THERE IS NO CHURCH ORDAINED TO BE SMALL. IT’S OUR SMALL MIND THAT MAKES IT SMALL.
TILL JESUS COMES, THERE IS NO FACILITY WE WILL EVER BUILD IN THIS PLACE THAT PEOPLE WILL NOT SIT OUTSIDE.
AT THE ROOT OF EVERY OUTSTANDING EXPERIENCE IN MINISTRY IS VISION
THE BIBLE IS THE CUSTODIAN OF REVELATIONS AND VISIONS.
THERE IS A WORD YOU HEAR AND THERE IS A WORD YOU SEE.
THERE IS NO POLICY OF GOVERNMENT OF ANY NATION UNDER HEAVEN THAT CAN TAMPER WITH DIVINE AGENDA.
- Bishop David Oyedepo at Church Growth Conference, 2022. Opening Session, Day One.
Hallelujah!
Praise the Lord!
Pride goes before destruction, there is no future, may we all be open to learn at his feet, don’t mind any fellow standing here, mind the one speaking to you, mind the Word of God, the living Word, that changes life. It shall be awesome; it shall be awesome. No one here will ever return the same way he came. We used to sing one song back then.
🎼 Open my eyes oh Lord, Hallelujah
Open my eyes oh Lord, Halleluyah.
Open my eyes oh Lord, I am ready to obey🎼
Father, we thank you again, take all the praise in Jesus’ precious name. Please let’s get seated.
I want to again mightily welcome everyone that made time out to partake of this conference. I have heard some things I have never heard in my life and I believe because someone is here that needs that for a stress-free life. ChurchGist. A life of assurance, something that will end all guess work and keep you on a straight path until you know triumph in the name of Jesus.
Every living thing grows and the Church is called the Church of the living God. Jesus who is the Head of the Church, he ever liveth and everything living knows. So, the Church is ordained for continuous and endless growth.
TOPIC: VISION IS FUNDAMENTAL TO ANYTHING CALLED MINISTRY.
You can’t experience growth without a vision for growth. Genesis 13:15. As far as your eyes can see unto you will I give to. ChurchGist. At the root of every outstanding experience in ministry is vision. Proverbs 29:18. Where there is no vision, the struggle continues.
Vision is fundamental. Genesis 13:15. If you can’t see it, He can’t give it, you have to see it first before he can give it. We have always looked at vision from one perspective only, God appearing to someone and then unveiling his agenda. ChurchGist. But I am glad to tell you tonight that there is a more sure channel for accessing God’s plan and purpose for our lives and for what task He’s put in our hands. The Bible is the custodian of revelations and visions. We’re enlightened to access the revelation. We’re illuminated to see his plan in pictures and that is what we call vision. Isaiah 29:11-12. The vision of all is like a book that is written and sealed.
The vision of all is packaged in that book called the Bible. The vision of all. So, what is the vision of God concerning Church growth, you catch it, you run with it, you’ll see it. Isaiah 2:1. The Word of the Lord which Isaiah saw. ChurchGist. So, there is a Word you hear and there is a Word you see. God never told Moses “HEAR” I have made you a god to Pharaoh. Exodus 7:1. It says see. It was that vision that made him. He took Egypt by storm. See! I have made you a God unto Pharaoh. Being able to see is what we call Vision. See his plan, see his purpose, concerning any subject matter through the Word, we call it vision.
The Bible contains God’s thought and purpose for his people, his Kingdom and the world around us. Isaiah 14:24. My plans, my purposes and my thoughts are in my Book. Isaiah 55:10-11. God’s Word is a carrier of his plan and purpose concerning any subject matter as it relates to you and me and to the world of the Lord in our hands. ChurchGist. His plan and purpose for his Church in these last days in his book. Isaiah 2:2-3. This is God’s plan; this is his purpose. That is the vision for the end time church. Point of reference on all areas, exhibiting authority on all fronts. Not just a Church of numbers, yes amazing numbers but a Church of power.
Amen!
Psalm 110:1-3. Daniel 7:27. This is God’s agenda for the end time Church. You don’t need to sleep and see one angel flapping wings, this is God’s plan for the end time Church. It’s ordained a church of multitudes enrolled with power. ChurchGist. He said fear not little flock, don’t let anybody get in your way, my plan is to turn you to a Kingdom. Luke 12:32. You may not look like it at all, they may not be anything near that around you, but that’s my plan.
