IF I WAS BY THE POOL OF BETHESDA, THE ANGEL THAT CAME TO STIR THE WATER WOULD HAVE MET ME INSIDE
-Bishop David Oyedepo at Mid-week Communion Service
Lift your hands to Heaven and give God thanks for the privilege to be in His presence tonight. Give Him glory and praise. Magnify Him and lift Him high. There’s no one like our God.
Thank You Jesus.
Would you ask Him to speak to you tonight everyone. Jesus I want to hear from you tonight. I desire a visitation tonight. I desire a life long encounter with You tonight . I desire access to the treasures in Your Word tonight in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
Lord Jesus thank You again tonight. We all wait on You, we look up to You for light from Heaven. Let it come straight to everyone here tonight in the precious name of Jesus. Thank You Heavenly Father and blessed be Your name in Jesus precious name.
Thank You Father.
Again the teaching series of our Midweek services this month is captioned
UNDERSTANDING THE PERSON AND MISSION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
The Holy Spirit is not power, the Holy Spirit is not the anointing, the Holy Spirit is a person.
He is the third person of the God head, The Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. He is ordained our eternal helper. He’s our helper in all areas of life.
Spiritual, physical, social, business. He’s our Helper all round. The Bible calls Him the Comforter. Interestingly He lives in us after we’re baptized in the Holy Ghost. So we go about with our Helper wherever we find ourselves. You’re in bed, He’s there, out of bed, He’s there. In the wash room He’s there, on the way to work He’s there.
John 14:15-17
That makes Him our most reliable Helper. Our most dependable Helper. Our ever present helper.
Wherever you are, your Helper is there. In the midst of danger your Helper is there. You’re challenged in the air while flying your helper is there. You’re attacked by any devil, your Helper is there. That makes Him our ever present help in time of trouble.
He is a free gift of God to everyone that is Born again. You repent and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
I shared one testimony with you, a Catholic boy that took my book titled “The Miracle Seed”, and was driven by the Spirit because the Spirit can drive anyone, sat Him down under a tree on a little mountain nearby where they lived. In chapter 1 he gave his life to Jesus and you know who does that? The Holy Spirit. Now in chapter 3 he got baptized with the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues. That’s how automatic the baptism of the Holy Ghost is to everyone that believes.
He has a ministry today called “Miracle Seed Ministries”, with Churches in quite a number of states in Nigeria.
Jesus visited Him personally. Most of the time you’re always waiting for someone to help you, the Helper is just so close.
That man was there for 38 years, they said “what’s happening to you? “No one to help me”. To help you to get to that water, the water you’re looking at? Amen. No desperation, no passion. I told you that if I were by that pool, the angel that stirs it will meet me inside. So the question of who came there first doesn’t arise. “You met me, even you came second”. Amen. There is no law that he musn’t meet you there so what’s the problem?
The Lord told me something very interesting, He said “You are absolutely responsible for the outcome of your life”, so stop looking for people to blame.
Tonight everyone that desires to be filled with the Holy Ghost, it’s your turn, just where you’re seated. Holy Ghost I don’t know You’re this easy and free to come by. It’s automatic when your heart is set.
- Now in the name of Jesus, for anyone that is not baptized in the Holy Ghost yet, I decree that tonight be your night.
Acts 10:24-45
Now His mission
Jesus introduced Him as the Lord of the harvest. He’s the sender of labourers into the field. He never makes mistakes.
Luke 10:2
He’s the Lord of the harvest. We saw that in very clear terms when He descended in the Upper room, the first thing that happened was massive harvest of souls, 3,000 souls. Same week, 5,000 souls added to the Church. The healing of the man at the beautiful gate.
Acts 5:4
The wave continued, the we had masses of men and women.
Acts 5:14
The Lord of the harvest on duty. Many opposing forces, religious leaders of the day.
In Acts 8 in the City of Samaria, everybody hearkened. Joy filled the city.
Acts 9:35-36
In Acts 10, the whole household of Cornelius got saved by the act of the Lord of the harvest alone. Praise the Lord.
In Acts 13, almost the whole City came to hear Him preach. That’s the Lord of the harvest. Whatever God the Father is, that’s what the Son is, whatever the Son is, that’s what the Holy Spirit is. The same yesterday, today and forever. He’s still the Lord of the harvest. Hallelujah.
So the baptism of the Holy Spirit is not for decoration, it is to make believers effective witnesses for Christ. He’s not for show. He’s not for identity.
Thank You Jesus.
So when you engage with that vision, then there’s no limit to where Heaven can take you. Every dedicated, consistent Soul winner keeps staying true to themselves. From local, semi local, super local and the global. Just going forward.
