Culled and revised jottings
from a sermon from Dr. D.K Olukoya. General Overseer of the Mountain of fire
and Miracles Ministries.
Sermon Date: Sunday,
15th March, 2015
@ MFM Headquarters,
Lagos.
Too late to pray
Prayer is
the most powerful force that ever existed. It is an awesome key of faith.
Prayer is the only thing that the devil cannot do because he has nobody to pray
to.
All thing
in the house of God has a substitute except pray. Is it offering, preaching and
so on; they all have a substitute but prayer has no substitute.
Prayer can
do all things; physical or spiritual. God does everything he does through prayer.
Every great revival ever experience can be traced to the power of prayer.
Prayer is
not the preparation of battle; prayer is the battle itself. It is the hand that
moves the world around; it is the gateway to God’s blessing.
As powerful as this prayer is; there is a situation may
arise where it is too late to pray
{Matt
26:31} "Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me
this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the
flock shall be scattered abroad.”
Jesus was
telling the disciples about a night; A prophesy about a night of sorrow; night
of Denial; night of Temptation.
Jesus
prophesied that Peter will denial him before the cock crow trice.
Jesus also
told them what to do; He made a recommendation
{Matt 26:41}"Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but
the flesh is weak." They are supposed to watch
and pray”
If they
had prayed, they would not had entered into the temptation. Many
have refuse to watch and pray, which has thereafter entered into temptation.
The
disciples did not pray, hence they sleep instead of pray and they now entered
into the temptation
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Hear this
truth;
In every age, before Satan attacks, he first sends a
spirit of slumber upon those who are supposed to watch and pray against him
This has
happened in the history of the church and even in the Bible; slumber has
allowed the devil to infiltrate the church.
Jesus said;
the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
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In the
life of the disciples, Spirit lost to the flesh due to sleep.
God will
not always worry the people to pray; there will come that time when the prayer
will not make difference anymore; because it will be too late.
{Matt 26:43-45}"And he came and found
them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy. And he left them, and went away
again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. Then cometh he to his
disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the
hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners."
Jesus even
ask them to sleep on; because it was late for them to pray.
The time
you were supposed to pray on that contract; that job; that child of yours; that
business; you did not pray.
Now that;
things have gone out of place, you now want to start pray.
I pray
for you; “May it never be too late for
you to pray; in Jesus name.”
Condition where prayer becomes too late
Condition 1: Spirit of slumber
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When you
allow the spirit of slumber to replace your time of night vigils and prayers. There
are time God wakes you up to pray and you didn't listen.
That time
when a decision was to be made against you, God woke you up to cancel their
verdict but you slept on. Now that have concluded, made the verdict, sealed it,
you now wake up to pray; It is too late.
Some
times when you want to ease yourself, it is a time to say some prayers.
The most difficult
time to pray is between 3 and 4 in the morning; and that is also the time with
the highest spiritual transaction traffic is usually concluded.
5 Key Prayers everyone should always pray to pray
1. Father, do not let me pray When It is too late.
2. Father, do not let me pray when it went be acceptable
You can get the rest prayers from the audio CD or
book
Condition 2: Lessons for the story of the Rich Man and Lazarus
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{Luke
16:19-31}
“There was a certain rich man,
which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: And
there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of
sores, And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's
table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the
angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in
hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and
Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me,
and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my
tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst
thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and
thou art tormented. And beside all this, between us and you there is a great
gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can
they pass to us, that would come from thence.
Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send
him to my father's house: For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto
them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them
hear them. And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the
dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the
prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.”
This is a
powerful story that Jesus told. There are several lessons that can be learnt
for the passage; in fact, we can get over 50 lessons for the passage.
Some of
the lessons for the passage:
1. Use your money and opportunity to serve the lord
2. Have pity for poor.
3. Sin of neglect to things of God is very dangerous.
4. No second chance after death. You Determine your heaven during
lifetime
. . . You
can get the rest of the lessons from the audio CD or book
Lazarus
was poo on earth but loved the lord when He died Angels took him to father
Abraham’s bosom.
