BREAKING THE YOKE OF STAGNATION

Our God is an ever progressive God. The Bible tells us in Deut1:5-8 of how God had to tell the Israelites that they had “tarried” to long on the Mountain. That tells us something about God. He is an ever progressive God and does not want us to remain in one spot.

Stagnation in Latin is “Stagnatum” meaning “Standing Water”. Stagnation is a state of Inactivity. It means not moving. Stagnation is like a Poodle of water that attracts mosquitoes. A stagnant life attracts harmful things or people. Stagnation can also mean a state no or low growth, a state of dullness, dryness or even sluggishness. A life full of mundane things is a Stagnant life. When there is no new thing in your life, no new vision, no excitement, there is Stagnation. The Christian life is a Bubbling life because God does something in a person’s life all the time.

Movement does not connote Progress. It is not enough to move forward but is the speed enough to reach your destiny? Stagnation eventually leads to waste of destiny.

CAUSES OF STAGNATION

1   1)    Tiredness or Weariness

2   2)    Distraction

3   3)    Deception and Complacency

4   4)    Division

5   5)    Disobedience

6   6)    Lack of vision and exposure

7   7)    Tradition

HOW TO BREAK THE YOKE OF STAGNATION

1   1)    Awareness from God

Before the yoke of Stagnation breaks, there is the need for awareness about stagnation from God. You will agree with me that when God does not reveal a particular thing to a person, such person remains in darkness. So until the voice of God that brings awareness to us about Stagnation speaks to us, life of Stagnation will continue.(Deut1:5-8)

2   2)    Dissatisfaction with Stagnation

There is the need to make a firm resolution against Stagnation.

3   3)    Readiness to pay the Price.

Most people wants to make huge progress but are never willing to pay the price. Progress comes with a price. Progress is never cheap.

4   4)    Shed unnecessary activities

Just as Load or weight would not make any athlete to run well and win, so also will unnecessary and mundane activities hinder progress. You won’t have enough time to do what is big enough if you are occupied with small things. Shed unnecessary activities.

5   5)    Be a Giver

Give a lot. Not just money, give kindness, give love, give help, give knowledge. Learn to give. The life of a Giver is always a receiving Life. It’s not always about money. Sow seeds. What you do with what you have received brings Progress

6   6)    Trade you current Security to secure your Future (Deut1:19)

Leave your comfort zone and take risks. Not just any risks. Take Calculated-Holy Spirit-inspired-risks. Every prophecy needs a risk-taker to happen.  Some miracles will continue to be in the pending box as long as there is no boldness and courage to take risks. In trading your current security to secure your future, Faith is needed because it imparts Courage to make bold decision. Face your Fears and your Fear will phase out.

7   7)    Obedience (2Kgs7:5;Lk15:20)

You must know what to do and do what you know. Oftentimes, people just stop at the point of knowing what to do but never doing it. Until you arise to act, you won’t rise. Willingness to do something does not equate to doing it. Divine help can only be enjoyed to the degree of our own obedience. (2Cor10:5-6;Mic6:8). Obedience moves us into action so that God can move into action over our lives. Obeying God makes the Devil want to threaten us but relax, he is a failure already and is only being afraid of the power in your obedience.

8   8)    Prophetic Intervention

God sends his servant to prophecy upon a life to break yokes of Stagnation. How you receive them determines if you will receive all that God has for you through the Prophet.

9   9)    Apostolic Anointing and Challenge

Apostles lead people into demonic territories to break yokes. The Apostles Anointing give what money cannot give. Obedience to Apostolic Challenge and Anointing breaks yokes of Stagnation. 

Message By: Pastor Sina Abegunde

Date: 31.07.2016