WE DO NOT ONLY HEAR GOD, WE HEAR THOSE WHO ARE SENT BY GOD TO FIND OUR WAY OUT OF THE UNWANTED ISSUES OF LIFE
GOD SENT ME AMONG OTHERS TO OPEN THE SEAL OF KINGDOM PROSPERITY TO THE BODY OF CHRIST
OBEDIENCE IS THE ONLY COVENANT ACCESS TO ABUNDANCE THAT EQUALS FLOURISHING IN HARD TIMES
MY CONFIDENCE TO WALK IN THE MIDST OF ALL KINDS OF OPPOSITIONS STEMS FROM 1 PETER 3:13 AND PROVERBS 17:13
WALKING IN THE COVENANT OF SUPERNATURAL BLESSINGS GETS THE devil OFF THE EQUATIONS OF YOUR LIFE
I’M NOT A TEACHER OR PREACHER OF PROSPERITY, I’M A MESSENGER.
I’VE NOT HAD TO BEG ONE DAY FOR ANY BLESSING TO COME MY WAY.
I’VE CONSCIOUSLY OBEYED MY WAY INTO REALMS OF BLESSINGS THAT’S EVER INCREASING.
YOU CAN’T FIND BLESSING WITHOUT OBEDIENCE AS ITS TRIGGER.
WHEREVER GOD’S BLESSINGS ARE, YOU DON’T FIND SORROWS THERE.
ABUNDANCE IS NO AMBITION FOR US IN THE KINGDOM. IT’S OUR BIRTHRIGHT IN REDEMPTION.
THE COVENANT OF BLESSING IS NOT LIMITED TO FINANCIAL FAVOUR BUT PROCURES FOR US ALL ROUND REST.
– Bishop David Oyedepo on “WALKING IN THE COVENANT OF SUPERNATURAL BLESSINGS” at April 2024 Week Of Spiritual Emphasis || Day One || LFC Canaanland || 3rd April 2024 ||
The rich fool looked up to Heaven, said to Abraham, “please send Lazarus to go and tell my other brethren, don’t come to this place of hurt.” Abraham answered, “they have Moses and the Prophets, if they won’t hear them, neither will they hear anybody who would come out of the grave.” Luke 16:27-31. We don’t only hear God, we hear those who are sent by God to find our way out of the unwanted issues of life. I had to hear Copeland, had to hear Gloria his wife, to see the light God wanted to show me. Psalms 36:9. Church Gist. There are those people by whose light we see light but pride won’t let many people get into it. Pride, arrogance, that always go before destruction. There are people in the body of Christ that we can only see light through the light they saw. I am a beneficiary of many of such people. It’s time to come down; we are in the days of rising agents in the body of Christ and meekness becomes a major factor to secure your place in it. God won’t come down to talk to nobody – he has his agents who are sent for the perfecting of our faith till we come into the unity of faith in which they operate. Ephesians 4:13. There are people planted by God in his body through whom our faith on any subject matter can be perfected. God sent me among others to open the seal of Kingdom Prosperity to the body of Christ – I didn’t send myself, God sent me. I met someone who listened to one tape – Financial Dominion – we met at the Airport one time he said, “Sir, that message turned my life around.” Some were live, present in that meeting, nothing happened to them.
– Something must happen in your life this month
– Days of financial stress must end in your life!
– The days of financial distress must end in your life!
– The days of eating from hand to mouth must end in your life!
– Lord open my ears to hear and my heart to understand what you have in stock for me this month – pray.
Hard times are not coming, hard times are here. The Prophetic Focus of the month is, “In the Days of Famine, I shall be satisfied.” Psalms 37:25-26. Are you going through any financial stress? The Word says, whatever he tells you to do, do it. John 2:5; 1 Kings 17:11-12. It’s so important to know that obedience is the only covenant access to abundance that equals flourishing in hard times. Church Gist. Until you are set for obedience, you’re not ready for an escape – you’re not set. The fear of God means being delighted in keeping his commandments. Psalm 112:1. It’s not, “I fear God” – he doesn’t know. Your Obedience is the only validation that you fear him. Psalm 112:1-2.
