*Revival time is transformational time that impacts on every aspect of life.
*Church was the poorest human society in the country.
*There were no car parks designed for Churches in those days.
*People think spiritual virtues are just religious things that only happen to people spiritually.
*The revival in South Korea moved the country from near number last (1945) to the 13th industrialized nation (1985), out of 200 nations of the world, in just 40 years.
Remember our Prophetic Focus is ‘Empowered To Go About My Father’s Business.’
Luke 2:49
Paul the Apostle, a man of great depth, he said in Romans chapter 12 verse 11: Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
Serving the Lord is defined as business by Jesus Himself and through the revelation of the Holy Spirit through Paul the Apostle.
Deuteronomy 28:1 – if you shall ‘businesslike-ly’ hearken to the voice of the Lord your God, not casually…
That is how viable that business is. He is able to set a nobody above all the nations of the earth. Serving God is the most lucrative business in every sense of the word.
Exodus 23:25-26
What a business! What a lucrative engagement.
I will bless your bread and your water, you will never beg. His blessings maketh rich and adds no sorrow. I will enrich your bread and your water. You will eat what you want. I will take sickness away from your body.
That is not found anywhere, there is no such condition of service anywhere: “I will take sickness away from you.” They will manage your sickness, if you are not well on time, they will send you out of the business.
-None of your efforts will be aborted.
-Your business won’t close down.
-Your body will not be barren.
-The plague of miscarriage is over and the number of your days I (God) will fulfill.
What a deal and He empowers us to tap into all of those blessings that accrue only to those who serve Him.
One can beg, sometimes, drops of mercy will come but serving Him is a covenant that commits His integrity to make them happen. Thank You Jesus.
Our Teaching series for our Sunday Service is captioned:
ENGAGING THE MANIFESTATIONS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR SUPERNATURAL BREAKTHROUGHS.
Please hear me, spiritual virtues are ordained to impact on every aspect of human lives. They are not just Church issues, they are real life access.
South Korea was one of the poorest nations in the world in 1945. A revival hit that land, a great prayer revival, you had prayer mountains almost everywhere, great Churches erupted from it and by 1985, it became the 13th industrialized Nation of the world, skyscrapers everywhere. People speaking in tongues everywhere.
From near number last to number 13 in a 200 (thereabout) nations of the world.
It impacts on every aspect of your life. Talking about the latter rain, it said, “they shall the old waste” (Isaiah 61:4)
Transformation: massive, physical, touchable transformations.
Isaiah 61:5
They will be employing foreign labour. My God.
That is how practical spiritual virtues are. They impact practically on every aspect of your life.
People think they are just religious things that only happen to people spiritually. The manifestations of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal (1 Corinthians 12:7).
Think of Nigeria: during the oil boom, the Church was undergoing an economic doom: ‘as poor as Church rat’ was the proverb and they were right. Church was the poorest human society in the country. Then revival broke out and things began to change. Church Gist. Now the Church has suddenly become the envy of the land. Give the Lord praise.
That is how transformational every move of the Spirit is.
Go outside there and see cars. There were no car parks designed for Churches in those days. I am in that business, because nobody was coming to park cars there.
Now you are bringing 3 cars from one family! How dare you?
Everything began to turn and now the Church is leading Education in Nigeria.
The Church could not boast of running a Primary School successfully in those days. Now you are running Universities, about 68 Universities in Nigeria are Church built. That is how transformational every move of the Spirit is.
And yet we have not seen anything because many, many global phenomenon will keep rising in the Body of Christ and in this Church.
-Men and women here will be invited to solve problems of nations of the world.
So wake up: A revival is not just a spiritual thing, it is a life transformational thing (Ezekiel 37:10).
That is the product of a revival: the rise of an exceeding great army.
I have many non-Christians who apply for me to be their mentor in this Nation.
Ezekiel 37:10 – if you look at that scripture, it is a prophetic picture of a revival, an awakening, a spiritual awakening. The end product is the emergence of giants of strange order. An exceeding great army.
-You will not miss your place in it.
-You will not miss your place in that wave.
Engaging your heart in serving the Lord is what qualifies you and I to be listed among these rising giants and their nobles shall be of themselves (Jeremiah 30:21).
In advancing the Kingdom is where lies your own and my own advancement. Engaging your heart in seeking after God is what entitles or qualifies you and I to be listed among the emerging giants in a revival.
It is not waiting out there, God has said, “giants will arise”: No
Just like you won’t repent, you can’t be saved. If you don’t engage your heart, you can’t be listed! If you will not engage your heart, you cannot be listed.
