Pastor David Oyedepo Jnr at CHoP
Let us give glory to God this morning, let us appreciate Him for those awesome testimonies. They are the doings of the Lord and it is marvelous in our eyes.
Lift your voice, lift your hands to God, remember appreciation to God is application for more.
Let’s give Him glory, let’s give Him honour and let’s give Him all the adoration that is due unto His name. Thank Him from the depth of your heart, for hearing and for answering your prayers also. That you have not prayed in vain this morning, that your intercessions and supplications have been heard by Him.
Lift your voice and give glory to God. Appreciate Him from the depth of your heart this morning. Do not mutter your words, give qualify thanks unto God. If you know you have not prayed in vain then give Him the glory that is due unto His name..
Father we have come to say thank You, we have come to glorify and honour You. We have come to give thanks unto You. Now begin to ask Him to speak to you again this morning. I have come here to hear from You Lord.
Speak directly to me by Your Word. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Our Father this morning we have come to give glory unto You. The testimonies that we have heard this morning, they are Your doings and they’re marvelous in our eyes. We have come to give You all of the praise.
Lord we are before You and Your Word this morning, speak to us again. By Your Word let every one of us be changed and transformed. We give You all the praise and glory for it in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
We have been looking at this line of exhortation captioned
RUNNING WITH THE PRIZE IN VIEW
We have been meant to understand that every prophetic agenda is a spiritual race.
Hebrews 12:1
Every prophetic agenda is a spiritual race.
1st Corinthians 9:24-26
Not all race runners end up as prize winners. What we’re seeing from Scriptures here is that if you are going to be a prize winner there is a way you must run.
The Bible helps us to understand that very clearly.
Philippians 3:14
Those who are running for the prize don’t run like others. They take a different approach. They run with the prize in view and it determines their approach to the race.
I would like us to understand that if every prophetic agenda is a race then it means every prophetic agenda has a prize. Those who run with the prize in view don’t run carelessnessly like others. They position themselves to ensure that the prize is secured.
My prayer is that in this ongoing operation who is on the Lord’s side, you will end up as a prize winner. So shall it be in the name of Jesus Christ.
It is not participation that ends a man in coronation. You don’t just participate to be crowned. You engage in a way that positions you for crowning. So how do you and I engage in this season in order to ensure that we are not just participators?
1- It is important for us to understand the pattern of God and that is the fact that God only rewards results obtained and not efforts made. I ran in a race does not make you a prize winner.
God only rewards results obtained and not efforts made.
John 15:1-2
According to Scriptures very clearly God is interested in our fruitfulness and according to that Scripture it is only those who produce fruits that He purges, that He decorates.
John 15:8
Jesus made it absolutely clear that our outcome is what God is interested in.
Our fruitfulness in our engagement is what ultimately determines our reward. What happens when a man glorifies the Father? that individual is decorated by the Father.
Proverbs 14:28
Those who are part of bringing the multitude unto God end up honouring God.
1st Samuel 2:30
You can’t be part of drafting in the multitude and not become a partaker of the decoration of God.
Look at the testimonies that we heard this morning, they are simply evidences of this. People hearing instructions and running with the instructions and as a result of that God begins to decorate the different departments of their lives.
Somebody said as they engaged, He decorated them even in the midst of lockdown. Blessings that cannot be understood by the persons who received them.
You know when you are a surprise to yourself then you can tell that this is God. He looked at it and said ‘I can’t even explain what happened, how it happened, all that I know is that it happened’. That is going to be somebody’s experience here.
You will look around your life and you will not be able to explain what happened, how it happened. You will just know that it happened because the different departments of your life will be supernaturally decorated by God.
It is results that matter. Somebody said ‘I got six souls and they were established’ and God responded. God does not respond to efforts, God responds to results.
It is also important that we understand that only reapers are entitled to win the prize.
John 4:36
You don’t get returns from God, you don’t get wages from God, you don’t get crowns from God just for going. You are decorated for reaping.
Daniel 12:3
God makes it absolutely clear that as we engage in turning many, not just trying to turn but turning them to righteousness, He said as a result of that you will begin to shine forth and you will begin to shine forth as a star. I see that becoming somebody’s experience here.
What God is showing us is this, don’t be satisfied with efforts. I went and I tried does not give you a pass mark. Everybody who enters an exam Hall writes but not everybody passes. It is the result of your engagement that determines the reward of your engagement.
WHAT ARE THE RETURNS ON OUR SPIRITUAL STEWARDSHIP?
As you and I engage in Spiritual stewardship going out there in the pursuit of souls, going to the altar of prayer, advancing the Kingdom of God, what are the returns?
We look at two of them very quickly this morning.
1- Divine Protection
Luke 10:17-19
So very clearly from Scriptures when you are on the go for Christ, when you are on assignment for Christ you are protected by Him. I tell you something there is no protection any man can secure that can compare to the protection of God.
The Bible makes it very clear ‘Wo to him that trust in man and make the arm of flesh his defense’. Man cannot defend you. There is no other avenue for defense except God because when God becomes your defense you become untouchable. Shout hallelujah.
You are defended beyond harm. ‘He said nothing by shall any means’.
When you are protected by God there is no weapon the enemy can orchestrate that can penetrate God’s defenses. You just an untouchable entity.
-I see that becoming somebody’s experience from now.
-The last assault of the enemy upon your life will be the last one forever.
2- Supernatural Favour.
It is important that we recognize that favour is in dimensions. There is a favour that may come from men but you can’t compare it to the one that comes from God. When men favour you, you may be limited but when God favours you there is no man that can disfavour you.
Luke 2:52
When God favours you men must favour you. Shout hallelujah. The favour of God is not free.
Psalms 102:13-15
There is a favour that comes from God that is fearfully measured. I tell you when a man is supernaturally favoured he has an unfair advantage.
Favour is not fair. When a man is favoured you cannot explain his progress. A man of favour has an unfair advantage. Wherever there are choices to make he is always the choice.
He is always preferred. You mean favour does not mean there is no competition, it means being the choice inspite of competition. We are told concerning Daniel that he was preferred. The Bible says Joseph stood before the king of Egypt and immediately he said ‘where can we find somebody like this?
Favour will rest upon you so that you enter an interview, as soon as they see you everybody else that they will see later does not matter. You are the first one they saw and yet you are the last one they are interested in.
- Somebody here is going to encounter supernatural dimension of favour.
- By this favour wherever you appear you shall become the choice.
Lift up your hands and say Lord I receive grace to engage fruitfully in order to secure these returns.
Lift your voice and pray that prayer this morning. Take grace from God this morning.
I receive grace, grace to engage fruitfully, to engage with results in order to secure this returns. I receive grace oh Lord. Thank You Father and thank You Lord in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
-You have asked Him for grace, that grace will begin to manifest openly in your life.
- As you engage in this ongoing operation who is on the Lord’s side God will decorate you openly in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Today gives you another opportunity to engage, therefore take advantage of it on the harvest field, on the altar of prayer just being on the go for Jesus and as you do He will decorate you I the name of Jesus.
SPEAK TO THE DAY
Make your decree, whatever you declare is what God is set to deliver. Speak to the day right now. Thank You Father, blessed be Your holy name in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
All that you have declared becomes your experience today.
-This day opens to you supernaturally.
-Every benefit belonging to today is delivered into your hand in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
-Everyone you say come will follow you today in the name of Jesus. So shall it be in Jesus precious name.
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