Text: Psalms 107:20, II Timothy 2:15, Jeremiah 29:11, Matthew 5:16, Acts of the Apostles 7:22, Proverbs 4:7.
Ministering: Pastor Owolabi J. Olaitan (Regional Overseer, LR7, Ejigbo.)
Shout a loud Halleluyah. You are going to shout these prayer points;
Say, garment of sorrow, shame and demotion fashioned in my name, catch fire!!!, in the mighty name of Jesus.
Every spiritual basket responsible for profitless hard work in my life, your time is up, catch fire!!!, in the mighty name of Jesus.
Arrows of wicked elders making me to move from pain to pain, back fire, in the mighty name of Jesus.
Every coven decision to make me suffer, be overturned, in the mighty name of Jesus.
O God of this mountain, arise and kill whoever needs to die for me to be celebrated, in the name of Jesus.
Say, I am tired of life without progress, I am tired of life with the same old story. O God arise, change my story, in the name of Jesus.
Prophetic Declarations:
There is somebody under the sound of my voice this morning, your money that has been caged has just been released by fire. Thank you, Father.
Every padlock they used in the village to lock up your progress I engage the Master Key of the Most High God, (Reciting Matthew 16:19) Every padlock of witchcraft presently inside the waters, every padlock of witchcraft under a stone, inside a tree, I lose you by fire!!. Be open in the mighty name of Jesus.
Whatever has been stagnated after that operation in your life, I command it to resume operation, in the mighty name of Jesus.
For some time now we have been looking at the series Keys to Living a life of Meaning. Several things have been said in the course of this teaching. The last time we began to examine the 3rd Pillar we are expected to erect; the Pillar of Self Discovery.
We were made to understand that all the things that were invented in our world were mere discoveries but, the most important discovery is the discovery of self. Before the least of these things were invented, those that invented them first of all discovered the capacity in them.
Self-discovery is key to destiny fulfillment. If we fail to discover ourselves, our impact will never be felt. The true joy in life is in discovering who you are. If you fail to discover yourself another person will give you the identity that does not belong to you. We concluded that inorder to discover yourself it will cost you something. To some persons, it might be a day’s prayer, while to another, it may be 3 days prayers and another 7 days prayers. Indeed, prayer is key to knowing what our destiny entails.
We were also made to understand that for us to discover ourselves we need to be a student of the Word of God. The Bible says and the Word of the Lord came unto me saying… but the Bible you keep under your pillow will have no effect. It is only what you consume from that Bible by studying the Word of God; daily reading the Word of God. That is how the Word of the Lord will come to you.
There is no way the Word of the Lord will come to you as an individual and your situation remains the same.(reciting Psalms 107:20)
Prophetic Declaration:
I am praying for somebody here this day, that the Hand of the Lord will come upon you and He will reveal youself to you in the name of Jesus.
A meaningful life is what everyone desires. It is point where a man feels fulfilled in his journey in life. It brings happiness and contentment. It is a level in life where everyone that comes in contact with you will envy you because your life is reflecting the glory of the Living God.
I pray for somebody here this day, that by this encounter the God of Elijah shall reveal yourself to you, in the mighty name of Jesus.
Let’s move on a little bit further, for us to succeed in our journey through life, for us to live a life of enviable result is not by accident, it has to do with several things. We took our time to explain the discovery factor; self-discovery as the mother of all inventions.
The next key I would want us to consider is the Divine encounter. This is because the way some of us are living our lives is far from the purpose God has for us.
Anyone living a careless and reckless life; anyone living a life of sin and immorality is just like Saul of Tarsus. Anyone that is ready to do anything as far as money will come out of it, such one cannot live a life of envy and meaning.
You are not married, you are sleeping around and cashing out and even in the church! You need an encounter that will realign your life because if you come to church and you go from church to hell fire it will be double punishment and a double disaster. That was the case of Saul of Tarsus, according to the Book of Acts 9, but when he encountered Jesus, he dropped all the evil he was doing because he discovered a new thing.
I am praying for somebody here, you will discover something new, in the mighty name of Jesus
Your primary mission on earth is to be a doer of good works, so whenever evil works is manifesting in one’s life; It means that such individual has been captured by the devil. It is not too late to escape the snare of satan. I am praying for somebody here, you will not be a causality in this battle, in the name of Jesus.
That is why I am praying for a man and a woman here, every snare that has become a bondage in your life, by this encounter, let it be dismantled by fire in the mighty name of Jesus.
The next Pillar you need to erect on the foundation after you have discovered yourself, is what I call The Pillar of Learning. You need to position yourself for learning, there are things that you have discovered that you need to learn in order to master it because discovering purpose is not enough, and that is why the Bible declares in the Book of II Timothy 2:15,( reciting)
There is a purpose attached to that discovery, so for you to be successful you must be studious and must become a reader, because readers are leaders. When you give yourself to reading in your quest to live a life of meaning, very soon people will begin to come from far and near to consult you because you have something that is not common within your reach.
Irrespective of your purpose, you need information. Education affords us information and we can obtain education via information. It could be formal or informal education. Just acquire knowledge! Proverbs 4:7, (reciting).
Education is the process that helps in fine-tuning our talents. Everyone made of God is talented, but talents and potentials that are not submitted for training will always deliver what is called crude-result. If you do not submit your potential for training, it will always be garbage-in and garbage-out, but when you submit your talents and potential for training by acquiring education, education will eventually upgrade your skills, it’s a way of fine-tuning those crude talents.
