Thursday, 5th June, 2025
Bible Reading: Acts 13: 6-12
Memory Verse: But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Acts 1:8 (ESV)
The great Apostle Babalola went to preach the gospel in a demonic town. Afterwards, he went to the king in the palace to ask for a piece of land to build a church. The king who was also a demonic person was not interested in the gospel; he was practically a demon in his own right. He gave the man of God the forbidden bush. A bush where nobody goes.
When pregnant women die, they throw them there. When people with familiar spirit die, they throw them there. Nobody goes there. Those who have ventured to go in, they did not last 24 hours there before they died. That was the place the king gave to the man of God.
Apostle Babalola thanked the king profusely, while the king was just looking at him, ‘Why is this one thanking us’. The Apostle went out, took his prayer warriors, and they went to the bush.
When they got there, the man of God began to pray. He rang his bell and with a very loud voice (because he had a loud voice), they began to worship and pray.
In their days, there were no microphones and they addressed thousands of people. He said, ‘O God, arise, and let your enemies in this bush be scattered.’ That was all he said. Suddenly, they heard some people running and as they were running, they were colliding with each other.
They felt that people were falling and rising up inside the bush. Some were jamming themselves into the trees, they never saw anybody but they heard the sound of the scattering. Your prayer today shall release confusion into the camp of the enemy, in Jesus name. They were running helter skelter.
After some time, there was calm and he ordered his team to begin to cut the bush. As they were cutting the bush, from the mountains, they saw a very big python crawling down.
Those cutting the grasses wanted to run away. Baba said, ‘stay there’, continue to cut your grass. They continued to cut and the serpent came majestically, the kind of python that could swallow a human without trace. The serpent did not go to anybody else, but Apostle Babalola. The Apostle watched this snake coming and was not impressed at all.
As the snake approached, he just said, ‘Let the fire of the God of Elijah fall upon this serpent.’ It was as if electricity passed through this serpent and it just dried up. May any serpent assigned against you dry up, in the name of Jesus!
Now To You: Mantles don’t leave the earth. Won’t you contend for the power of God to work great exploits? Nothing truly announces the lordship of Jesus other than God’s power. Make up your mind to press into power.
Quote: Our high and privileged calling is to do the will of God in the power of God for the glory of God — J.I. Packer
Prophetic Decree: May the power of God herald the glory of your life, career and calling to the outermost part of the earth, in Jesus name.
Prayer Focus
1. Lord, anoint me afresh with your Holy Ghost and power, in Jesus name.
2. Power of God, overshadow my life, in Jesus name.
3. Every power leakage in my life, be blocked, in Jesus name.
4. O Lord, herald your glory in my life by the outpouring of your power, in Jesus name.
5. Power to heal the sick, raise the dead, empty wheelchairs, open blind eyes, plus other creative miracles, overshadow my life, in Jesus name.
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