Latest / Selah Media House / The Grace to Last by Apostle Joshua Selman at Run Conference 2026 (Streams of Joy Umuahia-Abia)
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- 0:07Keep celebrating Apostle Joshua Salma.
- 0:21Hallelujah, Hallelujah, streams of joy.
- 0:28Can you give Jesus a big hand clap of praise?
- 0:32Glory be to Jesus. Hallelujah, Amen.
- 0:39Good evening, Abia State. Good evening, streams of joy.
- 0:45Good evening, victorious people, Amen.
- 0:49Pastor Jerry, thank you. Thank you.
- 0:51And your dear wife, Pastor Eno, thank you.
- 0:54Let's give them a big God bless you.
- 0:58Hallelujah. Now let me just say two things
- 1:02quickly before we sit. Hallelujah.
- 1:05I want us to still celebrate the man of God for three things.
- 1:11One for vision, 2 for consistency, and then three for
- 1:19victory. If you understand what I just
- 1:23said. One for vision, 2 for
- 1:27consistency, and then #3 for victory.
- 1:31Please help me honor Pastor Jerry and his dear wife.
- 1:36God bless you, Pastor Jerry, we love you and we truly honor you.
- 1:40Hallelujah, Praise the name of the Lord.
- 1:46Let me just take one minute from my time and express commendation
- 1:54over, you know, the appreciation that happened here.
- 1:58Now, if you're not in ministry and if you've not tasted of the
- 2:02victory that comes with putting the Word of God to walk, you
- 2:09will never know the value of being appreciated like this.
- 2:14Hallelujah. It is usual for people to
- 2:18persecute their saviors. From.
- 2:22Jesus and all through modern history.
- 2:24If you're a student of history you see that now it is difficult
- 2:29to find people genuinely non pretentiously celebrate victory.
- 2:36The people Jesus was going to die for were the ones who killed
- 2:39him. It just so happens that his
- 2:42dying was profitable. If his dying was not part of his
- 2:45assignment, it would have still been a loss.
- 2:47It's not that he died, it was in prophecy, but that he died out
- 2:53of a man's wickedness. So when you find a people, I
- 2:56must commend those pastors because they are ministers too,
- 3:01in their own capacity. Please allow me just for a
- 3:04moment, Pastor Jerry, I hope you don't mind just to say a word.
- 3:07It is something that we must learn.
- 3:12This is one of the rarest, by the grace of God, I've been in
- 3:16this business for a few years. I've seen all kinds of things.
- 3:20It takes a lot of security, it takes a lot of godliness, and it
- 3:27takes humility of heart for pastors to stand in Mass behind
- 3:32camera that the whole world will see them, to honor their
- 3:35brother, to say we will not despise our own.
- 3:38I think for me it just made this state and the ministers and dear
- 3:42to my heart, on behalf of the man of God and all who love
- 3:46Jesus, let me say thank you to the pastors.
- 3:48And I pray, I pray, I pray that many, many other parts of the
- 3:55East and many other parts in this nation will be able to
- 3:59model this. First and foremost, there's
- 4:02nothing you can do about a man who God has lifted #2 you cannot
- 4:09step into a dimension you resent #3 when God raises a man is not
- 4:15for himself, is for everyone. So when you fight that person,
- 4:20you are in partnership with the devil to destroy your own
- 4:23destiny. His destiny is already made.
- 4:26That's why he's been used. Honestly, I'm saying it again,
- 4:29and this is, this is not a man of God patronizing by the
- 4:33mercies of God. I've been in ministry for a few
- 4:35years. At this point in my life, I've
- 4:38outgrown playing politics. My heart is for Jesus and when I
- 4:43see what looks like Him and the way He acts, I will talk about
- 4:47it. This right here is a model for
- 4:50many people to learn. Hallelujah #2 For those of you
- 4:56who might be uncomfortable with this display of lavish on on a
- 4:59man, let me tell you this like you'll be learning tonight when
- 5:03you find people who win by righteousness and win
- 5:07consistently. It is a testimonial of
- 5:10discipline, endurance. Are we together walking the
- 5:14parts of the Spirit and the Bible says that they that rule
- 5:17well should be counted for double honor.
- 5:20And so I'm saying thank you again for not rejecting your
- 5:24own. Don't allow another region or
- 5:26another part of the world celebrate the gift that God has
- 5:30given you within the East. He may not be the only one, but
- 5:34he's a significant one among many.
- 5:36Please celebrate Pastor Jerry again and his dear wife and you
- 5:40may be seated. Apostrophe, God bless you.
- 5:44Was so good to see you. Can you imagine?
- 5:45We didn't meet in Abuja and we're now meeting in whom we're
- 5:49here. God bless you.
- 5:50Please be seated. Everybody, thank you for the
- 5:52honor and the opportunity given to me to bring the word of God.
- 5:57I've been blessed already, really blessed already.
- 6:02Let's see how far God will help us within the time that we have.
- 6:06It truly is a privilege for me to make contributions as far as
- 6:10building God's people is concerned.
- 6:13And I'm hoping that the things we'll be sharing in addition to
- 6:17all that you have heard and all that you'll be hearing will
- 6:21build you up. Conferences like these are
- 6:23largely ward encounters. That means that God, through the
- 6:29teaching of the Word, upgrades our spiritual understanding.
- 6:33He helps us to come into a level of mastery as far as
- 6:37understanding the things of the Kingdom are concerned.
- 6:41Conferences like this help to sharpen our understanding, to
- 6:45build us, to impart us, to empower us indeed, so that we'll
- 6:49run in the name of Jesus. I decree and declare that the
- 6:53keys you'll be receiving tonight, in addition to all that
- 6:56you have received, will make you a finisher.
- 6:59In the name of Jesus Christ. Hallelujah, Praise the name of
- 7:04Jesus. As believers, we have been
- 7:09called to live a victorious life.
- 7:11The Bible is clear as to the fact that God designed our walk
- 7:16and our sojourn upon the earth to be laced with dominion and
- 7:20victory. And He not only gave us the call
- 7:23and the assignment, He also gave us the resources that equip us
- 7:28to work in dominion. In John chapter 15, when you
- 7:31read from verse 8, he says 15 and verse 8.
- 7:36Can you give it to us? Media, Let's walk with KJV.
- 7:39Hallelujah. John chapter 15 and verse 8.
- 7:42Herein is my father glorified that ye bear much fruit.
- 7:46Someone say much fruit. It says so shall you be my
- 7:49disciples? Verse 16 of the same John 15, it
- 7:54says you have not chosen me, but I have chosen you and ordained
- 7:58you. The word ordained means
- 8:00legitimize your operation that you should go and bring forth
- 8:04fruit and that your fruit will remain so.
- 8:07We have been ordained to live a victorious life.
- 8:10The Bible is clear as to the fact that our victory brings
- 8:14glory to the name of the Lord. The Bible says we are his
- 8:17workmanship. Ephesians to understand
- 8:21recreated in Christ. Are we together who onto good
- 8:26walks and that God had preordained that we should walk
- 8:30in them for any man's vision to speak.
- 8:35Let me start on this. There are 5 five elements that
- 8:40must be present for any vision. More so a ministerial vision of
- 8:45this sort to speak number one, there must be a a mandate, A
- 8:49distinct mandate from God. We have a general assignment as
- 8:55believers, the Great Commission we call it.
- 8:58But within that Great Commission there are distinct assignments
- 9:04and not everybody may have a call of this sort, but there are
- 9:08many people whose calling and fulfilment is within the call of
- 9:13another person. But generally speaking, it's
- 9:16important to have a distinct message.
- 9:18Number two, you must have a divinely revealed strategy for
- 9:24driving that vision. It is dangerous to have a
- 9:26correct vision and invent your own strategy.
- 9:30Every time God desires to use a man, use a people, He not only
- 9:35gives you a prophetic word, He not only gives you a vision, he
- 9:39gives you his strategy. Most times great visions fail,
- 9:44and I'm saying this as a preamble very quickly.
- 9:46Great visions fail because the vision is correct, but the
- 9:50strategy is usually not divided. Most times we don't stay enough
- 9:55to receive the strategy. As soon as we receive the then
- 10:00we run and then use our own strategy.
- 10:03So Joshua knows he's to bring Jericho down, but he had a
- 10:07plethora of options, 1 of it, the usual one was to fight but
- 10:11he had to wait to ask how will I bring them down?
- 10:14And he said no, no, no, this is not a battle of swords and
- 10:17spares. You're going to go around
- 10:19Jericho once every day and then on the 7th day you will go seven
- 10:24times the priest bearing the ark, and they will shout and the
- 10:27mountain will come. I mean, Jericho will go down.
- 10:30So most times believers try to use, you know, let me tell you
- 10:34this, the strategy that executes the prophecy you are giving is
- 10:38as powerful as the prophecy itself.
