SHILOH 2022 WAS LOADED WITH HEAVY PROPHECIES
AMONG THE THINGS WE MUST BE GIVING THANKS TO GOD FOR ARE PROPHECIES.
THE CATALYST FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PROPHECIES IS THE CATALYST OF THANKSGIVING.
IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT DEPARTMENT OF LIFE THE PROPHECIES ADDRESSED, THE CATALYST THAT ADDRESSES EVERY DEPARTMENT OF PROPHETIC FULFILMENT IS THANKSGIVING.
ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURES, YOU CAN PRAY AMISS BUT YOU CAN’T THANK AMISS
- Pastor David Oyedepo Jnr at SHILOH 2022 Thanksgiving Service || COVENANT HIGHWAYS || First Sunday Service || Faith Tabernacle, Canaanland
Father we have come today to say that we are grateful, we have come today to say that we are thankful. We give all the praise, accept our Thanksgiving for in Jesus’ precious name we have prayed.
Our Father this morning we have come with a voice of appreciation thanking and blessing your Holy name for all that you have done since the commencement of Shiloh all the way to the impartation service. Church Gist. your mighty hand has been at work. Lord visit us again. By your word transform us again. We give all the praise to your name.
This morning in this Shiloh Thanksgiving Service we shall be looking at this teaching captioned ‘THANKSGIVING: COVENANT HIGHWAYS TO SEEING PROPHECY FULFILLED’. One of the mysterious ways of the workings of God is prophecy. Church Gist. Prophecy is the declaration of God’s intention before its manifestation. Isaiah 46:10. The declaration of God’s intention before its manifestation is what we refer to as prophecy. But the manifestation of prophecy requires this catalyst of thanksgiving.
1 Thessalonians 5:18. Thanksgiving is required and it is required because it is called the will of God. We must examine what the effect of fulfilling the will of God is. Hebrews 10:36. So the will of God being done by man is what qualifies a man for the receipt of the promise. Whatever prophecy is declared, requires the fulfilment of the will of God which is Thanksgiving to be fulfilled. Church Gist. Ephesians 5:20. Among the things we must be giving thanks for are prophecies. Psalm 56:4,10. Shiloh has been loaded with heavy prophecies, how many of us received prophecies at Shiloh? But the catalyst for the performance of the prophecies is the catalyst of Thanksgiving. It doesn’t matter what department of life the prophecies addressed, the catalyst that addresses every department of prophetic fulfilment is Thanksgiving.
According to scriptures, you can pray amiss but you can’t thank amiss. So if we are going to see the delivery, the fulfilment, the perfection of the prophetic blessings released on us at Shiloh then each one of us must engage the catalyst of Thanksgiving. Church Gist. 1 Samuel 2:9. We only see prophecies fulfilled by the hand of God. That is the key, the hand of God and that performing hand of God is instigated by thanksgiving and praise. 1 Kings 8:15-24. The hand of God is the hand of fulfilment. That hand is initiated by thanksgiving.
Let’s look at some individuals in scriptures that saw prophecies fulfilled in sculptures by Thanksgiving and we are going to be looking at various areas of life.
- Fruitfulness (Abraham)
Romans 4:20-21. Genesis 21:1-6. The word came and as they engaged the mystery of Thanksgiving the fulfilment followed. For somebody this morning, as your thanksgiving and gratitude goes to heaven, there shall be supernatural manifestation. We all saw at Shiloh how a family came to stand upon this altar after 21 years of barrenness, first God gave them twins. While anticipating and celebrating the next miracle to come just serving God in all ways. Church Gist. God visited them again at Shiloh and they came forth with Sextuplets. The one called barren became supernaturally fruitful. She said, “God embarrassed us”. I see somebody receiving an embarrassing blessing. Isaiah 54:1-3. Again I see by the encounter of this morning somebody receiving an embarrassing blessing. So fruitfulness we saw in the example of Abraham was released as he was strong in faith giving glory to God, the result was the delivery of Isaac. - Victory(Jehoshaphat)
We see how Jehoshaphat engaged the act of worship and praise to see prophecies fulfilled. 2 Chronicles 20:14-22. The people consulted and decided to praise, the Bible said as they began to praise God took over their battle and every one of their enemies was smitten. Our thanksgiving and praise is a handover mystery. Whatever we have been contending with, God’s word has come to settle at Shiloh, as we are thanking God we are handing over the matter to Him. Church Gist. See those areas of concern as being taken over by God and the good news is every case God takes over is over. For somebody here I see that case coming to an end. That contention, as you praise and thank Him, is coming to an end. - Healing (Hezekiah)
Isaiah 38:5-6. I believe somebody prayed at Shiloh. This is God speaking to you and to me, He said, “I have heard thy prayers”. To some that may be weeping in various areas of life, He said “I have seen thy tears”. Perhaps some individuals came with certain verdicts concerning their lives but He said “I will add unto thy days”. It means that by reason of this prophecy God was saying no more tears. Church Gist. God was saying to Hezekiah “answers had been delivered”. That prophecy of your life being cut short has been cancelled. But now that the prophecy has been released, how will it be delivered? Isaiah 38:19-20. When he received the prophecy His response was praise and Thanksgiving and as a result of that, the captivity of affliction was overturned. For somebody hearing me here this morning, as you engage in Thanksgiving and praise, God is stepping in to overturn that situation.
