Transcript: Law of Approach - The Protocol That Governs Reception Part 1

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Just like a soldier going to battle, Garrett himself with every armor needed for battle and for winning. So believers must guard themselves with the gospel of peace, the helmet of salvation, the breastplate of righteousness, the shield of faith, and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God. Join apostle Emmanuel as he teaches God's word to equip you for a victorious life on earth. This is believers equip. Law of approach hyphen protocols that govern reception. The law of approach, hyphen, protocols that govern reception. Manifest conference is coming, so I believe it's gonna be a series, actually. I intended to follow my syllabus, but I'm gonna resume with my syllabus after the manifest conference because I want to prepare us for it. So this series this series that I'm starting today are most likely is what we're gonna be doing on Sundays and on Tuesdays, on Sundays, and on Tuesdays until the manifest conference comes. The idea behind this series is to teach us how to receive from God.

It is broken into two parts. Protocols that govern reception, that is how to receive from God. That's the first part, which would take us some weeks or some two weeks or three weeks or two weeks to exhaust, then we look at how to receive from the man of God. It's two different things in time. It's how do you approach God. There's a way to approach God. And the context of my communication is with respect to meetings like this. The manifest conference is coming, but it would help you even in meetings like this. Not just the manifest conference. It will help you to see what you might have gotten wrong or what you might have been getting wrong even on Sunday experience meetings, believers equip you comfort meetings like this.

I believe it will really, really help you and serve as a good foundation to profit from every single meeting. I believe also that it will help you never to miss a moment of an encounter. I believe it will help you to draw value to draw value from the presence of God every single time you appear before the presence of God. There is the protocol of approach, the law of approach in your secret place. That's not really what this series is talking about. My emphasis is when you appear before the presence of God, when you come to church, when you come to a place where two or three are gathered, where the spirit of God is moving, when the word of God is being taught. You understand what I'm saying now? Yes, sir. Where two or three are gathered, the assembly of the brethren, that really is the context of this conversation. What is or what are the protocols that govern reception?

It's going to be a very detailed communication so that if anybody desires to be instructed, you will be instructed. Yes. The bible says that God gives knowledge to the to them. God gives knowledge to the wise. There is a very dangerous assumption in modern day Christianity that if we do not address this assumption, many people will become frustrated with time. A lot of people will become frustrated because they would come to church and would not be able to figure out why things are happening for others, but other things seem to be happening to them or happening with them. Are you with me? What will happen is that when people keep on sharing testimony, somebody would sit down and wonder, but we attend the same church, but the same hands are laid, but the same grace is speaking, but the same prayer is prayed. A lot of people think that exposure to the presence of God within the context of a church automatically translates into an encounter. The thing that exposure to the presence of God within the context of a church automatically translates into a miracle, automatically translates into a breakthrough, automatically translates into personal transformation.

So the thought is that the more I come to church, know what, let me just keep on coming. One day I would get my miracle. Are you with me brothers and sisters? Yes, sir. Let me appear before the presence of God. As long as I appear before the presence of God, everything is fine. Everything is okay. What a what a huge misconception. A lot of people believe that attending powerful meetings, sitting under an anointed teaching Or witnessing demonstrations of miracles, signs and wonders is what guarantees that they will receive from God. And the assumption is that if I just go to church, if I just say amen, if I just you know, pray when a prayer is made, if I just worship when the worship is going on, if I just die, you know, receive when the man of God is is speaking.

Then I would receive from God. And it's not so. And this misunderstanding explains why people attend revival meetings, attend conferences, attend even church. And their lives still remains stagnant. Why believers can be present during seasons of divine visitation, yet experience no personal breakthrough in their lives. A lot of people don't know that this is possible. That it is possible to be within the church context for five years and there is nothing that comes from the presence of God that is in your life. A lot of people don't know. And in an attempt to make ourselves feel good, we try to convince ourselves that it's not the case. It is impossible really to come under an atmosphere of the presence of God and nothing really changes.

There will be changes because the the atmosphere that you are entering into will be robbing on you. There will be signs. There will be certain things people will begin to see in your life. Are you with me? Have you ever hugged someone using a very powerful perfume? And then you begin to smell yourself, begin to smell them even after they've left. Because a part of them rubbed off on you. Do you understand what I'm saying? Coming to church and sitting down in atmosphere of the presence over time can have that effect as well. Are you with me?

Yes sir. If however, that is all that a man depends on. If that is all a man depends on, you will miss certain seasons of encounters in your life that should bring about changes, manifestations, fulfillment of prophecies, destiny breakthroughs assigned and apportioned for you. Assigned and apportion for you. So a man must understand that my coming to the presence of God is not something that I just leave to chance and leave to luck and leave to, oh, you know, I'm here. Whatever happens happens. My coming to the presence of God must be more intentional than that. Are you with me? Because the bible already makes it clear that there is no time a man appears before the presence of God that something doesn't happen. The Bible says that they go from strength to strength.

Everyone of them that appears before God in Zion. Is that not so? Yes, sir. Yes. Yes. Yes. Not everyone who comes receives. That's the simple truth. Two people can come to a meeting sick. And one becomes healed and the other is not.

And the question becomes why? Because they sat next to each other. They heard the same sermon. Heard the same preaching. Same words were spoken over them. Joined in the same worship. So how can one person's life be radically transformed in a single meeting and another person comes that same meeting and then just wondering, is that all? Is that all? The mere study of scripture will show you, will show you very clearly that it is possible for God to reveal himself and not everybody partake of that encounter. Just study scriptures, it is obvious.

That it is possible for God to be so strong that as I'm speaking, God can so manifest himself in this place that somebody is launched into an encounter that redefines twenty five years of his life. And there is someone fitted next to him. When this person is having that encounter and all he's seen is a car passing by. Me, study the Bible, you would see it is true. Do you know that it was in the afternoon that Paul was travelling to Damascus? And the bible says a great light appeared. So the question is, if this great light appeared and he was traveling with her mercies, let's study the account. Let's study the account. Next verse. A great light appeared.

A great light appeared. Let's start from verse one. So that you will get the full picture. One, two, three, go everybody. Next verse. Boss. Alright. Go on. Next. Next of us.

Next verse. That's where I'm... That's... This is where we are going. That there were men that journeyed with him. The bible says, they stood speechless. They heard a voice. But saw no one. So Saul wasn't the only one who heard. But the bible says nothing about any of those men.

You would think probably even if the encounter was not for them at least, they saw everything that happened. So it becomes clear that this God is real. Right? Maybe if they are not the apostle, at least they will follow the apostle. Their names are not mentioned. I'm trying to tell you that the fact that God manifested himself so strongly and get in a place, giving someone an encounter so powerful. Does not mean that everybody had the same experience. It don't mean that at all. And this misconception is why a lot of people do not benefit from gatherings like this. When the power of God is so strong, when the spirit of God is moving, many people do not know what to do.

Many people do not know what to do. That the holy spirit can be manifesting himself with power in an environment yet you can remain untouched. That miracles can be happening around you. Seek the sick is being healed around you. Death fears are opening. Encounters breaking out. Power of God is moving. Signs and wonders happening around you. Yet you can go home with the same sickness that you came with. The same poverty.

The same bondage that you arrived with. Glory to God. And it's not because God shows favoritism. It's not because God just randomly distribute his blessings to whomever he pleases to. No. It is because receiving from God requires specific positioning. And I'm going to show you what led Saul at this point into an encounter. I'm going to show you. Because you might think that, oh, even Saul's encounter was just random. It wasn't.