God’s plan is to turn every local assembly to a town without walls. Zechariah 2:4-5. Where we are now, notwithstanding, is where he wants to take us, that where is plan his. So, get ready for the next phase of explosion in the precious name of Jesus. ChurchGist. God’s people in the end time shall become centers of attraction, people to be envied and people worthy to be followed. Zechariah 8:20-23. This is God’s agenda for the end time. We are stepping into a season whereby a minimum of 10 men will follow you to Church on their own. We are trying to catch a picture of God’s end time Church growth agenda. If you truly catch it, it will transform the ministry that God has given you. It will transform that Church ministry that the Lord has given you in the name of Jesus.
One vital purpose for Christ going to the cross. John 12:32. The prize to draw all men was paid on the cross, can I hear your loudest amen. ChurchGist. The prize to draw all men unto him was settled on the cross. So, every unsafe soul in your territory, the territory of the Church that God has given you the privilege to pastor is a candidate, they are covered by that verdict. The prize for their salvation was paid and all we need to do is to reach out and draw them to the saviour.
Thank you Jesus!
He wants all men saved, because the prize for it was paid. 1st Timothy 2:4. They should come to the knowledge of the truth as made available through the teaching priest in Church. ChurchGist. So, it’s clear therefore that we encounter visions and revelations through the Book, the Bible, the Word of life. That’s where I saw that I have been redeemed as a King and it became my habit, my lifestyle from the age of 16. I didn’t hear, I saw, I didn’t even know whether I was looking for a revelation then, I went there anyway.
There is always a Word of difference between what you hear and what you see, there is a Word of difference sir, it is so difficult to doubt what you see. No! Even Thomas when he saw Christ, he acknowledged him as his Lord and Christ. ChurchGist. We cannot but speak about those things we have heard and seen. You see somebody saying what you can’t say, it’s because he has seen what you have not seen. I therefore pray that everyone’s eyes will be anointed with I SAW, so you can see the plan and purpose for your life and for the ministry that he’s given you and that will settle it forever. It will settle it forever in the name of Jesus.
I saw the person of the Holy Ghost, not I heard, I saw. Holy Ghost, so this is who you are, you speak, you guide, you lead. ChurchGist. Now, Holy Ghost I don’t want to ask anybody why these folks are leaving here, direct me yourself and he said: Go forward, make a left, make a left, now here you are. You see it, you can’t doubt it, if you heard you’ll say okay I am believing. No! Holy Ghost I just found out who you are now, lead me to where they are, he gave me an accurate GPS.
Glory to God!
The difference between what you see and what you hear is a wide difference, north to south, east to west, wide apart. ChurchGist. There is no policy of government of any Nation under Heaven that can tamper with divine agenda. This thing is settled, church is holding his way in this end time, whether you’re happy or not that’s your problem, it’s a settled agenda of Heaven. Psalm 119:89. Until you can stop the sun and the moon from operating as created, then you can now try to stop any of his agenda. Jeremiah 33:20. That’s not possible.
The good news is, your days of trial are over, now let me announce to everybody here therefore, there is no church ordained to be small. It’s our small mind that makes it small. One of my son’s came from a city, he said no Church grows beyond 1000 congregations in that place, I said it’s not true. Why is that written, you made yourself to believe it. ChurchGist. Now, wait a minute no church is ordained by God to be small, because it’s not your church, it’s His Church that he put you in charge. Now, you’re not taking responsibility perhaps as he expects. Every part of a Lion is a Lion. There is no small part of a Lion.
One more time there is no Church ministry that is ordained to be small. Come out of that. So, every pastor must catch a vision for Church growth, that is where the journey begins. I remember screaming one time like that in Kaduna, a Sunday morning and I said: well don’t think I am mad, I am seeing a crowd outside here that you can’t see. ChurchGist. Till Jesus comes, there is no facility we will ever build in this place that people will not sit outside, I saw them outside and they are still outside. No Church is ordained to be small, when I saw what I saw we were not fully 100, but I still saw it. Please catch a vision from God, it’s the cheapest way to work out of that frustration, stop looking for excuses, stop looking for who to blame, stop casting out devil’s that don’t exist, take responsibility as you’ll be taught in this conference. I see super mega Churches.
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