- NOT he that appropriates righteousness by ‘revelation’ is righteous
- Prosperity is not a citizen of any nation, neither is poverty a native of your town.
- You are redeemed a sign and wonder to your world, don’t reduce yourself to a wanderer
I was in God’s presence, asking, “why is it that revelations have not delivered in the lives of many?”
They have found it, but they can’t see it. The Word has dropped but the proofs are not there.
Listen very carefully: except for insanity, nobody keeps knocking on a door forever, you only knock for a while…it’s just normal to turn back.
Every revelation is a knock on the door of your heart (Revelation 3:20). Every revelation that does not attract prompt response is gone. You’ll wait for another time if it ever comes.
Song of Solomon 5:5,7,9
We had a graphic illustration in Song of Solomon chapter 5 while the beloved came knocking on the door. After all the religious statement, she woke up, opened the door, the beloved was gone. Her dignity was lost for late response. Not non-response but belated response.
- Grace to respond promptly to every revelation of the truth that God delivers to you in your private study; grace for prompt response after your father Abraham, receive it now.
The Pool of Bethesda (John 5:1-4).
It’s not stepping in; it’s stepping in promptly.
Whosoever first steps in, is made whole of whatsoever disease.
Oh how we need the grace for prompt response today; prompt response to maximise the blessedness of every revelation. You open the door to Jesus, He comes in: you respond to what He says and then it becomes a landmark experience in your life.
“Abraham, get thee out of thy country”: So he departed (Genesis 12:1)
Abraham was not a small boy: he jumped at it.
“Abraham, circumcise every male born in your house”: As soon as God left speaking to Abraham, he began with himself.
A man of prompt response.
“Take now, thy only son”: and Abraham rose up early in the morning (Genesis 22:2-3)
- Watch out for his steps, take the same steps: you will experience that turnaround package that God has because His Word carries a Turnaround virtue (Isaiah 51:2). Whatever He tells you to do, do it.
Can you imagine that the people at the wedding at Cana said, “okay, we will do it later. Not now”
They will just fetch water for nothing. It won’t be turned to wine. It will be well water. It will have bad taste because you are belated.
Can you imagine Naaman went home first to attend a meeting and came back to Jordan: he will just swim and carry back his leprosy.
- Prompt response is vital to maximizing the turnaround virtues of the Word! Prompt response!!
If you are Abraham’s seed, then do the works of Abraham (John 8:39). Not theoretical sons of Abraham. By redemption, we are all seeds of Abraham, but you have to do the works of Abraham to access the blessing of Abraham (Galatians 3:29). It won’t drop. - Grace for prompt response to every revelation and the response to the instructions that accompany those revelations; receive it now in the name of Jesus.
- No more shall you miss your hour of visitation.
- No more shall any of us be docile in our response to heaven’s instruction. Receive it now in the name of Jesus.
Do you know why Matthew 6:33 is still turning me around now:
- I responded fast. I responded same day. I brought myself under a vow subsequently and asked my wife to sign. It was not a joke.
Prompt response!
Do you know why the Ministry is working? He delivered it on the 2nd of May, shared with the fire of that revelation on the 6th. Ministry began on the 29th (of May).
Stop that, you can’t drag: YOU RUN!
Every vision demands a run for delivery.
“Arise, get down to Lagos: raise me a people” – same day, a staff was dispatched to come into Lagos.
“Now, rush into Lagos” – same week. Some of us were there, a number of us, at the Breakthrough Night service of May 6th. It was declared, sprinkled the Blood on the map of Africa, dedicating it to Jesus: see what is happening today? - It’s time to receive that grace.
As I hear, so I judge: it’s on the spot; As I hear, so I move (John 5:30). - From today, you will not lose your Turnaround package of any revelation again.
When He knocks and knocks and there is no response; in no time, it gets darker and darker and you can’t see anything in it. But never again! - The remaining few days will change many people’s story.
I may not know everything, but I know what prompt response did to Abraham. Father Abraham is still the father of all today by the turnaround virtue that comes from prompt response. PROMPT RESPONSE.
