DAY 8: THE WAY TO LIFE IS NOW OPEN! GLORY!
JUICY JULY 2026: ZOE UNLEASHED!
TEXT: HEBREWS 10:19-22; MATTHEW 27:50–51
BIBLE STUDY: MATTHEW 7
Welcome to Juicy July 2026, Day 8!
What a faithful Father we serve!
Day after day, the Lord has been patiently taking us back to the beginning, not just to teach us Bible stories, but to reveal His eternal heart.
So far, we have discovered that man was created as an empty vessel, designed to carry the very Life of God. We saw the Father’s relentless pursuit of man, His immeasurable love, the miracle of the new birth, and yesterday, we came to a startling realization that:
Victory over sin is not God’s ultimate goal.
It is only the beginning.
It is the doorway.
It is the removal of the obstacle.
But if victory over sin is not the destination…
Then where exactly are we going?
What lies beyond forgiveness?
What lies beyond justification?
What lies beyond overcoming sin?
Today, the Lord is going to answer that question.
May the Lord Himself become our Teacher today.
May He open the eyes of our understanding.
May He bring us beyond knowledge into experience.
And may every one of us not merely admire the Way, but walk in it in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
START FROM DAY 1 HERE IN CASE YOU ARE NEW. DON’T JUMP THE STUDY THANK YOU.
DO NOT LEAVE ME OUTSIDE, LORD by Dynamite Films Africa
AUDIO:
LYRICS
(Verse)
Father, here I am…
With my Bible open…
With my heart open…
Teach me…
Teach me…
Teach me…
Teach me…
—
(Chorus)
Don’t leave me outside…
Don’t leave me outside…
Bring me in…
Bring me in…
Into understanding…
Into Your heart…
Don’t leave me outside…
Bring me in…
….
(Verse 2)
Speak to me plainly…
Break Your Word open…
Come to my level…
And lift me into Yours…
Don’t speak above me…
Teach me…
Until I understand…
Teach me…
Until I know…
Teach me…
—
(Chorus)
Don’t leave me outside…
Don’t leave me outside…
Bring me in…
Bring me in…
Into understanding…
Into Your heart…
Don’t leave me outside…
Bring me in…
—
(Prayer Cry)
Open my eyes…
Oh dear Lord
Anoint my eyes
with eye salve…
Let me see…
Open my ears…
Remove every wax…
Open my ears…
Remove every wax…
—
(Prayer Cry)
Don’t leave me in parables…
Speak to me plainly…
Don’t leave me in parables…
Speak to me plainly…
Your Word is Life…
Oh, Your Word is Life…
I cannot walk away from Life…
Help me enter in
—
(Bridge)
Give me ears that hear…
Give me eyes that see…
Give me ears that hear…
Give me eyes that see…
Give me a humble heart…
Oh Lord, I pray
…….
Take me deeper…
Take me further…
Reveal Your Heart…
Reveal Your Life…
Reveal Your Ways…
Reveal Your Face…
—
(Final Cry)
I will not stay outside…
I will come in…
I will know You…
I will understand…
I will behold You…
Until Your Life…
Breaks forth in me
Until Your Life…
becomes the life I live
(Chorus)
Don’t leave me outside
Don’t leave me outside
Bring me in
Bring me in
Into understanding
Into Your heart
Don’t leave me outside
Bring me in
OPENING PRAYER
Father, thank You for bringing me into another day of this glorious journey. Open the eyes of my understanding today. Remove every veil from my heart, and let me see Your truth as You desire me to see it. Let Your Word become life to me, not just knowledge. Teach me by Your Holy Spirit, and let the life of Christ become more real to me than ever before. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.
EXHORTATION: THE WAY TO LIFE IS NOW OPEN! GLORY!
Hebrews 10:19-22 (KJV)
“Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh…”
Dear sisters, immediately man fell, the Lord’s attention quickly went to:
The Tree of Life!
Immediately, a command was given!
Block the way.
Guard the entrance.
Station the cherubim there.
Unsheathe the flaming sword.
No one must pass.
No one must eat.
Why?
Because if fallen man should eat from the Tree of Life, he would become immortal in his fallen condition. That should never happen.
So the way was shut!
Therefore, the tragedy of Eden was not merely that man had sinned but that the way to Life had been closed!
Man was now separated from the very thing for which he had been created!!!!
Now, dear sis, if Heaven’s greatest concern after the fall was the Tree of Life…shouldn’t that become our greatest concern too?
THE FATHER REFUSED TO LEAVE MAN IN DEATH
The Garden had become silent. Adam and Eve had been driven out. The cherubim stood at the entrance. The flaming sword flashed back and forth, guarding the way to the Tree of Life. The project ‘man’ had stopped. The way was closed. Life was no longer accessible.
If you were reading the Bible for the very first time, what would you expect God to do next?
Would you expect Him to abandon man?
Would you expect Him to destroy the earth and begin all over again?
Would you expect Him to say,
“Well, man has made his choice. Let him remain in death forever.”
But that is not our Father!
The very fact that He guarded the Tree of Life tells us something remarkable.
He never gave up on man!
Let me illustrate it this way.