It wasn't at all. Like somebody might say, but he was an ascension. He wanted to go and kill believers and yet God still met him. True. That doesn't mean that the encounter was random. How many of you believe that lightning just strike anywhere is is random? Wondering is falling, just strikes. But a simple study of physics will tell you that lightning follows negative charges. That you can you can actually direct the flow of lightning to yourself. A simple study of science will tell you that if we want lightning to strike a particular spot, we can build charges around that spot that channels the attention of lightning there.

That's exactly how the power of God is. That's exactly how life transfer. It looks random. It looks as though it just happened. Somebody was just going on their way to Damascus and lightning just struck. You understand what I'm saying? There is a posture, there is a preparation, there is a spiritual readiness that determines whether divine visitation produces results in your life or it is just another religious experience that you witness but did not participate in. And throughout scripture, whenever God is about to visit his people with power, with manifestation or with a kind of covenant establishment. He demanded for preparation. You see this all through scripture that divine visitation was never casual.

It was never accidental. God gave explicit instructions about how his people must position themselves to receive whenever he's coming and and to receive what he's bringing. Exodus chapter 19 for instance, from verse 10 to verse 11, the bible says, then the Lord spoke unto Moses saying, go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow and let them wash their clothes even to their clothes. Verse 11, and let them be ready for the third day. For on the third day, the Lord will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. And you see this? Yes, sir. Let them anoint themselves. Let them consecrate themselves. Let them sanctify themselves even to the washing of their clothes, their their physical appearance.

It says for on the third day, the Lord will come down upon Mount Zion. Let them be ready for the third day. It means you must be ready for visitation. You must be ready for an... For for encounters. You must be ready for the coming of God. It means if you know that I'm going before the congregation of the people, if you know that I'm coming to the house of God. If you know that I'm coming to where two or three are gathered and and God is gonna make himself manifest, you must be ready. There is a kind of readiness that precedes his coming. He says, let them be ready.

Are you with me? Yes, sir. Let them be ready for the third day. There was an appointed time for invitation. And they needed to align themselves with divine timing through deliberate preparation. Let them be ready. And it's not just this. In Joshua chapter three and verse five, we see the same thing happening. The Bible says, and Joshua said to the people, sanctify yourselves for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders amongst you. It's not today, tomorrow.

But before that tomorrow, do something. So I can't know that I'm coming to church today and not... There there is a there is a preparation. I I don't come casual. The appearance and the approach must never be casual. There is a preparation. You see this all over scriptures that God is about to do wonders. Prepare. God is about to come down in the midst of his people. Prepare.

You see, there's what is called the hour of visitation. These are divine interceptions. They are moment when heaven draws near to a man in a heightened way. Is what the bible calls kairos moments. Luke chapter 19 from verse 41 to verse 44. It was Jesus that introduced us first to this concept. Even before Jesus, we see this again and again in the old testament. But there's a particular word he used to describe this. From verse 41, the bible says, now as he drew near, he saw the city and wept over it. Look at this.

He saw the city and did what? Wept over it saying, if you had known, even you, especially in this day, the things that make for your peace, but now they are hidden from your eyes. Watch this. Jesus is passing by. He saw a city and he began to weep over that city. And people are wondering Jesus, why are you crying? And Jesus says, aye, if only you had known. If only you had known the things that make for your peace. The question is, what is peace there? Is peace only, oh, I'm calm.

Is it a state of calmness of heart? Is that what peace is? Watch. Next verse. For days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you, surround you, and close you in on every side. In other words, wars is coming. In other words, your enemies will come. They will plunder you. War is coming against you. You will lose your properties, lose what you have.

The devourer is coming. The enemy is coming. It will clamp you in. It means this is the absence of peace. This shows you what peace is. Do you understand what I'm saying? The next verse says, and level you and your children within you to the ground. And they will not leave. They will not live in you one stone upon another. Why?

Because you did not know the time of your visitation. Of course. So Jesus first starts by saying that what you did not know was what makes for your peace. So he now tells them what makes for their peace. Now what makes for your peace is the time of your visitation. You missed it. Do you understand this? Yes sir. It begins by saying to them that if only you are known, the things that make for peace. All this trouble would not be following you.

Shalom shalom. Prosperity, welfare, rest on every side. But because you did not know, so what is that thing they did not know? What is that thing that makes for peace did not know? The time of their visitation. Are you with me brothers and sisters? The time of their visitation. It means that all of this evil is befalling them because they missed when God came. Heaven came close and they were blind to the wind that opened. They just thought it was business as usual.

They thought it was church as usual. And destiny slipped past them. And there are many people who come to church like that, church as usual. That's how they come, church as usual. What happens is that destiny slips past them. Because they have casualized coming to this sacred gathering where God manifest himself and reveals himself. What will happen? We will sing praises, we will pray, apostle will preach, we will pray again and then we'll go home. As usual. The moment the presence of God becomes like that to you.

You have already pegged the manifestation of God's power and God's presence in your life. It means that you have lost honor, which is one of the postures I would show you, by the way. Glory to God. Glory. Yes. Yes. It is sobering to know that you can pray and fast. You can attend meetings. You can do all of these things but miss your validation. Your posture must always align with divine visitation.

Your posture must always align with divine visitation. When you read the book of Acts chapter three, the Bible speaks of times of refreshing, times of refreshing shall come from the presence of our Lord. Notice the plural, times. It means there are seasons when God ordains outpourings. Times of refreshing, seasons of refreshing. Pentecost was one of those seasons. Are you with me? And in Acts chapter two from verse one to verse two, the bible says when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all in one accord, in one place, and suddenly, there came a sound from heaven. When the time of vividation came, those that tarried in his presence were the ones who received the holy ghost. It means if you were absent in that day from the upper room, you did not receive it.

You did not receive it. If you were absent on that day, it doesn't matter where you were. If you were a part of us before, the condition was, the preparation was, the posture was, wait for me in the open room. Go nowhere. And note, it not tell them when he would come. Remember, you did not know the time of your visitation. So because you did not know, you treated every meeting as casual. And the truth is, you may never know. But your own responsibility is to always be prepared. Your own responsibility is to always carry the poster of a prepared man.

So that in the day that that time comes, it meets you prepared. I've taught you this before, that the realm of the spirit is not loud when seasons change. You may never know that your time has come. I've said it before that quarter to being a billionaire, everything still looks normal. It's not as though you will not be hearing drum beats. You know, when you go for when you go for a Yoruba wedding and there are these people that that beat drums when you're coming in and start drumming for you. So that your head can sweat and you can spend money and money for food that night, you have already. Many people think that that's what happens when seasons are about to change. They'll be hearing drum beats. Everything can be as calm.

You will not even know. It might be as simple as go and give food to your brothers. No. Nothing spectacular. Nothing spectacular. It might be as simple as come and lead prayer in church. Nothing is the same song you used to sing. Come and lead worship. Just five minutes before apostle comes up. Nothing spectacular.

The routines are the same. That's what makes it dangerous. That's what makes many people lose the sanctity of the encounter. Do you know that? Do you know that? Jesus Christ was with the disciples for three and a half years. And it was all for this one moment. You didn't understand what I just said? Three and half years for just one moment, stay in the upper room until you are endured with power. Somebody would have left and say okay, Shabiz, when is upper room time?

Call me. What is happening in that three and a half years is not really my business since we have to wait until upper... Do you understand what I'm trying to say? That's the foolishness of choosing what service you want to attend. You know how foolish that is? Three and a half years of trainings, three and a half years of corrections, three and a half years of instructions, of discipling, of rebuke, of teaching, hours, days into teaching. Days into teaching. Personal teaching, crusades, conferences, in the synagogue, in houses of learnings, then they would go for IT. He would send them for evangelism. He would send them for outreach.

