OVER 4,000 CHURCHES PLANTED IN THE MIDST OF LOCK DOWN!
Bishop David Oyedepo at CHoP
* The long night is past and the morning breaks at last; the Comforter has come.
*Give Him thanks for the take off and the opening of Faith Tabernacle tomorrow.
*Give Him thanks for the opening of Churches across Ogun and Lagos States.
*Thank You Jesus for amazing testimonies in the course of the lock down: testimonies of breakthroughs, healings and deliverances.
*614 newly engaged pastors concluded their induction across 17 states yesterday.
It’s very important for us to give thanks to God because He has by Himself, helped to maintain the fire on His altar this past 20 weeks.
He has continued to reach the nations from this little room with humbling testimonies to the glory and praise of His name.
The dreaded corona virus has been humiliated diversely from this altar with striking healing and deliverance testimonies from over 25 nations. People walking out on the devil.
I wrote an article 1983: ‘Walk Out On The devil’ – he has no capacity to hold you down without your permission. You can walk out on the devil.
We saw people walking out on the devil including health workers, doctors and nurses walking out on the devil by reason of the light that is shedding from this altar.
Give God thanks for helping to maintain the fire from this altar and illuminating the nations by His Word from this altar.
Give Him thanks for amazing testimonies of healings, deliverances, diverse breakthroughs. Give Him praise.
Habakkuk 1:5
We were running with this scripture in the late 70s as God began to unveil His prophetic agenda for the end time. There was nothing that looked like it, we were less than ordinary people, we looked like people who were out of their minds. You will not believe if you were told: you mean that under lock down syndrome, over 4000 Churches planted!
It’s one thing for somebody here to be surprised. It’s yet another for those who are inside it to be surprised because it is a real surprise. Yesterday, 614 newly engaged pastors concluded their induction across 17 states and they were deployed yesterday to their various stations for a take off tomorrow. They are out on the field right now, witnessing and saying, “Jesus loves you, that’s why we came to this village; service is open tomorrow.”
I read something from Mel Tari, ‘Like a Mighty Wind’: they were hungry; they lifted up their hand and prayed; the Lord set a table before them, they ate and their belly was full. I read it in 1974 and I said, “what? This is continuation of Jesus’s Ministry.”
But I have seen here, an angel of the Lord appeared, walked up to a woman and said, “come over to ‘Oja Oba’, there is a package waiting for you.” Here is a Muslim woman that got converted, you know what it is: they threw her out, nobody was concerned about her. Her son was in Niger (State), the same angel went to the son and said, “come over here, you will find some crates of drinks and cow.” The angel had no address, all the contacts couldn’t reach him: done supernaturally.
If you were told, you would not believe it. The marriage was gorgeous. Do you know the cloth he (angel) bought for the woman was the exact colour they needed? A man dressed in white: that is the angel. He came to Lagos and went to Niger; he can go anywhere.
We are in strange days and it will become stranger by the day before Jesus returns.
For this strange expansion, strange order of Church planting: give Him thanks; this is the doing of the Lord and it is marvellous in our eyes. This is not skill; this is not expertise: this is divine agenda. Celebrate Him
Give Him thanks for the supply of manpower to man these Churches.
For the wisdom imparted to them through the induction, give Him thanks.
For the breakthroughs in those newly planted Churches, give Him praise.
The long long night is past and the morning breaks at last; the Comforter has come.
Give Him thanks for the take off and the opening of Faith Tabernacle tomorrow.
Give Him thanks for the opening of Churches across Ogun and Lagos States.
Give Him thanks: the Church of Christ is marching on, the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Jesus, thank You for this day. Thank You. We can’t thank You enough, please accept our thanks. Thank You for keeping this Church alive, strong and going these past 20 weeks. Receive our thanks in the name of Jesus. Thank You for keeping your fire burning in this Church and in the lives of members all through these 20 weeks; receive our thanks in the name of Jesus.
Thank You for opening the doors to the Churches in our states; receive our thanks in the name of Jesus.
Thank You for amazing testimonies in the course of the lock down, testimonies of breakthroughs, healings, deliverances: receive our thanks in Jesus name.
Thank You Father in the name of Jesus Christ.
