DON’T ALWAYS ASK GOD FOR ONLY MATERIAL THINGS.
YOU CAN’T HAVE UNDERSTANDING AND NOT BE OUTSTANDING. ASK FOR WISDOM.
EVERYTHING THAT MAKES YOU SUCCESSFUL IS IN GOD’S WORD.
YOU CAN’T GET BLESSED BEYOND YOUR FAITH LEVEL.
OUR VALUE FOR THE WORD OF GOD DETERMINES THE QUALITY OF LIFE WE LIVE ON EARTH.
WHEN THE LANDLORD GAVE US NOTICE TO QUIT. I SOWED INTO FAITH TABERNACLE AND THE HEAVENS OPENED OVER US.
YOUR PRAYER WITHOUT FAITH IS RELIGIOUS EXERCISE.
FAITH IS A UNIVERSAL CURRENCY THAT CAN DRAW DOWN ANY BLESSING FROM HEAVEN.
WHEN GOD WANTS TO SHIFT YOU TO ANOTHER LEVEL, HE WILL TEST YOU WITH GIVING.
GIVING IS ONE WAY BY WHICH WE PROVOKE THE BLESSING OF GOD.
YOUR TITHE IS NOT HELPING THE CHURCH, IT’S HELPING YOU.
YOU CAN’T ENJOY THE BLESSING OF GOD WITHOUT BEING A GIVER.
MANY OF YOU ARE NOT BLESSED BECAUSE YOU DON’T PAY TITHE.
GIVING IS A PROOF THAT YOU HAVE CONQUERED GREED.
YOU MUST PRAISE GOD FOR YOU TO GET BLESSED.
WHEN WE PRAISE WE STIR GOD TO MANIFEST.
THE LAST STEP TO YOUR BLESSING IS PRAISE.
-Pastor David Ibiyeomie on PROVOKING GOD’S BLESSINGS || Provoking God’s Blessings Service || Salvation Ministries – Home of Success || 14th July 2024 || Second Service
Now hear this, every time you come in God’s presence whether you’re physically in Church or you are online, there has to be a change because nobody appears in His presence and go empty.
-And I decree today, emptiness has ended in your life. He said: “They that seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing.” Whatever is good that you lack before you came, today it shall be supplied to you. -Psalm 34:10. Whatever was making you to sink, because you are a seeker of God, it is ending right now in the precious name of Jesus.
-Lord! Give us Your Word!
—–WORSHIP——
Nobody in the Bible that worshipped Him and returned without a miracle. The leper fell down at his feet and leprosy left. Church Gist. Jarius fell down, the dead child woke up. Lazarus? Mary bowed, Lazarus woke. Everyone that worshipped ended up with a miracle.
-In this Service, whatever is our desire; it is granted! By this worship, Heavens open!
——PRAYERS——
Blessed be God forever! In the precious name of Jesus! Don’t always ask (God) for only material things because you can’t have understanding and not be outstanding. Ask for wisdom. Church Gist. Are you getting what I’m saying now? It will give you wealth. Don’t just say: “Oh! God! Give me money!” Ask for what? Wisdom; because with wisdom you get money. Is that clear? “Give me understanding.”
-I pray this morning that somebody, whether online or in Church, will have an encounter. Church Gist. God! Speak to us through Your Word in Jesus’ name!
