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- 0:02Speaker 1: Apostle Fermi Lazarus is a man raised by God to
- 0:06Speaker 1: demonstrate his wisdom and authority to the last day church.
- 0:10Speaker 1: He is the lead pastor of Sphere of Light Church
- 0:13Speaker 1: and God told him years ago that a time will
- 0:16Speaker 1: come where my wisdom will be needed to navigate tough
- 0:19Speaker 1: times in the body of Christ.
- 0:22Speaker 2: Then I will cause your voice to be heard and
- 0:26Speaker 2: all who pay attention to my word on your lips
- 0:29Speaker 2: will not lack light and direction. He is a man
- 0:33Speaker 2: sent from God, sent to raise God's end time armies.
- 0:38Speaker 2: With Apostle Fermi Lazarus, every minute counts as you listen attentively.
- 0:46Speaker 3: Hallelujah. What a great God we serve. What an honor
- 0:51Speaker 3: to be in God's presence this morning. Amen. Can we
- 0:55Speaker 3: lift our hands and give God praise? And give him
- 0:59Speaker 3: glory and honor. Come on. Let's give him all adoration
- 1:03Speaker 3: because he deserves it. Let's bless him from the depth
- 1:08Speaker 3: of our heart. Giving him praise. Giving him glory. Giving
- 1:12Speaker 3: him adoration. Let's go ahead and give God praise. Let's
- 1:17Speaker 3: go ahead and give God praise. Let's bless him. Oh,
- 1:21Speaker 3: what a great God we serve. What a great God
- 1:24Speaker 3: we serve. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Oh,
- 1:31Speaker 3: thank you, Father. Thank you, Jesus. Oh, thank you, Jesus.
- 1:38Speaker 3: Thank you, Father. Oh, hallelujah. Amen. You know, I want
- 1:45Speaker 3: to give a counsel also today. Sometimes when we gather
- 1:50Speaker 3: and pray, you know, having a lifestyle of prayer, pray
- 1:54Speaker 3: for many things, the future, oh, God, settle this, settle that.
- 1:57Speaker 3: But you see, One of the things God gives to
- 2:01Speaker 3: us is the opportunity most times to have more than
- 2:06Speaker 3: what we could have asked or requested for. More than
- 2:09Speaker 3: what we could have thought or imagined. And one of
- 2:13Speaker 3: the ways God presents that opportunity is that he gives
- 2:17Speaker 3: us the privilege to be a part of something big
- 2:22Speaker 3: but that is starting small. You see, I'm saying this
- 2:27Speaker 3: intentionally so that we don't lose hands, that as we pray,
- 2:31Speaker 3: we are not conscious of the strategies that God is using.
- 2:35Speaker 3: So God gives everyone the opportunity in life. At some point,
- 2:39Speaker 3: you will have the opportunity to be a part of
- 2:41Speaker 3: something He's doing, but it will now require a man
- 2:45Speaker 3: or a woman who have seen in the Spirit to
- 2:48Speaker 3: understand what God is doing or making out of these things.
- 2:52Speaker 3: You see, as we go ahead to pray this morning,
- 2:55Speaker 3: all right, Be conscious of the things God has planted
- 3:00Speaker 3: around you that is starting small. The privilege to be
- 3:04Speaker 3: a part of something. I think I gave this illustration
- 3:08Speaker 3: on Sunday that it is almost impossible to see a
- 3:12Speaker 3: cycle of friends who have established relationships, everyone is doing fine,
- 3:17Speaker 3: and people love such and want to break into it.
- 3:20Speaker 3: But it is better when you can build from the scratch.
- 3:23Speaker 3: The character of commitment, of consistency, the character of faithfulness
- 3:28Speaker 3: and loyalty. I'm saying this with the body of Christ,
- 3:31Speaker 3: understanding that people are here from different denominations. You see,
- 3:35Speaker 3: so that we are not praying and these things are
- 3:39Speaker 3: not built. Because most times when God will answer the prayers,
- 3:43Speaker 3: they will come through a route of character that has
- 3:46Speaker 3: been built. Are you following what I'm saying here? They
- 3:50Speaker 3: will come through the route of character that has been what?
- 3:53Speaker 3: I say strongly in my spirit. That what has taken
- 3:57Speaker 3: people years to accomplish, God has given you the privilege
- 3:59Speaker 3: to accomplish in days. I say again, I sense strongly
- 4:03Speaker 3: in my spirit that you are having, God has given
- 4:06Speaker 3: you access to divine speed. You see, speed is not
- 4:11Speaker 3: just the ability to run faster. Speed is the amplification
- 4:15Speaker 3: of your steps. That is, God decides that even if
- 4:18Speaker 3: they are baby steps, they cover more distance than speed.
- 4:22Speaker 3: And I decree from today, there is that grace to
- 4:24Speaker 3: cover There is the grace to cover. There is the
- 4:28Speaker 3: grace to cover. There is the grace to cover. There
- 4:31Speaker 3: is the grace to cover. Now, beloved, as we pray
- 4:34Speaker 3: this morning, let your eyes be opened. All right? I
- 4:38Speaker 3: decree your eyes of understanding is flooded with light. Let
- 4:42Speaker 3: your eyes be opened. Listen. Listen well. Listen well. All right?
- 4:47Speaker 3: I'm telling you the things I caught in the place
- 4:50Speaker 3: of prayer. Are you following what I'm saying here? Yes,
- 4:53Speaker 3: I don't come to this place without first personally crying
- 4:56Speaker 3: to God. But listen, I sense strongly that many people
- 5:01Speaker 3: will be having opportunities but will be coming in small packages.
- 5:05Speaker 3: It will require the ability to see the way God sees.
- 5:10Speaker 3: To honor men even when they don't look like it.
- 5:12Speaker 3: To believe in people even when they look opposite of
- 5:16Speaker 3: the kind of future God is preparing for them. To
- 5:19Speaker 3: be faithful, loyal, and committed to people not because of
- 5:22Speaker 3: what you can get out of it, but because of
- 5:24Speaker 3: a character you have built through fellowship with the Holy Spirit.