WHY FASTING IS RELEVANT FOR THESE LAST DAYS?
Because of Heaven’s prophetic agenda for the last days. Virtually all of what God has set in place for the end time requires prayers and fasting to realise. No wonder, Jesus said, “then shall they fast in those days” (Matthew 9:14-15, Mark 2:18-20, Luke 5:33-35).
The end time agenda of God requires fasting to realise for anyone that desires to be part of that glorious army. It takes prayers and fasting to grow in power, so you can rule in the midst of your enemies because the enemy will only surrender to power, not grammar (Psalm 110:2, Psalm 66:3). The enemy will not surrender to your emotions. No. He will only surrender to the power at work in you.
The longing of the flesh is fasting (Psalm 63:1-2). You can’t see His power in truth and in deed without engaging in the demand of prayers and fasting. Very important.
Vital Prophetic Agenda that God has Laid Out for His People
- We discover from scriptures that the last days are days of supernatural wealth which requires empowerment but power answers to prayers and fasting.
Access to the realm of supernatural wealth requires power. Why? satan is completely against God’s agenda for the wealth of the Church because in the wealth of the Church lies the expansion of the Kingdom of God on earth and darkness is an eternal enemy of light. That’s why it takes power to step into the realm of supernatural wealth.
We also discover from scriptures that God’s power is domiciled in His Word (Romans 1:16). He (satan) blinds the minds of people to the power of the Word that empowers men and women for wealth (2 Corinthians 4:4). More often than not, that will require prayers and fasting to deal with.
Why could we not cast out that devil? Because of your unbelief (Matthew 17:20,21).
Many believers have been held down in abject poverty because they can’t see the mystery that empowers for wealth. They are made to misinterpret it. They are made to see it as if somebody is playing on their intelligence.
There is a power element in the school of wealth (Deuteronomy 8:18). He gives you power to get wealth and that power is hidden in the covenant.
- Access to that covenant on a personal note is what empowers individuals for wealth.
- …You will find it this time.” Why am I perpetually under tension, God open my eyes to see?” Nobody ever doubts what he sees, even Thomas
You will see it this time.
How much of that covenant we see is what determines how much we get out of it (Jeremiah 1:12).
All this, “one man, one woman behind our house, behind our neighbourhood is the one doing me”: No.
When you are in the covenant, all opposition bow to your authority because only the forces that can stop the day and the night from exchanging position can alter the covenant of God in your life. You are walking in it, it is settled forever.
I don’t know enemies you have but you can’t have as much as I do. I think you believe that. There is nobody in this place who has more enemies than I do but I am taking advantage of them to rise. As I remain strong in my covenant walk with God, they become helplessly helpless (Psalm 23:5).
God did not say you will not enemies but if you follow my leading, if you let me lead you, I will prepare a table for you in the presence of your enemies and your cup will be running over, not just full. - That’s where you are going. You will begin to discover how helplessly helpless your enemies are from now.
- The only way the enemy can stop you is to stop your commitment to your covenant walk with God. When you stop that, it is not him (the enemy) that stops you, it is God that stops you. He (the enemy) can only play on you and play on me, to weary us in our covenant walk, so he can rob us of what belongs to us but he will not succeed.
Talking about the mystery of tithing – Malachi 3:17
I’m releasing my wealth on the earth and in that day, those who are in covenant with me shall be my priority. I will distinguish them in the time of famine as a man distinguish his son that serveth him (Malachi 3:18; 4:1-2). Clear difference.
- Grace to maintain a quality walk with God in your financial stewardship, receive it now!
A woman came from Switzerland, we were in Kaduna then and she said, “I have so many problems.” I listened.
“If you pray for me, I will give you an offering.”
When I pounced on her, the place was vibrating. “Offering from you? If you have eyes that can see, don’t you know I am richer than you! We don’t sell these things for free.”
The Lord had to calm me down, to lead her to Christ and then pray over her.
Nonsense offering. My prosperity is in the thing I give, it is not in what you give me.
