CHURCHES WILL BECOME LIKE KINGDOMS IN TERMS OF POPULATION BEFORE JESUS COMES.
KINGDOM ADVANCEMENT IS GOD’S CORE INTEREST ON THE EARTH.
PRAYER CHANGES PEOPLE TO PUT THEM IN COMMAND OF THINGS.
GOD IS TURNING EVERY ONE OF US TO TESTIMONIALS. PEOPLE WILL SEE US AND WANT TO SERVE OUR GOD.
- Bishop David Oyedepo at Covenant Hour of Prayer || 22nd of August 2022.
Lord Jesus again thank you for the wonders at yesterday’s services, thank you for the greater wonders reserved for us this week. Thank you for making this week a week of testimonies for all. Take all the glory. Speak to us this morning, let your word locate each one of us and let it move us forward in Jesus’ precious name we have prayed.
Jesus commanded that we make kingdom advancement prayer our priority in the teaching of what we popularly call the Lord’s prayer. Matthew 6:9-10. “Thy kingdom come” is loaded. Matthew 24:14. Micah 4:2. These are things that will come to pass before the end comes. Psalm 110:2. Those are issues that will come to pass before the end comes. “thy kingdom come” is praying for souls to be saved and established in the faith. Psalm 2:8. Colossians 4:12. Such as praying for continuous growth of the house of God. The end time Church is ordained to be a church of multitudes. Church Gist. Churches will become like kingdoms before Jesus comes, in terms of population, expansion and all that. Ezekiel 36:37. Such as praying for the needs of members to be met thereby turning them into testimonials among men and attracting many into the kingdom. Praying for the breakthroughs of the saints so they can be turned into the envy of their world. Zechariah 8:23. Praying God’s blessings upon God’s people so that others can be attracted to our God.
This week our exhortation line is titled BLESSINGS THAT ACCOMPANY PRAYING KINGDOM ADVANCEMENT PRAYERS. That is a platform for attracting the blessings of God upon your life. Matthew 6:6,17-18. It brings about an open order of blessings, not the blessings you have to explain, they can be seen in our lives. That is what will start happening in the name of Jesus. Everybody is a partaker of his hope, if you don’t know what to expect then nothing comes through to you.
Today we will be looking at how praying kingdom advancement prayers transforms believers. Kingdom advancement prayer commitment transforms believers. As we commonly say here, prayer does not only change things, prayer changes people. Prayer changes people, putting them in command of things. We saw Jesus display this in Luke 9:28-35. He went up the mountain with Peter, James and John and as he prayed the fashion of his countenance was altered. There appeared two men to him, which were Moses and Elijah speaking to him of his mission on the earth, the things ordained for Him to accomplish. Church Gist. It was a kingdom matter. How did it come to be? He was praying kingdom advancement prayers so these mysteries came from heaven. These are the things in store for you, get prepared for it. When Peter and others awoke from their sleep to say Master let’s stay here forever. A cloud covered them and then the two emissaries went back to heaven. Jesus said say it to no man.
Then came in a woman who said I brought my son to your disciples to help out but they couldn’t cast the devil out. He said oh faithless generation and Jesus chased out that devil and people were amazed at the mighty power of God. Prayer changes people to put them in command of things. So expect to gain command of issues of concern in your life as you engage in praying kingdom advancement prayers. We have a picture of that in Exodus 34:27-37. We saw how Moses went up the mountain and was there for 40 days and 40 nights. When he came back, he didn’t know that he had been transfigured. Church Gist. They couldn’t look at his face, they had to put a veil on there. He was bringing back from the mountain, the covenant of God with His people. So it was a kingdom affair. Praying kingdom advancement prayers transforms believers. Look out for the transformation factor of praying kingdom advancement prayers not just to receive things but to be changed to gain command of things.
Kingdom advancement is God’s core interest on the earth so when you engage in it, He appears. We were involved in praying for God to show the way forward for the church and then He showed up that hot afternoon, broad daylight. He said to me in the place of prayer “Stand up and follow me” and I did. He showed me, He gave me four instructions March 24th 1984. The instructions are still working today. He shows up. I pray that your prayer altar will experience His appearance. Church Gist. Don’t be religious about it, be spiritual about it. God is still appearing to people today when you focus on praying kingdom advancement prayers He shows up. 2 Corinthians 3:18. Praying kingdom advancement prayers transforms believers enhancing our spiritual level of authority, putting us in command of issues. Be spiritual about it. Don’t play games with it, be spiritual about it.
I was up on the mountain and at the end of that episode searching for God from the book of Ezekiel. He said behold I have touched your tongue with the coal of fire and from henceforth as you say it, you see it. I didn’t ask for one thing for me, Jesus show me the secret behind the ministry of Ezekiel. What a prayer. First day, first night, second day, second night searching and praying, He showed up “Behold I have touched your tongue with the coal of fire”. God will show up to you and change your level of spiritual authority. Church Gist. The world around you will know your level has changed. The devil will know your level has changed. So we are not praying this prayer for fun, it is God’s secret for our change of story.
Prayers: Lift your two hands and ask God for grace for sustainability in praying kingdom advancement prayers as individuals and as a church. Lord engrace me to keep praying kingdom advancement prayers as a priority. Church Gist. Jesus make this week a great week in my prayer life. Let the impact of my prayer be felt in my family, in my cell, in this church.
I decree the open order of returns in everyone’s life in the name of Jesus. He has not asked the seed of Jacob to seek Him in vain, therefore the blessings that accompany praying kingdom advancement prayer I decree that it begins to manifest in the lives of every one of us. You will be going from strength to strength. You never fail, you never faint. Church Gist. God is turning every one of us to testimonials. People will see us and follow us to serve God. You will never suffer any assault from the wicked anymore. As declared yesterday prophetically, the week is your week of testimony. This week is declared your week of testimony. Every word proclaimed on you yesterday shall find full scale expression this week in any one’s life.
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