Those who contend for the soul of this nation, are not not resting on their oars. Underneath the obvious is an evil spiritual force fighting for the right to steal, kill and destroy the soul of this Nation. The Masters command to his disciples is not to disciple individuals, but to make disciples of Nations. God is interested in National influence and discipleship, the alignment of people groups is more important to him than the alignment of individuals. The shameless events being perpetrated by those who will stop at nothing to exert influence over this nation is disturbing, and even though we are in the season of ACTION, we are in that time as well, when we must pray. Trust me, prayer ranks high on our to do list, cause there is nobody there today to engage, nobody to walk against or publish anything about.
It’s not as if we haven’t been praying though, I only doubt if we have all been praying about the right things, I also doubt if we have the full picture about prayer. True prayer must be backed up by receiving action. Elijah prayed earnestly that it would not rain and for three and a half years it did not rain. It took another fervent prayer to release the clouds, before the clouds made sense he ran, he was sure that God doesn’t store prayers. When Jesus decreed about the fig tree, it wasn’t go and come back, it dried up! The true measure of prayer power is not length, it’s function. Today is not the day of diplomacy or standing in the middle, today is the day to take a prayer stand, backed up with the willingness to surrender ourselves to the process of answered prayers. Please circulate this far and wide, this is prayer with ultimatum, this is the time where we back up our prayers with oaths and a fast until our eyes see that which our soul desires. Here are the prayer points.
1. Pray that the powers contrary to God’s, holding Nigeria to ransom will be displaced, and their ministers put to public shame.
2. Pray that the military forces that are about to be employed to sabotage this nations destiny will collide with themselves and make a mess of themselves, that in the places where they gather to collaborate they shall be thrown into confusion.
3. Pray for Harvest, that all who have perpetrated evil in Nigeria should enter into their season of harvest. Pray that God brings this to past hastily!
4. Pray that God will reverse the coup plot that has already happened, that the military leaders will self destruct.
5. Pray for Jonathan Goodluck, that God will grant him courage to execute all the power brokers that heaven has already executed. The he will be able to execute the already declared judgement and bring the axe to bear on the root of all the appropriate people.
6. Pray, that everyone who slacks in executing the desires of heaven over Nigeria will suddenly lose their throne and relevance, while it becomes available to one who will steer Nigeria into its destiny. Declare in the realm of the Spirit, Jonathan, you have less than 3 days to act! Are you the one, or do we await another??
7. Pray that like the Children of Israel, God will deliver the soul of the New Nigeria from this old and decaying debris. That God will kill all the firstborn of the people occupying the spiritual positioning of Egypt, that they will lose all their resources to the New Nigeria, and will be afflicted by many plagues.
8. Pray that Nigerian acting leaders will not miss this small window of opportunity that has been created to finally put Nigeria on the right track. Pray that God will deliver us from the spirit of sluggishness and inaction.
There is so much more I desire that you pray, but this is enough for now. This is not the time to complain or lament. It’s not the time to analyze and paralyze. It’s not the time to wish and hope. It’s true that the military is deploying and acting as if there is already a coup, it’s true that the nation seems at the mercies of an unelected presidents wife. This is time however to pray. Not prayers of God let their be peace – at this time that’s totally praying in error (read Jeremiah 29). Those who pray prayers of peace at this time are false prophets. The soul of Nigeria must be delivered by violent action.
{Ojo nlo, Jonathan!, ma na gere, soji, jasi asiko re ni yi oh}
You who are destined to take position, do not slack. These are no mere prayer points, this is a declaration that those for whom it’s been created need only step into the scene! Selah.
19 thoughts on “Nigeria – A time to PRAY”
I love this one and my spirit agree with it absolutely. The prayer points listed are quite good and needed at this point, this will be a good guide for our mind to focus on. I will also like to admonish as many people reading this post and are christians who believe in Praying in tongues to do so more than praying in understanding, that way we can ensure more effectiveness in prayer because it helps us to short circuit vain repetition. I believe God will answer our prayers.
Please Deolu, if possible can we strenghten this prayer call more by selecting specific day(s) like a chain at least for readers of this website, thank you. I'm off to use these points to pray for our nation.
God spoke yesterday: He said He was tired and now making us ‘Acting Gods’…. (Please pardon my blasphemy n sarcasm).
