Watch and Pray: Volume 1

By Prof. Kofi A. Amoateng

What is in Watch and Pray: Volume 1? It critically lays out end-time baits and weapons employed by the enemy and his cohort to send millions to hell. The baits and weapons include the ever-growing Jezebel spirits, secret sins, spiritual blindness and intimidation, strongholds, prayerlessness, apostasy, and worldly desires (1 John 2:16). Today, the deception is so deep that it becomes difficult to discern the right from almost right (discernment). Satan and his demons have transformed themselves into wolves among the sheep in the church and everywhere and preying on them.

Greater part of it examines spiritual weapons and strategies at believers disposal. They include spiritual weapons and strategies to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked, such as prayers, quiet times with the Father, discernment, godliness, holiness, righteousness, the blood of Jesus, obedience, watchfulness, boldness, courage, and the sustainable presence of the Lord. The kingdom of darkness is getting bolder as we approach end times, so Christians must get bolder by drawing near to God in order to resist the enemy.

The flight to heaven does not come cheap but requires due diligence in prayers and watchfulness (Eph. 5:1516). Readers and believers must put on the whole armor of God by crucifying the flesh and be able to come to a place where they can look to God and say And so what? to the enemy and his team. Enjoy in your suffering because it glorifies God in the end. It is my hope that everyone who reads this book will be saved and come to know him well. Readers who are interested in supporting Fuller Life Ministry Evangelism (global spread of quality salvation) can do so through sponsorship or donation by contacting through e-mail, [e-mail] or [e-mail], or through telephone, 919-270-8025.

• Language: English
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• Release date: May 14, 2016
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CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. And So What?

2. Assurance of Salvation

3. Dealing with Offenses

4. Discernment, Discernment, and Discernment

5. Divine Connections

6. Effective Prayer Life

7. End of Times and Jezebel's Spirit

8. Flight, Faith, and Fight: Passport to Hell or Heaven

9. Flee from Secret Sins

10. Godliness and Contentment

11. Life of Trusting God

12. Lifestyle of Divine Peace

13. No Turning Back: Move Forward

14. On the Persistence of the Everlasting Power of the Blood of Jesus

15. Quality Time with God

16. Sacrifice Life

17. Satanists and Apostates

18. Spiritual Blindness and Intimidation

19. Sustainable Presence of God

20. Tearing Down Strongholds

21. That I May Know Him

22. Total Obedience Lifestyle

23. Watchful Life

24. What is in Your Heart: God or Possessions?

About the Author

Acknowledgments

My deepest appreciation to . . .

. . . one of my daughters, who suddenly got mental illness that lasted for almost one decade. She ended down in Ghana, where she suffered untold hardships from family members and strangers who took care of her during the most trying times of her life. Ivana, regarded as a strong child, was able to stay in Ghana for almost one decade before our Lord Jesus miraculously healed her.

During her ordeal, I met all kinds of false prophets and pastors who cleverly took thousands of dollars from me without being able to heal her. Nearly 99 percent of those workmen of God were all false. Satan cannot cast Satan because his kingdom will be divided.

Finally, I ran into the 1--5 percent who was truly called by God to save His children. I draw strength from your illness to write and dive into end of times spiritual warfare. Next to the Lord Jesus, your illness kept the Holy Ghost's fire in me to complete my first spiritual book. "For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity" (Psalm 125:3).

Most importantly, my sincere gratitude goes to my lord and personal savior Jesus Christ who has twice saved me from death. Words are weak to describe your protection, counsel, teaching, instructions, and direction of my life and this book. I love you more than I will ever be able to express. I love you to death.

Introduction

Today, many are teaching and preaching about Jesus Christ, yet they have no testimonies of him. They have never been to the wilderness to meet the Lord, but they preach about him. In my profession, if you teach without stories, your teaching will be boring. Our stories (research papers and ideas) connect the dots from theories to realities and further create learning, and engagement between professors and students. They teach and preach without unction, and they have no real experiences of whom they teach and preach about. When Paul preached after meeting the Lord on the road to Damascus, he became one of the greatest teachers and preachers of Christian faith.

