Transcript: he Seed of Greatness Part 2

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God's word is alive and powerful. It is sharper than any double edged sword. His word can cut through our spirits and souls and our joints and marrow until it discovers the desires and thoughts of our hearts. Join Apostle Emmanuel as he takes us on a journey into the word of God. It is time to encounter God, be transformed by his word, and empowered by his spirit. Isaiah chapter 60 and verse 22. The bible says, a little one shall become a thousand, a small one, a great nation. I, the Lord, will hasten it in its time. If you have been following, today we'll continue the part two, the seed of greatness. The scene of greatness part two.

In the part one, I spoke about the promises of God as revealed in second Peter chapter one verse three. According as his divine power has given unto us all things that pertains unto life and godliness through the knowledge of him who has called us by glory and virtue. By which we have... By which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises that through this, you may be partakers of his divine nature. And so we said in the part one that the promises of God is what makes you partake of the divine nature. And we said that a promise is a declaration or the assurance that God will do something or that God... Or or that a particular thing will happen. We said that a promise is what reveals the extent of the commitment of God to you. If I make a promise to you, it shows you how far I'm willing to go. Is that not so?

And the basis upon which we believe and we hold onto the promises of God is because of the nature of God. God is faithful. God is not a man that should lie. And because he's not a man that should lie, because of his nature, he will do his work. He will keep his promises. Because of this, we can hold onto his promises. His promises is what reveals unto us, is what makes us partakers of his divine nature. We cannot partake of of the divine nature without the awareness and the realization and the entering into experientially of the promises of God. I told you that promises, births, expectation. Expectation then is a model of manifestation.

Do you remember this? That four things that can be revealed, that can be seen in the word of God. The first is promises. Second is patterns. The third, principles. And the fourth, prophecies. All of these four things hacked in the same way. And how they hacked is a scene in Luke chapter eight and verse 11. The Bible says the seed is the word of God. The seed is the word of God.

The four things that can be seen in the word of God acts or takes on the nature of a seed. So a promise takes on the nature of a seed. It means if the bible says that it is according to the promises that have been given to you that you partake of the divine nature, you must therefore know what promises have been given to you. Is that not so? Because the promises that have been given to you is a revelation of the seed that has been sown inside of you. Do you understand that now? And so when you check the promises, you don't realize that the promise is a promise of greatness. In Genesis 12 and verse two, the bible says it was God that was speaking to Abraham. I will make you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great, and it shall be a blessing.

The promise is that of greatness, and so the seed inside of you is a seed of greatness. This is a seed God has planted into every believer. Are you with me? This is a seed God has planted into every believer. But I found out that... And I told you that the reason why you must know that the promise takes on the nature of a seed is because it grows to manifestation the same way a seed grows into harvest. That's why you must know. That's why it's important to know that the promise takes on the nature of a seed. And so the same way a seed grows into harvest is the same way the promise grows into manifestation. And we showed you the principle of the blade and the hair and then the full grain.

Get the part one. I cannot recap everything that I said. Get the part one of this teaching. It will do you so much good. Glory to God. The seed of greatness. I found out, however, that it is possible to sow a seed and the seed doesn't grow. And so the bible speaks of Paul planting, Apollos watering. In other words, even after the planting has been done, there are things to do to ensure that the seed grows. No farmer in his right senses just plants a seed and then lift the seed and walks away and says whatever happens, happens.

There are weeds that can compete with the nutrients that the seed would need to survive. The farmer would have to come to ensure that he weeds the place. He clears the place of weeds. The farmer will ensure that he's... That the soil has nutrients. The farmer will ensure that there is water supply. And there's everything that the seed needs to grow. Even after the seed starts to grow, depending on what kind of tree you are expecting to manifest. There are times you would prune the leaves so that it don't grow out of extension, out of border. Is that not so?

The farmer has a lot of responsibility from the time that he plants the seed to the time that he grows into harvest. The farmer doesn't just plant and goes to sleep. There's work to be done in ensuring that the seed matures into an harvest. That's the same way the seed of greatness has been planted on your inside has to mature into manifestation, and you have a responsibility in ensuring that that seed manifests. You are destined for greatness. There's no doubt about this. You are destined for big things. There's no doubt about this. If you're not... If you're unsure about this, please get the teaching, the seed of greatness part one.

The premise of this teaching is first a settled revelation of the fact that greatness is yours. Greatness has been promised to you. Greatness has been planted on your inside. But for that greatness to be realized, there are steps to be taken. There's a posture that a man must take to receive and to benefit of that which God has promised. Are you with me? To receive and to benefit of that which God has promised. Thank you, Lord Jesus. One of the promises that reveals the seed that has been planted in you is Isaiah 60 that we read. Verse 22.

It says, a little one shall become a thousand and a small one, a great nation, a strong nation. So if this is you as a little one, look at the seed that has been planted on your inside. A little one shall become a thousand. So I told you in the last class that many people look at the wrong premises to determine whether or not they will be great. And there are so many people who have concluded about their lives, who have made conclusions about their lives based on the premise that they grew up in. Some of them based on their background. I know a man of God who would always say that your background does not mean that your back should be on the ground. I quite agree with the statement. Many people have made conclusions that the fact that they are born in Nigeria, a third world country, suggest that they cannot be great. There are some who think that because they grew up from a poor country, suggest that they cannot be great.

There are some that believe that because they didn't go to school or university, suggest they cannot be great. And some think that it's too late for them to even do anything meaningful with their lives. Some think I'm 45 years old already. What... Where do I even start from? Time has gone. And we give all kinds of reasons, and we look at all these things, and these things become the premise upon which we determine or decide that greatness is not ours. And so many people settle for a life that is below what God has planned for them, a life that is below what God has promised them, and they've already concluded in their minds. All they are coming to church is just to live a simple life, a below par life. When the...

If this is you, you cannot be great. That stronghold in your mind first has to be broken. You must realize there's a seed God has planted in you, and the only indices you need is the realization of the promise. Not where you come from, not the fact that you came from Nigeria, even if you came from a village, even if you've never been to school before, even if you've never seen the four walls of university, even if the only language you speak is Yoruba and you can't speak English, let nobody tell you you cannot you cannot be global. I told you about the c c prophet who I saw who went to Israel and held a crusade in Israel. And there were tens of thousands of people in the crusade, and he was speaking Yoruba. The man does not speak English. Somebody was interpreting for him, and people who were not Nigerians, whites, were seated down listening attentively to what he had to say. Don't let people tell you his English is your limitation. Same people will say your your your grammar is not even smooth.

It's not grammar they look at. It's what disappoint you. See how you're making blunders up and down? Carry the anointing. Carry the anointing. Carry the anointing and be able to solve people's problems. Educated men with PhDs will come knocking on your doors. BBC will call you and interview. There are many people who have arrived at greatness who never had... I was talking about the young woman at the back of the 29 naira note.

You know the story of that woman? What's her name? Is it 15 naira or 20 naira now? 20 naira. That woman is uneducated. Uneducated. Did not see the forward of university or even any kind of school, yet she makes pots. And her pots is in Europe. Her pots is in London. Her pots were taken by white people and put inside museums in London.