Numbers 25: typifies the Nigerian situation… It was a really messy situation… It was a revolution of some sort…Until men rose up to execute judgement…the plagues (ills, shame, death) in the country was unabated. Remember… ‘cos sentence against an evil work is NOT executed speedily, the hearts of men are EAGER in doing them – Eccl. 8:11
My hero in this drama was PHINEHAS (not the son of Eli)… he was fed up with the ineffectual prayers in the church, tired of the bed-side chat n debates on the national integrity… He rose up and ACTED (i do not recommend violence)..not until then before the ‘national plague’ ceased. He was later called a righteous man (Psalm 106: 30).
Guys, are you not tired? People are on the edge… do you not observe body-languages on the street? do you not see tensions running high? do you not see frustrations, smell restlessness…and all the youth can do is to run side-commentaries and pray. Mr.Deolu… I believe in Prayers and will pray… but Let this Generation of unwilling and passive youth…add action to their prayers… Dont look for a leader…Please stand-Up and be the Leader.
Yes Deolu we ll pray but Goodluck who is saddled with the responsibility of leadership must stand up for what he believes in, like Atike stood his grounds during the crazy days of Obj. I believe God has great plans for Nigerians but we as a people must be willing…..
Nigeria, a Nation greatly beloved by God. Thou shall not fall. Isa 60:2 …For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon (Nigeria) and his glory shall be seen upon the People of Nigeria…
What God did to the Egyptians (Exodus 19:4) is what He is about to do to all those dt troubles His beloved Nation Nigeria. We must pray aright and act aright. Enough is Enough!
God has set all His children over this Nation, we must do what He has us to do. Jer1:10
Yes indeed i agree it is a time to pray for our nation. . . but not in the light you have spoken. Executing anyone and passing judgement lies only with our creator and we should not make a mockery of it.
We have all failed to realize that this is the first time our nation has gone through a successful civilian to civilian transition so we are still in the process of developing ourselves. It is not over.
We need not stir up anymore primordial sentiments by calling people to action but rather we must adhere to the fundamental tenets of our existence which is Justice. Yes, we have been wronged and we are paying dearly for it but as a nation, we must pull ourselves together and look within us where there lies the spirit of kinship.
Indeed, the next few days will be a deciding factor in our quest to survive as a democracy so we must be very keen on how we carry about ourselves.
Long Live the Federal Republic of Nigeria! ! !
Hmmmm…it's indeed a time to pray. Revolution is imminent.
I regularly will advocate action, haven prayed as a nation for so long. But in my heart of hearts I know, that not many of us know what to do at this junction.
We are gods, and sons of the most high, to not take the responsibility given us would be to cheat generations unborn.
Tigba ba dojude a ma si ni, bi o si se si a ma fo danu, this is war, what birth orange revolution is not anyway close to what we are experiencing. How can this be happening, when can boast of the best in all fields why not also in leadership, Awon to nni Nigeria Lara inu inira ni atomodomo won ma kusi. Haba, Enough is enough.
A clarion call indeed! The need 2 stay on our watch can not be overemphasized. God save Nigeria!
The Bible says that if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, I will pardon them their sins and heal their land. Oga Deolu, you are very correct sir, there is this funny but wonderful prayer that we always pray at Project PUNCH, it is that every organized organization trying to disorganize Nigeria, may the Lord use HIS supreme organized power to disorganize their organization.
We shall watch and also pray,when the need to act shows up we will arise as well and show forth strenght. But for 2day the acting president must take responibility while we make fundamental declarations in the place of prayer. To every season there is a time and time to every purpose under heaven….this is our time pls let’s make generations proud,in all decisions u make be wise….shalom
I definitely have been have been touched by this and I will join in prayers as well as take Actions to see that Nigeria is great again
What they have plotted and planned will not see the light of day..God brought out the Isrealites from Egypt with a mighty hand and the killing of their sons was to wipe out generations, so that there is no trace and He God finished the job when He drowned the pursuing Egyptians..Indeed Overtake go overtake for this Nation! God is counting on us to stand and pray His will for this Nation, Nehemiah did it, and so many other Prophets..but my scripture for now is some King Hosea may need to pass on for Isaiah to see the Lord.. Check out Isaiah 6-1, God bless Nigeria and may we not end up like the last part of Isaiah 6 in Jesus name amen
Wow…this is a very good and timely piece.We all need to pray in agreement.The youths and the elders of this nation….
Prayer of agreement is critical for our survival as a nation…but that’s where the problem is..
Nigeria …. as presently constituted can never agree on a thing…NEVER..