We don’t beg for blessings in the Kingdom, we obey our ways into blessings. Our teaching series for the Midweek Services is captioned, “WALKING IN THE COVENANT OF SUPERNATURAL BLESSINGS.” It’s a covenant to engage with – not intercessory prayer to die on. God won’t use your prayer to break his covenant. Church Gist. 50 days of prayer and fasting won’t get you into blessings. “It’s a witch” – no no! Sir, when you’re in the covenant, you have disarmed all the witchcraft in all witches. The devil is off the equation when a believer is walking in the Covenant – completely off, rendered powerless!
You know where my confidence comes in walking in the midst of all kinds of oppositions? 1 Peter 3:13 – “And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?” Proverbs 17:13 – “Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.” I wish you good so if you wish me evil, you’re the one who knows what you’re wishing yourself. Church Gist. Walking in the Covenant gets the devil off the equations of your life. You can’t be in the Covenant of Abundance and one devil from hell stops your way to abundance. You can’t be walking in the light and one force of darkness comes to arrest you. It’s never known that darkness arrests light. No force under heaven can render the covenant of no effect.
I’m not a teacher or preacher of prosperity, I’m a messenger. ‘Get back home and make my people rich’. And I said: ‘What? What do I have’? Till I found in 2 Corinthians 6:10. ‘As poor, yet making many rich’. 2 Timothy 2:13. So I’ve not had to beg one day for any blessing to come my way. I’ve consciously obeyed my way into realms of blessings that’s ever-increasing. Job 36:11. You can’t be on board this flight and carry an identity of poverty. Church Gist. You can’t be on board this flight sir. No! The question you ask yourself: Am I really on board? Am I hanging around the airport? When you onboard a flight, whatsoever is served on that flight is your right. It’s your right! Question! Am I really on board? Am I just admiring the flight? And all the schedules? All the Scriptures? But never onboard? Before prophecy began to have expression in my life I have been shouting what I encountered from the Ministry of Copeland. We were under the Batcher, before we got to the Batcher when we were ten. I was shouting: ‘See what I got’! As God spoke to me (in) 1982. You can’t find it and not know.
-You must find it this month oo
You can’t find this thing and not know. You can’t find it and not know. So stop sympathizing with yourself. Stop explaining away your situation by: ‘National issue’. What is? Are you a national person? (Laughing). What’s your problem? One of my close folks in those days wanted to buy a car, we were in Kaduna (State) and he sent to me… I said: ‘Well! Let me talk to them in Peugeot. In those days, only brand new cars make any… You can’t tell anyone you’re doing car wash without having a new car. So that was the time then. So he sent money in and he said the car has increased by I think seven thousand or so. Church Gist. He said: ‘Never’! It will come down. I said: ‘Okay’! Let me assist you, he said: ‘No!!! I know it will come down, he never rode that car. It was just jumping up. I was alive here when naira and dollar were equal; one, one. I sold my first car, one thousand naira. It has four tyres. You better wake up! (Laughing). You better wake up! Nothing is coming down, you better go up! (Laughing). You better go up! Every generation has its famine season, there was famine in the days of Abraham. Every generation is synonymous with famine. So the Endtime famine is one kind that will spread across all nations. All those who are bragging now, just watch! The Earth will burn like an oven but upon them that fear My name, I’ll make a difference. Malachi 4:1-2. I’ve been saying it and hear it again, a time is coming when there will be no nation to run to. Same temperature, same with heat. Malachi 4:2.
-May everyone under the sound of my voice today receive this saying and align with it.
The Endtime belongs to only those who fear God. People are stealing because there is what to steal. If there’s nothing to steal, what will you steal? Are there no places today that even if you open the door no thief will come there? Because there’s nothing to find inside. And they know, what am I going to do there? Church Gist. A time is coming when thieves will have nowhere to steal. Can you see the supply of food in the Widow of Zarephath’s house? No! As they are using it, it’s multiplying from a source you can’t see. If that Source catches you, that’s the end of it. That you’re going near to go and steal what God, Heaven is supplying? That’s a trap!
