THE ENCOUNTER - RAIN OF ANSWERS; EVIDENCE FESTIVAL

This was Day 40 - the last and final day of the 40DPMM prayer run - framed as an "Evidence Festival": the day prayer points were declared to have become evidence. Pastor Jerry opened straight into warfare prayer over anything "not in line with the will of God for my life," calling delay, stagnation, rising-and-falling and evil covering by name, and telling the congregation to wake their dead things: "Tell him my Lazarus is not dead. I hear the Lord say unto me, wake up Lazarus."

The through-line was season change and crossing over. He prayed people out of an old season - "pray yourself out of an old season" - then moved into a crossing-over prayer: "I hear my Father say to me, cross over. I cross over, I leap over, I run over." He shook off any "deposit, any mark I have taken because I have been on this side for too long," broke the powers that intercept between labour and result, that make people invisible for favour, promotion and help, and that spoil a celebration just before it lands. Where an answer felt far away, he reversed the direction: instead of the congregant travelling to the answer, "let the Lord move it to you… now you're there."

He gave three minutes of solo, holding-the-horns-of-the-altar prayer on Isaiah 66:9 - "Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth?" - then called for evidence: everyone who had dressed like their miracle, downloaded a picture, brought a token or a mantle was told to put it on their head while he prayed impartation over it. Timings came thick: 24 hours, 12 days, 24 days, 16 days, 30 days, "it will not pass September," "before 7:00 p.m. Nigerian time."

Then the service turned. Pastor Jerry knelt and prayed his own birthday prayer - "Tomorrow you are going to make me a year older… if there be any gift to anyone whose eyes are upon you, Lord, give it" - asking that whatever gift God intended for him be given to the congregation instead. Pastor K interrupted the prayer to celebrate him: NSPPDians shouted "Happy birthday Papa" three times, the cake was cut, candles blown, and giving details were put on screen, with the note that the actual birthday is tomorrow, 22 August.

Testimonies followed, dominated by last year's birthday declarations bearing fruit: multiple miracle babies conceived after the August 2025 birthday service, a set of twins for a sister married 15 years, four separate cancer reversals (cervical, breast, stage-4 colorectal, Hodgkin lymphoma), the reversal of seven years of erectile dysfunction in a marriage on the brink, and a mother whose non-verbal, non-sleeping son now talks, writes and takes all A's. Communion was served three times, and the day closed in praise ("Too many reasons," "We move," "I like the way You…") with the corporate declaration: "I have my evidence."

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Theme and timing

• Day 40 - the last and final day of the 40DPMM run. Theme: THE ENCOUNTER - RAIN OF ANSWERS; EVIDENCE FESTIVAL.
• Pastor Jerry's birthday is tomorrow, Saturday 22 August 2026. The cake was cut and candles blown on the altar today; Pastor K said the main birthday is tomorrow and asked people to celebrate again on social media then.
• Pastor K said Pastor Jerry had been fasting for this day, and that he has known him roughly 25 years.
• Next service: RAIN OF ANSWERS on Monday (24 August 2026) - "Operation Stop the Stop." Pastor Jerry stressed that following this day is important: after praying, "the enemy always arises to hijack." Promised: operation stop the hijackers, every exchange reversed, multiple reigns at the same time, different accesses, angelic invasion in different areas of life.

Salvation

• Salvation prayer led twice: "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."
• New converts: email salvation@streamsofjoy.org and write "I gave my life to Christ." Standby counsellors reach out immediately.

Testimonies to send

• Video testimonies to WhatsApp: 0838866988 or 0839922474 (digits as repeated in both announcement blocks). From outside Nigeria, add the country code +234.
• Email: testimonies@streamsofjoy.org.
• He specifically asked people whose testimonies came out of last year's birthday prayers, or out of any previous prayer, to send them in - "there is somebody God is saying a new season has started but you have not thanked me for what I've done."

Social / sharing

• Declarations were said to be dropping on the Pastor Jerry / NSPPD prayer WhatsApp channel.
• Pastor K asked everyone to go on the social media pages tomorrow (the actual birthday) and "make a lot of noise."

Giving

• Birthday giving: Pastor K asked media to put Papa's account details on the screen so NSPPDians could give as an expression of love on his birthday.
• Seed of thanksgiving: on Day 40, on knees with the mantle on the head - "put together your seed of thanksgiving… anything that God tells you to do, go ahead and do it. Listen to God."

