AUGUST 12, 2018 SUNDAY SERVICE
FIRST FRUIT HARVEST
TEXT: Deut 32: 3-9, Prov 3:9-10
There are 3 nature of God
a. Omnipotent
b. Omnipresence
c. Omniscience
Some of the characters of God are;
1. He is unchangeable, dependable and reliable
2. He cannot lie (Num 23:19)
3. He is faithful and just.
A) THE INITIATIVE OF NOAH. (Gen 8:15-22). After the flood, God asked Noah and his family to leave the
Ark together with all the animals that were brought into the ark. After all these were done, Noah built
an altar to the Lord by sacrificing burnt offering. That sacrifice pleased the Lord and He promised never
to destroy all living creatures again.
B) THE DEMAND FROM ABRAHAM. (Gen 22:1-18). The Lord required Isaac from Abraham as a sacrifice
and despite the fact that Isaac was the only son of Abraham, he did not refuse. He selflessly went ahead
with the sacrifice. God was moved and He blessed Abraham by promising to make him father of nations.
C) THE HEART OF DAVID. (1 Chron 21:22-26). King David needed a good site to build an altar to the Lord.
Arauna offered to give David his land for free but David refused. He said that he would not offer any
sacrifice that will cost him nothing. He paid for the land, built the altar and sacrificed the burnt offering.
The Lord answered him immediately.
D) THE STYLE OF SOLOMON. (1 Kings 3:4-5). Solomon offered to God a thousand burnt offerings on the
altar and God gave him the opportunity to ask Him of anything He wants
E) THE RESULT OF ELIJAH. (1 Kings 18:30-39). In Elijah’s case, he had a right relationship with God, he
built the right altar, prayed the right prayer, and did the right sacrifice. These actions produced
uncommon results.
WHAT IS BARRENESS?
a) The state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children.
b) The Quality of yielding nothing of value.
Barrenness can also mean being at the region of Restlessness, wretchedness, expecting, nursing,
nurturing, experiencing stress without success.
GOD IS THE GOD OF FRUITFULNESS
Infact, fruitfulness is a DIVINE MANDATE. Gen 1:27-28.
27) So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him, male and female created
He them.
28) And God blessed them, and God said unto them. Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth,
and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowls of the air and over every
living thing that moveth upon the earth.
IN LIFE,
No planting, No Harvest.
No Location, No Allocation
No resistance, No progress
No command, No obedience
No labour, No wage (Reward)
BARRENNESS can be a function of internal or external factor.
Internal when the reason is intrinsically embedded or is in the nature of the land or business.
External when outside factors are acting upon the land or plant or business to deny it productivity.
Where favour is lacking, Labour is abounding. But when favour meets with labour, success in inevitable.
Again, where preparation meets opportunity, success is inevitable.
Barrenness ends when a person discovers his need for fruitfulness and discovers the keys to abundance
and recover all he has lost over the years. Every problem has in it the seed of its solution. If you are not
informed, you will be deformed.
Moses had in his hands a ROD which God used to make him perform miracles to set the Israelites free.
The widow who came to Elijah also had a jar of oil at home which God multiplied to help her sell and
make money.
The seed for success is already in you. What you can handle comes to you with the level of maturity.
Refusal to use your talent which everyone is given brings about barrenness. Bloom where you are; use
what you have, it has capacity for multiplication.
WHAT IS RELOCATION?
1. The transportation of people (as family or colony) to a new settlement.
2. The act of changing your residence or place of business
Divine Relocation is an act in destiny progression whereby a person in a seemingly ugly situation is made
to move into a better one. It is God taking you from where you are to where you should be.
Types of Divine Relocation
a) Immediate
b) Gradual. Prov 4:18
c) Speedily (Elijah overtook Ahab)
Purpose of Divine Relocation
1. For preservation;
a) Joseph and Mary took Jesus to Egypt
b) The woman of Shumen (2Kings 8)
c) Elijah was asked to go to Zarephat
d) Lot and his family was commanded to leave Sodom
e) Peter from Prison (Acts 12)
2. For Resettlement (Israelites from Egypt to Canaan)
3. For greater prosperity
4. For safety.
WHO NEEDS DIVINE RELOCATION?
If you are a wanderer in the journey of destiny, you need a guide to reach your destination.
If you are longing for progress and have been stagnated for long.
If you are under bondage, looking for a way to be free.
If you are in darkness longing for light
If you are in trouble, searching for a solution
If you are blind, lame, sick, looking for restoration.
If you are in sorrow, longing for joy
If you are barren, praying for fruitfulness
If you are a sinner, longing to be saved
THE MEANS OF DIVINE RELOCATION
1) By Divine Remembrance; Divine location will bring Divine Allocation. 2Samuel 9:1-13.
a) Joseph’s prison mate remembered him (Gen 41:9-14)
b) The king could not sleep for Mordecai (Esther 6)
2) By Divine Encounter;
a) The lame man at the beautiful gate (Acts 3)
b) The man at the pool of Bethsaida (John 5)
c) The satanically oppressed woman at the synagogue (Luke 13:10-20)
3) By Prayer; Jabez in 1chron 4:9-10, Psalm 40:1-3, Psalm 137 &126
4) By Personal Choice and Decision; the prodigal son
5) By Divine Intervention;
a) Peter in prison (Acts 12)
b) Daniel in the Lion’s den
c) The Hebrew boys
1) By Desperate cry
a) Blind Bartimeus (Mark 10:46-52)
b) Israelites in Egypt (Exodus 2: 23-25)
c) The Psalmist (Psalm 69:1-3)
2) By Wrestling with God; Jacob at Jabok (Gen 32: 22-32)
3) By Divine Calling; Peter (Luke 5:1-11), Gideon
4) By Divine Command; Isaiah 60:1 – Arise Shine