Transcript: The Wonders of God's Presence

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God's word is alive and powerful. It is sharper than any double edged sword. His word can cut through our spirits and souls and our joints and marrow until it discovers the desires and thoughts of our hearts. Join apostle Emmanuel as he takes us on a journey into the word of God. It is time to encounter God, be transformed by his word, and empowered by his spirit. Exodus chapter 33 and verse 13. The Bible says now therefore I pray, if I have found grace in your sight, show me show me your way that I may know you and that I may find grace in your sight. And consider that this nation is your people. And he said, my presence will go with you. And I will give you rest.

Amen. My presence will go with you. My charge to you this morning is from this statement, and I'll be exhorting our hearts on what I've titled the wonders of God's presence. Please listen to me. Am I not boast to understand several things? Am I not boast to understand lots of subject and doctrinal matters? But you see this issue of God's presence. Verse 15, then he said to him, if your presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here. Verse how then will it be known that your people and high have found grace in your sight except you go with us. Except you go with us.

How then will it be known that we have found grace in your sight if you do not go with us? Zephaniah chapter three and verse 17. The Bible says, the Lord thy God in the midst of this is mighty. The King James version. The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty. The Lord thy God, not just the one who is in heaven. The one in the midst of this is mighty. He will save. He will rejoice over thee with joy. He will rest in his love.

He will joy over thee with singing. There is a way that the glory and the presence of God can so enwrap a man. We see this with Moses. God telling Moses, my presence will go with you. It is possible therefore for the presence of God to go with a man tangibly. Tangibly. The Lord said my presence will go with you. It will be obvious that I am with you. We see this in scripture, a testament upon testament of the works of God and the glorious wonders of God demonstrated in the lives of people who it was obvious that God was with them. Even pagan kings testified that this level of result you are getting, it can only be because God is with you.

It means there is a level of result a man cannot have in himself. There's a level of result that brain and calculations cannot give you. There's a level of result that common sense and logical knowledge cannot give you. And when people see the way and manner by which you rise, people see the way and manner by which you are moving, they will accredit your results to something supernatural helping you. Remember the king came to Abraham and told Abraham, Abimelech and his army commander came to Abraham and told Abraham, we have seen that the Lord is with you. He's obviously with you. We have seen that the Lord is obviously with you. There are results that defy the norm. When Isaac was about to bless his children, he told one of his sons Esau to go and find him venison. And when Jacob brought the venison instead, Isaac asked him, how come you have found it so quickly?

It means I know the length of time that it takes to get result like this. It means in normal sensibility, we know how men should rise. At least you will finish university, and at least you will look for job for like two years, three years. At least you will do masters. And even if you get a job, maybe you get paid 50,000, 100,000, and then they will promote you after some years. And then you now maybe buy a land with cooperative loan, and then you are able to go and lay foundation there, and you wait for four more years, and then you come and raise block there. You wait for five more years, you raise it again, and then you wait for two more years, you put a roof over it, and then with the roof over it, you move into the house. And whilst you're in the house, you start putting things one by one. You put the window, you put the disk, and all of that can take fifteen years. And when the thing is done, we come and take testimony.

And we've seen this over and over again. Now you hear a man saying that I wanna thank God because somebody gave me a house fully furnished. Now people are asking, how come you have found it so quickly? It it it doesn't make sense. If somebody will rise, we know how long it takes for people men to rise. I mean, you are in the government field, and you are already doing this. How? One of my young women shared a testimony with me. All of that as a student, she got a government job. As a student.

Testimony, we cannot even share in the public. The power that is coming upon you is not a joke. Sir. 3,400 level student, somebody just told her by favor. Go and put your name in the wait list. Hoping that by the time you are done with school, it will be time for them to employ so you not look for job for too long. The month she put her name there was the month they reached her. I said, normally, we will pick one person from this local government, but we have picked two and you are the second person. Send her the offer letter immediately. It was when they were filling in her details, the man...

The sectariat who was filling in her details, looked at her and said, ah, what is your certification? He said, sir, I'm your student too. In fact, the only certification I have right now is SSCE. I'm just paying my BSc. I will soon finish. I'm studying this in this university. The man said, if we put SSCE, in the next two years or three years, you would have been done with school. And they want to promote, but you'll not be viable for promotion because you'll just be feeling it now. So you know what? Let's put BSC there.

And the guy put BSC. He said, but sir, I can't go and start working because I'm still a student. I have that are that are unreal. And I've been saying it, that testimonies that are unreal. You hear something like that. When when that girl is talking, you say, how come you have found it so quickly? This is what people are lining up for, doing interviews for. Using connection, I know someone, I know someone, I know this. Even with all your long legs, somebody will still cut it. You will still meet somebody by that office.

I will tell you, no. No door can open here. But there's a level of result a man can have. What people ask is how come you have found it so quickly? How do you rise like this? Uh-huh. Do you rise like this? Two years in ministry and look at your result. A time is coming not too long from now. In fact, it is in this year.

Listen. Some of you, you will invite... This... Sit down. Sit down. I'm not I'm not prophesying. You will invite someone inside to follow you to your church. And when they sit down, we'll be having opening prayer. The power of God will be everywhere. The person will now be asking, is that the apostle?

Because these are the signs of the apostle following every man. One of my guys was in the school as to go and minister to young people. As they got there, lots of them in their numbers. The headmaster told them, or the principal, the owner of the school told them. He said, don't... We we don't allow you to touch people. Said, don't worry. We don't... Can we speak? The power of God everywhere.

Demons casted out, healings, encounters. This is what God is doing. The Bible says, out of babes and sucklings, he has ordained strength. Ordained strength. You would see young people with nice cars serving the Lord. Kingdom minded in all its essence. Godly and loving Jesus. Passionate about the things of God. Society will only ask you a question. How come you have found it so quickly?

How do you tell me you are doing a business and in your business? The young man who shared the testimony got a contract in 8 figures was a student when he got the contract. Owned his own building construction as a student. How do you dare those things? When somebody will tell you, why are you in a rush? Why are you in a rush? Because the king's business requires haste. In fact in fact, some of you, they will ask you why are you in a rush? Your response will be, it's not as though I'm in a rush. I just found it quickly.

It's not it's not my fault. I just found it quickly. You will step on platforms that it normally takes people fifteen years, Ten years to get to. One year, two years, you're already there. Hear me? Hear me? How come you have found it so quickly? I love the response of Jacob. Jacob said it is the Lord, my God, that brought it to me. It means that there there there are...

