DOMINION THROUGH DISCERNMENT

Tonight we will route that subject through discernment. So I want to teach on dominion through discernment. We have looked at dominion through grace. We have looked at dominion through light. Now we are looking at dominion through discernment because the subject of dominion is very boisterious and there are different pathways of routing different dimensions of dominion. Why are you add in the twitter? Don't be creatives. Leave this microphone the way it is glory to God. I've told us that there are four basic definitions for dominion. Number one, I said, dominion is simply authority for governance, for rulership, and for reigning. Governance means there is a jurisdiction that is put under your authority, where you have the power to determine how it is wrong. And as we look at Scripture Genesis one to need eight, we saw that God gave us the jurisdiction over the beds of the air, over the fish of the sea, and every creepaint in that crepet upon the face of the earth. Now, when Jesus came, he extended that jurisdiction to the second heaven. Though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh. So we begin to die in this spirit ram as well. Having done all to stand stand. Therefore take on the whole armor of God, wherewith you be able to fight, to withstand all the wise of the devil. We restle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, and against spiritual wickedness in heavenly places. Second Corinthians ten, verse three to five, Efficient six Wes ten to sixteen. So Jesus expanded the scope of our dominion. So dominion is the capacity to exercise governance and rulership. So we insist God's will prevails in every context that is given to us as a jurisdiction. And I said beyond that is also the power to reign. That means nineteen dominates you. The ability to reign is the ability to function in the fullness of your potentials. The word reign, according to Second Corinthians or Romance now five verse seventeen, is the word basilios. It means to dominate in life, to leave above limitation. So every potential you have is finding expression in its full skill. That's what dominion is about. It is actually to king through life, because the word Basilio's is to king thru life. That's what we call dominion. So anywhere God puts you, he expects you to be able to exercise governance to bring his will to that context. So if you're in a bank, you are not one of the staff there. You are an ambassador of a kingdom, sent there to establish God's will. And this is why you need to understand the different pathways of routing dominion. If you're in the academia, you are not just a lecturer. If you're a business man, you're not just in the business world. You are there to bring the will of God and to establish the mandate of God's kingdom. But it takes empowerment for that to happen. This is why you must dominate for that to happen. Number two with said dominion is the capacity to function in the grid glory fied realm of life, because we were created to work in glory. When man fell in Romance chapter three, verse twenty three is a for all have seened and falling short of the glory of God. So we were created to live in the glorified drealm of life. That is functioning in the God class. That's what it means to work in glory. So when you come, anything God would have done or manifested if He was there in passing, when you come, you bring it. That's why Jesus, when he left this world, he sent us to represent him. So dominion is the ability to function representing God, to function in the God class, to carry the glory and the presence of God. So Jesus, amongst other things, one of the things he did when he came into this world was to reinstitute you into glory. In John seven twenty two, he said, Father, the glory that you have given me have given to them that they may be one as we are one. So when you show up, you manifest the glory of God. So when people are looking for God's dimensions and you come, those dimension should manifest. That's what dominion is about. So you are not present and people are still saying, God, where are you? Such things should never happen when you are around. When you come, the question God, where are you is terminated forever because you have been brought and inaugurated into the glory realm. In Romans eight thirty, he said he that if you. He also predestinated, him that he predestinated. He also called him that he called he justified, and him that he justified. He glorified. It is say he will glorify. He said, he has glorified. You know, our salvation doctrine stops at justification. So you see people arguing you can't lose your salvation. You think cannot have dominion over you. We accept where is the glory of God? We don't see glory because we have reduced this reality to intellectual debates. Meanwhile, these people are present. Death is raining, sickness is raining. It means the glory is lacking. The doctor is not complete until glory is included. He said. Accordiness is divine power. Sir Computer one verse three and four. He said, he has cordos. Accordiness is divine power. He has given on to us all things that pertains to life and to Godliness, through the knowledge of Him that has called us to what, to glory and to virtue. So you were called to glory, he said, Investipita to nine, you are choosing generation. You are royal priesthood, God's own special people. Card thought to showcase the glory of God. So this year You must build the consciousness that when I come, the glory of God comes. When I come, the presence of God comes. See, you are not a singer. You are not a teacher. You are not a preacher. You are a witness of God. And the way you witness is to bring undeniable exhibits that God is real and everything He claims is true. And you can't do that until they see God in you. So dominion is to come to a state of being where they see God in your life. And sometimes you don't even talk. They just look at you and they know there is something different about you. Is the glory of God exuding from your life? I am persuaded that a glory carrying generation where manifests from here. I'm repeating this scripture so that they will form your consciousness. You know, some of you think you are defeated people in life. You are failures, you are backward, you are taglated your cases. You're just maney through life. No Waysir, you are not God to maney through life. You are God to King through life, to King to King. Ah. People should be wandering, why is your own case different? For good? It's because I carry glory. You can't trap God, so you can't trap me. You can't limit God, so you can't limit me. You can't frustrate God, so you can't frustreeat me. I am the visible container that manifests the invisible dimensions color. Yeah, oh. Yeah, yeah. See, when when you come into a place, don't follow everybody to rush, take your time. When you are coming, come with a consciousness that glory and excellence has entered the year. I'm telling you, Come with the consciousness that heaven has kissed the head, and then porride from yonder. It's about the manifest carry that consciousness. There's something different about users the operation of dominion. Let this thing sink, because if it doesn't sink, all the pathways of routing it that we are teaching won't pros by you or profit you. You carry glory. See, when a slave enters a place, there's a disposition. That is, when the air enters, you know there's a difference. You are a carrier of glory. And when you know this, deliverance will begin to happen naturally. Nothing that nothing can't tame God, So nothing can tame you. So what people are praying about, Oh God, please you just know cut these things don't operate. See that don't operate around you. Fear does not operate around you. Sickness does not Glory does not tolerate it. That's the mentality of dominion. From it in your spirit. Allelujah. So he says, someone to the glorified realm of life, that's dominion. And then number three, I said, dominion is the power to prevail and to execute judgment. You execute judgment. Somebody is sick, you show up. No, you know, see the way Jesus did it. He wasn't even talking about annoying yet he was talking. I said, George, look sixteen thirteen to eighteen. He saw a woman that was bent over. And he said, oh not this woman being a daughter of Abraham, whom Saturn has found these eighteen years to be let loose. And he's a woman down at loose. I'm talking judgment. Here. You come to a place you see Christians suffering. You say, no, this one's a born of God, this one's are delivered from the dominion of darkness. Why would this this? I degree, Come on, man, somebody is demonized. You come you say no, you are talking to the demon. You know you are not supposed to be here. The price has been paid. This guy has been enthroned over you. Now, in the name of Jesus, come out. You come to a place things are not working. You said, no this you do fail. He said, whatsoever he do it? So you are a George. You are a legislator. You are a little ghetto. We are the loss are not functional. You proclaim the law, and where the loss are violated, you stop it. That's what dominion does. It makes you a George. I'm telling you this are some of the basic foundations of the manifestation of power. Thank you Father. The power to prevail and to execute judgment and the number I said, dominion is a state of rest. We are not in thrust you a balance. No anxiety because you know that the anxie is with you. The reason there is anxiety is because we are not yet aware that we are the answer, that we are the solution. Imagine you come to a room. Are your children as creamy? This one is shouting? This one is shouting if you won't become afraid, because when I come, I bring the solution. That's why when your children are are troubling themselves, you are not moved. What is the issue. Come down you this you that is over. You go back. If many things begins to trouble you, it means that thing has put a consciousness in you that you it' that's situation is bigger than you. It makes you don't know you have rest. But you see in dominion, God gives us rest in pun over all adversities. Look at the way Josh puts it. He said, the Lord gave them rest roundabout according to all he swear onto their fathers. And there's too no man of all their enemies before them, For the Lord delivered their enemies to their hands. You went for visa interview. They denied you. No, don't cry. This country. I must enter. You know how we enter. I can't stop. You can't stop, Missa. You are just in control. You go back. I apply again, and I'm going in. You just have assurance as dominion. So dominion in itself is a state and a disposition, and that disposition is called rest. See. Many Christians are petalved over everything. They are submitting a proposal for a contract. They are already shivering. No, sah, you are not the one to shiver. There may be three hundred people they need three We are the other two. Because number