Transcription
Mark chapter 5, verse 25 to 34.
Grace for divine intervention. Grace for divine intervention. I read from the Easy to Read Version.
"He said, 'Dear, among the people was a woman who had been bleeding for the past 12 years. 12 years. 12 years.' I don't know how long someone listening to me right now has gone through some persistent challenge. I don't know how long you have waited for a delayed blessing to manifest. I announce to you that now is your time to experience the mercy and favor of God." [Applause]
"She said she has suffered very much." [Music] "Many doctors had tried to help her, and all the money she had was spent. All the money she had was spent. This is someone's story right now. This is someone's story. Or she was not improving. In fact, her sickness was getting worse."
"Then there was a turning point. In verse 27, the Bible says the woman heard about Jesus. That was a summary of so many things. Evidently, one of those things she heard about Jesus was about the grace of God upon Him. The grace of God flowing through Him. The power of God flowing through Him. And she heard testimonies of diverse things, impossible things that were made possible by reason of this grace of God flowing through Jesus."
"The Bible says she heard about Jesus. And I'm telling you this morning that one of those things she heard about Him was about grace. The grace of God upon Him. The grace of God flowing through Him. And she made up her mind that she must benefit. She must connect with His grace. If this grace could make it happen for other people, then God will show her mercy and do the same thing for her."
"She was so confident about the power of God flowing through Him. So she moved beyond believing and took it to the next level with action. She matched her faith with action. She demonstrated her faith with action. The Bible says, 'So she followed Him with the other people and touched His coat.' She thought, 'If I can...' This was a conviction she had in her mind that if I can just touch His clothes, not even His physical body, if I can just touch His clothes, that would be enough to heal me."
"The grace of God that would turn your challenge into a solved problem, a solved issue, that grace is being released unto you and that loved one today." [Applause] "Let heaven hear your amen."
"As soon as she touched His coat, Jesus Himself was not aware of what was going on here up to this point, but God was aware. God was aware. God has seen the flow of faith in the heart of this woman. God has seen how deep her conviction was about the grace and power of God flowing through the instrument of our Lord Jesus Christ. God has seen how much she was convinced of the magnitude of God's power. She believed that that same power that has done so much in the stories she had heard, that power would also solve this 12-year problem for her."
"As I speak, someone here has a 13-year problem. Someone here has a 14-year problem. Some have a problem over 10 years, over 5 years. Some have a problem that professionals and experts have given up and they have told you clearly that there's no way forward. But in the midst of all that negative report, there is a divine intervention story playing out right now. The story is about to change." [Applause] "The direction of what has been happening so far is about to change."
"As soon as she touched His coat, her bleeding stopped. As soon as she touched His clothes, her bleeding stopped. Somebody said, 'Divine intervention.' As soon as she touched His coat, her bleeding stopped. Divine intervention. And she felt that her body was healed from all the suffering."
"The Lord put an end to every dimension of suffering you are currently exposed to." [Applause] "Whatever that loved one of yours is going through in the reign of affliction, the Lord put a final end to it in the name of Jesus. Case of repeated crisis as a result of sickle cell, the Lord put an end to that experience in the name of Jesus."
"Jesus immediately felt power go out from Him, so He stopped and turned around. 'Who touched My clothes?' He asked. The followers said to Jesus, 'There are so many people pushing against You, but You are asking, Who touched Me?' But Jesus continued looking for the one who touched Him."
"The woman knew that she was healed." [Music] "Something great is about to happen, and it will be physical evidence of what God has done for you. So she came and bowed at Jesus' feet. She was shaken with fear. She told Jesus the whole story."
"He said to her, 'Dear woman, you are made well. It is well with that area of your life. It is well with that area of your life. It is well with your loved one.'" [Applause] "Jesus said, 'You are made well because you believed. Go in peace. You will not suffer anymore. You will not suffer anymore.'" [Applause]
"This year, 2021, marks the end of suffering for someone listening to me. Whatever it is you have been suffering from, whatever it is that that loved one has been suffering from, thus said the Lord, 2021 marks the end of the season of trials and suffering. Your moment and season of healing and divine restoration has come in the name of Jesus."