Imagine a father who has bought a beautiful, spotless white outfit for his little child.
He cannot wait to dress the child in it.
But just before he does, the child falls into a puddle of palm oil. His hands are covered. His clothes are stained. Everything about him is dirty.
Would the father hand over the white dress to the child regardless?
No!
Would he throw the white outfit away?
No!
Would he stop loving his child?
Certainly not.
What would he do?
He would gently take the white outfit and hang it back in the wardrobe.
Why?
Because the child was no longer ready for it.
First, the child must be washed.
First, the stain must be removed.
First, everything that would ruin the white garment must be dealt with.
Then the father can joyfully bring out the outfit again and clothe his child with it.
That is exactly what happened in Eden.
The Tree of Life was never withdrawn because God changed His mind.
It was temporarily placed out of man’s reach because man, in his fallen condition, could not partake of it.
The Father did not abandon His purpose. He simply postponed it until the problem of sin could be completely dealt with.
The Tree of Life was, as it were, placed back into the Father’s wardrobe, waiting for the day when His children would once again be made fit to receive it.
That day finally came in Jesus Christ!
The stain was washed away. The dominion of sin was broken. The way was opened. And now, the Father once again stretches out His hands and says,
“Come. The Life I desired to give you from the very beginning is now yours through My Son.”
THE WAY WAS NEVER FORGOTTEN
My dear sisters, do you know what amazes me?
From the moment the way to the Tree of Life was closed in Genesis, God never stopped talking about it.
Yes, He spoke in types. He spoke in shadows. He spoke in symbols.
The mystery was hidden, but it was there all along.
Let us take the Tabernacle for an example.
Why did God tell Moses to build it exactly the way He showed him on the mountain?
Why all the measurements?
Why the curtains?
Why the furniture?
Why the sacrifices?
Why the priesthood?
Was God merely interested in architecture?
No!
He was telling a story!
Look carefully at the Tabernacle.
There was the Outer Court.
Then there was the Holy Place.
Then there was the Holy of Holies.
And between the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies was what?
A veil!
A veil embroidered with cherubim.
Exodus 26:31–33 (KJV)
31 And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.
33 And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.
Have you ever wondered why God specifically instructed that cherubim be woven into that veil?
Because He wanted Israel to remember something!
Those cherubim were pointing back to Eden.
Back to the Garden.
Back to the day when the cherubim stood before the Tree of Life.
The message had not changed.
“The way is still closed.”
Every priest who stood before that veil understood one thing.
“I cannot enter.”
Every Israelite who brought a sacrifice understood one thing.
“I still cannot enter.”
Even the high priest could only enter once every year, and only with blood.
Why?
Because the way had not yet been opened!
Do you see how the whole Bible is telling one story?
Eden had a closed way.
The Tabernacle had a closed way.
The Temple had a closed way.
Generation after generation, humanity kept arriving at the same conclusion:
“The way is shut.”
The sacrifices could not open it.
The law could not open it.
The prophets could not open it.
Human effort could not open it.
Religion could not open it.
The way remained closed.
THEN JESUS STEPPED TOWARD THE SWORD
My dear sisters, there was only one way for the project to continue: Someone had to go back to the place where Adam failed!
Someone had to stand before the flaming sword. Someone had to satisfy the righteousness of God. Someone had to reopen the way to Life.
That Someone was Jesus Christ!
This is why the Son of God did not just suddenly appear on earth but became a Man.A real Man.
He took upon Himself flesh and blood. He became exactly what Adam had been before the fall, except without sin.
Why?
Because the first Adam had closed the way.
The Last Adam had come to open it!
Now follow this carefully, sis.
Jesus did not spend His earthly life just performing miracles or something. Every miracle was beautiful, but that was not His greatest assignment!
His greatest assignment was to walk steadily toward the Cross.
Every step He took was bringing Him closer to the sword that had stood in Eden since the fall of man.
The sword had never disappeared.
It had been waiting.
Waiting for the One who could bear its judgment.
Waiting for the One who would say an everlasting “Yes” to the Father’s will.
Adam had said, “My will.”. Jesus said, “Not my will, but thine, be done.” (Luke 22:42)
Adam reached for the forbidden tree. Jesus willingly climbed another tree.
Adam disobeyed. Jesus “became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.” (Philippians 2:8)
Can you see the glorious contrast?
Where the first Adam failed…The Last Adam triumphed.
This is why the Garden of Gethsemane is so important.
There, we hear Jesus praying with loud cries and tears (Hebrews 5:7).
We see the weight of what lay before Him.
He was not simply going to suffer physical pain.
He was moving toward the place where the judgment that had barred mankind from Life would fall upon Him.
The sword that had guarded the way…would strike the Shepherd.
He would carry death!
He would bear the separation from the Godhead!
And where God is absent is hell!
So, He was invariably going to taste hell so we wouldn’t have to! Ayaaaa
As the prophet Zechariah declared,
“Awake, O sword, against my shepherd….smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.” (Zechariah 13:7)
The sword that had stood between man and the Tree of Life was no longer hanging over Adam.
It was now lifted against Christ.
He stepped into our place.
He bore what we deserved.
