I’VE NEVER CALLED ON ANY MEMBER OF THIS CHURCH SINCE INCEPTION TILL TOMORROW ON ANYTHING MONEY.
THERE IS NO MODERN CHRISTIANITY, IT IS THE SAME OLD RUGGED CROSS.
THE REASON I DON’T REPLY MY CRITICS…
PEOPLE MAY RUBBISH YOUR NAME BUT CAN THEY RUBBISH YOUR IMPACT?
YOU CAN’T BE IN FRONT WITHOUT SUFFERING HATRED OF THOSE BEHIND.
OUR MOVING TO KADUNA, LAGOS AND CANAANLAND WAS NOT BY MY DECISION, IT WAS BY THE DIRECTION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
TODAY, I HEAR GOD NATURALLY FAR MORE THAN I USED TO HEAR HIM.
PUTTING ON A TIE DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE TRULY SERVING GOD.
THERE WAS A TIME WE HAD NO GATEMAN, I WAS THE GATEMAN. WE HAD NO PRIVACY LIVING IN THE CHURCH OFFICE.
I WON’T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I PAY FOR POWER IN MY HOUSE NOW. WHEN YOU GROW PHASE BY PHASE, LITTLE BY LITTLE, YOU WILL NOT BE STRESSED.
I WASN’T CALLED INTO MINISTRY YET WHEN I STARTED ORGANIZING CRUSADES IN 1976. I SERVED MY WAY TO GET HERE.
I AM PHYSICALLY STRONGER TODAY THAN I WAS BEFORE I TURNED 70.
THERE ARE MANY LAZY BELIEVERS. PUT THE BEST OF YOUR BEST IN YOUR FIELD OF ENDEAVOUR.
I’M A KINGDOM STRATEGIST. THE NEXT THING TO DO TO MOVE THIS CHURCH FORWARD, I’M ALREADY SEEKING AND CONNECTING WITH IT.
– Bishop David Oyedepo on ENGAGING THE HELP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TOWARDS FULFILLMENT OF DESTINY (1A) at Next Level Banquet Service || 5th October 2025 || Faith Tabernacle, Canaanland || First Sunday Service ||
Again, the prophetic focus for the month is MY DEPENDABLE DESTINY HELPER HAS CAME.
– Your long awaited help has finally come.
– Every closed destiny shall be reopened.
– every dying destiny will bounce back to life.
– Every struggling destiny will experience a breakthrough.
– It is your day.
My dependable destiny helper is here. John 14:16-18 is the rider scripture. He is your helper within. You can’t forget Him on a journey. Wherever you are, your helper is there. He is called the very present help. Ever present with you to help when things stronger than you come against you. Church Gist. I will not leave you helpless, I will come to you (John 14:18). He has come. He came on the day of Pentecost and has never gone back. Your ever dependable destiny helper is here. He is not just here hovering around like a bird, He is there in you and to abide there forever. Provided you know what is required to keep Him there.
Don’t grieve Him. He can be grieved. Ephesians 4:30. See capital letter S is talking about the Holy Spirit. Don’t quench Him. “Quench not the Spirit” (1 Thessalonians 5:19). Quench not, grieve not. Church Gist. All these careless living, He will leave you. Just like once saved is not always saved, once filled is not always filled. Many were once filled but they are now empty. They won’t agree that they are empty but the flow has ceased. Don’t grieve Him, you can quench Him. Samson never knew when He left him. So he shook himself as before. He had left Him, he was helpless. He is your most precious gift. You quench him, you become helpless. You quench him, you become utterly helpless, hopelessly helpless.
All these Igbalode (modern) Christianity is not the thing. You better tie into the truth. There is no modern Christianity, the same old rugged cross. All these shouting without any meaning, It is over. What are you doing? Church Gist. In the name of Jesus, this month will spark off a new thing in your life because your helper will come to your aid. It is important to know this dependable helper can be grieved, this ever reliable helper can be quenched. No one will quench Him.
What most believers know about the Holy Ghost is power. That is one of the seven components of the Holy Spirit. In Isaiah 11:1-2, we saw the seven spirits of God which was upon Christ listed. The spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord. This implies it can be classified into two The Spirit of wisdom and power and Jesus came as the wisdom and the power of God. Church Gist. Proverbs 9:10. All of that represents wisdom. You see might, you see power, they join together. So two out of the seven is power, five others – wisdom. Jesus is coming back for a reigning Church and by wisdom kings reign and princes decree justice. There shall be an outpouring of the manifold wisdom of God in this end time, that will position every believer to reign in their field of play.
