THE POWER TO FUNCTION HOW SPIRITUAL POWER WORKS 2nd PETER 1;3

M hm poinonia a place and churches with the spot and transformation by the principles of that kind. Just acknowledge his majesty in our midst tonight. The Lord in the midst of his people is Mighty Father. We give you praise. It is all right to pray in the spirit in an atmosphere like this. She La Manto sabra paranto, Seattle Abama alta Sabran, Majesty, we worship you, lest it be the name of the Lord, from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same. Your name alone is to be praised. We give you praise. We give you praise. Someone praise him, thank him, he says, Bless the Lord, oh my soul, and all that is within me. Bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, oh my soul. Forget not his benefits. In Jesus' name, we pray. Now, lift your hands and cry for and encounter tonight asks the Lord to give you a life transforming encounter. The Bible says, ye have not because you ask not. So go ahead and ask and asking faith, believing that you will not withhold any good thing from you. If someone asking what things soever ye desire, it says, when ye pray, believe that thou receivest them, and thou shalt have them onto you, That answers Presshall, all flesh come. You have not called the seed of Jacob to seek you in vain. Give us life transforming encounters tonight through the airwaves, to our family connected online across the globe, and to us who are here on site. Our hearts are open, our spirit receptive, attentive to your word for a making for horizon. All powerful, all gloryus. There's nothing like the name of Jeeesus, all powerful, all glorys. There's nothing like your name, all powerful, all glory. There's nothing like the name Jeezus, all palerful, how glorys. There's nothing like your name. How powerful, all glowys. There's nothing like the name Geezus, paperful. Pow. There's noting like Lord. We receive understanding tonight, Oh God. We receive encounters, we receive wisdom, we receive impartitions, we receive direction, We receive strength from Heaven. To you be all the glory four inch Jesus much less name. We pray blessings to everyone. Give Jesus a handclap, and then please you may be seated, so always good to have us in the House of God. Thank you very much for your sacrifice. It is for your profit in every time He comes, he comes for our sake. Amen and Amen and amen. The Lord bless you in Jesus' name. Ali Lujah. While sitting, I'm going to lead us to pray a prayer that I've been praying for myself, I think for the last maybe two months or so. And every time we have the opportunity to pray with the workers, we take the time to pray. And it's a very simple prayer but then very very profound that God will cause you're knowing him, you're loving him, and you're serving Him to produce evidence in your lif life. It's a very simple but powerful prayer. Allelujah. We serve the Lord beyond results, We serve the Lord beyond things. But I can tell you this, based on the authority of God's word, your faith is strengthened, your testimony is established in the world of men to the degree to which you experience consolations of His goodness as a result of knowing Him, as a result of loving him, and as a result of serving him. So are you ready to pray whilst you are seated. You're going to pray that prayer self. Tell me as loud as you can, say, Father, like you believer as a father, Let there be evidence in my life. Let there be a testimony for my knowing you, for my loving you, and for my serving you. Lift up your voices and pray. In one minute, someone go head and pray. Chlina Macassobran digue la cociata. Let there be a testimony. Someone who is hungry to see the power of God in your life, someone who is hungry to have an evidence and attestation to the fact that you have met him. Pray. Let this be with every sense of seriousness. In Jesus' name. We pray. In Jesus's name, we pray, still praying. P. Eighty six and verse seventeen amplified. Please some eighty six and verse seventeen amplified. Everyone, Please, let's read together. Ready, one to go, show me a sign of your evidence, goodwill and favor, that those who hate me may see it and be put to shame. Because you, Lord will show your approval of me when you help and comfort me. You will show your approval of me when you help and comfort me. Now. Let's read it from KJV KJV. Want to go show me a token for good. That day which hate me may see it and be ashamed because Thou Lord has opened me and comforted me. Lift up your voice and pray again. Father, give me an evidence, a token of your blessings, a token of your lifting. Let there be something undeniable, something on mistakable upon my life, given by God, as an evidence to the world of men that it pays to know Jesus, that it pays to serve Jesus, that it pays to love Jesus, that it pays to live for Jesus. Someone is praying from heaven. Let grace come upon my life from heaven. Let wisdom come upon my life. Let you be a manifestation of your goodness upon my life. Let it be clear before the world of men that you have showed me mersy. Let it be clear before the world of men that those who come to you and walk in your ways are never put in shame and never left in shame. Someone go ahead and pray for one minute in this season. I don't know about other seasons past, but in this season I place it demand upon your goodness. I place it demand upon your mercy. I place it, demand upon your fatherhood. I place it, demand upon your goodness, as God reveal your goodness in my life. In Jesus' mighty name, we pray. Let me assure you already that in this world of men, results matter. Do not let anyone trivialize the place and the role of consistent, word inspired results in the life of a believer. Results can make an own believer become a believer. And if you doubt it, asks the madman in Gadara. If you doubt it, asks the woman at the well. Results can cause a man to be converted to the saving knowledge of Jesus. Results can cause a whole nation to repent, a whole nation to repent. Results cause he thenistic kings in the Bible, like nebukat Nezza in Daniel chapter three, from verse twenty four down to thirty to pass a decree, a political governmental decree that anyone who speaks against the God of Shadrak Meshack and a bet negal, that that person will be a cost and put to death. His family will be made a dung heal because there is none who can deliver after this sort results. Results when God places his hand upon a man's life. When God places his hand upon an organization, upon a family, upon a business, Allelujah. I recall I think it was a woman in Zarifaz, one of these women, when her son came back to life. She told the prophet. She said, now I know, regardless what he did, regardless his turtles, he was not convincing enough. I'm praying for you already that in this season, perhaps for someone this month. Mey, my God, he will make a statement. He will write something upon your life. It will be evident to the nations in the name of Jesus that He is with you and prophets sign over some and my God, I don't know about your God, but my God will. Make a statement with your life. It will be clear, beyond doubt, clear beyond argument, that God has decided to place on upon your life. You believe that, Shout Amen, Allelujah. The next thing I want to talk about quickly before we get to the teaching place we see there tonight, is to bring a word on gratitude. Gratitude. Gratitude is very important. The Holy Spirit quickened this in my spirit while I prayed for tonight's meeting to emphasize again the need to be grateful. You know, sometimes when we live in certain levels of results consistently, we trivialize them. Number one, we forget that they came from God, and we forget that He has the power to redraw them whilst. You see, the human spirit was designed such that when you experience a level of possibility, first you are grateful, then you get accustomed to that reality, and then you forget. So it's not an intentional thing for men to remember. They have to train and engineer their mind to always bring to bear the goodness of God. I give you an instance, someone who does not have a job. It's easy to release your faith expecting and when you have that job, particularly if it's an honorable one, the first few, maybe weeks, months, or even years, your heart is ever conscious of the goodness of God. You still remember, but over time you get used to the realities, the blessings, the possibilities that come with that new realm, that new dimension of living, and chances are excellent that in the state of that abundance and rest, you can forget number one, that without God there's no sustainability to that blessing, and that number two it is in your being grateful that you that blessing to remain and to multiply. It says, let the people praise Him, and then the earth shall yield her increase. And God, even our God will bless us, he says, Our God will bless us, and all the nations will fear him. Allelujah. And so it's important for us to know that this is how it works in the Kingdom. If you don't lay to heart to give God thanks, and you get used to the fact that at your beck and call certain possibilities that may be the prayer points of many, I hope you realize that at every point in your life, your reality is someone's desire. At every point in your life, you have a house, you are trusting God for a car. Someone's prayer is to have a house for someone. You don't have a house, but you are healthy. Someone else will give up his house to receive your health. At every point in your life, I'm telling you not to compare. You can be sure you are not the worst of anyone at all. It is only because you are looking from the lens of another person's problem, or another person's possibility, or another person's privilege. It's easy to see. The advantage that is in someone else's life and forget that there's a plethora of others at work in you, for instance, health. While someone is laboring not having sleep. You even have the power to sleep, and you fight it. For someone with drugs and with whatever, sleeping in a palace is a problem. You are not even able to sleep. It's a miracle if they have sleep for two hours. So it's important for us to be grateful. We bless your name, sing your praisis forever, and forget not your bad feeds. I will not forget Lord, your banner feeds. I will not forget Lo your baner fe is. How can I forget Lord, your paraffin. I will never forget Lord. So lay to her to give God thanks. Don't just prepare to do it in church alone. Let it be your lifestyle. When you get up in the morning, thank you Jesus, not Lord. When are you going to answer me? That's a thoughtless believers prayer. When you grow to maturity, one of the evidences is that you will remain ever grateful, ever thankful, ever thoughtful. You lay to her to give God praise for every single thing, regardless how great or regardless how casual it is, someone shout from the depth of your heart, say thank you Jesus one more time, say thank you Jesus, Amen and Amen, Welcome to church again. It's a good thing to be in the house of God, particularly a house like this, because your appearance every time is a declaration of your commitment to continue your work with God until you are. Made, until you are built, until you are furnished. Tonight, the Lord is going to help us mightily, and as always it's my assignment to work in partnership with the Spirit of God to make sure that the teachings that come here are number one, spirit inspired. Number two are word derived, word based. Number three are intelligently communicated. They are life applicable, such that whoever hears and receives will number one be edified by it, but number two will be empowered to work in keeping with the truths and the principles communicated for your profiting. I remind you again that the goal behind the teaching ministry in this ministry is to produce a people who are enlightened, but beyond being enlightened. That it will begin from enlightenment and it will culminate in your being victorious and working in dominion a week clear on that it's important for you to know that we're not the kind who become and remain ever learning, but never coming onto the knowledge of the truth. So it begins with enlightenment, and that by the world of God in partnership with the Holy Spirit. But the end of every journey, every teaching, including that which you hear and learn today, is to produce a people who are victorious, holistically victorious, and then people who work in the experience of dominion. If I just described you shout a loud believing amen. And it's quite an interesting subject that will be looking at tonight. It's one that has ministered deeply to me. It's one that by the messages of God, I have studied a beat on and I have seen the value of my knowledge on this wise and on this subject is helped to produce efficiency in my life as a person, as a man of God. It's been at the back of driving God's vision in this ministry, and it's responsible for things walking. And so I'm praying tonight, particularly if you're a minister of the Gospel, I beseech you, by the mercies of God, you will want to understand what I'm teaching tonight, and more importantly, there is an aspect of it that is my emphasis tonight. And I'm praying and hoping in Jesus' name that as you listen, you will learn in Jesus' much less name, we pray I'm teaching tonight on the power to function, the power to function. I want to show you how spiritual power works, how spiritual power works. This I believe in understanding the subject of power. This has been the missing link. Through the years. We have done a great job in helping the Body of Christ and the body of believers understand how power comes. We understand fairly enough the dynamics for accessing spiritual power, and for many you have even gone further to learn how power multiplies. But not many people understand the modus operandi of power spiritual power. Not many people understand how spiritual power was designed to work. So you can find believers who receive importations, they fall down their shout. In every Pentecostal charismatic circle, an average of one person shouts or falls on that they're anointing at least per service, and sometimes sadly does not translate into a life of potency and power, and I'll be showing you tonight the missing link. Most believers, and especially those who are calling to the work of the ministry, regardless the sincerity of your hearts. Many times in keeping with the rules they've been taught as regards the arrival of spiritual power, but they have not so learned the dynamics of walking out spiritual power so that it becomes evident in their lives. And praying in the name of Jesus that God will open our eyes. Are you ready for tonight? Praying the spirit for one minute again to prepare the soil of your heart as you receive this most treasured revelation tonight, and praying that it will really, really help every single one of us who are excending the spirit, and that this becomes a token of God's love and messy to the body of Christ that will help us all together as we rise to attain that unity of faith of that perfect Man, the fullness of the stature of the measure of Christ. We're praying now one minute. My heart is open, O God, minister to me in the name of Jesus. We pray, Amen and Amen. Second pe touch Chapter one, Please we'll read verse two and three. Second Peter, Chapter one, a text for tonight. Apostle Peter opens up this portion of scripture by saying, grace and peace be multiplied onto you. So he's talking about grace and peace. Then he says, through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. The verse of emphasis noun is verse three. It says, according as his divine power, very profound expression, According as his divine power hath given onto us. How many things, all things, even the things that pertain on life, and the things that pertain onto godliness. So we'll post there, and that's really the emphasis. So the Bible tells us three things here in one and one verse number one, that all things have been given onto us. Number two, he shows us that these all things are broken into two compartments, that there are all things that pertain onto life and all things that pertain onto godliness. Are we're learning already. And then number three that these all things are made available and made possible to the believer as coding us is divine power. That means the depth, the degree to which is divine power is made available in your life to your life. That is the degree to which you'll be able to access in experience all things that pertain to life and all things that pertain to Godliness. So very quickly, let me simplify these statement so that I guide our understanding, you know, so that we have a unified understanding as we begin to build. Number one, there are things that pertain onto Godliness. These are matters that deal with your overall spiritual health and progress. An example, your knowledge of the world an example, the strength of your prayer, life, your consecration, your work with God, everything that makes for your spiritual health, your spiritual progress, your spiritual efficiency. They are called the things that pertain onto Godliness. Who understands this? So when you are teaching on matters of faith, matters of prayer, matters of spirituality, the understanding of the