October 2012 Teaching Outline for Midweek Services

Winners’ Chapel Int’l

October 2012 Teaching Outline for Midweek Services

                            Prophetic Focus:  – IT SHALL BE WELL WITH THE RIGHTEOUS – Is 3:10

Teaching Series: BASKING IN THE GLORY OF SANCTIFICATION (Part I-IV)

Introduction

“For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, ….. That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; 1Th 4:3-4 

“….If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work. 2Tim 2:19-21

Sanctification is beautiful and Holiness is glorious (Ps 110:2/ Ex 15:11)

How? 

It is the gateway to your inheritance – Act 20:32

It takes sanctification to prosper – Ps 112:3

It is profitable unto all things – 1Tim 4:7-8

If God said: “Be ye holy for I am Holy…” (Lev 11:44-45/ 1Pet 1:16) then we can be holy

If Christ said: “Be ye perfect as your heavenly father is perfect..” (Matt 5:48), we can be perfect. God cannot tell us to be what He has not empowered us to be. 1Jn 5:3

Sanctification is a personal responsibility. The Bible demands:

Ø Purge yourself – 2 Tim 2:21

Ø  Purify yourself – 1Jn 3:3

Ø  Keep yourself – 1Jn 5:18

Ø  Hunger and thirst after – Matt 5:6/ Is 51:1-3/ 1Tim 3:7/ 1Pet 1:15/ Jn 8:29

What must I do?

One must remain spiritually engaged. This is what our midweek services will be centering on under the caption Basking In The Glory Of Sanctification.

Wednesday October 3, 2012

WEEK 1A: BASKING IN THE GLORY OF SANCTIFICATION - Part 1

v  The Power Of Scheduled Fasting

·     …when thou fastest….when thou fastest - Matt 6:16-17

   "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled”. Matt 5:6

·     Fasting empowers us to flow in righteousness – Is 58:6-8

·     This kind (deadly habit, addictions etc.) goeth not out except by – fasting - Matt 17:20-21

·     One can also secure a way out of any entrapment of the devil through fasting - Ezra 8:23

·     Righteousness is not a state of being but a walk with God – Gen 17:1-2

·     A righteous walk with God is the gateway to a world of breakthroughs – Is 51:1-3

Secondly,

·     Fasting is also a weapon for breaking every yoke off the lives of men - Is 58:6

·     Waiting upon the LORD shall renews our strength – Is 40:31

·     We build up spiritual strength through fasting which helps us to break the head of the enemy off his captives. – Lk 11:21

Thursday October 4, 2012

WEEK 1B: BASKING IN THE GLORY OF SANCTIFICATION

Ministering to the Lord in a fast.

What is ministering to the Lord?

·        It is worshiping His majesty, acknowledging His greatness, celebrating his omnipotency both in words and in songs both in our understanding and in the spirit. - (Dan. 2:19-23, I Cor. 14:15-18)

·        It is sizing the issues of concern in our life with God in worship. – Ex. 15:11, Jer.32:27.

·        Ministering to the Lord enhances our access to the voice of the Spirit – Acts 13:2-3

·        With the voice of God our victory is ever sure over every satanic assault. – Is. 30:29-30, Ps.107:20

Friday October 5, 2012

WEEK 1C: BASKING IN THE GLORY OF SANCTIFICATION

Winning the War within

·        The war against sin is essentially a war within. – Mk. 7:21-23,

 “For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man”. Mark 7:21-23

·        It takes a pure heart to live a sanctified life – Matt. 5:8

·        It takes holiness to see God – Heb12:14

·        But without a pure heart it is impossible to live a holy life

·        We must come awake from our slumber – Eph. 5:14, Pr.6:4-5, Matt. 26:37-44

·        Spiritual slumber is a risk – Matt.13:23-28

·        We must wake up to uproot every tree that God has not planted from our thoughts – Matt.15:13

To be free from evil thoughts:

·        Resist the devil – James 4:7, I Pet.5:8-9 (Luke 22:3, Matt.16:19)

·        Renew your mind through revelation – Romans 12:1-2, II  Cor. 3:8

·        Nature abhors vacuum therefore you must change your thought pattern  - Ph.4:8, Luke 11:24-25

·        Engage the blood of Jesus – Heb. 9:13-14, 10:29, 13:12 (Zech.9:11-12, Rev.12:11)

·        Pray your way out – Ps.139:23-24

….WEEK 2 – 4 TO FOLLOW.

Note:

Please note that the Prophetic focus for the month should be read in tonight’s service and on Sunday 7^th October 2012.

Prophetic Focus for October 2012

Memo

From:             President, WCI

To:                  All Mission Stations

Subject:         Prophetic Focus for October 2012

Date:              October 1, 2012

 

Glory greetings in the precious name of Jesus Christ.

The month of September has been a most awesome one with diverse testimonies of healings, deliverances and special miracles all across our churches worldwide. For example, someone testified here at Faith Tabernacle of HIV plague turned negative with medical report to show, another man testified of instant deliverance from impotency after 20 years during our miracle praise of last Sunday. To God alone be all the glory!