It is one Spirit but with diversities of operations. 1 Corinthians 12:4-7. His mission is to make living profitable. The mission of the Holy Spirit is to make living profitable for the believer, both for here and for the thereafter. This is why I believe the Holy Ghost is referred to as the Spirit of grace. That is the source of multifaceted engracements that enables believers to fulfill their glorious destinies in Christ. Hebrews 10:28. Church Gist. Paul said I am what I am by the grace of God (1 Corinthians 15:10). It is the Spirit of multifaceted engracements which enables believers to fulfill their glorious destinies in Christ. I believe this is why the understanding of who the Holy Spirit is, what He does and how we can enjoy His diverse ministries in our walk with God cannot be overemphasized. Man is created to need help and that is God’s ordained helper for us. In Jesus name, we will not miss the help that He carries.
Faith is what turns revelation to manifestations. Jeremiah 1:11-12. Habbakuk 2:1-4. Church Gist. No amount of revelation will have expression without your faith. Faith turns spiritual insight into realities.
Today, we look at two dimensions of the operations of the Holy Spirit.
1. The Holy Spirit Empowers Believers To Fulfill Our Glorious Destiny
We are very aware that every child of God has a glorious destiny in Christ. Romans 8:29-30. We are not redeemed for shame and reproach, we are redeemed out of shame and reproach. Church Gist. We are justified to be glorified, we are not justified to be shame-ified.
– As the Lord lives, every air of shame around anyone of us in this family must clear the way this time.
He has called us to glory and virtue. 2 Peter 1:3. He called us out of shame and reproach into glory and honour. That’s where you belong.
First, we must come to recognise that prophetic Scriptures make Believers do well and cause the star in them to shine forth but one must take heed to Prophetic Scriptures to see them come to pass. 2 Peter 1:19-21. Church Gist. To take heed here implies, receive prophetic Scriptures as sent to you. John 1:12. John saw a Word in Isaiah about Elijah and he saw it as sent to him. John 1:19-23. He caught the prophetic Word concerning his mission. John 1:23. Thank you Jesus.
2. Believe prophetic Words as belonging to you. You receive as the Word of the Lord sent to you, you believe it as belonging to you. I’m telling you how to take heed. I saw John 16:13-14 as sent to me. Church Gist. I received it, I believed it and experienced it, same day. “Holy Spirit, if you’re truly a person, lead me now to where these folks are” and He said, ” go forward”. You receive it as sent to you, you believe it as belonging to you. Praise God. Now, I saw Matthew 6:33, I received it as sent to me and I believed it and I’m swimming in the favour that it facilitates. “All these things that others are dying to get shall be added to you”, I saw my name there. Church Gist. I saw Deuteronomy 8:18, 43 years ago and I saw it as sent to me, I believed it hook, line and sinker and what I said then is showing today – ‘I can never be poor’. That’s how to take heed to Prophetic Scriptures, not just writing it in your note.
Watch, I was working last night, down this morning and I was writing about the breath of life and my son came on this morning to talk about it. Church Gist. I was talking about endtime Kingdom power channels, that was my project. If you watched last Friday, I was talking about the ‘breath of life’, the Holy Ghost is the breath of life. I ministered the breath of life from within me to HIV folks in Uganda, (it disappeared). Prophetic Scriptures will answer only when you take heed to them. Receive them as sent to you, believe them as belonging to you.
3. Comply with the instructions that accompany them to prove that you believe that. Genesis 12:1-4. Most of us, we just writ it and say, ‘thank you God. I heard you, you’re gonna make me great’. Church Gist. They said, “get out”, you say, “no, no, I just love you Jesus”. (Laughs). Show me your faith without your works and I show you my faith by my works. James 2:18. Just imagine, if you have put to work 50 percent of what you claim to believe what your life will be today. People like to write the things down, they write them down and you know what? Church Gist. They don’t read them again. The day they write them is the last day they see them. Stop deceiving yourself. From the time I caught Matthew 6:33, I have been driving it, inside out. I’m a Kingdom strategist. The next thing to do to move this Church forward, I’m already seeking and connecting with it. Please wake up.