He endured what no one else could endure.
Why?
So that the way could finally be opened again.
My dear sisters, never think of the Cross merely as the place where your sins were forgiven. It was far more than that.
It was the battlefield where the Son of God confronted everything that had stood between man and the Life of God.
THE VEIL WAS FINALLY TORN
Now, my dear sisters, the moment finally came.
Jesus had endured the mocking. He had endured the scourging. He had carried the Cross. He had hung upon the tree. He had borne the judgment of the whole world.
Hour after hour, He continued saying “Yes” to the Father.
Then, at the appointed time, He cried with a loud voice,
“It is finished!” (John 19:30)
What was finished?
Was it merely His suffering?
No.
The work of redemption had been accomplished.
The price had been paid.
The obstacle had been removed.
The interrupted project could finally continue.
And immediately something happened!!!!
Not in Heaven first or in the hearts of men first…but in the Temple!
The Bible says,
“And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom…” (Matthew 27:51)
Ayaaaaaaa
Nobody touched it.
No priest entered to tear it.
No human hand could have reached its height.
God Himself tore it.
Not from the bottom upward…but from the top downward.
It was Heaven announcing to mankind,
“The way is open!”
Now, remember what we have been learning.
That veil was not just a curtain. It had cherubim embroidered upon it.
The same cherubim that had stood at Eden.
The same message.
“The way is closed.”
For thousands of years, every priest who stood before that veil heard the same silent message:
“You cannot enter.”
“Not yet.”
“The way is still shut.”
But the moment Jesus gave His life…
The veil that had preached separation for thousands of years suddenly began preaching access!
It tore apart.
The barrier disappeared.
The message changed.
“Come in!”
This is why the writer of Hebrews later explains the mystery.
He says,
“Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh.” (Hebrews 10:19–20)
Did you see that?
The veil was His flesh.
The first Adam, through his disobedience, brought sin into the world, and sin separated man from God. The way that had once been open was now shut. A veil, as it were, stood between man and the Life of God.
But then came the Last Adam.
He took upon Himself our humanity. Not a sinful nature, but true human flesh. Unlike the first Adam, He never yielded to sin. He never once chose His own will above the Father’s will.
That sinless body was the body nailed to the Cross.
That spotless flesh was broken for us.
Just as the veil in the Temple was torn from top to bottom, the body of Christ was given for us.
The barrier that sin had erected was removed through His sacrifice.
The flesh that had always obeyed the Father became the means by which the disobedience of the first Adam was overcome.
The way that had been closed since Eden was finally opened.
The veil was torn.
The sword had fallen.
The blood had been shed.
And now, every believer has boldness to enter.
Not because we deserve to enter.
But because Jesus Christ has made the Way.
The Cross was not simply an execution. It was the opening of an entrance. It was Heaven removing every barrier that had stood between man and the Tree of Life since Eden.
THE WAY IS OPEN, BUT WILL YOU WALK IN IT?
Now, my dear sisters, this is where many believers stop.
They rejoice that the veil has been torn. They rejoice that Jesus died. They rejoice that their sins have been forgiven. And rightly so.
But very few people ask the next question.
If the way has been opened… where does it lead?
The answer is simple.
It leads back to the Father!
It leads back to the Tree of Life.
It leads back to the very fellowship that Adam lost in Eden.
This is why Jesus said,
“I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” (John 14:6)
Everything Jesus did was to restore us to the Father. Everything!
That is why, after His resurrection, He did not say, “I have opened the way to Heaven.”
He said,
“…I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.” (John 20:17)
Can you see the destination?
The Father.
The Father’s presence.
The Father’s fellowship.
The Father’s Life.
That was what had been lost in Eden.
That was what Jesus came to restore.
Sadly, many Christians have stopped at the entrance.
They celebrate the Cross…but never walk through the opened way.
They rejoice in forgiveness….but never pursue intimacy.
They thank God for salvation…but never seek the Life that salvation has made available.
It is like a prisoner whose chains have been broken, yet he refuses to leave the prison.
Or like a child whose father has opened the door of the family home after years of separation, yet the child remains standing at the doorstep, admiring the open door without ever entering.
My dear sisters, the Cross did not merely open a door. It opened your door.
The veil was torn so that you could enter.
The blood was shed so that you could draw near.
The sword fell upon Christ so that it would never again stand between you and the Father.
Therefore, don’t stand outside celebrating what Jesus has done.
Walk through what He has opened.
Go beyond forgiveness.
Go beyond victory over sin.
Go beyond religion.
Enter the fellowship.
Enter the Presence.
Enter the Father’s heart.
For that is where the journey has always been leading.
The way is no longer closed.
The only question left is:
Will you enter?
THE JOURNEY IS INWARD
Now, my dear sisters, there is something else that many believers do not understand.
When we hear that the way has been opened, our minds immediately travel somewhere else.
We think of Heaven as a place.
We think of a city.
We think of golden streets.
We think of crowns.
We think of mansions.
But sis.
Where has the Father always wanted to dwell?
In man!
That has never changed.
From the Garden of Eden until today, God has always been seeking a habitation.