Oh, Jesus. Because the Lord brought it to me. It means there are things men look for. There are things God brings to you. Listen. It is possible for the presence of God to go with a man. You cannot be effective in today's world if you don't understand how to secure the manifest presence of God, especially in your life as a believer. When you see men walk in certain levels of exploits and results, you know that behind those results is the manifested presence of God. Men in themselves cannot do this by themselves. Listen to me.

Contrary to the opinion of many, the presence of God is not a corporate reserve for men of God. The presence of God is not something that is just designated for people in church, and then you experience, oh, the presence of God is there. No. It's an it's an atmosphere of glory that a man can be so enwrapped with. Everywhere you step into, you are not stepping there alone. The aim of this meeting is to bring you to a point where you become an envoys, carriers of his presence, envoys of his glory. There's a way you can touch someone, and you're not the only one touching them. You have been so sucked and immersed in glory. That's the realm from which men speak. That it looks as though there is something upon their voices that brings wake their voice.

It's almost as though you are listening to someone and the effect of their words is like hammer on your hearts. Like fire on your heart. A man can be so enwrapped in the presence. There are the students in school. You go for a project defense, but you are talking from a place of glory. You are talking from a place of power. A a general in the army, a man of God, he was speaking and giving a report to soldiers. They were having a meeting, and he was giving a report of his current assignment to soldiers. And as he would just tell them, oh, we were in this place. We were doing this.

We were doing that. Soldiers started crying. Not one, not two, not three, not four. Lots of them started crying. He knew what was happening. He just continued. He wasn't preaching. He wasn't praying. He was speaking from a realm of glory. In that place, it's not only your words that is speaking.

Paul says when I came to you, my speech and my preaching. Corinthians two and verse four. Very fast. When I came to you, my speech and my preaching. Do you know why it separates speech from preaching? Because he's saying that even my speech is when I'm having normal conversations. My preaching is when I stand before you on the pulpit to minister. He says both of them were in the demonstrations of the spirit. It means as I'm talking to people normally, even cracking jokes with someone, my joke is a word of knowledge knowledge because I'm speaking from a realm of glory. So I want to...

I'm just talking, and I want to make an illustration. And I said, imagine now if there's a boy and that boy and that illustration in somebody's life, who is there listening to you? A realm of glory. Imagine you go to your office in that realm. Imagine you go to your to your place of work in that realm, and they ask you, well, this company is facing a roadblock right now, and you have no idea what to do. But you are in a realm where inspirations flow. You are in a realm where ideas flow. You are covered all around, carrying the manifested Shekinah. If you step into a classroom, students must know. Demons must know.

I didn't come here alone. I didn't come here alone. You step into an interview. I didn't call here alone. I'm carrying a realm of glory. A realm of glory causing miracles. Listen to me. Man was first designed to live from the presence of God. What made hidden special was the presence of God in hidden. For every other thing that man...

That that God made, the bible says God spoke. God spoke, and God said, and God said. But when it came to man and when it came to hidden, God did not speak. The bible says for Eden, God planted Eden. Genesis two and verse eight, God planted Eden or God planted a garden eastward of Eden. To plant something means that the thing already exists. God was speaking creation into existence, but when it came to Eden, he didn't speak it. He planted it because the thing already existed. So what God did was he took a portion of heaven and planted it on earth. That was what Eden was.

Eden was the atmosphere of God's glory, the atmosphere of God's power. Till today, archaeologists are looking for the tree of life, but they will never find it because in revelations, young revelator goes to heaven and sees that same tree back in heaven. It means what was planted was replanted. Stay with me. Stay with me. It was an atmosphere of God's kingdom, an atmosphere of God's glory that God planted on earth, and God now made man in hidden. Note that God made the habitat of creation before he made the creation. He made the water before he made the fish. He made the sky before he made the birds. He made the ground before he made the creeping things that creepeth.

He made hidden before he made the man. In other words, the habitat of man is not earth per se. It's the atmosphere of God's glory. The presence of God is man's default habitat. In other words, where you find expression the most, where your life find expression the most is when you are in the presence. That is when you function optimally. You put a fish in water and attempt to swim with the fish. It is inside his default habitat. You can't compete with it. You are a foreigner in that place.

Put a monkey in water and attempt to allow the monkey raise a fish. The monkey has left his natural habitat. He will struggle. He will suffocate. Life will be hard. Put a fish on land. The fish starts struggling. He can't even make progress. He can't even move. He's expending energy, but he's not moving.

Only a little. Only a little. You can see it flapping its tails, flapping its tails, but nothing. No progress because it is not in water. It means when you are inside your natural habitat, that is where you make progress. When you are inside your natural habitat, that is where you move with speed. When you are inside your natural habitat, that is where the fullness of your purpose finds expression. That is why when Elijah was speaking to king Ahab, he told Ahab, you can go. And Ahab climbed a horse and he started galloping galloping excited. Elijah stayed in the presence.

Stayed in the presence. And as he was in mass in that glory, the bible says is he took off with his legs, his bare legs, and he outran the chariot of hell because it is in your habitat that you can speed. Do you understand what I'm just saying? It's in your habitat that you gain speed. It's in your habitat that you make progress. Outside of your habitat, you... Your functioning is messed up. You'll be struggling. You'll say, have reading block. I'm not having inspiration.

I'm not moving. I feel as though I'm stuck. Brother, are you in your habitat? Are you in the presence? Are you in the presence? How can you be stuck in the presence? How can a believer in the glory say stuck? It's not possible. The Bible says that when the people of Israel left Egypt, they left with the presence of God. They left with the presence of God.

Guess what? These people were old. They had small small children amongst them. Old people amongst them. What... Using walking sticks, and they were up to about 3,000,000. Can you imagine the line? It's not two people. You imagine the line? And Pharaoh could not catch up with people walking on legs, and Pharaoh was on a chariot.

Pharaoh and his men were on horses and on chariots moving very fast but could not meet up with men. 3,000,000 men. Even the one behind, they could not meet up with him. Because when you are in the presence, you gain speed. You... There's a pace at which your life begins to move when you are in the presence. You can't be stuck. You can't be stuck. It means all of these things are indices of a man who have left the presence of God. You can know by reason of the obstructions in his life.