- 5:29Speaker 3: And you are going to begin to see testimonies. You see,
- 5:32Speaker 3: the things that really endure are the things that are
- 5:34Speaker 3: born out of lifestyles like this. You are going to
- 5:38Speaker 3: begin to see testimonies, unbelievable testimonies. God is making all
- 5:43Speaker 3: things new for you. I say God is making all
- 5:46Speaker 3: things new for you. I say again, God is making
- 5:48Speaker 3: all things new for you. You are going to be
- 5:51Speaker 3: recommended in high places. A voice will speak for you
- 5:54Speaker 3: in high places. You are going to be recommended in
- 5:57Speaker 3: places that matter. In the name of Jesus. Receive the
- 6:01Speaker 3: wisdom to sustain relationships. The wisdom to keep it rolling.
- 6:06Speaker 3: In the name of Jesus. Receive the grace of high recommendations.
- 6:10Speaker 3: In the name of Jesus. People of God. Are we
- 6:14Speaker 3: ready to praise God this morning? Alright. I want us
- 6:17Speaker 3: to bless God. One of the reasons why we are
- 6:19Speaker 3: going to bless God. well in a spectacular way this
- 6:22Speaker 3: morning is because of the availability of his word. The
- 6:27Speaker 3: availability of that his word is not scarce. Amen. And
- 6:31Speaker 3: his word is not what? It's not scarce. Amen. I
- 6:34Speaker 3: perceive strongly that this morning prayer is going to be
- 6:37Speaker 3: loaded with so many prophetic instructions. Are you following what
- 6:41Speaker 3: I'm saying here? Yeah. We must know how to balance it.
- 6:44Speaker 3: It is one thing to pray, which is fantastic. But
- 6:46Speaker 3: there is a wisdom practice with which you enter into
- 6:49Speaker 3: your heritage. That comes through instructions. Are you following what
- 6:53Speaker 3: I'm saying here? That comes through what? Through instructions. It
- 6:56Speaker 3: is that instruction that becomes the vehicle that God used
- 7:00Speaker 3: to bring you there. Praise God. And I sense that
- 7:04Speaker 3: somebody is breaking into a new phase. I don't know
- 7:07Speaker 3: if that is you. I say I don't know if
- 7:09Speaker 3: that is you. I sense strongly somebody is breaking into
- 7:12Speaker 3: a new phase. Be strong and be courageous. Listen. Be
- 7:16Speaker 3: strong and be courageous. You've been saying in your heart
- 7:19Speaker 3: that why is the battle this sore? And why is
- 7:22Speaker 3: it this fierce against me? Understand that when the devil
- 7:26Speaker 3: gets into the place of attack, he doesn't give one blow.
- 7:29Speaker 3: He gives series of attack, series of punches. But the
- 7:32Speaker 3: God that we serve is able to bring you out
- 7:34Speaker 3: of many tribulations. You go ahead and rejoice and be glad.
- 7:39Speaker 3: He's bringing you out of your many waters, says the Lord. Amen.
- 7:42Speaker 3: I said God is bringing you out of your many waters.
- 7:45Speaker 3: Don't sit down in despair and bow your head in sorrow.
- 7:48Speaker 3: God is bringing you out of many waters. I said,
- 7:51Speaker 3: God is bringing you out of many waters. And I
- 7:53Speaker 3: see water flowing from taps where there's been scarcity. I said,
- 7:59Speaker 3: I see water flowing from taps where there's been scarcity.
- 8:01Speaker 2: Hallelujah.
- 8:03Speaker 3: How many of you have been perceiving that there is
- 8:05Speaker 3: something new about this season? Is there anyone? Do I
- 8:07Speaker 3: have a witness anywhere? Do I have a witness? You
- 8:10Speaker 3: just know it, that you entered into something new. You
- 8:15Speaker 3: entered into something new. And by the way, As we
- 8:17Speaker 3: worship God this morning, I began to pray to God,
- 8:21Speaker 3: you see, about the need. You see, I love to
- 8:24Speaker 3: see miracles. I love to see healings. Not because they
- 8:28Speaker 3: massage my ego, right? But because I hate to see
- 8:32Speaker 3: God's children in bondage. I mean, I hate it to
- 8:36Speaker 3: see God's children in bondage. I hate to see God's
- 8:40Speaker 3: children in pain and in agony for something that is
- 8:43Speaker 3: not right in their life or their health. Hallelujah. And
- 8:47Speaker 3: God said, some things have gone down because we have
- 8:50Speaker 3: not been grateful enough. And he also spoke to me
- 8:53Speaker 3: about some of you who received your healings, but never
- 8:56Speaker 3: shared it, never testified. No, don't do that. Honest comes
- 9:01Speaker 3: when there's gratitude. Let me quickly, I want to show
- 9:04Speaker 3: you three secrets this morning. Three very, very powerful secrets.
- 9:08Speaker 3: And this, I mean, you understand this thing. Let me
- 9:12Speaker 3: say this to you. If you understand these things I
- 9:15Speaker 3: want to share this morning, nobody will be able to
- 9:19Speaker 3: stop your eyes. Are you following what I'm saying? There
- 9:22Speaker 3: are very, very, very important secrets that everybody needs to have.
- 9:27Speaker 3: Because listen, many people are getting frustrated. Because it looks
- 9:32Speaker 3: like everybody is praying, we are praying. I shared this story.
- 9:35Speaker 3: I went to minister in a school. I don't want
- 9:37Speaker 3: to mention the name of the school. One of these two,
- 9:39Speaker 3: unfortunately for me, the people that should protocol where they
- 9:42Speaker 3: know the kind of environment, but they just left me
- 9:45Speaker 3: in the midst of some very vicious guys. Came at me.
- 9:48Speaker 3: Began to say, all the things God has done today,
- 9:51Speaker 3: the power manifestation, all those things. So what is the secret?
