HOWEVER, THERE ARE DAYS THAT YOU WILL CALL THE PASTOR AND THERE WILL BE NO NETWORK.
EMPOWERMENT IS NOT GENERAL, IT IS PERSONAL. YOU DON’T GO TO WARFARE AND LOOK FOR ANOTHER SOLDIER’S GUN TO BORROW.
-Pastor David Oyedepo Jr at CHoP
Lord Jesus, we thank You this morning for the privilege and the blessing of being in Your presence. We thank You for these awesome testimonies we have heard. Clearly this is none other than the finger of God and for it we give You all of the praise. Lord, we are before You this morning asking that You speak to us again. Let Your Word transform each one of our lives, we give You all the praise and glory, in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
Our line of exhortation for this week has been:
EVERYONE IS ABSOLUTELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OUTCOME OF HIS LIFE
We have come to see in the course of this week that every revelation is likened to opportunities knocking at the door of our hearts.
Revelation 3:20
Jesus is the living Word and the living Word says, “I stand at the door and I knock.” And He says, “If any man hears Me and opens to Me”: in other words, any time we hear the Word, we receive the Word, we encounter the Word, the living Word Himself is knocking at the door. So every revelation can be likened to the knock of the Master at the door of our hearts, but the scripture makes it that He will not force His way in, He will wait for you to open up. It is also important that we recognize that He will not wait forever. The wait of the Master is temporal. That is why only those that are urgent in their response, experience His manifestation.
Ecclesiastes 9:11
Opportunity is always tied to time, those who are not timely in their response lose out on opportunities. Every time God speaks, it is time for man to respond. Those who delay their response excuse themselves from His blessing. Church Gist. So take note, anytime revelation flows, opportunity knocks and opportunity can only be provoked when the response is instant.
-I pray from this morning onwards, no one here will delay their response anymore.
You look at the testimonies we heard this morning. Each one of them triggered by a Word. Somebody said, “they were having Angina pain” and that has been going on for a number of years and heard a word concerning Kingdom Advancement, dived into it. Then suddenly, in a particular Miracle Service, heard a Word, keyed into it.
When? The time the Word was heard and as soon as the Word was keyed into, the pain was terminated.
Another one said he had complex situations everywhere and a simple statement came forth, “that your complex issues will be dealt with via a simple solution” and keyed into that word: complexity was dominated by simplicity; in a moment. Why? Because the Word was engaged with.
Please hear this and hear it very well, every time that the Word comes, opportunity knocks and those who are timely in their response are the ones who experience the blessing of that opportunity. Time is always tied to opportunity.
-My prayer is that no one will lose out on any opportunity in the name of Jesus Christ.
What that therefore means is that we must be individualistic in our approach because our choice is what determines our lot.
Deuteronomy 30:19
You have a choice to make, He will not force you, He will not impose on you, it is your choice that determines your lot. You must be individualistic in you approach.
-I pray again this morning that no one here will lose out on any Kingdom opportunity.
That is why this exhortation becomes vital, ‘Everyone is absolutely responsible for the outcome of our own individual lives.’ It is about your individual approach, that is what determines your personal lot. It is not a corporate pursuit, it is personal and the moment you are personal in your approach, you begin to experience supernatural response to you as an individual.
This morning we are going to look specifically at this aspect of this subject:
WE ARE EMPOWERED BY THE HOLY GHOST AS INDIVIDUALS NOT CORPORATELY
Luke 24:49 – I am going to send the promise of the Father to you but you have a responsibility, “tarry in Jerusalem until you are endued with power.”
Acts 1:8 – it is highly personal, ‘You’. Clearly when we talk about the empowerment of the Holy Ghost, it is a personal adventure.
Acts 2:1-3. Every individual had their own personal encounter with the fire of the Holy Ghost. That is what makes the difference, our individual encounter. So we are empowered by the Spirit of God as individuals.
