WE HAVE AN ENORMOUS GROWTH AND EXPANSION PROJECT FOR THE YEAR AND IT TAKES FAITH ON THE ALTAR OF PRAYER TO TAKE DELIVERY
WE ARE ENTERING INTO CHURCH FLOW, AS AN AFTERMATH OF THIS PRAYER AND FASTING SEASON.
THE END TIME CHURCH IS ORDAINED TO OPERATE IN THE REALM OF FLOW, NOT JUST GROWTH.
HOWEVER, WE CAN’T SIT DOWN THERE AND EXPECT TO ENTER INTO THE REALM OF A FLOW.
PEOPLE HATE THE WORD, ‘WORK’, BUT WHATEVER YOU DON’T WORK OUT WILL LOSE WORTH.
IF YOU WON’T WORK IT OUT, YOU WILL LOSE WORTH OPENLY. YOU WILL BE UPSET WITH YOURSELF.
EVERYTHING OF WORTH IS WORK. NO WORK WORKS ITSELF.
BEHIND EVERYTHING WORKING IS A WORKER.
- Bishop David Oyedepo at CHoP
The end time Church is ordained a Church of multitudes – Micah 4:1-2
“And people shall flow into it”: so we are moving from the area of growth to the realm of flow. A flow of people, in droves: that is the end time Church. It is ordained to operate in the realm of a flow, not just growth. That is God’s prophecy but the Bible says in 1 Timothy chapter 1 verse18, “…according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightiest war a good warfare;”
1 Timothy 1:18
Every prophetic Word, more often than not demands warfare for delivery. Every prophetic Word, more often than not demands spiritual warfare for delivery.
Why? A great door and effectual is opened unto me and there are many adversaries – 1 Corinthians 16:9
This warfare is carried out on the prayer front, for we wrestle not against flesh and blood: it is a wrestle. But against principalities and powers – Ephesians 6:12
The same way Jacob wrestled and secured his destiny; recovered his destiny with a new name. Church Gist. We are called to wrestle on the prayer altar, to clear up the way, all the contentions of hell against God’s Word coming to pass. People hate the word, ‘work’, but whatever you don’t work out will lose worth.
He said, “work out your salvation with fear and trembling” – Philippians 2:12
If you won’t work it out, you will lose worth openly. You will be upset with yourself. It is work that enhances worth. We can’t sit down there and expect to enter into the realm of a flow. We clear off the barriers on the way, for when a king fully armed keeps his palace, his goods are in safety; but when a stronger than him shall come upon him, “come on, get off your hands off these lives, come on, get off your hands off these individuals”, then He clears the way.
But it is the prayer of faith that is required to win this war and that is why the exhortation line for our Covenant Hour of Prayer for this week is captioned:
THE PRAYER OF FAITH IS THE PRAYER THAT WORKS
Ephesians 6:16
That family of the second testimony wrestled on the prayer altar, had their desire and made Kingdom Advancement prayer their platform for delivery and now the baby is here (documented testimony).
This lady had this eye problem, a growth in the eye. To her surprise, a few days into the fast, the growth vanished, the pain disappeared, operation no longer required (documented testimony). It is her right but it will not be delivered without engaging the warfare of prayer and fasting.
While we are saying, “seek ye first the Kingdom of God”, we remind Him of what belongs to us that is yet to be made manifest. Church Gist. We remind Him and then He supplies it.
Say with me, “The prayer of faith is the prayer that works.”
Remember He says, “you have not because you ask not” – James 4:2
I have promised it, you can’t see it. Make demand for it.
I said, “I am bringing the Church to the realm of flow and you are not experiencing that. Now, demand for it.” That is God’s ordination.
For today, we will look at the following facts:
Faith is a means of engaging God’s capacity for delivery through the altar of prayer.
“I am the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me?” – Jeremiah 32:27
And He responded in Jeremiah chapter 32 verse 17
“There is nothing too hard for Me” – Jeremiah 32:17
God has unlimited capacity to deal with any issue that concerns us.
With men that may be impossible; with experts that may be impossible but not with God: for with God all things are possible – Mark 10:27
We are in a Church where God is doing unbelievable that if you were not there, you will not believe. Many don’t believe what is happening here.
How can somebody be ovulating all through and yet gave birth to a child? Well, you may doubt the story but can you doubt the reality? Only fools doubt proofs.
How can somebody be pregnant and not know until the day she was going to deliver? Ask! The child is still here.
Only God can empower a woman at this age of ours where everybody that is 60 is looking 80. When you are 50 in some villages, “E pele O Baba” (Take it easy Baba)
Somebody gave birth at 69!
You don’t work it out, you won’t be out. We engage God’s capacity to deal with those things that appear to be stronger than us.
Doctors gave their verdict, “you have 2 more weeks to live.”
God said: It is not Me who said so. Find out what I said, get into warfare and I’ll cancel it.
Find out what I said!
“You can never have a child”: That is the heresy of experts.
They told someone, “What you have is fibroid.” She said, “No.”
He said, “I am an experienced gynaecologist”
“You can be experienced more than God, it doesn’t matter. No, that is not what God said”: The child was born. From fibroid to fine boy.
This your God has no limit.
If He says, “there is coming a flow” and we do what He says we should do, the flow will be sustained; it will not only come but it will be on the increase. Church Gist. That is what we are entering into as a Church, as an aftermath of this prayer and fasting season.
Do you believe that I, the Son of man, am able to do this? Yea Lord – Matthew 9:28
We must answer the faith question to secure answers. The faith question must be answered for anybody – Matthew 9:27-29
It has to be answered before anybody can secure answers to his prayers and faith is the function of the Word of God at work in your heart.
