SOMETIMES GOD ALLOWS YOU TO GO THROUGH DIFFICULT CHALLENGES, BECAUSE HE IS SURE THAT YOU HAVE ENOUGH BUILT INTO YOU. GOD HAS BUILT YOU IN CHRIST JESUS TO GO THROUGH ANYTHING.
-Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo at Morning Glow, KICC on ‘DIVINE ENCOURAGEMENT’ (Part 4)
Praise the Lord!
This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Good Morning and welcome to Morning Glow. Welcome to another time in the presence of the Lord. Trusting the Lord to bless you, to impart your life; for the Word of the Lord to make a difference in your life, for the time in the presence of God to refresh, renew, empower you and for God to do awesome things in your life this day.
Spirit of the living God, Heavenly Father, we give glory, we give praise, we give honour, we give adoration to our God, our King, our Saviour, our Master; for the opportunity to be together this morning. Thank You for keeping us all through the night. Thank You for being the Watcher over our lives. We thank You because nothing kept in Your hand that is not safe. We praise You, we honour You.
Bless us this morning; refresh us, renew us. Every worry, every trouble, every anxiety, every negative dream and every encroachment into our space by the demonic realm; we bring under the blood of Jesus this morning. We praise You because we will leave the altar celebrating but we will never leave Your presence in Jesus’ name.
Amen.
Praise the Lord. Welcome, trusting the Lord to bless you this morning. Church Gist. I welcome you and I celebrate and appreciate you. Thank God for you and I pray that you will be blessed, you will be favoured and you will have reasons to magnify the Lord in the mighty name of Jesus.
This season, we’ve been speaking encouragement; rising out of discouragement, walking with courage. Glory to God. Sometimes, we need that word of encouragement, particularly when you go through some things. In the mystery of our relationship with God, while on one hand He promises us everything, yet on another hand, we sometimes go through things we do not expect and we are wondering, why am I going through this? Listen, you got to understand that; sometimes, people suffer because of the nature of sin. Sometimes people suffer because of the character we built up. Sometimes people suffer because God is showcasing us to satan, to let him know that; you see, despite all your arrows, this guy is not going to bow for you, you foul devil.
The three Hebrew men are an example.
Can you imagine a crowd running close to 100,000, all bowing to this huge humongous image and three men are standing tall? Bible scholars have often ask, where was Daniel? I am very sure, he was probably somewhere in another province. Daniel of all persons, will never have bowed to that thing. But these men stood tall, that is what it means to say that God is showcasing you to the devil.
The same Daniel also, all he needed to do was to bow a little bit to the god of Darius and serve his god in his heart. Church Gist. But no, he felt that no, there is a time when Christians must take their stand.
What shall we say of Job, same thing. So number one, during our times of pain and challenges and suffering, God is near, even when He seems far away. Never forget that, God is always near. So when we go through difficult times, God is there. Sometimes you feel like He is not there but I am sure you remember that image – footprint, where a man thought he was abandoned during his most difficult times because he saw only one footprint on the sea shore and the Lord let him know, the footprint you saw are Mine. Yours, no. I had lifted you. Praise God.
- God will lift you, give you victory in season like this in the mighty name of Jesus.
David experienced a feeling of isolation from God when he was running for his life from Saul. That’s why he wrote Psalm 13:1, ‘ How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
But you see, God didn’t hide His face from David. You know sometimes, God allows you to go through difficult challenges because He is sure that you have enough built into you. If those who build planes for aviation were afraid of the enormity of the wind, they wouldn’t build. They will just say, let’s not think about it. But they built planes to survive foggy shaking . Church Gist. If you want to know the intensity of those winds that shake planes, one time I got to know; I went to Canada and in Toronto, they have the CN tower. When you get to the 100th floor, they allow you to come out to a balcony where they put serious things to really shield you from falling. But the wind there can practically almost want to lift you. That’s just small compared to what is in the sky and yet, the plane is built to go through it.
God has built you in Christ Jesus to go through anything. We are not saying, devil must throw it at you. But you need to know, he will still throw it but God will see you through. Job lost everything, even his wife had given up. His children, his wealth, his servants are all gone. His friends came to rub salt into the sour. He experienced despair, isolation and in the middle of it all, God wasn’t speaking until the end of the matter. But then, Job said, I will wait until my change comes.
So, sometimes we go through things and we are wondering? Am I alone? Has God abandoned me? I want you to know that you are not abandoned. You may be experiencing pain, you may be experiencing what you didn’t think should happen to you. But listen, this God is our God, He will be our God forever (Job 23). Church Gist. So, please don’t let the devil discourage you. Be encouraged this season, let your spirit be lifted. Let men turn their backs on you; they didn’t make you, they cannot unmake you. God saved you, God delivered you; when it is time, He will turn it around. Even when God seems a thousand miles away, just know in the words of William Booth, the man who founded Salvation Army. In the letter he wrote to his wife when he was away preaching, he said; ‘may we be closer to Him, closer than the feelings of our body’. Praise God.
It is common, it is natural to feel isolated sometimes and you may be saying; is my prayer been heard? Because you are praying, the fire is increasing. But you got to understand that’s how warfare is; the more the enemy is feeling the pain from you, the more he increases his shooting while he is retreating.
