The tortoise and the scorpion...

There once was a flood on an island and a scorpion who could not swim panicked.  

To save his life he needed to get across the waters to a safe place. The water was rising and so too was his fear…

He found a rather unsuspecting tortoise and asked if he would give him a lift to cross the waters.

The tortoise knowing the reputation of a poisonous scorpion refused!

But the Scorpion begged the Tortoise to save his life…He confessed that he didn’t know how to swim and needs help to get across.

The Scorpion said: “You swim like a dream, and you have what I lack. Let’s say you take me across on your back?”

The tortoise exclaimed, “Are you joking? You’ll sting me while I’m swimming and I’ll drown.”

“My dear tortoise,” laughed the scorpion, “If I were to sting you, you would drown and I’d go down with you! Now where is the logic in that?”

The tortoise replied: “You’ve a less than ideal reputation preceding:

there’s talk of your victims all poisoned and bleeding.

You’re the scorpion — and how can I say this — but, well,

I just don’t feel safe with you riding my shell.”

The scorpion replied, “What would killing you prove?

We’d both drown, so tell me: how would that behoove

me to basically die at my very own hand

when all I desire is to be on dry land?”

The tortoise considered the scorpion’s defense.

When he gave it some thought, it made perfect sense.

The niggling voice in his mind he ignored,

and he swam to the bank and called out: “Climb aboard!”

But just a few moments from when they set sail,

the scorpion lashed out with his venomous tail.

The tortoise too late understood that he’d blundered

when he felt his flesh stabbed and his carapace sundered.

As they both sank to the bottom, the tortoise, resigned to his fate and as he fought for his life, turned to the scorpion and said, “Do you mind if I ask you something? You said there is no logic in you stinging me. So why did you do it?”

“It has nothing to do with logic,”  the drowning scorpion replied.  “It’s just my nature!”

Moral: It is in the nature of some to hurt others. Even when you want to be kind to them. So please be careful who you allow in your life.

Importance of prayer

I'm in a new series of teaching in Creole that I believe will radically change your life. 

Every success is a prayer success.

We need to learn how to pray. The disciples asked Jesus: "Lord teach us to pray..." - Luke 11:1
It is obvious then that prayer needs to be taught. There are therefore Principles and Priorities when we pray.
In this new series, you will learn:

• Prayer heritage
• Revelation of the 12 names of God for relationship.
• 7 'C' principles of Prayer
• 2 kinds of will of God
• 4 places to discover the general will of God
• 6 'P' priorities of Prayer

"...The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective." James 5:16

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- CFCI Bookshop, Port Louis.

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- Tabernacle, Beau Bassin

- DVD Disc Sales, Grand Bay

21Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 1...

As Daniel fasted and pray, he received:

• Heavenly vision with Godly revelation and instructions - Dan. 10:7
• He was given spiritual understanding - Dan. 10:11-12
• He received spiritual strength - Dan. 10:19
• He was shown truth - Dan. 11:2

Daniel received a revelation of the operation of the spiritual realm. Things were shown to him. The future were revealed to him.
We are children of the New Testament and we have received the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit pours the love of God into our hearts (Rom. 5:5) and also reveal us the future (Jn. 16: 13-14).
We have the blood of Jesus - Rev. 12:11

And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
(Heb 11:39-40)

• Pray for revelation, instructions and spiritual understanding.
• Pray for truth to be revealed.
• Repent and pray for spiritual strength.
• Pray for a fresh outpouring...

Passover meal

In the Old Testament, the Passover was the night of deliverance. Passover in HBW 'Pesach' means protection. The Lord will stand and protect. Many redemptive names of God can be placed here.
The passover is founded upon Blood Covenant!
In Exodus 12, God gave specific instructions and informed the Children of Israel to keep the passover as a memorial and as a feast to the Lord throughout your generations (Exo.12:14).

What manifested the power of deliverance? 
The Blood of the lamb! 

We need to learn some vital issues and it is my duty to rightly teach you the Word. If the blood of an animal manifested the delivering power of the Lord's hand, how much more will the blood of Jesus perform Salvation, deliverance, healing, favors, blessings, protection for us! 

