WITHOUT THANKSGIVING, PROPHECIES STOP AS SEEDS, PROPOSALS, PROMISES;
WITH THANKSGIVING, PROPHECIES PROGRESS TO PERFORMANCE AND HARVEST.
PROPHECY PLUS THANKSGIVING EQUALS PERFORMANCE.
STOP SUCCUMBING TO THE DECEPTION THAT THE END IS GOD’S ENEMY, OR THAT THE END IS OUT OF GOD’S CONTROL.
THE END IS GOD’S JOKE TO PROVE THAT HE IS NOT A JOKER.
KEEP THANKING AND PRAISING GOD IN ORDER TO SEE PERFORMANCE AFTER PERFORMANCE.
YOUR SUPERNATURAL TURNAROUND IS COMING TO PASS LIKE A DREAM OF THE NIGHT.
-Pastor David Ndubueze at CHoP
Our Father, one more time, thank You for the privilege of Your goodness. We woke this morning because You woke us and we are in Your presence this morning because You hear us. Receive all the praise. We can pray, only You can answer. The testimonies are Your doings, to You alone be all the glory. Again, this morning, our eyes are on You, let Your Word come through to us and let every life be transformed, in the name of Jesus Christ.
I want to count it a rare privilege this morning to be asked to bring the Word of exhortation in this Covenant Hour of Prayer… grace at work upon this altar will flow through to everyone of us, in the name of Jesus Christ.
We began on Monday, looking at the charge:
UNDERSTANDING THE POWER OF THANKSGIVING TOWARDS FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECIES
-I believe God with everyone present, both here physically and connected online, that the Word of God concerning you and I this year, especially this theme of Supernatural Turnaround shall be fulfilled in grand style.
That testifier said, “to her and the husband, it was like a movie.” To someone else here, another movie will be acted in your favour, in the name of Jesus Christ.
Let’s begin this morning by understanding that every truth of scripture remains an eternal treasure for all. Every truth remains a treasure for all and forever.
2 Peter 1:20
Every truth of scripture is valid for all
2 Corinthians 3:18
Every truth of scripture is a treasure
Psalm 36:9 – every light from God lightens the lives of all. Every truth from scripture is a treasure for all but beyond that, forever.
2 Corinthians 13:8
In the words of God’s Servant, “truth is truth, take it or leave it.” There is no new generation truth, there is no old generation truth. Every truth of scriptures remain legit (legitimate) for all and forever.
1 Peter 1:23
What is God saying therefore? If it is truly revealed from the Word of God, it remains for life. It remains available for all. Church Gist. From the revelations of scriptures, it is clear that thanksgiving remains a covenant requirement for the fulfillment of prophecies. If prophecies will be fulfilled, thanksgiving remains a covenant requirement.
How is that? One may ask. Let’s begin with this:
- Real prophecies are divine thoughts or plans as contained in God’s Word
Jeremiah 29:11
-The thoughts of God for you and I shall find expression.
Isaiah 29:11
Prophecies are divine thoughts or plans as contained in His book called the Bible. - These thoughts are always divine in nature.
Prophecies are divine thoughts, they are not human strategies, they are divine thoughts, they are divine plans, they are divine strategies. Because they are divine, they are from God, they are like God, they are of God, therefore, they are too much for any man to execute. The thoughts of God are too much for any man to execute without the hand of God.
Isaiah 14:24
Not as I (God) have thought, you (man) shall bring to pass. Not as I (God) have purposed, you (man) shall make to stand.
As I have thought, my Word is capable of bringing itself to pass. It will take my hand to fulfill my thoughts.
Isaiah 14:25-27
If it is a purpose from God, only His hand can bring it to pass. The thoughts of God are too much to be handled by men.
Isaiah 55:8-9
What is God saying? If it is a plan from God, then it is too much for any man to boast of executing or implementing. This is the reason why most times, when prophecies go forth, you hear the recipient shouting, “how shall this thing be?”