"What is divine intervention? Every move of divine intervention is always for a specific purpose. Always for a specific purpose. Every case of divine intervention involves a specific divine mission to fulfill a desired goal in the affairs of men. Whenever God intervenes, His mission is to either make specific things happen or to stop specific things from happening."
"In Genesis chapter 11, verse 7, there was a divine intervention to stop the building project of the Tower of Babel from advancing further. Now, there are some major functions of divine intervention. Why God intervenes and when He intervenes. There are some very, very notable things that usually happen."
"Sometimes it's to prevent or stop something negative from happening, or if it's already happening, from proceeding further. Sometimes when He intervenes, it's to judge and overthrow the wicked, as you can see in Genesis chapter 19, 12-13, in the case of Sodom and Gomorrah. God can intervene to judge and overthrow the wicked."
"Listen, He said, 'The Lord has heard. The Lord has heard how evil this city is.' I would like you to take note of that. He didn't say the Lord has seen. He said the Lord has heard. And this is a revelation on the necessity of prayer, the necessity of intercession. You know, sometimes you could imagine, 'Is God not seeing what is going on?' But two angels here made a statement that is loaded with some very useful insight. They were sent by God on a mission, and they were, they exposed the background of what had happened before God sent them on that mission. They were on that mission on the divine intervention based on what God had heard. What He had heard. He said, 'The Lord has heard how evil this city is, so He sent us.' So what God will send intervention forces to carry out on your behalf will be based on what you have told Him, cried out to Him in the about in the place of prayer and intercession."
"So he said, 'So He sent us to destroy.' I'm here to announce to someone listening by the Spirit of God that what looks so big before you now, the Lord is about to turn it into an answered prayer. That particular challenge that looks so big before someone right now, the Lord is intervening to take it out of the way in the name of Jesus."
"The Lord will intervene now in your life. The Lord will intervene now on behalf of that your loved one. The Lord will intervene now in our nation, Nigeria, in the name of Jesus."
"The third dimension of God's intervention is to deliver. Is to deliver. God would come to deliver people from different types of captivity, affliction."
"Who in Isaiah chapter 49, Isaiah 49, verse 24 to 25, King James Version, he says, 'Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?' The lawful captive delivered. Lawful captive, that means even if you actually, you are the one that actually got yourself into that, into that situation, that bad situation, if God decides to show mercy, He will still deliver, and there is nothing anybody can do to stop Him. He sits in heaven and does whatever pleases Him. He says, 'I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy.' God can deliver not only the innocent. God can deliver even those who had made great mistakes in the past. He's the one that can deliver the lawful captive. But you must be ready for His intervention." [Music] "You must be ready to allow Him bring you out."
"He said, 'Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?' He said, 'But thus said the Lord, even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered. Therefore I will contend with him that contended with thee, and I will save your children.'"
"So God would, God can intervene to break curses, to break cases. Jericho was suffering as a result of the influence of a powerful curse. As a result of that, the river of Jericho that should have brought nourishment to life and cattle became a source of problem. But eventually, there was a divine intervention. How? Through the grace of God, through the grace of God flowing through a man of God by the name Elisha in Second Kings chapter 2, verse 18 to 22. And the moment he broke that curse, the moment he made a pronouncement, the curse was broken." [Music] "And the river of Jericho was healed instantly. The curse was broken."