world, all of these together, they come on that the group called the things that pertain onto Godliness. To the degree to which you are efficient in these subjects. As I mentioned, now, that is a degree to which we will say you are godly or you are spiritual. But then the Bible says there are things that pertain onto life. That means these things refer to all of the things that must be present in your life to be efficient and effective as a person as far as your sojourn on earth is concerned. An example, things like finances, things like the welfare the wellbeing of your family are we together. These are the things that pertain onto life. And so the Bible tells us that the power of God is so vast it is able to attend to the things that pertain onto Godliness and the things that pertain onto life, meaning that you don't have to choose to focus on the things that pertain onto Godliness and leave the things that pertain onto life deficient, or focus on the things that pertain onto life and leave the things that pertain onto Godliness deficient. The power of God caters. For everything away together, and that if you are excelling spiritually and failing in every other aspect of your life, the power of God is not to blame, because in the economy of spiritual power, it was designed to attend to every area of your life to solve the matters that deal with your spiritual life as much as the matters that deal with your everyday life. Who is learning so far? So you will find already from this preamble that I gave that there are two kinds of believers. They are those who pressed to see the world of God or to see results. As far as the matters to life are concerned. You want to pay your children's school is effectively without stress. You hope that one day, as a young man you grow to be able to build your house. These are things that pertain onto life. Matters of bread, matters of water, matters of relevance. You want to get a job, you want to grow, you want to support a family, and so on and so forth. These things do not necessarily have any eternal value per se. But there are things that make your sojourn upon the earth effective. And God, God as Father, is thoughtful and benevolent enough to allow his power to attend to those matters two away together. And then, on the other hand, there are people who focus on their spiritual lives and forget to cater for the things that attend onto their everyday life. So you have them praying tongues. Their consecration is fine, they love God, they attend church, they're serving church. But their children cannot go to good schools, they cannot live a descent life away together. If you learn God through the lens of their everyday living you will not like the God you learn from that testimony. The only consolation to their lives is that they fear God in truth. They will not compromise their righteous people. But their failures, they are broke, their mediocres. Everything low is their portion when it has to do with living upon the earth. And I'm telling you already from this teaching that his divine power, the economy of God's power, was designed to attend to all things that pertain onto life. Life and the things that pertain onto godliness. Is this deliverance for someone already, so that immediately your heart is open to receive and embrace all that the power of God can deliver unto you. If you're ready to receive, shout, I receive all right, then haven't laid that foundation. Let's look at a few things now. I want to make a very emphatic statement that the believer in Christ cannot leave the fullness of the life or a life of victory dominion without power. The believer in Christ cannot leave the fullness of a life of victory and dominion without power. The Bible is very clear, without any shadow of doubt as to the fact that spiritual power is and remains a vital component, a vital component in the believers manifesting the fullness of God's life. In fact, I doubt if there is any book of the Bible where you do not find an expression of spiritual power of some sort. From Genesis to Revelation, regardless book of the Bible, and regardless what story, you will find expressions that couldnote power or show the value of power in building society, in bringing deliverance to men away together, in helping to unravel heart sayings and heart puzzles, and so on and so forth. The entire discourse of redemption, from start to finish, was a business of power. The arrival of Jesus, the incarnation. You find that in Luke chapter one, thirty four and thirty five. Mary is talking with Gabriel the Angel, and he said, how shall these things be? Seeing that I know not a man. In verse thirty five, the angel said, on to how the holy goals shall come upon you? And the power? We see power now playing a role even in the arrival of Jesus. How about his earth work? The Bible says, what manner of man is this? That even the winds and the waves of bayhim everybody knew that he was a man of power. Nicodemos confessing in John chapter three and verse one, he comes to him and he says, Rabbi, we know that thou at a teacher, come from God. He says, for no man can do these miracles which thou dost, except God be with him. And in many instances Jesus demonstrated his power. For instance, the first recorded miracle in the Gospels, according to John's synoptic account, is found in John chapter two. When you read from verse one to ten, the wedding, the multiplication or the miracle of water turning to wine in kena of Galilee, and the Bible says in verse ten it says, this beginning of miracles of verse eleven. Now did Jesus in the presence of his disciples and manifested forth his glory, and the disciples believed on him. So his entire earth work, from healing the sick, rescuing the demonic, multiplying bread, it was a business of power down to his death. It was by the power of the Holy Ghost. The Bible says, if that same spirit that raised Christ from the dead dwells in your mortal body, he will revitalize your mortal body. Paul now was giving us a spiritual perspective as to the resurrection of Christ, and he said it did not just happen. There was an energy, a dimension of power that was exacted that brought Jesus from Hades to the earth and enthroned him. In efficients Chapter one and verse nineteen, among the many things he prayed that wild get to know was the exceeding greatness of his power to us, what would believe according to the working of his mighty power Verse twenty, verse twenty, which he wrote in Christ when he raised him from the dead. So Jesus did not just rise from the dead because he was the son of God. It took power. The Bible says, he was declared to be the son of God with power even by the spirit of holiness. The apostles, as they walked and lived their lives, it took power to give weakness, to bring validation to the fact that Jesus was already alive. It took power as for that a tree with great power gave the apostles weakness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all living victory dominion excellence is the business of power. And to the one who does not understand this concept and then does not understand the dynamics having a working knowledge of how spiritual power works, you may never be able to walk into the experience of victory. And I'm praying for you tonight that as you learn in the name of Jesus, may there be a transition in the spirit that you will move from the believer who is powerless to one who is full of power. The unfortunate thing about the subject of power is that we have carried a charismatic quote and one upon power. So if I am to animate power or personify power, I will describe power akin to a boxer carrying a quote that was given to him by the charismatic understanding of it. So the moment we talk about power, what comes to the average person is the ability to speak with a hosty voice with all kinds of spiritual rhetorics and people falling left, right and center. And if you have an individual who does not operate toass you believe that he's not carrying power. But it's a very limited understanding. As you'll be learning tonight, there are many people who need power, who do not know they need power because they've not been taught how far power is needed as manifesting victories concern. May the Lord open our eyes in the name of Jesus Christ, hallelujah, very quickly. Lets define power. I wouldn't take for granted that we have an understanding of this, even though this is no new subject and its definition is not new to us in this house. But for the purpose of what we're dealing with tonight, it behooves us to define power again so that we have a unified understanding. Let's define power. Number one. Power is defined as the capacity to influence outcomes. We're defining power from a spiritual standpoint. From a biblical standpoint. Physics has its definition of power and science generally and they all relate. But now we're giving it a spiritual context. That number one power is defined as the capacity to influence outcomes. Please write that down to the degree to which you sustain the wherewiout to influence outcomes, any kind of outcome, spiritual outcomes, economic outcomes. That is the degree to which you are powerful. Ready for the next definition. Power furthermore, is defined as the force that come compels compliance. These are my definitions. And it's consistent with God's idea. The force that compels compliance. Please be sure to write this, the force that compels compliance. I'll give you a third definition. Power is defined as the capacity to create and sustain a thing or a process. The capacity to create and sustain a thing or a process, it is called power, the capacity to create, to birth, and then to sustain anything or any process. Three definitions quick recap again. Number one, power defined as the capacity to influence outcomes, say amen, if you have that down. Number two power defined as the force that compels comply, hallelujah. Number three power defines as a what the capacity to create and sustain anything or any process. Hallelujah. The first manifestation of power by these definitions is found in Genesis chapter one. The Bible says, in the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Verse two says, and the earth was without form, It was void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God moved or hovered around the face of the waters. Now you see the definition of power. And God said he used words to speak, And God said the literal Hebrew rendition is and the talking spirit said, light be, and there was. And verse four, the Bible says, the light he commanded to reappear. He saw that it was good, and it divided the light from the darkness. The ability to divide light from darkness is real power. Did you hear what I said the ability to divide I didn't say the ability to drive darkness. The Bible didn't say he drove darkness. He literally divided light from darkness. Someone learning three scriptures to potress on power. First Chronicles twenty nine and verse eleven, very powerful scripture, made minister to you like he's done to me. Thine, Old Lord, is the greatness, it says, and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty. For all that is in the heavens and in the earth is dying, and dye is the kingdom or Lord, and Thou at exalted above it all. In fact, let's push to verse twelve. Then it says, both riches and honor come. From you and your reign over all. And it is in your power and might, and it is in your hand to make great and to give strength to all. Second Scripture Ephesian Chapter one. We read that earlier on verse eighteen, and nineteen. This is Paul praying that the eyes of our understanding being enlightened, that we may know one the hope of his calling and the riches of the glory of the inheritance of the saints. Number three, and to know the exceeding greatness of his power. I like this. It's not called power, It's called his power. It belongs to him. It is to us word, but it comes from him and belongs to him according to the working of his mighty power. Why do we need spiritual power? Very quickly? Why do we need spiritual power? A businessman should hear and learn this right now. A politician should hear and learn this now. A man of God should hear and learn this now. A family person, a career person should hear and learned this now. That power is not limited. Spiritual power, in fact, is not limited to those who are in ministry. Anyone desiring to live the victorious life, anyone desiring to frontier the program of God must need power. But let me arrange it for you. Now, why do we need spiritual power? Two reasons? Very quickly, keep this and never forget. Number one, to sob due the forces of darkness, and on favorable conditions that fight against our destinies and our peace. Or take it slowly, so long read, but please write. The first reason why all believers need spiritual power is number one, to sob due the forces of darkness and on favorable conditions. Are you saying that now that power attends to both spirits and conditions, not just spirit entities alone. To sob due the forces of darkness and on favorable conditions that fight against our destinies and fight against our peace. The first reason why you and I need power. For as long as we're alive, and for as long as we continue to sojourn in this faith work, this will be one of the reasons why we need power to subdue the forces of darkness and unfavorable conditions that fight against our destinies and our peace. Some sixty six and verse three. Some sixty six and verse three say onto God, popular scripture, how terrible art thou in thy works? It says, through the greatness of Thy power, shall thine enemies submit themselves unto you. I've told you that Satan as well as all on clean spirits as stobboronn spirits. The Bible shows us that Satan is a stobborn spirit, and every on clean spirit is a stouborn spirit. They will not just leave because there was already a verdict over them. To the advantage of the believer, they're exiting. Your life be enforced, and power is that which brings that enforcing. Are we together? So the first reason why we need power again is to subdue the forces of darkness and unfavorable conditions that fight against our destinies and fight against our peace. Reason number two, why do we need spiritual power? To fulfill our God ordained assignments to fulfill our God ordained assignments and advance God's. Program upon the earth. To fulfill our God ordained assignments and advance God's program upon the earth. Second reason to fulfill our God ordained assignments and advance God's program upon the earth ASTs Chapter ten and verse thirty eight. How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost with power, and he went about about his assignment doing good, healing all day. That we're oppressed of the devil. You go about doing business without power, it will not work. You go about raising a family without power, it will not work. You go about touring, this will be devil world. Without power, it will not work. It doesn't just take prophecy to fulfill your assignment. It doesn't just take the awareness of your divine job description to succeed. It takes power. Someone shot power the devil did not hear you say power. Let me admit to you, as I've done here at least once, twice, or even three times, that skill and human abilities can only take us so far. Don't wait until you fairly enough to lend this. Lend it early. Skill and human abilities can only take us so far. The Bible is full of people who skill failed in the presence of real life situations. Our world today is full of experts, professionals across several fields, intelligent people, people who have stretched their intellect from border to border with no attesting results to justify that intelligence. Whilst skill and intelligence should never be downplayed, I can tell you that in a world whose root is from the realm of the Spirit, you will need more than skill and intelligence to work in dominion. Do you believe this? Hallelujah? Is it not in your Bible that accept the Lord beauty house? How many of you know that laziness cannot build a house. Instead accept the Lord beauilty house. They labor in vain. The one who labels already is out of the realm of laziness. But the Bible says he can steal labor in vain. There is such a description of a man's productive state as laboring in vain, and it says accept. The Lord watches over a city. The city the watchman work out, but in vain too. It says it is vain to wake up early in the morning and to sit up late in the night. This looks to me like a very diligent man. I don't find anything that represents laziness in this story. But the Bible says he eats the bread of sorrow. This is what happens when the frail efforts of man is exaggerated and exalted above the advantage of spirit power. Are we learning now? Prays the name of the Lord. So skill and human abilities are important, but can only take us so far. Second reason, one last time. We need spiritual power to fulfill our god ordained assignment and to advance the program of God upon the earth. Now very quickly. There are keys to accessing and utilizing spiritual power to its fullest. This is where our discussion begins. There are keys to accessing and utilizing spiritual power to its fullest. Every time God gives to men, as revealed in the Manifesto of Jesus, he gives to its fullest abundant life. For