This is not the Message. I will take a charge for 5 minutes and then I will share God’s Word. The Charge is on ‘Home Fellowship’. Our Home Fellowship meetings are held at 3 different units to make it possible for every member of the Church – Salvation Ministries to attend, participate and get blessed. The 3 units are as follows:
- Home Fellowship
Home Fellowship is held on Tuesdays in different houses, apartments all over the World where needs of members are met spiritually, physically, emotionally etcetera. The duration for that Home Fellowship is one hour every Tuesday. Church Gist. Most of you attended last Tuesday because rice and stew was very plenty. Make sure you attend every time. Say I hear! Open your houses, your one room. People have testified that opened their houses and they got blessed. - Corporate Fellowship
This one is for business places, career places men, organizations. That one is open. We prepare the prayer points and the topics for you. It holds on days and time chosen by the office or organization outside our service days for a duration of 45 minutes because it’s an office, you don’t take it too long. Church Gist. We have prayers that will be relevant to your business growing. You will choose your own time, you will choose your own date but you don’t take the day we have service so it doesn’t conflict with our service. Then we have: - The Unique Fellowship
Which holds in university campuses, higher institutions, polytechnics etcetera. This one is organized by students. That one is done on any day of their choice outside our service days in the hostels, your apartments even if you’re living off-campus. Duration is one hour. We do all that but there’s something. Church Gist. Everyone that wants to open a fellowship in your house we have a form, we call it: “Do It Yourself” form. We consciously prepared this form where you can follow it and inaugurate your home cell instead of waiting for one pastor. It’s so simple that if you want to open a fellowship center, just raise your hand they will give you. Just raise your hand if you want to open your house as a center they will just give you a form.
Open your house in that one room, you can just follow it: How to officiate. How! Some of you even our members you can have, it’s self-explanatory where you can officiate in the home cell. We did it in such a way that as far as you can read and write, you can officiate. It’s so simple, itself explanatory instead of waiting for somebody to come and be doing inauguration and inauguration. It’s not a political party. Church Gist. We are not inaugurating nobody. Amen! Just open it! Get a copy! The copy is attached to the form at the back. You can read it. Amen! Make sure you read it oo. One man said the only way to hide something from a black man is to put it in a book but that’s not correct because black people read. He said a black man does not like reading, but I don’t think that is correct, is it correct? We will read. So that’s not correct. Shout hallelujah! How many of you want? Just pick it, return it back to your Church and God will reward you in Jesus’ name!
The Message is PROVOKING GOD’S BLESSINGS. The word: ‘To provoke’ means to ‘stir up’. Blessing is simply the supernatural power of God that propels you to prosper and succeed. So, ‘Provoking God’s Blessings’ therefore means the ability to release God’s treasure upon your life for you to live a life of Heaven on earth. How many want to live a life of Heaven on earth? Glory to God. We’ll be looking at 4 major catalysts that can trigger God’s blessings in this Service. Church Gist. You don’t wait for blessings, you can provoke blessings. Is that true? Glory to God. There are things you do (and) blessings will come. Say I hear! There’s somebody watching in Jos, I heard “Jos.” You have this part of your body, this part like this (Illustrating); for some time (it has been) paining you. You are healed! From your nostrils down here, you’ve been having terrible pain. When God speaks to one He speaks to all, so everybody with such problems, you are healed in Jesus’ name. This part of your nose down has been painful and you don’t know the cause. Whatever is the cause is gone.
4 major catalysts that can trigger God’s what? Blessings.
- The Word of God.
Blessings are provoked through the Word of God. Our value for the Word of God determines the quality of life we live on earth. Acts 20:32. Everything is controlled by the Word of God. Hebrews 1:3. For instance, now you say: “I want to prosper. Church Gist. I want to be successful.” Do you know? Everything that makes you successful is in God’s Word. The greatest book on success is the Bible. There is no book on earth that can match the Bible. It’s the greatest book on success. For instance now. Joshua 1:8. So your prosperity is in this Book. He says: “My business is not making progress.” Can I tell you? He (God) says: “This Book of the Law shall not what? (Depart from your mouth).”
He said: “Seest a man what? (Diligent) in his (business).” You are not diligent, so how will you prosper in your business? You open shop, you put 9 a.m opening hour, you’re opening shop by 12. You’re not diligent. You go to work, you make phone calls from the beginning of the work to the closing time. Seest a man what? Diligent. Proverbs 22:29. Do you need any other book more than the Bible? No. Church Gist. Is that true sir? You are never serious with your business, you are never serious with your life. So that’s the greatest success book. Is that true sir? Glory to God. Joshua 1:8. “If I do diligently.” That means if I want to be at the top, I must diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord. I must obey whatever God says. That’s the Book. Say I hear! Do you need anybody to preach that to you? No. If I don’t work, nothing will work. Simple! If I want things to work, I must what? (Work). No idle man can things work for. True? This is the Bible. He said: “If you don’t work, you should not eat.” Is it not in your Bible? So if you say you want to find out, get it from the Word of God. So if I want to prosper and succeed, where do I go to? God’s Word.
