Happy new year to you dear reader. I want to congratulate you for making it into this new year 2022. It is my prayer that this new year will be a year among years unto you in Jesus name. I pray that God will cause your feet to be deeply planted on the road to progress and you will never look backwards.

Our theme as we start this year is Repositioning. - RE-positioning.
What does it mean to reposition? First, you need to understand that positioning speaks about how you stand in relation or in contrast to other objects or other matters of reference. Positioning can also be explained as how you differentiate yourself from other similar concepts, principles or players in a domain.

As you begin this year dear reader please note yet again that the heart desire of God is that you succeed. The Bible speaking about the desires of our God for us in 3 John 1:2 says “Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth”. God desires your all-round progress and prosperity. But in spite that God desires progress for you it is easy for a man to hinder the good thoughts of God towards him in 2022 by the error of wrong positioning.

To be clear dear friend; the blessings of a man assigned to him by God is always planted in the place of his assignment. So, just to let you know, God’s blessings is everywhere but not everywhere for everyone. The Book of Genesis Chapter 12:1-4 Chronicles the beginning of the journey of Abraham with God.
“1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father′s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:”
Notice very closely, the wordings of Verse 2 and the order of the instructions- first go where I will show you and then I will bless you. You see how important your positioning is in determining the blessings of God over you? Until Abraham left his father’s house for the country of his assignment he did not receive the promise and fulfillment of the promise. There is an exact place where God wants you to function. There is a place of your own planting. Prayerfully ask God for it as you go into 2022 so that your effort more than ever will yield great reward.

Secondly, I want to have you know dear brethren that your positioning is also a function of the people and the environment even in the place of your calling. While it is important to go where God wants you to be, you must ensure by all means not to be around people that God does not want in your life. Sometimes we like a company of many but a company of fool shall always suffer destruction. Prov 13: 20 says “Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.”
If your environment is not right for the word of God to find full expression, you might be frustrating Grace in 2022. It is a very important requirement in 2022 that you cultivate a kingdom environment all-around you throughout this year. Find the right companions as prayer partners. Get an apartment where you will not wake to the chant of Muslim prayers. Look for a job that allows you to serve God- be intentional.

Lastly, I want to have you know that your positioning is God-limiting if you are not very differentiated from unbelievers. 2022 is not the year to try to please men and blend-in. It is the year when all you do is please God and God alone. If you would be pleasing God you have got to stand in clear contrast to the ways of the world. Stop trying very hard to be accepted by the world. Jesus already said it in John 15:18-19. “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. Verse 19: If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you”
The Book of Luke shows us the life of the Prodigal Son. He had left the place of his planting to go to a country where God did not send him. The result was catastrophic. He was reduced to lesser than a pig.
He said to himself “I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, Verse 19: And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. Verse 20 :And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.” (Luke 15-18-22).

Dear reader, even if you are very far from where God planted you or where God instructed you to go it is time to do like the prodigal son. This new year provides a great new opportunity. Make use of it.

I wish you a happy and prosperous new year 2022.

Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord, Tomorrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria” (2 Kings 7:1).

In military parlance a siege is understood as a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling those inside to surrender. Brethren, please note that a siege is a trial. It sometimes comes in the form of very long-drawn nights. And for the records, a siege can happen to a genuine child of God. Many times, when a siege occurs it may not be because of a sin. 2 Chr 32 Vs 1 says “After all that Hezekiah had so faithfully done, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, thinking to conquer them for himself.” Hezekiah was faithful, yet Sennacherib of Syria laid siege upon Judah. For as many as are under the military (Spiritual or physical) invasion of the enemy today, the Almighty God Himself will execute your freedom in Jesus name.

