Will you lift your hands this morning and give glory unto God. Give praise to His name and celebrate Him from the depth of your heart today. Lift your voice in thanksgiving unto God.
Appreciate Him for those awesome testimonies that we have heard. Father we thank You, we give praise unto you, we give glory unto Your name. We celebrate Your faithfulness. Thank You for the awesome testimonies that we have heard oh Lord. Blessed be Your name Jesus.
Are you giving thanks to Him? Don’t mutter your words, appreciate Him from the depth of your heart. These are the doings of the Lord and they are marvelous in our eyes. Give Him the praise, give Him the glory, give Him the honour, give Him the adoration. Bless His name. Father we thank You. We celebrate You. We glorify You, we honour You. You’re worthy of all the praise. You’re worthy of all the glory, you’re worthy of all the honour and you’re worthy of all the adoration. ChurchGist. Thank Him for the answers He has given to your prayers, that you have not prayed in vain but God has heard you and answered you, granting unto you every one of your heart’s desire. Give Him the glory, give Him the honour and give Him the adoration.
Now ask Him to speak to you this morning. Lord I have come here for an encounter with You. Speak to me today by Your Word. Let Your light shine in my direction this morning in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Thank You mighty God in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
Our Father we are grateful for the privilege that You have given unto us today to be in Your presence. We thank You Lord for the answers you have given to all of our prayers and for the testimonies of Your mighty hand at work in our midst. All of these are Your doings and they’re marvelous in our eyes, for it we give You all the praise and we give You all the glory. Thank You mighty God.
Now Lord speak to us again and let Your Word transform our lives in Jesus precious name. Amen and amen. Give Jesus a big hand.
So the line of exhortation for this week has been
ENGAGING THE POWER OF EXPECTATION FOR ENTRY INTO OUR PROMISED LAND
We have come to recognize from Scriptures that hope in Scriptures refers to expectation.
Hebrews 11:1
So faith is the substance of things expected and the evidence of things that are not seen. According to
1st Peter 1:3
Every child of God is born into a lively or a living hope.
When a man or a woman becomes born again, they’re born into a realm of living or what the Bible refers to as lively hope. That means that every born again child of God have inside of them the deposit of God that causes their hope to be living. So what is inside of you is not just a wish but it must be triggered for it to provoke results.
Job 14:7-9
There is hope for a tree but to trigger it, there must be the scent of water and that water refers to the Word of God.
Isaiah 55:1
What are the waters? The waters are the Word of God. So God makes it very clear to us that for anyone to trigger the hope of the potential in them, the hope must have it’s footing in the Word of God. That is why we discovered earlier in the week that the hope or the faith that will produce result must be Word based. It must have it’s root in the Word. If it is not rooted in the Word, it cannot bear fruits or results in the Word. We have to understand the necessity of basing our hope on the Word of God.
The Bible tells us in the Book of
Isaiah 34:16
When Your hope is anchored on the Word it is bound to produce results.
- For you from today, your hope will produce results.
- Your expectation will begin to produce results.
So we must come with expectation and that expectation must be based on the Word of God.
Hebrews 11:6
Remember what is faith? Faith is the substance of things expected. So before you can come to God you must have expectation and that expectation must be on the basis of the fact that whatever you’re requesting of God, you’re sure to get a response. Shout hallelujah.
That is why God’s Word makes it clear that whatsoever thing we desire when we pray believing we shall receive. What is that believing? It means expecting. Whatsoever thing we desire. So it is not according to His power that were given but according to our expectation that were given. The Bible says in the Book of
Ephesians 3:20
So according to Scriptures God’s ability far exceeds that which any man can demand.
There is no desire of man that is intimidating to God. There is nothing that you want from God that God will be intimidated by. Every request of man is below the ability of God but what determines whether it is delivered into your hand or not is your expectation. Your expectation therefore can be said to be limiting factor on the manifestations of God in your life.
Ephesians 3:20
In other words it depends on you. What God can do for you is dependent on you. It’s not dependent on Him. What God’s hand can deliver is dependent on you because it is all about our faith and our faith refers to our expectation.
Remember the Bible tells us in
Romans 23:18
The outcome of any matter that you take before God is determined by your expectation. Your expectation is the fundamental requirement to seeing a visitation from God in the area of your desire. It is the fundamental requirement. So don’t just approach the altar of prayer empty hearted. Settle your expectation before you make your intercession.
When your expectation is settled before God then your intercessions and supplications will always provoke divine manifestation.
- My prayer for each one of us is that from this day onward every time you approach the altar of prayer your expectation shall be alive.
We take a case study from Abraham’s servant.
