IF YOU’RE TRULY SAVED AND YOU HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT SALVATION OFFERS, YOU CAN’T SMELL DEPRESSION
BECOMING A MEMBER OF GOD’S HOUSEHOLD IS THE GREATEST BENEFIT OF LIFE BECAUSE THAT IT GOD BECOME YOUR CARETAKER
REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS – A DOWNCAST SOUL WILL NEVER SEE PROPHECY FULFILLED
– Bishop David Oyedepo on UNDERSTANDING HOW PRAISE FACILITATES FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECIES (A) at First Pre-Shiloh Encounter Service || 2nd November 2025 || Faith Tabernacle, Canaanland || First Sunday Service || Part B.
To see prophecies fulfilled, engage the joy of the Lord in spite of what may be happening because all that belongs to you stands to perish when joy withers away. Joel 1:12. Philippians 4:4. Church Gist. Rejoice in the Lord with the assurance that God is who He says He is. He’s not a joker, He means what He says and He says what He means. Rejoice in the Lord always. A downcast soul will never see prophecy fulfilled. Rejoice in the Lord always, let the joy of the Lord rule your life. You’re redeemed as a bundle of joy. Joy is one of the core fruits of the spirit. You’re saved and you have the proof of love, joy and peace. Ephesians 5:9. Romans 14:17. Church Gist. So, at salvation, you have the fruit of joy. By the Holy Ghost, you have access to intoxicating joy. “They thought they were drunk”, intoxicating joy is what the Holy Ghost offers.
Then you have joy in the Word. Psalm 119:162. Revelation stirs joy. So, here you are, born again with the fruit of the spirit that is called joy, there you are with the Holy Ghost that gives you access to intoxicating joy, and there you have revelation that stirs joy on your inside. Church Gist. You’re a bundle of joy, depression is not your portion. Therefore, I curse the siege of depression over your life.
This is my take, now watch, you see, if you’re truly saved and you have an understanding of what salvation offers, you can’t smell depression. You live above it. Church Gist. Someone asked me many years ago, “Brother David, do you ever have problems?” I said, “maybe it came, I didn’t know”. It gets you drunk, there’s a joy of salvation, there’s a joy in the Holy Ghost, there’s a joy in revelation, so Where’s the room for depression. Church Gist. Therefore, every arrow of depression shut in your direction, I command them back to sender!
You want to see prophecies come to pass, you don’t want prophecies to wither away, engage the joy of the Lord as a lifestyle. 1 Thessalonians 5:16. Church Gist. Abraham was strong in faith giving glory to God. He had no room to consider things that could depress, he was above it. That’s your life.
God spoke to me about the mystery of Kingdom Prosperity but we didn’t really see the practical impact of it but you can’t take the joy of having seen it from me. Church Gist. The joy of the revelation keeps turning me on and on and hasn’t stopped. When that rides on the joy of salvation and joy in the Holy Ghost, you get drunk. Don’t stop, prophecy is coming to pass in your life! Cheer up! It’s the only way there. Nobody will ask you again, ‘what is wrong?’ Nothing will look wrong around you anymore.
Be genuinely thankful for all His goodness in your life. Stop counting your losses, start counting your benefits. Psalm 103:2-5. Church Gist. He outlined the benefits in order of priority. Psalm 103:1-5. Beginning with forgiveness of all my iniquity, healing of all my diseases, deliverance from all destructions, satisfied my mouth with good things. There’s no car on that list, there’s no building on that list. They’re all fringe benefits that accrue to you through your obedience of faith to whatever He commands. Church Gist. But fundamentally, becoming a member of God’s household is the greatest benefit of life because that makes God become your caretaker. 1 Timothy 5:8. So, you become God’s responsibility. He begins to take care of your affairs, that covers every other thing. So, celebrate God for being born again, for being a member of the household of God, for having God watching over you. Amen. Church Gist. If you can’t have this perspective, you’ll never lose your joy. If I don’t have anything else, I have Jesus, I have a tomorrow, I have eternity, I better celebrate. Come on now, give the Lord a big hand of praise!
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