I SHALL NOT BE DEMOTED
(Message of Pastor Olawole Dahunsi)

Text:

 Psalms 92:10-15

 “10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil. 11 Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me. 12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; 15 To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.” 

Psalms 113:4-9

 “4 The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens. 5 Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high, 6 Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth! 7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; 8 That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people. 9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.

Psalms 147:3-6 “He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.  4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. 5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. 6 The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.”

1 Samuel 2:7-8

 “7 The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. 8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.”

What we are considering today is a prayer topic and I pray for you that any power assigned to demote you shall die in the mighty name of Jesus;

What Is Demotion?

·        To bring a person down from a great height.

·        To reduce someone in rank: reducing someone from being important.

·        To degrade somebody from grace to grass.

·        To lose your status.

·        To relegate to a lesser position

·        To move from up to the ground.

·        To relocate a person from the front to the back.

·        To move from maximum to minimum.

Types of Demotion:

1.      Spiritual demotion

2.      Physical demotion

Spiritual Demotion:when you use to have a good relationship with God and all of a sudden you fall from that grace, you no longer have a good relationship with God. You use to see yourself doing exploit for the Lord but now you are no more doing it again, it means you are spiritually demoted.

Physical Demotion: this is a situation where someone loses his/her position before men either in the office, family, environment, business, etc.

Causes of Demotion:

1.      Sins

2.      Faulty foundation like stealing money to do anything, forged certificate, etc.

3.      Curses and evil covenant

4.      Indiscipline in what you do.

5.      Evil association/company

6.      Wrong marriage

7.      Bad environment

8.      Disobedience and rebellion to the word of God.

9.      Poor giving habit

10.   Lack of wisdom: whenever you want to take any decision always think of the people/destinies that are hanging around you including your family.

11.   Attack: spiritual arrow can be fired to a person to demote him/her.

I pray for you; every spiritual bullet or arrow assigned to demote you shall backfire in Jesus name.

What are the powers that can cause demotion?

1.      Foundational powers: there are some families that do not rise at all and there also that rise to the top and falls suddenly for no reason. 

2.      Household wickedness.

3.      Witchcraft powers

4.      Occultic powers

5.       Environmental powers of darkness.

Effects of Demotion on a Person’s Life:

1.      Abortion of good opportunities, breakthroughs, goodness, success, etc.

2.      Suffering and afflictions

3.      Failures all round

4.      Satanic delay

5.      Physical and spiritual dryness

6.      Setbacks and lack of progress

7.      It will make you a man of reproach and mockery

8.      Dishonor and disrespect

9.      Exchange of position

What Can We Do To Get Out Of Demotion?

1.      Surrender your life to Jesus Christ

2.      Repent of all known and unknown sins

3.      Live a life of integrity and discipline: integrity is who you are even when others are not there.

4.      Engage in spiritual warfare against the spirit of demotion.

5.      Learn how to give because giving promotes a person.

6.      Always barricade your life with the blood of Jesus.

Bow down your heads and begin to talk to God to promote you instead of demotion before you pray these last set of prayers for yourselves.

1.      Demoting powers of my father’s house I am no more your candidate, die in the mighty name of Jesus.

2.      Agents of demotion around me in my father’s house or in my business; fall down and die in Jesus name.

3.      O Lord, arise and promote me by your power in Jesus name.

4.      I shall not be a candidate of demotion but of promotion in Jesus name.

5.      Public announcement; I am no more for demotion but for promotion in the mighty name of Jesus.

God Bless You 

SALVATION IS A JOURNEY
(A Message by Pastor Dahunsi Olawole)

Text:
Galatians 2:20
“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”
1 Corinthians 15:3
“For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;”

John 3:16-19
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.”
Many people believe that when they are born again, that is all about salvation. Salvation is a continuous process that ought to continue till the day we meet with the Lord and this is to tell us that

SALVATION IS A JOURNEY.
The purpose of this message is to bring us to remembrance;
• That our salvation has a purpose and that as Christians we have a reason why we are here on earth. That is, there is an assignment that we have to do here on earth.
• That we have a place of rest after now; this world is not our resting place.
• That so many of us are already fallen by the way side.
• It is to call us back to God from where we have fallen.
• It is to also remind us that Jesus Christ is coming soon so that we can live ready for His second coming.

