SONS OF GOD WITH APOSTLE JOSHUA SELMAN 22ND ANNUAL PRAYER CONCERT

Hm one more Manuedo. Are praying for everyone that asked and receive it. Everyone that asked receive it. Wonderful, merciful, Save you, precious Redeemer and friends. Who found the rescue. There so so. Ah. So you are the one that we pray. You are the one. We are the. You give healing and raise art so always oh and so always. You are the. World ways you are the world were you wais heart so always so always Spirit of the Living God. We pray that you journey with us for the moments we have to share. Open our eyes to see, open our ears to hear, open our hearts that we may receive. Let the entrance of your word indeed bring light. Let it bring understanding onto our hearts. And I pray, Oh God, for the Nigerian customs Christian fellowship, that things will be the least there will ever be. You will take them from glory to glory, grace to grace, power to power, wisdom to wisdom. In Jesus' much less name, we pray God bless you again. Please you may be gloriously seated a man. I'm teaching very briefly so that I don't stretch us beyond the time allotted, I'll teach along your team the Sons of God, and we'll be looking very briefly into the scripture to understand the concept of sonship alongside the demands that come with being a son. And when I saw the theme for your conference, it was quite an interesting one because it's one that we talk a lot about, but I'm not sure many people have taken the time to study or to understand the full import of what it means to be called the son of God. To anythink in mind, when you hear the word son of God, that is a very controversial statement because from biology, we understand that when we call one a son, it means that you once a child, and that immediately implicates you that there has to be the presence of a man and the presence of a woman. So biology teaches us allelujah. And so when you mention the word sons of God, except you are taught, that becomes a very indicting statement, because it's as though you are scandalizing God by saying you better provide the woman with which you produce this possibility of sons. Because the idea of sons has to do with a man and a woman having children, and now. We are called sons. And then it is purported to nature of these sons is God himself. And yet there's no mention of woman. There's no mention of the female gender. And that immediately tells us that there has to be a. Deeper meaning than that which biology provides. We're still together. There has to be a deeper meaning beyond that which our knowledge of science and the frame of science and intelligence provide. Software texts very quickly, will look at three. Scriptures number one Romance eight seventeen and nineteen, and please let me pray that the media work with me so that we are fast. Romance eight seventeen to nineteen. It says, and if children, then heirs and joint heirs with Christ, if so that we suffer with him, that we may also we may be also glorified together. Verse eighteen it says, for our reckcon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us final version. For the ennest expectation of the creature waited for the manifestation of the sons of God. Can we read a second scripture John chapter one, who read verse twelve and thirteen. John one, twelve thirteen. It says, but as many as received him to them, gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name, Verse thirteen, which were born. So all sons are born, which were born, But in this case not born of blood or of the will of the flesh, or of the will of man, but born of God. Final Scripture, Galicians, Chapter three and verse twenty six. Galicians, Chapter three. For ye are all the children of God, and that by faith which is in Christ, Jesus, Amen and Amen. The Lord blessed the reading of His word. Allelujah. So the Bible from a theological standpoint, or from really the Bible is divided, as we know, into the Old and the New Testament, even though it's still a subject of debate, but generally for the purpose of our understanding, and the Old Testament was largely written in Hebrew, and the New Testament is a combination of Greek, sometimes Latin, and Aramaic, and in translating words from the Hebrew or Greek roots to English, in many expressions and in many thoughts, justice was not done in selecting the right words. The reason is because Hebrew and Greek words are deeper and richer than the English word. So when in English, if we have a word like co com only means com, doesn't mean any other thing. Go means go. But in Hebrew you can have one word, for instance, the word e en it means for, it means with, it means act. You see that now. So the principle of Bible translation is that when you want to translate a word, you look for the best English word that captures. The contual expression. And sometimes in doing that, justice is not done or what's not done in bringing the appropriate words. So you find words that were translated, but then upon investigation you'll discover that they did the best they knew to do, but it was not the best expression. An example of such we find is the expression eternal life to mean the life of God, and the word eternal there does not do justice to the extent and the quality of the life we have been given. Allelujah. The Greek expression is the words away, and it is not eternal live, it is beyond eternal life. It talks not just about the longevity of the life, but the quality of the life. Allelujah, Praise the name of the Lord. So just an instance, this is one of such instances. You read the Bible and you find scattered in English the watch sons, sons of God, referring in many instances to beings even beyond humans. And you would think they're all saying the same thing, because the spelling is the same. And so just. Allow me for a moment to just walk you through maybe one or two Greek words, not not to complicate anything, but just to give a strong foundation so that you will understand the things that I'll be sharing. And we'll walk strictly with the Greek words. Now, there are at least three Greek words that are translated in English song and for the purpose of our discussion of just zoom down on two. The first is the Greek word techno. Technoon is spelled te k n o n e k n o n. The word technon is what we will call in English offspring. So that is an expression of sonship that is based on natural or biological descent. So when a man gives birth to a child, you know, you call that child his child, growing later to a son. The Greek expression for such sonship is technoon. One that has come by blood, one that has come by natural descent. Are we learning already? The word techno also expresses the mental state of that child, So it does not only reveal that he is an offspring. It also reveals the level of maturity. So when you say technoon in the Greek as translated son is actually the word child, it also goes to show that that child is still void of knowledge and maturity. Are we learning? So the word technoon talks of one in natural offspring, but number two, it also talks of an immature person, one who has not attained adulthood, especially through knowledge and character. The second word, and that's where we will be dwelling a bit for our discussion, is the word huios is spelled hio s hio s now. That word there talks of sonship, that is, by adoption or relationship. Sonship by adoption or relationship, allelujah. An example of such expression we see was the daughter of Pharaoh and Moses. She called him son, but it was not a natural offspring. Are we together? You see another one Joseph and Jesus. He called him son, but it was not his biological father. We find it with Eli and Samuel. Samuel was his son to Eli, but not by natural birth. He had two natural biological sons, Hoffni and Finni. Has the Bible teaches, are we together praise God? Now, the word he also extends to mean one who has attained the same ranking with his father by reason of knowledge and maturity. Please pay attention to these words. So the word here is in describing sonship talks about sonship that has happened through relationship or adoption. Like you adopt a child and you call him child. He bears your son name, but he was not a natural offspring that comes from you. Number two is a son, one who has attained the same tatos with his father by reason of character, by reason of knowledge, and by reason of maturity. Remember one time Jesus called himself the son of God, and the Bible says they picked up stones and they wanted to stone him. What was their interpretation of his statement? The Bible says, by saying he was the son of God, he put himself in the same position with God. So the Jews understood the implication of using the word weos That means that you have by knowledge and maturity, you are now qualified to enter the shoes of your father, Allelujah, prays the name of the Lord. Amen. So the Bible says in Romance, Chapter eight, from verse eighteen, he says, I reckon. The word recon means I come to terms with the fact that the sufferings of this present time I am not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed in us. Understand Paul's construct now, So he talks about a dimension of glory which shall be revealed in us in prophecy, and then he says the revealers of this glory are called sons verse nineteen. For then, expectation of creation one of the more modern version I think niv O there about NLT says creation