I AM FAR FROM QUALIFIED FOR WHAT GOD IS DOING IN MY LIFE.
-Bishop David Oyedepo at Week of Spiritual Emphasis Day 1.
Hallelujah
God is determined to keep every fruitful labourer here for as long as He wants.
“With long life will I satisfy you”. The labourers are few.
Has it occurred to you that all that prayed Kingdom advancement prayer in Scriptures lived extreme long years.
Abraham the great intercessor lived 175 years. Paul the prayer addict, “making mention of you in my prayer”. I don’t know how many people he was making mention of.
Philemon 1:9
Anna was there 84 years actively still engaging on the prayer altar. I don’t know how much more she lived. The labourers are few, let’s stop playing games.
Every commandment of Scripture is for your benefit and my benefit. None is for God’s benefit. So our life’s insurance among others is in praying Kingdom advancement prayers.
Lift up your two hands and ask God for grace to access this revival season of the year. It’s a season of divine opportunities to rewrite our stories. Pray that prayer in the Spirit. Pray from the depth of your heart everyone. Revive my prayer life, revive my Spiritual life. Revive my zeal for you and the interest of the Kingdom. Revive my passion for souls in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
– This midst of the year shall be much remembered as a season of Spiritual lift for everyone of us in the name of Jesus.
– It shall bring about our supernatural turnaround in our spiritual lives.
– It shall impact in every aspect of our lives and the name of the Lord shall be glorified in Jesus precious name.
Lord speak to us again tonight in Jesus precious name we have prayed. Give the Lord a big hand of praise.
We serve a God of times and seasons.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-3
He makes all things beautiful in His time.
It is a revival season loaded with treasures.
It’s a season of raw manifestation of the power of God and among others this power is unleashed to level out all everlasting mountains on our path and clear off all perpetual hills. It’s to bring judgement on the wicked and secure our glorious destiny.
This era demands joy for maximum delivery.
Habakkuk 3:17-19
Revival season always stirs joy. Now if you’re not rejoicing you’re not in revival. God’s presence, just like the Ark of God, wherever it arrives there’s an eruption of joy. So joy and rejoicing are principal proofs of someone in revival.
Divine presence stirs unusual joy and that ushers them into their high places. Amen.
– This season will never leave you the way it met you.
– This season will change the story of many forever.
– Light will dawn on the dark part of your life.
Therefore congratulations that He has brought you and I to another midst of the year season. Common give the Lord a big hand of praise.
Remember the prophetic theme for the month is
I AM FOR SIGNS AND WONDERS
Our teaching series for our midweek services including our spiritual week of emphasis is
UNDERSTANDING REVIVAL AS A SEASON OF SIGNS AND WONDERS
Revival is a season of divine opportunities for dramatic change of stories both for the Church of God and for the people of God who are genuinely dedicated to the move of the Spirit of God. They always returned with change of story order of testimonies.
– You will return with yours.
A revival is a season for the rise of giants in the body of Christ, men and women.
Jeremiah 30:19-21
Our engagement is for our advancement.
One of the greatest scientists of all times Michael Faraday was not an educated man as it were in terms of going to school but he was a man with a large heart for God. From a lab attendant, he grew to become a man of the 19th century. God can change anybody’s story anyhow. God can change anybody’s story who cares to engage his heart with Him. Stop bragging, this thing works. Many have seen it here. I have seen it in my life. I’m far from being qualified for what God is doing in my life.
Matthew 6:33 changed my life and changed it forever. It has changed the story of too many people in this Church.
The reason why your change of story will not be long lasting is when you stop doing it. The day you stop is the day your going forward stops. Have you not imagined that every time you have rainfall the cloud clears. You have to re-see the cloud before the next rain falls.
People just saw one rainfall and fled and they’re now in their dry season. They’re breathing hard in their dry season. After every rainfall another cloud must form before the next rainfall comes. When you stop filling the clouds, you have stopped the rain from falling. You’re in a drought.
“You see 2012 was such a great year, I don’t know what happened”. I know, you happened. Okay stop going to work and then say you don’t know what happened when you’re not paid. Stop going to work and after 6 months say I don’t even know what happened, they’re not paying me. How will they pay you? They pay you for coming to work. When you stop working your pay stops.
Sir when you stop serving God, no matter how grandeur your testimony of the past, it won’t count anymore. Men and brethren, I’ve been in this madness since 1976. I’m not tired, I’m not weary so why will the rain not be falling. The rain is falling everyday.
Wake up, it’s not a hit and race, it’s a hit and stick. You hit and stick. There is no limit on our destiny as believers. We place limit on it ourselves. Wherever you and I stop, the rainfall stops.
