- Aligning with divine commandments will always make you a commander.
- God will decorate you with testimonies that are beyond the imagination of men.
- Obedience is the key.
Father, this morning we have come with a voice of gratitude to give glory and praise unto your holy name. You have done all things well and for it we give You all of the praise. Lord, we are in your presence this morning to hear from You. we ask that You speak to us today and that Your Word will transform our lives. We give You praise because we know that You have done it already, in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
Our line of exhortation for this morning in our Covenant Hour of Prayer has been:
OBEDIENCE SPEAKS LOUDER THAN VOICE
We have come to recognise that our volume as it were before the ear of God is not determined by how loud we cry but how much we obey. Our obedience determines the attention that we secure from God.
We have been looking in particular at some of the manifestations that when we obey God there are certain results that you begin to see occur on our behalf and this morning we are going to go further as we examine this subject.
The first thing I want us to see is that obedience will always provoke the manifest presence of God which is the master key to a world of noiseless breakthroughs. According to God’s Word, those who are committed to obeying God secure the company of God.
John 14:21
According to scriptures. Everyone that commit themselves to obeying God secures God companionship.
Matthew 28:19-20
Our obedience to God secures the companionship of God.
Acts 18:9-10
We find from all of these scriptural examples that the condition for the companionship of man with God is obedience. When a man obeys God, that individual secures the companionship of God. The condition for companionship with God is obedience and the effect of companionship with God is noiseless breakthroughs.
We look at these examples from scriptures:
Isaiah 45:1-3
We said that companionship with God is at the mercy of obedience but the effect of that companionship with God is noiseless breakthroughs, that is breaking through without sweating. When you are in the company of God, there is nothing that can successfully resist you
Romans 8:31, Hebrews 13:5-6
Whenever you are in the company of God, you become a candidate for noiseless breakthroughs. Barriers break down on their own accord because of the One that is accompanying you.
Psalm 114:1-7
When God’s presence accompanies the life of an individual, the individual begins to enjoy noiseless breakthroughs, breakthroughs without struggles.
-From today, I see breakthroughs without struggle becoming your own identity.
Every time, you find a man or woman that commits themselves to obeying, you will discover that the companionship of God and the effect of it is noiseless breakthrough. Just occupy yourself with God’s commandment: it is the secret to it.
Somebody asked God’s servant, our father, many years ago, he said, “what is the secret to all of these things that we see taking place in the Commission.
He (Bishop David Oyedepo) said: we do nothing except it is commanded.
Aligning with divine commandments will always make you a commander. You command breakthroughs without any kind of stress.
-I pray that for each one of us as we receive fresh enduement of the spirit of obedience, I see noiseless breakthrough becoming your own identity.
Deuteronomy 28:1
Our lifting is at the mercy of our obedience. As we obey God, we secure His presence. As we secure His presence, the barriers and mountains of life are forced to bow before us. And particularly in this Prophetic season, in the concluding moments of the Midst of the Year.
What is the characteristic of the Midst of the Year for those who obeyed the demand?
The Bible tells us in Habakkuk chapter 3 verse 6, that everlasting mountains were scattered and the perpetual hills bowed. So every time you secure God’s presence by obeying God’s commandment, everything that looks like a barrier before you is forced to bow.
Psalm 24:7
God cannot be coming and a barrier is still standing. When a man is moving with God, barriers respond to the presence of God.
-From today, no barrier will stand before you again.
God said unto Joshua, just do what I command you, be strong, be courageous and there will not be any man able to stand before you and we saw it all through the life of Joshua. Everywhere he went, barriers were bowing on his behalf.
-From today, that will become your own testimony.
We see the example of the widow of Zarephath. Obedience brought her into realms of supernatural supplies in the time of famine. So not only noiseless breakthroughs, but supernatural supplies are secured by obedience.
1 Kings 17:8-15
The obedience was not convenient but the outcome of it was supernatural abundance. It was not convenient, she said, “I was just taking these 2 sticks in order to prepare a meal for myself and my child and after that die.”
