*Let’s wake up and take responsibility
God does not speak idle words, the month of October has been called your Month of Destiny, therefore be ‘Destiny-fulfilling’ conscious.
– God’s agenda for your life this year will come through like a dream of the night.
– As you keep doing what He commands, you’ve committed Him to manifest Himself to you. therefore, it shall be a month of diverse manifestations of your God in your life in the name of Jesus.
– Everyone’s obedience shall be openly rewarded.
– Everyone’s commitment shall be made openly manifest in the name of Jesus Christ. So, shall it be in Jesus name.
WE DO NOT BEG FOR A TURNAROUND IN THE KINGDOM
Every turnaround is tied to our obedience to God
…He will set you on high ABOVE ALL NATIONS OF THE EARTH (Deuteronomy 28:1).
The reason why people don’t believe this is that it comes little by little.
“Is this above all nations? What are they talking about? People can deceive themselves; how many can be above all nations of the earth? How? In Africa?”
“Above where? Above all nations
You can be above all villages in your country!”
“Above all nations: you see this is what I hate, people just talk big things without sitting down to reason. Okay, who have you seen in Nigeria that is above all nations?”
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal (2 Corinthians 4:18).
Like we shared the day before yesterday, a globally rated soccer star didn’t start from the global realm. He began from the local realm and began to dominate from that local realm: one level of local realm to another level of local realm and then perhaps National realm. Then Regional realm. He is a star footballer in West Africa; that’s okay, he is coming up. Then comes over to Continental realm; that’s a star player in Africa. He is moving; as they are laughing to scorn, he is just going. Then after some time, he has covered two continents; when they are doing classification, they say, “He is the best player across Middle East which is not far from Africa”
No, he is moving. Suddenly, he becomes the Maradona of his generation. He has gotten there.
All those boys started playing behind their mother’s yard before they went to school, tried to find their way into playing. They even pushed some of them away, “get away, you think we are talking about tiny people like you.” Suddenly, the global thing in him came alive. That’s why people don’t believe in it.
“Is this how global thing start?
Inside a batcher, inside a school!
People should just come down and reason.
When they go to Church, I don’t really think they think at all. They just read anything there in the history of Middle East and start saying that God is speaking to them.”
– There are many ordinary looking people in this Church that in my lifetime that I’m going to see them on top of their world in their field. If you are one of them, let me hear your loudest Amen.
We don’t beg for a turnaround in the Kingdom, we simply just obey our way into different realms of turnaround, phase by phase in our lives.
1. We do not beg to be favoured, we serve our way into favour (Psalm 102:13-15).
Fearful favour provoked by taking pleasure in the matters of the Kingdom, the stones of Zion: the affairs of the Church, Fearful favour is coming down on God’s ordinary people.
A roadside mechanic became a great inventor by name R.G LeTourneau. God would appear to him in the night and show him what to join to what: so he was taking night lectures from the Lord. That man just became one strange inventor with meaning, not just local invention here and there. The earth moving equipment he invented supplied 50 percent of the earth moving equipment needed in the World War II. Founded a University – roadside mechanic and began teaching people what God taught him; he said they should write on his tomb, “Matthew 6:33.” Changed his entire story forever.
This God can make anything out of anyone who will care to subscribe to whatsoever He (God) commands.
He will make anything out of any man who will care to make first in the heart. Not just sitting down in Church and be starring at a pastor; be making comments like a commentator in sporting events:
“Yes, Number 4 stupid. Number 5 crazy. Move, move now Number 11 move” and he is sitting down in one place.
LET’S WAKE UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. ‘
– There will be massive dramatic turnaround in the lives of many in this Church, the kind that the world has never known.
One of the members said, “what happened to him within 3 months of engaging with God is far more than his experience in 8 years in this Church.”
8 years, 3 months: so one can be here for 20 years and not experience God by treating His Word with levity, giving a casual approach to what He commands.
One can be here and make all those things that you are struggling to see in 10 years happen in 10 weeks depending on their level of alignment.
God is no respecter of persons (Acts 10:34)
– Favour is coming your way. The kind you have never read in any book, the kind you have never heard on this altar.