– May the rainfall of blessings never stop in your life.
Nothing validates a revival like the manifestation of the supernatural. God’s presence always manifests in signs and wonders. His presence usually erupts in wonders. Wonders of Salvation, wonders of healing, wonders of all kinds of miracles. His presence usually erupts in special miracles. Nothing validates the move of God like the supernatural.
A revival is the move of God that unleashes the Spirit of prayer and supplication among others upon God’s people resulting in massive salvation of souls and explosive Church growth. Every revival is characterised by heavy weight prayers. Men and women just getting addicted, not praying for bread and butter, shoes and tie and houses, Kingdom advancement striving prayers. People sold out to God and the interest of His Kingdom on the prayer altar. People that have Kingdom advancement prayer as their priority. People that are sold out to the interest of the Kingdom in prayers.
There is nothing wrong in asking for certain things that you need but watch those who operate in the supernatural. Those who operate continuously in the supernatural, they’re men and women sold out to praying Kingdom advancement prayer. It keeps their prayer altar in fire. They’re not after things, they’re after God and the interest of His Kingdom and every other thing begins to answer to them for their own accord. They’re not shaking over small small material things. Their heart is after God and the interest of His Kingdom all the times. They operate naturally in the supernatural. They’re just there, they’re not struggling, they’re not mechanising it.
Nothing drives a revival like prayers. They prayed the prayer in the upper room and they prayed to sustain. It is prayer that stirs and sustains a revival and it’s so easy if you have a cart and you’re pushing the cart. As you’re pushing the cart you’re also going forward. So when you’re pushing things of the Kingdom you’re advancing your life. Consciously or unconsciously you’re just moving forward. You’re just changing level.
As long as you keep pushing the Ark of God, you’re advancing your destiny. The rate at which you push it is the rate at which you go forward. So if you push one inch, you move forward one inch.
Isaiah 66:67-68
Birth in the prayer altar. I invited him, he didn’t come. How did you invite him? Please come. That’s not how to invite.
Someone here led a woman to Christ and said in the name of Jesus you’ll soon start a house fellowship in your house. The woman said “don’t touch that area, my husband is a very chronic Muslim, he’s eaten deep into the Quran”. He said you’ll soon start house fellowship. He went on three days prayer and fasting. The man woke up in the morning and told the wife we’re going to Church together. Now both the man, his wife are solid members of the Church today. Amen. You’re contending with forces that won’t want them to go. He engaged in prayer and brought that man into the Kingdom without any human hand. My God. Now the prophecy is fulfilled. House fellowship is in their house.
It’s all about engaging and staying on. You don’t want a drought. Don’t create one. Stay on.
– Somebody’s story is changing.
EFFECTS OF PRAYERS
Zechariah 8:20-23
The effect of prayer in a revival gets the unbelievable done and what a joy is everybody’s calling. It’s everybody’s calling in the prayer altar.
– May the oil in your lamp never dry up.
You can’t push a car to start without fuel. There is no one who can push a car without fuel to start. You’re going to pray for the prayer fuel tonight. Lord fuel my prayer lamp because this push can’t get me started without fuel in my prayer lamp.
Give me oil in my lamp
Keep me burning
Give me oil in my lamp
I pray
Give me oil in my lamp
Keep me burning
Keep me burning till the
Bridegroom comes
You need oil, I need oil. The oil of yesterday cannot stand today’s demand. You need fresh oil on your prayer altar, fresh oil in your prayer lamp otherwise you’ll sleep on. The bridegroom will come, you’re asleep, the door is shut. Lord have mercy. Thank You Jesus.
How does Kingdom advancement prayer empowers believers operate in the supernatural?
Every child of God is born a sign and a wonder to his world. Now how does Kingdom advancement prayer empowers believers to operate in the supernatural?
One thing about the Holy Ghost, is that it does not drop on people by chance. It’s poured out on demand. The power of God is unleashed on demand.
Luke 11:13
You have to make demand before you can experience the outpouring of the Spirit. There has to be a demand.
John 7:37-39
So there’s a panting, there’s a crave, there’s a demand on the prayer altar for anyone to experience the power of God.
Luke 4:14
Kingdom advancement prayers empowers believers with the Holy Spirit through which we command signs and wonders.
Now there was this mad man of Gaderene that nobody could stand on his way. Jesus cast out that devil and people were amazed at the mighty power of God all from the altar of prayer.
Luke 8:43
Acts 4:29-33
From praying Kingdom advancement prayer, they returned with great power.
Acts 1 you shall receive power, Acts 2 they received the power, Acts 3 the power has been upgraded to great power. So move from one realm of empowerment to another from the altar of Kingdom advancement prayer. My God.
