DAY 11: DRAMA MINISTERS 40 DAYS PRAYERS AND FASTING
DAY 11: DRAMA MINISTERS 40 DAYS PRAYER AND FASTING
" CASTING YOUR ROD ON THE GROUND"
Exodus 4:1-5
1Then Moses answered and said, “But suppose they will not believe me or listen to my voice; suppose they say, ‘The Lord has not appeared to you.’”
"2So the Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?”He said, “A rod.”
3And He said, “Cast it on the ground.” So he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it.
4Then the Lord said to Moses, “Reach out your hand and take it by the tail” (and he reached out his hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand),
5“that they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”
The peoples of Israel were in bondage of the Egyptians, and needed to be delivered from their slavery. They were being seriously oppresses and suppressed. And God declared that the time for their deliverance had come. So, He went and meet with Moses to commission him to go and deliver the people of God. When God spoke to him about the commission to go rescue His people, Moses was doubting they would not believe him. He was thinking they would demand for a sign and wonder to be convinced that The Lord had sent him indeed.
So, The Lord told him to do one simple thing: God asked him what was in his hand. "A rod", he replied. Then, God told him: "Cast it on the ground". He did. The rod became a serpent. He ordered him to pick up the rod by the tail, he did. The rod became " The Rod " again, but this time around, it was a different rod. When Moses would depart from the spot of the Burning Bush, where God spoke with him, the rod in his hand, was no longer his rod, but "the Rod of God"
Exodus 4:20
"Then Moses took his wife and his sons and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the rod of God in his hand."
Then, through out the missions of Moses from Egypt to the Wilderness, it was with this Rod he was performing his signs and wonders. It was this Rod he threw down before Pharoah and his servants and it turned to a serpent. It was this Rod that swallowed all other rods of the Egyptians magicians. It was this Rod he stretched over all the waters of Egypt and struck the river of Egypt with it and the river turned to blood. He struck the ground of Egypt with this Rod, and the dust turned to lice. This Rod was stretched over all the waters of the land and frogs came forth and covered every place. It was this Rod that was stretched over the Red Sea, and it parted into two to pave way for the peoples of God to pass. When Moses stretched out his hand again, the water covered the army of Egypt and all their chariots. The Rod.
Drama Ministers, what is that in your hand? What is the Rod The Lord has committed in your hand? It is DRAMA. The ministry of Drama evangelism. In the hand of every child of God is something with which they are to affect their generation. No child of God came. Into came into this world empty handed. Inside of every child of God is something The Lord has planted there to help him make a difference in his or her generation. Something that will make him fulfill purpose for his living. A calling. A ministry. A mandate from God for his or her generation. It is that thing that will single you out amidst the crowd. A divine assignment for your generation for which The Lord has sent you into the world.
A major thing we know Noah for, is the Ark he built. Solomon built the temple of God, David was a sweet Psalmist King of Israel, Gideon defeated the Medianites with his 300 soldiers. Joseph ruled in Egypt and preserved the whole nation from terrible draught, and he preserved the household of Jacob. Esther reigned in Shushan Palace and delivered The Jews from the conspiracy of Haman. Any great name in the Bible had an assignment they performed in their generation for The Lord.
So, Drama Minister, what is that thing in your hand with which you could affect the world and impact your generation? That Rod in your hand is Drama. Some people are holding the Rod of Music, others are holding the Rod of Utterance and Teaching. Some are gifted with the spirit of Administration like Joseph. The divine Gift in your hand is the Rod The Lord has given to you to cause mighty deliverance of God's people. But this morning, I am more concerned with the Rod of Drama and Music.
When Moses was asking for signs and wonders to convince the people on his commission, The Lord told him to do one important thing: "Cast it on the ground". Can you recollect that God had already told Moses he was standing on Holy ground. So, God was right there. When he was told to cast the rod on the ground, it means, the Rod was to be cast down on the ground before Him. He did. And the Rod became a serpent. When he picked it up again, it became THE ROD OF GOD.
That is the secret of achieving signs and wonders with this Rod of Drama and Music. Not until you cast it down before The Lord can it perform wonders and signs. Casting down your gift of acting and singing before The Lord would empower the gift to fulfill purpose. Releasing the acting and scripting gifts on the Lord's altar, will give it a power the magicians and sorcerers of Egypt (the secular artistes) can not withstand.