one is here, there's a knowings, there's a knowing, there's an awareness. You are in the place of rest. How do you think Jesus was resting when they told him Lazaros was sick at the point of death. He knew that if he dies, he will rise again. If he doesn't die, he will be healed. So when he shows up, Martha said, if you were here, our brother would not have died. He said, come down, I am the resurrection, I am the life he is. Whoever believer in me shall not die, and even if he were dead, hey shall live again. That's rest. So the reason he was calm was because he knew that when he shows up, answer will come. So when God gave us dominion in the likeness of rest, he made us solution to the crisis of humanity. You must be aware you are not part of the problem. You are the answer. It's called dominion rest. And then finally, dominion is influenced their capacity to inspire the actions of people positively. That's why when we speak people repent. It's called influence. And it's not just the church thing. If not your job, they want to take a decision, they are waiting for your counsel because they know that every time you give an impute, it translates to profit. It's called dominion. That's why you need grace, That's why you need wisdom and light to be in dominion. So three hundred people have spoken, They say, wait for Natanae, wait for Peter. Wait what do you have to say? Then you come. Sometimes your position might even be different from everybody's, and then will follow your own position. It means you are more than three hundred men. That's dominion. This is what God has called us into. And it's not just at the level of your office. A point comes when it becomes the entire institution. Then a point comes when it becomes the entire nation. When you're talking national listens. See the way the Bible puts it. I think that's Psam seventy two, now 's one, verse five, and Ver's eight. Here these messages again and again. Let it open your mind. You can be a student, and your suggestion we deliver university as a student. This is what Joseph did in Egypt. This is what your dream means, O king, seven years is famine, seven years is abundance. Get a discrete one let him stall one fifth of everything you get in abundance. The king said, nobody can do it except you, and the whole of Egypt came. That is con true. I'm talking. Influence is beyond popularity, is the ability to make things happen. It's when you talk that things happened. Everything is on Dansty until you speak. That's the level God is bringing you to and anywhere you are, regardless of the occupation of career, it works. Let's look at that scripture. I hope I got to drive Psalm seventy two, Verse one, verse five, and Ver's eight. Are we projecting? Is that give the king thy judgment, Oh God, and thy righteousness onto the king's son verse five. I don't want us to read the whole chapter. Oh my God, Oh my God, Oh my God. You guys are about to cause problem today. What are these systems not walking? Is that the cha fad as long as the son and the moon and deal is that throughout our generations they tremble at your presence as far as this song MBOs go to Vesse eight, if that he shall have dominion also from C to C and from river onto river, to the ends of the earth. Imagine you get to a level where you talk and he affects the whole earth. That's what God is preparing us for. And he can route several systems and several structures to take you there. You know, the kings of the earth, some of them understand this, moder knows because they have built early systems. You see a king coming into power, and before his inauguration, he's talking, and nations already adjusting, nations decisions already been made. If there is no peace in the Middle East until I'm in a great head, all hair we break loose, and before inaggression, let's say to my let's set you do you know the mentality is people have about who they are and the throne they occupy. See, if we have that level of mentality, the power that our lives will command will be scary. So dominion is the ability to govern and to reign. Dominion is to function in the god class or the glorified rant. Dominion is the capacity to prevaide in any circumstance. Dominion is the capacity to have rest come what may. And dominion is the power to influence, not controul, influence the decisions the character of people in a positive manner. That's what dominion is about. And this is what God said he will do in every one of us supernaturally this year. And so we are looking for the spiritual ways of routing these possibilities. And we said number one, it's by grace. We said number two it's by light, and tonight we are looking at number three, which is by discretion. So you can exercise authority, governance, and reign through discretion. You can function in the god realm of life. Through discretion. You can function prevailing over every opposition through discretion. You can function in the place of rest through discretion. And finally, you can exercise influence through discretion. What is discretion? Discretion is simply put, sound judgment. There is in many never exercise dominion is because they are foolish in decision making. No body who makes foolish decisions can ever exercise dominion. It's like shooting yourself in the leg. Now, discussion is different from this suning of spirit. Descernment is different from discerning of spirits. I'm dealing with dominion through discernment. Descernment is different from what discerning of spirit. The gift of discerning of spirit is the capacity to identify and perceive the presence of spirits, be it of God, of man, of demons or devils. That is different from sound judgment. So dessignment is not discerning or spirits. Dessignment is discretion or sound judgment. So we are saying dominion can be exercised through sound judgment, and we want to study how to route dominion through sound judgment. And it's not just sound judgment in an intellectual sense of it. No, it is actually the ability to perceive God's will in a situation, thereby making the right decision. So dominion through discernment is a dimension of dominion exercised through sound judgment, and it's not intellectual judgment. Per se is the capacity to perceive God's will in a situation and on the strength of that perception making the right decision. If you will, elaborated further, I splittered it into four. I said, number one, it is spiritual this discernment that means judging by the agency of the spirit. First Corinthians two, verse twelve to fourteen. We have not received the spirit that is of this world, but the spirit which is of God, that we might know the themes that are freely given to us by God verse thirteen, which thems we speak, not with words that man's wisdom teaches. So this is not mentor judgment. This is spiritual judgment, not with words that man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Goos teached. Comparing spiritual teens with spiritual verse fourteen, he said, but the natural a man. So it's giving you a distinction between decision made based on philosophy or mathematical logic from spiritual judgment. For the natural a man received, not the teens of the spirit of God, he said, for they are fullishness onto him. He said, neither can he know them because they are spiritually designed. So we are dealing with judgment based on spiritual perception. That's why I call it spiritual discernment number two. It is a judgment that helps you to define and to separate good from evil. So you are able to tell with all discretion, no matter how it is masqueraded, that this thing is evil. You can come to a place they are speaking all the right language, acting all right, all nice, but something in your spirit tells you this thing is wrong. That's why I said, that's the way that thing met right onto a man he said, but the end is destruction. So the ability to distinguish good and evil, it's what we are talking about here. Hebrews five, verse twelve to fourteen. He said, for one year ought to be teachers. He said, you have need of being taught the first principles of the oracles of God, and you have become as such as a need of need of milk and not strong meat. Ver's thirteen is there for everyone that use that milk is unskillful in the world of righteousness, and he is a babe. Ver's fourteen is my emphasis. But strong meat belongs to them who, by reason of use, have exercised their senses to design between good and evil. So the minion true discernment is the capacity to design between good and evil, no matter how evil is shrouded in what appears to be good. Your spirit with George that this is not of God. You may not have seen any spirit involved, but you just know this is not good. Sometimes the issue might even be good, but it will end bad. You have charged in your spirit that this thing will end well. At the end there is evil, and you pull back. And people may be in that matter for two years doing very well. How many of you know m mm man took some of us were were still growing in discernment. Carlo Caever. You see people, how do they put it now? To send out and to collect. There's a way they put it. Okay, you people have designment. They were discerning. Some grew to guide us. When they became guide us, they didn't cut off in the middle. So it's like falling from an aircraft with a parachute. Appear so good. But even there were people that with all the persuasions, they said, no, the again is good, but leave it, let's watch it first. That's dissignment. Many have lost their ministries, lost their careers, lost their businesses because they could not discern. This is why they can't rain in life. So the fortune of ten years, they threw it into an investment that vanished overnight, and so the ten years have been eating by caterpillar warm. That's one of the definitions of warm. Can't kawm palma wom kata twenty years investment sank in one minute is caterpillar. So those of you want to quick businesses, you need the summer. See that they ran beyond a robot or boat. I know some of you are forignt traders. I'm not I'm not carry I'm not I'm not saying anything about anything. But you need discernment to know when to trade and not to tread. This is why you need this. So when I'm teaching, you have to get the summer, carry your pen, and ride first because you need it. Number three is the capacity to george rightly in complex situations. So I'm talking guideeans that even you can't explain. The Bible said in Proverbs chapter three, from verse five to verse six, it's a thrust in the Lord with on your heart, lean not on thy own understanding. Say in all your ways acknowledging he will direct your part. See if you not look back two years into your life and you see the complex contours that you're navigated, and you know that you don't have the intellectual capacity to have passed through these paths, It's like your steps were all that that discernment at work. So you walk through the value of the shadow of death. For you, it's like