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2010 FGBMFI Nigeria Regional
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TELL MY PEOPLE TO SEEK MY FACE
• Ps 27:8 - When You said, "Seek My
face”, My heart said to You, "Your
face, Lord, I will seek.” NKJV
WHAT DEMOS SAYS ABOUT SEEKING HIS FACE
CALL TO PRAYER
Our spiritual strength, and our spiritual revival, begins and ends with PRAYER. God
is calling us back to our spiritual roots, our early beginnings, and the core of those
early spiritual roots is PRAYER. We are not looking to the past for our
accomplishments, but only to re-affirm our SPIRITUAL ROOTS.
FAST AND PRAY in your local chapters. FAST AND PRAY for God’s will in your
personal life. Let the Holy Spirit quicken to your heart the next move in your area.
Seek God in the middle of the night.
Seek God for your own life. He will come. Call upon God to release A NEW WAVE
OF REVIVAL in your own life, in your own chapter, in your own convention, in every
meeting.
GIVE TIME TO GOD! GIVE TIME TO GOD! GIVE TIME TO GOD!
Wait upon His voice in your life – and when you hear it, and then ACT. GO.
DO.
A fresh move of the Holy Spirit is upon us! But there is a greater anointing of power
and of Holy Spirit still to come.
You must PREPARE yourself for the intensified vision through increased daily prayer,
fasting, and by making time for God seeking His voice.
WHAT DEMOS SAYS ABOUT SEEKING HIS FACE
CALL TO PRAYER
Men, we need the power of the Holy Ghost in the chapters Invite the Holy Spirit
to come, he’ll come.
In my original Vision, God did not show me chapters. Chapters have provided
us with another way to reach into the community with the saving message of
Jesus Christ.
But beloved, the Vision is people.
The Vision is God’s Holy Spirit changing lives.
The Vision is God BREAKING THE CHAINS OF THE DEVILS and setting the
captives free!
Men and women who were ICE COLD became ALIVE and miraculously LINKED in
PRAISE and ADORATION to God through the POWER of Jesus Christ!
That’s the Vision. AND THE VISION INTENSIFIES.
Let us get our eyes back on Jesus. He is source of our power; he is the source of
our strength, and through Him, never doubt for one second that we will bring
light to a dark, lonely world. Together, let us now unite in the Spirit.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO SEEK THE LORD
• MOSES- Understood the ways(face) of God-Ex
33:13 & Ps 103:7
• MARY & MARTHA – LK 10:38-42
• RUTH
• ESTHER
• DAVID – PS 27:4
• PETER - ACTS 6:4
• PAUL – PHIL 3:10
• PAUL- COL 3:1-3
SEEK HIS FACE NOT HIS HANDS
• 2 Chron 7:14
• 14 If my people, which are called by my name,
shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek
my face, and turn from their wicked ways;
then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive
their sin, and will heal their land.
• KJV
DIFFERENCE BTW THE FACE AND HAND OF
GOD
HIS FACE
• HIS HEART-DAVID WAS A
MAN AFTER THE HEART OF
GOD
• HIS PRESENCE – MOSES
WAS A MAN AFTER HIS
PRESENCE – EX 33:13-18
• MOSES UNDERSTOOD THE
WAYS OF GOD – PS 103:7
HIS HAND
• SAUL WAS AFTER PERSONAL
RECOGNITION[CELEBRITY
STATUS]
• SAMSON MERCHANDISED
THE ANOINTING
• THE CHILDREN OF ISREAL
SAW THE ACTS OF GOD – PS
103:3
DIFFERENCE BTW THE FACE AND HAND OF
GOD
HIS FACE
• ESTHER SOUGHT THE FACE
OF THE KING
• TIMOTHY CRAVED THE
ANOINTING
• HIS PLANS,PURPOSES AND
DIVINE STRATEGIES
HIS HAND
• THE OTHER GIRLS WERE
AFTER GETTING BENEFITS
FROM THE KING
• DEMAS LOVED THE WORLD
• WE WANT HIM TO RUBBER
STAMP OUR PLANS ,EFFORTS
AND OUR GOOD IDEAS
DIFFERENCE BTW THE FACE AND HAND OF
GOD
HIS FACE
• WE PRAY HIS WILL –
SOLOMON [1 KINGS 3:5-13]
HIS HAND
• WE FOCUS ON OUR NEEDS,
ENEMIES AND THE DEVIL IN
PRAYER
• WE DEAL WITH OUR
HEARTS,MOTIVE etc
• WE COVER UP OUR
HEARTS,WE JUSTIFY OUR
DEEDS
DIFFERENCE BTW THE FACE AND HAND OF
GOD
HIS FACE
• HEAVENLY MINDED – COL
3:1, 1 COR 2:16
• SONS SEEK GOD’S FACE-RM
8:19, HEB 5:12-14
HIS HAND
• THEY MIND EARTHLY
THINGS – PHIL 3:18-19,PS
106:13-15
• CHILDREN SEEK GOD’S
HAND – THE PRODIGAL SON
DIFFERENCE BTW THE FACE AND HAND OF
GOD
HIS FACE
• CONCERNED ABOUT
INTIMACY WITH GOD –
MARY
HIS HAND
• CONCERNED ABOUT
SERVICE - MARTHA
• CONCERNED ABOUT GOD’S
KINGDOM
• CONCERNED ABOUT
PERSONAL KINGDOM
DO WE NOT NEED THE HAND OF GOD?