"Anyone listening to this message that has been under the influence of a, by the mercy of the Almighty God, we declare that curse broken." [Applause] "Anyone listening to this message right now that is under the influence of a spell, and this spell has caused so many things in your life, family, and even the lives of some loved ones, but the mercy of God today, the power of that spell is neutralized in the name of Jesus." [Applause]
"Whatever has been done against you, against your interest, today, that evil work, be it a ritual, be it an incantation, be it an enchantment, today, that evil work is neutralized. Whatever has been done against you is nullified in the name of Jesus." [Applause]
"The Lord put a blessing upon you. The Lord put a blessing upon the works of your hands. That area of your life that has damage, the Lord put a double portion of His blessing upon it. From now, there shall be restoration. From now, there shall be increase in the name of Jesus. You are going to catch up." [Applause] "And even overtake." [Applause]
"So God comes down to deliver people from curses, from spells. And sometimes there could be a dream that is just plain out in the life of an individual, sometimes even in a family, sometimes in the whole community. God, at a time, would just decide to show mercy, step in, and that yoke is broken." [Music]
"Sometimes God will have to come in and deliver you when the hindrances to His purpose for your life, His answer to your prayers, His blessings for your life have been hindered by formidable forces. That was the example of Daniel in Daniel chapter 10, verse 12 to 13. God answered his prayer, but as the angel was coming from God's presence, from the throne of God, through the heavens, coming with the answer of Daniel's prayer, he was stopped. The angel was stopped in the second heavens by a formidable demonic spirit called the Prince of Persia, and a fight began. And as long as that fight was going on, even though God had answered the prayer of Prophet Daniel, Daniel did not receive the answer to his prayer. God had sent His answer, but the answer had not gotten into Prophet Daniel because there was a formidable demonic spirit standing as an obstacle, as a barrier."
"As I speak right now, there are certain people that someone somewhere has sworn that over his dead body, over her dead body, a good thing will happen in your life. If that person fails to repent, the Lord takes them out now in the name of Jesus." [Applause]
"He said, 'Who is it that speaketh, and it cometh to pass, when our God has not commanded?' So God sent an intervention through a stronger angel. Lift up two hands unto heaven. The Lord delivered to you now the answer to your prayer. The Lord deliver to your family now the answer to your prayer. The Lord hand over to your loved one now the answer to your prayer. Lord, hand over to you now His portion for you for this time and season of your life. The Lord hand over to you now the grace of God required to move you to the next level. Receive it from the Lord. Receive it from the Lord. Receive it from the Lord in the name of Jesus. And the Lord will make this impartation a permanent one." [Applause]
"Those who cut short your joy some years back will not succeed again. What God is giving you this time around, it shall be permanent in the name of Jesus Christ."
"Somebody says something big is about to happen. Get ready for it. Amen."
"No wonder Psalm 18, verse 17. Psalm 18, verse 17, Easy to Read Version, he said, 'He saved me from my powerful enemies. He saved me from my powerful enemies who hated me.' It's not nice when people hate you because if they have the, if they have the opportunity, they can do you a lot of harm. It's more dangerous when those who hate you are powerful, are in a position to sabotage you, to afflict you, to stop you. He said, 'But the Lord saved me from my powerful enemies. He said, they were too strong for me, too strong.' So He saved me. He had to come in. Even an angel needed intervention. Daniel chapter 10, the spirit that resisted that angel of God coming with the answer to Daniel's prayer, that spirit was strong enough to successfully hinder the angel, at least for some days. So God had to send a more mighty angel to dislodge that hindrance and obstacle."
"Another thing God does in a moment of divine intervention is to heal. And today, this time, the power of God to heal will move decisively." [Applause] "Oh, we see this happen every day somewhere. It's happening somewhere. God is intervening to heal either your physical body, to heal from unbearable physical pains, unbearable emotional pains, to heal from incurable disease, to heal from terminal disease. People that doctors have certified will die within a particular period, with timeline, God steps in, and the person who was supposed to die is kept alive."
