HEAL OUR LAND - CHRISTINE KIOKO

TIME AND SEASONS

TIME AND SEASONS

God has divided time in seasons, day and night, hours and seconds.  The bible says that there is a time for everything, and a season for everything (eccl 3:1)

God himself is outside of time, but in the creation of mankind, and the earth realm in the beginning, he divided time as a tracker for man.  Man is within time and is governed by time.  When creating day and night he created the sun to rule by day and the moon to rule by night.  ( Gen 1:14-18) and man was given the ability to govern over the earth  realm by God.  That was to be his kingdom.  

In the creation of man the bible says that God knew us in the secret place,before he formed us(Psalm 139:15) and all the days of our lives were numbered before him.  He even knows the hairs of our head.  Before we were made he knew us.  This is because he is the creator, and, as he was creating us and placing us on the time frame here on earth,  he put into place time codes that when we would step in to that time frame we would be activating the handwriting of written codes of our lives and be able to step into the will of God.

 In the journey of life there are certain events, seasons, and knowledge that are locked up in the time frame of a man, and only upon certain times do these truths, events get released in the life of a man.  That is why the world of God says that there is a time and a season for everything, under the sun (eccl 3:1)

In the life of a man and in his journey of life, events are inside of time, and an understanding of these times and seasons will unlock destiny to you.   Every hour is a fragment of a piece of your destiny , and a section of the glory of God being revealed in you. 

Every hour of the day has a specific assignment to it, and to access the assignments to that hour, is by spending time before the lord and dedicating that time before the Lord.  Every hour of the day is a door that opens you up and leads you to your destiny, and one hour leads to another hour that again will lead you to your assignment.  As you dedicate your time before the lord, then what has been locked up and what is tied up in the time frame begins to unlock for you and for your bloodline. 

Every hour should be a breakthrough in our lives for us to access creativity, insight, ideas, and knowledge on the will of God.  Certain hours have direct streams into heaven, and as we consistently spend time before the Lord in prayer we will create the path where we will be able to stream directly into heaven at certain hours at the prompting of the Lord.  Glory to God.

As we invite the lord into the hours, we move into another realm not of the natural we are able to see things that are not in physical. 

Everything God created bows before him and recognized God’s sovereignty. 

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet^[] no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end ( ecc3:11)

Ecc 3:1 There is a time for everything,
    and a season for every activity under the heavens:

2     a time to be born and a time to die,
    a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3     a time to kill and a time to heal,
    a time to tear down and a time to build,
4     a time to weep and a time to laugh,
    a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5     a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
    a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
6     a time to search and a time to give up,
    a time to keep and a time to throw away,
7     a time to tear and a time to mend,
    a time to be silent and a time to speak,
8     a time to love and a time to hate,
    a time for war and a time for peace.

Job 38: 35 God asks Job if the lighting reports to him and says here I am , this is an indication that everything reports before the lord.   That is why when the lions in the den were not able to eat Daniel, because under the command of God they could not eat a man who was highly favoured and whose assignment was not complete here on earth.

Oh lord may you preserve me as I continue in the assignment that you have placed before me in Jesus name.

As we dedicate the hour before the Lord it is also a form of tithe of our time, and as we give it to God he takes it and makes the rest of our time his, that we are able to be in the will of the father, that where we falter he strengthens us.  Glory to God in the highest.

Prayer points

• Father I give you praise, for indeed eternity belongs to you , in heaven there is none to be feared like you.  All the heavenly beings greatly fear and revere you.  I bless you 10 thousand times 10 thousand times because you are great and greatly to be praised. 

• Who is like you who is able to reveal what is in the secret places and the mysteries of your kingdom to a mortal man may your name be greatly praised.

• Father as I present myself before the king of kings at this hour in agreement with time.  Let the things that were sown in the secret place manifest in my life in Jesus name. 
• I unlock the door of time with the kings key and access everything  in this time and season  in Jesus name (Rev 3:7)

• I access opportunities,
• destiny helpers,
• treasuries,
• the fruit of the spirit,
• resources,
• honour,
•  provision,
• glory,
• grace,
• mercy,
• finances,
• gifts,
• talents,
• abilities,
• capacities,
• divine wisdom ,
• secrets,
• knowledge of  the  name of Jesus
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• Father forgive me for any opportunity, that I may have lost in the past due to my ignorance, disbelief, or lack of faith,
• Father in the name of Jesus, I unlock past doors of time in my life with the king’s key and I activate any codes encoded into those times in my life by the blood of Jesus.