walking through a landmine. You know exactly where to keep your steps, You know when to talk, you know when to be quiet, you know when to smile, you know when not to show any impression. All of those navigatory equipments. Only this when comes up light there, so you are directed beyond your mind. This see, when you find people who reign and dominate in life, they make lead to mistakes. One of the things that brings you to power sustained influence is the capacity to reduce your errors. Because they are certain errors that are called king size errors. There are people who made the statement in the wrong place and their career ended. They are called king size. So there is this soul man already is indiscretion. They made a statement, they took a step when they should do, and erect all their efforts. This is why for dominion to happen, you need discernment. Number four is the capacity to test spirits. You have no discernment, and you cannot function in dominion true discernment, except as you are able to test spirits. When people talk, you can tell the spirit power in them. Many have married wrongly because they couldn't test spirits. Many have gone into business partnerships direct their lives because they could don't test spirits. You may not see it, but when they talk, you can tell the character of the spirit that has been manifested. Then you have the sun men first John Fourthers one beloved. Do not believe every spirit, but test every spirit whether they be of God, because many false prophets are gone into the world. This is where most of us in ministry make errors. I'm telling you, as a minister of God, you're a shot. See people buy people start to use them in seasons where they're falling. I didn't know that, young minister. Growing up, somebody approaches you, Ah, Man of God. I'm blessed by your ministry. Before you know what is happening. As we are talking with that, somebody is recording before. That's why you see most of these people that everywhere they go, somebody is before. Be careful, sir, ain't not from a message. Some of us who don't be here. That's why me I love elders because sometimes when you don't pick it up, they will now call you. I said this part tread with Kusho. That's why you see some of us. There are people that we have public relationship with only ones. You'll never find us with them making because we could don't pick it. But people who have a more sound judgements that you are going far. This road is short caught. Don't follow it, you will end up in a dish. You have not heard anything from God. But this is called sound judgment. That I indicators that you need to see and you apply it everywhere. If you have discernment, you'll be able to test for this. Somebody comes to you and tell you, hey, my brother, my ship is on the high seat. I need ten billion now tomorrow I will give you. You're know you had tomorrow day. This is a life spirit talking. That's not tomorrow. In this conversation. Some of you who didn't know you were not why they knock at your door around what airy? Please? My soul is conversive. He's conversive. I just cat the doctor. They say I need ten million, I need one million, I need the compassion. You're wrong. As you go to carry on you now, nobody is conversing anywhere. It needs that money to buy a car. That's the balance. He promised the car the vendor that they will complete the payment tomorrow. It's just it's you are testing spirit. You come back. You say, ky, I thought I would be able to give you money now, but can we work in the afternoon. He said, okay, this afternoon. But I thought he says, an emergency can't wait in the mo you need, sir. Do you know people who are treasurers have carried money of loan of all these native loan lenders. Money lenders and the worrow of people are sympathy the person it comes, I say, have invested fifty million, he's just two million. This is about to go down the drail. They can't live. They slip the roll, Lord, but you say we should have compassion. Lord, test fed it first you will know it's a lie. You give that person that money. You are driving back home in the evening, you see him in bed Niger selectin that is your money. Then next week they go You didn't test the spirit to know it's a line. Spirit. When people talk to you, you should be able to charge the character of the spirit that is powering that communication for you to rein in life. These things will become fixed in you. That's why don't leave this meeting today until you know how to develop discernment so that you can dominate in life. Let's feed up a little because of time. How does discernment impart dominion? Because I need to show you when I teach three things I try to do is to show you what is to show you how and to show you why, so that you can apply what you are learning. So I want to show you how dessernment imparts dominion so that you will learn how to apply it to your life. Number one. Descernment in parts dominion by exposing your enemies, no matter how disguised they appear. There are people who come to you. They tell you, don't worry, we are fighting for you. They came to get information to take back to where you be destroyed. If you don't have discernment, you will pour out your vulnerability and you will know why your enemies are copying my lege, why the air destroy you. Some years ago, I was in the middle of a complex situation. People will come. When they entered, they will first hold your hand and pray with you. My lucky Lord, this arrow is a mighty arrow. It must hit target. When the finish pray with you, they will now sit down with you and talk. You will now feel that, oh, these are your brothers. You're all pour your heart. The next thing, the next attack, that thing, you'll discuss with that person. It's responsors. It I didn't know until the Holy Girls came to me. Cut off this one, cut off this one. I carried my phone blot blot. It was when I blocked that feelers began to come. Ah. This person is one who said this. It will take you two years to believe. So the reason designment happy to have dominion is that he exposes your enemies, because ninety percent of your enemies will come in these guys. That's what somebody said. You will never find certain with hones. He will come as a smooth talker, beautifully arrayed, so that he will he will undermine your descernment and then kill you when you expect the list decernment. Second Korengiance two Versey level said less certain should take advantage of us. Safore we are not ignorant of the devices of the enemy. So is descernment that puts us perpetually in the place of advantage, so that you can be deceived. When somebody is talking, you are listening to your spirit. The one that comes from your spirit is more important to you than whatever they tell you. So that your enemy, no matter how he appears, you can't say you are the one. Those of you who watch movies. If you watch tall there's a young man called look his brother. He can't masculade and seen anybody and kill you. He can even come as your father. If you don't have discernment to be in trouble. I'm seeing some people are not evil. They love you, and they love you too much that they love you out of destiny. Did you see Peter Jesus said I'm going to Jerusalem to die. He pulled him by the side and rebuilt him. Don't say it again. Get behind me, Sata, for you don't suffer the things that be of God, but of mine. He knew this is not Peter. If that thing enters you, he will build something in you that will take you out of destiny. So you need this sernment. Second Corinthians four, verse three to four. It say, if our gospel behid, it is here to them that are want lost. So there are a group of people that are so lost that our gospel can't help them. Who are there those who are blinded, They can't discern. So when a man loses discernment, sometimes even the most potent forces in the spirit can't help them. If our gospel be hid, they say, it is heed to them that are lost, whom the God of this world is that have blinded the minds of them. We believe not less the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ to shine upon their schools. So if your enemies reveet to you, then you can take strategies of escape auto confronting. Number two, how does the discernment impact dominion by helping you to make right choice decisions? And you know the Bible said righteousness exhorts in nations seen is a reproach. So for anybody to be exhorted to this scad of dominion, he must consistently make righteous decisions. But you cannot always make righteous decision if you are not discerning, because when you are blinded, you can make decisions out of sentiments and only discover later that you punish an innocent person or you aid in your conversation Isaiah eleven, verse three to four, is that he will not judge with his eyes, nor decide by what his is here, he said, but with righteousness he will judge the needy. So people who you see making right decisions all the time, at their root is discernment. Even Jesus, when the seven speriods of God mounted him, the one that helped him to maximize it was what righteousness? Because if you read that scripture from Vesse eleven. He said, a root is blocked out of Jesse. He said, and upon him, what is the spirit of the Lord, The spirit of wisdom, the spirit of counsel, the spirit of judgment verse two, the spirit of knowledge, and the spirit of the fear of the Lord. And verse three, he shall not charge after his eyes, nor he's hearing of the ears. So it was dessernmant that helped him to maximize the seven spirits of God, and that's what brought him into full dominion. So you can't make righteous decisions or write decisions all the time without descernment Number three, How does the sern mean? In part dominion? It helps you to make strategic decisions. Strategic because see, most times the junctions of life bring you to a point where you have more than one decisions to make. All of them are good, but only one is the best and will take desernment for you, not just to make the right decision, but the best decision. Now, if you read Romance twelve, verse two, you see that there is the good will of God, there is the acceptable will of God, and there's the perfect will of God. So you can take the good will of God and still succeed to a level. But that may not be the perfect will. So Desman helps you or gives you ability to make the most strategic decisions of your life. And that's why it ends up bringing you to the place of dominion. I read for you already from Proverabs Three, verse six, in all your ways acknowledging, and he will direct your path. And when he directs your path, he directs your path the best place I know. The thoughts that I think towards you, they are thoughts of good, are not of evil, to give you a hope and a future. All that translation caused it an expected end. So for you to arrive at cause end for your destiny, you will need discerned. First of us, we are celebrating God for where we are. If God puts our eyes to where we