I am holding in my hand right now, my latest book on the Communion.
It is a daily devotional Communion guide.
And we have testimonies galore throughout this book just to build your faith.
Because the Bible says in Revelation 12:11: “And they overcame him (Satan)
by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony;”
When we hear other people testify, you know, it builds such faith in us.
Amen.
While you’re just waiting at the doctor's office
for your appointment and perhaps someone is before you
and you're waiting outside, don't spend time just, you know,
doing something else on your phone.
Go to all the testimonies and read about what God has done for them,
even before you see the doctor, amen?
Prepare yourself in that way and you'll be surprised how
that just imparts faith and that the same God who did this for them
will do the same for you.
I want to start off by sharing with you a testimony from this book
that just so blessed me.
And it is on depression.
Especially during this time of this crisis that we are in,
we see the loss of jobs, loss of health
and even a loss of a sense of hope for the future.
This can result in depression and depression is very real.
The Bible calls it the spirit of heaviness.
It is a spirit.
It is a spirit that is out there looking for people who are entertaining
or lost in thoughts of negativism, pessimism.
Thoughts like: “The worst is yet to be.”
They cannot look forward to the future.
The Bible says that Bible hope is not: “I hope that good things might happen.”
That is not Bible hope.
Bible hope is a positive expectation of good!
It is the word ‘elpis’ and in the Bible, it always refers to a positive expectation
of good.
Amen.
So, I want to share this testimony of this precious lady who suffered from depression.
And she did not suffer just any sort of depression.
Listen.
I left an abusive marriage of 12 years and my kids live with my ex-husband.
I'm only able to see them twice in a year because I live 12 hours away.
After my last visit to see my kids, I fell into a deep depression.
I reckon if I'm separated from my child, I know how torturous that can be.
I couldn't get out of bed.
I couldn't get out of bed and slept up to 20 hours a day.
I can't imagine that.
Sleeping up to 20 hours a day because of depression.
Medications didn't help me.
I lost 58 pounds in five months because I couldn't eat.
Pastor Prince, I've been listening to your sermons on the holy Communion
literally for 24 hours on some days.
Wow.
Listening to my sermons on holy Communion, literally, she says, for 24 hours on some days.
I let them play as I sleep and I listen for the few hours that I am awake.
The revelation I received on the Communion has helped me step out of such
deep darkness and depression.
Like the new manna that fell for the children of Israel every day,
God showed me that His daily bread was my daily healing.
Not for yesterday or tomorrow, but today.
So, God gave her a personal revelation that just like the manna that fell every day
for the children of Israel, His daily bread falls afresh every day for her.
And that is also the principle of daily Communion.
Amen.
Partaking of the community daily.
This is what she said: God told me it is the same with Communion.
That today, He supplies all my healing through the elements of bread and juice,
which are the simple things that represent what His son did for me on the cross.
When tomorrow comes, He will provide me with
new bread and new healing for that day.
Notice that?
She had a revelation that Communion is to be partaken of every day!
Daily.
Just like how when we pray the Lord’s prayer: “Give us this day, our daily bread.”
And bread is a symbol of healing as well.
You know Jesus says in Matthew 15:26— “It is not right to take the children's bread."
It was in reference to healing
and in reference to deliverance.
And here she says that she has a revelation from God.
A personal revelation that as manna came for the children of Israel every day, right?
When we partake of the Lord’s Supper every day,
we are receiving our daily health.
Isn't that good?
Amen.
And that's what I've been sharing also.
Every time I preach on the Communion, I tell people to partake,
if they can, not just daily.
But sometimes if there's an issue that they are battling with, perhaps their doctors
have given them a bad prognosis, I encourage them to believe God.
Like how you would take medicine three times a day,
to also take the Communion three times a day.
But again, friend, it is not a matter of like: “If I take Communion, there it is!"
"The power of God!"
"It works like magic.”
No, my friend.
This is a relationship with the Lord.
And that's why I believe that my first book gives you the general information
and spiritual intelligence on how to partake of the Lord’s Supper
and the revelation about the Lord’s Supper.
That’s in my first book— Eat Your Way To Life And Health.
But this book here is a daily devotional so that taking the Communion doesn't
become something you do when you’re sick and you just go to the Communion
without a revelation.
This will build a revelation in you every single day,
so you always partake of it fresh.
Amen.
Now, back to the story of this lady who was depressed.
And she says that: When tomorrow comes,
God will provide me with new bread and new healing for that day.
So, I began to take the Communion every day, especially when I had really dark moments.
And here I stand— depression free!
God has restored hope in my life!
Understanding the Communion better has given me hope and showed me that
without Jesus, hope is just an empty word.
All praise to God for His revelation.
Amen.
Praise the name of Jesus.
For a lady who was depressed and sleeping all the time,
having this revelation is just simply amazing.
We give God the praise and the glory for what the Lord has done for her.
And what the Lord did for her, He wants to do for you as well.
In the name of Jesus, I want to pray for you right now.
If you are suffering from depression and you're watching this secretly
in the privacy of your little room somewhere, know this—this is not a permanent thing
for you.
Because you are tuning in.
It is not going to be your future.
It will not dictate to you your life in the future.
No, when you look at the future, my friend, the best is yet to come!
Amen.
Your future is as bright as God's favor.
As God's grace.
Amen.
His mercies are new every morning, so you can look forward to your future.
You know, some people don't look forward to the future
when they're depressed.
They don't look forward to morning when morning comes.
And they don't look forward to night when night comes.
They don't look forward to falling asleep.
They don’t look forward to— But friend, you can look forward to the future.
God wants you to have a positive expectation of good
because right now, in the name of Jesus, Jesus will do something for you
right now that will just so set you free!
Amen.
I just feel the Holy Spirit impress this upon me right now to pray this for you.
In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Lord Jesus, I thank You.
You give us the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.
And this wonderful brother and this sister that is watching.
And Father right now, whoever that is watching that is
suffering from depression of any measure.
In the name of Jesus, Lord, when You set free, You set free indeed.
In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the blood of Jesus,
I command that foul spirit of depression and I command that foul spirit of heaviness
to be lifted off your life in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Be free in the name of Jesus.
Amen.
And friend, there's truly a freedom that comes.
Yes, what you're sensing right now!
Many of you are feeling like a sense of menthol, refreshing.
You know, for the lack of a better word, I used the word menthol.
Like the eucalyptus.
You know, you can smell that.
I feel like that is what is happening to you right now.
You are breathing fresh air, right where you are in Jesus name.
Now, friend, whatever that is heavy on you, that is dark, that is burdening you,
that is oppressing you is gone.
Amen.
But listen, there might be a counter attack.
And many times, there might be a counter attack.
The devil will come back and say: “You see, you're not the same.
Or what happened this morning or what happened just now,
you know, isn’t real.”
No, don't listen to that.
It's time to fill your thoughts with the Word of God.
Amen.
We call it meditation.
Start to meditate on what I'm sharing.
Go online and find the materials.
Get the book on the Communion or get another book that I've preached on.
I recommended my books because I know what I'm teaching.
Amen.
There are many good books out there but I'm recommending mine because
I know what I'm teaching and I know it is the Word of God that will
set you free.
But do fill your mind!
Fill your mind with the Word of God.
Meditate on God's Word.
Day and night.
Amen.
And you know, the time will come when your friends will say:
“What happened to you?"
"Your face is glowing!"
"There's a light in your eyes."
"It's a joy to be around you!”
And they'll ask you: “What happened to you?”
Amen.
And you can testify to what Jesus has done for you.
Amen.