ELIMINATE ALL DISTRACTIONS
SHILOH IS NOT A SOCIAL GATHERING BUT A SPIRITUAL CONVOCATION

BISHOP DAVID OYEDEPO ONCE RETURNED FROM A TRIP WITH BOXES OF BOOKS.

MY MOTHER HAD TO ASK WHAT ELSE HE BOUGHT AND HE REPLIED THAT THE CONTENT OF THE BOOKS WILL MAKE HIM A MANUFACTURER OF THE GIFTS HE WOULD HAVE BOUGHT.
WE ARE NOT CHANGED UNTIL WE ENCOUNTER SOMETHING.

SHILOH IS NOT A SOCIAL GATHERING. WE DON’T GATHER AT SHILOH CARELESSLY; WE MUST COME PREPARED.

MOSES WAS TOTALLY INCAPABLE WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO FREE ONE PERSON BECAUSE HE WAS ABSOLUTELY UNPREPARED. HIS FIRST ATTEMPT LED TO A 40-YEAR EXILE.
HOWEVER, THE MOMENT HE CAME AS A PREPARED MAN, ONE MAN LED 3 MILLION OUT.

YOUR LEVEL OF PREPARATION WILL DETERMINE WHETHER YOU WILL HEAR NOISES OR VOICES AT SHILOH.
-Pastor David Oyedepo Jr at CHoP

*You don’t know your potential until you prepare.
*You don’t know how far you can go, until you prepare.
*You don’t know the height you can scale until you prepare.
*You don’t know the signs you can command until you prepare.

Our Father, we thank You this morning for the blessing and the privilege to be in Your presence. Thank You for the awesome testimonies we have heard, these are Your doings, they are marvellous in our eyes. For it, we give You all the praise and all the glory. Lord, our eyes are on You this morning, we ask that You speak to each one of us. By Your Word, let every one of our lives be changed. We give You the praise and glory, in Jesus precious name we have prayed.

Our line of exhortation for this week has been:
GETTING SET FOR AN ENCOUNTER OF A LIFETIME AT SHILOH 2021
Yesterday, we were made to understand the definition of an encounter. But I will like us to be reminded this morning that the value of anyone’s destiny is a product of that individual’s encounter. God’s Servant has put it this way, “that it is encounters that cause destiny to count.”
The height you will scale is determined by the light you receive – Isaiah 60:1,8.
So it is light that determines flight.
It is light that determines speed – Isaiah 60:22
So light determines flight, light determines speed and it is also light that determines favour.
Isaiah 60:3
According to God’s Word, the encounters that you and I have ultimately determines our placement in the journey of life. Every individual’s ultimate position is a product of their personal illumination. Everyone of us must understand that our positioning for encounters is what determines our positioning in destiny. Encounters are valuable treasures in determining the ultimate value of a man’s destiny. That is why the Psalmist David said in the Book of Psalms chapter 119 verse 162.
Psalm 119:162
Matthew 13:44 – That is the value of an encounter. He said, the encounter is what everything that the man has. So we must come to understand in the journey of life, there is nothing that can match the value of an encounter. That is why when it comes to having an encounter at Shiloh, it must become the ultimate expectation.
Please hear this and hear it very well, there are people who come with a desire for a specific thing, but I tell you that there are encounters that will give you the things that you usually require. Church Gist. God’s Servant said, many years ago that he went on a trip and many of us have heard that testimony before. He said, he came back with many books: open the first box, books; the second box, books and our mother asked, “what else?”
He said, “This is all else, because what is in these books has the capacity to make a manufacturer of what I would have bought.” Encounters are valuable.

1 Corinthians 3:18
We are not changed until we encounter something. Our change is at the mercy of our encounter. Look at the testimony we heard this morning, that individual was told by the doctor that he had no sperm count. You see there is low sperm count and this one said, “No, there is nothing.” In other words, it is impossible for your wife to ever be pregnant. There is nothing at all. He said, he came and heard a Word. That is an encounter. What was that Word? The Spirit that quickened Jesus from the dead will also quicken your mortal body. So there is a Spirit that is a life giving Spirit. That is what he caught and by that Word of encounter, the doctor’s verdict was overturned.
I will like you to understand that there is no situation that cannot turn, it is only waiting for an encounter.
There is no circumstance that cannot change, it is only waiting for an encounter.
There is no chain that cannot break, it is only waiting for an encounter.
There is no door that cannot open, it is only waiting for an encounter.
That is why you and I must have ultimate value for encounters as we position ourselves for what God has in store at Shiloh. Church Gist. I will like us to understand according to God’s Word, that when it comes to any divine gathering, God has prepared His part.
Luke 14:17 – He won’t call you if it is not prepared.
1 Corinthians 2:9 – God is not going to prepare, He has already prepared (it). But only those who are prepared are permitted to be partakers of what God has prepared.

