Raising a generation of God-fearing believers in pursuit of God's purpose
Wednesday, 11 July 2018
Black Smith teaching series
Part 4
Pull Down The High Places
"He removed the high places, and brake the images, cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made for the children of Israel: for unto these days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and called it Nehushtan."
(2 Kings 18 vs.4)
Hezekiah pulled down the altars that were established when the children of Israel came into Canaan.
When the brazen serpent was first introduced, it was made to deliver and save the children of Israel from death but it was not to remain after fulfilling its purpose.
God speaks and revelation is progressive . You should always seek a word and a revelation for today. The brazen serpent was introduced during Moses' time as an instruction from God but during the time of Hezekiah it had become part of the Israelites' idolatry as they were now worshipping it.
Never do something God has not instructed you to do. Seek God for today and when you receive an instruction, do not turn it into doctrine. (Mannna was always for that day)
Each day he should reveal himself again and again to you . I have a duty to pull down anything that exalts itself above the knowledge of Christ. Our responsibility is to point men to Christ. Its not about man but God ,lets not stick to unnecessary religous acts and practices.
The hardest thing as a minister is to seek God for a fresh word and leave the old, usual approach. Pharisees missed Jesus because they stuck to old tradition. Don't miss God.
Remember, the brazen serpent in the time of Moses was set up as an instruction from God but in the time of Hezekiah, it had become idolatry.
God bless you.
Apostle Humphrey
Wednesday, 27 June 2018
Black Smith teaching series
Part 3
One day God said to me, faith is your response to my word and if you act when I have not released a word, it's not faith.
You can walk into a car sales shop without my word and come out without a car because it's not faith but foolishness. The best place to start is the threshing floor or place of prayer where you seek and push me to release a word. And when I release that word, step out in faith.
If God has spoken and you act out that word in faith, it does not matter what it is that he said, he will do it. The Bible speaks of women who received their dead back to life. The best place to look for his word is in the Bible and when you receive revelation, you can act out your faith.
The easiest way to receive a word is by allowing a man of God to speak a word over your life. If there is no specific word, it is not faith and God himself can speak but you have to be familiar with him. But then, believers are now too lazy to wait in the place of prayer for the word.
Most of the things you desire in this life are locked up in two areas, his word and prayer, and you can receive a rhema word from him and when you act on it, there is nothing that shall be impossible. The Bible says you will say to this mountain move and it will move. Those that move mountains carry the rhema word of God.
Can I challenge you to seek a fresh word from him and when you receive it, walk by faith and possess whatever he would have promised. What is his promise for your marriage, prosperity or ministry? Seek his word and respond to that word for your miracle.
My definition of faith is that faith is the response of the human spirit to the word of God. If he has not spoken, it is not faith. Seek a word from him.
God bless you.
Apostle Humphrey
The man who walks with God
One day God said to me, faith is your response to my word and if you act when I have not released a word, it's not faith.
You can walk into a car sales shop without my word and come out without a car because it's not faith but foolishness. The best place to start is the threshing floor or place of prayer where you seek and push me to release a word. And when I release that word, step out in faith.
If God has spoken and you act out that word in faith, it does not matter what it is that he said, he will do it. The Bible speaks of women who received their dead back to life. The best place to look for his word is in the Bible and when you receive revelation, you can act out your faith.
The easiest way to receive a word is by allowing a man of God to speak a word over your life. If there is no specific word, it is not faith and God himself can speak but you have to be familiar with him. But then, believers are now too lazy to wait in the place of prayer for the word.
Most of the things you desire in this life are locked up in two areas, his word and prayer, and you can receive a rhema word from him and when you act on it, there is nothing that shall be impossible. The Bible says you will say to this mountain move and it will move. Those that move mountains carry the rhema word of God.
Can I challenge you to seek a fresh word from him and when you receive it, walk by faith and possess whatever he would have promised. What is his promise for your marriage, prosperity or ministry? Seek his word and respond to that word for your miracle.
My definition of faith is that faith is the response of the human spirit to the word of God. If he has not spoken, it is not faith. Seek a word from him.