- 10:41You can have a clear prophetic word from God, but what becomes
- 10:47your edge in terms of victory is the ability to stay until you
- 10:51receive the winning strategy. Else you will be.
- 10:55Experimenting a lot of man made strategies.
- 10:58For an example, what you see happening in Streams of Joy.
- 11:02The End. The prayer platform.
- 11:04NSPPD. The life of Pastor Jerry and his
- 11:06wife. The the the.
- 11:09Edge is a strategy that came by the Spirit.
- 11:13Are we together now? And he's able to do it in a way
- 11:16that made him distinct. Are we together?
- 11:20And he's able to serve the grace of God with excellence.
- 11:23So you need a mandate, you need a strategy #3 you need a
- 11:26platform. You can have a great vision, you
- 11:31can have a great strategy, but you need a platform.
- 11:36The platform allows you to be able to serve the grace that God
- 11:41has committed to you without hindrance.
- 11:44The platform #4 you need resources.
- 11:49And of these resources, there are two kinds.
- 11:51The greater are human resources and then material resources.
- 11:56In fact, it is the presence of the human resources that
- 11:59guarantee the arrival of material resources.
- 12:02If you have money and you don't have men, you are poor.
- 12:08Let me pray a prayer for you. I always pray for my people.
- 12:11May you never be so poor that all you have is money in the
- 12:16name of Jesus Christ. Because the Bible says in the
- 12:20multitude of men is a King's honor.
- 12:23Go to the hospital and you see many things money cannot do.
- 12:27Are we together now? So when God wants to help a man,
- 12:31he brings human resources and then, of course, material
- 12:35resources, and then the 5th. And that will give way to my
- 12:39discussion tonight. Divine backing. 5 elements. 1A.
- 12:45Distinct mandate, a distinct message. 2A.
- 12:49Divinely revealed strategy number 3A.
- 12:52Platform #4 resources 5. Divine backing, this is where
- 12:59the robber hits the road. There must be an evidence upon
- 13:02your life that God sent you. There must be an evidence upon
- 13:06your life. Are we together?
- 13:08No matter. Even if you have all these four,
- 13:11if you do not have that backing, you will be frustrated.
- 13:15I like the scripture. Pastor Eno LED us to pray before
- 13:17I came up. He says by you, I have run
- 13:21through a troop and by my God, do you know what it means to run
- 13:24through a troop? A troop is not men.
- 13:29A troop is men who are equipped. And now a single person runs
- 13:34through a troop and then he says, by my God, I have leaped
- 13:39over a wall. These are the possibilities that
- 13:42only come when God is with a man.
- 13:44I pray for you in Jesus name from today to be clear without
- 13:48mistaking that the hand of God is upon your life.
- 13:52It will be clear that God is with you.
- 13:55Nicodemus came to Jesus by night.
- 13:57Please sit in John chapter 3 and he said Rabbi verse 1.
- 14:00He says we know that thou at a teacher come from God.
- 14:04He says for no man verse 2 can do this miracles which thou
- 14:08duest except God be with him. There are results that men can
- 14:13produce, There are results that only God can produce in a man.
- 14:18And when you find certain possibilities activated in the
- 14:21life of men, it is an attestation that God is with
- 14:25them. Acts 1038 says how God anointed
- 14:30Jesus of Nazareth. Isn't it amazing that Jesus had
- 14:32to be anointed with the Holy Ghost and with power?
- 14:36Then he went about doing good healing all day that were
- 14:40oppressed, he says, for God was with him.
- 14:44Hallelujah, praise the name of the Lord.
- 14:47All right, so let's go to our discussion tonight.
- 14:49We'll walk within the time that is available and we'll see how
- 14:53God will help us in the name of Jesus.
- 14:56The Holy Ghost quickened in me something that I don't teach
- 15:00very often, but I think it's very relevant, particularly for
- 15:05this conference. And this has to do with the
- 15:09dynamics of longevity. I'm going to be talking, I'll
- 15:13give you the topic, but I'm going to be talking.
- 15:14My emphasis tonight will be the skill to remain, the grace, the
- 15:20capacity to last longevity of impact.
- 15:26I found out in my little experience, my work with God,
- 15:30and the brief time in ministry that number one, it takes vision
- 15:35to start #2 it takes discipline to continue.
- 15:40But #3 it takes mercy to finish. It takes vision and maybe
- 15:48motivation to start. It takes discipline to continue.
- 15:54But honestly, when the stakes are down, it is not a formula
- 15:58that finishes. It is a mercy of God.
- 16:01I've seen people who got it all wrong and strangely they
- 16:05finished. I've seen people who got it all
- 16:08right and strangely they didn't finish.
- 16:13It is at this point that both the lanet and your lanet.
- 16:17It is at this point that both the gifted and not so gifted.
- 16:21We all tremble before His presence when it has to do with
- 16:25the business of finishing. We are products of His mercy,
- 16:29albeit there are principles that can guide a man and can help you
- 16:34to finish strong. And I want to show you a few of
- 16:36these principles in the message I titled the grace to last, the
- 16:41grace to last two scriptures very quickly, and then the Lord
- 16:46will help us tonight. If you're Lenny already say
- 16:48Amen, Hallelujah. Hebrews chapter 12, we look at
- 16:531:00 and 2:00, Then we'll go to 1st Corinthians Chapter 9.
- 16:56Your grace, your grace, I'm nothing without you, your grace.
- 17:09Your grace shines on me. It's your grace, Your grace.
- 17:23I'm everything with you, Your grace.
- 17:31Your grace shines on me. Hebrews 12, verse one.
- 17:39Wherefore now follow Paul's discussion, seeing that we are
- 17:44compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses on the basis
- 17:50of this, that there are witnesses, those who have gone
- 17:54before us, those who are here among us, because we are
- 17:59surrounded. He said let us lay aside every
- 18:02weight and the scene that dot easily beset us.
- 18:07And then he says, let us run with patience or perseverance
- 18:12the race that is set before us. Then he gives us a strategy, and
- 18:17the name of that strategy is Looking unto Jesus.
- 18:20It's a strategy for winning. Looking on to Jesus is not just
- 18:24a description to look up. He's telling you the name of the
- 18:27strategy that guarantees that you finish.
- 18:30Looking on to Jesus, the author and the finisher of our faith,
- 18:34who for the joy that was set before him, he endured the
- 18:38cross, despise the shame, and he sat down at the right hand of
- 18:42God, at the throne of God the Lord.
- 18:44Bless the reading of his word. Second Scripture, just one
- 18:47forsake of time. First Corinthians Chapter 9
- 18:50verse 24. I like Paul, I like his
- 18:53understanding. It says now he said no, ye not
- 18:58that day which run in a race run all but one received the prize.
- 19:07He says. Are you not aware that when you
- 19:10see people running, for instance, in an Olympic or a
- 19:12marathon, how many of you know that in a marathon there are
- 19:15people who did not intend to finish, they just wanted to
- 19:18enjoy the experience. So they are not offended if they
- 19:21don't, they don't expect an award right from beginning.
- 19:24They just wanted to participate and there's nothing wrong.
- 19:26That was their goal to fail. Are we together?
- 19:32And then the Bible says that all wrong.
- 19:34Bought 1 receiver the price. Then he says so wrong that you
- 19:39may obtain, so wrong that you may obtain life.
- 19:44And destiny is likened to a race.
- 19:47Now there are three things that the Bible likens life to #1 to a
- 19:51fight #2A race. Paul says, I've fought the
- 19:56fight. I have kept the faith.
- 20:00I have finished the race. You see that now.
- 20:03So he calls life a fight. He calls it a race, and he calls
- 20:08it a treasure that a man can keep up.
- 20:10Finish my course. Anyway, so life is likened to
- 20:14running a race and the Bible mandates that we run so that
- 20:22we're able to finish. And for many, many people, they
- 20:29start well. We all start well in various
- 20:32ways, but unfortunately as we progress in life and destiny,
- 20:37many things begin to happen for various reasons and you find out
- 20:42that others who start. Well.
- 20:44May sadly not finish well others who do not start so well.
- 20:49Somewhere in the journey they discover what they were doing
- 20:53wrong and retrace their steps and then finish.
- 20:57Others start well and very strangely, commendably, finish
- 21:02well. Others do not start well, and
- 21:05unfortunately, they do not finish well.
- 21:07I believe the goal of this conference, among other things,
- 21:11is to equip us with the tools that will help us maximize our
- 21:15destinies and that at the end of our days, we're going to say,
- 21:19truly, we run the race with nobility, with grace, with
- 21:22vision, with honor, and we finish strong.
- 21:24If I just described you, shout Amen.
- 21:27Shout a louder Amen. Hallelujah, praise the name of
- 21:32the Lord. So I'll be sharing with you for
- 21:34the time. We have a few keys.