The Tabernacle symbolized that habitation. It was never just a tent. It was a shadow. God’s picture book. It was God’s way of teaching Israel how man was originally designed.
Look carefully at its three sections.
There was the Outer Court.
There was the Holy Place.
There was the Most Holy Place (Holy of Holies).
Man, too, was created with three parts.
Body.
Soul.
Spirit.
The Outer Court was the place where sacrifices were offered. It was visible to everyone. It speaks of our body, the outward, visible part of our being through which we interact with the physical world.
Beyond that was the Holy Place. Here stood the lampstand, the table of showbread, and the altar of incense. This was a place of continual service, illumination, fellowship, and worship.
It beautifully pictures our soul: our mind, emotions, and will, where our thoughts, choices, affections, and worship are expressed.
But beyond a thick veil was the Holy of Holies.
This was the innermost sanctuary.
Here dwelt the Ark of the Covenant. Here rested the Shekinah Glory. Here was the manifest Presence of God. This is a picture of the human spirit.
It was always God’s intention that His dwelling place should be in the deepest part of man.
That is why Solomon could build a magnificent Temple, yet declared,
“The heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee…” (1 Kings 8:27)
The building was never the destination. It was only pointing to something far greater. The real sanctuary God desired was man himself!
Under the Old Covenant, only the high priest could enter the Holy of Holies, and only once a year.
But now, under the New Covenant, you are that habitation.
The Bible says,
“Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?” (1 Corinthians 3:16)
Do you see why the way had to be opened?
Not just so that one day you can go to Heaven but so that Heaven can come into you here and now.
This is why Jesus said,
“If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.” (John 14:23)
Did you hear that?
“We will make Our abode with him.”
That is the Father’s dream.
Not just that you visit Him occasionally or that you should experience His presence during a church service. But that He makes His permanent home in you!
This changes everything!
It means that walking the new and living way is not primarily travelling to another location.
It is an inward journey.
Every time you pray…
Every time you worship…
Every time you meditate on the Scriptures…
Every time you obey the Holy Spirit. You are not trying to persuade God to come down from Heaven.
You are learning to press through everything that hinders your fellowship with the One who already dwells within you.
You are moving past the distractions of the body. You are moving beyond the noise of the soul.
You are entering into your spirit, where God has chosen to dwell!
That is why this journey cannot be rushed.
It cannot be lived casually.
It cannot be reduced to saying a few prayers before rushing off to work.
It requires waiting.
It requires stillness.
It requires hunger.
It requires obedience.
Little by little, you begin to break through the outer distractions.
The voice of your flesh grows quieter.
The noise of your emotions begins to settle.
Your own thoughts become less dominant.
Then suddenly…
The Holy Spirit begins to take over.
The Scriptures that once seemed ordinary begin to open.
The Lord starts connecting passages you never thought were related.
His voice becomes clearer.
His burden becomes your burden.
His joy becomes your joy.
His thoughts begin to shape your thoughts.
You realize that you have moved beyond merely praying to God. You are now walking with God.
My dear sisters, this is the new and living way.
It is not merely a doctrine to be believed but a pathway to be walked.
Day after day.
Moment by moment.
Until the Father is no longer simply Someone you know about…but Someone with whom you live in continual fellowship!
EAT OF THE TREE OF LIFE!
Now, my dear sisters, we have finally arrived at the Father’s destination.
The way has been opened.
The veil has been torn.
The sword has fallen upon Christ.
The cherubim no longer stand against you.
Now what?
Enter!!!
But enter for what?
To admire the Tree?
No.
To eat!
That has always been the Father’s desire.
From the very beginning, His intention was never simply that man would stand before the Tree of Life.
His intention was that man would partake of it.
That Life was meant to enter man!
It was meant to become man’s very nature.
This is exactly why Jesus said something that shocked His listeners.
“Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.” (John 6:53)
He did not say,
“Except you know about Me.”
He did not say,
“Except you attend church.”
He said,
“Except you eat Me…”
Why?
Because Jesus Himself is the Tree of Life.
He is what Adam was prevented from receiving.
He is what the flaming sword protected.
He is what the Cross has now made available.
My dear sisters, Christianity is not imitation but participation. It is not trying to behave like Jesus. It is receiving Jesus as your very Life.
This is why many believers become frustrated.
They are trying to produce Christ without first feeding on Christ.
They are trying to manufacture patience.
Manufacture humility.
Manufacture holiness.
Manufacture love.
It cannot be done!
A branch does not struggle to produce fruit. It simply remains connected to the vine. The fruit is the natural expression of the life flowing within it.
That is exactly what Jesus taught in John 15.
“I am the vine, ye are the branches… He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit.” (John 15:5)
Do you see it?
The command is not,
“Produce fruit.”
The command is,
“Abide.”
Remain.
Feed.
Drink.
Eat.
Receive.
Stay connected.
The fruit will come by itself.
This is the great secret of the Christian life.
The Father’s goal has never been to improve the old Adam but to replace your life with the Life of His Son.
That is why Jesus could boldly declare,
“I am the way, the truth, and the life.” (John 14:6)
The Life.
Therefore, my dear sisters, don’t stop at the opened door.
Walk through it.
