Apostle Daniel Network

There Are Two Ways to Have An Encounter

1. You may not quest for it intentionally, but by grace and mercy, you happen upon it, or it happens to you. It doesn't mean that there are no factor(s) that facilitate that, but it's just that you're not deliberately after it. However, something or someone else facilitated it.

I've had about four instances where, as I walked on the street, I happened upon a certain portal. I felt it. I stayed a few moments as if I were waiting for someone just to soak it in. I walked away from there, and some supernatural abilities I had never quested started manifesting in my life. You see! You may not intentionally desire it, but it happens by grace. Someone may impart it to you while you never had any initial desire for it until that time.

2. It's not everyone that will have some unintentional encounters. The majority of the encounters I had were deliberate. I prayed for them, and I never gave up until I had them. So the second one is, in case you don't have the first one or you do but not all you want to happen, you can deliberately go after it. You'll get it if you don't give. Being deliberate can get you some encounters that you may never have otherwise.

My prayer for you is that you'll have encounters by grace, and if you need to deliberately quest for them, may the grace of God sponsor it so that you don't spend too much time unnecessarily thinking it's God that's delaying.

If those sacrifices in the Old Testament worked, then the shed blood of Jesus in the New Testament works better.

Why does it not work like in the Old Testament?

Old Testament sacrifices were physical, so people didn't have a problem believing its effectiveness having seen it worked a couple of times, especially in Egypt. However, in the New Testament, the sacrifice isn't physically appropriated as such. All physical appropriations are representations to stir faith. However, since man lives more by what he sees or holds tangibly, it's difficult to believe in the blood sacrifice in the New Testament like the people in the Old Testament.

The Old Testament sacrifice was more physical and practical, so man related to it easily and had results. The New Testament is by faith and its invisible. It requires the imagination to be worn over by the Word of God and the heart to accept the blood sacrifice as true and real; otherwise, its power won't be released.

Therefore, in 2024, make it a priority to engage the blood more often than anything. Search, read and study extensively about the power of the blood sacrifice of Jesus. Ask the Holy to unveil its meaning, truth and power to your consciousness and help you to engage it.

Let me help you further by saying this. If using physical materials (the wine and the bread) like we use during Holy Communion can make it look more real to you and help stir up faith in your heart so that you can believe it more, then take advantage of such. The more your heart grasps its revelation; you're conscious of its power, and you appropriate it, the more effective it is.

Don't joke with the blood this year. What's coming this year will require the blood more than anything else.

Apostle Daniel A. Godson

Are You Sure You Believe?

I asked a brother recently, “Are you sure you truly believe?”. He said, “Of course, I believe!”. He was so emphatic.

Dear friend, here's what I told him. I believe it'll bless you.

Are you sure you truly believe? If you do, how did you know you do? If you truly believe, here is how you'll know.

What happened on the inside of your heart when you heard or read the word of God concerning your case? Did you feel the joy as if you already have what the word says you have, or you feel in your heart like it was going to happen? If you felt like it would happen, then you didn't believe. You can never say you believe until your heart feels as if you already have the object of your prayer. When your heart feels as if you have it already even when there's no evidence or nothing to show that you have it, that is when you believe, and you'll have the object of your faith if you don't allow doubt to affect what you already accepted and felt in your heart.

In summary, you don't believe until your heart feels like you already have what you prayed for, even when physical evidence is contrary. If your heart feels like you already have it, don't let anything take that heartfelt feeling of being in possession of your desire away. What you pray for will manifest eventually, unhindered, in ways you never imagine possible.

So, my question is, do you truly believe?

— Apostle Daniel A. Godson