-Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo at Morning Glow, KICC on ‘DIVINE ENCOURAGEMENT’ (Part 6)
Praise the Lord!
This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Welcome to Morning Glow. Welcome to another time in the presence of the Lord. Welcome to a time of receiving from Him; a time of seeking His face, experiencing grace, experiencing power, experiencing His manifestation, experiencing testimony, experiencing the hand of the Lord in the mighty name of Jesus.
Heavenly Father, we give glory, praise, honour and adoration to Your name. Thank You for the privilege of being at Your presence today. Minister to Your people, minister to everyone; encourage, strengthen, give victory, give testimony, silent the voice of darkness, prove Yourself mighty in the life of Your people to the glory of Your name. We thank You, we give You praise, in Jesus’ name.
Amen.
Praise the Lord. Welcome to this morning. I trust the Lord that you will be blessed and you will have reasons to magnify the Lord; for the Lord is good and His mercy endures forever. Church Gist.
We are encouraging ourselves this third week again, we’ve been staying on the scriptures on encouragement unless we feel led to move in another direction. Praise the Lord.
Encouraging one another is important along all other Scriptures about receiving encouragement, you need to turnaround and encourage others (Romans 14:19, 1 Thessalonians 5:11, Hebrews 3:12-13, Hebrews 10:24-25, 2 Timothy 4:2). We must learn to turn things round and encourage other people.
Romans 14:19
Edify one another means to build other people; to build them up, not tear them down. To build them up, sow seeds in their lives; the seed of the Word of God because there is power in the word of your mouth.
1 Thessalonians 5:11
So, the Bible is saying build other people; build their spirits, encourage someone.
Hebrews 3:12-13
The Scripture teaches us to encourage one another. Church Gist. We saw the fact that we need to encourage one another on a day by day basis. Just look for somebody and lift their spirits; a scripture, a call, a remembrance, a text will be so powerful in some people’s lives. It will take them to levels you didn’t imagine.
Secondly, we must encourage others without delay. Do it instantly particularly as the Lord lays it on your heart. So, you never know how much that encouragement will lift somebody and make them overcome.
Delay in encouraging can be deadly, it can really, really be deadly. You never can know what value of the shadow of death they are passing through and there are ways to encourage people. This was what we were sharing last week by the time we came to Friday:
- Be aware of what encourages other. What will encourage them, what will lift their spirits, what will you do that will make them really celebrate, appreciate and thank God for? Do the same for others. Church Gist. Do it for them, know what a difference it makes in your own life and know that it will help them to get through the day, the week, the season, get through life (Matthew 7:12).
- Encouragement goes straight to the heart. When you en-courage, you are putting courage inside, that is the meaning of en, en means to be inside. Courage comes from the Latin word, cor – which means the heart. En-cor, put it in the heart.
So when you encourage, you are putting something inside the person’s heart. Instead of putting sadness, pain, trouble in their hearts. That’s why you will hear people say, you broke my heart because you dis-cor instead of en-cor.
2 Corinthians 4:16 – When somebody is en-cor, the spiritual man is renewed. Praise God.
- Encourage others with a reminder of Christ’s coming. In other word, remind your friends that Jesus is coming. Church Gist. We are not dreading that He is coming …”oh my God, He is coming, I hope I am not left out?” For your name is written in the book of life by reason of you receiving Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, please it is not of works least any man should boast. Know that your name truly is written in the book of life (Romans 10:8-10).
So, He is coming soon and all the signs are with us. Eternity is going to be beautiful for you, not for everlasting punishment in the name of Jesus.
- May you be found in Him, not having your own righteousness but the righteousness of God.
- Encouragement turns our minds to eternal matters instead of physical ones. When people encourage you, it makes you to love the Lord more, your spirit is turned towards the Lord. In 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, Paul makes us see this. He tells us that, look when you encourage; all the issues that you see are temporary, then you eyes are focused on the supernatural. Church Gist. So because of the joy we have, all the temporary battles become nothing, our eyes become focus on glorious things. Be encouraged this morning.
I love the way Paul puts it to the Colossians, Colossians 3:1-4.
Encouragement should be what we do when we are affirm the positive changes in others. You see somebody, affirm the change, encourage them. You see them doing well maybe with their health, with their lives; affirm it, celebrate it. Little comments and statements often help in reinforcing positive change. …oh wow, it seems you’ve been having a real good attitude towards this matter – it helps them. It maybe that I’m just starting to take notice, I see that you are losing weight, you are looking brighter, you are looking happier – it lifts people’s spirit…
How do I encourage?
Write a note, telling people that you are praying for them. That encourages people that someone remember me. In fact, if they are going through any difficulty, they just imagine another warrior prayer person, joining them in prayer. Tell them what you are praying about, tell them that you are praying.
Jesus prayed for Peter and He let him know (Luke 22:32). Jesus told him, I’ve prayed for you. Firstly he told him, I saw satan wanting to eat you up, but I have prayed for you. So when Peter went through that valley, he must have gone through thousands thought of demonic valley, of voices speaking to him because his sin was worst more than Judas’. If a man betrays you, it means he stabbed you in the back but if a man denies you, it means that, three and a half years, Jesus fed Peter and his family, put food on their table and Peter said, I’ve never heard his name before. Yet, Jesus prayed for him.