Micah 3:8 – not we, “I am full of power by the Spirit of the Lord”
Luke 4:18-20. He said, “the Spirit of the Lord is upon Me”, not us and “He has anointed Me to preach the gospel…” He was talking about an encounter that was personal, so the experience could not be general. They couldn’t look at anyone else but the One who had the personal experience. Church Gist. We are empowered as individuals. Please hear this and hear this very well, this morning, there is nothing corporate about empowerment, empowerment is a personal experience. That is why we must be individualistic in our approach. Understand that Yes the Holy Ghost is sent forth but He will manifest on each one of us according to our personal positioning.
Quickly, this morning, let us begin to understand this further. Recognize that the fuel in one car cannot run another. Each car requires its own fuel. You can’t depend on the power of another, each one requires their empowerment. That is why it becomes absolutely important for us to recognize the necessity of individuality in our pursuit of empowerment.
I remember some years ago, I said in a Service jovially, I said, “some people are depending on the empowerment of the Pastor because they think, ‘Oh, I am very close to the Pastor, I will call the Pastor anytime and he will answer if there is any challenge. Then he will pray for me and God will answer him.’ I said to them, listen: there are days you call and there will be no network.” Somebody laughed, “What do you mean”, and the person was very close to me, “that there will be no network!” Truly that same week, I said it on Sunday, on Friday, the person had a little crisis, a health crisis and they took the person to the hospital. As the person entered the hospital, the first thing that came to her mind was “let me call Pastor.” Picked up her phone, not one bar, no network. She looked at the phone and she remembered Sunday’s message that there will be a time that she will want to call and there will be no network. She turned to God by herself, “Lord, I am in trouble. Now, deliver me.”
You see empowerment is not general, it is personal. You don’t go to warfare and look for your soldier’s gun to borrow. They are firing and you say, “please borrow me your gun.” No. They are firing all of us together, so if you don’t have your gun. Sorry.
-My prayer is that from this day onward, you will never be devoid of power.
What is our responsibility therefore? We must crave the empowerment of the Holy Ghost as individuals.
John 7:37-39
What is the qualification? You that thirsts, come
Isaiah 44:3, Psalm 63:1-2
It is personal thirst that provokes personal empowerment. Church Gist. You must have a crave! I believe that, that crave among other reasons is why you are here this morning, because something must have pushed to get out of bed early in the morning to pray.
“My soul thirsts after you, my flesh longs after you and I will do it early in the morning to see power and to see glory.”
It takes a crave, a personal crave.
Zechariah 10:1 – There is enough power for everyone of us. All that is required is a personal crave.
-I pray this morning that your thirst and your hunger for the empowerment of the Spirit of God will never go down, but it shall continue to be amplified. His power shall continue to be increased in your life.
What we are saying in conclusion is simple, God does not empower groups, He empowers individuals. Church Gist. Therefore, have a personal crave and as a result of that, you will begin to enjoy His supernatural empowerment.
-From this day onward, I see the power of the Holy Ghost manifesting practically in every department of your life in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Prayers: Lord, I receive grace to keep taking personal responsibility for my life. I receive grace! Lord, I receive grace to keep taking personal responsibility. I take that grace this morning.
Give thanks to Him, appreciate Him for the outpouring of His grace.
Lord, we thank You, blessed be Your holy name. In Jesus precious name we have prayed.
-You will never be devoid of power again.
-The power of the Holy Ghost shall continue to be on the increase in your life.
-As a result of that, dominion shall be your daily experience.
It is done.
SPEAK TO THE DAY
Make your decree concerning the day. Speak to the day!! Speak to the day right now, command the day right now. Thank You Father. In Jesus precious name we have prayed.
-In the name of Jesus, this day is declared blessed.
-For you, it will be a day of testimonies.
-It will be a day of divine surprises.
-It will be a day of supernatural deliveries.
-We are still within our 14 days of visitation, therefore, it will be for you a day of divine visitation.
What you are not even expecting to occur, God will deliver to you today.
In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. So shall it be. In Jesus precious name.
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