You know this one has been far from the presence. So like a fish struggling, he's struggling with life, struggling with everything. Clock doors everywhere. Hardship everywhere. Hard. Brother, your life is too hard. God didn't design it like this. You can only function in the fullest of your capacity in an atmosphere of the presence. The problem is that many of us don't know how to live in that realm. You come alive when you are in the presence.

Do you know that there is something about coming to church that just bring this kind of joy you cannot explain? Because the bible says in his presence is fullness of joy. That means that the presence of God is not limited to church. A believer is meant to carry it everywhere he goes. That means joy should be on default state. It means if I come to a point as a believer where I'm always depressed, I'm always sad, I'm always gloomy, everything that happens affects my soul, it is because I'm missing something in the presence. Are you getting what I'm saying? Yes. What made Israel such a great nation was because the presence of God was with them. That scripture says my presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.

It is the presence of God that at certain things rest, not the absence of trouble. Not even the absence of labor. Because listen, listen to me. These people were about to embark on a long journey. Not only were they about to embark on a long journey, when they get there, they will fight battles with dians who are occupying the land. It was warfare, it was labor, it was journey, and they were working. But God says, my presence will go with you even as you are fighting the battles. My presence will go with you even as you are laboring the labor. My presence will go with you. And one way you will know that my presence is with you is the presence of rest.

That you will labor and labor in rest. You will walk and walk in rest, that you will face battles and even face them in rest. The absence of rest is therefore significant of the fact that the presence of God is no longer with you. Or it is there, but you just don't know how to live in that experience. Are you with me? Psalms 23 and verse one. The Bible says, the Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. He maketh me lie down in green pastures. He leadeth me beside still waters.

He restores my sower. He leadeth me in the path of righteousness for his name's sake. Yey. Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil not because the evil is not there, not because the trouble is not there, not because the problems are not there, not because the difficulties are not there, but because thou art with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me. Thou art with me. If you are with me, why should I fear? Why should I fear you are in my life, there are certain possibilities that begin to manifest in and of themselves. Listen, the Bible says the Lord being with me is my shepherd. I shall not want.

It means that even the presence of lack and poverty is because you have not understood the revelation of God as shepherd. Because if he has become your shepherd, you should not want. It means you should not be lacking of anything. I've read your bible. It says, I'm the lord thy god that teacheth thee to profit. That is the dimension of the lord, your shepherd. Because you must not want. He will teach you how to make profit. Do you know how to sit down in that atmosphere even in your business, even in your workplace where the Lord your shepherd speak to you and he tells you lady you're about to employ, he will steal your money. The Lord your shepherd.

The Lord your shepherd. It will prevent you from making losses that can damage your life, damage your future. The Lord your shepherd. The Lord your shepherd, I shall not want. It makes me lie down in still waters, not muddle waters, still waters. It restores my soul. It means I might have come into a point where my soul is disturbed, where I'm weary and I'm heavy laden. I'm disturbed by my needs. I'm disturbed by my wants. I'm disturbed by house rent.

The bills are numerous, and I'm wondering, what do I do with all of this? But the first thing it does is to restore my soul. He leads me in the path of righteousness for his name's sake. Verse four, then he says, even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I can live my life without fear. I can live my life without fear because the Lord is with me. It means it means every time fear manifest in your life, it is because you have not had the revelation of the Lord that is with you. Why should I be afraid? For you are with me. Your rod and your stars, they comfort me. It doesn't end there.

Verse five then says, you prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. I love this. It's not every time God will kill your enemies. If he kills all of them, then who will watch you hit the foot? Hear me? It prepared a table of success before me in the presence of failure. It prepared a table of prosperity before me in the presence of mediocrity. It prepared a table of influence before me In the presence of smallness. You anoint my head with oil. You anoint my head with oil.

You anoint my head with oil. I just see about five people that that anointing is coming upon strongly. Help him. Help him. You anoint my head with oil. You anoint my head with oil. What can't I understand? It is my cup runs over. Listen. Not that it is the head that is anointed.

It is the cup that feels the impact. My cup runs over. Your cup is whatever your hands do. Because you hold your cup with your hands. It means if if it is ministry, it must run over. If it is business, it must run over. If it's my academics, it must run over. It means it can anoint your head with oil and your distinctions run over. It can anoint your head with oil and your contracts run over. It can anoint your head with oil and your business runs over.

It can anoint your head with oil and your ministry runs over. I see a vision of a horn and angels are pouring oil. I tell you, a vision of a horn and angels are pouring oil. Have your seat. Have your seat. Don't worry about what is happening. It will continue. It will continue. Angels are pouring oil, oil of influence, the minshack anointing, the oil for spread and multiplication, the oil that makes every man want to patronize your product, every man wants to use your product, every man wants to buy from you, the oil of influence, The oil of power. Power in ministry.

Power in ministry. Power in ministry. Jeremiah chapter five chapter and verse 14. The Bible says, because you speak this word, I will make my words in your mouth fire. I see it happening to some people oh. Listen to me. Hear me? Hear me? Hear me? Hear me?

It is a place where you speak from glory. That your words in the heart of people is like fire. It's not as Hear me? Hear me? Hear me? Your words are like fire. People cannot resist you. They they they give you their attention and they are hearing what you are saying. They are they are grouped to your to their chairs. They can't walk out angrily.

They have to listen to you. I will make your your your... My words in your mouth fire. Listen. Listen. That was what they said of Jesus. They said, did our hearts not burn whilst he spoke to us? There is something that can be upon a man. It doesn't matter their age. They may be older than you, but they cannot resist the influence of your words.

They may be 40. They may be 60. But when you speak, something comes upon them. And and hear me. Hear me, helper. Hear me? Hear me? Hear me? Hear me? The Shekinah of the Holy Spirit, the presence of God that can enliven the words of a man.

It can come upon you when you sing, when you sing, even as a minstrel, that you lift your voice in worship and the portals of heaven open. It's beyond a melodious voice. You are singing from the realm of glory. Listen. Listen. Hear me. Securing the presence of God even in the midst of negative situations, securing the presence of God in the midst of trouble, in the midst of evil is wiser, greater, and more profitable than praying for the exit of the negative situation. If a negative situation leaves you and you did not secure the presence of God, it's only temporal. It will come again. Hear me?

Be seated. Hear me? When you read through scriptures, there are four dimensions of the presence of God as revealed in scripture. The first is the omnipresence. Sorry. The the omnipresence of God. In Psalms one three nine from verse seven, the bible says, whether shall I go from your spirit or whether shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make up my bed in hell, you are there. If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost part of the sea, you are there.

