HEAL OUR LAND - CHRISTINE KIOKO

FEET WASHING

Feet washing

John 13: 2-16

The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. 3 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; 4 so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. 5 After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”7 Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”8 “No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.”Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.”9 “Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!”10 Jesus answered, “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you.” 11 For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not every one was clean.12 When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place.“Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them. 13 “You call me ‘Teacher’and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. 14 Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. 15 I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. 16 Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. 17 Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

What is feet washing?

Feet washing was the act that Jesus did when, after the last supper, he rose up girded himself up with a towel, took a basin of water washed & wiped all of his disciples’ feet.

Peter engaged Jesus in the process telling him that he should also wash his whole body. However, Jesus told him there is no need to do so as he was already clean. Jesus afterwards told his disciples that they should do the same. 

What does feet washing symbolize?

Cleansing: Jesus told his disciples that as they are clean they only need to wash their feet. John 13:10 Christ said…” he who is bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean, and you are clean but not all of you.”

Servitude: Jesus was showing that his ministry is a ministry of serving not of being served.  Christ is the perfect example as he stooped and served his disciples in an act that was for servants at that time.  He took the position of a servant showing by his act that he was a servant as much as he was the Lord and Savior.  

Humility:  By serving and washing his disciples feet Jesus was humbling himself and taking a position of a servant though he was King and Savior.

New beginning: The feet washing marked the end of one season and the beginning of a new one for the disciples and Jesus.  The next event after this was the arrest of Jesus Christ and his trial.

Separation: Jesus told Judas that he should go and do what he was to do quickly.  This was after the feet washing act. This act is a prophetic act of washing and putting away the old and embracing the new. John 13:11…..you are clean but not all of you.

Who should do the feet washing?

Husband to wife, wife to husband

Parents to children

Priests to congregation

Believers in a fellowship

How should we feet wash?

According to the scriptures

Jesus Christ himself took a basin and a towel and washed the disciples feet one after the other and he dried their feet with the towel.

When should we feet wash?

There is no specific time in the scripture that we should feet wash.  Jesus washed his disciples feet after they had had their last supper.

Feet washing can be done at a start of a new season in your life e.g. when changing stations in life, at the entrance of marriage, at educational gates, birthdays amongst others.

It can also be done at the beginning of a New Year, and a new month.

Effects of washing of feet

Feet washing deals with the following in our lives

1.   Breaks the spirit of lameness.

Lameness has been defined as: walking unevenly because of a leg injury or motion impairment, unconvincing, ineffective, boring and old fashioned.

1.1            Effects of lameness

    i.            Confinement.  In the spiritual arena the spirit of lameness will hinder you from moving from glory to glory, and to flow in the things of God. 

ii.            Immobilization or stationary in one area.  It brings stagnation in your spiritual and physical life; there is no or little movement.

iii.            The body becomes a weight or burden.  The things that the Lord has given you to do become burdens, whereas the bible says that the burden of the lord is easy.  If you are called into ministry, the calling becomes heavy and burdensome.

iv.            It is disfiguring.  There is no beauty in your life and the glory of God which is beautifying is absent from your life.  The glory of God beautifies.

    v.            Cannot wear shoes or adorn your feet.  How beautify are the feet of them that brings Good news.  Lameness hinders/or may hinder you from adorning yourself and limit you from sharing the gospel with the people the Lord brings your way.

vi.            Carried from place to place.  Lameness causes you to become a dependant on others to move you from place to place.  There is no direct revelation you receive from the Lord.  You can only dependent on what others are receiving from the Lord.  The bible says we have been made to be priests and kings. (Rev 5:10) The blood of Jesus carries priesthood in it. 

vii.            Unconvincing.  Lameness causes you to become unconvincing, throwing a blanket of disbelief concerning what you are saying or doing.

viii.            Ineffective.  Lameness will cause ineffectiveness in your life, ministry, and business.  You are not an effective minister of the lord.

ix.            Boring and old fashioned.  Lameness can cause you to become old fashioned i.e. not in tandem with the season and times of the Lord.  The children of Israel were instructed to move when the cloud would move and if the cloud was stationery they would likewise stay on the same spot.  How sad for the one who would have said “this is the best place ever! Even if the cloud has moved I will continue to stay on”.  He surely would have missed the plans and purposes of the Lord and missed entering into the land of Canaan.

    x.            Repulsive: Lameness can cause you to become unattractive. Instead of drawing people to you, you end up repelling them.

