NO MORE STUBBORN CHALLENGES

Day 37 of the 40 days opened straight into fire prayer, with no teaching preamble. Pastor Jerry declared that anything in the worshipper's soul, spirit or body "that is not in line with the will of God for my life must be altered," and called for fresh revival fire - "let the giant, let the warrior in you, let it rise." Prophetic words ran alongside the prayer from the start: wheelchairs being lifted, women awaiting the fruit of the womb told to "carry your evidence right now, no matter what the medical report," and the promise that "your family will no longer record premature death."

The through-line was the stubborn challenge that must break practically, not theoretically. He built it from Exodus: Pharaoh answering Moses with "Who is the LORD that I should obey him?" - and God replying, in his words, "We are going to move from theory to practical." From there came the day's chant, "operation practical" / "practical manifestation," grounded in Paul's claim that the preaching of the gospel is "not with enticing words but in the demonstration of the power of God." His pictures of practical power were the serpent of Moses swallowing the serpents of Egypt, the guards at Christ's tomb becoming as dead men when the stone rolled away, and Lazarus called out of the grave. He said plainly, "I don't know why the Lord is causing me to stay on this matter" - the sense being that a congregation 37 days into praying and fasting needed evidence it could hold in its hands.

The prayer then moved through named enemies: stubborn challenges that are inherited, transferred, mysterious, witchcraft-engineered; challenges that "appear in seasons," that "disappear in career and appear in business, disappear in business and appear in family." He prayed Daniel's den - "the Lord sent his angel to shut the mouth of the lions that they could not hurt me" - but refused to stop at survival: "Thank you Lord for sustaining me in the pit... but is the pit your destination? Somebody must come out. You are bigger than that place." He called people out of the pit of the same cycle, of forgetfulness, of chemotherapy, of "getting close but not carrying your evidence," and said he saw documents, a proposal, a wedding dress and favour still lying in the pit, to be brought out.

Two further prophetic strands ran through: a book of someone's life that a power was trying to close prematurely ("let their own be closed instead"), and adults in the spirit "wearing nursery school uniform" - a devil-given garment reducing their height in destiny. Then came an extended block of words of knowledge over specific diagnoses, each with the same formula: "If you are the one, put it on the live stream. The devil is a liar. Let it be reversed."

The ministry closed with the congregation on their knees putting together a seed of thanksgiving, the Holy Ghost invoked from Genesis 1 over every written "congratulation note" to give it life, and a corporate decree: "No more stubborn challenge - the stubborn challenge collided with my stubborn faith, and now I have supernatural results." Testimonies followed (three marriages, three debt cancellations, a reversed heart diagnosis, quadruplets), then three communions and the closing declaration of Psalm 91. His own summary of the day: "What came as a stubborn challenge has become a sudden miracle... All I hear is congratulations."

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Theme and timing

• Day 37 of the 40 Days of Prayer, Miracles and Manifestation (40DPMM). "We have three more days to the end of our 40 days."
• Prophetic timings given during prayer: before 7:00 p.m. Nigerian time, God would show onlookers that his hand is on your life and that you have sought his face; within 24 hours ("watch what Arroi will do in less than 24 hours") light shining and evidence that you are out of the pit; in 12 days, "something is coming - bigger than your prayer... it will make up for all the years of rejection and disappointment... it will shock your enemy and surprise your friends"; the next 30 days - "you may not see the wind, you may not see the rain"; another 40 days - "you will not be where you are."

Salvation

• Salvation prayer led twice (early in the prayer and again at the close): "Lord Jesus, come into my life. Come and be my Lord and personal Saviour. Forgive me my sins, cleanse me, sanctify me, and make me pure and holy again. Amen."
• New converts: email salvation@streamsofjoy.org (caption "salvation streams of joy") writing "I give my life to Christ"; online standby counsellors reach out immediately.

Testimonies to send

• Video testimonies only - not written.
• Phone/WhatsApp: 0803 886 6988 (captions vary: "0838866988" / "08038866988") and 0803 992 2474 (caption "0839922474"). From outside Nigeria, add +234.
• Email: testimonies@streamsofjoy.org.
• The appeal: "Why are you keeping back your testimony? Why don't we end this 40 days with Ghana pepper mixed with Malawian pepper, Zambian pepper - Zimbabwe will lend us some, Sierra Leone will also give us some. Mix all the pepper together and put it in the eye of the devil."

Social / sharing

• Pastor Jerry's prayer WhatsApp channel - scan the on-screen QR code, or search "Pastor Jerry Eze" and turn on notifications. The day's declarations drop there right after the service.
• Instagram and Twitter/X: @thatrealjerryeze (blue tick). TikTok: Pastor Jerry Eze (blue tick). Facebook: Jerry Eze (blue tick). YouTube: Pastor Jerry Eze - subscribe and tick the notification bell.
• Hashtags: #NSPPD and #7amFirePrayers.

Conference

• NSPPD UK Prayer Conference - 26 September, venue Old Trafford, Manchester United Stadium. Registration still ongoing via the on-screen QR code. "Tell someone to tell someone that God is about to do miracles that will shock the world."

