Word of Life Devotional

Our focus today is on Worship, Adoration and Thanksgiving

Friends, I will like us to look at what the scriptures say about thanksgiving, Praise and Worship before we can pour out our heart gratitude to our Father.

Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise: give thanks to Him and praise His name. For the Lord is good and His love endures forever, His faithfulness continues through all generations. Ps100:4-5.

Let everything that has breadth praise the Lord. Ps150:6.

May the praise of God be in their lips and a double-edge sword in their hands. Ps 149:6

Give thanks in all circumstances for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1Thes5:18.

Praise, Worship, Thanksgiving and Adoration should be a lifestyle. Let us live praising, worshipping and thanking God and He will always inhabit our praises.

Let us Praise God now:

1. Thank God for sustaining Buea Community Church for these past five years
2. Thank God, for making you part of this vision.
3. Give thanks to God for the growth and increase of Buea Community Church
4. Thank God for blessing and connecting Buea Community Church with the three Networks (The Christian Network in South Africa, Ground Level Network in UK and Grace Network in the US)
5. Let us thank God for the consistent support coming from these three Networks.
6. Let us thank God for the theme of the Conference “Bringing in the Harvest.”
7. Thank God, for the harvest He has prepared for Buea Community Church.
8. Let us thank God for making the field ready for the harvest.
9. Let us praise God for the blessings that are tied to the harvest.
10. Please do pause and sing songs of worship and then worship God

Welcome to day 4 of our prayer chain. Today we are praying for the Bakweri tribe, the people who live in Bonduma, Buea and for the nation of Cameroon.

1. Worship God
2. Read the scriptures
   1. Pro 14:34 KJV Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
   2. Rev 14:6-7 KJV And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, (7)  Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
   3. Rev 5:9-10 KJV  And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;  (10)  And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
   4. 2Co 10:3-5 KJV For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:  (4)  (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)  (5)  Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
   5. Luk 4:18 KJV  The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
3. Pray for Bakweri People
   1. The Bakweri people have had a lot of bloodshed for the sake of land! Pray therefore for the Lord to have mercy on the land.
   2. Pray for the strongholds of tradition to be broken so that the indigenes can be set free to serve the Living God, and added to the fold. (Very few Bakweris have believed who come from this area, after so many years of fasting, prayer and evangelism carried out in this area). Their refusal to accept strangers is a disservice not only   to their physical development but more so spiritually.
   3. Ask the Holy Spirit to prepare their hearts to open up to the gospel when they hear it preached.
   4. Pray that God will save men of influence in Buea, from several domains of life – governor’s office, council, military, medical doctors, financial authorities, Police, warders, business people, etc
   5. Break the power of unbelief in the people’s hearts
   6. Break the backbone of religion. Many hang on a hollow form of religion/church made up mostly of Church activities but lack a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ and do not experience a life of victory in Christ Jesus.
   7. Pray that more Bakweris will be called into the ministry: Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Teachers, Pastors, etc so as to take the gospel to their fellowmen.
   8. Thank God for the fertility of the land and the produce it brings forth.
4. Spiritual Warfare:
   1. Watch the follow video clip about life in Buea to help better pray: http://www.bakweri.com/2008/02/a-video-clip-of.html
   2. Bind and paralyse Efasa Moto, believed to be the god of Mount Cameroon in Buea by the Bakweri people. More here: http://www.bakweri.com/2007/01/efasa_moto_the_.html
   3. The Liengu cult is primarily a medicinal rite that leads to the induction of the patient into the powerful mermaid cult. Bind the spirit of Liengu in Buea. Read here: http://www.bakweri.com/2007/06/the-liengu-cult.html
   4. Bind the spirit released through the Eyu and Motio rites. Read here: http://www.bakweri.com/2007/07/the-eyu-and-mot.html
   5. The symbol of the Bakweri people is the elephant or Njoku. Bind the spirits that are released through the elephant dance. Ask for the deliverance of those possessed by this spirit.
   6. Four kinds of rituals are performed on pregnant women among the Bakweri. Ask for cleaning for those women who were subjected to these rituals. More here: http://www.bakweri.com/2005/05/strongperformer.html
   7. Bind the strong man of the city, who has kept people in darkness.
   8. Bind the spirit of religion that operates in the city of Buea.
   9. Overthrow the prince of the power of the air in Buea.
   10. Bind the spirit of “Opasa Moto” – the god of the land.
   11. Bind the power of witches and wizards. See http://www.bakweri.com/2008/07/an-african-expl.html
   12. Bind spirits that operate from Mount Cameroon and from the forest. Bind spirits operating from the nearby sea in Limbe.
5. Pray for foreigners living in Buea.
   1. Most churches are made up mostly not by the indigenes but by foreigners. Pray that the Bakweris will be hospitable and welcoming to foreigners.
   2. Pray against any land issues between the Bakweris and foreigners for peace to reign.
   3. Pray that the fear of God will rain down on the people and that righteousness will sweep across the land. Pray that as the rain of God’s presence and power falls, even stones will be soaked in brokenness and repentance as we pray.
   4. Pray on as the Spirit continues to lead you for Bonduma, Buea, Cameroon.