He would send them a two by two to different places. They will come back and give him report. Said not work. Why didn't it work? He would teach them again. They would drown. He would pull them up. They would pray. It would not work. It would tell them.

This is where you missed it. And it kept on going on. It kept on going on for just one moment. Just one moment. Wait in the open room. And they were all there. Imagine imagine one of them lost patience and said, it's a feast day oh. Dad, you don't hear anything? It don't happen. She said nothing oh.

Do you know, it not even described to them what was to happen. It means, as they were there, they didn't know even what to expect. Or how they would know that the power had come. All they knew is that power will come. And when it comes, we will know. And they were there. They were there every single day. Every single day. And the bible said it came to pass on that day. Wind everywhere.

The holy ghost blasted into that room. A mighty rushing wind, tongues of fire appearing upon their heads. Utterances that they did not recognize, that they didn't learn from anywhere. Each one of them fled blastering in tongues. And it was so loud and so cosmic. That everybody around them could hear it. And you would think that that is all that experience would bring or that is all to that experience. But the bible says, as they left that place, in Acts chapter four, they had so dispensed power that they needed these times of refreshing again. That's why the Bible called it times. That you were refreshed today does not mean that is all the refreshment you would need.

Because your life would need continuous empowerment. The Bible says that grace and peace be multiplied. It means grace can be multiplied. That every time you come to church is an opportunity for whatever dimension of grace you have seen or experienced before to multiply. That I have seen favor, but there is a kind of favor that I have not seen. E, there's favor and there's favor. There's favor that can literally be working upon your life that you would know that I am favored. You might not be able to explain it, but you can tell that there is favor upon me. Why? Because people just like me so easily.

I get into a vehicle and somebody wants to pay my transport. I go and buy food, somebody wants to pay the food for me. I go and do this, somebody wants to... I'm queuing to line up with other people to submit a registration or see someone, and somebody just says, why are you queuing here? Come, enter. And you know, there is something upon my life, but it has not brought you money. Neither has it brought you to kings. Neither has it brought you influence. Neither has it brought you access. Grace can be multiplied.

That whatever grace is upon a man's life can multiply. Whether it is the grace for the miraculous, it is the grace for signs and wonders and illusions and miracles, it is a grace it can multiply. It can be thick. It can grow depth. It can grow fatter. Have you seen how the Bible describes the anointing? You know when you say anointing breaks the yoke? Mm-mm. It says the yoke is broken because of the anointing. If you read it in simpler versions like amplified versions, it says the yoke is broken because of the fattening of your neck.

Because the yoke is what they put around the neck of the ox. Is that not so? Anointing does not break it as in it is coming from outside. It is that the neck is becoming fat. It will become fat to a point that it will put strain on the yoke. That the yoke has no choice again but to break. It means that there are yokes that will not break until the grace increases. I'm not I'm not saying that you are not anointed, but your neck is not fat enough. You don't understand what I'm saying. God of Nazareth.

That's the foolishness of coming to a meeting and thinking you have seen it all. What have you seen? Give me a note. One, two, three, go. It means if the devil can still put yoke around your neck. It's not fat enough. It's not it's not fat enough. You see, man of God, I wanna... Before I used to have dreams where they oppress him in the night. But sir, the moment you declared words and I I kid into it, ah, sir, I did not come again.

But I just noticed that after like two months, he came back just once. And when he came back, I noticed that my disposition this time around was different even though they were pressing me, but I could now call Jesus. The yoke is not fat enough. Because the fact that they can still even put their hands around your neck It's not fat enough. Not fat enough. What result have I seen that would make me think that I have I've I've attained something? So even me when I come before the presence of God. It's what I'm looking for. It's what I'm looking for. I've seen some measure of grace.

But the bible says grace can be multiplied. I was reading a book, a book from years ago. I was reading a book. And I flew out under the power. In my bed. From reading the story of a man I was reading. The book was capturing the story of a man. A man of God whom many of you know. He got into Argentina for a crusade. When he got there, there was traffic because of the crusade.

The crusade Ground was filled up hours before the start time. It was a stadium, traffic. And the man could not get there. And the man was in the car. So people were just praying, people were praying in tongues. Nobody was leaving anything because it wasn't their time. And people were praying. And as people were praying, the man had not gotten there. The first limb leg started working. Then the second, then the third, then the fifth, then the sixth, then the seventh.

By the time he got there and it continued like that, when the opening prayer started, more healings will happen. The man had not gotten there. By the time the man got there, 183 wheelchairs had been stacked. By the time he got there. Now me, young man of God, I pray for someone who has an... Think that I have seen something. And then somebody say, apostle, apostle. Say, me apostle? You have no idea what we see. You have no idea what we see.

Because I am constantly aware that grace can multiply. Do you really think that this is what I would credit to the nations? I'm constantly aware that grace can multiply. I'm constantly aware that the magnitude of the empowerment that God has deposited on your inside can grow in size and capacity. It can grow. Do you... This thing is measurable. Yes, sir. It is measurable. Yes, sir.

If as a man of God, for instance, the grace upon your life and the level of capacity you have built in the anointing can only speak to one fifty people. If they take you to a crowd of 15,000, only one fifty will have your attention. What you would notice is that every other person will be lost. Some pressing their phone, some working, some talking, your energy would only be able to concentrate on the first people in front. So when you see a man speak to 13,000,000 people, honor the capacity of his spirit. Especially that he has, he has all of them at attention as though he has cast a spell on them. That's what it means to cast your spirit on a people. That everybody comes under the influence. Are you reading brothers and sisters? So when we come, we know that it's another time for capacity to increase.

That's what I'm telling you. That's why it is never... It's a it's a foolish thing to see it as service as usual. It is not. Fat must be infused now. Anointed. This thing must. This thing must increase. In measure. In measure.

You see, because hands were laid yesterday, they've already apostle have laid hands on me on yesterday. What have been spoken, you know, the power of God came too strong upon me yesterday. Oh, thank God. Then I come today and I'm casual. I already received yesterday. You don't know how this thing works. That if hands can be laid on you everyday, you will desire it can be laid everyday. If words can be spoken on you everyday, if we can gather here everyday, If we can lock ourselves every day. To the end that this thing increases. To the end that this thing multiplies in measure.

The Bible said that Jesus was anointed with the spirit without measure. Can you... That that's why the Bible says how God anointed. It means, it means, look at the extent. Look at the, it it speaks of the depth of the measure. Look at the degree. To which this man was anointed. That he went about doing good. But every time I can look at how much good I can do. And I can use it to directly know how anointed I am.

Oh, you didn't get what I just said. That when people come to me and they speak to me about an issue, can I speak? Can I release an utterance that causes negative situations to turn around like day and night? If I spoke and nothing happened, it speaks to the level and the extent of the anointing upon my life. It means I don't yet have the capacity to do good to the degree to which I can. So what do I do? I say sorry. Thank you. Thank you. Is what is offered when good cannot be done.

And it's not to be hungry. It's not to be hungry. One of my daughters messaged me yesterday. And she told me, apostle, my father has been kidnapped. And she sent me horrible videos of gunshots on the car. Is that not evil? And he said they are requesting for a 100 millionaire. Is that not evil? What do you offer? You are.

Sorry. I know how you must be feeling. Sorry. Sorry. I mean, I can't imagine how you... Ah, shh, shh, shh. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. I don't know what you signed up for, but I want to do good.

