Transcript: The Power To Change Your Generation — Living a Life of Impact Part 1
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This message is from believers equipped, a meeting organized by the Disciples Christian Network where the word of God is taught with practicality and believers are raised to reign in life. Join apostle Emmanuel as he walks us through the word of God. Amen. Agai chapter two and verse nine. Haggai chapter two and verse nine. This is gonna be an introduction to something I'm going to... This is really what is burning in my heart. It's gonna be a very powerful series, and the anointing of God will be so strong on this series. I will introduce today and then next week, we will be able to really, really look into it. Really, really open it up.
I will title what I'll be teaching. Today, I will not really teach it. I'll just exalt our hearts. Is that okay? The power to change your generation. Hyphen. Living a life of impact. The power to change your generation Hyphen, living a life of impact. This is the burden that was really strong upon my heart. And there is such power.
There is such grace upon it. Such power, such grace. So be with me. Let your heart be here even as we expose this thing. It will be so powerful. In the book of Haggai chapter two and verse nine, the bible says the glory of this latter temple shall be greater than the former. The glory of this latter temple shall be greater than the former, says the Lord of hosts. We are in that era that the bible speaks about when he says the latter temple. We are that latter temple with a greater glory. And so when the bible says that the glory of that little temple shall be greater than the former, we are that generation that it speaks about.
We are in that generation of greater glory. We are in that generation of greater power. And the bible says that what we would see manifested in this generation, in this dispensation, will be far greater than what we saw in the former temple. Now if you are not a deep thinker, there is a way you will just breeze through this scripture and ignore or just assume to have understood it. If you're not a deep thinker... Are you with me? But if you're a deep thinker, then you will need to sit down and really meditate on what the bible is trying to say when he says that the glory of the latter temple will be greater than the former. Where you would begin to meditate, where you would begin your contemplation is first trying to think what exactly was in the former glory. Because it is easy to be a shallow thinker and just say, hey, man. And not understand what is expected of you based on what was exemplified of the former glory.
Because if the bible says that the glory of this temple will be greater than that of the former, That is important that we know what the former exemplified, what the former manifested, what the former displayed. My goodness. Are you with me? It means you would need to read the of history. And when you do so, you would see men who walked the earth like gods. Women who walked the earth like gods. When you read the handouts of history, you would see the glory of the former temple. You'll be fright by what was displayed. Yet the Bible says the glory of the latter temple shall be greater than the former. Do you know what was in the former?
You would see men like Moses who was a stammer, who ran away from Egypt out of the fear for his life, but he had an encounter with God. He went back to the same place where he ran. He stood before Pharaoh and he roared with a loud voice. God said, let my people go. And by many signs and wonders. By many signs and wonders, rose to the hand of Moses. Pharaoh allowed them to go, and then he changed his mind halfway in the journey, gathered the entire army of Egypt, and they started pursuing them with great speed. Yet men who were running on horses could not catch up to men who were walking with their legs. That's the first miracle. Do you realize that these people were not running?
Do you realize that they were mostly elderly people? Children were slowing down their pace. The elderly amongst them were slowing down their pace. They couldn't run. They were walking normally, and yet horses on chariots could not pursue them. They got to the Red Sea, and the Red Sea was looking at them. It looked as though they had gotten to the end of the road. The next thing to do was to just face death and accept defeat. But Moses went to God, and God told him, what is that in your hand? Just stretch forth this rod.
And this man like a fool stood before a sea without ex... What was it? What was running through his mind when he stood in front of a sea? Had it ever been in record that the sea split? How... What what what was it trusting God will happen? You you don't understand? What what picture was in his mind? Yes, sir. Yes, Yet he stood in front of the sea, stretched forth his rod, and all before the hands of Israel.
