29/04/2026
Messiah’s greetings blessed saints from wherever you are watching us from various social media platforms. We welcome you to the live service. We thank God for making it possible for us to gather again. We thank Him for His grace and mercies; we are where we are and who we are because of His favour. This is the day that the Lord has made, we shall eat and partake from above.
We are going to learn about something we have been learning in the previous weeks. As children of God, when we are called or positioned, there is no fear. We need not to fear, worry or be concerned about anything. In the book of Numbers, the word of God says “He is not a man that He should lie nor a son of man that He should change His mind”. When God says ”I will do it”, surely He will do it.
𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗯𝘀 𝟭𝟵 𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗖 : 𝟮𝟬 -𝟮𝟭 {20. 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑙, 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒. 21 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑛'𝑠 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝑟𝑑'𝑠 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑}. When you allow yourself to be instructed and corrected, you put yourself in a position to be wise. In the book of Revelations, it says “you say you are rich, you have everything but if you were to come to me, I was going to dress you”. You might think to yourself that you are capable and have made it, yet you are still lacking. Hear counsel meaning -get the teachings, guidance and instructions. Be someone with a teachable spirit, so that you may become wise in the time to come.
You might think that you are able to get from point A to point B and you are capable on your own, but when you miss counsel and guidance, you will find yourself toiling (working hard). Majority of people who fear following instructions and to be corrected find themselves working too hard.
𝗣𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗺 𝟮𝟯 (𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗖) : 𝟭-𝟯 {1 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘚𝘩𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘥 [𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥, 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘦], 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬. 2 𝘏𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘪𝘯 [𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩, 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳] 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴; 𝘏𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴. 3 𝘏𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 (𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧); 𝘏𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 [𝘶𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘏𝘪𝘮–𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵] 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦'𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘬𝘦.} I want us to understand the role of a shepherd here. It is not just about the pastures. Many focus only on the pastures that they can get from a shepherd but ignore the instructions that they need to receive from a shepherd.
Remember Abraham, God instructed him to leave his family and domestic land to a land that the Lord was going to show him. At that moment, the instruction did not make sense, but Abraham obeyed the instruction and left his native land. He heard counsel and followed the instruction of God. I’m sure some of his family members were against Abraham leaving them but always remember that the instructions of God come with separation. God’s instructions cause separation meaning that when God gives you instructions there are people who are going to be affected or offended by your obedience to the instructions.
The Lord is my shepherd, He takes me where I need to graze. We need to pay attention to where God wants us to be. As soon as we identify such a place, I do not need to leave the place. When God positions you, be careful of forces that will come and try to deviate you from where you have been positioned by God. You need to be strong enough to remain. When God is in charge of my life, I am covered, protected and lack nothing - meaning that God will cause you to be fruitful.
A major problem among many Christians is the desire to be accepted by everyone; as a result, they conform to the patterns of this world. They miss out on what God has in store for them. Abraham was separated from his people and still caused him to be fruitful. When God removes you from the multitudes, not everyone is going to applaud you. I want us to understand the concept of a shepherd. When God is your shepherd, He will separate and set you apart. We all have our unique journey. Some of us the way God equips us might be embarrassing to people or something of a very low standard, but the Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want.
When the Shepherd instructs me to pass through something even when it is embarrassing, I know there is a guarantee that I will not lack. It is not about popularity and acceptance from people, but it is about where God is taking me. Let them criticize you and say whatever but let us meet at the point of result. Lets see how God is working in your life. Many people claim that God is their shepherd, but why do they want?. Why do you run to people for shelter, food, and covering- It means there is something missing with your shepherd. How you obey God’s instructions, we will see it by results.
𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝟭𝟮 𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗖 : 𝟭-𝟮 { 1 𝘕𝘰𝘸 [𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯] 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘈𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘮, 𝘎𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 [𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦] 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 2 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 [𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘴] 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 [𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴]}. God instructs Abraham to go not for the sake of his family but for his own benefit. To you, it might not be a geographical shift but a conceptual shift. Some things might look normal but do not conform to them. Others will even say “other Christians practice them” but always remember the instruction of the shepherd. As you comprise and follow the customs and traditions of the crowds you are selling your blessing.
He says “go, I will cause you to be fruitful and everything will work in your favour”. Certain things will never happen when you are still attached to the old. You need to allow yourself to be a joke, an embarrassment for the glory of God. Abraham had to be separated in order to be blessed. If you remain in the customs, you cause the curse to prevail in your life. Whatever was prevailing in your generation (i.e misfortunes, pre-mature death, miscarriages, sicknesses etc), if you do not separate yourself from your family customs will also prevail against you because you will also be bowing to that curse.
As you separate, it is not going to be easy, they are going to fight, resist, and point figures but remember who your shepherd is. We are not here to be loved by people but to be positioned by God. Let them fight you, tomorrow you will feed them. When God says “feed your enemies”, it means He will cause you to have enough to even extend to your enemies.Remember our theme for 2026, continue to trust the one who judges righteously.
We are at rest and peaceful hence the more we fellowship, read and meditate on the word and pray, there is this peace that no one can temper with. It doesn’t matter what they do to you, but your peace can never be contaminate.
𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 : 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗯𝘀 𝟭𝟵: 𝟮𝟬 -𝟮𝟭. For a moment you might appear like a fool as you follow counsel, but the fruit will speak for itself. Surrender your plans and ambitions to God. Many are the plans of men, but it is only the will of God that will prevail. Don’t ever think you know what will happen tomorrow and you know how God is going to take you through the journey or process. When you are a sheep under the shepherd’s guidance, you might not know how you are going to eat tomorrow, but there is a guarantee that you will definitely eat. You might have planned to achieve certain things this year, but as you reflect , you find that you have not even achieved half of them. Do not blame and condemn yourself, remember that it is only the purpose/will of God that prevails. Not all your desires are in accordance with God’s purpose.
You might be feeling tired of that challenge but God may still say “hang in there, endure once again”. The word of God in the book of James 1 says “perseverance produces endurance”. Any test you are subjected to,allow it to finish its course. Do not take short cuts. Remember God has already told you who you shall become. You now have this ambition that you want everything to happen now so that people can see that God is working in your life. But it is only the will of God that will prevail over our ambition.
𝗣𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗺𝘀 𝟰𝟮 (𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗖) : 𝟰- 𝟱 {4. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘐 [𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺] 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦: 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘰𝘥 [𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨], 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦, 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭. 5 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘖 𝘮𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧? 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘰𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦? 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘏𝘪𝘮, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘮, 𝘮𝘺 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘥}. You might remember how in the past you used to be a pillar to many, until such a time when God subjects you to situations or challenges. The psalmist is encouraging himself to hope in God. Learn to encourage yourself in God when you are overwhelmed. God loves you. Do not be troubled and discouraged. As you follow the instruction people will mock you but as you follow Him, He will bless you. Be patient and learn to trust in God irrespective of what you are going through.
𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝟴 𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗖: 𝟮𝟳 -𝟯𝟬.You might have a situation and you go to your secret room and pray to God to remove it quickly, but God already knows your challenges. The purpose of God will always overpower what you have in mind. God will give you the strength to endure in that situation. When the Holy Spirit intercedes, He goes beyond your mind.
Because God foreknew you, He puts a journey that you must go through. You might have plans in your heart, but it is not about you but God’s will. When God removes you, do not worry about what people say, always follow the instructions. When you come out of the group, characters of many will be exposed. Remember to follow the instruction of the shepherd as a sheep.
To God Be the Glory!