Communion

Three servings, all "eat of the flesh of Jesus and drink of the blood of the new covenant":

1. First communion - "I have my evidence."
2. Second communion - "I have my evidence."
3. Third and last communion - communion of mercies (captions: "communion of masses").

After communion, on the knees: thank the Lord for the three things you were believing for - "don't pray about them, it's already done. Just thank the Lord."

Testimonies played / recapped

• Miracle babies from the August 2025 birthday service: a woman who conceived her daughter at last year's birthday and delivered 16 May 2026; a woman who keyed into the moment mommy asked Papa to give his personal account details and received her "bundle of joy" with a smooth delivery; a couple who received the 2025 birthday declaration, tested positive September 2025 and delivered a baby girl in May 2026 after less than an hour of labour.
• Twins after 15 years: a woman sent in her 2025 birthday prayer request asking God to bless her sister - married 15 years without children - with twins, a boy and a girl. On 19 June 2026 her sister gave birth to boy-and-girl twins.
• Erectile dysfunction reversed: a wife married since 2018 (first son 2019) described six to seven years without intercourse, a gynaecologist's diagnosis of erectile dysfunction, failed drugs and remedies, constant quarrelling, and reaching the point of considering another man. She and her husband joined the media fast Pastor Jerry declared. She then heard him pray, for the first time, "Any erectile dysfunction, the devil is a liar. Let it be reversed." That night, around 4 a.m., after seven years, the marriage was restored - "it was over 30 minutes… I was shouting Arroi."
• Cervical cancer (Aba): a woman testifying for a neighbour who, past menopause, began bleeding heavily in April 2026; a growth was scraped from her womb and the result in June 2026 came back cancer. They took it to the altar; on a Wednesday "Oh Lord Show Me Mercy" Pastor Jerry declared "They told you it was cervical cancer - the devil is a liar. Let it be reversed." The final result came back no cancer. (Captions give the result date as "August 26 this year" - date uncertain.)
• Stage 2 cervical cancer reversed for an NSPPD member who repeated her biopsy - "everything was reversed."
• Breast cancer: a woman who joined the platform in 2022 during COVID after a cancer diagnosis; at operation it was found to be stage two. She took the declaration over women with breast cancer and after one year was declared cancer free.
• Two cancers from the USA: a member praying from Central Standard Time (joining at 1 a.m. her time) for a friend, Jonathan, with stage 4 colorectal cancer. On the fourth day Papa named colorectal/colon cancer and declared it reversed; the doctor later reported no cancer cells circulating anywhere in his body. The same member prayed for Dr. Lee's 15-year-old son with Hodgkin lymphoma, using the boy's photograph as a point of contact; Papa named Hodgkin lymphoma on the altar, and the doctors said there was no need to continue chemotherapy.
• Cognitive impairment / autism / learning disabilities: Moni, whose son (born 2019) was found at age two to have cognitive impairment affecting speech, behaviour, development and learning. She first joined NSPPD on 26 April 2022 and played the prayers day and night for over two years. On 3 May Pastor Jerry declared a special grace on children with autism and all forms of slow development; she laid hands on her son's belongings and the change began - he called "mommy" and "daddy" for the first time. A later declaration named learning disabilities specifically; two weeks into the next term the school reported he was fit to move up and writing perfectly. He now talks freely and got all A's in his last exam.
• Pastor Jerry said too many miracle-baby testimonies from last year remain unplayed, and they will keep playing them.