would have we should have been shocked to start with you, That's why you mustn't be quick to be happy. Always seek God to lead you in the part that you should go. Do you know that if Abraham continued with Tara, he still would have been a great man, Because when Abraham left his father, he left with wealth. The guy was not poor, but it would never have become the father of many nations. His posterityde not have lost taty today. So we are talking attending the best for your life. That which called himself planned it will take decerment number four. It protects you from deception. That's why it confessed dominion. If you are deceived too many times in life, you will not have enough energy, motivation, or resources to make him bad. Ask those who have suffer deception before. One of the most devastating things that can happen to a man is to fall pree to deception. And the world where we live now, it is difficult to find people doing what they are doing genuinely, including ministry. That's out threats for us our generation is somebody preaches for one month he is preparing you to empty your salary or the last week. So he uses three weeks to prepare your mind so that when the moment the salary comes, you feel guilty to have to keep it for any reason. And the way he's talking, he's got this scripture you will want to die. He doesn't have your best interests. Nowadays that people do all these businesses online, you will see people follow emails online, emails when he reaches the point of transfer, then will clone your conversation and read you have not met I've met people who ran to meet for prayers. They were deceived interacting business last moment of transfer. One week later they clone and channel conversation because they were building up all the interactions and at the last minute, you don't know the world we are living in them There was one who promised somebody from I don't know that he's in Donesia. Now where's bars that room? Because hundre that cares to him that you will marry him, marry her meanwhile, or God has a wife with the child. With the child, you don't know this war. You will be half broken and the energy to leave your chiroses and won't be there. You will maybe you recover that two years. They said. This window that just closed comes once in fourteen years, so you have to wait for another fourteen years for that chirosism to come. How can you make him past? So this sunman shields you from deception, he said in Second Correngials eleventh, verse three and four, which is one of the most graphic scriptures that dealt with deception. Is a less but I fear less by any means as they surpent, beguide Eve through his word subtility. So your mind should be corrupted from the simplicity of the gospel. So those who deceive, they are masters or biguiley. The world is na cash in the Hebrew. It's like the heat of a sapen. When they show up some when they look into your eyes, you get confused. Have you had the money? All these people that do money doubling, they look at you and say, how are you, sir? The moment you see them in their eyes knackersh And then they tell you, wait, we have a chemical red mercury. We can double your money. To any one. Came to me some years back. The sunment is an asset. They're called, is it? Are you Mike? I say yes? A mic said, how you do is the what? I say? Ye? Are you stilling my cody? I say yes, I'm here. Is there a boy your friend or winner? I called him? And they're stealing cano? I said yes. He said there it's a transformer. D We are doing as I'm talking to you now. We are paid over fifteen million. And then you hear fifteen million he said. In fact, the contractor is coming now with chopper they are supposed to learn at the airport base a car. We picked them to move it, but they are insisting that they don't trust me. I should bring one sample. How much is sample? Five hundred and sixty thousand? That if they just see the sample, they will credit that they are not greedy. They know me. They're gonna give me thirty percent mathematics. Wegan, what is thirty percent or five of fifteen million? I was already calculating around four points something million. They said, no, all they need is just to I said, but you can't move. There's up with in a your property? They said, no, no, no, you can't open any pack. So what they want to do now is to get one extra pack from what they've supplied already, and that's what they've charged. I caught my sister immigration called this one. I was, where do we get money? Where do we get money? But so so they way to the mother's shop. How much do we have here? Where it's that that gothering money from everywhere? Five hundred and fifty thousand most come out. When I told my sister, she said, chopper? Is it so easy to access Chopper at such a time? She now caught her colleague to find out because she's in the force. When she said transformer, the colleague said, and they're bringing choppers. Chopper come. That's when they started laughing. Said they are liars. Meanwhile, as at the time we are talking, they've already sent me the charge card or two thousand and niner. So that course, you don't end at any time, don't don't if you are talking, let that call no end. I didn't know the guy too to instive, not Cashna Carash. I didn't have discernment. A friend of mine, the father, after thirty five years in civil service, finished the pet gratuity. He was going home. Somebody met him and started talking tank cap business, oil and gas. That was how the man sent you. This is not the experience. So I'm talking discernment. Do you know what it means? A civil servant or thirty five years retired? I said, they put the director. You know that this person has leveled empty. You'll be wondering, what did they tell you? The star of this happened. He enters your soul. You can't sleep, and then they tell you don't tell anybody. If anybody knows this is a very solid we don't want crowd or you will know what you are doing. You command spear until they didn't breaks there. You're asking yourself, what was I processing? Deception? Terrible? Hey boy was sharing the story? You said, they told them to go to Europe through Sahara Desert. I said, did you do any research about Sahara desert? Who told you you can track through Sahara? He said, no, no, no, They said that. They told them there's a peacock that carries the people. I think they said Libraria or Malley, somewhere through Algeria or whatever. Do you know where they started calling his family from. When they got to to library Many or something g Libya. You you were you heard this? You were never When they got to Libya, they now carry them in a pick in a hillocks. And as they were running through a desert, the guys said one one of them fan the meanwhile, this is a road that hillocks firsts once in two weeks. That means that guy's story has ended. If you don't hold the hilocks, those of you who got to Europe through Sahara there will sell you. They ended up selling this guy in Nigeria. That's where they were calling his family from They got that money to send for his baby before they started struggling on how to deport him to Nigeria. Don't he everything? Most of us are too naive. I wish I knew this. This Eli trying to do a business. Pries coming and you're here chopper fifteen years ago. Ah, you know this is a solid matter. Whoever, pleady? Please they should involve other people will raise the money. Where were you don't know what four million is? Fifteen years ago? Where we raise the money? Don't involve anybody? We are no. No. The guy who even said they said, I say, it's running out of a pasture. This is citius matter. If we are not serious, we should tell it. Please please please, we are making cars. Thank god nobody had the money to give us. I would have paid with my schoolies talking dishandlet here Number five the sun man in perhaps Dominium, because he guides you into opportunities. In Second Chronicles twelve thirty two, the sons of Isaaca, they had understanding of times and seasons. They knew what is ought to do. The heads of them were two hundred or their brethren were what at their commandment because they're new times and seasons. Those opportunities chiros moments they hope people have to submit to them, so it imparts dominion. The way you people are laughing is like some of you have been scammed before. Sorry, that's why you are learning truth now glory to go. So he helps you to recognize and to seize opportunity. Many people never recognize opportunity. Opportunities. Somebody told us selling cars, a young man walked walked up to him very short. The guy is away and shirt and walked up to a car he wants to buy. You want to buy? Do you know how much? You? Guys said, what do you mean something? Just tell him. Talk to the guy respectfully, and it's to the guy a cap of one hundred million. When they finished, because the guy felt it to be lated, the guy gave but again, let's go to the bank and went and transferred. When he came back, he called all his apprentices. He say, if anybody comes here, whether is wearing sleepers respectible because you can lose opportunities as those in the business world. Sometimes you're in a meeting, somebody else is talking by your side and caused a name. That name the call would ring the bed of somebody you know that bears that name, and you are just moved to call, and you call the person. Things open. A friend was telling me two days ago, he was talking to his friend, and somebody caught you were there yesterday? You were there? Were you there yesterday? It was Israel, He sells cars, and he called. He was in a conversation, and they called the name of somebody, and he now remembered the name of his friend, who is a senior person in the government. And they now called the person just too greeting, and the persons the way are you say? I'm around? Second, he drove to his house. That was how they ended up buying a range over and the jew wagon from his shop, transaction of almost four hundred minial. So you need this, Sernmon. Some of us are not sen city. So we are just lost in the conversation. And when the holy goss is flagging flagging, we can't pick it. That's why we never rule, because we lose too many opportunities. Don't lose too many opportunities in your life. They are not too plenty, sir. Acts. Those so are great. Sometimes they quote five seasons of their lives that change their stories. Five and then you are looking at this great man. He only references either too, so it's even one. But they cashed in on that opportunity and their story never remained. Them say this is why you must have this sern and in the name of Jesus, the powerful discernment it rests upon you. Now, I'm telling you how discernment imperhaps Dominium number six. Descernment alligns you to God's will because it helps you to recognize God's will. And anybody who is in God's will cannot not be powerful. Significant romance to a vest two. Do not confirm to this world, but be it transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may