*[Daniel 5:11 There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the Spirit of the Holy God. And in the days of your father, LIGHT and UNDERSTANDING and WISDOM, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him; and King Nebuchadnezzar your father—your father the king—made him chief of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers.]*

How comes Daniel was so successful? A spiritual leader yet he influenced secular kingdoms for God? How comes Daniel was never “voted” out? That different kings and governments came to power but they all recognized Daniel? Our opening verse tells us Daniel’s secret – the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit was Daniels secret for success. The Holy Spirit gave Daniel three essentials for a life of success – LIGHT, UNDERSTANDING & WISDOM. LIGHT implies spiritual illumination, you are able to see beyond what physical eyes can see. You see things beyond the natural. UNDERSTANDING refers to Spiritual Understanding. Remember, the spiritual is the reality, the natural is virtual. WISDOM refers to divine wisdom. Notice in the above verse, it is referred to as the “wisdom of the gods.” This is not human wisdom, it is the wisdom of the gods! This is deep. This is our Year of Exposure. These three are essential for you to shine as God wants you to this year As a believer, the Holy Spirit is in you. He will cause you to function in these 3 dimensions of LIGHT, UNDERSTANDING & WISDOM. When you function in these three dimensions, you can never dwell in obscurity. Your life will pop out and explode and you will shine for the glory of God this great year of Exposure.

*[Exodus 34:29 The Shining Face of Moses Now it was so, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the Testimony were in Moses’ hand when he came down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with Him.]*

Moses was on the mountain with the Lord for 40 days and he ate nothing all the while. When he came back to the children of Israel, our opening verse reveals Moses face was shining. This is the glory of God. Moses face was so full of the glory of God that his face was shining that the people could not look at his face. This is what fasting does in our lives. It makes us to radiate the glory of God. Isaiah 60:5 says *”Then you shall see and become radiant, And your heart shall swell with joy; Because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you, The wealth of the Gentiles shall come to you.”* God wants to make you radiant. He wants you to shine. He wants you to manifest His glory to your generation. Fasting cuts off all distraction so that we can be focused on God and His glory is effectively radiates into our lives. If you had not planned to begin the year with prayer & fasting, it’s highly recommended. It’s not a law, but the benefits are numerous. We begin 21 DAYS OF NEW YEAR PRAYER & FASTING this Sunday 5th Jan to 26th Jan. Kindly plan to plug in.

*[Romans 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.]*

We are in 21 DAYS OF TRANSFORMATIONAL PRAYER AND FASTING. Prayer and Fasting does not change God, it’s meant to transform us. As much as we are born again and our spirit self is recreated, sanctified and completely holy, our soul which is our mind is still carnal, inclined towards the flesh. So God commands us to be transformed by having our minds renewed. Transformation will not just automatically happen. You have to chose to be transformed. You can be a Christian for so many years, even be serving in church, but you have never been transformed. You are still carnal. You have to choose to be transformed. This is the purpose of this 21 DAYS OF PRAYER & FASTING. LIsten to this to understand the details of this Transformation and if you had not planned to participate, you can join in today. We shall be dealing with this essential aspect of our Christian Faith.

[3 John 1:2 Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and BE IN HEALTH, just as your soul prospers.]

We have all heard “as long as you are in this body you will fall be sick at some point.” This is not from God. This is the mindset the world has given us. In our opening verse God says His plan is that we may ‘prosper and BE IN HEALTH’. To be in health means to be constantly healthy free from sickness. You can never live free from sickness if your mind has been programmed to think as long as you are in this body, you will fall sick. So God says we should “prosper & be in health EVEN AS OUR SOUL PROSPERS. Our soul hosts our mind. So for us to live in health, our mind has to prosper which means we have to change our mind to higher information to live in health. This is the higher truth. That God created us to be in health, not to be sick. To live above sickness and be in health, you have to upgrade your mind to this higher truth. So in this 21 DAYS of Transformation, get rid of sickness consciousness in your mind. How? First believe what God says, that no matter how sickling you have been, you can be in health. Then begin to declare ‘through Christ, I have a life I of constant health, free from sickness. I dwell in health. Sickness has no place in my life.. ” Use the word of God to establish a new mindset and you will prosper and live in constant health.