As long as you hold on to the gift as your own; as long as you think the gift of acting, scripting and singing is yours and you can do whatever you like with it, and you refuse to cast it down before The Lord, it will not be able to perform the wonders and signs The Lord had created it to perform in your hand. The Rod did not turn to serpent in the hand of Moses, but on the ground when it was cast down before The Lord. The Rod was not empowered to face the Magicians and sorcerers of Pharoah until it was cast down before The Lord. Your gift of singing, acting and scripting is not yours. It belongs to God. It was not meant for you, but is meant for the deliverance of the World. It is meant for salvation of souls and revival of the body of Christ, but you must release it before The Lord before it can become "The Rod of God".
That is why a Drama minister would not carry this gift into the midst of the secular artistes to act in their midst. That is why a child of God endowed with singing gift would not begin to glorify the devil with his or her God-given sweet voice. That is why the target of a drama and music minister will not be to satisfy some group of fans but aim at winning souls and affecting lives for the kingdom of God.
It is because some children of God think the acting gift belongs to them to use whichever way they want that makes them write inspiring drama and movie script and sell it off to a secular movie director or producer who has no relationship with the master of the gifts. If some children of God gifted in composing highly inspiring music know that the Lord's investment inside of them, is meant for the salvation of the world and edification of the Body of Christ, they would not be queuing up to show their gifts at the Nigerian Idol, or West African Idol, or Project Fame or Nigeria Got Talent, or all those reality shows where their gifts are usually permanently hooked to secular industry.
Do you know why the Rod turned to a serpent when it was cast down before The Lord? Because The Lord knew all the capacities of the Egyptian magicians and sorcerers. He knew they too would attempt to perform that miracle, so he had empowered the Rod before getting to Pharoah's palace. The only way to ensure the Holy Spirit anointing on your drama and music gift, is to lay it down on the altar before The Lord, where The Lord can dictate whatever He wants you to do with the gift from time to time. A lot of former church choir members are now singing in clubs and secular concerts moving among singers whose lives and gifts have been seeded out to the devil in place of fame and money.
As a Drama minister or movie producer,has it ever occurred to you that The Lord can ask you to make a film and divert all it's proceeds into a particular mission field? Has it ever occurred to you as a drama minister, that The Lord could ask your drama ministry to surrender all the honorarium you will receive in some number of outreaches and seed it into an evangelistic project of another church or ministry. When you hand over your gifts and ministry on to The Lord, He dictates whatever way He wants the gifts to be used and whatever He wants you and the ministry to do. That is when the gifts can be empowered for signs and wonders. That is when the gifts can be singled out of the midst of others for the Lord's glory.
"CASTING DOWN YOUR ROD"
The reason why the Rod in the hand of some drama or music ministers have not been able to achieve much is because, they have not released it before The Lord. They are still the lord and master of the gift. They determine whatever they want to do with it. They hold it to their chest. It is the marketers that dictate what some music ministers should sing. They tell the music ministers the type of the drum beats that is reigning which will sell their album. They tell them the type of topics they should sing to boost their sales. Some drama ministers are controlled by their marketers on who to invite into their film locations. They make them to understand that the appearances of certain casts with enhance the sales of their movies, so those casts must be invited, even if they are not led by God to invite them. So, many christian movies have never seen the light of the day, because worldly wisdom had been enthroned in place of Godly wisdom. The movie, though, beautifully shot and professionally acted, lacked the power that could produce signs and wonders through it. Many movies and music Rod had been swallowed by the secular Rod of the Entertaining Egyptian magicians and Theatrical Sorcerers in the Palace of Pharoah, because the gifts have not been laid on the Lord's Altar for empowerment and Anointing.
Some choir members became angry at the choir leader or church elder or even the pastor and determine not to sing or compose new songs for the choir to prove their ministerial importance within the choir. They love to be begged to come back and play their roles. Some church drama group or ministry members would refuse to act or submit new scripts to the group before they are not well respected enough or as a revolt against the leader or pastor. It is because they think they cando whatever they like with the gift. It is because they are the lord and master of their gifts. Such gift, ministry and calling is not yet on ground before The Lord and can not yet be empowered with signs and wonders. It can not yet be transformed into The Rod of God.
What, therefore, is another secret of entering into this Massive Open Door in Drama ministry? Cast down your Rod on the ground before The Lord. And let Him have a full control over it. And you will soon see the gift, calling and ministry The Lord has given you, blossoming with signs and wonders and swallowing other rods of Egyptian magicians and sorcerers in the secular industry.