Feet washing breaks the bonds, chains, fetters and yokes of the lame spirit as its focus is on the feet.

Prayer points

      Father release healing in my feet in the name of Jesus.

      I decree and declare healing in my feet by the blood of Jesus.

      Every fetter, chain of darkness over my feet break in the name of Jesus.

      Every padlock on my feet let the voice of the blood of Jesus thunder against it in the name of Jesus.

      My feet will be bathed in cream in this new season in the name of Jesus.

      Rivers of oil shall flow from the rock in to my life in the name of Jesus. (Job 29:6)

      I will be feet to the lame in the name of Jesus (Job 29:5)

      My feet shall not slip in Jesus Name (Psalms 18:36)

2.     Feet washing deals with the sluggard’s spirit

This is a slow-moving, lazy, or sluggish spirit.

This spirit causes you to have the speed of a snail/or a tortoise in everything you do. This spirit drags you, and you take long to undertake simple tasks. It slows down everything you are engaging in. You try to walk but find that you are unable to move. In some cases, mountains, hurdles and barriers ahead of you cause a slow down. 

This spirit is very active in Africa where we find that projects and aspirations take longer than necessary to pick up and get moving, some never take off and ideas remain at the conception stage.

This is a spirit of the devil and we need to break its hold over our lives, families, and society in the name of Jesus.

Focus: Thank you Lord that as we wash our feet the chains and fetters of the enemy are broken in our lives in the name of Jesus.

When Elijah had an encounter with the prophets of Baal on Mt. Carmel, he thereafter prayed for rain. The bible has says that when he saw a cloud the size of a man’s fist he girded up his cloth and run overtaking the king (Ahab) who was on a chariot with horses.

This same anointing is released during feet washing, (over taker’s anointing) and it is available for you, your feet will gain speed and overtake those with horses and chariots in Jesus Name.

Prayer points

      Blood of Jesus raise your voice over every voice of the sluggard spirit in my life in the name of Jesus.

      Blood of Jesus answer every voice of the sluggard spirit in my life in the name of jesus

     I stand in agreement with what the blood of Jesus is witnessing to the Father concerning my feet in the name of Jesus (Heb 12:24)

      Let the hold of a sluggard spirit break in my life in the name of Jesus.

      I decree and declare that my feet shall have speed by the voice of the blood of Jesus.

      I decree and declare that I operate the over taker’s speed in my feet by the voice of the blood of Jesus.

      I soak my feet with the blood of Jesus.

      Every plan of the enemy to cause me to slow down, by infirmity, wrong circumstances, in my life, marriage, business, scatter in the name of Jesus.

      My feet shall leap over walls like men of war  in the name of Jesus (Joel 2:7)

3.   Feet washing unveils you

When Jesus washed the disciple’s feet, Judas Iscariot true nature was unveiled.  Jesus also unveiled Peter’s heart.  Judas reaction after the betrayal of Jesus was to hang himself.  This lead to death and eternal separation with Christ, Peter on the other hand denying Christ felt ashamed which lead to repentance and reconciliation with Christ, making true the scripture, a righteous man may fall seven times and rise again (Proverbs 24:16).

4.   Feet washing separates you

Prior to the feet washing all the disciples walking with Jesus seemed to have the same purpose, calling, anointing, and heart for the things of God.

After the feet washing there was a separation.  The true nature of the heart of the disciples was revealed. Jesus told Judas Iscariot, to go and quickly do what he was to do.   Peter was told that he would deny Christ that very night.  The feet washing set apart those for Christ and those against Christ. 

When Christ washed their feet, that activity acted as a trigger for the betrayal of Jesus and events moved at an alarming speed ending up with the trial of Jesus Christ.

Prayer points

      Father, introduce me to the world in the name of Jesus.

      Every hidden talent/gift manifest in my life by the blood of Jesus.

      Every ability in my life come forth in the name of Jesus.

      Father, distinguish me in this new season in the name of Jesus.