And his twin came a strongest wind, came all night. When I teach you the mystery of the four winds, I will show you how that the east wind represents judgment. Drove the sea apart, created two massive walls and dry ground in between, and the children of Israel walked on dry ground. And all the while they were walking, Egypt was still pursuing, and they still could not catch up to them. And they still could not catch up to them. And when they saw the Red Sea and they saw the mystery, she would have been afraid. Is it every time you see sea divide and form wall? Would not turn back and know that this is not ordinary? The foolish man drove his entire army into the sea, and Moses waited for them to get to the full middle and for all the entire army of Egypt to be covered by the expanse of the sea. And the moment that has happened, he stretched his rod again.
He stretched his rod again. Give me the next verse. I wanna know something. Are you with me? Sir. His structures roared again, and the water closed and swallowed all of them up. This was the former temple. This young man stood before a rock, hit the rock with his rod, and water gushed out of a rock. This was the former temple. He stood before the sons of Korah, and he told them if you die a normal death, you won't know I'm sent by God.
Let the ground open up. And before the face of the entire Israel, the ground opened up and swaddled all of them and their family members. Time will fail us to talk about David. Time will fail us to talk about Gideon. How about men who walked in the valley of dry bones? And all there was in that valley was dry bones. And he spoke a prophetic word, and dry bones started to come alive. Men who stopped the sun so that the world they were fighting could be forced to their favor. They looked at the sun and said, son, stand still. And this was the former temple.
Men who provoked God to reverse the sun that the that the sun should move by a few degrees just to justify the prophetic word that was spoken. Men who were valiant in battle. Men who tore the mouth of lions with their bare hands. Men like Solomon with the wealth and the wisdom that he had. Men who built nations from nothing. Men who walked with God, and there was no obvious advantage they had, yet they became mighty in God. How about men like Joseph, men like Esther, men like Daniel who went into strange lands and dared to enter into the political strata, and they rose to a place where they were commanding the nation. Men to whom kings bowed, men who unsat princes, men who determine the economy of nations and the flow of the economy of nations, Men who could say by this time tomorrow. And by their utterances, famine ended. By their utterances, the GDP of nations shifted.
By their utterances, men who could stand and look at the... At an expert... At at the host of army and say, come down. And fire came and roasted these people. Some of them said, if I be a man of God, let fire come down. And fire came upon water. Fire came upon water, dried up the water, and the bible says this was the former temple. If you're not a deep thinker, you will not understand what God is saying. Daniel with his wisdom. Joseph with his strategy.
Influencing nations. Sitting down with princes, Nehemiah, the world builder, Joshua who led an army, the Deborahs and the Hesters, and all of them with their great exploits were the former temple. Then you come to the New Testament, and you read of men whose childhood could heal the sick. Men who who aprons could be taken out of their bodies. Men like Philip who who could bilocate and transport themselves in the spirit. They could be here one time and be there next time. And the bible calls that the former temple. Oh, Jesus. Then you leave scriptures and you read of men like Alexander Doey who built a city in his time, named it Zion City, a city where no man could be sick. That if you step your foot into that city with any illness you could have, Mere entering the gate of a city, you are healed.
They rode men on wheelchairs, and as they crossed the gate, they stood up with nobody praying for them. Men like, hey, Helen, who would who would have healing lines and would minister to 1,000 people, 500 people, one by one, collecting crutches, collecting wheelchairs, healing blind eyes, raising the dead. Oral Roberts, TL Osborne. How about Maria Woodward Itta? Annie Semple McFasey. How about Katherine Kuman? Women who wrote righteousness, who rose in strength and rose in might. It was said of Maria Woodward Itta that what her meetings was known for was the slaying of men under the power. Men would come to Mary's meeting and they will be seeing Jesus. This was how men were getting saved.
Muslims, atheists will come to our meetings and they will get slain under the power for three days, two days. When they rise up from the slain, from being slain, they will ask them what happened to you, and men will say I saw Jesus. I saw Jesus. I saw Jesus. I saw Jesus. Catherine Kuman, a mother over princess. Then you come to Nigeria and you speak of apostle Joseph Hayababolola, prophet Orimolade, bishop Benson Idahosa, and you read their exploits in the faith, And you see the mighty works that they did. And the bible says there is a glory yet to come. You see you see, you can you can lose yourself and just breeze through that scripture and just read it and say amen and no understand the expanse or the implication of what it is you are written and what God expects of your life. If we say we are the latter day temple, then what is expected of our lives?