 What Salvation Is Not
1. Salvation is not bearing Christian names
2. It is not going to church
3. It is not the position you occupy in the church
4. That your parents are Christians does not mean you are saved because the Bible says salvation is a personal thing.
5. Salvation is not being good and charitable – Ephesians 2:8-9 “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.” Acts 10 tells us the story of Cornelius who was doing good and helping the needy but he was not born again.
6. Believing that you are righteous is not salvation – Romans 3:10
7. Obeying all the rules/ the ten commandments of God is not salvation – John 3:3
8. Salvation is not praying and fasting.
What Then Is Salvation?
1. Salvation is to be delivered from our sins and all unrighteousness – Romans 3:22
2. It is to be redeemed from the power of sin.
3. Salvation means; repenting from following the life of sin according to Acts 2:38
4. Salvation is to whole heartedly turn to God through His son Jesus Christ - John 3:16
5. When we are saved, it means we have accepted to live the life of Christ. The first process that takes place in the life of a person whom God has saved is that of water baptism while the second thing that happens is baptism of the Holy Ghost.

The journey of salvation is that you continuously grow in Christ – 2 Peter 1:5-9
1. You must grow in good relationship with God: focusing on God and pleasing Him daily.
2. as a child of God, to grow is to study the word of God daily that will continuously direct you on the path of righteousness but unfortunately most Christians do not study their Bible today - Psalms 1:1-2
3. A child of God also grows by constant praying and watching.
4. You must have a good relationship with others.
5. A child of God ensures in assisting to populate the kingdom of God – your lifestyle must advertise Christ always and make people to want to come to church to serve God.
6. You need to attend church service and ensure that you are learning something every day but you need to also know that no matter how consistent you are in church, an unrighteous person will enter into the kingdom of God – Acts 2 and Psalms 122:1
What Do We Do To Be Saved?
1. Search your life and ask yourself the following questions –
• Am I really saved?
• Am I still walking in the path of righteousness or have I deviated?
• How relevant am I in the house of God; if peradventure I am are not in church service, will people miss your presence.
• Can God testify about me – does God really know me to a point that He will say something good about me as He did to Job?
• If all Christians are like me the way I am now, will there be any Christian?
You need to answer these questions for yourself


Close your eyes and reconcile yourself with God as you begin to talk to God before you pray the following prayers;
• My father, if I have failed you have mercy on me in Jesus name
• Every evil/satanic voice directing me to hell fire, I silence you in the mighty name of Jesus.
• Holy Spirit of God; arise, wake me up from my sleep and slumber in Jesus name.
• If my race is towards hell fire; Holy Ghost, return me back to you in Jesus name.
• All the sweet and sugar that Satan is giving me to make me believe in this world; Holy Spirit, take them away from me in Jesus name.
• Every throne of witchcraft in my father’s house, crumble in Jesus name.
• Enemies of good things in my father’s house, die in Jesus name.
• This month; you my habitation reject poverty, shame, disgrace and failure in the mighty name of Jesus.
• Powers that want to fight me and my family this month die in Jesus name.
• I shall not die suddenly; I shall fulfill my days on earth in Jesus name.
• This month I shall be blessed above my contemporaries in Jesus name.
• Any power that has vowed that I will not enjoy this month, die in Jesus name.
• Anything that belongs to me this month shall not be given to another person in Jesus name.

WEIGHED AND FOUND WANTING
(A Message by Pastor Dahunsi Olawole)

 

TEXT: Daniel 5: 25-28
“And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. 26 This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. 27 TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. 28 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.”

LUKE 13: 6-9
“He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. 7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? 8 And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: 9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.”

To weigh means to scale something in a measuring scale. From the passage above, we can see that the king was weighed severally by God, not once.
So to weigh also means:
 To place something/somebody in a balance.
 To measure a person/thing in order to get it true worth or to know the true character
 Using scale to weigh a person’s actions - 1 Samuel 2:3 “Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. ”
 God weighs a person in the balance of justice to know his/her character or position in Him - 1 Samuel 16:7 “But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.”

When God finds you wanting, it means:
• That you are found worthless: He sees you to be someone who cannot yield fruits or someone with a reprobate mind.
• You are not up to God’s standard

Statements of Fact
1. A man can be weighed by God and the measurement of God in different from man’s measurement.
2. What God sees is not what men sees
3. God can see beyond what men can see
4. God never uses our standard to measure things: our standards are not God’s standards; the standard of God is far from our standards. Daniel 5:25-28, Romans 12:1-2
The question is: if God weighs you now, how will your service to God be measured, will it be balance or unbalance?