Sit at the Father’s table.
Eat of Christ every day.
Drink deeply of His Spirit.
LET’S TAKE A PAUSE
Are you someone or you know someone on your journal or in your family who has a festering wound with maggots? Yes, specifically with maggots. Life has singled you out! Yes, the Lord has exposed the works of darkness. And He has exposed it to destroy it! Halleluyah! Every death in that part of the body, in that huge hollow that I see, that has been formed for total destruction, I command you, death, bow out now from that frame! In the Mighty Name of Jesus. You are healed perfectly in the Name of Jesus. It is so! By the Power that is in the Blood of Jesus. The Egyptian you see today, you will see no more FOREVER! Hope to receive your testimony soon. Congratulations.
THE WAY IS NEW EVERY MORNING
My dear sisters, there is one word in Hebrews 10 that we often read but rarely stop to meditate upon.
The Bible says,
“By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh.” (Hebrews 10:20)
Why did the Holy Spirit not simply call it “the way”?
Why did He deliberately call it “the new and living way”?
Because this way is unlike every other way.
It is not a dead religion. It is not a set of rituals. It is not a list of rules. It is living because the Person leading you on it is alive!
It is living because every step you take on it produces more Life.
It is living because it is never stagnant.
My dear sisters, you never finish knowing Christ.
Never!
The day you think you have known Him completely is the day you have stopped walking!
The Father is too deep.
Christ is too rich.
The Holy Spirit is too wonderful.
There are dimensions of God that will take eternity to explore.
That is why this way is always fresh.
Always unfolding.
Always revealing.
Always inviting you to come deeper.
Every day you walk with Him, another veil is removed.
Another aspect of Christ is unveiled.
Another measure of His Life begins to possess you.
You become more humble.
More loving.
More holy.
More patient.
More like Jesus.
You move, as the Scriptures say,
“from glory to glory.” (2 Corinthians 3:18)
Do you now see why Christianity should never become boring?
If your walk with God has become dry…
If your Bible has become ordinary…
If prayer has become a burden…
If worship has become a routine…
Perhaps you have stopped walking.
You may still be standing at yesterday’s revelation.
But this way is living.
It keeps moving.
It keeps calling.
It keeps inviting.
The Father has never intended for us to camp around one experience.
Every one of those experiences He gives us is an invitation to go further.
To know Him more.
To love Him more.
To become like Him more.
My dear sisters, don’t settle.
Lord, Help Us Find the Way
My dear sisters, after everything we have learned today, one Scripture should make every one of us pause.
Jesus said,
“Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.” (Matthew 7:14)
Did you notice where that way leads?
Life.
Not just Heaven.
Life.
And Jesus said:
Few find it!!!!
Not because the Father is unwilling to reveal it.
Not because the way has not been opened.
Jesus has already opened it.
The veil has already been torn.
The blood has already been shed.
The invitation has already been given.
Then why do only a few find it?
Because finding this way is not merely an intellectual discovery.
Many people hear…yet never see.
Many people read…yet never understand.
Many people know the Scriptures…yet never enter the Life to which those Scriptures point.
Finding this way is a work of revelation.
It is the Father opening your eyes.
It is the Holy Spirit leading you.
It is a heart that is willing to obey wherever He leads that finally finds this Way. As Jesus Himself declared, “If any man will do his will, he shall know…” (John 7:17). Revelation is not first given to the curious, but to the yielded. The Way is discovered by those who are willing to walk in it.
My dear sisters, this should become our greatest prayer.
“Father, help me find the Way.”
Open my eyes to see it.
Open my ears to hear You.
Give me a heart that obeys You.
Don’t let me merely admire the Way.
Don’t let me merely preach about the Way.
Don’t let me merely study the Way.
Bring me into the Way!
And once I have found it, give me grace never to depart from it.
May this become the cry of every one of us.
May we be among the few who truly find the Way that leads to Life in Jesus’ mighty Name.Amen.
Prayer
Father, thank You for the priceless gift of Your Son. Thank You because through His broken body and His precious blood, the way that had been closed since Eden has now been opened. Lord, don’t let me merely know about this Way, Lord, bring me into it. Open the eyes of my understanding. Remove every veil from my heart. Deliver me from every distraction that keeps me standing outside while the door stands open before me. Grant me a heart that trusts You completely and obeys You wholeheartedly. May I be among the few who truly find this Way that leads to Life. Keep my eyes fixed upon Jesus, the Author and Finisher of my faith, until I arrive at the fullness of the Life You have prepared for me. In Jesus’ mighty Name, Amen.