So, what you see as sent to you, what you believe as belonging to you will not deliver until you start doing what instructions accompany them. Church Gist. For instance, “until your part is played, I’m not committed”. If you’re not a giver, no matter how hard you pray, you can’t proper. You’ll say, “why are you cursing is?” I’m not cursing you, I’m just telling you the covenant. So, I sold myself into doing it since ’82 till date and till tomorrow. I’ve never begged, I’ve never borrowed. Church Gist. I’ve never called on any member of this Church since inception till tomorrow on anything money. I enjoy favour naturally because I have Matthew 6:33 jackpot. Church Gist. You won’t sell of your birthright. It’s very important that the Holy Ghost helps us to fulfill destiny by connecting us to what it is that makes it happen.
What do I expect as I take heed to Prophetic Scriptures?
1. Expect to secure your glorious destiny by walking in the light thereof. Genesis 13:14-15,17. So, it’s not sit down, you walk in the light. You don’t keep the light in your portfolio, you walk in the light. Your glorious destiny demands that you don’t only have the light, you walk in the light. Isaiah 60:1-3. Church Gist. You arise with the light, you don’t sleep with the light. Isaiah 60:8. As you walk in the light, you get on the flight. Isaiah 60:15,22. By walking in the light of your glorious destiny. John 1:5.
2. Expect to secure your royal destiny through living by the Word of God which is defined as wisdom. Remember, Revelations 5:9-10. Can I tell you this? All Nations are same before God. God is not a racist. You don’t need to be in America to become a star, stop that. Revelations 5:9-10. Church Gist. This colour is mere pigmentation of the skin, everybody’s blood is red. Every mortal man is a red blooded man. The Ark is growing from here, The Ark is not growing from there and there’s no second of it now in the world. “Out of every tongue, out of every kindred, out of every nation”. I’ve seen many business Giants raised by the things I’m sent to teach. Church Gist. I’ve seen many academic giants raised by the things I’m sent to teach. I’ve seen many ministries raised around the world by the things I teach. Same God, same glory.
Many are fasting their lives out: “Oh! Lord! I just want to move out here.” They say: “Why?” “I can’t be made here. I can only be made there. Church Gist. A lizard in Nigeria will never become an alligator in America. That’s my mentor’s proverb. You better settle down.
-May no one here miss his place. Proverbs 27:8. May no man here wander from his place. May you locate the place God has assigned you and may you abide there.
To be displaced is a misfortune. You may live in a mansion when you’re displaced you live in a tent. No toilet, you go to the bush. You have plastic plates to eat whereas in your home you have golden spoons. Church Gist. You call your chefs and they bring you 10 different things, you pick; but there they put some little grains, some beans, no stew. It is your protein, your vitamins and everything because you’re displaced.
-May you not be displaced.
There are those who are sent to go, they go and they do well. There are those who are not sent, they keep struggling and struggling and crying: “How did I come here?” You went there yourself, now you don’t know how you came there. Church Gist. You knew how you came, you took your bag, you went to the airport, vanished. And you say: “What am I going to do?” Anything! You will meet anything when you get there. Life! Now, let me come now, with all humility and gratitude to God. Where would they invite me to preach now that I will now testify? On this Earth? “Okay! We’re giving him the privilege, we’re inviting him. No! Wake up!
-That business that looks ordinary will soon become global if you abide by the instructions that turn things around.
Thank You Jesus! Expect your enthronement, that’s your royal destiny through living by the Word of God which is defined as the wisdom of God. Matthew 7:24-25. It is putting the Word to work that makes wise. Psalm 19:7-9. Church Gist. God’s Word makes wise. 2 Timothy 3:15. God’s Word makes wise when you put them to work. When you start living by the Word, you get wiser by the day. You start living by the Word, you get wiser by the day. Proverbs 9:9. So get wiser! Praise God!
We saw how wisdom enthroned Joseph. Genesis 41:38-44. Joseph was enthroned by Wisdom. Now, Daniel was enthroned by wisdom. Daniel 2:30-46. Church Gist. Wisdom enthroned Daniel in Babylon. Wisdom is a fundamental requirement for the enthronement of the Endtime Church. And the Holy Ghost is the Spirit of Wisdom that gives us access to the Word that makes wise.