approve the what is do? Ki masu is a kind of knowledge that vects and proves. It is a judgmental kind of knowledge that you may prove that which is good, acceptable, and perfect will of God. So dissignment helps you to align with God's will. It gives you the capacity to do ki masu. You can tell which one is of God. I'm going the direction of God, which in turn empowers you. Is it whoever follows me? We're not work in darkness. John a twelf, but we have the light of life. So if you follow God's with you must end up in dominion. This is why discernment brings dominion. Finally, discernment empower dominion by giving you the capacity to make progressive leadership oriented decisions that results in acceptance and influence. It helps you make what make what progressive leadership oriented decisions that brings about acceptance and influence. Solomon was wise, That's why he prayed for this first Kings three vers nine. After Solomon sacrificed God, that's them. What will I give you is a give dear for thy savant and understanding heart to george thy people, that I made discern between good and bad, for who is able to judge thy so great people. After this prayer, God gave him that grace. Ten from verse sixteen, two halots both her children at night they slept. One killed the other, killed the child and took the dead child dropped for the other mother and took the child, the living child to herself. Only God knows what that's so called mother ed that she was slumbering, perhaps the job of Hallod. When there it was their break, the dead woman said, this is not my child. The other one said this is my child. They went to king, whose child is this? With? Hald said is mine? Halold b said is mine. Since both of you are rejecting the dead one and claiming the living one to be your own, give me a knife. Let me divide the child into two. I give you equal half. The one who was not the original mother say yes, that way they'll be equity. And the one who was the mother the Bible said she was. She was overtaken by compassion for her baby. And she said, no, better, give the child over. And the king said, you wicked woman. The one that now said the child should be slaughtered divided, said this is not your child, and she handed He handed over the child to the remode, And what happened. His fame went abroad. Every body began to rejoice. Go to the last verse of that scripture. I think that's when he sees what we need. See what now happened because of discernment quickly twenty six then spec the woman who's the living child was onto the king for her boels end upon her son. And she said, oh, my lord, give her the living child. And in no wise late, but the other said, let it be neither mine nor die, but divided. Then the King answered and said, give her the living child. And in no wise she is the mother. They're of last verse and all Israel head of the judgment, the head of what the judgment. That's the discernment which the king had George, and they fared the king for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do what judgment. So discernments confessed dominion by helping you make progressive leadership O oriented decisions, and those decisions bring you acceptances and influence. If you don't have acceptance, you can't have dominion. Glory to God. This is how discernment in parts dominion. When you look at your scripture. Two critique of people that made dominion through discernment. Number one was Solomon, and this is the scripture. They all Israel, theared him are not God because of his sound judgment. First Kings three nine and sixteen to twenty eight. Number two was our Lord Jesus Christ. If you're studying Matthew twenty two, verse fifteen to twenty one, you'll see we are Jesus of prayed sound judgment. I'm giving you examples now because what I've shown you they are practicable. Then when the phariseeas and took counsel, how the might entank go him in his talk, and they sent out onto him. Their disciples were the Herodians, saying, Master, we know see the way they were flattering him. We know that thou art true and teachest the way of God in truth. Neither carest thou of any man, for thoury God. That's not the person of men. This is why some people kill themselves. You don't fear anybody. You say that through the way it is, I say, by the grace of God. Yes. And then they set you up against somebody that us you honor, and you'll speak here leslie, not Jesus. Meanwhile, before they came to flatter him, they have counset to entangle him. That's the wickedness of men. Tell us, therefore, what thing cast downs be lawful to give thriboote onto Caesar or no. See who they wanted to set Jesus against. If you don't have sound judgment, you say, come on, he sayes a God, I speak the truth the way I see it. Then we cut your head before your time. But Jesus perceived their wickedness, not what they were saying their wickedness. He judged their spirit and said, why them test yay me. You are not looking for knowledge, You are tempting me. And he added, yeah, hipocrites. Since you say I don't fear men, let me begin with you. You are hipocrites. Show me the tribute money. And they brought onto him a per And he said, onto them, whose image this image and superscription? Whose image is this image of superscription? They said, unto him caesars. Then said he onto them, render therefore to Caesar the things which are Caesars, and onto God the things which are God. Sound judgment. The people return and live like foolish people. When they heard these wars, they marveled and left him and went their way. Sound judge. See, there are there are conversations that you shouldn't even have an opinion. The answer is silence, no matter how you feel like talking. If you do like this, on go because anything you say you'll be, you'll be, you'll be evicted. And there are conversations that you don't need to cite anybody. What we need this piece, let's focus on it. What's the point saying who is right from who's wrong? Because if you point out anyone you have finished, you will lose favor that should have been your currency for a level of your rising in life. Many people don't know why they don't go beyond setting levels because when they're therefore their recommendation comes, they go on or prove the file of fifteen years ago, and what they said becomes the stumbling block. You need discernment. Jesus is God, Creator and Lord, yet he knew how to apply discernment in critical situations. Who are you that you will need it? You can't have dominion except as you grow in discernment. How do you build discernment? You know it's not every service that is fire fire fire, but for some of you, this is deliverance happening to you. You know when you said words that you shouldn't see, and usually when it happen you, we sense the Holy goos Ah in case you do that asks for messy. Sometimes I make some statements. I know this statement will with Holy gos have messy. Have messy because massive prevails over judgment. Where you miss decermans, holde mercy, but be wise to get decernment right many times. How do you build desernment? Number one by developing fear for God. Most times, the reason we walk foolishly, the reason we take silly decisions, is because we don't fear God. If we fear God, there are certain conversations will not even have their certain environment will not even be before we even start talking about making critical decisions. So if you will build or learn the fear of God, it will not show you in discernment. This is why Probabs nineteen said, the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy is that this is understanding. The moment you begin to grow in reverence for God, you'll see that your decision making processes will star being affected positively. Number two, how do you build discernment through prayer and worship? When you're staying prayer even if you are not asking for it. Meanwhile, you should ask. But even if you are not asking, because you are talking to God and listening to God, it will enhance your wisdom, question and decision making capacity. That's why prayer builds discernment Philippians one, Ver's nine and ten. This is poor now praying discernment for a church, he said, And this I pray that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgments. See, some of us have love, we don't have discernment. That's why we shoot ourselves in the leg trying to work in love. Love must be balanced with sufficient discernments, because the treachery of men is much. And this I pray that you may approve things that are excellent. Go there, that you may be sincere. And we thought of friends to the day of Christ. So prayer enhance his discernment. And in case you are praying and you are not seeing discernment, like Solomon, ask first Kings three verse nine, that you may grant onto thy servant what wisdom. And I'm understanding how to George so ask I was telling them yesterday in the prayer meeting. One thing you must begin to do in the place of prayer is to prove the reality of God's world in your life. Don't just go No, it's good to pray tongues. In fact, I ad manage you praying tongues more. But many times when you pray, whether in tongues or in you understanding find out the purpose of prayer and verto your life to see whether these things are happening in you anyone that is not happening, begin to specify it. When you pray. If the Bible say prayer transforms, you are not seeing terms form. Begin to put demand for transformation when you pray. If the Bible says prayer brings discernment, I am not seeing sound judgment. Every decision you are making this backfire. Then put demand on discernment when you pray. Descernment it grows as we grow in prayer and in preach. To number three, Desernment grows when you grow in your thirdy of the Word of God, because every time you engage the Word of God, you're actually engaging the thalks of God. And so when the Word of God begins to grow in you, you discover that you begin to think like God. That's why second two fifteen it says thirty to show thyself approved onto God, a workman that need not be ashamed rightly dividing the word of truth. Some of us only hear the word of God when we come to church, and we come once in a week, so we don't have any word for the many decisions of destiny. Maybe we got it right once and the next ten times we fail. But when you begin to engage the world. The world will give you discernment, he said. The entrance of thy world some one one nine, verse one thirty, it bringeth light, and light makes for some judgment if gives it understanding to the simple. Another word for simple is foolish. So a man who is foolish, if he is engaging the world, it can make him to grow in wisdom and some judgment. Thy world is a lamp onto my feet some one one nine ver's one one five, and it's a light onto my path one oh five. So you grow in discernment as you begin to do business with the world. Carry the world. That's thirty for yourself. I know, Oh, you are not understanding much. Just be