-But I see you gloriously exempted! I see your household, gloriously exempted! May no one here keep trusting in their strength, trusting in their skill, may no one here keep trusting in their so-called abundance which one wind can blow away. Church Gist. May the thoughts of everyone here be refocused on God.
The Covenant of Blessing is not limited to financial favour but procures for us all round rest. Philippians 4:19. All your needs! What the sick needs most is health. What the oppressed needed most is deliverance. This Covenant has capacity to meet all our needs. Church Gist. Genesis 12:3. You can’t find blessing without obedience as its trigger. Everywhere you find blessing, you find obedience behind the scene. All through Scriptures the Covenant of Seedtime and Harvest has proved to be the gateway to a world of supernatural blessings.
-And that’s where God is launching each one of us into and keeping us going – Those of us who are already there; this month! In the name of Jesus.
So abundance is no ambition for us in the Kingdom. It’s our birthright in redemption. 2 Corinthians 8:9. Proverbs 10:22. It wards off sorrows, off! Church Gist. Wherever God’s blessings are, you don’t find sorrows there. It’s like darkness and light. Proverbs 10:22. Sorrow free blessings! That’s your portion!
-There shall be no weeping in your household anymore. No biting of fingers! No misfortune. Proverbs 10:22.
In 2 Corinthians 9:6-8, talking about seedtime and harvest. All means everything less nothing. “All sufficiency in all things” They entered into a covenant of blessings in 2 Chronicles 15:12-15 and God in response gave them rest round about. Church Gist. If you check their situation from verses 3-7, they were under distress, God vexed them with all adversities, difficulties, they were desponding, they were in despair, but they entered into a covenant of blessing and God turned everything around. Church Gist. He gave them rest round about. So, it’s far beyond bring toro (penny) collect Sisi (pound). Bring a penny, collect a pound. It’s far beyond that.
Everyone under this Covenant lives in a different world. They live in a different world. When they are smiling, you think they are faking it. When they testify you say “It can’t be true. There must be something behind it” No, (it’s) spiritual understanding behind it. They understood it. Church Gist. Before I saw any bank account, I was a very prosperous man by what I saw in Scriptures. My future was defined from Scriptures. I have been living in the light of that future ever since, in the reality of it. You can’t find this thing and not know. It’s not subject to any economic climate, it’s not subject to any national economy, global economy, zero.
– You are going over!
So, this is not about Harvard School of Business discoveries.
(Do) you know why we need meekness? It is walking in the steps of giants that make a giant. Jeremiah 6:16. “We are a new generation of believers. We won’t walk in that way, my friend. Church Gist. There is no such thing as covenant, it’s just circumstances” Why is it contrary to you? Why are the circumstances contrary to you? Are you the only one in the World? Why is it favourable to others? “We will not walk therein” Jeremiah 6:17,19. Hearken! Pride leads nowhere, hearken. Church Gist. This Church is enough of an exam for anybody who has any interest in his well being to see what to push for other things to answer to you. To understand what to engage with for you to be in command of other things.
– It’s your turn at last.
Your future is not in your pay pack, it’s not in your possession, stop that. Church Gist. It’s not in your business status. Your real worth is in walking in the Covenant of abundance. My real worth is in walking in the Covenant of abundance.
May I help you on this? God will never depend on you or me. The same way you don’t depend on a toddler baby, your 3 (year) old child, you’re depending on him to help you out of a problem. Church Gist. The distance between you and God is far beyond that. God will never depend upon man to be God. There is nothing you give that God is jumping about, it’s from what He gave you so, where’s the bragging? “I’m not going to give anything. You know, I’m already blessed” Well done.
We have never known a downtime in 43 years and you know the way the economy has been (downward slope). Not that they told me, I’ve been here. I know what it is. Church Gist. To rent a whole bungalow those days, 45 thousand (naira) was outrageous. If you go inside, inside of the forest at that time, you won’t get it. When they asked me to rent, I said “Is it for sale?”