- There is going to be testimony in somebody’s life. Favour is going to follow you in this season. You are coming out of this battle and God is going to turn things around. When He turns around to turn the situation round, you will see that all the while, He was there.
PRAYER BULLETS:
1 Peter 5:7
- Jesus we give You glory, we give You praise, we give You honour, we give You adoration. We magnify Your name this morning because we know You care for us. Take the glory this morning, take the honour, adoration and praise this morning. We come before You, we make great Your name; from the rising of the sun to the going down of it, Your name shall always be great. We will not bow to the devil, we will not bow at the place of adversity, at the place of battle because we know, You will never abandon Your own. You’ll always come through for them.
Mark 11:24
- Father we come to you this morning, we give glory, we give praise, we give honour, adoration and celebration to Your name. We celebrate You for all that You have done for us. Thank You for healings, miracles, favours, testimonies. Thank You for the outstretching of Your hand. Thank You for all that You have done in the past, all that You are doing and the ones You will yet do. Be glorified, be praised.
I pray for people on this platform who are going through all kinds of attack on their body, from this day because Christ has paid for your health; receive total healing, health, deliverance in the name of Jesus.
I pray for you this morning, that people who will bless your life, God will begin to release them into your life. People who will make your life beautiful, colourful; people who will connect with you in business and your business will go well, receive favour of God and man in the name of Jesus.
I pray for you today that your dreams and aspirations will become reality. The Spirit of encouragement comes upon you. Excitement will break out in your life in Jesus’ name.
Ephesians 3:20
- Every dream that you have thought of, shall come to pass. God goes ahead of you and exceeds your prayer, your imagination, expectation. God will go ahead of you in the name of Jesus of Nazareth. I release grace to follow you from this day.
1 Corinthians 10:13
- Today I pray for you, I speak into your life; a way out. Out of this issue, out of the battle, temptations, troubles – a way out. Come out in the name of Jesus. Be at peace in the name of Jesus. Have testimony in the name of Jesus.
Deuteronomy 31:8
- I pray for you that the Lord will go ahead of you into this day, into the rest of this month and to the rest of this year. As you step into the rest of today, the Lord goes before you. As you face the rest of August, the month of restoration and healing, the Lord Himself will go before you, the Lord will be with you, the Lord will not fail you and the Lord will not forsake you. There shall be a restoration of the things you’ve lost during COVID. The Lord will go ahead of you, so before you gets there, He is already there; there to set you free, to bless you, to heal you, to deliver you, to give you joy, to show you favour, to give you testimony, to move mightily on your behalf.
We speak into the future today, that the Lord will manifest in your future and in your life in the name of Jesus.
2 Corinthians 4:16
- I pray for your spirit man this day, that you will be alive to God; to hear His voice, to walk with Him, to practice His presence, to know His presence – the presence of the anointing.
I anoint your ears to hear Him. I anoint your eyes to see into the realm of the Spirit and I lay hands on you today; may you be sensitive to the presence and power of God. May the Spirit of guidance, guide you. You will be led into the counsel of the Lord in the name of Jesus.
Exodus 15:2
- Lord, at this point we stop midway and we praise You one more time. You are our Strength when we are weak. You are our song; we will not sing the songs of sorrow but we will sing the song of praise to You. You are our Salvation, you saved us from the power of sin, You are saving us from the penalty of sin and one day, you shall save us from the presence of sin, when You take us away from here. Take the glory.
You are our God and our heart is Your habitation.
Psalm 9:9-10
- There are people on this platform who are going through some kind of trouble or oppression, we take authority in the powerful name of Jesus. We break the power of oppression; we break the grip of trouble over their lives. We speak against trouble and oppression and we speak their victory in the name of Jesus.
Luke 12:32
- This morning I hold your hands and I agree with you; the manifestation of the Kingdom in your life shall be obvious. God will give you the Kingdom. In every sphere, in every area; the economy, peace, blessing, open doors, prosperity, power, glory of the Kingdom shall be yours in the name of Jesus.
I bless your hands today; may your hands handle kingdom business, Kingdom power, joy, glory, favour, testimonies. May the power of the Kingdom come upon your life.
Colossians 3:15-16, Philippians 4:7, Isaiah 26:3
- Father I pray for everyone at this altar today, nothing will come that will take away Your peace. I pray for you today, the peace of God will garrison and rule your heart.
Psalm 24
- I speak to doors; lift up your heads o ye gates, be lifted up you everlasting doors. Let the King of glory come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord God mighty in battle, He is the King of glory. I release into your life today, this morning the 12th of August that doors are opening for you, gates are opening for you so that favour will come in, blessings, glory will come in the name of Jesus.
Song of Solomon 2:4, Job 3:25
- May life and business be secured in your hands. May the banner of the Lord be over your life. I declare divine edge around you. May the Lord shield you from attack, from failure, from disgrace. I pray for you, may the love of God be seen in your life; in all facets of your life, may the work of God manifest. May the banner over you be love, may the banner over you be blessing. May the banner over you be favour, may the banner over you be great. May you go from glory to glory, from favour to favour, from blessing to blessing. May the sound of joy never cease in your house, but rather that of celebration, goodness, testimony at all times in your life in the name of Jesus.
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