UNDERSTANDING THE WONDERS OF STEADFASTNESS IN STEWARDSHIP
Jesus commanded that we occupy till He comes (Luke 19:13). Keep serving my interest, keep adding value to the task I have given you till I come with your rewards (Revelation 22:12).
“I am coming with your reward, occupy till I come.”
Everyone shall be rewarded according to his own labour (1 Corinthians 3:8).
Occupy doing what? Occupy seeking first my Kingdom in all its ramifications and all these things that others are dying to get, I will be adding them to you as I come from time to time (Matthew 6:33, Psalm 34:10).
It’s not a gift, it’s a choice to make (Joshua 24:15). Serving God and the interest of His Kingdom is a choice, it’s not a gift. Just anybody can make that choice: the young, the old, middle aged, the boys and the girls.
Exercising ourselves to the things of God is profitable unto all things (1 Timothy 4:8). No one can exercise for you. You can only be told how to exercise for yourself. I can’t develop your muscle for you. You have to engage in the development process (Acts 24:16, 1 Timothy 4:7-8).
You can’t run with another man’s legs, so run, your title notwithstanding, I am not sending people to go and run (1 Corinthians 9:24-26). If you send people to run, they will give them the price, not you.
Body behave, this is a task that must be done. I have made my choice, I am committed, I am under a vow: body behave, body line up. This is my vow; this is my commitment (1 Corinthians 9:27).
Ecclesiastes 11:3-4
Occupy till I come; the circumstances of your life notwithstanding – occupy till I come.
God’s agenda for you can never suffer lock down – occupy till I come.
They are laying off staff and they are promoting others in the same organisation – occupy till I come.
Under lock down, some individuals have experienced amazing breakthroughs via their engagement with Kingdom advancement endeavours – occupy till I come.
When are You coming? I come quickly whatever that means (Revelation 22:12).
We stand a risk of spiritual decadence without engaging in fruitful stewardship (Ecclesiastes 10:18, 1 Corinthians 3:9, 1 Corinthians 6:19).
Anybody not occupied starts running down at a faster rate, you’ll find a building trying to collapse for not being occupied. That’s how a life begins to go down when he is not occupied with God.
(without) occupying with the interest of God on the earth: it starts breaking down, it starts going down, it starts decaying.
Proverbs 10:4-5
The good news is, as long as we keep reaping the harvest, we continue to earn our wages (John 4:36).
You belong to either of the two: you are either going out or you are praying up.
You are either going out after souls or you are praying up to see souls saved and see them established in the faith. Praise God.
You are either serving God through praying Kingdom advancement prayers or through the pursuit of souls after their salvation or both because when your cloud is full, your rain must fall (Ecclesiastes 11:3). We serve a covenant keeping God, when you are due for rewards, you will not be denied.
If it takes 50Kg of cloud for your rain to fall, well you may fill it in 1 week, 1 month, 1 year, you may choose not to fill it in 5 years but until your cloud is full, your rain will not fall. Until my cloud is full, my rain will not fall.
Rainy season in the Kingdom is as often as the cloud is full. The rain falls, you fill the cloud again. Another rain falls, you fill the cloud again!!! That’s how some people will live for 40 years, it will look like 100 years because of frequency of rainy season by their frequency of filling the cloud.
You know we have a destiny of ‘No Limit’ in redemption. The path of the Redeemed is ordained to be as a shining light that is shining more and more until Jesus the perfect one comes (Proverbs 4:18). There is a ‘more and more’ seal on our destiny: No end until we come into the fulness of the stature of Christ unto a perfect man (Ephesians 4:13).
A labourer is worthy of his hire. There are many people under the sound of my voice today, if Jesus tarries:
– At 80, you are still on God’s payroll;
– At 90, you are still on God’s payroll;
– At 100, you are still on God’s payroll;
– At 110, you are still on God’s payroll;
– At 120, you are still there.
When I was in Secondary School, we had one ‘Mai guard’ (Security person): he was a very old man, he can’t resist any thief. He will just sit down somewhere and be taking tea; but he is on the payroll of the government.
As long you are on the payroll, your age notwithstanding, you will keep earning your wages. If they don’t know you are old enough to ask you to go, that’s all; you will be earning your wages. The Bible says, “till old age, you will still be bringing forth fruits” (Psalm 92:14).
