Bishop David Oyedepo

Tension-free life...

*Everything matters to God including names *It is Never late to be right

Spiritual costs: The fragrance of your prayer today will speak for you tomorrow. It would help if you were connected to your spiritual rocks to keep on bearing your fruits. It would be best to have help from heaven, strength in the day of trouble.   Intellectual cost - knowledge is power. To be informed is to be transformed; uninformed is to be deformed. The more enlightened you are on any subject matter, the greater the level of command you gain. We need a working knowledge of any venture we are embarking on. It's the information that gives value to every vision.   I knew God told me to embark on Covenant University as a project, but time was invested in searching and researching what type of university are we heading for. It is not only having a vision; it is having adequate information which will drive the vision. Information is the vehicle with which every vision is moving to its accomplishment.   Intellectual costs have been ignored. That is why many businesses have been short-lived. The more enlightened we are on any subject matter, the more level of command we gain. Sustainable success is guaranteed by quality information. Give attention to reading, doctrine and exaltation.   Physical cost - high elasticity is a requirement for high performance. It takes hard work to fly higher. Every success story is traceable to a high-level investment of time, energy and resources; you need energy to maximize destiny. John 9:4.   Anyone that is not working will end up begging. Things only work for workers. There is no shortcut. People think it's only money used to invest in a business. 

2For anyone who speaks in a tongue [1] does not speak to men but to God. Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries with his spirit. [2]3But everyone who prophesies speaks to men for their strengthening, encouragement and comfort.4He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church.-1 Corinthians 14v2-4

27 years Barrenness Destroyed!

Ese Brume, the Nigerian bronze medalist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics (held in 2021), and her coach, Yaya Kayode, share how God saw them through the games via their various engagements in Kingdom advancement endeavours. To God be all the glory!

Okpere Mittabel shares how God healed her of Migraine, and she is healed forever. To God be the glory!

In this episode, Leandre Augusta, shares how God rescued her from death. Today, she is well and fine. To God be all the glory!

May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times over and bless you as He has promised.-Deuteronomy 1:11

11As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit. 12Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double. -Zechariah 9:11-12

10The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky. 11May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times over and bless you as He has promised.-Deuteronomy 1:10-11

But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.-2 Peter 3:8

7“Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy. 8Whohas heardof such as this?Whohas seensuch things?Can a countrybe bornin adayora nationbe deliveredin an instant?Yetas soon as Zionwas in labor,she gave birth toher children.9Shall I bring a baby to the point of birth and not deliver it?” says the LORD. “Or will I who deliver close the womb?” says your God.…-Isaiah 66:7-9  

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD.-Isaiah 55:8

Acts 4:30-33 30 By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus. 31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness. 32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. 33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. Acts 9:34-35 34 And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately. 35 And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord.

Isaiah 4:4-5 4 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning. 5 And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence. Jeremiah 20:9 9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay. Rom 1:16 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

 26But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you-John 14:26

Romans 8:26-27 26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.   Isaiah 66:7-8 7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child. 8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.

17Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.-2 Corinthians 3:17-18

37When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” 38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”…-Acts 2:37-38

30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.-Prov 11:30

3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.-Daniel 12:3

John 16:8-11 8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 Of sin, because they believe not on me; 10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; 11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. Acts 2:37-41 37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? 38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. 40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation. 41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

13Although the people regarded them highly, no one else dared to join them. 14Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord— large numbers of both men and women. 15As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.-Acts 5:13-15

16Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.” 17 The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.” 18So He told them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.…- Luke 10:16-18   48When His parents saw Him, they were astonished. “Child, why have You done this to us?” His mother asked. “Your father and I have been anxiously searching for You.” 49“Why were you looking for Me?” He asked. “ Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house?” 50But they did not understand the statement He was making to them.…---Luke 2:48-50

17I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me. 18With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and righteousness--Proverbs 8:17-18

1 Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered. 2“Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you."3So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated-Genesis 22:1-3

1Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments. 2His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.3Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.…-Psalm 112:1-3

The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.-Isaiah 9:8

28And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. 29And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?-1 Samuel 17v28-29

God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?-Num 23:19   Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.-Revelation 3:20 

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.-Deuteronomy 28:1-3

9Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names, 10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.…-Philippians 2:9-10

We must keep sowing the seed of the word as we reach out to the lost and watering the same by prayer, if we must continue to experience supernatural Church growth  

16Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! 17If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility--1 Cor. 9:16-17

Marketing the Goodness of Jehovah  18As He was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed by the demons begged to go with Him. 19But Jesus would not allow him. “Go home to your own people,” He said, “and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and what mercy He has shown you.” 20So the man went away and began to proclaim throughout the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And everyone was amazed. 21When Jesus had again crossed by boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around Him beside the sea.…-Mark 5:18-21

Until we are ready to obey divine instructions, we are not ready to manifest the supernatural  10Elisha sent a messenger to say to him, “Go, wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored and you will be cleansed.” 11But Naaman went away angry and said, “I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, wave his hand over the spot and cure me of my leprosy. 12Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Couldn’t I wash in them and be cleansed?” So he turned and went off in a rage. 13Naaman’s servants went to him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’!” 14So he went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, as the man of God had told him, and his flesh was restored and became clean like that of a young boy.-– 2 Kings 5:10-14

The Great Commission 14Later, as they were eating, Jesus appeared to the Eleven and rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen. 15And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.…-Mark 16:14-16

 14How then can they call on the One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach? 15And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”16But not all of them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”17Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ---Romans 10:14-17