– It’s your turn.
If you are interested in a future in hard times, wake up and take a strong position in the Covenant to secure your great future.
However, these are the required foundation that enables our walk in the Covenant to be profitable.
1: Be spiritual. You can’t claim to be walking in the Covenant and still be cutting corners, cheating on others. It won’t fly. Genesis 14:23. You don’t engage in sharp practices walking in this Covenant. Your tithing is nullified if you are a thief. Tithing brings blessings but stealing brings curses. Amen.
So it is time to make your choice. Am I going the way of the world or going the way of scriptures? 3 John 1:2. To the level of your spiritual prosperity. Abraham was a highly spiritual man, he was a liberal soul. He will give anything to put a smile on somebody else’s face. Travellers passing by must take a refreshment in his house. He didn’t know them and by so doing he entertained angels unaware. He gave Lot all that he wanted without wishing him evil. Lot was captured in war, he went after his rescue and conquered the enemy. Abraham was a tither, he secured heavenly blessing through Melchizedek as he paid the tithe of all on behalf of his army. Church Gist. He maintained consistency in his covenant walk with God from Chapter 12 all the way to Chapter 22. Whatever God said was final. Isaiah 51:1-2. The Lord has a plan to bless His Church after the same order but look to the steps of Abraham and walk in those steps so you can secure the blessings of Abraham upon your life. If you are Abraham’s seed, do the works of Abraham. John 8:39. Abraham became a business emperor without cutting corners with an army of 318 to himself, to defend his empire.
Psalm 112:1-3. It is your turn. So stop bemoaning your situation, align with the covenant to secure God’s great future already procures for you and I in redemption. No one in your lineage will beg bread. Romans 4:20. Consistency in season and out of season. Abraham was a hard worker. God’s blessings always come upon the works of our hands more often than not. Psalm 1:3. James 1:25. What he does will enjoy God’s blessings on it. When I was called to ministry, there was nothing attractive about ministry. They greet your parents to bemoan them. Olorun a d’awon to ku si o (God will keep the rest safely) Means that this one is dead. Church Gist. Preachers were known to be beggars because preaching and giving are not the same. Preaching is not seed sowing. Preaching and giving are not the same. Jesus the Living Word was a giver, he was not a beggar. “What that doeth, do it quickly. Maybe to go and give something to the poor or go and buy something that we need.” He was not a beggar. The covenant of seed time and harvest is binding on all as long as the earth remains. Binding! Even for priests, the congregants, the apostle, the prophet, binding on all. No man can stumble into supernatural blessings without being a giver with a strong and consistent position in the covenant. Somebody’s story has just changed.
For our Covenant to be profitable, keep doing what you are asked to do believing. Whatever is not of faith is sin. It won’t work. Believing! You are not trying God. You are trusting Him. Romans 14:23. Any instruction of scripture you engage without faith is wasted. It is faith that gives life to our actions. Where I was notwithstanding, my faith in God’s Prosperity agenda as revealed to me was too strong to be doubted. Doing it in faith is where many of us have problems. You give to a needy and you wish you didn’t give a minute after. “What is wrong with me? Why did I drop that bag of rice?” go and collect it back. Every time you regret your act of obedience, the obedience has no more effect. What flies in the Kingdom is obedience of faith. Church Gist. Abraham said, I believe God is able to raise him back after I cut his neck. Obedience of faith will always return with blessings. Obedience of faith was what invoked that sworn blessing. Many obey God in the Kingdom but they don’t believe it. “Let’s see what He will do this time, I did it last year too. I gave transport seed in my zone. What that sister did, I did exactly the same thing and nothing happened.” You didn’t do it the same way. You are trying God, God let’s try you. That Sister said she tried you. She didn’t try Him, she trusted Him. Thou shall not tempt the Lord thy God. It is a mystery. Examine yourself whether you are in the faith or not. Nobody can tell you that. Only obedience of faith flies with God.