One of our pastor friend went to visit one of these CAC baba on the mountain. And when she got... When he got to the mountain, they brought his seeds to the baba. They were asking the baba and they said, we want we want to sow a seed to you. We are trusting God for the same grace upon your life. And the baba could not understand what they were saying. They got an interpreter. The interpreter just said, baba, abara. He said, do you know what power is in Yoruba? Do you know what power is in Yoruba?
And then he started telling the baba. They say, we want to heal the sick. He say, ah. The baba said pastor. In other words, all the things you are saying is what makes for the office. That's why you are a pastor. You want to heal the sick, you... That's why you're a pastor. The the man said, let me show you what power is. He asked the PA to go and bring water.
They gave them water. He poured the water on his hands, and in their presence, the water started boiling. Boiling in his hands. He said that he said that he said, have you seen power? It is what you're asking for. Little temple. Former temple. It makes me wonder what then is expected of us. What is expected of us? In the mind of God, when God clothed this, what does God expect me to be doing?
If God says that the glory of the latter temple will be greater than the glory of the former, and when a minstrel was called in the former temple, the hand of God could come and ordain the prophet as the minstrel was playing. And this manifestations was of the former temple. When a ministry was playing, demons could interact with what the song... What what what he was playing on the instruments. Demons could hear what he was saying and choose by their choice to live. This this was in the former temple. So if I call myself a minstrel, we even had names to ourselves. We said we are Davidic minstrels. Do you know what David did? If that is the glory of the former temple, what then is expected of our lives?
When God looks down from heaven and sees you, what is the picture that God sees? What is the picture that God sees? Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen. A king wanted one fight another nation, nation of Israel. And every time they went to go and fight them, they lose the battle. Almost as though all the tactics that they were drawing in their battle plan was being revealed to Israel. And the king started suspecting that there was a spy in his inner column.
And he said, will kill all of you. This is not normal. And they have to come and confess. They said, let's go and find out what is happening. They sent a spy to Israel and found out that all the all the generals in the army used to plan their warfare. It's just to sit down and they are waiting for Elisha. Sir, what what are you doing? What are you putting for Elisha? Wait. Wait.
Wait. We are waiting. We are waiting. And Elisha would now come down and say, this is what they are planning. They will send 10,000 troops in the night. That's to deceive you. There is 50,000 troops waiting by the hill. When the 10,000 troops come, don't be too focused on that. Focus send a 100,000 troops to the hill, then fight them downwards. That is what they are planning.
And then they they will be wondering, okay. Okay. They take their battle plan exactly as Elisha has said it. This other nation will be wondering what is going on. It was the spy that now went back to the parliament and say, I've seen what is happening. There is a prophet in Israel that as we are making our plans, as we are saying this is what we want to do, we don't know by what means, but he can see it. He can hear it. He can know it. Yet the bible called it the former temple. A son attempted to dupe him and came and lied to him.
He said, did my spirit not follow you? Do you know where that spirit has been? He has been in other nations spying at kings. Did my spirit not follow you? If I call myself a marketplace evangelist or a marketplace apostle, I'm supposed to be a business person. I'm supposed to be a diplomat. I'm supposed to be a politician. Then I studied the life of Joseph, and I see what Joseph did. How that a nation that was plundering into famine and economic depression, he was by... He was able to buy some wisdom, buy some intelligence.
Download a strategy from heaven to preserve not just the nation, but the entire nation of the earth. So if that was what the former temple did, and I say I'm a business person in the later temple, then what level of glory is expected of my life? When you read of Solomon and all the expert of Solomon, understand that even Solomon was in the former temple. Even the wealth of Solomon was former glory. Even the wisdom of Solomon was former glory. The bible says a greater than Solomon is here. It means the Bible says Christ has been made wisdom unto us. It means you have a wisdom Solomon never had. You have a wisdom Solomon never had. Makes me ask the question, if that was the former temple, what then is expected of heaven?
