YOUR ACT OF APPRECIATION IS A SHOW OF RELIABILITY AND A DEMONSTRATION OF HUMILITY.
WHEN YOU APPRECIATE GOD FOR WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN, HE WILL PROCESS YOU INTO WHAT YOU HAVEN’T SEEN BEFORE.
-Pastor Paul Enenche at Dunamis International Gospel Centre on ‘THE VIRTUE OF APPRECIATION’ at 1st Service, Glory Dome.
Thank You for Your faithfulness, thank You for Your mercy. Thank You for the privilege of knowing You Lord. Thank You for doing for us what only You can do.
Lift up your hands everywhere you are.
His presence is so mighty, so heavy, so massive, incontestable, in the name of Jesus.
Lift those hands high.
In the name that is above every name, in Him we live, move and have our being. Worship, honour Him. Whisper that name J-E-S-U-S…
Thank You Master, thank You for divine encounters, thank You for divine visitation, thank You for divine turnarounds. Blessed be Your name in the name of Jesus.
Wave your hands to the King of kings and take your seat.
The presence of the Lord is heavy here.
Psalm 92:1-2
Subject is:
THE VIRTUE OF APPRECIATION
Our objective : understanding the value and the virtue of appreciation.
Thanksgiving or appreciation is a virtue; it is proof of good character. The person who knows how to say thank you proves good character, good behaviour. Church Gist. The lack of appreciation on the other hand is proof of bad character. In this service, I shall look at two things that appreciation proves:
- Appreciation is proof of humility (Psalm 69:30, 32). The fact that you know that you are not responsible for the result you see; that’s humility. “I am not responsible for the result I see”.
It also shows you saying; I know my limitations, I am not responsible for the results I see and I know my limitation as a person. It also says, ‘I am not ready to take the glory that belongs to another. I won’t give this glory to myself, I won’t give this glory to my efforts, I won’t give this glory even to my prayer’. Thanksgiving is proof of humility.
When you come across humble people, they are profusely appreciative. Arrogant people don’t know thanksgiving; they are like Nebuchadnezzar – “see this Babylon that I built with my hands”, they beat their chests.
- Appreciation is proof of faithfulness or trustworthiness. Faithful people appreciates, faithful people say thank you. Church Gist. What is that saying? When you appreciate God, you are saying to Him that you can be trusted to remain reliable, you can be trusted to remain humble, you can be trusted with any level of result and it will not enter your head; you are still sane enough to know who did it.
You can be trusted with any level of result and come back with returns to the source (Luke 17:15-19). This is the point of the matter: your act of appreciation is a show of reliability, a show of trustworthiness, a demonstration of faithfulness, a demonstration of humility.
The question that God is asking you this morning is: are you humble? To what extent can God trust you with result and it will not enter your head?
What is the outcome of appreciation:
- Experiencing new dimensions of God. When you appreciate God, He shows you His other side; new dimensions of God. Church Gist. You appreciate Him for what you have seen, He will process you into what you haven’t seen before.
- Experiencing victory over the enemy (Revelation 12:11). Your appreciation is a weapon of war; you are beating down the enemy.
- Experiencing the perfection of results. Whenever you appreciate God for the results you see, God takes the results to perfection because He moves in stages (Luke 17:19).
- This morning, somebody will see the other side of God you haven’t seen before.
- Somebody is about to see victory over the devil like you have never seen before.
- Somebody is about to see the perfection of the results in your life that you have never seen before.
We have just concluded the 2021 International Minister’s Flaming Fire Conference and we came here to say thank You. Is it worth it? We are thanking God for six things among other things:
a). For His help; Ebenezer, hitherto hath the Lord helped us.
b). For diverse signs and wonders; unbelievable encounters.
c). For the rain of the Word.
d). For the preservation of lives and a distraction-free Convention. No story of anybody coming on the road and this or that happenend, we can’t take that for granted. People crossed the highway free while we are waiting for approval to construct pedestrian bridge across the way. If we have the approval today, construction will start today.
e). For the weight of His presence; it was feelable, it was tangible. The season wasn’t dry at all
f). For the transformations of lives. There are those with a vow now not to play with compromise anymore, there are those with the decision to pursue and go and labour in the service of God.
As we praise God for all these, we shall experience another side of help, another side of signs and wonders, another side of Word insight, another dimension of preservation, a heavier weight of presence. As we praise God for these, we shall crush the head of the devil further. As we praise God for these, we see perfection, we see completion. Is somebody ready here this morning? Stand up on your feet and give Him a clap and a shout of praise!
Hallelujah! We are going to have 8 minutes of aggressive praise…
Lift up your hands and say:
Father, thank You for your help throughout the Conference. Thank You for diverse signs and wonders. Thank You Lord for the rain of Your Word, for the preservation of lives and distraction-free Conference. Church Gist. Thank You for the weight of Your presence, the transformation of lives. To You alone be all the praise in the name of Jesus.