• Let the blood of Jesus speak mercy over my past, lost opportunities, chances, insights, revelations, lost glory in the name of Jesus
• Let time collapse, and, every barrier into the past collapse in the name of Jesus, and let that time appear now in the present in the name of Jesus
• Father I pray increase in me the capacity to be at the place where I ought to be in agreement with the time and season in my life in Jesus name
• Let the voice of the blood of Jesus cry speed over my life in the name of Jesus, that speedily I may arrive at my place and time of destiny.
• Jehovah unlock the secrets of time that I walk in the perfect will of the father in the name of Jesus
• I give you praise in the name of jesus

TEN (10) LEADERSHIP TIPS ON COMMUNICATION WITHIN A WORSHIP TEAM

1.         Have a weekly communication between leader and team members

The worship leader/minister should strive to have a one on one with members of the team; this can be deliberately setting out to talk with different members of the team on different days of the week. This creates a sense of well being as the members feel that they belong and are cared for.  The leader will also use this opportunity to bond with the team members and minister to the members on a personal level

2.         Blog:  maintain a blog or a social media page open only to members of the team.  Items that can be posted on this are:

Upcoming events

Housekeeping issues

Rosters for different activites, e.g uniform roster, song leaders for the month, musicians for the month, schedule of leaders for the different services,

Contacts for team members,

Code of conduct for members of the team

Any announcements e.g newborn births, birthdays, anniversaries of members etc

3.         Have a weekly devotional for the worship team members which can be posted on the blog

4.         Develop a manual detailing expectations and duties responsibilities of worship team members

Manual can contain, entry and exit of members, purchase of uniforms, code of conduct for members, practice dates, management of resources and otputs of worship team among others

5.         Have a library of materials, accessable to your team members with literature/music that will grow the team members.  This will help your members quickly become on the same page on many issues.  Hebs 10: 3 …By the  renewal of your mind’  What we put in we speak out, as a man thinks so is he.  Influence your members readership by availing to them Godly resources.  

6.         Have a worship team secretariat that maintains a diary of birthdays of members and have surprise cards or a note send to the members on their birthdays and anniversaries.

7.         Have a list of upcoming songs that the members are expected to know and play (for musicians) available on a monthly basis.  This will help minimize on surprises on stage.  Remember practice makes perfect.

8.         Develop a forum where members share their prayer requests with the  team members.  There are several ways this can be done. 

Group the members into prayer teams  

Have the members have a prayer partner from the team

Have a place where the team puts their prayer requests which are then randomly picked and distributed to team members for prayer during the week.

9.         Have a way of receiving feedback from the team members and from the congregation as well, on how to become better worshippers.

10.       The leadership team should create an opportunity for review of the immediate past service.  This will act as a capture basket for small issues which can easily become mountains, and, it also acts as an instant feedback for input for the next service

JOSEPH'S UPGRADE YOUR UPGRADE

Joseph’s upgrade: Your upgrade

Genesis 40, 41

The above chapters show a portion of the life of Joseph. Joseph was a man who was loved, by his parents, a dreamer, but he landed into slavery sold by his blood brothers.  (May your brothers not sell you into slavery)

The life of Joseph in slavery is a depiction of many lives today.  Many have great dreams, some have even heard the voice of God in their lives, some have been prophesied to by men of God, but their lives are far from what has been spoken.  this is a caption of the life of Joseph in slavery and how he was delivered from the jaws of the enemy, when he was brought before the king

These are 16 things that happened to Joseph during his transition from prison to the palace

1.                  V33 and now let pharaoh look for a discerning and wise man and put him in charge of the land of Egypt.  He had unquestionable favor in the eyes of pharaoh and the rulers in pharoah. 

Lord let me have unquestionable favor in the eyes of the leaders of the nation in the name of Jesus

2.                  The cupbearer/ chief butler remembered him: the chief butler was the man that had the ear of pharaoh who was the leader of the greatest nation in the earth then.  May God cause your cupbearer to remember you?  The person who has the ear of the king.

Let my divine helpers remember me in the name of Jesus

3.                  The Lord gave him ideas that were beyond his time.  His plan on how Egypt was to come out of the famine was divine and inspired of God.  He provided solutions that were 14 years ahead of its time.

God give me ideas that are way ahead of my time in the name of Jesus.  Ideas that are decades beyond my time

4.                  He was brought hastily before the king

Bring me hastily/quickly  before the king

5.                  The king called him.

Let the king call for me

6.                  The king revealed to him his secrets. Confided in him. Dreams are not issues you go discussing all over with everyone you met.  You must be close to the person who is telling you or revealing to you his dreams

Let the king confide in me in Jesus name

7.                   Joseph’s counsel was acceptable to the king and to his servants. 

Let my counsel be acceptable to the rulers of nations in the name of Jesus.  Let my counsel be acceptable to the people in authority in my place of work in the name of Jesus

 

8.                  When the famine was at its peak People came from all over the world to seek for grain from Egypt from Joseph.  He was renowned internationally and his name mentioned all over the world. 

May my name be mentioned internationally in the name of Jesus

 Give me an international anointing in the name of Jesus.