-May you never mistake the good for the perfect.
God moves His people in phases. You move from the good to the acceptable: that is good, very good.
Then to the perfect: which is excellent.
Many just stop at the good, they miss their place at the very good and cannot smell the realm of excellence, but that is where God is taking you to.
Romans 12:2, James 1:17
The good will come before the perfect. Many have not even seen the good Sir, they have fled.
“This is much, this is much.”
Have you not heard in James chapter 5 verse 7? Long patience
What is the effect of the former and latter rain coming together?
Joel 2:23-26
You move to a point where your decoration, beautification, glorification remains permanent – “Shall never be ashamed” (Joel 2:26).
Never: end of struggle.
Never: end of ups and downs!
That is the realm your Church succeeded to access!
From 3 Naira in a meeting: Never. We kept moving and moving, unabated, undiscourageable: moving and moving.
From 4 members to 6, to 10, to 20: Never. Just keep going, you will soon reach the point of Never.
-You will soon reach a point of Never (be put to shame – Joel 2:26).
One billion devils can’t wipe the beauty of God on my life. I worked it, I kept it, He said, “I have kept the faith.” I kept running with it. You will get to a point to a point of ‘Never’
All these ups and downs, is because you didn’t get to that level. When you get to that level, it becomes a ‘Never’ verdict. A verdict of ‘Never’ (be put to shame – Joel 2:26).
1 Corinthians 12:1-2, 4-7, 31
That is all the diversities of operations are accessible if you are interested. Diversities of operations. We have been talking about gifts of the Holy Spirit, but let’s now move into the diversities of His operations all of which are given for our profiting.
DIVERSITIES OF OPERATIONS GIVEN FOR OUR PROFITTING
- SPIRIT OF FAITH
2 Corinthians 4:13
The Spirit of Faith is a speaking spirit. It speaks the unspeakable because it thinks the unthinkable.
Daniel 3:16
“Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer you in his manner” – that is the spirit of faith, you are talking against the fiery furnace as if they are dealing with candlelight.
“Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us” – nobody speaks naturally against the fiery furnace. The Spirit of faith had overwhelmed them.
Daniel 3:17 -18; “we will not bow”
And God delivered them because they trusted in their God (Daniel 3:28). It is the spirit of faith that brings (you) to the realm of trust. You won’t shift, you just know what it is. You won’t have to think of what to say, the Spirit of your Father is the one speaking through you (Matthew 10:20).
The Bible says, “earnestly contend for the faith that was once delivered to the saints” (Jude 1:3).
The spirit of faith has capacity to subdue nations. How we need that operation in these last days.
According to scriptures: Daniel 7:27; “all the kingdoms under heaven shall be given to the sons of the Most High God.”
Through faith, they subdued Kingdoms, so the spirit of faith is most relevant for this end-time (Hebrews 11:33).
The giants in the Kingdom must possess of necessity, the spirit of faith to take that place.
What you find working here night and day is the spirit of faith at work. Church Gist. We are just close to 14,000 new cells for the year. The spirit of faith at work.
Won’t take NO for an answer: so your Church planted 10,404 Churches in a year of lockdown and 1,300 across 35 other nations. Shame on the devil. The spirit of faith is an unbending spirit.
After the verdict was signed, the Bible says, “Daniel opened the windows towards Jerusalem and prayed 3 times as he did aforetime” (Daniel 6:10). You can’t stop it.
-I decree this morning, a fresh enduement of the spirit of faith upon everyone under the sound of my voice in the name of Jesus.
Peter said, “such as I have, I give unto you” (Acts 3:6)
I am privileged to be endowed with the spirit of faith in undeniable dimensions.
-I therefore release a fresh enduement of the spirit of faith upon everyone under the sound of my voice in the name of Jesus.
-Brand-new day for you.
Hebrews 11:33-34
That is the spirit of faith for you.
Gets you addicted to the truth of scriptures. You think what the world cannot think, so you can say what the world cannot say and the One who said backs you up to deliver it.
-No more shall the enemy torment your life anymore.
You know what is called the shield of faith, the spirit of faith – Ephesians 6:16
All the fiery darts of the devil: all that threatens others, you quench and silence them; that is available to every believer who truly covets it. I saw it in Hagin, I coveted with all coveting, you can imagine and I got it. I knew the day I got it.
-May today be your day where you begin to operate in the reality of your future.
Say with me, “OPERATING IN THE REALITY OF MY FUTURE.”
The spirit of faith empowers believers to operate in the reality of their future as gleaned from the Word. That is the only way to get any divine task accomplished.
