Emmanuel Afiawari's Inspiration podcast

Nothing beats the devil silly like a man with an unbroken spirit. The more you throw at him, the more he comes back bouncing after every fall or setback. Anyone with an unbroken spirit can brace any storm; they've a resilience that literally feeds on storm until they weather it. David had just returned from war to see his city overrun by the enemy and all their wives had be kidnapped, property plu...

Believers belong to God's kingdom and operate kingdom principles, one of which is the secret to winning in life. God's word, abiding in you, serves as a source of strength to make you strong. The ability to overcome the wicked one derives from the word that abides in you. To be strong doesn't mean to be hard, to lack empathy or emotional connection to someone's plight. On the contrary, it is to ha...

We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed (2 Corinthians 4:8-9). In times when you feel the weight and pressure of life so intensely, just learn to unburden and exhale before God. He says, "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest" (Matthew 11:28) Simply l...

Sometimes, what we call a storm by our assessment or estimation, is not really a storm or wilderness as we call them but a process; a passage way to our next great level. In such instances, we do not require God to make a way of escape from it but through it. God will walk you through it to prune, refine or toughen you for what lies ahead. Because it's a process, God would be more mindful of it's...

Isaiah's declaration, "Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert" (Isa. 43:19) resonates in my spirit and speaks prophetically to someone - the headache of trying to figure out how things will be fixed is immaterial. God will make a way and fix them at His appointed time, because when the time...

It was Job who eloquently posited that "Man who is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble" (Job 14: 1). Everyone of us might have experienced a significant measure of trouble or may be brewing in one right now. At times, we wake up to a fresh trouble each day that leaves us overwhelmed, drained and unhappy. Many have become so used to trouble that they anticipate one by default when it...

Sometimes, it gets so dark at night that it seems there isn't going to be the breaking of a new day. But soon, the light of dawn begins to shine through and the thick darkness fades into oblivion. The darkness you feel around you right now is not a new or final concept. It is not going to stay forever dark and hopeless around you. Light is coming and you'll feel ease and relief soon. Isaiah says w...

There comes no better time than now to explore the concept of hope. Hope is the belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen. Hope doesn't look at the past to determine its outcome; it transcends the realm of mere wishes to an established belief that things would take a positive turn. Hope says, "Regardless of the number of times I've been cut down and sliced to size, I'll sp...

Wise people realise early that it may not cost anything to speak prophetically and positively into their lives, but it could cost them everything to stay silent. A closed mouth, they say, is a closed destiny. God instructs us to open our mouth and He'll fill it (Psa. 81: 10). Therefore, I boldly proclaim, "I'm rich and flourishing. My leaves are ever green; my thoughts are fresh and sound. I'm a c...

Job was faced with an extremely difficult and hopeless situation in the valley of dry bones. And God tells him to prophesy to the dry bones. As he did, life sprung into them (Ezek. 37: 1-10). That's a clear indication that whatever we say is what we'll get. Another case in point was the woman whose only child had died and when the prophet enquired if all was well, she said, yes all was well (2 Kgs...

Words are powerful; they take on a life of their own once spoken. It makes no sense to think there're careless words or that you could be casual with some words. Scripture tells us whatever God spoke at creation, became, so much so that Adam's words shaped creation till date due to the nature of God in him, in that the names he called whatever animal and Eve became their names till date. The scrip...

Scripture talks about the effectual fervent prayer of the righteous (James 5: 16), giving us an idea of two key attributes prayer must have to produce its desired result: it must be effectual; it must be fervent. To be effectual is to produce the intended result; entirely adequate. It is to be earnest, passionate, heartfelt, and continuous. It doesn't give up midway until it's desires are achieved...

Jesus's teaching on prayer introduces us first to the concept and importance of worship. When we get in the mood to pray, we must realise who God is, and be inspired to see the glory of His name become the centre of our lives and attention. Effective prayer is not a function of eloquence but your ability to touch the heart of God in true worship. If your prayer lacks this essential part, you might...

Jesus taught us to watch and pray. Regrettably, we're very good at praying but poor at watching. But it's at the watch hour that we receive answers, instructions and directions. Habakkuk says, 'I will stand upon my watch to see what He would say unto me..." (Habb. 2:1). Prayer is ineffective until we see and hear what He says to us. That's where winning secrets are delivered; that's the furnace on...

Everybody prays but not everyone understands why they do or what their prayer does. Hence, they remember to pray only when there's a need they can't yet figure out by themselves. According to scriptures, prayer aligns our lives to glorify the name of the Lord (Matt. 6: 9 TPT); it is a dialogue with God, where we produce our strong reasons why our petitions must be granted (Isa. 41: 21). Prayer aim...

A mistake has a way of numbing our senses and emasculating us from the realities of the world around us. It leaves us lost in a world we do not own, understand or able to describe. Becoming so passive, nonchalant and non-existent because of a mistake can become so attractive, as everything appear dead. In such a reclusive state, guilt heightens. You keep berating yourself, analysing the event, not...

Many people have never been able to come to terms with and move away from their mistakes. Mary Pickford has a message for those people, "If you have made mistakes, even serious ones, there is always another chance for you. What we call failure is not the falling down but the staying down." Choose not to live in perpetual guilt over your past mistakes and insensitive choices; choose not to play the...

There's little or nothing we can do in the absence of peace. Peace is a bedrock for development. It is instructive to know and acknowledge that the kind of peace referred to here isn't a life without storm, but your ability to maintain maxima composure while going through a storm. That kind of peace can only come from God, and your knowledge of His promises. That's the kind of peace Paul prayed fo...

The world appears to be all conflicted, with enough troubles to go round for everyone. People are now so deeply overwhelmed by the happenings in and around them, that some have been reset to a default mode that expects crisis on a daily basis. But in the midst of these uncertain times, Paul prays fervently and eloquently, "May the Lord himself, the Lord of peace, pour into you his peace in every c...

Jesus, once rebuked his disciples for not knowing the kind of spirit they are made of (Luke 9: 55). This is still an issue for most believers today! We're yet to come to terms that we've the nature of God that qualifies us for supernatural manifestations. Christ lives in us; we live through him. We've the abilities to do the things Christ would've done were he still here, and operate in dimensions...

Paul makes this powerful statement about our true identity in Christ: I'm crucified with Christ but alive in Christ because Christ lives in me. Anyone who understands the depth and power of this dynamics knows that their operational mandate derives from their God-nature; the zoe life of God, where Christ lives through them. What this implies, is my ability to operate and command results at the sam...

Sometimes, we're caught up in a storm or pressured on every side to judge God as unfaithful to us when we think we've done nothing to deserve the kind of outcomes we have. All the pictures that get painted in our minds tend to magnify our pain and losses to make us question the place of God's mercies or the evidences of our faith and service to God. Can I announce to you that nothing you go throug...

Sometimes, we may not fully grasp all the details or understand in full what's going on in and around us, but we trust in faith that it's going to work for our good as the scriptures has said. This is not a call to nonchalance and carefree living where you do not pay due attention to events in your life. It is simply a faith base approach that after you've done all there is to be done, the end res...

A workout is a schedule or program of specific exercises, especially one intended to achieve a particular goal. It involves engaging in any activity that requires much physical or mental effort, or produces strain. Although strenuous, you keep at it to keep fit, develop muscles or build stamina. The rigours of life are a testament that God, like a gym instructor, is making you go through an unplea...