March 2019 Thanksgiving Service – SUSTAINING YOUR SHINE – PASTOR (MRS) TOSIN MACAULAY

(SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO GENERAL OVERSEER IN CHARGE OF NORTH AFRICA)

DATE: 3RD MARCH 2019

BIBLE TEXT: REVELATIONS 3:11

Praise the Lord! Shall we rise.

SONG:

We give you Glory Lord as we Worship you.

We give you Glory Lord as we Honour you.

You are Wonderful, you are Worthy Oh Lord (2ce).

OPENING PRAYERS:

Our Righteous Father; The King of Glory, we worshipped you this morning.

Father of Life we say Thank You because it is only the Living who can Praise You for all what you have done since we started since “The Solemn Assembly” we Thank You. For causing us to swim in Glory we Thank You Lord

As we are going into your Words; we asked Oh Lord that you will speak to us this morning: That your Words will instruct us, your Words encourage us, your Words will challenge us.

And in all things; your Name alone will be Praised. Thank You Father; in Jesus Mighty Name we have prayed – Amen.

Praise the Lord and please be seated.

I want to thank our father and mummy in the Lord for the privilege to be here this morning.

And what we want to share this morning is: “SUSTAINING YOUR SHINE”.

BIBLE TEXT: REVELATIONS 3:11

This is Jesus speaking and He said: “Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown”.

And we remembered that our Theme Scripture is found in Isaiah 60:1. Where God is commanding us to “Arise and Shine” because our Light has come.

Since we are commanded to “Arise and Shine”; Jesus is also saying: Hold fast to what you have.

That immediately tells us that it is possible to lose what we have if we are not careful.

By the Grace of God; the Lord has put upon us the Glory and we have began to shine.

And the Bible tells us in Proverbs 4:18 that: For the path of the Just is as the Shinning Light that shineth more and more unto the Perfect Day.

That means that we are supposed to Shine more and more. But as we have learnt that the light bulb is not useful only because of what is inside of it but as long as it continues to Shine.

So what we want to looked at in the next few minutes is what do we need to do to sustain our Shine? How do we ensure that we keep Shinning?

… This God had commanded us; He said: “Arise and Shine”.

1. You need to have a Daily and Active consciousness of the fact that Jesus Christ is Coming Back Again very soon.

Many people are not living as if they have the consciousness that Jesus Christ is Coming Back Again. But it has to be an “Active Consciousness” that will direct everything we do because when we know and remember on a daily basis that Jesus Christ is Coming Back Again very soon. More so, the Bible tells us that we don’t know the Day or Hour but we have seen Signs that He has given to us to help us remained on the straight and on the narrow path so that we do not miss it.

Because the Bible tells us in Matthew 24: 45-51; that it is the servant that the Lord found waiting when He returns/comes that is the one to be blessed.

… May the Lord found us Waiting and Active for Him when He Comes in Jesus Name – Amen.

2. We have to be excited about Occupying for the Master especially in Soul Winning.

We should never never get cold or get dull when it gets to the time of doing the Works of the Lord and reaching out to people to get Born Again.

Winning Souls is the “Heart Beat” of the Lord. It was someone who preached to us before we are Born Again. And we have benefited so much.

And if we must admit that we benefited a lot from the Salvation of our souls then we should be excited when we see souls coming to the Lord. We should be excited that God gave us the opportunity to Witness to another person and another person and another person; so that when we go to Heaven we won’t be going alone.

We should make Soul Winning something that we are excited about and not as a “Church Ordinance” but what you and I as individual Christians are excited about.

Once you are excited about Soul Winning and doing the Will of the Father then we will be able to retain our Shine.

3. When we make mistakes or something goes wrong; we should take responsibility – Don’t shift the blames.

Rather, quickly go back to the Master and find out a way out. It is very important that we don’t lose our Shine.

In 1 Samuel 15:15; King Saul had disobeyed the Instructions of God and instead of accepting his errors and finding means of reconciling with the Lord; he started shifting the blame – Oh, it is not me … it is others!

He lost his Kingdom, he lost his Glory.

… But that won’t be our portion in Jesus Name – Amen.

4. We must constantly introspect.

That is look at yourself: where am I now compared to where am supposed to be. Am I still Shinning as I ought to be? Am I getting irritable unnecessarily? Am I getting my Joy? Am I losing the Excitement of serving the Lord?

In 1 Corinthians 10:12; the Bible says: Wherefore, let him that thinketh he standeth take heeds lest he fall.

When King Saul lost his Glory, he was still sitting on the throne but the Angels has torn his file in Heaven. He has lost the Glory but he was still sitting there thinking am a King and a “Big Man”. He was just assuming but nothing to Shine.

Let us constantly Introspect.