This book (Volume 1) unveils the schemes of Satan, demons, Satanists, and other devil workers aimed at hindering many people, both Christians and non-Christians, from obeying and believing the true God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. Some of the warfare topics are in the chapters Dealing with Offenses; Discernment, Discernment, and Discernment; End of Times and Jezebel's Spirit; Fight, Faith, and Fight; Flee Secret Sins; No Turning Back: Move Forward; On the Persistence of the Everlasting Blood of Jesus; Satanists and Apostates; Tearing Down Strongholds; Watchful Life; and What is in Your Heart: God or Possessions?

Responsible evangelism does not end at leading the lost to Christ, but it goes further to warn those who have been saved to take heed against false teachings. Many false Christians are using prosperity and health messages alone to trick and trap millions into hell. The rest of this book are the chapters Assurance of Salvation; Divine Connections; Effective Prayer Life; Godliness and Contentment; Life of Trusting God; Lifestyle of Divine Peace; Quality Time with God; Sacrifice Life; That I May Know Him; and Total Obedience in Life.

True worship begins with God opening the heart of the sinner and the sinner's response in repentance and faith in Him. God wants our hearts and obedience but not our sacrifices and achievements. In whatever situation we find ourselves, if we hold on to Christ alone, in the end, God may use it to glorify Himself. Anyone who reads this book will find his/her own life stories in it.

May God use this book to draw us all to Himself and to teach us how to discern false religions and demonic deceptions from true Christianity. Before Jesus comes, many saints will go through tough times, but they should not be fooled by the deceit and vain philosophy of men. This book is not to elevate me before all of you but to present myself as the lowest servant of the Most High God (Jehovah). With my greetings in Christ to all God's saints, to those it has been my privilege to meet and no less to those I have not met, I subscribe myself, your brother and servant of Jehovah M'kaddesh (the Lord my Sanctifier).

Prof. Kofi A. Amoateng

AND SO WHAT?

Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go unto the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish

Esther 4:16.

And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said thus, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost

Luke 12:46

All of us have experienced moments of hopelessness that have left us crumpled on the floor sobbing and straining to breathe in the midst of pain. Oftentimes, we feel overwhelmed that we cannot fathom how we can survive the ongoing ordeals. When our world crumples through suffering, and the loss of our son or daughter, and life around us keep turning as if we are the only victims of Satan and his demons. Even as our wounds get bigger and bigger, God is still God, and the Lord is our hope, we can shout And so what? to our pains. In the midst of our brokenness God is using our pains, sufferings, and struggles to draw us unto himself and connect hope and joy in the midst of our sufferings. Whether you are facing relationship challenges, job issues, disability, financial struggles, critical health challenges, the loss of loved one, or other forms of threatening challenges, there is a lasting hope when you speak to these challenges as and so what. Sometimes, it feels as though God is distant or unloving or you are wondering how there could possibly be a purpose in our pains but to shout And so what? Emotional pain, heartache, and sadness are natural and expected reactions to life's disappointments and struggles, but we must have confidence in the Lord and say, And so what? Again, if you are feeling an ongoing sense of hopelessness, anxiety, or emptiness that seems to persist apart from your circumstances just say And so what? to get relieve and blessing.

In the beginning, when we get saved we take baby steps in the Christian race. We act so carnal that there is not much difference between unbelievers and us. We become very sensitive to the things of the world and enjoy all the fruits of the flesh. As Paul and Peter admonish us that we ought to be fed on spiritual milk as new babes as we begin to walk with God.

And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. For ye are carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men (1 Corinthians 3:1--3).

As new babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby. If so ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ (1 Peter 3--3, 5).

Many have become dwarf Christians forever and never graduate even from the elementary school in the spiritual sense. Do not be surprised when you dream of your old elementary/high schools because in the spiritual realms you are a babe. Peter denied Jesus to the maid who confronted him about his association with Jesus Christ.

But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, this man was also with him. And he denied him, saying, woman, I know him not (Luke 22:56--57).

It was a different Peter who spoke to the crowd of three thousand at the day of the Pentecost. Also when he had matured in the spirit he could say and so what when he asked to be crucified with his head down. Paul encourages us that because of the confidence we have in the Lord we make boldness of speech.

In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him (Ephesians 3:12).

When Do We Say And So What?

First, without righteousness and holiness we cannot draw near to God and exercise our God-given authority. Holiness and righteousness prompts us to do wonders and say And so what? because we have the commander-in-chief fighting for us.

Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? Thou stretchest out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them (Exodus 15:11--12).

Faithfulness of God: Abraham was the father of faith, and he trusted God most part of his life. It was his trust in God that drove him to the edge by attempting to sacrifice his only son and saying, And so what?