Genesis 24:7-26
We’re told about Abraham’s servant, he was given an assignment. “Go down to the place of my fathers and look for a wife for my son”. That is Abraham giving his servant this commandment. The Bible tells us that when he got to the place, he prayed a simple prayer. “Lord grant me good speed today”. When God heard the prayer, the Bible says while the words were yet in his mouth, Rebecca appeared. He asked for speed and got it instantly on the basis of expectation. Church Gist. So our expectation becomes vital in determining the manifestation that you and I see. He said “Lord grant me good speed”. He asked for speed and God answered Him speedily. So you and I must understand that when we approach the altar of prayer we’re not just satisfying our religious conscience,no. We’re coming there to have a practical encounter with God but God will visit you according to your expectation.
So come loaded with expectation. That man said “Lot grant me good speed. I want to have an answer to this and it must not pass this moment”. Before the words were concluded from his mouth the answer came without trial and error. When you go before God in expectation you can be sure to see His manifestation. He was not guessing, as soon as he saw her, he approached her and asked her the questions. “I need some water”. Immediately as he desired he got the answer instantly.
- For somebody that will become your experience now.
- Answers shall be flooding in your direction from this day onward in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Now we must remain confident the reality of our expectations if we’re going to see them delivered. We must remain confident. Don’t shift your ground. Do shift your desire. Don’t amend your position, remain confident. Remember that the expectation must be drawn from the Word like we said earlier but once drawn from the Word, stay on it. Remain confident, don’t let your heart begin to jitter.
James 1:6-8
It’s not about just being confident for a moment and then loosing confidence another moment. You must remain confident. Refuse to weaver. That’s how your hope delivers. So it delivers on the basis of our confidence.
Hebrews 10:35-36
So you remain confident, don’t shift your ground.
The Bible talks about Abraham. The Bible said he hoped against hope. When everybody said expectation should have ended he said “No , I will tie myself to God and His Word must come to pass”. He was fully persuaded that what he had drawn from the Word of God was able to perform. Shout hallelujah.
I’d like you to understand whatever your expectation is concerning this 40th anniversary prophetic feast, don’t shift your ground. Draw it from the Word of God and refuse to shift your ground. Remain steadfast in that expectation. It doesn’t matter what it is that seems to be standing against his delivery, as long as your expectation remains alive the Bible says your expectation shall not be cut off.
- For somebody here your expectation shall be delivered.
That’s why we’re told very clearly on the Book of
Hebrews 4:9-11
Among other things that anyone that is in faith enters into His rest, he is no more jittery, everything about him is settled on the Word of God, it is impossible to unsettle him because he has found it in the Word of God and his hope is alive and therefore there is nothing that is making him to jitter. That’s what it means for an individual to carry expectation.
The most clear depiction of expectation in nature is pregnancy. That’s why a woman that is pregnant is set to be expecting. That woman, as her stomach begins to swell, she is not worried about the various inconveniences because she knows she’s incubating something that will come out. She’s incubating something. So while there are certain discomforts that may be physically there, people are congratulating her, people are telling her well done and she’s saying thank you. She’s smiling even though she’s uncomfortable. Why because she knows she is incubating something that is to be rejoiced over inside her.
When a man is loaded with expectation some things may look uncomfortable but he is incubating something that is about to be brought fourth. He is not taking sorry. He is taking congratulations instead. So when you’re expectant, you’re loaded with something inside of you that does not allow you to accept pity rather you begin to celebrate the envy of people around you knowing that what you’re incubating is about to show forth.
I have good news for somebody here this morning, what you’re incubating in this 40th anniversary prophetic feast, it will be delivered.
So shall it be concerning you.
Rise on your feet with me right now, lift your hand. Lord I receive grace to remain steadfast in expectation, not weavering, not doing hot and cold but remaining ever hot, ever fervent in my engagement, remaining ever fervent in my confidence, remaining ever fervent in my hope. Lord I receive that grace. Lift your voice and pray that prayer from the depth of your heart. I receive grace right now. Thank You mighty God, blessed be Your holy name in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
As you have asked of Him from this day onward, your hope shall remain alive in the name of Jesus Christ, You will no longer be a victim of a weavering heart in the name of Jesus Christ. As a result of it you shall produce supernatural results.
In this 40th anniversary prophetic feast your desires shall be delivered in the name of the Lord Jesus.
We’re going to excercise our expectation right now concerning the day and make your declarations. Speak to the day, declaring your expectation right now. Make your decrees, make your declarations. You are declaring what you’re expecting, excercising the power of your expectation this morning because as you’re declaring it, God is delivering it. Thank You Lord Jesus. Blessed be Your holy name in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
As you have declared this morning so shall it be unto you in Jesus precious name.
Stretch forth your hand towards these materials one more time and let’s declare right now the breath of the Holy Ghost upon it, going forth right now as sickles of harvest, drafting in souls in their multitudes into this prophetic feast. Every one that is being brought, will be visited by God, transformed by the God of liberation, will you speak right now and make decrees. Thank you mighty God and blessed be Your holy name in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
These materials are going forth right now as sharp sickles of harvest for the ingathering of multitudes in the name of Jesus Christ. Thank you mighty God in Jesus precious name we have prayed. Amen and amen. It is done in Jesus precious name.
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