"It happened. Isaiah chapter 38, verse 1-7. King Hezekiah was suffering from a terminal illness, and God Himself confirmed that it was going to lead to death. He wasn't making a pronouncement, it was just a revelation to him that this thing is going to lead to death. But Hezekiah prayed. You can understand what I said to you earlier. It's one thing for God to see, see something that needs an intervention, but from the statement of the angel that we are sent to Sodom and Gomorrah, we have learned that it is beyond God just seeing what is happening. Someone has to pray. Someone has to cry out. He said, 'God has heard about the evil in this city.' And in this instance, God saw that a king that was serving Him, a king that was living right, was going to die. And God didn't send a word declaring that he'll be healed. He just told him the sickness is going to lead to death, so put your house in order. But it was when King Hezekiah prayed. He prayed decisively, decisively, and the Lord heard that prayer. God will hear your heart cry." [Applause] "Let heaven hear your amen." [Applause]
"And that was how it was canceled, and God made a pronouncement that He will give him 15 more years. He will give him 15 more years. Do you know that Hezekiah did not die, whether from sickness, whether from any other thing that could take the life of a man? He didn't die for the next 15 years. There was an intervention. God healed him from that sickness. The healing grace of God is coming mightily now."
"God comes to help. He intervenes to help. Sometimes to give you victory in place of failure, in place of defeat. To give you victory in the face of greater opposition. God can help you obtain a blessing or promotion that has been delayed for too long. And if you know you are here, you are listening to this message right now, and you have been due for a promotion and it's still being delayed, lift up your right hand unto the Lord. Wherever you are, we decree that the Lord show you great mercy and favor." [Applause] "And this delay in your promotion happening, the Lord address it now decisively in the name of Jesus." [Applause] "The Lord move your name into the priority list, and the Lord bring into effect this long-awaited promotion in the name of Jesus." [Music] "Receive it also for that loved one in the name of Jesus. It is done. Very soon, we shall hear from you in the name of Jesus."
"God also intervenes to restore. Intervenes to restore. In Job chapter 42, verse 10, we saw how God intervened and restored everything that Job had lost. And it was so interesting that God went further and restored to him a double portion of everything he lost. The grace of God for great restoration is being commanded on behalf of you right now, on your behalf, in the name of Jesus."
"And also God intervenes to provide and to help you prosper." [Music] "Sometimes God would not just intervene to just to provide because He doesn't ultimately just want you to live a life of survival. So He does something more. Intervenes to also help you prosper."
"For some people, God will intervene to break yokes of debt. You can go into debt without even though you are living a very, you have been very prudent and frugal, you can still go into debt. There could just be a major accident and wipes off all your investment and turns you into a debtor in one day. Something could just go wrong. And this is how certain people have gone into debt that would take years for them to ever pay or finish paying. And sometimes God just looks at sending people battling with an overwhelming burden of debt, and the Lord decides to show mercy and brings them out."
"In Second Kings chapter 4, there was this widow of the prophet. The husband died and left a debt burden. And then the creditors became frustrated, and they threatened to take hostage her two sons. It was at that point that she ran to a man of God carrying the grace of God. It's quite interesting that this woman did not run to a wealthy man. It's quite interesting, she didn't even run to a wealthy man. She ran rather to a man carrying the grace of God. Elisha didn't have the cash to give her to pay off her debt, but he was carrying the grace, and with that grace, he could make pronouncements that God will honor and God will execute. And that was exactly what happened. She came to Elijah, cried out, and then Elijah gave her one or two instructions, and she complied. Based on his pronouncement, a miracle started happening. Very soon, some of you looking at me right now, you'll be telling people how God did it for you." [Applause] "You'll be describing to people how God performed it for you." [Applause] [Music]
"And that was how she had more than enough to pay off her debt and still have enough to start a new lease of life. Anyone under the burden of debt in this meeting, the Lord bring you out of it now. The Lord send you help from Zion. The Lord make a way out for you now. The Lord also go beyond that and give you a new lease of life in your finances in the name of Jesus."