instance, Amplified says he gives it to its fullest. There are keys to accessing and utilizing spiritual power to its fullest, meaning that just because it is God's idea and it's for profiting to have and work in spiritual power, it does not automatically mean listen, please lend me your attention. It doesn't mean that because it is the will of God for you and I to work in spiritual power, that it automatically means we will work in power away together. You can be saved genuinely saved. It gives you access, but it doesn't necessarily translate to experience. Your initial salvation experience gives you access, but it does not automatical li translates to experience. So you can have a believer who is saved genuinely born again, and the only thing about the person's life that makes you know or think he is saved is that you witnessed him as he came to the altar. Nothing else in his life shows the victory and the profit of knowing and serving the Lord. There are keys for accessing and utilizing power to its fullest. There are three of them. I'll give it to you, and this will be the core of our discussion. Number one, the first key you desire to access and then to utilize spiritual power to its fullness. Are you ready? Number one? You must identify and connect to the source of all power. You must identify and connect to the source of all power in your quest to access and to utilize spiritual power. Your journey is a failed one already. If you do not identify and connect to the true source of power. Let me have your attention. Please look up In Luk chapter ten and verse nineteen, Jesus made a very profound statement. He said, behold, I give on to you power. Talk to me, ladies and gentlemen, who gives power? In this case, God represented, I give on to you power to thread upon serpents, copyons. And then he says, over all the power. So Satan has power, and I hope I have the time to explain to you how that came about. Satan has power. He has capacity to influence outcomes, adds Jeaness and Jambers. Ask those who are occulties they manipulate spiritual laws, and let me digress for a moment to help us understand this now, in discussing the power of God. Classically speaking, there are three levels. God's taught his power at three levels. The highest level for accessing spiritual power is through intimacy with God. That's the highest level. The highest dimension of spiritual power that can come into a believer's life is accessed through intimacy. Are we learning already? Number two? The second level of spiritual power is access through the understanding and adherence to laws, not just spiritual laws, laws and principles. Generally, there is a dimension of the deposit of God's power that is in laws, the law of gravity, the law of aerodynamics, the love of see, time and harvest. And this dimension of God's power does not depend on knowing Him, It does not depend on acknowledging his lordship. It is purely a product of understanding. Are we together an application? Who is learning? Now? So the next time you say why are people prospering without God? It is because they have mastered how to tear into this second layer of God's power. It is not a relationship dependent. It's not the highest level of power. But if you ever see produce, it's because the power of God is behind it. This is also the realm that occulties and all kinds of people. They manipulate these laws Joe thirty eight thirty three NIV NLT. Do you know the laws of the universe or do you know the laws of the heavens? It says, canst thou establish God's dominion? NLT says, do you know the laws of the universe? Can you use them to regulate the earth? How do you regulate the earth by using the laws? Today? There are many in many in many developed nations. Did you know that science has turned scientists literally into rain makers. They can control climate and weather and it's not superstition. There is intelligence to it. Your physics has gone so far as to be to predict weather conditions with precision and accuracy. How about agricultural hydroponics? Today you are able to grow plans with precision. You can calculate how long a yield can be on an acre of land with digital godlike precision. This is the power of spiritual laws. Mechanized farming is striving today. Upon the knowledge of these aerodynamics, I can live here right now to London and be sure that all things been equaled. In six hours, mark six hours, thirty minutes, I'm landing at Heathrow or whichever airport are we together. You can know that with precision, I can leave Abuja and know that in fifteen minutes I'm landing Legos. Can you imagine that precision the power of laws. So the next time someone tells you you don't need God to succeed, m he's not wrong, but they have to be wise because success is defined by different parameters. Good Socks says, starts with a relationship with God. But I'm telling you for sure you can ignore the highest level of power that comes through intimacy. I'll give you an instance. Those who consult native doctors. They don't know the name of the native dot torm. The native doctor does not say, okay, hello ladies and gentlemen, I know you are here to receive power. Just to let you know that my name is Native dotor XYZ. You don't need He doesn't need to know your name. You don't need to know his name. Just move backwards, enter the shrine, sit down. He will tell you whatever. If he's a chicken to bring, if it's a go to a foul or whatever, it is according to the weight of what you want done. And once you are done, pay him his money. The agent that brought you gets is court and everybody goes in peace. It's as simple as that. Oh, yes, as simple as that. That's how it works. Praise God at the end of it. The person who helped you, you don't know his name. You can't even remember where you went. You just know that you were your way through a forest and finally arrive somewhere. But when you work with God, he demands. That he starts with a relationship, and the power you'll get the highest level, is derived from that relationship. Are you seeing the difference? Now? Praise God. But let me finish my digression so that we'll go back to a discussion number one. The highest level of spiritual power, I said, is access through intimacy that I may know him and the power that I may know him, and the power. You know him first, then you know his power. Are we together that I may know him and the power that I may know him Philippians three ten. And the power when it has. To do with that level of power. You know him first, then you know the power that comes from him. The second level of power, said, is hidden in laws and principles, both spiritual laws and physical laws. Whether you are a terrorist, whether you are. An evil man. If you firm on a fertile soil, you will get a bomper harvest. If it does not happen, then demon spirits affect editor we together, but under normal scientific conditions it should yield. That's the reason why a born again tongue talking believer can hop into an aircraft and have an unbeliever another one may be another faith practitioner may not even be a Christian, and the person can be vocal. You know that it's a professional pilot, but he does not serve God. He can even be insulting God. From the start of the journey until you arrive and you who is tongue talking, you sit down behind. You have Jesus Christ. But you can't fly that plane except if it's a gift that is given to you. And unfortunately, the loss of science will not even allow you to experiment that thing. Just see quietly and then you arrive. How are we letting now? Now? The third level of power. The third level of power comes through covenant alignment. You don't need to know God, you don't need to. Understand the laws of the kingdom, but you can become a beneficiary of the spiritual atmosphere of one who understands that law and is engaging it. An example of such we see is lots prospering. You see that Lord's prosperity had nothing to do with wisdom. Classically speaking, wealth is connected to wisdom. But we don't find Lot behaving as a wise man. He only followed Abraham. But everything Abraham had Lot had, and when they separated, the first decision Lot made landed him in Solomon Goomurra. There are certain possibilities that happen to men. I am telling you this. It's not a proof of their spiritual health. It's not even a proof of their consecration, not their obedience. They are fortunate to come under a spiritual climate. Either a church they're part of or a man of God who's covenant with God can speak for them. You will find them manifesting possibilities, and the spiritual lives cannot defend. It is the reason why you cannot use results alone to test spirituality, because someone can be enjoying possibilities that is not a product of his prayer life. It's not a product of his firsting. He is a beneficiary of a man's intercession. He's a beneficiary of a man's giving. Is there any man in the house of Saul that I may show kindness Fortan's sake? So if you are jonah Tan, you will find things working like this for you. There are many, many people even in today's world. Have you seen lawless children who are rich anyway con see their parents? They break every rule you are studdying to learn, and they goes caught free. It's not their fault. Are we together? The third level? So back to our discussion. There are keys to accessing and utilizing the power of God God to its fullest spiritual power. Now number one I said, you must identify and connect to the source of all power, the source of all power, Psalm sixty two and verse eleven. Never forget this, believer, never forget this child of God. God has spoken once and twice I have heard that power belongs to God. Can you shout this for your mind to receive it? Say power belongs to God? One more time, say power belongs to God. Any kind of spiritual power and any expression of spiritual power. I can tell you this, never credit Satan with inventing any power. Satan has had to depend on the power that is already available, and he manipulates it and uses it for his own purpose away together. So when you see Satan at invincible as if he has that power, whether it is profit, power by divination, whether it's whatever it is, I want you to know that he's only tapping into possibilities that are available to all men by reason of spiritual laws. Allelujah prays the name of the Lord. So that's number one. Number two, very quickly, let's go what is the second key to accessing and utilizing spiritual power to its fullest? And this is where I'm going to dwell. I'm going to dwell here for the major part of our discussion tonight. You must understand the various kinds and expressions of spiritual power, alongside a working knowledge on how they operate. Again, a long statement, but I'll take it slowly. The second key to accessing and utilizing spiritual power to its fullest, you must understand the various kinds and the various expressions of spiritual power. Let me stop there to allow you get there. I want you to write this down. You must understand the various kinds and expressions of spiritual power alongside a working knowledge on how they operate. You must understand the various kinds and the various expressions of spiritual power alongside a working knowledge on how they operate. Please look up, lend me your attention at the risk of sounding proud, and forgive me if you feel so. Let me tell you, ladies and gentlemen, this is the missing link in our understanding the theology of spiritual power. By the messages of God, I can tell you that this is an area where we have experienced the hand of God. So I'm not just speaking because I read it or because the Holy Spirit. Impressed me to teach it. By the grace of God, I can tell you with confidence that I know a bit as to the working dynamics of the power of God. And it is from the standpoint that advantage position all beings by His messy that I want to teach you now. And please lend me your wrapped, undivided attention and trust what you are hearing it will produce one that working results in your life. You believe that, say amen. So we said that the first key is to know and connect to the source of all power, being God, God, the God of the Bible, God Almighty, and Jesus Christ his Son. But the second is humors, understand the various kinds and the various expressions of spiritual power. Lend me your attention. Now, do you know, to the average believer when you mention power, all they think about is demons and the capacity to expel them out of a life and perhaps healing, and that's the end of it. But I'm going to be showing you that if that is the only scope as first your understanding power is concerned, then you may never be able to manifest kingdom power as God intended. For the purpose of our discussion, I'm going to be teaching you five expressions of spiritual power. Five there are five expressions of spiritual power, same Holy Ghost, same power. But like science teaches on energy and power, it can manifest itself through five expressions and each of them has a unique dynamics for releasing them. And if you do not know, you will be surprised that you'll only be operating in one expression. And then the rest do not work in your life. If someone learning praise the name of the Lord five expressions praying the spirit in one minute. Thank you Jesus' light is coming, Thank you Jesus. Knowledge is coming, Thank you Jesus. Someone is ascending. Finally, you are getting a hold of how the power of God walks. Blessed. See who comes in the name of a God. Blessed is he who comes in the name of Blessed See who comes in. The name of Allelujah. Number one, So the power of God already I'm sure you've already picked this as an idea that the power of God does not work generically. No, there are expressions to it, and every expression has a boundary as to how it functions. When you receive spiritual power, you don't just say I am powerful. You will be surprised how much level of ignorance is in believers as far as the subject of power is concerned. So let's look at it quickly. Number one. The first expression of spiritual power is called the power to become. Write it down, please, the power to become. This is the first expression of spiritual power. This expression of God's power is responsible for growth, for change and transformation. The power to become. Write it down, please. It is responsible for growth, for change, and for transformation. Genesis chapter one, three and four. We already read that. And God said light d So when there was darkness, the dimension or the expression of power that was released here away together. There was no need for healing, there was no need for whatever. What was needed was change and transformation. And he said light be, and there was, and he saw that it had changed to become good. The power to become is the expression of God's power that is responsible for growth, for change, and for transformation. John one twelve, John one twelfth. Can you play the strings for me please? John one twelve. But as many as received him, look or believers, as many as received him, he gave onto them power to become. Someone say, power to become. This is powerful. The power does not just make you a son of God. The power makes anything become. It is the power responsible for growth. You don't have the power to become. Your organization cannot grow, your life cannot grow. It is the power that is released when the word of God is taught. This power works hand in hand with the teaching ministry. This is the power that creates transformation. It evolves people from their former versions to a more superior version. It's called the power to become. Someone learning praise the name of the Lord. As many as received him, he gave them power to become. In First Chronicles twenty nine and verse twelve, we read that earlier on the power to become. Both riches and. Honor come from Thee, and Thou reigness over them, it says, And in thy hand is what power and might. And in thy hand, with that power it is to make great and to give strength to all. When the Lord opened my eyes to cities, I was really really surprised. The operation of this power is most visibly seen in salvation, transformation or having a sound mind, healing, the healing ministry, and the manifestation of prophetic words. These departments of spiritual possibilities are sponsored by this dimension of power salvation. It is the power to become that can turn a sinner to become converted. In a moment that someone comes to church an unbeliever, a sinner, and at the instance of the world of God, that person is willing to lay down their life, lay down their old ways. It is called the power to become. In the case of salvation to become sons of God. But it's also the power that turns a student into a master. It is the power that turns weak too strong. When the power to become is upon a man, don't judge that man. You will say I'm sorry for the rest of your life, because it is the power that can turn Saul to Paul. Are we together? Every Body would desire us to let you must cry for the power to become. So when you say I'm receiving power, it's important to understand what dimension, what expression of that power is profitable. Without the power to become, men will never be able to understand. No matter how well you teach. A teacher of the world that has not so obtained this dimension of power will only be an intelligent communicator