NIGERIAN 2015 ELECTIONS: PRAYER COUNTDOWN

 

It is exactly one month from today, and also on a Saturday, that the rescheduled 2015 elections will commence. On that day, March 28, Presidential, Senatorial & House of Representatives elections will hold; whilst April 11 will be for Governorship and State House of Assembly elections.

The advantages and disadvantages of the postponement have been bandied at different fora by a variety of individuals, groups and associations; all of course colored by their different interests. One thing is certain though, and that is the fact that we need a peaceful atmosphere and indeed peace in the nation to conduct credible elections.

Nigerians are deeply religious and no matter your faith, I believe we should intercede for our nation at this critical moment in history. So we urge you to join us as we begin a countdown of prayer for peace towards the elections.

DAY 29

Psalms 122:6-9 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee. Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek thy good.

Let us pray: O Lord, let your peace reign in Nigeria, now, during and after the elections in Jesus name

WORD DIARY: SATURDAY FEBRUARY 28 2015

Jeremiah 30:11 I am with you and will save you,' declares the Lord. 'Though I completely destroy all the nations among which I scatter you, I will not completely destroy you. I will discipline you but only with justice; I will not let you go entirely unpunished.'

It is better to fall into the hand of the Lord, rather than man! #PastorBasil

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Jeremiah 30:16 'But all who devour you will be devoured; all your enemies will go into exile. Those who plunder you will be plundered; all who make spoil of you I will despoil.

O Lord arise and spoil those who spoil our Land! #PastorBasil

Jeremiah 30:17 But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,'  declares the Lord, 'because you are called an outcast, Zion for whom no one cares.

O Lord, heal me and I shall be healed! #PastorBasil

Isaiah 37:6-7 Isaiah said to them, "Tell your master, 'This is what the Lord says: Do not be afraid of what you have heard — those words with which the underlings of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. Listen! I am going to put a spirit in him so that when he hears a certain report, he will return to his own country, and there I will have him cut down with the sword.'"

Let us pray: O Lord arise, and cut down our enemies with your sword of fire in Jesus name #PastorBasil

IT IS MY BIRTHDAY!

“Thank you Jesus, thank you my Lord

Whatever I am now, it is by Your Grace!”

This is my birthday song and I give God all the glory for another addition to my years!

WORD DIARY: TUESDAY FEBRUARY 24 2015

Jeremiah 30:8 In that day,' declares the Lord Almighty, 'I will break the yoke off their necks and will tear off their bonds; no longer will foreigners enslave them.

Whom the Lord has set free, is free indeed! #PastorBasil

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Jeremiah 30:9 Instead, they will serve the Lord their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.

Only you I will serve, O Lord! #PastorBasil

Jeremiah 30:10 "'So do not fear, O Jacob my servant; do not be dismayed, O Israel,' declares the Lord. 'I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their exile. Jacob will again have peace and security, and no one will make him afraid.

Let the peace of God reign in our land! #PastorBasil

Isaiah 37:4 It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the field commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to ridicule the living God, and that he will rebuke him for the words the Lord your God has heard. Therefore pray for the remnant that still survives."

Let us pray: O Lord arise and rebuke the enemies of our land in Jesus name #PastorBasil

WORD DIARY: MONDAY FEBRUARY 23 2015

Jeremiah 29:14 I will be found by you," declares the Lord, "and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you," declares the Lord, "and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile."

Divine restoration is my portion! #PastorBasil

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Jeremiah 29:32 This is what the Lord says: I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good things I will do for my people, declares the Lord, because he has preached rebellion against me.'"

I wipe away every ancestral curse with the blood of Jesus! #PastorBasil

Jeremiah 30:7 How awful that day will be! None will be like it. It will be a time of trouble for Jacob, but he will be saved out of it.

Save our nation from every trouble, O Lord! #PastorBasil

Isaiah 37:3 They told him, "This is what Hezekiah says: This day is a day of distress and rebuke and disgrace, as when children come to the point of birth and there is no strength to deliver them.

Let us pray: O Lord, by your mercy, our testimonies shall not suffer still birth in Jesus name #PastorBasil

WORD DIARY: SATURDAY FEBRUARY 21 2015

Jeremiah 28:4 I will also bring back to this place Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and all the other exiles from Judah who went to Babylon,' declares the Lord, 'for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.'"

O Lord, turn around our captivity! #PastorBasil

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Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

The Lord has good plans for me! #PastorBasil

Jeremiah 29:13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

I receive grace for total dependence on the Lord! #PastorBasil

Isaiah 36:18  "Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, 'The Lord will deliver us.' Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

Let us pray: O Lord, arise and put our boastful enemies to shame in Jesus name #PastorBasil

WORD DIARY: FRIDAY FEBRUARY 20 2015

Jeremiah 25:37 The peaceful meadows will be laid waste because of the fierce anger of the Lord.

The mercy of God will speak for us! #PastorBasil

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Jeremiah 26:13 Now reform your ways and your actions and obey the Lord your God. Then the Lord will relent and not bring the disaster he has pronounced against you.

Obedience is better than sacrifice! #PastorBasil

Jeremiah 27:5 With my great power and outstretched arm I made the earth and its people and the animals that are on it, and I give it to anyone I please.