What is the expectation of heaven when they look at my life and they see me doing ministry in the way I'm doing it? And I'm already comfortable and I think I've done something because I'm filling up a stadium. And the heaven says, is that is that how there is to it? Is that how there is to it? You make 10,000,000 in your business. You send a contract of 100,000,000, and then you become comfortable. You think you're a you you think you're a rich man already. And heaven says, is that all there is to it? Even the poorest man in the former temple that was blessed by God was richer than a 100,000,000. The word of Abraham who was blessed by God and the bible says by that blessing upon him, he became rich in cattle.
He became rich in silver. He became rich in gold. God now says the silver is mine. The cattle on a thousand hill is mine. And these were all the things Abraham was rich with, and he was the former temple. It becomes a burden in the heart of a generation. It makes you see that there is an expectation in the heart of God for a generation. Hear me? Living a life of impact, the power to change your generation. Not just to touch your generation, but to change your generation.
Some people touch lives, but they don't change lives. I don't just wanna touch a life. I wanna change lives. I wanna change millions upon billions of lives. I hope by now you have come to the recognition of the fact that you are not born to live a normal life. You are not born to live a ordinary life, to get married, to have children, to drive a nice car, to build a house, then you go to heaven like that. No. Never. I wasn't born to live a ordinary life. I wasn't born to just get a salary, get a good paying salary, and I'm getting paid 700,000 naira per month.
1,000,000 per month. I get married. I build a good house, and that is all there is to my life. No kingdom impact. No relevance, no story my life is telling. Listen, if you have been in this ministry for quite some time, I should have provoked you to understand that God has not called you to live an ordinary life. Say with me, I refuse to live an ordinary life. Listen, I hope by now you already have a dream and a vision of changing the world. I hope by now you already have that. I hope by now we are not trying to challenge you out of smallness.
I hope by now, there are visions in your heart already about what you will do in regeneration, about the mark you will live in regeneration. Hear me? I should have been able to provoke you that you are destined to change your world. You are destined to leave a mark on this life. You are destined to leave an impact in the lives of men. You are destined to to be relevant in life. Somebody's asking, sir, Are you talking to me? Yes. I'm talking to you. God is no respecter of persons.
He can use anybody of any age, of any tribe, of any gender as long as you are willing to accomplish his purpose. Listen, the problem many a times is that men... Not many of us dare to believe. Not many of us are willing. Not many of us believe. And that's what I'll be showing you in this meeting. I have to do... Listen. Jesus. I have to do more than Moses did.
I have to do more than Elijah did. I have to do more than Ezekiel did. I have to do more than Esther did. I have to do more than Jacob did. I have to do more than Abraham did. These people never had the holy ghost. I've been given the holy ghost. I've been given the holy ghost. Listen. You are hearing power.
I know you're here. You're here in glory. I know you are here. I know you are here. I see you in signs and wonders. I know you are here. I see you in goodness. I know you are here. You're hearing power. Listen.
Listen. This is an introduction. The conversations we'll be having are deeper than this. I'm only stirring our hearts so that we understand exactly why this burden is put there. Because you must understand that you have you have been called to this earth to leave a mark on this earth. Listen. Listen. If the bible says that the glory of the latter temple, it means the same way we read of the latter temple, the same way stories were written because of the acts of the latter temple, stories will be written about our lives as well. Listen. Listen.
It's not a prayer. I'm telling you what is happening. That as we are living our lives right now, stories are being written. Stories are being written. And when the handouts of our generation is being put together, then we will now begin to ask a question. Is your own story worthy enough to be pushed there? Is your own story worthy enough to be pushed there? When Daniel was leaving, he wasn't the only one in his time, But his story was being written. And it was worthy enough to be put there. Glory, honor, majesty, majesty, glory, honor, majesty, majesty, glory, honor, majesty, majesty, glory, honor, majesty, glory, Hear me?