I want to. What I saw in my bible is and these signs will follow. When I was reading scriptures, that was what I saw. That was what was promised to me. What was promised to me was the capacity to do good. It was science. That you can speak to circumstances. Hear me. Hear me. Hear me.

It was science. That nature, nature, nature, nature. Men who were not there when you were speaking. Everybody begins to align themselves in order because you spoke. Listen. Listen. Listen. The Bible says, Jesus wanted fruits. And he got to a fig tree. And he didn't see fruit on that tree.

And he says, because. And he did not check to see if what they had said had happened. He only spoke and went. He only spoke and went. I want to do good. And I want to do it well. You see, when you are incapable of doing good, don't be angry. Don't be angry. Come to church. Be ready.

That... That's what it means. Stop. It means it means it means the measure must increase. There there must be another addition again that must happen. Listen. Listen. Listen. That's the delusion of choosing what service to attend. It's a delusion.

It's it's... That's why it pity Sunday Sunday believers. Listen. Listen. If I'm experiencing some kind of results in my life because words were spoken, Does not make sense to come hungrier the following... You don't understand what I'm saying. Or you think that that's all can... That's all that can happen. You think that's all that can happen? Every night.

My prophet is on the mountain. And every single night, every night, he calls me. With several old prophets on the mountain. And he begins to release words. And he's a Tikyoruba prophet. He's a old man. Old CAC prophet. Every night, the prayer is the same. Every night, my response is the same. There is no time that it would look as though we said we received this thing yesterday.

I was on the mountain some years ago with the prophet. Whilst I was on the mountain, they brought a woman whose whose whose belly was swollen. And the prophet said, how long has it been there? They said, many years. You've done all kind of things, but you just saw us back. And they are afraid to do a surgery because now the point where the surgery... The last surgery was done was begin to lacerate. Now it's becoming a health challenge and a health concern. He brought the plant... They brought the lady to the mountain.

Your husband was there. And the prophet said, I don't know if your husband will be hungry or... But what the holy spirit said I should do is to drink water and pour that water on your belly, on my mouth. In other word, I drink water and I do on your belly. It looks unconventional. But I wasn't I wasn't the type... Oh, that's so helped us. I'm not the type to judge such moves of the spirit. Because if Jesus were alive, you too will judge him. Because Jesus did worse.

So this method were more unconventional. Are you explaining spitting on more than them? And using the squashing more they are spat in. On somebody's eyes. Imagine I did that in church. Some people that love apostle will never come again. The man said, Guess what? It was my ninth day on the mountain. I was in a stretch retreat. The woman too was her.

She had been there longer before me, she had been, so it was her own twenty fifth day. On the mountain. It was my ninth day. And everyday the prophet will come, we'll pray, pray, pray for hours and go, rest again, pray in the night, come back in the morning, pray. Twentieth day. It was on the twentieth day of her staying there. The prophet said, this is what God said I should do. Okay, I'm not angry. Open up this and that. The man said, no problem.

Angry and and change her. Hey, how? The rest of the woman's big stomach was a was a very disgusting sight to see. Very, very disgusting. It's probably because there were lacerations And and and all kinds of patches of plaster and all kind of things to stop the lacerations. Horrible. Horrible. So that you would not think that I put something in the water. Go and buy water with your own hands. The...

Our husband brought the water. The man drank the water. And spat it on her stomach. The moment the water landed on her stomach, blood splashed out from her, came out from her pubic, splashed. She was stained from up to down. In our presence, stomach went down like a deflating balloon. The the way you deflate a balloon and and hold it like this so that I can go, that's how stomach went down. You would expect that because of how long the stomach had been like that, there should be excess skin, there should be dead skin, there should be nothing. They removed the plaster and it was as those new skin had covered everything. And it happened in my presence.

Now the man calls me every night and tells me, and I think as though, Can I speak on big stomach by this time? And it will go, I cannot. So what do I do? Another thing I would want to pick from it is what if she left on the nineteenth? Again, the foolishness is why Jesus wept. You can see now why Jesus wept. You have to understand the reason he wept. That he, he, he, he, God is coming and you are playing. God is coming bringing answers and bringing breakthrough and bringing what you have been fasting for, what your mother has been praying for, and your kingdom. God is coming.

That's why the man will eat. It's a painful thing. So painful when a man misses his hour of visitation. And everyday is not the same. But everyday leads to a day. That's why you never choose. And there's a posture. It's a meeting of instructions. It's a meeting of instructions. Second Corinthians chapter six and verse two.

The bible speaks of deliverance. The word salvation used here is the word deliverance. One, two, three, go everybody. It is you are you are running too fast. You run too fast, you missed the word acceptable time. Because this is God speaking. And that God says, in an acceptable time, who accepted the time? Is definitely not you. But he says I have heard you. And in what he calls the day of salvation.

I have helped you. In other words, I did not help you in the day you feel you wanted to be helped. You know, many people don't know this. But there is... I'm trying to show you that there is what the bible calls an hour of visitation. That there are times in the realm of the spirit allocated for certain destiny encounters. It's not every time. Every meeting leads up to that time. Because you'll never know. It is dangerous to not be there.

To allow the devil convince you to slip off because of cold. A man of God was sharing a testimony. In a popular church, I wouldn't mention the name of the church. And the man of God was speaking. He was sharing testimony. Okay, it was even the member. The prophet called him. Man of God speaking called him and said, you over there, raise your hands. That's... That one is messy.

Watch. You over there, raise your hands. And he raised his hand. And he said... The man said, I see the grace and the power to make wealth coming upon you. And as he said it, went flat under the power. It was out there for more than three hours, just hot cold. By the time he stood up from the impact of the encounter that he had had, he went out and somebody reached him, said come and meet me. Went to meet him. Said I heard you supply so and so.

He's into constructions. Not really construction as in the build, but he supplies building materials. I heard you supply so and so. He said yes. At that time, his company only had, I think he said thirty thirty bags of cement also. The man wanted 10,000 bags. He did not have it. But he had been taught. So he said he had it. Master, know what?

Deliver to us on this day, he signed his first was it 8 figure contract or so? Or more than that? 9 figure contract. Signed his first 9 figure contract. The moment he got the money, sought for it, was able to find the place he could get, deliver the entire thing. Thought that was all. Man said, my my goodness. I just tested you and you passed. This is not the actual project. My God.

My God. That's not even what surprised me. What surprised me that testimony was? He said the day the man of God called him out, his father had arrived at a particular... At at that territory, not state. At that territory, at the state where the meeting was going on. And the father had been distorting him on phone. Come and pick me. I'm at the bus stop. Come and pick me up at the bus stop.

He said, listen. He said he was about to leave the church. He said he was a... He said, it was... He said minutes before he said, you know what? Let me just quickly leave. Was when the man said, you over there. If he had left, you will now understand why Jesus was crying. You don't you don't get it yet. Why Jesus stood and was He's moving or he's he's going.

What happened? And all shall made her angry. You know believers lack discernment. You came to church, did not dress well, go and change the clothes that you wore, wear the uniform, and you get angry and you go and not come back. You are the one that is stupid. You are the one that has something to lose. It would mean that it is in that day that your word was supposed to come. It is the spirit of offence that was granted in your heart. You are an unwise fellow. And you know you cannot discern.

You cannot discern. And you never really can tell fully enough. Thou knowest not the the hour of your visitation. So you prepare as though every day is the hour of your visitation. You prepare as to every meeting is the hour of your visitation. Prepare as to every meeting. That's the posture that you take. You stay watchful. You stay prepared. You stay aligned.