Please understand this covenant thing and stop going around.
Some people are pastors of a Church today because of money, there is no calling. The passion for soul is zero, for members of the Church is zero. Is that ministry?
May everyone’s eyes be open to this one, this time. I don’t whether this is the last charge you’ll hear.
- Begin to engage from where you are, no trouble. The tithe of 10 Naira is 1 Naira, there is no fight; but the tithe of 1000 Naira is not 1 Naira, so stop playing games.
- Any time you meet God, ask him whether I failed in my tithing since he showed me. This thing calls for consistency.
- Grace to be prompt and consistent in your covenant walk with God, receive it now.
- The day is coming that shall burn like an oven: don’t let that day meet you before you establish your covenant walk with God.
- All the proud, “don’t mind Papa, don’t mind those fellows, they are clowns”; you will know whether they are crowned or they are clowns.
- The day is coming and it is showing now. It is showing in your various Churches, it is showing in your various service units.
- The good news: God has not ordained anyone to be poor. He became poor so that we through His poverty might be made rich (2 Corinthians 8:9). All of us that are redeemed, but you can’t access it without accessing the power of the covenant (Revelation 5:12). Nobody can access it.
- Prosperity is not a citizen of any nation, neither is poverty a native of your town.
- God will make a difference in your life this time.
What is the purpose? My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad (Zechariah 1:17-21).
God is engaging His heavenly resources for the spreading of the gospel. Without a heart for the Kingdom, you are not a candidate for this end-time supernatural prosperity agenda.
“I am looking for who to channel them through” Haggai 2:8-9
- May He find you.
Let it begin with a Kingdom dream: Oh I will love to pay somebody’s transportation if I had the means; it is genuine in your heart, He will give you the means.
“Oh that thou wouldest bless me, I am passionate to be listed among those who will build rural churches” – then you are on your way there.
(I said): “Lord, if I had a Peugeot car, I’d be glad to give it to this man that is going on this mission.” The following day, a Peugeot car came my way as a seed, I never touched the key till tomorrow.
My secretary said, “sir, somebody brought a Peugeot car” because I told him the previous night, “If I had a Peugeot car, I would give it to him”
I said: That must be for him.
A genuine Kingdom dream facilitates your access to the realm of supernatural wealth. You are not saying that, so you can impress people. It’s inside you. Your Kingdom dream can start from where you are.
“If I am blessed enough, I will buy a plastic chair for one of those rural churches”; He blesses you and you bought it, you will soon build a house. That’s how it moves.
Do you know why those who preach that thing are never on it, it’s not working. It doesn’t work by preaching, it works by practice.
- The day of consecration: Jesus is coming for a Church without spots or wrinkle or anything of such. The last days are the days of consecration in the Body of Christ (Ephesians 5:26-27).
That is why you have this ‘revelation’ of grace that makes you absolutely irresponsible. It is done, you don’t have to do anything.
“Prosperity was paid for”: why are you giving?
Don’t be deceived: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, not he that appropriates righteousness by ‘revelation’ is righteous (1 John 3:7).
Young people: BE WARNED! You are trying to find your footing and they are digging your feet.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Be warned.
If the truth does not come to counter error, error will keep flourishing. Don’t be deceived, no unrighteous man will make heaven and He made a list of what is unrighteousness in the sight of God. He didn’t leave it for us to think of.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
- Be not deceived by very powerful preachers.
- Are you sure you want to make Heaven? Stay off those things because you are not a shareholder in Heaven. God doesn’t owe you and me anything. Stay off those things or you will miss it gallantly. No one here shall miss it. You shall not miss it.
Wisdom comes through learning and putting to work the things you find. Caution!!!
Unclean spirits, the forces of defilement; to cast them out, some of which will never go except by prayers and fasting (Matthew 10:1, Mark 6:7). Unclean spirits are all over the place and it takes power to dislodge them (Isaiah 58:6,8).