of information. People will not instinctively they will agree with you, but they cannot be changed by it. Have you seen people like that? You sit on that such an intense atmosphere of auratory. Masters are communicating words, but you cannot fish sizeable enough people who are transformed by that word. When the Lord opened my eyes to see, I prayed and I said, Lord, let my words. Not become empty. Let it go beyond the intelligences, the vocal expressions. This is what happens to you when you listen to me. Is beyond the lecture. You are under the influence of the power to become. Power to become. It can change a man in India, regardless your culture. It can change a man in Saudi Arabia. It does not factor the weight of the impact that culture has had on your mind. Under the influence, you can't turn anyone. Teachers need this in secondary schools. Teachers need this to change society. It is also the power that transforms societies. You lack of people in the prison, if they do not have the power to become, bring them out, they will go back again. It is the power to become. Yes, sir, it is true. Every time you find the people under any kind of influence and they are changing methodically, structurally. I'm telling you is yonder words they're hearing. I've taught you that there is a layer of spiritual reality that is intellectual. It sees your mind, but there is a layer that is above intellect. You yourself cannot understand what is happening to you, yet you are changing. I receive, I manifest. Now you understand what you're singing your path and always stam till the nations cigsus lifted up, exalted, I received, I manifest. Your power, and you always stand till the. Natious cigs lifted up. Glorifast. So when you tell someone in the name of Jesus, may your life change, the dimension of power released through that prophetic world is the power to become. That's the grace that moves that person and creates a scenario and will change. That man's life. Every time change. Occurs, every time growth occurs, every time transformation occurs, every time manifestations happen. Is not every part of power. That what it is the power to become. When you have this power, they can keep you in a room with the most rebellious people. I am telling you they will change. Parents need this power more than a rod. You can counsel and say change now, why are you smoking and drinking? You can pray and fast. What you lack is the power to become. This is the power that is missing in institutions and organizations. And for a long time you will find the institution still taunted. They do everything they know, but there is no growth. Let that grace come on your organization, and you will be surprised to watch what happens. Can I tell you the power to become is a real revelation. Is changed my life. If you're wondering why God has given. This ministry extraordinary growth that we have come to be known as a platform that transforms believers is beyond auditory, is beyond English. Every time you hear the word, as you arrive here, there is already an influence waiting for you. It sucks you in like a magnet, and whilst you are hearing it pounds upon every pony hat and begins to engineer your convictions. The power to become by the messy of God. I can tell you I know what I'm saying. They are not conningly devised fables. The things that we have seen, the things that we have heard, the things that our hands have handled. The power to become. I receive, I manifirst your power, and you always stand till the next shance CGS lifted up exceuted. I received. I'm manifast. Your power, and you always still the. Next shance Cgsorry, as you are listening to me, look at your organization. If it is not growing, it may not just be that maybe you are your points and your ideas are wrong. It is that this spiritual advantage, called the power to become, it is impossible. This is the same power that causes his seed to become a tree. Seed seed. Resurrection power is an expression of this. It is buried in shame, but it birds in glory. So when God wants to help a family that has never been great, it is not just binding and casting. I will show you how these powers work. I'm telling you this is what takes small and makes great. You're a businessman, and what you have is just capital. This right here, ladies and gentlemen, is what can cause five loaf and two fish to feed five thousand. The power to become who understands what you're learning. When this is on you, the size of what you carry no longer becomes a disadvantage. You can have two children may not go to the best of schools, but let the power to become rest on them. They can carry one book, one tape and become champions. The power to become. This is the first power to function. You will never work in dominion as a leader, as a man of God, as a captain over God's inheritance, if you do not understand the power to become, so God can bring all kinds of people to you. Already you see one person who had this ability in. The Bible, David. When David was in the cave of Adullam, they brought to him men who were distressed. They brought to him men who were in debt. God knew, and he turned them into mighty warriors. Mighty warriors. We need more of disgrace in the Body of Christ because there is a lot of sound, truthful teaching. But sometimes we wonder why people are not changed by it. They're here and they're not pridg Preacher Ki, this is nice and at the end of it, two years, three years no transformation. When growth is lacking, when change is lacking, when transformation is lacking, when prophecies don't manifest, you need the power to become. Please be seated. See the Army of the Lord. Marching in the name of Jehovah, Jehovah. Worthy. Army of the Lord marching in the name of Jehovah, Jehovah Ah. Ce the Army the Lord the name of Johover jeoh Worthy, Army of the Lord. Name job job, every teacher of the world should go and cry to God in the place of prayer. Grant turn to me by your messy the power to become for myself and for those who commander the influence of that teaching ministry, and you will watch transformation. In one moment, you will turn children into science and wonders. You will turn adults into science and wonders. Nothing is too late for the man who is under the influence of the power to become. For as long as there is the hearing ear. Remember the parable that was given in the Bible, that a lion came and ate a lamb, it ate everything, and when the shepherd came, he only found two ears and one leg, two years and one leg, or is it one ear and two legs, And the shepherd still rescued it as a shepherd that that's how God will rescue his people. Amos, look at it as the shepherd take it out of the mouth of a lion. Two legs and one ear. What kind of how do you? I mean, the lion has eating the lamb, and nothing is left except two legs and one ear. And the shepherd said, there's still hope. There is still hope. I mean, interestines eating every part. You know why, because if there is one ear to hear and two fee to take a step of faith, there will always be restoration as a shepherd. So don't tell me your situation is hopeless. Come under the influence of the power to become. I'm telling you it can redirect your life. That's the power that came upon roof. She lost her first marriage or husband died. You thought everything was over. I know we call it diffriend names, restoration, breakthrough, but I'm. Showing you from a power angle. These are the expressions of power that birth those possibilities. When you are under the influence of that power. Let men laugh at you. They'll only be wasting your time. Change is inefitable to the one who is under that influence. Can you pray one minute, Lord, I desire the power to become for my life. Someone pray one minute the expression of God's power that is responsible for growth, for change, for transformation. In Jesus' name, we pray Allelujah. So when Gabriel told Mary the power of the Highest, this was what he meant. She said, how shall these things be? Every time you see the power to become, you hear the word be be you shall receive. After that the holy goes come upon you, and you shall be onto me. Unto me, you shall be weaknesses. It makes men. It doesn't just tell you what should be. It molds you. It evolves you to become a personification and animation of that possibility, the power to become. Do you believe this? Number two? Let's hurry up the second expression of spiritual power when the school of power tonight. The second expression of spiritual power. Are you ready? Is called power against? Power against. This is manifestation of spiritual power as a defense. I'll explain that very quickly. Power against this expression of God's power and powers the believer to resist the operation of demonic spirits, the activities of evil men, and to counter satanic accusations. I'll take that again. The power against is an expression of God's power that empowers the believer to resist the operation of demonic spirits, the activities of evil men, and to counter satanic accusations. Matthew Chapter ten and verse one, efficient six and verse twelve. Media prepared this quickly Matchwo ten one back to MATCHWO. Ten and verse one, and when he had called on to himself, the twelve disciples write and then read, I'll repeat myself against. So don't worry you, just look up. When he had called the twelve disciples, he gave them what talked me. He gave them. Power against on clean. Spirits, to cast the spirits out, and to heal all manner of sicknesses and all manner of diseases. Power against this is a system of defense efficient six twelve, six twelve. We wrestle, not talk to me, ladies and gentlemen, We wrestle not against. There has to be. An opponent to counter by faith for this power to be activated. Power against it is not against flesh and blood, but it is against. So this power is against principalities. It is against powers, against rulers. Notice how many times the Bible uses against in one statement, one statement, at least four times against against principalities, against powers against rulers, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Power against. So it's an expression of God's power that empowers the believer to resist the operation of demonic spirits, the activities of evil men and the and to counter satanic accusations. Write this, now, this is the dimension of power activated. And released when you engage in warfare. Prayers. When you engage in warfare prayers, this is the dimension of spiritual power that is released. Power against It is the dimension of power activated and released when you engage in warfare prayers. Now listen, please. It demands a thorough knowledge of the Believers authority alongside a rich and consistent prayer life. Activating and releasing this power demands a thorough knowledge on the Believers authority. If you want to release this power, it demands that you must have a thorough knowledge. Are we together on. Redemption realities, the finished work of Christ, the Believers authority, alongside a rich and consistent prayer life. If your knowledge of the scripture, particularly the Believers authority is law or zero, and your prayer life is inconsistent, you cannot release this dimension of power power against. Now look at me. You can have the power to become and shockingly not have the power against. So you can grow, you can build, and with one demonic attack, everything you have built comes crumbling. There are people who have power, but what dimension of power they have the power to become? Everything grows, everything. Rises, and in one day. This one is an insurance system. It protects what has been built. Power against it demands a thorough knowledge of the believers authority alongside a rich and consistent prayer life. You do not have a sound knowledge. You see why many believers who may be excelling in life business growing when it gets the issue of warfare. After ten years, fifteen years, five years, something just happens. Now, Notice what I said. This power fights number one, demonic attacks number two the activity of evil men. The power to become can involve you to become a director, and unreasonable and wicked men can come and speak against your rising, your staying. If you do not know how to engage the power against you will drop down. I'm telling you, it will drop down. It is terrible to rise and not be able to stay there because you lack the power against. Now, whether you like it or not, here comes the funny saying, who did I trouble? That trouble has come to me. Now, once God comes to you, look somewhere around Satan is there too. He will want to know why is God coming to you? Why are angels coming to you? And he will be interested like he did for if I want to know what God says, I told you that even Satan depends on the speakings of God to attack you. If he has not heard what God has told you, he cannot attack you. He kept pressing on if what did God tell you? I want to know? And the moment if said it, as I said, I know it, I now know how to attack her. And he got her. And Paul was speaking. He said, I fear less, Satan, beguile you true, sobtilty, like he did to Eve in the garden. You see that Satan also depends on the word of God. You're not the only one who needs the word of God. He needs it to attack you. If he has not heard what God has said about you, he remains impotent. But when he hears. That's the reason why the moment prophecy goes ahead of you. The Bible says this charge I give on to you, my son Timothy, that you wore a good warfare. Every time prophetic declarations come. It is not the time to cross your leg and laugh. Just know the prophecy and every good word from God also invites Satan. Everything good is also why bad comes. Promotion is why evil comes a good life. Good children, it's also why bad children come. Look at me, and gentlemen, have you seen say potato when you put potato together. How many of you know that when you live it there, eventually you may find one getting rotten, and then my gods or whatever begin to come. They were attracted to anything good the moment you are carrying the grace and the glory of God. Let me tell you this for your information. You don't need to violate any spiritual law. Satan is attracted to anything and anyone that glorifies God. Write that down. Satan is attracted to anything and anyone that glorifies God, and he will not leave. By default, he must be resisted. The power that resists the devil is called the power against. Let's finish up. Is someone learning James Chapter four and verse seven. The Bible says to submit yourself under therefore to God, and then he says, resists the devil. The power to become is not the one that plays this role. It is power against. You wore a good warfare? What is warfare? In the place of prayer and true spiritual intelligence? You establish an experience in your life the victory that has been finished in Christ. When we say warfare, you are not just trying to boxa Tanjuan and he boxes you like a military man fighting and sustaining injury. No, the believer approaches warfare from a standpoint of victory. Albeit it it is not imputed to you as an experience until you engage using the power of prayer and the whipon of spiritual intelligence away together. Let me show you how the power against work in the life of Jesus Matthew, chapter four. So the Bible says that the spirit drove Jesus to the wilderness, and when he went there he was being tempted of the devil. Let's see how he resisted the devil. So when the Bible says to resist the devil, don't guess your way. Go to the Bible and study how Jesus resisted the devil. That becomes your template. Notice, resisting the devil, for Jesus was an interplay of his strong prayer life and a word life. He had prayed for forty days and forty nights, Yet he would have fallen like a pack of God had he not known the word. So if the only thing you do is to pray and pray and pray, and you are not sounding scripture, the power against will fail you it thousand times. It will not even work So Satan comes to Jesus. Haven't fasted forty days forty nights praying? In this case, the Bible calls him the tempter. So he came, and he said, if you are the son of God, my God. Notice Satan never said anything about his prayer. He went straight to something the word of God said, challenging his being a mess higher. If you are the son of God, command these tones to be bred away together. And Jesus said, it is prayer for people. You must also learn to say it is. Jesus did not say I prayed. He didn't say I firsted. He said it is written. If you are ever looking for a theological balance between the ministry of the world and prayer, go to Matthew four Matthew chapter four. Man shall not leave by bread alone. Listen God by every word that proceeded out of the mouth of God. Notice how Satan switched next temptation verse five. The devil take him into a holy city and seted him on the pinnacle. Jesus started speaking scripture. Satan also switched to scripture. He said to him, if that be the son of God, cast thyself down, for it is who is saying it is written. Now, this is where discernment to prayer. Balance is it? Because if you have it is written and you are not prayer for Satan will use it is written to bring you down. There are people who say, once is in the world, that's it. Oh my God, the world can be twisted to become an instrument of mass