FAITH IS NOT JUST BELIEVING GOD, FAITH IS OBEYING GOD TO PROVE THAT WE BELIEVE HIM
EVERY STATEMENT OF SCRIPTURES HAS CONDITIONS ATTACHED IF YOU SO DESIRE THEIR MANIFESTATION
THE LAW OF SOWING AND REAPING IS THE LAW THAT LAUNCHES MEN INTO REALMS OF FINANCIAL FORTUNE, IT IS NO GAME OR CHURCH DOCTRINE. IT IS THE LIVING WORD OF GOD.
THAT THE LAW IS BEEN ABUSED DOES NOT MEAN IT IS NOT REAL.
GOD’S BLESSINGS USUALLY TRAIL MAN’S OBEDIENCE.
YOUR EARTH WILL NOT YIELD AN INCREASE UNTIL YOUR PRAISE GOES UP.
IT IS FAVOUR THAT MAKES US STAND OUT IN LIFE.
- Bishop David Oyedepo at New Dawn Banquet Service || Faith Tabernacle, Canaanland || First Sunday Service.
There are days and there are certain days, today is sure to be a certain day in your life. It shall be a date of reference forever in your life.
- The name of this service shall answer in your life
- It shall be to you the dawning of a new day.
- You shall start singing your new song from today.
On two prophetic fronts, the day is ordained as a unique one. Today we are marking the end of the 40 days post-resurrection appearance of Christ and also the deal day of operation change of story. Everybody’s story is ordained for a dramatic change today. On the 22nd of April, one of us testified it was read yesterday, I have been waiting for 13 years. They heard the prophetic word concerning four souls, they have been engaging before but they dived into it very personally and she was confirmed pregnant for the first time. Church Gist. After 13 years. Every revelation is ordained for a change of story, every revolution in the kingdom is a product of revelation. When you choose to work in the light of His word He keeps changing your story. - Whatever is contrary against you must undergo a change today.
All the children of our Winners Family worldwide, we proclaim a blessing upon them as we mark Global Children’s Day. Satan shall have no access to them, none of them will go wayward, none of them will miss eternal life. They shall stand stronger than their parents in the faith. They shall do greater than their parents in the name of Jesus Christ. All of the children under the umbrella of this Commission are today declared blessed. None of them shall become a source of sorrow. We will not have to run after them to be saved. Those who are saved today will not be lost. Every one of them being pursued by the enemy, there shall be clean recovery today. Church Gist. No parent here will ever bury any of their children. They shall grow in the fear and the nurture of the Lord. They shall be zealous for the Lord all the days of their life. You and your children and grandchildren shall make heaven in grand style. I decree the spirit of excellence upon them. They shall be outstanding among their peers. None of them shall be mistaken for a dullard. They shall remain sources of joy for life in Jesus mighty name. If any of them is sick in their body I command instant healing now.
Every word of the Lord is Yea and Amen. They are all ordained for delivery to those who believe (Luke 1:45). Every word of the scriptures is God’s spoken word in print (Isaiah 34:16). This is God’s spoken word in print. Every word of the scriptures is ordained for practical delivery. God’s agenda for your dramatic change of story shall be delivered full scale. God’s blessings usually trail man’s obedience. As I went from place to place. I saw you. I saw the passion with which you were moving and standing out there for Jesus. By reason of your obedience, today is declared your day of overtaking blessings. What will come on you today, you will never recover from them? Everyone who has operated from the secret place in driving OPERATION CHANGE OF STORY, my God will change your story. Nobody will ask whether you were part of it or not, everybody will see it in your life. Malachi 3:10. Church Gist. God’s blessings always trail believers’ obedience. Therefore His blessings shall fill your life. I see a Church breaking forth from one realm of glory to another till Jesus comes. Where every believer has accepted the responsibility to go after souls, in promoting the kingdom with our God-given resources. You have a healthy Church and that is this Church where you belong. That means nothing will go down in your life even in old age, you will still be bringing forth fruits.
Very quickly we draw a line on the teaching series for this month before we run into the mystery of the new dawn. We look at the channels of blessings, just five of them. The covenant is a spiritual platform where we commit God by our obedience of faith to make good His promise. Every statement of scriptures has conditions attached if you so desire their manifestation. A covenant binds on God to perform. So a covenant is not just limited to financial covenants. The Bible is a book of covenants. Testament also means covenant. It could have been Old and New Covenant. Every statement of scriptures provides an opportunity to cut a covenant with God. This is what to do to have this. I have this for you but this is what to do to have it. Church Gist. For instance, you can’t go from strength to strength walking away from the Church. You go from weakness to weakness until you are out. Psalm 84:7. You can’t live a healthy life without feeding fat from scriptures (Proverbs 4:20-22). That’s how to procure your heavenly health package. By commitment to regular word intake that increases your divine nature and makes you immune to sickness and diseases. If you have a covenant mentality concerning the Bible, you will triumph sweatlessly. It is not begging God, it is obeying God to commit him to fulfil His word in your life. Faith is not just believing God, faith is obeying God to prove that we believe Him. Every covenant carries a condition and when you embrace the condition, God can’t back out. Psalm 89:34.
