“You Can’t Be Wise If You Do Not Hear From God”- Bishop David Oyedepo Shares Success To His Church Growth

You can’t be wise if you do not hear from God. What is wisdom? Jesus said is, “whosoever heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them…”
In December 1993, I had finished putting my itinerary for 1994 together. I had planned to be out of the country frequently. But the Lord said to me, “You shall go nowhere! I will have you sit down here.” I did as He commanded and 1994 marked another beginning in our ministry. Just by adhering to an heavenly instruction, our church increased by seven thousand people!

Friend, instructions are the highways to distinction. We have succeeded in growing and developing church ministry cheaply, simply by riding on the wingsof instructions. When God is involved in something, it can’t be stopped.

In March 1984, in Kaduna, I went before the Lord to inquire from Him, “Lord, why is this church crawling? What would You have me do to set it in motion?” He said to me, “Keep sowing the seed, and as the grass grows, the sheep will come for it.” Then I remembered the Scripture, “He maketh me to lie down ingreen pastures” (Psalms. 23:2.) God said, “Just keep the grass green. They will not only come, they will lie down there.” Very simple!

The preaching of the Word is the main source of growth in our church. The Word rakes in about ninety-nine per cent of worshippers to the church.

In the bid to add to the church in the early days of the church in Kaduna, we had a massive crusade at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium. At the end, it didn’t add anything to the church. Why? It wasn’t His instruction for executing the vision He gave us; it was our own effort. There are, however, other ministries who willonly grow by such outreaches. Hear this: instructions are the only way out of destruction.

So settle down and locate them, so that you don’t keep on suffering.”Lord, what would You have me do?” is the way out. Honour and dignity in life and ministry, is a result of clarity of vision, which I call “vision with precision.” Precision by reason of instructions.

Source: Heavenly Mandate

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