-You’re going places.
3. It secures our enviable destiny through engaging with the dictates of Scriptures
Genesis 26:12-14. Galatians 4:28. So we’re to be envied but Isaac followed divine leading to become the envy of his world. Isaac engaged tirelessly, investing in his area of endeavour, to emerge the envy of his world. Can I tell you this? Your enviable destiny has zero to do with your profession. It has to do with: One, subscribing to His leading; two, putting the best of your best in your field of endeavour. Putting the best of your best, not hanging around, waking up in the morning, going to work and not working. Church Gist. You come back: “I’m tired.” Doing what? What can you put together that you did all the day? I’m on a project every time, not that I finish one, I’m looking for the next one. I have projects lined up and they’re all heavy weight projects that demand discoveries. So, reading accomplished, learning more continues. No one can become the envy of this World without following divine direction and without engaging maximally in the pursuit of his assignment. John 5:17. John 9:4. John 4:34. So work was like food to Him. There are many lazy believers. What they say: “I know God will do it!” I know God will not do it because God will not break His Word.
-Somebody’s destiny is open. That enviable destiny that belongs to you in Christ shall be made manifest. It shall be made manifest in the name of Jesus.
Luke 5:26. For you to secure your enviable destiny, just walk in His plan and commit to tireless investment in your area of play. Thank You Jesus. Note that the Spirit of Faith is a covenant requirement for fulfillment of God’s plans for our lives. What you see, what you hear without your faith, will not see the light of the day. 1 Thessalonians 5:24. So faith can come to play before you can realize what glorious, royal and enviable destiny you have in Christ. Faith must come to play. And the Spirit of Faith helps you and me to believe all things. Church Gist. 2 Corinthians 4:13. Whatever you can’t say openly, you’re yet to believe. When faith comes alive, it comes out of your mouth. Acts 24:14. Believing all things. How did he get there? He had the Spirit of Faith which empowers us to believe all things. How many have heard me say before: “I’m not surprised that we’re where we are?” How many have heard me say that? What you believe today is what determines what becomes of you tomorrow. What you believe today is what awaits you tomorrow. It’s not tomorrow that you decide it. What you believe today defines your tomorrow. What I believe today, defines my tomorrow. But destiny in the Kingdom is not a destination but an adventure. That’s why we must be sensitive to the Voice of the Spirit to know what He wants us to do into the next phase. Why? Proverbs 4:18.
-That’s your life! It’s designed to shine more and more to the perfect day.
I caught that Light back in 1981 from the Scripture and I said to myself: “I’m not prepared for a better last year while I live. Church Gist. For God said to me: “I’ve not designed life for ups and downs but for ups and ups.” Mark 13:37.
-Your life will never suffer ups and downs again.
I must tell you this: I’m seeing brighter light today than I ever saw in my life. Now watch, I’m stronger physically today than I was when I was 70. I hear God naturally today far more than I used to hear Him. Church Gist. Naturally! In the bathroom, on my way out, to dress up and all that. I caught it on 4th October 1981 that I’ve not designed life for ups and downs but for ups and ups. That applies to us today: Next Level Banquet!
-Your life will never suffer stagnation again. Spiritually, no more stagnation. Socially, no more stagnation. In your health, no more stagnation. The days of weakness and feebleness are over in your life. Church Gist. Thank You Jesus! So rejoice because what God has said He has said. What has been written has been written. You have a glorious destiny, you have a royal destiny, you have an enviable destiny. Come on shout hallelujah!
The Holy Ghost is our Guide towards the full realization of our enviable destiny, He’s our Guide. Romans 8:14. Isaiah 48:21. No dry season! No more dry season! Jesus led me out of Kaduna to Lagos, next level. He led me from Lagos down to this place where we are on now, next level. Church Gist. Led us to go to Africa, next level. Go to the entire world, next level. None was by a decision, no, they were all by direction. They were all by what? “The harvest of Africa is now over ripe, rush in” Direction. “Arise, get down to Lagos and raise me a people” Direction. “This is the place” Direction. Church Gist. That one major area, the Holy Ghost helps us by guiding us step by step, but also little by little. Step by step, don’t try to jump the queue, step by step, little by little.