5.   Feet washing uncovers the veil in your eyes

After the disciple’s feet were washed, the level of interaction with Jesus increased and they were able to understand who Christ the Messiah truly was. The disciples had walked with Christ the messiah for three years here on earth but only after that act did they truly understood what and who Christ the messiah was.

Prayer points

      Open my eyes Father that I may clearly see you in Jesus Name.

      Every veil in my life catch fire in the name of Jesus.

      Every ungodly covering in my life be destroyed by the blood of Jesus.

      Father, I declare and decree that the old is passed behold the new has come in Jesus name.

       Father, let every veil covering my destiny catch fire in the name of Jesus.

      Every veil covering me and my actions be removed in the name of Jesus.

      Every hidden glory in my life, my ministry, my family, my business be uncovered in Jesus name.

       

6.   Feet washing refreshes you

Feet washing was a traditional Jewish custom when guests came into the house.  This was mainly because the Jews used to wear sandals and the roads being dusty, often led to the feet of the people being dusty.  Therefore at the onset of a meal or as a guest was being received in the homestead the servants would wash his feet.  This would make the guest feel refreshed and clean,

Refresh me in the name of Jesus

Refresh my spirit man in Jesus name

Refresh my physical man in the name of Jesus

Revive me and renew me in the name of Jesus 

Further declarations when feet washing

Joel 22:28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

I decree and declare in the name of Jesus that:

• My steps are ordered by God (Psalm 37:23)
• My paths will grow brighter and brighter each day (Proverbs 4:18)
• Gates of nations will open for me (Isaiah 60:11)
• The ground beneath my feet shall be enlarged in Jesus name
• My feet will be like hind’s feet( 2 Samuel 22:34)
• I will soar on heights in Jesus name (2 Samuel 22:34)
• My feet will not slip (2 Samuel 22:37)
• I will tread upon scorpions and Serpents (Psalms 91:13)
• My feet will bear glad tidings only ( 2 Samuel 22:37)
• Godly prints are on the soles of my feet (Job 13:27)
• My feet will be bathed with cream (Job 29:5)
• My feet are set upon the rock, my ways are established of the Lord (psalm 40:2)
• The rock will pour out rivers of oil for me (Job 29:5)
• The overtaking speed and anointing rests on my feet
• Every place my feet steps on I shall possess (deut 11:24 )
• The land whereon my feet have trodden shall be my inheritance, and my children's for ever, (Joshua 14:9)
• I walk in dominion and all things are under my feet (psalm 8:6)
• My feet are beautiful and glorious(Isaiah 52:7)
• Your word is a lamp unto my feet and a light to my paths(psalm 119:105)
• My enemies shall bow at my feet (Isaiah 60:14)
• My feet are anointed of the lord
• My feet will walk the path of life (psalm 16:11)
• My feet will walk in the path of abundance(psalm 65:11)
• My feet are healed in the name of Jesus (Heb 12:13)
• My feet bear the DNA of Christ
• Every lameness is healed in the name of Jesus (Isaiah 35:6)

During the feet washing ceremony

      Repentance and praise and worship.

      Read the Scripture (Refer to the section what is feet washing?)

      Rise up and gird yourself up with a towel, take a basin of water wash & wipe all the feet of those that you are engaging with. (Refer to the section on who should do the feet washing)

      Make Godly declarations over the people you are engaging with.

      Thank God for all that He has done.

PRAYER GUIDE - NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2013

GAP MONTHS

The months of November and December are gap months.  That is, they are the months where we are to speak to the next or the oncoming year in the calendar of God. As we exit the year and plan towards the oncoming year, we need to declare the word  of the Lord over the coming year.  Many times we spend this time reviewing what we have done, and accomplished, missing the opportunity to become prophetic over our lives.    It is an opportunity given to us to speak the word of God into our next year. 

These months, are the months that will shape your next year 2014. There is a window of opportunity for you to prophesy over your incoming year.  As you speak over your coming year, you are stationing the word of God at the doorposts of the gates of your destiny and the gates of 2014.   When the door of time swings open in 2014 it will find the word of God already at your gates and that of your bloodline.

The Lord admonished the children of Israel in Deut 6:9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.   to write the word of the lord on the posts of their houses and on their gates.  May you speak the word of the Lord and declare it on the gates of 2014. 

