*We are riding on the wings of applied revelation in this Church, nothing else.
“A friend of mine asked me, ‘Brother David, how do you pay for all these?’
He is from the West and I said, ‘Faith is a universal currency. It delivers the same value in any nation of the earth. Faith does not know whether you are in 3rd world or 5th world.’ Faith has to do with Heaven.”
- It has to do with bringing the hand of God down and that can happen anywhere.”
- What you don’t know: you don’t know. What you won’t learn, you don’t know and what you don’t know, you will pay for it.
Again, as we all know, fasting is for outbreak of revelation. God tears up the veil on our hearts, amongst others, through the mystery of prayers and fasting (Isaiah 58:8,10).
*All through this year, it shall be to you from revelation to revelation and by extension from glory to glory.
As we grow in revelation, the glory becomes on the increase in our lives (2 Corinthians 3:18).
*The year shall be your year of continuous increase in the realm of glory.
ENGAGING THE POWER OF PRAYERS AND FASTING FOR SUPERNATURAL TURNAROUND
Jesus is coming back to rapture home a turnaround Church: a Church that is ruling in the midst of her enemies, a Church that is commanding dominion in all realms of life. We are closer by the day to His return.
There is a process: there is a bright cloud that precedes the downpour (Zechariah 10:1). God has started the momentum that will lead to the ultimate of His agenda of establishing His dominion in His Church.
- May no one here be left out.
The day of His power will precede the day of His coming (Psalm 110:1-3). That’s where you and I come in; we are all just a people favoured by God to be alive at this time and to be part of Heaven’s agenda for this moment (Psalm 110:3). That’s why you are here, that’s why fasting and prayers have become part of your life. He is preparing to return, Church Gist He is preparing His people to rule in the midst of their enemies (Psalm 110:2).
We have also discovered that power demands both a thirst of the soul and a longing of the flesh more often than not. Power answers to a thirst of the soul and a longing of the flesh which is fasting (Psalm 63:1-3). We can’t see His power without a thirst of the soul and a longing of the flesh.
Jesus: our perfect example, the Author and Finisher of our faith (Hebrews 12:2). Born of the Holy Ghost, yet He was led by the Holy Ghost into the wilderness; He fasted for 40 days and He returned in the power of the Spirit and dominated His world (Luke 4:14). His dominion today is from everlasting to everlasting.
The Apostles continued in prayers: we can’t tell for how long because there is no record that they went to eat, had a break; but Pentecost came 50 days after Jesus left, then the power of God shook the earth. God hasn’t changed (Acts 2:1).
He (Holy Ghost) doesn’t drop on people, people make their desperate demand for empowerment to experience it (John 7:37-39).
No wonder in the last days, Jesus said, “it will be days of fasting” (Matthew 9:14-15; Mark 2:18-19; Luke 5:33-35). We are in those days, so fasting continues.
- You are going to experience God’s power like never before this year.
It’s important for us to know what God’s agenda is for this end-time so we can be able to plug into it as individuals as a Church.
WHAT IS GOD’S AGENDA FOR THE LAST DAYS?
- The last days are ordained days of Supernatural Breakthroughs in the Body of Christ and that requires empowerment which is facilitated by prayers and fasting (Luke 4:18).
Among the blessings of fasting is revelation (Isaiah 60:1-3, 8, 22). Supernatural breakthrough is triggered by revelation and revelation is facilitated by Prayer and Fasting. You don’t have a place there without subscribing to the demands of prayer and fasting in these last days.
- No one has a place in God’s end-time agenda without genuinely subscribing to the demands of prayers and fasting.
Supernatural breakthrough is a product of applied revelation and revelation is a product of prayer and fasting. The devil is against you accessing the light and we can only break that, some of which will never go except by prayer and fasting (2 Corinthians 4:4).
One striking revelation from Heaven is worth much more than a lifetime of struggles (Isaiah 60:1)
“Arise, shine because your light is come”: Not your skill, not your strength,Church Gist not your connection.
We are riding on the wings of applied revelation in this Church, nothing else.
A friend of mine asked me, “Brother David, how do you pay for all these?”
He is from the West and I said, “Faith is a universal currency. It delivers the same value in any nation of the earth. Faith does not know whether you are in 3rd world or 5th world. Faith has to do with Heaven. It has to do with bringing the hand of God down and that can happen anywhere.”
Light is sweet, it is a beautiful for the eyes to behold the sun, but light is not cheap (Ecclesiastes 11:7). There is a contention against your access to light.
Why are we embarking on 3-day WOFBI? To shed light on specific areas of people’s struggles so they can gain command over it. There are many people today that are in business, they don’t know nothing about it. Church Gist They don’t have any facts, they are only trading ideas.
- You don’t trade ideas in business, you trade facts.
- You don’t write down ideas in exams, Church Gist you write facts. Nobody marks your ideas, they mark your facts.
The devil hates this. Let me say this, fact is not an enemy of faith, in fact faith is a product of applied scriptural facts. We need facts. - It is facts that make fat!
Isaiah 61:1-4 - Beggars have been turned to builders.
- People earlier considered as nuisance have become great assets and they’ve become great employers of labour.
- They will be spiritual heavyweights as they are commanding supernatural breakthroughs in all realms of life.
*Get set for Supernatural Order of Breakthroughs this year.
See what Matthew 6:33 has done for the Church world today. Not just our little Church here, but the Church world today. You can almost find that on the lips of every born-again child of God even when he doesn’t know the meaning.