destruction except you sustained discernment that only comes through the place of prayer. It's someone learning now. I hope you know I've taught you that the Bible as itself, this written Manuel, is not necessarily what you call the world of God. It is a concise capture of the thoughts of God. But this is a compendium of many stories cannonize through history. Are we together? Printed by White taker House, Zondervan and publishing houses, many of them with all your respect, We're not even bonnegade to them. They're running businesses. The Bible Society of Nigeria has Bibles, gideons, international, many many people, individual churches. It is not the letter here. The letter here is a compendium of a religious manual. There are many faiths practices across the globe that need the Bible. There are many theological people. In fact, many PhD. People who need the Bible to write their dissertation, they are not Christians. For instance, if you study world religion, you may be anked to do a thesis on the evolution of Christianity through the centuries. You don't have to be a Christian. You approach it purely from a historic standpoint, and you will need to make reference. To Prophesses here, make. Reference to the archaeological presentations as captured in the Bible. That does not automatically mean you're a child of God. So if you say it is written to. Me and I choose the world and I ignore prayer, Satan will use a scripture and manipulate you. He will manipulate you eight thousand times. Look what he told Jesus, and tell me what he said that was wrong here, For it is written. He shall give his angels charge over you. The desam is not Say this, and in their hands they shall bear you less you dash your feet against the stone, Say ema, you would have hell Satan and said, there's no need those fighting. We can be partners in this work. You know it is written. I know it is written. But watch a man of prayer, watch the response that is derived from prayers Tamina. It is written again, thou shalt not tempt the Lord your God. So he calls a beautiful suggestion temptation. How did he interpretty and discern prayer? The same way Peter comes to Jesus and says, Ah, don't die now you know, don't go to the cross. And he said, get it behind me, Satan. I'm sure Peter was wondering. He said, Satan has desired to sift you like wit, but I have prayed for you that your faith failed not And when you are converted, use this prayer strategy to also strengthen your brethren. That means in their zeal to knowing God, times will come in their lives where they will see it vision that looks like God. It is written in it. But when you judge by discernment, you will find out this temptation. If it's in the Bible, I would do it. That means you will go to hell. There are many many things that will come using the guide of it is written and destroy your life. Are we together, laziness? Can there is a place in scripture if you twist you can justify laziness. He give it his beloved sleep man most sleep, and you go to bed, but you forget a little sleep and a little slumber, a little folding off the eyes, and poverty comes upon you like an unbrandit. The Bible is a prophetic book. Depending on what spirit in fuencis, you can make it speak any language. So don't just tell me it was right from the Bible. You gedge spirits. And that's the assignment of prayer. Who is learning tonight, power against cononia. Blessed at your ears, for you hear these things. Now, don't forget to manifest power against It's beyond being a prayer warrior. You must be sound. You must have a sound theological construct of the believer's authority. It is the reason why. And I'm saying this with a heavy heart and with every sense of humility and responsibility. I charge ministers of the Gospel in righteousness, fellow co laborers. It's important that in addition to teaching people to pray, they must have a strong theological foundation of a sound exegesis, a sound discourse of the believer's journey to victory. You know, in Africa we pray, but the challenge is that our prayer is bankrupt of spiritual intelligence. Our prayer is full of sympathy, full of traditional expert essions. So someone goes to pray sincerely a tired, frustrated believer, And let me give you an idea of how he or she prais. Father, I thank you in the name of Jesus, and I'm bringing all these kind of things. So you have been telling you about this and that and that, and in the name of Jesus, I am this and that and this and that and Father, I'm asking you, if you are God, you have to do this. I'm giving you two weeks and this and that and you say all kinds of things. Look what you are doing to those people. They are mocking me and you are just watching. Amen. And to say, once you say all those kinds of things, you feel comforted. But don't forget there is a protocol for answered prayers. God is a god of love, but he operates under the influence of his word, meaning he will. Not just answer you out of compassion. Compassion moves him to you, but response is a product of your correctly engaging the world. That's why if you are getting it wrong, his message drawns you to where you can hear the right word. God version of message to a man is taking him where you can hear the world. Regardless what it is, you will not escape the world. The world must always midwife correct divine manifestations in your life. If you're understanding me, so as say Amen, Praise God. We pray a lot of emotional, sympathetic prayers. We pray a lot of trap door African prayers. We feel our prayers with all kinds of emotions, and just because we feel it is heart felt, but it is not effective. The Bible says, the pavant effectual prayer. You know what makes prayer fervant? The word there is heart felt, that your energy, your heart, your emotions are invested into it. But it must also be effectual. What makes prayer effectual is that it is consistent with the will of God and it is word compliant. If your prayer is not consistent with the will of God and it is not word compliant, then it's missed. The rule for producing power, he said, this is the confidence we have that when we ask anything according to his will, we know that He hears us. Allelujah, Praise the name of the Lord. If someone learning were discussing power against so, I'll tell you why you try to cast out that demon from your dream or why you woke up and even tried physically, and the devil seemed to make more crey of you, and you are now doubted and say, am I really a Christian? I'll tell you what is wrong. There is a low level of word bank within your spirit and there's not sufficient investment in understanding. So even though you are praying, you just got to hey, this demon, God forbid. I saw myself in a grave, that grave, I would die. You don't know. I have plans. Appostle said, all of those kinds of things will not bring you victory. This is Nigerian film lamentation. You have to be a believer. You see we shout all kinds of things. Oh no, God, you see this kind of thing. I can't die. I won't die. And you're still afraid I want die. I'm confident I will. You know no, But there's one who can wake up and like arrows at least five scriptures. As you are waking up from that scene you saw yourself in a grave. He shall keep his bones and none is missing. I said, before your life and death, I have been raised up with Christ. Are we together now have been given authority? These are the scriptures that build a garrison. And upon the strength of that conviction, you pray not out of fear, but as a kingdom responsibility, your partnership with the world and the spirit to stamp and declare that I am still willing to leave. I am still willing to work in victory. Who is learning tonight? Power against demands, knowledge and confidence that is derived from the certainty of the things you have learned back top by an extended period of prayer investments. If you only pray during as an emergency response system, the rem of the spirit who have no respect for you. And let me tell you, ladies and gentlemen, beware of people who downplay prayer. I've taught you prayer is not the only key. But pray I is a foundational key, and it is not the only key. It becomes the hand that holds the key prays the name of the Lord. Someone learning alle Lujah? Are you ready for number three? Tell me you are learning by shouting Amen. So we've discussed two expressions of spiritual power. Number one, the power to become. Number two the power against two over five. Can you imagine so for someone who is saying this power team why am I falling down? Things are not working. I'm showing you what is wrong. Your mind is stayed on one dimension of the operation of power, not knowing that you can see. Just having the knowledge of this two alone already gives you an edge. Ready for number three. Number three. The third dimension of power or third expressions called exemption power. It's called power over, exemption power, power over. Power over. There is power to become, there is power against, there is power over. Let's define this. This is an empowerment to rise above the realm and the rich of wicked spirits, territorial forces, and man made limitations. I'll define this for you again. Exemption power or power over, an empowerment to rise above the realm and the reach of wicked spirits, territorial forces, and man made limitations. The character of this power is that it exempts and enthrones. It exempts and enthrones. It does not just defend. It exempts and enthrones. Look Chapter ten and verse nineteen amplified Look ten nineteen. Power over the exemption power. Behold, I have given you authority and power to trample upon serpents and scorpions, and physical and mental strength and ability over all the hours that the enemy possesses and nothing read the last sentence. Everybody, let me show you how that power works. Ready one to go, one last time, last sentence. What do you understand by any way or any means? And nothing shall by any means KJV. Nothing shall by any means, by any means hurt you. Nothing shall by any means hurts you. There is power above. Now watch this. Palm eighteen and verse twenty nine are described for you how this power operates. Are you ready to read? Don't be tired eighteen and twenty nine. One to go for by them, I have run through a troop, and by my God I have lived. Keep that there. Do you see two experiences there? When you are running to a troop, you need power against who is learning? Now power the troop is before you. You are at the level of the troop, so you run against. You need an energy that is greater than what the troop is bringing. But there is another dimension where, by my God, I can leap over a wall. It doesn't matter whether the world breaks or not. You can leap over a wall who is learning. By my God, I can leap over a war. By my God, I can leap over a war. Efficients one. We read that earlier. Let's read again nineteen to twenty two. Power above, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power to us world who believe according to the working of his mighty power Verse twenty which he wrote in Christ. What's the operation of this power when he raised him? What does it do? It raises people, it raises things. I told you, It exempts, and it enthrones. He raised him from the dead and sets him at his own right hand in the heavenly places. Twenty one far above, Come on now, far above, principalities and power, and might and dominion and every name that is named, not only in this world, but that which also is to come twenty two. And the Bible says he had put all things on that his feet and gave him to be the head over all things to the church. Twenty three I believe, says the fullness of Him that feels all and in all power above. Now listen, and then you're write. Working in the experience of this power demands a thorough understanding of the world. It demands seasons of strategic warfare, and then practical ascension through a life of consistent prayer. Let me tell you what this happens. This is an aggregate of walking in the power against, and as your revelation begins to grow, the power against is not supposed to be your final lot. As far as your operation of power is concerned. Are we together? A day should come through a sound, progressive knowledge of the world, consistent track record of ascending rems. Through prayer, you get to a point where what challenge you yesterday, even though you could resist, it can no longer reach you. It's someone learning now. So the ultimate is not to keep fighting. Then you win. Keep fighting you can gain act sentence in the spirit where you enter your sabbath in experience, so you only become a helper of many. I tell you the truth without. Any sense of pride. There are certain attacks that cannot happen in my life again. It can't. It's not possible. My realm of spiritual reality has afforded me the luxury to watch from an eagle's view. I know it cannot come near me again. Now. Once upon a time it was something that could battle. I could. I could stand by the word of God and wage war. And I saw the power against wark. But I know that there is power above it exempts and enthrolls. You see, when you studied the life of Shadrag, Messhack and a bet Nego, they were in the fire. And there's what the Bible says, that the fire had no. Power over them. They saw the fourth man in the fire, and they were brought out of that dungeon where the power was and they were exalted. But do you know something very interesting? The Bible stands by telling us that Shadrack, Meshack, and a bet Nego were not the only eunuchs that came. Question where was Daniel in all of these things? Because the instruction was that everybody will bow? How come Daniel was not there? Your Daniel? It would have been Daniel, shared drug, Menshak, a bet Nego. God helped everybody. But where was Daniel that he did not join in the bowing? Because we know for sure that there were not only three people. The story makes it look like only three people stood for Jesus, But there was a Daniel, and yet it was not in the fire the power above. Let me tell you, ladies and gentlemen, challenges are not generic. There are people who have lost the ability to experience certain levels of reality. God has lifted. Them by understanding and by messy are we together? Let me use a financial explanation so that you will understand how many of you know from a physical standpoint. I'm not even talking spiritual things. There are people from a financial standpoint. In all honesty, they will never understand certain things. Again, away together, praise the name of the Lord. They have been so lifted, especially those who worked in righteousness. If you go to Buckingham Palace today, or you go to the Sultan of Brunell and the children, or the King of Katar or any of these people and discuss certain things with them and said, do you know, honestly, we have a problem in our house? Can you imagine they savors meet? I don't. There's not that they are not. They cannot. It's not that maybe they're they're intentionally rejecting yours. There is no possibility of conceiving those things. Or if you tell them an aircraft went and left me, they. Can only sempathize with you. But it's not they were never they've never entered commercial They don't even know what it looks like. I'm talking of the children now, it's not that they grew they were born in it. Are you getting what I'm saying now, power above, I PROVESI to someone. There are certain attacks your children will not know, because in the name of Jesus, by the time they are born, you would have axended a rem and you would draw them with you. In the name of Jesus Christ, certain things you suffered as a result of ignorance or your level of knowledge was low. I decree and declare you will be the last person to go through that realm of pain. Those who come after you you will be so fortified with knowledge what took you twenty years. In two years they would have gotten it, and they will start manifesting that result. In the name of Jesus Christ. Please be see that. The Bible tells us that in all of Babylon three Hebrew refused. But that detail, looking at it like that from the lens of what we know, didn't seem accurate. Because there was a fourth man called Daniel, and he kept his integrity all through. He had his own challenge where he was thrown into the lions. Then, but with respect to Nebukat Nezza, and I've read a bit on it, one day, I will tell you the story of what really happened. There was a place he sat with the elders that did not allow him go through this. There is an altitude in the spirit you can accent to through light, through prayer, through understanding. I am telling you that when evil. Comes, if Satan wants to attack you, he will only have to use those around you, but to you directly. It's already a failed project. If someone learning pres of the Lord power above, it demands a repeat again, a thorough understanding of the world, not just the believer's authority. This one you see. Let me tell you, ladies and gentlemen, all these blessings are available at redemption, but working in the experience. Of it, there is a threshold level of depth in the world you must have. There is a threshold level of prayer build up. This will have to be an accendence in the spirit that has happened through a consistent track record of prayer. And then finally you evolve into a believer whose life is practically