ready and get a lighter version your musci, read King James. Because the power is not in dow thou went forth, thou went test forth. That's not the way the power is. The power is not in thou went test forth, is in your understanding of the thoughts of God and applying your faith. So your mercy, read King James. If King James is confusing, you go to the Living Bible, go to the Message version, go to New Living Translation. Read it. Understand God's thought, you will start thinking like God. And you know the thoughts of God are higher than the thoughts of men. So gradually your own talk two will become higher than the thoughts of a natural man. You build the sernment as you study the world. Number four, How do you build the sernmen? Through the guideance of the Holy Ghost? When the Holy Ghost guides you, if you will yield yourself, you will discover that precision will come to your life. In Johnson's thirteen, I have many things to tell you, but you can receive it. How be it? When the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into our truth. There is no man whom the only goes guide that ants in error. He said, he will not speak of himself what he hears from me. He said, he shall take off me and give to you. You want to grow in the sunmon you to the spirit. Don't quench the spirit, don't repel against the spirit. Ask him to take over. Submit yourself to his authority and leadership, and you discover you start making progress. The Bible said, it's not giving to man that work it to order his steps. You don't have the capacity to lead your life, sir. You need to be guided, because even if you are old, the spirits that are manipulating the affairs of men, they are older than your great grandfather. In fact, they're not the propasity of your lineage. So you can be you can be mystified by those spirits. But when the spirit the Holy goes come, He created those spirits, so he knows more than them all. That's why you don't air following the leading of the spirit. Number five, How do you grow in discernment through spiritual exercise? Every form of his spiritual exercise adopted, from worship, to prayer, to firsting to giving, any spiritual exercise, just be doing it. After a while, you'll see that God will start whispering to you. Don't pick some and leave some. Pray, first, worship, give win souls, anything that has a spiritual connotation for stretching your faith, give yourself to it. It will build your discernment. Even the people that are deceived, give, give, give a point to a convent, they say, wait. So long as he say spiritual activity, a point to a command or discernment to wake up, you will know that something is wrong. Hebrews five fourteen. Strong meat belongs to them who by reason of use. Have exercised their senses to discern. So every spiritual exercise that is captured in the world, apply your faith to it. You see that you build your discerner. They have exercised their senses. When he spoke of strong me there he's talking about the facts and the realities of the world of God. So anything you find in the world of God that say responsibility, no matter how it stretches your faith, give yourself to it. You become wise. You'll be shore that you are in your business negotiating a contract, and you just know what to do. The exercise is not directly connected, but He has built you up to see things from the God ren and not too long your dominion. We begin to shoow number six. How do you build dissentment through wise counsel? Wise counsel wise counsel programs eleven fourteen. Where there is no counsel, the people perish, But in the multitude of counsel loss their safety. Proverbs fifteen twenty two. Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisors their success. So when you find people who work well, you know the Bible say walk with the wise who become wise. That's why those days children that stay with elders, they don't be head carelessly. They have sound judgment, They have put some things thoughts into them, so they seem to be more mature, collected, and strategic than their pairs. So when you begin to techt counsel, and in your case is godly counsel, don't go to the village and they tell you to come from new young festival. That's not what I'm saying. Godly word counsel. As you open yourself to it, you see that your descernment begins to build. And then finally you build descernment by testing spirits. By testing spirits. In first John four, verse one below, don't believe every spirit, but test every spirit whether they are of God. Now, how do you test spirits by comparing their leadings to the world of God and to the character of the Holy Ghost. So if somebody can claim it's professying, if it likes it, should remove his shoe and jump and dance. Any instruction he gives you check the word of God. Is it consistent with the Word? Is it consistent with the character of the Holy Ghost? What's the character of the Holy Ghost? Love amplified in Galatians five twenty two and First Corinthians thirteen. Check is their patience, is their forgiveness, is their temperance? Is their meekness? Is their kindness? Is there? You know? Check all of those attributes. If it's not consistent. You can't come to me today. If you like, call me to a m and say, I'm now on the mountain and I ain't just standing here? Are you giving award? If it's not consistent with scripture? I said, stead angured to go back. It's on the wrong Errand people who encounter Jesus, they say that even Jesus himself in the spirit submits himself to the written world the same way he did on the amount of temptation it is writtenus. We never neglect it. Or somebody gives you a ward. It's not consistent with the Holy Ghost or the character of the spirit. You can't come to me. None tell me a possible I'm just coming out of it twenty one days drive. First, by the help of Jesus Christ and the power of his spirit, I didn't taste water, and God gave me a word for your next level. Now to deliver that word, give me ten thousand, I will tell you keep it. Our ward is not for me. If you deliver the word. If I'm late, I will give you. I will so sy to you. But if you say give me money, no prophecy is bought. It's not consistent with the character of the Holy goos. So you build the salmon by testing spirit. Because even people who are genuine don't know when they're overtaken they become bellams. And do not let anybody intimidate you to give you a what prophecy, a device, not these things. It will save you discernment. I'm not saying that it is not a time when God will not cannot send to one those things happen. But even if it happens, there'll be a witness your test spirits test check. Is it consistent with scripture? Oh, God is saying we want to build. If you don't give. If you don't give, I will say the girl in two weeks. Anything that happens, now you're sabio. Let anything and everything happen. I will not give, because the character of Scripture is that gives freely, and it's for honor for God. Proverabs three, verse nine is for worship. Genesis twenty two. Verse five is for love Matthew six twenty one. It's an act of it Matthew six thirty three. Now don't come to wich. God is that I will say. If I don't give a child, you die, I will die. Come on, brother, I'm not saying be responsible to ards kingdom responsibilities. No. In fact, as you much sure, it will become more urgent in your spirit. But God won't kill you or allow disaster happen to you because no, it's not consistent. That's how you test spirits. If you're under pressure and you don't know what to do, quan pray. Let God remove that pressure. Come back, Let's grow gradually, tests or spirits. This is how you build discernment. And if I may add worship, I want to specify it. It's part of spiritual exercise, but I want to specify it so that you appreciate it. First King Street Westry and Solomon loved the Lord, and he gave a thousand bond offering. First King Street Westree. Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the status of Devidy's father. Only he sacrifice and burnt incense in high places. If you go down, the Bible told us it was a thousand bond offering thousand a thousand cows, and God came, what do you want? Verse nine, Give me a discerning heart. So worship provokes atmosphere for the receipt of discernment. You want to have dominion, you must have discernment. If you don't have discernment, your wrong judgments will destroy you. In five minutes. As a round up, let me list thirteen critical areas that you must applied discernment. These areas any business you want to do around this area. Don't rely on your brain alone. Seek the Holy ghost. Make sure there is a signal before you take any major decision around these areas. That's why I'm listening it because most of you may not know where to apply it. Critiqua areas of applying discernment. Number one your spiritual growth. Anything that borders on your spiritual development. Don't do it haphazardly. Make sure there is sound judgment in your praying, in your study, in your giving, in your church. Tend does apply sound judgment in your service in the House of God. It is too critiqua to be done without the sernman. That's why Jesus said, my sheep here red my voice John ten twenty seven, and they follow me. Number two in relationship and friendship, make sure you apply discernment. Don't look at anybody on the street and drag into your house and start calling that person your friend. If it doesn't snatch your husband, then we butcher. Don't We are in a wicked ward. You'll see somebody on the street. The person is wise at you. Without discretion, without regulation, without boundaries, you'll drag them into your house, the entire kitchen, the entire bedroom, and before you know, she looks at your husband in the eye, and like the doves, the souls will connect. By the time you have scotta, your husband will want to collect something quick and drive and pick her up. You will wreck your family, yourself. People lack the sernment. My mom used to teach my sisters those days. He said, women don't have friends when they money. Your husband is your friend. It wills have you. You are cookie a matter. Please put sortings like a sup. There are different kinds of sorts. Some come from the kobun all that talk, You're welcome, He said, Why is my husband behaving like this? You are joking. See things are transmitted through the eyes see some of the first words flit. When I look at all of you in your eyes, I can't tell what you are transmitting. That's why when I look at some people, I just avoid them. You're sill growing. I don't have your time yet. Just be learning. If I look at your eyes, if you want to intimidate me, I know. If you want to seduce me, I know. If you want to scare me, I know because their eyes a git. When I tell you about na Cash, I know what I'm saying. So listen. Don't be careless, especially when you are somebody in authority. I'm raising all kinds of people here, so I know how to give some people boundary until they know Jesus way. But I