Good morning.
" CASTING YOUR ROD ON THE GROUND"
Exodus 4:1-5
1Then Moses answered and said, “But suppose they will not believe me or listen to my voice; suppose they say, ‘The Lord has not appeared to you.’”
"2So the Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?”He said, “A rod.”
3And He said, “Cast it on the ground.” So he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it.
4Then the Lord said to Moses, “Reach out your hand and take it by the tail” (and he reached out his hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand),
5“that they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”
The peoples of Israel were in bondage of the Egyptians, and needed to be delivered from their slavery. They were being seriously oppresses and suppressed. And God declared that the time for their deliverance had come. So, He went and meet with Moses to commission him to go and deliver the people of God. When God spoke to him about the commission to go rescue His people, Moses was doubting they would not believe him. He was thinking they would demand for a sign and wonder to be convinced that The Lord had sent him indeed.
So, The Lord told him to do one simple thing: God asked him what was in his hand. "A rod", he replied. Then, God told him: "Cast it on the ground". He did. The rod became a serpent. He ordered him to pick up the rod by the tail, he did. The rod became " The Rod " again, but this time around, it was a different rod. When Moses would depart from the spot of the Burning Bush, where God spoke with him, the rod in his hand, was no longer his rod, but "the Rod of God"
Exodus 4:20
"Then Moses took his wife and his sons and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the rod of God in his hand."
Then, through out the missions of Moses from Egypt to the Wilderness, it was with this Rod he was performing his signs and wonders. It was this Rod he threw down before Pharoah and his servants and it turned to a serpent. It was this Rod that swallowed all other rods of the Egyptians magicians. It was this Rod he stretched over all the waters of Egypt and struck the river of Egypt with it and the river turned to blood. He struck the ground of Egypt with this Rod, and the dust turned to lice. This Rod was stretched over all the waters of the land and frogs came forth and covered every place. It was this Rod that was stretched over the Red Sea, and it parted into two to pave way for the peoples of God to pass. When Moses stretched out his hand again, the water covered the army of Egypt and all their chariots. The Rod.
Drama Ministers, what is that in your hand? What is the Rod The Lord has committed in your hand? It is DRAMA. The ministry of Drama evangelism. In the hand of every child of God is something with which they are to affect their generation. No child of God came. Into came into this world empty handed. Inside of every child of God is something The Lord has planted there to help him make a difference in his or her generation. Something that will make him fulfill purpose for his living. A calling. A ministry. A mandate from God for his or her generation. It is that thing that will single you out amidst the crowd. A divine assignment for your generation for which The Lord has sent you into the world.
A major thing we know Noah for, is the Ark he built. Solomon built the temple of God, David was a sweet Psalmist King of Israel, Gideon defeated the Medianites with his 300 soldiers. Joseph ruled in Egypt and preserved the whole nation from terrible draught, and he preserved the household of Jacob. Esther reigned in Shushan Palace and delivered The Jews from the conspiracy of Haman. Any great name in the Bible had an assignment they performed in their generation for The Lord.
So, Drama Minister, what is that thing in your hand with which you could affect the world and impact your generation? That Rod in your hand is Drama. Some people are holding the Rod of Music, others are holding the Rod of Utterance and Teaching. Some are gifted with the spirit of Administration like Joseph. The divine Gift in your hand is the Rod The Lord has given to you to cause mighty deliverance of God's people. But this morning, I am more concerned with the Rod of Drama and Music.
When Moses was asking for signs and wonders to convince the people on his commission, The Lord told him to do one important thing: "Cast it on the ground". Can you recollect that God had already told Moses he was standing on Holy ground. So, God was right there. When he was told to cast the rod on the ground, it means, the Rod was to be cast down on the ground before Him. He did. And the Rod became a serpent. When he picked it up again, it became THE ROD OF GOD.
That is the secret of achieving signs and wonders with this Rod of Drama and Music. Not until you cast it down before The Lord can it perform wonders and signs. Casting down your gift of acting and singing before The Lord would empower the gift to fulfill purpose. Releasing the acting and scripting gifts on the Lord's altar, will give it a power the magicians and sorcerers of Egypt (the secular artistes) can not withstand.
