-Pastor David Oyedepo at CHoP

Lift your hands to Heaven this morning and let’s give glory to God. He’s the doer of these awesome testimonies. There is no man that can do these things except God be at work in him. Let’s give thanks unto God, let’s give praise to His name. Celebrate the faithfulness of our God. Give Him praise from the depth of your heart. Make sure your thanksgiving is heard on the high this morning as you give glory and praise unto the most high God.Let your voice be registered on high this morning. Give thanks and praise unto His name. Don’t mutter your words, make sure that your voice of gratitude is heard on high. He’s worthy of praise, of glory and of honour. Lord we thank you. Also thank Him for answers to prayers. We have never called upon Him in vain. Everytime we call He hears, every time we call He answers our prayers. Father thank you. We celebrate You. Now begin to ask Him to speak to you this morning. I’ve come here today to hear Your voice. Speak directly to me today and let Your Word change and transform me again in Jesus precious name we have prayed.Father thank You for always answering our prayers. Thank You for always working in our midst resulting in testimonies. We give You the praise and glory. Now Lord our eyes are upon You this morning. Speak to us again, let Your Word transform us. We give You the praise in Jesus precious name we have prayed.Among the Scriptures we heard in our personal supplication1st Thessalonians 5:18According to Scriptures therefore no matter the situation that we find ourselves in requires thanksgiving. Every situation has a point of gratitude. The reason is that it is the will of God to give thanks. According to Scriptures after we have done the will of God we are said to receive the promise.Hebrews 10:36Until the will of God is done the promise cannot be received. In other words until we give thanks to God we cannot experience the fulfilment of the promise of God.Our exhortation for this week is simply captionedTURN YOUR CONCERNS TO THANKSGIVING AND GOD WILL TURN THEM TO TESTIMONIESYou would recall that last Sunday a prophetic alert came to us as a Church body with this simple statement, “Turn the issues of your life into thanksgiving and God will turn them into testimonies”. In other words the turning point of every situation is at the point of thanksgiving. Until you’re ready to offer thanks to God, you cannot experience the turnaround that you desire. An example of this in Scripture is the example of Abraham. The Bible says he was strong in faith and was giving glory to God and as a result of that Isaac came.Romans 4:16-21As he was glorifying God, God was turning around his situation.- For somebody this week as you keep glorifying God, every situation that has been staring you in the face will be turned around fortestimonies.But how? May be the question that we ask. As we’re giving God thanks our start situation begins to turn around.According to Scriptures we access fresh oil through thanksgiving which empowers us to command the supernatural. Psalms 92:1-2The outcome of our fresh oil is the unleashing of thanksgiving. Now the question is what is the impact of the fresh oil?When a man’s life becomes anointed, what is the effect? How do we see the anointing operating? We look at four dimensions of the operation of the anointing. First of all according to Scriptures in Isaiah 10:27.The effect of the anointing is liberty. It breaks the hold of captivity. – For somebody here as you begin giving thanks to God every situation that has held up captive, the prison door shall be opened.The anointing helps in establishing liberty for the saints.When the anointing comes the captivity is broken. – For somebody I see every captivity around your life broken in the name of Jesus.Psalms 89:21-24The anointing brings about victory, terminates the hold of defeat.- For somebody by the anointing, as you’re giving thanks to God this week I see every defeat overthrown for victory.Don’t forget according to Scriptures whatever is born of God is ordained to overcome the world. So you’re born to be an overcomer but one of the forces that establishes our victory is the anointing and as we keep giving thanks to God the oil of God upon our lives becomes fresh and it begins to flow until it overflows.Number three manifestation of the anointing is breakthrough. The anointing brings about supernatural breakthrough.Isaiah 45:1-3When an individual begins to enjoy fresh oil there is a breaking of limits.When you find a man that is anointed, that the oil of God is manifesting upon him it does not know limitations. Zachariah 4:7There’s no mountain anywhere the moment an individual becomes endowed with the oil of Heaven. The barriers and the mountains and oppositions of life are cleared off the way. Supernatural manifestations begin to take place as the result of the oil.Acts 19:38The moment you live a life of thanksgiving, you live a life that is continually lubricated with the oil of Heaven. When the oil of Heaven comes upon your life, you enjoy the life of the supernatural. You see liberty, you see victory, you see breakthrough and you see signs and wonders. That will become your own testimony in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. The anointing is in degrees. The anointing is in levels The result that you see today is a product of the unction that you have on your life up to this point. To change levels in result, you must change levels in unction. That is why you and I cannot stop giving God thanks. As we keep giving Him thanks the oil begins to come in new dimensions upon our lives. We must keep giving Him thanks.Ezekiel 47:1-5There are dimensions to the oil and to keep it flowing we must keep giving thanks. When thanksgiving becomes your life style, your life becomes lubricated by the oil of Heaven. – My prayer for each one of us today is that the grace to sustain thanksgiving as a lifestyle, may it come upon all of us in Jesus name.- The grace to sustain and maintain thanksgiving as lifestyle may that grace come upon each one of us in the name of Jesus Christ.Lift your hands to Heaven and just connect with that grace. Lord I receive grace to maintain a life of thanksgiving, a life of gratitude, not to be a complainer, but to be a thanksgiver day in day out at every point in time. Giving thanks in all things, giving thanks for all things. Lift your voice and take that grace from God this morning.Lord I receive grace to live my life as a thanksgiver. Thank You Father for it, blessed be Your holy name in Jesus precious name we have prayed.Pick up those matters, instead of asking, Lord I want You to do this, say Lord I thank You for this and as you’re thanking Him for all things, He begins to turn all things on your behalf. That will be your experience in the name of Jesus.Speak to the day. Make your decree concerning the day. Whatever you declare before God in His ear He will turn it around on your behalf. Therefore speak to the day. Make your decrees. I thank You for the liberty of today. I thank You for the visitation and speed of the day. I thank You for the Supernatural manifestation of the day. I thank You for the revelations of the day in Jesus precious name.- As you go forth this day becomes your day of testimonies.- For you it is a day of favour.- As this new work week begins new good things come your way.- All through this week only good tidings.- No evil report in the name of Jesus Christ so shall it be in Jesus precious name.

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