- Work until you earn His commendation that is made manifest in your promotion.
- Stop commending yourself, “I have done my best”
- You can’t do your best without it showing.
- Yesterday, 507 of our converts of the week showed up in Church.
- From 2015 to 2020, I have seen 97,000 plus souls saved on my street to street ministry, with 76,000 of them appearing in Church
One of our young men in Liberia caught a Word from Wisdom Diary for Diligence. It’s just the 4th slot in that Wisdom Diary clip and that Word says, “Living without working is dying without knowing.”
One Word turned a business giant out of him, from shoe polishing. He had no job, he had no income. He had trained in Computer Operations, no job. When he heard that Word from that little piece, he went and bought a brush and polish; became a shoe shiner. Long story cut short, storey buildings in Liberia after the war was extra luxury: he had one. Everything turned – One Word.
- You must catch a Turnaround Word this week.
Reach out for it. He speaks every day; may you hear Him clearly more than ever before this week.
The Holy Ghost was speaking to me this morning, certain things that will never become irrelevant in life.
For instance, your breath: it will never become old fashioned. There will be no other way of staying alive without your breath going. From the day you are born to the day you are over, you must keep breathing or you are over; Faith is the spiritual breath of the believer (Habakkuk 2:4).
You know all of that.
There is no day drinking water will become old fashioned. If they are right, they say 70 percent of the human body is water. It has to be serviced consistently and Jesus is the One that gives the Water of Life (Revelation 21:6, John 4:13-15). We drink the water from His Word…it is available freely. Water drinking will never become old fashioned so God’s Word will never become old fashioned
Eating will never become old fashioned. Even if you are gifted with living a fasted life, you will also live a ‘breaking fast’ life or you are gone. Eating will never become old fashioned (Jeremiah 15:16, Matthew 4:4).
Sunlight will never become irrelevant or old fashioned. Without sun light, there won’t be plant life; without plant life, there will be no animal life and so life becomes extinct. Jesus is the Sun of righteousness. Without Him (the Word), life becomes extinct (Malachi 4:2, John 10:10). It will never become old fashioned, please understand. No matter who is writing the Word, the Word of God lives and abides forever; so Wake Up and secure your life and destiny by giving heed to the Word of Life.
Fellowship will never become irrelevant or outdated: No, because that is the only way to go from strength to strength. Without strength, you can’t think of success. Strength is ability to do work. It is not feasible to live a meaningful life without going from strength to strength. That is healing will never become old fashioned for the sick: it is not possible. Lots of money is invested by various governments of nations to service the healing needs of their citizens.
Everything about life remains ever relevant for anyone to remain in existence. Thank You Jesus.
We serve the Lord of Additions and Multiplication, but we must plant and water before the God of increase can step in (Acts 2:47, Jeremiah 30:19, Acts 6:7).
Paul plants, Apollos waters and then God steps in to give the increase (1 Corinthians 3:6).
Planting is about reaching out to the lost with the gospel of salvation, while watering is praying to see them saved and established (Mark 16:15-16, Galatians 4:19).
NO CHURCH GROWS WITHOUT A PEOPLE ON THE GO.
Go; Go; Go and compel them to come that My House may be filled (Luke 14:23). It is going and going and going that fills His House.
What is in Going, among other things?
Devils become subject to you because you are now in partnership with Jesus (Luke 10:19). The 70 returned, “even devils were subject to us in your name” (Luke 10:17).
When I sent you without purse or scrip or shoes, lack ye anything and they said, “Nothing” (Luke 22:35). We step into supernatural supplies from Heaven.
You bear fruits, I will keep you fit so you can keep bearing much fruit: so you become fit spirit, soul and body.
Someone must have to tell another, “Come and See” before they choose either to come or not. Somebody has to go, “come, see a man who told me all things that ever I did: Is not this the Christ?” and they came (John 4:29, 39). Somebody went, the Samaritan woman and they came out of the city to meet Him; many more believed because of His own Words (John 4:40-41).
John 1:40-42
Somebody went to tell somebody else, “come and see.” We have it also repeated in John chapter 1 verses 45 to 46.
“Can any good thing come out of Canaanland?”
There is no argument
Response: Come and see
No Church grows without a people on the go.
“We have gone but the place is still not full” – He said, “go again my friend. Go to the highways and the hedges. Go gather the maimed, gather the people that they don’t think have value, I want to decorate their destinies (Luke 14:23). Gather them down here.
It is a ‘Go and Go’ Mandate to fill the House of God.
In the same vein, every growing Church must be a praying Church to keep growing.