Encourage others, Paul often told the brethren that he was praying for them (Romans 15:13). He wrote to the Philippians Church who sent him food and clothings and everything (Philippians 1:3-6). Church Gist. They were carrying food to him to encourage him, carrying clothes to him to encourage him, they sent a staff from the Church called Epaphroditus. By the time he was writing back, he said I have been praying for you, my God will bless you with joy and peace. Wow… a prisoner encouraging outsiders.
This morning Lord, we give You praise. We thank You for the oil of grace upon our lives. We shall not look upon our battles, challenges or situations. We shall be channels of blessing to people. We will lift people’s spirit up in this season, we’ll encourage someone in this season; we’ll encourage them with the words of our mouths, with the seeds of our hands, with the gifts of our lives. We’ll become a channel of blessing to people in the mighty name of Jesus.
You will use us oh God to bless, to lift people up. To lift Your sons and daughters up, Lord use us, Father use us to lift Your sons and daughters up in Jesus’ name.
Psalm 34:8
- Father in the name of Jesus, we thank You for all that You’ve done for us today. We see a beautiful 23rd August, we are approaching the end of this eight month. Lord we declare and decree from this morning that we will taste the goodness, blessing, favour of the Lord this month, this week. Every demonic reaction that we have known and experienced shall not stop the goodness and the grace of Jesus in this season and this week. We shall taste your goodness in this season in the mighty name of Jesus.
Hebrews 4:12
- This morning, we release the Word of God into the rest of this week from this morning, Monday to the end of the week, we release the Word of God into every situation and atmosphere. We send Your word forth for healing, for deliverance. The counsel of the enemy shall not stand.
- This week, you will keep progressing in the name of Jesus. The Lord goes ahead of you this day, the Lord perfects everything that concerns you and gives you peace in the mighty name of Jesus.
Romans 15:4
- I declare and decree, you have hope. I speak into the rest of this week, if God has done it for others before, you will not be an exception. He will do it for you. He will open the flood gates of heaven. He will stretch His hand and do the things men thought will not be possible. Everyday of this week, we declare and decree this morning will end with a major testimony.
1 Corinthians 29:12
- I lay hands on you and your household, your children, it is in His hands to make you great. God will do it. It is in His hands to make you great, to bless, to remove limitation. I lay hands on you, be blessed, be favoured, be lifted, expand, increase in the name of Jesus.
A season of joy, testimony, glory, divine lifting, a season that is beyond your imagination is coming your way.
Isaiah 26:3
- I release you into this week declaring that whatever troubles the mind and makes the bone dry up shall not happen to you.
Colossians 2:2
- May the Lord give you something that truly comforts you this week, a comforting statement, news, breakthrough, joy. Something that will comfort you, that will heal you is coming this week.
- I pray for you today, that the news that you will hear after all you’ve been through is coming this week; a comforting news, receive in the name of Jesus.
Father we lift the National Gathering of Champions before You this morning, we pray for an outpouring of grace, glory and Your power upon the conference. Make it a conference of healing, power, deliverance, a conference of deep word, enriching word, a conference that challenges Your people to new levels, new dimension, new grace.
I speak into the lives of everyone participating, home and abroad, virtual and actual; let Your hands be laid on them for miracles, for healing, for breakthrough, for testimony. Make it an unusual, uncommon IGOC, a conference to remember in the name of Jesus.
Pour out grace, favour, blessing. Lord stretch Your hand even while people are watching, let the miraclous happen in their home, wherever they are, those who come to the hall itself. As we give the Word of knowledge, as we give a prophetic word, confirm Your word.
Do the unusual, the supernatural, stretch Your hand oh God and make Your name great in the midst of Your people. Let the Word which is quick, powerful, sharper than any two edged sword pierce into the atmosphere and change the atmosphere.
We release an invasion of the supernatural realm, the invasion of the angelic; warrior angels tearing down lies of satan in the lives of men and women. Let Your sons and daughters emerge with new power, new grace, new glory shinning in the midst of the darkness of the world. Let the world see that God make a difference between those who know Him and those who don’t Him (Exodus 11:7).
May this year’s conference be remarkable, outstanding, powerful; content – powerful, healing – powerful, miracles – powerful, the Word of life – powerful. Let testimonies go forth, let the conference bring hope to the hopeless, healing to the sick, lifting to the fallen, joy to the sorrowful, peace to the troubled in Jesus name.
We release everyone on this platform on Hebrews 4:12, we release you into this week, we release the Word of God into your life and release the Word into the atmosphere; the Word will work mightily for you, it shall not come back void. It shall work! The Word will open doors, even the things you did not ask for, the Word will go ahead, it will perform it.
…for the Word of God is quick, sharper than any two-edged sword. Jesus Himself said the Words that I speak, they are spirit and life. So it is not the word of man, it is the Word of life, Word of spirit that enters a place and life comes and because it is Spirit, it means it has no limit at its movement. It can enter the four corners of the earth in microcosm of time. Since God and His Word are one and God is the God of light and light moves faster than we can think, receive it!
It’s going to be an awesome week according to the Word of the Lord, so shall it be in Jesus name. Go out with joy today, go out with peace today, go out celebrating today. This week, things are going to begin to work. If anything comes across you and it is surprising to you, it is not like you are expecting it, don’t worry, just keep the Word.
…the flower fades, the grass withers. The Word of the Lord abides forever. The Word of man cannot stand forever. Some have beaten their chest and proven that they are something and God have let them know that they are nothing. The Word will work mightily for you in the mighty name of Jesus.
Glory to God.
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