God bless you.
Apostle Humphrey
The man who walks with God
Tuesday, 26 June 2018
Understanding The Spiritual Realm
Part 7
Over the past years, I have interacted with a few people who had encounters. Most of the times, they would say it was a scary experience and because of their fear, they were not able to push forward and hear properly the message they were given.
Why is this dimension so scary even when man is so curious about it. Man can live his whole life surrounded by this majestic dimension of the supernatural and not see it. Yet upon death, he immediately sees this place. The death of the flesh opens one's spiritual eyes to see in this place.
So, does it mean those that experience the supernatural are the walking dead? I once preached a message titled The Walking Dead and preached saying there is a level of God you will never experience if you are still alive to the world. The walking dead do not have any fears. Supernatural experiences are normal to them. These people have died to the world and its passions and because of this, they have become more alive spiritually.
The question is: how does one die and become the walking dead?
Romans 6:8
"Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him."
When we accepted Jesus as Lord over our lives and became Christians, we also died with him. And though we died with him, some can continue to live because they will not put to death there flesh. It is a personal decision to deal with the flesh and it's lustful tendencies.
If we don't die, the spiritual remains a mystery. I choose to be the walking dead. Will you be among the walking dead and begin to to live a life beyond the flesh? A life where the supernatural becomes natural and visions common.
God bless you
Apostle Humphrey
Friday, 22 June 2018
Black smith teaching series
Teach me to fight
Part 2
Ps 144 vs 1
"Blessed be the Lord my strength which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight."
It is a challenge that a lot of believers want honey but they don't want to deal with the bees. Every inheritance without a battle is superficial. David asked God to teach his hands to war . How do you fight these spiritual battles and what guarantees one's victory?
Every emeny has unique strengths and weaknesses. But don't ever make the mistake of asumming your enemy is powerless or has no strength. Our enemy is the devil and he has so many soldiers in his army from his air support, which are the principalities, to his foot soldiers which are demonic spirits.
Each regimant responds differently in the battle. The mind is a place of battle. The enemy we are dealing with is wise and has learnt how to input his thoughts in your mind that you begin to think they are your thoughts.
I once spoke to a young gentleman who was constantly tormented by sexual thoughts that he stopped fighting them and later accepted them to be his thoughts, which pushed him into a life of sin. Those thoughts were arrows sent by the eneny but were comaflaged as his own.
There are some people who constantly meditate on giving up their work while others are overwhelmed by suicidal thoughts. These are not your thoughts but the enemy's. The only way to have victory is to take every thought captive by bringing it into subjection to the word of God.
During the course of the day, how many thoughts were your own and how many have been footprints of the enemy in your mind? The challenge with this battle is that many soldiers have been defeated because they have believed the enemy's thoughts and lies of failure to be their own and fallen along the way.
It's time you learn how to fight. With every demonic system there are different strategies. Some demons focus on making you have low self esteem, some depressions, jealous and some murderous thoughts. It's up to you to separate them and deal with them.
Refuse to be the playing ground of the enemy.
God bless you.
Apostle Humphrey
Part 2
Ps 144 vs 1
"Blessed be the Lord my strength which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight."
It is a challenge that a lot of believers want honey but they don't want to deal with the bees. Every inheritance without a battle is superficial. David asked God to teach his hands to war . How do you fight these spiritual battles and what guarantees one's victory?
Every emeny has unique strengths and weaknesses. But don't ever make the mistake of asumming your enemy is powerless or has no strength. Our enemy is the devil and he has so many soldiers in his army from his air support, which are the principalities, to his foot soldiers which are demonic spirits.
Each regimant responds differently in the battle. The mind is a place of battle. The enemy we are dealing with is wise and has learnt how to input his thoughts in your mind that you begin to think they are your thoughts.
I once spoke to a young gentleman who was constantly tormented by sexual thoughts that he stopped fighting them and later accepted them to be his thoughts, which pushed him into a life of sin. Those thoughts were arrows sent by the eneny but were comaflaged as his own.