Welcome to day 3 of our prayer chain. Today’s focus is on praying for Buea Community Church (BCC) and the partners God has given us for the work of the ministry.

1. Worship God
2. Read the scriptures
   1. 2Co 8:23 ESV As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for your benefit. And as for our brothers, they are messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ.
   2. Luk 5:4-7 ESV And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.”  (5)  And Simon answered, “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.”  (6)  And when they had done this, they enclosed a large number of fish, and their nets were breaking.  (7)  They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.
   3. 1Co 3:9 ESV 9) For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s field, God’s building.
   4. Mat 16:17-18 ESV And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.  (18)  And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
   5. Eph 6:11-12 KJV Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.  (12)  For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
   6. Mat 28:19-20 GW So wherever you go, make disciples of all nations: Baptize them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  (20)  Teach them to do everything I have commanded you. “And remember that I am always with you until the end of time.”
   7. Also read: Ecclesiastes 4:9-12; Philippians 1:1-11
3. Pray for BCC
   1. Leaders to keep away from sin and focused on God.
   2. The destructive influence of gossip in the Church
   3. Ability to connect with the vision and mission of the Church
   4. Supernatural growth in numbers and in the spirit
   5. Break spiritual forces of evil rising up against the church
   6. Boldness on those who need to step out as leaders
   7. Pray that each member at BCC will be passionate about following Jesus and serving Him.
   8. Pray for mind renewal for those who still have a worldly or cultural mind that is preventing them from moving forward in God.
   9. Pray that God will strengthen marriages at BCC.
   10. Pray that BCC children will fear God and desire Him daily.
   11. Pray for young adults at BCC for God’s direction in the areas of jobs, marriage plans, travel plans, school plans, etc.
   12. Pray for open doors for employment and financial blessings.
   13. Pray for the power of creativity, innovation and divine business ideas.
   14. Pray that everyone at BCC will be actively involved in doing something to bring people into the Kingdom of God. That everyone will find and put their talents and gifts to use for God’s glory.
   15. Break the power of laziness in the lives of those who are poor because they are lazy. Ask God to pick them up from the dust where they are.
   16. Pray for those who may be living consciously in sin: drunkenness, fornication, lying, stealing, adultery, gossip, bitterness, backbiting, jealousy, laziness, traditional/cultural practices, anger, Unforgiveness,
   17. Pray for the team of missionaries coming to BCC next year for a very high spiritual impact on BCC members
4. Pray for our Partners in the gospel
   1. Thank God for Julius Esunge and his family in the US. Pray for their protection, blessings, provision, promotion and continuous desire for God and is ministry through HOIM.
   2. Pray for Pastor Jack Groblewski who leads grace Network and pastors NC4.org. Ask God for grace to cope with work, family and ministry demands.
   3. Pray for Pastor Francois in South Africa together with his family and ministry team for God to continue to anoint and use them in the nations of the world.
   4. Pray for Stuart Bell and his family in England for renewed strength to continue with the work of the ministry at his Church and at Ground Level Network.
   5. Pray for more financial and prayer partners for all our co-labourers