Words of knowledge / healing declarations

• Two wheelchairs - someone being lifted out of a wheelchair, then "another wheelchair."
• Diabetes and HIV - "cannot battle with your God."
• Every addiction broken - "mercy that breaks addiction, let it be poured out."
• Cancer, tumour, any diagnosis that "arose to make a name" in a life - declared a liar.
• The sickness is not unto death; "you will not see the worst out of it."
• Special grace over businesses and careers.
• A garment of greatness buried by relatives 33 years ago - released.
• In 24 hours: "your light will shine"; "watch what Arroi will do in less than 24 hours."
• Before 7:00 p.m. Nigerian time (repeated twice): "the Lord will show them that his hand is upon your life… that you have sought his face." Also, before 6:00 p.m. Nigerian time, tears wiped away.
• In 12 days / 24 days / "right after this prayer" - "something is coming, bigger than your prayer… it will not pass September before your enemies hear about it."
• In 16 days: "they will not meet you where they left you."
• In 30 days: a throne restored; "God's waiting for my favour between now and the next 30 days."
• In 40 days from today: success, visibility and help "you have never seen since you were born."
• Marital congratulations in two weeks; "your marital celebration has arrived."
• Powers of invisibility (people looking at you but not seeing you for favour, visibility, help, promotion) broken; powers intercepting between labour and result broken; the pattern where something goes wrong just before a celebration reversed.
• The spirit of average in a father's house or career - "you have a big name but no evidence; your evidence is not matching your name" - broken.
• No parent under the sound of my voice will bury any of their children; "your family will no longer record premature death."
• Every woman looking for the fruit of the womb: "no matter what the medical report - carry your evidence right now."
• Backsliders: passion for God and zeal for fellowship restored; every appetite for negativity dried up.
• "20 years in one day"; "one door God will open - it will not be far from today, and it will restore everything you lost."
• Every evil emergency waiting in the future - fire sent ahead.

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1. Day 40 is not for more asking - it is for evidence. What was a prayer point at the start of the 40 days has become reality: "It was a prayer point before; at the sound of your amen it has become your reality… it has become your evidence."
2. A season can be prayed out of. Pharaoh, your mistakes, shame, lack of breakthrough, effort without result, spiritual laziness, addiction and sin cannot keep you where you are - "pray yourself out of an old season."
3. You do not always have to travel to the answer; the answer can be moved to you. "You are thinking, how will I get there? Now you're there. Let the Lord move it to where you are."
4. God finishes what he starts. On Isaiah 66:9 - wherever the Lord has brought you to the place of battle, to a process or a journey he began, there must be an evidence; he does not bring to the birth without causing to bring forth.
5. Anything that came into your life to make a name for itself is a Babel project - cancer, tumour, diagnosis, cycle, conspiracy, handwriting from hell - and God comes down and scatters what tries to make a name at your expense.
6. Faith is not the entry requirement today. "Whether you have faith or you do not have faith, my faith is enough for you" - said twice, once in prayer and once after the cognitive-impairment testimony.
7. After the answer comes the attempt to hijack it. That is why Monday's Rain of Answers matters: "after praying, the enemy always arises to hijack."
8. God is a God who reverses. Every testimony played was a reversal, not merely an improvement - and reversal is the language he keeps praying in.
9. His own birthday request was that God's gift to him be given to the people. "If there be anything you desire to do for me, Lord - to everyone whose eyes are upon you, who don't want to tell the same story by this time next year - Father, give it."

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Today / this season

• Say the day's declaration out loud: "I have my evidence" - "the Lord has given me more than I ask… my wait is finally over."
• Pray yourself out of the old season; cross over - "I cross over, I leap over, I run over."
• Take the three minutes alone with God and pray "like it is all you have," on "Shall I bring to the birth and not cause to bring forth?"
• Shake off every deposit or mark taken from being "on this side for too long," and take off the old garment - "I take it off."
• Put your mantle, token, handkerchief or downloaded picture on your head while he prays impartation over it; drag your expectations closer.
• Get on your knees and put together your seed of thanksgiving for Day 40 - "anything the Lord says to you to do, go ahead and do it. Listen to God."
• Take the three communions: "I have my evidence," "I have my evidence," and the communion of mercies. Then thank God for your three things instead of praying about them.
• Send in your video testimony - including from last year's birthday prayers - to 0838866988 or 0839922474 (+234 from outside Nigeria), or testimonies@streamsofjoy.org.
• New believers: email salvation@streamsofjoy.org with "I gave my life to Christ."
• Shout Arroi when you don't know what to pray: "in the midst of confusion, when you don't know what to say, just shout Arroi."
• On the way out: walk up to 30 people and scream in their ears, "Congratulations everywhere."

Tomorrow / upcoming

• Saturday 22 August - Pastor Jerry's actual birthday. Celebrate him on the social media pages; the birthday giving details were shown on screen during the service.
• Monday 24 August - RAIN OF ANSWERS, "Operation Stop the Stop." Do not miss it: "following this day is important… operation stop the hijackers." Lift up your hands and say, "Lord, I am ready."

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