"And so the Lord spoke to me clearly about grace, grace, grace, grace for divine intervention. In Mark chapter 5, you saw that story of this woman who had 12 years issue of blood. She was bleeding for 12 years, and the Bible says she heard about Jesus, great things that God was doing through Him, and she made up her mind that she must also connect and benefit from this grace. This miracle-working grace that was flowing through Him."
"I want you to take note that the emphasis is on the grace of God, not about the human instrument. Sometimes God can just do certain things to to prove a point and to make certain things clear. It's not about God can heal people through His healing power without using a human instrument, and He did it in John chapter 5. John chapter 5, from reading, going through from verse 1 through verse 5, you read about the story of how a crowd, crowd of people who had all kinds of health challenges, including deformities of all kinds of disabilities. The Bible says they were gathered on the platform doing what it started one day, and then after the news spread, the news spread, and the people who came afterwards experienced the same miracle."
"What was going on? An angel will come. An angel will come from time to time, not every day, from time to time, and stir up that pool, the pool of Bethesda, and stir up the pool. And the moment the angel stirs up the pool, the first set of people to go in to that pool are healed. And interesting, whatever [Music] whether deformity, whether disability, whether sickness, and irrespective of how long that problem had been on. And that was why one man whose own health issue was on for 38 years, 38 years, that man had the confidence to also be at this location because he had found out that, you know, irrespective of how long the problem was, how serious it was, if only you can go in after the angel stirs the pool, your own miracle will happen. There was no human instrument involved, but the grace of God to heal was flowing and flowing."
"So when this woman in Mark chapter 5 with the issue of blood heard about the grace of God for healing flowing through Jesus, she came and decided, 'Today is my day.' I speak to someone here, today is your day." [Applause] "By the time you are through listening to this message, God would have released that grace fully into your life, into the life of that loved one. May the secret of God's power in your life never be discovered by the enemies of your life in the name of Jesus. May you never be a victim. May you always be a victor in the name of Jesus."
"So Jesus knew that virtue had gone out of Him. The Message Bible, Mark 5, states, He said, 'At the same moment, Jesus felt energy discharging from Him.' He felt it. It was a spiritual man, and he was, he was sensitive. He was sensitive. He turned around to the crowd and asked, 'Who touched My voice? Who touched My robe?' Then finally, the Voice version, Mark 5, verse 30, said, 'Lots of people were pressed against Jesus at that moment, but He immediately felt her touch. He felt healing power.' You know, Jesus was a carrier of different dimensions of God's power. He recognized that the kind of power that went out of Him was the powerful healing. He felt healing power flow out of Him."
"Today, God now, God wants His healing power to flow out to someone. His name [Music]. He wants His power to get where to flow to someone listening. He wants His power for promotion to flow out to someone listening to this message. May God's power for divine connection flow out to you at this time, that you may be connected to your partners in destiny in the name of Jesus."
"So I close it up with a word on grace. Grace is a kind of divine enablement. It is a release of the power of the Spirit of God to fulfill specific functions. In Deuteronomy 8, Deuteronomy 8, verse 18, Amplified Bible, it says, 'But you shall remember with profound respect the Lord your God, for it is He who is giving you power to get wealth.' It is giving you power. Replace that power, that word, power with grace. It is He giving you grace to get wealth, that He may confirm.' Is that grace? For some people, it will be intelligence, intelligence to create wealth, to make some smart moves that result in profit. For some people, it's wisdom. Some people, it's business know-how. For some people, it's the spirit of excellence that now makes them become top in their field or service or area of service. For it is He who is giving you power to make wealth."
"Good News Translation, Deuteronomy 8, verse 18, he said, 'Remember, it is the Lord your God who gives you the power to become rich.' Grace to become rich. In Proverbs 10, verse 22, Proverbs 10, 22, he says, 'The blessing of the Lord, it makes rich.' It's still the same grace He's talking about. The blessing of the Lord, it makes rich."