- 21:36I have a few keys. I'll go straight to the point.
- 21:39These are keys that I have seen and studied from scripture #2
- 21:44these are keys I have seen from the lives of those who have gone
- 21:48before us. And honestly, their lives have
- 21:51been an inspiration enough for us to draw from.
- 21:54You know, transformation works on A2 dimensional formula.
- 21:59Maybe I should say it here, anytime you want to change,
- 22:02anytime you want to evolve, there are two strategies
- 22:06according to scripture #1 is looking onto Jesus.
- 22:09Number 2 is follow them. These are the two ways we
- 22:13change. One, we look onto Jesus.
- 22:17By revelation, by the Word, we are changed #2 we become
- 22:22followers of them who through faith and patience, have
- 22:26obtained the promise. Transformation is difficult
- 22:29without a reference. You cannot become nothing.
- 22:32There has to be a reference. Even if you intend.
- 22:35To surpass that reference, you have to get there first, then
- 22:38you can't. Are we together now?
- 22:40Praise God. And so we're going to look
- 22:42through the mirror of Scripture and find out why people do not
- 22:47last in ministry in life. In fact, this is not even just a
- 22:56talk of ministry in destiny. It's a terrible thing to have a
- 23:00better yesterday than your tomorrow.
- 23:03It's inconsistent with the way God designed man.
- 23:05The Bible says about the path of the just is as a shining light
- 23:10that shines more and more. Someone prophesied Say more and
- 23:13more. Is that how much you love your
- 23:15destiny? Say more and more, he said.
- 23:18The path of the just is as a shining light, meaning my, my,
- 23:22my yesterday should never be better than my tomorrow.
- 23:26We live in a world where you hear people talk a lot about
- 23:29yesterday. They talk about the God of
- 23:31yesterday. And I don't say this with a
- 23:32critical spirit. It is amazing how people talk
- 23:35about the miracles of yesterday, what God did yesterday when they
- 23:39were in politics yesterday, when they were good yesterday.
- 23:43No Sir, it should not be so all said this one thing I do.
- 23:48Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching for There is
- 23:52always something before you. It doesn't matter whether the
- 23:55thing behind is good or bad. He didn't say forgetting bad
- 23:58things. Good days should always be in
- 24:00front. Forgetting the things that are
- 24:03behind. I'm reaching for for the things
- 24:05that are before me. I like the word he uses.
- 24:08I press, I press not I move I. Press Come on, I press towards
- 24:19the mark of the high calling in Christ Jesus growing up, you
- 24:23know, from you know, had the honor of growing up in the
- 24:27Middle Belt, the north really, and I saw great people and with
- 24:30great admiration. Some of them are still alive.
- 24:33But I found out that people start unfailing their lifetime.
- 24:37I saw people fail politically. I saw both crowns and scarves on
- 24:41the same person. I saw people rejoice and became
- 24:45an object of mockery. And I said no, this, this should
- 24:48not be. I saw people made money and lose
- 24:52money in their lifetime. I saw people do well and then
- 24:57scattered everything they did. Again, whether pastors.
- 25:00I said no there. Has to be a way out of this.
- 25:04So I want to show you very briefly and I tell you this, if
- 25:09you do not understand this key, you will not last.
- 25:12And you see, the truth about it is that vision creates
- 25:16blindness. This is something people do not
- 25:19know. To be visionary means you cannot
- 25:22see everything and it is because of vision.
- 25:25Many people fail. Sometimes it is not.
- 25:27If I'm looking here because I'm focused, I can't see what is
- 25:31behind. Me, it's one of the reasons why
- 25:33people fail. So if you are a visionary
- 25:36person, you want to listen to what I have to tell you.
- 25:38Now I pray that God will grant us grace.
- 25:40Is someone learning already? Let me lead you to a confession.
- 25:43This a ministry that understands the power of confession.
- 25:47Would you say in the name of Jesus?
- 25:49Say it like you believe. Say in the name of Jesus, I will
- 25:52start, I will continue and I will finish.
- 25:57You are saying this to your destiny.
- 25:58Say in the name of Jesus I receive.
- 26:02The grace to. Start.
- 26:04The grace to continue. The grace to finish.
- 26:07One more time I receive the grace to start.
- 26:10The grace to continue. The grace to finish.
- 26:13Turn into prayer in one minute. I will not start and then not
- 26:17have capacity to continue. And I will not continue and then
- 26:20abort. Destiny Shabran Taparaka dos
- 26:25caprequete Bellecapa. Someone go ahead and pray.
- 26:30The grace to start in ministry in destiny.
- 26:36The grace to continue. The grace to finish.
- 26:40The grace to last in Jesus. Name, we pray.
- 26:47Please be seated. Please be seated.
- 26:53How many of you know that from a biological standpoint, when a
- 26:59woman takes in and tells you I'm pregnant, you celebrate her.
- 27:02But that's the beginning of a long journey.
- 27:04Am I right on that now? God forbid.
- 27:07And not to play with your minds, let's assume that she loses the
- 27:11baby in two months. Do you call it delivery?
- 27:13No, there's another name for it. It's not called delivery.
- 27:16Why? Because it did not finish its
- 27:18course. Did you get that now?
- 27:22The dynamics of receiving the seed is different from the
- 27:26dynamics of the entire period of pregnancy.
- 27:29And then at the point of delivery, there is another
- 27:32skill. Again, starting requires its own
- 27:35skill, continuing. Do you see that total equation?
- 27:39The easiest part of it is starting.
- 27:42In fact, starting seems to be the most pleasurable part.
- 27:47But continuing, have you seen a pregnant woman and the
- 27:51alterations that happens to her appetite and yet she has to
- 27:54continue? Are we together now?
- 27:58And then finishing, there are people who continued, but
- 28:01because there was carelessness, something affected them or what
- 28:06was born or both them, or what was born that you carried
- 28:12something for nine months, but simply because there was an
- 28:15alteration, you were not able to give back.
- 28:18Again. I pray for you, the grace to
- 28:20start, the grace to continue, and the grace to finish.
- 28:24I release it upon you in the name of Jesus.
- 28:28Key number one. The first key.
- 28:32That I present to you as a submission ready.
- 28:36Be strong in the Lord if you want to last.
- 28:41If you want to finish, you must know how to draw strength from
- 28:46God. Ephesians chapter 6 and verse 10
- 28:49it says finally, brethren, be strong not in yourself, be
- 28:53strong in the Lord. I like the amplified rendition.
- 28:56I wish we could have it displayed.
- 28:58Now look what it's amplified it says.
- 29:00In conclusion, it says be strong in the Lord, draw your strength
- 29:04from Him, and be empowered through your union with.
- 29:08Him, and in the power of his boundless might be strong in the
- 29:12Lord. It takes strength, ladies and
- 29:14gentlemen. And that strength is derived
- 29:18from knowing God. This strength I'm talking about
- 29:22is a direct product of investing your life to know God.
- 29:27The God you know is the God you reveal to your generation.
- 29:30You cannot reveal a foreign God No, that our generation is not
- 29:35waiting for the revelation of a theoretical God.
- 29:37The Bible says in Daniel 1132 the be part but the people he
- 29:42didn't say the people that know God.
- 29:44He said the people that know dear God.
- 29:47If you are an idol worshipper, know your God.
- 29:50If you are whatever, know your God.
- 29:52The prophets of Bell knew their God.
- 29:55Unfortunately, he disappointed them when they needed him most.
- 29:58But Elijah also knew his God, and upon that strength he told
- 30:02them, Do whatever you do. I will allow you from morning
- 30:05till the time of the evening, sacrifice the people that know
- 30:08their God. You see, let me tell you this
- 30:10confidence in this Kingdom is derived from a functional
- 30:15relationship with God. Attempting to serve a
- 30:21theoretical God to a generation will leave you disappointed.
- 30:25I like what the apostle said. He said, but I know whom I have
- 30:28believed, and I am persuaded that He's able to keep that
- 30:33which is committed unto him. He does not keep what is
- 30:37available, He keeps what is committed to him.
- 30:40Jesus said in John chapter 17, All you have given me I have
- 30:44kept, and none is lost. You have given me and I have
- 30:48kept. There are many people who have
- 30:52not seen the value of God's presence.
- 30:55Many people have not seen the value of investing time with
- 30:58God. The secret to intimacy is time.
- 31:03Time, not intention, not desire. Desire must match with time.
- 31:11We live in a generation that is very busy.
- 31:13Can I tell you, and I'm please don't feel insulted, but I can
- 31:16tell you this, One of the benefits of working with God is
- 31:20that it will prune your activities by bringing accuracy
- 31:23to your life. There are many things that we do
- 31:27that are proof that we're not working circumspectly.
- 31:30I don't have the time to work that Scripture with you, but if
- 31:33you read Ephesians 5, the Bible says work circumspectly as wise
- 31:38and not as unwise, redeeming the time because the days are evil.