There are some people who constantly meditate on giving up their work while others are overwhelmed by suicidal thoughts. These are not your thoughts but the enemy's. The only way to have victory is to take every thought captive by bringing it into subjection to the word of God.
During the course of the day, how many thoughts were your own and how many have been footprints of the enemy in your mind? The challenge with this battle is that many soldiers have been defeated because they have believed the enemy's thoughts and lies of failure to be their own and fallen along the way.
It's time you learn how to fight. With every demonic system there are different strategies. Some demons focus on making you have low self esteem, some depressions, jealous and some murderous thoughts. It's up to you to separate them and deal with them.
Refuse to be the playing ground of the enemy.
God bless you.
Apostle Humphrey
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
Black smith teaching series
Part 1
What Leads to Apostasy?
"And if thou wilt walk before me, as David they father walked in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and will keep my statues and judgements..."
1 Kings 9vs.4
The word 'walk' used in the above scripture indicates a relationship with God. There are things mentioned above that are requirements for a perfect walk with God and the first one is integrity.
The word integrity means to adhere to moral and ethical principles, soundness of moral character. Walking in integrity is to be blameless and to be accountable for one's actions such that men can attest that, indeed, you are a Christian.
When the prophet Nathan rebuked David over his sin of taking Bathsheba the wife of Uriah, he fasted and sought the Lord. Also, when David numbered the children of Israel and God was angry at him, he cried out to the Lord for forgiveness and made a sacrifice unto God seeking his mercy.
As a child of God, if you get to a point where you cannot be corrected or you can never be accountable to any man, you are in a dangerous position. The most difficult thing is to see that a gifted believer has fallen because there can still be signs and manifestations of power. Yet he would have fallen a long time ago.
The only person who knows is you although the fruits of a broken relationship with God can be evident.
"For it IS IMPOSSIBLE for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were partakers of the holy ghost and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, if they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the son of God afresh, and put him to open shame."
Hebrews 6 vs.4-6
It is hard for any man who has reached the state mentioned in the above scripture to be corrected because he may have reached that point beyond redemption, where he can no longer be brought to repentance.
Never ignore the Spirit of God to a point of apostasy. Allow the Spirit to lead you and correct you always.
Apostle Humphrey
What Leads to Apostasy?
"And if thou wilt walk before me, as David they father walked in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and will keep my statues and judgements..."
1 Kings 9vs.4
The word 'walk' used in the above scripture indicates a relationship with God. There are things mentioned above that are requirements for a perfect walk with God and the first one is integrity.
The word integrity means to adhere to moral and ethical principles, soundness of moral character. Walking in integrity is to be blameless and to be accountable for one's actions such that men can attest that, indeed, you are a Christian.
When the prophet Nathan rebuked David over his sin of taking Bathsheba the wife of Uriah, he fasted and sought the Lord. Also, when David numbered the children of Israel and God was angry at him, he cried out to the Lord for forgiveness and made a sacrifice unto God seeking his mercy.
As a child of God, if you get to a point where you cannot be corrected or you can never be accountable to any man, you are in a dangerous position. The most difficult thing is to see that a gifted believer has fallen because there can still be signs and manifestations of power. Yet he would have fallen a long time ago.
The only person who knows is you although the fruits of a broken relationship with God can be evident.
"For it IS IMPOSSIBLE for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were partakers of the holy ghost and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, if they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the son of God afresh, and put him to open shame."
Hebrews 6 vs.4-6
It is hard for any man who has reached the state mentioned in the above scripture to be corrected because he may have reached that point beyond redemption, where he can no longer be brought to repentance.
Never ignore the Spirit of God to a point of apostasy. Allow the Spirit to lead you and correct you always.
Apostle Humphrey
Tuesday, 12 June 2018
Understanding The Spiritual Realm.
Understanding the Spiritual Realm
Part 6
The less spiritual activity or the absence of believers on fire for God creates cold regions in the spirit which necessitates the need for the few believers to have (spiritual) protective clothing otherwise they would be subjected to the cold conditions in that atmosphere (Eph 6 vs 10 -18).
