ANOINTING TO MARCH FORWARD!
Text: Ex 14:13-15
Ministering: Pastor Dr. Raf Otono
Date: 5 February 2023
Tell your neighbor it is time to MARCH FORWARD!
Today is the first Sunday of the month of march and it is a prophetic and anointing service!
Child of God, hear me – there is a time to standstill but there’s also a time to march forward!
Our God is not a stagnant God – He is a mover! – Gen 1:1-2
Our God is a progressive God!
In Genesis – He is the creator of Heaven & earth
In Exodus – He is the Passover Lamb
In Leviticus – He is the High Priest
In Numbers – He is the pillar of cloud by day and pillar of fire by night
In Deuteronomy – He is the prophet like unto Moses
In Joshua – He is the captain of our salvation
In Judges – He is the judge and law giver
In Ruth – He is the kinsman redeemer
1 & 2 Samuel – He is our trusted prophet
1 & 2 Kings – He’s our trusted King
1 & 2 Chronicles – He is our reigning King
In Ezra – He’s the devoted scribe
In Nehemiah – He’s the rebuilder of the broken walls
In Esther – He’s the protector of His people
In Job – He’s our redeemer
In Psalm – He’s the great shepherd
In Proverbs & Ecclesiastes – He is our wisdom & strong tower
In Songs of Solomon – He’s the loving bridegroom
In Isaiah – He is the prince of peace
Jeremiah – He is the righteous branch
Lamentations – He is the weeping prophet
Ezekiel – He is the glorious four faced man
Daniel – He is the 4th man in the fire
Hosea – He is the faithful husband
Joel – He is the restorer of wasted years
Amos – He is the burden bearer
Obadiah – He is the mighty deliverer
Jonah – He is the great foreign missionary
Micah – He is our great watch man
Nahum – He is our strength and shield
Habakkuk – He is the fulfiller of visions
Zephaniah – He is the great warrior that saves
Haggai – He is the restorer of our lost heritage
Zechariah – He is the branch and temple builder
Malachi – He is the sun of righteousness
Don’t tell me you are a child of God and you are still stagnant! Our God, your father is not stagnant! – Tell your neighbor move forward!
Listen: Until you move, God cannot prove Himself, until you act God cannot react!
Many of us are waiting for God while God is waiting for us to move and take the first step!
Deut 1:6-8 – He said to them, you have dwelt on this mountain for too long – it is time to move forward!
In Mark 5:25 – the woman with the issue of blood said – if I can touch the hem of His garment, I shall be made whole but she didn’t stop there. SHE MOVED!
In 2 Kings 7:3-11 – The bible spoke about the 4 leprous men – they said “why sit we here and die? If we go into the city we die, if we stay here, we die! All die na die so therefore let’s MOVE! And as they moved God amplified their footsteps!
Hey! This month I prophesy, this month – GOD WILL AMPLIFY YOUR FOOTSTEPS!
Listen: There is an anointing that forces men to move forward! When that oil comes upon you it pushes you into your destiny & purpose – it is called THE JEHU’S ANOINTING! – 2 Kings 9:1-6,16
WHY DO WE NEED THIS ANOINTING TO MARCH FORWARD?
- It makes you uncomfortable in your comfort zone – 2 Kings 9:5,11-12 AMP
A lot of people don’t move forward because of arrival mentality and their comfort zone.
Jehu became comfortable in his comfort zone as a captain when he ought to be a king! It was the oil that pushed him out of his comfort zone!
Listen: Your comfort zone is the biggest enemy of your promised land
Your destiny begins at the end of your comfort zone
The day you lose your comfort zone, you will find your purpose and promise land.
- It emboldens you & kills the spirit of fear – 2 Kings 9:14 AMP
The reason a lot of people don’t move forward in life is because they are scared of failure! What if I fail? The fear of the unknown! The don’t want to take any kind of risk!
Listen: Life itself is a risk and only those who take risk, conquer risk. The biggest risk in life is not to take a risk! – Esther 4:16 – If I perish, I perish!
You are too careful! – even the bible said in Phil 4:6 – be careful for nothing but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God!
Arch Bishop Benson Idahosa – Those who take care do not take charge and those who take charge do not take care!
Listen: Those who say if I perish, I perish they never perish! Don’t believe me? Ask Esther and the 3 Hebrew boys! – Tell your neighbor march forward! (The prisoner and the army general story)
3 THINGS THAT HAPPENS WHEN WE MARCH FORWARD
- God gives you light for speed and darkness to slow down your adversaries – Ex 14:19-20
- God divides your red sea & eliminates your oppressors – Ex 14:21-22,27-28
Red sea is that overwhelming obvious obstacle, why you don’t want to move forward!
But watch this – Do you realize God had not parted the red sea yet when He asked them to move forward?
Your red sea is the mountain between you and your promised land – Zech 4:7
- God puts a new song in your mouth – Ex 15:1-5
PRAYERS & ANOINTING:
Oh God of heaven, by this anointing push me out of my comfort zone into my destiny in the name of Jesus
Oh God of heaven, by this anointing empower and embolden me to move forward! Let the spirit of fear hindering my greatness be terminated by this anointing in the name of Jesus!
Oh God of heaven, by this anointing increase my light and put a new song in my mouth in the name of Jesus
ALTAR CALL!