Please note brethren that the expectation of the devil when he lays a siege is for us to surrender. The expectation of our God when we see the siege laid by the enemy is that; like a brave man we confront the battalions of the enemy. A siege is not an invasion, even though it may look like one. A siege only results to an invasion when the children of God react to the lies of the siege of the enemy very poorly. The Bible in 1 Pet 5:8b says “Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour” The operational word in that text is “Like”. The devil has three very powerful tools that he deploys on unsuspecting Christian victims. They are lies, stoking fear and being an impostor. The devil claims to be who he is not, lies to have what he does not have and stokes anxiety and fear that are very unreal. Please ensure by all means that you are not giving in to an invasion just because there is a siege.

A siege is like a dark cloud without a storm it will fade away very shortly. But how then do we end the siege of the enemy? First, you need to talk to God and take express instructions in warfare. The Lord does not intend that your life will become a constant battle ground, chances are that God himself will want to fight in your stead or even send angels to fight for you. He may even create a wall in the spiritual realm that the enemy would never be able to penetrate; like he did for Job.

Please brethren, fear not. Whatever siege you are passing through right now is ending in this Month of December in Jesus name. As instructed by God through our Father in the Lord this siege will not survive 2021 and from this point you will have absolute peace and rest of mind on all sides.

“Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord, Tomorrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria” (2 Kings 7:1). With this pronouncement, famine, bareness, poverty, groaning, sufferings, debt, failure, isolation, failures, and other misfortunes came to an end within 24 hours.
Connecting to the power in that prophetic declaration, I decree into your life that the siege over your entire life, your finance, career, marriage, academics, spiritual life, home, and ministry is over in Jesus name. However, remember to maintain your right standing with God at all time so that devil is denied any legal grounds into your life.
This month is a turning point in your life as you remain a permanent channel of blessings to your generation in Jesus name.

Happy New Month and Merry Christmas in advance.

As Parents, you should help your child to develop his/her God′s given gifts right from cradle, so that he/she can live his/her full and true potential in life.

The guidelines below will assist you;

Spend time with your child: you’ll need to come down to his/her level, spend time with him/her and show interest in what he/she is interested in.

Appreciate your child′s ability: Be on the lookout for things to praise in him/her for.

Encourage a wide range of interest: by all means, encourage your child to develop interest in different aspect, also, encourage his/her creativity by doing creative activities with him/her and by sharing ideas.

Never ridicule your child: you should never make fun of him/her just because he/she is different to others, either in his/her behavior or interest.

Acknowledge your child′s ability: This will help your child to grow in confidence and be more prepared to tackle other things that he/she might not be good at.

Encourage your child to set target for himself: This will help him to develop an “aim higher” attitude to life.

Make learning fun.

24 This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

Many men live in “yesterday”. Even while the world has moved on, they are tied to yesterday. The problem of many people is their attachment to the struggles of their yesterday. You see, many people are so used to the comfort of their past failures that they are unwilling to move into the promises in the future.

Dear Reader, if there is one thing you must know- it is that yesterday has no control over anything that happens to you from here.

It amazes me each time I read the passage of the Bible Ex 14: 10-12 which chronicles the regret of the Israelites and their anger against Moses in spite that God was just executing their freedom from 430 years of oppression.

10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.
11 And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? 
12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

… Isn’t that interesting? The Children of Israel actually said with their mouth that they would have preferred the harrowing torture of Egypt to the freedom that was just ahead. Many of us are like that- unwilling to embrace progress because of the unyielding attachment to the past. I pray for you today dear reader, in any way that you may currently be attached to the past, God Almighty will cause a definite separation today in Jesus’ name.
The breaking of dawn signifies the opening of new opportunities. When a new day breaks a new opportunity opens.

The bible speaking in Ps. 118: 24 says “This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.”. Please understand dear friend that every single day that God makes comes with mercy, rejoicing and gladness. It is never the desire of our Lord and Saviour that you partake in the troubles of a day. For you to enjoy the goodness in a day however, you need to lift up your expectations particularly if you have endured dryness, lack, affliction and rejection much of your life. You may be in that place right now where you have concluded that a new day is not for you. That is not correct. The specialty of our Lord and Saviour is giving a new beginning to men who had a terrible yesterday.