Seed / offering

• The congregation was asked to kneel and "put together your seed of thanksgiving," with the charge: "Listen to God. Whatever the Lord asks you to do, go ahead and do it." The release of the seed was followed by the corporate decree of "no more stubborn challenge."

Communion

Three servings:

1. "No more stubborn challenge."
2. "Clean bill of health."
3. Communion of answers - kneel and ask the Lord for three things you desire of him; "I decree it is done."

Testimonies played / recapped

• A wedding from an aunt's 70th birthday - she met a young man there in October; they were chatting weeks later; he proposed in January. Obeying the altar's "set a date," she named July. Traditional wedding 16 July, and "the most amazing wedding ever" two days later on 18 July. "So it will be loud, papa. We asked God loud, and it was loud."
• The 22 August word - she held on to Pastor Jerry's 22 August 2023 call-forth ("comfort and wear your wedding ring, comfort and get married"); met her husband in February 2024, proposal in April, traditional and white wedding in August 2024. Her husband shares Pastor Jerry's birthday, 22 August.
• "Product of Pastor Jerry's birthday" - she sent in a birthday prayer request to be married before the end of 2025 and to meet her husband on or before 22 August 2025. On Friday 22 August 2025 she reluctantly went to the venue, found it overflowing, stood outside in the rain, then waited a long time to pray at the altar. He, "for no reason," stayed behind directing traffic and helping elderly people cross the road. They ended up in the same taxi. Traditional wedding 13 December 2025. Pastor K's read: "Operation don't go too early" - and, "any car that will stop your blessing, they will not drive that day."
• $35,000 written off - ten hours after the mercy prayer on the altar, a business owner met a CEO for the first time over a debt her business owed. The CEO said, "We're just going to write off all prior debt and have a clean slate going forward." About $35,000.
• ₦500,000 forgiven, Warri - a single mother of five, borrowing to feed her children and pay school fees, had owed a woman ₦500,000 since December and had been threatened with "another means" of collection. The morning after praying "all my debts paid" with her children after NSPPD, she called and, before she could speak, the woman said forget the money, don't pay - "send me your account number, let me give you something to support you."
• Dubai-to-UK loan cancelled - a family relocated to the UK after ten years in Dubai, having taken loans to fund the move; professional work did not come, savings ran out, the loan accumulated and the bank passed it to a debt collection company that called daily and threatened to send police after him wherever he was. During the 14-day mid-year fast they put the loan first on their 14 prayer requests; Pastor Jerry shouted "miraculous debt cancellation," and that same day an email said the bank had decided to close the loan. On 7 August 2026 an SMS confirmed the loan paid in full - principal and interest - with the clearance letter received the following Tuesday. Amount given (digits caption-mangled): roughly $31,800, about ₦43.5 million.
• Ventricular tachycardia reversed - a woman (captions render the name "Migra Amo"; uncertain) collapsed on 12 August 2025, her son's birthday, while making his banana bread: weakness, palpitations, shortness of breath, headache, dizziness, all within ten minutes. She expected a 30-minute check-up and was admitted 4-5 days; the ECG showed "my heart was beating backwards"; a cardiologist diagnosed supraventricular tachycardia and raised open-heart surgery. She played NSPPD in the ward and heard "what they saw before, they will not see again," and later, before her outpatient echocardiogram, "ventricular tachycardia - let it be reversed." The surgery never happened and the diagnosis did not stand. One year on she has had no shortness of breath, dizziness or palpitations, and baked her son's birthday cake herself on 12 August.
• Quadruplets - in her father's house, the men wait 5, 8, 10 years and more for children. She stood daily on NSPPD for her brother's wife, holding on to "carry your multiple babies - you will not give birth to one." The wife delivered four babies: two boys and two girls. "When Pastor Jerry says God will give you a come-and-see miracle, your testimony will announce itself."
• Pastor K's observation across two days: yesterday a woman testified that she asked God for two and received three; today someone testifies of four - "That means he's increasing... it might just be because of you."

Words of knowledge / healing declarations

Formula used throughout: "If you are the one, put it on the live stream. The devil is a liar. I announce, let it be reversed."