Glory be to the Lord, strong, mighty in power! #PastorBasil

Isaiah 36:11 Then Eliakim, Shebna and Joah said to the field commander, "Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Don't speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall."

Let us pray: O Lord, reveal yourself and cause us to year your voice in Jesus name #PastorBasil

WORD DIARY: WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 18 2015

Jeremiah 25:7 "But you did not listen to me," declares the Lord, "and you have provoked me with what your hands have made, and you have brought harm to yourselves."

I reject every spirit of self destruction! #PastorBasil

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Jeremiah 25:10 I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, the sound of millstones and the light of the lamp.

O Lord, let your mercy prevail! #PastorBasil

Jeremiah 25:15-16 This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: "Take from my hand this cup filled with the wine of my wrath and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it. When they drink it, they will stagger and go mad because of the sword I will send among them.

O Lord, pass through the camp of the enemy with your sword of destruction! #PastorBasil

Isaiah 36:9 How then can you repulse one officer of the least of my master's officials, even though you are depending on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

Let us pray: The Lord will arise and show Himself strong on our behalf in Jesus name #PastorBasil

WORD DIARY: TUESDAY FEBRUARY 17 2015

Jeremiah 24:7 I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart.

Give us a heart of flesh, O Lord! #PastorBasil

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Jeremiah 24:8-10…I will make them abhorrent and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword, an object of ridicule and cursing, wherever I banish them. I will send the sword, famine and plague against them until they are destroyed from the land I gave to them and their fathers.'"

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hand of the living God! #PastorBasil

Jeremiah 25:5-6 They said, "Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and your evil practices, and you can stay in the land the Lord gave to you and your fathers for ever and ever. Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them; do not provoke me to anger with what your hands have made. Then I will not harm you."

May I never miss my inheritance! #PastorBasil

Isaiah 36:8 "'Come now, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses — if you can put riders on them!

Let us pray: O Lord, do not allow us to bargain with our enemies, no matter their enticing gifts in Jesus name #PastorBasil

WORD DIARY: SUNDAY FEBRUARY 15 2015

Jeremiah 23:32 Indeed, I am against those who prophesy false dreams," declares the Lord. "They tell them and lead my people astray with their reckless lies, yet I did not send or appoint them. They do not benefit these people in the least," declares the Lord

I reject false prophecies! #PastorBasil

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Jeremiah 23:38 Although you claim, 'This is the oracle of the Lord,' this is what the Lord says: You used the words, 'This is the oracle of the Lord,' even though I told you that you must not claim, 'This is the oracle of the Lord.

Beware of the oracle of man! #PastorBasil

Jeremiah 24:6 My eyes will watch over them for their good, and I will bring them back to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.

O Lord, restore us! #PastorBasil

Isaiah 36:4 The field commander said to them, "Tell Hezekiah, "'This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: On what are you basing this confidence of yours?

Let us pray: O Lord, we have confidence in you: save us from our enemies in Jesus name #PastorBasil

WORD DIARY: SATURDAY FEBRUARY 14 2015

Jeremiah 23:25-26 "I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies in my name. They say, 'I had a dream! I had a dream!' How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions of their own minds?

The truth shall prevail! #PastorBasil

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Jeremiah 23:28 Let the prophet who has a dream tell his dream, but let the one who has my word speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?" declares the Lord.

There shall be a separation of the wheat from the chaff! #PastorBasil

Jeremiah 23:29 "Is not my word like fire," declares the Lord, "and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?

There is power in the word of God! #PastorBasil

Isaiah 35:10 And the ransomed of the Lord will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Let us pray: O Lord, thank you for redeeming us in Jesus name #PastorBasil

WORD DIARY: THURSDAY FEBRUARY 12 2015

Jeremiah 23:17 They keep saying to those who despise me, 'The Lord says: You will have peace.' And to all who follow the stubbornness of their hearts they say, 'No harm will come to you.'

O Lord, l depend on your leading! #PastorBasil

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Jeremiah 23:18 But which of them has stood in the council of the Lord to see or to hear his word? Who has listened and heard his word?

I dwell in the secret place of the most High! #PastorBasil

Jeremiah 23:24 Can anyone hide in secret places so that I cannot see him?"  declares the Lord. "Do not I fill heaven and earth?" declares the Lord.

All glory to the God of the universe! #PastorBasil

Isaiah 35:8 And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not journey on it; it will be for those who walk in that Way; wicked fools will not go about on it.

Let us pray: O Lord, grant us the grace to live a holy life acceptable unto you in Jesus name #PastorBasil

WORD DIARY: WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 11 2015

Jeremiah 23:6 In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. This is the name by which he will be called: The Lord Our Righteousness.

The righteous shall dwell safely in the land! #PastorBasil

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Jeremiah 23:14 And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen something horrible: They commit adultery and live a lie. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns from his wickedness. They are all like Sodom to me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah."

Wanted: a discerning spirit! #PastorBasil

Jeremiah 23:16 This is what the Lord Almighty says: "Do not listen to what the prophets are prophesying to you; they fill you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the Lord.

I reject every spirit of deception! #PastorBasil

Isaiah 35:7 The burning sand will become a pool, the thirsty ground bubbling springs. In the haunts where jackals once lay, grass and reeds and papyrus will grow.

Let us pray: O Lord, fill us with your bounties in Jesus name #PastorBasil