"Then in Daniel chapter 1, 17, Daniel 1, 17, Contemporary English Version, he said, 'God made, may the Lord make you...' [Applause] 'The Lord make you stand out.' And to to make this happen, then God will release a kind of grace upon you that will not make you stand out. Are you ready for it? It's today. It's your day of appointment. He said, 'God made the four young men.' Replace the four young men with your name. God made, God will make you, make you better, ten times better than your competitors. God made the four young men smart and wise, smart and wise, intelligent, highly intelligent, highly intelligent. They read a lot of books, and because of the grace, you know, the grace upon them, when you read, you understand, and you understand so fast. It's so easy for you to learn and learn faster when you are under grace in a particular, for a particular subject. He said, 'They read a lot of books and became well educated.' Daniel also could tell the meaning of dreams and visions. That was a kind of grace upon Daniel which the other three did not have. There was a grace, additional grace of Daniel that enabled him to interpret dreams correctly, correctly. Sometimes people are accurate in interpreting dreams, but they make errors when it comes to the timing of the dream, the timing of the dream. So grace is that divine influence, divine strength, or divine ability that is released or activated for a specific purpose. The presence and influence of grace will always result in better output and better performance. It enables. God can release grace upon you for a particular thing, and there will be no difference, no way. It will always result in better output and better performance. Grace enables you to do something far better than you could have done without such grace. From today, by the grace of God coming upon you now, you will do those things far better." [Applause] "Very soon, in your workplace, people will make observations that you are doing things far better than before. Can that lady say properly? Amen." [Applause] "It enables you to do something much faster than you could have done without such grace. A grace that will make you do things much faster than your colleagues. That grace is released today in the name of Jesus."
"So once the grace of God is released upon a person, upon a project, it will always add value. Are you ready for greater grace? Potiphar saw this in the life of Joseph. Genesis 39, verse 3, said, 'And his master saw that the Lord was with him.' That is grace. That is grace. 'And that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand.' New Living Translation says, 'Potiphar noticed this and realized that the Lord was with Joseph.' He's talking, he's talking about grace. The grace of God is upon this man, giving him success in everything he did. It's not this, this is not just natural. There is a divine grace upon this woman, upon this man."
"So there are different types of grace. There's grace to teach. There's grace to preach. There's grace to sing. There's grace to function well in different jobs, professions, and offices. So in any field, there is a grace, and when that grace comes, it now enables you to do the thing well and even excel. And the good news I have for you is that every one of you, you have a destiny. Psalm 139, verse 16, you have a destiny. Every child of God has a destiny. Your destiny is different from some other aspects of God's will for your life in the sense that your destiny has to do with those things written about you even before you were born, even before you were born. In the process of life, some other things will be added, but destiny is about those things God originally ordained to happen in your lifetime. Now, within the context of your destiny, you have a calling. There will be one or two things, you have a major calling into in life. In your area of calling, God will give you some ability. He will give you special ability. He will give you the grace to function well and excel in your area of calling. For someone to function and excel in an office or position, there is a grace that is given. It's normally released for a project to succeed. Grace is really for a business to prosper."
"Stretch out your two hands right now. The Almighty God bless the works of your hands more than ever before. Whatever level of success you have ever experienced in life, the Lord today release a greater grace for a much better result in the name of Jesus." [Applause] "Grace to make you excel in your work and in the works of your hands, that grace is released now in the name of Jesus." [Applause] "Grace to make your business prosper is giving to you now in a double portion in the name of Jesus." [Applause] "Receive it from the Lord. Receive it from the Lord. And from now, you will operate at a world-class level." [Music]
"Thank you, heavenly Father. And finally, grace is given for a battle to be won. Praise. Hear the Lord on this final day of 21 days of prayers and fasting. Whatever has refused to go in the past must bow to the grace and power of God. This is your moment of divine visitation." [Applause] "Because you are physically present, the need for your family is divinely settled."