We had delegates from Niger Republic, Lagos, Abuja Lokoja,
Ile-Oluji (Ondo State), in attendance and several other churches and ministries
within the land of Sokoto, who actively participated.
EXCERPTS FROM THE WORD EXPOSITORY SESSION
The meeting commenced at the
stipulated time, 5:00pm on Thursday,25th October, 2012 with an
opening prayer in tongues to set the stage for the Spirit influence over the
meeting
The flow of the meeting was
sustained by a deep intense worship session which led to the Word session.
The Word session was a moment to
share with believers on the burden and premise for the meeting, the
expectations of God concerning the meeting, what God is counting on us to
achieve with Him through the summit.
The word came expressly that the
focus for the meeting is laborers and not the nations or the harvest.
The words of enlightenment came
on how the whole world has become a global village making the nations
accessible and open to the gospel if only we can maximize the opportunities
that abound before us.
It was further revealed that the
most populous nations in the world with largest number of unbelievers are yet
accessible if only we can look beyond the conventional open doors we are used
to. It was revealed that through the instrumentality of education, health,
commerce etc most nations of the world have become accessible to the gospel.
It is not about what to do but
it’s about the mass of people required to do it.
The labourers can be categorized
into three(3) namely: Praying, Preaching and Paying implying that everyone
concentrates on his/her own division of the assignment with the due sense of
purpose, duty and responsibility.
The word exposition culminated
into a prayer session as instructed by the Lord in the central theme scripture
Matthew 9:36-38
The meeting was well attended by
seasoned men of God from divers’ denominations.
The word session rounded off
with closing prayer made by elders of the church in Sokoto, these prayers in a
way set the tune for the next round of prayer sessions to be conducted.
FRIDAY MORNING-The prayers kicked off with praying in the
spirit to access the mysteries of God as it relates to the central theme of
recruiting labourers. The prayer flow led to a progressive revelation that true
labourers must be envisioned and empowered to work.
Prayers were made on the
envisioning of every heart and that Spirit encounters are given to every one diversely
and individually as it relates to this harvest.
FRIDAY NOON-Prayers were made with emphasis still on the
envisioning of hearts which is the seat of decisions to birth a willingness and
availability consciousness to the master’s concern as it relates to the global
harvest.
Scriptural insights were given
on how God will give pastors after His own heart unto the people in response to
these prayers.
FRIDAY EVENING-The prayers commenced with intense praying
in other tongues still on the central theme that labourers be sent forth into
the harvest.
This session was anchored by
several women of God present with each person giving a supply of the Spirit to
the prayer focus.
The meeting culminated into a
worship session which ushered in some prophetic utterances.
SATURDAY MORNING-The meeting continued still with greater
fervency and heart connections in prayers. The central focus still maintained
on the deployment of labourers into the harvest.
Progressively the word of the
Lord came that this meeting will lead to the emergence of strong and healthy
churches and ministries.
SATURDAY NOON-The flow of the meeting was sustained with
fervent prayers made yet on the
central theme. Insights continued to flow as it was revealed by the Spirit that
there will be a repeat of Acts13:1-4 through
this meeting where believers will be sent forth by the Holy Spirit. These led
to a corporate prayer for a fresh infilling of the Holy Spirit in the church at
large to fulfill the assignment before her.
SATURDAY EVENING-This session began with intense prayers
still on the central theme. The flow of the meeting became charged as several
ministers of God continue to lead the congregation in praying in the Spirit.
The word of the Lord came that the ‘few’ as seen in that scripture (Matthew
9:37) is not only numeric but also in the strength, agility, equipping and
fortification of these labourers. This led to prayers and congregational
response of Amen. A vision was shared with the focus on courage as a necessity
to accomplish the task ahead and Pastor Courage charged up the congregation by
speaking to the soul and heart of the churches in the continents to be strong
and courageous.
He also led everyone to take a prophetic action which involved
re-positioning themselves by physically walking away from where they were
standing praying in tongues. A further instruction was given that everyone
should look toward the pulpit while each person takes three (3) steps in this
direction.
The summit ended officially around 7:40pm with a charge from Pastor
Courage that everyone should go in ‘this
thy might’ and do as the Spirit bade them to and also a call and response
on the Church is strong, agile, durable, long lasting, focused, courageous etc
and the people answered Amen.
