BREAD OF
LIFE SERVICE - by Tony Olukoyede
7-9am Every Thursday
TOPIC: ACTIVATING
THE ALTAR OF APPRECIATION & WORSHIP
DATE: March 3, 2011
GENESIS 35 : 1 – 15 ; NUMBERS 23: 17 - 30
Introduction
From generation to generation, the word of God declares: “Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise
ye the LORD.” Psalm 150:6
The only
one thing that God demands from man is to give Him all the glory. All glory
belongs to the Living God! He is the Immortal, the Invisible, the Immovable,
the Unchangeable and the Only Wise God!.
Every
prevailing prayer must begin with praise and worship, and end in praise and
worship. Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour taught His disciples this all
important Kingdom principle for effective prayer lifestyle.
Hear
Him: “After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.” Matthew 6:9
There must be non-negotiable recognition,
appreciation and adoration of the Living God as our heavenly Father who has
become our Father through Christ Jesus.
Everywhere He went, Abraham raised up
altars of appreciation and worship to the Living God! The significance of this
is to acknowledge and establish God’s supremacy and sovereignty over all other
gods! In other words, it signifies the super-imposition of God’s everlasting
Kingdom over all others.
My prayer today is that the Kingdom of God
will be established in all areas of your life endeavours and His praise shall
continually be in your mouth in Jesus’ mighty name!
THINGS TO NOTE:
1.
The foundation of every altar raised to God should be His appreciation
and worship.
2. The altar of appreciation and worship of God will
cause all other opposing altars and kingdoms to fail.
3.
Real difficult situations are straightened out and solutions provided
through the altar of appreciation and worship to the Living God.
4.
To continually live in victory, you must
endeavor to continually raise up altars of appreciation and worship to the Most
High God.
PRAYER POINTS
1. Genesis
8:20, 21 - “And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD;
and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt
offerings on the altar. And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in
his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the
imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite
any more every thing living, as I have done.”
Prayer Points:
·
LORD, today,
I have come to raise unto you an altar of heartfelt appreciation and worship.
Lord, let my prayer be acceptable to you in Jesus’ mighty name!
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2. Judges 6:25, 26 - “And
it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father's
young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the
altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it: And build an altar
unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take
the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove
which thou shalt cut down.”
Prayer Points:
·
Lord, by virtue
of your supremacy and sovereignty over all things, I pull down every contrary
altar in opposition to your way and to your will in my life, in Jesus’ mighty
name!
3. 1 Samuel 5:3, 4 – “And when they of
Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the
earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place
again. And
when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his
face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both
the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon
was left to him.”
Prayer Points:
·
Father, by the
reason of your manifest presence and glory in my life, let every spirit operation,
and manifestation of Dagon in my life be dislodged, in Jesus’ mighty name!
4. Psalm 79:13 – “So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks
for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.”
Prayer Points:
·
Lord, I declare
by your Spirit, grace and power, that your praise shall continually be in my
mouth all the days of my life and my generations, in Jesus’ mighty name!
5. Psalm 145:21 – “My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh
bless his holy name for ever and ever.”
Prayer Points:
·
Now, I declare
boldly and decisively to all areas of my life, be it spiritual, marital, physical, mental, health and financial, to be filled with
the praise and worship of the Living God, in Jesus’ mighty name!
6. 2 Chronicles 20:22, 23 – “And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set
ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were
come against Judah; and they were smitten.
For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of
mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of
the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.”
Prayer Points:
·
Lord, by the
power of your appreciation, praise and worship in my mouth, cause major
confusions and devastations in my enemies’ camp, and bring their conspiracy
against me to perpetual destruction, in Jesus’ mighty name!
7. Matthew 6:13 – “And lead us not
into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the
power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.”
Prayer Points:
·
Lord, be thou
continually glorified in my life in heaven and in all the earth, for yours is
the Kingdom and the power for ever and ever, in Jesus’ mighty name!
