ALREADY GIVEN THE LAND TO HIS CHILDREN. THERE WAS A NEED TO CONTEND FOR THE LAND AND CLAIM IT FROM THE HAND OF THE PRINCIPALITY THAT WAS RULING OVER THE TERRITORY.
REMEMBER, DEUTERONOMY 2:24. RISE YE UP, TAKE YOUR JOURNEY, AND PASS OVER THE RIVER ARON: BEHOLD, I HAVE GIVEN INTO THINE HAND SIHON THE AMORITE, KING OF HESHBON, AND HIS LAND: BEGIN TO POSSESS IT, AND CONTEND WITH HIM IN BATTLE.
SO THE FACT THAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU BROADWAY ACADEMY TO CONQUER, DOESN’T MEAN YOU WOULD JUST ENTER THERE AND START TAKING OVER. THE SPIRIT OF IMMORALITY THAT NOW OWNS THE TERRITORY WILL COME TO DEFEND HIS TERRITORY AGAINST YOUR INVASION.”
“Wow! So the reason why I keep preaching and it’s as if no one is listening, is because the Prince of Broadway academy is holding them back?”
“EXACTLY!”
“Wow!”
“NOW READ MARK 3:27 AGAIN.”
I quickly opened to the spot and read.
“No man can enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.
Wow!”
“YOU CANNOT ENTER THE SPIRITUAL TERRITORY OF THE PRINCE OF BROADWAY ACADEMY AND BEGIN TO STEAL HIS PRISONERS AND EXPECT HIM TO FOLD HIS ARMS WATCHING YOU. HE’LL GIVE YOU THE MOST DEADLIEST FIGHT OF YOUR LIFE.”
“So Daddy, how can I successfully conquer Broadway academy?”
“THE ANSWER IS IN THAT SAME SCRIPTURE. READ IT AGAIN.”
“No man can enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.”
“SO WHAT’S THE ANSWER?”
“Bind the strong man!”
“NOW I WANT TO SHARE A STORY WITH YOU.”
“Okay!” I replied all smiles.
“DO YOU REMEMBER THERE WAS A TERRITORY UNDER SERIOUS SPIRITUAL DARKNESS IN THE BIBLE? THAT NATION WAS THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL. JERUSALEM WAS THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL.
WHEN JESUS WAS ABOUT LEAVING THE EARTH, HE TOLD PETER AND ALL THE DISCIPLES THAT THE GOSPEL WILL START AT JERUSALEM, THEN JUDEA, THEN SAMARIA AND THEN TO THE WORLD AT LARGE.
THAT WAS THE MORE REASON WHY, PETER WAS AFRAID. WHAT KIND OF PREACHING DO YOU PREACH TO THESE KIND OF MEN WHO HAD THE HEART OF THE DEVIL HIMSELF?
IS IT JESUS DIED FOR YOU? OR WILL YOU TELL THEM TO REPENT AND BE SAVED? THEY ARE THE MOST RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE AND GOD’S NUMBER ONE CHOSEN RACE ON THE PLANET EARTH. SO IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT REPENTANCE, YOU WILL BE WASTING YOUR TIME.
THESE WERE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO PILATE ASKED, HERE IS JESUS AND HERE IS BARABAS, THE NOTORIOUS CRIMINAL. WHO SHOULD I RELEASE?
AND THESE PEOPLE SAW AN INNOCENT MAN AND SAW A CRIMINAL AND CHOSED TO KILL AN INNOCENT MAN AND LET THE CRIMINAL GO FREE. EVEN WHEN PILATE WAS TELLING THEM, I DON’T WANT HIS BLOOD ON MY HANDS. THEY WERE SO UNREPENTANT THAT THEY SAID, LET HIS BLOOD BE ON OUR HEAD AND ON THE HEAD OF OUR CHILDREN FOREVER. GO AHEAD AND KILL HIM, WE DON’T CARE.
HAAAAA! THAT WAS THE HEIGHT OF THE STONY HEART THESE PEOPLE CARRY. THE DEMON THAT USED THEM WAS REALLY A POWERFUL ONE.
THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO CHANGE THESE HARD HEARTED PEOPLE. BUT PETER KNEW THE SECRET!”
“Daddy please tell me the secret!”
“HE TIED THE STRONG MAN IN THE PLACE OF PRAYER!”
“Chai! Jesus is Lord!” I screamed in joy.
“Thank you Jesus!” I said rolling on the ground in appreciation to God.
This was the end of my fruitless ministry in Broadway academy.
“FOR TEN DAYS, PETER AND THE DISCIPLES WERE KABASHING. THEY WERE ATTACKING THE TERRITORIAL POWERS THAT HAS KEPT THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL IN DARKNESS. THEY WERE COMMANDING THOSE WHO WERE SPIRITUALLY BLIND TO RECIEVE THEIR SPIRITUAL SIGHT.
AND THE MOMENT PETER STEPPED OUT AND CLIMBED THE PULPIT TO MINISTER. THREE THOUSAND SOULS GAVE THEIR LIFE TO CHRIST.”