- 9:57Speaker 3: I mean, they were very, I don't even believe it's
- 9:59Speaker 3: aggression or anything. of hunger. I've never seen that in
- 10:01Speaker 3: my life. So what is the secret? Because if you
- 10:04Speaker 3: say it's prayer and fasting, we'll take that one. Because
- 10:06Speaker 3: which will they pray? Oh God, calm down. They calm
- 10:12Speaker 3: it down. Apparently they want to know what extract But
- 10:18Speaker 3: sometimes it is not the extra. It's about the revelation
- 10:22Speaker 3: behind the basic things. It's not any extra. It's about
- 10:27Speaker 3: the revelation that you have behind the basic things. Because
- 10:33Speaker 3: I just want you can see it. I wish that
- 10:38Speaker 3: everyone everywhere will understand these basic things. If you can
- 10:42Speaker 3: see it, you've got to see it. So that as
- 10:46Speaker 3: we are praying... once in a while we have day
- 10:49Speaker 3: out like this and there's no occasion for the devil
- 10:53Speaker 3: to rob you of your blessing because you need the
- 10:55Speaker 3: wisdom also Jeremiah 30 verse 19 listen to this scripture
- 11:04Speaker 3: I want to show you three scriptures Jeremiah 30 verse
- 11:07Speaker 3: 19 says out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the
- 11:11Speaker 3: voice of them that make what? Mary he said I
- 11:14Speaker 3: will multiply them they won't be few I will glorify them.
- 11:19Speaker 3: They will be small. Meaning that those who are merry
- 11:22Speaker 3: at heart, those who give thanks, they will experience multiplication
- 11:26Speaker 3: and glorification. One of the challenges God had with the Israelites,
- 11:30Speaker 3: one of the problems they had in the wilderness was
- 11:32Speaker 3: that they were always murmuring. They were always complaining. Nobody
- 11:41Speaker 3: likes to have people around them who's always grumbling and complaining. Say, okay,
- 11:44Speaker 3: now you have access. Talk to me. Say, actually... In fact,
- 11:47Speaker 3: people know me. I want to say, you have the access. Okay,
- 11:51Speaker 3: now let's talk. Actually, I've called you some 10 times.
- 11:54Speaker 3: You didn't pick my call. I can't take this conversation.
- 11:57Speaker 3: You don't start a conversation by blaming the person who
- 12:00Speaker 3: has given you. Go ahead to the matter. Many believers
- 12:04Speaker 3: are not joyful anymore. It's not like God is not
- 12:08Speaker 3: doing something, but it's just the spirit of ingratitude. The
- 12:12Speaker 3: devil has narrowed their focus to what is not working.
- 12:16Speaker 3: He has set their gaze. He has taken away their
- 12:18Speaker 3: gaze from what is working. Gratitude functions through focus. You
- 12:23Speaker 3: have to be focused. You have to be focused. You
- 12:30Speaker 3: have to be focused. That's how gratitude works. How many
- 12:33Speaker 3: of you are grateful to God this morning? Or you
- 12:36Speaker 3: are comparing yourself with somebody? Or wishing you have something.
- 12:40Speaker 3: Are you grateful for the one God has given to you?
- 12:42Speaker 3: Are you excited? Are you thanking him? He has healed you.
- 12:47Speaker 3: Are you grateful? He has blessed you. Are you grateful?
- 12:51Speaker 3: Oh yes. That's the way it works. And you see,
- 12:54Speaker 3: regardless of the situation, don't go through life as though
- 12:58Speaker 3: everything is crashing in on you. Be grateful. The book
- 13:02Speaker 3: of Psalms, Psalms chapter, Psalms 100. Psalms 100, verse 4.
- 13:09Speaker 3: He said, enter into his gate with thanksgiving. Into his
- 13:12Speaker 3: court with what? With praises. Enter into his court with praise.
- 13:15Speaker 3: Thanksgiving and praise. Enter with praises. On Sunday, I taught
- 13:20Speaker 3: a very, very important principle. I said many people have
- 13:24Speaker 3: lost relationships because they are not expressive. In quotes, many say,
- 13:28Speaker 3: I'm not the expressive type. I'm the introverted type. It
- 13:32Speaker 3: is God that looks at the arts. Men look at
- 13:36Speaker 3: the outward appearance. In fact, for favor to really work
- 13:39Speaker 3: on your life, you have to find a way to
- 13:41Speaker 3: be expressive. I'm just teaching you practical wisdom. Your boss
- 13:46Speaker 3: is at work. He's celebrating his birthday. You won't wish him. Say,
- 13:50Speaker 3: I'm not that expressive. It is in my heart. I'm
- 13:53Speaker 3: an intercessor for him. You can be an intercessor for
- 13:56Speaker 3: a person and the person doesn't like you because you
- 13:58Speaker 3: are not wise. However, God looks at the heart. He does.
- 14:05Speaker 3: He also said, express your praises. Express your thanksgiving. In fact,
- 14:11Speaker 3: in that Psalms 100, it said that enter into his
- 14:13Speaker 3: gate with thanksgiving, all right, enter into his court with praise.
- 14:19Speaker 3: Meaning that as far as those gates opening are concerned,
- 14:22Speaker 3: you have to be expressive. Now, God, now. There are
- 14:27Speaker 3: many people God could have used for you. But because
- 14:30Speaker 3: of this, your lack of expression, you've lost out on
- 14:33Speaker 3: many things. Look at David. David was expressive before God.
- 14:38Speaker 3: He never hesitated to express his joy and gratitude and
- 14:42Speaker 3: dance and everything. That's his wisdom. Is there somebody who
- 14:48Speaker 3: wants to be expressive? Will you get up on your
- 14:52Speaker 3: feet and jump and do some funny things and say,
- 14:56Speaker 3: I just want to thank you, O Lord. Will you
- 14:59Speaker 3: learn to make this a lifestyle? Will you learn to
- 15:02Speaker 3: make this a lifestyle? Learn to make this, be expressive.
- 15:08Speaker 3: Be expressive. Hallelujah. So you have to master the secret.
- 15:13Speaker 3: The heart of gratitude. Tell your neighbor, master the heart
- 15:16Speaker 3: of gratitude. Be grateful. Let me give us one minute.
- 15:20Speaker 3: Lift your hands. And thank him. Just one minute. Go ahead.
- 15:24Speaker 3: And say, God, I just want to thank you. Go ahead.
- 15:28Speaker 3: Go ahead. Lift your voice now. Just thank him. And
- 15:32Speaker 3: thank him. Be truly grateful. Be truly grateful. Oh, yes.