is waiting for God to reveal those who his sons. Truly, are you see that? So he says, the expectation of the creature awaits the manifestation of the sons of God. Manifestation of the sons of God. So here I've taught you that there is sonship by birth and there is sonship by adoption. Please say that after time, he says, sonship by birth, and then sonship by adoption. For one last time, says sonship by birth, and then sonship by adoption allelujah. And then there is also. The concept of maturity or immaturity in describing children. The Bible says, onto us, a child is born, but then he says onto us a son is given. So everyone is born a child. And the Bible says in Galatians, for one verse one talking about children and heir, for as long as that air is a child, he says, it defered it not from a slave, even though he be lord of all. So that one is born a child with potential to be a son. But by reason of immaturity, void of knowledge, character, or just growth, that child is subjected to look as though a slave. I give you an example. A man can buy a property for his child even before birth. Am I right? It's called inheritance. A man can buy a car, for instance, named after the child, or build a business, but that usually will not be given access until he attains a certain age. And for many parents they look even beyond the age he must demonstrate a level of dexterity in character enough to be trusted with that responsibility. Am I right on that? There are many parents who, at the point their children are born, they open accounts for them and begin to credit the account every month, every year, and sometimes they write it there as a trust that this should not be given to this child until he attains at least eighteen years. I think adulthood in Nigeria is seen from eighteen years. In my world is far less than that. Once you can think, you can take actions, and you can face the consequences of your actions, I call you an adult immediately. I don't wait till eighteen. People younger than eighteen have done very serious things. We should reconsider that number. We have put Hallelujah, prays the name of the Lord. We have fourteen year old terrorists. We have fifteen year old terrorists with enough intelligence to coordinate attacks across territories. Anyway, back to our discussion, so we're saying that when it has to do with sonship, the subject of maturity is very pertinent. Sonship by birth and by adoption. Hallelujah. Now let's dis cause the word manifestation because these are the two expressions we. Want to deal with. When we talk about the idea of manifestation, it talks about to manifest means to reveal, to manifest means to show forth, to unveil that which is hidden, to make the potential of a thing visible and known. So when we talk about manifestation again, it means to reveal, It means to show forth. It means to unveil that which was hidden. Now, manifestation in Bible context talks about revealing the glory of God. I needed to say this. When we talk about manifestation and you are speaking to spiritual people, we limit our understanding to the scope of God's glory because to an unenlightened mind, the moment you talk about manifestation, sometimes people fall prey into the thinking that it's just a canal manifestation of anything. In the Kingdom. As a rule of thumb, meant your pursuit is not with respect to the revelation of God's glory and the will of God. You are already in defiance. No matter what it is that you do, no matter what it is that you seek. The coordinates of our pursuit in the. Kingdom is with respect to the will of God and with respect to the manifestation of His glory. Are we learning now? So when you talk about save finance or prosperity, when you talk about a job. When you are speaking to a Kingdom person, he should interpret everything you are saying with respect to its ability to birth the will of God and with respect to its ability to reveal the glory of. God, who is learning. If you get this rule of tomb, you have found the key to running away from error. Anything you are doing or in pursuit of If it does not sustain the ability to number one, reveal the will of God and reveal the glory of God, it is useless as far as God's economy is concerned. So what gives. Value to anything in the kingdom? Nothing has intrinsic value in the Kingdom. Its value is derived from its ability to reveal the will of God and bring glory to God. Are we learning now? Very subtle revelation, But you need to understand it so that we narrow down the scope of our understanding of manifestation. Not just as buying cars or houses alone, not just as wearing good clothes or promotion. Those things are wonderful, but in themselves they are useless. What gives them value is their ability to be used as tools. Are we together to refill the will of God and birth the glory of God? Everybody, say reveal the will of God. Say birth the glory of God. Again, say reveal the will of God and birth the glory. Now, this is a very subtle concept, but is the reason why believers are involved in many activities, and very little of those activities actually count in the spirit, because it is measured by its ability to reveal the glory of God and birth the glory of God. Please look up. So if you say something like I am handsome or I am beautiful, that statement is useless in the spirit until you can show how that beauty or that looks reveals the glory of God, or birds the will of God. If you say I am rich, it's a useless statement in the realm of the spirit until you can show how that wealth of God and birds are we together. Now, if you say I desire promotion, it's a useless pursuit in the realm of the spirit. What stops it from being a canal pursuit is that you must connect that desire to refilling the will of God and birth in the glory of God. Who is learning so far? So say after me revealing the will of God, Say birthing the glory of God. Again, say revealing the will of God perthin the glory of God. So when God commends a man, whether commending his wealth, commanding his intellect, he only brings that commendation because that man has sacrificed. That ability to be a channel. Through which the will of God can be revealed and the glory of God can be made manifest. Who understands this? Listen, If you do not understand this, then you don't understand the topic. Because so the average believer on enlightened especially, our concept of manifestation is what we call maybe Nigeria for our. Slang of vulgar blowing up, showing up. So we have all these well intentioned ambitions, but none of them hold any strength in the spirit. The reason is because we have not been educated that nothing is intrinsically valuable until it becomes a tool. Efficients to understand says, we are His workmanship. We are his workmanship, his attest street sathing. You don't think a strong man, sathing. You don't think a strong man, You think a man who for a while you strength as a tool to birth the purposes of God. Are we together? Everything we are and everything we have is intrinsically useless. What gives it value. If you tell me you are a customs officer. Now, sociologically I respect you, But from a kingdom economy, that statement makes no sense until you can show me how you use your office, your influence, your position to birth the purposes of God. Are we learning now? Listen, listen, listen, listen, listen, listen. Let me have your attention. Let's minimize noise. Are we together? Yes, you see that there are many things we rejoice over, But in the realm of the spirit, it does not make any sense. So if you say I have five children, it's a useless statement in the realm of the spirit until you can turn those five children to the Borah, Moses, Elijah, Gideon, Esther. Now, you are not just giving God children. You are giving God vessels through which you will birth His glory, through which you will birth is purposes. So when the Bible says creation is waiting for the manifestation, you change the word manifestation to the revealers of the glory, the enforcers of God's will, the revealers of the glory and the enforcers of his will. Again, the revealers of the glory and the enforcers of his will one last time, the revealers of the glory and the enforcers. Creation is not waiting for fanatics carrying the umbrella of Christianity. No, you can be a nuisance to civilization. You can turn religion, even a Christian religion, to a new and unfortunately we have many people in the name of Jesus who are an interruption to God's program. Are we learning? Amen, Thank God for the car that you have, Thank God for the promotion that you seek, Thank God for the children that you have, Thank God for the education, Thank God for everything the wealth that you have. But the question is not all of those things, which of them has become a tool to reveal His glory and enforce His will. Now we go to Matthew chapter six. Jesus is teaching. His discourse came in response. Now from a theological standpoint, he began what they call the beatitude. You find that in Matthew chapter five, a set of teachings precepts on the kingdom. He was giving them a reorientation. Don't forget that these people had been under the Roman government. They had customs, they. Had a way that they taught, and Jesus was introducing them to the economy of the kingdom. So he began in what we call the Beatitudes Matthew, chapter five, he would contrast the way men would approach things as to