THE CHURCH HAS CHANGED AND THINGS WILL NOT GO BACK THE WAY THEY USED TO BE. ACCEPT THE WAY THINGS ARE.
- Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo
IGOC 2021, Day 1
UK
*IGOC started 30 years ago in 1991.
*Every major Speaker in USA had been to IGOC including Bishop Jakes, Joyce Meyer
*Every major Gospel Artiste has been to IGOC
Prayers:
“As we open the International Gathering of Champions 2021, we declare this Conference opened in the name of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.”
As we continue to observe the protocols of COVID, just for the sake of observation, we are people of faith. (If) You want to greet 2 or 3 people, use your elbow to say,” so good to be at IGOC and to see you too. God bless you.”
Don’t worry, it won’t be long when you are able to throw your arms around them and give them a holy kiss. Praise God.
Welcome to IGOC 2021. For some reason, I kind of developed a grumbling because of what COVID has made IGOC to be. Because when IGOC opens, our opening School used to be jammed. I mean the first School which starts in the morning. I was kind of grumbling then the Lord began to speak to me, “Hey, you should be glad because the enemy meant to shut down the world, but I gave you the wisdom not to allow yourself to be shut down. In fact, I have made it to become the one which globally the world is connected.”
Tonight, IGOC is being connected and watched in 27 Nations tonight. Let’s welcome all those people, over 3,000 people who have registered. Those are the ones who registered. Thank God for each one of them…we are excited tonight from around the world, people are joining us, like I said from so many Nations:
Australia
Malawi
France
Ireland
Malaysia
Zimbabwe
Jamaica
Zambia
Denmark
Finland
Togo
Botswana
Ivory Coast
United Arab Emirates
Kenya
Belgium
Italy
Liberia
Chad
Gibraltar
Switzerland
Poland
Trinidad and Tobago
Sierra Leone
Qatar
Netherlands
Saudi Arabia
Even as I am reading, people are texting me, “I am here in South Africa.”
When people registered, they separated the Nations. People that had the highest registration is United Kingdom.
The second largest is Nigeria and then Ghana, then United States of America and South Africa.
The International Gathering of Champions (IGOC) started in 1991. That is a long time you know and God has been faithful, souls have been saved. We have seen it all, we have seen. Every major speaker in the United States of America has been to IGOC. Every major Gospel Artiste you know, their first travel out of their country was to IGOC. We have been such privileged people to be able to host every one from Bishop Jakes to anyone you can mention, Joyce Meyer and my dear friends who are ministering tonight. In fact they are part of the story of IGOC.
The Lord spoke to me during the morning when I felt that troubling in my spirit… and the Lord said:
-Yes, COVID disrupted the world but IGOC will bless the world.
The Lord also spoke to me, “listen, the Church has changed and things will not go back the way they used to be.”
Tell your neighbour, “accept the way things are.” We are not going back to normal anymore. Church Gist. But the Lord also said to let you know while you are here at this Conference, be ready for 3 things:
- Be ready to hear from God.
- Be ready to see God.
- Be ready to experience God
… God will minister to you, He will touch You and your life will never be the same.
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