Showcasing the faithfulness of God upon the Living Faith Church Worldwide for the past 40 years as delivered to Bishop David Oyedepo. Culled from The Mandate (the operational manual of the Living Faith Church Worldwide) PRODUCTION MANAGER Kemi Oyedepo SCRIPT & CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT Kemi Oyedepo Shola Coker Olusegun Akindunjoye NARRATOR Femi Sowoolu A Baainz Media production for the Living Faith Church Worldwide Copyright 2021.
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the liberation mandate is what we refer
to
as the commission
because that was where everything began
it was delivered on a most dramatic and
awesome platform
on may 1st 1981
i traveled to two towns in the southwest
of nigeria
my mission was to check up on two sets
of friends who were both young couples
because i had not heard from them in a
while
however when i got to the second
location which was elisha
i found a note on the door with the
words
a way for the weekend
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rather than being disappointed i said
all things work together for good to the
advantage of them that love the lord
then the holy spirit said to me
seek a quiet place
i want to talk with you
that was a timely instruction
because i had quite a few other friends
in that town that i would have visited
and had a good time with
however i obeyed the voice of the holy
spirit
and asked a passerby if there was any
hotel in the outskirts of the town where
i could lodge
that
was how i met
with destiny
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the quiet place i found was one
international hotel elisha
behold as i knelt down to give thanks in
the room
an encounter began that lasted for 18
hours
in that great vision
i saw a lineup of the afflicted
and oppressed
broken
beaten
battered
the blind the lame and the wretched
as all kinds of deformities
and i was greatly bewildered
i heard their wailing as they filed past
me
their groaning was so intense that i
could almost feel their pains
i began to cry and sob along with them
lord
what is this i asked
i heard god say to me
and from the beginning it was not
so i broke down the more in tears
in the midst of all that i kept asking
but why lord
and i heard god say distinctly to me
but from the beginning it was not so
and now the hour has come to liberate
the world from all oppressions of the
devil
through the preaching of the word of
faith
and i am sending you
to undertake this task
i rose from the 18-hour vision fully
persuaded of god’s call upon my life
into the ministry
that was how i received the liberation
mandate
having received the call to the ministry
in 1981 precisely may first
and second immediately
it began to share the vision with people
he believed that i like mine
and the people
who
were counted a privilege
to
follow him in the journey
and i remember precisely
not many days after i received the
vision
the fellowship began that is called
faith libration
hour
there in a lawyer
with a handful of people
and shortly after that
the powerhouse
which is made up of 70 people
has
begun
to
under his leadership began to have times
of prayer and fasting
and of course with
meetings
special meetings of two three days
holding at different places around
quality
now that went on
for
upward of 28 months
after which the ministry was formally
inaugurated
september 17
1983 in preparation for entry into
full-time ministry
god spoke to his servant
i will not have you go like others have
gone
i will have hands laid on you
so you can be filled with a spirit of
wisdom
send for my servant adeboye
and i will have him lay hands on you
and you shall be filled
with the spirit of wisdom
though the two men had never met before
that encounter
god made good his word
and so on the 17th of september 1983
pastor e adeboye
of the redeemed christian church of god
was on hand
to officiate the commissioning service
speaking prophetically into the future
of the ministry i’ve come to understand
very clearly he’s a man that hears from
god
at the time i was
feeling a pull towards going to cartoon
work then in kuala state in the lord
and i asked my wife that we should pray
and find out what exactly is go say
when the ministry was to move from the
learnings in christ states to the north
for instance
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both of us were praying i can never
forget i see how the mental picture of
where we were at that point in time we
were praying asking god
a way to move from kwara state to
cardinal or stay back here
the
number of people we have in the learning
was far more than cardinal
so there is no natural way to even feel
your food towards that place but i could
feel that food
and then
the lord said to me why we’re praying in
the morning stand up
take your bible
and i believe you opened it because i
didn’t flip any scripture
and i saw that scripture just popped out
of the pages of scriptures
saying
and i said lord what shall i do and the
lord said alright let’s get down to
damascus
i told my wife god i just sent an answer
i was still busy praying
when he stood up opened his bible and
tapped me and said
prayer answered
god face to go acts
22 10.
as chapter 22 verse 10
that’s how we had our move to cardinal
on the 24th of april 1987
during the easter convention in kaduna
god’s servant bishop david oyedepo
received the first church planting
mandate with the spirit of the lord
saying
it is time to spread out
by may 1987 a month later
five new churches were planted in
northern nigerian cities of maduguri
bu
bochi
azari
and mubi
in the early morning of july 19th 1989
the spirit of the lord spoke to his
servant
arise
get down to lagos and raise me a people
on that same day
a member of staff was sent to lagos to
secure all the facilities required for
the takeoff of the lagos church
the birth of the lagos church was
preceded by a four-day seminar which
culminated in the first sunday service
on the 24th of september 1989
with about 300 people in attendance
breakthrough seminars were held between
1990 and 1993.
