The Apostles of Jesus Having been humiliated by the elders in the society after raising up a 40yr old man born lame, did not take their circumstances as an offence neither did they blame anybody for what they have passed through; rather, they see it as a challenge that needs be overcome. Hence, their understanding was opened to the fact that what happened to them is an indication that they are yet to get to the apex of their callings.

“ And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them. And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is: Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ. For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus. And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness. And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all Acts 4:23-33.

Insight into the scriptures reveals that the apostles thought within themselves that this things needs not be so, but it was so because something was missing in there lives. Therefore, they went to their own company to fix what went wrong, -this challenge to them was not the elders nor the people rather they saw a need for empowerment. This portrays the fact that you need more of God to have more impact on earth. They went to their own company!- Who are your company? Are they people that leads you to God or those that leads you out of God? Are they those that add to you or those that takes out of you? Your company defines your connection which in turn affects your collection on life.

The apostles were empowered and great grace was released upon them, though they were ordinary men, but great grace made them extra -ordinary men that command extra- ordinary results. I see you being baptized with great grace as you read this bulleting to provoke extra ordinary result where things has gone wrong for you in Jesus name. Amen.

GREAT GRACE DEFINED
Grace is defined as God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense, it also mean unmerited favour; help from above regardless of situation. Etc. Great grace therefore is the mighty & immense release of God’s help and favour as well as his riches which in turn produces greatness.

Great grace rested upon all the apostles and all that were with them to the extent that uncommon result began to manifest through them. It takes great grace to command great results. Until the release of Great Grace upon all, lack, wants and scarcity was the order of the day in the lives of the people; it was so severe that even special projects lacked accomplishment because the resources needed to make it work was missing, but the release of Great grace provoked great result. The baptism of great grace released these results:

1. COMPLETE ELIMINATION OF LACK- God’s riches is more than enough to settle all lacks, hence when great grace was released, every lack in the life of the church was destroyed. “Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold…” Acts 4:34

2. INCOMPREHENSIBLE RELEASE OF FAVOUR – Great grace moved the mind of the wealthy and influential in the society to begin to sell their properties just for no other reason but that the poor in the church must also have enough; The Spirit of favour moved the minds of the affluent to destroy poverty in the church. Favour took over. “…for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold…” Acts 4:34

3. ABUNDANCE TOOK OVER FROM SCARCITY-The Church that has been characterized with scarcity suddenly became the palace of wealth and good resources because people with abundance brought it down to the church to the extent that everyone in the church has abundance for their needs were meet according to individually. The resources was shared according to individual needs. “…Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, and laid them down at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.” Acts 4:33-34.

4. MEN ANSWERED TO THE NEEDS OF THE APOSTLES -The apostles feet became a depot of good things- the sme apostles that were humiliated now became a depot of good things unusually. Great Grace moved in the midst of the people to the extent that everyone including the highly respected in the society willingly saw the apostles feet as a place to deposit the resources in their hands. The apostle’s feet never lacked resources.

If you can say a big amen, by virtue of the baptism of great grace your life is receiving as you read this , heavens will move the heart of men to willingly bring to your domain every resources in their hands that will release you into your abundance & testimonies in Jesus name.

Great grace is a function of great empowerment from above which in turn produces great result. Do you desire Great Grace then let’s search through the scriptures to identify what caused the released of this kind of Grace upon the apostles.
A. They desired it -( Expectation) They had a mind to experience more of God, so they had a Godly expectation.
B. They went to their company – (Spiritual Agreement) They went to those with whom they shared a common goal.
C. They raised up their voices -(Prayer) They prayed to God passionately.

The possessor of Great grace the Almighty God is set to release it like never before, because Grace is always Available but only accessible by few. Somebody once said, Those who mind History, makes History; for the release of Great Grace this season, all road leads to the Multi -Purpose Hall, Chiq Afrique Building. 3-5 Thoburn Avenue, Off Commercial Avenue , Mercy B/stop Sabo, Yaba. Lagos as this commission presents WORD REVIVAL 2009, a prophetic gathering of change makers and word revivalists on Friday 24th July 2009, between 10:00 pm – 5:00am. History is about to be made afresh like never before, come and let’s together provoke the turn around of situations in lives, families & nations, eargerly looking forward to see you.

