- The just shall live by faith in God, not by trying God.
- We need the Holy Ghost to be effectual in season and out of season
I began looking at some things in God’s presence:
We serve a God of simplicity but man is a complex being. Complexity is of man, simplicity is of God. Just one instruction and you will remain in the garden forever. One instruction, “don’t touch that one, all the other trees are free. Eat them, get drunk with them but don’t touch that one. That one!”
You don’t have to go to school to understand that this one. You know why God comes down so simple, He loves the whole world: literate and illiterate. You don’t need to learn algebra, calculus to drive a car. No. You don’t need to go to any Engineering school to drive a car. Just get one car, learn how to drive, go on the streets. Simplicity is of God, very simple instructions with unusual impact.
-May you never miss this simplicity mystery of the Kingdom.
There is nothing about…simple instruction – “Adam, all the trees are yours. Everything is here: the rivers, the fishes there. They are all yours, only this one, don’t touch.” But satan said, “touch it, nothing will happen” and when something happened, satan disappeared.
-Evil will not happen to you.
-In the name of Jesus, in this era of the move of the Spirit that is coming down with diverse simplicities, you will not miss your place. In the name of Jesus.
It is so simple, that it is like A,B,C. He said to Timothy, “and from a child…”: it is so simple that a child can know it. “Thou has known the holy scriptures which are able to make you wise unto salvation.” From a child!! Thou has known the holy scriptures. It is as simple as a child can know it (2 Timothy 3:15).
All those people jumping out of diverse issues of life into the limelight of life, breakthroughs and all that: simple instructions, “seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things you have been dying for, for the past 8 years shall be added to you” (Matthew 6:33). He stepped into it and then everything turned (documented testimony).
Somebody else hissed, “every day, every day, Matthew 6:33. There is nothing there.” They say, “Why?” I have tried it.
Stop trying it, trust in it. Thou shall not try the Lord your God, trust in Him. There is no shame to them that put their trust in Him. Church Gist. Stop trying God, that is why it is not working. Stop trying God, “thou shall not tempt the Lord thy God.” Stop trying God, it can be very frustrating. Stop trying Him, start trusting Him. They that trust in the Lord shall be like Mount Zion that cannot be removed but abides forever (Psalm 125:1).
Help me tell your neighbour if you have one by your side: Stop trying God. Start trusting Him! The just shall not live by trying God, the just shall live by faith in God (Habakkuk 2:4). Start trusting God.
SOUL WINNING IS WARFARE.
We have established over time, soul winning is every believer’s responsibility.
John 15:16
Every new creature is given a ministry of reconciliation. Every child of God has a ministry of reconciliation and has been given the Word of reconciliation to bring the world back to God (2 Corinthians 5:17-20). It is every believer’s responsibility. But it is warfare as it has been established in Luke chapter 11 verses 21 to 22. It is warfare, the devil is sitting over those destinies and we have to go rescue them; to rescue them, we have to engage in warfare to get them out. Soul winning is not an activity, it is no play fare, it is no hobby, soul winning is warfare. Because it is the will of God, He wants all men to be saved, so engaging in that spiritual warfare has an already established conclusion: victory at the end (1 Timothy 2:4). You have to win, the war is already won, you just enforce the victory. He died for all men; He doesn’t want anyone to perish; He wants all men to come to repentance; this is the confidence that we have that if we ask anything according to His will, His integrity is committed (1 John 5:14). God wants them saved, so when we engage in warfare for their rescue, He hears us with speed.
-Every single soul you pray for his or her salvation will be saved neatly, will be saved speedily because it is the will of God.
Satan is all out against the salvation of souls and we have to be all out to rescue them (2 Corinthians 4:4). He (satan) is personally involved in resisting the access of men to salvation but he is not permitted to prevail in the realm in which we live. There was war in heaven, you know that is where we are seated, satan fought and his angels and Michael fought against him and satan prevailed not (Revelation 12:7-8). He (satan) cannot win the war, the war of salvation cannot be won by satan. Jesus already won the victory when He announced, “It is finished.” So satan can’t win the war, let’s get involved in fighting the already won war, that is where our confidence is. He raised us up together and made us to sit together with Him in heavenly places in Christ Jesus; there was war in heaven…satan prevailed not and they overcame him by the blood of the lamb (Revelation 12:7-8,11). We are already established overcomers in that battle and that is why there is no single person you take to God in prayers this time that will not be saved.
1 Thessalonians 2:16
The same way he (satan) resists salvation of souls, he resists also the growth of the Church and our job is to stop him by engaging the power of the Holy Spirit. That is why Jesus said, “tarry ye in Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high then your mission will be gallantly accomplished; you shall receive power after the Holy Ghost is come upon you, then you shall become effective witnesses of Me across the nations of the earth” (Acts 1:8). We need to engage the power of the Holy Spirit in disarming the wicked one so as to let go the captives.
