January 2019  Edition

Dear Beloved,

Welcome to our first Newsletter of this new year 2019. Its wonderful to be in touch again. We hope your year has been off to a great start. We pray that this year, you will war with prophetic words spoken over you and enter into all that Jesus has made available. 

As we go into election period in our great nation, let us remain prayerful, that the Lord will help us choose righteous and just Leaders.

We are giving opportunity to people who would like to testify to what the Lord has done in their lives, through attending any of our previous Lapis Lazuli Kingdom conferences or any of our other activities. This section will be called ...."Testimonies...lives transformed..."
So many people have been healed, and their lives transformed, causing them to go on to establish something that transforms other lives as directed by the Lord. We have a brilliant testimony from Mrs Imo Oyewole. We always encourage people to give God His glory for His amazing deeds. If you have any testimonies, of things you have gone on to do after attending our conferences, please send to info@lapislazuliministries.org.

We have the save the date advert for our Kingdom Conferences taking place in both Abuja and Lagos ( See below). The date is NOT March as we would normally have it due to the elections. The date is AUGUST. We know this is holiday month for some of you, so please put this date in your diary and book to return on time. From the "Words" we are receiving already from the Lord, you really don't want to miss out on what The Lord is coming to do. We will give more insight in subsequent newsletters.



Let Christ's Light shine brightly through you
 


With the Christmas celebrations gone, it's funny how quickly the decorative lights get taken down and everywhere looses its sparkle, glow and touch of excitement. In the winter months abroad, there is such a stark contrast as the daylight is much shorter and the darkness is much longer. When the Christmas decorations go, everywhere seems to look depressed without those bright lights.

Light has many functions. Some of the obvious functions include power and photosynthesis. However, light so often simply shows us the way, illuminating the road ahead. When the light is on we can see our path and we don't stumble over things. Wandering around in the dark can be scary and frustrating. Remember how sad or frustrated people are when the Nigerian Electric and Power Authority (NEPA) takes light and the utter joy after it is brought back. Such should be the joy, when you and I show up, because we are light! Psalm 119:105 declares that Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. In other words, I should learn and carry God's Word, so that when I show up, I can instruct people and help them gain a sense of direction in their lives. They should be excited because they can see clearly, understand and come alive in their walk, with the Lord.



Because of the function that a light source provides, it should never be hidden. People normally put their light source in an elevated place because it has a purpose to perform which is, illuminating a room. In John 1:5-9, John announces that Jesus has come into the world as the true Light. In Him is Life, and this Life is the Light of men. He came to reconcile God's children back to Him. Isaiah 49:6 had declared much earlier that Jesus would come and be the light to both the Jews and the Gentiles. Hope for all people. Jesus was described as the genuine, perfect Light that illuminates every person. In other words, Jesus' perfect light is the source of the light that shines forth through you and I. This means that we ought to look at the impact that Jesus' Light had, to understand how impactful our light ought to be. It's nice to note here, the confusion that comes upon darkness when Jesus, the Light, shows up. The darkness can't overpower, absorb, or appropriate it. The same should be true for us.

Jesus, also announced to the crowds that He was the Light of the world. (John 8:12). He said that if we (you and I) follow Him, we would not walk in darkness, but would have the Light which is Life. Similarly in Mathew 5:14-16, Jesus declared that we are the light of the world. He went on to say that if we allowed our light to shine, such that men see our moral excellence, and our praise-worthy, noble and good deeds, then our Father in heaven would get His glory. So if you are not letting your light shine brightly, God is deprived of His glory!



So what are those things in our lives that affect the brightness of our light or cause it not to shine, preventing God from getting His glory?

Isaiah 60:1 demands that we arise from the place where challenges of past years may have kept us. He calls us to arise and shine. He asks us to be radiant with the glory of the Lord, for the Light has come. He doesn't ignore the fact that there is dense darkness all around, but declares that the Lord's light illuminates us and shall rise within us. His glory shall be see on us.

Are we well positioned, or are there areas in our lives that need to be brought into God's marvellous light ?
If we are in a place of great darkness, why is our light not shining to confound the darkness?

It is often said that we don't have a darkness problem, what we have is a 'lack of light' problem. Those who have the light of Christ in them ought to allow it shine brightly to overcome the darkness.



You could consider beginning this new year, 2019 by asking the Holy Spirit to bring a prayer partner alongside you. You can both come into agreement and pray making declarations to change things. Don't procrastinate any longer. You are there to bring the radiance, power, love and glory of Jesus. Speak to the Holy Spirit to show you the adjustments you need to make in your life. Don't allow the enemy hold you down in the same circumstances. Arise and seriously seek after Jesus to give Him the primary position in your life. He will cause everything else to align. Let your new year's resolution be to enable Jesus's light shine brighter through you than ever before, so that God's glory is seen through you.


Mina x

Announcement

Please put the dates in your diary and share the information with your family, friends and contacts to enable them also attend. It will be a refreshing and inspiring time together.

Testimonies...lives transformed...
Mrs. Imo Oyewole who has attended all Kingdom Conferences organized by Lapis Lazuli Ministries for the past 5 years, is also a member of the planning team. At the conference in 2015, she felt the power of God so mightily on her as she lay on the floor for a long time and when she got up, she knew her life would never be the same again. After the conference, she felt the Lord leading her to raise a 'Worship Altar' in her home town of Uyo in Akwa Ibom state. During her visit to Uyo on this mission, she was invited by a friend to minister to a community of Widows in the town of Eket, also in Akwa Ibom. This was the beginning of her monthly visits to the Uyo Worship Altar and Eket Widows fellowship called "New Beginnings". This fellowship of widows and indigent women meets monthly in Eket and Imo, supported by Pastor Fidelis Okei, travels to Eket monthly to share God's love with His precious Daughters. The fellowship has witnessed many healings, deliverances and great transformation of lives, businesses and families as the women continue to respond to God's love over almost four years of fellowshipping with each other monthly in God's presence.

God in His faithfulness continues to provide for Imo and her team as they travel to Akwa Ibom monthly to run this. Father God protects them and provides for all their needs as they have learnt to look to Him in faith. The women are being equipped and encouraged to arise into what the Lord has in store for them.

Below are some pictures from their Christmas (December) and January fellowships.

"It was an absolutely AWESOME day in God's presence and we give Him Praise and Thanksgiving at the New Beginnings Fellowship, Eket Christmas 2018 Outreach to Widows.

Well over 60 women (49 of our regulars) in attendance and God multiplied our Christmas Dinner packs to cover all who came!!! He STILL does miracles! or as we say in local parlance, God didn't "fall our hand!"








May the Lord continue to uphold and preserve us all.

God's blessings,



Femi and Mina Bajomo



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1. Pray for free and fair elections that will be devoid of violence. Pray that Father God will grant us wisdom to choose righteousness leaders.

2. Pray for unity in the Body of Christ. Pray that Jesus's Love will flow through the hearts of His children to draw others into a knowledge and love of Him.

3. Pray for Leah and all the Chibok girls to be returned home safely.

4. Pray for all the arrangements connected with our Kingdom Invasion Conference that Heavens resources will flood the earth, and so many miraculous healings will take place.


Calling Intercessors

 
We would like to ask Intercessors who have attended our kingdom conferences and would like to meet in your states to pray for the Nation and for Lapis, to please do so.

Please send contact details of your group to us - info@lapislazuliministries.org OR 07034371401.
 
Bible Passage
Matthew 6:14-16

14. "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 

15. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

16. "Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.

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