*There is sufficient provision for every believer in the Kingdom
-Pastor David Oyedepo at CHoP
Will you lift your hands to Heaven this morning and let’s give thanks to God for this awesome testimonies that we have heard. They’re the doings of the Lord and they’re marvelous in our eyes.
Therefore we owe thanks and praise unto His name. Give Him the glory, give Him the honour, give the adoration unto Him and celebrate Him from the depth of your heart.
Give praise, give glory, give honour, give adoration. Father we say thank You. We bless Your holy name. You’re worthy of all the praise. You’re worthy of all the glory. Blessed be Your holy name. Thank You glorious Father.
Also thank Him for the answers to your prayers this morning. You have called upon Him, He has heard you and answered you. Will you give Him thanks and praise. He’s the prayer answering God. The one that performs when we call upon Him. Father we thank You.
Now begin to ask Him to speak to you this morning. Lord I ask that You will speak to me today. Speak to me by Your Word. I’ve come for an encounter with You. Blessed be Your holy name in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
Father this morning we have come with gratitude in our hearts to give glory and praise unto You. Thank You for all that You have done for us. Now Lord our eyes are upon You today. Let Your Word transform our lives. We give You all the praise and the glory in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
In our Covenant Hour of Prayer this week we have been looking at this line of exhortation captioned
THERE IS A PLACE FOR EVERY BELIEVER IN A REVIVAL
We discovered that revival season in the spiritual is what planting season is in the natural. It is impossible to secure a harvest without first planting.
In the same vein in the realm of the spirit, it is impossible to secure returns without engaging.
Galatians 6:8
In other words there is no comparison between the returns of natural seeds sowing to the returns of spiritual seen sowing.
Our spiritual seed sowing as we have said earlier is our spiritual engagement. Our input in the Kingdom determines our return from the Kingdom. It is how much we press that determines how great the prize.
Philippians 3:14
So how hard we press will ultimately determine how high the prize.
2nd Timothy 4:7-8
He made us to understand how far our prize can go. There is a prize that goes even beyond what anyone can secure on the earth alone. Our spiritual engagement has returns both in time and in eternity. That is why there is no comparison between physical seed sowing and spiritual seed sowing in terms of returns. Both have returns but the returns are far and wide when it comes to the level in which we see.
That is why God’s Word makes it very clear to us that we must sow to the spirit so that we can reap life everlasting. The good news is that our spiritual seed sowing gives opportunity to everyone at our various levels.
On Monday we looked at the fact that we can engage on the altar of prayer. So there is a place on the altar of prayer.
Yesterday we saw that there is a place in witnessing to Christ and today we’re looking at the fact that there is a place for inviting people to Church for their salvation.
Somebody may say “I don’t know how to preach”, but God says that you can invite.
John 4:4-7
This was a woman who had just encountered Jesus moments ago and she knew how to invite.
Invitation is a skill that everybody has, even a child. Children invite people to their birthdays, we invite people to our various events. God says you must invite them to the Kingdom. You may not be able to preach but you can invite them to Church where God will save them. There is a power available when they’re brought into God’s presence that allows their eyes to be open to the need for salvation. It is so important that we recognize that.
I’ve shared this a number of times. Some years ago I went out witnessing to a man and this man was a Muslim and after ministering to him he seemed not to have surrendered to Christ so I said “okay, I want you to come to Church”. The first day he came I met him after that, he said “Pastor I came”. I said “Okay tell me what happened in Church”. He said “Okay let me tell you the truth, I came but I didn’t enter”. I said “Next week you must enter”. He said “Okay I will enter”. The next Sunday he came and entered, by the next time I saw him he was already saved. What did not happen outside happened for him when he entered into the Church.
There are things they may not be able to capture outside that they will capture inside and that’s why God gives us this task like this woman. Go out like her. You may say I don’t know how to preach but you know how to invite. Invite them to come in and God will finish the job.
John 4:39
Many of them believed because of what she did. She went out inviting and God went forth saving. Shout hallelujah.
According to Scripture we’re told to go again and again inviting people for the feast of the Word of God in the Church.
Luke 14:17-21
We have a responsibility of engaging compelling invitations and according to Scripture Zion is the place of spiritual feast.
Isaiah 25:6-8
So we have a responsibility to invite all people.
1st Timothy 2:4
2nd Peter 3:9
He has made provision for everyone in Zion. There is sufficient provision He has made to address every need of their lives.
You and I must understand that there is a place for invitation. If you can’t preach, you can invite and God will finish the job. The beauty is this, even in invitation, there is always a reward. God will always respond to us as we go forth inviting souls to Him.
As we begin to conclude this morning let’s take note of this, that as we honour God in bringing people to Church, He honours us back in return. That’s the God we serve.
Proverbs 14:28
So as people are brought unto Him, He is honoured.
1st Samuel 2:30
If we honour God by drawing multitudes to Him, He honours us back in return and there is nothing that can be compared to the honour of God. When God honours a man, there is nothing and no one that can dishonour him.
John 5:44
So everyone is forced to honour Christ because Christ honoured the Father. When you and I honour the Father we secure honour from men automatically.
- From today I see grace coming upon each one of us to keep honouring the Father by bringing men unto Christ and as we do so I see the honour of the Father coming on each one of us.
- I see the honour of the Father resting upon each one of us.
Lift your hands to Heaven, Lord I receive grace to take my place in this end time. There’s a place for me. I receive grace. Lift your voice and pray that prayer from the depth of your heart. I receive grace oh Lord to take my place. This move will not leave me the same.
Begin to thank Him for the grace available to you. Father thank You and blessed be Your holy name in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
- That grace will begin to find practical expression in your life in the name of Jesus Christ.
- Anyone you say come to will follow you in the name of Jesus Christ.
So shall it be in Jesus precious name.
Right now another day is here, another opportunity.
SPEAK TO THE DAY
Make your declaration concerning the day. Whatever you declare God will deliver. Speak to the day right now.
Another day of engagement, another day of opportunity, another day of pursuit.
Lord this day is declared blessed. A day of productivity, a beautiful day in the name of Jesus. This day is declared blessed. Thank You mighty God in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
This day is declared blessed.
- For you it is a day of productivity.
- A day of results.
- A day if favour.
- A day of Heavenly honour in the name of Jesus Christ.
- In your going out you’re blessed.
- In your coming in you’re blessed.
- Everything around you is declared blessed in the name of Jesus Christ.
So shall it be in Jesus precious name.
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