There is a statue to commemorate our presence in Europe. Yet she's a Nigerian born who have never seen the four walls of university and someone who is university thinks that because he's from Nigeria cannot be great. Things nothing good can come out of your life. These are not the indices for greatness. Are you with me? I didn't go to the best primary school. So whenever I speak, I substitute past tense and present tense together. I say is for worse, worse for ease. And then you say, ah, is somebody like me that will now stand before the world? Yes.

Somebody like you precisely. Are you with me? Yes. Do not undermine what God has put on your inside. Do not undermine the seed. I'm telling you that all you need to know that my life will not be small is the seed that has been planted on your inside. God has told me I will not be small. A little one, the bible says, shall become a thousand. A small one, a strong nation. Even the smallest of us will become a a nation.

That is what the bible says. Even the smallest of us will become a nation. This is the assurance and the certainty I have that we will be great. It's not because I've I've seen a vision. It's not because God has shown me. Of course, these things are there. But more and beyond all of this is the awareness of the promise that have been delivered. The awareness and the revelation of the promise that have been delivered. This thing is strong in our heart. This thing is strong in our heart.

And so knowing this, we pursue. Knowing this, we expect. If I tell you that in Abuja, there's a job waiting for you. They'll be paying you 10,000,000 naira in a month. Do you agree with me that that's a promise I've made? That promise shows the extent of my commitment to you, But there's nowhere in the promise that states that the job will meet you where you are. There is still effort to live where you are and travel to Abuja, but you will never do so if you don't believe in the promise. What will make you and give you the strength to stand up and go to Abuja is because you know something was promised. You know my... Going to Abuja is not a waste.

I'm not just going there directionless. God has told me, are you with me now? Yes, There is a job waiting for me in Abuja, and so I go there. That is that is that is the reason why we pursue. We we pursue because we have an understanding that something was promised. Are you with me? Abraham, get out of your father's house onto a land that will show you. Why should he leave? If you were Abraham, why should you leave? Just be walking?

No. A promise follows. I will make you a great nation. Ah. It means the reason why I'm going to leave my father's house is because a promise has been made. The strength to grow first comes from the understanding that is a seed that has been sown on my heart. We will not end like this. This is not our end. Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof. Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof.

That there are sometimes all you need to do is check your yesterday. Is your today better than your yesterday? In terms of the mental renewal, in terms of the faithfulness and the mercy of God over you, in terms of the character change, terms of the financial change, in terms of even your health, in terms of anything. The bible says the path of the righteous is as a shining light. It grows ever bright onto the perfect day. If I can see a testimony of transformation in my life, it is a proof that my path is as a shining light. It means this is not the brightest I can be. I'm not getting what I'm saying. If there is a proof of transformation, if the way my business is now is not the way it was yesterday, then this is not how my business will end. If the way my ministry is now is not the way it was yesterday, it is proof enough that this is not how I will end.

The path of the righteous, this is a promise. It is at the shining light. It grows ever brighter onto the perfect day. I like to use illustration of the sun. The morning starts by 12AM. Is that not so? When you go out of your house by 12AM and just start looking at the morning, just like looking at the sky, what do you see by 12AM? Well, it's already morning, but you see darkness. 1AM, 2AM, 3AM, but it's already morning. 4AM, but it's already morning.

5AM, that's how the path of the righteous is. It's ever brighter. So you might look at me now and things and think, yeah, they they didn't have money yet. It's still morning. The path is just like a shining light. I held my first conference. Five people came. It's still money. The path is just like a shining light. Are you with me?

The path is just like a shining light. 6AM, I'm still there. 7AM, I'm still there. 8AM, then I'm seeing light. Is that not so? Boy, is that even the brightest it can be? A time will come as I stand there. I will not be able to look at the sky again. If I attempt to look at the sky, my eyes will go dark. My eyes will be blinded.

There will be tears coming out of my eyes because of what I'm seeing. That's the tears of joy when you become what you are destined for. It is how tears of joy will run down your eyes. Some of you will look at your life and be smiling, and tears will roll down. You will remember this illustration that now the sun has come out bright. Don't let anybody convince you that nothing good can come from Nazareth. That was what they said of Jesus. Can anything good come from Nazareth? They made a mistake. They didn't know without him.

Nothing good can come from Nazareth. It's not the place that makes the man. It is the man that makes the place. This is consistent throughout scriptures. The America, a lot of people are running to today, men built it. Many of these men were believers. Many of them were Christians. I've read the documentary, the men who built America. Men will build this nation. And we are those men.

Listen to me. Do not undermine what God is doing in you. If you are a man of God here, hear me. Either you are following online or through any platform. Hear me. You are destined for great things. I attempted to dispel that myth that many of us have believed. And if it's God's will for me, I will stand before 10 people. And if it's not God's will for me, I will not stand before 10 people. I doubt that they say it.

Okay. No. If it's God's will for me, I will stand before a thousand people. And if it is not, I will stand before 10 people. In any case, I'm okay. Could it be that you are complacent? Because God's will for you is revealed in scriptures. Could it be that you are ignorant? Could it be you have settled for less because of consistent effort and attempts to get better? And you have encountered failure at every step of the way that you have assumed it's not God's will for you?

You didn't get what I just said. Could it be that God told you that I'm sending you abroad? You have a role to play in The US or in The UK, and then you tried all your best to go abroad for the... For your BSc did not work out. Then you had to study in OAU. When you are done in OAU, you tried all your best to study masters abroad, but it did not work out. Now you have to go and study in ABU. When you are done in ABU, you tried all your best to go for PhD. Abroad, you'd not work out. At that point, the the effort now makes you say, you know what?

I'm content with anything God will have me do. You see, many people come to conclusions based on the fact that they've tried over time and did not work out. Are you with me? Yes, sir. But that is not sufficient enough reason. Never let your experience form your conclusion about your listening. Never let your experience form your conclusion about the word of God. Oh, no. Listen. That you are sick in your body does not mean that by your stripes, you are not healed.

Do understand what I'm saying? So you cannot say because I'm sick. I don't think that by your stripes, I'm healed. Your experience don't dictate the word of God. Someone said, so you you believe everything the bible says just like that? I said, yes. Some things are not intelligent. They're like, what? How can you say that a will swallowed a man and spat him after three days? I mean, are we not intelligent people?

Don't we know science? I told the man, even if the bible says that the man swallowed the whale and spat him out after three days, I will believe. The word of God is truth. Are you that foolish? I am that foolish. Yes. I believe in the word of God recklessly. It has shown consistently that it has the power to make men. We have seen the track record. We have seen men who believed.

We have seen men who agreed. We have seen men who never doubted. And we have seen the the the unmarching power, the the infallible power of the word of God to turn men from nothing and make them great and make greatness out of them. We have seen men that all they had with no privileges, no advantage whatsoever. All they had, they were not born into royal families, didn't have rich parents or anything of such. All they had was the word of God, and they walked close with it. And we've seen what became of their life. So we know following the ancient landmark that if we hold that same word close and believe in it, as we follow them, who through faith and patience are obtained, we will also obtain. Apostle Selman said, when he was invited to Harvard University to give a lecture, before he accepted, he asked God, he said, I'm not a lecturer. I'm a man of God.

