*Keep serving God with a reward mentality.
*God is not a User of Men but a ‘Blesser’ of men.
*In your workplace, you shall be preferred! In your family, you shall be preferred!
“You know when you are preferred in your family, even to take family decisions, they have to wait for you because of God’s hand upon your life. “
*When you kneel before God in prayers, even in your closet, God rewards you in the open.
Heavenly Father, we have returned today with hearts of gratitude, thanking for these wonderful testimonies. These are your doings, we acknowledge you as the Doer, accept our thanksgiving in Jesus name.
We pray that these testimonies shall be permanent. Anyone tapping into any of them, their own too is established.
Thank You for answered prayers this morning. Lord, right now, our hearts are opened, we look up to You, send us Your Word again, change our story, let your name be glorified in Jesus mighty name we’ve prayed.
SERVING GOD IS EVERY BELIEVER’S COVENANT RESPONSIBILITY
Say with me, “Serving God is every believer’s covenant responsibility and that includes Me.”
Romans 6:16
“His servants ye are to whom ye obey”
We’ve been told emphatically that anyone who is involved in promoting the interest of the Kingdom of God here on earth is a servant of God, whether that individual has a title or not, young or old, male or female. When you are involved in promoting the interest of the Kingdom of God here on earth, then you are a servant of God. Remember our topic is ‘Serving God is Every Believer’s Covenant Responsibility’, so as Christians, as children of God, it is our responsibility to keep promoting God’s Kingdom here on the earth, not minding whether we are given any title or not.
We’ve heard God’s servant said it over and again, “there is no Entitlement in Title but when you keep promoting God’s Kingdom, God is recording and as long as He keeps recording, you are sure that He will reward.”
-Therefore, for everyone of us, whether you have a title or not, as you keep promoting the interest of the Kingdom of God, YOU SHALL BE REWARDED.
However even though it is our responsibility, remember the word ‘Responsibility’ simply means a duty. It is your duty, it is my duty; it is your assignment, it is my assignment. But even though it is our responsibility, we also have a choice because God will not force you and I to obey Him (Joshua 24:15). It is a choice.
Serving God is our responsibility but at the same time it is a choice. Church Gist. It is a choice that we have to make, however it is a choice of the wise. You have made that choice, it is my prayer that you will remain steadfast in pursuing it in the name of Jesus Christ.
However, this morning:
Remember that you don’t have to be an Evangelist to serve God.
Who is an Evangelist? As the name goes, an Evangelist is simply somebody who evangelizes. But you don’t have to carry that title to be a servant of God.
Proverbs 11:30
“They that be wise will shine” (Daniel 12:3) – and that is talking about you.
“As the stars of heaven” – not for a season but for how long? Forever and ever.
-You will shine!!
Tap your neighbour, tell him or her, “You will shine.”
-It doesn’t matter your current/ present position, as long as you keep promoting the interest of the Kingdom of God here on earth, God’s Word says concerning you and I is that You Will Shine and Your Shining will not be temporary because whatever the Lord does is forever.
-Your rising is just beginning.
Don’t mind where you are here right now therefore; don’t mind your mockers because they will soon join you to celebrate your God.
Remember the testimony we heard this morning, the first one: miscarriage, lost job but at the same time she refused to be discouraged (documented testimony). She kept on promoting the interest of God’s Kingdom and said to God, “give me spiritual children.” In other words, if the physical ones are not there, the biological ones are not there, give me spiritual children and God dazed that individual beyond her wildest imagination.
-You are the next one that God will surprise.
We see in scripture, the example of Daniel: Daniel, a Prime Minister of Babylon. He was a renowned servant of God (Daniel 6:1-3). Prime Minister yet a renowned servant of God.
“…Daniel was first” (Daniel 6:2)
-You shall be first.
He was preferred, an excellent spirit was found in him (Daniel 6:3).
-That shall be your testimony: In your workplace, you shall be preferred! In your family, you shall be preferred! Church Gist.
You know when you are preferred in your family, even to take family decisions, they have to wait for you because of God’s hand upon your life.
-In all that has to do with you, God will promote you.
Daniel was such a man that God favoured, however how did he get there? How did Daniel serve God?
Daniel served God in prayers (Daniel 6:10).
How did Daniel serve God? He kneeled upon his knees 3 times a day and prayed and gave thanks before His God as he did before.
So Daniel was a man of prayers. Of course, he wouldn’t have been praying for himself 3 times every day. He served God on his knees.
When you kneel before God in prayers, even in your closet, God rewards you in the open.
-So continue in your investment in Kingdom advancement in prayers, Your Season of Promotion is here Finally.
How else did Daniel serve God?
He served God in fastings. He lived a fasted life (Daniel 1:8,12). He purposed in his heart not to defile himself and in Daniel chapter 1 verse 12, he and his mates told their boss, “give us pulse and water”: that is living a fasted life yet they were looking robust (Daniel 1:15)
What a joy, this week is Week of Spiritual Emphasis: we are waiting on the Lord in prayers and fasting.
-The God that promoted Daniel, He will visit you.
Daniel was a servant of God and because of that, he ended up being distinguished.
-Someone under the sound of my voice today shall be distinguished.
Therefore always remember: you are not wasting your time serving the Lord.
Say with me, “I am not wasting my time serving the Lord!!”
You are not wasting your time serving the Lord, it is a covenant platform for your prosperity.
-You shall prosper!!
How do I mean? Job 36:11
If they obey and serve Me, they will spend their days in prosperity and their years in pleasures (Job 36:11)
-That is talking about someone under the sound of my voice today: Prosperity with Pleasure will visit you!! Amen.
This is God’s promise and because you keep on promoting the interest of His Kingdom, expect it. Keep serving God with a reward mentality. We’ve heard it said over and again, “God is not a user of men, He is a ‘Blesser’ of men.”
-You are the next one to be blessed. Even in this season, my God will visit you!!
-Financially in terms of prosperity, where you are right now is the least place you will ever be.
Remain steadfast! 1 Corinthians 15:58
Refuse to give up, keep pressing because Winners Don’t Quit and Quitters Never Win.
-You shall win and you will end well.
-Look at how Daniel ended, you will end well and your ending shall be more glorious than that of Daniel.
Say with me, “I receive it”
As we go through this day, spend time in prayers, promoting the Kingdom of God. As you are waiting on the Lord in these 3 days of Spiritual Week of Emphasis, make it your priority: keep serving and promoting the interest of God’s Kingdom.
-Shortly your testimony will emerge in Jesus name.
Prayer: Receive grace to be a hearer and a doer of God’s Word. Receive grace from Him right now.
I shall not give up, I shall not quit. Daniel made it, I shall make it…If Daniel could make it in the Old Testament, I shall make it. Thank You Father.
“Heavenly Father, I receive grace not to quit. I shall keep pressing. Daniel made it, I shall make it.”
As you have declared so shall it be for you in Jesus mighty name we pray. Give Him glory, praise Him and bless Him.
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