Oh, the Presence of the Lord! by Dynamite Films Africa
Verse 1
In the days of old, before the Spirit came to dwell in man
You sought to live among Your people
You came too close
Fire on the mountain
Glory in the cloud
But they drew back
They were afraid
They said, “Do not speak to us, lest we die”
Yet one man dared
Moses drew near
He stayed where You were
Forty days, forty nights
No bread, no water
Satisfied by Your voice
He spoke with You as a friend
He stood between wrath and mercy
He negotiated destinies
He carried nations in his prayers
And when he came down
Even his body had changed
His face burned with light
He was never the same again
Chorus
Oh, the presence of the Lord
Oh, the presence of the Lord
The God who dwells within
Help me to stay in Your presence
Help me to stay in Your presence
Deal with the flesh that fights my calling
Give me grace to stay with You
Until I am glorified in Your presence
Oh, the presence of the Lord
Oh, the presence of the Lord
Verse 2
Aaron’s rod lay before You
Dead wood in a holy place
No effort, no striving
Just staying
And it budded
And it blossomed
And it bore fruit
Arguments were silenced
Authority was settled
Life answered to presence
If dead things respond to Your nearness
What excuse does my life have
To remain barren
When I can stay where You are
Chorus
Oh, the presence of the Lord
Oh, the presence of the Lord
The God who dwells within
Help me to stay in Your presence
Help me to stay in Your presence
Deal with the flesh that fights my calling
Give me grace to stay with You
Until I am glorified in Your presence
Verse 3
I am more blessed than those of old
The veil is torn
The Spirit lives in me
Why should I live beneath shadows
When the substance dwells within
Why should I tremble at a distance
When You have made me Your dwelling place
Father, pull me closer
Let every distraction fall away
Let hunger swallow convenience
Let desire consume fear
I refuse a lesser walk
I refuse a borrowed fire
I refuse a distant God
When You have come this near
Chorus
Oh, the presence of the Lord
Oh, the presence of the Lord
The God who dwells within
Help me to stay in Your presence
Help me to stay in Your presence
Deal with the flesh that fights my calling
Give me grace to stay with You
Until I am glorified in Your presence
Verse 4
Now I lay me down, a living offering
My life upon Your altar, wholly Yours
I do not come and go
I do not touch and turn away
I stay
Let my days speak devotion
Let my obedience burn
Let my life answer Your nearness
Until nothing in me resists You
Let my staying speak
Let my presence carry weight
Let my life be evidence
That men can walk with God
Not rushing out
Not drawing back
Not negotiating devotion
I am not visiting this fire
I am consumed by it
I remain
Bridge
Pull me past comfort
Pull me past fear
Pull me past myself
Let presence be my portion
Let glory be my language
Let staying be my obedience
Final Chorus
Oh, the presence of the Lord
Oh, the presence of the Lord
The God who dwells within
Help me to stay in Your presence
Help me to stay in Your presence
Deal with the flesh that fights my calling
Give me grace to stay with You
Until I am glorified in Your presence
STIRRING THE WATERS
Dear sister, it is that special moment. Take the next 10 minutes to stir the waters by praying in the Holy Ghost. Gladly embrace this sacred pause. Let the instrumental below play as you lift your voice in prayer. Do not rush. Pray until your spirit is refreshed and your heart is stirred.
This is Father to daughter.
This is Spirit to spirit.
Yield yourself completely to Him.
If you have not yet received the baptism of the Holy Spirit, this is your moment. Cry out to your loving Father with all your heart:
“Father, fill me! Baptize me! Immerse me in Your Spirit! I need You for life. Holy Spirit, come. Baptize me with the Holy Ghost, and Father, please grant me another Pentecost, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.”
Let’s start stirring.
TAKE CHARGE
- Father, in the mighty Name of Jesus, I present myself before You today. I sanctify my spirit, my soul, my body, my home, and this entire atmosphere unto You. Let every part of me and every space around me come under the government of the Holy Spirit.
- By the precious blood of Jesus, I declare that this atmosphere belongs to the Kingdom of God. I establish the Lordship of Jesus Christ over this place. Let every power, every influence, every imagination, every distraction, and every operation of darkness be silenced and brought into absolute submission to the authority of Christ.
- I declare that I am a vessel of the living God. My spirit is open to Heaven alone. My ears are open to hear. My eyes are open to see. My heart is soft and ready to receive. Every veil over my understanding is removed in the Name of Jesus. Every resistance to the working of the Holy Spirit is broken.
- Father, breathe upon me afresh. Let Your Zoe arise within me. Let every dead place receive Your life. Let every weary place receive Your strength. Let every dark place be flooded with Your light. Let everything in me that is not of Christ bow before the power of Your indestructible life.
- I command every strange spirit, every demonic presence, every satanic interference, every spirit of heaviness, confusion, fear, distraction, slumber, deception, oppression, and resistance to the Word of God to leave this atmosphere now, in the mighty Name of Jesus. You have no place here. Jesus Christ is Lord over this home, this room, this meeting, and my life.
- I release the rivers of living water from within my spirit to flow freely throughout this atmosphere. Let the presence of God fill this place. Let the ministry of angels prevail. Let the voice of the Holy Spirit be loud and clear. Let Heaven invade this atmosphere.
- Today, I take my place as a son of God, a temple of the Holy Spirit, and a carrier of the life of God. I refuse every distraction. I refuse every condemnation. I refuse every limitation. My heart is fixed on Christ, and I receive all that the Father has prepared for me today.
- Father, take absolute charge. Glorify Your Son. Let Your Kingdom come. Let Your will be done in me and through me. Let Zoe be unleashed afresh in every part of my life. In the mighty Name of Jesus. Amen.