What is this? And God said, I'm using this as a statement to the world that if you believe in me and walk with me, there's nothing I will not make out of you. To show everyone at large and the world at large that it does not mean that all you will be is a man of God and all that recognize you are Christians and churches. Even recognize powerful institutions like Harvard understands when God has helped a man. It made me see that even the giants know when God has helped a man. And when you are valuable, it does not matter if you are hated. All that matters is you will be needed. Doesn't matter who speaks against you. Doesn't matter who does not like you. Are you with me?

But when you sing and your voice echoes onto the heavens, when you stand and you deliver a lecture and there is understanding, it is intellectually delivered. People listen to you, and they are amazed at the articulation of speech. They look at the eloquence by which you speak. When you write your books and they see the mastery in understanding, when you start your business and they see how you deliver with excellence, the consistency of this thing will prove to the world. And even if they might hate you for your belief, they would need you for what you represent. You might stand and say I love Jesus, and somebody might be angry at the fact that you said you love Jesus, but it means you. You didn't get what I said. Somebody might say, why are you so bold about your convictions? But he needs you. The value that comes out of you is too is too relevant to be ignored.

I wrote in my book in 2016, you might not agree with me, but you will need me. I wrote there in 2016. You might not agree with me, but you will need me. I wrote there a message to the world. You might not agree with me, but you will need me. When I step in your nations and I tell you God can heal, you might not agree with me, but the evidence will show that what we say is true. When we tell you that the kingdom gospel is the solution to Nigeria's crisis, you might not agree with me, but the evidence will show. When we go to cities and nations with this vision burning deep in our insight. Listen. From the visions God has shown us and the promise he has made, when we go for village outreaches and crusades, we'll not just go there and organize a crusade for three days and do health awareness, and people would come and check their high blood pressure.

And then after three days, we give them medication and they go. Beautiful as that may be. If we have any reason to go to a village, we are going there to reinstate, renovate, and turn the forest into a fruitful ground. That is the mandate of the Disciples Christian Network. This is the kingdom gospel. We are going there to erect schools, erect roads, pick people up, pick people out of poverty, launch people into prosperity, and show them the redeeming power of the gospel. We know these things will come to pass. How do we know? Because there's a seed. There's a seed that is growing.

There was a time when we were at the back of chapel under a tree, and there were 10 of us praying, 12 of us praying, 15 of us praying, 30 of us praying, Reduced back to five of us praying. Then we got a venue, and there were five of us down. We're praying. And we were saying from then that we will be great. When we look at then and where we are now, it is obvious we are not the same. That is enough proof to know that the path of the righteous is as a shining light. It shines ever brighter. It shows you this is not the brightest. It shines ever brighter. Do you know that the light of the sun is not even the brightest?

Do you know this? Do you know this? That the light of the sun is not even the brightest? The bible says Paul was on his way to Damascus, And the bible tells us when he was on the time that he was on his way to Damascus. The bible called it noon. At noon time, he was on his way to Damascus. At noon time. At noon suggest that was the time that the sun was at his maximum capacity shining the brightest. And in that same time, the bible says a great light appeared. A great light appeared.

Are you with me? From around him, do you know that the light that appeared blinded him? Yet he was walking under the sun and was not... He wasn't blind. There is still a light that is greater than the sun. Jehovah will be your everlasting light. He'll be your strength, your glory, and your might. The light of the sun will shine seven times as bright, and the light of the moon. Listen. Listen.

The path of the righteous. Do you know that a time will come, you will look at your life. You look at the mansions you have built, industries you have built, companies that have started in your name. And all over the world, everybody knows your brand. And whilst you think you are getting there, you will remember my voice that the light of the sun is not the brightest. So when you are tempted to think this is all there is, you will remember that the light of the sun is not the brightest. There is still brighter, brighter, brighter. Are you with me? I'm saying a lot of this to tell you there's greatness on your inside. Believe it.

You might not have a business now. You might not even be in university now. You might check your UTME result for those of you that are students, and you might see one ninety, and you wonder what I read, what I studied, what I this, what I that. You might even see people you thought and people you studied with getting to ninety five and three hundreds. And you will think because this is the fourth time I'm writing this, you'll hear me and I'm still having one ninety. See, I don't think anything good can come out of me. You are a liar. That is a lie. Are you with me? That a lie.

I was speaking to a young girl recently, and she told me, she said she was... She considered the course she was studying and she realized that she's finished. I said, what do you mean by that? She said, the most I can be is a teacher. He said, my god, there are people that think like this that because of this... Because of the course you have... You are studying, you have sentenced your life already into doom and destruction because of what you're studying? It will be great. And that greatness is inevitable. That greatness inevitable.

A little one shall become a thousand. Don't be ashamed of a little one. Don't be ashamed of humble beginnings. If your experience right now suggest that you are still little or that you are still a small one, do not be ashamed of it. Walk bold and confident knowing there's a seed inside of me that is great. A little one shall become a thousand. Look at what the Bible says, a small one is strong nation. Can you say it to yourself? Prophesy this to yourself. Prophesy it to yourself anyhow it comes to you, anyhow you understand it.

When I read this, what I see is Disciples Christian Network becoming a strong nation. When I read this, I don't just see a man of bullwife affair. No. No. What I see is more than that. It's more than that. It's more than that. Can you prophesy to yourself? Prophesy. Speak a word over your life.

Speak a word over your destiny. Speak a word over your life. Speak a word over your destiny. Please pray. Prayer. Disciples Christian Network is becoming a strong nation. Disciples Christian network is becoming a strong nation. We are reaching the hands of the earth. We are occupying, filling up the earth. But we know that a promise has been made.

We know that a promise has been made. Please prophesy. Prophesy. One more minute. Fire. Fire. Fire. Fire. Fire. Fire.

Fire. Come on. Pray. Psalms one one nine and verse one thirty. Listen. Listen. I want us to pray. So I'll give you just one key. Just one key. One key.

I call it how to posture yourself for greatness. How to posture yourself for greatness. I wrote down five, but I'll give you one. Number one, we pray and then we close. I really want us to pray. Psalms one one nine verse one three zero, the bible says the entrance of your word gives light. The first key to posturing yourself for greatness is access to light, access to the word of God, access to the light of the word of God. The entrance of your words give light. It gives understanding to the simple. The entrance of your words give light.

It gives understanding to the simple. Isaiah 60 and verse one, the bible says, arise, shine for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. Listen to me. We reign in this kingdom on the strength of light. Write it down and never forget it. I've said it over and over again. I will not be tired in reminding you that this is true. We reign in this kingdom on the strength of light, high level spiritual illumination. Another word for light is day. Another word for darkness is night.

