17/05/2026
*EXPLOSIVE GROWTH DRIVE*
*VISION 2032: MAY 2026*
*SUNDAY 17TH MAY, 2026 MESSAGE*
*TOPIC: FROM TOILING TO TAKING: ENTERING GREATER HARVEST*
MINISTERING: DCN. OLAJIDE ENIOLA PRAISE
*BIBLE TEXT: Lk. 5:4–7, Ecc. 10:10*
*INTRODUCTION*
You can be busy… and not fruitful; active… and not effective, committed… and still not increasing.
Peter laboured all night… Lk. 5:5 — “We have toiled all night, and have taken nothing…” Effort was present.
Commitment was present. But the results were absent. Then one instruction came: *“Launch out into the deep…”* Same man. Same boat. Same sea. But a different result.
This month, you can end it with not just ‘Greater harvest’ but your greatest harvest ever.
This is your month, the set time for God to favour your efforts. But a few things we have to learn:
*1. GREATER HARVESTS ARE LOCATED IN THE DEEP*
The next move may not be greater efforts in what you have been doing or where you have been going before.
You may have to launch into the deep. You have to stretch your net further – not just your street alone.
You may have started and concentrated in your ‘Jerusalem,’ and it is now time to move to your ‘Judaea’ or even unto ‘Samaria’ or perhaps to start planting Churches in the uttermost (*villages and abroad...*) Acts 1:8
You have to listen to the Holy Spirit – the Director of Operations.
• Launch out into the deep. Lk. 5:4
• “Arise, and go toward the south…” Acts 8:26 Philip did not just go everywhere…
He was sent somewhere and thus met a prepared soul.
There are people around you; there are locations looking for people to come to them to talk with them, to plant a church – they may be further away from your usual catchment areas.
Act 16:9 In this season of Greater harvest, God may be speaking to somebody here, to this Church –“Launch into the deep.”
Or He may be amplifying the voice of ‘Macedonians.’
*2. GREATER HARVEST IS STRATEGIC, NOT ACCIDENTAL*
Greater harvest is not just harder work —it is wiser work. Ecc. 10:10 *“If the iron be blunt… he must put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.”*
Many are increasing their efforts…
But not increasing results. Because direction is missing.
• You need divine intelligence. Psa. 37:23
• You need wisdom. Prov. 4:7
• You need re-strategizing - even as individuals, groups, and as a church. Ecc. 10:10
*3. STRATEGIES THAT PRODUCE GREATER HARVEST*
i. Targeted Harvest Strategy Jn. 4:35
— *“Lift up your eyes…”* See – the streets, the markets, the workplaces - Identify harvest zones.
ii. Consistent Systematic Engagement Acts 2:46
— *“Daily… from house to house.”* Not occasional outreach…Daily engagement
iii. Explosive Growth Drive Follow-Up System Acts 2:42
*— “They continued steadfastly…”*
Assign people to:
• Track
• Call; Visit
iv. Corporate Mobilization Psa. 68:11 *— “Great was the company…”*
Everyone becomes a labourer.
v. Compulsive Invitation Lk. 14:23 *— “Compel them to come…*
Not a casual invitation…Intentional pursuit.
*CONCLUSION*
From toiling to taking is not a promise
—it is a transition. Peter toiled —but remained empty.
*Until he:*
• Heard the instruction
• Obeyed the direction
• Adjusted his strategy
• Engaged the deep
And suddenly, what he could not get all night came in one moment.
That means:
• Your struggle is not your destiny
• Your emptiness is not your end
• Your season can change —if you align with God.
*SALVATION ALTAR CALL*
You cannot enter into a season of greater harvest if you are not connected to the Master of the harvest.
*REVIVAL CALL*
Some of you are saved, but you are cold.
• You used to burn —but now you are dry
• You used to go out, but now you are tired
• You used to be passionate —but now you are passive Jesus is still saying: *“Launch out…”*
*PRAYER POINTS*
1. Father, deliver me from fruitless labour —let my efforts produce results.
2. Lord, open my ears to divine direction—show me where the harvest is.
3. Father, enlarge my capacity —spiritually, structurally, and strategically.
4. Lord, baptize me with fresh fire for aggressive evangelism and follow-up.
5. Father, let this season produce my greatest harvest ever —in Jesus’
