What is the foundation of your family?

And God spake all these words, saying, I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.bondage. Exodus 20: 1-2 KJV

A lot of people have been born into bondage. The grandchild of a slave is a slave. The children of Israel went into slavery by an invitation of their forefathers. They were not conquered in war but they walked into it. They went in to solve a problem that came from famine and ended up as slaves in a place where they went in as free men.

In a lot of homes, mostly African homes, have altars that generations are tied to. This altars serve as a covenant between generations to come and the initiators of the altar.

Isaiah tells about the foolishness of man. He talks about the how man makes images to worship from those same things we make use of. Wood that we use as fire, furniture; the same we use as graven images. A lot of us do not have graven images in our homes, but our jewelry, paintings and other things we hold dear have become our own altar and graven image. Such that things begin to go wrong because these things have more importance in our homes and our lives.

Without our knowledge we bring into our lives idols and things that will become a door for which the enemy enters into our lives. Even some of us have unknowingly become a part of idol worship by a reason of where we come from, where we go, who we move with, and those things we hold dear.

God does not take kindly to those people who give more importance to images, lust, material thing above Him. Sometimes we may not have contributed to this, but the effect of it affects us generations after. Why? Because our bloodline has the remnant effect that affects the generations to come after.

Due to this effect a lot fail at the edge of breakthrough, a lot are faced with alcoholism, a lot are faced with lust. Most of these are as a result of the works of our forefathers. Leviticus 26:38-39
A lot of people are wasting away as a result of the iniquity of their fathers, or father’s house. Almost any family is under one of the following or the other

1. A family covenant - an agreement with something or one of the other to do something for with and for them
2. Ancestral yolk - similar to a covenant but different in that it is an attachment to something we are tied to. Some families are tied to alcoholism, some are tied to their women not marrying, and so on
3. Family curse
4. Family inheritance

Some of us bring on ourselves and the life of our children a curse by wanting to buy our way out of laid down family principles.
The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.~ Winston Churchhill
To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.. ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero

What are the remedies to repairing this fault in your foundation? And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed. Acts 16:25-26 KJV

• First we have to have identify what the problem is
• The we need to pray and praise. This shakes the foundations and opens doors. God's presence comes down when we praise and combining it with praying without ceasing seals it
• Repentance from all wrong doings
• Restitution
• Accepting Christ as your Lord and Saviour (be born again into the the new life that Christ offers with open arms)
• Take God seriously, do all you can to do what God wants you to do.

Let your life Preach Christ

"Let us make human beings in our image, make them

reflecting our nature

So they can be responsible" Genesis 1:26 MSG

As Christians we ought to pray, In fact we ought to not just pray but we need to have a prayer plan and list. We need a list so we can pray about everything that affects us and affects the life of the people that God has brought our way. As we pray we must also ensure that our person evangelizes and preach Christ daily. The things we wear, the things we say, how we relate with people and our every day way of life must preach Christ to people around us. 

A little act that we do will affect the life of the person we do it to. Find a way to help people so that your ways can preach the gospel of Christ. There is nobody that bends down to pick somebody up that does not rise up themselves. When you lift someone up, you are also lifted up.

The Power to do the Impossible!

"But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you." ~Acts 1:8

Every single person or individual needs power. That ability and force to make things happen, to influence people through mutual acceptance and acceptability.
However, a lot of people find themselves in a position where they have become powerless (without power).
Mephiboseth, found himself in such a position of powerlessness. He was the grandson of a King (by birth in line for the throne) but because of circumstances he became powerless not of his own effort but that of others. Sometimes because of ignorance we hand over our power to our neighbour, to the enemy, and to those who can use the power that is ours against us. Esau was in such a situation, he handed over his power (birthright) to his younger brother because of hunger that is fleeting. He never realised the full meaning of the power behind a birthright. A lot of Christians have handed over their birthright through their actions and the choices that they have made. While some have had their power taken away from them forcefully or someone in authority over their life handed over power that should be theirs without their consent.

Why would you need power? When you have the power to do the impossible, your life will never be the same again. Your life and situation would experience a great and mighty change. You will have a peace that man cannot touch or shake. The power to do the impossible will put you before your maker.

1. We need power to get ourselves back on the track of life
2. With the power to the impossible you can turn impossible situations around
3. We can turn around our lives from the mistakes we made
4. We need power to do those things God command Gen 1:28
5. With power you can restore yourself to a position of riches and honour Deut 8:18
6. With power you can command the elements and do the seemingly impossible Ps 78: 26-27

Without power we loose our peace and enter into a state of fear and uncertainty. 

It is through power that man is able to prepare for his future. Power when you are young to prepare and store what is needed for your old days. 

How do we get this power?

1. Acts 1:8 Through the holy spirit coming upon you
2. Deuteronomy 8:18 When you remember the Lord thy God
3. Eccl 5:9 As a gift from God
4. John 1:12 Receiving and accepting Christ as Lord and Saviour
5. Prov. 3:27 By not withholding from whom it is due
6. Romans 1:16 Not been ashamed of the gospel of Christ