- Faith.
Another catalyst that can trigger God’s blessing is faith. Hebrews 11:1-2. So every good report including blessing is by what? Faith. Hebrews 11:6. Now, listen brothers! Church Gist. Do I want to get blessed? I must have faith. Luke 1:45. So until I believe God’s Word there cannot be a performance. God cannot bless me, He will bless me based on my faith. You can’t get blessed beyond your faith level.
Faith is a universal currency that can draw down any blessing from Heaven. Say I hear! Faith is having absolute confidence in God and His Word. It’s a major requirement for you to take delivery of your blessings. Is that clear sir? We sow seed but faith is what we use to take delivery of our blessings. Is that true? We pray but we get answers through what? Faith. Church Gist. Your prayer without faith is religious exercise. So without faith, I can’t take delivery of any blessing of God. Is that clear sir? Do you know you can’t prosper without faith? Okay? How do you give when you don’t have faith? Do you know why many people cannot give? It’s not because they are poor, it’s because they don’t have what? (Faith). So, no blessing of God can come to you without what? Faith.
Now listen carefully and hear this. The landlord gave us notice to quit – Our former property. He said we should go. And he gave us two weeks to go. Say: Faith! Two weeks to what? To go. And we had one point something million in the account. Church Gist. We’ve not paid the rent, landlord has asked us to go and out of the one point something (million naira), rent was already one point something million (naira) with agency fee. I now heard God say to me: Release six hundred thousand – hundred (thousand) first, five hundred (thousand) later. Landlord has asked you to do what? To go. And faith made me know that if what you have is not enough, it’s a seed. Say: Faith!
Now, I took the seed and dropped in Faith Tabernacle, I will never forget, 1999. Heavens opened! Say: Faith! Our blessings was released based on that. Say I hear! Should I have done that if I don’t have faith? No! When the landlord has asked you to go. Say: Faith! You can’t give without faith. You have not seen, yet you are giving what you have. Say: Faith! Landlord said you should go in two weeks and you are now taking risk. It is risky not to take a risk. (Laughing). Say: Faith! Church Gist. The reason you have not taken any steps is because you lack what? Faith. So build your faith. Your capacity will be a function of your faith. There are things I do now if you try them… Have you not heard pastor say we will be meeting and they will be calling millions in dollars and I will not panic? Say: Faith. And I’ve never asked any assistance from any mortal man. Not you, even. Have I ever called you to assist me? If I’ve called you, raise your hand. Since this Church started, we have not done any secret course. “You know? Man of God, you have some money, can you get some to help us?” Say: Faith!
I’ve never begged any mortal man since this Church started not because I’ve not passed through challenges but my faith is too big to beg you. Are you the one that called me? Why will I depend (on you)? God cannot depend on your… Look! God wants to bless us but our faith is the problem. What’s our problem? Faith. When He wanted to bless Abraham, He said: “Abraham give Me Isaac!” Say: Faith! How can you give a son you waited for – for twenty-something years? Church Gist. Now, if you want to get blessed you must have what? Faith. The Widow of Zarephath had to release what was in her hand by what? (Faith). Without faith, that Woman wouldn’t have done that. 1 Kings 17:9-16. The Woman said: “I will eat this food and die.” Elijah said to her: “Make for me first.” The Woman had faith. She had a correct (faith). One is to hear God; two is to act in faith. Many of us hear God. Hearing God does not mean that He has to speak; the Word of God is what you hear God from. You say: “If I wan do this kind thing, I no go die?” Say I hear! Do you want to provoke God’s blessings? Whatever He tells you to do? Act on it. Don’t just do (it)! Act (on) what? On whatever God tells you to do. Say I hear!
- By giving.