- 15:36Speaker 3: Be truly grateful. Be truly grateful. Be truly grateful. Thank you, Jesus. Oh,
- 15:42Speaker 3: we give you praise. In Jesus' mighty name, we pray.
- 15:46Speaker 3: Let me tell you something. The second one I want
- 15:48Speaker 3: to show you is very, very powerful. It is something very,
- 15:53Speaker 3: very powerful. I've spoken in this regard before, but I'm
- 15:56Speaker 3: going to say some things I've not said before. Here,
- 15:59Speaker 3: what I want to say now, hold it in your
- 16:02Speaker 3: left hand. I think you've already said that, so you
- 16:04Speaker 3: don't eat with it. We're very lefty. Hold it in
- 16:06Speaker 3: your right hand, so you don't eat What I'm about
- 16:08Speaker 3: to show you now is a very, very important principle. Alright,
- 16:14Speaker 3: one time I began to give my eyes no sleep.
- 16:19Speaker 3: I said, I just watched Bishop Oedipo, I said, the
- 16:21Speaker 3: way this man is talking, if you repeat what this
- 16:24Speaker 3: man is saying, you may not necessarily get the result
- 16:27Speaker 3: until you know where he's talking from. So I began
- 16:30Speaker 3: to investigate what are the practices of these men. Oh yes,
- 16:34Speaker 3: I've read their books, but there's more. What is consistent
- 16:38Speaker 3: in their character? So one night I've searched throughout the night.
- 16:43Speaker 3: I've checked all the videos I could find. His emphasis
- 16:46Speaker 3: and all that. And when I got tired, it was
- 16:50Speaker 3: around past 5 a.m. I said, well, let me go
- 16:55Speaker 3: and rest more so I can get into the activity
- 16:58Speaker 3: of the day. And I saw a last video that
- 17:01Speaker 3: popped up. And I said to myself, this is it.
- 17:05Speaker 3: I found it. That day I knew I found it.
- 17:07Speaker 3: And what did I see? Listen to this principle. I'm
- 17:11Speaker 3: going to tell you some things you don't know about
- 17:13Speaker 3: church history in the body of Christ in Nigeria. I
- 17:17Speaker 3: saw a video of him giving a visit to the
- 17:21Speaker 3: wife of one of his friends who had passed on.
- 17:26Speaker 3: And you know the way he was with the family.
- 17:29Speaker 3: He sat down with them, encouraged them, prayed for them.
- 17:36Speaker 3: I said, this is the secret. This man is a
- 17:38Speaker 3: man that has respect on covenant. He doesn't leave people,
- 17:44Speaker 3: whether in death or alive. Then the Lord began to
- 17:47Speaker 3: remind me of his covenant, his relationship with Bishop Ben
- 17:50Speaker 3: Sidaosa's family. Every year, you still see the commitment. I
- 17:55Speaker 3: think people that were just seen recently when my mom
- 17:58Speaker 3: clocked 80, if I'm correct. And it was the one
- 18:02Speaker 3: that held her by the hand into the church. I said,
- 18:06Speaker 3: this is this man's secret. I know there are many more,
- 18:08Speaker 3: but this is the secret. Many believers don't have respect
- 18:11Speaker 3: on covenant. There's something Yoruba call, The branch is broken.
- 18:18Speaker 3: The bird flies away. And let me say this to you.
- 18:21Speaker 3: Some of you are still playing around life. You see,
- 18:26Speaker 3: it is God who knows who will be there with
- 18:27Speaker 3: you when everyone has left. But you must make up
- 18:31Speaker 3: your own mind. That you will be there for people.
- 18:36Speaker 3: Even when no one else is there. That you will
- 18:40Speaker 3: not live a life. Of dumping people. You will have
- 18:44Speaker 3: respect to. David says something in 7 Samuel 9. He
- 18:47Speaker 3: began to inquire. Is there anyone left in the house
- 18:50Speaker 3: of Saul. That I may show him kindness. For the
- 18:54Speaker 3: sake of Jonathan. That's covenant. That's covenant. Is there anyone left.
- 19:02Speaker 3: Is there anyone left. Let me tell you something. I'm
- 19:05Speaker 3: going to tell you this because it's a good one,
- 19:06Speaker 3: so you need to hear it. One time I was
- 19:09Speaker 3: in a meeting. I will not mention the state. I
- 19:12Speaker 3: was in a meeting with some top ministers. We're having
- 19:16Speaker 3: a conversation. And one of them said to me, he said,
- 19:19Speaker 3: do you know that the Anglican church pastor here attended
- 19:24Speaker 3: as a child? He said the Anglican church that he attended,
- 19:29Speaker 3: he said, do you know that to date, He's the
- 19:32Speaker 3: one paying the salary of the bishop, the venerables, and
- 19:36Speaker 3: the security. Everyone, as far as that thought is concerned,
- 19:39Speaker 3: till tomorrow, is paying their salaries. I said, what? I said, what?
- 19:44Speaker 3: Let me tell you this. Is it 1988? Is it
- 19:46Speaker 3: 1988 or 1987? When Pius G. Elton died? Let me
- 19:51Speaker 3: tell you, because I'm not going to hold back. Before
- 19:55Speaker 3: Pius G. Elton died, Pius G. Elton, because this is
- 19:58Speaker 3: church history. I don't know if you need it, but
- 20:00Speaker 3: I'm going to tell you for the sake of those
- 20:01Speaker 3: who are going to hear this. Before Pius G. Elton died,
- 20:05Speaker 3: the move of God became so strong. That the kind
- 20:08Speaker 3: of prophecy he was giving, it was almost impossible for
- 20:11Speaker 3: many not to be offended at him. But let me
- 20:14Speaker 3: say this to you. It was Pastor Hiya Deboe who called.
- 20:19Speaker 3: When God spoke to him, that he's going to call
- 20:22Speaker 3: Pius Jeltium, it was Pastor Hiya Deboe who sent to Elisha.
- 20:26Speaker 3: And they went to buy a very expensive coffin that
- 20:31Speaker 3: they used to bury Pius Jeltium. He was the one
- 20:34Speaker 3: who provided that. Came down, all right, from Ebute Meta,
- 20:39Speaker 3: and came down to Elisha. What I'm trying to tell
- 20:43Speaker 3: you is, you will find the secret of this man
- 20:47Speaker 3: as commitment to covenant. It is not just about knowing
- 20:52Speaker 3: how to shout. The Bible said, have respect to covenant.