If someone is exposed to cold while inadequately protected, their body will first try to generate more heat through shivering to maintain a normal body temperature.
Shivering, which can also be a sign of fear, is an indicator of spiritual weakness. When the spirit man is subjected to cold spiritual conditions, the first sign is fear and becoming weak in their prayers and in the word.
If the body can't stay warm by these means, it will start trying to reduce heat loss by decreasing blood flow to the extremities to minimize cooling. Blood is a symbol of life and if blood stops flowing normally it means less effectiveness of the body.
The more the spirit man is subjected to cold conditions, the more life becomes harder for the individual as things stop flowing well in their life.
Finally, if the loss of heat carries on despite these measures, the body will slow its metabolism to minimize its need for fresh blood flow and oxygen supply. The more heat loss the more one resents life and at most depression, or even suicidal tendences, begin to torment the person subjected to these negative conditions.
The lower the temperature gets, the more difficult performing tasks becomes. Causing even slow reaction times and impair judgment leading to poor decisions. Imagine that if cold weather conditions and loss of body temperature can cause us to make make impaired dicisions, what about cold spiritual conditions? They have affected a lot of people's decison-making abilities and even caused unfruitfulness in many.
At this stage, the body has effectively stopped trying to keep itself warm and some final steps are taken to avoid death. There is such a thing as spiritual death and at this stage, man has lost all consciousness of God and life and all their attempts at life become useless.
Death is the absence of God in any activity, which opens up a door for the devil to corrupt and influence a thing. Let's make sure the nations and cities we live in are hot for Jesus lest we cause residents of that city to die.
We have so much work to do.
God bless you!
Apostle Humphrey
The man who walks with God
Part 6
The less spiritual activity or the absence of believers on fire for God creates cold regions in the spirit which necessitates the need for the few believers to have (spiritual) protective clothing otherwise they would be subjected to the cold conditions in that atmosphere (Eph 6 vs 10 -18).
If someone is exposed to cold while inadequately protected, their body will first try to generate more heat through shivering to maintain a normal body temperature.
Shivering, which can also be a sign of fear, is an indicator of spiritual weakness. When the spirit man is subjected to cold spiritual conditions, the first sign is fear and becoming weak in their prayers and in the word.
If the body can't stay warm by these means, it will start trying to reduce heat loss by decreasing blood flow to the extremities to minimize cooling. Blood is a symbol of life and if blood stops flowing normally it means less effectiveness of the body.
The more the spirit man is subjected to cold conditions, the more life becomes harder for the individual as things stop flowing well in their life.
Finally, if the loss of heat carries on despite these measures, the body will slow its metabolism to minimize its need for fresh blood flow and oxygen supply. The more heat loss the more one resents life and at most depression, or even suicidal tendences, begin to torment the person subjected to these negative conditions.
The lower the temperature gets, the more difficult performing tasks becomes. Causing even slow reaction times and impair judgment leading to poor decisions. Imagine that if cold weather conditions and loss of body temperature can cause us to make make impaired dicisions, what about cold spiritual conditions? They have affected a lot of people's decison-making abilities and even caused unfruitfulness in many.
At this stage, the body has effectively stopped trying to keep itself warm and some final steps are taken to avoid death. There is such a thing as spiritual death and at this stage, man has lost all consciousness of God and life and all their attempts at life become useless.
Death is the absence of God in any activity, which opens up a door for the devil to corrupt and influence a thing. Let's make sure the nations and cities we live in are hot for Jesus lest we cause residents of that city to die.
We have so much work to do.
God bless you!
Apostle Humphrey
The man who walks with God
Monday, 11 June 2018
Portals and Pathways
Portals and Pathways
Part 36
Creating Portals
There are spiritual laws that spell out that spiritual beings cannot function on earth without a body or cannot walk in the Spirit realm with his earthly body. But these principles have been broken and can be broken.
The first man we see who broke this law was Enoch who walked into heaven with his physical body and did not come back (Hebrews 11 vs 5).
