The Sunday News
Bishop Colin Nyathi
HARVEST House International Church will be holding a Total Men Conference that will run from 19-22 March 2015 under the theme, The Super Natural.
The church has extended its hand to the community to attend the conference as it is in line with the 2015 declarations which include The year of The Supernatural, The Year of Grace and The Year of Dynamic Leadership.
Below is an article on the theme by Bishop Colin Nyathi:
The Year of the Supernatural
Isaiah 8 vs 18
Here am I and the children whom the LORD has given me! We are for signs and wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwells in Mount Zion.
Luke 4 vs 18
The Spirit of the LORD is upon me, because He has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed . . .”
Acts 10 vs 38
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.”
Three Laws of the Supernatural
The law of divine selection
Luke 4 vs 25-27
25, “But I tell you truly, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a great famine throughout all the land;
26, “ut to none of them was Elijah sent except to Zarephat, in the region of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
27, “And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.”
God knows about the masses of human suffering and He cares. It seems to me that when God is ministering, He selects out of the masses and ministers to some. In the scripture we read Jesus said that there were many widows in the days of Elijah the prophet, however, only one widow received a miracle. May you be in that group that the spirit of God will select. There were many sick and dying lepers in the days of Naaman the the Syrian and yet Naaman was divinely selected. It is the same principle that favoured the lame man at the pool of Betheseda. Some people may say it is because of their faith. Others may say it is because of the anointing on the man of God. Could it be that the law of divine selection is at work? However the faith element remains very key.
The law of repeated and sustained ministration
I have come to see that there is often need for repeated and sustained ministration to the same situation or person for the supernatural to manifest. Let’s look at some examples:
When Naaman was asked to dip himself in the River Jordan seven times
n The question is, why not once? Why not three times or six times? The answer is . . . God wanted to bless Naaman after the seventh ministration.
2 Kings 5 vs 10 and 14
10, And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored to you, and you shall be clean.”
14, So he went down and dipped seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
Elijah prayed for rain seven times
On seven different occasions, he sent his assistant to look at the clouds. There was no sign of rain until after the seventh prayer.
1 Kings 18 vs 44
Then it came to pass the seventh time, that he said,” There is a cloud, as small as a man’s hand, rising out of the sea! “So he said, “Go up, say to Ahab,’ Prepare your chariot ,and go down before the rain stops you.’”
When Elijah prayed for a dead boy, he prayed three times.
He lay on the bay three times and prayed. Is this just a mystical ritual? No it is not! It is the law of sustained and repeated ministration at work.
1 Kings 17 vs 21-22
21, And he stretched himself out on the child three times, and cried out to the LORD and said,”O LORD my God ,I pray, let this child’s soul come back to him.”
22, Then the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came back to him, and he revived.
Joshua led the people of God around the walls of Jericho seven times.
They had the greatest breakthroughs of their lives. But it came only after the seventh round of ministration.
Joshua 6 vs 16-20
16, and the seventh time it happened, when the priests blew the trumpets, that Joshua said to the people:”Shout, for the LORD has given you the city!
17, “Now the city shall be doomed by the LORD to destruction, it and all who are in it. Only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
18, “And you, by all means abstain from the accursed things, lest you become accursed when you take of the accursed things, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.
19, “But all the silver and gold, and vessels of bronze and iron, are consecrated to the LORD; they shall come into the treasury of the LORD.”
20, “So the people shouted when the priests blew the trumpets. And it happened when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat. Then the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
Study the ministration of Jesus
Mark 8 vs 22-25,
22, Then He came to Bethsaida and they brought a blind man to Him, and begged Him to touch him.
23, So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the town. And when He had spit on his eyes and put His hands on him, He asked him if he saw anything.
24, And he looked up and said, “I see men like trees, walking.”
25, Then He put His hands on his eyes again and made him look up. And he was restored and saw everyone clearly.
He prayed for a blindman twice. At the first ministration, the man saw men as trees (his sight was not clear).The miracle came through as the law of repeated ministration came into operation.
C. The Law of Spiritual Timing
Galatians 4 vs 4
But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law . . .
The Bible says when the time was right, God sent His son. It is important for you to recognise the time of you visitation. Do not be angry with God because He is keeping His schedule.