A man called Abraham in Genesis 22:1-18. God wanted to bless him. When God wants to shift you to another level, He will test you with giving. He said to Abraham: “Abraham, I want to shift you. Give Me your son whom thou lovest.” When God wants to move you, He will tell you to give something you love. He will not tell you to give something you don’t love. Church Gist. He will say: “Give Me that thing you love.” You will say: “For where? Lie, lie!” Have you not heard a voice say to you before, something you love and say ‘give’? That voice that says: “Give” is God. The one that says: “Don’t give” is you and the devil. Many times you hear God, God say: “Now! Give me that money you are counting.” You say: “I bind this voice, I bind it!” Do you know God wants to shift you to another level? Every time you hear: “Give!” It’s the voice of God. The other voice that told you not to give is your voice and the devil.
Giving is from God, devil will be the one who will tell you: “No!!!” Are you hearing what I’m saying now? Somebody is playing in the studio. They won’t hear! Somebody is playing in the studio. That’s some of them who refuse people to enter that studio, all these ‘kirikirikiri’ people. They are like pharisees. Not all of them oo, there are good ones. Some of them are like what? (Pharisees). They no wan allow people to come inside the studio, they no wan commot. (Laughing). Commot for other new people to join, for where? Oya commot too? They no commot rather they go dey carry people dey go all-night for other Churches. We dey hear them. When you go tire nobody go tell you. I don dey this Church for twenty-something years, I don see people open places, do all-night after that they come back for all-day. You see this Man? I dey here oo. Waka anywhere you waka finish, you go come back here. (Laughing). You see this Man? I think I be sixty-something, so at least I don see small thing. Waka! When you waka ‘piompiompiom’, you go take your leg waka ‘piompiompiom’ back. (Laughing).
One young man, his master, taught him how to wrestle. He said there are three hundred and fifty-nine ways you can beat anybody who fights you. So, everybody (who) wrestles him, he beats all of them. Nobody to wrestle again, he now challenges his master. He says: “Well! I have nobody to fight, you are the only one I want to fight now.” The master said: “Me? Okay!” Two of them fought. When they fought, the master beat him. He said: “Why did you beat me, you gave me all the secrets?” He said: “There’s one I did not give you.” (Laughing). And that’s the one I use to beat you. With all humility, none of you know some things I know. If you think you know all, thank you. When I kneel down here, I close my eyes and without prayer, people get healed. Sing, they will get healed but… Do you know what I tell God? I can just kneel down here, close my eyes like this, get up every sick will be healed. No mortal man have I told that. Have I told you before? You can be singing: “I love you, Lord! Almighty.” Miracles will be happening oo because it’s a Commission grace but the one I close my eyes, I get up. Did I tell you the thing I tell God? You no know. That one na inside my pocket. (Laughing).
Don’t ever think you know everything your master knows, it’s a lie. Nobody told me that. Anytime you see me in a miracle service, I will kneel down. I no go talk anything because if I talk some of you will read my lips. (Laughing). There’s something God showed me when I’m ninety-something I will now tell you people. Whoever I want to hand over to I will say: “Come! This is the secret!” I will write it in a book that time but for now, it’s in my pocket. (Laughing). No coach tells his secret to his opponent if not they will win him in a football match. Alright! Now, so Abraham in Genesis 22:1-18. He provoked God’s blessing when he gave his son. Giving is one way by which we provoke the blessing (of God). And in that giving, when he gave Isaac God said: “By Myself have I sworn.” Genesis 22:16.
-May God swear concerning you.