As we are going out, we are praying up to rescue the captives from the strong man who has held them over the years. We pray in the harvest, just like hand and glove; they go together.
Ezekiel 36:37. We have to enquire, we have to make demand: Lord, give us souls (Psalm 2:8, James 4:2). One thing you don’t have without prayer is souls; you can’t have souls without prayers (Luke 11:21-22). It takes prayers to rescue souls from this wicked captor that has held them down in captivity, but it takes passion for souls to remain on the Go, both in season and out of season.
It takes genuine passion for souls to remain on the Go: not go small, small, then, “I think I have done my best!”
Which best? You can’t do your best without it showing.
So stop commending yourself like the Lizard that fell down from the Iroko tree and nods his head, “if no man congratulates me, I congratulate myself.”
For what? For falling from Iroko tree.
What is the achievement? Go and fall another time, you may not live!
Work until you earn His commendation that is made manifest in your promotion. When God commends the people, He promotes them, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over very little, now have thou authority over 10 cities” (Luke 19:17).
His commendation is always manifested through promotion.
- Your level will be changing continually.
Just get on there. We are doing the bidding of our Father and I said to you yesterday or somewhere, “I have been running like this before I ever became a Pastor.” It is not, “Let’s build a Church”: No!!!
It is let’s expand the Kingdom.
I have been doing crusades since 1976. I wasn’t even called to Ministry, I just couldn’t rest with souls perishing. My heart goes after them.
They say, “Ohh, they want to build a Church” – Before I was called to Ministry, talk less of having a Church, I have been running like this. The commendation of Heaven is clean. It can be seen by even the blind.
Work till you earn His commendation from one level to another.
Yesterday, 507 of our converts of the week showed up in Church and yet I have been seeing people saved since 1970. I handed in a tract to someone in this Church today, he wasn’t saved then, in 1969, month of July.
You work and work until you earn His commendation which is made manifest in your lifting; you work again and work until you move to the next level of promotion. Church Gist And you work again and work. This will never become old fashioned. You can never be more decorated than He decorates you.
Without Me, you can do nothing and you want Me, be a fruit bearing person (John 15:5, 8; Daniel 12:3).
Sure, Jesus is real.
Prayer: The blessings are unfathomable. Give Him thanks. Ask Him for grace, for genuine passion for souls.
Don’t be a registered, regimented member of a Church. Be an active believer by engaging with what touches the heart of God the most.
Speak to the week, that it will be a fruitful week in your life.
Lord make this new working week a most fruitful week of my life: On the prayer altar, in sharing the love of Jesus with others with broad smiles all over you.
Lord make this week a most fruitful week for me. Make it a week of proving my dedication to you and to the interest of your Kingdom.
- You must earn God’s commendation this year.
- It must show in your change of position.
- Grace to earn His commendation this year: Receive it Now.
- Grace to labour to the point of rewards: Receive it Now.
The week is declared a Most Fruitful Week in your spiritual life. - Many will earn Heaven’s commendation this week.
Remember, the race is on: run with the prize in view (Philippians 3:14). The highest calling in the faith is being an ambassador for Christ, reaching out to the lost.
- You won’t miss your place in the name of Jesus Christ.
This week Sunday, we have our Covenant Day of Marital Breakthrough.
Every Marital tension will be deflated.
Every Marital spell will be broken.
Every captive of the devil will be set free.
Your own marriage with Jesus shall be renewed. Your marriage covenant with Christ shall be renewed, you and him will become one.
Every bride bears the name of the bridegroom: Wherever you appear, they will see you as “Mrs Christ” and the honour that accrues to first ladies will begin to accrue to you.
Somebody’s story is changing: Get Excited.
I turned 52 in the Faith, February 19, last week: I have not had my first regrets following Jesus, this mad. I have not had my first regret.
I led my team on street to street ministry and we returned with 97,000 plus between 2015 to 2020, with 76,000 in Church that stepped in here and became Jesus’ responsibility to preserve. - Somebody is here, when you are 52 in the Faith if Jesus tarries, your story will be sweeter.
- Grace not to be tired, grace not to look back is imparted upon your life.
- Grace to make this the business of your life, is imparted upon your life.
For the success and the impact of the 1st Special Miracle Service yesterday: Give God thanks.
Diverse instant healings and deliverances: Give Him thanks.
The week is declared your week:
Everything is answering for you in the name of Jesus.
It is a week of zero concern, no evil report from any quarters. God is changing your story this week.
Your testimony is landing: It is landing in their numbers.
Thank God for what the week holds.
The week holds amazing breakthroughs for you.
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