- 31:42You know how you redeem time? By knowing what the will of God
- 31:45is early so that you don't shadow box and return back.
- 31:49The Bible says the quicker you know the will of God, you walk
- 31:52in the will of God and you will not have to reverse again.
- 31:55Because if you go against God's will, by the time you he wants
- 31:59to walk with you, no matter how far you've gone, you must return
- 32:02back again. So the Bible says you waste time
- 32:05by doing. So the value of God's presence.
- 32:11Investing in God's presence. Investing to know God.
- 32:15Please listen to me. It's not just a business for
- 32:17preachers and men of God and those called into ministry.
- 32:21No, like the fish needs water, like the birds need the tree and
- 32:25the air. Are we together?
- 32:27Man was designed to find his relevance in the presence of
- 32:31God. There are treasures that come
- 32:33from His presence. The treasure of wisdom, the
- 32:36treasure of favor, the treasure of utterance, the treasure of
- 32:41direction, the treasure of accuracy and specificity.
- 32:45That's what you miss when you miss His presence.
- 32:49I tell you this, one of the greatest points of destruction.
- 32:54I hope you know that sometimes trouble comes because of
- 32:58increase and growth. Are we together?
- 33:04The more God lifts you, you move from a man of God.
- 33:08Let me use ministry for an example, and you become an
- 33:11administrator very legitimately. Satan does not have to use evil
- 33:16to attack you. He will use anything provided it
- 33:19will distract you. He uses any weapon, including
- 33:24what God gave you. All He wants is that it becomes
- 33:28God in your life or it distracts you away from His presence.
- 33:31Who is learning now? You must learn to know His
- 33:35presence. You must learn to stay and grow
- 33:39and build. Many of the things we look for
- 33:42can only be found in His presence.
- 33:44I can tell you this, many of the things we look for you cannot
- 33:48buy favor in any market. No, it is not sold on Earth.
- 33:51It's a resource that works on Earth but is outsourced beyond
- 33:55this realm. People don't just like you
- 33:56because you want them to like you.
- 33:58He said because of the ointment. So do the virgins love me?
- 34:01There is something on you that causes men to love you.
- 34:05Intention is not enough. Who is learning now is strong,
- 34:14or you must draw that strength from a functional knowledge.
- 34:17It says the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
- 34:20It says the knowledge of the holy that is understanding.
- 34:24Ladies and gentlemen, God can be known and if you pay the price,
- 34:28perhaps I'm speaking to someone who is just starting ministry.
- 34:31It's wonderful to admire those who have gone ahead, but I tell
- 34:34you this, the greatest no way to be known is to know Him.
- 34:39Hide. The more you know Him, the more
- 34:41you will know yourself. You publicize yourself by
- 34:45remaining in the secret place. That's how you are known.
- 34:51There are many people who I mean, the practice of God's
- 34:55presence is something that is generally gradually being eroded
- 34:59from our generation and it must be restored, is the key to
- 35:03power, is the key to grace. God will tell you something in
- 35:06the secret. Can I tell you this?
- 35:08When it has to do with the secret place, it's a lover's
- 35:11affair and there are things that God would take us someone elses
- 35:15prayer point and give you as a gift.
- 35:18Tokens of his presence. Tokens of his presence.
- 35:23There must be an evidence and evidence of his presence.
- 35:26Not just I thank God for encounters, but you must learn
- 35:31to stay, stay and count as a powerful.
- 35:35They leave a mark. But I'm I'm not I'm talking
- 35:38about the he that dwells dimension, not he that visits he
- 35:43that dwells in the secret place of the most high to dwell is the
- 35:48word that is translated in English.
- 35:50Marinate women will understand this the art of marination.
- 35:54You know that? You know what?
- 35:55So when you want what is outside the source to get into the
- 35:59protein, you leave it there and close it and drop it there.
- 36:05Show me a man who knows how to stay.
- 36:08You stay till wisdom comes. One of the of that is you are
- 36:11not even aware. You stay till fire comes.
- 36:16The intention was not fire. The intention.
- 36:19Wisdom can be an idol, Favor can be an idol.
- 36:23Where you get to His presence is not what He gives, it is him.
- 36:27Then you get the tokens of His presence.
- 36:30Many people get into His presence, fasting and praying,
- 36:33and what they want is power. What they want is wisdom.
- 36:36I'm not against that, but you will never find it until you
- 36:40find Him. He is not power.
- 36:47He is not wisdom. He gives power to the faint.
- 36:50Does any man like wisdom? You can come.
- 36:53But let me tell you this. God is raising men who want Him,
- 36:56not what He gives. What He gives, Who is learning
- 37:01Now I show you how to last. I show you how to last.
- 37:05The moment His presence becomes secondary in your life and you
- 37:09focus on the tokens of His presence, simply because you've
- 37:13seen the economic value of having those things, you will
- 37:16not go far and you can know a man that has stayed in the
- 37:19presence. I'm calling on someone.
- 37:22Don't just admire the tokens of his presence.
- 37:24You must love him. You must want him.
- 37:27Imagine that I come to your house and all I'm concerned
- 37:30about is your kitchen or you're safe.
- 37:32I'm not really interested in you.
- 37:34The reason why I knocked was because I'm hoping by you
- 37:37opening the door I get to your kitchen and I get to your
- 37:41kitchen and I'm eating burgers and everything.
- 37:43Once I'm done I belt and hit my stomach and say was nice seeing
- 37:47you. Then I come again.
- 37:49No Sir, how many of you know there are times you can be so
- 37:53close to someone without him asking you?
- 37:56Buy a car and give him. You will buy things and give
- 37:58him. They are called tokens of
- 38:00intimacy. This is the realm I want someone
- 38:02to step into. Worshippers.
- 38:03Step into it, minister, step into it.
- 38:06No, don't use his presence. Stay there till you are built.
- 38:13Someone learning. If this is the only thing I say
- 38:17and I stop, I will leave here fulfilled His presence.
- 38:22There are many things to do by the mercy of God that we have
- 38:25seen in our lives that were not part of our requests when we got
- 38:30there. We are.
- 38:30We are grateful and honestly sometimes shocked that God can
- 38:35go so far to show you how much He loves you.
- 38:45It is Him. Not it him.
- 38:50Not it is strong, your destiny will test you many times.
- 38:57When David stood before Goliath, Saul looked at him and said you
- 39:02want to fight this man, you are a young teenager and he said
- 39:05king, I respect you, but my confidence is not from here.
- 39:09I know, I know the business. Whose son are you?
- 39:12When he now stood before Goliath, Goliath said, Israel am
- 39:15IA dog to bring this little boy to find me.
- 39:19I'm a veteran, I'm a giant, I'm a warrior.
- 39:22And David looked at him with audacity that only the knowledge
- 39:25of God brings. He says you come against me with
- 39:27your balls, you come against me with your spheres, but I come
- 39:31against you in a name, a name. I will use this sling as
- 39:35ordinary as it is. I will throw you down and use
- 39:38your own sword. Remove your head and give it to
- 39:41the birds. There is a way you speak when
- 39:43you have met him. There is a way you cannot speak.
- 40:21Your presence is my one desire. Your presence is my one desire.
- 40:31Your presence is my one desire. Your presence is my one desire,
- 40:42your. Glory is my one desire.
- 40:47Your glory is my wonder sign. Your glory is my wonder sign.
- 40:58Your glory is my wonder sign. Key #2 Let's hurry up.
- 41:04Something is going to happen in this place.
- 41:06I sense in my heart. I sense in my heart that there
- 41:10is a drinking, there is a drinking, there is a.
- 41:13Pouring of the Spirit a. Stream is flowing in this place.
- 41:18Stream is flowing, there is a river that flows from the throne
- 41:21of God. It makes glad the city of God.
- 41:28Hallelujah #2. The second key if you want to
- 41:33last is you must submit to the supremacy of the Word of God as
- 41:40final authority in your life in every and all matters.
- 41:46You must submit to the supremacy of the Word of God as final
- 41:52authority in every and all matters.
- 41:55Let me tell you this, there is no lasting for a man who will
- 41:59mix the Word and certain other things.
- 42:02Maybe, with all due respect, culture, opinions of men,
- 42:06popular opinions, you must submit to the supremacy of the
- 42:11Word of God as final authority above visions, above dreams,
- 42:20above prophecies, above gifts. It is written is greater than I
- 42:26saw it is written is greater than I heard, I saw, has misled
- 42:31people. I have.
- 42:33Are we together? When Satan came to Jesus, the
- 42:37Word Jesus did not say I came from heaven, he said It is
- 42:42written. The secret of longevity is when
- 42:46you build upon that rock. Ladies and gentlemen, let me
- 42:49tell you, no matter how charismatic, no matter how
- 42:52great, if your life is not anchored on Scripture.