No wonder Moses was mighty in words and deeds, because there was a destiny hanging on his head. He was to be the deliverer of the people of God out of the land of bondage, so it was not by accident. God predestined him to be trained in the palace of Pharaoh. By being raised as a prince, he was exposed to Egyptian’s education, he was knowledgeable andunderstood the importance of dominion.
No matter who you are, you need to submit yourself for training. If you are to live a life of meaning and an enviable result, you must tow the path of studies. Daniel was said to possess an Excellent Spirit, in the book of Daniel 9:2, (reading). Unfortunately, we find ourselves in a generation of people with reading allergies; people who would prefer to watch television or play games rather than read a book.
I am praying for a man and a woman here, by your encounter with the God of this mountain, any power that has vowed that your life will not have meaning, let the ground open and swallow that power, in the mighty name of Jesus.
Abraham Lincoln said, ” I do not think too much of a man who is not better today than he was yesterday”. Little wonder why the Bible says, the path of the righteous is as a shinning light that shineth brighter and brighter until the perfect day.
Do not let a day go without you adding value to your life, no matter what you think you are. Some people will say am too old I cannot learn. No! There is nobody that is too old, it is the mindset. When the mind of a man as set a limitation on his path to progress, there is no way he will breakthrough, until he pulls down that limitation himself. That is why the Bible points this out in the Book of Proverbs 23:7a,(reciting).
What are those thoughts limiting your potentials? What are those things that have constituted a hindrance on your path to the next level? What are those things you keep on imagining, that the devil is capitalizing on?
Many will ascribe their problems to household witchcraft. However, destiny is a mission where you must take responsibility. Anyone who is not willing to take responsibility is not ready to fulfill destiny.
It is in your hand to live a life of meaning, it is within your power to rise above this level. There is something in you that is more than this. Until you wake it up, it will continue to be asleep. The angel said to Gideon, “mighty man of valour”. He looked at his situation and his surroundings and asked “what do you mean? I am the least in my father’s house and his father is the poorest in Manasseh”, but the Lord knew the capacity embedded in Gideon, the Lord knew the potential he carried only that he could not see it.
Prophetic Declaration:
I am praying for somebody here, because the best revenge in life, is the result. The power to rise above this level, receive by fire!!!, in the mighty name of Jesus.
We need to purge our hearts and pray on all old information. Information that is resisting our advancement and success, we need to deliberately embrace new ideas. Our success in life has to do with a change of mentality.
One thing we have discovered in life, is thatt when people see those who are better than them, instead of humbling themselves as believers which is one of the virtues of Christ to learn, they would rather rob shoulders. This is the reason why some people are not rising; they have converted their helpers to rivals. Hence, their arrogance has limited them.
I pray for somebody here, where you need to be humble for God to lift you up, as your amen sounds as thunder, receive the Grace, in the mighty name of Jesus.
Isaac Newton said, “if I have seen any farther it is because I am riding on the shoulders of those who have gone ahead of me”. When you sit on the shoulders of those who are better than you, you will be given the opportunity to see farther than what they have seen.
There are books written by great authors.
At times, it takes over 30 years to put a book together, so by accessing such book, what you are doing is adding 30 years experience of somebody else to to your own life. Those that you follow consciously or unconsciously will determine what follows you. It is better we follow the success so that we can live a life of meaning and envy.
Do not castigate those that are better than you. It is a shame to our salvation, being children of the Living God and assuming those who make it use black magic.
Success functions on principles. Just like the Bible says ..God is not a respecter of persons. If a herbalist operates the principle of success, success will answer to him. Whether you fast, pray and sleep in the church, climb all kinds of mountain and ignore the principle of success. Then the faillure in the life of such person will be so alarming.
We need to remove religious sentiment from what we are discussion here.
To live a life of meaning, you must plant, you must make efforts to acquire knowledge, (reciting Proverbs 4:7 and Joshua 1:8) The principle of success in this kingdom is written in books, until you lay your hands on one, moving to the next phase you desire might be difficult or impossible.
Again, I am praying for somebody here, you will not miss this opportunity, in the mighty name of Jesus.
The fifth pillar we need to erect is the pillar of Discipline. We cannot live a life of meaning without discipline, no matter how gifted, talented or anointed a man might be. Without discipline you will remain limited.
Discipline helps us build the muscles of our character. Discipline expands the breath of one’s inner life, but unfortunately this is one of the most ignored virtues in life. The majority of the casualties in the market square of life are traceable directly to the lack of discipline.
I am praying for somebody here, powers living with you in your house having a mission to turn your life upside down, let the God of Elijah frusatrate and destroy them, in the mighty name of Jesus.
We will continue some other time. Close your eyes. Are you here this day and you do not like to read? oftentimes, you say you are old or a man of God or a minister and you do not like to study. You need to ask God for help.
God is not condemning anybody neither is it in my power to condemn anybody, but God wants everyone of us to review our ways and what is why He is asking you to review this morning. Are you here or dislike discipline?
Without discipline you cannot emerge as a star, discipline is the trademark of every star.
The hallmark of becoming a star is discipline, and anyone that hates discipline can never emerge as a star and that is why I want us to ask God for mercy here.
There are foods some people will not eat, because they are avoiding obesity and there are various things other people will not do because they knew doing it will be a barrier to their aspirations; ask God for mercy. He is not asking too much from you and I.