Bishop David Oyedepo at SPIRITUAL WEEK OF EMPHASIS Day 3
Give the Lord a big hand of praise. Hallelujah. Can we lift up our two hands and pledge allegiance to Him in our own Words. I pledge allegiance to the Lamb with all my heart, with all that I am and seek to honour His command as long as I live. I pledge my allegiance to the Lamb of God. Let’s renew our Covenant with Him.. He’s the key to all round race in the journey of life. I renew my Covenant to maintain my allegiance to You. To obey Your command with delight in Jesus precious name we have prayed.Our allegiance to the Lamb is the security of our glorious destiny. They pledged their allegiance to the Lamb, to the God of Heaven and He gave them rest round about and there was no more war. I wish people know what pledging allegiance to God is worth. No one will be left behind, everybody will do that with utmost excitement and joy because in Him lies the fullness of our redemption. I seek to honour His command. I pledge allegiance to the Lamb.He has granted many people in this Church all round rest. I pledged my allegiance to the Lamb September 12th 1976. He gave meaning to my life a bearing to my destiny. I can never regret it till I die. I pledge allegiance to the Lamb.Matthew 6:33
Lord I’m ready, I’m all yours forever and ever. – Your struggles must end.- Struggles in every area of anyone’s life must end in this midst of the year. – All everlasting mountains must clear off your path. – All perpetual hills must be leveled out of your way.- My God will make a highway for you this time.- There shall be no potholes.- Your past will look as if it was non existent.
Speak to me Jesus tonight. After two days He will revive us, in the third day he will raise us up. I think the Word is come already from the singing of the choir. Ask Jesus, I want to still hear from You. Speak to me tonight Jesus. You sent Your Word to Jacob, He turned into a nation. Jesus speak to me tonight, I’m ready for You in Jesus precious name we have prayed.Lord Jesus thank You again for the Spiritual Week of Emphasis, thank You for the month of June. Thank You for the light that has come our way. Thank You for new fire on our prayer altar. Thank You for granting us access into the mysteries of Habakkuk 3 and thank You for this great revival.Now I ask tonight that You speak through me to quicken again the spirit, the soul and the body of Your people to align with Your agenda for the season in the name of Jesus Christ and so shall it be. Give the Lord a big hand of praise.
UNDERSTANDING REVIVAL AS A SEASON OF SIGNS AND WONDERS
Revival is ordained a season of signs and wonders among God’s people. It’s a celebration of divine visitation that is ordained to wipe away every trace of death and reproach. Giving His people a name and a praise in all the earth. Zephaniah 3:19
It’s ordained a dramatic change of story for all engaging believers. It’s a season for the rise of giants for the body of Christ. Habakkuk 3:19 These are not make believe stuff. I know where the Church of Christ was in the 70s. No colour, no beauty, no comeliness. To say you were a Christian was a thing of shame. We were counted useless people before revival came and brought out the worth of His people. We were called mushroom Churches. There was nothing to us but poverty, irrelevance. There came the move of the Spirit of God, a few of us caught up with it, we began to run with it. See the colour, see the beauty, see the glory, see the lifting of God’s people. See people speaking in tongues in high places. See major employers of labour. These are all byproducts of a revival. A dramatic change of story for every engaging believer. Remember in the 70s we were running around with prophetic Words such as I will stir up jealousy through you. I caught the Word and I said why I believe people will be jealous of my God at work in my life. Those were 77, 78, 79. You catch up with the move of God, he never leaves you were you are. You can sit down in Church for the next 50 years without any change of story. My God. That’s the kind of opportunities that revival provides.How many have heard me say that I’m not surprised about where we are today. I would have been surprised if we’re not there. Why? “If you diligently hearken unto my voice and observe to do all that I command you to do, I God, not people, not men will set you on high and above all nations of the earth”. That’s you God is talking about. So don’t sit down complacently and just say “well you see, I’m just here to worship”. One of our converts on the field was on his way to a ritualist to make money. He said “I will make money if it means selling my soul, I must make money, let me go to hell”. Jesus arrested him. He got saved. Same day he said please give me some tracts, went out and brought 7 people in, “please help me follow them up”. Common give the Lord praise. That’sour business. You’re in a revival, you’re changing levels supernaturally. Please keep a genuine appointment with God in this midst of the year revival time. It will show tomorrow. Don’t fake it, face it. I can tell you this, this Church will never stop changing story because