how God would approach things. Are we together? Then we get to chapter six and verse one. And to understand chapter six and verse one, you have to look at Luke's synoptic account. Look synoptic account of the first the same rendition. It came as a response. So they say to him, teach us to pray as John taught his disciples to pray. Right, So now Jesus gets it. He puts a few preambles, and then he says, when you pray, he says, after this manner, pray ye. Are we still together? He says our Father, our Father, which at in heaven he says, Hall Lord be your name. Please pay attention. He's not just telling you something to recite. He's showing you a product. This my discussion this afternoon. And I don't have the time to do justice to all of that. But every one of those lines requires a teaching to help open. Up your mind to understand. For instance, he says our Father, meaning when you come to God, you must approach him as father. It comes from the Greek word pata my source, my sustainer. My protector, and my defender. When you come to God with plan B, you are already practicing idolatry. That the nature of God did. It demands that when you come to him, you don't come to him in hope that if he fails, I will run back to anything our father. Number two, the statements which are in heaven means it will require faith because it's in a dimension beyond the realm and the scope of science which are in the heavens. Number three, how not be your name? Means you approach him with the spirit of reverence. Then number four it says you your kingdom come. This is where I was coming to your kingdom. You know what the word kingdom means. The kingdom means the governing influence of a king over a predefined territory. Your kingdom come. How does your kingdom come? When your will is being done? The only way a man's influence comes is when the kingdom comes together. We call all the military the paramilitary parastatus in Nigeria law enforcement agents, not necessarily law creation agents. Their assignment is to take what has been passed into policy from the Senate, the House and enforce it. Am I, right on that, And that includes the Nigerian Custom Service. So you are working based on a script that has been given and your assignment, if I understand your job well, is to enforce it. Am I right on that. That is the same thing to do in the kingdom. That means you cannot go about choosing what to enforce. Have to understand what has been written and then that becomes your assignment and force us of the will of God, reveal us of the glory of God. We're considering the word manifestation. The word manifestation should not just be a canal drive to show forth that I will not be in hiding again. No no, no, no no. It goes beyond just being known, goes beyond fame, goes beyond having things work for you, goes beyond prayer being answered. Am I together praise the name of the Lord? Are we together? Now? So if you cannot reveal or enforce the will of God and reveal his glory. You are not manifesting anything. That is the nerve that is the heart of this discussion this afternoon. So when we say creation awaits the manifestation of the sons of God. It describes a people based on function. It describes people who are determined with their entire lives that their lives will be about the enforcing of the will of God and the revelation of the glory of God. Let me speak for one minute about the word glory. To the average believer, when we talk about the word glory, we think of it as it were in the Old Testament, having the smoke, the fire, and glory can have those expressions. But the word glory comes from the Greek word the Hebrew word cupboard. The Greek is doxa. It is a description of the value or the worth of a thing. Are we together now, yes. So when you talk about the glory of a thing, it's an investigation into the attributes of that thing. What makes it so expensive, what makes it so desirable. I give you an instance. I will always use my phone. This is my phone. If you want to know the glory of my phone, then you have to investigate what company made, why is it expensive? What are the features you're examine? The futures of speed, flexibility, accessibility, These are the futures in this fold that makes it glorious are we together? So if you look, not to insult, but just to contrast a golf, as you know, a Volkswagen Golf as against maybe some car less Rose Royce or a Range Rover. Why are two of them? You know? The contrast in terms of the costs. You have to examine what they are able to do. So when you talk about the glory of God, it is an investigation into the attributes of God that makes him God. So you sample his goodness, you sample his wisdom, his favor, his kindness, his mercy. These are the attributes of God that makes him worthy of your worship. When the Bible calls. Us revealers of the glory of God, you know what that means. Every one of you, like you, are stationed. Whilst I sat there, I saw that there were many chapels buil across several stations. And I understand that some of you have zonal allotments. Are locations. Am I right on? That not everybody is here at the headquarters? Am I right on? That? That's how it is to sow. God can grant you an assignment. To reveal his glory, to reveal his wisdom, to reveal his power. The most important thing is that whatever you receive us your assignment, that becomes your manday to see that creation understands God from the lens of that dimension of him. Are we together? The glory of God is a compendium of every attribute that makes God God, his goodness, his wisdom most. He said, show me your glory, and he said, I will allow my goodness. The goodness of God is an aspect of his glory. The mercy of God is an aspect of his glory. The power of God is an aspect of his glory. Are we together now? The intelligence of God is an aspect of his glory. So when we say we are revealers of His glory, it then means we are aligning with the Holy Spirit and the world to allow these multifaceted dimensions of God to flow through us like a channel and to be revealed to our world who is learning now. The Bible says at the end of that if you do it well Galatians one twenty four will become your testimony, it says, and they glorify God in me. Not only that they glorify God. I have become a channel, a vessel. They glorify God in me let me prophesie this over someone in the name that is above all names. After this conference, I pray for you by the power that raised Christs from the dead, the glory of God will be evidently manifest for your life, meaning the wisdom of God, the power of God, the wealth of God, the favor of God. You will become a personification of what God can do through a man. In the name of Jesus Christ. Please be seated, Please be seated. The manifestation the unveiling of the sons of God. Enforce us of God's will, revealers of God's glory. Enforce us of God's will, revealers of God's glory. So when God gives. A verdict, for instance, and says, let there be light, it is your assignment to become an enforcer of that. He gives you all the equipping you need to make you manifest. That are we learning now? Do you know why the Christian experience is a boring experience to the average believer? I tell you this. The average believer has not been taught to see the Christian work as a journey beyond the frame of religion. The bordom that comes with the rituals of religion is what puts a lot of people in that state of inconvenience and frustration. Because the faith work is a work, a perpetual work, a progressive revelation of the glory of God and the enforcing of His will. That really is the believer's journey. So when you wake up in the morning, when you call yourself a son of God, when you call yourself a weakness, when you call yourself an ambassador, do you know the meaning of what you're saying. You're saying, Lord, I am alive. One more body is alife to birth your glory. One more versel is a life to enforce your will. Meaning everything you deserve don't in the Nigerian custom service, everything you deserve done in Abuja, in whatever assigned territory. Here is a vessel that is willing. Here is a vessel that is available. That is really the revelation of surrender. Surrender goes beyond lying down, Surrender goes beyond crying. Those are indications of your intention to surrender. But the real proof that you have surrendered is that the glory of God comes find expression on hinder. Many cry in church, but you are not surrendered. Many roll on the ground. But you are not surrendered. Many are nice, well intentioned people. The real proof of surrender is not just in the songs that we sing, is not just in the gestures and all of that. It's in allowing the purposes of God to flow through you to the nations on hinder. Whoever allows that has truly become a son, one who can manifest the glory of God. Allelujah. And I'm going to very quickly for the sake of our discussion this afternoon. I'm going to show you three aspects of the manifestation of the glory of God, and that will be it will find a place to pray. But I hope you are getting me so far. So a very quick recap before we continue. I began by telling you that the concept of sonship goes beyond By the way, I didn't mention to you that when we call someone a son, we don't mean a male gender. You know, generally, from a psychological standpoint, when we say son, it refers to a male as against daughter. But the concept of sonship here does