Pastor Taiwo Odukoya @ Sunday Service
The Christian life must be lived intentionally. Pastor Taiwo stated this at the October 13 Sunday service. He noted that the words of a Christian carry power and so must be used to serve the divine purpose.
Citing the example of Jesus who rebuked the storm by His words (in Mark 4), he emphasised that, as Christians, we have all been given the same authority. Recalling the series of events in the text scripture—from calming the storm to delivering the demon-possessed man, Pastor Taiwo noted that Jesus just spoke on each occasion to change the prevailing situation.
He then urged believers to constantly speak the Word of God to every situation they are confronted with. “It is time to take authority over your domain. Begin to speak God’s Word into your situation,” he said.
He challenged the congregation not to expect Jesus to come cast out devils or heal sicknesses since He has already finished it all, and enjoined them to rather speak God’s words into their lives and thus speak the authority of God into the situations. “You have been given the authority to bind and cast out devils and sicknesses. Where the Word is established, nothing can overturn it,” he said.
“DOUBLE HONOUR”
Pastor Taiwo @ Thursday Showers
Pastor Taiwo reminded believers at the October 10 Thursday Showers service that every born-again child of God is a target of the enemy as he is always trying to bring them shame, but that God has promised double honour in its place. He cited examples in scriptures of the enemy trying to bring shame on Mordecai, the three Hebrew children and even the apostles, but God gave them double honour instead and disgraced their enemies. “Because of God’s righteousness over your life, you will get double honour in place of shame,” he declared.
Reading from Acts 13:1-12, he urged the congregation to live a life of constant praise and worship to God as this will help them to discern the ploy of the enemy and put a stop to it, just as Paul and Barnabas did to the sorcerer. “They encountered an agent of darkness assigned to hinder the work of God but because they were on divine assignment, the shame the enemy planned returned to his agent and God’s work was accomplished,” he said.
He reminded the congregation that they were not created for shame but to reign in life. “God never created you for shame; he created you for glory and honour. Henceforth, you will never see shame,” he declared.
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