When we cut a covenant of financial fortune with God, He releases blessings through these five avenues among others. Remember the terms of the covenant, we have tried to explore that all through the month. The anchor law of the covenant is the giving law. Only givers can access their financial fortune heritage in Christ. Church Gist. The law of sowing and reaping is the law that launches men into realms of financial fortune, it is no game. It is no Church doctrine. It is the living word of God. Genesis 8:22, 2 Corinthians 9:6-8. Giving is sowing. You give to prosper, you sustain prosperity by giving. Giving is your access and also sustenance. When we stop giving prosperity, start going out. There are no two ways about it. When a man stops breathing out, he is gone. So taking in, taking in without giving out is the highway to the grave. Many are suffering from a financial drought today because they stopped giving out a long time ago and it looks like it is not true, they are not true. One scary thing about God is that if you have been doing the right thing all along and you decide to change position and start doing the wrong thing, God will handle you by the wrong thing you are doing and forget the right thing you have done. Ezekiel 18:23-25. It is not about what I did before, you must keep doing it. Philippians 4:15. This law of giving and receiving is true. That it has been abused does not mean it is not true. There is no country without counterfeit currency. As smart as the American system is, there are still fake dollar bills. That is why they all have machines across the country to check fake and genuine currencies. As they are developing it, the fraudsters are still developing higher technologies. So as there is a counterfeit prosperity message does not mean the real one does not exist. We are validities of the prosperity covenant as a Church. It is so real. Do you know why that grace stayed on my life? I have never stopped once since I came to know it in 1982. Everything living gives to stay alive. The plants must keep giving out oxygen, the animals must keep giving carbon dioxide to stay alive. When any of them stops, life is over. Now grace to remain a delightsome, ever smiling giver receive it now.
AVENUES THROUGH WHICH WE ACCESS RETURNS ON OUR GIVING:
- The blessings of God upon our lives and the works of our hand.
You are a giver, God is committed to releasing His blessings upon the work of your hands. Psalm 1:1-3, Malachi 3:10-11. It comes upon our lives and the works of our hands. Psalm 112. So when we enter into that covenant, we ensure blessings on our life that make rich and add no sorrow. We become uncursable. So forget about one short woman, one short man in your family. The covenant is stronger than any witch, stronger than any cult. Church Gist. There are quite a number of cults around the world today and many of them in Nigeria. No cult under heaven can stop the word from delivering. If it can, it would have stopped this church. Stop minding those things, mind the covenant and you will mess them up. Numbers 23:8. No devil can curse you when God blesses you. That is the security of the blessing of God.
- He unleashed divine favour on us in return for our giving life.
Psalm 102;13-15. Fearful favour is the lot of people that operate in the covenant of financial fortune. Psalm 30:7. It is favour that makes us stand out in life. Church Gist. Favour! That is what you are running into now. As you maintain your place in the covenant of life, favour will keep overtaking you.
- Through priestly blessings
Abraham came under the blessing of Melchizedek and that blessing began to speak on his life all the way. Genesis 14:18-19, Genesis 24:1. Every blessing released on you here today will answer with speed. Priestly blessings are very powerful tools in unleashing God’s financial blessings on His people. Church Gist. One Senior minister once asked me what is the secret of the prosperity of this Church, I said when I bless them, I bless them with the whole of my intestine. I am hiding nothing. I want you blessed more than I want me blessed. Your blessing is proof of the validity of what I teach as sent by God. So today must mark the end of every financial struggle in your life. Grace to stay on course with the terms of the covenant, receive it right now.
- Through divine ideas.
God returns blessings to our lives through divine ideas as we saw it in Jacob. He was under the siege of Laban’s manipulation until God’s idea came through and he was rescued from that captivity. Genesis 30:30-33,37-39. Church Gist. That was how he escaped, divine insight came through. Job 29:4, 1:3. I, therefore, decree the rain of divine ideas. No one here shall ever be stranded anymore.
- Through parental blessings
A young man here gave a testimony three Sundays ago, he heard me teach that you should honour your parents and did that exactly and Tuesday, he got a job. Genesis 49:25-28. That was the blessing that made Joseph. Parental blessings will always distinguish God’s people when they know how to access them. Parental blessing will always make a difference in your life.