not just talk of gender. Are we together? Yes, So I told you that there are two kinds and two levels of sonship techno, being an offspring one of a biological or natural descent. Then we talk of wios, which talks about one who by adoption or relationship. Are we together? It also extends to mean one who, to knowledge, has attained the same status with his master. So a man trains an apprentice to a point where he gains mastery. You don't even know the difference between the one who trained and the one who has now become that gentleman has become a son. Are we together now? Then we spoke about the word manifestation that it means to unveil, to open up that which was previously hidden. And then we veered off to put context to our understanding that in the Kingdom, when we talk about man manifestation, it is with respect to berthing the glory of God or revealing the glory of God and enforcing the will of God. You have to put those coordinates there else any other thing just becomes a marketing of flesh. I told you that nothing in the Kingdom is intrinsically valuable. The value of anything in the Kingdom is in its ability to be used as a tool to enforce the will of God and to birth the glory or reveal the glory of God, beauty, promotion, jobs, good health, away together, prosperity. It doesn't matter what you call it. Nothing by itself is intrinsically valuable from a spiritual standpoint, except and unless whatever that is, including you, becomes a tool for enforcing the will of God and revealing the glory of God. You understand me, so fast, shout amen, a man. Now. There are three aspects of the revelation of the glory of God. Three aspects. If you desire to manifest us a sound with every prior or understanding that I've set forth, there are three areas that you must allow the glory of God and the manifestation of the glory of God to find expression in your life. Number one it believers are to manifest our sons of God, indeed, to be enforced us of His will and reveal us of His glory. The first aspect we must walk on is puled in christ like character. Write that down christ like character. This is the first aspect as far as manifesting the glory of God is concerned, christ Like character. The fruit of the spirit. Galatians, chapter five. The full text is from verse sixteen to twenty three, but for the purpose of our discussion with Zozo me down. To twenty two. It says, but the fruit of the spirit. Now, the way it is put here in kJ End kjave're most of the Bible rendition, it doesn't do justice to the description. It says. Yeah, the fruit, you notice is one word, fruit of the spirit, not fruits. It is one fruit of the spirit. And the correct way to understand the scripture is the fruit of the spirit is love. But love expressed in all of these channels, joy, peace, mercy. Are we together? So it is not just love, joy, peace, in as much as that is still profitable if you see it that way, but that the fruit of the spirit is expressed in all of these dimensions, one spirit living out the character of God. Way man, I can tell you this, there is a major character deficiency among believers. We pray in tongues, and that's wonderful. We sing wonderful songs, and that's wonderful. But often times the closer you get to people, the more you run away from them. In fact, in many ways, the best way to relate with many believers is from afar. It's better to just keep it there because the closer you come, the more surprises you find. Are we together? If the glory of. God's must be revealed in us, we must obtain grace to evolve from our canal self, from our sensual self, to become spiritual men. Indeed, like the Bible puts death to the flesh, death to self, these are the very pivotile elements. If you want God to be glorified in your life, then he must find expression through your character. Did you know we are a generation, especially among Pentecostal Charismatics, we love the idea of the annoyinging. You hear everybody talk about the anointing the power of God, But most people do not know that the first assignment of the annointing is not to empower you, is to change you. The anointing first does a work within you. Are we together? Yes, it does a work of building within you the character of the Christ. The way you speak, the way you act, your manner of life, your thoughts, the purity of your thoughts. These are all the aspects of building christ like character. Some of the most detestable things that have been done around the body of Christ have happened by professing Christians. And this is not to condemned. But it's a call that if we are talking of the manifestation of the glory of God, leave all the signs and the wonders and raising people from the wheelchair. We most touched by looking like Christ in experience that the invisible Christ, who is not seen, can be understood by men and women who love Jesus Christ, who are an expression of Him. Are we together? Yes? That you are not just a sound preacher without character. You are not just a wonderful officer without character. And let me tell you this. You cannot attain on to character God's standard by the strength of the flesh He supplies the grace. You take advantage of the grace. Here's how to produce christ like character. You must have the mind of Christ. In order to have the character of Christ. You cannot seek to manifest the character of Christ without having the mind of Christ. Are we together now? It's like farming bees and wanting to have as rice. No, the seed of beans will produce the harvest of beans. Am I right on? That the seed of rice will produce the rice pody. That's how it is spiritually. If you do not internalize the world of God within your spirit inculcating the mind of Christ like Philippians two one, verse five says to let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus. It's going to be impossible. You cannot pollute your mind by feeding on things that are Antichrist and then produce christ like character. Producing like character is a reaction, it's a response. Are we together? When you culture the things you see, you culture the things that get into your ears, you immerse yourself with the word of God, place in premium and value and priority on the world of God. Eventually you will find out, by the help of the Spirit, that some of these these encumbrances of the flesh begin to die. It's a progressive journey. It doesn't happen immediately. Are we together? I give you an instance. How many Christians do you know so far? With anger? Anger? We're not even talking of other weight your things, like lost and the rest. But how about many from preachers you know, to maybe officers. With all due respect, serious anger and hate and malice, these are all the attributes of the flesh. And unfortunately, you can be a believer save genuinely saved but not transformed, genuinely saved but not really generated by the word of God. Are we together? Now? Getting safe is important, but that's only the first step. You must allow the. Ministry of the world, the ministry of the Holy Spirit, to do an inner work of purification within your heart, that God will cleanch you and part you from these tendencies. There are many people who have gotten to a point where they allow all these things and say, you know what we're like that. I'm an angry person, I love God, I pray in tongues, but I'm not. Just accept me like that. And you know, sometimes some of this secular human is concept that try to frustrate what God is able to do through a man. When we try in the flesh and. It does not work, we us conclude that. They cannot be victory. But let me bring good news for someone. God can walk on you such that when they look at you, you don't look like a normal human being because the weaknesses that affect men have been drained out of you by the power of the Holy Spirit. Do you believe that it is possible to work in love? It is possible to live a life without hate. It is possible to go out of a rem of anger, lost, competitive jealousy, you see, if you don't know how to lean on the strength of God, you will think everybody is lying. Because you will try in the strength of the flesh, it will not work, and you will conclude that anyone propoting victories only pretending there is a rem in the spirit. Where victory is an experience, it's someone learning. Now. The ones who will manifest the glory of God as sons must be people of solid christ like character. Don't tell me i am evil. Don't tell me I'm Eoruba. Don't tell me I'm Housa. Don't tell me I'm South South. As the reason for which you allow certain attributes of the flesh to remain, no, we have been called out of every tribe, every tongue, and every nation. The meaning of that is, while celebrating natural descent, you must trust God for grace to kill the negative tricks that comes with your foundation. Who believes I'm what I'm saying? Allelujah. Oh I come from a place with angry people. Let God walk in it. If not, the anger will destroy you. Is top most is from entering the promised land. How about Samson, mighty man, a man who would lift up the gate, but his inability to tame his lost, aborted his destiny. The Bible says, see. Then, that we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses. It says, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that dot easily beset us. And he says, to. Press with passiveverance towards the race that is set before us. Looking on to Jesus, he says, who is the author