Please know, you’re not praying in favour of your Church, you’re not praying in favour of Christ, you’re praying to fulfill your glorious destiny in a mystery.
Now they were there two years speaking boldly in the Lord.
Acts 14:3
They prayed for boldness and it put them in command of the supernatural.
Now this may shock you but listen to this, God does not empower anybody for the sake of empowerment. You’re empowered to serve His interest. We’re empowered to serve His interest and by serving His interest we gain command over our own issues.
There was nothing mentioned about power until He sent them away. He gave them power over unclean spirits and to heal all manner of sicknesses and diseases
Matthew 10:1
They were empowered to get on the go for him, not to sit down and be decorating themselves with the power.
Mark 6:7
Amen.
The power is to serve and not to sit. You’re only empowered to serve and not to sit.
Luke 9:1
– God is changing somebody’s story right now.
You want to get on the power line? Get dedicated to serving God and His interest and let that be made manifest on the prayer altar. You will gain natural command over issues of life as pertains to you. Amen.
I’ve never had to say “oh Lord don’t let this devil catch me”, no. The devil himself knows he can’t catch me. No I have a presence around my life.
– Somebody’s story is changing.
All this pray for me, pray for me, you shouldn’t be a victim of professional prophets. They will pray for you till you reach the bar beach, dip you there and then water will carry you. God forbid. You have direct access to the Holy of Holies. Just take responsibility and put the devil where he belongs. – – You will not be cheated anymore in the name of Jesus.
Now listen to this, engaging on the altar of praying Kingdom advancement prayer empowers you from one level to another. From power to great power, from great power to mighty power, from mighty power to exceeding great power. It’s all in levels.
Ezekiel 47:1-5
The more time we spend praying Kingdom advancement prayer advances us in the school of power.
Now let me tell you why that is so. Jesus wants all men to be saved.
1st Timothy 2:4
2nd Peter 3:9
He has to empower His people to command signs and wonders, to bring those sector of people to the Kingdom.
John 4:48
There is no crusade that just preaches message that gets people saved. When you find the sick being healed, the opressed being set free, “you want to accept Jesus as your Lord? Yes.
That’s why He unleashes signs and wonders in a revival to accomplish His purpose and my prayer is that you’ll not only get there this time, you will stay there for life.
Now watch all the prayers you have been praying here since you came. Every thing is Kingdom focused yet every other thing is happening on their own accord. Awesome God.
Everything is Kingdom focused yet every other thing is happening on their own accord. You’ve never heard on this altar, oh God send us money. Oh Lord save the lost, establish them in the faith. Deliver the opressed, heal them, set them free. Yet every other thing is taking place on their own accord.
– That will be your new lifestyle.
– Your days of struggle are finally over.
Can I conclude with this, you’re buying more years as you pray Kingdom advancement prayer. You’re adding more years to your life. That’s not found anywhere else but in the Kingdom.
Lift up your right hand and give God thanks, give Him praise. Blessed be Your name Jesus in Jesus precious name.
If you look at the story of Paul. It was Kingdom addiction both on the prayer altar and in going after the lost.
Look at the story of Moses, as if he had no family. Everything was about the people of God. “I’ll make you a nation greater than them”, “no no no please please leave me where I am.” At 120 his eyes were not dim. These are all living examples.
When we’re all out for God and the interest of His Kingdom all things will be working for us including the command of the supernatural.
– You won’t struggle for it anymore in the name of Jesus.
I told God during the time my wife’s health was challenged, I said “Lord whether you heal her or not is not what makes You God, whether you heal her or not you’re still my God”.
We were there praying for Shiloh and then the pastor leading the prayer said let’s pray for mama for quick recovery. I said “Stop that, people are coming from all over the places, they’re coming with diverse needs. Let’s pray that God will meet everyone at the point of their needs”. I stopped him in the midst of the prayer. Light. Amen. Praise the Lord.
– Somebody’s story is changing.
Welcome to midst of the year 2021 revival season.
– It will change the cause of your life forever.
– Nobody will see your face groaning anymore.
– It shall be joy and rejoicing from now and forever.
– Everytime you finish praying Kingdom advancement prayer you’ll come out smiling.
– You go out for souls you’ll come back rejoicing.
It’s the normal thing. The 70 returned with joy. You’re coming from His presence, you’re full of joy for in His presence there is fullness of joy and at His right hand there are pleasures evermore. It’s joy all the way. That shall be your experience from now on.
Someone asked me, said “Brother David do you ever have any problem? I said “maybe it came and I didn’t know”. Somebody insults you when you’re trying to catch a flight, when you answer you miss your flight, you’ll treck. It won’t sink because you’re going somewhere.
– From now no more distraction on your path.
