CONFESS IT AND HAVE IT

 Reverend G. S. Adeyemo

Let me begin by saying in the words of Bishop Oyedepo, “It is only what you make happen that happens. If you do nothing, you get nothing!” God gives effect to whatever we speak out of our mouth. There is nothing you need that the word of God cannot supply except what is not based on the word of God. It is the word that brings into existence what we see and even those we cannot see. 

The universe was created through the word. Nine times the words, “And God said” appears in Genesis chapter one. Each time God spoke something was created, formed, or made. God never created anything that was not from the word that proceeds from His mouth. He said let there be light and there was light. He spoke everything into existence. John 1: 1-4 says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.  In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.” Whatever God did or is doing and will ever do lies in the power of His word. In the same vein, God confers in us the authority to speak and have whatever we say. “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours” Mark 11: 24. What you say is what you get. In other words, what you confess you will possess. 

 The word of God is not only informative, it is creative. It enlightens the mind and at the same time brings into existence our confessed intents. The Bible says, “By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.” Hebrew 11:3. The Word of God is an expression of who He is. It is full of His creative power; God’s Words are containers of His creative power.

When the words of God dwell in you, you will do what God does with His word. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.” Colossians 3: 16, 17. There is irresistible supernatural power in God's word; it will not return to Him empty. God’s Word will accomplish His desires and purposes. The King James Version descriptively says that the word of God will not return void to Him (Isaiah 55:11). In other words, it will get the job done! The Word of God is powerful, because it is guaranteed by God to be effective. When you speak the Word of God, you are tapping into limitless power! The actual words of the Bible are anointed by the Holy Spirit Himself – and they have the full ability to completely change and transform life and situations if you are willing to work with the divine instructions that are contained in the actual words.

Your life revolves round what you confess with your mouth. If you confess blessings, you dwell in the blessings and if you confess curses same come back to you. Your words set the tone of your life. It is the word you speak that shape your destiny. Stop confessing negative things on your life and situation and you will enjoy the fruit of your lips. The Bible says, “The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit” Proverbs 18: 21. 

Lots of woes that we experience in life are traceable to what we've spoken. "Mistakes of the tongue have destroyed more people, ruined more marriages, and cost more businessmen their jobs and their futures than any other kind of mistake." How are you using your tongue? Whatever you might have spoken that is tying down your destiny is broken in Jesus name.  

Take a moment to pray the following prayer points and unbundle your destiny from retrogression and frustrations.

 Now the God of hope fill me with all joy through the power of the Holy Ghost in Jesus name. Romans 15: 13.
 The Lord shall surely raise helps and keep me from failure in Jesus name. Shalom
 For the angels of the Lord surround me, no weapon fashion against me shall hurt me in Jesus name.
 Those to bless me shall locate me today in Jesus name
 The God who turns around all situations is by me to turn my grief to joy, failure to success, darkness to light, good dreams to realities, pains to gain in Jesus name. Isaiah 43: 18, 19
 I see God raising me as a superstar to my generation, I see God decorating me for greatness, I see God fulfilling my dream now.
 My angel with uncommon gifts of great joy shall locate me as I go out today in Jesus name.
  Everyone that God paid a visit enjoyed unprecedented miracles. The visitation of God brings a harvest of miracles. The Lord shall visit me today in Jesus name.
 Thus saith the Lord, "Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will God not forget me in Jesus name Isaiah 49: 15.
 He (God) will yet fill my mouth with laughter and my lips with shouts of joy in Jesus name

TRUST IN THE LORD

 Reverend G. S. Adeyemo
The President, Abundant Grace Mission

 Let God be your Anchor and the tide of this world shall not overwhelm you; The Bible says, “According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death” Philippians 1:20. You can also say like the Psalmist, "But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. I will praise thee forever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints." Psalm 52:8, 9. God will be glorified in your life and you shall live to fulfill divine purpose. Do not allow the circumstances around you pull you down. It’s a temporary experience that will soon be over. The Lord our God is a man of war and our Captain. He is our Commander leading and guiding every step in the right direction. At the shout of His name all foes shall melt like wax. “Now it came about when all the kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea, heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the sons of Israel until they had crossed, that their hearts melted, and there was no spirit in them any longer because of the sons of Israel. Joshua 5:1. The nations rage, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts. Psalm 46:6. 

Your breakthroughs shall locate you when you least expected. The Lord blesses you and lift up your head above all forms of evil attack in Jesus name

Every form of battle raging against your family is hereby shattered into pieces in Jesus name.  Arise and celebrate in Jesus name.   

The rod of the wicked that has been afflicting you catches fire in Jesus name. As you go out, the Lord will watch over your steps and lead you away from all disasters in Jesus name.  

 Pharaoh would have thwarted the promise of God for Abraham if not for the divine intervention. "And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife."  Genesis 12: 17. The Lord will rescue your family from your Pharaoh (the family Destroyer) in Jesus name.

Your battles are over and the Lord wipes away your tears of pain and mourning in Jesus name. 

From Tragedy to a Triumph

“See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven? At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.”  The words “once more” indicate the removing of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain.  Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our “God is a consuming fire.” Hebrew 12: 25-29

God speaks to His people in various forms through various media. He spoke to the Israelites on Mount Sinai through terrible storm, earthquake, fire and thunder.   Exodus 19:18. They were so terrified that they told Moses to beg God not to speak to them again. Some were consumed by the fire while some were stoned to death for touching the mountain. What a tragedy! However, God has chosen a better way to speak to us today which should draw us into deeper relationship, reverence and love for Him in our heart. In the opening lines of the Book of Hebrews, the Bible says, “ In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. 3 The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.” Hebrew 1: 1-3 

The basis of the text above is that God would turn our tragedy into a triumph by shaking all the shakable of life and translate to the unshakeable kingdom of God.  Haggai 2:6. As we consider this topic we shall observe the following truths.

It is the desire of God to give a final shaking of every shakable using circumstance around us. The events around the globe is a pointer to the truth of the Scripture that God is giving a final shaking of every shakable. I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken out of its place, at the wrath of the Lord of hosts in the day of his fierce anger. Isaiah 13:13.  In 2003-2012 (106,654) natural disasters were recorded and 96.5 million people became victims worldwide. In 2014, the number of people killed by floods 3,634 and storms 1,239 In 2015, About 150 major natural disasters affected millions of people worldwide in 2015. Asia again bore the brunt of these disasters reported globally. Floods continue to be the most frequently occurring natural disasters and also affect the most people worldwide All these are prophecies come true and signs of the end time. Even the man-made disasters and violence against humanity especially the persecutions of the Christians are happenings to awake our slumbering giants. 

Are you experiencing any shaking around you? God is preparing you for a brighter future. All these shakings will lead to triumph here and hereafter in Jesus name. 

References
(Report from Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters Published on 17 Sep 2015).
 (http://www.worldvision.org/news-stories-videos/natural-disasters