“My God!” I shouted.
“Ahhhhhhhhhhh! Jesus oooooooooo! This revelation is too great!” I rolled on the ground.
“I can’t believe I have been trying to plunder the goods in the house of the strong man, without binding the strong man. No wonder I have been struggling all this while. Haaaaa! I have been preaching and preaching, but it’s not entering their ears.
I never knew the strong man was seriously at work. Stopping my labour and ensuring his goods are still under his control. Haaaa!
I was only wasting my time all this while. The strong man in Broadway academy was working while I was working. He was blinding the eyes of the people in the school. Making their hearts to be dark and their spiritual sight darker. He was doubling the chains he used in chaining them, so non would escape into the light of Jesus Christ.
Haaaaa! Thank you Jesus! That strong man is going down! In the name of Jesus!
Wow! So in one day, Peter won 3 thousand souls. Just because he tied the strong man in the realm of the spirit! Haaaaa! Daddy why didn’t you tell me this all this while? Haaaaaa!”
“CALM DOWN! I CAN SEE SO MUCH EXCITEMENT. BUT LET ME CAUTION YOU. SOME STRONG MEN DO NOT COME DOWN EASILY. SOME WOULD TAKE A LONG TIME. SOME WOULD NEED FASTING AND PRAYERS. SOME WOULD NEED PRAYING FOR MONTHS AND EVEN YEARS, BEFORE THEY ARE FINALLY BOUND.
BUT WHAT REALLY CAUSES DELAY IS LACK OF BURDEN AND UNSERIOUSNESS OF THE INTERCESSOR. IF YOU CAN SEEK ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART, YOU WILL DEFINITELY FIND ME.”
“Haaaaaa! Daddy! I don dey ginger! I wan tie somebody today! I go tie person oooo!”
“HAAAA! CALM DOWN! YOU’RE GOING TO NEED YOUR TEAM MATES IN THIS BATTLE. TOMORROW IS FRIDAY. GET YOUR TEAM MATES HERE AFTER SCHOOL AND TARRY IN MY PRESENCE FOR 3 DAYS!”
“Are you serious? E days fasting and prayers?”
“YES! ATE YOU NOT GINGERING ANYMORE?”
“Daddy, I have a question.”
“GO ON!”
“Is that all?”
“YES!”
“That is nothing but a piece of cake!” I replied and burst into laughter.
I could hear daddy laughing within me.
“I surprised you abi? You’re surprised I will be doing the 3 days fasting right?”
“CAN GOD REALLY BE SURPRISED? REMEMBER I CAN SEE YOUR HEART. SO LET ME SAY, I ALREADY KNEW YOU WOULD DO THE FASTING. BUT THAT’S WONDERFUL, I’M SURPRISED AS WELL!” Daddy replied laughing.
“Daddy, you’re not supposed to spy my heart. You were supposed to cover your eyes so I can surprise you!” I replied grinning.
“YOU SHOULD HAVE SIMPLY TOLD ME TO COVER MY EYES. THAT WOULD HAVE MADE THE SURPRISE EFFECTIVE.”
I burst into laughter.
“Thank you so much Daddy! No wonder the bible says in Psalms 119:98. Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
Just look at the measure of wisdom I have gotten through the word of God. Haaaa! Daddy! I’m overwhelmed! Thank you and thank you again!”
“YOU’RE WELCOME! NOW THE NEXT ASSIGNMENT YOU HAVE IS TO GET YOUR TEAMMATES READY AND SHARE THIS REVELATION WITH YOUR TWO SISTERS.”
“Okay sir!”
“ALRIGHT MY JULIE ANGEL!”
“We are going for war!”
To be continued……..
We are going to war oooo
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That’s the secret to the stony heart of many people. People are not difficult, it is the evil spirit that has darkened their mind that makes you think they are too stubborn.
If you can bend to knees and fight in prayers, you’ll get your captives rescued from the hands of the devil.
HAVE YOU EVER TRIED SHOWING A PICTURE TO A BLIND PERSON BEFORE?”
“No!”
“IF YOU HAVE EVER DONE SUCH A THING, YOU WOULD REALIZE IT IS ONE OF THE MOST FRUSTRATING THING TO DO. WHY? BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW YOU TRY TO MAKE THEM SEE, THEY DO NOT HAVE EYES.
SO NO AMOUNT OF PREACHING CAN SOLVE THE ISSUE OF BLINDNESS. IF YOU LIKE PREACH FROM TODAY TILL TOMORROW, BROADWAY ACADEMY WILL STILL CONTINUE LAUGHING WHILE YOU PREACH!”
Dear intercessor, one of the best prayers you can pray for those unsaved loved ones is that God should restore their spiritual sight. Let them see and realize what they are doing.
So who is ready?
Juliet is going for war!
INSPIRED BY THE BREAD OF LIFE
WRITTEN BY AYO OMOLAYO
YOUR BROTHER IN CHRIST