So wake up and take advantage of these channels, I wrote a little book titled – Hidden Secrets Of Blessings. You will find them there. They just come forth with open manifestations in all areas. Someone’s story has just changed. Church Gist. May no one here take any of their parents for granted. May no one ignore their already in what they do with their lives. It is part of honouring such individuals. May all these avenues start to speak louder and louder in your life.
One more time, the rule of the game is consistency, the rule of the game is continuity. Exciting commitment to the terms of the covenant.
Today is our new dawn banquet and I will be taking you through what I call KEYS TO OPERATING IN THE REALM OF NEW DAWN. Please note that everything in this kingdom operates on keys. Matthew 16:18-19. We live in a kingdom that operates on keys. There is nothing mystical about these keys. Luke 11:52. The key is all about revelation. What is God saying to actualize what you are looking for, when you catch that light, you decide to walk in that light a new day dawns. Mark 4:11. When you are born again, you have access to those keys. The new birth is our access to the realm of those keys that will open any door no matter what devil closed it and shut any door no matter what devil opened it. At new birth, we were justified by the blood of Jesus. So we were the ones God was talking about in Proverbs 4:18. Romans 5:9. You are redeemed with a new dawn heritage on your life. Your path is ordained to be shining more and more not more and less. Isaiah 43:19. Understand that you have a new dawn heritage in Christ. Your path is ordained to shine more and more till the end of time. No natural parent wishes their own children to be at a standstill in the race of life. Matthew 7:11. God hates to see you and me at a standstill position. Deuteronomy 2:3. No one shall be found in a standstill position anymore. You shall not be found in a standstill position anymore. Church Gist. To be on the same spot one year, two years or three years is not your portion. Your story is not just changing today, it will keep changing and changing. The same new dawn manifestation upon this Commission I release on your life today. For 41 years everything keeps changing upward. Therefore from today, everything about your life will keep changing upward. Every new year shall be an improvement on the previous one in your life. Luke 13:6-9. God expects some changes annually, annual change of level, annual change of story. No one’s life here shall be two years running at the same spot. Everyone that engaged with this Operation Change of Story that is about to be completed today, your multiple change of level shall be completed today.
Naturally, it is light that signifies a new dawn. In the kingdom, it is revelation that breeds a change of story. 2 Corinthians 3:18. Changing upward until we come into the fullness of the image of Christ which is a perfect man. Changing through applied revelation. It is not the light you have that changes you, it is the one you walk in. John 12:35-36. Church Gist. I spoke about the lifetime of light. If you don’t work with it, it goes off. All your devices go off when you are not using them. It is a power-saving device. The light you don’t step into goes off with time. All dramatic changes of stories are people that promptly responded to every light that comes their way.
The greatest change in actualizing our new dawn heritage is the trap of tradition. Matthew 15:6. We need to be cautious about the traditions of men. When the gospel of prosperity came alive in our country, people hated it. People fought it. They were fighting what they needed till mercy prevailed and all those people that were fighting it began to preach it. When the light of the anointing oil came on, everyone was talking against it. They are all carrying drums of oil now. Tradition is an enemy of progress. Church Gist. It is a core enemy of progress. Somebody said until you are willing to lose sight of the shore you don’t discover new islands. We were not willing to lose sight of Capernaum, we will not be here. We could have built three tents there -, one for Moses, one for Jesus, and one for Elijah to be looking at them.
Seven Keys for Operating in the Realm of a New Dawn
- Be born again
That is where the change of story begins in the kingdom. 2 Corinthians 5:17, John 3:3. Unless a man is born again, you cannot access what the kingdom of God offers.
- We must be baptized in the Holy Ghost for continuous access to light.
He is the free gift of God, it is available to everybody who truly desires that. Get baptized in the Holy Spirit and it will change your story forever. 1 Corinthians 2:12-13. He enlarges our capacity to access the revelation of the word. Let’s reach out for the baptism of the Holy Ghost. It is the free gift of God to everyone that is saved. A young man took my book in 1985 when the book first came out. He was a Catholic boy and went to a small hill behind their house and read the book. Chapter 1 he gave his life to Christ by himself, Chapter 3 He got filled with the Holy Ghost. That book is still there, it is called The Miracle Seed. Church Gist. Grab a copy. You don’t have to be holy before you can get the Holy Ghost, He is the one that can make you holy. Nobody can walk in holiness without Him. Our golden destiny in redemption can not be realized without the spirit of God. Holiness means a golden life. It can’t be realized without Him. On the day of Pentecost, they were filled with the Holy Ghost. In Acts 19, they were filled with the Holy Ghost. In Acts 8 in the house of Cornelius, the Holy Ghost came on them after they just believed when the word was going on. That is how free it is. We need that for an enhanced capacity to comprehend the truth of God’s word. Our changes in the kingdom are triggered by revelation. Isaiah 60:1,22.
