NOW THEY ARE DOING PRAYER CHAIN MEANWHILE MANY OF THEM ARE SLEEPING AND SNORING
YOU ARE SCROLLING THROUGH YOUR PHONE AND CLAIMING 3 MILLION PEOPLE ARE PRAYING YET YOU YOURSELF IS SNORING
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN BY GRACE TODAY IS BECAUSE THE GRACE TO STAND IN PRAYER AND NOT LOOK BACK CAME UPON THIS CHURCH.
ALL CHURCH GROWTH IN BIBLE HISTORY HAD PRAYER AS THE DRIVING FORCE. REMOVE NOT THE ANCIENT LANDMARK YOUR FATHERS HAVE SET.
EVERY PRAYING CHURCH IS A GROWING CHURCH AND EVERY GROWING CHURCH MUST REMAIN A PRAYING CHURCH TO KEEP GROWING.
PRAYER IS WHAT BIRTHS THE MOVE AND WHAT KEEPS THE MOVE.
WHATEVER CAN NOT STOP THE CHURCH FROM PRAYING CAN NOT STOP THE CHURCH FROM GROWING.
- Bishop David Oyedepo at Covenant Hour of Prayer, April 4th 2022
Everyone lift up your two hands and let’s give God thanks for the re-enactment of the Wonder Double Visitation of 2015 in this season, a new order of testimonies, new order of breakthroughs comings your way. Celebrate Jesus.
The next eight weeks shall be the most memorable in everyone’s life and that includes your life. The next eight weeks shall be the most memorable season in your spiritual life till date in the name of Jesus Christ.
Prayers: Lift your hands and receive grace for steadfastness in the pursuit of God and the interest of His kingdom for your prophetic package for this season. Receive grace to remain on fire.
Lord thank you for this first day of this eight weeks journey, strengthen us by your word to go forth without being weary, without fainting in Jesus name.
Every praying Church is a growing Church and every growing Church must remain a praying Church to keep the Church growing. No software is applicable here. Because Church Growth is warfare against the powers of darkness, so prayer and fasting become a necessary complement in driving supernatural Church Growth. Church Gist. Some of those demonic installations will not give way except by the combined forces of faith, prayer and fasting (Matthew 17:21). That’s why some powerful faith Churches don’t grow, it has to be coupled with prayer and fasting for faith to have its way in this warfare. We live in a software age, people are just software-driven, there is no software to this. Proverbs 22:28. Prayer and fasting is the platform for driving supernatural Church Growth – the kind God has ordained for us in this season. Prayer and fasting to clear all demonic barriers on the path of the explosive growth that Christ has ordained for us at this time.
So we will be looking at PRAYER AND FASTING AS THE LIFE WIRE OF EVERY GROWING GROWTH as exhortation line this time. Prayer is the sharpest sickle of harvest as far as Church Growth is concerned. Acts 1:4, 2:1-4. Acts 3:1.They prayed in one accord and the Holy Ghost the Lord of the Harvest came and that brought 3000 souls into the fold. Prayer is what births the move and what keeps the move going. In Acts 4, they were threatened and there was an instant prayer response. That wave of prayer brought 5000 souls in Acts 4:4. Acts 4:23-31. In Acts 5, you see the prayer as the driving force of the Early Church, remove not the ancient landmark which your fathers have set. There is no technology about this, stop wasting your time looking for software. There is no software here. Church Gist. The ark of God, the move of God rests on human shoulders, not in new carts. 1 Chronicles 13:7-9. They tried to carry the Ark in a cart and it caused trouble, the Ark stumbled and Uzza tried to help it and the Lord killed him. In Chapter 15 they came back to carry the Ark on their shoulders. All the technology for growing Church won’t work without the force of prayer and fasting. Stop looking for system, “now we are doing chain prayer”. You are doing chain prayer but the people have slept, the man too has slept and is snoring and you say now 3 million people are praying, who told you. Thanking God and scrolling through your phone for 15 minutes is that prayer?
You better fasten your seat belt. If you want to see God the way you have never seen Him then you better commit, connect, dedicate, and be sold out otherwise you will just be normal. Church Gist. Every supernatural Church Growth in Bible History is driven by effectual, fervent prayer and then dramatic turnaround testimonies in return for those who engage. Open testimonies, proofs that can’t be faulted. Get ready, you are in a very powerful season of opportunity. Grab it, walk with it and see how God will decorate your life.
Acts 2:42
They continued in prayer and immediately the Holy Ghost pushed 3000 souls out of hell in one day. It’s all about prayer. What we have seen by grace today is because the grace to stand in prayer and not look back came upon this Church. Since March 17 2015. He put that in place to prepare the way for Wonder Double Visitation. So we won’t dash it but sustain it. Church Gist. Then the numbers multiplied and you know there were mixed multitudes so politics came in, you are Jews, you are Greeks, Peter said the devil is at work here, we can’t leave the gospel and start waiting tables. Acts 6:4,7. Some things will happen this week that may not have happened in 20 years as we commit to praying effectual, fervent Church Growth prayer.
Acts 4:24, Acts 5:12
Prayers brought about an outburst of signs and wonders. It was so much that the sick were brought to the road and Peter’s shadow passed by and every one of them was healed. They provoked the flow of signs and wonders. Let this prayer and fasting week be so delightsome to you, get excited you are on course. Church Gist. Whatever cannot stop the Church from praying cannot stop the Church from growing. Whatever can’t stop the Church from growing cannot stop the Church from moving from one realm of glory to another. Everyone engaging his heart in the advancement of this Church is glorified in return. Church Gist. When you are part of a Church movement you enjoy supernatural advancement in return. Jeremiah 30:19-21. Expect divine honour in return for your engagement, don’t engage as usual. Do it usually, give it a new perspective and watch how God will start decorating your life in ways you can’t imagine.
Why are we praying and fasting?
To break the hold of the devil off everyone appointed unto eternal life. Luke 11:22. We are not doing something to keep busy, we are driving the will of God for the hour. When we begin we are going to invade every community with mini crusades, community invasion by foot soldiers. Church Gist. My spirit man is so refreshed, we are hitting something we have never heard of this season.
Good news: you can’t be a part of the Church growth movement without experiencing supernatural advancement in return. That’s the order, get connected. You have heard testimonies. Church Gist. Stop all this jumping around, be where God has put you. You can go to China, Russia or America and it doesn’t make a difference. You are going to shed tears of joy because God will not only surprise you, He will turn you into a surprise to yourself.
There is no stopping a praying and fasting Church from forceful advancement. I have proved it in my own little way with my life.
Lift your hands and take hold of the day. The first is always very important. How you handle the first day determines the rest of the week.
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