it was an outreach program which took
place in hotel facilities in lagos
however in december 1993
the lord commanded that the breakthrough
seminars be turned into breakthrough
nights
the secret of the church growth
explosion is traceable to the
breakthrough nights
the lagos church grew rapidly
from 3000 to 10 000 in 1994
from 10 000 to 19 000
in 1995
in 1996 attendance shot up to 29 000.
by 1997
the number of worshipers had increased
to 35 000
and by 1998 the church in lagos was up
to 41 000
in
1999
with five services being held
50 000 people were counted on a
particular sunday
then came the move to canaanland
on the 21st of december 1995
the spirit of the lord said to bishop
david oyedego
i will yet relocate my church to her
rehoboth
a place of her enlargement
with the grace for prompt response to
divine direction
the church began
canaan land is indeed god’s appointed
place for this global ministry
and it shows
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ever since
the living faith church worldwide has
executed several landmark church
planting drives
there was the africa gospel invasion
program egypt
where god told his servant
the harvest of africa is now over ripe
rush in
and preserve it from decadence
this is what drove the liberation
mandate into the rest of the continent
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today the mandate is well represented in
well over 40 african nations with huge
followership
to the glory of god
more recently in the year 2019
the church embarked on the planting of 5
000 rural churches in one calendar year
a feat which until then had never been
attempted before as a commission
by the end of that year
it was a done deal
then came the year 2020
a year
which saw the whole world under the
siege of a pandemic that literally shut
down normal human activities yet the god
who gave the mandate in the first place
directed and executed the planting of
over ten thousand new churches in
nigeria alone
and over the thousand new churches
across other nations
of the world
had an encounter with the person of the
holy spirit
as i was reading a book titled
the purpose of pentecost
by the world-renowned evangelist t.l
osborne
i read the book from cover to cover in
one sitting
and for the first time ever
i heard the voice of the holy spirit
audibly
in a most dramatic fashion
i discovered from that book
that the holy spirit is neither a thing
nor a feeling
but a person
who speaks
guides and shows us things to come
i went to kenneth hagin’s convention in
tulsa oklahoma in 1986
desperate for an encounter with the
spirit of faith at work in the man of
god
having been his student since 1976
largely through his books and continuous
inspiration from the word of faith
magazine
coupled with the fact that i have the
word of faith mandate
i saw the ministry as a role model
and i committed myself to draw from him
on that trip my heart cry was whatever
makes hagen hagen
i want it
in the afternoon session at the
convention
my heart was focused on god and on his
servant as he ministered
suddenly
i saw his face transfigured
and it became like the face of a little
baby
i saw anointing oil
as it were dripping down his cheeks
and at that moment
something electric was fired into my
being
i began to sob uncontrollably
in the course of this sobbing
the lord said to me
my son david
the baton has been passed over to you
today by the grace of god
i am holding the baton of the word of
faith
to my generation
with proofs
for the world to see
on the 5th of february 1986
the lord spoke to me saying
arise and get down to benin
and meet with my servant
on the sixth i took off
it was a result of that visit to
archbishop benson idahosa
that i contacted the spirit of boldness
in my quest to find the secret of
prosperity
i took two books titled
the laws of prosperity by kenneth
copeland
and god’s will is prosperity by gloria
copeland
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as i studied those materials and the
bible
light broke forth from deuteronomy 8 18
but thou shalt remember the lord thy god
for it is he that giveth thee power to
get wealth
that he may establish his covenant
which he swore unto thy fathers
as it is
this day
and the lord said to me
my prosperity plan is not a promise
it does not answer to prayer
it is not a promise
it has no respect for fasting
it is a covenant
until your part is played
i
am not committed
hmm
that means
as long as i play my part by keeping the
government
i have a guarantee of prosperity
realizing this i jumped up
spun around and exclaimed yeah
i can never be poor
that encounter
marked a new dawn
in my life
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the publishing mandate
on february 14 1983
while reading a magazine called new wine
god spoke clearly to his servant
the words that i put in your mouth
the same commit into writing
and i will cause the same unction of the
spoken word
to rest on the written word
bringing about the same effect
consequently
the first two books authored by dr david
oyedepo were published in 1985
the law of faith
and the miracle seed
today the dominion publishing house has
its presence
in several nations
with books published in over 30
languages
and over 150 titles with millions of
copies in circulation around the world
even bibles are being printed to
excellent specifications today
at the dominion publishing house
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the training arm
on one of those days of waiting on the
lord in may 1983
god’s voice again came through to dr
david oyedepo saying
i will through this ministry
raise the foundation of many other
ministries
preparation began
by the last quarter of 1985
but the school the word of faith bible
institute
warfee
began with evening classes started
officially on the 1st of september 1986.