You deserve the best of God for this generation and this Great Grace will release call any of the following numbers for Apostolic release of authority that activates this kind of Grace. – GREAT GRACE.
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Every life void of the mercies of God ends up in frustration, oppression, depression, and destruction. The mercies of God positions you to enjoy the best of life, God’s mercy is the expression of God’s love to make things work out regardless of who you are and what you do.

When you are satisfied with God’s mercy, your life becomes a centre of attraction because good things, blessings and open doors will characterizes your life. Being satisfied with God’s mercy releases the goodness of the day to you early above others.

“… it is not if him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.” Romans 9:16

PRAYERS

1. 1. Lord, destroy every force working against the mercies of God in my life in Jesus name
2. 2. Father, satisfy me with your mercy today in Jesus name.
3. 3. Lord, by your mercy open every closed doors in my life in Jesus name.
4. 4. Holy Spirit, open the heavens of mercy upon my life in Jesus name.
5. 5. Father, by your mercy turn every scarcity in my life to abundance in Jesus name.

MAY 18^TH – 24^TH

AND GOD GAVE THE PEOPLE FAVOUR… Exodus 12:36

Favour is a direct product of God’s mercy, it is the supernatural key to the elimination of hard labour; when your life lacks favour, you are basically denied of the best life can deliver.

When Israel was about leaving Egypt, God gave them favour before the Egyptian and by favour they possessed great treasures out of Egypt to the extent that they spoilt the Egyptians.

Favour makes a man’s life convenient for him to live.

Favour positions you to possess supernatural and natural possessions.

Favour turns your enemies to your helpers.

PRAYERS

1. 1. Almighty God, turn every unfavourable situation in my life around to favour me in Jesus name.
2. 2. Father by favour; restore unto me every goodness blessings and inheritance I have lost in Jesus name.
3. 3. Lord, baptize me with favour to possess every possession in Jesus name.
4. 4. By favour, Esther became a queen, Holy Spirit by favour, position me to harvest where I am least qualified this season in Jesus name.
5. 5. From today, my life shall never lack favour, by favour I receive help to move forward in Jesus name.

If you see life wrongly you automatically live it the wrong way, thus your getting the wrong result is inevitable. If this question is of no importance to God, Jeremiah and his destiny, God would not have asked him. Basically, there are two reasons why God ask his people questions.

1. To view your understanding of the subject (i.e Your perception)

2. To establish the truth concerning the subject matter.

Insight reveals that Jeremiah’s answer to this question relayed his destiny because what he saw defined what he got. “And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.” Jeremiah 1:11b-12.

If he had not seen what God is seeing, he wouldn’t have enjoyed the quick performance of the word / prophecy. Jeremiah saw in the direction of God and he enjoyed divine backing & performance. What you see affects what you think and how you live; Fine! The world is faced with economic depression, increase in poverty level, scarcity, unemployment, frustration, regression, deployment, family break off etc.

The question however is even in the midst of all these, what seest thou? One major reason why many peoples life can never experience joy is because all they can see is evil, whatever you keep seeing, will keep happening either within or without. Until you take personal responsibility to choose what you see, your life can never be better.

Everyone that sees in the direction of God always enjoy divine benefits and command results. “And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do? And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.” 2 Kings 7:15-17.

The life, experience & condition of the servant of the man of God was transformed when what he saw changed through the prayer of the prophet. When he saw in the direction of the problem all he was left with was depression. Even in the midst of problem & challenges the prophet Elisha refused to see problem, he choose to see in the direction of God and all he enjoyed was divine backing. Stop seeing what is happening, start seeing what you want to experience, you have a choice to what you see.

The almighty has packaged everyone with the outer eyes and the inner eyes (The Eyes of the Spirit). Stop complaining , take personal responsibility from today to start seeing success in the place of failure, abundance in the place of scarcity, gain in the place of pain, divine health in the place of sickness, progress in the place of regression. While everyone was seeing goliath in battle, the young man

David because he has trained himself to see in the direction of God failed to see him as goliath but rather as an uncircumcised philistine and every uncircumcision is a defeated person as far as the kingdom is concerned.

“Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.” 1 Samuel 17:36 It takes a heart filled with the word of God to see in the direction of God, stop saying what the world is showing you, start saying and seeing what the Word of God says; develop the mind set of God’s word and start seeing through the eyes of the Spirit.

There is no greater machinery for recreating a world of possibilities and abundance, flourishing in all areas as you desire outside the raw material that was used in creating the world at first - THE WORD.

“ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.” John 1:1-3. Get settled with God’s word in a new dimension from today and start seeing in his direction then you shall begin to see right which will propel the quick performance of the word.