How is it that Enoch was able to break this principle? The Bible does not unravel his entire life to us, or the steps he took in order to manipulate a spiritual law.
Although Enoch is not the only man whom the Bible tells us was carried into heaven with his natural body, his life is more interesting because the Bible says he walked with God. Other versions say Enoch lived in constant fellowship with God. Could it be that this fellowship was the gateway for his translation?
As I looked into stories of men and women who have been carried off to heaven, I realised no one ever disclosed why they were carried off to heaven nor that they participated in this realm with their body .Most of these man and woman participate in the spirit through there spirit not there flesh. Yet Enoch was carried off.
In my book, Enoch Generation, I highlight how we are called to the same fellowship Enoch had with God and how this fellowship willl trigger us to heaven or to experince rapture.
In Genesis 6, angels were also said to have manipulated this same spiritual law but for them it had negative impact because we read in the book of Jude that they were arrested.
These angels were arrested because they operated outside God's will. There are examples of angels like Gabriel who manifested themselves to man and never meet the same fate as those in Genesis 6 because angels like Gabriel manifested in line with God's purpose.
This has made me look at men who entered the heaven with their bodies. The Bible does not speak of any negative repercussions because such entries were in line with God's will and desire for us. God is still looking and saying: will there be a man or woman or man that will see me like Enoch did and trigger the gates of heaven to open for them?
In our time, it is easier because the blood of Jesus covers us but spiritual experiences seem to be for a few. Why are we blind to the truth that Enoch understood? There is a place of fellowship that Enoch reached that allowed him to begin to manifest the same character as God and to put on the nature of God that Heaven had to accomodate him.
You can please God so much that your body can have access to the dimensions men can only imagine. My next book in the Enoch Generation series will be called Secrets to Pleasing God. But today, I want you to reach out by faith and walk into heaven.
God bless you...
Apostle Humphrey
The man who walks with God
Part 36
Creating Portals
There are spiritual laws that spell out that spiritual beings cannot function on earth without a body or cannot walk in the Spirit realm with his earthly body. But these principles have been broken and can be broken.
The first man we see who broke this law was Enoch who walked into heaven with his physical body and did not come back (Hebrews 11 vs 5).
How is it that Enoch was able to break this principle? The Bible does not unravel his entire life to us, or the steps he took in order to manipulate a spiritual law.
Although Enoch is not the only man whom the Bible tells us was carried into heaven with his natural body, his life is more interesting because the Bible says he walked with God. Other versions say Enoch lived in constant fellowship with God. Could it be that this fellowship was the gateway for his translation?
As I looked into stories of men and women who have been carried off to heaven, I realised no one ever disclosed why they were carried off to heaven nor that they participated in this realm with their body .Most of these man and woman participate in the spirit through there spirit not there flesh. Yet Enoch was carried off.
In my book, Enoch Generation, I highlight how we are called to the same fellowship Enoch had with God and how this fellowship willl trigger us to heaven or to experince rapture.
In Genesis 6, angels were also said to have manipulated this same spiritual law but for them it had negative impact because we read in the book of Jude that they were arrested.
These angels were arrested because they operated outside God's will. There are examples of angels like Gabriel who manifested themselves to man and never meet the same fate as those in Genesis 6 because angels like Gabriel manifested in line with God's purpose.
This has made me look at men who entered the heaven with their bodies. The Bible does not speak of any negative repercussions because such entries were in line with God's will and desire for us. God is still looking and saying: will there be a man or woman or man that will see me like Enoch did and trigger the gates of heaven to open for them?
In our time, it is easier because the blood of Jesus covers us but spiritual experiences seem to be for a few. Why are we blind to the truth that Enoch understood? There is a place of fellowship that Enoch reached that allowed him to begin to manifest the same character as God and to put on the nature of God that Heaven had to accomodate him.
You can please God so much that your body can have access to the dimensions men can only imagine. My next book in the Enoch Generation series will be called Secrets to Pleasing God. But today, I want you to reach out by faith and walk into heaven.
God bless you...
Apostle Humphrey
The man who walks with God
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