So light, spiritual illumination that comes by the word is day. Darkness, spiritual ignorance that comes by either a refusal to receive the word of God or the sheer ignorance of the word of God. Another word for that is darkness in scripture. So when the bible talks about darkness, darkness can be typified as ignorance, you see. When the bible talks about day, day can be typified as light. Are you with me? If you consider activities that happen within these two periods, you realize that among many things that happens in the night, physically speaking, majority stealing happens in the night. Hammed robbery, theft, and so on happen in the advantage of darkness. Is that not so? Darkness is always an advantage for the devil.

Darkness is always an advantage for the adversary. When men sleep, they sleep in the night. The night captures within its experience inactivity. In the night, men don't walk because there is darkness. Ignorance is a plague. Are you with me? All of these things shows you the realities that come with ignorance. That when the devil comes to steal, he steals in ignorance. When the Bible says the devil comes to steal, to kill, and to destroy, these three things is done in darkness. When people steal, they steal in the night.

Are you with me? They take advantage of darkness to steal. They take advantage of darkness to kill. They take advantage of darkness to destroy. Very rarely would you see... A mountain does not happen, but very rarely would you see these things happening at the brightness of the day. Are you with me? Yes. When people cannot see, when there's no light, then the thief comes, the destroyer comes. That's the same way the devil takes advantage of the ignorance of men.

These things... So when he steals, he only steals from a man who is in darkness. When he kills, he only kills from a man who is in darkness. When he destroys, he only destroys a man who is in darkness. These things happen in darkness, and darkness is typified as ignorance. Are you with me? Another word for it we see in scripture is night. So in Psalms 30 and verse five, the Bible says for his anger endureth but for a... For a... But for a moment.

In his favor is life. Let's read the next sentence together. One, three. Go. Weeping may endure for a Night. In other words, as long as it is night, there is sorrow. As long as there is darkness, there is weeping. For as much as there is darkness in the man's life, weeping continues. The bible says, but joy comes in the morning, not when the person is tired of crying. Not when the person now lacks strength and he can no longer cry.

You would think weeping may endure until you are tired. No. Weeping will continue until morning comes. It is the presence of light that takes away sorrow, that takes away weeping, not the fact that you are tired of it. It means a man can live ten years in darkness. Whipping may endure. A man can live twenty years in darkness. Whipping may endure. A man can live thirty years in darkness. Whipping may endure.

A man's crying, a man's weeping, a man's lamentation in life and destiny will not change just because you are growing older. It is the presence of light that changes situations. Hear me. If your night lasts for thirty years, then your weeping will last for thirty years. If your night lasts from January to December, your weeping will last from January to December. If your darkness lasts through the rest of your life, then your weeping will last through your lifetime. There are many sincere people who desire to turn their lifetime from night to day, but many people think turning your nighttime to day just depends on the sincerity of your heart. This is not true. It takes more than sincerity to turn your night today. The fact that you are sincere does not mean circumstances will change.

So many believers are weeping financially, weeping in their marriage, weeping destiny wise. Why? Because there is a relationship between darkness and night. So as long as weeping continues in any area, it is a revelation of where darkness is in that life. Are you with me? Yes, sir. As long as we've been continuous in any area, it's a revelation of where there's ignorance, of where the devil have kept men in darkness. And the solution the bible says is that daytime must come. Light must come. There are some people that their grandfather transferred darkness to their father, and then their father lived a life of darkness and transferred this life to their sons.

Listen, you must insist that you will not transfer the same darkness to your children. That darkness of poverty, that darkness of tears, that darkness of weeping and sorrow in the family, insist I will not live under that same darkness. I was speaking to a man some time ago. This was like two years ago. And he came to see me. Oh, three years ago. Three or four years ago. The daughter gave an amount of money to a fellowship then that I was involved in. And the the father came having heard that the daughter gave this amount of money, and he came to fight the fellowship. And when the man of God in charge was speaking, I came.

I looked outside. I saw the vehicle that the man brought. It was okay. I could tell from the vehicle that he brought that it was not poor. So I asked him, sir, are you Christian? He said, yes. Do you give in your church? He said, yes, of course. I'm one of the biggest givers in my church. I asked myself, when would you say that your business or whatever it is you do, when would you say you...

Was a breakthrough moment for you? And he mentioned the year. I said, how good were you then if if you don't mind me asking? He said, then I... Then he thinks he was 48. So you were 48 years old? He says, yes. He said he has been working for over twenty years before that. And all those years you have been given, he said yes. I said, why don't you then want your daughter to give?

He said I... He said he said he said, no. No. No. No. Don't go there. Don't go there. Don't go there. I knew when my journey began. I knew when I started going through life.

I knew when I... I'm not against it hard giving. I'm not against hard doing this, but if it is a parent that is giving her money, then the money is for her. It's not for the church. I looked, but there was nothing I could say. Just kept quiet. As I was going, I thought to myself, what this man accomplished when he was 48, nearing his fifties? The man is about 70 when he came to see us. The daughter once started applying the same principles at 15, and the man is fighting her. The man is fighting her.

I couldn't see the sense in it, but the man could see the sense in it. Why would you want a girl to go through the same pain that you went through and not start living her life by the principles you live your life by that got you to where you were. I realized that not everybody can necessarily transfer the knowledge that they have. What what do I mean by that? It is possible to have an experience of which you cannot explain. In such a case, you cannot become an accurate mentor to others. It might even be a spiritual experience. It might be a tangible or a physical experience as it concerns wealth. In any case, if the explanation of thought and experience is lost to you, you lack the capacity to mentor others into it. What you will supply is darkness.

Glory to God. Glory. Weeping, the bible says, may endure for a night. Joy comes in the morning. Listen, time does not change anything. The fact that you are brewing hold does not mean anything is changing your life. Time only reveals what is changing. That illusion of one day go better, that was how those that came before you said the same thing, and that they never came. Now the button is in your hand, and you are seeing the same mantra they held on to that did not change their lives. Are you with me?

Time does not change anything. Time only reveals what is changing. Once there is darkness, weeping continues. But the Bible says there is a possibility of weeping to turn to joy, and that possibility comes when there is mourning, a change of darkness into light. In Revelations chapter five and verse one, the Bible says, and I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside sealed with seven seals. So there was a book, but it was sealed. Verse two, and I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, who is worthy to open the book and to lose the seals thereof? Verse three, and no man in heaven nor in the earth, neither under the earth was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. Verse four, what was the consequence of this? So I wept much.

As long as the content of the book and as long as the book was closed, weeping endured. As long as the book was not opened, weeping endured. I wept much because no one was found worthy to open and read the scroll or to look at it. And as long as that was the case, weeping endured. What stopped this weeping was not because the man was tired of weeping. Look at the next verse. It says, and one of the elders said unto me, weep not. Why? Because the lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David has prevailed to open the scroll and to lose its seven seals. This is why you should weep not.