You stay hungry. Because when the hour comes, you will then realize that everything has built up to that one moment. And the Bible called it times of refreshing. Not a time of refreshing, times of refreshing. Because there will always be such moments of outpouring. You always need such fresh encounters, such fresh empowerment. Listen to me, God is not distant, but God is ordered. His presence has an order of approach. So So when you study scriptures, you would see a lot of places in scripture defining how men must approach him. How men must come before him.

For instance, in Psalms 100, the Bible says enter into his presence with thanksgiving. That's an order of approach. The Bible would have tossed certain time to his presence. Let us come to a throne of grace with boldness. That's an order of approach. Are you with me? Yes, sir. Whom you ascend into the hill of the Lord. Or who may stand in his holy place. One who is blameless.

He who has a clean hand and a pure heart. That's an order of approach. Glory to God. Glory. Lord resist the proud. Gives grace to the humble. That's an order of approach. On this one will I look? Is God I speaking of? Isaiah 66 and verse two.

He says, on this one will will I look? On him who is poor. This God speaking. He says, on this one will I look. As an order of approach. That when people come, I don't look at everybody. On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit. Who trembles at my word. On this one will I look. That's an order of approach.

And I will show you. I'm just trying to show you from scriptures that there is a way God defines that men should approach him. There's a law of approach in scripture. There are protocols for reception. You don't go carelessly. Are you with me? Yes sir. Order matters with God. Especially with receiving from God. There's a way a man comes.

There's a way a man postures himself. You don't come casually. It's not how you want it. That's the mistake that David made with with Uza. Remember Uza? Look at first Chronicles 15 and verse 13. Bible says, That's when Hoosa touched the ark and then died. Next. So many people think it died because it touched the ark. Why did he die?

What was the proper order? That the hack must be carried on the shoulder of priests. Instead, they put the hack on a hawk. They put the hack on the chariot. They had missed the order to begin with. It was never about the chariot. So if the heart was on the shoulder of praise, it wasn't even about the falling down. Are you with me brothers and sisters? It was that the order had been missed. And these people were trying to rectify something they started in the flesh.

What is the point I'm trying to make? It is God that defines how you approach him. And what are the postures that govern reception? How... What are the postures a man must take that allows him to receive from God? What are these laws that governs how a man approaches God? So that every meeting becomes an intentional meeting. So that when that manifest conference comes because I so believe that it is an hour of visitation. I so believe. I so believe.

That's why it's not also wisdom to plan to miss any day. Yes, sir. Any day. I know there are people like that who say, you know what? I will just come on Friday. I'm I'm just gonna come on Saturday. There's no ways I've been missing any day because thou knowest not the how of visitation. Thou knowest not the how of visitation. I know it's not the hour of visitation. When the hour of visitation comes in meetings like this, do you know it does not matter who is speaking?

It has nothing to do with who is speaking. The person leading opening prayer might be the person that God will put your word in in their mouth. But because you are a casual seeker, you would skip it. Why? Because apostle has not arrived. It means you didn't come for God. That's that's that's that's the thing. You didn't come for God. Is that not why somebody misses the worship worship session and misses the prayer session? Because what they came for was apostles.

You have first of all missed the order of approach. The order of proof approach is realizing that it is not first about the man, it is first God you come to meet. That's why the bible says believe in the Lord your God. You will prosper. Believe in his prophet. That's the order of approach. It is believe in the Lord first. That's the order of approach. It means if it is God, you believe him. It will never be forced about what the purpose to comes to do.

Even if it is a 10 year old that is leading prayer here, you will pray as though your life depends on it. Whether it is a man or a woman would not matter anything to you. It is God you came for. The fact that you came to see God will allow you to see the man right. The fact that you came to see God will allow you to see the man right. That's an order of approach. Is God first? There are people that turn off if apostle is not the one that is ministering. You have missed the order of approach. It means you have short circuited how God can speak to you.

That's the meaning. And in the day that God wants to bring wisdom to you, apostle might not be the one God is using. God might be using your head of department. Glory to God. And there are people that go for conferences. When they go for the conference, the man of God that they came for is ministering in the afternoon. They came in the morning, so they will go and sit down outside eating a pa and bread because they traveled a long distance. So when the man of God are... When it is time for the man of God's session, they will not enter the church back. It is foolishness.

You have missed the order of approach. It is true. Because the moment you place a man above God, you want to kill the man. You want to kill the man because even the man doesn't place himself above God. But you know people can be naive and foolish. It is God first. In other words, the mentality of the worshiper, the mentality of the person who is coming to receive must be I'm coming to receive from God. Do you understand what I'm saying? Yes sir. It is from God through men to men.

You must never miss the fact that it begin... I'm coming to receive from God. And it is because I know this that I partake in the worship as though my life depends on it. I partake in the prayer because who who am I speaking to? God. It's the one I came for. And I was beginning to launch deep into that God. Every moment, everything that is happening becomes something that your soul and your spirit man is so aligned with. Are you with me? What is the first law a man must know?

Number one, number one is faith. The law of approach is faith. Faith is the first and foremost posture for receiving from God. Without faith, nothing else can stand because faith is a currency for transactions in the kingdom. Hebrews chapter 11 verse six. The bible says, but without faith, it is impossible to please him. For he who comes to God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him. Let's read it again. Pause. Note that the bible does not say without faith, is difficult to please him.

The bible says, it is impossible. Now look at an order of approach. What does it say? Continue. That's he who approaches God. If you are coming to God, you must believe that he is. You must believe that he is a reward. It means you must first believe that he is, that he exists, that he is living, that he's powerful, that he is here, that he is able, that he is able. That's the first law that he who comes to God, whoever is approaching him, if you come here and you don't don't believe there is a God, what did you come for? What are you here for?

He who comes here must believe that he is. Because you didn't come to meet a man. That's the reason why it is dangerous for men to say, oh, you know, I'm an atheist, but man of God, I listen to you. And when I listen to you, you know, I just get educated by what you say is dangerous. It is dangerous. It's good, but it's not entirely good especially if nothing happens. Glory to God. He who comes to God must believe that he is. He who comes to God must believe that he is a rewarder. Do you understand, Kansi?

Yes, sir. He's a rewarder. If faith is absent, reception will never happen. In a meeting where God's power is moving, two people can be side by side each other under the same atmosphere. One receives a miracle and the other does not. One receives a miracle and the trajectory of his life changes drastically. The other one lives unchanged. And the difference is not God. The difference is faith. There are many differences anyways, and I'll show you.

It's faith. How many of you remember what God told Cain? After Cain's offering was rejected. The bible says and in the process of time, it came to pass that Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to the Lord. Now note that it was first Cain's idea. Next verse. Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat. And we've picked a lot of lessons from these things. Some people say it is because Cain brought shrunken and rotten fruits. The But Bible never records that.

Glory to God. Go back to verse three and see what the Bible says he brought. One, two, three, go. That's what he does. That's his business. The other man's business is shepherding. Both of them brought fruits from what they do. Are you with me brothers and sisters? So was it that God preferred this one's handwork over this one? Was it that this one brought...

And all of these things that we infer from this scripture that is not in the scripture. You know, there are many things we have inferred, and we say, and we teach, and we believe that is not in the scripture. And we have said it so long that we have believed it. Even some that we sing, we sing a lot of songs that are not scripture. What I know about the God that we serve, that's the reason why I don't criticize songs. And I would say, oh, this song because we can... We know obviously that this song might not be correct as it were. But the heart of whoever wrote it is right. As such, God would not relate with me who is singing it based on the correctness of the lyrics, but based on the heart that is singing it. Because if that were the case, Joshua's prayer would not have answered.