We just heard the testimony of one of our sisters on this altar this morning. She said as the choir began to sing in the midst of that praise, break every chain. She said suddenly she began to feel like her clothes were wet and there was water on it. She checked and there was no water on it. And that affliction she had carried for one year was terminated. Church Gist. Exodus 15:11. For somebody this morning as your praises go up. His wonders will come down. As your thanksgiving goes up His wonders will come down. As your appreciation goes up, His manifestation will come down. So from the example of Hezekiah we see God intervening on his behalf as he engaged the mystery of thanksgiving
- Deliverance or Intervention (Paul the Apostle)
From the scriptures, we see that Paul the Apostle was a man that was a thanksgiving addict. If you read through the epistles you see different expressions of Thanksgiving. Appreciating and celebrating God was his lifestyle. Wherever you find Paul present, you find praise present. Was it in the prison? He kept singing. In every situation, he kept celebrating. He was a man of unusual gratitude. Continually celebrating God. In one account in Acts 27 we see Paul in a boat that was caught in a storm. The Bible says the storm was so intense that for 14 days they did not see the sun or the stars. You know what it means to count 14 days and not know what day you are in. You don’t know what direction you are facing. The boat was spinning round and round. Everybody was in confusion, for 14 days there was no star no sun, just confusion. But Paul the Apostle in the midst of it all, rather than complaining, rather than grumbling, he was just before the Lord and when he stood to speak to the people, he told them to be of good cheer. Acts 27:22. Be of good cheer, keep your countenance intact, keep your attitude of celebration. Because the prophecy went forth, he engaged the mystery of gratitude and God stepped in. Not one soul was lost. Everyone was rescued and preserved. I like us to understand that no matter how bleak any situation may seem, just give thanks and you will experience His intervention. Church Gist. The prophetic word has already gone forth. That word is the instigator of the turnaround. All it is waiting for is the catalyst of gratitude. When the catalyst is introduced, it facilitates the chemical reaction required to turn the situation around into a testimony. Someone reading this, as your testimony goes up. There will be instant intervention. God will step in on your behalf to overturn every situation into a testimony. So the prophecies have gone forth already, the prophecies for our deliverance, all that is required to see the manifestation is the activation of this catalyst of Thanksgiving and then you see God step in on your behalf. I see that becoming our testimony in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Jesus (Multiplication)
John 6:6-12. Jesus sent a prophetic word to his disciples “he said give this people food to eat”. That was a prophecy. What people was he talking about? Five thousand people. What food did they have? 5 loaves of bread and two fish. It was a bleak situation. The bread of those days was not like our own today, the bread was flat like pancakes. That five loaves were the food for one child, now there are five thousand people. Can you imagine, the food you will give to one child is all that was available to feed 5000 people? So one child’s food divided into 5000 places. Church Gist. That is what you call desperate insufficiency. But in the midst of all of that, Jesus said give them food to eat. When they brought the food. He didn’t complain. He lifted it before God and gave thanks. He appreciated God. John 6:11. He gave them the food and asked them to sit the people down and divide it. As they began to share the bread from the front, it elongates from the back. They cut the fish from the front, it elongated from the back. They gave it to person 1 till person 5000. Now here is the mystery, the Bible said there were 5000 men minus women and children. If you know anything about the gathering of the saints you will always see there are more women than men and where there are women, there are children. The population was unimaginable yet the supply was inexhaustible. The Bible says they gathered 12 baskets full of the fragments. That is the leftover was far beyond the beginning point. Here is what the word of the Lord says in Job 8:7. The bridge between that point of little beginning and the greater later end is the bridge of Thanksgiving. It is thanksgiving that brings us into the bridge for the crossover into the level of multiplication. If you want to see things multiplied, multiply your Thanksgiving. We have seen prophecies go forth, among them giants rising. Those giants will be rising in various spheres, individuals that will be financial giants among others but one of the catalysts to see the prophecies fulfilled into multiplication is the catalyst of multiplication. Thanking God always for all things as Paul said. Never take anything for granted. Whatever you take for granted diminishes. Whatever you take for gratitude increases. Gratitude is a multiplier. Ingratitude is a diminisher. I see grace coming upon each one of us to maintain a life of gratitude.
So from the examples we have seen, fruitfulness was instigated by Thanksgiving. Victory was instigated by Thanksgiving. Healing was instigated by Thanksgiving, Deliverance was instigated by Thanksgiving. Multiplication was instigated by Thanksgiving. The whole atmosphere of Shiloh has been pregnant with prophecies. Church Gist. From the opening night to the impartation service, prophecies have been flowing. The good news is that even today prophecies will still be flowing. As we receive the prophecies in our hearts we must continue to express our gratitude with our thanks. All of the Shiloh prophetic packages are simply awaiting you and I to express our gratitude.
Therefore the charge to us is this: we must expect all our prophetic packages from Shiloh 2022 to be fully delivered with speed in our lives as individuals through our intense and tireless Thanksgiving. That is not only for today but from today. Church Gist. That is continuously, tirelessly. That is continuously and tirelessly thanking God. As we are praising Him, as we are celebrating Him, He begins to step in to perform our desires. I see that becoming somebody’s experience in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
As we begin to conclude this morning, let’s take note of this: ingratitude is a risk. Not only is Thanksgiving a blessing but ingratitude, lack of thanks is a risk. Psalm 28:5. Ingratitude is a risk. There is no doubt we have seen the workings of the Lord. Did anybody witness the operation of God’s hand at Shiloh? So we have a responsibility to regard it. We have a responsibility to regard it. It is a risk not to be grateful. It is a risk not to be thankful, it is a risk not to be appreciative towards God. Malachi 2:2-3. Church Gist. That is why our response right now for all the blessings, prophecies and proclamations is to offer quick thanks to God not to delay it at all. To offer it with urgency. To do it with desperation. As we do. Watch it, you will begin to see the hand of God in unusual dimensions. Every prophecy released, we shall see the performance come down.
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