1 John 4:4
It is the Spirit of life in us that makes us established overcomers, so we turn Him on, we engage Him in the fight against the enemy of the souls of men called satan.
Whatever you don’t want, you don’t watch. Whatever you don’t resist has a right to remain. Whatever you don’t confront, you cannot conquer. Resist the devil and he will flee (James 4:7). Stop the way against him and you will have your way. If you don’t stop the way against him, he (satan) will stop the way against you.
Why do we need the Holy Spirit? Satan’s specialization is in wearying the saints, to weary you and me; we need the help from above to remain on course with God. Church Gist.The disciples were wearied, they were in hiding, they were not sure of a tomorrow until the Holy Ghost came. After the Holy Ghost came, they took over the city, they became unstoppable (Acts 1:8).
We need Him (Holy Ghost) to be effectual in season and out of season. We need to remain on fire in our pursuit of Kingdom Advancement endeavours.
“He shall not fail nor be discouraged” – Isaiah 42: 1-4
The Spirit of God keeps us on fire.
Why do we need the Holy Ghost?
John 16:9
When He is come, He will convict the world of sin. You don’t get people saved by argument. It is the convicting power of the Holy Ghost that gets people saved. We need Him to become effective instruments in the hand of God in rescuing souls from the dudgeon of death.
Why do we need the Holy Ghost? He gives us utterance, so you are not stressed, you are not sweating, He flows through you. He said, “don’t bother about what to say, it is the Spirit of your Father that speaks in you” (Matthew 10:20). He gives us utterance, you are not stressed, you are not struggling, you are not trying to jumble scriptures.
“Holy Ghost, I’m on my way today, grant me utterance.“
“Holy Ghost, I’m calling these fellows on the phone, grant me utterance. Let the utterance bring about convictions, leading to massive conversion and ingathering of these souls into the Kingdom. I trust in You.”
You engage Him (Holy Ghost), you don’t carry a gun and then you are confronted, you don’t know how to shoot it. You engage what you carry in the battlefield. Not just inviting someone: “Let the words of my mouth be charged with conviction that this fellow needs to be there, to be free from the curses of life tormenting him.”
Next Sunday is our Covenant Day of Breaking Generational Curses: there are people under some stress, under some strain, they can’t tell where it is coming from. It is the wickedness of the wicked at work behind the scene and then God said, “I want to break it off you, so come over and experience true freedom, true meaning for living.”
He gives utterance and when He gives utterance, it brings conviction. It is not enough to carry that weapon within, let’s engage the weapon within to win the battles without.
-The next few days remaining for this Operation to wind up, your own targeted souls shall be fully established. He will surprise you this week.
-As you engage in spiritual warfare during this spiritual week of emphasis, every single desire of your heart concerning this Operation and concerning the issues of your life shall be fully established.
It is your opportunity.
Say with me, “soul winning is not play fare, it is warfare. So help me Jesus to maximise these 3 days of spiritual week of emphasis in the pursuit of this operation. I must make it. I look up to you and with the help of the Holy Spirit to deliver my minimum 4 standing souls. Thank You Jesus.”
…Celebrate Him. You can tell anyone that asks you the reason for the hope behind this tireless running around and you have enough to share. Say, “I have enough to share.” Never mind where you are, just mind what He says. Church Gist.
-You have enough to share because as the Lord liveth, your generation will never beg for bread or water.
-As the Lord liveth, sickness will not have its way on your life neither on members of your family.
-As the Lord liveth, you will never cast your young anymore.
-Your career and business will never suffer abortion.
-Your body will not be plagued with abortion anymore.
He said, “none that serve Me in the land shall be barren”, so your body shall not be barren; your labour shall not be barren; your family shall not be barren; your children shall not be barren.
And the number of your days, I will fulfill (Exodus 23:26). That is the covenant keeping God.
-Everyone targeted for death, everyone held by the angel of death, I decree their release now.
That is the hope behind your engagement, it is not for religious activism, it is not to be seen by anybody, it is to connect with Heaven’s package for those who engage and this engagement will deliver your own full scale. So shall it be.
-As the Lord liveth, no one dies young in this Commission anymore.
-As the Lord liveth, no one buries their children in this Commission.
-As the Lord liveth, no one begs for bread and water anymore.
In the name of Jesus and so shall it be.
We have the fliers for next Sunday across the various centres, please stretch forth your hands and demand for the breath of the Holy Ghost upon these fliers and tracts, that as they go forth, they shall be effectual sickles of harvest, touching and turning souls back to God and bringing people out of the chains of life. In Jesus precious name we have prayed. So shall it be in the name of Jesus.
Give God thanks from the depth of your heart.
SPEAK TO THE DAY.
It is your day. These 3 days will mean a whole world to you. Speak to the day right now and celebrate Him.
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