MANY TROUBLES IN FAMILIES ARE CAUSED BY PROFESSIONAL PROPHETS
Bishop David Oyedepo at Week of Spiritual Emphasis Day 3
Celebrate Him, there is no one like our God. There is no one like our God. Give Him glory and praise. Celebrate and magnify Him. No one like Jesus.
No more guess works in your life. Tonight I’m ready for my glory. Take all the praise, take all the glory in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
Hosea 6:2
- Something unforgettable must take place in your life today.
There are days and there are certain days. There are encounters that stay with you for life.
Father thank You for this moment. We are here in your presence waiting to receive from You. Let no one return without a definite encounter with You in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
UNDERSTANDING THE WONDERS OF DIVINE DIRECTION
Deuteronomy 32:8-14
Now the Lord alone did lead him. He wasn’t carried away by any kind of thing.
In our times we used to have what they call confirmation. Yes two people have confirmed it. One million have confirmed it. Can you imagine how many people confirming going to the Red Sea? They can’t clear the water talk more of building a highway on the Red Sea.
Exodus 14:15
When God speaks everything hears. You just need Heaven’s confirmation for the steps you’re taking.
Deuteronomy 32:13
Supernatural breakthrough is what attends to everyone following God’s leading. No resistance from hell can stop God from having His way. That’s why Jesus could plant 10,404 Churches in Nigeria at His command inspite of the global lockdown and 1,300 Churches across other nations in the same year. When God is leading, barriers bow out.
- My prayer is that each one will develop Spiritual capacity to pick Heaven’s signal at every point in time.
It’s also interesting to know that when God leads, He teaches how to make the most of it.
Isaiah 48:17
If God says so, listen to how He wants to do it.
He does not only lead you the way to go, He teaches you how to get there. That’s the very interesting thing about it. We have never planted a thousand Churches in one year as a Ministry.
You know most of us don’t want to ask God anything because we know everything. Engage your neutral gear when you’re asking. God knows when we’re having fun. He knows when we’re serious.
The leading of God alone is enough to lead to your realms of noiseless breakthroughs in life. Following His leading guarantees your breakthroughs.
He found him in a dessert, in a howling wilderness. Nothing was working. Then He let’s him. He instructed him. He kept him as the apple of His eyes. When God is leading your enemies are rendered helpless.
Psalm 23:5
When God is leading, unbelievable doors open to us on their own accord.
Isaiah 45:1-3
“September 18th 1999 the Tabernacle shall be dedicated”, I wasn’t the one saying it. It was beyond me. We were owing zero. Every bill was paid as at when due.
When Peter was brought out of prison, an angel went before him and the gates opened on its own accord. When God leads, that’s what happens. Witches, wizards, occultic powers will be saluting you when you’re passing. They have stopped many others, they can’t stop you because of the one who is in front of you.
That’s the wonders in divine leading. There’s no expertise.
Psalm 24:7
- You’re the next extraordinary personality that God is raising in this hour because He will guide your steps, your ways step by step into the ultimate Promised Land He has prepared for you.
Awesome God.
No price is too much to pay to ensuring you’re walking in God’s plan for your life. I know there’s an army of believers today who are living a highly frustrated life.
Your Father wants to shepherd your life, allow Him to. He gave you the Holy Ghost to direct your path, allow the Holy Ghost to do His job. He gave you the Word to be a light unto your path, allow the Word to do His work in your life. This is so important.
If I don’t know anything in the world, by grace I know that I know, the devil also knows that I’m in the center of the will of God.
- My prayer is that you get to that point to know that where you are, what you’re doing is the will of God for your life and look away from any other thing.
You cannot make yourself sir.
- Somebody’s story is changing.
The capital cost of this is to remain Spiritual because a natural man cannot receive the things of the Spirit of God.
1st Corinthians 2:14
A carnal man can’t know, he can’t access Him. They’re always to high for him.
Some fellows thought that now we’re going to know the pride of this man. Let’s see who will follow him to that forest. They said it in the ears of one of my sons who is from outside the country. They didn’t know he belongs to me. They sat and they were laughing like drunkards. They didn’t know God was leading me. That leading cannot be correct to any natural man.
I would rather sing following Him than shy without Him. This is the place, period.
- In the name of Jesus nothing will make you miss your place in Christ.
God has that land flowing will milk and honey for you and for me but we can’t get there on our own. He has to lead our way there step by step.
Following His leading will be foolishness to the natural man. You have to be Spiritual to follow His leading.
Psalm 25:14
Revelation 1:10
Divine direction is the mother of all breakthroughs.
From what we have read, it’s clear that God’s leading is our highway to our high places.