I heard the story of someone that wanted to buy ‘Bent car’ or something (Bentley) Bentley? Okay, I don’t know what they call it, it’s a car. So, he was now asking the dealer “what is the fuel comsumption like?” He said, “Those who buy this thing don’t ask for fuel consumption” He must be jumping queue (laughing) It’s just like you are going to buy a plane, you say, “How much is fuel?” Fuel is about 5 percent of what it takes to run the plane. Church Gist. They just say something is missing, it is 52,000 dollars. You don’t ask for fuel, fuel is not part of the deal. Anybody can buy fuel. Amen? But the number of certifications, the number of licenses you will need to keep flying, when they show you, you’ll say abeg, please. That’s when you jump the queue. If you follow it phase by phase, you will not be stressed. If you know how much I pay for power in my house, you will have mercy on me, but I won’t tell you. Church Gist. I pay for power oh, not the Church, I pay, not the University. But it’s step by step. There was a time when we had no Gateman, I was the Gateman. There was a time when we had no privacy, we were living in the Church office, it’s step by step. Don’t jump the queue.
As they travelled their way in the wilderness, they were moving by the movement of the cloud. Numbers 9:15-23. Anytime the cloud shifted, they moved, when the cloud settled, they settled. They were moving by the leading of the Holy Spirit step by step. Now, the cloud can be there for one night and it moves. Church Gist. Another time two weeks and it moves. Another time, one year. That’s why that thing took 40 years. Someone said, “There’s no way you are going there now, they will just choke you there, because you have not developed capacity through the process to take the land” Praise God. He leads us step by step. Thank you Jesus.
– You will not miss your steps.
– No one here will miss his step. Thank you Jesus.
Exodus 13:17. So, He saw the future in view. He led them through a means where He will finish Pharaoh so no one will pursue them again. If Pharaoh was not drowned, that demon that was working in him will still follow them. Church Gist. But God drowned Pharaoh and drowned all his armies. So they woke up in the morning, there is no Chief of Staff, no Chief of Army Staff, no Chief of Air Staff, everybody staff, drowned and all the gods of Egypt that they carried along, drowned. So the god to consult is not there, the people to consult, they are not there. Church Gist. That’s how your enemies will give up! When you let Him lead you, He will quench your adversaries for you. You won’t have to fight. They just saw their bodies floating, “Hey, look at Pharaoh” He said, “The Egyptians which you see today, you will see them no more again forever.” My God!
– Every trouble you have seen in your past, the end has come today, because you are changing levels. You are changing levels!
Deuteronomy 7:22. You see, when God leads, He has His basis for it. If you go out there, the beast of the field will consume you. Church Gist. “So, I’ll take the land for you little by little, until you possess it all” Little by little. Allow God to lead you. He never leads backwards, He only leads forward.
– You are going forward!
Allow Him to lead you. He never leads backwards, He only leads forward.
Zechariah 4:1-2,6. Our golden destiny is impossible by power or by might, but by the Spirit of the Lord. Everybody needs the help of the Spirit to fulfill their golden destiny in Christ. Church Gist. Every one of us, every one and we’ll need that till forever, not for some time. We need His help. You will not lack that help!
2. The Holy Spirit is the seal of our protection. We live in a wicked world. 1 John 5:19. But the Holy Spirit protects us against the wickedness of the wicked. Psalm 105:13-15. They were heavily protected by the Spirit of God. Ephesians 1:13. Church Gist. So, He protects us against all assaults of the wicked, that’s what He does. See yourself protected. The wicked is not permitted to come upon anyone that has the seal of the Holy Spirit upon his head. Ezekiel 9:6. The Holy Ghost is the mark that keeps the enemy at bay.
– Evil will not come near you again.
Luke 10:19. The Holy Spirit is the power that keeps us from being hurt by the wickedness of the wicked.
– So, every arrow of the wicked targeted at you returns back to sender today!
– Isaiah 54:15. So, I decree the fall of every gang up of hell against your glorious destiny. Somebody excited?