- Remain in love with God
Every true lover of God has unlimited access to God. John 15:15. Every true lover is God’s confidante, He unveils things to them. David was a man after God’s heart, God was telling him things 500 years ahead. Acts 2:30. Insight is boosted by a genuine love for God. If you are in love with God, you don’t cry for insight. He just taps you and gives it to you. Church Gist. Remain in love with God and you keep flowing in revelation. 1 Corinthians 2:9-11. It is lovers that have access to the deeper things of God. The hotter your love for God, the cheaper your access to revelation and that is what triggers change of story from level to level. Remain in love with God. Love is not a gift, it is a choice. Jesus asked Peter “Do you love me?” not are you gifted?
- Be committed to searching the scriptures and putting your findings to work.
Study! Access light so that you will not be ashamed. 2 Timothy 2:15, 4:13., 2 Corinthians 12:7. He was a man of unusual depth in God. The more studious we are, the greater light we access and the greater our experience as we put them to work. Don’t be hearers of the word only, you will be deceiving yourself if you do so. Don’t be searchers of the word alone, be doers and you shall be blessed. The blessing comes from applying yourself to the finding. You will never be stranded anymore in your life. Matthew 7:24-25. It doesn’t work without putting it to work.
- Be committed to regular attendance to fellowship.
Jeremiah 3:15. We encounter light under our God ordained pastors as we present ourselves for fellowships. Ephesians 4:11-13. These ministry gifts are domiciled in the Church so commit yourself to the regular appearance of fellowship. It will change your story continuously. You encounter light at every point. Psalm 73:17. The sanctuary is the centre of spiritual understanding. Church Gist. You are not marking register. You are just out for an encounter with light for your next change of story. The good news is that the end has come to every form of struggle for survival in your life.
- Be committed to kingdom advancement endeavours as a lifestyle.
Do you want new dawn experiences again and again? Remain committed to kingdom advancement endeavours as a lifestyle. Matthew 24:46-47. You never stop experiencing a change of story. It will be from glory to glory. Luke 19:13-17. Stories never stop changing for those who are committed and addicted to kingdom advancement endeavours as I have been privileged to do. I have never seen a better last year since I started jumping after Christ. I have never seen such a year in my life. The things He confided in me on in the last 40 days, books upon books will come out of them. The novelty of the light. Kingdom advancement endeavours endear you to God. Church Gist. Job 1:8. He brags about you before the angels. When God brags about you, He changes your story. Well done good and faithful servant not good and faithful attendee. He changes the story of everyone He says well done to. In the name of Jesus, I welcome you to this new dawn era. It shall be new dawn after new dawn.
- Be committed to a lifestyle of Thanksgiving and praise
Habakkuk 3:17-19. You must pass the praise test to keep enjoying change of story. You must constantly endeavour to pass the thanksgiving test. All this murmuring and complaining is complicating your matter. We must pass the Thanksgiving test for your next change of story. Psalm 67:5-7. Your earth will not yield an increase until your praise goes up. Your praise must go up for your earth to yield an increase. Do what it takes. You keep bearing fruits into old age. Commit your life to a lifestyle of praise and Thanksgiving.
Lift your hands and give God thanks for it is the dawning of a new day. As we engage with all the above, I welcome you to a world of unending advancement till the end of time.
- You will never be found standing still on the same spot for two years running in the name of Jesus.
- The New dawn virtue on this ground will go with you for life.
- Be blessed in the name of Jesus. I cover all of you with the blood of Jesus.
- You will run this race to the end, you will make it to heaven in the end.
Prophetic Declarations
- From now on you will be singing your new song saying I used to be a slave but now I am free. I used to beg for food but now I give food out to the hungry. I used to be a failure, now I am a success. I used to be sickly but now I am hale and hearty. I used to be barren but now I am a fruitful mother of children. I used to be jobless, now God has surprised me. I used to struggle in business. Now I am a breakthrough entity. I used to suffer the oppression of the devil now I am free at last.
- Whatever changes that have ever taken place on this Commission that you truly desire will go home with you.
- God who has made many to laugh over their previous challenges will make you laugh.
- Your era of laughter is finally here.
- May the blessings that trail the obedience continue to trail your lives from henceforth.
- Grace to keep giving God the glory for every change of story you see, receive it now.
- I decree that you will today be listed among the rising giants of this generation.
- Whatever grace I have tasted in the pursuit of Jesus and the interests of His kingdom. I decree the same on your life.
- I shall be alive to see you soaring into the sky.
- I shall be part of those who are applauding Jesus in your life.
- No one under the sound of my voice will ever be grounded in life.
Do what I tell you to do, if it is in the word do it. There is no risk in doing the word.
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