Omnipresence is God everywhere. Even in the clubhouse, God is there. In hell, God is there. In heaven, God is there. On earth, God is there. There is nowhere you can run away from God. His eyes see it all. He's everywhere at the same time. Omnipresence. He does not share this dimension with anybody.

He is the only one who is omnipresence. The devil is not. Demons are not. Human beings are not. You cannot be everywhere at the same time. God is in Europe. God is in Africa. The seven continents at the same time He's in all the universes at the same time. He's in all the planets at the same time. Only in can be that.

His eyes see it all. Only in can be that. God's ability to be everywhere at the same time. Number two is the indwelling presence of God. The indwelling presence of God. Romans eight and verse nine, the bible says, but ye are not in the flesh, but in the spirit. If so be that the spirit of God dwells in you, that the holy spirit is in you means God is in you. In other words, God is not just everywhere. He is also inside the believer. Through the spirit of God in the heart of the believer, God is inside the believer.

The indwelling presence of God. First Corinthians three verse 16, the bible says, know ye not that you have become the temple of the living God and that the spirit of God dwells in you. Man has become the indwelling place of God. That's the second dimension that you carry God yourself on your inside. The holy ghost is inside of you if you have accepted Jesus Christ as your lord and savior, the holy ghost is inside of you, and you are a temple of the living God. Number three is the Emmanuel dimension. In Matthew 18 verse 20, the bible says, for where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the midst of them. God is present wherever two or three are gathered. This is separate from what you can experience by yourself. A believer, even though you have the holy ghost, cannot experience the dimension by yourself.

There would need to be two or three believers gathered. And wherever two or three are gathered, that Emmanuel I mentioned. Some people call it a corporate anointing. There is a dimension of God that is only revealed when two or three are gathered. That is why the bible says, forsake not the assembly, the company of the brethren. Because there is something you will experience there that your secret place, no matter how strong, I will give you. Do you understand me? Your secret place, no matter how strong, cannot give you. It is only available in the midst of believers. So as we are here like this, there is a dimension of God that can only be here.

No matter how powerful your your secret place is, you are not seeing all there is to God. It will be pride and arrogance to think that you are. That's why the delusion that the devil has given to those who believe they don't need a church. They can experience all there is to God in their own house. You know I'm the church. I'm the church. You are not the church. You need every single believer coming together. There is something that every believer supplies that brings and provokes a dimension of God that end... That no one believer can experience in and of himself.

The Emmanuel dimension of God. Then the fourth dimension, which is really my emphasis today, is the manifest presence of God. Listen. I told you number one is the omnipresence. How that God is everywhere. But the fact that God is everywhere does not mean he reveals himself everywhere. God was in the church when thief came in and stole the equipment. Nothing happened to the thief. Do you understand what I'm saying? God is everywhere does not mean he manifests himself or he reveals himself everywhere.

God is in the believer does not mean he reveals himself even in the believer. This is the manifested. God is in the midst of two or three. Does not mean he reveals himself there. So we can have to believe by faith that God is here, and it is true. God is there. But there's a fourth dimension. We are the Shekinah, Jesus. The Shekinah of God, the manifested presence of God, where it is beyond a shadow of doubt, you know God is here. Because because that that Shekinah always has an impact on the physical environment.

It... In fact, it is the only dimension of God's presence that impacts on the physical environment. It means that when the Shekinah comes, the earth will know that God came. There will be responses. The Bible says mountain quakes when he comes. Are there no mountains in your village? Are they quaking every day? Do you understand what I'm saying? But when he reveals himself, when that's a kind of manifests, Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ.

In Exodus chapter 40 and verse 34, the bible says, then the cloud covered of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the temple. This is the Shekinah, the glory of the Lord filling the temple. Look at the effect. The Bible says Moses was not even able to enter the tabernacle of meeting because the cloud so rested on it. The glory of God filled the tabernacle. The bible says even when the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle, the children of Israel would go onward in all their journeys. But if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not journey till the day that it was taken up. For the cloud of the Lord was above the tabernacle by day and the fire over it by night in the sight of all the house of Israel throughout all their journeys. When God reveals himself, it is obvious to everybody. It is in the sight of everybody.

When God reveals himself, when his glory manifests, it is in the fight of everybody. The first three dimensions don't really have any physical effect on the earth realm. But whenever the manifest presence of God shows up, there is always a physical effect on the Israel. It's the kind of God. This is what I'm talking about. That every believer must content to carry. You can have the holy ghost on your inside, And you go and meet someone, and the person, hey. What do you want? Come on in this place. With the holy ghost.

You are not less of a Christian. You still carry the holy ghost. But there's a realm where a man enters, where that which is within find expression how it works. It enraps you. It covers you. Before people interact with you, that is what they interact with. The presence of God is the influence of his person through the ministry of the holy spirit in and upon the believer. Every time we talk about the presence of God, what we are really talking about is the influence of his spirit. I'm telling you that an individual can literally carry that influence like an atmosphere, like a climate. You can carry the influence with you, and it begins to provide certain possibilities.

When you know how to host this dimension of influence, you become a sign and a wonder. I met a client some time ago to go and discuss a deal that was worth 7 figures. That was in 7 figures. And as I sat down there, I saw four other people of higher qualification because they even finished with computer science. Some even had masters. I did not do computer science. I just know the skill. As I sat down there, they were going to the office one by one, and I was just smiling inside of me. Because I know I did not come alone. It's beyond my competence.

There is there is this awareness a man can have. That you sit down and they say, ah, ah, that that person, he shouts at everybody, but you know it's not me. My experience is different. My experience is different. And you can be so sure that you carry an atmosphere. You kite... It is like a climate, like a weather. Do you know if rain is falling in Ibadan, if you are coming from Lagos and the rain is not falling there, even... Let's be even... Even use Lagos and Ibadan.

Even within two different streets, it is possible for rain to be falling here, and rain is not falling in UI. Has that happened to you before? And the moment you leave UI, it can be all sunny, but you come into this place and you are drenched immediately. In fact, because it was sunny in UI, you might not even think of carrying an umbrella because you feel you don't need you don't need one. But the moment you step there, begin to regret it immediately because you become a victim of the weather condition. That means that if you carry an atmosphere, everybody that steps around you, everybody that steps around your space automatically become a victim of the atmosphere you carry even if it is lions in a den. Even if it is lions in the den, the moment you are locked in a den with lions, they become a victim of the atmosphere you carry. Suddenly, they can no longer... They they are looking at you like this and saying, who is this? A god in our midst.