• Matt 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his
righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto
you - KJV
Matt 6:7-8
[7] But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the
heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for
their much speaking. [8] Be not ye therefore like unto
them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have
need of, before ye ask him - KJV
SEEKING HIS FACE IN THE WORD REMOVING THE VEIL – 2 Cor 3:14-18
2 Cor 3:14-18
• 14 But the people's minds were hardened, and to this day
whenever the old covenant is being read, the same veil covers
their minds so they cannot understand the truth. And this veil
can be removed only by believing in Christ. 15 Yes, even today
when they read Moses' writings, their hearts are covered with
that veil, and they do not understand.
• 16 But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken
away. 17 For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of
the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 So all of us who have had
that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord.
And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more
like him as we are changed into his glorious image. - NLT
SEEKING HIS FACE IN THE WORD REMOVING THE VEIL – 2 Cor 3:16-18
• The veil of sin
• The veil of wrong focus, vision, mindset,
worldliness etc – what have you set before
you – is it the Lord –Ps 16:11; Hebs 12:2
• The veil of self/flesh
• The veil of Jm. 3:13-16
…what veils are covering your eyes…
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WE HAVE TO RE-SET OUR VISION
WE NEED TO RE-SET OUR EYES
WE NEED TO RE-SET OUR AFFECTIONS
WE NEED TO RE-SET OUR DESIRES
WE NEED TO RE-SET OUR PURSUITS/
GOALS/
AMBITIONS
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Desire in the heart of a man flows from what is SET
BEFORE the man’s eyes.
If your eyes are set/ focused on the things of this
world, your desire’s would reflect the things of this
world and your prayers would follow suit.
If your eye’s are set on the things of
heaven(Ps16:11; Acts 13:22; 1 Sam 2:35; Col.3:1-3),
your desires would reflect the things of heaven
and your prayers would follow suit.
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JESUS SAID
Matt 6:22-23
"The eye is the lamp of the body. If your
eyes are good, your whole body will be full of
light. 23 But if your eyes are bad, your whole
body will be full of darkness…NIV
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PUTTING ON CHRIST/SETTING OUR EYES
ON CHRIST
• Eph 1:17-19
• [For I always pray to] the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
Father of glory, that He may grant you a spirit of wisdom and
revelation [of insight into mysteries and secrets] in the [deep
and intimate] knowledge of Him, [18] By having the eyes of
your heart flooded with light, so that you can know and
understand the hope to which He has called you, and how
rich is His glorious inheritance in the saints (His set-apart
ones), [19] And [so that you can know and understand] what
is the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness
of His power in and for us who believe, as demonstrated in
the working of His mighty strength, [AMP]
HOW TO SEEK HIS FACE
• GIVE TIME TO GOD – ACTS 6:4
DEMOS –VISION INENSIFIES
THE REWARD
Heb 11:6
6 But without faith it is impossible to please
Him, for he who comes to God must believe that
He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who
diligently seek Him.
NKJV
THE REWARD
2 Peter 1:10-11
10 Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent
to make your calling and election sure, for if you
practice these qualities you will never fall. 11 For
in this way there will be richly provided for you
an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
ESV
THE REWARD
• Luke 12:31-32
• But rather seek ye the kingdom of God;
and all these things shall be added unto
you.
• 32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your
Father's good pleasure to give you the
kingdom - KJV
THE KINGDOM
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THE REWARD
• Matt 11:12 - And from the days of John
the Baptist until the present time, the
kingdom of heaven has endured violent
assault, and violent men seize it by force
[as a precious prize — a share in the
heavenly kingdom is sought with most
ardent zeal and intense exertion] - AMP
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THE REWARD
 Saul asked – where is David – 1 Sam 20:24-27
 David said is there no one in Jonathan’s house – 2 Sam
9:1-13
 Herod said -ask even to the half of my kingdom
 King Ahasuerus said to Esther…even to half of my
kingdom – 3x – Est.5-7
 King Ahasuerus said…what shall be done to the man
the king delights to honour – Esther 6:6
 Evil – Merobah - 2 Kgs 25:27-30
 The Lord has prepared a banquet table for you & i- Ps
23:5; S.S. 2:4
 Eph 2:4-6
THE REWARD
o Our spiritual contest is to fight for our seat ,to fight for
a place , to contend for the entrance into the
everlasting kingdom – the kingdom of God suffers
violence…every man presses into it… seeing then that
we have these promises, let us therefore labour to
enter into His rest…
o Once a man secures his seat , he will get his daily
allocation , his daily provision – like Mephisobeth and
Jehoiachin
THE KINGDOM
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THE REWARD
oGOD wants to give us an entrance
into His everlasting kingdom as we
seek His Face
THE KINGDOM
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CONVENTION
NATION
•AMEN