Now, please watch as we close. There are things we know belong to us, but we don’t know what is required to see them delivered, among which is next level. Next level is the Covenant birthright of every child of God who has been freely justified by the blood of Jesus. Proverbs 4:18. It is common knowledge that only those in service in any organization are eligible for promotion, only those in service. Next level belongs to those who are in the service of the most High God in their various capacities. Church Gist. Next level is not a dash. You can’t be promoted to a G.M in a company you are not working. You can’t be promoted to a manager over a department when you’re not working there. The command is “Occupy till I come” Your next level is tied to “occupying till I come” Your next level is not a dash. You can’t pray into it. Your next level is not a dash. It’s a function of your stewardship. Luke 19:17. Next level. Luke 19:19. Next level. One of them said “Nonsense, I can’t be serving you, for what? You’re an austere man. You should give me that money. Why ask me to…” And seven absconded oh, seven, we’re only talking about the man who hid his own. Seven disappeared. “This is one pound, Oluwa Oh (God oh)” They left. They left their next level without knowing. The one pound was finished in no time, the one who engaged now had authorities over 10 cities.
There are many absconded believers in Church oh, they’re serving nothing. Your promotion in the Kingdom is tied to your service. You don’t have to be a full time pastor to serve. “I’ve found David my Servant” He was a King, he wasn’t a preacher. “Abraham my Servant” he was a business emperor. So, don’t let anybody harass you, “I’m a servant of God” Everybody serving God is a servant of God. Church Gist. When God helped me to plant a Church, whose servant was I? Whose interest was I serving? Relax my friend! “You know I’m a servant of God” and so what? Everybody serving God is a servant of God. I have been running crusades since 1976; I wasn’t called to ministry – just to see people saved. Now, whose servant was I? “Ah, I’m not a pastor” – you don’t have to be a pastor. I served my way to get here.
You are not a candidate for next level if you are not serving. You are not a candidate, no matter what you do. 40 days fast won’t change your story. Can I fast now to be promoted (Managing Director) M.D of Nestle? I say, “you know I’m a man of faith. Nestle must promote me.” They say, “what’s the matter?” I say, “Nestle must promote me” and I say, “Joseph join me, Jomah join me. Church Gist. We are going to fast 40 days; God will turn Nestle around.” Nestle will never call me until I fast to death because I’m not serving there.
No matter what principles you are taught, if you are not in service, you are not a candidate. Moses, the Servant of God, Abraham, the Servant of God, Paul, a Servant of Jesus Christ (and) David, a Servant of God. Everybody served his way into next levels. Wake up! That you are wearing tie does not mean you are serving. Wake up! Church Gist. That they call you pastor general, it doesn’t mean you are serving. There are many founders who are also beggars, no access to next level because their own accolade is that they are founders. “You, go there. You, stand there. You, move there.”
I’m still going on the streets. You know why? I have not come to the end of my level and I must be found on duty. Matthew 24:45-47. You are not in service, you are not a candidate. So what do you do? Fasten your seatbelt, lift up the hands that hang down and these wobbling knees, strengthen it. It’s time to serve. You can’t change level without serving. Church Gist. In the Kingdom, next level belongs to only those who serve His interest. “I have been a believer you know since 50 years” – ‘una well-done.’
I knew some beggars in those days in Kaduna airport. When I went there after many years, I still saw them. They were still begging. You don’t change level by begging. You change level by serving. You don’t change level by begging. I still saw them. They have been there before I went to fly the first commercial flight, they were there because I met them there. Church Gist. Now, they were there when we were flying plane, they were still begging. Proverbs 13:4…“he will not plow, he has reasons” – you know, how can I go to the street and be talking to people, you know at my level?” Can you see my level?
2. Not just serving but faithful stewardship. Luke 19:19. You are a cell minister of 5 people you don’t even remember that there is fellowship. So, when…(checks his time), “ah, my God, there is fellowship today. Ah my God! o. Where is my note?” And then, ‘how many people are in the cell?’ They are 5, you say they are 10. What are you looking for? You are in a service group and you are just a troublemaker there. Every time you appear, everybody is jittering because you are just one person that is creating tension everywhere. Church Gist. They say, “he is coming (everybody runs off) – I can’t wait.” Your presence scares people. Your input is weighed. After they have talked, he says, “no, I don’t agree.” Okay, who are you? They say, “this is what the Mandate says?” ‘No, no, I don’t agree.’ So, what are you doing there? Did they beg you to join? So relax!