Joshua would have needed to know science enough to know that the sun is already standing still. That is the head that is revolving and rotating. The accurate prayer would have been, let the head stop rotating, let the head stop revolving around the second foot on the sun and let it stop. That would have been the accurate prayer to pray. Are you with me? Yes, sir. So there is what we know about God that makes us just ignore and just worship. Otherwise... And this is not to excuse laziness in songwriting. In case you're a musician and God is placing it in your heart to write songs and all of that, it does not excuse not knowing scriptures and just writing foolish songs.

Songs like president general amongst nations. It's a sweet song. The only reason why I, if you ever see me, which I doubt you would ever see me, sing such a song. And then the reason is because I'm so kingdom minded, I would feel bad calling God a president. Do you know what a press... Who votes him into power? Is it a democracy? Was your vote involved when he became God? At what point was he elected a president? That kind of one.

Don't I don't even think I made a mistake because I'll be judged if I sink. I know too much kingdom for me to want to bend to that. Glory to God. But there are others that we might still allow. Like calling the love of God reckless. Like saying, good morning Jesus. Good morning Lord. I know you come. That part, that part. Now you begin to wonder who is on the throne exactly.

When did the holy when did the holy spirit ascend to heaven? When was it correlated? Is it the one sitting in the right hand of God? But you know, I can keep on pointing examples and upon examples and examples for you. Praise to God. But we don't mind. We just think. Praise to God. So back to the scripture. Why then was his offering not not accepted?

Bible says in the next verse that Abel also brought his own. Bible says and the Lord respected Abel and and his offering. Next verse. But he did not respect Cain and his offering and Cain was very hungry and his continents fell. So your emphasis first of all here should therefore not be the offering he brought because the first thing that God did not accept was the man before the offering. And it was because the man was rejected that the offering was rejected. It had nothing to do with the offering. Neither does it even have anything to do with the quality of the offering. This does not suggest that the quality of what you give to God does not matter. That's not the point I'm trying to make here because some people hear otherwise.

Are you with me? Yes, sir. Yes. That's not the point I'm trying to make here. Point I'm trying to make here is that this is not a scripture that you will use and show that the quality of what you bring matters. You can use any other scripture, but not this. Because here, it was the man that was first rejected before the offering. And Jesus God now told him when he was hungry. Look at the next verse. The Lord now told him, why are you hungry?

Why have your campaigning's falling? Next verse. It says, if you do well, will you not be accepted? So the question is, how would I have done well? Cain had pride, so he did not find out. I'm gonna get there very soon. Because if not for pride, that just come to Abel and say, Abel, what do you do? Show me the way. Abel will tell you what he did, and you go and do your own again. Fear.

Simple. Matter has closed. But the end of your proud man, I'm going... I'm gonna get this. Not today. It's one of the postures you take is you mill it in the presence of God. It's one of the laws of approach. That's why the bible says, God looks on. We'll get there. Today, we're talking about faith.

It's a series for that matter. In Hebrews, the bible now shows us what Abel did and what God was expecting Cain to do. For why he said if you are done well, it was Hebrews that now journeyed back to this scripture, back to when this thing was happening. Hebrews now says, okay, by faith, Abel offered. It means what was first missing in the offering of Cain was faith. The reason why it means the approach, the bible says whoever comes to God must believe. Why are you now coming if faith was missing? It means a man can dance and there's no faith. There's no faith in him. But the the song is sweet.

Everybody is shouting, amen. Receive it. Amen. But there's no faith in his heart. Faith is creeped completely. But he's following the motions. He's flowing with emotions, doing what everybody is doing, and he's in touch every Sunday. Thinking that one day, one day, whereas faith is crippled in his heart. Are you with me? By faith.

Faith in the presence of God is not passive. Your heart, your body, every part of you must be actively reaching towards heaven, must be actively reaching toward what God is doing. Every part of you. You cannot say you have faith and be passive. There is no one in scripture who demonstrated faith. I hope you know that. God, Jesus Christ is called the express image of God. In other words, we learn a lot about God from Jesus and through Jesus while he was alive. Is that not so? It's called the express image of God.

So when you study Jesus, you are seeing God. And we are seeing what God wants to operate. Where God wants to move is where Jesus was moving. The Bible says that God spoke through the prophets. But when Jesus came, God was no longer speaking through the prophet because the message rather had become the messenger. Are you with me? What God was saying through the prophet had manifested in the flesh because all the prophet was prophesying was Jesus. So when he came, God had come. The bible says the world was made flesh. The world that was made flesh was God.

So you could see the oppressions of Jesus and see how God operates even in the now. And you can see how men approach Jesus and see how you should approach God. Do you understand what I'm teaching you here? I hope you know that it is scripturally not accurate to expect that every day of your life, you'll be having encounters with Jesus. Jesus appeared to me today. Jesus appeared to me as the Jesus appeared to me as Jesus as Jesus as as Jesus. It's not scripturally accurate. After his resurrection, the bible says that two disciples were working on their way to Emmaus. And that that is also the error of those who think that unless God opens their eyes to see visions, he's not leading them. It's not scripturally accurate.

Why? Because we have the word of God that has as much authority as much authority. As a matter of fact, Jesus appeared to the disciple on his way to Emmaus. He was working with them for a long time, and he was speaking to them, expounding through scriptures, out that Jesus must come, must die, and must be buried because he had resurrected. But the disciples did not even know that the person that they were speaking to was Jesus. And they were speaking to Jesus about Jesus saying that, are you a stranger? Don't you know that somebody came and was saying that he's son of God and then he died? And Jesus started showing them from scripture how that that man that they said came and died must die. And he showed them through the five books of Moses, through the Torah. And this journey was...

It would have taken them up to eight hours. If you study the map or less than that six to eight hours to get to where they were going, all that journey. And Jesus was with them all through, showing them through scripture. How that Jesus must come, he must die, must be buried, and must resurrect. And when they get to where they were going, he still sat down with them, still continued teaching. The bible says eventually that he now broke bread. And when he broke bread, the bible says, then opened ye their understanding. And the moment he broke bread, the bible says their eyes opened and they saw that it was Jesus that they were talking to. And the moment their eyes opened and they saw that it was Jesus that they have been talking to and was talking to them, Jesus instantly vanished. Why?

Because he had opened their understanding to the word. In other words, Jesus is saying that you don't need to see me physically if I can open your understanding to the word. And he was willing to labor that labor until their understanding opened. The moment their understanding opened, he said my work is done. He left instantly. So if it was the life the believer should live, it would have stayed. It's not a man in heaven. It would take frequent trips. But he left us the word because he's placed authority on that word. Are you with me?

Yes, sir. Yes. Glory to God. So, yeah, I remember now. So when you look at scriptures, when you look at the word, you would see the patterns from scripture as to how men approached him. And you would know the laws of approach as revealed in scripture. In Luke chapter eight from verse 43 to verse 48, the bible shows us a woman with the issue of blood who pressed through the crowd to touch the hem of Jesus' garment. And many people were touching Jesus, but she touched Jesus with faith. And Jesus himself made that distinction known in verse 46. Jesus said, somebody touched me for a perceived power.

Go out from me. That means faith is what draws virtue. Faith is what draws power. Power was available to all, but it was faith that turned available power into our own personal experience. It means that power is available does not mean power touches everybody. That's why I told you. In fact, when Jesus asked who touched me, what the disciples were saying is that, how can you be asking that kind of a question when there are several people here who are touching you? It express image of God. I hope you remember. Express image of God.