Fasting and prayer is a platform for overcoming those unclean spirits. That’s why someone who has been in drug addiction for 25 years came in during the fasting and prayers 2 years ago and Jesus liberated him neatly: nothing more remaining, free forever.
- Every Heaven disqualifying habit hanging around anybody’s life today, most of these things are not just natural, you are under forces that it will take spiritual power to break; everything that is working against your citizenship of Heaven, before this fasting is over, beginning from tonight, they are gone out of your life.
The power of consecration (Malachi 3). The Holy Ghost is the refiner’s fire and He comes on demand.
“Holy Ghost fire, come through my system, burn off every chaff that is moving me against what pleases you. Burn it off tonight” and He will.
It takes prayers and fasting to engage the Holy Spirit for that kind of operation. - My prayer again is, every unwanted habit of any man’s life shall be turned to a testimony in this fast. Every addiction to evil shall be destroyed and everyone shall be free from it forever.
Zechariah 3:1-4
Angelic intervention was invoked to rescue Joshua the High Priest from that filthy garment. Just like the angel went into the prison and rescued Peter. - Everyone kept in the dungeon of sin shall be rescued by angelic intervention before this prayer and fasting is over.
Acts 12:5-7,9 - Like a dream of the night, everyone kept in the dungeon by the devil, will be loosed tonight like a dream of the night.
Why do we need angels? Jesus believes in angelic intervention (Matthew 26:53) - Somebody’s son/daughter who is lost into drugs will be recovered. Angels of God, go in search of him, rescue him from that prison house and he will come out.
- Somebody is free already.
The Blood is one of our heavenly weapon, so we engage the Blood to set ourselves free from every unclean spirit (Revelation 12:11). We engage the Blood for our liberty (Hebrews 9:14).
How many must make Heaven? Satan has no power to hold you down. By the Blood of the lamb, satan is disarmed tonight! - By the Blood of the lamb, angels of God fight your cause for you tonight, in the name of Jesus.
I must tell you this, what we have going around the world today: unclean spirits are having a field day. - They won’t hold you back.
- We are in the days of Vision and vision is facilitated by prayers and fasting (Joel 2:28). You want visions and revelations? Then engage with the altar of prayers and fasting. The Holy Ghost will come and unveil Heaven’s agenda to you and what He has in store for you.
The last days are the days of visions and revelations in the Body of Christ.
- My prayer is that no one will sell his birthright.
Habakkuk 2:1-3
Somethings may never come through to you and me except through the altar of prayer and fasting. As you walk in His ways, you will start making waves. - You won’t miss His agenda for your life.
Joel 2:1-11 - Many transgenerational giants will rise in this Church.
- May you be part of those who will be in living in the garden.
- May you be part of the glorious army.
- Vision is what puts you where you belong. May you abide where you belong.
Light has come, how do you respond to it?
Light has come: your response determines what is delivered.
Light has come again, what is your response?
God has shown you how to be a part of this wave of supernatural wealth visiting the earth, how do you respond to it?
He has shown you the guarantee for Heaven at the end of your journey, how do you respond to it?
He has shown you that He has a plan for you and your future is in His plan, not in your plan: how do you respond to it?
1977, the Lord said to me, “your future is in my plan not in your plan”
Question: What were you saying?
I wasn’t saying anything. When you are in love with God, He appears to you anytime, anyhow.
Jeremiah 29:11 (RSV)
That thing came to me like an intoxicant, I took 400 post cards and wrote it verbatim to my friends, there was no internet in those days.
“Hello, God told me this morning, my future is in His plan not in my plan.”
Why are you saying that? I have to say it, I just found it. Where I find myself today is far from what I thought but it could not have been better under any strength or power. - You won’t miss God’s plan for your life.
- It may not look popular but stay there.
- It was from the prison that Joseph began to reign. Joseph could have run back to his people in the night and tell his father, “I didn’t die, they sold me. I fled from my master.” He would have fled from destiny.
- Nobody here will miss his place.
There is revival tonight (Hosea 6:2). Are you revived?
Give Him thanks for putting the keys in your hands that will make a difference in your life all through your days.
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