- 42:57When I came in here and I saw you being LED from Scripture to
- 43:00Scripture to confession, my heart was glad.
- 43:03I said this vision will stand not just because of the
- 43:07dexterity of the man piloting this ship, but because it was
- 43:11built on a. Rock.
- 43:14There's a level God helps you in ministry where you've seen all
- 43:16kinds of things. There are few things that really
- 43:19impress you. The words are the word.
- 43:23It is not what I want. It is not what they say, and men
- 43:27can bully you into disalignment with all kinds of opinion.
- 43:31This is how we do it. This is how it is done.
- 43:34I appreciate you, but the way the Bible says forever, Oh Lord,
- 43:39who is learning now, or there's a formula like this, it brings
- 43:45results quicker. I respect you.
- 43:49If it is not founded on the ward, I'm not interested.
- 43:52It's as simple and as honest as that.
- 43:55Most people drive their lives using different kinds of
- 43:58platforms and wonder that they fail.
- 44:02The longevity factor in any man's life is the word of God.
- 44:07The richer the word of God in your life and the more you
- 44:10submit to the Word, submitting to the world, allowing it to
- 44:14influence your thinking, allowing it to influence your
- 44:17behavior, allowing it to influence your decisions, your
- 44:22decisions must be founded by the Word of God.
- 44:25And sometimes as leaders, the pressure of administration, the
- 44:29pressure of their time should it says everybody waits, thank God
- 44:32for expertise, but let's go to the Bible.
- 44:35I respect opinions of expertise, I respect professionalism.
- 44:39But there are times I have learnt in my experience, like
- 44:42Peter, you can have the right boat, the right fishing net, the
- 44:46right skill, the right place and you will see not catch fish.
- 44:49At that point only the word of God can bail you out.
- 44:52There are times these things fail.
- 44:56The Bible say in the beginning was the Word and the Word was
- 45:00with God and the Word was God. The same was with God in the
- 45:03beginning. The Bible says all things were
- 45:05made by Him and without Him. Outside of his participation was
- 45:10not anything made that was made. The Word of God, Colossians 116.
- 45:18The word of God give us Colossians 116.
- 45:20Let me work with the time I have for by Him.
- 45:23The word where all things created how many things if it
- 45:28created all things, I think it can create my destiny.
- 45:31I think it can create my tomorrow.
- 45:33The word of God is a proven raw material.
- 45:36It's put the test of time. The Word of God, the Word of
- 45:46God. When I talk about the Word of
- 45:50God, I'm talking of three things.
- 45:51One, I'm talking of the doctrine of scripture #2 I'm talking
- 45:56about the principles of Scripture, the modus operandi of
- 45:59the Kingdom. Are we together?
- 46:01When we talk about the Word of God?
- 46:02Let's not be vague about it #1 we're talking about the doctrine
- 46:06of Scripture. The Bible called it the apostles
- 46:09doctrine. It comes from the Latin word
- 46:13doctrina. The Greek is didascalia.
- 46:16It's a body of knowledge that makes a disciple to become like
- 46:19his master. They continued in the apostles
- 46:25doctrine in fellowship, breaking of bread and in prayers.
- 46:29Acts chapter 6 and verse 4. But we will give ourselves
- 46:32continually to prayer and the ministry of the world.
- 46:37Preachers, please let's get back to the word of God.
- 46:41Many people do not read their Bibles.
- 46:43You can read to preach. You are not growing, Sir, you
- 46:46are not growing, Sir, you need to stay, and that from a child
- 46:50thou has known the Holy Scripture which is able to make
- 46:54you wise unto salvation. Acts 2032.
- 46:57And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his
- 47:00grace, which is able to build you up, and then to give you an
- 47:05inheritance among them that are sanctified.
- 47:13The major assignment of men of God is to open your eyes so that
- 47:17you will see to feed you with knowledge and to feed you with
- 47:20understanding who is learning. If you want to last, you have to
- 47:25go back and check what your life is built on.
- 47:28I respect visions, I respect prophecies, but let me tell you
- 47:31this, the margin of error contained in this, these
- 47:36dimensions, you have no idea. There are many people whose
- 47:39lives were built by I said I saw and was still destroyed by I
- 47:43said I saw. We don't despise prophesying,
- 47:47but the Word of God has been tried.
- 47:49The prophecy of Scripture is solid.
- 47:51It will last. So I tell you, when all the dust
- 47:53settles down, you'll see me standing.
- 47:59Please stand on the Word. If the Word says love, just
- 48:02love. Don't create your own option.
- 48:04If the word of God says give, give.
- 48:07If the word of God says pray, the word of God says to speak.
- 48:11For instance, the Word says, let the redeemed of the Lord talk to
- 48:15me again. Talk to me again.
- 48:18If you don't speak because you think it's too embarrassing, I
- 48:21assure you, you will not finish because he came.
- 48:25He revealed himself though The first way to function like God
- 48:29is to speak like God. That's the first thing he did in
- 48:32the Bible. You are not like God if you
- 48:34don't if the Bible did not say and God taught, he says and God
- 48:38so Joshua Salman Moss so streams of joy Moss talk to me.
- 48:47There are four ways you can engage Scripture 1.
- 48:49Studied 2. Speak it three he 8 you see that
- 48:56it's very important meditate on it.
- 48:58Joshua chapter one verse 8 the formula it says this book of the
- 49:02law shall not depart from out of your mouth, but you shall
- 49:05meditate during day and night that thou mayest observe to do
- 49:10the power to do comes from knowing from staying.
- 49:14There is an embracing that your interaction with the word of God
- 49:17brings to your life. It's called the doing grace.
- 49:20You don't get the doing grace if you don't stay with the world.
- 49:23Who is learning? Please sit down.
- 49:25Let me see if I can do two more. Before we pray #1 be strong in
- 49:31the Lord. Draw your strength from the
- 49:34wealth, the richness of your relationship with Him.
- 49:38Let Him mean everything to you #2 you must submit to the
- 49:43supremacy of the Word of God. Times will change, opinions will
- 49:48come and go, formulas will come and go.
- 49:51Men are historically men have been about the most arrogant
- 49:56species of God's creation. They will show up and try to
- 50:01show you a way and downplay the wall, then last for a few years
- 50:04and crash the things that are written at four times.
- 50:09They are written for our learning, so that we, through
- 50:12patience and comfort of Scripture, might find hope.
- 50:15The world will work, Sir. Stay there and win there.
- 50:18It may take time, it may be slower, but I assure you, you
- 50:22will never have to go back again.
- 50:24Stay there. If the world cannot build your
- 50:26finances, nothing else will build it.
- 50:28It will only be balloon success if you try any other thing.
- 50:31If the Word of God does not build your influence, there can
- 50:34be other formulas. No Sir, no Sir.
- 50:39Nevertheless, the foundation of the Lord.
- 50:41Standard shore having the seal. The word of God. #3I have about
- 51:048, but maybe I'll just give you 4.
- 51:07Are you ready? Always keep the vision of your
- 51:11future or your destination before you.
- 51:16Always keep the vision of your future or your destination
- 51:20before you. Philippians Chapter.
- 51:22Three and verse 13. You cannot arrive looking back.
- 51:26Remember Lord's wife. Nobody goes forward by
- 51:30consistently looking back. Are we together, brethren?
- 51:37I count myself, not myself to have apprehended, but this one
- 51:42thing I. Do for getting those things
- 51:45which are behind. Please look at me, a man who
- 51:48cannot forget yesterday. By forgetting it does not mean
- 51:51wipe it out of your memory, it means break its influence over
- 51:55your capacity to move forward. Let me tell you this, it is at
- 52:00this point I can tell you both success and failure can do the
- 52:03same thing to you. Success can make you complacent.
- 52:11Success can push you to the edge of compromise.
- 52:16Failure can discourage you. So ultimately, both success and
- 52:21failure can destroy you. You must know how to manage
- 52:24them. He says this one thing I do is a
- 52:26skill to forget the things that are behind, you know, as a
- 52:31Jerry, as a principle, no matter what God does in my life, after
- 52:35I'm back, it's over once I kneel before him.
- 52:38And I said, Lord, I thank you. Let the text messages keep
- 52:41coming. Let everything keep coming.
- 52:43I have trained myself. The moment I said thank you,
- 52:46that event is over. What is the next?
- 52:50This is how champions win some of us.
- 52:52The reason why your last success was why you started failing.
- 52:57You succeeded so much. You stopped succeeding because
- 53:02you held on to yesterday while wanting to go to tomorrow.
