MINISTERING: Bishop David Oyedepo.
MESSAGE TITLE: Engaging the Power of Prayer and Fasting for Dominion
One major covenant keys to receive desired answered to your prayers is through thanksgiving.
Phil 4:6
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
You have to receive answers to your prayers by faith before receiving it in your hands.
We are in the last days, the days of prayer and fasting and the days of strength.
Develop yourself to enjoy prayer and fasting; see it as a platform that makes living profitable.
The two major assets in the kingdom are power and light.
The last days are the days of God’s power. The glory of these latter days shall be greater than the former through access to light.
Hag. 2:3-9
3 Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?
4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the Lord; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the Lord, and work: for I am with you, saith the Lord of hosts:
5 According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not.
6 For thus saith the Lord of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
7 And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts.
8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts.
9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.
Zech 1 :17,
Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the Lord shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
Mal. 3:17-18
17 And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
Heaven’s wealth is already speaking on the earth, but you need to con Co God’s light to be a partaker of it.
You are under an open heaven when you connect to the covenant.
Through access to heaven’s wealth, the glory of the latter will be greater than the former.
Some Biblical Prophecies
- The last days are the days of supernatural wealth in the body of Christ.
Hag. 2:3-9
3 Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?
4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the Lord; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the Lord, and work: for I am with you, saith the Lord of hosts:
5 According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not.
6 For thus saith the Lord of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
7 And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts.
8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts.
9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.
2. The last days are the days of consecration.
Ps. 66:3
Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
Ways to secure our God-ordained Consecration
- Prayer
Matt. 6:13
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
2. Feeding on the Word.
Eph 5:26
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
3. Engage the ministry of the Holy Spirit for sanctification.
Mal. 3:1-3
3 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.
2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:
3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.
Prayer and fasting provide:
- Access to power that establishes your dominion over the powers of darkness and
- Access to the outbreak of light that scatters the power of darkness.
The place of Fasting and Prayer for Prosperity:
- It empowers you to subdue your enemies who are angry at your prosperity.
- It gives you access to light that reinforces your confidence in the covenant.
Some Profitable Approaches to Fasting and Prayer:
- Forgiving those who offend you.
Heb 12:14-15
14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
James 5:16
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
2. Reminding God of his Words
1 John 5:14
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
3. Engage in praying for the needs of others
4. Come with full assurance of faith to receive your answer.
James 1:7
For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
Heb. 10:22
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
Our Spiritual state defines our overall state.
1 Tim 5:6
But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
There are spiritual graves, and God is plucking us out of every one of the in this service!
TYPES OF SPIRITUAL GRAVES:
1 SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS AND DEAFNESS
2. SPIRITUAL SLUMBER.
3. SPIRITUAL BONDAGES AND AFFLICTIONS
4. THE GRAVE OF SPIRITUAL DEFILEMENT.
Zech 3:2-3
2 And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
5. THE GRAVE OF SPIRITUAL EMPTINESS.
Matt. 12:43-45
43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
Spiritual emptiness is a risk.
6. THE GRAVE OF SPIRITUAL SLOTHFULLNESS.
Eccl. 10:18
By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
Jn. 5:17
But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
7. THE GRAVE OF SPIRITUAL DUMBNESS.
Is. 53:7-8
7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
Jn. 18:7
Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
Ps 81:10
I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
We are being released from the following graves today:
It is active Christianity that pays.
I decree your spiritual restoration today!
Every grave of spiritual bondage is opened today!
Every grave of spiritual slumber is opened today!
I decree the opening of every spiritual deafness and blindness!
Every spiritual grave that is leading to the torment of people’s life is declared opened today!
Every grave of spiritual defilement that is robbing you of your inheritance in Christ is declared opened today!
Every evil forced on you to send you to the eternal grave, you are coming out of it forever!
Every grave of spiritual emptiness opens up today!
You are out of every grave of spiritual slothfulness!
You shall not be found in any grave again!
I decree the opening of every spiritual grave!
A new day dawns on your spiritual life today!
I decree the grave of joblessness, marital spell, barrenness opened today!
The grave of untimely death is opened!
The grave of spell and enchantment is opened!
The grave of satanic assault on your business, career, and family is declared opened!
AMEN!