John 6:29
You believe Jesus that He is up to anything that He says.
“This tabernacle shall be dedicated 18th of September 1999” and you are telling me 17th of September 1998. Only God can say that and He did it.
- THE SPIRIT OF SERVANTHOOD
Isaiah 42:1-4
“He shall not faint”: the spirit of servanthood is what empowers believers to go beyond fainting and discouragement in their stewardship.
Paul, the servant of Jesus Christ – Romans 8:35-38
It keeps you soaring, the challenges notwithstanding. Empowers you to live above discouragement, above fainting.
Somebody asked me, “Brother David, do you ever have problems?”
I said: Maybe it came, I didn’t know.
He takes you above that. Everybody that must fulfill his mission on earth requires a baptism of the spirit of servanthood. Everybody that must fulfill his mission.
Paul the Apostle said, “having obtained help from above, I continued till this day…” – Acts 26:22
It is the spirit of servanthood that empowers believers for continuity in their stewardship. Continuity in their stewardship. It takes long patience to fulfill your mission to the full. You have quite a number of things coming day in, day out, but to fully fulfill heaven’s agenda for your life requires long patience.
We read that some few moments ago, from James chapter 5 verse 7: long patience.
The day you step out of stewardship is the day you will step out of your rewards.
You resign from an office, you can’t be paid there anymore. All allowances and benefits end there. That is why He said, “who is that faithful and wise servant whom His Lord shall put over his household to give them their meat in due season?”
Matthew 24:45-47
He has to wait till when he comes. He is sure coming, but may He find you waiting.
-May He find you on your duty post when He comes.
The devil is busy negotiating that you have tried, if anything should happen, by now, it should have happened. “You don try now. You are not the only one, you are not Papa. Just do what you can do, you have tried.”
He was negotiating the liberty of Israel from Egypt:
“Okay, you go, only you that are men. Leave your wives and your children here”: They said No.
“Okay, go with your wife, go with your children, but leave your cattle here”: we are not going to leave a hoof.
They just resisted the negotiation of hell. You need to stand to resist, by the operation of the Spirit of servanthood. No.
Whosoever will be chief among you, let him be the servant of all because I am in your midst as one that serves (Luke 22:26-27).
People that serve are the ones that become giants in the Kingdom and it takes the spirit of servanthood to stay on in Service particularly when you have seen some levels of grace manifesting, the tendency is to enter into your shell.
“I think God has tried. I think I need to just sit down a bit”
Jesus went through it, He made himself of no reputation, He took upon Him the form of a servant
Philippians 2:7-10
You can serve your way to the realm of Dominion, not only on the earth, but even in hell, they shiver when your name is mentioned. That is where you are going.
It is the spirit of servanthood that makes people make themselves of no reputation.
They don’t stand: “I can’t. Obviously, let’s face the fact, not at this level.”
What level? What level are you Sir? Your level is not even known in Nigeria! Which level are you celebrating? Yet God has a plan for you to make that name a household name around the world. Then you are at one level and level yourself out.
What level Sir?
That is the spirit that makes people of no reputation and keeps them small in their own eyes.
John D Rockefeller was the wealthiest American living in his time. The first American Billionaire. He served as Church warden in his Church 3 times. One of the biggest Kingdom promoters in his time. Gave 140 million dollars at a time to the education fund of his Church, yet a Church warden.
You better wake up and stop enthroning yourself.
Just like somebody calling himself “His Excellency”
They say: Why?
He says: I am older than the governor
And so what? If they catch you, impersonation!
You know to call yourself President of a Nation is a sin, unto death. You may look smarter (than the President), but you are not.
-My God will enthrone many.
It is servanthood that qualifies believers for enthronement. You shall be enthroned and your throne will get higher and higher by the day.
You know in our local area here, you have first class Obas (kings), you have second class Obas, third class; you have no class Obas: But they are Obas anyway, but they don’t have any class. Third class (Obas) must bow when he sees second class and when first class comes to the Governor of a State, he bows.
The Governor goes to the President’s office: bows.
The President goes to the United Nations: bows
No listen, you still have somewhere to bow throughout your life, you better humble yourself. There is always somewhere you must bow.
-My God will see to the enthronement of each one that receives enduement of the spirit of servanthood today.
- THE SPIRIT OF MIGHT.
Supernatural strength that was given to the man called Samson who abused it.
Supernatural strength: that he could uproot the gate of a city and carry it to the mountain top.