we will never stop doing what changes people’s stories. It is the pursuit of God and the interest of His Kingdom without looking back for any reason.My wife was dying, I didn’t look back, she was between Heaven and earth, I never looked back. They will call me and say she was gasping for breath, I never looked back. I remember I was in Tanzania, they said she’s gasping for breath. I said “Praise the Lord, I’m going for a crusade”. You’ll never record anymore loss as you keep following after God. Sir I’m not doing this because I’m a pastor. I’ve been in it. I gave my allegiance to the Lord before I ever was called to ministry. I never thought I would go into ministry. I can’t change your story, it’s not in my power. I’m also looking for who will change my story. No student marks the script of another student. We’re all disciples of Christ. I can’t change your story. I can’t pray the prayer that will bring you your reward. I can’t go after souls that will add colour to your life, you have to go for souls that will add colour to your life. So it’s not me, neither is it in me, it’s on you where you choose to stand with God. Your obedience is what makes the prayers answered. Can anybody pray for you when you’re not a giver? It’s a waste of prayer. You’re not a tither, it’s a waste of prayer. I pray for all of you at the same time so it’s your obedience that determines which prayer is answered or not. Amen. I know that Kenneth Hagins laid hands on many of us, many young people that were privileged to be around him. Don’t sit religiously thinking that somebody’s prayer will change your story. It’s your stand with God that will do it. I’m happy you’re quiet. You’re not gathered unto me here. You’re gathered unto Jesus. Until you do what He says the Journey is long. Here is another open ended opportunity for anybody’s dramatic change of story if he or she so desires. WHAT IS A REVIVAL?
A revival can be said to occur when the hearts of men and women begin to pant after God like never before. A panting, a longing for God. Psalms 42:1-2
A revival is set to occur when ones heart begins to pant and thirst after God and the affairs of His Kingdom then such individual is in revival. When every other thing becomes secondary in truth, in deed. When pleasing God becomes your desire then you’re in a revival. You’re set to begin to experience the blessings that accompany the revival.When Matthew 6:33 becomes the golden rule of your life. That’s what provokes the expression of signs and wonders. Supernatural addition of things never prayed for. Things never cried for. Tangible, undeniable, touchable things never prayed for.Friends we never prayed for an aircraft in this ministry. We never prayed oh God build us a 50,000 seater Church. He said so, so let Him do so whenever He pleases. Keep following. The genuine pursuit of God and the interest of His Kingdom is what empowers believers to command such signs and wonders. I’ve not had to cry for one thing that people marvel at in my life today. I’ve never been on a mountain in my life since 76 to demand for things, I was craving for God. I’ll go to the mountain and say Lord, I want to know the power behind the man Ezekiel, how he spoke the Word and dry bones came together. What kind of project is that? My God. Now help me to go through the Book of Ezekiel on this mountain. Many dry bones in the world must come together. Thank You Jesus.I said Jesus show me the mystery behind the Book of the Acts of the Apostles. By the 5th day I couldn’t sleep on the bed anymore. I had to be on the floor. The thing was turning all parts of my body. Came out of it never to be the same again. How many are really looking for God?- Somebody’s story is changing.A heart for God is what put believers in command of the supernatural. A genuine heart for God. When we give our hearts to God we’re empowered to access His ways. John 15:15 A heart for God grants us access to the ways of God and that empowers us to command the supernatural.For instance we’re now knowing that the midst of the year is ordained for a revival, time of unlimited opportunities for believers to experience a dramatic change of story. If you’re interested, engage with Him and then you’ll find out that He confirms His Word in your life. Psalms 103:7 John 6:6 He knew what to do to make five loaves of bread and two fishes feed 5,000 men minus women and children. He made His ways known to Moses and His acts to the children of Israel. A heart for God is what provides us access to His ways. 1 Samuel 13:14 Acts 2:30
Every man after God’s heart knows what others may never know. They have become God’s confidant by their hearts for God. We already came up with a rule in our university that students are not permitted to use telephones. Now it took some research endeavors for New York to find out. You don’t have to. He will show you what they can’t find out. Anyone for God is ahead of his generation.- Something is breaking forth. When we understand God’s ways and keep to them , He manifests Himself naturally to us. How much understanding of the grace we grab will determine our level of command of the supernatural.