- 53:06For someone who have celebrated yesterday too much, it's time to
- 53:09cut away and move forward. And for someone who have blame
- 53:13yourself and beat yourself down too much, it's time to cut away
- 53:17and move forward. The Bible says this one thing I
- 53:20do. Forgetting the things it didn't
- 53:22say bad things, forgetting the crowns, forgetting that you
- 53:25warned yesterday, forgetting that you healed the sick
- 53:28yesterday or forgetting that they were not healed yesterday
- 53:31once it is in yesterday. Thank you, I've received enough
- 53:34encouragement but that's it. I need to look forward.
- 53:38If any man draws back, my soul will not find pleasure in him.
- 53:42The Bible says remember. Lord's wife is one of the
- 53:45reasons why in Africa we don't have 3rd 4th generation.
- 53:49Not many things are 3rd 4th generation.
- 53:52You know why? Because we celebrate success to
- 53:54a point of flattery. There is a healthy motivation
- 54:02that comes from yesterday. Once you receive it, it's like a
- 54:07dosage. It's enough.
- 54:09Yesterday blesses you like salt in food.
- 54:12There is a quantity that is just enough.
- 54:14Once you over put it, it now ends up destroying you.
- 54:19It's someone learning. Thank God your last prophecy was
- 54:23accurate, but it's time to move forward.
- 54:27I'm sorry that your last healing did not happen.
- 54:29Well, it's time to move forward. I know the business failed.
- 54:32It's time to move forward. I know the business succeeded.
- 54:35It's time to move forward. Someone say, Father, I go
- 54:39forward by your power. I go forward in the name of
- 54:43Jesus. You know one thing I've learned
- 54:46in life, please sit. No body claps for you for the
- 54:49same level twice. Once you have received the
- 54:52applause for a level, it is finished.
- 54:54Look at me, who is clapping for me for walking now?
- 54:57No, I received that as a baby. My first step was the one that
- 55:01was deserving of an applause. After that, it becomes natural.
- 55:05But when you fly, that's a new experience.
- 55:08Some of you, you have been crawling.
- 55:10We clap for you, but we are tired of clapping for you that
- 55:12you are crawling. Start walking.
- 55:14Then you will get another measure of upload.
- 55:16For some you have been walking. My goodness, you have been
- 55:19walking. Walking has stuck you in the
- 55:21traffic of life. It's time to start flying.
- 55:24You see, when you are flying, you don't worry about mountains,
- 55:27you don't worry about valleys, you don't worry about seas.
- 55:30All those things happen when you are, when you are driving.
- 55:33In the name of Jesus, the grace to fly, to fly like the eagle,
- 55:37the grace to surpass yesterday's dimension, I impart that grace
- 55:41upon you. Hallelujah is someone learning.
- 55:52Beware of yesterday. Yesterday is very jealous.
- 55:56It always wants to relieve itself in your today.
- 55:59You must know when to wave it goodbye and insist that it waste
- 56:03you goodbye. Who is Lenny?
- 56:13You must keep your vision before you.
- 56:15This is where God is taking us as a ministry.
- 56:18This is where God is taking me. Oh, you are doing so well.
- 56:21Thank you. I really appreciate.
- 56:23I'm grateful. Oh, you are stupid.
- 56:25Thank you. I appreciate you.
- 56:28I'm facing forward towards the mark.
- 56:31Towards the mark. I think you are wrong.
- 56:34No problem. The one I'm meeting will tell me
- 56:36if I'm wrong or not. It's OK.
- 56:39Are we together? Let me tell you this, if you do
- 56:43not have the power to grow above distractions, you will not
- 56:48finish. Sometimes some of us for four
- 56:51years. Now you stop running and you are
- 56:54trying to explain to people that you are running.
- 56:55Well, 90% of those who distract you already know the truth.
- 57:01Don't waste your time. Don't waste your time, Sir.
- 57:04Don't waste your time. Someone is growing a thick skin
- 57:08from this conference. I was told that a man, I gave a
- 57:11popular story, Pastor Jerry, a man who was trying to climb, you
- 57:16know, climb a, a very high, a palm tree or something.
- 57:20And people were trying to talk him down and he looked at them
- 57:23and he was smiling. He kept climbing.
- 57:25They were trying to talk him down.
- 57:27He kept climbing. At the end of it, he got, you
- 57:30know, to the top and everybody, the people now started clapping.
- 57:33And when he came down, they were talking to him.
- 57:36They now discovered he was deaf. That was why he finished.
- 57:41So he thought that insulting him was saying continue.
- 57:45And he kept on. The Bible says he who has an
- 57:49ear, meaning you have the power to open that ear or close it.
- 57:53I can open to certain people and close certain things.
- 57:56Who is learning? Now can I tell you this?
- 58:01Stop feeling guilty for being visionary.
- 58:06You don't owe people explanations.
- 58:09You're here and there. Let me come on now.
- 58:11No set your vision before you obtain grace from God.
- 58:16Fire on all four cylinders. Someone fires come into your
- 58:23bones. It's time to rise, it's time to
- 58:26move, it's time to press. As a man of God, there is much
- 58:29to be done for the Kingdom, much to be done for the Kingdom.
- 58:33Honestly speaking, I look at my life today and I tell myself,
- 58:36compared to where I'm going, I'm only one step out of The Cave.
- 58:40And I really mean it. I really mean it.
- 58:43I really mean it. I promise to give you one or two
- 58:52more. My goodness, someone you are.
- 58:57Going forward, keep your vision before you.
- 59:00Keep your vision before you. What did he tell you?
- 59:03What did he show you? Now you see, vision sometimes
- 59:06can have emotional and psychological wear and tear.
- 59:10That's why retreats are powerful.
- 59:12Sometimes you need to run away from people, including friends.
- 59:16Friends can love you so much they will let you be with God.
- 59:19Sometimes you need to say, you know Abraham went with his
- 59:22child, but when he got out the base he said wait here.
- 59:25The servants would have loved him too much to allow him kill
- 59:27Isaac. He said wait here, let your love
- 59:30not stop my obedience. No, wait here.
- 59:32I will come down and tell you the fruit of my obedience.
- 59:35We went together. We were classmates were wait
- 59:37here. From this point up, I'm not sure
- 59:40I I love you, I need you. But this level of obedience
- 59:43demands my stay. Being with God, someone I
- 59:46release upon you. The grace, even if it means
- 59:49moving alone. The grace to go.
- 59:52The grace to go. The grace to go, the grace to
- 59:55move. It's time to take steps,
- 59:57incremental steps, to your destiny, no matter whatever may
- 1:00:08come my way. I'll follow, I'll follow, I'll
- 1:00:14follow, I'll follow. No matter whatever may come my
- 1:00:23way. How follow, How follow, I'll
- 1:00:28follow. I'll follow.
- 1:00:31No matter whatever may come my way, I'll follow Hebrew stand on
- 1:00:44the 7th and low. I come in the volume of the book
- 1:00:49Vision. That was why I told you to
- 1:00:51celebrate the man of God. For consistency.
- 1:00:54It takes vision. The devil will orchestrate
- 1:00:57people every day to distract you.
- 1:01:00You must have the stamina. This is where I'm going.
- 1:01:03I've set my eyes on the sail. God has given me the matching
- 1:01:07order. I know it's my season.
- 1:01:09No power will stop me. Even if it means to walk on
- 1:01:12water. No problem.
- 1:01:13I know. Listen, let me tell you this.
- 1:01:17When Jesus was with Peter and they thought it was his Spirit,
- 1:01:21they said if it be thou beat me, come.
- 1:01:26And he said come. He never said Peter come because
- 1:01:31that statement did not end with Peter alone.
- 1:01:34What he told Peter, he if he said Peter come, if I take that
- 1:01:38step, it will be disobedience because my name is not Peter.
- 1:01:41But he said come today to be Joshua Selman, businessman.
- 1:01:47I know you came from a family where no one has done anything
- 1:01:50but come, stand up, get out of that boat, walk on water.
- 1:01:54The miracle follows. It doesn't go before the miracle
- 1:01:57follows. There are no guarantees in life.
- 1:02:00Your guarantees, the God who sends you is that when I send
- 1:02:03you latest thou anything. I'm prophesying to someone who
- 1:02:07is obsessed with guarantees. You will never, never, never
- 1:02:11find any guarantee anywhere. Your guarantees.
- 1:02:14The God who sent you. Your guarantees, the word he
- 1:02:17gave you. Your guarantees, the vision he
- 1:02:20put before you. Set your vision before you.
- 1:02:28Let me tell you this, please look up.
- 1:02:30I hope I'm not wasting your time.
- 1:02:31My apologies, Pastor Jerry, the time is up.
- 1:02:33I will work with the time. Listen, anybody who flies or
- 1:02:38drives knows that for 90 to 95% of the time, you never see where
- 1:02:44you are going. If you are driving from here to
- 1:02:48Abuja, for 95% of the journey, you will never see Abuja but you
- 1:02:54know you are going there. If after 7 hours you say look
- 1:02:57I'm tired, you are going right for someone.