Clap your hands all Ye people, shout to the Lord with the voice of triumph.
- Get set for the side of God you haven’t seen before. Get set for the defeat of the enemy like you have never seen before. Get set for perfection in your results. Give Him a big clap as you take your seat.
We are in an endless harvest season. The major statement of the Conference, central message is that revival time is labour time. I said it, Bishop Abioye came and over said it. Labour is going to continue for us till Jesus comes. From now, aggressive, restless evangelism; the home Church based evangelism that we did the other Saturday will continue for every Saturday, at least from now till the 25th anniversary in November. Church Gist. Every single Saturday; a neighborhood invasion, every morning for the next three months. It is labour time.
Home church leaders and everyone, bear that in mind and then, offices, streets, market places, shopping centers; handbills will be available. Other modalities of outreach shall be communicated but we are going to be restless.
We are trusting the Lord that from November Convention, this sanctuary shall be filled the way it was filled during night vigil, every single day of the conference and I believe that it is a new season.
- I prophesy upon you labour, fresh grace to labour.
We are going to design a clothe that will have this building on it, that you don’t need to talk too much. Have you been to this place before, where have you been? And then with the handbills, fliers, with everything.
The Bible says, compel them to come. It will be wonderful, you will like it, those who see it will like it; they will also want to pick it. We’ll also pray on it and trust God for it to be a mantle. Handkerchiefs and aprons that left the body of Paul the apostle cast out devils. I believe that this will be a prophetic mantle as well that will destroy, if on this ground, miracles are happening, the mantle on this ground will produce very drastic result. Church Gist. The kingdom of this world shall become the Kingdom of our God. If we don’t reach them, the devil will reach them. If we don’t reach them, the cultist will reach them, false altars will reach them, the powers of hell will reach them and we are not going to leave them for hell; we are going to reach them by force. Shout the loudest amen
Ensure that you are part of Dunamis home Church so you can be part and parcel of the invasion happening in the neighborhood.
In this season there are three things that will be very, very aggressive:
a). Aggressive evangelism
b). Aggressive discipleship, that is the home Church; ensuring that everyone who comes is made to be stable. The Counsellors ensuring that everyone who passes through the discipleship class is established and departments, ensuring that everyone sent to your department is not rejected or turned away or turned back to the world because we hear stories of people who say, you are not qualified to be in this department, since you cannot afford uniform you can’t be a member – that is not godly at all. The departments are not only meant to be avenue for people to serve God, it is also an avenue for people to be established and rooted. Because assignment grants establishment. When people have what to do, it stabilizes them. Church Gist. When you say you can’t do anything here, then you are sending them away to go and look for where they can do something. Are you hearing me departmental leaders and members? Nobody have the rights to be sent away from a department on ground of uniform or on any ground except character or morality ground. But you give them the chance to start first. This is very, very important.
Assignment facilitates establishment. Assignment brings excitement and it facilitates establishment.
c). In-reach or in-gathering. There are people in the Church who you have not seen for a while. Some of them it is not because they are angry with Church or anything, it’s a distraction from the devil. I called one sister the other day who had a challenge and I sent one of the ushers here, when last did you see this person in Church and he said he hasn’t seen the person in Church for a long time and I said go and tell that person that I sent you to find her and she came. I asked her what happened? And she said nothing. Where have you been for six months? Her response was no where.
Where do you go on Sundays? No where, I am discouraged, no result. I haven’t seen my testimony even though I follow from home. I
said don’t do that …not forsaking the assembly of ourselves together.
One man sent me a text and said I am following the program. I asked him, are you coming to Church? He said no and I asked why? He said I am following the program. We need you in church physically. He said that is an instruction, I will be there.
The devil is doing a lot of overtime in this end time and so before this week is out, call somebody, send a text message to somebody. Pay a physical visit to somebody and just ensure that nobody is lost. Let it be on record in Heaven that you did your best.
These three modalities we shall intensity them: evangelism, discipleship, the in-reach or in-gathering within this next quarter and we trust the Lord that there shall be an explosion and what’s more? As they went forth, the Lord went with them. When we go because God said we should go, God goes with us and we don’t struggle for any result. Materials will be available the whole of the week, it’s going to be an exciting time. Those trusting God for children, get ready your children will be handed over to you on assignment, husbands, job, miracle things will happen while we are in assignment.
PROPHETIC WORD:
“As you have come to thank Me, I will surely establish that which I deposited in you. I will cause you to be a manifestation of my glory and sign to your world. I intend that you will be an emblem of my presence to the world. You shall see that indeed I have visited you for this new dispensation”.
Be released today in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord cause His face to shine upon you. The Lord be gracious unto you from this day and forevermore. Go forth and return back with your testimony in Jesus precious name.
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