*Received grace for fruitful labour this productive season.
Will you lift your hands to Heaven this morning and give God the glory for these awesome testimonies that we have heard today. They’re the doings of the Lord and they are marvelous in our eyes.
Will you give Him glory, will you celebrate Him from the depth of your heart. Make sure your voice of gratitude and thanksgiving is heard on high. Appreciation to God is application for more. Give Him the praise. This is only God at work. No other god at work. Give Him the praise, Give Him the glory and adoration.
That child was rescued supernaturally from destruction. That brother was rescued from hired assassins. Give God thanks. Lift your voice in gratitude to God.
Celebrate God from the depth of your heart. Celebrate Him and honour Him right now. Father we have come to give You the praise. We have come to give You the glory. Blessed be Your holy name. Thank You mighty God. You are worthy of all the praise.
Thank Him for answers to your prayers. You have prayed in supplication, God has heard you and granted your petitions. Will you give Him thanks.
Father it is You that hears and answers prayers. Now begin to ask Him to speak to you this morning. I’ve come here Lord for an encounter. By Your Word meet and transform me again. By Your Word change me again. Blessed be Your holy name in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
Our Father in the name of Jesus we thank You for the blessing of Your presence. Thank You for the awesome testimonies we have heard. They are Your doings and they’re marvelous in our eyes. For the answers You have given to our prayers we say thank You.
Now this morning our eyes are upon You again . Speak to us this morning. By Your Word let everyone of us be changed and transformed. We give You the praise and glory for in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
All through this week in our Covenant Hour of Prayer sessions we have been looking at this line of exhortation titled
ENGAGING BIBLICAL MENTALITY IN STEWARDSHIP
According to Scriptures in
Proverbs 23:7
From this Scripture we are able to deduce that destiny as a whole answers largely to our mentality. But the Bible also makes it clear to us that the mindset or the mentality or the thoughts of God are far from the thoughts of man.
Isaiah 58:8-9
Our mentality determines our destiny. But in reality man’s mentality is far from God’s mentality and God’s Word is the only corrective measure with which one can renew his or her mind.
Romans 12:2
So we must go to God’s Word to begin to dictate how we think. We must go to God’s Word to realign how we think. We must go to God’s Word to establish how we think.
When it comes to our stewardship therefore we must go to God’s Word to align our thinking appropriately. That’s what we have been doing all through the course of this week.
How should you and I see our stewardship? This morning we are going to go a bit further as we recognize that we must possess a reward mentality.
There is no doubt that in Scriptures we have the established commandment from God that everyone that is a child of God is ordained by God to serve. We are sent as servants. We are here on assignment. Stewardship is very vital and one of the vital descriptions that God gives us when it comes to our stewardship is having a mentality of rewards. Being conscious of rewards.
There are many testimonies you will hear among the children of God, that you will see individuals say “My reward mentality came alive because it your consciousness that ultimately determines your experience.
Now very quickly let’s look at Scriptures.
1st Corinthians 3:8
So rewards answer to labour. It is our labour that determines our reward.
2nd Chronicles 15:7
It is labour that God rewards. Not participation. It is labour that God rewards not association or presence. It is labour that God rewards.
Hebrews 11:6
When He talks about diligence He refers to hard work. Our seeking of God is not because of our presence or our participation. It is because of our consentious labour and when our labour is confirmed by Heaven it is rewarded by Heaven. This is so important. We must have the consciousness that “I am not wasting my time serving God, I am positioning myself for rewards”. You and I must establish this consciousness in order to enjoy the best of our stewardship.
Don’t be satisfied with registering your presence. Don’t be satisfied with association. Be committed to labour and the labour that will always capture God’s attention, diligent labour.
Proverbs 22:29
The labourer in the Kingdom cannot end up average.
Luke 2:49
Business there includes Kingdom endeavors. Everyone that is diligent in Kingdom endeavors is not permitted by God to remain average.
I pray for you this morning that mediocrity comes to an end in every aspect of your life.
Let’s take note of the fact that God does not reward groups. God rewards individuals.
Revelations 22:12
It is not about the group, it is about the individual. Can I tell you this? The reward of God does not take time. All it takes is diligent engagement.
You hear testimonies of individuals experiencing supernatural turnaround. Without taking time it just requires diligent engagement.
You heard the testimony that was read this morning of that child who was sick and it seemed like all medical interventions was failing. The parents heard the Word and dived into labour. By the time they returned from the harvest field they were discharged. It just took one dive into the harvest field and God stepped in suddenly..
For somebody in this prophetic season God will step into your situation.
Your turnaround does not take time it takes God. Change of story does not take time it takes God. For you and I to engage God you and I must engage practically in labour. Shout hallelujah.
As we begin to conclude this morning, take note of this. You can be a member of a winning team and still be a failure. So it is not the team to which you belong.
1st Corinthians 9:24-26
It is you that determines the outcome. You may belong to a team but God will reward you as an individual. So don’t just begin to celebrate team success. Also begin to be conscious of personal engagement.
You and I know that in sports, a sport team may win a championship but they will still cut some players. They won yes but that player did not pull his weight so by the end of the season they drop him. Yes he was on the championship team, It was a winning team but he was a losing player.
So don’t just celebrate being part of a winning team. “Oh we’re all winners”, no each one wins individually. Ensure that your personal engagement is secure. That is what ultimately determines what becomes of your life and destiny.
- In this season you will become a winning player.
You and I must have this mentality that there is a reward that comes to us in our engagement but it is according to our labour.
- Therefore receive the grace for fruitful labour, the grace for effective labour, the grace for efficient labour, the grace for rewardable labour.
- My prayer is that for each one of us in this season our labour shall be rewarded.
Rise on your feet and take grace from grace from God. Lord this season must not pass me by without nothing to show. I receive grace for efficient, sufficient, rewardable and productive labour.
I receive grace for fruitful labour in this productive season. Lift up your voice and pray from the depth of your heart. Receive grace from God. Paul said “I am what I am by the grace of God”. Receive grace. He said l
“Let’s come boldly to the throne of grace to obtain mercy and find grace to help”.
Lord we need Your grace to help. Lift your voice and pray. Thank You mighty God. Blessed be Your holy name in Jesus mighty name we have prayed.
It is done in Jesus precious name.
Don’t forget we have our fliers and tracts. Tomorrow is our Special Sunday Easter Service. Give Jesus a big hand of praise.
For each one of us it will be a ressurection encounter for us. They closed the tomb and they thought they closed the case but on that day He arose.
- Tomorrow you shall arise.
- That tomb shall be open again.
- That case shall be turned around again in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
There is no Easter Sunday without a dramatic encounter and tomorrow shall be far greater than all we have ever seen in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Every tract and flier is filled with the breath of the Holy Ghost. They’re going forth as sharp sickles. Everyone of these materials shall draft in multitudes. So shall it be in Jesus precious name.
As we engage with these materials we shall see the greatest order of harvest thus far in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
SPEAK TO THE DAY
Make your declaration right now because whatever you decree is what God will deliver. Father thank you in Jesus precious name we have declared.
- Naow in the name of Jesus this day is declared blessed.
- For you it is a day of encounters.
- As you engage in the harvest field today it will be a day of bountiful harvest in the name of Jesus Christ.
So shall it be in Jesus name.
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