Finally, give in righteousness. Sow to yourself in righteousness. Let your motive be pure. Hebrews 12:28. Malachi 3:3-4. So it is a covenant walk, it is not a game. It is not a banking system. You embrace the law and His Word that will make the law to work and you find yourself walking in abundance. Again, this shall be a turning point for all of us. These hard times that are not just coming but are already here will not impact your family, will not impact your career, will not impact on your business in the name of Jesus. Church Gist. For someone to be working in a place where you are not paid for one year and you are still there, it is because you haven’t got another job. Am I talking? You can’t be working in a place and you are not being paid and you are still there. It is because you haven’t got another place. A time may come where many places will not have anything to pay. Don’t wait.
– It will be clear to the world that your case is different.
Matthew 24:7. Nothing defines tomorrow like prophetic Scriptures. “But unto you that fear my name, I will make a difference.” (Malachi 4:2.)… and that’s where you belong.
– This heat will not destroy your household, your career, your business, your children, in the name of Jesus!
-Now! For the responses of people in Church, to putting smiles on the faces of the challenged! Be blessed! You have offered clothing materials, no one in your generation will go naked. You have given off your food for others to have what to eat, you will never lack bread on your table. Church Gist. For every good thing a man does, the same he shall receive of the Lord. You’ve sown your seed to take care of the healthcare needs of others. You’ll never go sick. My prayer is that the blessings that the Covenant offers will start speaking in your life in the name of Jesus.
It’s important for me at this point to mention this: It’s not only food and clothing we need. People need shelter so we need money to service that. They need healthcare, we need money to service that. So, sowing your seed into Kingdom Healthcare Covenant is part of the things needed at this time.
-As the Lord lives, no lion will pick any lamb from here and destroy in the name of Jesus.
We’re going to stand in the gap through our seeds and giving to secure the destiny of God’s people. Church Gist. Amen! And now that we’re picking them from everywhere including the streets, we have a responsibility to ensure they’re secured in Christ. It’s part of our covenant responsibilities and watch out for it.
-You’ll never lack what to give.
People only lack what they keep. Nobody lacks what he gives. You give of your money? You’ll never lack it. ‘He that giveth to the poor shall not lack’. You give of your food, you’ll never lack bread on your table. You give of your clothing, you’ll never go naked, neither generations after you! Church Gist. So, you’re doing all of those things to secure your generations after you. Get excited about it! And to keep sorrow away from your tabernacle. Get excited about it! To keep you rejoicing when others are mourning, get excited about it. Thank You, Jesus!
—-COMMUNION SERVICE—-
I’ll like you to please know that what we are doing now is not new to our Commission, it’s been the practice since inception. Church Gist. Caring for the challenged has been part of our culture since inception where there wasn’t much but there was a heart to be part of it and we are part of it with the little that was available and part of the blessings of God that we are experiencing today is our undying commitment to the well being of others. Join this chariot, it’s for your good! Like we heard in our announcement, we have expanded distribution centres to cover all the area facilities so it can be closer to people to have access to these. Church Gist. Also, because of time constraints in our kind of community, we have opened up the Church on Sunday to receive some of those items when people come to Church, in some designated tents so we can have distribution from here to those other locations. So you don’t have to run away from one office to another to get across to where those centres are, you can bring them here on Sunday when you are coming and then they make distribution from here to those area facilities.
– Can I hear your Amen?
That’s for those who are not close enough or who don’t have their own time in their hand. Church Gist. Please, Don’t be left out for any reason. Be part of this. Praise God!
Hebrews 13:7. It always works. Can I hear your Amen? It always works. I’ve seen myself put out my finger into my pocket, my very, very rich pocket and pull out everything in there and place it in the hands of one that was crying, not knowing what he will eat after service. Church Gist. The pocket has never run dry. It wasn’t done to ‘What is your name?’ No, this is it.
– You will do something this time that will turn your story around forever.
So, open your heart for it. Church Gist. We are in this Kingdom business together.
—Prayers—
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