09/11/2025
EFCA VICTORY SERVICE 09/11/2025
THE FALCONS CONVENTION 2025
RETURN UNTO ME
_Malachi 3:1-7, Joel 2:13_
As a bona fide child of God, miracles, signs, and wonders are your heritage. God's desire in these end times is for the chosen ones to return to Him. We need to return home, where our first love was birthed. God doesn't want to see us perish in our ways; He is filled with compassion and loving-kindness, and that’s why He is calling us to return to Him.
God doesn’t want us to walk under the curse of the covenant but wants us to rend our hearts to Him in genuine repentance as we return to Him. He demonstrated this by offering His Son, Jesus Christ, to atone for our guilt and pay the price.
God wants to strengthen our relationship with Him, and that’s why He is calling us to come home. God misses the fellowship we once had and desires to make it better, but we must draw near to Him, and He’ll draw near to us.
The mercy of God is calling us back, but we’re distracted by the things of the world and the issues of our lives, preventing us from paying attention _(Luke 10, 11:14)_. Jesus is calling us back as His first love; His mercy is calling us to burn with the passion and zeal we first had when we accepted Him _(Revelation 2:4)_.
Some of us have stopped operating in our God-given gifts and stopped paying attention to our assignment, which is why we no longer receive signals from heaven. God is telling us today to return, as He hasn’t given up on us, and nothing can separate us from the love of Christ _(Romans 8:35)_.
God is calling us to return in genuine repentance with a consecrated heart that burns with love and passion for Him. We made promises to God in our desperation, and along the line, we stopped. God is asking us to return with that zeal—don’t give up or quit on your assignment _(Luke 18:1)_.
Your doors are locked, and favors are withdrawn from you, not to punish you but to get your attention. God is severing you from some relationships to preserve your glory and consecration.
BENEFITS OF RETURNING TO GOD
1. _Job 22:23, Psalms 12:1_ – You shall be established and firmly rooted if God is involved in your life. He will firmly plant your feet, and nothing shall move you.
2. _Job 22:24_ – It brings divine favor and blessings; returning to God brings prosperity that will endure.
3. _Job 22:25_ – The Lord shall be a wall of defense around you, and victory becomes a lifestyle.
4. _Job 22:27_ – It brings answered prayers because the Lord’s ear is inclined to you.
5. _Job 22:28_ – Returning to Him will make you a commander; you will receive power to decree a thing, and it shall come to pass.
6. _Psalms 37:12, John 1:5_ – It gives light; God illuminates your life with His brightness, and all dark corners of your life will become bright.
7. Returning makes you a person of faith; fear is replaced with an unshaken faith that the enemy cannot intimidate.
8. _Jeremiah 15:19, Joel 2:24-25_ – You will receive divine restoration.
9. _Psalms_ – Freedom from captivity and bo***ge.
HOW TO RETURN
Joel 3:12, Psalms 51:10-11
1. Cry for mercy; return to God with a contrite heart, and He will receive you.
2. Surrender your heart to God completely.
3. Luke 15:17-18
Return to God in prayers and fasting; activate your senses to be attentive to God’s calling.
Revelation 12:1
Prophetess Naomi Abel Demsa is the guest speaker at the EFCA Women’s Convention 2025 edition.