indomitable. Men like God Savant who shout and say it is a far above mentality, but there is a far above reality. So you can hear sudden people tell you I've not fallen sick in five years, in ten years, and honestly, some are telling lies, but there are some who are telling the truth. They truly have not. And it looks like in this mortal body flesh and bone, but they have accentded air. Rem Of course, they take care of themselves. But I'm telling you they have tasted of the reality of eternal life. It has become true in your life, that has become true, allelujah. I heard his story. I don't know how true it is. That the ladies had Bishop Benson in the Hosa. Someone who had some kind of palsy came to him and was seeking prayer. And the man jacked him up and said he should look up. And he said, God, this man was created in your image. If that's how he looks, living like that, can you imagine now there is a kind of business you must do with God to make that kind of datial statement. Someone shout him far above. You. See when I taught you, when we discuss the topic rise up and walk, I taught you that the mentality to rise up and walk is what attracts the possibility to rise up and walk. So whilst you are waiting for the power that takes you up, you can have the mentality still remember that that is the reason why the left postman. Was kept at gates beautiful. He needed to look at the gate as a picture of the beauty that could happen in his life. It was not yet his experience, but he was kept at the gate as he gazed on it every day, even. Though carried it builds something in him. The day the disciples said rise up and walk, he already had the mentality. So even if the reality of high above has not yet come to you, you can start with the mentality, and you start by believing it is my heritage in Christ. I may still be begging for transport today, but in the name of Jesus, I am far above. Someone again shout far above, like you believe, it's a say far above. We've been raised up with Christ, the Bible says, and we have been made to sit far above. And I'm telling you there is exemption power. It is my personal challenge to my Christian work that in my lifetime before Christ comes, that God will grant us grace to evolve and literally become a demonstration of what it means to be superhuman, that elemental forces and the things that take men in terms of health in terms of bodily degeneration, that you can gain accendence in the spirit, where the reality of eternal life flows from your spirit through your mind to your body. The Bible teaches us that even among the stars, there are bodies that are celestial, and there are bodies that are terrestrial. It says, even among the stars, one deferred from I'm not that is someone learning. Believe this. Believe this, believe this. If you fear their fears, you will receive their lot. There are certain things I don't expect to happen to me. If it happens to me, the power against is an advantage that I have to worry it off. But from a mentality standpoint, I don't have a provision for it. When I wake up in the morning, I don't expect trouble. Bible basis, this is the day that the Lord has made. I go to Genesis one. What happens to what God makes is good, and it remains good. I don't expect trouble. But if for any reason trouble comes, there is an advantage of the power against. Who is growing now prays the name of the Lord, allelujah. So what can in this experience demands a thorough understanding of the word. Seasons of strategic warfare are all together. Now. There are many cheerless believer us who just say I'm in Christ, and the meaning of that is everything is possible. And they read scriptures and do not understand that they are layers of revelation that makes those scripture spirits and life. And they fold your arms. You are seeing everybody dying and chanting your family, and without any active time of praying, feeding, with the world being mentored to understand the theology of victory, you just fool your arms and say, God forbid me. I know I have There's something about my blood. You have me. There's some all these superstitious demos don't like my blood. My blood is bitter. Have you had those kinds of prom My blood is bitter, My flesh is not. You are joking. Your blood is bitter. Who told you that they're interested in your blood? They're interested in killing destroy you. You know I'm not. Please, don't feel bad, don't feel bad, and don't look down on anybody. But I am telling you some of those superstitious things are there. You are you are? You are? I mean, it's a field day for demons. They like believers like that, and they create a stronghold around that theology. And while you continue to justify what you are doing, they get to wreck your life. Your knowledge must be structured, it must be worth based, It must be aggregated theologically to understand your victory. What is the basis? Satan, don't come to me based on what? Based on what? There is a basis. Are we together? The Bible says, bring forth your strong reasons, present your course, said the Lord. He said, bring forth your strong reasons. If we're together, say amen, let me go to number four quickly. I hope someone is learning. Are you ready for the fourth expression of power. I'm not going to dwell much here. It's called the staying power, the staying power. The fourth dimension. The fourth expression of spiritual power is the staying power. This one talks of spiritual stamina listen, the ability to endure and to survive seasons until growth or course, or until victory is established. The staying power is the ability to endure and survive seasons, particularly negative or unfavorable seasons, until growth, of course, or until victory is established. It's called the staying power, the power to wait, the power to endure the power to remain. If you do not have the staying power, and you do not know the dynamics of the staying power, can I tell you this, You will never even survive until the world of God manifests, because I will tell you this. In the economy of victory, it takes time for victory to be manifest. Are we together? Someone say time again? Let me hear you say time. It takes time, ladies and gentlemen, from the day you believe God for your finances until you become structurally established. It takes time from the day you trust God to set you free completely from the influences of demon spirits and their access to your life. It will take revelation, you will take Time is a gradual process. It's a gradual process, and at such times you need the staying power. Let's consider a few scriptures The staying power Proverabs Twenty four and verse ten. Proverbs twenty four and verse ten. The ability to end all and to survive seasons, especially negative unfavorable seasons, until growth occurse or until victory is established. Proverbs twenty four to ten. It says, if thou faint, talk to me, Ladies and gentlemen, in the day of what There is such a day in the life of a man for whatever reason, the day of adversary. And it says, if you faint in that day, it is. Because your strength is small, someone said, the staying power. So sometimes you see as you are falling on that the anointing. Your mind is thinking signs and wonders. God is imparting and imputing upon your strength. Because it will take one year, two years, three years before you mold into a believer that can manifest supernatural power. And so that you are not discouraged. There is an increasing so you can be in the midst of fire, like it says in Isah forty three one and two. It says, fear not. I have redeemed you, I have called you by name. You are mine these two It says, when you pass through the rivers, it shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burnt. He never said when you rush through the fire, you walk through the fire. It's a time of silence, quietness, pain, and inconvenience. Job fourteen fourteen, Job chapter fourteen and verse fourteen. If a man die, shall he live again? It says all the days of my appointed time. I will wait when until my change comes. Someone says, I will wait one more time. I will wait until my change comes. I will wait until the world of God is made manifest. An example of one person who had that dimension of spirit power in the Bible was the woman the prophetess called Anna. You thought she went to the place of prayer and after two days or one week, Jesus would arrive. You know how long she prayed? Read your Bible. From the time she was a widow, at about twenty four years thereabout, she waited. An extra sixty years. Someone say, wait about sixty years or thereabout. She was eighty four in total, twenty four when a husband died, and then about sixty or sixty four years she had to wait and departed not from the temple, but served God with first things and prayer night and day thirty eight, the Bible says. And she coming in that instance, she gave thanks, and you know, gave all. She said that she had looked forward to the redemption of Jerusalem. She looked forward to it, but it did not happen in one day. There are many believers who cannot stand one week until prophecies manifest their discourage. They cannot stand one month until prophecies manifest their discourage. They cannot stand one year. God boy, you spoke, Ah, this is one year. What you need is the staying power someone learning. Let me speak to a man of God here. Let me speak to a business man. Everything you are doing is right. What you just need to do is wait. There are some things that. Cannot jump process. It will happen gradually, step by step, line upon line, precept upon precept. I recall an example that. I always give here. If a baby, a baby takes say one drum of breast milk, does he become an adult? Do you suddenly call him an adult? He becomes a welfared baby. If an adult decides to go on a hunger strike and he shrinks something, he's about to die, do you call the person a baby. No, you call him a malnourished adult. But as for being a baby or adult, time has run his course in the life of that individual. There are some things that will only happen with time. Even prophecy he prophesies sometimes and says, according to the time of life, is someone learning? Now all the days of my appointed time, I will wait Someone shouts I will wait, shouted like you're receiving this grace, say, I will wait? Is that chapter four? I like this from verse twenty nine Isaiah, chapter forty and verse twenty nine. Here's what the Bible says, speaking particularly among the youth and the young man. If you back up to verse twenty eight, let's hurry up on it. So let's see how we can connect this. Hast thou not known, hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, the creator of the ends of the earth. He fainted, not neither is he weary. There is no searching of his understanding. He give it power. What does he give the faint? Did he say he gives counsel? Did he say he advices? So when you are fainting, what do you need? Now you know the kind of power, what kind of power? Staying power? When you are fainting, you don't need you don't just need the power. Now you see all of these dimensions of power. They walk together. If you look at it, it's like ingredients that mix in a pot. You wouldn't see what is happening. But when you go to a school, a culinary school, that's when they begin to show you. What are you getting the idea? Now? So when you look at the results in a man's life, you just see things working. But I'm showing you that it's an interplay of many expressions of power walking together in synergy to produce what you call victory. Do you understand me so far? Let's finish up that scripture. He gives power to the faint, and to them that have no might, He increases strength Verse thirty. A tragedy that comes on all men. Even the youth shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall or tally fall that you want, I like this, but they that. So what is the condition for receiving that power? No, you are wrong. Wait on, wait on your problems does not bring you that power. If you desire the staying power, the requirement is to know how to wait on the Lord. And to wait on the Lord is not just fasting alone. Is to learn how to stay in his presence, Stay in his presence, Stay in his presence, to wait on the Lord. Shot yourself from the noise and say, Lord, I don't have strength to gain. If you don't come. It says, how does it put it? Here? My cry? Oh God? And attend on to my prayer from the ends of the earth, where I cry onto you. It says, when my. Heart is overwhelmed. Is that still in your Bible? It says, lead me to the rock that is higher than I. There are times that your heart can be overwhelmed. The vicissitudes of life can so tell on you, even though most courageous can be shaken at such times. Between nighttime and morning, you see the sun just not just appear. No, it's a gradual process. Am I right on that? And I'm telling you that transition from night to morning can be very painful. Morning to afternoon can be easier, light has already arrived, But from night to morning it can be very painful. At such times. Let me take a minute to minister to someone. Perhaps you are in a night season right now. You came to this place, and as I was mentioning all of this, this is the one that most resonated with you, because as it stands right now, nothing is working in your life. I remind you of a scripture that says we are troubled on every side. A man can be troubled on every side. There are those who are troubled in their marriage troubled in their finances, troubled in their career. But honestly, there are others like Joe who are troubled on every side. They are perplexed to such a one. What you need tonight, and I'm hoping your heart is open to receive it before you leave back home. You need the staying power man of God. It is true that their postolic call is on you. It is true that the pastoral call is on you. But let me tell you the truth. Between night and morning, you have to be patient until light comes. You have to be patient until your word comes. You have to be patient until you become that vessel on to honor. And while that is happening, I'm amazed that Jesus spend three days in hades. You thought such a wonderful, powerful savior should only spend at least one hour. Is what was he doing for three days? Just go down, defeat Satan, collect the keys, preach to the departed, saying bring them out. Should it take him three days that long? But sometimes some things are subject to the Bible talks about how the harvest comes. It says, first the blade the air, than the full con So if you see the blade there's no fruit yet, but you can at least rejoice. That something is happening. If someone learning. Yes, Lord, you seem so far away. Let me sing it again, a million miles on what it feels today a ministring to someone. You need the staying power. And though I haven't lost my faith, I must confess right now that is hard for me to pray. But I don't know what to say. I don't know where to starve. But as you gave the Greggs saw that's in my heart. I will see, and I will pray to live and in my darkcast star through the sorrow. And the pay and I will see. And now I will pray. I leave my hands to water you. Because your word is true. I will see. Can I tell you the truth? One of the power. Leakages I've learned in life is the pressure to explain every season to men. It's a total waste of time. There are times you do not owe any body any explanation, he said, Though I not we though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil, for thou at with me, I thought you to say, for thou brought me out of it. He says, thou art with me. There are times he picks you out of the fire, but there are times he goes in there with you who is learning. Now. I lift my hands to honor you because your word is true. I lift my hands to honor you, because. You it's true. I lift my hands to honor you, because your I will see. You can see this ministry today and look at this man standing before you. And the narrative you get from what you see now is a man who just loved God and was anointed, and God started lifting him. You are dangerously mistaken. There is a long gap, the same way you see Genesis chapter one, verse one and one verse two, and when you hear it as a narrative, you think it just happened. There was darkness and then God just spoke. Every life is like Genesis one, verse one and Genesis one, verse two. There is a gap that only the person who went through can explain. If you thought the world of God always worked for me, you are mistaken, dangerously mistaken. There were times everything was done well. Now I know it was just the process. God teaches you to trust him before results. Then he gave you results. Because now your trust is not based on results. The other side of faith, where you don't obtain promises, what you obtain a good report. I told you that faith is not always about obtaining promises. The elders did not all obtain promises, but all of them obtain a good report. You know what a good report is. A testimonial that you trusted God through the storms is greater than the testimonial that the storm's changed. That you trusted God is in no blood report than to say the storm's changed, I left my ends. Still honor you because your world is true. I will see so, my dear brother and sister, at this point of your life, even though trusting God, even though praying every time, your consecration, your