And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. And he said, lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him: for now I know that thou feared God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me" (Genesis 22:9--10 and 12).

Abraham had so much trust in God that he did not care for his only son and was willing to let go his only son with no regrets. We need to have Abrahamic faith to step into unfeigned faith and care less about what the devil has done or is doing to us. It was an act of faithfulness that drove the three Hebrew boys to the edge by saying and so what

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchanezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter, if it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up (Daniel 3:16--18).

It was faithfulness in God that got Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego into the fiery furnace by not caring for the power of the furnace on their bodies. It was the same faithfulness that drove Daniel into the Lion's den by saying And so what? to King Darius. In the like manner Stephen was full of faith when he was being stoned to death.

And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel (Acts 6:15).

Everybody knew that Stephen's faith tipped him over to say and so what to the crowd who stoned him to death with young Saul consenting to it. Jesus Christ our role model, humbled himself unto death by saying and so what at the eleventh hour of his crucifixion (Philippians 2:8). He was able to say and so what with great sense of humility and God gave him a name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved (Acts 4:12).

The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility (Proverbs 15:33).

When we are desperate, and at the crossroads of life and all hopes are gone, we can do better by casting our burden unto Jesus and by resigning from all activities and saying And so what? and handing over all our cares unto him. At the end, we cannot fall or go further, so we fall unto his arms for relief.

Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved (Psalm 55:22).

When our Lord was at the eleventh hour on the cross, he was able to say And so what? by giving up the ghost.

And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said thus, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost (Luke 12:46).

When Mordecai had briefed Esther about the evil plot of Herman to destroy all the Jews in the province of Shushan under King Ahasuerus, Esther reached the point of desperation by saying And so what? If I perish, I perish.

Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go unto the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish (Esther 4:16).

David, after finding out that his wives, children, and all his belongings have been burned at Ziklag and inquired, he pursued the enemies and overtook by saying and so what

And David inquired at the Lord, saying, shall I pursue after this troop? Shall I overtake them? And he answered him, pursue for thou shall surely overtake them, and without fail recover all (1 Samuel 30:8).

Get Real with the Word of God

It is imperative that all faithful Christians must at some point in the middle or end of their Christian journeys say And so what? We say And so what? when we resign and cast all our burden unto the Lord. Father God sustained Jesus Christ when he cast his burden on him and said it is finished. In the same way Jesus will sustain us when we cast our burden on him. As God glorified his son so will the Lord glorify us if we cast all our problems on him and say And so what? You have to lose to gain it back. The Lord lost and was glorified by the Father.

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's the same shall save it. For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul (Mark 8:35-36).

Faithfulness, righteousness, holiness, and boldness along the Holy Spirit and the blood of Jesus drive us to say And so what? Believers and non-believers cannot say And so what? because they are so much in the flesh and in perpetual sins. As a result of their fleshly desires and lifestyles they are overwhelmed by fear and cannot say And so what? On the other hand, righteousness and holiness make us spiritual and in turn makes us bold to say And so what?

And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage" (Hebrews 2:15).

Paul encourages us in his first letter to the Philippians For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21). Furthermore, Paul encourages in his letter to the Colossians, Set your affection on the things above, not on things on the earth (Colossians 3:2). Also, Paul taught to say And so what? in his letter to the Romans.

For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living (Romans 14: 7-9).

The power in praise tips us over to say and so what. When Paul and Silas were cast into prison, they resorted to prayers and praises that brought earthquake into the foundations of prison.

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).

Take a chance (divine risk) in your life by saying And so what? to life challenges now. Thus, the greater the divine risks, the greater the glory of God in your life. Jesus took the risk by saying And so what? and following the will of his father, and the father glorified him. Therefore, anyone carrying the will of God should be able to say And so what? to your challenges. Taking risk for the love of Christ for eternal blessing is a smart thing to do. Many of the children of disobedience who live in sins and bondage to many fleshly desires cannot say And so what? to their lifetime challenges.

The bottom line is that if you are afraid to die for the Lord, then you need to check the accuracy of your faith. Jesus died to glorify his father, so we must all die to glorify the father. If you cannot die in the Lord's, it will be difficult to say And so what? when you face life challenges. It is a smart choice to die for the father and enjoy eternal salvation.

Let's Pray:

Father God, I, insert your name about here, thank you that your amazing unfathomable love has been