Manufacturers, after they have made any Product constantly monitor it. And if they found out that it is not doing as much as it should; they will recall it. They will check to find out what was wrong with it. And immediately organise for it: if they need to rebrand it they will rebrand. And then reintroduce it to the Market so that they don’t lose their space for Shinning and they don’t lose their Glory.

The Eagles does the same when it found out that it is losing wings and not able to fly again. The Eagles will withdraws to a very high Cliff and de-feathers  itself and then wait until it grows new ones.

Why? So that it can die as an Eagle.

And God wants us to Shine and keep on Shinning until Jesus Christ comes.

So when we Introspect, all those things that we found in our lives that could put us in a position where we cannot Shine; we must deal with it immediately. If you need to rebrand yourself, then rebrand so that you can come out Shinning.

… We will Shine unto the End in the Name of Jesus – Amen.

5. Let us learn to give God All the Glory for every Victory that we win.

The Bible commands in 1 Thessalonians 5:18 that: In everything give Thanks: for this is the Will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

This helps us to do two (2) things:

I. It helps us to give All the Glory to God. That is put our focus on God.

II. It shifts the focus away from yourself and then you can Shine.

Many times the reason(s) that we are not able to sustain our Shinning is because the focus is too much on “I”; “Me” and “Mine”.

And that is not the Trinity the Father wants us to work with. He wants us to walk with: “The Father”; “The Son” and “The Holy Ghost”.

Let us learn to thank God for everything He has done. If all our attention is always on God then we will be able to retain our Shine.

But we have gotten to also remember that the only way we can Shine is if that the Glory is upon you in the first place.

And the only way the Glory can come according to the Bible in Psalms 8:5 is that God has Crowned us with Glory and Honour. But in the course of living our lives many times we lose this. But what can put the Glory back on us and position us to Shine is if our positions are right with Jesus Christ.

You may be here (or reading) and have been going to Church for a long time. You may even be in this Program since the day it started. But you and I we need to examine our lives: Where am I? Is the Glory of the Lord really upon me? Am I truly a Born Again Christian? If Jesus Christ comes back now to say that I am coming for my own; are you sure that you will go with Him?

Before we pray any other Prayers; we want to pray for you – You are not sure of your stand with Jesus Christ. There is no case of Him sending the driver back for you: You miss the Rapture then you pay for your Salvation with your own blood.

But God does not want that to happen and that is why He positioned us to live a “Life of Glory”.

So if you are here this morning (or reading) and you have examined your life and know that your life is not right with Jesus Christ; just come forward now. All we want to do is to pray for you.

Jesus Christ does not condemn but hates what goes wrong. He loves us so much that He is ready to make your life right.

We are going to pray but the first people we Will pray for are those who knows that in your life you are not really born again. You may be Religious and be going to Church.

So if you are here this morning and you either wants to surrender your life to Jesus Christ or you want to rededicate your life to Jesus Christ; please wherever you may be just come forward so that we can pray for you. You may even be the only person.

And as you come; ask the Lord to forgive whatever has gone wrong in your life because the Blood of Jesus Christ will cleanse you today as if that Blood is just being shed.

Thank you my brothers and sisters. Please just come so that we can pray for you.

As you come; ask Jesus Christ to forgive you all you have done wrong.

And brethren please let us stretch our hands towards them and pray for them that the Blood of Jesus Christ will cleanse them from all unrighteousness. Let’s pray for them.

PRAYER FOR SALVATION

My Father and my God we want to thank you. We thank you for your children. We asked and prayed that the Blood of Jesus will cleanse them from all unrighteousness.

We also pray Lord God Almighty that they will not also miss it. And that on the “Last Day” when you come, they will Shine and keep Shinning till the very end.

Father, we asked that you keep them to the End and that your Name alone will be Glorified.

Thank you Father, in Jesus Name we have prayed – Amen!

Please brethren stay where you are for one (1) minute.

Shall we all rise and let’s just pray this one (1) prayer:

Father, please keep me Shinning till the end. Let me not end up with shame in Jesus Name.

Please let’s pray – Please keep us to the End.

Thank you Father, in Jesus Name we have prayed – Amen.

CLOSING PRAYERS

And our Father and our God we want to thank you. Thank you Lord because indeed you want us to Arise, Shine and keep Shinning until Jesus comes.

Father, we pray that you grant us the Grace to pay the Price and remained on Top. And Lord whenever it is that anything goes wrong; deliver us.

Any kind of pride  that may want us to overlook; please whatever you need to do; do it in our lives and keep us to the end. Thank you Father.

We also want to thank you for the souls you have saved this morning. We asked Oh God that you will keep them till the very End. That when Jesus Christ comes; they too and us will come to Heaven with you.

Thank you Father, in Jesus Name we have prayed – Amen!

Thank you so much for staying all through to read.

It is outrightly wrong and a sin for anyone that wants to swim in God’s Glory to consciously remove the original source of the work that does not emanate for him or her!

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