SOMEONE MET ME FOR PRAYERS AND REQUESTED TO SEE PASTOR ENENCHE AND I SENT THEM TO HIM
MAY BE THERE IS SOMETHING HE SAW IN HIM THAT IS NOT IN ME
WE ARE LOADED AND PACKAGED WITH DIFFERENT VIRTUES
I HAVE NEVER QUERIED ANYONE FOR LEAVING THE CHURCH I PASTOR. I CAN'T PASTOR EVERYBODY
- Bishop David Abioye on "BUILDING UP STRENGTH BY WAITING ON THE LORD" || International Ministers' Flaming Fire Conference 2024 || Day 3 Evening Session || 29th August, 2024 || Part E
I was a pastor of 60 people in a sitting room bungalow because that was what money could afford - 3 bedroom flat, my wife is a witness. The sitting room was our Church. No money to buy chairs but bench. I was preaching everyday to the maximum full of the house. The sitting room could seat 60 people. When the people couldn't hear me again, they began to talk about, "how can we buy public address system?" Church Gist. What do you need it for? If you're not moving you're not strong. The proof of strength is in movement. Make a move against stagnation; get back home from here, go and start doing something. The lepers moved and the entire city moved. As they were moving, the spirit was driving them away in a twilight. If you don't move, nothing will move. You can only be wishing; wishing is not equal to walking.
Why must you be strong?
2. You must be strong to break new grounds. It takes people who are strong to break new grounds
3. You must be strong to confront oppositions like David did. David had no weapon but he had a heart. As Goliath was making noise, David was moving towards him. Don't forget, the proof of strength is movement. Church Gist. He moved towards Goliath and God moved ahead of him. God moves only for people who move. It is your movement that initiates God's movement. Move if you want God to move. Move towards your vision, towards your purpose.
4. To embrace challenges like Samson: the strength of Samson was always aroused when the Philistines made noise. Judges 14:5-6. The Spirit of God is waiting for you to face challenges - stop hiding. They bring the sick to you, you pray over them. Church Gist. They tell you "somebody is dead," tell them, "let's go there" and pray over the dead. If the first one doesn't wake up, the second one doesn't, the third one will wake up. Embrace challenges! Every opportunity you have to be called to do something moves God into action.
I never saw somebody healed of headache until I started praying for those who have headache. I never saw somebody's eyes opened before until I moved towards the blind person: "blind eyes, be opened!" And I turned. Then I heard a sound from the crowd - the eyes are open. Church Gist. I never saw a leper cured before until I started praying for the leper. Move, embrace challenges. Let it be your desire and excitement; when you see challenges coming, be smiling. Don't run away from challenges - be strong.
Stop looking for who to blame for your predicament. The growth of one church is not the reason for the stagnation of your Church. You know how many Churches are in this City? One day I made the calculation Pastor Paul and I discovered that all the Churches here in FCT put together are not more than 5 per cent of the entire population. So why are we fighting ourselves? Go somewhere, go and plant new Churches there and see the amazing wonders. Stop struggling that somebody didn't come to your Church, somebody went to another Church, somebody left your Church - you should find out why they left. You may need to examine yourself, may be you are no longer feeding them. Church Gist. May be you're no longer meeting their needs. Will a sheep ever die with a shepherd? When the sheep is not well fed, it will follow other sheep to somewhere else.
- I decree new strength for everyone here!
Raise your voice and begin to declare, "I am charged to go and take charge!"
Let me quickly say this please: I believe we may have been told: discover your area of strength and focus on it. Twice now, close people have met me and said, "please can you call Pastor Paul Enenche to pray for us?" I said, why not? Up till about 2, 3 weeks ago. I called this place, my wife called the place and said, "please tell Pastor that we are sending so so person. The person believes in you." Church Gist. Did I not pray for him? I prayed for him. But he requested. May be there is something he saw in him that is not in me. As usual, he said, "why not? Let them come" because that's what they are there for. We are loaded and packaged with different virtues. There is no need to castigate anybody, there is no need to bring down anybody because you want to rise. There is no need to stop anybody from going somewhere. I have never queried anyone for leaving the Church I pastor. I just tell myself, "may be my ministry is over to him," and I see some of them in some Churches where I go to and I still greet them very joyfully, excitedly: "I hope you're doing well. Just make sure the most important thing is that you make Heaven." I can't pastor everybody, Pastor Paul can't pastor everybody, none of us can pastor everybody.
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