How Does A Christian Dishonor God?
1. When you disrespect the word of God.
2. When you dishonor men of God.
3. Abusing our bodies is an evidence that we are dishonoring God
4. Giving the glory of God to another person
5. Speaking/doing evil
6. Disrespecting God in our giving/tithing: when you want to give God offering or anything, take your time, plan it and bring it to His presence well prepared. Not when it is time for giving/offering, you will be calculating what to give and searching yourself over and over.
7. Doing nothing for God in His vineyard: when they talk about evangelism or any work, you are not doing. It shows that you dishonor God.
8. Being proud and speaking proudly- Luke 12:18
9. To disregard the things of God
10. Fearing man more than your God
11. When sin rules your life and you are not repentant: you are living in sin and keep saying God understands, it means you dishonor God.
12. When you maltreat your children/maltreating the poor.
God weighs a person irrespective of his/her position or works in the vineyard of God and the question again is: if God weighs you today, what will be your weight-will He fined you wanting or will you meet the standard of God?
God is interested in our personal relationship with Him, our holy living and our spiritual growth. Ask yourself this question ‘am I living a holy life? Am I growing as a Christian or has anything been added to my spiritual life?’
If God weighs you today, will He fined you wanting or will you meet His standard?
Close your eyes and talk to God.

Prayers
1. Father Lord, help me to meet your standard so that I will not fail you in the mighty name of Jesus.
2. Lay your hand on your chest and say; my father whatever is in my heart that will not make me acceptable to you, destroy them in Jesus name.
3. Materials of hell fire in my heart die in Jesus name.
4. Holy spirit of God, heal my heart from every spiritual sickness in Jesus name
5. My father if I have disappointed you, today, correct me and make me acceptable in the name of Jesus
6. Every plan and programme of the enemy for my life, backfire in the name of Jesus.
7. Powers waiting to fight me this week, Holy Spirit of God destroy them in Jesus name.
8. Anywhere I go this week I shall be favoured and honored in Jesus name.
9. This week, I shall not be wounded nor injured in the mighty name of Jesus.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING, HEAVEN OR HELL?
(A Message by Pastor Henry Arikpo)

Text: John 14:1-2
“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.”

1 Corinthians 2:9
“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.”

Where are you going, heaven or hell?
This is a question you need to ask yourself and answer it yourself daily. The Bible has told us that Jesus has gone to prepare a place for you and me; of which one day we will meet there to depart no more and that is why you need to ask yourself this question every day.
What I want to tell you is that Hell fire is real and it is very hot; Heaven is also real and sweet but the cross is the only thing between them and for you to enter Heaven, you have to pass through the cross. Where you go after your life on earth depends on the side of the cross you are. True believers are admitted into heaven, while unbelievers are condemned to Hell fire, but it shall not be your portion in Jesus name.
Both places are eternal. Heaven is a place for eternal bliss but hell is a place of eternal torment. There is no going and coming back again; in other words you can call it a place of no return and if you are in, you are in. All the inhabitants are not transferable from either Heaven to Hell or from Hell fire to Heaven. The scripture tells us that there is a glorious end for those who die in Christ and that our journey on earth is not the end of everything. So anything you do on earth without focusing on Heaven is a wasted focus, energy and time.
The road to heaven is straight, narrow and never over crowed because only few people finds it and anyone who do not bear the cross on earth will never wear the crown. This is why it is good for every born again child of God to have the revelation of Heaven because if God shows you what and how Heaven is, you will not take your life for granted.

Facts about Heaven:
1. Heaven is a place prepared by Christ himself for us to have rest. John 14:1-2
2. Heaven is a glorious city; it has pure gold and clear glasses.
3. Heaven is a place known as the New Jerusalem; there is an everlasting life in Heaven and the throne of God occupies the central place.
4. Heaven is a place of godliness: meaning that anything that is not of God or any unclean thing shall not be allowed to enter there. Revelation 21:27
5. Brethren, Heaven is a holy place and anything that is not holy cannot enter there. So many people will be surprised to see others that they least expect in Heaven while the ones they are expecting to see in Heaven may not be there.
6. Heaven is a place of unity
7. A place of perfection and joy, there is no impotency nor sickness in Heaven
8. A place of no thirst or hunger, no night and day but the tree of life will be there to ensure abundant life
9. It’s a place of no tears and sorrow.
However, Heaven is a place for:
• Those who are born again.
• Those who have accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and personal savior and are living the life of Christ on earth.
• Those who do no other thing but holiness
• Those who are not tired of coming to church to work for their master ‘Jesus Christ’
• Those who carry their cross and follow Jesus daily
The cross is the only ladder long enough to reach Heaven and when you carry the cross of Christ, you are climbing the ladder to Heaven. Until you die on the cross, God does not have anything to do with you.

