MOUNTAIN OF FIRE AND MIRACLES MINISTRIES
International Headquarters, Lagos, Nigeria.
Wednesday Manna Water Service
May 31st, 2023.
Topic: THE MYSTERY OF THE SECOND TOUCH
Text: Mark 8:22–26; Matthew 11:20–21.
Minister: Dr. Daniel Olukoya (G.O. MFM Worldwide)
Here, in our text, we read a strange portion of scripture. Jesus had to heal a man twice. You will never see anything like this anywhere in the scriptures because once Jesus said, “Be healed,” and He touched a person, the person would be healed.
But this healing involved three activities:
– He took him out of the city.
– He spat in his eyes.
– He touched him.
There is a touch that:
– can bring wholeness to the life of a man.
– can change a man’s story forever.
– can clarify the destiny of a man.
– can elevate a man.
– sets a man on the path of destiny, on the path of clarity.
– can make you who the Almighty wants you to be.
– can break you free from all the cobweb spirits surrounding you.
– can rescue you from the dungeon and set you on the throne.
– can remove you from the university of the tail and put you in the university of the head.
– can give a man effectiveness and uncommon progress.
– can rewrite your story forever.
🔥 Somebody here tonight, will receive that touch here today! in the name of Jesus. (A sevenfold amen.)
Bethsaida is a city that Jesus had trouble with. Jesus lamented seriously about Bethsaida. In spite of the miracle He performed there, they did not repent.
Matthew 11:21 says (KJV): “Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.”
The man was in the wrong location. A wrong location:
– can affect a man permanently.
– can jeopardise the plan of God for a man’s life.
🔥 I am praying for somebody here tonight: the prayers you are going to pray here tonight will reallocate you appropriately, in the name of Jesus.
Many would have been great, but their locations limited them. Many with great potential would have been world movers and shakers, but their locations dislocated them. Their location has brought them sorrow, tragedy, and frustration. It would seem to me that some people continue to wallow in trouble and tragedy unless they get a divine relocation. They brought this man to Jesus. Jesus is the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. But Jesus took a strange decision: He led the man out of town.
Could Jesus not have healed the man where He met Him? Could He not just have said “Receive your sight!”? He then gave a final instruction to the man: “Do not go back to that town. Do not speak to anyone about your testimony in that town”. A town that limits a man. A town that buries a man alive. A town where people see men like trees. A town that cripples a man. A town that will not make a man become who he wants to be. A town that will not allow a man to see the front. A town where an evil relationship has caged a man. A town that will not allow you to see your way clearly. Jesus took him out and gave him that second touch.
So if you hear that popular song “Somebody touched me, somebody touched me, somebody touched my soul, while I was praying, praying to my Father, somebody touched my soul”, you will understand the mystery of the second touch. There are some locations where whatever God is doing in your life, whenever you go back there, something that God has done in your life quenches. Even if God were to bless you in the situation where you are, it is like pouring water into a basket. This kind of town may be a physical geographical location.
It may be a relationship. It may be an association where anytime you get fire from God and return to that place, the fire quenches. It may be a boyfriend. It may be a sugar daddy. It may be an old friend. Anytime you have taken a fresh decision from the Lord and you encounter this friend, the fire quenches, and you go back to square one. Listen, beloveth: location will determine whether your allocation in life will come to you or not. And your location can either dislocate you or your destiny.
Some come crying, “God, what is happening to me?” Some always begin again, and they keep asking God, “O God, why is my journey always so zigzag?” There is a location God wants to remove you from.
Bethsaida in this place:
– is a place that swallows miracles.
– is where God has done so much for you but you have not repented.
– is lukewarm spirit. Revival comes again and again, but you do not key into it.
– is where God miraculously saves you from an accident, but you do not yield yourself to God.
– is where God heals you from sickness, but that did not draw you near to God.
Jesus took the man by the hand and led him out. His vision had been so destroyed in that place that even after the first touch, he did not see enough. Jesus had to touch him again. Many of us here may have had a touch in the past. Maybe that touch in the past did not resolve anything. The prayer meeting tonight is to cry out for that second touch that will bring clarity. It is to cry out to the Lord and say “Father, I want a second touch”. Without that second touch, you continue to see men as trees. And when you begin to see men as trees, they will make your life a hell on earth.
There are certain things that must happen in your life. If you want certain things to happen in your life, there are certain places you need to be. If you want certain things to happen in your life, there are certain places you should not go. If you want Jesus to do something powerful in your life, there are certain places where you should not be seen as a child of God. They are nice places, but you should not be found there because, to God, it is Bethsaida. In places where you are supposed to be, the hand of God moves very well in your life.
So what you need to do tonight is:
– Get out of that Bethsaida.
– Repent before the Lord.
– Then ask for a second touch. The second touch of His power. We are going to start praying right now.
We have plenty of prayers to pray, and all are targeted at receiving that second touch. A lot of people come to church, receive the first touch, and sit at home. They receive the first touch, and you do not see them again.
The first touch that they received was a touch to just open them up. They just see men as trees. It is not clear yet. The breakthrough is still epileptic. The success is still epileptic. But by the time the second touch gets into position, which I believe will be your lot tonight, they begin to see clearly.
PRAYER POINTS.
[Before Message]
1. Wherever the enemies of my soul shall run to, Father, locate them and bring them down! in the name of Jesus.
2. Long-term battles in my life: come out and die! in the name of Jesus.
3. Occultic arrows, fired against me, backfire! in the name of Jesus.
4. Garment of shame and disgrace, catch fire! in the name of Jesus.
5. Where is the Lord God of Elijah? Go to the source of my battle and kill it! in the name of Jesus.
[After Message]
1. O hand of God, arise, rewrite my story, and restore my glory! in the name of Jesus.
2. Any power that says I will not live and prosper, what are you waiting for? Die! in the name of Jesus.
3. Any spiritual gun, targeted at my glory, backfire! in the name of Jesus.
4. Powers sucking goodness from my body, die! in the name of Jesus.
5. Any power that says I will not rise while they are still alive, kill yourself! in the name of Jesus.
6. Powers working against answers to my prayers, die! in the name of Jesus.
7. O God, arise, give me a miracle that will make me forget my past sufferings, in the name of Jesus.
8. (shout this 10 aggressive times) I shall see my Egyptians no more, by the power in the blood of Jesus!
9. O God, arise, give me prophetic dreams! O God, arise, give me prophetic eyes, in the name of Jesus.
10. O God of this mountain, make a way for me by fire! in the name of Jesus.
11. Powers that want me to see my mates and hide for shame, die! in the name of Jesus.
12. Any power assigned to turn me into a laughingstock, what are you waiting for? Die! in the name of Jesus.
13. Any power assigned to make me naked before my helpers, your time is up, die! in the name of Jesus.
14. Thou God that troubleth Pharaoh, trouble my enemies now! in the name of Jesus.
15. Powers cooking my health in the covens, before I leave this place, die! in the name of Jesus.
16. Powers using evil birds to slow down my destiny, die! in the name of Jesus.
16. Animals from the marine kingdom appearing in my dreams, catch fire! in the name of Jesus.
God bless you🙏