and the finisher of our faith? Who for the joy that was set before him and endured the cross and despise the shape self? Tell me Father, like you're serial, Say Father, in the name of Jesus, I obtain grace to manifest the character of Christ. Say it again, I obtain grace to manifest the character of Christ. Say every attribute of the flesh hiding within me, in. The name of Jesus. Let it die forever. Turn that into prayer for one minute, every attribute of the flesh not by my empowerment. Let lost die, Let anger die, Let jealousy die. Let the tendency to steal, to kill, and to destroy, let the tendency to backbite, Let the deep rooted on forgiveness. Come on, now, someone is pray. You came for a conference to be made. You came for a conference to be built. This is what it means to manifest as the son of God. Are you pray? I'm a great worship. Help my anger, this anger, this unforgiveness, this bitterness. I like to sow seeds of discord. There are people who would have been promoted today, but because I brought a wrong counsel. Help me. I don't want to live like this. In the presence of God, there is always a purifying There is a refiners fire that builds and makes. It does not condemned, but it purifies. You go ahead and pray in one minute everything in me that does not reflect the Christ in character. Oh, let it die. Let it die forever. Let it give way the loss that the flesh, the fears, the tendencies of the flesh that are locked up within me, that are hindering the glory of God from manifesting through me. I'm not ashamed, I'm not embarrassed. Lord, walk upon my life. In Jesus' name, we pray, please be seated. How many of you know that the more we have people in our nation who are truly like Christ's and experience, the better for this nation. Am I right? On that. And it's easy for us to speak about those higher than us, but it starts from us. The work of transformation is everybody's responsibility. Don't just hide those ahead. Maybe your superior say if they change, no, you have to change. They were where you are. But because they did not change when they went higher, they still remain like that. A thief will still be a thief as a governor. A thief will still be a thief as a president. It's not president or governor or House of Assembly member, for instance, that made the person a thief. It is that intrinsically there is a thief. A good man will be a good man as a CEO, am I right on that. He will be a good father, a good brother, the character of goodness who spell in every pre think he's involved with. I pray for you. Where Satan has used the yokes of foundations, the yolks of territory, the yokes of where you are coming from, and he's tied you in. You would have been by fat pray tad and where you are now. But this anger, this lost, this back biting, this inability to keep quiet, not knowing when to talk. I pray for you. Let the power of the Holy Spirit. Realign your character, Please be seated. There are people today who love the Lord. The only reason why they would never be promoted is because the executives have sat down and they've said that this person does not. Know how to keep quiet. You promote this person is to the detriment of the company. I'm not just speaking with respect to the Nigerian customs. There are people like that. Are we together? It's a powerful thing when you look like I tell you this, whether it's a CEO in a corporate world or even within your service here, do you know, and you ask any of your senior executives in looking for people to promote, what they are actually looking for is Jesus. In men, they will call it a set of attributes. They say, we want someone who is well behaved, We want somebody those are the fruit of the spirit. When someone is looking for a secretary, he just did not give it a Bible expression, but the name of that secretary he's looking for is a possessor of the character of Jesus. So the more you look like Jesus, the more your opportunities, even in the world of men, because given on believers are actually looking for Jesus in men. It's only that we call it character. We call it a set of values. We want a well behaved person. We want someone who has manners, who can respect. What you are really looking for is Christ in men. That means the more christ Like you are, the more valuable you become to your world. Because someone can look at you and say, I don't know you, but I would like you to be my secretary. And you're well, I don't have the qualification. I say, well, I have. Your qualification may not take you there, but your character has bailed you out. You look like Christ. You look like the kind of person I can trust with my resources. You did not study accounting, but come, you will be my personal finance person. Why because the last treasure I disappointed Jesus. You look like a no blood treasurerert Come. I'm telling you there are more people in our world who have gotten jobs looking like Christ than having the qualification. Even onbelievers are looking for Jesus. Wealthy people are looking for hourse helps who look like Jesus. Even those who don't love Jesus are still looking for Jesus in Men. I pray for you that as the search for the character of the Christ. They will find it in you when they're looking for a trusted person for some and maybe God is speaking to you. That may be the reason for the delay and your promotion. Honestly, it's not that you don't qualify, but your character betrays your qualification. Your qualification is a plus. What your character has is divided your potential. Let Messy speak for you right now, in the name of Jesus, the Son of the Living God. Number two. Very quickly, for sake of time. We're wrapping up. The second aspect of this manifestation. Are we learning in addition to character, the wisdom of Christ define wisdom. This is the second area that must be revealed through the Church, divine wisdom efficient chapter three and verse ten. Poorly speaking, now, he says. To the intent that now onto principalities and powers might be made known by the Church. The multi fast setted the multilayered, multi dimensional wisdom of God. That it'd be made known. One of the expressions of the glory of God in the life. Of a man is wisdom. Someone shout wisdom again, like you understand me, say wisdom. Write this for reference. We may not have the time to read it, But I'll give you two scriptures you can go and read that home. Proverbs chapter four, five to eleven. Proverbs chapter four, from verse five to eleven, it says, get wisdom, get understanding, do not forget it, and so on and so forth. Then it goes on to say wisdom is the principal thing you read down to eleven. Let's go to Proverbs chapter twenty four. Please from verse three and four proverabs. Twenty four, three and four. It says, through wisdom, I wish do we have the amplified rendition of this. If we don't have amplified, that's fine, beautiful. It says, through skillful and godly wisdom, a house, a life, a home, a family can still are their company Nigerian custom service. Through wisdom it is built, and by understanding it is established. Wisdom is the builder of anything. When you find men who are sincere but cannot build anything, what they lack is not character. What they lack is wisdom. As much as characters, that's the journey. Character alone will not finish the journey. You will need wisdom. There are many good people who are not resourceful. They lack wisdom. Don't mistaken intelligence with wisdom. There are many intelligent people who cannot solve problems. Are we together? Now? Being intelligent is an advantage, But if you cannot translate intelligence to the ability the skill of providing divine solutions, men will gravitate towards solutions, not intelligence. Let me say that again. Men will gravitate towards solutions, not intelligence. Joseph was not rewarded because he was intelligent. He was rewarded because he was able to import, define wisdom and provide an economic solution that built Egypt and the den world from the imminent calamity of faming Wisdom, Wisdom, wisdom. Before we are done this afternoon, I will be praying over someone that wisdom from heaven will rest upon you. In the name of Jesus. Listen to me. Wisdom is a builder. Wisdom is connected to mighty works. When you see people do mighty things, it is a product of wisdom. Wisdom does not just show you what to do. It delivers to you the strategy so that you are you always deliver without disappointing. Some of you have a lot of work within your the customs. How many of you know that more than any other part of status, The customs. You need wisdom because you have to navigate the type human sentiments, political sentiments. The variables are too many. You need wisdom. One time they brought a woman to Jesus caught in adultery. They were only using the woman to trap Jesus. They were not interested in whether she was adultrust or not. They were only used. There are times like that. People bring matters, but it's not the matter, it's you they want to bring down. You will need. Wisdom because whether you say yes or no, you will still be in trouble. At that point. You need wisdom. There are times both yes and no, it's not the right answer. Are we learning now? A man who despises wisdom is a man who can never truly reveal the glory of God. When I talk of wisdom, I'm not just talking of philosophy. No, the ability to translate solutions from the realm of the Spirit that becomes