As long as you hold on to the gift as your own; as long as you think the gift of acting, scripting and singing is yours and you can do whatever you like with it, and you refuse to cast it down before The Lord, it will not be able to perform the wonders and signs The Lord had created it to perform in your hand. The Rod did not turn to serpent in the hand of Moses, but on the ground when it was cast down before The Lord. The Rod was not empowered to face the Magicians and sorcerers of Pharoah until it was cast down before The Lord. Your gift of singing, acting and scripting is not yours. It belongs to God. It was not meant for you, but is meant for the deliverance of the World. It is meant for salvation of souls and revival of the body of Christ, but you must release it before The Lord before it can become "The Rod of God".
That is why a Drama minister would not carry this gift into the midst of the secular artistes to act in their midst. That is why a child of God endowed with singing gift would not begin to glorify the devil with his or her God-given sweet voice. That is why the target of a drama and music minister will not be to satisfy some group of fans but aim at winning souls and affecting lives for the kingdom of God.
It is because some children of God think the acting gift belongs to them to use whichever way they want that makes them write inspiring drama and movie script and sell it off to a secular movie director or producer who has no relationship with the master of the gifts. If some children of God gifted in composing highly inspiring music know that the Lord's investment inside of them, is meant for the salvation of the world and edification of the Body of Christ, they would not be queuing up to show their gifts at the Nigerian Idol, or West African Idol, or Project Fame or Nigeria Got Talent, or all those reality shows where their gifts are usually permanently hooked to secular industry.
Do you know why the Rod turned to a serpent when it was cast down before The Lord? Because The Lord knew all the capacities of the Egyptian magicians and sorcerers. He knew they too would attempt to perform that miracle, so he had empowered the Rod before getting to Pharoah's palace. The only way to ensure the Holy Spirit anointing on your drama and music gift, is to lay it down on the altar before The Lord, where The Lord can dictate whatever He wants you to do with the gift from time to time. A lot of former church choir members are now singing in clubs and secular concerts moving among singers whose lives and gifts have been seeded out to the devil in place of fame and money.
As a Drama minister or movie producer,has it ever occurred to you that The Lord can ask you to make a film and divert all it's proceeds into a particular mission field? Has it ever occurred to you as a drama minister, that The Lord could ask your drama ministry to surrender all the honorarium you will receive in some number of outreaches and seed it into an evangelistic project of another church or ministry. When you hand over your gifts and ministry on to The Lord, He dictates whatever way He wants the gifts to be used and whatever He wants you and the ministry to do. That is when the gifts can be empowered for signs and wonders. That is when the gifts can be singled out of the midst of others for the Lord's glory.
"CASTING DOWN YOUR ROD"
The reason why the Rod in the hand of some drama or music ministers have not been able to achieve much is because, they have not released it before The Lord. They are still the lord and master of the gift. They determine whatever they want to do with it. They hold it to their chest. It is the marketers that dictate what some music ministers should sing. They tell the music ministers the type of the drum beats that is reigning which will sell their album. They tell them the type of topics they should sing to boost their sales. Some drama ministers are controlled by their marketers on who to invite into their film locations. They make them to understand that the appearances of certain casts with enhance the sales of their movies, so those casts must be invited, even if they are not led by God to invite them. So, many christian movies have never seen the light of the day, because worldly wisdom had been enthroned in place of Godly wisdom. The movie, though, beautifully shot and professionally acted, lacked the power that could produce signs and wonders through it. Many movies and music Rod had been swallowed by the secular Rod of the Entertaining Egyptian magicians and Theatrical Sorcerers in the Palace of Pharoah, because the gifts have not been laid on the Lord's Altar for empowerment and Anointing.
Some choir members became angry at the choir leader or church elder or even the pastor and determine not to sing or compose new songs for the choir to prove their ministerial importance within the choir. They love to be begged to come back and play their roles. Some church drama group or ministry members would refuse to act or submit new scripts to the group before they are not well respected enough or as a revolt against the leader or pastor. It is because they think they cando whatever they like with the gift. It is because they are the lord and master of their gifts. Such gift, ministry and calling is not yet on ground before The Lord and can not yet be empowered with signs and wonders. It can not yet be transformed into The Rod of God.
What, therefore, is another secret of entering into this Massive Open Door in Drama ministry? Cast down your Rod on the ground before The Lord. And let Him have a full control over it. And you will soon see the gift, calling and ministry The Lord has given you, blossoming with signs and wonders and swallowing other rods of Egyptian magicians and sorcerers in the secular industry.
Good morning.
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