We also know that as long as we remain in service, we are eligible for promotion. We have to remain in service to be eligible for promotion.
Occupy till I come; then He came
…have thou authority over 10 cities (Luke 19:17) – that’s promotion.
He (God) came and met him on duty; rendered his account and secured promotion as a result.
The second one came, rendered his account – have thou authority over 5 cities (Luke 19:19).
We keep changing levels as we occupy productively till He comes.
God does not reward efforts made, He rewards results obtained. He didn’t reward them because they went out every morning, He rewarded them because they came with profits.
“You gave me 1, I made 10 more” – have thou authority over 10 cities.
“You gave me 1, I made 5 more” – have thou authority over 5 cities.
It is results that entitle believers to promotion.
Matthew 24:45-47
May the grace to occupy till He comes be released upon everyone afresh.
May the grace to keep filling our clouds over and again be released upon everyone afresh.
We are out today, telling everybody:
– Come for a ‘Home Coming Celebration’!
– Come for our Covenant Family Day where generational yokes upon anyone’s lineage shall be destroyed.
– Come for our Special Monthly Anointing Service
They all come together; thank You Jesus.
Anyone you say, ‘Come to’ today will respond.
Anyone you reach out today will answer.
All of your converts all through the lock down period will show up.
Grace to put them on your shoulder, get them on your colt as you are able; receive it right now. Go ahead and pray.
God is forever ahead of the devil. 2009, the Holy Ghost gave the signal for us to invest in the cell system project: Awesome God. Today, we have over 20,000 cells. This last 20 weeks was a show down on the devil because people remained in fellowship in their tens of thousands to the glory and praise of God. Whatever He tells you to do, do it. He knows why He is telling you to do it, He may never tell you why, but keep doing it.
We pursued cell growth and replication with every zeal and zest; full force.
He knew 2020 was coming, we didn’t know; see how He was riding on that platform to strengthen the saints, glory to God. Awesome God and He is not done with us yet. It’s a platform ordained by God for us to maximize His mandate for this land. Can I hear your Amen!
Just before the lock down, we had an induction program for about 35 Pastors, for our expansion program to the outskirts of Ota and Lagos. They are community Churches where we can minister to the people at their level, in their language. Now by the grace of God, they take off tomorrow.
In the name of Jesus, all those communities will be reaped for Christ.
Other details of our expansion programme will be coming up tomorrow.
“Arise, get down to Lagos and rise me a people”: and He is doing it
“As you pastor this One Church, the whole world will become your parish:” – He is confirming it.
All because He said so. Not by power, not by might but by His Spirit says the Lord of hosts (Zechariah 4:6).
I release Heaven’s reward upon all our cell ministers, cell assistants and secretaries in the name of Jesus.
Our target for the cell is 40,000 cells; so, the job is still on and everyone shall be rewarded according to his own labour.
Thank God for humiliating the devil; silencing this global threat; giving us victory over the devil; we give Him praise. Thank You Jesus.
2013 we started some Churches, but we didn’t ourselves properly fixed for it. When this Church planting task was delivered, God showed us how to make the most of it. We run an extensive induction programme that is more extensive than WOFBI; come and see results! Some places started with 50 people.
Come and see results: villages, hamlets taken over.
Genesis 14:14,16
Induction is one platform we engage to empower these soldiers to return victorious on their assignments. That’s why the expansion is quite strategy. We have a very strategic expansion programme and God is helping us.
Don’t forget what I said; that a revival is a spiritual platform for the restoration of our redemptive dignity. Expect God to keep adding more and more colour to your life. As you keep engaging with this revival with all your heart, not religious activity, not we are in a club.
Most Churches today are like clubs, oh yes, “I know we are going to meet on Sunday…I’m a Winner, we meet every Sunday.”
Engage and I will make you a name and a praise in every land you have been put to shame (Zechariah 3:19). Revival time is ordained a time of restoration of our redemptive dignity. Don’t miss out on this.
We are all out today, saying to everybody, “Come and meet with Jesus, the Husband of the bride.” It is going to be a heavy time in His presence in the name of Jesus.
We are all expected to ensure we are part of the WSF tonight because quite a number of information will come in our getting ready for tomorrow. It shall be awesome in the name of Jesus. Mind the time on the flyers and please emphasize those timings. We are going to have a great time in His presence.
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