Because the scrolls have not been opened. The light from the scrolls can now be revealed, then weep not. The opening of the book is the formula. In the opening of the book is the secret to the ending of the season of weeping. John eight and verse 32, the bible says you shall know the truth, and the truth that you know will make you free. Dominion in any area of your life is based on sufficient spiritual knowledge. Dominion is a resultant effect of your comprehending the mysteries of the kingdom. And if you will be great, you must give time and attention to the revelation of scriptures, to the revelation of the world. Isaiah 60 and verse one. In the amplified version, it says, arise from the depression and the prostration in which circumstances have kept you.

Rise to a new life. Shine. Be radiant with the glory of the Lord for your light has come. The reason why you would arise, the reason why you would shine is because your light has come. Look at this. Alight from the depression, from the frustration, that circumstances has kept you. Arise from it. Shine. Why? For your light has come.

What makes men great is their access to knowledge, accurate spiritual information. Are you with me? This is the secret of greatness. And if you don't pay attention to the word of God or the revelation that come from scripture and live your life by the word of God, that it abides in you and you in it, you will never arrive at greatness. It was the word of God bishop Oedipus saw that made him say, I can never be poor again. John chapter one verse five, and the light shines in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not. The light comes through anointed messages. The light comes through the word of God that you read through your commitment to scriptures. In Joshua one chapter verse eight, the bible says that this book of the law shall not depart from your mouth. You shall meditate in it day and night that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

You will meditate in it, and then you will have good success. Meditation involves hearing. It involves speaking. It involves imagining. Meditation is not clearing your mind and doing whom. No. It involves filling your mind with the word of God, speaking the word of God, imagining the word of God. This is what you must do with the word of God. As you meditate, you are turning in the word of God. You are breaking it into smaller pieces in your heart, digestible pieces.

Your spirit man becomes one with the word of God. It becomes your spinal response. You meditate until the word of God becomes spinal to you. When life happens, your response is the word. When things happen, your response is the word. This is how to arrive at greatness. The Bible said when you do this, you will make your way prosperous. You will make your way prosperous. You will have good success. Don't be careless with the word.

Give attention to the word. Get messages and listen to it over and over again. Don't say because I was there, I won't listen to it again. No. You listen to foolish things, watch foolish movies, read romantic novels, but you cannot give attention to the word of God. You will not be great God's way. It takes light to reign in this kingdom. You must have superior spiritual information. You must know what the bible say and believe in it. Sometimes it becomes your response to all circumstances.

You go for a meeting and somebody tells you somebody tells you, be careful. There are principalities in that territory, and they've gotten some men of God who came there. You sure God is the one sending you there? What does the Bible say? What does the Bible say? Ephesians two and verse six, and raised us up together and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. We are seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. Where is Christ Jesus seated to give us an idea of where we are seated? Ephesians one nineteen. The Bible says, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power towards also believe according to the working of his mighty power, which he walked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in heavenly places.

This is where we are fitting, in heavenly places. Is that also? Next verse. The Bible says far above all principality. Somebody says there are demons, oh, and there are different categories. There are some demons. You can't just cast them out. Jesus says far above all principality. So there are types of demons. Okay?

Which one? Principalities. When you meet principalities, principalities don't respond to the anointing. Even Jesus said, this kind goeth not out except by fasting and prayer. If you have not ascended in a rank, there are things you cannot confront. You dare not far above all principalities. What are you conscious of? Have you eaten the word? Have you meditated on the word? Has it become your spinal response?

Do you hear a thing like that and just laugh and say far above far above all principalities, far above powers, far above dominions, far above every name that is named. You know what? What bible is saying is that I know that a time is coming that some people will start giving name to demons that we have not named. So even when that time comes, you are still seated far above every name that is named. As long as it has a name, you are above it. You say, has cancer. The big c. Cancer. Stage four. He will give you just about six months to live far above every name that is named.

The thing you say I have, does he have a name? Does he have a name? I'm far above. You see, it's not just in the mental awareness of this thing. That is why meditation is important. You say it to yourself, far above every principalities and powers. As you are as you are praying it, as you are saying it, you are seeing yourself in that reality, imagining what you are saying. Praying with pictures. This is meditation. Are you with me?

You are eating the word. It's becoming one with you. You don't go over it and say, hey. Far above. You are jumping off. When calamity expect to run away, You have not become one with the world. You have not meditated in it. You have not digested it. I found your word, and I did eat them. Meditation is the process of eating the word.

It becomes a part of your system. Are you with me? A part of your system. I expect to be favored every time. This is how we speak. Now somebody says, why? Because I've posted said so. You will not be favored. One of my one of my interesting young men was speaking to me. He said, I was teaching the students, and I told them what apostle told us.

Apostle told us that apostle told us that the holy spirit is inside of you. I said it's not me that said it. It's scripture that said it. If you don't know who said it, you are filled. There's what apostle says. There's what scripture says. If opposed to says what scripture says, what you quote is not opposed to his scriptures. You meditate on the word of God. Are you with me? On the word of God.

On the word of God. So when you say, I can't be rejected, on what word are you meditating on? When you say I cannot fail, what is the what is the... You just... It's called boldface. Speaking big without a revelation of God's word is boldface. Is what? It's bold face. What happens is that life will just slap you. Later on, you'll now be hungry, and you say I used the word, it did not work.

A word that was never ingrained in your spirit, that was never ingrained in you. I had a testimony of a young man. He said, what... In this place, went for an outreach, medical outreach, and a young man came. And as a young man was talking to him, said, my hearing was... My my my ear was working before, and all of a sudden, the ear stops working. And I think... I forgot my testimony went. So for, like, three days now, the ear has not been working. I can't hear at all.

And as a young man was speaking, he say, you know what? What you need is not medicine or drug. What you need is come. Let me pray for you. You see, what the young man has discerned is that it is demons that pluck their their their fingers in the ear. And once we... Also what? So there's no drug you would give that would take the hand of the demon away. You see? That is how to be a doctor.

Can I pray for you? He said, yes. He placed his hand on the ear. He had popped open. Unbeliever was shocked. Went to go and call his friends. Said this thing is like magic. It's not like magic. We know what we have. We have meditated on it.

We have eaten it. What... Where do you think you have the boldness to set up a thing and not think will it work? What if... If there is still a question of what if you have not eaten it. You have not eaten it. And so don't be surprised if it does not work. You have not eaten it. When you hit it, it becomes one with you. They come to a spinal response.

Are you with me? Sir. A a a girl who were students, and the girl told my friend, he said... She said she said, all these speaking in tongues like people do is rubbish you are saying. How do you even know what you are saying is real? Say, how do we know? Say, yes. Say, come with me. Say, hey. We're having class after class.

We had the we had the class. After the class, my friend looked for her. Say, are you ready? Come with me. They went to chapel. There's rubbish, Abi. There's rubbish. Stand there. There's rubbish, Abi. There's rubbish.

My friend started. The girl was smiling. You see, what gives you such a boldness is that you have eaten it. You have eaten it. It has become one with you. You are... It it cannot not happen. You'll be surprised that it does not happen. I know that it happens. That's why when believers are shocked that they gave orders not that you know they have not eaten it.