People are not faithful, they are serving and it’s dried. You can’t change level just by serving. It’s your faithfulness that qualifies you for a change of level. Be faithful. Matthew 24:45-47. Wise and faithful! Wisdom tells you that if you are not in service, you cannot be promoted. That’s wisdom. Church Gist. Faithfulness is now what makes your investment (and) commitment fruitful. If you are not faithful, you are going nowhere. I was still writing my note by 4 a.m this morning. You are not faithful, you are going nowhere.
Every cell minister should carry the cell members in his heart or her heart. “We are coming here today, Jesus visit everyone.” And look at your note, (your whatever) you are sharing and drink into it first otherwise, you will just be talking funny things. “How are you? Did you go to work during the week?” You are just wasting people’s lives. They came for a touch and here you are, you are not in touch. You have to be in touch before they can have a touch from God. So be wise and be faithful; your next level won’t need prayer. Church Gist. Be wise and be faithful; you will be going up without any stress. Next level will be opening up to you on their own accord. Be wise, be faithful. Galatians 3:9, Hebrews 3:5, 1 Samuel 12:6, Deuteronomy 34:10…Moses was faithful in all his house. 1 Timothy 1:12.
Faithfulness is crucial. “I labour more abundantly than them all” – that’s okay but are you faithful? Paul was a hard labourer and a die hard faithful steward and he went up. Somebody asked, he said, “why don’t you reply those who talk against you?” ‘I’m too busy with my little assignment, I can’t afford the luxury of creating time for what does not add value.’ No! I have enough to do.
They may rubbish your name, can they rubbish your impact? They may rubbish your teachings, can they rubbish your results? They may call you names, can they despise your legacy? That my son came out and said, “I breathed into him and 30 years after, he is bouncing.” Can you now remove that? Church Gist. Now, if you steal anybody’s legacy, that’s impersonation. You can’t go around and say, “I breathe into somebody” – you didn’t breathe into anybody. Can you wake up and say, “I built Covenant University?” No! You were not there. They will arrest you. You will go to court permanently. So relax.
Everybody’s opinion is their right. Stop fighting to take somebody’s right from him. It’s your right. “That man is a devil” – it’s his opinion. Somebody says, “that’s the best thing that ever happened to me” – it’s another man’s opinion. Church GIst. So relax yourself. Okay, when you now die, who will be fighting?
Hagin’s ministry is brooding much more than when he was alive. His materials are just going across the nations and he’s gone to Heaven for quite some time now – 22 years. Relax. You are going places! Church Gist. You can’t be in front without suffering hatred of those behind. They don’t ‘front bite’, they only back bite. Relax yourself!
– The good news is that your level is changing!
Two things; stay dedicated, occupy till He comes and be faithful as you do. Leave the remaining to Him. When you are due for next level, you will not be denied. When you are due, you will not be denied! Church Gist. I close – listen, if you are not in service, you are not a candidate for next level. If you are not faithful in service, you are not a candidate. Church Gist. So, put the two together and do what you please with your life. But God has settled the matter, you are ordained for next levels and you are going to step into it.
Now, when you retire from service, can you still be promoted? You are just about to be made M.D in Nestle and you have left. Can they now call you and say come and be M.D even though you have retired? No! The day you retire, your next level stops. The day you retire, you become retired. They will just put ‘rtd’ in front of your name. If you retire as a recruit in the army, ‘recruit rtd.’ Church Gist. If you leave the service of a University when you are lecturer 1, can they now come to your house and say, you have been promoted now to be a professor? You have professed enough, that’s why you retired. That’s what life is all about.
– Grace to stay on duty till He comes, receive it!
And you have all the platforms to engage. You have the prayer platform which anybody who can eat can pray, engage. You have the care platform, (you do it for any of these, you have done it for me) engage. You have the soul winning platform, engage. You can’t go out now but people are coming to you, talk to them. “Hello, my son (because you are now an old man), there is something I want to share with you that changed my life when I was 30. Now, I’m now 80, I don’t want you to waste your life. Jesus is what makes living meaningful. You want me to pray with you? I want you to be saved. Church Gist. He came to you. The fish walked to your house, so catch it. Can’t you invite anybody at any age? Because when you are 100 years old, you will invite people that you are 100 years old, you are doing birthday. Invite them to Jesus that “I’m going to Church, I want you to come with me.” Everybody has an open ended platform to occupy till He comes.
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