MOUNTAIN OF FIRE AND MIRACLES MINISTRIES
International Headquarters, Lagos, Nigeria.
Wednesday Manna Water Service
July 19th, 2023.
Topic: MY FATHER, EMPOWER ME TO SUCCEED
Text: 2 Chronicles 26:15; Joshua 1:8
Ministering: Dr. Daniel Olukoya (G.O.MFM Worldwide)
2 Chronicles 26:15 (KJV): “And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.”
🔥 May heaven help you marvellously! in the name of Jesus.
Everyone in life who is not a sick person or a mad man wants to be successful in life. But many do not understand what success entails or requires. What then is success?
– What you do with your potential.
– Accomplishing your set goals in life.
– Good journey towards your goals.
– Development of your untapped potentials.
– Ability to spend your life in God’s own way. That is, the ability to spend your life as it is written of you. Unfortunately, there are many people living their lives the way heaven has not written about them.
– Activating your inner powerhouse. Unto every man brought to earth, there is a powerhouse given by heaven to them. Your power house may be in your hands, in your brain, in your voice, in the way you hold yourself, or in your mental capacity. Your power house may be your virtues that you need to activate to bring you what God wants you to achieve.
– Achieving all that God wants you to achieve.
– Prospering in every area of your life.
– Discovering your best talents, skills, and abilities and applying them to make the most effective contribution to your fellow men.
– As far as the Bible is concerned, it is the achievement of God’s goals and purposes for your life.
– Doing those things that God has ordained you to do, right from the foundation of the world, and doing them in a way that will satisfy God.
– To positively contribute to the betterment of others.
– Doing God’s will and being where God wants you to be. It has been well said by our fathers that there can never be any blessing for the fish that decides to stay on the tree.
– To leave the world a bit better than you found it. Some people die, and people who live on their streets gather to give testimony, saying “Thank God, this wicked man or woman is gone”. Such people left the world a worse place than they met it.
– Accomplishment beyond your wildest dreams.
– Thinking of yesterday without regrets, and tomorrow without fear.
– Making chariot wheels out of all your difficulties. You make all those problems you have, a chariot wheel to move you forward.
– The maximum utilisation of the ability that you have.
– Bouncing back when you hit the bottom.
– Making your life a masterpiece such that you stand in the presence of God and you are not ashamed at all.
– To know where you are going, go there and fulfil the purpose of God for your life.
However, beloveth, it is important to know that success is achieved in life through certain strategic empowerments. That is, you receive some extra ability to be your best in life. Many people know about success. Many people desire success but never attain it because of limitations and constraints. However, through the supernatural and enabling power of the Holy Spirit, you can overcome all obstacles and reach your goal in life. That is why I myself am crying loud and clear here tonight:
🔥 Say: My Father, empower me to succeed, by the power in the blood of Jesus!
God took Joshua into the secret of success when he was discouraged and reluctant about taking over the leadership of Israel from Moses, as Joshua 1:8 says: “This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.”
Many who are successful in life and who have attained great success in life can testify of spiritual benefits that enabled them to be their best and be successful in life. Joshua gave himself to the word of God, and he became great in life. Through the supernatural power of God, he divided the river Jordan, and the Israelites passed over to take their inheritance. God assigned a special captain of the host of the Lord to be with Joshua.
From the time that special angel was with Joshua, the war of inheritance over Canaan was just a walkover. They had stronger and more formidable enemies, but immediately after he received that angel, it became a walkover.
🔥 I see somebody here tonight: the angel that will empower you for success shall resume duty! in the name of Jesus.
This is what we call “power to succeed.” Success that is achieved is not only achieved by a dint of hardwork or by natural means, you need a spiritually backed success. There are plenty of highly talented men who are complete failures. There are plenty of intelligent people who are complete failures.
So you need divine assistance and empowerment. David was a bundle of success, and he had great achievements. He was anointed and empowered by God to rule and prevail over the enemy. He has a great name in Israel.
Moses was a stammerer who ran away from Pharaoh because he wanted to kill him. However, when God met him by the burning bush in the desert, He empowered him, and Moses became like a god to Pharaoh. And with that rod in the hand of Moses, he wrested the kingdom of Israel out of the hands of Pharaoh.
🔥 You shall be a God to your Pharaoh! in the name of Jesus.