Because both of you are surprised. You are not eating the thing. Because when you have eaten it, you are expecting it to happen. I can't miss the mark. I know what I have. I went to a a school. Some of my guys here were there. I went to a school, a fellowship. We got there, called the lady out. I said, your grandma is sick.

No. She's she's... She looked at me in a meeting. Looked at me and said, my grandma is okay. At least help the man of god. Looked at me and said, my grandma is okay. There's nothing wrong with her. Spoke to her yesterday. I said, sorry. Are you sure your grandma is not sick?

She said, my grandma is okay. I spoke to her before I could say who is still where. I was shunned. They told me the following day that I should not come to the fellowship again. I said, okay. I'm sorry. We packed our bags. The the the the first said, if I come, I should not use word of knowledge or word of prophecy or whatever it is. We should just come and preach and go. Said, cannot do that.

I will operate how God has said I should operate. Said then don't come again. I said, okay. The following month, the grandma died. We're not wrong after all. The certainty we had was because we have eaten this thing. It was not a lie. Are you with me? Yes, sir. Yes.

You could have easily backed out and said, I'm so sorry. I'm this. I do not... You know, I'm still learning. I'm still that. No. There was something we knew that made us know this thing is not a lie. We have eaten it. There are some of you that still speak in tongues and wonder if what you are saying is true or not. The bible says, he that speaketh not a non tongue, speaketh not unto men but unto God.

That scripture, you have not eaten it. That is why you still doubt it. What have you eaten concerning your business? What have you eaten concerning your academics? And Daniel was 10 times better than his peers. For the spirit of excellence was upon him. Don't just breathe it and go. Stay there. 10 times better. What does this mean?

10 times better. 10 times better. And then you start seeing this. You start seeing this. Your eyes are opened. You are seeing possibilities, different instructions that are coming from this same scripture. 10 times better. And what I do, As you meditate, you see instructions. As you meditate, you see directions. As you meditate, you see things you pray about, things that enter into your spirit.

When they tell you that that thing is a failure, you say, no. I'm not part of them. Your speaking now is not bold faced. It comes from a place of revelation. That is what is called light. Are you with me? We're not saying go and clam memory verse. I'm speaking it. That is not light. It's memory verse.

It's not bad if it leads you into meditation. Are you with me? Yes. Many people put inscriptions and stickers on their doors. God is the king over this house, and thieves will thieves will break down the door, break down the sticker. In fact, the hammer they use will go on the sticker. They will rob the entire house and empty everything. Some will put on their doors. Some will put on their cars. I shall not die, but leave.

We declare the glory of the lord. And everybody in the car will die, have accident, and the sticker will remain. Now now bring the sticker. They look at this. God's word is powerful. They got this. They look. The sticker is not born. Three lives were lost. The sticker is not born.

Say, God's word is power. The house burns down. Families die. They bring bible. Say, look. God's word is power. The the the bible did not born. What is God's word? This is why we listen over and over again. This is why we pray with messages.

I tell people, pray with messages. If you don't do these things, you are not serious with your life. This is how light comes. Are you with me? You wanna break out of poverty. This is how light comes. You go on a retreat. Get spiritual books on prosperity. Get messages on prosperity. Plenty of them on on our television platform.

You shut your doors. As you are doing this, you are meditating. You are thinking. You are reflecting. You are pondering. You are muttering. You are seeing what you are saying over and over again. Heart is held to my bones. By his stripes, I am healed. Don't just say it.

You must meditate on it. Tomorrow when the sickness comes, by his stripes, I am healed. By his stripes, I'm healed. I'm still feeling the pain. By his stripes, I'm healed. In the name of Jesus. By his strength, I'm healed. When you get it, the symptom will not come. When it comes, your spirit is the first thing that will respond, not your body. That's the proof that you have gotten it.

Don't kill yourself. If have not gotten it, go to the filling. Go to the pharmacy. Get the get the drug fast and take care of yourself. And whilst you are doing that, by stripes, I am healed. In the name of Jesus, your friend rush to Jaja. They say you fainted. You are disappointed because you are standing on feet. As you wake up, by his stripes, I am healed. Where are we going now?

Jaja, by his stripes, I am healed. In the name of Jesus, this is how to meditate on the word. You look at the place, I will never step footy again. By stripes, I am healed. They are giving you dreams. By stripes, I am healed. In the name of Jesus, I am healed. You take the bible again. Read that after three, study it again. What does it say?

What what have I not gotten yet? It's chastisement. It's chastisement for my peace. You get a message healing the sick. Then you see in scriptures, the spirit of a man, the strong spirit of a man sustains him in infirmity. I say, that means that if infirmity ever comes, it is because my spirit is weak. How can my spirit be strong? I read again. I'm studying. The words I speak.

The words I speak are like the tree of life. The words I speak are like the tree of life. I speak health over my bones. I speak peace over my body. I speak peace over my body. Let the weak say I'm strong. Let the weak say I'm strong. You are eating it. You are digesting it. This is light entering your spirit.

You know beyond all doubt, I cannot feel. There's nobody that can convince you otherwise. Are you with me? Yes, sir. One of my girls started a business. Actually, she told her parents about the business. The parents do that. Okay. You can you can go. We'll support you.

We'll support you. Later on, did very well in our studies, but we're not so impressed. They said, I should have gotten his. She should have gotten his. She did well, but she should have gotten his. She said, okay. I'll work more on that. Above my business, you say you will support the capital, the this, the that. He said, no. No.

No. I'm not supporting any business. When I'm done with school, when I'm done with that, cancel, close that. If you have not eaten the word of God, such things will discourage you. My father, my own father, my mother, my own mother, but you told me, but you told me. Have you eaten anything? Are you getting what I'm saying? Yes, sir. Are you getting what I'm saying? Yes, sir.

Have you have you eaten anything? Has the word been made flesh to you? Has the word been made flesh to you? Listen, there are there are several scriptures that are ingrained in my spirit for why some things can never become a portion. I travel every time, and people usually tell me, we saw this, we saw that, pray against this, pray against that. I never take those things seriously. The defenses are too much. My response is I cannot die but live to declare the glory of the Lord. Listen. It's not memory verse to me.

It's an experience. Do you know what I found in that scripture? I cannot die but live to declare the glory of the Lord. What I saw there is as long as I'm declaring, death is not my portion. It means death only has permission when you stop declaring. The purpose to live in is to declare. So I'm going to go and declare. You say you saw death. You saw wrong. It's all very wrong.

This thing that I just said now is just intelligent speech to someone. You have not gotten the light. You need to go and pray. That's why the fact that, listen, as I speak to you, what I'm speaking to you is information. What it becomes to you is revelation. Do you understand what I'm saying? There's a process between information transitioning into revelation. If information is all you have, you will... Are you with me? Yes, You will feel miserably.

Spiritual illumination is revelation infused in your spirit by the holy spirit. It comes through meditation. Staying with the word until it becomes one. This is why a lot of people claim to be confessing, and it's not working. They've not stayed with it. Are you with me? Yes. In your secret place, ingest it. Take it in. See, read the bible.

