Midweek Communion Service | 25 March 2026 | Faith Tabernacle Ota by Bishop David Oyedepo: Sermon Notes

The Light That Empowers Flight

Isaiah 60:1-3 — Arise, shine, for thy light is come. The entrance of his word gives light and gives understanding to the simple.

The light you don't walk in has no value. You have a torchlight in your bag and you walk in darkness — it does not add any value. You still stumble. It is when you walk in that light that darkness has no power to make you stumble.

A little one shall become a thousand and a small one a strong nation — by that light. Until learning culminates in discovery, it holds no value. It is only vocabulary on your profile. Zero value. It is discoveries that give value to learning. So we keep searching until we find. It's what we find that enhances our value.

Applied Discoveries Secure the Future

Every applied discovery secures the future.

Habakkuk 2:3 — Though it tarries, wait for it. It shall surely come.

Your discoveries made from this book, when applied, secure the future.

Don't just read religiously. Search to find. I've been hearing from heaven since 1976 — from my discoveries here. Applied as soon as I found it. He led me to where they were in a city, in a town, without asking nobody.

My discovery in Ephesians 2:6 — by redemption I've been raised up together with him, made to sit with him in heavenly places far above. The consciousness of my far-above mentality based on that discovery gave me that audacity.

My discovery in one sitting produced John 16 — the personality of the Holy Spirit came alive to me. The Holy Spirit was truly a person. Lead me to where they are in this town. Go forward. Applied discovery.

You are not reading for fun to feel good. You are searching to find. And give value to your finding by applying yourself to it.

If discoveries from materials could change people's lives, how much more discoveries from the Word directly? These materials only help our understanding of the Word. If you encounter the Word directly by the help of the Holy Spirit, it makes all the difference in the world.

The Power of Genuine Love for God

Love is our connectivity to divinity, which empowers us for dominion. He that dwells in love dwells in God and God in him.

One of the discoveries we made is the power of love in securing a believer's place. Love for God — an asset of inestimable value. Far more powerful than any skill anybody in the world may acquire.

1 Corinthians 2:9 — Eyes have not seen, nor ears have heard, the kind of things ordained for those who love him. That defines the supremacy of genuine love for God above all skills and learnings.

God has revealed it to them that love him, by giving them access to the deep things of God — things unmatchable by the knowledge of man. Just like Daniel said, "The thing that the king has asked, there is no man on earth that can provide an answer, but it's the God in heaven who reveals secrets." That is the realm the church of God is going to in the end time.

1 John 4:16 — For as he is in heaven, so are we now in this world. As our love continues to grow, we come to the realm of the fullness of God.

Ephesians 3:17-19 — That Christ may dwell in your heart by faith, that you being rooted and grounded in love, may comprehend the breadth, the length, the height and depth of the love of God that passes knowledge — that you might be filled with all the fullness of God.

From Romans 11, when we dwell in love, we are engrafted to God. We begin to partake of the root and the fatness of the olive.

Love Empowers Obedience and Exploits

Love empowers our obedience, which provokes supernatural breakthroughs.

John 14:21 and 1 John 5:3 — This is the love of God, that we keep his commandments, and his commandments are not grievous. When you are in love, keeping his commandments is a delight — you are not struggling, not being coerced.

So obedience empowers a flight in the adventure of life. I'll set you on high above all nations of the earth. No plane shoots up immediately — it climbs. It generates ground power in readiness for flight. Then it gets on the runway, and at a particular speed, it lifts off. As we grow our love for God, we move from the parking place towards the runway — and at a particular temperature, it takes off.

Love never fails. Love is never defeated in battle. The fiery furnace could not consume the three Hebrew boys — it was not just faith, it was the faith that draws on their love.

1 Corinthians 13:7 — Love endures all things. Peter's faith crashed when he saw the storm. But those three Hebrew boys — their faith was solid because their love was intact.

Every True Lover Enjoys Divine Encounters

Every true lover enjoys divine encounters time and again, which opens new chapters to their lives. Abraham, the friend of God — God said to Abraham, God said to Abraham, God said to Abraham. When you are in love, encounters become natural. You are not gasping for it.

Biblical Proofs of Genuine Love

If we love God:

• We will have passion for the afflicted, as in the case of Moses.
• We will love our brethren also. 1 John 4:21
• We will not love in word or tongue only, but in deed and in truth. 1 John 3:17-18
• We will identify with him openly and unashamedly. David said, "I will speak of thy testimonies before kings and will not be ashamed." Paul said, "I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ." Mark 8:38

Steadfastness Is Rooted in Love

Steadfastness and sustainable stewardship is rooted in our undying love for Christ. Every of God's agenda speaks loudest at the end.

Jesus said, "Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. I will appoint unto you a kingdom as my Father has appointed me." After enduring the temptations — at the end, you will be enthroned.

Peter's shadow was healing the sick. Acts 5:1-11. The fall of Ananias and Sapphira. These are all validations of what things eyes have not seen nor ears have heard — which pertains to true lovers.

Receive grace to keep growing in your love for him. I declare this year a year of deep discoveries in all areas of your life. It shall be so in the name of Jesus.