Mary heard the prophecy, “you shall become pregnant, man or no man, virgin or no virgin and you shall bring forth a holy child. Not just a child, the Son of God.”
She said, “How shall this be?”
Abraham heard from God, “I will give you a child”, he laughed. That laughter meant, “How shall this be?”
Sarah heard it, she laughed; “How shall this be?” – Genesis 18:12
Gideon, “come up”, from threshing the floor and “I am going to deliver to Israel by your hand as one man”: How shall this be?
Why? God speaks according to His capacity, not according to man’s incapacity.
-There is someone here, you are beginning to feel, “how shall it be that supernatural turnaround will begin to manifest?” Like that woman and man that testified together, from drunkenness, from waywardness, the marriage got reunited by the Word of God at Shiloh.
Someone here, your supernatural turnaround is coming to pass like a dream of the night.
1 Kings 8:15 – Solomon acknowledged that the mouth of God commands prophecies and the hand of God is a covenant requirement to bring it to pass. - Take note of this. From scriptures, thanksgiving is what provokes that hand of God to fulfill prophecy. To know the way of God, study His Word.
Hebrews 10:36
You have to do the will of God before you can receive the promise of God. So promise is one thing, reception is another thing. You have to do the will of God before you can receive the promise of God.
1 Thessalonians 5:18 – What is God saying? In every situation, prophecy is ordained to be fulfilled if you can understand and engage the mystery of thanksgiving.
We have been considering examples over and again, how this is legit (legitimate) for all and for life.
We have seen the example of Abraham – Genesis 21:1-3
God visited Sarah as He had spoken and did by His hand unto her according to prophecy. But that didn’t happen until this covenant requirement happened – Romans 4:20
That was how this prophecy came to pass.
We have seen the example of Hezekiah, we have seen the example of Paul and Silas. What these examples go to show is that with prophecy, God makes his plans available, but with thanksgiving, they become accessible. With prophecy, the plan, the thought of God is made available, but with thanksgiving, it becomes accessible. Prophecy reveals the plan of God to man. Thanksgiving releases the harvest of the plan to man.
Prophecy reveals the plan of God to man: many people die with the revelation of God’s plan without realization. Church Gist. It is thanksgiving that graduates revelation to realization. Without thanksgiving, prophecies stop as seeds, proposals, promises; with thanksgiving, prophecies progress to performance and harvest.
-Within these few days remaining, prophecies shall graduate to performance.
We are looking at the example of Jehoshaphat today and the Nation of Judah.
2 Chronicles 20:17 – The prophetic Word went forth that they will not need to fight to win that battle. Set yourselves, I will fight for you, you will just take the victory.
But you will discover from scriptures that they had to engage, in singing and praises, before God took over the battle and won the victory on their behalf – 2 Chronicles 20:22
Good news: prophecy plus thanksgiving equals performance.
So beware of the deception of hopelessness. Church Gist. The time is short. The Resident Pastor will tell you, “that with God, time is no factor, God can cut time down in His righteousness.” God can make a man bring forth in one day. The first human being that was born, was born in one day: Eve came out of Adam in one day. Adam was made on the 6th day, Eve was made on the 6th day. How was Eve made? From Adam, one day.
That pregnancy, we all know can last for 9 months, but delivery is always at the end. Believers should stop succumbing to the deception that the end is God’s enemy, or that the end is out of God’s control. No. The end is God’s joke to prove that He is not a joker.
Habakkuk 2:3 – At the end, it shall speak. Prophecy has gone forth, these last days of the year, we must keep thanking, we must keep praising Him and you will see performance after performance.
Prayers: Concerning every Word of prophecy that has gone forth before you and concerning you, lift up your voice, begin this journey of thanksgiving. You can’t do it enough. Make sure that God is hearing you. Thank Him so more this morning. He is worthy of all the glory. The prophecy is coming to pass as you give Him thanks.
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