Prayer Meetings

For the benefit of those who missed Tuesday and Wednesday night’s prayer meeting, I’m blogging the message here below. Do thank Kwang Yew for the notes, cause it was he who diligently wrote the notes and gave me the permission to publish it. Love you, baby.

Season of Harvest (Why?) by Bishop Margaret Benson-Idahosa

Proverbs 10:5 - He who gathers crops in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.

1. Harvest is very, very important

2. Harvest is done in the day time – I must work the work of Him who sent me
John 9:4 – As long as it is day, we must do the work of Him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work

3. Harvest is already here
Matthew 9:37-38 – Then He said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore to send out workers into His harvest field.”

4. Harvest time is NOT for sleep

5. Harvest involves everyone in the family

6. Harvest should not be postponed. The time is now!

7. Harvest requires labourers because it does not waste

8. A true labourer is not a waster

9. A true labourer has the interest of the farmer at heart

10. A true labourer must be patient with the fruits of his labour

11. Everyone must be committed to the harvest because we are called and we are ordained
John 15:16 – You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit – fruit that will last. Then the Father will give your whatever you ask in my name

12. Look forward to the great harvest before you (Lift up your eyes)
Luke 6:38 – Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, press down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

Seed + Time = HARVEST

13. Your seed is your designated path of your harvest

14. A harvester is an obedient man
Mark 16: 15-20 – He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”

After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God. Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it.

“Whoever that who believes, He gave them POWER.
God does not call the qualified, He qualified the call!”

Perseverance In Prayer by one of the team members

Luke 18:1 – Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should pray and not give up.

1. What is the relevance of perseverance to harvest?
The meaning of “Perseverance” is waiting in pain, in discomfort and in discouragement.

Ø Those who wait in perseverance wait with EXPECTATIONS.
There are different season of harvest and different people have their own different season of harvest. We wait until the crop ripens and as we wait we discover that we need strength. One source of strength – PRAYER.

Ø In prayer we connect with heaven and thus we are comforted and strengthen.
If we don’t pray, we will fall and we will faint before our harvest comes.

Ø We pray for more labourers to harvest the crops, we NEED more people.

Ø When we are persevering in prayer, we are watching over our crops, watching over our harvest, that it will not be destroyed and our toil goes to waste. (as in Judges 6, the people toil over their land and when harvest comes the enemies attack, plundered and destroy their harvest – with which God called Gideon into action)

2. Who is to persevere? Who is being addressed? ME!
Depending on what we sow, WE have to persevere for the seed to germinate and grow.
Ø The “who” are those who know their God - “They that know their God, they will be strong and do exploits”.

Ø Those who are burden carriers – because they want change.

Ø They are those who resolve for the power of God.

Ø Those who read/understand the books of God – READ YOUR BIBLE

Ø The wailing women – those who cries out unto Him.

3. Why is it necessary to persevere in prayer?
Ø The enemy has no power to catch us but he has the plan to insert doubt in our mind. He is a hinderer. (read the book of Daniel)

Ø We have issues (which is our doubts). God wants us to change and solve this issue. He wants us to grow, to mature and therefore He gives us time. He will not allow anyone to perish. He gives us time and room that anyone who goes to Him, He gives, and those who don’t they perish.