A god in our midst. Because you stepped into that place with an atmosphere, with a presence. Not in there with the lion... In the lion's den with hungry lions. These lions were hungry. Do I know? Because the moment they brought Daniel out of there and they threw in those who wanted to plot against him, the bible says before they landed, the lions jumped and finished them. I don't know how that is possible. These were hungry lions, and they had no effect on Daniel because it's an atmosphere. It's not only inside you.

It has an effect on your external environment. It have an effect on your external environment. I will show you this very soon. That's why you must contend for this in your business. You must contend for this in your place of work. It's a different thing when you carry the atmosphere of God. Ah, Jesus. Listen. If you give me just one minute and I begin to worship, you will be amazed what will happen here. That is the influence of the presence of God.

I'm conscious I carry this. I'm conscious I carry this. I was walking sometime ago, some years ago, and I wanted to... I was rushing somewhere. I didn't forgotten where I was going, but I was to climb a bike. While I was calling the bike, I saw a call. It was like the fifth time the person was calling me, so it looked urgent. I picked the call. I said, what is going on? While I was talking, I was using my hand to signal bike, and he was telling me, oh, my father is on the mat right now, and he cannot move any part of his body.

They were twins. They called me, and both of them were crying. My father is on the mat right now. He can't move any part of it... Of his body. He can't do anything. He can't even... He's not even talking. His mouth is not moving. I said, is he alive?

He said, yes. He's alive. He's still breathing. Was he sick before? Yes, sir. They told me what the condition was. While we were talking, I was still flagging bike. Ask him bike how much? 18 naira. He rolled 15 naira and he'll be going.

Where is it? What is it doing now? And they were telling me everything. I said, you know what? Put the phone on his ears. They put the phone on the father's ears. I said, young man, rise up right now. In the name of Jesus. I caught the call, find my was not in the spirit like you would call it. I was not charged like you would call it.

I was flagging a bike, but there was a consciousness that there's an atmosphere that we carry. There's an atmosphere that we carry. Hear me. Hear me. Miracle was with me some years ago. I was eating into me, and he was the one that brought the girl to my... To to the classroom. Yeah. I was eating into me. I was a teacher there, and he brought the girl and was reporting the girl to me.

And immediately, I I could sense in my spirit that there was a demon. Whilst I was eating my Indomie, I said, how? The girl went flat. Pow. It started speaking with the voice of a man. I was eating Indomie. I didn't stop my Indomie. I kept on eating. Get out you devil. Let him go.

He was the one ushering the girl in the classroom, not in the church. Not in church. I was teaching physics in that same school. While was teaching physics, my eyes opened, and I saw that there was a lady there who had a dream where she was caught with a knife, and she woke up and the knife mark was on her body. And I turned and I told them, I said, there's someone. You you you had a dream. In that dream, you had a knife cut, and you woke up with it. In a fitness classroom, the girl went out of the power. We had to contain her very fast so that it doesn't become a mess. She came to me in my office after and showed me a very huge mark with bandage that has not healed in three years.

Small girl. Small girl. The devil is a need to carry this thing and wave like a garment. Help her. Like a garment. Pels, you are not a blessing. What we have to offer people cannot be sorry. Sorry. What is sorry? You come and share a problem with me, and after talking, I say, sorry.

Sorry. No. I have answers to give. I have answers to give. Hear me? Sit down. Sit down. Hear me? Hear me? That influence can overtake a believer not just to come and go.

No. No. No. No. But that any man that interacts with you is interacting with a portion of glory you have carried. It is the word baptism. That's where the word baptism is gotten from. It means to immerse in water. Listen. Listen.

If I enter into a swimming pool, the only way you can reach me is to be affected by that water. That's the meaning of baptism, to immerse in glory. Jesus Christ. It means if you will ever interact with me, you will force us to go through what I... What has immerse me. An individual can be immersed with the presence of God. Listen, when you buy a product, usually that product is wrapped. Is that not so? You see a small product, but with several layers of wrappings and pack agings. Usually, you can use the extent of the wrapping of a product to show its originality, its newness, and its quality.

Sometimes you can buy a perfume and there is such an elaborate wrapping on the perfume. And the price can be so expensive. And they put all of that there to show you that it is worth the price. And they wrap it in a way that it forces you to see the value of what the product is. So before you access the product, you will need to laboriously cut through all the many layers of wrapping. Is that not so? I'm saying that a believer can become that valuable that you have immersed yourself in such a cloud of glory and the manifested presence of God. It is impossible to reach you ignoring the presence. The bible says that the shadow of Peter... But we know now that it wasn't just the shadow of Peter.

We know where Peter was coming from. He was coming from a place where he has sucked himself with glory. He wasn't through the shadow of a man. He's a he's a... He has immersed himself in glory. So whatever comes out of him, be it an apron, be it a shadow, as long as it came out of him. Listen. Listen. I heard the story of Bensley Dahosa. How that a man died, and they rushed to his house, and they did not meet him at home.

It was the wife that was sharing the story, I believe. And the wife was the one they met at home. And they said, where is papa? Where is papa? They showed him the dead body. They said, her. The woman said, her. Papa is not around, but his is around. And the woman went inside, brought the laid it on the body, and it came alive. Listen to me.

Listen to me. What is that? What is that? As long as your body has interacted with it... Do you know what it... Listen. It's like this that I'm using right now. I've interacted with it. And because I have interacted with it, a measure of glory, a measure of power are sick on it. It is true because I have interacted with it.

An anointing oil is only a bottle of oil. It's the man that makes it anointed. It is because of what it has interacted with that makes it anointed. Somebody came to me and told me how that the mother was feeling a kind of sickness. Was it was it fibroid or something? Can't I can't even remember. And I was drinking water. I gave her the water I was drinking. I said, let your mother drink it. Didn't even offer any prayer.

That was the end of fibroid. That was the end of fibroid. It's a consciousness. There was no need for deliverance. There was no need for bail. There was no need for nothing. A consciousness that we carry something. And because we carry something, everything that we interact with, that glories... Imagine that you have... Imagine that you are dripping in oil, and you sit down on the chair.