– Fearful favour: favour that makes men fear, “Haah, God! Haah, God! Haah God!!!” is coming your way.
Just keep taking pleasure in pursuit of God and the interest of the Kingdom from the heart.
It’s not ‘make them see me’ kind of engagement.
It’s not eye service but as servants of Christ doing the will of God from the heart; you’ll find favour being released upon your life left, right and center. That shall be your testimony.
2. We do not beg for long life in the Kingdom, we serve to enjoy long life (Exodus 23:26)
Long life is one of the blessings that accompanies genuine fruitful stewardship. I said fruitful means stewardship that generates results.
Those that be planted in the house of God, as if they have nothing else doing in the world, they shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall be fat and flourishing, they shall still bring forth fruit in OLD AGE! (Psalm 92:14).
So fruitful stewardship entitles believers to a good old age.
Abraham, my servant: he died at a very good old age.
God hasn’t changed. You can’t use skill to buy old age. You can’t be a Professor and now enjoy old age because you are a Professor of old age. No.
Serving God fruitfully entitles the believer to a good old age.
– There are many people in this place, under the sound of my voice, members of this Church worldwide who will become symbols of a good old age.
– They will climb the altar one day and say, ‘”I thank Jesus my God who showed me in this place how to experience old age by serving God fruitfully. I just turned 116 yesterday.”
It will be plenty of fun as you see the Word of God become flesh. All you need is to believe.
Faith Tabernacle came as the Word. Faith translated the Word into flesh and so we entered into Faith Tabernacle worshipping there.
God’s Word is ordained to become flesh, to become real, to become practical as you believe it. In the name of Jesus, it’s your turn. IT’S YOUR TURN AT LAST.
– Favour will start trailing your steps.
– The fear of untimely death is over: in your family it is over.
– No one Winner will every bury their children.
– No one will bury their grandchildren because you have a covenant of a good old age in fruitful stewardship.
3. God is not looking for who to use:
– He is simply looking for who to bless and you are the one.
Obedience procures blessings on the obedient. It doesn’t procure blessings for God neither does it procure blessings for the Church nor for your Pastor.
Everyone’s obedience procures personal blessing for him (Job 36:11).
Somebody here will do something today that will register these blessings on his life. That he/she will just go wild like the Samaritan woman and bring harvest of souls into the Kingdom, “Come, see Jesus who told me all things that ever I did. Is this not the Christ?” And they came. They heard from Jesus, many more believed on him.
We are still reading the story, what she did longest time!
– Somebody will do something today that will be speaking for generations to come by reason of the dramatic change of story that will visit such individuals; by reason of the outpouring of favour that will change their stories; by reason of a baptism of long life that will be placed upon their lives.
Ask God for grace to maximize this prophetic season in truth and in deeds. Receive that grace from the Lord right now…
– Some strange stories, true and real will come alive.
– Some dramatic change of story will come down in our midst.
Instead of being entertained by them, be listed among the ones whose testimonies are entertaining others by taking a strong position in what you know to be His commandment for the hour. A strong position!
Don’t fake it, face it. Face it squarely.
I can see some things, but God see all things. There could be some people in this service who have not opened their mouth on any prayer point. I won’t know them.
“That brother is always there, always there. He is one of the people I can count on when it comes to prayers.”
God: count on who? He is not saying anything. He just came to show up to let us know that he is around.
God knows! May God sees what qualifies you to be listed among the rising stars in this season.
Tomorrow is our Covenant Day of Favour: Grace to market Jesus effectively through every available medium: social media platforms, reaching out on telephones and sending SMS. Grace to market Jesus effectively today against tomorrow’s service, receive it now.
Grace to reach out to your converts and ensure they are in Church tomorrow for another round of encounter with God.
Grace to bring in new people into your cells by a dint of raw commitment of cell growth and replication; receive it right now.
I pray that God’s open dimension of rewards upon your life. What 50 years labour cannot bring home, God’s favour will bring this year.
What 50 years of labour can never achieve, God’s favour will bring your way this year. So shall it be.
– The day is declared a most fruitful day, a most impactful day in the name of Jesus.
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