One open secret about life on earth is that; if you are busy walking your way to Heaven, you will also be busy looking for people that will lead you or follow you to Heaven but if you are not busy walking towards Heaven, you will be busy helping others to Hell fire.
The way to Heaven is straight; any man who walks crookedly will find it difficult to walk towards the way to Heaven.
But I pray for you, any power that is working hard to hinder you from making Heaven shall be disgraced in Jesus name….
Brethren I want to tell you again that, your greatest business in life/on earth is for you to prepare for the next life. Anything you are doing now that leaves you unprepared for Heaven is a waste of time and that is why many people needs to work harder than they are doing now so that they can make Heaven. If you are here; calling yourself a child of God, praying against Satan and still find yourself in Hell, the Devil and his agents will laugh at you and will torment you greatly.
 You have to make up your mind to go to Heaven today. Those who are paying deaf ears to the word of God, going to church and their lives are not changing positively needs to have a change of heart today if they must enter that beautiful city called ‘Heaven’
 You need to repent and cry to God for mercy and grace to make Heaven
 The word of God cannot change, rather we are expected to abide and conform to the word of God. So you need to conform to the word of God
 Do what God wants you to do always; do not copy others
 Let your yes be your yes always before men. Do not deny Jesus because if you deny Jesus on earth, He will deny you in Heaven.
 Do not run after the wealth and riches of this world. Rather run after Heaven, you will have wealth and health.

Some Facts About Hell fire:
1. It is a place of unquenchable fire
2. A place of everlasting dead
3. A place of pains and agony
4. A place of misery and anger
5. A place of eternal separation from God and love ones.
6. A place of undiluted divine anger; it was originally prepared for Satan and his hosts. That means if you go there, you are a trespasser or intruder because Hell was not prepared for you.
7. A place created to last for all eternity
8. A place for consciousness; people there will know where they are.
9. A place of torment and darkness
10. A place of no return that torments the memory. Anyone who ends his/her way in hell will suffer because Satan and his demons will be happy see and torment them. This is the reason why God does not want us to go there.
11. A place where the wicked shall be turned to. They will be sent there to suffer.
But the question you need to answer for yourself now is, are you on the narrow way or on the broad way? The way in which you are travelling on earth will decide your destination.
When you read Luke 16:19-31, we can see from the passage that, the rich man was kind and caring for his brethren but he lacks Jesus in his life because he was always saying no to the things of God (argue about the things of God). If you are always arguing and doubting the things of God, you cannot enter into Heaven.

Who Are Those That Will Go To Heaven?

1. Those that do the will of their father always. They are not distracted by things of this world.
2. Their affections are above and not in this world
3. They are fools for Christ on earth. Isaiah 35:8
4. They live a holy life. Hebrews 12:14
You need to ask yourself this question again, where are you going after here?
Close your eyes as you begin to confess your sins to God.

Prayer Points:

1. Any sin in my life that will take me to hell fire, blood of Jesus flush them out in the name of Jesus
2. Any power blocking my way to Heaven catch fire in Jesus name.
3. Any power in my father’s house that does not want me to make Heaven; hear me and hear me well, die in the name of Jesus.

 

O LORD MAKE ME A DIVINE PHENOMENON
(A Message by Dr. K. Olukoya)

TEXT: John 3:8
“The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.”
The implication of the above passage is that believers are divided into two; those who are born of the spirit and those who are not born of the spirit but one characteristic of those who are born of the spirit is that, they behave and act like wind.

How does the wind act?
You can only hear the wind but you do not know where it is coming from and where it is going; so is every one that is born of the spirit. That is, all those who are born of the spirit are divine phenomenon, they behave like the wind.
I pray for you; may you become a divine phenomenon in the Mighty name of Jesus.
1 Corinthians 4:9
“For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.”
1. If you are born of the spirit, your future will change and you will start interacting with the spirit realm.
2. You will become the principal actor in your family.
3. You will protect yourself from hazards when you become a divine phenomenon.
4. You will become a mathematical problem that the enemy cannot solve.