May I provide solutions to the world in the name of Jesus

9.              When the king gave him authority, only the king was over him in terms of the throne.  He actually became the ruler of Egypt by default, overnight on the day he was taken from prison.  He did not have to go through special exams, lengthy preparations, and special courses.  He came from prison to ruler ship. 

May I become a ruler in my time in the name of Jesus

10.              He was given new raiment’s to wear.  Kingly garments.  This was before he came before the king.  His garments had changed.  What he had was removed from him before he set sight to the king.

May my garments change, let my glory become kingly in the name of Jesus

Let my garments become kingly in the name of Jesus

11.              He had a new ride.  After he was given the rulership, he rode in the 2^nd chariot of the king.   If he was walking he now rode the chariot of the king.  He was no longer in the junkies, or hoving, or those that got rides.  He had his own limousine 

12.              He married into the correct family.  Is there someone who is looking to be married. 

May I marry into the correct family

13.              He was fruitful had children in the marriage.  His marriage was not a barren marriage.

let my life be fruitful

14.              He was given wisdom above his peers.  The king used to surround himself with people who were superior in knowledge in their various fields.  Yet none had a solution to the king’s problem.  They did not know the dream; neither did they know its interpretation. 

15.              There was relocation.  He moved into the leafy suburbs of the nation.  He overnight moved from the prison to the palace.  In the nation or the world over you will find that there are different levels of doing business, different living standards.  You may think it okay to live in the estates and do business of hundreds on a daily basis.  But there are men and women who do businesses of millions and billions in a single transaction.  Some people are okay if they earn 1,000USD- per deal, but other people that is what they spend over the weekend or at a seating.  Prior to that Joseph had been in charge of the prisons. ( Genesis39: 22,23)  These are the lowest and the dirtiest places to be in ( if you take Kenyan prisons as an example)  he moved from prison business to national and international business of multi millions.

 Relocate me oh lord.  In the name of Jesus. 

Relocate my house into the leafy suburbs of this city.

Relocate my business into the high realms of doing business in this land and the world over in the name of Jesus

Let me begin to do business worth billions in a single deal in the name of Jesus

16.              What he ate changed even before he came before the king.  He could not be brought before the king hungry dirty, and smelling with the old garments of the prison.  He had to be feed, changed and had to smell good.

May you be upgraded in your life in the name of Jesus

Role of a worship leader

what is the role of the worship leader
Sometimes it is not clear what exactly is the role of the worship leader. Many times a worship leader, is the song leader during the service, carries out pastoral duties, is a group leader, a full time ( or not )staff member, a member of the congregation. It may seem to be many things to many people. The roles depends on where you are standing!. That influences how you quite see the praise and worship leader.

To the congregation

He is the song leader,
The person who invites and takes them into the holy presence of God.

He at the same time may speak the word of God to the congregation, encouraging them with scriptures as they come before God

To the worship team/choir:

• He is the leader,
• Offers guidance and couselling
• Song leader
• Mentor

He selects the songs with suggestions(sometimes!) from his team members. His team mates will view him as a mentor by reason of the annointing that rests upon his life. People tend to view the men and women that God uses tremendously as role modes.

How does the word of God view him:

• He is the servant of God; answerable to God and accountable to God for his actions
• He is a person who serves/ministers under authority of the mantle of the angel of the house.
  
• He is the minister who oversees the different expressions of ministration to God through music and other arts.
• He is a song leader; David led the priests in praise, when he met the prophets and the spirit of the lord descended on him
• He is the The keeper of the flame; the oil in the tabernacle was kept burning by the priests who tended it day and night. The levites who are the priests ensured the oil in the lamp did not go out. The worship leader has the responsibility to ensure that the oil in the tabernacle does not go out. He is the leader of the keepers of the flame.
  
• Drawer of the glory of God; the word of God has reports that when sacrifices were made to the Lord at the tabernacle, when the priest lifted their voices in praise, the glory of God came down and no one could go into the tabernacle. the priest with their praise drew the glory of God to the tabernacle. Says may our praise be like incense to him, God inhabits the praise of his people
• kept away the spirit of the devil; when Saul was tormented by an evil spirit, David was called before Saul and ministered to him in song and the evil spirit departed from him.( 1 kings)
  
• Sustains the anointing; in the old testament when the prophet needed to prophesy, they often had a musician come and begin to minister to the lord in song and instrument, and the anointing of God would come upon the Prophet and his spirit would be stirred up and he would be able to prophesy to the people. you will therefore find that many ministers when ministering to the people often like to have music in the background. It sustains the anointing and continually charges the atmosphere
  

In the present day ministration praise & worship is taking an increasing major role in the services. Many services comprise of praise, announcements, and, the sermons and I belive that as the days continue as the Lord continues to unveil his glory he will use more of the ministers of worship where the glory of the lord will cover his people as they worship and lift his name.