Paul, the apostle, was somebody who persecuted the saints. He, too, was later saved and empowered to save the Gentiles. Eventually, he finished well and wrote more than half of the books in the New Testament, and he attributed his success to empowerment from God.
🔥 I pray that the Almighty will empower you! in the name of Jesus.
What are the different ways of empowerment to success? We have 10 of them.
1. Through walking with God. Associating with God will make you successful in life. God is the primary source of light, power, and greatness needed to succeed. The Bible says, ‘In him was life; and the life was the light of men.’ When you walk with God, you cannot fail. You cannot be unsuccessful, for God will lead you to the place of greatness, victory, and breakthrough.
The trouble is that we walk with God haphazardly. Some people only pray very well when they are happy. When they get depressed, they do not pray at all; they forget about prayer.
That time that you went on holiday in prayer school, the enemy used it to run faster into your life.
2. Through the word of God. The word of God is the light that lightens our way. It is the lamp that gives light in darkness. The Bible says, ‘For the word of God is quick, powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword’. When you practise and believe that word of God, you will have good success.
3. Through righteousness. Proverbs 14:34 (KJV) says: “Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.”
Righteousness will facilitate your greatness, whereas sin will lead to failure and ridicule. So, if you want to succeed in life, you must live a righteous life. Righteousness is a defence, and it has a voice that speaks on your behalf to defend you, but sin opens a door of destruction into people’s lives. Judas Iscariot would have fulfilled his prophetic and apostolic destiny, but he was destroyed by sin because of 30 pieces of silver.
4. Through the baptism of the Holy Ghost and by receiving spiritual gifts. Every believer should seek to be baptised by the Holy Ghost. Every believer should seek spiritual gifts.
5. Through violent faith. The Bible says, “For he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”
When you seek God, you must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. The Bible says “If you believe, all things are possible”.
6. Through prayer. You can pray yourself into relevance. You can pray yourself into focus.
Through prayer,
– you can subdue the power that wants to subdue your success.
– you can be empowered to win the battles of life.
– You can get wealth.
– You can be a strong professional.
– you can receive the power to live for God.
There is no kind of miracle that prayer has not done before.
7. Through the intervention of Ministering spirits.
Angels of God are called “Ministering Spirits”. They are sent forth to minister to the saints of God. They have assisted many believers to be successful.
Even Jesus our master at a stage received angelic assistance. An angelic assistance released Peter from jail. An angelic assistance helped king Hezekiah to defeat the Assyrians.
At all times, we need the supernatural assistance of ministering spirits.
8. Through visions, revelations, and divine ideas. You need to have your Joseph’s dream. You need to have a revelation on what to do. You need information from heaven that will make you shine. You need information from heaven that will make you overtake those who have gone before you. Many people have been assisted to become great people by divine revelation. The Bible said, “Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel,’ I am the LORD thy God, which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.'” (Isaiah 48:17).
9. Through diligence and hard workThe Bible said in Proverbs 22:29 (KJV): “Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.” You can be empowered by that.
10. Lastly, you can be empowered through brokenness. When you are completely broken, you become a member of the council of heaven. God makes you a favourite person, and He will talk to you.
Then what is written in Amos 3:7 happens: “Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.” That happens when you are completely broken.
PRAYER POINTS.
[Before Message]
1. Where is the Lord God of Elijah? Arise, do what will make people rejoice with me this year! in the name of Jesus.
2. I reject every breakthrough miscarriage! in the name of Jesus.
3. My Father, close every mouth laughing at my destiny! in the name of Jesus.
4. Stubborn enemies of my destiny, die in shame! in the name of Jesus.
5. (Raise up your two hands) This year, my hands shall not go down! in the name of Jesus.
[After Message]
1. My Father, empower me to succeed! in the name of Jesus.
2. If I have fallen, I bounce back seven times! in the name of Jesus.
3. O heavens, baptise my destiny with success! in the name of Jesus
4. Before I leave this place, my glory killers shall die! in the name of Jesus.
5. Eaters of flesh, drinkers of blood, I am not your candidate: die! in the name of Jesus.
6. By your name, JAH, open my way! in the name of Jesus.
7. The battle, the yoke of ‘almost there’ in my life, die! in the name of Jesus.
God bless you🙏