Knowledge of spiritual times and seasons is a key to moving and walking in the will and purpose of God not only in your own personal lives but in the lives of your nation and the world. 

There is a time and a season for everything king Solomon said in Ecc 3:1-3.  This is the time to speak over your life. 

Death and life lie in your tongue, use it wisely to guide your next year.

My prayer is may the lord anoint your mouth and give you prophetic utterances to speak over your life and that of your bloodline  in Jesus name.

That as the year comes to an end and you enter the year 2014 may the word of the lord already be stationed at your gates

.Prayer Points for 2014

1. Father l station mercy at my  gate of 2014 in the name of Jesus
2. I station the blood of Jesus at the gate of every hour, every day, and every month of 2014 in the name of Jesus.
3. I station the Angel that stands in the presence of God Almighty at the gate of my destiny this year of 2014 in the name of Jesus
4. Be lifted up oh ye gates and let the king of glory enter in, who is the king of Glory he is the Lord God Almighty.  Be lifted up oh ye gates of 2014 and let the King of Glory enter in the name of Jesus 
5. I enter 2014 through the Kings gate in the name of Jesus
6. I access the Kings gate through the kings key in Jesus name.
7. Father l stand in agreement with the year 2014 before your throne of mercy and grace,
8.  l activate by the voice of the blood of Jesus our messiah every……….. (put the below)  that you have for me this year in the name of Jesus

·         plan,

·         purpose,

·         opportunity,

·         season,

·         gifting,

·         idea,

·         revelation,

·         secret knowledge,

·         destiny helper,

·         divine connection,

·         every nation,

·         person,

·         favor,

• grace,
• wealth,

10. I declare with long life will you satisfy me and my bloodline. We shall live for many years.
11. Every agreement with death in 2014 is broken over my life and that of my bloodline in the name of Jesus.
12. I station and raise the banner of Christ over my life and  my bloodline in the name of Jesus.
13. I station the name of the Lord Jesus as a strong tower round about my life and along my path of destiny this 2014 in the name of Jesus
14. I station the Angels of the Lord along my path  this year of 2014 in the name of Jesus
15. Every …………….( put the below ) stationed  along my path of destiny receive the fire of God, let the angel of the Lord pursue you to destruction

·         barrier,

·         attack,

·         valley,

·         mountain,

·         destiny destroyer,

·         destiny diverter,

·         evil spirit,

·        strongman,  

·         evil gatekeeper,

·         demonic cycle  

16. Every strongman of cycles over my life and my bloodline let the voice of the blood of Jesus raise up its cry against you and blot out every wicked cycle in my life and in my bloodline in the name of Jesus.  
17. In 2014 there shall be no activation of wicked cycles in my life and my bloodline in the name of Jesus.  
18. Father contend with every force of darkness that is contending against me at the gate of my destiny in 2014 in the name of Jesus
19. Thunder against every wicked forces of darkness in my life in 2014 in the name of Jesus
20. No weapon fashioned against me in 2014 shall prosper and every tongue that raises up in judgment you mighty God shall condemn in Jesus name
21. I dethrone every wicked king in every area of my life in 2014 in the name of Jesus
22. Father I enthrone you as king in every area in my life in 2014 in the name of Jesus 
23. Father let the voice of the blood of Jesus activate the deposit of God in my life
24. Let there be a manifestation of the deposit of God in my life in a greater measure this year of 2014 in Jesus name.
25. I activate every gift and calling on and in my life by the voice of the blood of Jesus in 2014.
26. This year of 2014 l will walk in the fullness of this activation in the name of Jesus.
27. Father l open the gates of nations by the kings key in 2014 in the name of Jesus.
28. In 2014 Blood of Jesus go into the secret place where I was made, and on the behalf of my bloodline cry mercy in the name of Jesus
29.  I use the king's key to unlock anything that has been locked up in the secret place in my life and that of my bloodline in the name of Jesus in 2014
30. I unlock with the king's key my door of time of 2014 and access everything within that time in the name of Jesus
31. I unlock with the king's key the door of time of 2014 and access everything within that time that is to be released to the body of Christ, in the name of Jesus
32.  Father I worship you, you are wonderful you are worthy of praise, in the heaven lies there is none like you, honor, glory and power belong to you 

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