Matthew 13:23 We saw king David with only one core credential. A man with a heart for God. Acts 13:22 That is his core credential only. We saw what that brought about in his life.2nd Samuel 14:20
A man with a heart for God. Unlimited access to the secrets of God. Every true lover has access to the deep things of God. Let’s follow through with some of his manifestations. Psalms 132:1-51st Chronicles 29:1-2
You can’t go after God with all your might without seeing manifestations on the earth. He went to Goliath not to make a name. “How dare you defile the name of the Living. Who are you? You know love is as strong as death, so he went before Goliath with his life in his hands because of his heart for God and so a teenager emerged a national hero.Anything can happen with one with a genuine heart for God. David at 17 became a national hero, appointed chief of defence to the nation. Everybody honoured him. He became the envy of the king. Watch out, those children you’re looking at, they’re loaded.- Your children are loaded.- They’ll be manifesting some great things at tender age.You better put them in children’s Church to develop at their level and grow in the fear and nature of the Lord. He was an addict of the house of the Lord. That was David for you.Psalms 119:46
He was a witnessing king. He was marketing his God anywhere as a major king on the earth. I could imagine him carrying his scroll anytime he went for a meeting. Psalms 199:97-100
A great lover of the Word.He had all the time in celebrating God. Let’s look at David beyond the temporal. Jesus came, “Thou son of David have mercy”. David was the surname of Jesus. Jesus David. If He had to register in school, that was his name. The blind man cried, the leper cried, thou son of David. A heart for God granted him supernatural favour with the king.1st Samuel 16:22
A heart for God paved way for his enthronement. 1st Samuel 24:6A heart for God gave him a heart for the house of God. Psalms 84:1-11
A heart for God made him anointed for unquestionable victory of the battles of life. Psalms 89:20-24
The good news is this, there are no private testimonies in the Kingdom. Every testimony in Scriptures is a pointer to what God wants for you and I. If you have a heart for God, you will gain unusual speed in the place of life. Favour keeps you in direction. Everyone who has genuine favour with God enjoys favour with men.Therefore get ready. Proverbs 23:26
You can’t have a heart for God and not make strange marks on the earth. This is your opportunity to reposition yourself before God and begin to enjoy what others are dying to access. Begin to enjoy what others are struggling with their entire soul to access. Psalms 27:8
This is how to gain command of the supernatural. A heart for God. Unreserved heart for God. Unstoppable heart for God. A heart for God in time, in season and out of season. That’s how to gain command in the supernatural. That’s how to command signs and wonders as a lifestyle. When you’re in command of the supernatural people will misread you. I’ve not added one thing to to Jesus since I met him 1969. Till I draw my last breath I’ll never add one thing to Jesus. This is the secret. A heart for God.Matthew 6:33
Make him your priority. He never leaves anybody behind. Nobody seeks God at a loss. I was in the village when I encountered destiny and they handed over me a lantern, 1973. No matter which corner and of the earth you are,2nd Chronicles 16:9
You don’t have to be in the city to make it happen. Why are we in the forest and things are happening. This is not Ota, it’s not Lagos, it’s just on it’s own. It’s on the way to nowhere. So matter where you are with a genuine heart for God He will find you. No matter where you are, no matter your profession, no matter your trade, if you have a heart for God He will find you and He will find you to enthrone you, to lift you up.Have you been revived tonight? Pledge your allegiance to God with a loud voice. Pledge your allegiance to the Lord. Renew your Covenant with Matthew 6:33. No matter where you are in the earth his eyes will find you. Go ahead and pray. It’s about your heart. Renew your Covenant of engagement with God. Another midst of the season is here. It is ordained your season of change.
– Somebody’s story is changing.Thank You Jesus in Jesus precious name we have prayed.Now pray this prayer with all your heart. Lord revive my Spiritual life. Revive my prayer life. Revive my passion for souls. Revive my love for You. Rekindle my love for You. Shed your love abroad in my life by the Holy Ghost. Pray. It’s your only way forward, it’s my only way forward. Everybody pray. Hallelujah. Thank You Jesus in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
– Something unheard of is about breaking forth in your life. Eyes have not seen what God has programmed to do with anyone with a heart for him. Awesome God. Watch out.
– Your days of struggle are finally over.
– Whatever has not been working in your life starts working beginning from now.Give the Lord a big hand of praise.
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