Supernatural strength: that he could use the jaw bone of an ass to slay 200 soldiers. He slewed them until it cleaved to his hand. Supernatural strength. It is one of our redemptive packages in Christ.
Revelation 5:12, Isaiah 11:2
He strengthens us with might in our inner man by His Spirit (Ephesians 3:16). Strength is of the heart.
There is no man or woman of exploit who is a jelly believer, vegetable believer. They are all men of unusual strength.
Joel 2:1-11
-Therefore this morning, I decree the release of the spirit of might upon your life.
-Everything eating up your strength, on the inside is cursed right now.
-Everything that weakens your mind, weakens your body, weakens your spirit, is over this morning.
-You are leaving this Service with the strength of the Lord to work in your life (Daniel 11:32).
It takes strength to command exploits. There is nothing extra ordinary on its own, it is man’s extra-ordinary input that makes it so. I have never laid my back on bed as Service is going on and I am trying to recover. I am recovered naturally. Not by power, nor by might but by my Spirit.
-The Spirit of God, the Spirit of might is going home with you from this Service today.
-Tiredness, weakness gone forever from your life.
Prizewinners are runners, running takes strength – 1 Corinthians 9:24
So run that you may obtain – 1 Corinthians 9:26
Every Prizewinning believer is a runner and it takes strength to rum, it takes might to run (1 Corinthians 9:24-26).
-Therefore, strength for the race is released upon your life today.
We came back from Madagascar one of those days and I felt pressed that we still must go out today. So we ended up going…I was dozing, tired, 7 hours flight. We worked till we entered the plane. We left a service to enter the plane.
I told my fellows in the car, “see, this is what is called fainting and fighting. We are going.” I met some little boys, young fellows playing ball in a field, so I knew it would be time for them to close. So we waited. As soon as they saw me, they closed and I gave them the gospel of Jesus: 9 out of 11 were in Church the following Sunday.
Fainting and fighting, by reason of inner strength.
-Therefore, I curse the root of weakness in anyone’s life under the sound of my voice today.
-That when you go to work, you are really working. Not that you are yawning, you are stretching at 9am. You just arrived there 8 am: yawning. You left your house to go to work, now you are there, you can’t work. The system is down, he is not sick but he is not strong.
There are many who go through a whole day, can’t put their finger on what they did and yet they own their own business. They are not working for any company and yet they can’t put their finger on what they did. No more.
-Every of your day will be full of strength. It shall be the strength of the Lord at work in you.
- THE SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE
He calls Him the Spirit of Judgement but let’s leave it as the Spirit of vengeance. The Holy Ghost is the Spirit of vengeance and we saw Him manifest that severally.
We saw Paul and Elymas in scriptures – Acts 13:11
Isaiah 4:4-5
The spirit of judgement: Jesus defined that in John 16:7-11
The Holy Ghost came to execute the judgement upon the prince of this world and He does that through us.
Don’t watch the devil have a field day in your life. silence him! Invoke the judgement that has been established upon him: satan stop that. Get off this environment now. I command you to get off from here now.
He said, “you shall cast out devils” (Mark 16:17). You have the responsibility to engage the spirit of judgement to send him back to where he belongs.
More often than not, until judgement comes down, many destinies will never open up. Until vengeance shows up, many destinies may never open up. So engage the spirit of vengeance against the activities of the devil around your life and he will stay clear from you.
Psalm 81:10-14
You have to declare it for God to confirm it.
Isaiah 54:17 – You stand to condemn it, “No you don’t belong here. Get your dirty baggage and get out of here now in the name of Jesus.”
You are taking responsibility so you don’t end up a liability.
I got a picture here that is very clean. There was this man that was rescued from the spirit of insanity in one of our crusades and then those evil spirits came back on him. They were holding him down, with strength, he would throw them out, because he had demonic strength. And they called me, because I had so much muscle:
So I said: leave him. Pointed my finger at that devil and said, “the angels that kept not their first estate but left their habitation have been reserved in outer darkness till the day of judgement (Jude 1:6). What are you doing here?”
All the devils left.
When He says, “cast them out”: cast them out to where they belong – get back to where you have been reserved against the day of judgement. Get out there (Jude 1:6). I shot that arrow at him and he left that man alone: all the devils left him.
Now, let me tell you where that is.
As you grow in the spirit of judgement, you move from casting out devils, to tormenting devils: have you come to torment us before the time (Matthew 8:29).
You move from that tormenting level to destruction level: have you come to destroy us before the time?
They are all different things.
-I decree a baptism of the spirit of judgement upon everyone under the sound of my voice today. Receive it in the name of Jesus.
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