START PRAYING
Cry out from your heart:
Father, thank You for Your immeasurable love. Thank You because You did not leave me outside forever. Thank You for sending Jesus Christ to reopen the way that Adam lost. Blessed be Your holy Name!
Father, I refuse to remain outside while the way has already been opened. Bring me in! Bring me beyond religion. Bring me beyond knowledge. Bring me beyond mere church attendance. Bring me into the reality of Your Life, in Jesus’ Name!
Lord Jesus, I receive fresh boldness to enter into the Holiest by Your Blood. Every spirit of fear, guilt, condemnation and unworthiness that keeps me standing afar off, be broken today in Jesus’ Name!
Father, every veil that still hangs over my spiritual eyes, tear it apart! Every veil of tradition… every veil of religion… every veil of unbelief… every veil of pride… every veil of self-confidence… let it be torn from the top to the bottom in the Name of Jesus!
My spirit, arise! Hear the Word of the Lord! The way has been opened! Why are you still sleeping? Arise and pursue the Presence of God! Arise and hunger for Christ! Arise and press into the Holy of Holies!
Father, don’t allow me to become comfortable in the Outer Court. Refuse to let me settle for outward Christianity. Draw me beyond appearances. Draw me beyond activities. Draw me beyond gifts. Bring me into deep fellowship with Yourself!
Lord, expose every substitute I have accepted instead of Your Presence. Every substitute for intimacy… every substitute for obedience… every substitute for Christ… let it lose its attraction today in Jesus’ Name!
Holy Spirit, teach me the New and Living Way. Every day, show me how Jesus would think. Show me how Jesus would speak. Show me how Jesus would love. Show me how Jesus would respond. I choose to follow the Lamb wherever He goes!
Father, break my stubborn will! Every place where I insist on my own way, let the Cross stand there. Teach me to say, ‘Not my will, but Thine be done.’ Make obedience my delight and Your pleasure my greatest pursuit.
Lord Jesus, I nail every self-will to the Cross today! Every desire that competes with Your will… every ambition born outside Your purpose… every opinion that exalts itself above Your voice… let them die, that Christ alone may live in me!
Father, let my soul become quiet before You. Every noise of the flesh… every distraction of the world… every anxious thought… every restless affection… be silenced! Teach me to hear Your still, small voice.
Holy Spirit, train my heart to obey You immediately. Deliver me from delayed obedience, selective obedience, partial obedience and convenient obedience. Let my answer always be, ‘Yes, Father!’
Lord, make me one of the few who find this Way. I refuse to admire it from a distance. I refuse to preach about it without walking in it. I refuse to know the Scriptures without knowing You. Open my eyes. Lead me into the narrow Way that leads to Life!
Father, I choose Life today! I reject every path that leads to death. I reject every independent way of living. I surrender my plans, my ambitions, my rights, my future, my reputation and my entire life into Your hands. Lead me in the everlasting Way!
O Lord, bring me in! Bring me beyond the Outer Court. Bring me beyond the Holy Place. Bring me into the Holy of Holies. Let my spirit become Your dwelling place indeed. Let me know You, walk with You, hear You and carry Your Presence until Christ is fully formed in me and Your Life flows out of me to my generation. In Jesus’ mighty Name. Amen.
STANDING IN THE GAP
Please let us agree together in prayers with one of our sisters who dropped this prayer point:
- I want my sisters to join in praying for my neighbor, discharge starting coming out of her vagina in November last year, she started visiting the doctors and using antibiotics to no avail, as at Feb this year she started bleeding continuously and she was told there is a hole in her vagina that has connected to her anus. She’s scheduled for surgery 17th July. I want my sister to please help us pray for a restorative/ reformative heavenly surgery before the scheduled date🥺🥹🙏 as she has been diagnose with obstetric fistula for someone that is yet to have a child🥹🥺🥲. I want God to heal her completely. It has affected every area of her life. PS: she’s a waiting mom for almost 10 years now. The Lord should help stop the bleeding and restore her health.
Round off with thanksgiving when you are done.
And then continue below.
FATHER’S CORNER
Let the instrumental below play softly while you spend time with your Father. Imagine Him seated right before you. Now, begin to talk to Him as though you can see Him. Heaven is open. Your Father is waiting.
Ask freely. Ask sincerely. Ask for meat, not chaff. Pour out your heart without reservation. This is not a religious exercise; it is a conversation between a Father and His beloved child.
Spend these next 10 minutes unhurried in His presence. If your heart longs to remain longer, please do. Give Him your attention. Listen as much as you speak. Those things in your journal, open them up and cry them out to your Father.
When you are done, round off your time with heartfelt thanksgiving.
PRAYER OF AGREEMENT
Let us pray together as one and see the glory of God. Do not remain silent or just say ‘Amen’. Follow the prayer carefully, open your mouth, and pray along. Repeat each declaration with faith and from the depths of your heart. Let every prayer become your own sincere cry to God.
Remember, this prayer covers every one of us. As you wholeheartedly stand in agreement for your sisters, they are also standing in agreement for you. “Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them” (Matthew 7:12). Therefore, pray earnestly, believe confidently, and expect the Lord to answer.