It wont be a big deal to realise that southern nigerians would willingly support this prayer call but the average northerner thinks you’re out of your mind….everything is perfectly OK…..so why pray?lol…
We have a long way to go but I only hope Goodluck will have enough of goodluck to steer the nation in the right path…
I quite agree with Deolu’s comment that by and large, a lot of us do not know what to do at this juncture….Those Specific, Measureable and Actionable next steps that need to be learned first, then actioned and its impact measured accordingly.
To make a broad contribution to the comments offered here and express mine, I will like to draw a parallel between the plight of Nigeria today and that of the Israelites in biblical Egypt.
It had been foretold their ancenstor Abraham that they would spend 400 years in a foreign land Gen 15:13. (eventually they spent 430 years Ex 12:40).
The bible records that the process of redemption started when their cries reached unto God (God told this to Moses in Exo 3:7 when he was giving Moses his mandate)
We as a nation can be likened to being past “our 400years” and ready to move to the next level of development only possible in an atmosphere fostered by peace and unity.
I believe that our generation needs to begin to “cry” now…not only to to a Deity per se but also so that the reluctant Moses(es)can shake off this reluctance.
While I do not lay claim to having a solution to making this happen any fater than it is happening today, I do believe the legislative arm(s) of government is a good place to start non violent change.
I do not say this because of the calibre of persons who are in those positions today but because this body should represent the interest of the electorate and can be compelled into action with the least fear of retaliation.
If we make concerted efforts to get there….as messengers and as the message…as enlighteners and the enlightened, I believe our sheer numbers and theirs can make a difference.
I have heard a school of thought quote hisotry to say that change is only possible through violent revolution….I say we rather learn from history not to REPEAT IT!
Nigeria today cannot pay the price that nations that went through revolution have paid and in some cases continue to pay…The lessons from BIAFRA are still fresh in the minds of those who paid. Even in secession is the answer, it can avoidable be non-violent!
let us first determine that things can be done and then we will find a way….A non violent way….it always starts with a possibility.
The words of our very own national anthem sums all I have written the best
Arise O Compatriots (you and I)
Nigeria’s call obey (our nation is crying)
To serve our father land with love and Strength and faith (not to fight it or our brothers)
The labor of our heroes past shall never be in vain
To serve with heart and might (giving our best)
One nation bound in freedom, Peace & Unity
That is our problem in this country. For too long we have been offering ourselves palliatives rather than taking the difficult road to national freedom. We always complain once our comfort zone is threatened in any manner. We start looking for palliatives – usually outside our agreed Constitution – just to push Doomsday a little further away. We postpone our national problems for our children to solve; after all we too inherited it from our fathers.
When we need to take decisions about our nationhood and our destiny as a people, we pray to GOD for this cup to pass over us. And every time, GOD answers our prayers.
Most times, take the wrong actions because of deliberately wrong diagnoses of the problems. We congratulate ourselves for the brief relief we get but when the real results of our wrong prescriptions stare us in the face, we wonder why GOD has forsaken us.
Does GOD love us more than He loves South Africa? Do we know how many people died in that country even after Mandela was freed from prison and before he became President? Maybe that is the price they had to pay for the freedom and the relative prosperity they enjoy. Are we ready to pay the price?
Over a million people perished in our senseless civil war but to what ends? Maybe that was not enough. Maybe we need to do more, a little more to secure the unity and freedom we crave. Maybe GOD demands a little bit more from us.
By what divination did we arrive at the conclusion that Jonathan is the best person for the job? Who says Turai cannot be a more purposeful vessel to lead us to our national goals? In this drama, I submit, she has shown more balls than all the men put together.
And if we believe that she is wrong, then let us do the RIGHT things. Why is it so difficult for Nigerians to just follow simple instructions as outlined in our Constitution. Between sections 143 to 145, we have enough grounds to remove him/her that troubles Nigeria. We don't need to resort to any phantom BBC interview to do what is right.
If we need to pray, then let us pray that the men and women who have the opportunity to make the laws do so with the love of Nigeria above all else in their hearts. They are the ones who need prayers. Not Nigeria.
Nigeria has no problems.
We have been praying ever since only it's time to be more fervent in our prayers against the cabals.
Nothing Pass prayer. We serve a prayer answering God. One of the things i know about Him is that, He answers critical prayers speedily.
Yea,you are very right deolu If we pray ernestly with a holy heart, the lord will surely step into this nation and deliver us from these devourers who are bent on even destroying the heritage of the coming generation