Deuteronomy 28:1
Goodness and mercy usually follow every believer led by the Spirit.
Psalm 23:1
God of all breakthroughs.
Following His leading puts believers in command of the supernatural.
Psalm 103:7
You can follow what God says to do without being in command of the Supernatural.
As we stepped into the Faith Tabernacle construction, it was His commandment and so we saw His miracles on daily basis and exactly September 18th 1999 He dedicated His sanctuary. An impossible task made possible by the God of all possibilities.
You can’t follow His ways and miss His acts. He will never deny Himself. He told them the way to go and they went and He was walking with them confirming His Word with signs and wonders.
Mark 16:20
Somebody carried a child here from our children’s Church and held that child in captivity for two years and six months thereabout. You can imagine the trauma. The parents were devastated but I told them this child will come back. If they remove the head, they will join it back. The man that kidnapped the child said he saw me in the night with a sword in my hand pursuing after him. The child had been carried to Enugu area but we got the child back.
Signs and wonders will always follow His leading.
Give the Lord a big hand of praise.
We have Moses, the Lord sent him down to Egypt to go and bring His people.
Deuteronomy 43:19-12
Someone once asked me, a minister of the gospel, “How do you get things done so cheaply in this ministry? I said we do nothing except it is commanded. When you operate as commanded, He puts you in command. This chocolate Christianity will not take you far. You must get down to the realities of the Kingdom. God is still leading people today, God is still speaking to people today. Give Him the room to speak to you.
1st Thessalonians 5:20-21
He has never failed to pay me once, I’ve never reminded Him one day in my life.
You’re not entitled to answers without asking questions. All these pray and prophesy for me won’t take you far. You have direct access to God. You’re a member of His own household otherwise some prophets will carry you to the bar beach and bath you and towel you and connect you to some demons. God forbid. You’re too smart for that.
Most of the troubles at home are caused by these professional prophets. “Behind your challenges is your wife, hmmmm the Lord just spoke to me now”. Then for no just cause you go back home and generate temperature for your wife to leave. “If your wife does not leave, you come here, after 14 days she’ll leave”. He just enslaves you through Spiritual ignorance.
They thrive on seeing vision for people because they cannot see. If I’m on my way to town from the gate and you say “thus says the Lord, excuse me the Lord says to Ojuore, this is the way”. I’ll say you must be mad because I can see.
Jeremiah 33:3
John 10:27
Moses got it by taking responsibility.
THE COST OF MISDIRECTION
Jonah
Jonah 1:1-17
There’s always turbulence when you miss your way. The wind was contrary, the boat was in jeopardy. You make loses when you miss your steps. He cried aloud in the belly of a fish. You’re always in agony when you miss his way.
- You won’t miss your steps.
Mercy found him.
That’s the cost, turbulence, agony, groaning.
Proverbs 14:12 - Your life will not choke away.
That’s how grievous mis direction can be but when he got back on course after God rescued him, we’re told the greatest revival in Bible history took place at Neniveh that covered not only men but animals.
Everybody repented including animals. Nobody ate or drank for 3 days. The greatest revival recorded in Scriptures took place in the place God sent him.
Take it easy, you don’t have to struggle for survival. You’re far beyond that in God’s eyes. Allow Him to lead you.
We saw the case of Peter the Apostle.
Galatians 2:8
Galatians 2:11-14
Proverbs 27:8
There are those today in Europe who are sent there and you could see doors opening to them on their own accord without playing games. There are those who are not sent there and they’re drying up on daily basis. So it’s not a group thing, it’s an individual thing.
You cannot stand your ground outside your place. You’re at the mercy of the environment. The backing required is not there so the confidence to stand is not there.
Somebody came here, was deported from Iraq or something and his hand was grinded, I think they they put their hand inside a mill so that they won’t come near the place again. You’re not an animal. You cannot stand your ground outside your place.
Now we saw Paul himself also a victim of misdirection at a point in his life. “Don’t go to Jerusalem”. He was out of his place, he had no defence. Soldiers had to carry him on the shoulder for him to escape and not get killed. There is no spiritual experience, there is no grace that can be a substitute for direction. Allow God to lead you.
John 5:30
John 14:10
When He leads you, He commits Himself to delivering what He has commanded you to do.
1st Thessalonians 5:24
The one leading you takes up the job that’s why we owe Him thanks anytime we see breakthroughs coming in through the leading of the Holy Spirit.
Psalm 118:23
- Tonight marks the end of your trials and error steps in life.
- You won’t miss your step when it’s just one more step to your breakthrough in the name of Jesus.
Lift up your right hand to Heaven and give God thanks. Give God thanks everyone for His Word. Thank You Jesus in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
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