• Wheelchairs seen being lifted up - "Is that in a wheelchair? The devil is a liar" (recurring three times through the service).
• Women awaiting the fruit of the womb: "No matter what the medical report, carry your evidence right now." Later: "What do you want? One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight - anyone you want."
• Cerebral abscess.
• Osteoporosis.
• "Dracula" (caption unrecoverable; likely a blood or parasitic condition).
• Platelet storage pool disorder ("platelet storage and release effect").
• Vertigo, possibly benign paroxysmal positional vertigo ("vertical against Py" - uncertain).
• Cancer of the skin.
• A condition of the lining of the heart - "I don't know what they said is wrong with the lining of your heart."
• Stevens-Johnson syndrome ("Steve passing syndrome").
• Retroverted uterus.
• Prostate cancer / prostate enlargement running in a bloodline - "your father's brother has prostate cancer, you yourself have prostate cancer, your father also had prostate cancer. If you are that family, put it on the live stream."
• Anaplastic carcinoma ("I'm a plastic casino").
• Squamous cell neck cancer.
• Soft tissue sarcoma ("soft tissue soma").
• Urinary and faecal incontinence.
• A goitre turning to cancer ("from go to cancer" - uncertain).
• Diabetes and HIV named early in the prayer: "Diabetes cannot battle, HIV cannot battle - who can battle with your God?"
• Anyone who has overstayed in hospital with a case that is not looking good: "The Sun of righteousness has arisen with healing in his wings."
• A mark of false allegation - "wherever you go, people allege what you did not do; you have moved from one office to another, from one allegation to another. Whenever there is a problem, whether you are involved or not, they find a way to put your name in it. Let it be broken."
• Missing loved ones: "Any loved one of yours that is missing - wherever they are, let them come back home."
• A vision of someone reading a book and another person closing it - a power trying to close a chapter of your life prematurely: "let their own be closed."
• A vision of adults wearing nursery-school uniform, looking like dwarfs - a devil-issued garment reducing height in destiny; broken.
• A vision of an arrow of error and mistake aimed at the rest of the year: "The devil is a liar. Let it be reversed."
• Addiction: "There is mercy that breaks addiction"; special grace declared over businesses and careers.
• "No parent under the sound of my voice will bury any of their children."
• Also declared: something you will be chosen for that "will involve the nations."

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1. God is done being theoretical about your situation. Pharaoh asked "Who is the LORD that I should obey him?" and the answer was not an argument but a demonstration: "We are going to move from theory to practical." The gospel itself is preached "not with enticing words but in the demonstration of the power of God."
2. A stubborn challenge is measured not by how long it has stood but by what it collides with. Goliath was a stubborn challenger and one stone finished him. "I don't care how strong your stubborn challenge is - we have come with what swallows stubborn challenges." The day's decree: "The stubborn challenge collided with my stubborn faith, and now I have supernatural results."
3. Being preserved in the pit is not the same as being delivered from it. He thanked God for shutting the lions' mouths, then refused to stop there: "Is the pit your destination? That is not your house. You are bigger than that place. Somebody must come out."
4. Your testimony must not end at survival. "Your testimony will not end at 'the Lord sustained me in the pit.' Your testimony will be 'the Lord brought me out of it.'"
5. What men have already concluded, God can reopen. Martha said "by this time he stinketh"; Jesus said roll away the stone. "They said it has gotten bad, nothing will come out of it" - let the stone be rolled away.
6. After 37 days of praying and fasting, evidence is owed that you can hold in your hands. "Let it be practical. They will hear you. It will be loud."
7. Whatever followed you into this service does not leave with you. "Whatever followed you here, you will not live with it - except there is no God."
8. The accusation against you has no standing. The accuser of the brethren is cast down; anything not planted by the heavenly Father is rooted out; those who gathered "not by the Lord" will fall for your sake.
9. God gives beyond the request. Pastor K on the debt testimonies: "There is an Arroi who is not content with doing what you ask - he wants to add to what you asked of him." And on the taxi meeting: "How can you come to church praying while the other man is conducting traffic, and the two of you meet in the same taxi? Only a God can orchestrate that event."
10. This is a congratulations season, declared before the evidence arrives. "I don't know whether you know you are in your congratulation season... not because I'm asking you to, but because you know it's already done."

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Today / this season

• Declare aloud: "No more stubborn challenge" - no more depression, repression, oppression; "the Lord has turned it for my good."
• Shout "operation practical" and "practical manifestation" over your situation.
• Declare with him: "I am more than a conqueror"; "He that is in me is greater than he that is in the world"; "Their arrows backfire, their wickedness failed woefully, their attack did not arrive at its destination."
• Come out of the pit - "pray and jump, pray and move." Bring your documents, your proposal, your wedding dress, your favour out with you.
• Lift up your written congratulation note before the Lord for the Holy Ghost to breathe life into it.
• Kneel and put together your seed of thanksgiving, and do with it whatever the Lord tells you.
• Put your diagnosis on the live stream if any of the named conditions is yours.
• Take the three communions with any liquid and any substance you have: no more stubborn challenge; clean bill of health; and, on your knees, three specific requests.
• Send your video testimony now to 0803 886 6988 / 0803 992 2474 (+234 from outside Nigeria) or testimonies@streamsofjoy.org - video, not written. "Heaven is waiting on that testimony you have not shared."
• Post the declaration on Facebook, Instagram and your WhatsApp status/update: "No more stubborn challenge. What God cannot do does not exist. #NSPPD #7amFirePrayers"
• Call your friends and family - "this is not a season to watch later. Tell them: please try this God."
• Join Pastor Jerry's prayer WhatsApp channel (QR code on screen) and follow the social handles; the day's declarations post immediately after the service.
• If you prayed the salvation prayer, email salvation@streamsofjoy.org with "I give my life to Christ."

Tomorrow / upcoming

• Three days remain in the 40 days - finish them. "In another 40 days you will not be where you are."
• "I pray that tomorrow on the altar, may Arroi remember you" - he asked for three loud amens on that.

UK / other locations

• NSPPD UK Prayer Conference, 26 September, Old Trafford (Manchester United Stadium) - register via the QR code and tell someone to tell someone.

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