- I have never lacked testimonies.
- It is testimonies every day, there is no dry day: New strength, new light, favour unhindered
- Don’t fake your stewardship, it will show tomorrow.
- A young man dozing while praying in church must be snoring while praying at home.
- Anybody dragging at 30, what will he look like at 80?
Every testimony is a pointer to our heritage in Christ. There are no private testimonies in the Kingdom, what He does for one, He will do for another who cares to engage after the same manner (Mark 13:37). One woman touched the hem of Jesus’ garment and everyone was struggling to touch that garment; as many as touched were made perfectly whole (Luke 8:45, Matthew 14:36). It wasn’t peculiar to the woman, anyone that would touch by faith would get the same result.
PLEASE MIND TESTIMONIES!
THEY ARE FAITH BOOSTERS. THEY HELP YOU CONNECT WITH YOUR OWN. WHEN YOU BELIEVE IN THE PROCESS, YOU’LL SURE HAVE THE SAME OUTCOME.
One week of rigorous engagement, he was not only recalled but was deployed outside (documented testimony). As he got into the engagement, God stepped into his affairs and decided to re-write his story.
Someone said his 8 years of membership was not worth 3 weeks of engagement. God does not reward membership, He is a rewarder of them that diligently serve Him NOT sit down (Hebrews 11:6). IT IS YOUR YEAR.
ENGAGING THE GRACE FOR CONTINUITY IN STEWARDSHIP.
If you engage in a daily paid labour, if the labourers are paid at 5 (pm) but you escaped at 12 (noon), you have lost your 4-hour labour: you didn’t endure to the pay time, you have lost your pay.
If you work for an organisation that pays every month and they pay the last working day of the month: sometimes it is 29th, 28th and you escaped on the 22nd day. You have wasted 22 days of labour.
- We need grace for continuity, not to labour in vain.
- We need grace for continuity, so we don’t miss our pay day.
- We need grace for continuity!
This is now a task that has no calendar date:
…whom His Lord when He cometh, it can be on the 4th of the 3rd month, it can be on the 6th of the 6th month but blessed is that servant, whom his Lord when He cometh shall find so doing; He will make him lord over all his house if He finds him when He comes (Matthew 24:46-48).
If he is not there, he has missed his pay day. We need grace for continuity in stewardship. Church Gist Some labour to the point of reward and withdrew from labour afterward; so the reward ceased.
If you get your pay this month and refuse to go to work next month: your pay stops when you stop going to work. We need grace for continuity in stewardship so we do not labour in vain. - Many are just a day to their pay, they withdraw.
Whenever a contractor stops going to work, the contract is terminated, a new contractor is engaged and so his labour is lost. Particularly if he absconds.
We all need grace for continuity. For Joshua made it to the end, he entered the promised land. You will make it to the end.
Joshua and Caleb shouted, “God is able to give us the land, let’s go up at once” (Number 14:10, 30).
God pointed to Joshua, to take over from Moses because he was a dedicated servant to the end (Exodus 33:11-13; 28-29; Joshua 1:2). - He made it to the end, you will make it to the end.
There was a woman by name Anna, 84-year old woman who only stayed with her husband for 7 years, became a widow; began to serve God with prayers and fasting every day in the temple (Luke 2:37). She made it to the end, she was part of the wonders of Christ at birth.
- You will make it to the end!
The good thing is we have a multi-faceted platform of service. The one that you can do till old age, till you breathe your last breath was the one Anna engaged with: serving God in prayers.
Anybody who can eat can pray.
Jacob was 143 when he was blessing the 12 tribes of Israel. Church Gist It’s a thing you can do till you draw your last breath. No wonder He said in old age, you shall still bring forth fruits (Psalm 92:14). But when a young man is dozing while praying in Church then he must be snoring at home. People are praying on your right and on your left; you are dozing on your feet. If you ever kneel down, they will have to tap you when service is over.
It’s time to exercise yourself unto spirituality. Anybody dragging at 30, what will he look like at 80? God have mercy.
It is not just grace for religious connectivity, church membership activism, but productive stewardship:
“Father, let no one coming to service tonight who is unsaved return unsaved.
Jesus, let the Holy Ghost move on every such individual to convict them unto righteousness to the point of conversion in the name of Jesus.”
They say, “how old is that young man?”
Response: He is just 101.
And then he comes to Church eager to see how many Jesus will save that night. When altar call is made, he is still praying, “Father, don’t forget what I said to you, concerning those who are in this service tonight who are yet to be saved. Let today be their day.” As the altar call is made, he is praying. He is not casual about it, that is his life.
