18/04/2026
SAVE THE WORLD EVANGELICAL LOVE MINISTRY ( SWELM ).
SUNDAY PROPHETIC SERVICE.
COMMUNION SERVICE.
12TH APRIL, 2026.
TOPIC:
SURPRISES COME WITH A LOT OF PACKAGES THAT YOU DON'T EXPECT BUT LET IT BE WHAT YOU CAN CARRY.
TEXT:
JOB 1:6ff ;
1 SAM.16:14ff
MINISTER:
APOSTLE LITTLE DAVID FOC.
PREAMBLE:
What is surprise?
Surprise can also be defined as a shock. Shock either keeps you or breaks you.
A lot of Christians are very good at making comments like where is God? Why am I going through all this things? Why is God quiet on my matter? God can never keep anyone quiet.
What is carry?
The word carry means lifting something or to bear a burden. It also means a load you chose to move with.
POINT 1:
The package of the surprise might be good or bad depending on what comes to you.
Case study: The battle between the king of Moab and the Israelites.
QUOTE:
When things are turning in your favour, be careful not to be over-excited because you don't know what follows next. Hence, before you announce your success, breakthrough or victory, be careful because you don't know what follows next.
Listen to me, surprise can eliminate you and can also keep you. Becoming great and mighty is not a problem but can you maintain that level of greatness and mightiness you have attained? If negative surprise does not kill you, that means God loves you dearly. Surprise is full of good things or bad things as the case maybe. Surprise could be an advantage or a disadvantage.
There was a meeting held in heaven and God asked a question, who will I send? In the midst of the deepest silence, Jesus answered, "here am I Lord, send me." For the outcome of that meeting held in heaven to manifest in the physical realm, Archangel Gabriel was sent by God to deliver a message to Mary saying," hail Mary full of grace, the Lord is with you...." Mary was not told of the challenges of the surprise message. If she had known the challenges with the surprise message, she would not have accepted it.
YOUR PRAYER:
Lord make me so unique and special to my generation.
Hear this, surprise is categorized by different things.
POINT 2:
There are surprises that attracts the enemies attack and also comes with great challenges.
Case study:
The story of Joseph the son of Jacob. How he was sold into slavery in Egypt because of jealousy.
There are surprises that will come to you, someone that initially loves you, starts hating you unnecessarily. There are surprises that will come to you, someone that have said I will stand with you, starts standing against you. There are surprises that will come to you, someone that have been defending you, will be the one to eliminate you. There are surprises that comes to you, your blood related person turns against you.
If surprise does not kill or destroy you, be grateful to God. Listen to me, it is not how long you suffer that matters rather it is how the breakthrough of a day brings you to your point of recovery. The breakthrough of a day can help you to recover what you lost for twelve years. Your prayer should be any surprise that comes from anyone to me, let it be what will increase me and not what will reduce me.
There is no permanent friend and there is no permanent enemy. Something can happen tomorrow that the people who once were your haters can now become your supporters. And the people that once were your supporters can turn to become your haters. That is the reality of life. Note: the most difficult people to stay with are people who are highly spiritual and intellectually sound. You find it very difficult to please them.
According to the book of Job, the Saints of God gather together and Satan also appeared in their midst. Implication, when a good thing is about to happen to you, the evil people appear in your midst to get information. Look at the surprise that came to Job. A man lost all his children, all his properties and his wife in the same day.
Life is full of surprises. It can take you unaware. Note: it was not Satan that told God about Job rather God told Satan about Job. Sometimes God allow things to happen to you so that you will learn, understand and become wise.
Hear this, the truth to every surprise you see that comes to you carry three things;
First, God allowed it to happen.
Second, it was designed to happen to you for a season.
Third, it happened to fulfil God's design and purpose for your life.
Listen to me, at the time you are about to have heart attack that situation is for a heart blessing and heart breakthrough.
Surprise can be anything. You know people that truly love you not when things are rosy rather when things are very tough and difficult. How do you know who loves you, when you have a misunderstanding with the person and both of you still maintain a good communication line. How the person act maturely in the midst of the misunderstanding. People who have been with you when you have gone through the most difficult and challenging situations of life and not people that just come around you when you have in plenty but people that stood by you in times of difficulties.
QUOTE:
Love have no boundaries. Love is full of challenges. Love is full of happiness.
See how surprise came to Saul the king. When he disobeyed God, God removed His Spirit and commanded an evil spirit to enter into him to torment him.
POINT 3:
When the surprise that you lest expect to be good comes to you, don't allow yourself to be broken rather tell yourself that things can change for good.
POINT 4:
Expect anything in life as a surprise whether good or bad.
What have you seen or experienced? When you have seen things in life, it makes you calm and quiet. My late father once told me, "don't use your grace to abuse people who are older than you."
In conclusion, never you expect good or bad from anybody rather keep your heart open to accept anything that comes your way.