love for Jesus, laboring in silence, everybody who looks at you says you are such a disappointment of a Christian. You don't have to tell them it is only time that is passing. You see, for many years, delay and process will look the same, delay and process. Watch this. There are times the farm that has seeds in it and the farm that was not clad will look the same for a few days, sometimes for a few weeks, and you will mistaken them and just say, what this cheleous farmers, not knowing that for the one farm there is a seed inside. It's just how the seed grows. I told you that there are two places in life that if you find people, don't conclude the prison and the cross. The prison and the cross are too mysterious places. Don't think everybody in the prison is a criminal. Joseph is there. Don't think everybody on the cross is a criminal. Jesus is there. The prison and the cross are two places when you get to keep quiet. You may be talking against your prime minister and not know and by the morrow he becomes a prime minister. That and you become a perpetual victim. And you can be talking against the Savior, not knowing that he's dying for your sins, not for his sins. The prison and the cross, unfortunately, both of them lead to the. Same place, the throne. The prison leads to the throne. The cross leads to the throne. It's only that one is more excellent than the other. The throne is eternal. Someone learning the staying power, This is the power to wait. Ephicient six and Vers ten says be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might, be strong you are praying every day and the word of God has not manifested. Don't stop praying. Obtain the staying power and keep praying. You are coming to charge every day, or you have to trek and people look at you. Mother there is or Mother Mary. You are going to this your church again? Save Johnny all these things you are doing. Will you will say, oh, marry you with this kind of church. Short thing, and sometimes you feel stupid for loving God. I introduce to you an expression of God's power that is so needed, especially in this season that many believers are passing through. It's called the staying power, the grace to stay until the world speaks back to our song. I will sorry with you about the storms. Father, you are kid. Over the I know what it means to cry. My life did not start with laughter. There are times you cry, and there are times you alone. You don't cry because you are a demon. You don't cry because of defeat. You cry like Jesus because you are looking at the throne. But between the throne is get semony and the cross. And sometimes you say, Father, if it be thy, will take this cup of me, But he says it is my will. Nevertheless, let your will be done. So when you see Jesus carrying across he's not dying for his sins. He's dying for the sins of many some of you. What you are carrying on your back today that your prayer and firsty it looks like a slow process is because God has trusted you with the generation of many people. He's been wanting to break something from your family. Nobody has given him attention. Finally he's found you, and that's why he's insisting on you. And sometimes you're saying, God, let me enjoy my life like any other person, and he says, no, I found you. There are generations coming out of you. I want to call something in this family lineage. And now that I've found you, remember I taught you that when you go through seasons like this, your consolation should be that there is a compensation system at the end of the journey. Yes there is, Yes there is, Yes, there is, Yes, there is. The Bible speaks about seeds and how they grow. It is sown in dishonor, but it will repeat with honor. When the farmer is sowing, birds don't come around when he's sowing. Necessarily, other people don't come around to help him haver vesting, He goes through the pain, waters everything. Sometimes wild animals can snick into the farm and eat some of the crops. He has to drive them. But with all of that story, one day, few months there's a bumper harvest and you see them coming with tractors. Here's what the Bible says. It says he that whipeth peering pressureus seeds. What makes the seeds pressures is that it comes with tears. He says, he shall doubtless return again, rejoicing bringing the sheaves. Let the mockers laugh while you trust God. Let the own believers do their analysis and conclude on you and your ministry, your business, your family, and everything about you. It's all right that you become a subject of discussion. God allows them so that they become witnesses, so that when you become they will say, truly, I was part of those who talked against that brother. That sister, I am a testament of the faithfulness of God. Are you learning something tonight? Let me give you number five, the power to Function. I'm showing you how spiritual power works. And I told you now you understand with me that many believers do not understand the dynamics of spiritual power. So when you say to a believer, receive power, all he's thinking is science and wonders. No, there are various expressions. The power to become, the power to ward of the arsenals of darkness, the manipulation of men and the accusations that come from men and spirits. Number three, the power of exemption, the power above. Number four, the staying power, the grace to endure, the grace to wait, the grace to remain. Number five. Are you ready for the fifth? The fifth is called the power to get or the power to obtain. Now pay attention to this. The power to get. Shall go to theater. Deuteronomy, chapter eight, from verse fifteen to eighteen. The power to get. Let's start from verse five fifth, verse thirteen a quick reading. When your hurts and your flocks multiply, When your silver and your gold multiply, when all that you have is multiplied. Go to bus thirteen again. Let me turn it into a prophecy. In the name of Jesus, your herd and your flocks will multiply, In the name of Jesus, your silver and your gold will multiply. Keep it there, and in the name of Jesus, everything you have will multiply by the power of God fourteen, When it says, then your hands be lifted up, and thou forget the lord like God, who brought the Fourth out of the land of Egypt from the house of Bondage fifteen, who led thee through the great and terrible wilderness, wearing there were fiery serpents watch this, and scorpions and drought where there was no water, Who brought the Fourth out rock water out of the rock of flint sixteen, who fed thee in the wilderness with manner which your fathers knew, not that he may humble you, that he may prove THEE to do THEE good. At the letter end seventeen, and thou shalt say in your heart, my power and the might of my hand had gotten me this well. Stop there, Stop there verse seventeen. Are you saying that a man can falsely credit his obtaining things to his power and the might of his hands. That a man can get in this case wealth, But then it applies to anything. It says, do not make the mistake of thinking, when things begin to gravitate towards you, that you now credit it to your power and the might of your hand verse eighteen. But thou shalt remember the Lord, your God, for it is he that giveth thee the power to get. Stop there, Stop there. It's called the power to obtain, the power to obtain, the power to obtain. I describe for you what the power is very quickly after we consider two scriptures Some forty four and verse three. The power to obtain. For they got not the landing possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them, but thy right hand and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hast a favor onto them Ecclesiasts, Chapter five and verse nineteen amplified. Let's read this scripture, Ecclesiasts, are we together one to read Also every man whom God has given hold on, God has given what riches and possession and the power to enjoy them. Oh THEO. Don't rush, rush, no rush. A man can have riches and possession and not have the power to enjoy them. You can have it and not have the power kjv. Every man also to whom God. Had given riches and wealth, and had given him the power to eat thereof and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor. He said, this is the gift of God, the power to get. I describe it for you. It's a supernatural empowerment. Listen, that attracts people. It attracts conditions, and it attracts resources to your life. That's the first manifestation of that ability. It attracts people, It attracts conditions, and it attracts resources to your life. Attracts people, attracts conditions, and attracts resources to your life. Other more, empowers your mind to think profitably and to birth supernatural solutions. It furthermore empowers your mind to think profitably and to birth supernatural solutions. The power to get or the power to obtain. Again, I read for you how it works. It is a supernatural empowerment that attracts people, attracts conditions or situations, attracts resources to your life. It furthermore empowers your mind to think profitably and to beth supernatural solutions. This is the power to get or the power to obtain. You have that down now, listen. It is the empowerment. Listen carefully. It is the empowerment that makes value and intelligence to deliver. It is the empowerment that makes value and intelligence to deliver. If you do not have the power to obtain, even if you are valuable, even if you are intelligent, it will not translate to profit. It will not translate to results. It is the empowerment that makes value and intelligence to deliver. You may want to write this down. It works in the presence of wisdom, favor faith, and the prophetic. It works in the presence of wisdom, favor faith and the prophetic. Oh, this is powerful. This is powerful. We read earlier on in Some one twenty seven hundreds two. This is what the man in that story was lacking. That it is vain to rise up ell in the morning. As far as I'm concerned, I see value there to a measure. I see productivity there to a measure. When I see early and I see sitting up late. This thing spelled diligence. But he eats the bread of sorrow because he lacks the power to obtain the power to get. Now, don't feel insulted. But this is what makes the label of many profitless. The diligence is there. They know how it's there. The intellectual composition for their success is there, but they lack or they disrespect they over depend on intellect, and they do not know, like a new clock without a battery. That's how your intellect is without the power to obtain. This is what peteracked In John chapter twenty one, John chapter twenty one. The Bible tells us that when you know Peter feeling bad, that Jesus had gone from verse one, when you read, the Bible says, he told himself that you know, from the Sea of Tiberias. He went there, and he said, I go a fishing. In other words, Jesus condors he died. Now he's left us with nothing. I go a fishing. And they say onto him, listen, verse three, we go also with you. And they went forth and entered into the sheep immediately that they might. And the Bible says, and that night they caught. They caught. It was not a laziness issue. It was not a lack of productivity issue. It was not a lack of strategic relationship issue. Because Peter was in company of like minded people. All the points that make for profit were there, but they caught. Nothing was four. But when it was morning, the morning was now come. Can you imagine that kind of profitless label? Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Ver was five, and the Bible says Jesus said onto them children, with all your giftings and abilities and. Your endowments, have you caught any meats? And they answered no. There are times that professionals, in the midst. Of the. Education, in the midst of the experience. You have registered the company with corporate affairs. Nothing wrong, you are diligent. You've gone to take extra courses, extra certifications. Wonderful. But the sad reality is that the equation of growth and success in the world is not linear. There are many factors, but spiritual man made are we together and products of sentiments that will make one plus. One to not become true. Mathematically one cluss one should be two. But pragmatically one cluss one depends on many things. It depends on the person holding the pen. If the person holding the pen hates you, he can make your one plus one to be zero. And because holding the pen you are watching one plus one, but your answer becomes zero. There are many many people holding ten plus ten and life gave them a result of zero. Some held one thousand plus one thousand, Some because of their intellectual progress. They held one million times one million. They should be captains, and yet life still give them zero. Let's see what Jesus sad quickly, we're about to pray. And Jesus said to them, watch the power to get cast your net to the right side. Now it was the power of God that was released. But you know what dimensional power. Now it was the power to obtain. The Bible says, if you cast your net at my word, because I've released this power. Read the last four words after sheep. It says, canst your net on the right side of the sheep. Read it as a prophecy. Want to go, and ye shall find one more time. And ye, when you take that step with the empowerment to obtain, you will never return empty, it says, And ye shall find. And the Bible says, they cast thereof and they will not. Go back to the six. Please go back to the six. And they were not able to draw it out for the multitude of fish and praying for someone. By reason of this empowerment you will receive tonight. You will have to sit down and decide which job to take. In the mighty and matchless name of Jesus Christ, as the power to obtain comes upon you, you will watch things. God will give you options, options, options in the name of Jesus, back to back, breakthroughs, back to back, testimonies, blessings, meeting, blessings in your hands in the mighty and matchless name of Jesus, Allelujah. I told you that disgrace it functions in the presence of or is enhanced by wisdom, favor away together, value, productivity, and the prophetic the power to obtain. There are people who never seem to lack help. Let me tell you this is the grace that they were given. Send them anywhere. In one week, they are found a keyboardist in one week. Have you seen people like that? They have found a drama in one week. They're found an auditorial in one week. No, it looks like they can never be disadvantaged. They are stranded somewhere at the airport. The flight has gone to leave them, and someone comes to meet them and say, I can arrange something for you. You know that you have the power to obtain because you are never without help. No matter what happens, help must fish itself from anywhere and come to you. There are pastors who have disempowerment. They may not be able to give it language as to why things work. They are never lacking men, so they easily call it favor. But from a power standpoint, I'm telling you it's the power to get, the power to obtain. Take them to Ghana, Take them to South Africa. As soon as they land there, call them after three days and say how are you coping? And they will laugh say coping. As soon as I arrived from the airport, someone came to help me. I went to a house and saw I formed a classmates. Then it coincided their stories. Are always in this version. It is the power to get There is a grace on them. Do you believe this? If you like this, you will soffer your life will be hard. I'm telling you there are people like that. They are never without help. Help will always arise for them. Help will always arise for them. They can be sitting quietly thinking what do I do now? Someone's told my phone and someone just comes and says, sorry, are you okay? I just felt was sitting without help and they say, someone just rob me. He says, oh, I work in that standing my own come sorry for all of this, and it begins a relationship. They come late for work, and it's because of their coming lady, they. Meets the boss. Their life is very mysterious. Everything always works in the advantage is the power to obtain. And I'm praying for you that dimension of power, honestly made rest upon your head, may rest upon your life, may rest upon your destiny. In the name of Jesus. Show me a man who. Has obtained the power to obtain, and I show you a man whose life cannot be disadvantaged. Take him anywhere, just give him time. Now, it works like a magnet. How many of you know look, or please, how many of you know that if there are metals here, weather is mixed with sand, and you pass a very strong magnet, you don't need to pick the metals one by one from wherever they are. They will start springing up. That's how the grace is. It is what the. Businessman call the law of attraction. They credited to the universe, but I'm giving you its Bible name. It is the power to prosper, or it is the power to obtain. When that grace comes from you, exactly what a magnet does is what happens in your life. You will step into a place and calls will start coming. It was just in my heart to call you, and he said, do you know I'm just in your city and say, can you imagine I just came back from a trip. You call it a coincidence. No, the grace regulates your possibilities. I'm telling you, believe this. I know what I'm saying. When this