When you leave, will oil be on the chair? That's what we are saying. That's what we are saying. That you leave a measure of this glory on anything that interacts with you. Anyone that interacts with you. Do you understand what I'm saying? And when a man carries this this dimension of God's presence, there are things you begin to see in that man's life that becomes evidence of the fact that the presence of God is on him. Number one is supernatural favor. Sit down. Number one is supernatural favor.

The favor of God because people are responding to what is upon you. And so the favor of God is the default response to the presence of God. That's the default response. When Isaac was blessing Jacob, one of the blessings was the smell of my son. It's like the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed. Help that young man. The smell of my son is the glory of God so strong. You can't even stand again. The smell of my son. Like the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed.

The smell. In other words, the glory of God in this realm is tangible, but not tangible means it can be touched. But it's not only tangible, it is audible. It means it can be heard. Jacob now shows me that it can even be smelt. That people can look at you and you are just a breath of fresh air. They're just pleased with you. Like like you have used a nice perfume. You walk into a place, and everybody just likes you. It's the smell of my son.

You ask a question, and as you raise your hand to ask a question, it might even be a stupid question, but the smell of my son. The guy will look at you and say, what are the intelligent question? And in your mind, you'll be, what I was even thinking about, I'm wondering, please I should ask or I should not ask because I thought it was foolish. But the smell of my son, people perceive you from the lens of that smell. The the the... You submit a proposal and you submit... Another person submits a proposal. And they are looking at both of them, but the smell of my son. One one is smelly. One one appeals to them like a sweet smelly savor.

The smell of my son. Did you read that testimony? The guy said, they have already consulted a a a a... An expert who has already submitted a proposal, then the PA of the rich man now called this my guy and told him, I will send you the proposal the first guy sent. Listen. That's the smell of my son. It means it means I prefer you. There are many options, but I prefer you. There are many people who have been working here before you came. Many people who have been serving here before you came, but you enter with a glory.

You enter with a presence and the smell, the smell. And the man looks at you and says, ever since you came, ever since you came, ever since you came, and everybody be wondering, are we not walking? Are we not part of those that are walking? Well, it's the smell of my son. The smell of my son. What happens to a man that carries the presence of God? Do you know that this is even the difference between ministers of God? This thing. The most influential ministers are not the most gifted. The people who are most prominent in different field of influence are not the most gifted but the smell of my son.

Are you getting what I'm saying? Favor. Genesis 39 and verse one. The bible says... We are almost rounding up already. The bible says, now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him down there. The next verse, the Bible says, the Lord... Can we read this together, everybody? Put your name there. And what happens because of that?

The Lord is with Emmanuel. Give me the King James version. One... Put your name there. One, three. Go. Pause. It's okay there. That you can prosper because God is with you. That I'm a success not because of what I have done, not because of what I have.

Listen, this guy was being auctioned as a slave, as a slave. And the bible says, because the lord was with him, he was a prosperous man, not he will be, he was. The question is, what does a slave have that makes him prosperous? Does he have cars? Does he have houses? Does he have money? It means if I have God and God is with me and is... I know how to how to invoke the manifested presence of God, I'm prosperous. It's only a matter of time. You will soon see the cars.

You will soon see the houses. You will soon see the money. Hear me. Hear me. Hear me. It was not when Joseph became a prime minister that he prospered. If you look with the physical realm, you will think it was when he became prime minister that he prospered. But if as a slave, Joseph is telling everybody I'm prosperous. I'm prosperous. You might not believe what he's saying.

You might not understand what he's saying, but he's speaking from a realm that is beyond the natural. Listen. Your reality in the spirit is superior to whatever is going on right now in your life. Even if I'm a slave, I'm perilous. I will never call myself a slave. I'm perilous. And he entered there with that mentality. He was in the house of the... Of his master, the Egyptian. Enter there with the with the mentality of prosperity.

Look at the next verse. And his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord had made all he did to prosper in his hand. Next verse. So Joseph now found favor in his sight. You can get a job and find favor. You can start a job and find favor. Can start a job and find favor. Sit down. Listen. Listen.

Listen. Prosperity is attached to the presence of God. Favor is attached to the presence of God. Joseph was a servant, yet he was prosperous because God was with him. Life is not a function of what you have. Life is not a function of what you have done. It's a function of who you have. A man who has learned how to ensure that God's glory radiates around him consistently is a prosperous man. It does not matter what he does not have right now. He will soon have it.

He's not a man that will prosper. He's a prosperous man. He's a man that has prospered. The physical realm would soon catch up. Listen. Many a times, the physical realm can be very slow. Can be very, very slow. The presence of God upon a man makes for favor. Listen. If you can carry the presence of God, that influence will soon come.

That favor will soon come. It's only a matter of time. You can have it already in the realm of the spirit. It's only a matter of time. I will sing and I will yell for your glory is all over me. Hear me. When Joseph got to the prison, verse 21, Genesis 39, the bible says, but the Lord was with Joseph again in the prison. And the Lord gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. Even in the prison. Where can you not see favor?

Where where? Where even in the dungeon? Ah, even in the dungeon. And you're telling me, sir, sir, the reason why my life is hard is because, you know, if I'm in this country and things are very hard, economy is difficult. Can you not find favor? In prison, somebody was favored. Receive favor. Hear me? Hear me? Hear me?

Do you know that Joseph was not the first prisoner? There has been prisoners there before he came. It was not even the the... Ah. It does not matter how many came before you. You are mightily favored. Hear me, helper. Listen. Exodus three and verse 21. The bible says, listen, and I will give these people favor in the sight of the Egyptians.

Please remember, this was the same people that God spoke to and said my presence will go with you. He said, as a result of my presence, I will give you favor in the sight of the Egyptians. And it shall be that when you go, you shall not go empty handed. It means, if you ever go empty handed, it is because faith is not in your life. I declare you will never again be empty handed. Hear me? Hear me? I've already said this before, but the second thing that the presence of God does is that it gives you rest roundabout. Rest roundabout. Your presence will go with me, and will...

I will give you rest. Let me show you something. Second Chronicles chapter 15 verse 12. Second Chronicles 15 verse 12. The bible says, then they entered into a covenant to seek the lord god of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul. Verse 14, the bible says, then they took an oath before the lord with a loud voice, with shouting, with trumpets, rams on. Verse 15. Can we read everything together? One two three. Go.

Rust, where? Where? Where? What is the definition of all around? Is your marriage part of the whole? Is your work part of the whole? Is your business part of the whole? Say I have rest all around. Hear me? Number three is supernatural protection and preservation.