I see you enjoying abundance regardless of scarcity, I see you excelling notwithstanding pressure, I see you making it high economic regression or not, your destiny shall manifest in the name of Jesus.

What seest thou? What you see, you get…

Have you ever wondered why are some people moving and some stagnant? Has it ever occurred to you to ask this pertinent question does God have interest in the progress of some people and the degradation of some?

Some times ago two friends were discussing- ‘We are doing the same business and you are just moving ahead while I have just been managing’ the other said ‘You should know best, because though we are doing the same thing but I am doing this same thing differently’. At a point, there discourse got to the point of argument that the other is using negative force against him and that is why his business is not moving. What a thinking model?

Until you learn to take responsibility, you will never move beyond where you are. It only appeared to you by virtue of thought that some people are moving ahead and some are stagnant or that God is interested in the progress of some, it is never the truth. God made everything with one thing in mind and that is to fulfil his purpose of existence, secondly God is never partial. Why you are where you are and others are where they are is as a result of what others are doing that you are not doing or what others are doing that you are not doing.

In Life it is certain that you can be in any of the three states at any point in time, you cannot be in two at the same time.

When you are progressing, you are on top, your today is better than your yesterday. When you are stagnant; you are just at a point. The state of regression is the when your yesterday is better than your today. The good news however is that you can move from any of the two states below to the one above because that is the divine destination of God for your existence.

The maker of all things is high hence, he loves to see his creature move high no wonder he failed to allow the earth remain formless and void at creation “And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep… And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.” Gen 1:2-3

 

Never subscribe to the school of thought that some people are destined to be up and some to be down, it is the permanent desire of God that things move up and you get more than you are currently getting the limitation is not God but you.

 

“Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase” Job 8:7

 

COME UP HERE!

In as much as it is in the divine interest of God that his creature moves up, he placed it as a command and not just an advice. “Come Up Here”. This is a command and not a counsel, the difference between a command and an advice is the tune of speech and the position of the speaker. If it is against his mind why would he command you?

 

To come up connotes moving from a lower ground to a higher ground, it could also mean to increase or to change levels. For God to command ‘Come Up Here’ the word ‘Here’ means there is a desired place God wants you to be, and the place is specific. Man has a desired place; God also has a desired place. No matter how good a man is, your desired place can never be greater than God’s desired place for your existence. Therefore you must learn to submit your desired height for God’s height; else you might labour under fruitless effort if your desired height is not God’s desired height for you.

 

For every ‘up’ there must have been an existing ‘down’.

“I John who also am your brother and companion… was in the isle that is called Patmos…” Rev 1:9

The repositioning of John the beloved whose life this command moved up in the book of revelation exemplified the states of being every individual lives could be, Consider his testimony I am in the Isle of Patmos, indicating the fact that his position was low, but alas the book did not finish before he was repositioned to come up here. God desires that you move up in all facets of life- Spiritually, Financially, Morally etc.

 

It does not matter how low you are today or how far you are to your breakthrough I can hear the voice of the Spirit if only you can shout amen as you read this saying unto you Come up here in the mighty name of Jesus.

 

To come up here also means to change levels, for everyone that changed levels in the scripture there is always a voice- Mephiboseth did not just find himself in the palace of the king, Daniel did not just get out of the lions’ den, neither did Joseph just find himself as the prime minister of Egypt, A voice brought them forth.

 

“And David said is there any left…” 2 Samuel 9:1, “Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out….” Daniel 6:23. “Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph…” Gen 41:14.

 

The result of these voice(s) provoked a positioning to higher grounds, As you read this every voice that is necessary to serve as a catalyst to move you up this year, wherever they are may the Lord stir them up to speak in Jesus name.

 

 

 

SIX THINGS HAPPEN WHEN YOU COME UP HERE!

Until you come up, you can never get up, once you get up you will experience:

Change in Levels

– When you come up to the desired place of God for your life, your levels will change, and things must change for you. When Paul the Apostle came up to God’s desired height for him he became the chiefest of all Apostles. 2 Cor. 12:11-12

Destiny Fulfilment

– The ‘Here’ place of God is the destined place of God for you, thus when you come up here you automatically fulfil the mind of God which is your destination. When Joseph came up here through the divine intervention of God who gave the King a dream no man could interpret except him he fulfilled the destiny hanging upon his life. –The Dream. Gen 42:5-6

Experience more of God

- The desired place of God is where he wants you to know and see more of his person. When you come up here you start enjoying more of God. John the Beloved enjoyed and experienced God on large scale when he moved up. – Rev. 4:1b

Sing New Song

- For every new thing, there is always a new song. When you move up you sing a new song because you have a new experience. Exodus 15:1-5

Command Respect & Honour

– For every new height, you command new right; since there is a change in levels, there is also a new height of respect and honour. The moment Daniel came up he commanded new respect from the king and the society. Daniel 6:25-28.