[Romans 12:2 And DO NOT BE CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind…]

We have seen after salvation, God commands every believer to go thro a transformation process. In our opening verse, we see for Transformation to take place, the 1st step is to stop conforming to the world. To conform is to take the same form or shape. God instructs us as His children never to take the form of this world. We must never talk the way they talk, never put on the way they do, never listen to what they listen to, never be entertained by what entertains them etc. Why does God give us this instruction? 1)Because the world is being influenced by the spirit of the world, which is Satan’s spirit. Do they know? No they don’t. The lifestyle, entertainment, fashions & trends of the world are inspired by Satan. Ephesians 2:2 says *”… according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air..”* So the world is on a course & that course is being inspired by the Prince of the air, who is Satan. So when we follow the trends of the world, we are following Satan! 2)We should not follow the world because the world is perishing. 1 John 2:17 says *”.. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it..”* The world is passing away. You look at the lifestyle people are embracing, if you have wisdom u will know many will not live for long. Alcohol, smoking, immorality, adultery – all these have already destroyed many lives. Yet many are being deceived into such. God saved us from the world bcoz it is perishing, He saved us so that we should not perish with it. So If we continue following their lifestyle, we will still perish with the world. This is why many in the church go thru exactly what the world goes thru. So today, look at your life & radically cut of any conformity to the world, or else you will never come to your full destiny in God.

[Romans 8:5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.]

The human life is a life set and controlled by human senses, the spirit life is a life that is set on and controlled by the Spirit. Romans 8:13 says of we live according to the human senses we shall die. So after salvation God commands us to take a deliberate transformation from the human life to the spirit life.

*[Psalm 19:7 The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;]*

Your relationship with the Word clearly reflects your relationship with God. Today, I am shocked many Christians easily lie, insult, sin, and rebel against the Word and they don’t care. What we don’t know is if we take the Word lightly, our salvation will have no power and our lives will be subject to evil. So many perish yet they are saved just because they refused to take the Word of God seriously. In this season of Prayer and Transformation, give yourself to the Word. Our opening verse tells us the Word of God is the material that converts our soul. To convert is to transform. So the Word of God is the material for Transformation. If we don’t give ourself to the Word, to fear the Word, read the Word, and obey it, we will never be transformed. If we are not transformed, then it means we remain the same just as before salvation, telling lies, and doing everything we used to do before salvation. This way, we deceive ourselves because we assume we are saved & secure, but if evil comes our way, it will have its way becoz we are living not any different from a non-believer. So give yourself to the Word, allow the Word to convert you, transform you so you can live the life of dominion God created us to live.

[Matthew 4:19 Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”]

The phrase “Make you” implies transformation. When Jesus called us to salvation, He called us to Transformation. Anyone who truly follows Him will be transformed. How do we follow Jesus? We follow Jesus by following His Word and submitting to the Holy Spirit. In His physical absence, Jesus said the Holy Spirit is our “alos parakletos” which means another one exactly like Himself. The Holy Spirit is the one that takes the place of Jesus. That is why we see Him in the Book of Acts giving instructions and guiding the early church just as Jesus did. So for us to be transformed, we must learn to follow and be guided by the Holy Spirit. Learn His voice, and absolutely yield to His instructions. Acknowledge His ministry in your life and you will grow into the person God wants you to be.

*[John 12:25 He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.]*

The Bible reveals two broad categories of life – the human life (referred as psuche) and the spirit life (referred to as Zoe). Jesus said in John 10:10b He came so that mankind can have life. Which life was He talking about because before He came people still had life? John 10:10 uses “Zoe”. Jesus brought us “Zoe”, the spirit life of the living God. However, to live this life, a transformation has to take place. You have to let go of the human life to live the spirit life. Our opening verse reveals we have to lose the human life to live the spirit life. Jesus says those who hold on to the human life shall lose it. But those who hate their human life and let it go shall find Zoe the spirit life. We have to let go the human life to live the spirit life. What does it mean lose the human life? The human life is a life controlled by the human senses – what we see, hear, feel etc. The spirit life is lived by faith in the Word of God and not by sight (2 Cor 5:7). So to lose the human life means we have to refuse to be controlled by human senses and live by faith in the Word of God. This is what I call Transformation from the human life to the spirit life. The spirit life is above sickness, above depression, above sin and evil. The human life is subject to all these. But to live the spirit life, we have to let go the human life. Many believers are suffering & even perishing because they are holding on to the human life, dominated by human senses. Paul says “living as mere men.” For Jesus said those who hold on to the human life shall lose it. For Romans 8:6 says “to be carnally minded (controlled by human senses) is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.”Choose to be transformed, let go of the human life and live the spirit life & you shall live in dominion