GOD MAKES SURE THAT YOUR DESTINY DOES NOT STINK WHEN YOU KNOW AND LEARN HOW TO THANK HIM.

-Pastor (Mrs) Faith Oyedepo at CHoP

• Eating the good of the land involves laying hold on your own long-awaited testimonies.
  *As you keep thanking God, you will discover that He will keep changing your story.
  *Thanksgiving is more effective when you do it in the spirit.

Father, this morning, we have returned with hearts of gratitude for all of your goodness and faithfulness to us as individuals and as a people. Accept our thanksgiving. Thank You for all these amazing testimonies, You are the Doer, take all the praise. We decree they shall be permanent, no reversal. Anyone tapping into any of these testimonies, do their own also speedily. This morning, again, speak to us by your Word. Give us understanding, change our story. Thank You for it, in Jesus mighty name we pray.

All through this week in our Covenant Hour of Prayer, our subject of consideration is engaging the power of thanksgiving for fulfilment of prophecies.

ENGAGING THE POWER OF THANKSGIVING FOR FULFILMENT OF PROPHECIES

1 Thessalonians 5:18, Hebrews 10:36
May the Lord bless His Word this morning in Jesus name.
These two scriptures and several others, make it very clear that thanksgiving is God’s will for us as believers and when we put it to work, we lay hold on our promises.

1. Let’s always remember that one of the spiritual forces in the Kingdom of God is thanksgiving. It is one of the spiritual forces in the Kingdom of God. It is one of the powerful weapons that God has made available to us.
2. It is wisdom for us to learn to engage it and put it to work on a regular basis. It is wisdom to engage it, it is wisdom for us to learn to put it to work, not just once in a while when we are in our month of thanksgiving as a Church or as a Ministry or as a Commission, No, but for us to learn to engage and put it to work on a continuous, regular basis as individuals. When we begin to do that, we begin to reap the benefits that it has to offer.
   What more, in this new land, in this good land that God has brought us into, thanksgiving is a requirement.
   -You will not fail in this requirement in Jesus name.
   We see all over scriptures, several people, individuals and groups of people, that have made used of this powerful weapon of thanksgiving to lay hold of the promises of God in their lives and this morning we want to take a look at the example of Father Abraham.
   We understand from God’s Word that a prophetic Word went forth concerning a son for Abraham at an old age
   Genesis 18:10-11
3. “…lo, Sarah thy wife SHALL have a son..” – say with me ‘SHALL’ not may
   A prophetic Word that God was going to give Abraham and Sarah a son at an old age, both of them well advanced. In other words, contrary to anything natural. A prophetic Word went forth. Remember, what is a prophecy? Like we were told yesterday at the Covenant Hour of Prayer, a prophecy is simply a divinely inspired Word or revelation. So the Word went forth concerning them. Church Gist. In the same way, God’s Word prophetically has gone ahead concerning you and I, that:
   Now our wilderness experience has come to an end.
   Now, God has brought us in our 40th Year into our Promised Land.
   Now, this land is a good land.
   What kind of land is it?
   The Bible tells us very clearly if you will be willing and obedient, you will eat the good of the land. There is good in this land, you will eat of it.
   Say with me, “I shall eat of it!”
   Your eating of the good of the land does not necessarily talk about eating something physical, it is talking about you laying hold on your own long-awaited testimonies.
   -Whatever those testimonies might be that have looked as if they have been so far away from you, this year it will reach your hand.
   When will it reach your hand?
   When?
   Louder yet, when?
4. -It will reach your hand this year.
   Remember the testimony we heard a while ago, the first one (documented testimony): miraculous delivery by just laying hold on the prophetic Word against doctor’s declaration.
5. “Get ready for CS” – but God came ahead through prophetic declaration, “safe delivery.” Now the child is 13 years old.
   -What men have thought to be impossible in your life before, this year God will make it happen and God will surprise your mockers.
   Say with me, “God will surprise my mockers oooo”
   Tell your neighbour, “God will surprise your mockers this year.”
6. This Word went forth concerning Father Abraham, contrary to everything medically possible. Both of them well stricken in age, in actual fact in Genesis chapter 12 verses 1 and 3, God had also told Abraham, “I will make of thee a great nation”, yet no child.
   Mockery of men but Abraham was strong in faith giving glory to God for that prophecy to be fulfilled. He was strong in faith, giving glory to God (Romans 4:19-20).
   That situation might look so dead right now, look at what Abraham did: He staggered not.
   Say with me, “I shall no longer stagger”
   He was strong in faith, giving glory to God and as he did that, we all know the end of the story.
   Genesis 21:1
7. The Lord visited Sarah as He had said. God will visit you.
   God will do to you as He has spoken to us.
   At the set time, which is now.
   When is your own set time? Now
   Now is your set time, the God who visited Abraham, Sarah is still alive and He is the same God that you and I are serving.
8. -He will visit you.
   -In this good land, God will visit you.
   -He will visit your career.
   -He will visit your family.
   -He will visit over your health.
   -Over that challenging situation, the God that visited Abraham and Sarah will visit you.
   -Grace never to stagger, receive it in Jesus name.
   The only way and the main way to get this done is through thanksgiving. When you make thanksgiving a way of life, God will ensure that He makes you a praise on the earth. Church Gist. When you know and learn how to thank God, He will make sure that your destiny does not stink.
   -It may look as if that situation is closed and it’s stinking and there is no way out, but as you engage the weapon of thanksgiving, God will turn the situations around in your favour.
   Remember, we serve a God that is too faithful to fail. He will not fail you. However, we must understand very clearly that thanksgiving must be from the heart, not just from the lips. It must be from the heart. Let’s give it to Him from the heart and thanksgiving is not only required publicly, collectively. It is also required personally, so make time on a daily basis to look for reasons for thanksgiving and give it unto God.
   -Before this day comes to an end, look back at your life and begin to rule out and roll out issues of thanksgiving.
   The Psalmist says very clearly, “let everything that has breath praise the Lord” (Psalm 150:6).
   Therefore, the fact that you have breath in your nostrils is more than enough to thank God for and as you keep thanking God, you will discover that He will keep changing your story.
   Very importantly, thanksgiving is more effective when you do it in the spirit.
   Make time today, before the end of today and don’t do it only today, do it regularly, to lift up your voice in tongues, in the spirit and give thanks unto God.

With thanksgiving and praise, we secure divine presence that guarantees continuous Church growth and that is one of the secrets of this Commission
Psalm 22:3
That is what we are enjoying in this Commission. Every meeting, every gathering, we make time to thank God. Every year, there is a whole month dedicated to thanksgiving. What a joy, this month is our month of thanksgiving, it’s your month of rising.
-Someone’s story is changing for the better.
-Even before the end of this week, God will visit you.

Prayer: Lift up your voice, then in one moment, in the spirit, let God hear your voice of thanksgiving. In the spirit, give Him thanks. In the spirit, let Him hear your voice, appreciate Him. Give Him glory. He has done you well, He has done all things well for you. Recount your blessings right now. Count your blessings, name them one by one, it will surprise you what God has done in your life.
Is someone thanking the Lord right now? Give it to Him, in the spirit…intensely from the depth of your spirit, give Him thanks.

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