Several people touching. One, heart death. One, sickness. One, old relationship problem, but one bigger new. Express image of God, nothing happened. No. Just the fact that they touched Jesus did not mean anything left him. And the disciples were of the opinion that it was foolish for Jesus to ask, who touched me? Because people are touching you. The assumption of disciples was that because everybody is touching you, power is going to everybody.

Jesus said, no. Mm-mm. Mm-mm. You will be deceived to think that it will happens. You would be deceived to think just because there are plenty people in church means that power is leaving everybody. Does that mean that power is not available? The question therefore becomes, there is power available, but who can channel power to himself? Who can... Power is available, but who can direct the flow of power? Like you want to trap lightning.

Like you are building a magnetic field to attract magnetic substances to yourself. Who can build a field around himself so that the power that is available finds his address? Do you understand what I'm sharing with you? How did that faith work that made it different from others who were touching him? Sorry. The bible says, she said it in her heart. And if only I could touch the hem of his garment. In other words, there was there was expectation. There was desire. There was...

And she believed it. If I can touch the hem of his garment, I will be healed. It means there has to be the same desire in the heart of anybody who wants to channel power to themselves. Desire desire directs the flow of power. If I can touch the hem of his garment, I will be healed. I will be healed. I know that I will be healed. There was a a a strong desire. It means to come to any meeting where God is moving without a strong desire already means you will come and touch and touch for touching sake. Because that is the difference.

That is the difference. The desire must then be expressed because Jesus said, somebody touched me deliberately. Deliberately means intentionally. Deliberately means to do something on purpose. Somebody touched me on purpose. Somebody came to touch deliberately. Somebody prayed intentionally. Intentionally, deliberately. In other words, I must know what I want. And everything that was...

That is done in church must now become... My my faith and my attention and my actions are now targeted towards that thing. That thing. My eyes is set like a flint. If it is the emotion of grace I want, I must lock in on it. I must lock in on it. I must not allow any form of distraction. This is how faith operates. That if it's an healing, this is what is happening to me today. If it is a personal experience, a personal encounter, a breakthrough, a deliverance, what whatsoever it is.

I must lock in on it and say, as I go to this meeting today, and it must be my state every day. That's why overtime becomes casual. You know, because I knowest not the day of the visitation. So the person would say, you know, I came yesterday, I said I must be healed, and now I was not healed. So the next time he's coming, he says he feels like he's a waste expecting to be healed. You don't understand what I'm saying. I'm showing you how people sleep into that state where you miss hours of visitation. If this is what I want, this is what I will bring to God every day. That is how to posture yourself right. I've not learned a story from Hannah.

The bible says every year, without missing one, she would go to the temple for the same reason. A child. A child. A child. A child. A child. But on that day, she went... She didn't say, I've been coming. What's the point, sir? What's the point, sir?

What's the point, sir? She came still on that day, and the bible says that the prophet spotted her. And said, come, woman, are you drunk? I will get this. Another story to learn from there. But first, see her feet. First, see her feet. First, see her feet. And it was so powerful and so strong that the prophet said, when the prophet was, yeah, I want to... Is that is that what should have been disturbing heaven for?

Go and rejoice. Do you know do you know do you know Eli did not pray for the woman? Next. Next. One, two, three, go. Yes. Yes. Yes. Years of affliction of boundness of labor. You just you just you just go in peace.

God of Israel has asked. She has granted what you have asked. Look at the next verse. Look at the next verse. And she said, let your maid... Watch this. And she said, let your maid servant find favor on your side. And he did not continue praying. The woman went away. And her face was no longer sad.

I will get to believe in your prophet very soon. It's not for today. Because this is an... It is an expression of that. But the first thing I want you to see here is our importunity. The fact that I've been doing it before does not mean I will stop today. The idea behind this thing is I've not gotten what this thing I want. I said, is this excellent spirit not a possibility? The testimonies people are sharing, is it a joke? It's not a joke.

It's not in my life yet. Tomorrow again I come. An excellent spirit came upon Daniel. I believe that something can come upon my life. I believe that if I come to church today, words can be spoken. The man of God can look my way. God can bring something tangible to my life, and I'm praying. Listen. That is what directs the flow of power to you. You cannot be careless.

You cannot be careless. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Because the moment you become careless, power like lightning is not random. That's what I'm telling you. It's just one day, my own will just come. No. Something channels it your way. Do you understand what I'm saying? Yes, sir. Something focuses it your way.

Pow. It touches you. I've been to meetings like that. I knew what I was looking for. I knew what I wanted. I knew what I wanted. And when the man of God was speaking, I was far at the overflow. I was at the overflow, but I knew what I wanted. And right there, I was praying. That's the thing.

Faith has action. It has... You you can't you can't be casual. You can't be... No. Because faith can be seen. Do you understand what I'm saying? Mark chapter 10 from verse 46, you read on to verse 52, you see the story of the man called Batimos. When Jesus was passing by, many people were there. But Bartimaeus cried until he became a disturbance.

Faith can be seen. People were telling him to be quiet, but faith refuses dignity in the face of destiny. The guy shouted louder. He shouted. They told him, time he shouted, they will look at him and say, what is it, sir? Because I didn't wonder, he said. The guy kept on shouting. Jesus looked and said, what what exactly do you want? What do you want me to do for you? And the man said, Raboni, that I might receive my sight.

And the moment he spoke, look at the next verse. Jesus said to him, go your way. What has made you whole? This is the law of approach. What the man was expressing as he was shouting and screaming and saying, Lord Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth, son of David, have mercy on me. What he was expressing was faith, and Jesus could not see faith and pass by. Jesus could not see faith and pass by. It was your faith that made you whole. Not your presence, not the anointing alone, not the father crowd was there. It was your faith.

Do you know that the anointing was there? Jesus was passing, but the man would have remained there. No miracle, nothing. No healing, nothing. So don't think that just because I came to church means I'll be healed. That's not how it happens. Because if I teach you these things, we will see results faster. We will see results faster. You will sit down in church and walk up. And the afflictions you brought are gone without anybody ministering to you.

But God cannot ignore fit. The bible's whoever comes is the love approach. I come knowing that today is my day. It can be during the worship. It can be during the prayers. The moment your word comes, the power of God deliver that thing right at you. Right at you. These are the laws that govern approach. Whenever you come to God, you come in faith. How about the centurion?

In Matthew eight from verse five to verse 13, the man told Jesus, only speak a word and my servant will be healed. And he told Jesus, today he even need to come. I believe that if you speak a word, if you speak a word, what did Jesus say? I've not found such great faith before in Israel. The centurion was not a Jew. He did not grow up reading the Torah. Yet, even the centurion learned how to tap into the power of faith irrespective of his background. The miracle was delivered instantly. Instantly. God, God went to Nazareth.

And in the book of Mark chapter six from verse five to six, God went to Nazareth in Jesus. And what does the Bible say about God in Jesus? He says he could not do mighty miracles. He could not do mighty miracles except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them. Why? Next verse. It says, and he marveled because of their home belief. The same Jesus who raised the dead in other cities. The same Jesus who healed the sick in other cities, cast out devils everywhere he went, came to a place that was so thick with unbelief that he expressed image of God could not do. That's why I made it clear to you that it was the express image of God.

Could not do because of their own belief. That own belief can repel God. It can repel what God wants to do. Why are you screaming amen if you don't believe what we are prophesying? Why? Don't you see? The bible says, only believe. That's what the angel told Mary. Only believe. Only believe.