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The rich
man was so rich on earth; he lived in luxury daily; the bible did not even
recognized his name; though people at that time will all know the man because
of his affluence; when he died; angel did not pick carry him ; though he was
given a befitting burial.
In hell
fire; the suffering rich man cried and prayed two prayers;
(1.) Water and (2.)Witnessing to his family
His prayers
were not answered; the prayers were prayed too late.
The greatest
prayer bombardment ever experience will be in hell fire; where a lot of souls
will be praying seriously but it will be too late.
Why was the rich man’s prayer not answered?
1. The Prayer was at the
wrong time; he prayed the prayer in hell fire;
in the grave; Prayers are useless in grave. Now that you are alive, you have
the time to pray.
The Rich man knows
how to pray but he prayed too late.
He was like the five foolish virgin.
Today is the day of salvation, tomorrow may be too late.
2. Prayed in the wrong
place. He prayed in the wrong place
{Eccl 9:10}"Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it
with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave,
whither thou goest”
Riches
don't take people to heaven.
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Abraham
was very rich also but he also served the lord.
The rich
man left his riches when it was time; He journeyed to the place he had
prepared, when he was on earth; Hell Fire
The rich
man prayed a prayer but it was too late.
By the divine mercies of God; It won’t be too late for you in the
name of Jesus.
A lot of
ladies look at negative example
They say,
some people are not living right and doing well; so why don't I join them. May
it not be too late for you!
3. The rich man prayed
to the wrong person. He prayed to Abraham
instead of praying to God.
. . . You can get the remaining
Reasons from the audio CD or book
Prayer is
useless if you wait till you die; Time to pray is now
Mercy is
not available in hell fire. It is fools that don't prepare for heaven.
It is
only fools that will allow 2 -5 minutes to destroy their heaven.
Money cannot
save; the Bible is sufficient to save. Death is a great equalizer.
What do you need to do?
{Psalm 51:17} "The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a
broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise."
God
specializes in broken things.
Ø It is when the Ground breaks that anything can grow.
Ø The cloud has to break for it to bring forth rain.
Ø Not until a Man is broken; He cannot receive God’s Power break
Ø Not until a Man is broken; God cannot use the person for his
assignment.
Brokenness
is what makes you useable to God.
Brokenness
is total obedience. With brokenness, there can be no pride; there can be no fornication,
no steal, no gossip, no drinking, and no anger.
It is
then that God can use you.
. . . To get more detail on
this; Get the Booked titled “BROKENESS” by Dr. DK Olukoya and also from the audio
CD or book
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A Father
took a his son to another man’s farm to steal yam. On getting to that farm, he
put the boy at the entrance to keep watch and he went ahead to start stealing
the yam.
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After a
short while, the boy shouted; “Daddy, somebody is watching us” the farmer ran
to the boy and asked “son, where is the person; is it the right, left, front or
back where!” The boy replied; “God is watching us” The farmer was
very sober; it abandoned the theft and went back home with his son. This is a
man that was broken; if it was an unbroken person, he will beat the poor boy.
I pray
God will break you and make you available for his use in Jesus name.
Prayer Points
1. Powers assigned to waste my salvation, die in the name of Jesus
2. Anything in me that wants my prayers to be useless; die in the name
of Jesus
3. Powers! assigned to rubbish my destiny; die in the name of Jesus
. . . Get the full prayers
from the audio CD or book
Declare these Confessions to
yourself:
4. This year, every gang up against my peace shall scatter in the
name of Jesus.
5. This year, every evil voice speaking against my life, shall be
silenced in the name of Jesus.
Seven Fold Amen
with Faith!!!
Amen! Amen! Amen! Amen! Amen!
Amen! Amen!
2015 is your Year of multiple restoration and
unparalleled Favor in the name of Jesus
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IF THE ENEMY HAS STOLEN FROM YOU;
RECOVERY IS BY FORCE.
STOP THEM BEFORE THEY STOP YOU,
GOD BLESS YOU.
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