like abraham who trained his army for
conquest
the word of faith bible institute has
produced hundreds of thousands of
graduates across the world
not only in pulpit ministry
but in all areas of human endeavor
the educational are
the liberation mandate over the years
has been a clear proof
that wherever the gospel of jesus christ
goes
true civilization and corresponding
development follow
through its visionary pursuits and drive
the commission has been at the forefront
of a revolution through education on the
african educational landscape
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then came the founding of covenant
university
on october 21st 2002
with over 1
500 pioneer students
a second university
landmark university was founded by the
commission in the year 2011.
today landmark university
enjoys the influx of a sizeable number
of international students from across
africa
charting new courses in the agricultural
landscape
as well as releasing global leaders in
their various fields of endeavor
in january 2021
the webometric ranking of universities
across the world was released
covenant university
emerged as the second
and landmark university emerged as the
ninth out of all 262 federal state and
private universities in nigeria
consequently covenant university and
landmark university emerged as the first
and second private universities in
nigeria respectively
more recently in april 2021
covenant university was rated number one
in nigeria
according to the times higher education
global impact ranking
year in year out
new records are created
stereotypes are shattered
and the vision for the continent that
can no longer be regarded as the dark
continent
becomes clearer
through the indelible marks of the
liberation mandate
the humanitarian arm
the cardinal purpose of the gospel is to
most importantly
engender the welfare of the people like
jesus christ stated in matthew chapter
25.
it is for the church to rise in defense
of the people when distracted
as well as help the society transit
successfully
in its stages of development
the living faith church
through the world mission agency has
never shied away from rising up to the
needs of the people when challenged
particularly in healthcare interventions
and disaster management
by giving scholarships and grants to
indigent students
meeting orphanage homes
dr david oyedepo has personally been
involved in humanitarian efforts through
the david oyedepo foundation
global impact of the commission
today in the year 2021
40 years later
there is a tangible impactful and
physical manifestation of the liberation
mandate in at least five continents of
the world
on the second of may
god came down to me
i
the god of wanda double is visiting you
sir in seven weeks you are doubled
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in that season
one sunday will increase by twenty eight
thousand five hundred
another sunday thirty three thousand
plus
another sunday 48 000 plus over the
previous
we are in a revival
some time ago
god spoke to his servant
saying the only scientific way to grow a
big body
is by replication of the cells of that
body
in the same vein
the only way to grow a great
congregation can only be
by the rate of replication of the cells
the winners satellite fellowship wsf
is one of the platforms for church
growth in this commission
via this home cell system
spiritual
emotional and physical care are
constantly reviewed and enhanced for
adequate attention and covering for
members
as the cells keep growing
the main church is also growing
in february 2021
a cell growth and replication drive was
flagged off
and within 10 weeks over 10 000 new home
cells were planted
all to the glory of god
indeed the word of faith preached has
been confirmed across the nations of the
earth
with signs
wonders
and life-changing testimonies of god’s
grace and glory
god is still opening new chapters in the
journey of this great commission
it keeps opening new chapters it keeps
opening new chapters
for instance
it will build each other 650 000
at the base of this ministry he did
and then
there was a clean
knocking of the holy spirit he wants to
do something else
amen
and now we are embarking on a one
hundred thousand c sanctuary
when he said would be for 2000 you would
think that he has put a ceiling of 50
000 people only in the church now he
failed it once he feed it twice he feed
it three times so
it’s a destiny of no limits that is
there are no ceilings on the destiny of
the believer there are no ceilings
people don’t know that
as long as you keep following it keeps
changing your level you keep changing
the level of his church and it won’t
stop doing that until you start
following
when you stop following just like when
you withdraw your service from any
organization you stop getting paid
free benefits sees
but as long as you are on it and you in
it
you find your level changing
you find yourself mainly said among
candidates for promotion you are going
up because you are in service
year in
year out
having witnessed the groundbreaking and
subsequent commissioning of signature
projects across the length and breadth
of nigeria
africa and the world at large
we are about to see
the unveiling of the legacy project the
100 000 seat capacity sanctuary
the ark
this
is the lord’s doing
and it is marvelous
in our sight
to him alone
beyond the glory
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so
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you