Hear me? In Hebrews chapter 11 and verse 39, in the amplified version, the bible says, and all of this, though they gained divine approval by means of their faith, did not receive the fulfillment of what was promised. They lit the former temple. Even though they gained divine approval, even though they gained divine approval, the former temple, they did not receive the fulfillment of what was promised. Verse 40 then says, because God had us in mind and had something better and something greater. So when the bible says that the glory of the latter temple shall be greater, it had always been in the mind of God that a generation is coming that would be greater in exploits, that would be greater in glory. The bible says God had something better. God had something greater in view for us. My goodness. My goodness.
It says, so that these heroes and heroings of faith should not come to perfection apart from us. My goodness. That means Moses is not perfect without your story. Jeremiah is not perfect without your story. Daniel is not perfect without your story. Esther is not perfect without your story. Elijah is not perfect without your story. Ezekiel is not perfect without your story. It means that the men and the women of faith that we look up to are looking down on us and are saying, look at me. As you look up to us, we are also looking up to you because we know that we are not perfect without your own story.
It means... Listen. The exploits of faith written in your life is what will perfect these people. The bible says God had us in mind. Is it not exciting to know that God had us in mind? Listen. This is past tense. God had us in mind. He had something better, something greater. Do you know what that means?
It means when Moses was parting the Red Sea, God was saying, Emmanuel will do better. When Ezekiel stood in the valley of the dry bones, and God was asking him, son of man, can this dry bones live again? And he said, only you know it. And God told him prophesy. And he prophesied. And the rattlings of the bones began. The bones started rattling. A great wind blew and life entered into the motions of the bones. And sinews were joining. Tentons were joining.
Muscles were joining. Cells were joining. In the midst of all this collision, God was saying, Emmanuel will be greater. The bible says God had something better. God had something greater. Oh, I believe this. I believe this. That God was saying Emmanuel would do better. As Daniel was in Babylon, and he was 10 times better than his peers. As he was rising in ranks and was demonstrating the excellency of the wisdom of God.
In Babylon, God had you in mind. God was saying, my daughter will do better. God was saying, my son will do better. As Joseph was interpreting the dream of the king, and they were making him prime minister. God was saying, look, look, look, look, my son will do better. As Esther was married to a king and was negotiating to save a nation, God was saying I have daughters. I have daughters who are rising that will do better. Listen. Listen. When you reap the exploits of faith of the fathers, these stories are not written to remind you of what you are not.
These stories are written to show you where you should start from. Many of the time, we read these stories, and what we see from there is, hey. Look. We are so far apart. No. When we read these stories, it should be an archive of where we should start from. That if this person could do this, that means it is available in God. I will do more than this. That is how the believer thinks and sees himself. That is how the believer views himself from eternity.
God has something better. God has something greater. These people cannot be perfected without us, without our own story, without what God is writing about your life. My goodness, does this hit you at all? That there is an there is an expectation in the heart of God for my life. There is something that my life must become that is greater than the lives of those that came before me. That what has been apportioned for my life is greater glory, greater power, greater wisdom, greater anointing, greater exploits, greater influence, greater wealth, greater prosperity. That when people see what God will do in my life, the testimony will be, we have not seen this before. We have not seen it in this manner. We have not seen it in this manner.
In Joel chapter two and verse two, when the bible was speaking about the generation that is to come, the bible says, a people come. New King James version. A people come great and strong, the like of whom has never been seen. Oh, I refuse. I refuse. I refuse for my generation to pass away without leaving a mark in this nation, without leaving a mark on earth. I refuse. Listen. Listen. It is possible to leave a mark on earth, and it is also very much possible to live life and to die without any impact.
It is also possible. Oh, I believe God that we are writing history in Nigeria. I believe God we are writing history in Africa. I believe God we are writing history in the world from Nigeria. This ministry is gonna leave an impact on the earth. We will not be among one of those many ministries. There will be tangible impact. I believe God for this. We will do what has never been done. The largest garden of young people in the world.