Matthew 22:11-13
The man came but the man was not prepared. He said, “how did you come without preparation?”
You see every time, God gathers His people, He gathers them in order to usher them into what He has prepared. But only those who are prepared are permitted to partake of what God has prepared. I like us to recognize this morning, according to Proverbs chapter 16 verse 1.
Proverbs 16:1 – Preparation is demanded from man before the preparation of God can be received by man. So you and I must ensure that we just don’t gather at Shiloh carelessly, we must come prepared.
Amos 4:12
Don’t just appear, Prepare. Prepare to meet your God. It takes adequate preparation to experience desired manifestation. Prepare to meet your God.

Let’s look at the example of Moses in scriptures. According to scriptures, we saw that Moses got prepared to undertake his Liberation mandate under the tutelage of Jethro
Exodus 3:1 – The Bible says he led the sheep or the flock of Jethro, his father in law. He was carrying out the duties of the one who was there teaching him.
Exodus 21:18-24. We see here again the counsel of Jethro coming in the direction to assist him in the fulfilment of his mandate and his assignment. So he prepared under the tutelage of Jethro. Until his preparation was considered satisfactory by God, God did not send him to go and deliver the people. Church Gist. The Bible tells us that Moses was there for 40 years at the back side of the desert waiting until the time he was prepared. Until he was prepared, he could not deliver. The Bible tells us very clearly in Exodus chapter 3 verse 7 to 10, God then spoke to Moses and He sent Moses.
We know in Exodus chapter 4 verses 17 to 20, “I have put this rod in your hand, with it you will go and do signs.”
Exodus 4:17-20

He entered into the fulfilment of what God desired for him when he was prepared. Don’t forget it was not the first time that Moses would attempt to deliver people. In fact the first attempt of Moses to deliver people, he didn’t try to deliver many people, he only tried to deliver one person. And that singular attempt of delivering one person put him on a 40-year exile. One person! That is, he was totally incapable because he was absolutely unprepared, but the moment he came as a prepared man, one man led 3 million out. That is the power of preparation. The one who could not set one person free, became an instrument to set 3 million free.
You don’t know your potential until you prepare.
You don’t know how far you can go, until you prepare.
You don’t know the height you can scale until you prepare.
You don’t know the signs you can command until you prepare.
Preparation is the ultimate key to making the most of anyone’s adventure in the Kingdom.
-I pray for each one of us that the grace to prepare will come afresh upon us in the name of Jesus Christ.

What God is saying to us is simple, that we cannot maximize the impact of Shiloh as individuals without adequate preparation. This is so important. Make no mistake about it. At Shiloh, everything speaks, but not everyone hears. Church Gist. Everything speaks, but not everyone hears.
The testimony we heard today of that individual came at the point where the children of people were being blessed, it wasn’t during the message. Everything speaks.
People pick their miracles in the Praise and Worship.
They pick their miracles in Testimonies being shared.
They pick their encounters at the point where the choir is ministering.
They pick it at the point of the expectation prayer.
They pick it at the Shiloh prayer hour.
Everything speaks, but not everyone hears. That is why you and I must prepare ourselves so that the sound of heaven will not pass without us being aware.
One day, God spoke from Heaven, Jesus heard Him clearly, the other people heard thunder. There are people who hear noises, other ones hear voices; which one will you be?
It is a product of preparation.
You see God is bringing you and I to this mountain of encounters, for things that are bound to keep speaking all the days of our lives. But what we hear is determined by how we prepare.

Therefore, my charge to us is simple, prepare yourself by consecration.
What do I mean? Work to eliminate every form of distraction. There is no moment at Shiloh that is a silent moment, God is speaking at all times. Even after the Services conclude, God is still speaking. At all times.
Therefore, eliminate every distraction, it is not a social gathering but a spiritual convocation. Eliminate every distraction and ensure maximum concentration. Enhance it by spiritual sensitivity.
Revelation 1:10
If you will hear voices and not noises, you must be in the Spirit. You must eliminate distractions, you must ensure concentrations and when that becomes the case, believe me, you will emerge from that mountain without needing to tell people that you met God.
Moses did not need to announce, “I have met with God.” When they saw him, they knew that he had seen God. A man that encounters God does not need announcement, himself is the announcement.
-That will be your own experience.

Prayers: Lord, I receive grace to be in the spirit, to prepare myself by eliminating every distraction. I receive that grace this morning.
Pray that prayer from the depth of your heart. I receive grace!!! My Father, my God, I receive that grace this morning, to eliminate every distraction, to ensure maximum concentration at the mountain of Shiloh. To ensure spiritual sensitivity. I will not be registered among those that will be hearing noises, I am on the mountain to hear voices. The voice of the Shepherd, that will show me what needs to be done. I receive that grace Lord.
Thank You mighty God, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

For you, at Shiloh, you will hear His voice. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

SPEAK TO THE DAY
This is a glorious new day God has brought our way, speak to it and make your decree concerning what you want to see the day deliver. Speak to the day right now!!!
Thank You Father, in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
-Now this day is declared blessed.
-For you, it will be a day of encounters.
-It will be a day of testimonies.
-God will visit you again today, in the name of Jesus Christ. So shall it be, in Jesus precious name.

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