- The destiny of this Church opened up in the heat of a fast
- I was in a fast when the Lord showed me that layer of thick darkness spread over the roof of our Church building in Kaduna
- Not over a bowl of Garri or Pounded Yam
- No one is made by luck in the Kingdom.
- Everyone made in the Kingdom of Christ is made by obedience.
There is nothing called luck or chance in the Kingdom. Every act of God is provoked by the obedience of the believer. Whatever He tells you to do, you do it and then you have committed Him to show up (John 2:5). There is nothing called luck or chance. If nothing is changing, you need a change of position. God has no special favourites, we are all equally accepted in the beloved. He is no respecter of persons (Acts 10:34).
“Your kidney has packed up”, you don’t have the money, get ready to die. I did not relent in my efforts. I did not, I kept pressing! Then my Word came; then an evil centipede eating up my kidney was forced out by the mystery of the Communion and I became free” (documented testimony).
-Everything eating you up inside must clear the way this time.
Because he that bears fruits, I will keep fit so he can keep bearing more fruits (John 15:2).
Every fruit bearing believer, God owes you physical, emotional, spiritual fitness. He never lies!
-So yours is done.
Follow what I say and I will make you what I promised. You follow (Matthew 4:19). You follow, Mine is to make. You follow, I will make. You don’t follow, I can’t make.
Follow Me and I will make you all that I have redeemed you to be.
Follow Me, I will show up to confirm my redemptive plan for your life.
Follow Me, I will keep you for fit.
Follow Me, I will lift up your head.
Follow Me, you will never be grounded. That’s what Jesus said.
NO CHURCH GROWS WITHOUT A PEOPLE ON THE GO.
That is our exhortation line for our Covenant Hour of Prayer this week. Everyone on the go is entitled to wages, He has not asked the seed of Jacob to seek Him in vain (Isaiah 45:19).
So it is not ‘get on the go’, my friend – you are my servants, you are my slaves: No.
John 4:35-36
As the Church grows, those that are partakers of the growth become partakers of the glory. As the Church grows, the partakers thereof, grow in glory. We serve a covenant keeping God, not a Father Christmas God, if you don’t do what He says, you can’t commit Him to what He has promised.
‘Go’ is the command, to all the world and preach the gospel (Mark 16:15-18, 20); God confirmed His Word as they went.
Romans 10:14
Every child of God is sent. Every new creation is an ambassador for Christ, ordained to reconcile the world back to God wherever they may be. It is important to know every believer is sent. Every believer is ordained a fruit bearing branch (John 15:1-2,8, 16). Every branch, every believer is sent to Go.
When you are going, go with the consciousness of one that is sent: “I am sent.” I am not sent by Papa, I am not sent by our Church, I am not sent by our Cell; I am sent by Jesus (what I say to you, I say to all).
Go with the confidence of one that is sent in sharing the love of Jesus with everyone you come across. Remember he that winneth souls is wise and the wise shall inherit glory (Proverbs 11:30, Proverbs 3:35).
In our ‘going’ is the cure for our shame and reproach!!
One illiterate woman who can’t read a line of English Word went about in her neighbourhood sharing fliers and all kind of aspersion, all kind of shame and reproach: a woman walked up to her, “I know why you are going about this because you don’t have a child. You don’t have a child! 😲”
The Lord visited her the same season and she got her first child in life at 51. Give the Lord praise.
Your going all out for Jesus is the cure for the shame and reproach of your life and my life.
Go out for Me: I will clear the shame and reproach of your life.
Go out for Me: Let them mock you, so I can make you.
He has done over and over and over again.
We have amazing returns in getting on the go for Jesus.
Returns: that money cannot buy, positions cannot access, connections cannot deliver. It is in our raw obedience to the commandment of Going forth, to bring forth fruits and to ensure that our fruits abide.
No Church grows without a people on the go – remember our text is Luke chapter 14 verses 16 to 23
Luke 14:14-23
“Compel them to come that my House may be filled.”
No Church grows without a people on the go. He is not just out to fill His house but to fill His house to the overflow and cause the overflow to overflow.
Until His house becomes like towns without walls, for multitudes of men and cattle thereof.
Until almost the whole city gathers to hear the Word of God in His house (Acts 13:44).
We are in the days of Churches without walls. Church Gist. We are in the days of massive ingathering of people. We are in the days of innumerable multitudes and it will be a result of our going and going and going.
In addition, we cannot experience supernatural Church growth without fervently engaging the altar of prayer and fasting.
Why fasting? This kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting (Matthew 17:19-21).
