Matthew 11:12 ‘And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.’

DAILY READING • 1 Corinthians 1:1-17; 1 Kings 12:32-13:34; Joel 1

The story of John Graham Lake is one of incredible displays of God’s power. He became one of the greatest men of God the world had ever known.
In the early 20th century, John G. Lake was used mightily by God in the area of divine healing with amazing signs and wonders.
John G. Lake was born into a large family of 16 siblings, eight of whom died young from various sicknesses. As a young Christian, Lake came in contact with the healing ministry of a great minister of that time named Alexander Dowie. Through Dowie’s prayers, the tide of death was stopped in Lake’s family.
However after Lake got married, just two short years into their marriage, death reared up its head again.
His wife, Jennie, was diagnosed with tuberculosis and heart disease. Over the next couple of years, the condition worsened and the doctors resigned to the fact that it was only a matter of time before she would die.
Lake’s friends counseled him to resolve himself to God’s will and to accept Jennie’s impending death. Lake found their advice unacceptable. One day, as Jennie began to draw close to her last breath, at a moment of desperation, Lake threw his Bible across the room, it fell to the floor and opened to Acts 10.
As Lake walked over to pick it up, his eyes were drawn to verse 38. It read, “…How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.” Those words gripped Lake. And he realized that Jesus is the author of life, but it was the devil, the author of death that was stealing away his wife.

With that understanding, faith filled his heart and he declared boldly that his wife would be healed at exactly 9:30 am.
When that time came, he knelt by her bedside and called on the living God. As he prayed, suddenly, the power of God came on his wife. The paralysis left, her heartbeat became normal, her breathing became clear, and she was totally healed. It was an awesome miracle and the story of this healing spread quickly, inspiring many to visit the Lake home.
This event ushered John G. Lake into a life of ministry that would take him across the world, preaching the gospel and seeing the power of God move upon millions of people.

Often times, why it seems problem still stare us in the face is because we lack of the revelation to know what to do.
When the light of revelation from God’s Word floods your heart, you can boldly confront any challenge and walk away victorious.
Revelation births faith, which is the covenant trigger for the manifestation of God’s power. Faith is a spiritual explosive that destroys the devil and establishes the dominion of the saints.
Jesus has given us the power to tread upon serpents and scorpions and over every power of the enemy. But the reason why sometimes negative situations seem to linger is because of not seeking revelation from God’s Word.
We need to search for answers from God and not lean on our own understanding.
When God reveals to us what to do in any situation, our victory over that issue is guaranteed,
Also as we receive revelations, we must by faith boldly declare our expectations. Whenever we speak in faith Power is released for performance.
When you open your mouth to declare your desire, God will begin to confirm what you are declaring. He confirms the Words of His servants and performs the counsel of His messengers..
We are created to dominate and rule over circumstances and situations. But it is only the violent that can take it by force.
You must therefore decide to be spiritually violent in dealing with issues that afflict you. The devil is not a gentleman, so don’t treat him like one. Fill your heart with God’s Word until revelation and faith arises, then roar against the enemy in the Name of Jesus and he will have no choice than to flee..
To see signs and wonders this year, you cannot afford to be passive and keep watching events. No matter what issue may seem a hindrance to you today, there is a way out of it. Go for revelation. God’s Word is full of wonders. When your eyes are opened to see those wonders, you will experience your miracle.
God is waiting to show you great and mighty things in His Word. Through divine insight, you will easily see how to handle the goliath that seems to be resisting your ascendance and progress,
Indeed through revelations from the Word, you will experience a revolution that will certainly establish you as living wonder this year.

PRAYER: Lord, please grant me renewed appetite for Your Word, so that my heart will be constantly filled with the faith to dominate in every situation. I thank You Lord for making me the winner in every conflict in Jesus Name.
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Until you cry out in the place of prayer certain things won’t happen WORDBITE 222