Now, let us lift up our voices together in faith.
(TRANSCRIPT)
Shall we agree together in prayers?
I go first, you go with me. Let’s pray.
Our Father, in the mighty name of Jesus, thank You for another day of Juicy July. Thank You because Your mercies are new every morning.
Your Word says that if two of us shall agree on earth concerning anything that we ask, it shall be done by our Father in heaven.
Your Word says that where two or three are gathered together in Your name, You are there in the midst of them.
Therefore, Father, today we stand before You as one family, one altar, and one body in Christ.
We come into agreement according to Your Word, and we receive by faith all that You have purposed to do in this season.
Father, we agree that every participant of Juicy July who has not yet truly encountered Jesus Christ shall be saved.
Let every backslider return home. Let every heart be awakened. Let Christ be revealed, and let many come into the knowledge of the truth.
Father, we agree that every hungry heart shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit. No one desiring the gift of the Holy Spirit will leave Juicy July without experiencing it in Jesus.
Father, we agree concerning every sister and every participant whose spiritual hunger has grown cold. Who have no burden for prayers, Father, awaken them by Your mercy.
Let a fresh hunger for Your presence arise in them. Let a holy burden for prayer fall upon them in Jesus Name.
Fill every participant who has experienced the Holy Ghost baptism afresh, Lord. Stir up every spiritual gift. Awaken every grace. Deepen our intimacy with You.
Empower us to live holy lives, to pray fervently, and to fulfil your will for our lives. Let Your Life be fully unleashed within us in the Name of Jesus.
Father, we agree concerning every participant and every name brought before this altar. Let every sickness bow to the name of Jesus. By His stripes, we decree healing.
We agree for creative miracles, Lord. Let damaged organs be restored, missing parts be created, blind eyes be opened, deaf ears hear, and impossible cases become undeniable testimonies, all for the glory of Jesus Christ.
Father, we agree concerning every waiting family. By Your mercy, release the babies You have promised. Let the sound of rejoicing replace the cry of barrenness.
Heal every husband and every wife. Restore every reproductive system. Open every womb according to Your mercy, and let these children be born for Your glory.
Father, we agree concerning kingdom marriages. Bring together those You have prepared for one another.
Bone to her bone, flesh to his flesh.
Break every demonic influence on their marital life, every delay, every deception, every counterfeit relationship, and every barrier standing against Your purpose. Destroy by fire!
Establish for you, godly homes that will glorify Christ and advance Your Kingdom.
Father, we agree concerning the finances of every participant. Open every door You have ordained.
Open every window of heaven over our lives. Break every chain of lack, stagnation, and financial oppression.
Release divine provision, favour, wisdom, opportunities, and abundant supply, that we may abound unto every good work and have more than enough to advance Your Kingdom.
Father, let Your Kingdom come. Let Your will be done in Africa as it is in heaven. Visit Nigeria and every nation represented in this Juicy July. Let the bloodshed cease. Let kidnappings cease. Let terrorism cease. Let violence and corruption be brought low. Let righteousness be exalted.
Purify Your Church. Remove compromise, falsehood, and worldliness. Raise faithful shepherds, bold witnesses, holy families, and labourers who will make disciples for Your glory.
Holy Spirit, take over the church in Nigeria, Africa and the nations again, by your mercy.
Father, because we carry the life of Christ, we decree that every manifestation of death must give way to life. Let sickness give way to life. Let barrenness give way to life. Let weakness give way to life. Let dryness give way to life. Let fear give way to life. Let discouragement give way to life. Let every area where death has spoken be overwhelmed by the life of God.
Let Zoe be unleashed in us, through us, and around us in Jesus Name.
Juicy July, hear the word of the Lord!
No delays, no roadblocks, and no excuses! Every single day of this month will show the raw Zoe life, light, and power of God!
We decree right now: No problem that came into July with us goes out with us!
Thou pregnant womb of heaven, we open our hands wide and we receive our deliverables! You will not go back with our blessings! You will deliver them all completely, and we are enabled to receive them!
Every power that wants to stop us, we stop you right now by fire! You cannot block our answers, and you cannot delay our testimonies!
It is finished, it is settled, and we have won by the power that is in the blood of Jesus!
In Jesus’ mighty name.
AMEN!
VICTORY DECLARATION
Before you leave today, seal everything the Lord has done in your heart with this declaration of victory. Don’t just listen. Sing it boldly. Let every word become your confession of faith. Christ has finished the work; now walk in the victory He has secured for you.
It is finished…
My Lord cried out loud.It is finished…
The price has been paid.It is finished…
The Kingdom invades earth!It is finished…
Therefore I prevail!
Declare it until your spirit believes it. In Christ, the victory is already yours.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Don’t forget! Our Juicy July Bible Study holds tonight at 9PM (WAT) on Google Meet (Ladies only). Please ensure you are studying the Scriptures as you fast and pray. God bless us all.
Text for today: Matthew 6
See you there, dear daughter of my Father!
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Father, let me be among the few who truly find and walk the way that leads to Life.
Even the chamber of the holy of holies is so narrow 🔥🔥, correlating with what Jesus said- Narrow is the way that leads to Life!