Yes. Listen to me. Listen to me. Listen to me. Every one of us is writing something. You might not be on the pulpit, but but your life must be a life of impact. They might not know your name yet, but it is only a matter of time. We are writing something on this earth. We are making an impact on this earth. We are making impact on this earth.
I'm not just a man of God. My voice will not be lost in the midst of the many voices. Did you hear what I said? My voice will not just be lost in the midst of the many voices. The bible says if the trumpet makes an uncertain sound, if the trumpet makes an uncertain sound, who would be able to discern? In other words, my voice is like that of the trumpet. My voice must not be uncertain. My voice must be distinct. If the trumpet makes an uncertain sound, who will prepare for war? Who will prepare for battle?
My voice must be significant on the earth realm. I've not been called to look like someone. I've not been called to be a carbon copy of a man. I've been called to leave a mark on the earth. I'm not an inferior version of a man of God, of a business person somewhere. No. You might admire people, but you are... You have been called to live a life of difference. Listen to me. We are about to close.
Hear me? Do you believe what I'm teaching you? I believe this. I believe it. I believe that I will not die like this. God told Abraham, I believe it. I've always believed it. I believe my voice will reach the nations. Yes, Yes, sir. I believe I will speak to millions upon millions of people.
Yes, sir. I believe there is no speech nor language where my voice will not be heard. Ask your neighbor. Listen. This is what I believe. Ask your neighbor, what do you believe? What do you believe? Can you can you say what you believe? Can you say it? What do you believe?
Prophesy what you believe. Prophesy it. Prophesy what you believe. Prophesy what you believe. I'm sent to the nations of this world. I have taken Ibadan. I've followed up Ibadan. Every youth will listen to this voice. Directly or indirectly. Every young man in this nation will listen to this voice.
Directly or indirectly. My sons and daughters will come from afar. There is no foot, no speech, no language. Then my voice will not be heard. Prophesy what you believe. Aprons will be taken from my body. I walk in terrible signs and wonders. God is a testing of me by mighty miracles. God is a testing of me by mighty signs and wonders. Prophesy what you believe.
My business will feed the nations. I'm serving kings. Set thou a man. Diligent in his work. He shall stand before kings. I'm not before mere men. I cannot stand before mere men. I can only stand before kings. I can only stand before kings. My horn has been exalted.
Like the horn of the unicorn. I shall be anointed with fresh oil. He anoints my head with oil. My cup is running over. The ministry is running over. My business is running over. My money bag is running over. Prophesy what you believe. Amen. Hear me?
First Corinthians 14 and verse 10. Let's pray with this scripture again. First Corinthians 14 and verse 10. Let's do it in the kingdom's version. There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices, and none of them is without signification. My voice must be significant. I will not be an echo. I will not be lost in the crowd. There may be many voices, but there are those that are significant. There are those that have risen into significance.
That even if you are listing doctors in Nigeria, there is a voice that is significant. If you are listing engineers in Nigeria, there are those who are significant. If you are listing men of God in Nigeria, there are those who are significant. Yes. There are many kinds of voices. Can you declare loud and clear my voice must be heard? My voice must be heard. My voice must be heard. Come on prophesy. Prophesy.
That my voice is heard. Come on pray. Come on pray. My voice must be heard. Come on pray. Pray. Come on. Add more fire. Add more fire. Fire.
Add more fire. Look at that sister. That's not how to pray. Sister, pray. Help her. Sister, pray that my voice must be heard. Help her. My voice must be heard. My voice must be heard. I am not an echo.
I will not die in the background. My voice must be heard. Amen. Amen. Amen. Are you tired of praying? Is it okay if you hold yourself in threes? I want us to just pray. I have five more minutes. Close the circle.
Close the circle. In threes. In threes. Close the circle. In threes. One two three. One two three. Close the circle. 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.
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