Tuesday 17 July 2012

BE A FRIEND TO GOD


   Posted by the GOHN (AKA Saving Grace) media house 



Abraham slaying Isaac
God's friend Abraham
 

Prophet T.P Elias preached this message on Monday night 18th of June, 2012.  The proof reading was taken from Matthew 18: 1 and the main subject of the night was dubbed ‘BE A FRIEND TO GOD’. In his introduction, Prophet Elias said only a friend to God will inherit the kingdom of heaven. He said that there is no flesh and blood that will inherit God’s kingdom because God is spirit and they that worship him should do so in spirit and in truth.Only men and women who are born of the spirit will be heirs of God's kingdom. Prophet Elias further said that the things of the spirit can never be conceived by the natural man. Such things are foolishness to those who are perishing. He said the things of the spirit are power of God in Christ Jesus to those who are born of the spirit.
No matter how educated one can be, he said, without the spirit of God that person can never understand the things of God. One can only understand the things of God by being a friend to him.The prophet said a friend of God is he who walks and does things with him every-time, everywhere and on daily bases. He said even though God is everywhere not everyone has access to him. He also said that even though God was in the mist of the church and everywhere else not all were walking with him.
                                  WHO IS THE GREATEST?
Candidates of the kingdom of heaven
The Prophet said this question is still posed in churches today just like the way the apostles of Jesus did centuries ago. In answer some say it is the apostles, the prophets or pastors. When Jesus answered, He brought a child before them and said, 'Whoever shall humble himself like this child, He is the greatest of them all'. Jesus also told them that whoever fails to turn and be humble like a child was no candidate for the kingdom of heaven.
“You may be an apostle or prophet but with pride, then you are nothing. A child is the only creature that does not have pride upon itself”, Prophet Elias said.
Prophet Elias also said that Jesus’ example shows today’s church that the kingdom of heaven is not for apostles and prophets but for those who humble themselves like babes. A child just like a slave, does all things in submissiveness, humility and compliance at all times despite the circumstances and unfavourable conditions that surrounds  him/her. Whoever wants to inherit the kingdom of God should act like wise. The kingdom of God is for those willing to step down to the status of a servant.
“When you see yourself as a christian failing to obey a man of God in the house of God, know that you cannot obey God. How can you obey God whom you never saw when you fail to obey the one that you see everyday”.
He went on to say, “If you call me daddy you must know what you mean. Many of you call me daddy but my children I know. Many said unto Jesus Lord, Lord, but He said His sheep He knew. Even though many called him Lord, Lord not many were to inherit the kingdom of heaven”, Prophet Elias was referring to those who in church submitted to him as their father but when in public squares called him a son because of his youthfulness. He was saying that he who incarnated and dwells in him (Christ) is greater and deserves reverence at all times.
                 The Kingdom of God is not for the Erudite
Prophet Elias said most people today lament for higher positions in churches influenced by their educational qualifications, worldly positions and the amount of money that they have. He said in today’s churches Pastors without spiritual insight have been deceived and they have awarded these people influential positions like church director, evangelist etc.  Prophet Elias slammed such biasness. He said a church is not run by experience but by a vision.
“Today when a church member wins a tender of P1million, immediately after that he is given the position of church director. It can’t happen here! I am richer than a millionaire.  What I do, I don’t do for money. I am beyond riches. People who are looking for riches are the ones who are looking for money”, he said.
The Holy servant of God taught that the kingdom of God is not defined by speaking in tongues.Neither is it inherited by one’s level of prophecy. He said humility is the best ground for cultivating faith, hope and love. Where there is no humility, love can never exist just as sorghum cannot grow where there is no ground.   
                                                                    
                       BE A FRIEND TO GO

The core message of the day was extracted from the whole chapter of James 4. Prophet Elias started by reading verses 1-3, which says. ‘What causes war and what causes fighting amongst you? Is it not your passions that are at war in your members? So you fight and wage war. You do not have because you do not ask; you desire and do not have so you kill; and you covert and cannot obtain.


Prophet Elias said the proof text was talking to the church today. He said today there are many wars in Christianity, within Christians and within the church. While some were fighting for church positions others are at loggerheads over concubines.
“When the Lord said Elias, it is time to show my saving grace to the world I was alone. I obeyed God and I began this church. But today many are fighting. They want Elias position. Where were you when God said Elias start the church”?
The man of God said fights were a result of people who fail to ask from God for what they wanted. If one asks sincerely God gives. Greed and jealousy are the major catalyst for such fights. God is ready to lift us up if we humble themselves.
“When you see another man going somewhere in life it is a moment to humble yourself.  That is the secret to greatness”, the man of God Papa T.P said that instead of humility people have allowed pride to control them. The more one humbles himself, the more God lifts him up to a greater level.
“I saw a great man of God on television in year 2005 and I humbled myself towards him and his God even though I only saw him on television. I prayed and said if God could make me like this man then I would also transform my own nation in the same manner. One day I heard this mighty man of God saying that he was praying that God would raise someone like him or beyond’. In humility I said in my heart that I am that man that God shall raise and I believed”.
According to the man of God if one wants to be the greatest in the kingdom of God he must be the least. Humility paves a way and makes the impossible possible. It has turned the least of all into the greatest and mighty men of the kingdom of heaven.
             WHY PRAYERS ARE NOT ANSWERED