Pause again. Look up the scripture. And these signs shall follow them that believe. Pause there for a moment. These signs shall follow them that believe. What are the signs in my name? They shall cast out devils. These signs shall follow them. That believe. Do I believe?

I believe. It doesn't say them that pray and believe, then that fast and believe. Just because I believe, these signs follow me. Is that simple? Yes. It's that simple. So when I see a demon, these signs shall follow them that believe. I don't start saying, have I reached apostle status? Have I reached apostle's level? These signs shall follow them that believe.

How? From the name of Jesus. And I speak with authority because I saw a word in scripture that is ingrained in my spirit. Are you with me brothers and sisters? Yes. Are you ready to pray? Yes, sir. Rise up on your feet. The second key that I'm gonna show you that I was gonna show you, let me just tell you, right, is travailing prayers because that is what I want us to do now. You want to birth out a great destiny?

You must access the word of God. But not just that, you must travail in prayers. Isaiah chapter 66 and verse eight, the King James version, the bible says, who hath heard such a thing? Who had seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day or shall a nation be born at once? It then says, for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. Listen, we give birth to nations in prayers. We birth destinies in prayers. A prayerless man is a man that has sentenced himself to doom. Nothing can become of your life when you are prayer...

When you are prayerless, especially destiny wise. Because it takes prayer to birth nations. It takes prayer to birth nations. Shall a nation be birthed forth in a day as soon as Zion travails. So the birth of the child is actually a nation. Are you with me? When God has promised you nations, when God has promised you the seed is birthed forth in prayers. Do you know that there is warfare involved in birthing greatness, in birthing great destinies? In Revelations 12 and verse one, very interesting scriptures. The King James version.

The Bible says, and there appeared a great wonder in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun and the moon under her feet, and upon her head, a crown of 12 stars. When God gives us permission to start holding our women conferences again, there's so many teachings that I have in my spirit for women. So many. I remember in 2015, I prepared a teaching from this scripture. Woman, the great wonder. Because of the two great wonders we saw, the first was a woman. But let us know my emphasis today. This woman was wearing a regalia. Verse two, look at this. And she, being with child, cried.

Do you remember that 56? Shall a nation be born in a day, but as soon as Zion travails... So what does the woman do? Travelling in the birth. So what the woman is doing here is traveling. In Galatians chapter four, I think it was 19. Is it Galatians four nineteen now? Yes. Look at this. My little children of whom I travail in birth.

This is Paul speaking. So you see, travailing is not just for women. It is just a word that describes the pain and the agony that a woman goes through in giving birth. He's saying that that kind of travail is what I do in prayers. Are you with me? So Paul is saying, I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you. But when you want Christ to be formed in people, you travail for them. You pray as though you are entering into birth pangs. That is the same travail it takes for a nation to be born. That's the same travail it takes for great destinies to be birthed.

Go back to revelations. The Bible says that the woman travailing in birth and pained to be delivered. Is that not so? Look at the next verse. It says, and there appeared another wonder in heaven, and behold, a great red dragon having seven heads and 10 horns and 10 crowns upon his heads. And he still drew the third part of the stars of heaven and did cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman, which was ready to be delivered for to devour a child as soon as it was born. The devil only comes for what is worthy of attack. And this is what I've noticed. Every time the devil sees that you are about to deliver, an attack is is is is is pending.

The dragon never attacked the woman. The easiest thing to have done was to even have have have attacked the woman. The dragon never attacked the woman. The dragon's business was not the woman. The dragon's business was the child. In other words, the source of the many of the attacks you will ever experience is not you. It's what is in you. It's what is about to come out of you. Many of the greatest challenges I have had in my life were on the ministry, not on myself. We're on my business.

Not on myself. The devil has no business with you. It is what comes out of you that he fights. And sometimes you can be very patient. And if a man does not know how to war in prayers, how to birth destinies in prayer, how to travail in prayers, then whatever it is you have birthed will become dinner for the devil. The great serpent, listen to me, the great dragon was waiting for the child to be born, for to devour a child as soon as it was born so that the child will not even see the light of the day. It means the greatest challenges come at the beginning. When a great thing is birthed, that is when you face the most challenges you will ever face. When a great thing is birthed, a great ministry is birthed, a great business is birthed, oh, challenges everywhere. Challenges everywhere.

This one happened. That one happened. This one happened. The moment you begin to grow to stability, you realize that it becomes a lot easier than it was when you began. Are you with me? It is because the devil always goes after children. The devil is so wicked. He knows that it's a failed strategy if you wait until they are mature. Why give them the privilege to fight him? Do you understand what I'm saying?

So he said, Moses kill them while they are children. Jesus kill them while they are children. He has a theme for killing them whilst they are children. When they don't yet have the capacity to fight for themselves, the structure to fight for themselves. Listen to me. Your bigger might not have the leg up power to face some challenges yet at its infantile stage. So your defense is your prayer life. There are some things as you grow and become big, you will never need to pray about them again. Somebody says something, you can tell 10 lawyers, deal with that guy. Unless the rich priest tells you, yeah, calm down.

Don't worry. But there are financial resources. The bible says wisdom is a defense. Money is a defense. Ecclesiastes. Money is a defense. These things are put there as defense systems. The time will come when you grow, but when that time has not come and you are starting to build something, you must protect that thing with your prayer. It is part of the process of building a great destiny. So if you build a business, you pray.

You pray. God will help you, but the people you employ are believers. Ah, all the better. Hold your hands and pray together. My mother owns a school. I've seen this play out since I was a child. The early morning when all the teachers come, mostly multi... Or or Christians, it doesn't matter which one you are. As long as you come, 8AM, 7AM to 8AM, teachers are praying. You're hearing...

Sometimes they will call prophets on mountain to come and pray with teachers. Teachers will manifest under power. By 9AM, they will and teach students. Let me see what demon you will bring. My mother's school is a is is a specialist hospital. They bring students from public school who... You look and look at them and say, ah. Those are the kind of people they bring in my mother's school. Somebody in the SS three that has write... That has written Waheg five times, they will bring it to mother's school.

It will be in Genesis three. And you will you will see... The the rebellion they come with, you will see the humility. It's an atmosphere. It's a cloud. It was programmed by prayers. You just pay arrogance in me. The moment they come in, it's as though something something just makes them ship. They are willing to go through the process and have excellent results. It's a cloud that was positioned by prayer, programmed by prayers.

We saw this growing up. I knew from when I was a child whatever it is you build, you build on the strength of prayers. So when we began the ministries, prayers, prayers, prayers. Up until today, prayers. Prayers. You can birth nothing outside of prayers. Look at this. The moment the child was to be born, a great destiny. A great destiny. There was a dragon.

There was a dragon. Look at verse five. Verse five says, she brought forth a man child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. Are you seeing why the dragon was there? The dragon did not want the man child to manifest because it can manifest. Rulership is his destiny. Are you with me? It means if your destiny is to rule, you will be attacked. You must build your life on prayers. In verse seven, look at the response.