One Word (Isaiah 9:8). One Word can shoot you up to a height that a hundred years of tireless labour won’t help you to taste. - I pray that this year will be a Year of Deep Revelation in your life, that puts you practically in command of issues of life.
- The last days are the days of total restoration of health for the redeemed of the Lord
How does prayer and fasting facilitate restoration of health? Same thing; through access to revelation (Isaiah 58:6,8)
Your light breaks forth and your health springs forth (Isaiah 58:8, Psalm 107:20).
We saw that great illustration in Job chapter 33 verses 21 to 25: it is a description of a terminal disease.
Rejuvenation: that is what is called restoration of health (Job 33:25).
How? By the interpretation of the Truth, communicated by the Messenger of the covenant. His name is Holy Ghost and you put Him to work through prayer and fasting. He doesn’t just come (Luke 11:13).
When you are in a fast, you have completed the demands: the thirst of the soul, the longing of the flesh; you will see His power. When He comes, He unveils the Truth and the Truth makes you whole.
- We are going to experience God in a way that generations before us never knew.
- Too many men and women, after the order of Moses will rise. That at 120, they will still be as sound as stone. Their eyes will not be dim, their natural force will not be abated.
“I will restore health…”, that is God’s agenda for the end time (Jeremiah 30:17). - Therefore, tonight, anyone under the sound of my voice, whose health is being tormented by the devil, I decree INSTANT RESTORATION OF YOUR HEALTH. It is your right!
You see all of them drawing from the same source, no wonder He said, “then shall they fast in those days.” That’s the only way to enter into my agenda for the last days (Mark 2:19, Luke 5:35).
It’s not just for asking bread and butter: that’s okay, there is nothing wrong with that but He puts you right there in the centre of God’s plan for the end-time.
- The last days are the days of Praise (Jeremiah 15:16, James 5:13)
“thy words were found…and thy Word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart” – that’s the root of genuine praise.
Prayer and fasting facilitates our access to finding the Word. When you find His Word and eat it, the Bible says it becomes joy and rejoicing in your heart which spurs praise.
- Every revelation excites people.
- Every revelation intoxicates people.
- They usually erupt in praise, joy and rejoicing!
He said He will restore the Tabernacle of David that was broken down in the last days and for that to happen we must access outbreak of revelations which spur joy and result in High Praises (Amos 9:13-15).
Praise will be restored to the Church like in the days of David (Psalm 34:1, Psalm 119:164, Psalm 56:10). We access His Word through the medium of prayer and fasting, blasting out the satanic hold against our access to light.
That means no one can access his place in this end-time agenda without genuinely subscribing to the demand of prayers and fasting as a lifestyle.
This Church provides us that opportunity to be exercising it; so we can have it all the days of our choice and walk into it.
One of the Zones engaged in their own 21 days of prayers and fasting in October last year. That Zone grew by 24 additional cells: they blasted the head of the devil in their territory. - From 20 (Cells) to 44 (Cells).
- Nothing works without somebody at work!
Thank God who answers prayer; thank God who gives grace to engage in prayers and fasting, but our Ministry was born in the Labour room of fasting. All our team members had days of the week to wait on the Lord wherever they were every day. God came down. We come into a meeting and you find the Holy Ghost just fill up the place. - You are going to experience God this year.
- Every dark area of anyone’s life will become as bright noon day.
- No blindfolding power of hell shall be able to stand on your way.
For our Prayers to be answered, we must continue to make bold declarations with authority after we have prayed.
- You have spoken to God: NOW, speak to that barrier, “GET OFF MY WAY. YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO BE THERE” (Mark 11:23)
- It is our declaration that gives real value to our intercession (Luke 21:15).
- You shall only have what you say after you have prayed. You pray to God, you speak to the circumstances; as soon as they hear of you, they shall submit themselves to you and fade away from their hiding places (Psalm 18:44).
Many of us have just gone through this annual 21 days of prayers and fasting: I don’t know what you are saying now, but you will have what you say after your long prayers.
“Well, I thought something would happen, but somehow nothing has happened” – you have set your prayer on fire. You took matches, poured petrol/ kerosene!! God forbid.
“Let not your mouth cause your flesh to sin” (Ecclesiastes 5:6).
After we have prayed, God is waiting for what we will say, to determine what He does because we shall have what we say after we have prayed (Mark 11:23).
You need to know that.
He has heard. Now what do you say? - “I am free.” Yes: Signed, Sealed and Delivered.
- “I shall not die but live”: Signed, Sealed and Delivered.
- “It’ my year of supernatural turnaround”: Signed, Sealed and Delivered.
- They say, “they sacked you.” Response: I know this is my year of supernatural turnaround; when a door closes, 7 doors are opened. I know.
- They said, “Old man Job, sorry ohhh.” Job’s response: I know that my Redeemer liveth. I know how my change is coming (Job 19:25).
God will not give you what you know, He will give you what you say.
What you say to that circumstance after you have prayed is what you have. - My prayer is that we will subscribe to spiritual discipline in our thoughts, words: so we don’t destroy the labour of our hands.
- I am sure God heard you and He is only waiting for what you’ll say to deliver what you desire.
- WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
- The good news tonight is, THERE IS POWER IN YOUR TONGUE. Engage with it.
Prayer: Set a watch over my mouth and a guard over my lips. Deliver me from the misuse of my tongue. With this understanding, help me to maximize the blessing of prayers and fasting as an individual. I must not miss my place out of your end-time agenda, so help me Jesus, help me Lord.
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