relievant to your world. I believe in an apostolic model of Christianity, and let me explain for you what that means. I believe in the Christianity that does not just defy the spirit man, but translates into nation building, translates into community development. I do not believe in Christianity that. Stops at falling, rising, standing, or being fanatical without having an expression in nation building. Those who are believers must learn how to translate your healthy prayer life, Translate your praying in terms, translate. Your fasting to wisdom. Give value to your fasting and prayer by showing me the wisdom that. Came from the secret place. Don't tell me you prayed and try instead and studied the Bible and I cannot see you import defined solutions are we together science and technology and sociology. They are not anti christ. They are the vehicles through which the wisdom you're receiving the spirit should be manifest to your wall. So if it just stops at prayer and fasting and Bible recitation, you may feel spiritual, but you are not relevant to society's the reason why the world today looks at the church as a nuisance. I'm praying that from the Nigerian Custom Service and after this conference, men will rise who will document economic solutions. I'm telling you ordinary people will rise from here. Some of you. The spirit of God will breath upon you like Joseph. You will come up with a solution that will solve some of the problems in Nigeria, extending to Africa. That kings will call you and say, we have we have done. We've read the I mean PhD dissertations on this subject. Nobody has said it like this. Who is receiving it as a prophetic word? I decree and I declare, Let define wisdom rest on you. Let define wisdom rest on you. That translates your prayer life, that translates your fasted, that translates your going to church, that translates your learning the world of God into a solution to society. You believe that, say amen, please be seated. Leaders don't just maintain status school they evolve. They leave things and people better than they met them. It's my prayer as a man of God. I don't just want to be a religious preacher whose relevance is trapped beyond just within the frame of the Pulpits no, no, no that when you talk to business people, when you talk to politicians, you don't just sound like a fanatic who's been trapped by no no, no no. You speak solutions. You don't have to be a Christian to be blessed by my life. If you have to be a Christian to be blessed by my life. I'm not light enough. I should be able to talk to you as a nonbeliever. Even though you may reject the person of Christ, you cannot deny the wisdom and the power. The solutions that came for Joseph was not for Christians. He was for everybody. Is somebody learning now. You are not just learning this afternoon. Don't just say I'm bringing solutions to Christian enough. You are too small if you are thinking that way. He sends the rein to the godly and the ungodly. Come up with solutions that will translate your service here, come up with technological solutions. Danielle was one of such men. His faith was not compromised. But my goodness, he was a man who's served through the dispensation of many kings, and no body could make him relevant. If you came as a new king, you would hear that there was a man called Danil. How do you remove Daniel from Babylon? Babylon, my lors, Daniel is a dead place. He was literally the lifeline of Babylon, to a point that the king said, I don't know this your God, but the spirits of the gods is at work in this man. That would be your testimony. Don't believers will come to you. I'm telling you and say, I don't know what happened, but after the conference you began to function at a level of wisdom, providing solutions for someone. I tell you this. Before December, your boss will call you and said, what happened to you? What came upon you? I read your review, have seen the way you are delivering. Received that grace. In Jesus saying, well, you know, I hope you are receiving something I received and manifest. Your pable and we stop till the nations cgs US lifted up, exalted. I received. I'm manifact your power and he always stop till the nations CGSUS lifted up. Glory. Fime pree Lord, pray, pray, load prey, prey apart, my lad prey Lord, pray, pray, load, pre prey part. I'm about to give you the last key. What can you spend two minutes crying? It's a prayer meeting, cry for wisdom. The Bible says, does any man luck wisdom, let him cry on to God for the sake of your job. Go ahead and pray. How do you know wisdom is at working you by the quality of the decisions that you make. Go ahead and pray, I said, Senior Officer. Pray, I said, Sudio Office, I pray, I said, New Entry office. A pray, Go ahead and pray. Please pray wisdom extra or navely defined wisdom. Hallelujah, please be seated. When I was about to start ministry, it was one of the things I cried for. I learned from one of the fathers of faith who was going to be with the Lord. He said when he was about to start ministry, he prayed for three things. He said, God give me wisdom, God give me favor. God give me the anointing of the Spirit. And I went back and prayed the same prayer. I said, God, give me wisdom. I don't want to be a foolish man of God. It takes wisdom to be trusted with a generation. It takes wisdom. Leadership requires wisdom. Ministry requires wisdom. It's beyond the ability to preach. It's wisdom wisdom in managing relationships, Wisdom away together, in knowing what to say and in knowing how to say it. Because influence is like a knife. You can use it to cut, you can use it to kill. There is desperate need for wisdom in our world. There are some of you who have gotten into trouble because of the illusion of I'm saying my mind. Unfortunately, you said the right thing in the wrong way to a wrong audience, and it got you into trouble. Set a God over my mouth the ability. There are three proofs of wisdom in a man's life. I will only give you one. The quality of your decisions are proof whether you have wisdom or not. Because decisions decide destiny. I can know you dont need to tell me I have wisdom. Just give me an opportunity to x ray the consequences. That are in your life. Now there are products of your decisions, which are products of the wisdom or otherwise the basis for making that decision. I'll give you the third one, and then will pray so. Number one, to manifest the Son of God, you need to cry for christ like character. The first aspect of that manifestation is the character of the Christ being revealed in you and through you to your world, giving God glory. Number two wisdom, the wisdom of God that don't founds principalities and powers. Wisdom beyond science, even though it flows through science. Wisdom beyond age, even though it can flow through age. Are we together, yes, wisdom and understanding. And then number three is supernatural power. This is the third aspect of that manifestation. Supernatural power. This is very important. You cannot manifest us, sons, if you do not understand the dynamics of true spiritual power. I'm not even going to tempt myself to stretch beyond this. Else we spend the whole night year, but are just in produce it and will pray. The subject of power is very important. We have limited spiritual power to men of God, and we have limited the scope and the application of spiritual power to miracles and science and wonders. And while that is wonderful, that is a very minute understanding of the subject of power. You must look at power beyond just getting someone out of a wheelchair, opening blind eyes. That is wonderful, but through spiritual power a defined power for you. Let me give you two quick definitions. Number one, power is the ability to enforce compliance. That's the first definition of power, the ability to enforce compliance. Number two, power I define is the ability to influence outcomes. That's a very powerful. Definition, the ability to influence outcomes. If you don't have the power the wherewiout to influence. Outcomes, you are not powerful. And God said, and he saw influencing outcomes, I am a man on the authority, speak the word only are we together? Son of man? Can these pons leave? Prophesih? And there was a sound. If you cannot influence outcomes, you don't have power. Why do we call wealthy people powerful because with the economic power they can influence outcomes to a measure. Why do we call politicians powerful? They can take advantage of their offices, the leverage of policies to influence outcomes. Are we together? Anybody who sustains the where without to influence outcomes is powerful. The one who can do so supernaturally is truly powerful. We call Georges and legal practitioners powerful because they literally as men, have the power on legitimate ground to function like God. A George can send tends a man and determine the day he will die. Only God is supposed to be able to do that. But the Jodge has the exclusive authority to do that. Allelujah. Now let me tell you this ladies and gentlemen in Christ and us believe us. Among the many endowments we receive when we come into Christ is the potential to receive power. And power is not generic. There are different aspects and different levels of power. But we go to ask chapter. One and verse eight. It says, but you shall receive power. Is the word dunamis the word power. There is an inherent ability that is capable