ONCE THE MIRACULOUS IS ABSENT, CHRISTAINITY BECOMES AS COLD AS A DEAD FISH.
- Pastor Mathew Ashimolowo on “Engaging the Supernatural”
IGOC 2021, Day 7
UK - The biggest problem of today’s Church is power shortage in the Church.
- The resurrection of Christ is what distinguishes Christianity, if Jesus hadn’t risen, then we have no faith.
- Supernatural faith is the key to supernatural living and not having to wait all the time on spiritual handouts.
Tonight, I feel very strong about this theme, ‘His Extraordinary Works’. I want to challenge us tonight and teach on engaging the supernatural. Your Christian life was meant to be supernatural. God wants you to live in the spirit, walk in the spirit and engage the supernatural.
Isaiah 28: 20-21
God wants your Christian life to be such that wherever you are, you don’t have to wait for the pastor or call the hope line, you don’t have to wait for your home fellowship leader, God wants you to walk in the supernatural.
Tonight, I’m going to give you 8 things which you need to learn and do on a regular basis in order for you to be a carrier of the grace of God.
- Recognize Your Power Source: Once you recognize your power source, grace will come upon your life, grace will come upon your life, blessings will come upon your life. Acts 1: 8. You must understand the prerequisite for power, it starts with you getting born again, you receiving the Holy Spirit and then you walking with the Holy Spirit. You need to listen to the Lord on a daily basis, have an intimate relationship with the Holy Spirit. Philippians 3: 10 It is possible for a believer to walk in the power of God in a world of power failure. Recognize your power source, your power source is the Holy Spirit.
- Seek for the Power for Extraordinary Works: Whether you are a doctor, nurse, plumber or whatever you do, you need the power of the Holy Spirit for your daily walk with God. Luke 24:49 The biggest problem of today’s church is power shortage in the Church. Churches have then been converted to a lot of things – warehouses, breweries and many others.
- I lay hands of faith on you tonight, I pray that uncommon grace would rest on your life and you would be a carrier of the power of God.
- You are about to move in the kind of grace you’ve not moved before.
Jesus assured us in John 14:12 that those who believe in him would not just do the things he did, they would do greater works than he did.
- Believe God for the Impossible: We live in a world that has rationalized everything but I want you to know that I’ve seen God confirmed His word, I’ve seen God do miraculous works. Every other religion can exist without the supernatural but the miraculous is the signature of Christianity, once the miraculous is absent, it becomes as cold as a dead fish. The resurrection of Christ is what distinguishes Christianity, if he hadn’t risen, then we have no faith.
1 Corinthians 2: 9. The people who saw me and abused me as a teenager didn’t see what I carried because if they had seen it, they would have frustrated it. The teachers who taught me didn’t see it, if they had seen it, they would have hindered it. I was preaching in the city of Onitsha in Nigeria, 8000 women came, covid or no covid. 21 ears popped open. There was a lady, in the course of operating on her mouth, they damaged her eardrum but God healed her. We blocked the ear which was working very well but the lady whose eardrum had been damaged could hear whispers from the ear that was damaged. With God all things are possible.
Your relationship with God makes the impossible possible. Age did not stop Abraham, don’t let the stoppers stop you. Romans 4: 20. - Grow Your Faith and become a Giant in the Faith: In the times of Jesus, the mustard seed was the smallest of all seeds and even if you had faith that small, you could make the impossible possible. Supernatural faith is the key to supernatural living and not having to wait all the time on spiritual handouts. Too many people live on spiritual handouts, they are always looking for the next miracle centre and always depend on the spiritual capacity of their pastor. In Christianity, faith is the access key. If you don’t have faith, you can’t access it. Hebrews 11:3.
- Engage the Power of the Word: Not reasoning, not Google, not Instagram. Get in the word. The bank that settles your scripture is the bank of heaven. Church Gist.The word of God reaches where science cannot reach. Hebrews 4: 12. Every word of God carries weight, carries anointing, carries glory.
- I anoint your lips today, every word from you will carry power.
Acts 19: 20. Saturate your mind and your spirit with the word of God.
- Soar in the Spirit: Soar in God and in the Spirit. As you switch on the T.V, some of you, your first breakfast is BBC, that’s why you are trembling, have you ever heard good news there? You’ve got to learn how to soar in the spirit by getting the word inside yourself. Revelation 1: 10, Revelation 19: 11. God is looking for a generation who would soar in the spirit.
- You will soar in the spirit.
- You will live in the spirit, above natural abilities, above circumstances.
We don’t levitate but we soar in the Spirit. Genesis 5: 16, 18, 25.
- Rest in the Promises of God: Rest on His promises, don’t rest on your abilities
- I pray for somebody today, you will possess all your possessions, you will take your territories, you will take all God has for you.
- Delight Yourself in the Presence of God: An old Christian wrote a book sometimes ago, ‘Practicing the Presence of God’. Practice the presence of God, just learn to be in His presence. Practice it on a day-by-day basis. Mathew 14: 3-6. This woman was practicing his presence, she gave her one year salary and poured it on the Lord. Give God an extravagant worship. Spend time in His presence.
Tonight, I conclude by saying, walk in the supernatural, experience the power of God from today, hold on to God who said He will do it, get ready for God to do strange things. Church Gist.You see that scripture is so loaded, I was getting water in the kitchen when God gave me the theme of the program, ‘His Extraordinary works’, not in any secret place; always carry His presence. Be prepared to walk in the supernatural, be prepared for the heavens to open upon you, be prepared to do things you’ve never done before, be prepared to experience the grace of God.
It is time for someone here tonight to stir up the supernatural, to walk in the supernatural, to experience the supernatural. It is time for you to engage the supernatural and that will be your testimony. April this year, I was in a Redeem Christian Church of God in a city called Warri in Nigeria and there was a lady who came out who had not heard with her ears for 36 years, the Lord healed her in that meeting.
I release healing virtue in this place tonight, I release power for the miraculous.
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