grete you around my life based on my interpretation of what flows from you. That's why some people can be around for two years. They may never come close. I'm still teaching you the world, but you have a boundary. There's sound judgment. Everybody's not your friend. Friendship is by choice, and when you make that friend, you need discernment to keep them. Some of you meet somebody who is wealthy. The moment you know he's wealthy. Every day you come you say this is my car. I don't know what's worrying the car. If I only had one million, you will never have it. When the person doesn't get the point, then you call after two weeks of relationship. I'm so sorry. I feel so bad being a body. But if you can just give me two million, then will block you? You don't have sense. You need discernment in relationship critiqua areas of applying discernment. Some come to charge because they saw you. You said, brother, how you doing the next day? I don't have school fees. There is police, there are policies for governing operations. I'm teaching you how to make a difference in your life. Number three, you applied discernment in leadership and in leader ship decision making or in decisions around leadership issues. See if you are a leader, don't don't just sit down as spontaneously sern Okay, yes, yes, you will cause crisis and chaos in the institution. Infun Jesus, the son of God, when he was about to choose to have disciples, he went to pray overnight. You think Jesus can't just stand up and say you you you you you follow me? You must be diligent. See even where you are sure this is the answer, give yourself time and processed. Where leaders don't make careless decisions. I know this is the person. I go back and pray. There are times when people may not have the credentious, but God is sending them because he wants to train them. And there are some who have the credentious. God doesn't want them to go. You can't. You will wreck a system and you won't know where. No certain is fighting you. Indiscretion, it's your weakness. Leaders don't make careless decisions. Pray or fight it. Ponder, give time. See there are some people I want to assign to some responsibilities here. I will tell my wife God is telling me this person SHO can't do this. I just drop it in her spirits for two weeks as she's also praying. Maybe she will get the confirmation, maybe she will not. I will be processing the matter. Anytime I'm praying, I bring it up, and I'm praying in case the Holy goirl says anything. If God speaks, I still give myself a window to be sure. Because there are some people God tells you you know that you don't be there? Are you trying to train the person. Are you giving him an opportunity? I don't know. You just wait give window. After two three days, peace comes God, you have peace. Okay, you go ahead. Discernment. That's how you make leadership decisions. I wanted to buy something three days ago. I caught my wife excitedly matt payment. I said, we'll pay tomorrow. When I came back today, I still went there again today to still check the matter. Are you buying this thing? I'm asking myself. When we came back, I said, or leave that matter for now. You don't rush into the decisions because leadership God commits the lives, the destiny of people to your trust. You can't shift somebody out of destiny, dislocate somebody and you say you are sorry. What is that you are sorry? You are just locate at somebody's destiny critique area. This is why some never have dominion because they don't growing decision making. And it's now a least to give them authority because they will wreck lives. Some of you are fasting and pray God, where with this breakthrough happen? It can't happen because that breakthrough and trust fifty people to your trust, and you made fool of decisions. You erect their lives, so become diligent. Any leadership decision you want to make. Never make decisions on that duris. Take your time to process. Kenna Hegin tot Us many years ago. It is better to be late than to do it too any and wreck the whole thing. Number four critical area career and business decisions. Don't make careless decisions in your career. Your career is a platform. It's a platform. Oh there are two jobs. This one's twenty ten million, This one's fay fifty million, fifty million. Here we go, Come down, sirir. Money is not everything. Have you checked with the holygoes? Which one is more consistent with my purpose? Where are you in this too matter? So that I don't choose one and lose you or have problems. Some people made their career decision erect their faith. Some people made the carrier decision. It caused the family to end in divorce. Some people made the carrier decisions set and came in killed their children. That's why you don't rush. You have a job. Now you come home every day, you are tired. It's now none is that raise your children? After fifteen years of laboring your children's children become rogues. You now lose peace for the rest of your life. And everything you said they destroyed because you didn't know the career you should have chosen when you were not trning your children to form their personality. That's why discernment is critical in career development. It helps you to know the timing, It helps you to know the location. It helps you to know the degree of involvement, so that there's this stability in your life where you are growing. Number five, you need discernment in stea watching any responsibility committed to your trust. Remember look sixteen ten. A man who is not faithful in little will never be given much. So everything God commits to your trust is your access point to rising. That's why you must be careful to know how to apply yourself to it so that it doesn't limit you from your promotion. Stay watching, especially in your finances. Everybody needs financial literacy, from savings to expenditure, to investments to what you give to God. You need to have financial intelligence. How much percentage of my finances should be saved come what way? Not in torches it? Howm what percentage of my finances is open for investments. Howm what percentage of my finances are for my welfare? How much percentage of my finances are for God? Except when God gives a direct instruction that must be intelligence? Still watching family, how am What time do I give to my children? I'm What time do I give to my wife? How what time do I spend at home? I know their career needs the world needs me? Still watch Ship is also a place in the demand because if you don't have that balance, one imbalance can wreck the whole system. Number six. Critical area of applying discretion is in handling temptations and triers. The Bible gave us some recommendations. Number one he asks us to flee First Corinthians tenta tee, to flee Moroga brethren, come on, give me My scripture is that they had no they had no temptations taken you, but such as is common to man. He said about God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that which you are able, but will with the temptations also make a way of what. So it's not every temptation you go through. There are some that you run. Joseph run from Partifa's wife. If you're stand there and said no, we are strong men. You will end up doing hard label in prison for a lifetime. And then there is also a discernment to understand the purpose of trials, because there are some triers that God will let you go through James, Chapter two. The Bible tells us to count it our job James one, verse two and four when we go through divers triers. And then there's also descern meant to know we trier is from God or not from God? Now allowed by God? And which triar is from Satan? Job one westward, so that you know we tryer to fight and you know we trire that no matter what you do, you'll be punching the air and you just ask for grace to go through. So you need discernment and trials. There are trials you run from. The are trials you go through, and the are trials that you fight against. Discernment critical. So when you are going through problem, don't just start binding and casting. Go in the spirit. Find out from the Holy Spirit what's happening here? What's going on here? Your prayer? First you being wuiry, what is this season about? Oh, it's an attack? Hell, let get home. Lie on with rise up Sata. You are not a prayer, then some is for your good. Now, Lord, help me, cost me not to break, cost me not to form, cost me not to fall. Critica. There are many Christians that any anything that happens around there. Oh you said, in the name of Jesus, hi buye, hi buye. I watched something recently. A guy was doing a prank. I don't know who is from. I don't know where they get those inspirations from. And I was in a place where I couldn't go and off it, so I was locked there. It shows up. They act as if your quaranty. I said, your quarrelly. Then white people gathered, they will not take handkerchief. I hit somebody who is part of the plan. The person went, now for people, we take coffee. It all came to this woman. I said, please move. I've been instructed to pat the sound. Don't die your f so that I can make money. The woman said, don't try that, you know. A woman came back, tried to why they play It's okay, you have left, let me go here is it? Try? When the guy went down, I find you here back here back the guy too, what's so weekend, he start there pulling downy when the guy start there pulling the hell oh oh oh saturn after why they say, Mama, come down. He's a prank. That's what box in the wind. This signed before you take action. Handling tryers and temptation number what now seven? Handling conflict you need a lot of discernment. You see what Solomon did now First King sixteen to twenty It discernment. Don't approach every conflict and try to resolve the same way. It doesn't work like that. You need discernment. There are situations where you need to forgive and restore the relationship. There are other situations where you need to forgive and run away. Many people who ended up in tragedy they forgive. They need that to run. They stayed, they butchered them. You need discernment when crisis come up, switch to your spirit. There are that issues that there's no even time to wait to make peace. Wrong when they tell you how far, I say no, I don't have no challenge, no challenge. Let the person succeed. I've gone because if you wait to make peace, you be entangled. So you need desernment in conflict resolution. And even if you are resolving conflict. You need decernment to divide these stakes so that you don't set to issue and then put yourself in bondage. There are people who went to solve problems. They now made statements that that that that that made them more gate ten years of their lives because they were naive discernment critiqual areas of applying descernment number eight and see scenes of opportunity. Some people blew their lives when lead to windows of opportunity open. They survived triers, but they didn't survive opportunity. The moment God opened the door