“For with the heart man believeth” – Romans 10:10
Mark 11:23
Faith is the function of the truth of God’s Word concerning any given situation in your heart. It is in your heart and then you engage in battle with it because the Word is the sword of the Spirit: Stop that. That is what puts people on the offensive.
“Stop that, devil”
-Anything you shout down this season will go down.
-Anything you command to be up based on His Word will be up.
-This Church is going higher. Church Gist. You are flying higher.
Please don’t forget, faith is a product of the Word at work in your heart.
Romans 10:10
With the heart, man believeth: believeth what? Believeth the Word concerning his issue, concerning the project.
We have an enormous Church growth and expansion project for the Year. It takes faith on the altar of prayer to take delivery.
“Let him ask in faith” – James 1:7
You don’t get nothing without faith: Nothing, nothing – James 1:6-7
You can cry from now till tomorrow, it won’t matter. Without faith at work in your heart, nothing comes down from Heaven.
And a man can receive except it is given him from above – John 3:31
Nothing: it is the protocol.
Prayer is worthless without faith. So when we say, “this is the scripture to engage”: engage that scripture. That is what holds value in God’s presence on the altar of prayer.
We cannot and we must not assume faith. Faith must be consciously cultivated.
Romans 10:17
We have always seen it as hearing and hearing, but that is not where it stops. Faith does not grow by hearing, faith grows by a spiritual understanding of what you heard.
“Do you understand what you read? How can I except someone should guide me?” –
Acts 8:30
Acts 8:26-35
The encounter of Philip with the Ethiopian eunuch and when he opened his eyes by the help of the Holy Ghost, it was the man that said, “here is water, can I be baptized?” – Acts 8:36-37
Nobody doubts what he truly understands. Nobody ever doubts what he can see. Spiritual understanding is being able to see what God is saying, not just hearing.
When you see, even if you are Thomas, you will believe. You can’t see something and doubt it
Am I wearing black? You are sure it is not green? And it is not yellow?
Why?
Response: because they can see it
Spiritual understanding is a booster of faith.
A woman in Europe read the Book, ‘You shall not be barren’, she now came out with light from Heaven. It’s not only Sarah that had passed the age, Abraham had over passed the age. It was not about sperm count, he had no more sperm count at all, that was below zero. She said, “from the lifelessness of Abraham and the deadness of Sarah, Isaac came”: that is not in that Book, that is spiritual illumination. Your ears shall hear a Word behind your teachers as they teach, “this is the way, this is what I am saying” – Isaiah 30:21
Work it out.
- Through Word study
- Through reading of Books that enhance your understanding – 2 Timothy 4:13
“Bring me the books and my notes”: that is Paul building his faith
“I can do all things”: That is the realm of faith Paul operated in – Philippians 4:13
What an equation: straightforward
We build our faith by the study of the Word and the help of the Holy Spirit that illuminates our understanding.
We engage in prayer and fasting to boost access to light – Isaiah 58:8 - That we hardly remember. One platform for boosting our spiritual understanding is meditation.
Psalm 119:97 – “It is my meditation all the day long”
You know what the Word says, “he being a prophet has seen afar off” – Acts 2:30
He enjoyed such level of illumination and one of the forces at work in his life was the force of meditation.
“I have more understanding than my teachers because I keep thy precepts” – Psalm 119:99
He meditated his way to greater insights.
These are some of the ways to build our faith. When you hear that “build up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost” – Jude 1:20
What the Holy Ghost is to bring to light the things you have understood that is needed in that battle. He doesn’t give faith. He helps you to scavenge, explore the things you have read as may be needed, “He reminds us of all things, whatsoever you have heard.” He can’t remind you of what you have not heard.
“Pa pa pa”: that doesn’t build faith. Faith is built in the Word. It is the Word that stirs faith.
The Holy Ghost does is to:
- Teach you and me when we are looking at the Word. When we are studying the Word and we now need them, as we pray in the Holy Ghost, He sums them up, brings them to us, connects them one to another and then we use that as a multifaceted weapon against the devil.
Sir, crying for 100 days won’t make any meaning to God. Without faith, it is impossible to move God – Hebrews 11:6
He rescued them from the fiery furnace. They were prayer giants. Their bodies had been yielded on the altar of prayer – Daniel 3:28
He rescued Daniel because he believed God, though he prayed 3 times a day, faith was at work in his heart – Daniel 6:10, 23
-This week will be far more impactful on the prayer altar for everyone of us.
-No prayer altar will lack answers.
With faith at work in your heart, which you have worked it into your heart. You work it into your heart, my friend.
Everything of worth is work. Church Gist. No work works itself. Behind everything working is a worker.
Everything of worth in our lives is work and no work works itself. Behind everything working is a worker.
Prayers: I receive grace to take responsibility to keep my faith on fire on the altar of prayer. I receive grace to stay actively awake, actively alive in the course of prayers and fasting. Others are swimming in testimonies, it’s my turn: so help me Jesus not to wander away in prayers, not to wander away on the prayer altar. Keep me focused.
Enable me to get to the Word and access your wonders for my life, in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
You know that Moses collected all the Words of the Lord from Genesis to Deuteronomy through prayers and fasting. For 40 days, He was a fast writer.
Where was Moses when God created the world? “Then shall thy light break forth as the morning” – Isaiah 58:8
He returned, they couldn’t look at his face – Exodus 34:29-30
-You will see light!!
Give God thanks and seize the day for high level productivity, high level fruitfulness.
Seize the day for fire on your prayer altar.
Seize today for light as you take on the Word.
Pray that prayer, don’t just murmur it.
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