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WIND:

• The wind is a bulldozer
• It is unpredictable
• It is a re-arranger
• It cannot be explained
• It processes motion power
• Possess motion power
• Is a phenomenon
• Cannot be caged
• Is unpredictable
• A cleansing power
• One of the most powerful substance on earth.
• It is a phenomenon; that is why the Bible says anyone who is born again is like the wind.
5. Therefore when men says it is over for you, that is when you will start manifesting/shining like the wind because you are a divine phenomenon.
6. If you get into a mess, the mess will become a message because you are a divine phenomenon.
7. Get yourself ready because people will begin to gossip or talk about you since they cannot explain you again as a phenomenon.
Note: if men can still explain you, your progress/success is not a divine arrangement.
8. God will over rule any law to secure your breakthroughs, when you are a divine phenomenon.
9. God can kill a fellow man, a pharaoh, and Haman for your sake.
10. You are operating at a higher realm.
11. God can kill a Goliath for your sake

Prayer Points.
O God, Arise o Lord, arise and make me a wonder in the name of Jesus.
O God, arise and change the rule for my sake.
O God, make me a divine phenomenon by the power in the blood of Jesus.
O Lord, Make me a mysterious wonder, in the name of Jesus.

Prophetic declarations
Any hole that has swallowed your benefits shall vomit then in the name of Jesus.
The strong man of your father’s house shall be disgraced and dismantled
The rage of the enemy against you and your family shall backfire in the name of Jesus,
Satanic tongue anointed to curse you shall dry up in the name of Jesus.
Whether your enemy likes it or not, receive the power of divine acceleration.
Everywhere you have been rejected, you shall receive acceptance in the name of Jesus.
The Lord shall over answer you prayers in the name of Jesus.
All the good things you have lost, Posses them in the name of Jesus.
After this 70 days program, the kind of testimonies u shall receive shall shock your enemies in the name of Jesus.

PRAYING TO SUSTAIN YOUR DREAM
(A Message by Pastor Dahunsi Olawole)

Text: Genesis 37:5-11 

“And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. 6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: 7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. 8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. 9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. 10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? 11 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.”

 Philippians 4:8

 “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”

From the above passages, we have seen that Joseph had a dream and he had it again after the first time, but the dream I am talking about now is not the type of dream you see when you sleep.

·        The dream I am talking about is your heart desired future: how you want your life to be tomorrow.

·        What you intend to become or what you intend doing in future

·        It is your cherished aspiration

·        What you pray to become

·        What you pray to achieve in future

That is the dream we are talking about and when you see Joseph from that passage, he had at back of his mind that he wants to be a great person. God does not want us to be failure; He had seen that Joseph had determined to be great or successful and God had to act to that vision.

Dream is like a vision, what you are looking unto and how you want your life to be tomorrow; that is the kind of dream we are talking about today. Many people have great dreams but they are not near to those dreams now. If you look at their lives today you will see that those dreams are miles apart. Some have derailed and some have failed, some are crawling to get close to those dreams but the more they try, the more failure they find themselves in.

I pray for you today that powers that are insisting that you must fail, shall be disgrace in the name of Jesus.  

A person’s dream/vision can be aborted, destroyed, killed, wasted, amputated or buried due to the following reasons:

1.      Godlessness/ungodly lifestyle: so many people dissociate themselves from God and there is nobody who can succeed in life without God.

2.      Doubt and faithlessness: without faith no man can receive anything from God, so stop asking yourself ‘is it possible or can I make it? ‘ I read a story of men who were competing to marry a king’s daughter and the king said; there is a crocodile invested water and that anyone who wants to marry his daughter must swim across the water successfully without been injured by the crocodile. All the young men got to the river bank and were scared by the crocodile and withdrew from swimming but there was a particular man who was still having a double mind either to swim or not. While he was thinking by the river bank, a fellow pushed him into the water from behind and he started struggling to come out by swimming. At the end of the day, he ended up swimming to the other side of the water and the king was very excited that the young man succeeded in crossing the water and that he will marry the king’s daughter but the man started asking the people around ‘who pushed me into the water?’ There are so many things in us and until God helps us, we might not be able to accomplish them.