In verse seven, and there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels. Pause. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. Question. How is Michael and his angels activated? Daniel showed us. Daniel showed us how the ministry of Michael is activated. How that Michael is redundant, but the moment a man starts to raise incense on earth. How that Daniel was praying for prophecy to be fulfilled, and then he kept on praying for twenty one days.

Answers were released, but there was warfare. And he kept on praying, insisting that I must see the birthing of this prophecy. I must see the birthing of this prophecy. In his insistence, in his consistency, in his persistence, the bible says, Michael burst out of heaven to personally supervise while the destiny of that prophecy has not been birthed. Are you with me? We saw from Daniel how the ministry of this hatred is released. It is through prayers and intercession, warfare in destiny. First Chronicles chapter four verse nine. Are you ready to pray? The Bible says, and Jabez was more honorable than his brethren.

Pause. Do you know the lot of brethren? The lot of Jabez? The bible says his mother called his name Jabez saying, because I bear him in sorrow. All his life had been sorrowful. Yet in the sorrow, the bible says, he still had more honor than his brethren. Question. If of his brethren, he was the most honorable and even his honor was sorrow, then what was the lot of his brethren? The bible says he was more honorable than his brethren, and even his lot was sorrow. Then what was now the lot of his brethren?

What was now the lot of his brothers? The guy knew. He knew that there's honor upon me. I I should not be living like this. There's prophecy over my life. I shouldn't be living like this. There's something written about my life. I can sense. I can sense. He knew there was honor upon him.

It was that honor that was upon him that drew him into prayers. Look at the next verse. The bible says, and Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, oh, that thou wouldest bless me indeed and enlarge my course, that thine hand might be with me, and thou wouldest keep me from evil. And as he began to pray, as he began to pray, the Bible says God granted him his request. What pushed him to prayers? Well, because he knew I am more honorable than my brethren. Are you with me? It means there is prophecy over my life. I I I carry something my brothers don't have. I should not be living the same life as them.

You shouldn't be in the same hole surviving, looking for what to eat, and cannot afford food. No. He was more honorable, the bible says, but living a life of sorrow until the time he decided he he he said I would pray. I would pray. There's prophecy hanging on my life that must be perfect. Listen, great destinies are bested in prayers, preserved in prayers, bested in prayers, preserved in prayers, preserved in prayers. Listen. I'll give you three minutes to pray. Listen. Listen.

The bible describes this kind of prayer as travail. Have you seen a woman delivering before? Have you seen a woman living the child before? Any mental image whatsoever? The bible describes what they go through as a kind of prayer we pray in birthing destinies. The bible called it travail. It means when we are traveling, we don't just sit down and we are walking and we are strolling. No. Paul told Timothy, make a good warfare with the prophecies that have been spoken over you. That is travail.

When you make warfare with prophecy, when you insist that what has been spoken over my life must find expression, it must come to pass. You are... It's it's like a woman bursting something out. You can't be gentle about it. If God has shown you that nations will come to you, that your ministries is to nations, is to the world, that your business is to the world, that your career is to the world. I am. Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen.

Those days... Listen. I remember, even now, I remember there are times we begin to pray, and we will start strolling like this. There were two of us. We'll start strolling like this. Four of us, actually. A time will come. You will see the first one, one of the three. Listen. Listen.

Second one is somewhere inside the gutter in Jabo. The fourth one is holding a pillar. The fourth one is just ah. And you wonder what is wrong with these men. Listen. We started how we were fellowshipping. A time came early traveling. We knew there were promises that have been made. We knew there were prophecies that are hanging over us. A time came, we insisted that these things must be birthed.

Then there was no ministry. Then there was no experience. There was no believers equipped. There was no deceiving whatsoever. They were inside of me, and they must be birthed. How they are birthed is in prayers. How they are birthed is in prayers. Hear me? Hear me? Hear me?

If you are a woman here, hear me? If a woman here, hear me. Do you know that? Let me not do this today. I would really pity women who I see... Who who just who just can't walk destiny away. We are praying and you will see a girl because you are fine or you are pretty or you have been deceived to think that... To think whatsoever. And you just just you just hold yourself and you just... Munching what you think is prayer.

Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no. Even Esther, a queen, knew when to say declare prayer and fasting three days. Let us... Listen. The queen said, let us strip ourselves naked. It is time to pray. If we perish, we perish. If we die, we'll die.

That was a queen. That was a queen. No one to hold on to the horns of destiny and say no. No. I will not fail. My life will not end like this. My life will not end like this. You have three minutes to pray. You have three minutes to pray. Have three minutes to pray.

Hold the hold of destiny. Take a posture and pray. Run the holy ghost. Come on pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. Can you hold three people? I want us to pray. Can you hold three people?

We are almost done already. Three people. Listen. Listen. I have seen people. Hear me? Hear me? I've seen people as they begin their life. Maybe they're a business or their marriage or they get a job, they start facing all kinds of attacks that are not normal. I've seen it.

I've seen it. I know a woman. I know a woman. The moment she decided to start building her life and taking her life seriously, the mother fell ill. One of my young men has that experience. The moment he picked up himself and said, you know what? I will take my life seriously, the mother fell sick. He was making money in six digits, but every single thing he was making was going towards the mother's sickness. That thing is not normal. It's not normal.

There are problems that will come on the path of destiny that are designed to stink you. It is your strength in prayers and the fortitude to pray. Listen, many of the prayers we pray in times like this, we are gaining mileage. We are sending power into the future. We are sending life into the future. We're sending fire into the future. Listen, you will get to a point you feel like giving up. But three years ago, you prayed. You were in DCN and you prayed. You held three people and you were praying.

That prayer went ahead of you. It went ahead of you. Three years time and stood and said, no. When you get here, you won't give up. I will hold your hands. I will hold your hands whilst you run. I will hold your hands whilst you go. I will hold your hands. I won't give up till I see your word for I know for I know that you are. I won't give up till I see your work for I know I know that you are through.

I know power. Power. Power. Power. Power. Power. Live inside of me. Amen. In Jesus mighty name, we have prayed. I stretch my hands to pray for you.

And I declare every obstruction, every destiny limitation, every failure that has been programmed into your destiny to serve as an hindrance, to serve as an obstruction on your path to destiny. Let them be broken right now. Financial hindrance. Be broken right now. I stretch my hands and I declare. Any force of delay Holding your legs, holding your hands, insisting that what should take five years, what should take three years, will take you thirty years, will take you forty years. Every force of delay. I stretch my hands right now. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus.

Go and prosper. Hear me. Any human being that has stood as a mountain to obstruct your progress. I silence them now. I silence them now. I silence them now. I silence them now. By the power of the holy ghost. Where you have tried and tried and tried and failed, where you have reached a bus stop. Where it looks as though there's no more progress.

There's no more movement. You moved on to a point and then you just stopped moving. And for some time now, you have remained on that point. Now I push you forward. I push you forward. I push you forward. I prophesy. We believe you were blessed by this message to connect with the Disciples Christian network and get more from Apostle Emmanuel. Follow us on our social media platforms. You can follow us on Instagram at officialdisciplescn.

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