You know? When you want to swear, you say: “True to God.” God has nobody to swear to, He said: “By Myself, have I sworn.” Genesis 22:17. It’s a powerful scriptural principle. Israel has possessed the gates of their enemies, true? With all that the people are shouting, they are still moving, they are still occupying. It’s this covenant! Now, that covenant is not only for Israel, it’s for you. Now listen! I have a deep insight from Abraham’s covenant, if this Church wants to buy any land; we will buy it. Now I’m going to show you something that you will be shocked. Church Gist. Listen to me very well, no matter the sinner that owns land you can buy it. The Earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof. Psalm 24:1. Who owns the Earth? Say: My Father! Did God say to Abraham: “You shall possess the gates of the enemies?” Now! Are you Abraham’s seed? Galatians 3:29. Did He promise you that you will possess the gate of your enemies? That means whatever He says to Abraham He says to you. Do you believe? Just point your hand to any land of a sinner and say: “Land! Be released to me.” Every property you see here that we bought, were (from) sinners. Here was (from) a sinner, this one was (from) a sinner. There was a nightclub, the other one was a nightclub. All were (from) sinners.
One day, they were disturbing. I was studying in the bedroom and they were displaying disco. I pointed my hand with a finger, I said: “Nightclub closed, property sold.” That’s all I prayed, I didn’t pray long prayer. I said: “Nightclub closed, property sold.” Just point your finger, don’t say: “How much do I have?” Do you know your problem? You are looking at the ‘how much’. Just point your finger and say: “Property! (Be) sold to me because I’m a seed of Abraham.” You will buy it. The owner will walk like this with his leg. “Any amount wey you get give me.” (Laughing). The part of the Bible you believe is the part that will profit you. Church Gist. Why do you believe that Salvation is real? Why don’t you believe that prosperity is real? Have you ever confessed and you say: “God I’m not sure if you forgave me.” The part of the Bible you believe is what will benefit you. I believe that any land I want I will get it because my Father owns it and He cannot give to the sinners before me. How many of you will buy properties after now? Point (to) that sinner’s house around you and say… I don’t say you should put your fingers like this oo (Laughing). They will think you are a witch doctor. Just speak to the place and say: “Property, I command you, (be) released to me.” How it will be released is not your business. So if you want to get blessed what do you do? Give.
Now, many of you when we say ‘giving’ you get angry. I don’t care whether you get angry. I will tell you the truth because the truth cannot but remain the truth. Do you know if you don’t pay tithe, the blessing can be limited? I will show you from the Bible. Malachi 3:10. So, without tithing God can’t pour blessing on you. Read your Bible! God said: “Prove Me, If I will not bless you.” Many of you are not blessed because you don’t pay tithe. Listen! Your tithe is not helping the Church, it’s helping you. I don’t care who preaches to you that you shouldn’t pay tithe. Look the person. Before you hear somebody, first look am. If a madman says: “I go give you clothes”, you no go run? If cloth dey why e no wear am? If nakedness promises you cloth, wetin go happen? You go run. Church Gist. Person telling you say: “No pay tithe.” Look em ministry, look em results (Laughing). You are seeing somebody with no results, you are saying: “That man of God says tithe is old.” Look em result. Do you hear me? If ‘Nwakaego Football Club’ coach says that the Spanish and the England coach, they are local champions. Won’t you put your hand (up)? (Laughing). That’s Nwakaego what? (Coach) or Bolo Bombers (Laughing). Buguma Strikers (Laughing). The Football Club of Buguma Strikers and Bolo Bombers now tells you that the coach of England and the coach of Spain, they are local people. You go say: “Oga! Carry your wahala go.” (Laughing). True? You are seeing people who have no results talking about tithe, you are wasting your time.
