Doxa

The last couple of messages for Glory Cloud touched on breaking through barriers, and destiny. Below is a snapshot of nuggets shared by Apostle Michael Adefarasin. Sunday evening of Glory Cloud was an anointing service.

A breakthrough is a significant or sudden advance or increase that removes barriers to your progress. There are different types of breakthroughs:

• Individual – personal to you
• Corporate – as relating to a group (e.g. a church)
• Territorial – as relating to a region or country

Usually a person may need a breakthrough to overcome a stalemate (a goal “stand-off”), stagnant situation. When breaking through, a unity of vision and of purpose is required. In trying to achieve goals, it is important to realize that if you have to compromise to get (or acquire) something, then you most likely have to keep compromising to keep it.

It Begins with a Seed

Everything God bestows upon you comes initially as a seed; it never comes developed – treasures in earthen vessels. This is so everything has to go through a birthing process. Typically, a woman is better-positioned to breakthrough because her genetic makeup understands the birthing process; the need to overcome is inherent, and it goes beyond a desire. Spiritually, prayer, fasting, and taking a step of faith is crucial for experiencing a breakthrough. Understanding God’s purpose for your life and the abilities he has deposited within you, leads you to your destiny. Therefore when you become or are in attunement with your destiny, you can have the blessings that it brings.

Covenant Relationship

You need to be in a covenant with God and the set man of God (the Pastor) whom you have chosen to be your covering.

Being in covenant with the man of God also means that need to be in covenant with the vision of the man of God has for the church because God would speak to him first before you, concerning the things of His church. Sometimes your blessing comes through the church, through the pastor, right from God.

Points to Ponder

1. Remember that God looks at the motivation behind your thoughts.
2. God wants us to exert our influence in our domain. When we do this, we are better positioned to bring the kingdom of God to our sphere of influence.

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Rev. Adeniyi Daniel

On Sunday June 21, 2009, fathers were celebrated all over the United States, and like most churches in the nation, the day wasn’t any different for House of Glory. I guess you can chalk this under one of the qualities of being a growing church – it makes it very easy for gifts to be presented to tall the men/fathers in the house. Once again The Daughters of Zion stepped up to the plate.

[Daughters of Zion (DOZ), is the coined name for the Women’s Ministry of House of Glory.]

Rev. Adeniyi Daniel, one of the more frequent guest pastors on the House of Glory roster, was the speaker for the day, and like always captured the HOG audience with his doggedness and passion of things relating to fathers and children, family inheritances, and destiny alignment – mixing in, every now and then animated illustrations to drive his point home.

Through his ministration, once again we are reminded the importance of a name, and how parents should seek God in determining names for their children – when looking at the patriarchs and other examples in the bible, their names were usually linked to their destinies. Do you remember the story of Jabez? Depending on our names, its meanings or destiny, do we need to cry out a prayer similar to his?

1 Chronicles 4:9-10 (New International Version)

⁹ Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “I gave birth to him in pain.”

¹⁰ Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted his request.

Rev. Daniel and Deac. Bassey demonstrate how Jacob came out the womb grasping at Esau's heel.

Do we need to be adamant like Jacob, who wrestled with an angel at night (while others were sleeping) and got his name changed?

Genesis 32 (King James Version)

²⁷And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

²⁸And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

Bottom line, we should live our lives with purpose and wisdom. Fathers, be the best dad you can be – mothers be the best you can be, and finally children/youth aspire to be greater and achieve the most out of your potential as you possibly can – God willing.

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