of replication without depletion. You shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost has come upon you. That power will make you weaknesses unto me, validatos of my claim and force us of my will, reveal us of my glory. And then it says, you will do that in Jerusalem, Judaea, Samaria, and to the autumost part of the earth at chapter four and verse thirty three. And with great power gave the apostles. Witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them. Acts ten thirty eight. How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and. With power he went about doing good. And healing all day. That we're oppressed of the devil. How do you get power in the Kingdom? The power of the believer in the Kingdom is exclusively a product of your relationship with the Holy Spirit. My catchapter three and verse eight. But surely I am full of power by the Spirit Mica three eight. Surely I am full of power by the Spirit of the Lord. If you are empowered in the Kingdom. The Holy Spirit is the coustodian of the power of the god Head. It is impossible to manifest any godlike dimension of power outside of a functional relationship with God. Are we learning out now? There are three levels of power. The highest level of power comes as a result of a relationship. It is the highest level of spiritual power a man can demonstrate on earth, power that is derived through intimacy in the place of fellowship. You receive this deposit of defined. Power in incremental proportions. But there is a second level of power. This one does not necessarily require a relationship with God. You can have that power is the power of God that is embedded in laws and principles. You see that that does not depend on relationship. It is enhanced through relationship. But a nonbeliever can take advantage of the laws of the spirit, the loss of cause and effect, the laws of seed, time and harvest. The laws of diligence, the law of honor. You can practice those and get god like results even though you are not a child of God. It is this level of power that owned believers operate at and they get supernatural results supposedly. Then they mock God in the process and say, don't have a relationship with God, but I was wealthy. While you examine the laws they use, you find out that they are kingdom laws. They will not admit it. Are we learning? And then the third level of power has to do with covenant alignment is a dimension of power that is not derived from your personal spiritual efficiency. It's the product of your alignment with a grace that is in covenant with God. So you can come under the influence of a grace and have the privilege of experiencing certain levels of power, which is not necessarily a measure of your spiritual efficiency. This is where things like prophetic covering comes in. A man of God can intercede and you can find out that his people receive certain results even without getting into the conscious knowledge of the principles that should produce that result. An example is we see in the life of Lot and Abraham. Lot was not a wise man. His decision says so. Yet because of his covenant alignment, God called Abraham, and the Bible says a Lot went within. By the time we get to Genesis thirteen, we don't even know who got called and who followed, because all of them had. Almost equal blessings. But you see the moment Lot separated himself from Abraham, the first decision he made took him to Sodom. That means it was not his wealth and influence, was not a product of wisdom, It was covenant alignment. If you are Lot, make sure you don't fight Abraham. Are we learning now? But the summaries we need power. There are two reasons why we need power. Number one because there are dem monic forces that are determined to fight God's purposes over your life. And I pray for you that you believe it early. Don't allow life to have to teach you this. Jesus is not the fact that we are not alone. Demons are real. Let me just tell you the truth. If it does not come around you, life is still playing games with you. When Jesus was done fasting, the first person he met with demons Satan himself, not angels. Satan is moving around like a roaring lion. The probability you will come around your vicinities one hundred percent is a matter of time before he arrives. Make sure you know how to be sober, to be vigilant. Are we together? You know how to resist the devil. You know how to use the weapons. Like a wonderful choir sang the weapons of the blood, the word, the name, all the resources that have been given us to us in Christ, to word of the arsenals of darkness. Satan will kill anything he can kill in your life, relationship opportunities. There are some of you who are right now around inexplannable situations, situations that are not They don't reflect your character. You are a good person, but you receive the result of wicked people. There is a manipulation happening in the realm of the spirit where righteousness leads to pain. Satan has a hand in it, because righteousness should lead to justice to increase when you're loving, God. Always leads to people hating you. There is a. Spirit at work, and the Bible says, listen to me, ladies and gentlemen. It says, resist the devil and he will flee. You need power. Palm sixty six, verse three, Say onto God, how terrible are thewing thy works? It says, it is true the greatness of Thy power, that thy enemies will submit themselves onto you. Satan only understands the language of power. He will tear your children into pieces if you don't contend for power. He will destroy your marriage, He will wreck your testimony. He would your life. I tell you this. If there's anything you need to know about Satan, today's that is a stop born spirit. He will not only leave because God said he should go. It takes power to enforce that. In the name of Jesus Christ, let me speak over someone everything that should not be in your life, but has found this way around your life, mocking God, over your life, mocking your Christian testimony by the power that raised Christ from the dead. I believe God sent me here for you. I decree and declare the hand of Satan stands far from you, far from your destiny, far from your job, far from your health. In the name of Jesus, he said, once upon a time there was a man who had seeds. His seeds were wait. He went to saw it, but there was another farmer who was waiting until night. Satan is also a farmer. You are not the only one sowing seeds, he said. Well man slept, he came and sought sickness. You woke up in the morning and your body part began to pain you. I don't remember going to bed with this. Where did it come from? In two months? And now say you have cancer? In two months and now say you have whatever. I pray for you again. Every seed that has become a tree that was not planted by my father Nigerian customs, I pray for you. Let it be of rooted now, a rooted now, A rooted now, A rooted now, a rooted now, in the name of Jesus Christ. Every enchantment, every definition, every orchestration of darkness, thank up in the spirit that you will not end this year well, that you will die, or that you will bury your children. I come by the road of a higher two, and I decree and declare in the name of Jesus. Every assault is yep. I ended over your life, and that over your life, and that over your life, and that over your life in the name of Jesus. It takes power to prosper. It takes power to remain. The Bible says, if you turn aside in the day of battle, the diagnosis is that your strength some of you are tired. This, this savice has frustrated you. I came to minister strength. You can finish. You can finish. I tell you you can weary the devil, it says they that wait upon the Lord like you are doing now. They shout, renew your strength. Who am I speaking to? They will mount up with wings as the eagles. They will wrong, they will not be weary, They will walk and they will not strain. Saylf Tell me Father, I received power for the next season of my destiny. Open your mouth and craciously. I received power. I receive power. Shop Atta, I received power. Please pray. I receive power, the staying power. I received, power upon my life, power upon my life. Power to do my job well, power for signs and wonders, powers to advanced, power to retain, power to remain someone pray, power to raise my children, power to live long, go. Ahead and pray. Power to preserve my Christian testimony within the Nigerian custom service. Power to not be discouraged when Hell launches this attack at you, Power to grow, power to rise, power to en deal. Somebody is praying. One more minute hoes. Power to manage your job and your home, Power to manage your faith and your decisions. Power to navi, get the tide of politics, to navi, get the sentiments of men. In Jesus' name, we pray. I have five more minutes. I want us to pray, but the remaining two minutes please, I like you to be very serious. I know you are being stretched, but this is a worthy but gain. I can tell you there are defining moments in men's life. The gentlemen, the men of God who came to lead prayers. As they led us to, one of them said to pray that every expectation that you had today for coming here some of you, you see, let me tell you this. When you see meetings like this, it looks like it was organized by the ancesif, but it's actually an answer to a. Prayer for some of you. You've been praying and God say, how do I get this man to receive answers? And