So many of us are like that man, he can swim but he had fear to swim until someone had to push him which at the end of the day he realized that he could do it.

3.      Fear: fear of failure, fear of what will people say or fear of can I succeed?

I remember the story of a young man who was advance in age but had only first school leaving certificate. One day we were discussing and I told him to try and go back to school, he said out of fear and doubt that I should forget about the issue of school because he had given up on himself; after advising him, today he is a graduate and a master degree holder. Fear of I cannot make it or it is not possible can make a man to defer his dream.

4.      Procrastination: when you keep postponing what you should have done today to another day or time.

5.      Indecision: not being able to take a decision

6.      Our past: maybe they know you as a failure but you can still make it. You should not allow your past to weigh you down. If Christ can surmount His foundation; you can surmount yours because He died so that you can move forward from your past failures.

7.      Attack: we live in an environment where people do not want others to succeed and that is why so many of us have great dreams and visions but the witches and wizards will attack them and cause them not to achieve their dreams. You will see people envying others for nothing and even when you try to move forward, they will do everything possible to pull you down.

8.      Your family: when parents begins to force their children to do what they cannot want, it can kill that child’s dreams and vision

9.      Laziness

10.   Low self-esteem: when you have already written yourself off or looked down on yourself because of your past failures and background. Low self-esteem is a killer so do not under estimate what God has deposited into your life at any time.

11.   Bad dream/ no dream at all: some people do not have any dream while some people’s dream dies after the first day they had the dream, some have bad dreams or ideas.

12.   Lack of good supporter/helper

13.   Over ambition: you need to understand that Rome was not built in a day and little drop of water makes an ocean. The Bible says that the steps of the righteous is like candle light, it gets brighter and brighter every day. Do not be over ambitious in everything but learn to start small and if God’s hand is in it, it will definitely blossom.

14.   Under ambition: starting low when you are supposed or qualified to start high. Aim high or dream big.

15.   Association: your friends or company can also affect your dreams positively or negatively.

16.   Carelessness: when you are not concerned or bordered about everything, you are just living your life anyhow.

How Do I Sustain My Dream?

1.      Engage God: nothing survives without God. Proverbs 16:1 and 19, Proverbs 19:21, Proverbs 21:1. So learn to put God in everything you do in life including your dreams.

2.      Prayer is another thing you must do. Good dreams are backed up or supported by prayer for sustenance and survival or accomplishment.

3.      See the word of God different from the way you are looking at it now. The word of God is power; it is a great thing that you must utilize. Learn to see yourself in the word of God, the Bible says in Psalms 119:105 “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” and verse 130 “The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.” So understand the word of God.

4.      Work on yourself/improve yourself: all those dream killers mentioned above, drive them out of your life.

5.      Be a good dreamer: dream right, dream positive, high and big because your dream determines how far you can go in life.

6.      Discipline yourself in various ways: successful people are not people who sleep too much. No indiscipline person can accomplish his dream; therefore you must be disciplined if you must succeed.

7.      Educate yourself on things that will enhance your dreams: educate yourself on things that can make that dream to prosper. God always work on or bless the things you have at hand.

8.      Surround yourself with good people: make good people your friends; people that have good understanding about God and are willing to encourage and support you in your dreams.

9.      Think well, think big and think of success always.

10.   Manage your health very well so that you can live well: take good care of yourself even while you are investing into the future because if you are not healthy you will not enjoy your wealth or investment. Do things that will not harm your health.

11.   Put your dreams in the life of others: help others to succeed because if everybody succeeds, there would not be any competition. Do not be a selfish person, consider and help others around you so that they can be able to fulfill their dreams.

Bow down your head and talk to God to give you a dream that can make you a helper to others in your generation.

