Message Title: The Power of Primitive Faith
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Ministering: Dr. D. K. Olukoya
Daniel 3:14-18 demonstrates the power of primitive faith. Shedrach, Meshach and Abednego dared the king.
The men of old moved in a realm where we are struggling to understand.
Throwing in the fire became their breakthrough.
Four miracles occurred because of their primitive faith.
1. The people that threw them in the fire died.
2. They gained their freedom - the
3. They saw, prayed and danced with the King of kings.
4. They were promoted.
Matthew 17:20
We need to change our attitude to prayers - no sit-down-look attitude.
Jesus aggressively confronted demons, yet we Christians are afraid of demons.
Jesus resisted temptation to the point of exhaustion, but we yield easily.
Jesus blasted money changers and threw their tables away, but we allow negative to thrive around us.
Jesus insisted that mountains must move; however, we believe in what will be, will be.
Those who are moving with God have grown beyond tithe, and God is blessing them.
People of primitive faith don't mind giving everything to God not just tithe or first fruits.
Jesus insisted that faith must be risky but we want to see before we believe.
Jesus never put up with unholy trespassers, but we rub shoulders with all sorts of people.
There is a kind of faith that refuses to back down; this kind of faith is allowed in the scripture.
There is nowhere in the scripture where we are told to be door mats and allow men to trample upon us.
There is nowhere in the scripture where we are told to tolerated powers of darkness.
When we get on our knees, we overcome.
A heavily pregnant woman was walking about to cross a railway line, she bumped into a Sango worshipper by mistake. This Sango worshipper was in company of his fellows. The woman apologised however, the Sango worshipper rejected the apology, insisted that she must beg. Vengefully, the Sango worshippers summoned fire from his mouth, Lagosians gathered around asking the woman to beg. She vehemently refused, instead told the Sango worshippers since you cannot accept my apology, I quench that fire in your mouth by the fire in the blood of Jesus. Immediately, the fire went off, and the Sango worshippers started hailing her.
Other examples of primitive faith:
1. David standing up to Goliath.
2. Elijah challenging the prophets of Baal.
The enemy might win a few battles; however, as Christians we should strive to win the war.
We keep challenging by the power in the blood of Jesus.
We should share in God's anger against the evil ones.
Sudden death, sudden glory. Keep fighting for Christ.
We serve a warrior God, we cannot pray once or twice and let go after few days.
We need holy desperation; we need bold, non-compromising faith.
Those who risked their reputation to be with Christ, end u winning.
Faith that does not get its hands dirty.
Primitive faith removes mountains.
Faith Killers
1. Entertaining thoughts of failure.
2. Meditating on the magnitude of the problem. Focusing on Goliath instead of God.
3. Focusing on the difficulty instead of the solution.
4. Bowing down to discouragement.
5. Forgetting God's benefit.
6. Listening to the symptoms.
7. Trying to see before you believe instead of believing before seeing.
8. Trying other solutions after prayer.
9. Referencing to other failures.
10. Referencing to failure of others.
11. Listening of the siren of the problem while abandoning God's work.
12. Giving up.
13. Thoughts of suicide.
14. Giving to worry and anxiety.
15. Listening to the conversations of unbelief.
16. Reading more and more about your problems.
17. Negative confessions.
18. Moving by sight.
19. Living in any known sin.
20. Giving in to fear.
Personal Questions
1. Am I a representative of Heaven?
2. Are there people looking at me?
3. Am I at the level of power that God wants me to be?
4. Does Heaven respect my words, does hellfire respect my words?
Prayers
1. Where is Lord God of Elijah? Arise! Make me your battle axe, in Jesus' name. Amen.
2. I move from glory to glory, from strength to strength, from favour to favour, by power in the blood Jesus, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
3. Powers speaking demotion into my life die! In the name of Jesus. Amen.
4. Powers using my glory to shine, you are liar! Die! In the name of Jesus. Amen.
5. Power to terrify my enemies; I am available, fall upon me now! In the name of Jesus. Amen.