When the president of God is upon a man, supernatural protection and preservation. Have your seat. Listen. Have you ever bought something so expensive, carefully wrapped and packaged? But even if you throw it up and it comes down, the wrap and the packaging around it is the one that will bear the impact of the fall, not the product. The presence of God can become your shield and your covering that whether it is by your left or by your right, you can be so immune and protected. Not that the of God gives you a shield. No. It becomes your shield. Psalms 23 and verse four, the bible says, yay, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.

Not because you have defended me, but because you are with me. It means if you ever experience evil, leave that evil for a moment and verify whether God is with you. If he's not with you, find him first. You have no immunity against the effect of evil if he's not with you. Isaiah 43 and verse one to verse two. The bible says, but now for saith the lord who created you, o Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel, fear not for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine. Verse two then says, when you pass through the waters, I will be with you. And through the fires, they shall not overflow you.

When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned. Jesus Christ. Nor shall the flame scorch you. Daniel chapter three verse 23. The bible said, and this men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound in the midst of the burning fiery furnace. Then the king of the the king the king, king, king the 25. He says, look, he answered. I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are not hot. And the form of the fort is like the son of God. This was a pagan king.

Look at verse 27. And the satraps and the administrators, the governors, the king's counselors gathered together, and they saw these men on whose body the fire had no power. Do you remember Isaiah four three verse two? Even though you walk through the fire, you shall not be scorched. The bible says on whose body the fire had no power. The air of their head was not seen nor were their garment affected. The bible says even the smell of fire was not on them. In other words, it didn't even look as though they went through anything. It means you might be in the toughest problems of your life right now. By the time the hand of God blocks you out, you will have to tell your story before people can believe because nobody will ever believe you had a path like that.

That's the meaning. The smell of fire was not upon them. That means that the effect of fire is not generic. There are people who seem to be immune from the effect of fire. I told you that when you throw a product up, it is properly wrapped. What suffers is the wrapper? And when you have immersed yourself in the presence, it doesn't matter what enemy fires and harrow against you. What receives the impact is the presence. The Bible says that in Psalm 91 verse one, he who dwells in the secret place of the most high shall abide under the shadow of the whole mighty. The Bible says I will say of the Lord.

He has become my refuge and my fortress. He has become what now? My refuge and my fortress. Look at verse 29 of Daniel three that we were reading. The Bible says, therefore, the king now said, I make a decree that any people, nation, or language which speaks anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego shall be caught in pieces, and their houses shall be made an ash heap because there is no other God who can deliver like this. There is a way that God delivers. It's like a signature. The way God will come through for you in this season, it will surprise everybody around you. Hear me? Hear me?

Hear me. Have your seat. The way God will come through. You expect him to come this way. You expect him to come that way. But the moment he arises like a mighty man, he will leave his signature in your life to let every man know that I was the one that did this. The bible says the lord in the midst of thee is mighty. The hand of God has done this. Listen. It is a risk to walk outside of the Shekinah presence of God.

Psalm 91 says, there are arrows that fly by day. There are pestilences that walks in darkness. You have no idea who shot the arrow. All you know that it is flying, and any man can be a victim of an arrow. They fly by day, left, right, center. As you walk out of your house, arrows are flying. How dare you not know God? How dare you not be covered? You can be victims of arrow you know not what? If you intend to rise, if you intend to grow and to manifest the influence of the kingdom, please understand the presence of God.

Not everyone will clap for you because you are rising. We live in a world that is immersed with wickedness. There are those that will hate you just because you are rising. Psalm three and verse one. The Bible says, Lord, how have they increased who trouble me? Many are they who rise up against me. Many are they who say of me there is no help for him in God. But you, oh, Lord, are a shield for me. My glory and the one who lifts my head. It doesn't say that you, oh, Lord, give me a shield.

It says you, oh, Lord, are the shield. It doesn't say God brought the shield. God himself is the shield. You can enter and he's safe. Remember the bible said the name of the lord is strong to her. The right of runs into that name and he's safe. Listen. From today ends forth, anyone who plots evil against you by witchcraft or by divination, whether you are asleep or whether you are awake, in the name of Jesus, we declare judgement. Listen. Listen.

Listen. This cloud of glory can so cover you that even when you sleep, someone is making incantations and summoning your name by astral projection. Astride projection and expecting that you are the one that will respond. Even if you are asleep, the presence of God. They say, how can this person be the first to rise in this family and they rise up in wickedness to condor something that will bring you down. And whilst they are trying to project your spirit, they think it is your face that will show up. But suddenly, the lion of the tribe of Judah. The lion of the tribe of Judah. Lion of the tribe of Judah. Listen, I once met a lady.

Painful story, but it is true. Once met a lady, brilliant, first class student, finished university, went for service, ran mad. First class student. Ran mad. Such things are not normal. The names are called. It was a summoning. These things are true. We live in a wicked world. I hope you know that it's not only God that is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

The devil too is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He is wicked yesterday, wicked today, wicked forever. It will never change. I knew that this was a summoning. Her name was called and a harrow fired. But the question is, why did you respond? Are you not a believer? How how dare they call your name and you respond? And then because you are sleeping, and right now they're waking up. If I appeared there, I came to flock people.

That's if I if I ever appeared there. You think the devil is happy you are doing ministry? You think he's happy with the way doors are opening for people? Demons are being casted out of people? He's trying everything to ensure that we don't we don't we don't rise, but he cannot do anything. Yes, sir. The impact of that glory is too strong. He can only look from outside and hope you will have an opening, but he will never do. Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

Are you with me brothers and sisters? There are many of you. Just when you want to rise and move and excel, here comes this harrow that flies by day. This that place waste at noonday. Listen. Every time you see people rising and suddenly they cannot rise anymore, something is stopping them. Something is holding their legs from moving. When the glory of God rest upon you, you cannot but find favor. Rest roundabout. Protection and preservation.

When Judah was rising, the bible says there were people that rose not to stop him, to kill him. That's what happens when men begin to rise. You will not continue to rise and change destinies and the gates of hell will only fold their hands and be looking at you. No. It takes the covering of that cloud. And if it cannot get you, they will come to your children. But that covering is so powerful that there is space for everyone to enter. Your wife can enter. Your husband can enter. Your child can enter.

Your business can enter. Your your your ministry can enter. Your school can enter. Psalm 27 verse one. The Bible says, the Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked came against me to eat up my flesh, my enemies and foes, they stumbled and they fell. Though an army may encamp against me, my heart shall not fear.

