06/12/2023
THE ENDTIME IS THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE CHURCH.
THERE IS ALWAYS WHAT TO ENDURE BEFORE YOU ARRIVE AT WHAT TO ENJOY.
WHEN YOUR LOVE GOES COLD, GOD GOES OUT!
REFUSE TO BE OFFENDED IN GOD, IT WILL KEEP OPENING NEW CHAPTERS TO YOUR LIFE.
REFUSE TO BE OFFENDED IN GOD SO YOU DON'T GET STRANDED IN LIFE.
TO SECURE YOUR PEACE IN LIFE, KEEP PACE WITH GOD.
WITHOUT A DIVINE COVERING, ANYBODY WILL BE LOST.
- Bishop David Oyedepo on A PROPHETIC GLIMPSE INTO THE EVENTS OF THE HOUR at SHILOH 2023 Day Two, Encounter Night || REDEEMED TO FLOURISH IN HARD TIMES || Faith Tabernacle, Canaanland || 6th December 2023 || Part D.
In case you are at the verge of giving up, you are not giving up on God oo, you are giving up on life because whether you give up or give in, God is still God (Laughing). Whether you disappear or appear, God is still God. There is nothing you and I do that will ever affect God nor tamper with His status. Refuse to be offended in God! You know what will keep you going? The joy of eternity that's ahead of you. Hebrews 12:2. Church Gist. Just let that eternal goal be what controls your attitude. Amen! 🎶 Colourful and is bright I must get there, my future is bright I must get there, my future is bright I must get there 🎶. Heaven is colourful sir. There is always what to endure before you arrive at what to enjoy. There is always what to endure before you get to the realm of what to enjoy. There is always what to endure!! Before you arrive at what to enjoy. Refuse to be offended in God, it will keep opening new chapters to your life. Refuse to be offended in God.
When my wife came under that grievous attack of death. I never said once: 'You know Jesus, You know I'm serving You! (Speaking a Yoruba Language and laughing). You know God I am Your servant and I pray for the sick and they are healed'. 'Eh! What an expert you are'. It never came out of my mouth once and not in my heart once. If God does not help you, where will I help you from'? It is the beginning of offences! 'God! You ought to have done this by now. Church Gist. Who told you? He told me sometimes, He said: 'Hey! Listen! Your times are in My hand, My times are not in your hand'. Psalms 31:15. Our times are in His hand, His times is not in our hand. Ecclesiastes 3:11. In His times! In His times, stop gasping. If you don't want to lose your peace, keep pace with God! To secure your peace in life, keep pace with God. We were once under a grass cathedral but before then we were in the Open Air, service had to start as at 5:30 (a.m) in the morning to beat the Sun. Once anointing comes, the Sun meets us here (Laughing). Outside! Open air, in a city not in a village and then someday, we built a grass cathedral in one week.
We spent 23,000 (naira) to build that Heavy Cathedral and you hear me say: 'This is the largest grass cathedral in the World, if you see anyone, let me know'. What a joy! Instead of being angry: 'This is the largest... ' Have you ever seen a cathedral larger? Grass Cathedral? No! You can't find it! Amen! Church Gist. Now, are we still under the Grass now? We were there under the wind conditions you know? Because the Grass has perforations so the air comes in, natural air, very healthy. We were jumping and dancing in that Place. Some of you are here right now. One of us came up some two Sundays ago, he said: 'I'm forty years in this Church today'! He was among the first members of this Church in Kaduna, so they saw it! Refuse to be offended in God so you don't get stranded in life.
Say: Help me, Jesus!
If I don't see anything, I can see eternity waiting for me. That's more than enough. Give the Lord a big hand of praise! Hallelujah!
Now, let's run through the social challenges of the Hour.
1. Wars and rumours of wars as nations continue to rise against nations.
The Earth is pregnant with war, people are building capacity for war. Some are over-set to take on other nations. Some nations are moving other nations against some nations so they can fight. And the challenges that come along with war, they are inestimable, do you know? We've known nations that have gone through wars in this part of the World and how long it took them to rebuild, many are still rebuilding up till now. Church Gist. Famine which connotes drought, hunger is coming to hit the World. At this time, the God you have is the only way to make a difference. Pestilences which connotes pandemic, plagues. Sir, at this point, divine presence is the only security, divine presence! When COVID-19 hit, so many lives went off, the fear of it killed many not the COVID itself, the fear of COVID. Pestilences connote global pandemics and plagues. The solution at this point is not material, it is divine. Without a divine covering, anybody will be lost, anybody can be erased. Exodus 11:1. Pestilences! All the cattles of the Egyptians died one day, their feet were destroyed one day. At that time, only His presence will count. That's why he (the enemy) goes about to destroy the love of people for God because that's the only way to wear His presence. 1 John 4:16. When your love goes cold, God goes out! Praise God!
-The same way He exempted you from the plague of COVID-19, He will do it again. So those pestilences are not targeted at you. Church Gist. No! They hit Egypt diversely, Israel was untouched. No matter what hits the World - as a pestilence, as a plague, it will be minus you. Can I hear your loudest Amen?
Ephesians 6:16. Your faith must be in place, your love for God must be burning hot to keep His presence and to silence the enemy.
-Somebody's story is changing!
There shall be earthquakes in diverse places. That talks about natural disasters, they seem to come little, little but you find flood today, flood tomorrow, here tomorrow, there tomorrow. What they call the earthquake of the sea. There is earthquake in the Sea, earthquake on the Land - Everywhere is quaking. At that time, only His presence will secure our exemption. You are on the Sea and the Sea quakes, how do you go through? His presence will make the difference. You are in the Air and the Storm went wild, how do you escape? His presence. We can't pray these things off but we can take cover against them, we can't pray them off sir but we can take cover against them. Church Gist. Matthew 24:8. He said: 'These are the beginning of sorrows which connotes devastation and despair. What can anybody do? Tomorrow we die!! We find heads of families calling them and saying: 'Well, just to let you know, there is nothing more I can do, let's get ready to die! I mean, you confess your sins and then; you could confess your sins and go to Heaven'. You find some hits that came, women were eating their own children! Women! The heart of women for children is too soft, than to say: 'Okay, come, let's eat your child and tomorrow we eat my own'. For how long will that last you'? Where people will come and say: 'Buy us! We don't have anything more to use to buy anything, buy us! We are available, enslave us! What are we doing with freedom? Enslave us'! Just give us food to eat - Beginning of sorrows!
-I see you exempted in grand style. Can I hear your loudest Amen?
Now, as we close, let's go through the good news of the Hour. Matthew 24:14. 'And this Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the World'. That talks about global spiritual awakening! That talks about, Gospel explosion (which) will take place before the End comes!! Ain't you excited? That no challenge of life, spiritual and social can douse that agenda. The Endtime is the golden age of the Church. Oh my God! How else will I say this? The Endtime is the golden age of the Church. I had this visitation, it just got me lifted. Yes! It's a time of horror for the World but a time of unquestionable honour for the Church. It's a time of gloominess for the World but a time of glory that excels for the Church. It's a time of crisis for the World but a crowning season for the Church (Laughing). Amen? Get excited!
-You are in your crowning season at last!