All through scriptures, righteousness has proved to be the foundation for all round fruitfulness and all round breakthroughs. This is because the righteous is entitled to the following among others:

Divine Favour (Ps5:12,Ps 30:5-7), Divine Protection(Ps 125:1-3), Supernatural Deliverance

(Ps 34:19), Supernatural Promotion (Pro 14:34, Dan 6:1-5, Gen 41:38-44/ Gen 42:18)                           Divine Honour (2Tim2:19-21),Supernatural Breakthrough (Job 1:1-3, Job 29:3-18/ Mal 3:1-5)

Divine Health (Mk 2:1-12/ Jn 5:1-8/14),Divine Revelation (Ps 25:14, Job 1:1-5/Job 29:13,                      Pro 1:23, Mk 4:11/Rev 22:15, Is 60:1-22/ Jn 1:1-9), Fresh Unction(Lk 5:37-38, Ps 92:10-18, Ps 45:6-8,  Ps 66:3/ Ps 110:1-3, Act 19:13-17), Answered Prayers (Is 59:2,Is 66:18-20, 1Thess 2:10/Act 16:25-30)

Prosperity with Posterity (Ps 112:1-9, Ps 92:12-15, Pro 20:7, Gen 18:6-9), and above all

Eternity with Christ (1Cor 6:9-11, Gal 5:19-21/ Eph 5:5-8)

All that life would ever demand both in the now and hereafter are fully covered in the benefits of righteousness listed above.

All the above is the reason why we are constantly in a spiritual conflict at all times.       (Eph 6:10-12). Satan wants us robbed of the amazing blessings of righteousness. In fact, there is a spiritual war over the life of every believer 24 hours of everyday. (Lk 22:31/                      2Cor 10:3-5).

Therefore we must stay spiritually awake at all times because if we surrender to the spirit of slumber we shall become vulnerable to all these forces of filthiness (Matt 13:23-28/         Eph 5:14).

According to scriptures, there is a mystery of iniquity (2 Thess 2:3-10/ Matt 16,19, Lk 22:3)

But thank God there is the greater mystery of godliness. This implies that the mystery of godliness is greater than the mystery of iniquity and just like the rod of Moses, it has the power to swallow up the mystery iniquity – 1Tim 3:16

What is the Mystery of Iniquity?

It is the working of satan with all deceivableness of unrighteousness. It is simply satan working unrighteousness in and through man. (2Thess 2:10)

For instance, we have the following agents of sin in scriptures: Unclean spirits – Matt 10:1, Mk 5:1-15, Lying spirit, 1Kg 22:22-23, spirit of bondage or addiction - Rom 8:15, spirit of

whoredom (sexual immorality)  – Hos 5:1-4, spirit of the world (i.e .lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh and the pride of life)  -1Cor2:12/ 1Jn 2:15-17.

Therefore there is no natural way of overcoming these forces of hell except by engaging the forces of the Spirit, as it is written;

“..if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.”  Rom 8:13

All the forces listed above are controlling powers that can only be conquered by the following counter forces as entrenched in scriptures:                       

* The power of the Holy Ghost – Is 59:19, Jn 16:22-23, Mal 3:1-3

* The power of the word of God – Jn 17:17/ Ps 119:9-11, Matt 4:1-14,

* Prayer and Fasting – Matt 26:41,Is 58:6-8/ Matt 17:21, Rom 8:26, Jude 20,

* The Blood of Jesus – Rom 5:8-9, Heb 9:14, Rev 12:11, Zach 9:11-12

Remember, righteousness is not just who we are in Christ but also what we do to prove who we are. This is why we are told to work out our salvation with fear and trembling

(1Jn 3:7/ Phil 2:12, Matt 7:16-21) And this is the reason why the war against filthiness is the fiercest war believers face. (Heb 12:1-4)

On the other hand, we recognize that righteousness is at the root of our dignity, nobility and royalty in Christ and that at the foundation of fruitful, enviable and impactful life in the Kingdom is righteousness. (Dan 3:10-30/ Dan 6:6-28, 2Tim 2:19-21)

Furthermore, the Bible asserts that ‘holiness is beautiful; holiness is glorious and that righteousness is most rewarding’ -2Chr 20:21/ Ex 15:11/Ps 92:12-15/ Is 32:17-19

This is why the prophetic focus for October 2012 is:

                    “It shall be well with the RIGHTEOUS” – Is 3:10

This is the agenda of the Holy Spirit for us in the Winners family this month.

If God said: “Be ye holy for I am Holy…” (Lev 11:44-45/ 1Pet 1:16) then we can be holy.

If Christ said: “Be ye perfect as your heavenly father is perfect..” (Matt 5:48), then we can be perfect. God cannot tell us to be what He has not empowered us to be because His commandments are not grievous (1 Jn 5:3).

Therefore, to satan and all of the unclean spirits from the pit of hell, every Winner must rise to say this month, Enough Is Enough – stay now your hand of uncleanliness, filthiness, immorality and everything that displeases God in my life and family in Jesus name.

I believe that this is also one way to prepare ourselves for the ‘Double Portion’ encounter reserved for us at Shiloh 2012.  Jesus is Lord!

Recommended books of the month authored by Bishop David O. Oyedepo include:

* Walking in the Newness of Life                          * Conquering Controlling Powers

* The Blood Triumph

Remain ever Blessed.

Bishop David O. Oyedepo