Praying congregation
For James 4:3 says, ‘You ask and you do not receive because you ask wrongly to spend it in your passions. Unfaithful creatures, don’t you know that friendship with the worlds is enmity with God’
Prophet Elias said had it not been for the wrong reasons that people ask from God he could have blessed all with their heart’s desires. He said some have asked and were given but did not utilise their blessings to the glory of God. Through those blessings they have submerged in worldly pleasures whereas some have turned their blessings into idols.
“You are made a prophet today and tomorrow you are already asking your congregation to buy you a helicopter. You are given a husband today and the next thing you are idolizing and worshiping him more that the way you worship God. In that way you can not be a friend of God for a man who loves pleasure is a friend to the world and an enemy to God”, he said.
According to Prophet Elias, It is hard for God to bless his enemies. God resists the proud and gives grace to the humble. Grace is the only thing that makes people to inherit the riches of God. It is the passport to breakthroughs in every sphere of one’s life and grace comes through faith from a heart that is humble. As he summed up his sermon, Prophet Elias flowed down with the whole chapter of James 4, taught mightily, slammed and corrected leaving many lamenting within for forgiveness, mercy and grace from above. 
Quotes from Prophet T.P Elias
Christ Only:  “I have seen many Christians going into the streets and claiming that their man of God is the best in the world and their church is the best in the world. That is pride. The best, and only the best is Jesus”. 
Resist the Devil:  “When the devil comes some people give him a hug. They say, hello devil. The bible says resist the devil and he will flee from you”
Form of the Devil:  “When the Devil comes he does not come with horns. He may come camouflaged in a brother, sister, a man or a woman. Just like God when he comes to men he comes packaged inside a human being”.
Secret to Greatness: “When you see another man going somewhere in life, it is a moment for you to humble yourself.  That is the secret to greatness”,
  PROPHECIES AND THEIR CONFIRMATIONS
                                                          SPIRIT HUSBAND EXPOSED.
During the second phase of the Monday night service Prophet Elias summoned a woman wearing a black jacket and eyeglasses to the front. He asked her how she was faring and when she said fine he requested that he speak into her life. When the woman agreed the prophet asked her the whereabouts of her husband, and she said that he had remained at home. The prophet said that he was not concerned much about her husband but the other man he saw in the spirit.
Prophecy to Mosidi Paledi
“He is a spirit husband and he is trying to destroy your home. The Lord wants to set you free tonight” The prophet further told her that there was a lot of havoc in her marriage caused by the destructive power of the spiritual husband. “This has made your husband to look like completely nothing in the home but I’m praying for you right now you will be delivered in the name of Jesus”, he said.
Papa T.P further told the woman that all her efforts to success were shuttered on the verge of breakthrough. He said the cause was the spirit husband.

Confirmation

My name is Mosidi Paledi. All the words of the man of God are true. This man has always come to me in dreams and he makes love to me. Some time ago I dreamt being circumcised by a man whose face I did not see. Then after that I saw a man cutting my ears. Since then I have had no affection for my husband. My marriage is on the verge of tearing apart. All things that I do to progress my life fall apart on the verge of breakthrough and I have always wondered where I have gone wrong in my life. I have long prayed for this day to come and I thank God for my deliverance today.

  DELIVERED FROM A SPIRIT OF DEATH

Prophet Elias also called out the name Janet. He said the woman had artificial hair. When the woman came in front the man of God said to her,
Janet I want to speak to you. Pray against sudden death. They are pursuing you with death. I see a shadow following you but when you turn around you see nothing. This is a hindrance; once you are delivered today everything shall be fine for you. There is nothing that you can do and prosper as long as that thing is following you. Don’t worry everything is ok. Pray for yourself and pray against the spirit of stroke in your family. This is the last day that you will suffer again”.
Janet receiving deliverance
Confirmation
My name is Janet Melefe. I am 24-years old. What the man of God said to me tonight is  true and I thank Jesus for my deliverance

