This passage shows us some heavy revelations from the word of God. When Christ was born, His star appeared in the firmament on the sky and it was a brilliant shining and a prominent star, not a star hidden in a corner. It was seen by everybody.

The star was seen in Bethlehem , it was seen in Judea, all over Palestine and was seen at the far end of the earth because the wise men that came to Jesus, the bible recorded they came in from long distance outside the cities mentioned above. What happened to Jesus in this passage is an illustration of what God wants our experience to be because you are not just an ordinary person but a star.

God wants your star to shine just as Jesus" star was shining and in the name of Jesus I pray your star will shine Amen. I declare to you that your star will shine Amen. Let this declaration be real to you as whatever you say with your mouth will be real to you. Do not be too silent for victory. Jesus even confirmed that with our mouth we will be justified or condemned.

Please note that you are a product of what you said yesterday or a product of what you refuse to say yesterday. When you have opportunity to be before God, say something please say it boldly.

I want you to know that if there's anything you do not want in your life, eliminate it from your language. If you stop saying it you will soon stop seeing it.

And if there's something you want to see in your life that is not there yet, begin to say it. If you say it long enough, very soon you are going to see it.

The possibility of right Words is shown in Genesis Chapter One shows us how God operated. Verse three begins with" And God said" and unto verse six of the same chapter. Also verse nine, eleven, fourteen, twenty, twenty-four, twenty-six, twenty-nine, still reads "And God said" In verse thirty one begins with "And God saw" what did God see?

He saw what he said. He said and continue saying it until he saw it. For instance, you see a Mercedes Benz car which you desire as a believer, you need to start thanking God for the car. When you see someone driving such car, say "Oh! Thank you God for that brother driving that car. That is my kind of car and it is coming"

You keep saying it. And let what you say agree with what is in your heart. Keep saying good things about yourself, prophesy about yourself.

Let me explain this principle properly before I go back to my message.

You are the number one prophet of your own life. It does not matter whatever anyone says about you, if you do not believe it, it will not work. Listen to this, no matter what any witch says about you, if you reject, it will not work so also if it's a powerful prophet of God and you disbelieve it, it will not work.

Let me show you an example in the scripture, one day Hezekiah was sick and God sent Isaiah to go and tell him that he will die. And Hezekiah said its not him and rejected it and started to pray and God changed his plan. Whatever you say about yourself is very powerful before God.

Prophesy to your own self again that your star will shine.

This scripture shows that it is the will of God for our star to shine. One of the plans of witches and wizards is to manipulate one's life so that the star of such an individual does not shine, also one of the principal plans of the devil is that you are confined to a corner, insignificant, unknown and you are not doing anything for God.

God wants our star to shine and the scriptures confirm this. In Isaiah chapter sixty verse one it says: "Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee"

This scripture shows that it is the will of God for our star to shine. One of the plans of witches and wizards is to manipulate one's life so that the star of such an individual does not shine, also one of the principal plans of the devil is that you are confined to a corner, insignificant, unknown and you are not doing anything for God. You just live and die unrecognized, that is the will of the devil but the will of God is for you to shine and I declare that your star will shine in Jesus name. Amen.

In Mathew chapter five verse 16, Jesus declared us as the salt, light of the world and not only does God wants us to be stars but rather to be a prominent star. Everyone knows the importance of salt to cooking.

This shows the prominence of salt and Jesus refer to us as the salt of this world. We are not supposed to be hidden. Part of the provision of being the salt is to be the head and not the tail, be a house upon the rock, be above only, lend to nations and not borrow.

Mathew chapter five verse 16 shows that Jesus expect us to let our light shine with intensity, power which means it is the will of God for our light to shine. You need to repackage yourself. You need to get some where and dominate.

Paul says in Philippians chapter two verses fifteen and sixteen that we are expected to shine in a crooked and perverse generation. Your star will shine. We are to be prominent in whatever or wherever we are.

In Mathew chapter two verse two the latter part of the verse says ".. . for we have seen his star in the east and are come to worship him".

Read this verse again. In this verse. there's an exposure that it is one thing for your star to shine but another for it to shine and be seen. "It is not every shining star that is noticed" .

In the study of astronomy which is the study of heavenly goddess. In this study, we are told that there are many galaxies and in our galaxy called the earth there are trillions of stars and all of them are shining but it is not all of them that are seen, some are constant like the northern star".

Most are not seen because they are covered by the clouds and the devil does not mind. If you are shining so far he can use the cloud to cover your shining so that nobody takes notice of you. This is one of the major works of witchcraft. They want to organize such manipulation to make sure your shining star is covered and nobody sees it.

It is not every beautiful lady that ends up being married. Shining but not noticed. It is not every brilliant mind that ends up as a successor, shining but covered, no favour, no recognition.

Do not live at a low level, the valley is too crowded. There is a space for you at the top, I declare that you will make it. Whatever the enemy has organized to destroy you I shelter them in Jesus name. Amen

I want you to be determined to tap the resources of God for your generation. In the same verse, the bible shows us that the wise men 'came' and what attracted them is the shining stars when they arrived they gave him gifts. In the name of Jesus when your star begin to shine people will be attracted and they will be willing to pay for your services.

Now, the spirit of discernment is needed in the church as there are so many false brethren who are agents of the devil and we need to deal with them. Mathew chapter two, verse three told us that Herod arose to kill the shining stars. Herod's are spirits and they are to hinder the shining star. So do not play with your Herod rather see them dead and they being dead will help your star to shine.

Herods are strong demonic forces- as Herod was the one that beheaded John the Baptist, it was Herod that beheaded James, Herod scattered the early churches, Herod killed the children when looking for Jesus Christ. Do not share your dream with enemy. In the bible, three devilish spirits operated similarly they are the spirit of Herod, spirit of pharaoh and spirit of Jezebel.

The possibility of right Words is shown in Genesis Chapter One shows us how God operated. Verse three begins with" And God said" and unto verse six of the same chapter. Also verse nine, eleven, fourteen, twenty, twenty-four, twenty-six, twenty-nine, still reads "And God said" In verse thirty one begins with "And God saw" what did God see?

They are all the same, terrible witcraft, pollutant of believers, silencer of anointing. They are cruel and deceitful. They are full of poison. Do not be foolish in praying that 'let Herod be saved and born again". You are wasting your time as these Herods do not change their mind.

God did not save the first Herod, he killed them. The second Herod that killed James, the disciples were busy praying for the Herod to repent as they were praying the Herod picked James and killed him and when he saw that it pleased the Jew, he picked Peter and the disciples changed their prayer to that of war then the Herod died.

Do not pity them when you hear the death news of your Herod. Open your bible to Judges 5:31. This passage tells us what will happen to God's enemy that they will be perished while those who love God will be as the sun. The later part of the scripture says "the land had rest for forty years". Why the land did have rest? This was because the enemies were gone. If your Herod is not gone there can be no rest, there are many marriage that is from one trouble to another, no peace because there is a Herod not executed yet.

Today I pray your Herod will die and your star will shine also they will see your star in Jesus Name. Prophesy this to yourself and keep saying it

Preached by Bishop Francis Wale Oke