- 20:56Speaker 3: For the dark place of this world is full of
- 20:58Speaker 3: the habitations of cruelties. That is one of the ways
- 21:01Speaker 3: to escape cruelties in this life. Is to be a
- 21:04Speaker 3: man and a woman that have respect to covenant. Are
- 21:09Speaker 3: you following what I'm saying here? I know what I'm saying.
- 21:13Speaker 3: I know what I'm saying like I know my name.
- 21:16Speaker 3: Many believers are not progressing because they are betrayers. They
- 21:21Speaker 3: have no regard. Covenant owes no water before them. Those people,
- 21:26Speaker 3: those women, because we also need to learn this. Those
- 21:29Speaker 3: women who were selling things for you in credit while
- 21:32Speaker 3: you were on campus, who will give you things and say,
- 21:35Speaker 3: what plan do you have in your heart that as
- 21:37Speaker 3: God lifts you, you will go and look for them?
- 21:40Speaker 3: David went back and said, is there anyone left in
- 21:42Speaker 3: the house of Saul that I may show you my
- 21:45Speaker 3: loving kindness? Do you have people that you are saying, God,
- 21:49Speaker 3: just bless me for their sake? Or your own definition
- 21:53Speaker 3: of blessing is just to eat and have, buy clothes,
- 21:56Speaker 3: do this, ride the expensive cars. What burden are you
- 21:59Speaker 3: running through life with? What burden are you running through
- 22:04Speaker 3: life with? Take what I'm telling you. What burden are
- 22:08Speaker 3: you running through life with? Who is excited that God
- 22:12Speaker 3: has preserved your life? Who is there praying knowing fully
- 22:16Speaker 3: well that God should lift you, they will not remain down?
- 22:20Speaker 3: These are very powerful principles that many believers neglect. People
- 22:26Speaker 3: are quick to show love when they see a person
- 22:28Speaker 3: around and they disperse. They disperse. They just want to
- 22:33Speaker 3: get the things of their own and just climb on anybody, march,
- 22:36Speaker 3: trample on anybody. Just climb. Anyways, look at the case.
- 22:40Speaker 3: Look at that case now. Look at the case of
- 22:42Speaker 3: those children. I mean, I saw a very disgusting video
- 22:45Speaker 3: about this just the day before yesterday. They were walking
- 22:48Speaker 3: Chicken Republic. They sacked them because of They did employ
- 22:54Speaker 3: you to be security, not to dance. Somebody picked them
- 22:59Speaker 3: and sent them to school outside the country where their
- 23:03Speaker 3: parents could not send them. The person, some things happened,
- 23:07Speaker 3: they began to tattoo their bodies and live their lives
- 23:10Speaker 3: and were drinking in clubs and were showing pictures online.
- 23:14Speaker 3: People that church is sponsoring. We charge money. The man
- 23:20Speaker 3: of God said, at the case, Naira to dollar, if
- 23:23Speaker 3: you are transacting in dollar now, you know what he's saying,
- 23:25Speaker 3: what he's talking about. The exchange rate is high now.
- 23:28Speaker 3: There's no way we can meet up with this. Come
- 23:30Speaker 3: back so we can put you in schools here. Because
- 23:33Speaker 3: if you understand, that's millions of Naira they are paying.
- 23:36Speaker 3: I mean millions of Naira. The boys went to leak
- 23:39Speaker 3: the chat of the man who sponsored them. They now
- 23:43Speaker 3: made a video and were laughing and said, we hear
- 23:46Speaker 3: that you fainted. Because the man collapsed. They were laughing.
- 23:51Speaker 3: My God! Are you seeing the reason why sometimes you
- 23:56Speaker 3: are praying, God, why are you not lifting this place?
- 23:58Speaker 3: You have seen the character. You have seen the character.
- 24:02Speaker 3: Those who helped you yesterday, what is your plan? Do
- 24:06Speaker 3: you have any regard? All your oldies that once, it
- 24:09Speaker 3: doesn't go your way. You just demonize them and call
- 24:12Speaker 3: them all the names and forget the days that they
- 24:15Speaker 3: stood where no one else was. And people jump from
- 24:20Speaker 3: camp to camp. Camp to camp. And they have all
- 24:23Speaker 3: the bad things to say. Against the man that God
- 24:27Speaker 3: used to raise them. Some of you have spiritual parents.
- 24:32Speaker 3: That you say God help me. That I will not
- 24:35Speaker 3: be disloyal. You to make up your mind. In the
- 24:39Speaker 3: days nobody could have seen any comeliness. They stood. Let
- 24:44Speaker 3: those things be big in your heart. There are husbands.
- 24:49Speaker 3: That the women that suffered with them, as money comes,
- 24:52Speaker 3: say she's not fine. Ah! Ah! And you think you
- 24:58Speaker 3: will do well. Because we can carry all these baggages
- 25:01Speaker 3: and people are coming to the place of prayer. You
- 25:04Speaker 3: wonder why prayer is not answered. Because you have no
- 25:07Speaker 3: respect to covenant. That's why many believers are still struggling.
- 25:13Speaker 3: That's why many are not where they should be. Because
- 25:17Speaker 3: they have anti-covenant practices. I mean, I just shared two
- 25:20Speaker 3: stories with you of fathers in the body of Christ.
- 25:23Speaker 3: Fathers in the body of Christ. Fathers in the body
- 25:27Speaker 3: of Christ. Fathers. Strong commitment. Covenant practices. I don't care
- 25:35Speaker 3: what social media may say. If you follow social media
- 25:40Speaker 3: in this generation, you'll crash. Because once they are done
- 25:45Speaker 3: crashing you, Everybody moves on. After all, nobody asks you
- 25:49Speaker 3: to listen. But you must pick your reference from the
- 25:53Speaker 3: Word of God. There are patterns in front of us.
- 25:57Speaker 3: There are patterns in front of us. There are patterns.