- 1:03:00I came to tell you what you are doing is right.
- 1:03:02Just because you are not there yet, don't stop.
- 1:03:04You are almost there. The prayer is right, the fasting
- 1:03:08is right. I came to speak to you.
- 1:03:10I came to place grace on your head.
- 1:03:12The prayer is right, the consecration is right, the
- 1:03:16vision speaks at the end. Don't stop, don't stop.
- 1:03:20Just because it is not speaking now does not mean you are wrong.
- 1:03:24Keep praying, keep studying, keep giving.
- 1:03:27Let them laugh while you pray. Let them laugh while you study.
- 1:03:33Hear me, man of God, keep learning.
- 1:03:37Don't be ashamed of learning. You may not see wind, you may
- 1:03:41not see rain, but you keep walking.
- 1:03:44I assure you, your value will be filled with water.
- 1:03:47Can I tell you this? Listen, oh goodness, I wish, I
- 1:03:51wish I had the time to work this.
- 1:03:53There are three seasons before any man emerges #1 There is a
- 1:04:00season of preparation and there are three things that happens in
- 1:04:05that season. Discovery of God, discovery of
- 1:04:09yourself, and discovery of your assignment.
- 1:04:12Three things in that season #2 is the season of, of testing and
- 1:04:19pruning. This is the season that prepares
- 1:04:24you to last. You know where you are going,
- 1:04:27but you don't have capacity to go there yet.
- 1:04:30And if God releases you at that point, you become a casualty.
- 1:04:33So when he calls you, he says, come follow me.
- 1:04:37God does not call you to a mission field.
- 1:04:39He calls you to himself. Then he sends you, so when you
- 1:04:43come to him, he doesn't give you an assignment.
- 1:04:46He reveals himself and breaks you and molds you.
- 1:04:50All the flesh that draws, the pride, everything, that pressing
- 1:04:53floor. If you escape that season, your
- 1:04:57future will tell you know. In the university you can jump a
- 1:05:00few classes and read up during the exam.
- 1:05:03In Destiny, the class you miss, you will pay for it in the
- 1:05:07future. And then the third season is the
- 1:05:15season of appearing. Look 180.
- 1:05:19John remained in the wilderness. He did not remain because he was
- 1:05:23wrong. There is a season and you see
- 1:05:27every time you see people emerge, they don't have to do
- 1:05:31anything new. The same thing you were doing
- 1:05:33yesterday will produce greater result because it is your
- 1:05:37season, your season, your season.
- 1:05:43Sir John remained in the wilderness, but when it was his
- 1:05:47season, no devil anywhere are we together for someone.
- 1:05:53I sense in my spirit that like God has done for his servant,
- 1:05:57like God has done for streams of joy.
- 1:05:59You are just at the midnight of your season.
- 1:06:02I came as a prophetic midwife. I push you into that season of
- 1:06:05appearing. I place grace on your head.
- 1:06:09I'm speaking to someone who is a receiver in the name of Jesus,
- 1:06:12the one who helps man, the one who raises man, the one who
- 1:06:16leaves man. I pray for you.
- 1:06:18May this be your season of appearing.
- 1:06:25Hallelujah, the season of appearing.
- 1:06:29Unfortunately, that is the season everybody knows, and so
- 1:06:33they disrespect the other two seasons and they say, where did
- 1:06:37you come from? There's nobody who comes from
- 1:06:39nowhere. Just because you were not there
- 1:06:41when I was killing the lion and the bear, don't disrespect my
- 1:06:46mastery over bringing Goliath down.
- 1:06:48It took years of training alone. This right here is the reason
- 1:06:55why we honor men when they come into their seasons.
- 1:06:58We don't just honor in terms of human worship.
- 1:07:00We honor the stamina, the dexterity, the staying power
- 1:07:05through seasons. Until you sharpen your arrow
- 1:07:08like with mastery and then you shoot once and you don't miss,
- 1:07:18you shoot once. The Bible says he that strives
- 1:07:20for mastery is not crown. Except he strives lawfully.
- 1:07:25Nobody wins the Olympic by mistake.
- 1:07:28No Sir. Don't disrespect mastery.
- 1:07:30It's a product of it's an aggregate of years of pain, of
- 1:07:34blood, of sweat. You see why I took the time to
- 1:07:38honor the pastors who came here? We live in a world that has a
- 1:07:43growing disrespect. When they see what God is doing
- 1:07:48in the life of people, they trivialize it.
- 1:07:51No, no, destiny starts with the season of appearing.
- 1:07:54It is a season of discovery, the season of preparation where a
- 1:07:59man is tested and refined as gold.
- 1:08:01Let me tell you, season 2 is the hardest in the life of a man
- 1:08:05because you must learn in that season to live in the silence of
- 1:08:08God. That is when God will use you
- 1:08:12but not solve any issue in your life.
- 1:08:15You will have issues in your own life and be solving other
- 1:08:18people's problem. The voice will only come when
- 1:08:20you are counseling but when you are alone is silent.
- 1:08:23The silence of God is a language is training you to walk by
- 1:08:27faith. Help that woman please.
- 1:08:34Yes Sir, the silence of God breaks your ego.
- 1:08:38It gets to a point where it's not about results.
- 1:08:40Again, that's what dethrones ambition and self.
- 1:08:46Please let me give you one. I have to respect your time.
- 1:08:49I hope someone is receiving something.
- 1:08:59Keep your vision before you the next.
- 1:09:07Stay humble, Stay humble. Proverbs 16 and verse 18,
- 1:09:12please. Let's work together so that I
- 1:09:14don't stretch the time beyond necessaries, burning in my
- 1:09:17spirit. Pride goes before destruction
- 1:09:22and a haughty spirit before a fall.
- 1:09:28There are three levels of pride, but I'll talk about two.
- 1:09:33There's one that is called a haughty spirit.
- 1:09:38But there is another called the pride of life.
- 1:09:41The pride of life happens only when you have results.
- 1:09:45If you don't have results, you cannot have the pride of life.
- 1:09:48You'll be a fool doing that. You can be proud, but the pride
- 1:09:53of life has to do with the self glorification that comes based
- 1:09:59on the results that are now before you.
- 1:10:01And that's where the greats die. I have profound respect for
- 1:10:07great people who have mastered humility, because I know they
- 1:10:10will last. Let me tell you this.
- 1:10:13Humility for the great is not an impartation, it's a science.
- 1:10:18You must create the atmosphere that keeps you humble, sometimes
- 1:10:22denying things you sincerely deserve, sometimes downplaying
- 1:10:26on certain levels of honor so that it will keep you.
- 1:10:30You are beating yourself, sometimes to your own detriment.
- 1:10:34You have to deploy a variety of skills because one thing a
- 1:10:40generation cannot do is to deny results.
- 1:10:43The ones producing it. And what is produced, they will
- 1:10:45celebrate it lavishly. It's up to you to work with God
- 1:10:48and manage it. And I can tell you it's very
- 1:10:50hard. It's very hard.
- 1:10:53That is what I call the cause of fame.
- 1:10:55You can't go anywhere. Everybody's kneeling down for
- 1:10:58prayer. Even when you want, abusing that
- 1:11:00kind of thing. You can't take a stroll if you
- 1:11:03take chewing gum and throw anything, somebody who carried
- 1:11:05me and place it on his head. Sometimes that kind of life, it
- 1:11:09is a burden because it kills you towards becoming a God and you
- 1:11:14don't want to be. You don't want to be on the side
- 1:11:16where God will judge you. When God gives you a thing, once
- 1:11:20it becomes an idol, even if he's the one who gave you, he will
- 1:11:23fight it. God can fight what He once gave
- 1:11:26you that he gave you. He watches your stewardship over
- 1:11:30it. If he's exalted, Lord of all,
- 1:11:33that thing remains a blessing. The dead rises above him.
- 1:11:36Have you seen the reason why you should honor the great who have
- 1:11:38gained mastery? You are managing your assignment
- 1:11:41and managing your remaining. And the way to do it is to learn
- 1:11:51to celebrate him. Vocally, vocally, vocally,
- 1:11:57vocally. I prayed and I told God anything
- 1:12:01you give me or make out of my life if it will demand you going
- 1:12:07out of my life to have it made, never come because I know it
- 1:12:10will destroy me. Praise the name of the.
- 1:12:12Lord. The last key I was going to give
- 1:12:15you to last was to take the advantage of good friends and
- 1:12:20mentorship. Please write that down so that
- 1:12:24we're closing prayer. You want to last.
- 1:12:27You cannot do it alone. You need the leverage of good
- 1:12:30friends and you need the leverage of mentorship.
- 1:12:34The Bible says the labor of a fool where yet every one of them
- 1:12:38because he knoweth not how to go into the city.