Because when the word comes, your own participation in the word is faith. Are you with me brothers and sisters? Yes, sir. It's faith. And that faith must be intentional. Faith begins even before you enter the meeting. Your heart posture must say, ah, Lord, tonight you will touch me. Today you will touch me. Tonight your word will touch me. Your word will change me.

Something is landing upon my life today. I'm not coming back the same way again. That's why if you're coming from work, as you're driving down, as you're coming here, as you're taking whatever bike you're taking, as you're taking whatever means to transport, you should not be coming here and you are adjusting with your friends. It doesn't make any sense. Your preparation should start from when you are coming. But as I'm coming here, I'm setting my heart right. I know what I'm coming for. I pray in the name of Jesus. Power is coming upon me. This situation is changing.

This is conflict that is changing. I know that this can change. My genotype can change. This condition can change. This is a demonic affliction. It can't remain with me. This ulcer can go. This arthritis can disappear. This pain can live forever. Oh, as I come to church, father, you are healing me.

Your hand is coming upon me. That healing power is coming upon me. This is how you come. This is the manner of approach. Do you know you cannot come like this and now be casual in church. It's not possible. You will you will almost shout like a lion on someone who taps you to ask you for something. Because it's as though you are pulling me out of something. You... I'm sorry.

I I... I'm amazed when you come to meetings like this, and then you can freely be jisting with someone. It's a proof both of you are foolish. None of you came to that meeting looking for anything. Don't matter how how how long we've been friends. How about that paralytic man in Luke 17? In Luke five from verse 17 to verse 20, the bible says his friends tore the roof to bring him before Jesus. The bible says in verse in verse 20, the bible says, and when Jesus saw their faith, Jesus, that faith can be seen. Now you wonder, what did Jesus see? He saw them tearing the roof.

That's what he saw. Because he wasn't the only sick person that was there. And guess what? In that same scripture, the bible says the power of God was available to heal, but nobody got healing except the man who tore the roof. It means just the fact that the power of God is available does not mean the power will touch you. Your faith must tear the roof. It is faith that can tear the roof that is healed. Does that faith care about dignity? Does that faith care about who is looking at me? Does that faith care about the death he will incur?

It's not his house. You know, I will pay you for the roof later, but Jesus is here. My answer is here. I'm going once again to meet God. This is where my life will change. Anything... I I don't care about the cloth I'm wearing. I don't care about my dignity. I don't care about... This is where my life is changing.

You don't come for service and you're just strolling in late, distracted at at every corner, pressing your phone while the service is going on. No. You come early with expectation, with your note, with hunger. You lean in. You respond when the word is coming. When the word tears your heart, you respond. You press in prayer. You press in prayer. You respond to the word. You do as occasion serves.

Occasion serves you dumping, you jump. That is how people are healed when they are sick. Usually, when you see crusades where plenty people are on the wheelchair and somebody stands before the man of God starts praying, that's the person who can jump out. That's the that's the roof tearing feet. That's the one who dares to to to act, to step out. Who dares to do as occasion serves? Because in meetings like this, there are times occasion serves plenty things. And you do as occasion serves. Do what you could not do. You do what you could not do without a man of God telling you anything.

Roof tearing faith. Roof tearing faith. Do you understand what I'm saying? You are believing God for for for for direction in your academics. You don't just come here carelessly. You call me intentionally. You are declaring. Lord, tonight you will speak to me through your word. And when the scripture is... That's why when the word of God is coming, you would see the power of God coming upon people.

That's what causes the power of God coming upon people when the word is coming. That's what causes it. It is that it is that it is that it is that that person or that individual has so put that expectation in their heart that even reading a bible verse. Understand that this has nothing to do with how anointed the man is. This is that the moment the scripture was opened, an example was set. There's an expectation in the person's heart that channeled power to his life and to his direction. So that in a simple story, somebody's problem is solved. That's what faith does. That's what faith does. If only I can touch the hem of his garment, what does the hem of his garment have to do with blood?

That's what faith does. Do you understand what I'm saying? Jesus did not even fizz her. Jesus was going on his own. What he touched was his back. It means the man of God does not have to speak directly about you. Doesn't even have to speak about your circumstance or your situation. You can be going through famine, and the man of God is talking about marriage. The foolishness is to think it's not me you're talking about. You can still touch a hem.

Are you with me? Yes, sir. Sir. Faith is what insist that something must shift. Must shift. Hebrews chapter four verse two. The bible said for indeed, the gospel was preached. But what which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it. Did not profit them because there was no faith in it. There was no faith in the people that heard it, so it did not profit them.

It means for every time you come to church and there is no faith in your heart, there's no faith in your heart. It will not profit you. It will not profit you. You will keep on coming and nothing will change. And I guarantee you that it is possible to spend twenty years in church and have nothing to show for it. Have you not seen it around? You see it everywhere now. You see it now. You see it now. But that's not my story, oh.

That is not my story. There is no encounter I have that is ever a waste. None. None. Because he that ministers must be ministered to. Everywhere I minister to, I come back with possibilities I did not go there. Wait. It is always obvious something has shifted. It is always obvious something has changed. Always obvious.

The spirit of that man must rest upon me. God must land upon my life. I know what I'm looking for. When I get messages from men of God, this is the same mentality I take into that message. What is bringing this man this much result? There's a grace. There's an anointing. As I listen, I'm conscious. As I listen, I connect to it. The spirit and the power of that thing begins to come upon my life, sucks upon my spirit.

Because there is something I expect to happen to me. And I don't stop until I see it. And even when I see it, I know there is still more. So there's no realm to stop. That's what I'm trying to tell you. Let me tell you something. This thing is the reason why you would see men of God who teach faith, who teach... Who really teach faith. The members have results that you that you... The results they have in the marketplace, in business, in their career are always crazy.

Who teach faith? Real word of faith teachers. Real ones. Not some caricature or something. Real word of the teachers. The people they raise. Because people are taught to believe that every time we come, we know what we are looking for. There must be that level of faith in your heart whenever you come. That God can change my life. Even if you're listening online, even if you're listening to a message, even if you're following whatever, God can change my life.

Something can rest upon me. Greater grace, greater power, greater result, greater possibility, greater influence, greater. Don't listen to messages just because they say listen to message. You you will not touch anything. Do you understand what I'm saying? There must be a posture involved in it. Otherwise, it is just casual. It's just an exercise in futility. Do you understand what I'm saying? Don't come to church just for coming sick.

It's an exercise in futility. Don't come just for coming sick. Don't join the worship. Don't do all of these things just for doing sake. Even if we are dancing and we are praising God, does the Bible not say the Lord is enthroned in the praises of his people? Have you not seen deliverances rotted from praise? The Bible says that in first Chronicles 20, when Jehoshaphat was going to battle, God told him, put minstress, psalmist, people who can play the drum and play the cymbals. Put them in front. Let the warriors march behind. Let them be singing praise.

Let them be shouting, you are good and your mercy endures forever. You are good and your mercy endures forever. How is that a battle plan? But as they began to do it, power went into the midst of their enemies. It means if we are praising God, power is released. The reason why your own is entertainment is because there's no faith involved. What you are doing is dancing to a good song. Do you understand what I'm saying? When they got in front of Jericho, was it prayer they were praying? He was shout they were shouting.

It means the the shout we shout can can bring walls down. Can bring walls down. The problem is that there is no faith inside. That's the problem. There's no faith inside. It's only an activity that is done because people are doing it. So it has become casual. Casual. Are you praying? Say, God help my heart.

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