If Joseph was prophesying at 110, “I die but my God will surely visit you” (Genesis 50:24); anybody can be fruitful to the end and that includes you.
Paul at his old age, because they called him ‘Paul the Aged’ said, “by the help of God, I continued till this day witnessing to both great and small” (Acts 26:22).
As you grow older, you gain more respect with the younger generation; you draw them near, you cuddle them:” children, some 70 years ago, the Saviour came to my life and gave meaning to my life. You have only one life to live, don’t waste it. I want to pray with you, salvation is key to every desire of the heart of man. He came to give us life and life more abundantly.”
Before you say, ‘bow down’: Baba please pray for me; Mama please pray for me.
You can be winning souls till the last day. As long as everybody is greeting you, he is a candidate. You don’t need to go on the streets, they are coming to your room, they are coming to your house; “Baba, just to see how you are doing.”
Response: sit down ‘Omo’ (Child), I want to tell you something.
Because it is already in you. - You won’t miss your place.
But we need grace for continuity. Church Gist People have heard it, they have demonstrated it, they have testified of it, we see it in their lives; you shall testify of it.
Serving God is the sweetest way to live (Job 36:11, Exodus 23:25-26). - Grace for continuity, receive it now.
Why do we need that? God is no respecter of persons, the scriptures cannot be broken: the day you turn your back, He turns His back (Acts 10:34). The day I turn my back, He turns His back.
Because of the way the Bible is written, some people think every chapter is a year: No, it is in years. For instance, we saw Saul the King, he was anointed king in chapter 10 (1 Samuel). In chapter 13, he took the first wrong step (1 Samuel 13:13). In chapter 15, he went on to the second wrong step and God said, “ENOUGH. You have rejected my Word, also I have rejected you of being king.” That was after 40 years (Acts 13:21-22).
How we need the grace for continuity, to make it through to the end.
He was 40 years walking with Jesus. At 40, he turned his back and God turned His back on him. You will make it to the end. That’s why the need for grace. We will need grace for continuity in our stewardship for it is not of him that willeth: strong will can’t do it; nor of him that runneth but of God that showeth mercy (Romans 9:16).
Grace is encountered from 2 main platforms:
- Through prayers (Hebrews 4:16). The prayer altar is the throne of grace.
- We encounter multiplied grace through revelation knowledge (2 Peter 1:2).
Now you are hearing somebody made it for 40 years, turned his back and God turned His back on him. You are only 5 years, you will say, “God, help me, the journey is far. Help me!”
How did you know? Because you saw those who fell at 20, you saw those who turned back at 40. Lord, help me to stay on all the days of my life.
What you are saying is the light of the Word is helping you to see the need for grace and as you see the need for grace, it multiplies back to you, on demand.
How many want to make it to the end? If in this world we have hope and we are blessed, then we are most of all men miserable; If only on this earth we have hope (1 Corinthians 15:19). If all we are doing is to get blessings of stewardship on earth, we are most of all men miserable.
Prayer: Demand for outpouring of grace for continuity in your walk with God, continuity in your stewardship; the journey is just beginning, the journey is too long.
The journey is too long, we need grace to match!
In the field of sports, no one excels without exercise (1 Timothy 4:8)
Make straight paths, there is no other way (Hebrews 12:13). Church Gist Don’t fake it, it will show tomorrow.
- May the grace for undying passion for God and the interest of His Kingdom be released afresh upon everyone of us
Someone would say, “yes I saw God some 5 years ago, it was marvellous.”
I have been seeing God as ever marvellous since 1976 when I sold off to Jesus, to make Him my priority for living. I have never lacked testimonies. If I am to give myself another name now, it is TESTIMONY. It is every day, there is no dry day: it is every day – new strength, new light, favour unhindered.
It is when you stop that God stops. Where you stop is where God stops. - Grace to keep going and never looking back: receive it in the name of Jesus.
SPEAK TO THE DAY, IT IS YOUR DAY:
It is a day of unusual grace.
It is a day of unusual favour.
Next Sunday’s specialized service is an advert point, make sure somebody follows you to Jesus who will set them free from the barrage of invisible barriers on their path. When He sets free, He sets free indeed.
Enjoy serving God, enjoy advancing His Kingdom.
No one pushes the Ark forward and he is left behind: as long as your hand is on the Ark, you are pushing it, you are going forward. Wherever the Ark goes, there you go. Interesting, ever working.
We serve an ever faithful God, you can always count on Him. Church Gist
God who kept this Commission the last 40 years without looking back is here: to keep you going; to keep impacting on your generation.
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