- 26:01Speaker 3: Let me share my story. At one point in my life,
- 26:06Speaker 3: I could not afford to pay school fees. Things were
- 26:10Speaker 3: very bad. I traveled to the village to meet one
- 26:14Speaker 3: of my aunties. I explained to her She was crying.
- 26:20Speaker 3: He said, ah, I will do anything for you. A
- 26:23Speaker 3: woman is owing me money. This, this, let's go there.
- 26:25Speaker 3: I'm sharing my personal story. Let's go to the woman.
- 26:29Speaker 3: She's owing me money. Blah, blah, blah. We went to
- 26:31Speaker 3: the woman. All right? We went to the woman's place.
- 26:38Speaker 3: The market. I just did it. We went to the place.
- 26:44Speaker 3: The woman, my money. I just stood there looking at
- 26:47Speaker 3: them all. told the woman to save her money. The
- 26:51Speaker 3: woman was dribbling her. Somewhere in the market there, he
- 26:55Speaker 3: broke down in tears and began to wail. I was
- 26:59Speaker 3: deeply touched that this woman is doing this for me.
- 27:03Speaker 3: When she was weeping, people gathered. I'm telling you a
- 27:05Speaker 3: true life story, my story. People gathered and began to say,
- 27:09Speaker 3: why are you crying? This, this, what's happened to you? This, this, that.
- 27:12Speaker 3: He said, look at her. Is it because this boy,
- 27:16Speaker 3: the father has a condition now? He can't afford to
- 27:19Speaker 3: pay the school fees. That's why we are going through this.
- 27:22Speaker 3: People say, how much is the money? In the market square,
- 27:27Speaker 3: people began to drop 1,000. I'm telling you my story.
- 27:31Speaker 3: I was looking at the whole situation like a movie.
- 27:34Speaker 3: I was crying. She was crying. I said something to
- 27:38Speaker 3: God that day. Till I see you in glory. this
- 27:42Speaker 3: woman will never have to cry to you for what
- 27:44Speaker 3: I had. It doesn't matter. See, there are people that
- 27:53Speaker 3: if you despise, everything in nature will fight you. It
- 27:58Speaker 3: doesn't matter what it is in this life. She will
- 28:02Speaker 3: not have to ask me twice. If I don't have,
- 28:05Speaker 3: I will look for. Sometimes she calls me, and say,
- 28:08Speaker 3: you know, I don't like to disturb you, but please,
- 28:10Speaker 3: I just want to do this. I say, you can
- 28:12Speaker 3: never disturb me. My commitment to you is for life,
- 28:18Speaker 3: as God helps me. Have respect on covenant, Christians. Don't
- 28:24Speaker 3: let's be charlatans. Have respect to covenant. Many of you
- 28:29Speaker 3: are now at loggerheads with those that God used for
- 28:32Speaker 3: you yesterday. Even if they were wrong, go and apologize.
- 28:36Speaker 3: The Bible said a man that repays good with evil,
- 28:39Speaker 3: evil will not end in his house. Go and beg them. Say,
- 28:45Speaker 3: let me share a story with you. Very, very interesting story.
- 28:49Speaker 3: I remember one time we had a very big problem
- 28:51Speaker 3: in church. We had spent millions of naira to construct
- 28:56Speaker 3: a walk, wiring, everything. The building collapsed. My wife was
- 29:03Speaker 3: heavy with our daughter. We had put a few money aside.
- 29:07Speaker 3: We're going to go and buy things for the baby.
- 29:10Speaker 3: Somebody reached out to me and said, he's in problem, this, this.
- 29:13Speaker 3: He wanted for money, blah, blah, blah. Begged my wife.
- 29:18Speaker 3: I said, let's sell this money. Carried all the money.
- 29:21Speaker 3: We're going to buy the baby materials. Those of you
- 29:24Speaker 3: who are not in Nigeria may not understand what that means.
- 29:27Speaker 3: Packed the money and went to meet him and gave
- 29:30Speaker 3: him the money. That you guys go and say to yourself,
- 29:33Speaker 3: we will be fine. God will provide for us. Don't
- 29:36Speaker 3: forget we just had the crisis was the week of
- 29:38Speaker 3: our crisis we needed every penny we could find one
- 29:43Speaker 3: time the fellow called me on food and then he
- 29:47Speaker 3: didn't know i have not ended the call for 16
- 29:51Speaker 3: minutes because i was telling him not to tell somebody
- 29:54Speaker 3: something just keep it private you have to know that
- 29:57Speaker 3: he was telling the person Now, can you imagine he said,
- 30:00Speaker 3: I should not tell you this. Now, is he saying
- 30:03Speaker 3: you are a witch or what? He said, I've been
- 30:05Speaker 3: observing him. He's behaving arrogantly because he feels he has money.
- 30:09Speaker 3: He was telling that person. He said, he will pack
- 30:12Speaker 3: my shoes at the end of his life. He said,
- 30:15Speaker 3: he's thinking because he gave me money. Maybe he has,
- 30:17Speaker 3: that's why he gave me. Did I beg him for
- 30:19Speaker 3: the money? He began to say many wicked things. 60 minutes,
- 30:26Speaker 3: I was on the phone. With evil, evil intentions. Evil intentions.
- 30:34Speaker 3: For six things that you cannot even say on air.
- 30:38Speaker 3: I listened to everything. And I said, wow. This is life.
- 30:44Speaker 3: You wonder why people struggle and it looks like the
- 30:46Speaker 3: hand of God is not lifting them. No regard for covenant.
- 30:52Speaker 3: Many believers need to repent. You need to repent. Some
- 30:55Speaker 3: of you have done, you have repaid evil with those
- 30:57Speaker 3: that God used to help you. That's why you are struggling.
- 31:01Speaker 3: Let 200 prophets gather until you repent. You may not
- 31:06Speaker 3: really rise. God respects covenant. He respects covenant. He respects covenant.
- 31:15Speaker 3: That's two principles I'm giving to you today. I'm going
- 31:19Speaker 3: to stop there because of time. Maybe another day I'm
- 31:22Speaker 3: going to give you one more. These are principles that
- 31:25Speaker 3: they must be rooted in your life. Shout from now
- 31:29Speaker 3: till tomorrow. If they are not there, you will struggle.