      INJECTED WITH A PYTHON SPIRIT

Casting out out the demon
Prophet Elias also called forward a teenage girl who was on the emergency line and sought her permission to prayed for her. He called out the mother of the girl and told her that her child was a snake and the spirit was injected into her by a 'pastor'.
“The spirit was injected by a 'pastor' that you took her to”. The man of God blew air towards the girl. She staggered around stubbornly and later tumbled down to the ground. She was set free and ready to be returned back to school as the word of the Lord commanded.
To the mother of the girl he said, “ I see a migraine. It is no ordinary headache but a frontal migraine. I can also see your heart. At times it beats abnormally even when you are not afraid of anything. The Lord is setting you free”. My name is Kaarukire Kandapaera, age 62. I stay at Thito ward Maun. I believe the prophecy to be true because a spirit has been tormenting my girl for some time now. This resulted in her leaving school. We all thought that she has a psychiatric problem. Whenever the spirit possessed her she screamed and said that I have changed her into a snake. She uttered bizarre things and at times communicated as if exchanging words with someone invisible. Whenever she entered that status we took her to Letsholathebe II Memorial Hospital where they admitted her under the psychiatric unit. It’s true I have taken her to some pastors here in Maun but I wasn’t aware that they injected an evil spirit into her. The prophecy about me is also true. As we are speaking now my head is aching. The storyabout my heart is also true 



 The Girl                                                                                          
 
My name is Unotje Kandapaera. I was born in 1995 and I am a student at Tshwaragano Junior Secondary School. I do not know what happened to me today but I opened my eyes to see myself on the ground. Before that my body was as heavy as if I was carrying a log but now I feel very light and refreshed. It is true my mother took me to some pastors for prayers. We went to a certain church and a pastor there used to inject me with a needle. I didn’t want to go there but she forced me. I hope today she has learnt a lesson and she will take me to no other church except this one. I thank the man of God for my deliverance.

               YOUR STORM IS OVER

The man in the picture was sitting on the emergency line when the Holy servant of God Prophet T.P Elias spoke to him. He said to him,
I want to see you because you have so many troubles. It’s like coming here was your only last option and what is happening to you now is the last thing that you ever thought about. You are welcome. Turning to the congregation, he said, he is not somebody who could have come here. If you see him here it is really difficult. Brother, your storm is over!

CONFIRMATION

My name is Othata Masedi and I live here in Maun. It is true I am sinking in deep problems. I owe banks

and my businesses are collapsing due to my bankruptcy. I have sold all my cars in an attempt to clear my credits but that hasn’t helped. I have been to various traditional doctors seeking for help and just two days back I returned from Nigeria to see Prophet T.B Joshua but he didn’t speak into my life. It is true this is my last bus stop. I am so shocked that I travelled places and places leaving help at hand here at home. I glorify God who identified me today. I am willing to submit to the will of God and to do everything that the man of God will say to me when we meet as appointed.


BLESSING THEM TO BLESS OTHERS


 
Prophet T.P Elias addressing partners
Posted by the GOHN (AKA Saving Grace) media house

                     Date:  18-06-12

“It is your portion to succeed because when you succeed you succeed for many”. Uttering these words when blessing the ministry’s partners, Sunday last week, Prophet T.P Elias further said that when one succeeds in life he succeeds for himself and his neighbours. He said that the hand of God was open to bless the partners with success. But only those with open hearts were to receive the blessing. 
The Holy servant of God said that as the partners were to set up businesses they should be aware of competition and challenges encountered along the way. He said business people who are still under the grasp of the principalities of darkness spent sleepless nights in search for prosperity and powers to pull down their business competitors.
“As they go to many places seeking help to destroy your business, yours is to put all your trust in the Lord by spend sleepless nights calling upon his Holy name”, he said.
The man of God further said if partners put all their trust in God, he was going to prove to them that he is God through prospering them. He said they must build up their faith using Psalms 121: 1.
The scripture reads as follows, ‘I lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?
The Prophet said that whenever he reads this scripture he envisages David setting his eyes on the hills and pondering through his mind as to how he was to solve his problems. When the answer did not come he then posed a question as to whence comes his help. He said when many people read this scripture they tend to put a full stop where there is a question mark. He said this has led to a distortion pertaining to the meaning of the narration.
“Now a lot of people narrates the scripture as saying my help comes from the hills. That is wrong. Their narration reminds me of the place where I come from where we grew up being told to look for help from the hills within our locality. We were told that they were a domain of our ancestors and our help comes from there. There was also a myth that anyone who went there never returned but I’ve been there several times without a thing happening to me”.
According to Prophet Elias, David clearly narrated in the second verse that his help comes from the Lord, the Maker of the heavens and earth. He said God can never stay in the hills. He rather chose a human body to be his temple.  Just like David, he emphasized, partners should seek their help from God rather than consulting witch doctors, ancestors and other satanic agents.
The other scripture that the Prophet referred the partners to was Psalms 123:1, which says, ‘I lift up my eyes to you whose throne is in heaven’.