and they got two million, that was the end of their lives. They don't have capacity to manage blessings, so they end up wasting that opportunity in increasing their liabilities instead of their assets. One door of opportunity open, he's marrying another wife. He heard about the the Bluesy of Bahamas. They said the waters and sessions have three colors. There's green and blue, at the same time there's white and green. Let me take a fly there, o guy, you have just two million. What are you going to do there? And they wasted So there are certain people that grow in triers so the trial period is longated. This is their blessing because you bless them, they will give themselves. There's no discernment to function and bless no are you don't you know some people who come to charge the dear God gives them a good job. Is bye bye to God and back bye to George. So the reason they've not gotten a job yet is to stie growing their low for God to a level that job won't become an idol. So a job that should have come in twenty twenty one is coming in twenty twenty five, because if they got it in twenty twenty one, by now they would have been latists. Discernment critical in times of opportunity, and then you need discernment in witnessing and evangelism. You need to know when, where, and how to share the world of God. And if you share the world of God, you need to know how to manage the people. Those days when we used to win hallods, this is not the testimony one of our brothers, who was an expert, he became relaxed. It became the holy ghost. They halload won him. That's what. Don't just give your heart to guys, I said, are our minister is to win hellod oh gassa. Even if that's what Jesus told you, you'll be trained for his season. Otherwise we go, I'll never come back. How many how many souls have you want your neighborhood that you want your stattoo? You need this sermer to know which one you should do? Now, didn't I tell you my story on fire for God? I heard that when the journalists went to win souls, they bind princess o our territories. And I went, I was this doing ministry in orientation camp go past that I should pray to set them on fire, win them to Jesus and encourage them to save God while they are savvy. When I saw the power of God moving, I started moving like a cherubban Aea. Even tongues changed. I now took the posture of a warrior, and I said, I bind the prince over this tadity. Oh Jesus Christ, See you are sitting far above principalities and powers, no doubt. But see if you give place to them, you don't have power over them, he said, giving no place to the devil. You're not praying, You're not firsty. Somebody provokes you. You fight with anger. You are still at the level where you are struggling with forgiveness and then your entire place. You say, I bind the prince over this, and they said, you just you just came here with malice. There's the man. I mean what you have opened the door for that prince to rule you. It's like you now commander your commander. And those were the there's one where was this struggling with forgiveness or forgiveness struggling with money's I was driving home they left front tire of the car exploded. I said, cry, this meeting was powerful. We're driving reckless. We changed the tire, we started moving slowly. The second time, the same tire shredded. You see the dim It was like ropes. That was when I knew there was danger. I came down and said, Lord, have Messy. What did I tell you if you miss the sunman, hold messy. We're cause messy prevails over judgment. That's celebrate past that. You would good to have you messy dog. What prevails? And please do Messy prevails over judgment bring him to the front to see the mano go no worry, lative sits there, so please these are critiqua areas of applying discamment critiqua. Don't joke with them, don't joke with them, don't joke with them. And finally, in your health, in your work health. Those days in the university, I heard that there was a time once with Wiggleswa and it's Patrick that used to bring those books those days. If we tell us stories and bring books, how many of you know Saint Patrick, It's been a long time, my brothers. If you enter Patrick's room those days on campus, he used to have two bags of books, only books back. So when when you are packing there word students carried clothes, Patrick, we carry two backs. Those ones are books. I said, Oh, gusta, relax. Well what he said, No, no, I want to read two hundred books this year. How many days are in the year? You're now? We backs and charge and said this month we read one book per day. God see of Patrick. So he will come with those stories, said with with wiggles walk said they entered the covenant. I won't take drugs again. Ah, And those those stories come in moments of this spirit. Maybe we are talking about Reviver and the atmosphere has charged. The stories will punctuate when I heard it, we said, if droug touch this tongue again, drugs, drug, you are an enemy. If you talk eat drugs, oh mad me. Meanwhile, we don't even have wisdom to live well. You are stretching yourself unnecessarily. You don't even have time to meditate on scripture. You don't have revelation upon which your fat stand. You'll come with see head they came, and head they used to bump back me on one side of my head. I struggled, struggled the whole day passed. The second day, hah, you remembering where you stood and said drugs? Who touched this tongue again? I now carried bible. Put in the cup of water, fucking tongue because I heard that a woman put vibe in the water, gave a song drugs. It became well. I drank the water for were head their crusted there See when they didn't be terrible. You are now looking for somebody who we advise you that don't worry take it. Let's see go. When nobody came, way said extra pannador, because vanador, Now where you take that wrong? You know the problem. You will forgive yourself for three months. Oh, God, I have failed you. Oh God, oh God, you have not filed. You have no favod God. We were students. We were not eating. Where you come home from class? You nei a Greek? Ask anybody went to inni adrik some rooms who were twenty. So in the night we spread bed on the ground, two people on each bunk. People are lighting on the floor. You are in that chalk congested atmosphere of it all kinds of swells. Some people don't bet for this. All of that is entry. You are not eating balance diet. There's no time to meditate a scripture nor revelation. You can't stay there, and says with wigswatsup o God before you given for you to say such a thing. You must catch a scripture, he said, revelation that made him say it. What revelation did you catch? We didn't know those of you who are here. I won't take drug And with that, listen, I'm a man of rocket fit. But I've come to understand that faith comet by here, ring, hear ring, by the world of God. So it's not zeal is from light. When you speak from light, nothing can define it. It took many years for me to begin to subdue secrets. For months, I go without drugs. Then for years it was not. There was no need for me to say I won't take drug No, the light in me was too much for certain terms to dominate me. So rest, feed well, exercise, then make detect on scriptures to exercise. Fate for health. When your fat level brings you there, your faith will carry you. People need sir. You know we were so foolish, but God use that foolishness to save us. In that season. We didn't have money to buy water. You keep traum outside that is open, rain is falling there, sink is dirty, drum dost enter leaves enter. We may come and put hand mantoai saya bash fai ra water. You are sanctified water. You are cleansed. Were we feat and drink now God or not our faith because we didn't have any other option. What if I got water from the drawn outside? Now, I say, backpacks relaxed. Now that's what most of First of all, define your seizings and descend them. If I go to a village now for missions and the only water there is that you water, I can't bless it and drink. But I won't come to my house. I said, give me that water. That's tempting the lord. So you need to discern. That's why you need discernment in your health. I you drinking carelessly. Drinking carelessly, expose your sin. They said mosquitos here, I said, relast this body. There spirit in me. I drink, vitalize this water body. I'm not applying with thoms. But if you're in a situation where you can't afford it, whether you went from missions, you cannot exercise faith. So don't because of faith substitute some judgment. So critical areas to exercise. Faith is in your health. It's in your health. Some of the things we say here, it's a level of light that is making no say it. You have heard me tell you. I can never carry myself to the hospital at this level. There are certain relations that I have. But if something happens to me and I lose consciousness and they're carrying me there, I would refuse because if the meat was walking, it would have that matter. All I can do there is to be praying. So apply this sermon. So faith is there is really, but some judgment should not be thrown away. So they are critiqua areas where we must apply this sermon. Have you been blessed gave the Lord a big hand? Hello him, I don'na. Hello him Madna, Hello, Hello him a dona Hello him madna? Oh left your right ans to what heaven. In the name of Jesus, any area of your life that you have not developed wisdom and discretion, I decree and declare, let the requisite wisdom rest upon you. Now. I forbid foolisheners in your life. You shall not be simple as far as your destiny pursuit is concerned. Receive grace to walk in discernment, Receive grace to function in disharnment by discernment, cover, walk in dominion, prevail and lay in life. In the name of Jesus Christ. None of you will make a mistake that will make you lose time in life and destiny. None of you will make a mistake that we lead you into danger as you're turning through life. None of you will make a mistake that we make you lose fighter relationships. None of you we make a mistake that we make you wreck a system you are battled, or a system that you have built. I decree and declare over you discrestion and sound judgment. I rest upon you. Now, you will not make a mistake that we wreck your family. You will not make a mistake that we wreck your business. You will not make a mistake that we wreck your ministry. By wisdom, by sound judgment, by this sunman, go forward and prevay, I said, go forward and prepare. I said, go forward and prepare, in the name of Jesus. Now, any where you have made a mistake before, that is costing you. Now I speak messy over you. Let them, instrumentality of Methy create restoration for you. Now receive restoration. Now by Methy, receive restoration. Now the years that were lost are restored. Families lost are restored, Business is lost, ar restored, resources lost our restored, relationships lost our restored. Walk in dominion by this Sunmen, in the name of Jesus,