  Prayer

1. Failure of my father’s house, I am not your candidate in the name of Jesus.

2. Every conspiracy with the intension to pull you down shall die in Jesus name.

3. Powers assign to amputate my dreams, die in Jesus name.

THE POWER OF THE NEW COVENANT
(A Message by Pastor Dahunsi Olawole)

We looked at what the blood of Jesus does; particularly for a person, the power and the efficacy of that blood, the pleading of the blood of Jesus (we discussed that, pleading the blood of Jesus is not begging but putting into action what Jesus has done for you at the cross of Calvary. When you plead the blood of Jesus, you automatically wear that clothe of the blood of Jesus and when you also plead that blood, you are showing Satan the evidence why he cannot punish or afflict you again) and we went further to say that the blood of Jesus became a new covenant between I, you and God. The covenant before was that when you break the law, you will bring a goat or a ram to atone for your sin(s) and every year the high priest have to ensure that the sacrifice is done and when that is done, he will sprinkle the blood on the altar of the tabernacle as well as on the people in the church but when Jesus Christ came, He eradicated that covenant by shedding His blood at Calvary. That is why we will be looking at ‘the power of the new covenant.

I pray for you today, every threat of the enemy over your life is canceled in Jesus name….

TEXT: Matthew 26:28

“For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins”

Hebrews 8:10-12

 “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: [11] And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. [12] For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more”

From the passages above, we have seen that God said He will not remember our sins anymore. That is the power of the new covenant. That is the promise of God as found in Jeremiah chapter 31-34. From the passages above there are some ingredients that we can see in that covenant which are different from the old covenant.

Let us look at the ingredients that are in the new covenant according to Hebrews 8:10-12 “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: [11] And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

[12] For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.” and Colossians 2:14-15 “Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; [15] And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.”

1.      You will have peace with God.

2.      Forgiveness of sins: God will take away our sins and remember them no more. 

3.      There will be an intimate relationship between you and God: you can call Him your father and He will answer you unlike before that you need goat or ram before you can even assess Him.

4.      There will be increase in godly lifestyle from the people of God.

5.      It brings sanctification

Pray like this: blood of Jesus sanctify me by your power, in the name of Jesus

6.      There will be inner joy: 2 Corinthians 5:15-16 “And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. [16] wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know us him no more.”

7.      There will be an end to every sacrifice for atonement of every man’s sins because Jesus Christ gave himself as the lamb for the sacrifice.

8.      There is renewed and clean heart.

9.      All bondages, yokes and afflictions are taken away by the blood of Jesus: there is nothing the blood of Jesus cannot renew or cleans.

How then do we enjoy the New Covenant?

Break away from your old ways: all those ungodly lifestyle, you must jettison them, meaning that you drop or throw away all ungodly lifestyle into the sea of life. Stay away from all unrighteousness according to Psalms 24:3-4 “Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? [4 ] He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully”
Psalms 15:1-3 “LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? [2] He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. [3] He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. ” Anyone who wants to enjoy the new covenant must run away from the life of sin.

Close your eyes and begin to talk to God to show you mercy and take away all unrighteousness in you by the blood of Jesus…

Pray these prayers:

1.      Power in the blood of Jesus; arise, fight for me and my family in the name of Jesus.

2.      Blood of Jesus, repair all that the enemy has spoilt in my life in Jesus name.

3.      I become what God says I will be by the power in the blood of Jesus

4.      By the power in the blood of Jesus, everything that belongs to me in the remaining part of this year, I possess them in Jesus name.

5.      Every evil and satanic weapon assigned to fight me in the remaining part of this year; by the power in the blood of Jesus, die.

6.      By the power in the blood of Jesus; every evil going on in my life, blood of Jesus swallow them in the mighty name of Jesus.

DIVINE ENCOUNTER
(A MESSAGE BY PASTOR DAHUNSI OLAWOLE)

Text: Exodus 3:1

 “Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. 2 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. 3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. 4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.”

               From the scriptures above, we are told the story of Moses who killed one of the Egyptians in an attempt to rescue an Israelite and ran away.  When God wanted to deliver His children the Israelites, from the land of Egypt, He decided to use that same Moses. Moses encountered God and after the encounter, seeing the burning bush, he never turned back again.

               The word ‘encounter’ means to meet face to face or have an experience. It means to have a taste of what something is like. So Moses encountered God as he was sheepherding the sheep of his in law. Encounter with God will change your vision and dream. It change the dreams of Moses

 Acts 9:1-6

 “And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, 2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.  3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: 4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. 6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.”

Paul encountered God on his way to Damascus. He wanted to go and kill the children of God but his life was never the same again after the encounter.

In Genesis 18, Abraham encountered the angels of God, he welcome them and entertained them unknown to him that they were messengers of God. He received blessings from God because of his generosity after the encounter.

The word ‘divine’ has to do with God. It means something beyond human reasoning and explanation; something supernatural. Encounter means to taste, to feel to meet, sudden meeting or accidental meeting.