- You’ll never be silenced. Now how does the Lord harvest?
1- He convicts and converts sinners. He has the Ministry of conviction and conversion. He’s the one that sweeps into the heart of men. Anyway you set out time to be with anybody, “Holy Ghost be with me, You’re the only one who can convict. There’s no argument that can convict a man but the Holy Ghost. He’ll convict the impossible, He does. Thank You Jesus.
He comes down across our harvest field with His mighty rushing wind.
Numbers 11:31
On the day of Pentecost we saw the mighty rushing wind. It’s a one way. It’s blows. Mighty rushing wind is one of the instruments He uses to bring in the harvest.
Isaiah 5:26-27
When He blows His whistle, you just bend down and pick race. You can’t wait. You wake up and you’re on your toes.
Acts 2:6
When He blew His whistle, everyone was racing to the Upper room. He’s still our whistle blower till today.
- He will blow that whistle over our this week.
- We shall see multitudes we have never seen before in the name of Jesus.
Why am I saying this? So you know what to do. All winds of His glory holds down our harvest field. Amen. Praise God.
He unleashes His wisdom to make us more effective in our soul winning endeavors. You could see the wisdom of God exhibited on the day of Pentecost. You could see Peter just stand stall as a rock.
Proverbs 24:3-5
The wisdom of God.
1st Corinthians 2:12-14
He teaches the wisdom that empowers us to get results.
You can’t use your intellect to walk with God. You need to be open to accept the wisdom that the Holy Ghost teaches. Comparing Scripture with Scripture in the most balanced equation.
Psalm 104:25
Proverbs 3:19
Growth and expansion comes as a result of God’s wisdom.
Jeremiah 10:12
The wisdom of God always prevails.
Acts 16:4-5
He engages His wisdom to bring in the harvest and sustain the harvest.
The Lord showed me one very simple light.
Acts 3:26
In 2015 we began to engage, proclaiming the blessings of the field. My God. By His grace I went personally, ministered in all locations. 97,000 souls saved. The wisdom which the Holy Ghost teaches. “Holy Spirit teach me the best approach to this task”. “Show me the approach to take to get results”. That’s how He manifests Himself as the Lord of the harvest. His conviction and conversion ministry, His mighty rushing wind ministry, His compelling sound ministry and His wisdom ministry. The Wisdom which the Holy Ghost teaches.
In the name of Jesus, the few days remaining, the Holy Ghost will help you to get results.
Now let me tell you this, if you get results it will show. God is no respecter of persons. If you get results it will show. If you don’t get results it will show.
Every faithful and wise servant experiences a change of level.
- Somebody’s story is changing.
By His grace I’ve never known any setback in my stewardship. Every year is more awesome than the previous. Just stay faithful.
Somebody asked me, “What’s your ambition? I said “If it’s what you look forward to, I want to hear Well done thou good and faithful servant”. He’ll be adding to you every other thing that you’ll ever need.
- I don’t know what you have been looking for but God will decorate you as you face Him, as your priority for living. He will take care of every other thing that you desire without any pressure anywhere on your life.
Lift up your right hand and give God thanks, give Him glory and praise, there is none like Him. Blessed be your name Jesus in Jesus precious name.
He keeps you awake supernaturally. He comes to you as fire shot up in your bones. “Holy Ghost endue me with Your fire in my bones that will keep me perpetually awake”. Time can’t be burning and you’re asleep.
The problem is some are just one step to their reward and they think they’re done. Some just two more steps. “I think I’m done”.
You’re in a permanent revival. You’re not off and on. You’re on and on and He keeps adding more value to your life. Glory to God.
Do you know how many people started this move with us in 2015? You can’t tell where some are now. Some might even be in a cult now as we’re talking. They’re tired. Those who are in it and are hooked to it, you’ll find out they’re just changing level.
I caught Matthew 6:33 forty five years ago. It’s still burning me up till now. That thing is still burning inside me till now.
If I unveil my schedule to you, you’ll be scared. Some wonder why I’ve not died. The fire in me won’t kill me, it purifies people, it changes destinies.
“Holy Ghost endue me with fire in my bones that will keep me perpetually awake to the things of the Spirit”.
Jeremiah 20:9
I’ve not seen one devil that can stop me in doing what I’m doing. If you insult me it’s on you. You have a right. Amen.
Think of somebody kidnapping me, no matter how demonic those kidnappers are, no matter how satanic those ritual killers are. It’s not about age, it’s about light. Thank You Jesus.
- Receive a fresh enduement of those multi faceted ministry of the Holy Ghost.
Thank Him for his conviction power at work in your life, that keeps you going in your life in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
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