Pastor David Oyedepo Jnr at CHoP
Lift your hands and give glory to God this morning. Let’s give Him thanks for those testimonies. They’re the doings of the Lord, they’re marvelous in our eyes. Our God specializes in the impossible. Healing the dreaded COVID 19 simply in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye, granting miracle jobs to His people, give Him thanks and give Him praise.
Make sure you’re not muttering your words but that you’re giving qualitative thanks unto God. Appreciate Him and glorify Him. Lord we say thank You, we bless Your holy name. You’re worthy of all the praise, You’re worthy of all the glory, You’re worthy of all the honour, You’re worthy of all the adoration. Blessed be Your holy name. Thank You and thank You Lord.
Thank Him also for the answers to your prayers, appreciate Him from the depth of your heart, for turning your thanksgiving into testimonies. Give Him praise. Register your voice of appreciation before God. Give Him the glory that is due unto His name.
Our Father we have come to say thank You. We have come to glorify You, we have come to honour You, to give glory unto Your name. You’re worthy of all the praise.
Now ask Him to speak to you this morning, I’ve come here today Lord to hear from You, I’ve come to be taught by You. I’ve come to be instructed by You, Lord teach me Your way, show me your way, give me Your Word in the name of Jesus Christ. Thank You mighty God in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
Father in the name of Jesus we have come to give You all the glory, thank You for Your goodness, thank You for Your faithfulness, thank You for the testimonies that we have heard, they’re Your doings and they’re marvelous in our eyes. Lord for the answers to our prayers we say thank You.
This morning our eyes are upon You again. We ask that You will speak to us. By Your Word let everyone of us be changed and transformed. We give You the praise for it in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
Our line of exhortation for this week has been
THANKSGIVING IS A MUST TO KEEP THE CHURCH GROWING
We have come to establish that thanksgiving is simply acknowledging God’s acts and it is a demand from God that every act of God is acknowledged in thanksgiving.
Psalms 28:5
Lack of thanksgiving is a risk. It is demanded of man that we give thanks unto God.
Jeremiah 13:15
So when we’re told that thanksgiving is a must, it is because lack of thanksgiving is a risk.
Gratitude to God is a fundamental requirement to enjoying the best of God in the adventure of life. Particularly when it comes to the growing of the Church, Thanksgiving is an absolute necessity.
Let’s begin by understanding this when it comes to God that our God is the nation taking God. The ability of God is unlimited and He has the capacity among others to take entire nations.
1st Kings 18:36-39
In a moment God swept through an entire nation and took it over in one moment. Our God is the nation taking God.
Exodus 12:41-42
Acts 19:10
What is God saying to us? When it comes to the taking of any nation our God is a specialist at it. Wherever you see a nation being brought under the dominion of the gospel, it is not the expertise of man, it is the hand of God.
Like we see across our nation Nigeria today, where you find the gospel taking practical dominion everywhere, it is the hand of God at work. Shout hallelujah.
Our God is nation taking God.
Isaiah 14:27
Matthew 17:18
Territories, cities, nations are given simply by the hand of God.
Deuteronomy 2:24
So it is God that gives nations. Shout hallelujah.
Beyond that it is also important that we understand that God is at the centre of all forces that engenders Church growth.
Psalms 127:1
It is God’s involvement that brings about supernatural delivery. When it comes to the growth of the Church, the hand of man is utterly incapable of building the Church of God.
Matthew 16:18
There is nothing a man can do to build the Church of God. It is God at work. All that man does is to be an instrument in the hand of God for the building of His Church. Shout hallelujah.
John 15:5
The best of man without God equals nothing. No matter how much effort you put, without God’s involvement the outcome is nothing. If God is not there the multiplier effect is zero. So everything that a man can do equals nothing without God. So it is God that is at the centre of the building and the advancement of the Church of Christ. I see each one of us receiving grace to keep acknowledging Him in the name of Jesus Christ.
Finally we must take note that as we give thanks the Church begins to grow supernaturally.
Psalms 67:5-7
So when you’re busy celebrating God there’s a continuous growth that begins to take place.
Take note of this, the Church cannot be growing and your life is not blossoming. As you’re part of the growing of the Church, God ensures the blossoming of your life.
Jeremiah 30:19.
I have good news for you, you have come to your era of beautification.
You cannot be part of seeing the Church growth and your life doesn’t grow. That’s why you and I must continue to engage in advancing the Kingdom and it is not in our power. We have come to the age like God’s servant said when we will see the rise of giants as we’ve never seen before. Where God will be taking people to heights that they’ve never been before.
What you and I must keep doing is keep glorifying God. God has no problem working when no man is busy stealing His glory. As you keep glorifying God He keeps elevating you. He’s not only building His Church, He’s lifting His people. You shall be lifted in the name of Jesus Christ
Lift your hands before the Lord and give glory to God. Lord for all we have seen as a Church, the growing of the Church, the building of the Church, in the testimonies of the lives of people we have come to say thank You.
Lord I’ve come today with a voice of thanksgiving to honour and to celebrate You. He’s worthy of glory. You’re the taker of nations and territories. You beautify Your Saints and for that we’re grateful.
Blessed be Your name in Jesus precious name we have given thanks.
As you have given thanks the hand of God will never cease decorating your life in the name of the Lord Jesus. It is done in Jesus precious name.
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