- What God shows you is more valuable than what He gives you.
- Engage with your heart.
- Package yourself to encounter God.
- You have heard people’s testimonies, they must hear your own this time.
There shall be diverse gifts released to us both as individuals and as a Church in this awesome God ordained season of prayer and fasting.
Every 3-day will deliver definite goodies in your life.
Hosea 6:2
Every issue engaged with, first for the Kingdom, secondly for your needs and those of the brethren around you, shall deliver wholesale.
“Jesus, I’m set for the 1st 3 days, help me to make the most of this.”
We’ve come to discover that every praying Church is a growing Church; every growing Church must remain a praying Church so as to keep the Church growing.
Acts 2:46-47, Ezekiel 36:37
This is what makes Prayers and fasting the live wire of every growing Church.
Isaiah 66:7-8
The woman can’t give birth to a child without going through the process of labour: so we can’t birth souls into the Kingdom without engaging the Labour room of prayer.
PRAYER AND FASTING: THE LIVE WIRE OF EVERY GROWING CHURCH.
Prayer is discovered to be the sharpest of all sickles of harvest recognised in scriptures with capacity to make the earth bring forth in one day and birth a nation at once: unusual capacity.
Elijah prayed fire provoking prayers and the whole Nation of Israel exclaimed, ‘Haah, the Lord is God.’ That was the end of baalism. The whole nation turned to the Lord from the altar (1 Kings 18:23-39).
We saw all the host of Israel came out of Egypt in one day. A day to be much remembered and they called it the Church in the wilderness. So it’s not new.
The king declared anyone that will not serve the God of Daniel is gone. Daniel was living a fasted life and praying 3 times a day; the whole land turned to the Lord, the wicked land of Babylon turned to the Lord (Daniel 6:10).
Whatever cannot stop the Church from praying cannot stop the Church from growing.
Why Fast?
“I will build my Church and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18).
Some of these gates will not give way except by prayers and fasting (Matthew 17:21).
I will build my Church, the gates of hell will want to resist it but shall not prevail if you know how to engage the weapon of prayers and fasting.
Therefore the next level growth of this Church opens up in this fasting season.
The next level growth, like a dream of the night, for this Church opens up in this season of prayers and fasting.
- We will hit diverse surprises this year in terms of massive influx of souls into the Kingdom and into this Church.
Let me hear your loudest Amen!
Today is just the 1st day, let me hear your resounding Amen!
And your strength will be on the increase all through.
It’s important for me to mention this and it will help you:
What is in the growth of the Church for me?
Am I a Pastor, what is my problem?
As I multiply them, I glorify them (Jeremiah 30:19-20)
Who is He glorifying?
My blessing them will impact on their children, offspring.
Who is this that engage his heart, to seek unto me in the process of building my Church (Jeremiah 30:21).
- I will punish all that oppress them.
- I will change their levels by myself.
- I will turn them from peasants to nobles.
- I will turn them from captives to captains.
Engaging your heart in partnership with Jesus, in the building of His Church sets you free from all oppressions.
Some can fast and pray forever for Business Breakthroughs:
‘Oh God, oh Father, oh Son, oh Holy Ghost, Arise, Wake Up, Help Me’
‘My God, let no saved soul last Sunday miss their steps in the Kingdom.
Establish them in this Church.
Set them free from all the entanglements of the past.
Rescue them from the torment and torture of the wicked one’: Then you are talking.
- I will punish all that afflict them.
- I will change their levels.
- I will turn their shame to glory for engaging their heart in their partnership with me in building my Church.
God spoke to me early this morning, I said, “Father, thank You for your unspeakable gift.”
The greatest gift in the Christian faith is the gift of the Word. The Word just comes to open up your life into next levels.
All this shouts…let me ask you this:
When did you see us praying about money in this Church?
Why is money flowing every day? Because we are engaging the key that causes the flow of all other things that we may ever need (Matthew 6:33).
It’s your year.
It’s not far-fetched, you can check the story of my little daughter, Nkechi. Just step by step, with all her heart: she is married now, together with her husband and you heard her testimony of a palm-sweating package, where 1 month’s salary can build a rural Church.
We are not praying it for the Church, you are praying it for your change of story. You are praying Kingdom Advancement prayers for your change of story.
Church member: you know Papa is asking us to pray so he can be the Pastor of a great Church.
We’ve been praying that prayer when we were 4, 10, you met us praying it and I pray you don’t leave. If you leave, we are still going to be praying.
What God shows you is far more valuable than what He gives you.
In what He shows you lies your inheritance.
What He gives you will soon finish but what He shows you connects you to continuous blessings.
“If you hearken to my voice, observe to do what I command, all these blessings will come to you, by accessing what I command and doing it (Deuteronomy 28:1-2).
When you get home, read Jeremiah chapter 30 verses 19 to 21, so that you will know that Papa is not punishing you. If you like, memorise it if it is not sticking and keep reciting it.
It is not for nobody, it is not for any Church: it’s for your change of story.
Don’t die on your personal needs. There is a cheap way out. Connect with heaven and partner with Jesus in building His Church and you will be experiencing change of story without sweat.Church Gist
WHAT IS IN CHURCH GROWTH FOR ME?
My glorious destiny is tied to it.
My change of story is tied to it.
- No one here will fail.
- This year will be the most colourful year of your life since you met Jesus.
- You will know the meaning of sweatless breakthrough this year.
- You will become the envy of the world around you this year.Church Gist
Please engage your heart with the prayers and fasting going on this season for it is ordained for your change of story.
Be personal. Be extremely, absolutely personal in your engagement.
Jeremiah 30:21, 20
- The nobility of those engaging with their hearts will emerge.
- Their change of story will be released and the name of the Lord shall be glorified.
Is somebody energised? (2 Corinthians 9:15)
I pray that in the name of the Lord Jesus, your focus, concentration, dedication and devotion this time will result in your change of story.
- You won’t miss your portion.
- Another man will not take your portion.
- As you are praying, be strengthened with might in your inner man to make the most of this time.
Give God thanks for light from Heaven.
Give God thanks for strength from on high.
SPEAK TO THE DAY
Take command of the 1ST 3 DAYS of this prayer and fasting season.
Be reminded we have our evening prayer service every day.
Time: 6-8 pm
Interestingly, you’ll have 15 minutes slot for your personal supplication.
Go through the intercessory prayer guidelines: make sure you are engaging, it’s for your change of story.
No talking of chaff, no careless movement:
Fasting individual:
‘Just to come and see you!’
‘When did you come back?’
‘How did you travel?’
‘How was your car on the way?’
‘Did your car perform?’
‘Hehnn, that engine problem you had the other time, is it still there?’
That is in a fasting season.
‘That man from your village, did he come home? I know he won’t come. He is such a strange person, he is not actually a Winner oh. He just comes to Church.’
No, not this time and never again in your life.
Just package yourself to encounter God.
You have been hearing people’s testimonies, they must hear your own.
Give God thanks because the day is declared YOUR DAY.
This season is declared YOUR SEASON.
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