God created everything and brought you here. Now it's up to you to be careless or to be sensitive. Genesis twenty eight. Jacob was careless, and he paid for it with twenty years his insensitivity at loss, he went to the house of labor, so far a total of twenty years. By the time we get to Genesis starty two, he was wiser now. When God was coming again, he held him heself. I will not let you go. I now know the value of all day you till something drops. Don't wait until one year of pain comes back. Then by next year. This time you now say, ah, I now know how to maximize meetings. The Bible said, today's the day of salvation. It says, how shall we escape if we neglect? Negligence can make a man miss a chiros moment. You are the one who knows where the pain is. God has turned his job to orchestraate the meeting that gets you free, gets you healed, gets you delivered. Is up to you to plunge by faith and with hunger. Allelujah for the next one minute. I don't know what you want God to do in your life, but let me release my faith with you. Please open your mouth and pray before I speak over you. Please pray. If it's sickness in your body, why don't you raise your voice and pray? Lord? I will not die. That prospect diagnosis, that slump, that demonic verdict of darkness, barrenness on fruitfulness, that evil fail, that casting of darkness over me, that comment of shame, that spirit of heaviness and despair. Someone pray, someone, pray, someone, pray. You have just one. Minute for someone is over your finances. You need grace to make wiser decisions, no blood decisions. For someone is your child. You are okay by yourself, or you need messy for your children. They are following a path that is not of God, and they want to send you to your grave out of depression. Please lift your voice and cry to the one who answers prayer, the one who is the covenant keeping God. Yes, Lord, Yes, Lord, prayer. Extend that prayer. To the NCCF for the next twenty five years. Let that fire of the gospel, Let that fire of spiritual vibrancy not go down. From coordinator to coordinator, region to region, so on to so Allelujah, praise the name of the Lord, Allelujah. Before I speak over your life. Ending this session, please everyone, let me have your attention, whether you're in here outside, You cannot finish a meeting like this without giving someone an opportunity to make it right with Jesus. In an atmosphere like this, there are no assumptions whatsoever name of the Lord. I see a crowd of sincere people who came, some of you, right from very early in the morning, enduring the heat and during the inconvenience. Something beyond human will must be responsible for your remaining, your listening, your attention, and for some who are following, perhaps connected across the globe. It gives me joy every time as a minister to watch to see people come to Jesus. This is beyond religion. This is not an advocacy to be a fanatic. It's a call to a functional relationship. You may be around the things of God and not be a Christian. Truly, you may even be born by Christian family, have a great Christian heritage and not being christ I want to give two people in one a call, an opportunity to make it right with this Jesus. The Bible says, for. God so loved the world that includes you, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever I say a blessing for whosoever believes in him, there's a law that he should not perish but that it has life everlasting. You're in displace my brother and my sister, and. On hearing me speak, the Holy Ghost move through. The frailty of my words and began to speak to you about a need for a functional relationship. I want to give you this opportunity. I'm out of time. I'm going to make two calls in one for those who are in an apostle. If you will give me this opportunity, I am more than prepared to swallow my pride and come stand make it right with Jesus. Number two, those who are in an apostle. I remember making it right with Jesus one time, but as it stands right now, I cannot say I have a functional. Relationship with Jesus. I need to rededicate my life nothing to be ashamed of. One big family. I'm going to make a call one to five. I'm looking for the first sincere person. I don't need everyone, but I need someone who is sincere to swallow your pride this afternoon. This is a business between you and Jesus. I make my call now one to five. You're leaving your seat round quickly. One Let's celebrate them as they come. God bless you, and says Yef, Is this how you celebrate salvation? God bless you, God bless you, God bless you, God bless you. God bless you, sir, God bless you. Mar Thank you for the courage. Please give clapping. Let's encourage them. Takes a lot of courage. God bless you, My brother. I see people who are coming, determined to make it right with Jesus. God bless you. Three you are ashamed of coming. Perhaps let me encourage you. You can join them, apostle, I think, I say, but I'm not sure you can join them. You can find tonight the assurance of salvation. I'm counting two more counts and then we begin to pray for If you're following online, you can connect us. I lead them in prayer. One more count and I'm ready to pray. Is there someone coming? I see a sister who is coming. Listen your step and come. Let's keep clapping. Someone is coming. God bless you, God bless you, God bless you, God bless you. This is a destiny defining moment for you. God bless you. Thank you for coming. Allelujah. I want to say thank you to you, my dear brothers and sisters. This, like you may have heard me say, is that no blessed decision any man can make in de side of God's kingdom, a decision to be reconciled in experience to Jesus, nothing to be ashamed of. It's like calling you to receive an award, only that this is by fan nobler than any award or recognition you will ever have. Allelujah. I want to thank you. I'm going to lead you to pray this prayer, and please let me plead that you pray not as a recitation minute from the depth of your heart. I'm only guiding you. You are doing this onto Jesus. Just take me out of your mind and imagine Jesus standing here and as you prayed, you are praying to a real person. Say alf time in Lord Jesus, with your hands lifted your right hand just as a sign of surrender. Say Lord Jesus, I love you with all my heart. I believe you are the son of God. I believe you died for my sins. Tonight I have heard your word. I receive you into my heart as my savior, my Lord and my King. I believe you are the son of God. I believe because of you. From today I'm also a child of God. The power to leave the victorious life is mine from today and for the rest of my life. Amen, keep your hands lifted. Father, Thank you for these precious ones. You have called them to yourself. And I pray in the name of Jesus that the grace. That keeps will keep you. I call you the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus, and that from today you become bona fide recipients of his life. You live for Jesus all the day of your life. In Jesus' matchless name. We pray. Amen. Do we have counselors? Is there any provision for them? Is there any way for them to go? That's it right, okay, So please do me a favor. I just want you to look behind you to my left. That will be your right. There are counselor who will have a word and a prayer with you very quickly. Let's or know them as they go. Please do cooperate with them a quick word and then you are back to your seat. Allelujah, prays the name of the Lord. Can I speak over you now? In the name of Jesus. I pray by the power of the Holy Spirit. Every limitation over your life from January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September and now October, by the message of God and by the blood of Jesus, I command those limitations to give way. Now. I command those limitations to give way. Now. Every close door over your life and over your destiny. I speak to that door right now, be open. Everyone due for promotion. Here we professe I favor on you. May God locates you and promotes you. Anyone here are pointed onto death, whether for you or your children. That there is a conspiracy from hell to see that you'll be buried before this year is ended. We close the gates of the mouth of the grave. In the name of Jesus Christ, I call you blessed. In the name of Jesus, I call you favored. In the name of Jesus. I decree over the Nigerian Customs Christian Fellowship that if Christ tarries for the next twenty five years, let it be glory to glory, favor to favor, power to power. Increase to increase. Nobody will ever assume leadership who will bring this vision down. Nobody will ever assume leadership who will live your life compromise. May God himself select for himself and people who share him. May God himself selective people who will take this vision higher. In the name of Jesus, I use you as a point of contact, and we pray for Nigerian custom service, glory to glory, race to chrace. We pray for your leaders, We pray for your executives. In the name of Jesus Christ. You have honored me. May God honor you. I declare it is well with you. The Lord will wipe your tears. Weeping comes to one end. Favor rests upon you. In one month, God will do ten years what of miracles in your life. In the name of Jesus Christ, I declare the blessing upon you. In Jesus' mightea name, we pray again thank you for this opportunity. May the Lord increase you in Jesus preciously