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Commanding Signs and Wonders (Part 4)

Congratulations and welcome to the last few days of June 2021. Three weeks ago, we began a series titled Commanding Signs and Wonders. In the course of the series, we have explored the book of acts and so far, we have established that signs and wonders are a miraculous and unique series of events, performed by God through the apostles and a select few others, for a unique purpose.

As we conclude on the series this week, I will like to begin by asking this question: How many times does the Bible use the words “great joy?”. Without waiting for you to go do your research, I will straight up give you the answer – less than a dozen times in the entire Bible. Interestingly, every single time these two words appear in the Bible, whether in Greek or Hebrew, they are talking about truly memorable events and the emotions of VERY happy people. Furthermore, they involved events that were basically spiritual in nature.

In the Old Testament, the people had GREAT JOY at the coronation of Solomon, and when sacrifices were offered for the building of the temple, and at the completion of the wall around Jerusalem. In the New Testament there was GREAT JOY at the birth, and then at the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Twice we read of GREAT JOY as sinful societies received the gospel and once Paul spoke of his GREAT JOY in the love of Philemon.

In Acts 8, the Bible has a mention of a man named Simon Magus, a magician and sorcerer. He was a Samaritan Rasputin who practiced a polluted, hybridized, satanically-inspired religion and everybody in the city respected but feared him; mostly because for a very long time, this Simon had bewitched them with his sorceries. That narrative however changed when Phillip arrived at Samaria to preach the Kingdom of God in the Name of Jesus Christ.

The Bible records that there was much rejoicing in Samaria and the reason for the GREAT JOY was that Jesus was being proclaimed and significant changes were taking place. Philip preached Christ to Samaria. Men and women, including Simon, believed and were baptized. GREAT JOY came to the city and although there was a church being gathered there, it wasn’t the presence of a church that made the difference, NO. . . the difference was the presence of the power of Christ. Revival time is a time of personal spiritual reawakening and anyone spiritually asleep in a revival stands the risk of missing out on the blessedness of a revival so as I sign off on this series, my prayer for you is that you will make the most of this season at the place of prayer, intercession, and soul winning. Today, no matter who you are, what you have, or where you came from, the same joy can come into your city and into your life. That is what revival is all about.

God BLESS You!

Triumphant Obamoh

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Commanding Signs and Wonders (Part 3)

“Thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: ‘I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.”  ( ►Isaiah 57:15)

Congratulations and welcome to the fourth week of June 2021. Two weeks ago, we began a series titled: Commanding the Supernatural and so far in the series, we have established that true revival is a Biblical concept. Continuing with the series, I will like to affirm that we all are in desperate need of revival. Our marriages, our families, our churches, our nation (regardless of what nation we hail from), in every arena of life and society and religion; we need the omnipotent, renewing visitation of the Holy Spirit.

As a consequence of living in a fallen world, chances are that as you read this epistle today, having endured so much persecution and hardship which Satan had intended to use to limit your influence, you have reached a breaking point in life. If this describes you or someone you know, this week’s epistle is for you.

Without any fear of contradiction, I want you to know that regardless of what life coaches, motivational speakers and self-help gurus teach, the Bible is full of ordinary heroes who endured horrific hardships, but in the end, they survived their way into revival. For instance, in Mark 5:25-34, the woman with the issue of blood had to crawl her way to revival. In Genesis 7:11-13 and Genesis 8:14-20, Noah spent over a year on a stinky ark surviving a worldwide flood. Jonah survived a mess of his own making (Jonah 1:1-17). David spent eight long years surviving the murderous hatred of king Saul. Paul was shipwrecked, stoned (literally to death), beaten, imprisoned, and survived vicious attack after vicious attack. The list is almost endless, but they all had one thing in common; they endured without quitting or giving up. Once you quit, the possibility for revival goes to zero. That’s what the Bible means when it says, “. . . and having done all, to stand. (Ephesians 6:13-14)”.

Sometimes just standing takes more courage than moving forward. Refusing to give up in the face of crushing defeat takes more courage than winning with ease but how would Paul have known that revival was about to break out on the island of Malta while he was hanging onto broken pieces of a ship (Acts 27:44). Paul was persecuted for the Gospel’s sake, not because he had done wrong. He was bound by chains, but God’s Word was not bound. He just held on until the Storm was over and faith(ed) his way into an unexpected revival.

Today, right now, God has remembered you and if you will not give up, there is light at the end of the tunnel. Right now, if you truly desire revival, I present to you the only qualification to being revived, and it’s right there in Isaiah 57:15 – a lowly and contrite in heart: it is the key to Commanding Signs and Wonders.

Welcome to your Season of Signs and Wonders

Triumphant Obamoh
Resident/State Pastor

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Commanding Signs and Wonders (Part 2)

“Thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: ‘I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.”  ( ►Isaiah 57:15)

Last week we began a series titled “Commanding the Supernatural and in Part 1 of the series, using the story of the lame man in Acts 3, we established that signs and wonders open doors for revivals. 

As we continue with the series, I will like to begin by saying that there is a widespread human tendency to want to see dramatic shreds of evidence of spiritual things before we believe. According to the book of Acts, the dramatic growth of the early Church was consistently a result of God’s word being preached and confirmed with supernatural manifestations. All these began when the church went into prayers in Acts 4:29–30. At that point in time, this body of believers was undergoing career-ending, family-shaking, life-threatening persecution and in the face of these great oppositions, they cried out to God thus: “Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness, while you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of your son Jesus.” They cried for boldness in their witness; they cried for God’s hand to be stretched forth in healing; and they cried for God to perform signs and wonders. These first-generation believers were not just “open” to signs and wonders. They were desperate for them and they prayed for them to come and by Acts 5:12 God obliged them and the church grew and multiplied.

The testimony of Acts 5 is not just an isolated instance. The Bible has at least 17 records of where miracles led to widespread healings and conversions in the book of Acts. For instance, in Acts 3:6, the miracle of Pentecost led to 3,000 converts, In Acts 4:4, the miracle of the lame man led to 2,000 converts. However, the Miracles in Acts 9 carry the clearest examples. In Vs 34, Peter healing prayer for Aeneas caused “all the residents of Lydda and Sharon to turn to the Lord” and in Vs. 40-42, the raising of Tabitha from the dead caused an entire city (Joppa), “to believe in the Lord”.

There is no denying the fact that the working of miracles, signs and wonders helps in bringing people to Christ and according to Mark 16:15, it is the duty of every Christian to offer prayers for the church so that those who are yet to come to the light of the glorious truth will receive Jesus as Lord and personal Saviour.

True revival is a biblical concept and God is looking for someone to stand in the gap (Ezekiel 22:30), praying that God would stretch forth his hand to heal and do signs and wonders.

Will you be that someone, praying without ceasing for revival?

Triumphant Obamoh

Resident/State Pastor

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Commanding Signs and Wonders (Part 1)

Congratulations and welcome to June 2021, the sixth month of the year. June falls as the midst of the year and the midst of the year is ordained as a revival season in God’s agenda (Hab. 3:2-6/17-19). Revivals offer platforms for signs, wonders, and diverse miracles, it signals great times of for divine visitation (Hab. 3:2), spiritual awakening (Ezk. 37:1-14); and supernatural change of stories (Zph. 3:17-20) Against the foregoing, this month, we will be exploring a series titled: Commanding Signs and Wonders.

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