 

New Challenges:

Challenges are part of achievement, for every height you get to in life; you must expect new challenges, because they justify your movement and make you better. The moment you start experiencing newness external challenges and internal challenges will rise. External – people and internal- yourself. You might be tempted to see yourself as superior and the power behind the success – Pride. It is a challenge your must fight to overcome. While David should be at battle he was doing nothing at home. – 2 Samuel 11:1-4

 

 

HOW DO I COME UP HERE?

It is not enough to know where you are going, you might never get there if you fail to identify how you will get there. You must understand that it is not all about power neither is it of might, but the Spirit of the Lord makes things work out. The Earth and the Heavens were not made to be in isolation of one another, what ever will happen on Earth must have a Supernatural element. It starts from the appearance of the day, how did today found it’s way out to become what we call it, there is a supernatural force that controls the move of the day.

 

If you will ever come up here, the following three fundamental things must be in place:

 

The Looking and Beholding:

“After this I looked, and behold, a door was opened in Heaven…”

Rev 4:1

In life there is always an opening, but not all eyes can see. Get this points right. ‘I Looked’, and ‘Behold’ ‘Door Opened in Heaven’.

Until you look at the right direction, you will continue to miss the right result. It takes a looking to behold. John the Beloved had a longing to get more that was why he was looking. What makes a man to look is a desire. Therefore if you will ever come up to the desired place of God, you must have a desire to move out of your present level and look forward to a more desirable height in the direction of God. When he looked he beheld, for him to have seen the opened door in Heaven, it means that he has been looking upward because Heaven is up. If you don’t look up you don’t get up.

 

Joseph had a desire to leave the prison, listen to his conversation:

“But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee unto me, and make mention of me unto pharaoh, and bring me out of this house…” Gen 40:14

His desire was right but his looking was wrong, he was looking at the direction of pharaoh’s servant but the bible said he forgot him. The moment he focused on God to bring him out he found his way to destiny.

 

It takes heavenly release for an earthly manifestation. “A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven” John 3:27 including moving up.

 

Look up; it takes divine help to meet divine demand. There is a place for you at the top but until you see it, you cannot get there. Looking and behold has the following sub-element: Desire, Vision, and Concentration.

 

 

 

 

The Hearing of the Voice

“…the first voice I heard… talking to me…”

Rev 4:1

Every life that lack direction ends up in frustration. The Hearing of the voice here connotes direction, for everywhere God wants you to get to, there is always a thing God wants you to do. Somebody said God will never do for you what he knows you can do and you need to do in order to get what you need.

 

God must speak for you to know what he wants you to do, though God speaks not everybody hears him. “He that has ears to hear let him hear what the Spirit is saying…” Rev 3:6 if everybody on earth speaks and you fail to hear what God wants you to do; you will automatically fail in getting to where he wants you to get to.

 

The one that defines a thing knows what he wants you to do to get such a thing. Since the Here (Higher Grounds) is defined by God, you need to hear him to know what must be done to get there.

Ruth the almost forgotten lady did not just find herself as a mother and not just a mother but a channel through which the prophecy of our Lord Jesus Christ came to being, she did what is needed for her to do for her to change levels.

 

Naomi her mother in-law which could stand as a director for her told her what should be done and this marked the instrument which made her coming up. “And Naomi her mother in-law said unto her, my daughter…wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy rainment….” Ruth 3:1-4

 

The direction she had paved way for her breakthrough, there is always what you need to do to get to the desired place of God for your life; the only way to know is by hearing God speak. Secondly, John expressed the nature of the voice “Speaking to me” In order words the voice was specific, and not just speaking to anyone but him, get this right there are general instructions, and there is specific instruction. You must know what God want YOU to do and not what others are doing, the place ‘Here’ remains His place and not any other persons place.