- 1:12:43Mentorship gives you the advantage of experience minus
- 1:12:46the pain factor. It extracts pain from wisdom and
- 1:12:51gives it to you. Mentorship provides strategic
- 1:12:54endorsement. Mentorship gives you access to
- 1:12:57distilled knowledge. And you need good friends.
- 1:13:03I'm praying for you. May God take bad people out of
- 1:13:06your life. I pray you understand the value
- 1:13:11of this prayer from my heart. May God take away bad people
- 1:13:16from your life. How do you know a good person?
- 1:13:25One who rejoices over your success, not just one who
- 1:13:28comforts you in pain. Comfort can be a responsibility.
- 1:13:32It doesn't necessarily mean love, it can just mean it's too
- 1:13:35bad that even though I hate you, I can seek comfort you, but the
- 1:13:38one who genuinely invests in and celebrates your success.
- 1:13:43These two words invests in and celebrates your success.
- 1:13:48Genuinely say, good friend, we have to pray so Jerry.
- 1:13:56Thank you. Thank you for this great
- 1:13:58opportunity. Can I do an altar call?
- 1:14:01We're out of time, what can I do?
- 1:14:03Another call. Did you receive anything?
- 1:14:09If I had one more point to give you, I would have shown you how
- 1:14:12the prophetic helps a man activate destiny, because
- 1:14:16prophecy is powerful. But we'll leave that for another
- 1:14:18time. What you have received and with
- 1:14:20what is coming from other speakers and the prophetic
- 1:14:23declaration that comes from your man of God, I believe it will
- 1:14:26equip you. But I pray for you sincerely
- 1:14:28from my heart. Many years after now with Christ
- 1:14:31tariffs, you will still be standing.
- 1:14:35Your life will not be a negative lesson for anybody.
- 1:14:39In the name of Jesus Christ, people will not use your life to
- 1:14:42warn others. It will be an inspiration.
- 1:14:46I say it again, people would not use your story to warn others,
- 1:14:50the Lord. Will grant you mercy and for
- 1:14:53someone who has lost time, you've lost energy, you're not
- 1:14:57able to move forward at this Ron conference, I stand locking
- 1:15:00hands with the man of God and I speak strength to your spirit in
- 1:15:05the name of Jesus Christ. Let me do the altar call very
- 1:15:09quickly. You are in this place and you
- 1:15:12need Jesus. There's no assumption inside.
- 1:15:15I saw an overflow of hungry. Desperate and passionate people
- 1:15:20outside, and I believe there are many more who are following
- 1:15:22streaming online. Every time God creates A
- 1:15:26convergence like this is an opportunity for one person, just
- 1:15:30one sincere person, to make it right with Jesus.
- 1:15:33And we cannot end to this session without allowing someone
- 1:15:37to make it right with Jesus. And so whether you are here in
- 1:15:40the main auditorium or you are outside, I saw several people
- 1:15:44right here is the part that matters most because you must be
- 1:15:49in Christ to even begin the journey to fulfilling a great
- 1:15:51destiny. Hallelujah.
- 1:15:54It says whilst you and your mother's womb, before thou came
- 1:15:57as form, I knew you and I ordained you to be a prophet.
- 1:16:01I'm speaking to some brother, some sister, someone who is
- 1:16:04watching by television, you're watching by the Internet or any
- 1:16:09of the platforms and you're saying apostle, I said, Jerry,
- 1:16:12would you give me an opportunity to make it right with Jesus?
- 1:16:152 calls in one call #2 you are saying, Apostle?
- 1:16:19I want to rededicate my life. Hearing you speak, particularly
- 1:16:23when you began to speak about the presence of God.
- 1:16:26I know that I'm guilty of this. I need to make it right with my
- 1:16:29destiny. I want to run to finish.
- 1:16:31I want to run to win. I'm tired of dilly darling and
- 1:16:37being in the straight be twix. I want to get it right.
- 1:16:40I'm going to count 1:00 to 5:00. If you're somewhere scattered in
- 1:16:43the auditorium, I'd like you to make you aware as I count 1 to
- 1:16:455. I don't know how those who are
- 1:16:48responding outside will be managed.
- 1:16:49If they'll be allowed to come in, that's fine.
- 1:16:51Else I'm sure there should be a way of receiving them outside.
- 1:16:55And for those who are online, I'm sure that the media people
- 1:16:59will give you a link so that you're able to take advantage of
- 1:17:02account one to five wherever you are.
- 1:17:05Run like there's fire on the mountain.
- 1:17:07Please come and stand here. I begin my counting now.
- 1:17:09One, make sure you understand what you are doing.
- 1:17:12You are saying I need Jesus. I need to make it right.
- 1:17:15Streams of joy. Can we honor these ones as they
- 1:17:18come? You don't have to kneel for
- 1:17:21space. Please stand 2 Let's celebrate
- 1:17:25them as they come. Let's celebrate them as they
- 1:17:30come. You want to give your life to
- 1:17:33Jesus once and for all. Please come genuinely.
- 1:17:37So. I'm not asking you if you have a
- 1:17:40Christian name. I'm not asking you if you think
- 1:17:44you love the idea of Christianity.
- 1:17:47I'm asking you that you need Jesus.
- 1:17:49You are aware of the void in your heart.
- 1:17:52The Bible calls him the way, the truth, and the life.
- 1:17:54There are so many people. Are you celebrating a great
- 1:17:56harvest here tonight? Hallelujah.
- 1:18:01Now here's what we'll do once the front is.
- 1:18:03Filled. I'm going to request that you
- 1:18:05stand right where you are and to do that orderly.
- 1:18:09There are officials who will be directing you.
- 1:18:11If these ones are coming from outside, I think we can halt,
- 1:18:14just stay them. We can just move them somewhere,
- 1:18:16maybe to their LED or just anywhere where they're able to
- 1:18:19hear the sound of my voice. On behalf of Jesus Christ, for
- 1:18:22those of you here, and on behalf of the leadership of this great
- 1:18:25ministry, I salute you for the courage, the courage to have
- 1:18:29made this decision. It is the wisest decision any
- 1:18:33man can make in this side of God's Kingdom.
- 1:18:36Let me request that you lift your right hand, if you can lift
- 1:18:39it high above your head. The meaning of that is I
- 1:18:41surrender. The meaning of that is I'm
- 1:18:43truthful and I mean business. And with your hands lifted, I
- 1:18:47want you to say this as loud and as clear as you are able to say
- 1:18:50Lord Jesus, like you are serious.
- 1:18:53Say Lord Jesus, tonight I have heard your word.
- 1:18:59I love you with all my heart. I believe you are the Son of
- 1:19:05God. I believe you died for my sin.
- 1:19:11Tonight I receive salvation. I receive eternal life.
- 1:19:17I receive the forgiveness of sin.
- 1:19:20I declare that you are my Savior.
- 1:19:24You are my Lord. You are my King.
- 1:19:28The power of sin, Satan, hell, and the grave is broken over my
- 1:19:36life from tonight. I'm a child of God.
- 1:19:40I go for whatever and back whatever.
- 1:19:44Amen. Keep your beautiful hands.
- 1:19:46I pray for you in the name of Jesus by the authority of
- 1:19:49scripture and upon your profession of faith.
- 1:19:52I declare your sins forgiving and I declare by the authority
- 1:19:55of scripture that from today you are bonafide recipients of the
- 1:19:59life of God. The grace to live the victorious
- 1:20:02Christian life is imparted upon you.
- 1:20:04You will go forward ever and back, whatever.
- 1:20:08And it's in Jesus name we have prayed.
- 1:20:10Amen. Please direct me back to their
- 1:20:13seats. OK, so here's what you will do
- 1:20:15for me. There are officials.
- 1:20:16There's an official I see waving his hand.
- 1:20:19It's a narrow path. So you need to make haste as you
- 1:20:21move. I want you to follow them.
- 1:20:24That should be. On my right, your left from
- 1:20:27where you stand, please, all of you in concerts, this way the
- 1:20:30counselors will have a word with you.
- 1:20:32Those of you who made this decision online, please, let's
- 1:20:35dreams of joy. There's AQR code, make sure you
- 1:20:38scan it. Let's know that you've made this
- 1:20:40decision and it's a new beginning for you.
- 1:20:43Let's celebrate them as they go. Hallelujah, praise the name of
- 1:20:48the Lord. And for us who are here with
- 1:20:50your hands lifted, I pray for you.
- 1:20:52I stand in faith with the man of God, and I decree and declare.
- 1:20:56You will start, you will continue, you will finish.
- 1:21:00I say to you again, you will start, you will continue, you
- 1:21:04will finish. The grace to start, receive it,
- 1:21:07the grace to continue receive it, and the grace to finish
- 1:21:11strong, to finish victorious. Receive it in the name of Jesus.
- 1:21:16God bless you. Wave your hands to Jesus and
- 1:21:18give him all the praise.