grace is on you, when you pass what belongs to you, you will know anything at all, whether it's a property, a friend, somebody who is a destiny helper. You can look at somebody as a perfect stranger and just say I don't I can't explain it, but there It's like, there is a role this man is to play in my life, and it teaches you to position yourself. We give the thing psychological names, but I'm telling you there is a spiritual explanation to it. I have seen people in my life and I knew they will have a role in the future to play. Now, it may not be immediate, you just mark them the day they play that role. Ah, So this is it, This is it. There was a reason why. Now man and the wife looked at that small girl. I'm sure the wife said, you know what I don't know what would. Bring this girl to my house. You know, women and their instincts just. Bring her because she was serving directly there. And one day the girl said, you know what, there is a cure for this man. I cannot tell you how many times I have seen things, and it can help you to discern. You see five business people and something draws you to one who may not even be the most competent, and your heart to refuse to live there because there is something they are connected to your destiny. It's called the power to obtain. Again, I'm praying for someone where you missed opportunities because you didn't have that faculty of perception and the things that are yours past you and you were blinded to it by the messy of God. And under the influence of this power, begin to command results, begin to command results, Begin to command results. I say it again, begin to command results very quickly. Let me finish this in the next five minutes. How do you receive, activate, maintain, and increase spiritual power. I'm not going to explain apologies, I will just list it for you. I have to do justice by giving you this. How do you receive, activate, maintain, and increase spiritual power. I hope that in another discussion I'll take the time to be more detailed. So my apologies in advance, I'll not have the time to explain them. I just want to least it, so will pray. Because all of these expressions of power must land on your life this night? How do you receive, activate, maintain, and increase spiritual power. I'll give you the keys quickly. Number one, you must have a genuine encounter with Jesus John one twelve. You must have a genuine encounter with Jesus. As many as did receive him, he gave onto them, gave onto them. Those who receive him are the ones who also receive the power. Number two, what is the second key in desiring to receive, activate, maintain, and increase spiritual power? The Ministry of Prayer with fasting. Ministry of Prayer with Fasting adds chapter four. When you read verse twenty four, twenty nine, thirty one and thirty three, adds Chapter four twenty four, twenty nine, thirty one and thirty three you also read James five sixteen, amplified my apologies that I'm stretching you adds Chapter four twenty four twenty nine, thirty one, and thirty three, and then James five sixteen amplified the ministry of prayer and fasting. The one who submits himself and like adds chapter six and verse four says, the one who gives himself herself continually to prayer is the one who will experience these expressions of power. Number three, What is the third key to receiving, activating, maintaining, and increasing spiritual power? Ready A thorough and progressive revelation of the mysteries of the Kingdom. A thorough and progressive revelation of the mysteries of the Kingdom, adds Chapter twenty and verse thirty two. A thorough and progressive revelation of the mysteries of the Kingdom, adds twenty thirty two second Peter three eighteen and ephicians for eighteen. Adds twenty thirty two second Peter three eighteen Efphicients for eighteen. That's the third key. Number one being a genuine encounter with Jesus. Number two, a consistent life of prayer with fast things. Three, A thorough and progressive revelation of the mysteries of the kingdom. Number four the fourth key. If your desire spiritual power is a desire to please the Lord and to bring to pass his agenda for the nations. I repeat that again, very important. Your desire spiritual power in all of these expressions, a desire to please the Lord and to bring to pass his agenda for the nations. Matthew Chapter ten, seven and eight, As ye go preach, saying the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. Alongside that message, you have the empowerment to heal the sick, to cleanse the lepers, to raise the dead, to cast out devils. The empowerment follows your passion and your commitment to please the Lord and to bring his agenda for the nations to pass. Asks one, verse eight, asks four thirty three. Matthew ten seven and eight, Acts one and verse eight, asks four thirty three. Can I give you number five praise God, a desire to please the Lord and to bring to pass his agenda for the nations. What is the fifth key to receiving, activating and increasing in the annointing impartation from reas of these graces, impartation from careers of these graces Philippians one and verse seven. The end part says, ye all are partakers of my grace. The empowerment that comes from the Spirit on these wise is transferable when the conditions for transfer are met. Impartations from careers of these graces Romans one, verse one. Remember Paul was speaking, I long to see you, that I may impart upon you Romans one eleven. My apologies one eleven, that I may impart upon you, so these graces and the empowerment can be imparted. Remember in Numbers chapter twenty seven, when you read from verse eighteen to twenty, the Lord mandated Joshua Moses to take Joshua, the son of None, in whom is the Spirit, and to lay his hands upon him verse nineteen, and to set him before Eliazad the priest, and before the congregation. Then he was instructed Moses now verse twenty, to take some of his honor and to transfer and impart upon him, so that the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient. And then the Tounomy chapter thirty four and verse nine gives us a picture of what really happened when Moses attended to Joshua. It says Joshua, the son of Non the Toronomy thirty four nine, the son of none was full of the spirit of wisdom for Moses that laidies hands upon him. So the leyn on of hands as a principle of contact and transfer can allow you to access the power of the Holy Spirit Allelujah. Number one, a genuine encounter with Jesus as a key to receiving, activating, maintaining an increasing spiritual power. Number two the ministry of prayer and fasting as a culture as a lifestyle with revelation with understanding. Number three a thorough and progressive revelation of the mysteries of the Kingdom. The more you grow in the knowledge of the world, when there's exactitude to your spiritual understanding, it will translate to spiritual power for a desire to please the Lord and to bring to pass his agenda, not your agenda, his agenda for the nations. Number five and impartation from the careers of these graces with proven results. And then number six. This is where we end tonight. Number six is faithfulness. Look chapter sixteen and verse ten. Faithfulness one of the missing keys as far as increasing in the power of the Holy Spirit in any dimension at all. He that is faithful in that which is least the Bible says, is faithful also in much, and he that is unjust in the least is also on job. In the March Matthew thirteen and verse twelve. Thirteen and verse twelve Matthew it says, for whosoever hath in the presence of faithfulness to him shall be given, and he. Shall have more. But whosoever hath not in the presence of unfaithfulness from him shall be taken away, even that which he has. It's a spiritual law. When God grants you grace, he watches for your faithfulness. You may not manifest all these five expressions as at yet. For you. God can start by giving you the staying power. And that's the only dimension of the power of the spirit you have. Whilst you are looking for the power for science and wonders, power that translates to influence. You want to build a lot of things. God can test you with this, and when you are faithful there it begins to grow and spread into every other dimension. We're about to pray, but let me repeat for you one last time. Every dimension of power I taught you. Number one, the power to become, the grace for growth, transformation, and change. Number two power against. This is a spiritual system of defense that helps you to resist the operation of demonic spirits, activities of evil men, and satanic accusations. Three exemption power. We call it the power over. It exempts a man from tragedies and enthrones you in a position where you are far beyond the reach of certain vicissitudes of life. Number four the staying power Stamina, the grace to endure and survive until seasons change, the power to wait, the power to endure, the power to remain. Number five is the power to obtain, the power to get. This one attracts possibilities to your life that are consistent with your desires, the will of God, and everything that equips you to leave the fullness of this life as far as the matters that concern life and godliness is concerned. Now you understand the scripture that we opened up with that according to His divine power aggregated as all these expressions are we together, Yes, hath given us all things that pertain onto life and godliness. Please stand on your feet, hold hands with someone if you can find one, and then would take a minute to pray this teaching tonight. The power to function begin to lift your voices, and thank God for that which you have heard tonight. Blessed at your ears for the things that you have heard, your eyes for the things that you have seen, your heart for the things that you have received. Someone who is grateful, someone who already is moving to a higher level of spiritual power. Begin to give God praise for these that you have heard. Chapranti gablantos sapra katosiata, according as his divine power. According has his divine power, hath given us the power to become, hath given us the power against, has given us the power above, has given us the staying power, has given us the power to obtain, has given us all things that pertain onto life and godliness. With all of these expressions of power, now you have the ware without to influence outcomes. You have the ware without to compel compliance. You have the well without to create and to sustain anything and any process. Someone, go ahead and pray and thank God for that which you've learned. Now begin to pray and say, I receive supernatural power in all of these expressions. I receive it in the name of Jesus. To attend to the matters of life and godliness Receive it for your ministry, receive it for your family, receive it for your destiny. In Jesus' mighty name, we pray. In Jesus' most glorious name, we pray everyone stands. The first dimension of this power, as I described, is called the power to become, and this is a direct product of acknowledging the lordship of Jesus over your life. We do this not as a ritual. It comes from the place of conviction that God's ultimate desire for all men is that we be saved and then to come onto the knowledge of the truth. You're in this place, scattered everywhere, all your overflows outside, and a family connected across the globe. Now it's a chance for you to make it right with Jesus, and I want you to take the business of salvation very seriously, no coercion. Let this be from your heart. This is your only way, your only route. There's not another. As far as living the victorious Christian life is concerned. The Bible says, as many who will come to him, he will in no wise cast away. You're in this place and under the influence of my voice, the Holy Spirit is beckoning on you to make it right with Jesus tonight, either as a first time decision or you want to dedicate your life to Jesus Christ. I have the honor of giving you a chance to make it right with Jesus. I'm going to count one to five, and I want you to leave. Whoever, just assume there's no one by your left and right. This is between you and the lover of your soul, the one who died for you, the one who died to purchase redemption. As I count one to five, I like you to leave your seat and come stand before me. If you're coming from the ball corneo from the house, please make haste and do that very quickly. I'll begin my counting now. God bless you, my brother and my sisters. You come. One. Let's celebrate them as they come. God bless you, Bless you, Thank you for coming. God bless you. Come. Come to Jesus. Two, COYNONI are we still celebrating them. You're establishing your victory once and for all. Come three. As many as will come to him, he will in no wise cast away. The Bible declares the name of the Lord is a strong tower. The right shous run it to it. And they are saved. It says there is no other name under heaven given on to men by which we must be saved. He must be born again. I'm still counting four. The spirit of God is still convicting you, and you're saying, apostle, I think I'm a good man. I'm not sure I've done anything exactly evil. Can I join them? Absolutely? Come, you can have tonight once and for all what the Bible calls the assurance of salvation. By the fifth count, I begin to pray. So if you're coming from outside, make haste, make haste all your overflows. You can move to your. Projector screen and stand there to receive prayer. And for those who are following by television, the viewing centers following online, I like you to pray this prayer and trust God for a supernatural manifestation of his hand. Thank you very much, my brothers and my sisters for making this noble decision. It's known to be the wisest decision any man can make in this side of God's kingdom, and I thank you for the courage to make this noble decision. May I request that you lift your right hand as a sign of surrender high above your head. Say this a time, as loud and as clear as you can. Say, Lord Jesus, tonight I have heard your word. I love you with all my heart. I believe that you are the son of God. I believe that you died for my sin. I believe that you rose again for my justification. Right now I receive Jesus into my heart as my savior, my Lord, and my King. I declare that the power of sin, Satan, hell, and the grave is broken over my life. From tonight, I'm a child of God. I go for whatever and back whatever. Keep your beautiful hands lifted, Father, Thank you. The Bible declares that as many who come to you, they will in no wise cast away. I declare, by the authority of God's word that the power of sin, Satan, hell, and the grave is broken over your life. From today, you work in victory, and I call you Bonna, find recipients of the life of God. You go from glory to glory in Jesus much less name. We pray a man a big congratulations to you. Let me request that you look to my right. That will be your left. From where you're standing, there are counselors who are waving the placard ready to receive you. They'll have a word and a prayer with you quickly within a minute, and you're back to your seat. Let's honor them as they go. Thank you so much for cooperating with them. Coyn only are you still celebrating them. Harleeylujah. Bless said be the name of the Lord, in the name of Jesus. Beginning from tonight, every dimension of this power, as this cost may begin to function in your life. Shout a man like you are receiving it in the name of Jesus Christ. By the influence of this power in all its ramifications, in your life begin to go from glory to glory. I release you to go from grace to grace. The things that seem to challenge you yesterday would no longer have power over you. In the name of Jesus Christ. I speak over your week beginning. I call it blessed. Bless all through the week in Jesus name. Let this be a week of testimonies. Let this be a week of good news. Good news from Sunday to Sunday. May God raise men, even strangers to bless you. I pray for you every pending issue that you've been waiting for. Finally, the answer, the testimony arrives this week. In the name of Jesus Christ. Those who do not know will run over themselves to bless you. I declare that the wisdom of the Spirit is at work in your life this week. You will not die. You have no covenant with the grave. Your bones are kept and none is broken. Life is your potion this week. Favor is your posson this week. Lifting is your posson this week. Exaltation is your portion this week. Oh no is your person this week. In the name of Jesus and his scheduling of events to make you cry, we cancel it right now. In Jesus name, I call this week a week of laughter for you. It will be evident through your life that God lives men. It will be evident through your life that God helps men. I call you empowered. Receive the power to function. Receive the power to function. Receive the power to function in the mighty and matchless name of Jesus. Shout three believing amens. Now together, let's share the grace and fellowship, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, the sweet Fellowship of the Holy Spirit. Let it rests and abide with us now forever a man. Surely God's goodness and his mercy follow us all the days of our lives, as we dwell in the House of the Lord, forever and ever and ever. Amen, God bless you and see you next week.