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

Weapons Of Our Warfare

WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE

 The bible admonishes us that the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but they are mighty to the pulling down of strongholds.

When praying we need to pray smart, i.e specific measurable, attainable, being Realistically, With a time frame.

An understanding of the weaponry at our disposal will enable us to fight more effectively and become over comers.  An understanding of the weapons we have at our disposal, will enable us to apply them strategically against the enemy of our souls

 Many countries spend billions of their money to train their soldiers and equip them to understand the weapons that they can employ against the enemy in whatever situation.  In fact the security budget is the largest in any given country and is given top priority.  A lot of research goes into security and new weapons are always being developed and tested, so that the army may remain relevant 

 Likewise as believers we should always seek to read and research on the weapons that we can use against the devil and his demons.  An understanding of the weapons of our warfare will enable us to deploy them more effectively and we become snipers in the hand of our master and saviour.  

 Today we will examine the first weapon which is :

1.                 The blood of Jesus

 “I’ve heard that” I can almost hear you say!!! But truly, a deeper understanding of what the blood is and what it did for us will enable any one to become more effective in their prayer life.  Many times we do not clearly understand what kind of victory the blood bought for us, and we only use it lightly.

It is by far one of the most powerful weapon we have in our armory of weapon

 When Jesus died on Calvary, Golgotha, and his blood touched the earth, several things happened,

• there was an earthquake,
• the graves opened,
• the curtain at the temple tore into two,
• there was darkness on the earth for 3 hours. 

It was a defining moment in time, in all history.  The defeat of Satan was being finalized. 

 You see this was the second time Satan was being defeated by the blood. In revelation 12, we read of Satan being cast out of heaven and before he was cast out there was war in heaven where Michael the archangel and his army fought the devil, and cast him out.  The bible says they overcame him by the blood of the lamb and by the word of their testimony. ( a thousand amens!!!)

 

From then on Satan hated the seed of the woman, and he relentlessly pursues man because of the defeat he suffered, in heaven,(Genesis 12) read it please!!!!, it is simply delicious!!!.  

 We are in a battle standing in a position of victory, because the weapon we are using has already defeated our enemy and will continue to defeat him every time he comes into contact with it.

 That is why when even under extraneous circumstances someone can call on the name of the Lord and the blood of Jesus and the demons and Satan have no choice but to move. 

 What the blood of Jesus does

• It cleanses us from sin, confess your sins and ask for the cleansing of the blood
• It becomes a covering to us as we approach the throne room of the Lord for Mercy ( it is not by our works but by the blood of Christ)
• The blood speaks ( it has a voice) of a better promise to us
• It bloats out ( wipes out) ordinances(curses, stuff) written/ spoken over our lives
• The blood gives us a new relationship with God in that we now become his sons and heirs of his kingdom.
• The blood makes us have a covenant relationship with Christ.  All that he has is ours and all that we have is his.
• The blood overcame satan in heaven, when he was cast out, here on earth by the death of Christ on the cross.  So whenever we use it, Satan is reminded of his defeat.    

  No matter how stubborn an issue has been or no matter how long it has been in existence, the blood of Jesus when applied to that issue or situation can bring a complete turnaround.

 How can I say that, look at what the blood of animals did when Israel was delivered from Egypt.  They had been in bondage for over 400 years, ( I am yet to met/hear  a person  who is 200 years), but with a divine promise (covenant ) and the blood of the Passover, God delivered them overnight, with wealth, riches, favour, freedom, etc.  What then can the blood of Christ which is divine with the a divine covenant of God for Salvation do?  Is there any thing too hard for the Lord

 Further look at what God did when the walls of Jericho came down, the people had just been circumcised, blood had just been poured evoking a covenant of circumcision and walls which had stood for years, strong, unshakeable, immovable, fell down in one go.  Is there any thing too hard for the Lord.

 When Solomon in his dedication of the temple to the Lord slaughtered thousands of animals.  Historians say that the blood that flowed  that day was like a river, and it ran for days. That blood (of animals ) caused God to visit Solomon that night and ask him what he wanted God to do for him.

 We could go on and on, the blood of animals did so much in the old testament, can you imagine the divine, pure, unadulterated, holy blood of the lamb Jesus!!!! It is the ultimate weapon.

 Prayer points

• I activate the speaking of the blood of Jesus
• in my life,
• in my destiny,
• in my marriage,
• in my ministry,
• in my family,
• in my work,
• in my body, in the name of Jesus

 

• I activate the speaking of the blood of Jesus
• upon my foundations,
• my roots,
• my beginnings,
• my birth, in the name of Jesus

 

• I silence the voice of any blood shed in any sacrifice, covenant, agreement, bond, ritual, rite, ceremony, concerning me, by the voice of the blood of Jesus in Jesus name

 

• I bloat out the handwriting of ordinances written against me in the heavenlies, in the earth, under the earth by the blood of Jesus

( these should be prayed repeatedly,  tenaciously, with violence, holy anger, aggression, for a minimum of five minutes each)