He (Elijah) said, “go and make for me first and as you do so, the pot of oil will not cease, the flour will not cease until the Lord sends rain upon the earth.”
So the widow of Zarephath was feeding fat in the midst of famine by an act of obedience. Obedience is a vital key.
Look at the testimony we heard this morning, that individual said, “after that first testimony, she got to the point where she felt God has already done well.” She was just celebrating God, but she continued to engage and without any prayer, without any desire, God began to manifest because God answers obedience faster than He answers desires. She didn’t have what she was looking for, she was just looking for God and God was looking for things to add to her.
-For somebody here, that will become your own experience. God will begin to look for what to add to your life.
-He will decorate you with testimonies that are beyond the imagination of men.
Obedience is the key.
As we conclude this morning, obedience to God’s commandment is a gateway to having all of our needs met in life. it is the gateway. If you obey God, all your needs are met, because God begins to look for what to meet. He looks into your life and begins to meet things even before you ask them.
-I see that becoming somebody’s experience here.
Matthew 6:33
As you obey God, I see him adding all things that you can ever imagine, you can ever desire, I see Him adding them to you in the name of Jesus. Even far beyond the things that you can even ask or think. I see God adding them to you in the name of Jesus.
Prayers: Lord, I receive grace for obedience. I can see the benefits but I receive grace for it.
Let God hear your voice. Lord, I receive that grace today. Grace to obey You at all times, grace to obey every commandment whether convenient or not, I receive grace for it. I receive grace for obedience!
Give glory to God for it because that grace is made available in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
-From today, that grace will begin to manifest in your life in Jesus precious name.
A simple commandment that we have been given concerning this week is to ensure that we have our souls and converts in Church. And to the glory of God, we have been told this Sunday is free transportation for all. So gather everyone, gather all your converts, all your contacts, weary Winners, anybody you know for an encounter with God.
This Sunday is our Covenant Day of Exemption and if anybody can see very clearly, the occurrences around our world today, exemption is a vital necessity.
For anyone to be walking on the earth without a seal of exemption on their lives, it is to be living at a risk, at an ultimate risk.
So this Service is a vital Service for anyone that you truly love. If you don’t invite them, you don’t love them. Anyone you love and you wish well should better be there this coming Sunday, because when the mark of exemption comes on you, God cannot be your defence and the enemy tries to make an attempt on you. No way.
When God is your defence, you become a ‘touch not’ entity. Let’s ensure that all of our converts, all of our contacts, everyone you know, anyone that might have been weary, anyone that might have disconnected, God has made a way for everyone to be present this coming Sunday.
Let’s ensure that they are there.
Simple commandment requiring simple obedience.
Somebody says, “what does have to do with my desire?”
It has everything to do with it. Just obey God and watch God decorate you.
-I see God decorating you in the name of Jesus Christ. While men are saying there is a casting down, for you there shall be a lifting up.
Also let’s take note of this, in view of the movement restrictions that are going to be taking place tomorrow, we are only going to be having a pre-WSF raid in the evening. The morning time while you are indoors, you are ensuring that you are making contacts with all of those that you are mobilizing into Service on Sunday. So we ensure that we mobilize them everywhere. There is election tomorrow and therefore there are movement restrictions around town both in Ogun and Lagos (States).
We are going to ensure that morning period, we are mobilizing every one of our converts, every one of our contacts, to be in the Service on Sunday and then in the evening, we have our pre-WSF raid where we are going around our neighbourhood and making sure that all souls are gathered into the WSF centres. It will be a glorious experience tomorrow. Every Cell, there shall be an explosion.
If you believe it concerning your Cell, say Amen. There shall be an explosion in the name of Jesus Christ.
Prayers: In the name of Jesus, we declare these materials (fliers and tracts) blessed. We decree Lord that these materials go forth as instruments of harvest. They are going forth and returning with a mighty harvest, in the name of Jesus Christ. We declare it done, in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
Father, we send this forth, we decree that the mighty harvest comes in, in Jesus precious name we have prayed. It is done.
Take advantage of the rest of today, to ensure you are able to harvest your souls unto the Lord and God will honour you as you do so in Jesus name.
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