Understanding The Theme RLA1701

As National Directors Remember Therefore we Provide Leadership A National Director is a man who has been appointed to provide leadership over Chapters and the work in a specific area or assignment to move the fellowship towards its God given assignment Provide Leadership Move the Fellowship Towards our God Given assignment Note: Our Themes are a prophetic Clarification of our God given Assignment. Hence it starts with Understanding the Theme

NIGERIA Years In Review 2013 The Just Shall Live By Faith 2014 If Any Man Be In Christ 2015 Presenting Every Man Perfect 2016 Long Enough In This Mount 2017 Lift Up Your Eyes And Look

In 2016, God said we have “dwelt long enough in this mount” (Deut In 2016, God said we have “dwelt long enough in this mount” (Deut. 1:6) & “There remains very much land yet to be possessed” (Jos 13:1) At the Africa Regional Convention, He told us to occupy till He comes (Luke 19:13) He is asking us to lift up our eyes and see the land (fields) to occupy (harvest) for Him

Scriptural Foundations “Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.” John 4:35 (KJV) Scriptural Foundations “And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:” Gen 13:14 (KJV)

First, We Need To See Things Differently Don’t Say The Harvest Is Long Way Off. It’s Here Already!!! First, We Need To See Things Differently The lifeless men you see across your areas of influence are ready to come alive Your home, community and profession are ready for you to occupy God Is Ready. The Men are Waiting. Lift Your Eyes & Look On The Fields

Look Right; See Right …On The Fields (Where The Sinners Are) When We Make Calling Men Back To God Our Top Priority, We Will See The Harvest

Jesus Looked Right & Saw Right In Mat 9:36-38, Jesus “saw the multitudes” and responded with compassion He was not DISCOURAGED by their state – confused, aimless, without direction He was FOCUSSED “I have meat to eat that ye know not of.” Jn 4:32 “I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.” Jn 9:4 Isn’t this similar to what Demos saw?

Past Failure Is Not A Hindrance. Past Success Is Not A Limitation. “...From The Place Where Thou Art…” It Doesn’t Matter If Your Chapter Is Healthy, Ailing Or Dead Past Failure Is Not A Hindrance. Past Success Is Not A Limitation.

“...Northward, and Southward, and Eastward, and Westward…” Office, home, park, airport…everywhere “For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it.” Gen 13:15

The 7 Gates He Is Saying To FGBMFI Men…. He wants us to see and match to the 7Gates of human influence from the Kingdom of God to the Kingdoms of this world The 7 Gates 1. Arts, Entertainment & Sports 2. Business & Finance 3. Church & Religion 4. Distribution, Media & Communication 5. Education & Training 6. Family& Community 7. Government & Law4. He wants us to carry the principles of the Kingdom to all the Gates He wants us to advance His Kingdom in all human spheres of influence and in the process transform the cultures of our nation for Him. He Is Saying To FGBMFI Men….

Hindrances To Seeing Right Seeing With The Natural Eyes Instead Of Through God’s Eyes The harvest was not physically ready when Jesus proclaimed it. To the natural eye, Abram saw the wrong land and Lot the choice land. O Lord

Hindrances To Seeing Right Heb 12:1-2 No three letter word is more destructive. None does so much to alter our destinies. Sin blinds. We can easily be overwhelmed when we see the enormity of the work instead of the Lord of the harvest. Overwhelmed by the work

What Is Distracting You From Seeing What God Is Showing You? Hindrances To Seeing Right Lot was a distraction to Abram, arising from incomplete obedience. God spoke to him after Lot’s departure. Gen 12:4 Are You Seeing The Harvest? Personal interests and cares of the world. John 4:8; Lk 10:41-42 What Is Distracting You From Seeing What God Is Showing You?

Hindrances To Seeing Right FGBMFI’s Priority is a summary of the Great Commission (Mt 28:19) Testimonies of prosperity, miracles, healings…are good ONLY as they serve One Purpose – To Call Men Back To God! To reach men in all nations for Jesus Christ To call men back to God To help Believers to be baptized in the Holy Spirit and grow spiritually

Hindrances To Seeing Right Lack of Awareness of our Calling and its value “...From The Place Where Thou Art…” Marketplace…Critical Marketplace & Great Awakening Ministry/Business: No Distinction Business: Our Pulpit Marketplace: Our Parish

“Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him…” Is 55:7

Lift Up Your Eyes And Look! Don’t Be Distracted By Other Things Don’t get discouraged by their sadness & deadness On Calling Men Back To God On Taking the Gates for God Then, through God’s Eyes see… The Field Ripe For Harvest

Pray and Get The men In The Chapter To Pray Equip The Men To See The Harvest and Take it Gather The Harvest – Get The Dead Men Into Your Meetings Take the Land– Raise your Men as Kingdomizers

SICKLE Deploy Our Tools – Our Programmes Chapter FIRE Meeting Team Voice Ministry Meal Function Seminars & Advances Air/Land Lift New Generation Marketplace OUTREACH Put In The SICKLE We Are More Effective With Our God-Given Strategies

Firepower Deploy Our Tools - Our men Train the men Discipleship The Hushai Concept The Power of the Holy Spirit Professional Workshops Workplace Testimonies Unleash the Firepower We Are More Effective With Our God-Given Strategies

Success is determined by how far we can see Gen 13:15 It’s a new way of thinking– Don’t wait four months; the fields are already ripe Jn 4: 35 The Harvesters are paid good wages John 4:36 The task is urgent and important John 4:34 It is the WILL of the Lord our God Jn 4:34

Occupy the GATES We Accomplish NOTHING If We Do NOTHING “Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee. Then Abram removed his tent…” Gen 13:17, 18

Personal Perspective…… Me Where do I fit into the picture? Personal life My assignment

Your Assignment What place does your assignment have in fulfilling God’s plan What must you become in it for the calling in your life to be fulfilled? How do you give this perspective in the light of where you are going