16/03/2017
‘My Case is Different’ greetings in Jesus’ name.
At our recently concluded annual pastors’ forum, a prophetic word came down so strongly, setting the pace for the Territory-Taking phase of the ongoing revival in our midst. God speaking, said, “within the next 52 days, that is, beginning from Friday 10th March, to Sunday 30th April 2017, every local assembly in this church shall be minimum double its current attendance and that the number of WSF centers in every local assembly shall be minimum double its current number and attendance by the set date of 29th April 2017”.
As we all know, only God can say what no one else can say, because God speaks all the time according to His capacity, power, wisdom and resources.
Every time we receive and believe the prophetic word, we have committed God to bring it to pass – Jn 1:12/ Luk. 1:045
But we must first recognise that:
➢ We belong to an ever-advancing army; the church of Jesus Christ – Matt. 16:18/ Joel 2:1-11
➢ God began with us as a church, as the God of increase – Act 2:4/ 1 Cor. 3:6
➢ Later on, He came down as the Wonder Double God with undeniable proofs–Is.66:7/Zec.9:11-12
➢ But God has come down into our midst as the Territory-taking God – Duet. 2:24/36/ Ps. 44:1-3
What then is this Territory-Taking phase all about?
• It is taking territories for Christ through massive conversion and ingathering of souls to church – Luk. 12:32
• It is turning our churches to cities and towns without walls – Zec.2:4-5
• It is turning the kingdom of this world to the kingdom of Christ – Obd. 21/ Rev. 11:15
Furthermore, we discover from scriptures that:
▪ Within weeks, the early church took over the whole of Jerusalem – Acts 2:41/47/Acts 4:4/ Acts 5:12-14/15/ Acts 5:28/ Acts 6:4-7
▪ A whole city of Samaria was taken through the ministry of Philip – Acts 8:1-8
▪ Also within two years, the whole of Asia was subdued through the ministry of Paul – Act 19:9-10/11-20
Moreover, the rebuilding of the broken walls of Jerusalem is a graphics picture of our territory taking God in action. The process that led to the accomplishment of this feat is as follows:
➢ Nehemiah was burning with unparalleled passion towards Jerusalem – Neh. 1:1-4
➢ Prayed and fasted for a number of weeks – Neh. 1:4-14
➢ Secured the hand of God upon his life for favour and speed – Neh. 2:6-10/ 1 Kgs 18:41-46
➢ Engaged his team in spiritual warfare all the way through – Neh. 4:9-22
➢ We saw the walls joined together and completed in 52 days by the hand of our territory-taking God – Neh. 6:15
Following the above, and the prophetic word for the season, every local assembly in this church shall be minimum twice its current attendance by Sunday 30th of April 2017
But according to scriptures, the labour of the foolish wearies everyone of them because he knows not how to take the city – Ecc. 10:15/ Pro. 21:22.
This implies, that we can only take territories for Christ by engaging the wisdom from above – Eccl. 10:15/ Pr. 21:22/ Eccl. 9:14-18/ Jer. 10:12
In addition, from scriptures we discover that:
➢ The labour room of prayer is God’s wisdom for birthing multitudes into the Kingdom - Is. 66:7-8/ Gal. 4:19/ Act. - 6:4/7 /Ezek. 36:37
➢ The Word is God’s wisdom for sustaining supernatural church growth - Ps. 23:2/ Mat. 24:28/ Act. 6:7
➢ Whatever cannot stop the church from praying cannot stop the church from growing - Is.66:7-8/ Act. 6:4/7
➢ As long as we keep our hands lifted in prayers after the order of Moses, our soul winning endeavours shall continue to take territories for Christ anywhere – Ex.- 17: 9-13/ 1Tim. 2:8
Every Winner should expect their supernatural turnaround within this prophetic season. The same way Nehemiah emerged a governor in the process, every Winner shall experience supernatural change of story within this 52 days.
Remain ever blessed
Jesus is Lord!
David O. Oyedepo