- 31:33Speaker 3: They must be rooted in your life. They must be
- 31:37Speaker 3: rooted in your life. Get rid of bitterness. Get rid
- 31:40Speaker 3: of strife. Get rid of envy. Once you get into
- 31:44Speaker 3: those places, you are trapped for life. You are trapped
- 31:48Speaker 3: for life. Identify those that the hand of God is
- 31:50Speaker 3: on their life in your generation. Never pick a fight
- 31:53Speaker 3: with them. Never get into the trap of offense. Make
- 31:56Speaker 3: sure you are wise. Don't be careless with your emotions.
- 32:02Speaker 3: Offended everywhere. Some of you will even gang up and
- 32:07Speaker 3: speak against your spiritual father. And you think something will
- 32:13Speaker 3: fight you. Many believers need to be told the truth.
- 32:18Speaker 3: Because we know how to shout. Hey God do this.
- 32:22Speaker 3: But do you know. The power behind all these things.
- 32:26Speaker 3: You wonder why the journey of a man. Is moving
- 32:28Speaker 3: from glory to glory to glory. Check the covenant practices.
- 32:32Speaker 3: Check the principles. Check the lifestyle. Check all those things.
- 32:41Speaker 3: Some of you. Everybody else enjoy your money. Except your parents.
- 32:44Speaker 3: Be careful. Be careful. Be careful of the lifestyle you
- 32:49Speaker 3: are building. Have respect to covenant. Have respect. I believe
- 32:55Speaker 3: God wants me to instruct you this morning. Have respect
- 32:58Speaker 3: to covenant. Have respect. And let me say this to you.
- 33:04Speaker 3: If God use you to do good for anybody and
- 33:06Speaker 3: they repay you with evil, don't stop doing good. But
- 33:10Speaker 3: that's where your liberation is also. Don't say, ah, now
- 33:13Speaker 3: I'm done. I'm tired. I will continue. This might just
- 33:16Speaker 3: be the wrong person. However, I am doing what I
- 33:19Speaker 3: am doing by revelation. You set your heart like this,
- 33:24Speaker 3: nobody can bring you down. No devil anywhere. Because God
- 33:28Speaker 3: is going to make sure you keep going higher and higher.
- 33:30Speaker 3: And I decree in the name of Jesus Christ that
- 33:34Speaker 3: you receive the spirit of wisdom. Again I decree you
- 33:39Speaker 3: receive the spirit of wisdom. You know what to do.
- 33:46Speaker 3: The lot of the wicked will not fall on you
- 33:50Speaker 3: Their sword will not rest on you. No devil will
- 33:54Speaker 3: bring you down. No devil will bring you down. You
- 33:58Speaker 3: will not crash. Now listen, those who are waiting for
- 34:02Speaker 3: you to crash so they can laugh, they will wait
- 34:04Speaker 3: in vain. Your amen is very weak. Those who are
- 34:10Speaker 3: waiting for you to crash so they can trample on you,
- 34:14Speaker 3: I'm telling you that people... That's why I wrote something
- 34:17Speaker 3: recently on Facebook. I said life is not nollywood. Good
- 34:21Speaker 3: people don't always win. That's why you pray. Pray against
- 34:27Speaker 3: unreasonable men. Unreasonable men with wicked intentions. It's not enough
- 34:34Speaker 3: to have a good attitude. Let me say this to
- 34:37Speaker 3: you as a balance. There are people that you have
- 34:40Speaker 3: to choose to love from afar. Access to your family
- 34:45Speaker 3: is I watched a story online. A boy was homeless.
- 34:51Speaker 3: A man took him to his house, spoke with him, said,
- 34:56Speaker 3: I'm going to sponsor you to school. Don't worry, just
- 35:00Speaker 3: come and stay with me. Don't worry. What you could
- 35:02Speaker 3: not accomplish before, you will accomplish it. That same night,
- 35:05Speaker 3: that same night, he poisoned or stabbed, he stabbed the
- 35:10Speaker 3: man in his sleep. He didn't offend him, just helped him.
- 35:14Speaker 3: He stabbed the man multiple times in his sleep and
- 35:17Speaker 3: then drove away the car. How much is car compared
- 35:22Speaker 3: to your helper? But it doesn't matter how much evil
- 35:26Speaker 3: is in this world. It will not fall on you.
- 35:30Speaker 3: Your life will not be snatched. It will not fall
- 35:34Speaker 3: on you. Again, I said it will not fall on you. Again,
- 35:38Speaker 3: I said it will not fall on you. Again, I
- 35:40Speaker 3: say it will not follow you in the name of Jesus.
- 35:44Speaker 3: Some of you have felt betrayed. Some of you have
- 35:47Speaker 3: felt bad. You stop doing the good things. After all,
- 35:52Speaker 3: what will people pay you back with? No, don't stop.
- 35:55Speaker 3: Don't stop. Go back to those things. Go back. And
- 36:00Speaker 3: don't live in self-pity. I say, after all, no, no, no.
- 36:05Speaker 3: Do what you are doing by revelation. Don't live in self-pity.
- 36:10Speaker 3: It was just the moment after Serpiti comes pride. Say,
- 36:13Speaker 3: I'm the only one. No, you're not the only one.
- 36:17Speaker 3: You have the privilege from God to do it. Are
- 36:20Speaker 3: you following? I'm trying to be balanced with you this morning.
- 36:24Speaker 3: Be a grateful person. Have respect to covenant. Don't repay
- 36:32Speaker 3: good with evil. Say, eh, it's not like I haven't
- 36:36Speaker 3: said against the person. Yes, it was nice to me,
- 36:38Speaker 3: but it was nice to me. But actually, shh, shh, shh.
- 36:43Speaker 3: There are lifestyles that once you set in motion, you'll
- 36:46Speaker 3: be too heavy for flight. Too heavy for flight. Anybody
- 36:53Speaker 3: who knows what destiny is does not make a steady decision.
- 36:55Speaker 3: You calm down. Separate emotions from issues. You decide through
- 37:02Speaker 3: the lens of scriptures. This will not be possible if
- 37:05Speaker 3: you are not praying. Through the lens of scriptures. Sometimes
- 37:11Speaker 3: many things have happened to me that I could be offended.
