Forward and On Fire!
40th Birthday Thanksgiving And Celebration Service
By Dr Patrick Elijah Anyomi
Key Text: Acts 2:17-19, 21 NIV
“ In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke. And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’”
Introduction:
Saints of the Most High God! Give the Lord a big hand! We are here for a thanksgiving celebration and a prophetic commissioning! God has brought our pastor, Rev…..to a significant landmark—40 (Out of the 120) years!
In the spirit, 40 years represents a the coming to an end of period of testing and growing a stepping into a season of promotion and possession! So today, we're not just celebrating; we're leaning into the fresh wind of the Spirit that's blowing us forward into theTHE NEXT 40 YEARS of dominion, demonstration, and dramatic increase! Can somebody say Amen?
Here are 4 Things we need to release as we enter our nest phase:
1. Point One: A Fresh Anointing Oil
Theme: We need A fresh oil for the future! The oil from the past has produced what we see but we need a new anointing for the future.
Scriptural Illustration:
1 Samuel 16:13 – "Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward."
For forty years, God has been crushing the olives of experience, trial, and victory in Rev. Isaac's life. Those tears, those prayers, those late nights studying the Word—they weren't in vain! They have been mixed by the hands of the Holy Ghost into a powerful, unique anointing oil! That anointing has taught him, it was has sustained him, and it has broken every yoke of the enemy trying to stop him! Your testimony, Pastor, is the proof of the power that's on your life! That same anointing is about to change and get stronger and thicker for the years ahead! The Spirit of the Lord is upon you from this day forward!
Prayer:
My Father My Father……(Pray for the Anointing…)
2. Point Two: Now It’s Time to Prophesy to the Dry Bones – From a Wilderness to an Army
Theme: God is calling us to speak life to dead places and declare what He says about our future.
Scriptural Illustration: Ezekiel 37:4-5, 10 – "Then He said to me, 'Prophesy to these bones... Thus says the Lord God: "Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live."' ... So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army."
The enemy thought the wilderness season would dry you out. But God is saying, "I'm about to turn your valley of dry bones into a mighty army!" The next ten years are not for surviving; they are for thriving! It's time to open our mouths and prophesy to every area that looks dead! Prophesy to your finances! Prophesy to your family! Prophesy to this ministry!
Prayer:
My Father…My Father…We decree right now: “Come, breath of God! Breathe upon this house! Breathe upon our vision! Breathe upon our pastor! Let every dry bone of doubt, fear, and lack come together and become a mighty, end-time army for the Kingdom of God!”
3. Point Three: A Fresh Mantle for The Next 40 Years – Double Portion, Double Impact
Theme: God is exchanging the old for the new and granting a double portion of authority for greater works.
Scriptural Illustration: 2 Kings 2:9-10, 13-14 – "And so it was, when they had crossed over, that Elijah said to Elisha, 'Ask! What may I do for you, before I am taken from you?' Elisha said, 'Please let a double portion of your spirit be upon me.' ... He also took up the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him... and he struck the water, and said, 'Where is the Lord God of Elijah?' And when he also had struck the water, it was divided this way and that; and Elisha crossed over."
Elijah finished his course, and Elisha picked up the mantle and got a double portion. Today, Pastor Isaac, you are finishing the first forty years crossing over into the next 40! But God is causing you to pick up a fresh mantle for a new season. The anointing you had for the first forty years was great, but God has a double portion for the next forty! A double portion of wisdom! A double portion of miracles! A double portion of favor! A double portion of harvest! It’s a mantle for greater works, for a greater impact, and for a greater demonstration of God's glory! You are going to strike the waters of impossibility, and they are going to part!
4. Point Four: Expectation God's Glory to manifest greater in our midst than ever before.
Theme: Our collective expectation is for God's glory to manifest greater in our midst than ever before.
Scriptural Illustration: Haggai 2:9 (NKJV) – "The glory of this latter temple shall be greater than the former,' says the Lord of hosts. 'And in this place I will give peace,' says the Lord of hosts."
God is shifting us from a church …! The next 40 years are about the greater glory! That is the latter house, and God promises that the glory of what is coming will be greater than anything we've seen before! We are believing for salvations in the supermarkets! Healings in the hospitals! Deliverance in our neighborhoods! We are building a house of His presence, a place where the glory is so thick that every chain is broken the moment someone walks in! This is not a vision for one man; this is a mandate for the whole body to rise up, operate in the gifts of the Spirit, and become a glorious, spotless, and powerful church!
Closing Prophetic Act & Prayer:
(To the congregation)
I want every person to stand to your feet! Stretch your hand toward your pastor! We are not just giving him well-wishes; we are releasing a prophetic blessing and a mantle of fire for the next decade!
Prayer: "My Father My Father, in the name of Jesus! We thank you for your servant! We call forth the angels of abundance, the angels of God to bring acceleration and to minister to him now! We loose a fresh fire upon his life! Renew his passion! Ignite his vision! Anoint his lips with holy fire! We declare that his latter years will be his greatest years! He will lead this church in power, in purity, and in the prophetic!
My Father I am also ready for the next season! The sound of abundance of rain is here! The harvest is ripe! It's time to possess the land! I also receive a fresh anointing to be part of the harvest of the next forty years!
ANOINT THE PASTOR FIRST AND THEN THE CONGREGATION