Luke 4:14-19 ‘And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.’
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In 1942 two teenagers got married who would later greatly impact the world. Tommy Lee Osborn was only 18 years and his wife Daisy 17 years, but they had a great vision. Soon they began to pastor a church in Portland, Oregon.
After a female missionary from India ministered to their small congregation, the Osborn’s felt an instant calling to international outreach.
They moved to India to begin missionary work. However, despite all their efforts, they couldn’t convince the Hindus and the Muslims to accept Jesus. Filled with frustration at their failure on the mission field, they returned to their church in America.
Seeing how powerfully God was using evangelists like William Branham and Gordon Lindsay, they realized that lack of power had been the missing ingredient that led to their ministry failure in India. As they hungered for the manifestation of God’s power, they embarked on the study of God’s Word, prayers and seeking counsel from anointed ministers of the Gospel.
They were challenged to go into days of fasting after reading Franklin Hall’s book, “Atomic Power With God Through Fasting and Prayer’.
After fasting for some days T.L. Osborne had a divine encounter that marked the beginning of the miraculous in their ministry. When they hosted the first healing service in their church in Portland, they saw amazing miracles and healings. From there they began to travel to other countries, preaching the Gospel and seeing mighty miracles. On their return back to India, they preached the Gospel with power and saw many souls saved. Afterwards they ministered in huge crusades in different countries and impacted millions of people globally through God’s power.
Fasting and praying is a secret key that unlocks the door to a higher level of impact and influence.
There are unseen ceilings that limit people from progressing to higher levels in their calling. Despite how hard a man works, he may find himself in the same spot every year.
To break through invisible barriers this year 2024 and break forth on every side, we need to engage the power of God.
It takes a genuine encounter with the Anointing to announce you to your world.
Jesus was publicly unknown for 30 years, but when He returned from 40 days of praying and fasting there was an eruption of power in His ministry and His fame spread abroad.[ Luke 4:14-19]
To move from local to global in our operations, power is a necessity.
Glorious prophetic declarations have been made over us this year, but to see their manifestations, the power bill must be paid.
It is in this season of fasting and praying that we become adequately empowered to overcome the forces of stagnation that will try to hinder our breaking forth on every side.
This New Year holds great promises, but for every new level there is a new devil and for every open door there are adversaries.
Let us therefore prepare for victory by repositioning ourselves spiritually.. By digging deeper into God’s Word, prayer and fasting, we will experience an outbreak of light that will flush out the forces of darkness and usher us into unlimited breakthroughs and progress.
PRAYER: Father, I thank You for the grace to pay the required spiritual price to see Your power manifest in my life this year. It is certainly my time to break forth to higher levels of success in every area in Jesus Name.
QUOTE: Everything that ultimately has a glorious ending usually has a humble beginning. – WORDBITE 222
Shalom!
GOODHEART EKWUEME
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