 

To hear God specifically requires an intimate relationship with him, because the specific instruction of God remains his secret. What made Joseph was what God wanted him to tell pharaoh and not what the magicians said. No wonder Jacob changed levels in the house of Laban and became more prosperous than Laban against all odds because he has insight into the secrecy of God. Genesis 31:1-11. You must hear God to know what to do which is only possible through relationship, this you can get giving yourself to selfless study of the Word of God and Prayer. You cannot leave out of God and enjoy the intimate things of God. Psalm 25:14.

 

 

 

The Movement

“.And immediately….”

Rev 4:2

Whatever you know and you don’t do stands more or less as not known. Until you take action you are never an actor, actors are those that acts on what they have been instructed to do and they do with the way they have been instructed to do it.

 

God is not just interested in speaking to his people but he has more interest in his people doing whatever he wants them to do. Somebody once said when you fail many times to follow God’s direction he will stop giving you direction even when you ask tirelessly because he is waiting for you to do the ones he has ordered you to do.

Esther did not just get what to do but she did it by going to the king on behalf of the Jews and the result was the promotion of the Jews. Having known what God wants him to do Paul the Apostle took the required step necessary for him to get where God wants him to get to, no wonder he confessed “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.” 2 Timothy 4:7.

The moment he took responsibility, it was possible for him to make it and he said it to all I have finished, you can never finish what you don’t start. God gives direction, getting the result of the direction lies in your hand as an individual. If you don’t move, you don’t get to the desired place of God. If God could be working, then you need to work, higher grounds do not just come automatically, you must work it out, through the direction of God. Things don’t just work until they are made to work.

 

“Seeth thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. “Proverbs 22:29.

 

Without controversy, before whom you stand is a function of how you do what you do the difference between kings and mean men is higher grounds or levels. If you ever desire to be where God calls ‘HERE’ you must be ready to work which God wants you to work out.

 

Higher benefits does not belong to lazy people, don’t just pray ask what needs to be done. Come up here remains a command, but God is not going to push you up, he has spoken come. The word come means take responsibility to move.

 

Where are you now? Where do you want to be by God’s Standard? Have you discovered the height God desires for you? Everything is possible if only you can see it, get direction and move. You can’t miss God’s best.

 

 

Never allow mediocrity and ignorance to keep you below when there is a place provided for you at the top, higher grounds is not only for some, it is for all, your portion is there, make up your mind today to move up, hear the voice of the Spirit saying to you COME UP HERE……

 

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It is not just enough to live, but the realness of life lies in living a desired life. What is your desired kind of life? What is God’s desired kind of life for you?

Without any controversy, God’s desired kind of life for you is far above yours, no matter what kind of life you feel you need to live, the intention of God for making life is for it to be lived. God not wanting to subject humanity to endless search for the meaning of life says in his manual for living – The Bible “For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome.” Jeremiah 29:11(Amplified)

So God do think! –‘I know the thoughts…’ not only that God thinks, his thoughts has a plan attached and they are good. Can your thoughts and plans be better than that of God? You need to answer that!

Automatically NO!! Then why are you down, where comes the evil, what could be responsible for the delay, the denial, the destruction, the division, the desolation etc…

Beloved, though everything may look down, the good news is that the thought of God concerning you can never be down. There is a place for you on top, God has designed it, but until you see it you cannot get there…

Out of his thought which is always good, he is giving you an open invitation to change levels and enjoy higher benefit, not letting out the higher provision he has made for those that will honour his invitation. Hear the voice of the Spirit saying “COME UP HERE”. WHERE? FOR WHAT? Get this right, no matter what level you are; there is always a higher level where you enjoy higher things. Why would God be inviting you to come up if he wants you to remain where you are? There is a place for you.

Insight reveals that whenever God sends an open invitation:

-    He has seen a Need.

-    He wants to provoke a Change.

-    He wants to express his love.

What is that which is down concerning your life, why not accept the free invitation of God and be at the Covenant Day of the Lord’s Release 11. This programme is divinely designed to set you on top and transform your live totally- Spiritually, Physically, Financially, Academically, & Morally. Would you like to be where God desires that you be, Then  make it a day with the Lord on Saturday 5^th July 2008 @ The SUB Common Room, By Sport Complex. University of Lagos. Akoka, Lagos. Time: 9:00am.

As you prepare to be there, wherever you have been displaced out of your divine placement, I see God repositioning you in Jesus name. Amen.

If you are where God wants you to be, doing what God wants you to do; you will never miss what God wants you to enjoy (His Thoughts & Plan).

See you up there!!!

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