Let's quickly learn two things:
1. The power of the blood manifested God's hand for deliverance - Exo.13:3 
2. The purpose of the blood for deliverance was to worship and serve the Lord - Exo.12:31 

Many speaks of the blood for deliverance but this is not the end, rather it is the beginning. It is also important to point out that they were to apply the blood by faith on 3 parts of the door. 
In the New Testament, Jesus dealt with the sin nature through the blood covenant - Matt. 26: 26-30.

There are 3 things that give access to the devil: 
1. Sin 
2. Transgression 
3. Iniquity 

There are also 3 things that causes us to sin: 
1. Lust of the flesh 
2. Lust of the eyes 
3. Pride of life 

The blood would provide protection on judgment when applied by faith - Exo.12: 12-13.

Here are some more benefits/blessings that the blood put into motion: 

• The blood protects against the destroyer. John 10:10 tells us the devil is a destroyer, but he can have no access once we apply the blood by faith. 
• The blood strengthens. Psalms 105 records this miraculous night and described the children of Israel who were hardworking slaves, yet not one was feeble! (Ps.105:36-37). What a difference between what the Apostle Paul described the church of Corinthians in regards to the Lord's supper. The Lord's supper was celebrated on the night of the passover (Matt. 26:18). As we do this in memorial just as was instructed by the children of Israel, we will receive blessings of the blood covenant. However, Paul described many in the church that takes the Lord's supper unworthily as weak and sickly and many died premature deaths (1 Corinth. 11: 30). Today many believers are like the church at Corinth rather than being like the children of Israel. The devil has successfully deceived believers about Easter and rather than celebrating the Lord Jesus and the power of His blood, many has been blinded by Constantine shrewdness. Constantine changed the name Passover to Easter (although in French, it is still the same name) which is named after the Babylonian goddess Ishtra, a pagan goddess of fertility. Hence the cute bunny and the dyed eggs. That's why many are weak, because we have forgotten the blood covenant and blindly ran after the world way! 
• The blood gives favor - Exo 12: 36 and provides whatever we need. 

Every Christian feast and celebration has been perverted by the devil. I strongly recommend that you and your family sit together at home and spend precious time celebrating King Jesus together by sharing a meal then sing some worship songs and share the Lord's supper. 
Apply the blood by faith upon your house and see the power of God manifest in your family.   

I sincerely love you   

"And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death." 

(Rev 12:10-11)

Special Prayer & Fasting for instruction and direction...

"If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." 

2 Chronicles 7:14

 
We are ready to embark on 21 days of prayer and fasting from the 1st to the 21st May 2011.
Fasting helps to develop a deeper relationship with God and enhance spiritual growth.
Through fasting and prayer, the Holy Spirit can transform your life. As we join together, He can transform our lives, families and cities. We desire to be humble people so that we can discern the voice of God and listen to His instruction.
Fasting also develops spiritual strength. Fasting is the most powerful spiritual discipline of all the Christian disciplines.
God has sent us in Port Louis as I sense an apostolic anointing being launched in the ministry. I believe it is time to establish more churches in different areas of Mauritius, Rodrigues and in the Mascarene Islands.
To successfully do this, we need instructions from above, directions and spiritual strength and boldness.
As we pray together, I believe we will grow spiritually and numerically. Corporate prayer and fasting manifest a corporate anointing to destroy yokes and remove burdens.

Which type of fast:

A 21 days of partial fast is described in the book of Daniel. There was a three-week period in which he only abstained from "delicacies," meat, and wine (Daniel 10:3). So, we will abstain from meat, sweets, ice cream and delicacies as well as fizzy drinks.
I strongly advice you to drink plenty of liquids.

Spiritual Preparation:


In preparation for this special time with God, I strongly urge you to examine your heart, and detect any unconfessed sin. Scripture records that God always requires His people to repent of their sins before He will hear their prayers. King David said:
Come and hear, all of you who reverence the Lord, and I will tell you what he did for me: For I cried to him for help, with praises ready on my tongue. He would not have listened if I had not confessed my sins. But he listened! He heard my prayer! He paid attention to it!
Blessed be God who didn't turn away when I was praying, and didn't refuse me his kindness and love. (Psalm 66:16-20)
In your prayers, confess not only obvious sins, but less obvious ones as well. The sins of omission as well as the sins of commission experiences.

Our foundational scripture:

"Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly [is] great, but the labourers [are] few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest."
Luke 10:2