- 37:14Speaker 3: I'll just tell the devil, I will not be offended though.
- 37:18Speaker 3: Sometimes I remember, sometimes I face some issues. The moment
- 37:23Speaker 3: the issue was over, I was just done. I just
- 37:25Speaker 3: went on YouTube and played Pastor Poggio's message about offense.
- 37:28Speaker 3: I just sat down with the message. By the time
- 37:30Speaker 3: I was done, all the propensity to be angry had left.
- 37:33Speaker 3: I just say thank God I've jumped and passed. Never
- 37:36Speaker 3: go through life with offense. The offended is always first.
- 37:41Speaker 3: Those you are offended at, they will keep going higher
- 37:44Speaker 3: and higher and higher. Don't be offended at anybody. Celebrate people.
- 37:50Speaker 3: Celebrate their wins. Enjoy what God is doing in that
- 37:53Speaker 3: person's life. Love them regardless. Don't say, I know God
- 37:56Speaker 3: is here. However, thank God for the person's. Somebody came
- 38:02Speaker 3: to greet me in church. He came to ask me
- 38:06Speaker 3: questions about church growth. And when he was done, shook
- 38:10Speaker 3: hands with me with a charm in his hands. He's
- 38:15Speaker 3: an apostle. I held his hand. I looked at him. Why?
- 38:23Speaker 3: You came to ask questions to grow. What? What? This
- 38:31Speaker 3: is charm in your heart. I just looked at him.
- 38:37Speaker 3: I said, this is the wickedness of the sons of men.
- 38:40Speaker 3: From that day, I love him, but from afar. Pray, oh.
- 38:48Speaker 3: This world is full of wickedness. Pray. I'm telling you, pray.
- 38:54Speaker 3: This world is full of wickedness. Pray. Pray. Somebody might
- 38:58Speaker 3: be asking questions and the person is looking for a
- 39:01Speaker 3: way to strike. That's why you pray that all the
- 39:07Speaker 3: evil intentions of men will collapse before your very eyes.
- 39:11Speaker 3: That's why I'm praying for you. For surely they shall gather.
- 39:14Speaker 3: For as many as are gathered not concerning the counsel
- 39:18Speaker 3: of God will be scattered. All the effort of the
- 39:21Speaker 3: king of darkness To bring you down. It comes to nothing.
- 39:26Speaker 3: It comes to nothing. In the name of Jesus. Begging
- 39:34Speaker 3: in the name of Jesus. You can do it through
- 39:38Speaker 3: God who strengthens you. That there is no human being.
- 39:41Speaker 3: On earth. That you are offended at. No human being.
- 39:46Speaker 3: That doesn't mean you are everywhere. You know you are late. But.
- 39:51Speaker 3: The devil cannot pin you and say, this one, they
- 39:54Speaker 3: are keeping malice. I've told people, there are many matters
- 39:59Speaker 3: in the body of Christ. You tell me, this one,
- 40:02Speaker 3: this one, this person, blah, blah, blah. Ah, he's a
- 40:04Speaker 3: good person. You're a good person too. I will not
- 40:09Speaker 3: fight another person's battle. Because God can use this person
- 40:12Speaker 3: to bless me. God can use you too to bless me.
- 40:16Speaker 3: Never believe in life of offence. Once you get it,
- 40:20Speaker 3: you begin to shrink. In fact, go and listen to
- 40:24Speaker 3: the videos I shared. Go on my Instagram. Reasons why
- 40:29Speaker 3: I can't remember that video. Just go and check on
- 40:35Speaker 3: my Instagram. Recent video. People literally die because of offense.
- 40:40Speaker 3: They die. They are exposed to a variety of demons.
- 40:44Speaker 3: Their lives shut down. Never get offended. Never get offended.
- 40:50Speaker 3: Just keep living your life. Loving everyone. Those you can
- 40:55Speaker 3: bring close, bring close. Those that you be from a distance,
- 40:57Speaker 3: let it be from a distance. You owe every man love,
- 41:00Speaker 3: not association. Go and learn this. I recommend the book,
- 41:11Speaker 3: Kenneth Hagan's book on love. Let me check the book.
- 41:13Speaker 3: I recommend that book for you. Go and get that book.
- 41:16Speaker 3: It will help you. You know how to do love work.
- 41:20Speaker 3: Love work. You work in love. You love the way
- 41:24Speaker 3: to victory or something like that. You need that book
- 41:27Speaker 3: to begin to work in love. You work in love.
- 41:31Speaker 3: Never become cold. These are secrets. We're not just here
- 41:35Speaker 3: every day praying that people are not getting results. There
- 41:38Speaker 3: are secrets to all these things. There are secrets to
- 41:41Speaker 3: all these things. You do this, you're going to see
- 41:44Speaker 3: yourself progressing. It doesn't matter the trap people set before you.
- 41:48Speaker 3: You are going to see that you keep jumping above
- 41:50Speaker 3: all those traps. Oh, yes. And nobody can cut your
- 41:54Speaker 3: life short. Are you following what I'm saying here? I
- 41:57Speaker 3: said nobody can cut your life short. Very, very important. Yeah,
- 42:01Speaker 3: this is the book. Love the Way to Victory. I
- 42:03Speaker 3: recommend this book. Get this book. Get it. And sit
- 42:09Speaker 3: down and master the art of working in love. And
- 42:11Speaker 3: you will see the finger of God. I stretch my
- 42:15Speaker 3: hands towards all of you and I cover you with
- 42:17Speaker 3: the blood of Jesus. You and your entire household with
- 42:21Speaker 3: the blood of Jesus. No weapon formed against you will prosper.
- 42:26Speaker 3: Every tongue that is rising against you in judgment is condemned.
- 42:31Speaker 3: You will finish well. It doesn't matter the evil intention
- 42:35Speaker 3: of the sons of men. You will always overcome. You
- 42:39Speaker 3: will always overcome. You will always overcome. Their desires will
- 42:45Speaker 3: not come to pass over your life. Oh no. Their
- 42:48Speaker 3: desires will not come to pass over your life. You
- 42:51Speaker 3: will always win. In the name of Jesus. It is done.
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