My friend, calm down! Better listen to Adeboye’s, Oyedepo’s and David Ibiyeomie’s (messages). You hear me? And leave all these people without clothes. Proverbs 10:22. So the blessing will not come without tithing. Is it me that wrote Bible? I know some of them are listening to me, they go come say: David Ibiyeomie said without blessing… (Laughing). You know why I laughed? That means I’m very important for them to have time to be listening to me, me I don’t listen to them. I don’t know what they are preaching. For a man of God to be listening to every preacher, he has no job. He has lost his job. Do you know if your car ever parked on the express and you are not driving? Just one day, try it. Stand! Everybody driving, you will think they are mad. You will say: “See how they are speeding!” You know why you are saying that? You are standing. But if you are driving, you won’t see it. The reason these men are seeing other men of God is because they are standing when others are driving. If they are also driving, getting impacts… Church Gist. Can now somebody criticize Adeboye, if he is pastoring a Church like Redeemed, will he have time? No! When he gets one small Church where only twenty people dey, why e no go criticize Adeboye? (Laughing). How can you see somebody like Adeboye wey thousands and millions… He has no time, he’s too busy. Anybody who even criticizes you, he’s too jobless. That’s why you see even in Church. First thing you see jobless people, they say: “See em head, see the kind thing wey she wear.” Because if you’re busy, you will never have time. Pay tithe, if you no like, no pay na you sabi. Luke 6:38. “Nobody favour me?” You are not favouring anybody. As long as this Earth remaineth, no seed, no harvest. Genesis 8:22. You can’t enjoy the blessing without being a giver. Give in promoting God’s Kingdom. Matthew 6:33. Giving is a proof that you have conquered greed. Solomon gave in 1 Kings 3:3-4 and13. And God blessed him.
-God will bless you.
- Praise.
Praise is appreciating God for His person. When we praise we stir God to manifest. He inhabits the praise of His people. Psalm 22:3. Praise is like rainfall on the field of your destiny. Praise causes your destiny to blossom, germinate and bring forth fruits. Avoid murmuring and grumbling and complaining if you don’t want your life to be compounded. 1 Samuel 2:30. 1 Corinthians 3:6. Church Gist. So the planting is done by you, the watering is the praise and then God gives you the increase. Shout hallelujah! So you plant, by planting your seed; you water by praise. Proverbs 12:14. Proverbs 13:2. And then God gives the increase which is the harvest that comes from God. Psalm 67:5-7. So, no praise? No harvest. No praise? No blessing. All said and done, do everything, you must praise God for you to get blessed. The last step to your blessing is praise. Abraham praised God and Isaac was born.
-Your own Isaac will be born.
Romans 4:20. The moment he opened his mouth to praise, his Isaac was born. How many will want their own Isaac to be born? Rise to your feet. Say: I will praise Thee! Glory to God. Will you praise Him? What are you praising Him for? For the Earth to release her blessings. Psalm 67:5-7. “Let the people praise Thee.” ‘Let’ means, make it happen. So if you don’t praise? Psalm 67:6. Church Gist. The Earth will not yield her increase until you praise. Psalm 67:7. Do you want blessings upon you? God gave me a very funny illustration in the First Service. I asked two pastors to come out and I told one to dance. One did not dance, the one that danced was the one God blessed. (Illustrating). This one did not dance, did anything happen to him? (No). So all of you who are going to observe others dancing, nothing will happen.
—-PRAISES—–
One thing I will pray for you is to hear God. He said: “Blessing is not only material things.” He says: “I bless with sound health.” Sound health is what? Blessing. Church Gist. When God says I will bless you, don’t think it’s only material things. When He blessed Abraham, He blessed him fruitfully, He blessed him in sound health. Everywhere!
—PRAYERS—-
In the First Service just as I was about to close, God gave me a revelation and I’m still going to use it in all services because I don’t think He gave me revelation for only that First Service. Right as I was closing, He gave me a Word. Jeremiah 22:29. So the Earth hears God’s Word, do you believe? What is the Word of God? He said: “Let the people praise Thee, then the Earth shall yield what? Her increase and God shall bless us.” Church Gist. You now say: “Oh earth! Hear ye the Word of God. From today, I am blessed.” The way you want it. “I am blessed in the morning, blessed in the afternoon, blessed in the night. Everything! And everything I do on earth is blessed, including my life.” Blessing is not only material things oo. When God gives you sound health, it’s what? Blessing. Everything that you want in life to make life comfortable, where do they come from? Earth.
—–PRAYERS——-
Just keep speaking throughout this week. Are you hearing me now? With understanding. “Oh! Earth! Hear this! Release your blessings upon my life, oh earth!” You speak to the Earth. Church Gist. You will (be) shocked (at) what will happen. Are you getting what I’m saying now? Your life will just turn, no matter how contrary.
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