Bringing these two words together we have ‘divine encounter’ which means meeting God in an unexplainable way or meeting God in a way one cannot explain.

 Types of Encounter:

One can have one of these encounter.

·        Physical encounter- this is encountering something or  someone physical like shaking of hands

·        Spiritual encounter- this kind of encounter happens in the spiritual. It comes from God.

·        Positive encounter- this is encounter that bring brings good things to a person’s life

·        Negative encounter- when you look at the Bible, you see that Jonah’s encounter with God was a negative encounter. He was swallowed up by a fish for three days.

Example of people that encountered God positively or negatively in the Bible:

1.      Lazarus was death for four days and Jesus Christ came and resurrected him. This  was a positive encounter

2.      In the book of Luke, a woman was to go and bury her child when she encountered Jesus. Jesus raised her child from the death. This was another positive encounter.

3.      In Luke 5, Peter had a positive encounter with Jesus. For all throughout the night he was toiling but he caught nothing until he encountered Jesus and his life was not the same again

4.      Jonah’s experience on his way to Nineveh was a negative encounter

5.      The experience of Dathan, Korah and Abiram was another negative encounter. They were swallowed up by the ground Numbers 16:25 -33

What are the things that will happen after divine encounter?

When a person encounters God, he/her life cannot remain the same again. If a person claims to have an encounter with God and his/her life does not change, then it is not an encounter. Encounter will turn you from who you are to what God wants you to be. Examples of encounter are:

·        Saul (Paul) in Act 9. Encountered Jesus. He never turned back again. So encounter will bring a person to salvation and repentance of sins

·         Zacchaeus, when he encountered Jesus, he confessed and restituted everything he had wrongly    acquired without being compelled. This is what we call encounter.

·        Encounter with God will lead to prosperity and divine health. The man at pool of Bethesda, when he encountered Jesus, sickness of 35 years vanished.

·        Divine encounter will cancel death and destruction. If a man is marked for death, encounter with God will wipe it away.

·        It will bring comprehensive blessings. That is, the kind of blessings that starts from you and extends to everybody around you in all ramifications. It is also be referred to as wellness blessings/ total blessing or all round blessing – in he/her home, work, business career etc.

·        It turns sorrow to joy.

·        It terminates reproach

·        It improves a person’s life and gives comfort

·        It brings revival

·        It brings restoration

·        When a person has divine encounter, it will change his/her lifestyle. His/her speech and doing will change. There was a woman that came to church as a quarrelsome and nagging woman but when she gave her life to God, her lifestyle changed and everyone in her compound started wondering what has happening to her. That is the power of divine encounter that transformed her. If you say you have divine encounter and you are still living in you sin, that is not an encounter at all. The persons in the bible that had encounter with God, their life never remained the same. Divine encounter changes your life style and everything about you.

How do we enjoy positive divine encounter?

1.      Learn the method of salvation and repentance: you must have a story or experience of salvation on how you were before your encounter with Christ; how you met Christ and what happened to you after your encounter. The person is saved. He/she had turn from his/her sinful life to God and to do what is right.

Activities in church do not mean salvation and when a man is born again, he/she must be baptized as a sign that you died and resurrected unto new life in Christ.

 I pray for you; anything spoiling your salvation shall die in the mighty name of Jesus.

2.      Learn the principles and method of giving when you are expecting divine encounter

3.      Learn the method of aggressive prayers

4.      Learn the method of divine placement or location: learn to be at the right place at the right time where God can encounter you

5.      Learn the method of consistency: be consistent and persistent on God for a divine encounter

6.      Learn the method of faith - Hebrews 11:6 “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”

7.      Learn the method of hospitality

8.      Learn the method of evangelism: go out and preach the word of God, inviting people to come and enjoy what you are enjoying in Christ Jesus.

Encounter will give you:

·        What you want

·        All God’s promises

·        It will make you not to struggle in prayers

·        It will make your enemies to be far from you

Close your eyes and talk to God for divine encounter before you pray the following prayers;

1.      O Lord my father, touch me and renew me by your power in Jesus name

2.      Divine encounter that will change my story, manifest in my life in the name of Jesus

3.      O Lord arise, solve all my problems in Jesus name

4.      Divine encounter that will wipe away my sorrow, manifest in my life in the name of Jesus.