In Isa 43:19c God says “I will make rivers in the desert”. Please note, NOT “a river” BUT “rivers”. By definition a desert is a place where no plant can grow because there is never water in and around it. As a result of this, a desert is always lonely and deserted. Is there anyone reading this piece who is in that condition right now? Perhaps you have been avoided by men like a plague. It could be because of a malignant medical condition or a terrible financial situation. It is even possible that family and friends do not pick your calls anymore; maybe you have become so much a burden to them. Hear me dear reader, your glory will speak yet again. Very soon men will come to the glory of your rising. I have the assurance of God to say to you this day “You will not die in that terrible situation” God, even our God will show up for you. Behold, our God will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? He will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in our deserts.

As this year runs to an end, let me assure you yet again, that your morning is coming very soon. I assure you dear Reader, there is a rainbow on the other side. Very soon your sun is shining and very brightly too. Do not despair. Hold on to God in faith. Your own morning will soon break.

25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.

God is in the business of restoration, and as believers in Christ, He wants to make us whole in every area of our lives. This process transforms us into the new creation that 2 Corinthians 5:17 (AMPC) describes as “(a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away“

Joyce Meyer once shared the story of her own restoration” I remember when I desperately needed to recover from the abuse in my past. I had thought that when I was old enough to leave home, I would leave the pain behind, but the problem was in my soul — my thinking and emotions. I needed healing and restoration so I wouldn′t continue to be poisoned by things that had happened to me all those years growing up.

I came to this realization after a woman came to speak at our church and shared her testimony of how she had been abused and God had healed her. My husband, Dave, bought her book for me, and when I started to read it, it was so painful that I threw it across the room and refused to pick it up. But then I clearly heard the Holy Spirit speak to my heart, “It′s time, Joyce.“ God had a much better life for me than what I had known up to that point, and He wanted to restore my soul so I could experience it.”
That’s the amazing testimony of Joyce Meyer, someone who was raped almost fifty times by her own Dad and God has raised her today to become one of the most glorious lights of the gospel in the world over.

Isaiah 61:7 (AMPC) says, “Instead of your [former] shame you shall have a twofold recompense; instead of dishonor and reproach [your people] shall rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land they shall possess double [what they had forfeited]; everlasting joy shall be theirs.“
This scripture shows us that God can completely restore us — no matter what we′ve done or been through. And He wants to bring us to a position that′s better than we would have been in if we had never gone through the messes in our lives. He wants to give us double for our trouble!

“Top of Form“
Notice the phrase “instead of your former shame.“ Do you know what it′s like to have shame in your life? Joyce Meyer had a shame-based nature for many years because of the abuse she experienced from her father. She felt guilty, blaming herself for the wrongs of her father.
But the first thing Jesus gives us through our relationship with Him is righteousness, or right standing with God (2 Corinthians 5:21). It′s so important for us to get this, because the enemy wants us to think about everything that′s wrong with us so we′ll focus on our faults. And when we do this, it just gives our problems more strength over us. The next thing we will need is our own very action.

The Process of Restoration
God has spoken through the mouth of our Father in the Lord that a season of Complete Restoration is here. Think about it like this: When a person restores a used-up, beat-up piece of furniture, the first thing they do is strip off the old layers of paint or varnish.
We all have things that need to be stripped away in our lives. Maybe it′s old attitudes and mindsets that don′t line up with the way God thinks and acts or unhealthy relationships that are holding you back from God′s purpose and plans for you. Whatever it is, you can pray, “Lord, strip me of everything that′s not good for me, and everything that′s hindering my walk with you. Bible says “If my people that are called by my name shall humble themselves and pray… I will heal their land”

Complete restoration does not just happen. I beseech you dear friend that you take personal responsibility to enforce this prophesy. Gear up for it. Be expectant and sow your seeds. I assure you; most certainly you shall be restored in Jesus name.

Happy New Month.