Every growing Church thereof is a praying and fasting Church, to clear every kind of stubborn, demonic stronghold that might be blocking the way forward.
Why? Luke 11:21-22
Loose him and let him go. Who are you? Stop that in the name of Jesus.
The strong man is saying, “No, you can’t go.”
The stronger One in you and me comes forth, “now in the name of Jesus, loose him and let him go.” Then he clears the way.
That is the reason for prayers and fasting.
Matthew 16:18
Just join Me, partner with Me in clearing those satanic strongholds on the path of continuous and unstoppable growth of my Church. I was in a fast when the Lord showed me that layer of thick darkness spread over the roof of our Church building in Kaduna and He was like He stood by, “now deal with it boy.”
I said, “you foul spirit of darkness. There is a light that shines in darkness and darkness cannot comprehend it (John 1:5). Get off that roof.”
It wasn’t after a bowl of Garri or bowl of Pounded Yam. I was in the heat of a fast, the authority was ripe. I saw it rolled away like a carpet and the destiny of the Church opened up.
When you are a part of that opening, He opens up your destiny. When you partake of anything that advances the Church, you have committed God to advance you too. So wake up and join this chariot at this time. Thank You Jesus.
Everyone that makes this a priority for living is just singing and dancing.
-That shall be your experience.
No one is made by luck in the Kingdom. Everyone made in the Kingdom of Christ is made by obedience.
“Abraham, get thee out of thy country”: He departed (Genesis 12:1,4)
“Circumcise all the male born in your house.” As soon as He was done speaking with him, he began (Genesis 17:10
“Take your only son, Isaac, sacrifice him to Me for a burnt offering.” He rose up early in the morning (Genesis 22:2-3, 16).
The end result: Abraham was old and stricken in age and God had blessed him in all things (Genesis 24:1).
In all things.
Isaac: don’t go down to Egypt, stay here. Genesis 26:2-3
And Isaac sowed in that land where God commanded him to stay. He stayed by obedience and reaped in the same year a hundredfold (Genesis 26:12-14).
He became mightier than the nation where he lived (Genesis 26:16). Obedience is the maker of the redeemed.
Prayer: Receive grace to walk in delightsome obedience in this prophetic season by engaging the prayer altar actively and being passionate in your going after the lost with everything inside of you.
Pray that prayer. Receive the Spirit of obedience. I desire your Spirit of obedience at work in my life so I can maximise your agenda for me in this prophetic season. It is a season for dramatic change of story, for every engaging believer.
Receive that grace.
Call for the enduement of the Spirit of obedience. Not to pose to be doing what you are not doing, but to get on key, get on board, join the chariot, make things happen. Help me Jesus.
Ask for grace for sustainable passion, fervency on the altar of prayer, fervency in pursuit after souls: take that grace from heaven.
You are almost there, your next breakthrough is just at the door. Take that grace.
Grace to remain on fire.
Grace to keep pressing.
Grace to keep going.
In Jesus precious name we have prayed.
Last Sunday, we had a very awesome testimony of the woman that was 10 years mad. She was drafted into the Midweek Service. Please reach out to all your converts to appear at the various Zonal Fellowship Centres tonight. It will be fire, God has been speaking to me about tonight, I mean for some time now. It will be awesome.
Do all you can in your life to tell all your converts of this season, your converts of the year, “come over tonight. There will be an outbreak of fire in the fire.”
Jesus cleaned that woman up. She was in Church last Sunday, she was waving. I saw the hand up and I said, “Jesus, thank You.”
10 years mad, on the streets: Jesus cleaned her up at the Midweek Service. You don’t have to wait for Sunday. At the Midweek Service!
Draft them all in. Tell them that testimony, God is repairing lives, God is changing stories, come over. Come and watch what is happening.
That boy was free from epilepsy after 10 years, in the Midweek Service. Midweek Service! He is always there in the midst of His people (Zephaniah 3:17).
Joyfully invite them to the Midweek Service, everyone that comes to the Midweek Service today will be gotten to Church on Sunday. Those who can’t be there by themselves, we will help them to be there.
Be actively involved in advancing His Kingdom and watch how He keeps advancing your life without sweat.
SPEAK TO THE DAY
We are waiting on the Lord today. Speak to the day.
Everyone you pray over, you pray over your targets: you will deliver.
You pray over any of your converts: He will respond.
Everyone you pray for today, you go out today to share the gospel, everyone you share with will be convicted and converted.
Everyone you invite to Church will appear. You invite them to Church today, they will be there. You invite them on Sunday, they will be there.
Speak to the day: to make it a more fruitful day for you.
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