– Pastor David Ibiyeomie on Activating the Presence of God at the Mid-week Service SMHOS Lekki, Lagos.
*Praise focuses on the efficacy of what is written and not just what is happening.
*We do not just praise God based on what is happening, we praise Him to make things happen.
*Expectation is God’s wisdom for provoking His intervention on your behalf
Exalt the name of the Lord wherever you are and give Him praise. Other times, it is from Port Harcourt but this time it is from Lekki, Lagos.
Father, let today’s service be exceptional. Let every glory be unto You.
Hear this, Jesus has the nature of compassion. So, He met someone who didn’t know Him but because of His nature, he asked if he wanted to be made whole. The man said he had no one to help him but Jesus told him He was the Helper of the helpless. No matter how long you have been in that problem, help is coming your way in the name of Jesus. That man by the pool of Bethsaida has been there for 38years but Jesus healed him. Whatever challenge you are going through, I declare that it is gone in the name of Jesus. Help has come your way.
You may be seated. Give Him a big hand.
Praise is celebrating God for who He is. It is to celebrate the faithfulness of God. Psalm 92:1-2.
What is praise all about?
Praise focuses on the efficacy of what is written and not just what is happening. I praise God for His word which cannot fail. Psalm 56:10.
When I stepped in on Sunday in the third service, I was so tired physically and God said to me that He would do like He did 10years ago. I didn’t shout in my tired state, I just said be healed and a man totally blind for three years said he could see. When I came in here, God said He would do incredible things. Anytime I am physically tired, God does spectacular things to prove to me that He is the One doing things. Anytime He speaks like that, He does the incredible things. Today, whatever is your heart’s desire will be done in the name of Jesus.
We do not just praise God based on what is happening, we praise Him to make things happen. Praise makes God take over our battles. When God takes over, the victory is sure. 2Chronicles 20:22.
Every battle beyond you, God will take it over in Jesus’name.
When we pray, God answers but when we praise, He steps in with His might, power and glory. Answering and coming in person are not the same. Today, praise will change your story. In prayer, we plead for intervention but we invoke divine intervention through praise.
When you do not know what else to do, praise is your next point of call. God does not look at the description of your problem, He gives you a prescription to come out of it and the prescription is praise. Praise looks small but very powerful.
You can praise your way out of every valley I to the high places of life. Paul and Silas came out of the prison gallantly as a result of praise. Today, you are coming out of the prison of life. Acts 25:26. Whatever pit you are in, I decree you out of that pit.
HOW TO ACTIVATE THE PRESENCE OF GOD
God’s presence is with you does not mean He will act. You need to activate it. God’s presence is activated through praise. Psalm22:3. One day Jesus went to the temple and they sang His hosanna and He entered the temple and flog out everyone buying and selling.
WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU ACTIVATE GOD’S PRESENCE
Let me be practical, when we praise God, our expectations are different. If you are watching others while they are praising Him, God will visit them and skip you.
Expectation is God’s wisdom for provoking His intervention on your behalf. What you don’t expect, you are not qualify to experience. It is like a woman going to the labour room without pregnancy. If you expect nothing, you go away with nothing. Proverbs 24:13-14.
What to Expect in Today’s Praise:
- Expect to see prophecies fulfilled. Prophecy is not somebody standing before you and saying things. The word of God is the sure prophecy. Whatever God has said in the Bible, expect it to happen. For instance, the Bible says nations that do not know you will bow to you. I enter into any nation of the world with dignity. Until you praise, God will not fulfill what He says He will do. I don’t doubt God’s word. We went to Israel some years back. All Nigerians were asked to go to a particular side. Then an officer spotted me and called me out with my wife to go to the diplomatt line. She treated me as a diplomat. After today, wherever God has said in his word will be fulfilled in your life.
I have never gone to any nation where they treat me any how. A young man followed me to the UK. They just asked him who is this man, he said he is my pastor. That was my most enjoyable trip. I was not asked unnecessary questions because that young man was a known multi billionaire. The word of God may look simple, just dance your way into it. Praise is what you do to obtain His promise. Hebrews 10:36. - Expect divine intervention. Paul and Silas were in prison locked up but they praises to invoke God’s intervention. They were at midnight. Midnight connotes when you are at the cross road, everything is not working as expected, that is midnight. At midnight, they prayed and they praised God. Suddenly, the intervention of the Lord came. Every door shut against you will be opened in the name of Jesus. Acts 16:25-26. Everywhere you have been chained, I declare you loosed now in the name of Jesus. Praise delivers the sudden hands of God.
- Expect supernatural, instant healing. Matthew 4:24. Every sick will be healed in the name of Jesus. Whatever is buying and selling in you, bas you praise God today, it will be flogged out of your body in the name of Jesus.
- Expect God to take vengeance against your enemies. The devil that will threaten your life dares not when you praise God. Psalm 149:6-9. High praise is a spiritual medium through which you provoke divine wrath, anger and vengeance. You dance and just tell God that wherever they want to attack me, attack them. There are people angry with you for no just cause. People like others to suffer. Some people just get angry with you over nothing. The world is so wicked that if you are not on the vengeance side, you won’t live long here. There are some people that will never allow blessings to come to you if English is all you speak to them. Everyone attacking you will be visited with the wrath of God.
- Expect signs and wonders. Exodus 15:11. How many want to see the wonders of God? You must praise God to enjoy His wonders.
- Expect supernatural breakthroughs. Psalm 67:6-7
WHAT TO DO TO MAKE YOUR PRAISE WORK
- Praise with expectations.
- Let your praise be heartfelt.
- Praise in a dance.
- Praise in faith.
We are going to praise God for 10 minutes. Whether you are in church or online, ensure that you are dancing.
PRAYERS
Open your mouth and declare what you are expecting in your life. Tell God that by this praise, I want fulfilment of prophecies.
PROPHETIC DECLARATIONS
-I don’t care the disease in your body, I declare your healing right now in the name of Jesus.
-Every frustration in your life ends right now.
-Whatever is delaying what is rightfully yours, today that yoke is broken. There shall be no more delay in the name of Jesus.
-Speedily, your blessings are released in the name of Jesus.
-God bless you in the name of Jesus. Receive the blessing in the name of Jesus. The blessings of God be upon your life.
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