Though war may rise against me, in this, I will be confident. Look at the scripture for the believer. One thing I have desired of the Lord, and it goes on and on. Listen, if there is any current attack over anyone's life here, under the sound of my voice, you have been seeing patterns around your life that you don't understand. In the name of Jesus, I command those attacks to end now. Anyone and anything that fights you goes down immediately. The last one and then we pray. The presence of God gives you honor and exemption. Isaiah chapter 43 and verse three. The Bible says, for I am the Lord your God, the holy one of Israel, your savior.

I give Egypt to the Babylonians for your ransom. You didn't say that. I give Egypt. Give me amplified version. I give Egypt to the Babylonians for your ransom. Ethiopia and Seba, a province of Ethiopia in exchange for your release. You're not seeing it. It means it means I want to rescue you. I am willing to trade a nation to get you. Look at verse four.

Verse four says, because you are precious in my sight, because I have honored you, because I love you, I will give men in return for you. It means instead for... Of you to die, others will die. It's not me that said it in scripture. I will give men in exchange for you. Rather that you die, I will rather a nation dies. People in exchange for your life, exemption and honor. Exemption and honor. Verse five says, fear not for I am with you. I will bring your offspring from the East where they are dispatched and gather you from the East.

I will say to the North, give up. And to the South, keep not back. Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the hands of the earth. I don't have time to show you this. First Samuel 18. We wanna read the Bible and pray. First Samuel 18 and verse 10. The Bible says, the next day, an evil spirit from God came amplified. The next day, an evil spirit from God came mightily upon Saul. I will show you I will show you later, not now, not today, that there is no such thing as an evil spirit from God.

This was an error in the mentality of the old testament prophet because they did not... Were... They are not aware that there is an entity called Satan. That's why even the activities of Satan in scripture are attributed to God. For instance, when Job lost everything, he said it is God that gives, is God that talks, but it's not God that took it. So when you use that scripture to justify a loss, you find out that you are misquoting scriptures or you are misquoting the character of scriptures that God does not take what he has given. The bible says the gift and calling of God are without repentance. Do you understand what I'm saying now? So this is a a a misjudgment in the mentality of the old testament prophet due to the gaps in your understanding. Is that okay now?

Yes. So an evil spirit, and he raped madly in his house whilst David played the liar with his hand. And at other times, there was a javelin in the hand of Saul. Next verse. And Saul threw the javelin for he thought, I will pin David to the wall. And David evaded him twice. Next verse, the Bible says, Saul was afraid of David because the Lord was with him but had departed from Saul. That was the reason why Saul wanted to kill him. But the more he tried to kill him, the more you find he could not kill this man. That's not even what shocks me.

You want to kill him. Just yesterday, you were throwing javelin at the guy. The guy dodged it. You are amazed that you cannot kill him. Is that not so? What... Will you not go and devise a a more intense strategy to then kill him? Watch what happens after. When the honor of God is upon you, oh Jesus. When the honor of God is upon you, the Bible says so Saul removed David and made him commander over a thousand.

How? How? How? How do you go from wanting to kill a man? To promoting him the next day. Wanting to kill a man. And the next day, you say, you know what? Go and become a captain. These are the kind of unreal things that God will be doing in your life. Unreal.

Listen. Listen. That the person who who looked at you yesterday and said I will sack you, you, think you will last long in this place. I will sack you. Comes tomorrow and gives you promotion letter. You, you think you will graduate from this school. I will be your head in this place. And then tomorrow, if you're having issues, come and meet me in my in my office. And you begin to wonder, are you schizophrenic? No.

It's the honor of God. When the honor of God comes upon a man, it changes the tide overnight. Are you with me brothers and sisters? Yes. Honor, exemption. That's what happens when the Lord is with you. Rise up on your feet. Hear me? One key one key to becoming an embodiment of the presence of God. One key, can I give you one?

Is to have an undining hunger and thirst for the presence of God. It's not difficult. There are not too many mystery that surround it. Just be hungry for it. The says that blessed are the poor in spirit. The word poor there in the Greek is the word. It means to lack. It means to lack, to be in a state of want. It means poverty of spirit. It means to be hungry, to have nothing to eat.

That's the meaning of circus. Are you with me? Blessed are the poor. In other words, blessed are they who are hungry in the spirit. Blessed are they who have recognized their lack and their need. The Bible says, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Everywhere you see the Bible talk about the kingdom of heaven, there are two things that always follows it. It's the word power and glory. So the Bible says for yours is the kingdom, thy power and thy glory. The same thing is seen in the book of Psalms.

But the Bible says that when a man begins to test after God, when a man entered into a state, when he becomes poor in the spirit, when he recognizes his lack and his need for God, the Bible says ease will be power. Ease will be kingdom. Ease will be glory. It means how to get the glory of God in your life, how to get the power of God in your life is to ensure that you are always poor in spirit. You are always thirsty in your spirit, are always longing for God. The Bible says David is called a man after God's own heart. It means if you study the life of David and how he embodied God, you can learn a thing or two about the heart of God because the bible calls David a man after God's own heart. So the activities of David exemplifies the heart of God. Are you with me? Bible says in Psalms 63 and verse one, the Bible says, oh God, you are my God.

Early will I seek you. Can you see the poor in spirit? We are learning this from David, a man that carry the presence of God. The bible says my soul first for you. My flesh longs for you in a dry and dusty land where there is no water. It compares his life to a dry and thirsty land where there is no water. It means the only thing that can satisfy that land is the presence of God. Hear me? Hear me? Look at the next verse, verse two.

It says, I thirst for you. I have looked for you in the sanctuary to see what now? Your power and your glory. It means how men see power is by thirst. How men see glory is by thirst. If you see a man who is always in a state of hunger for God, or should I say a man that walks in the manifested presence of God, I promise you there is something about that man that always yearns after God. You see, God is such that every time you meet God, if you truly meet God, he will fill you and make you hungry at the same time. It's a mystery. You will be filled and still live hungry. It's a mystery.

It will quench the dust, and the the more quench you are, the more hunger you feel. That's why men like Paul, after thirty years of ministry, will still say that I may know him. It is because the more you know, the more you realize you don't know, the more you want to know. Are you with me? A consistent hunger and thirst. Go back to the scripture. In Psalms, a consistent hunger and thirst. A consistent hunger and thirst. A consistent hunger and thirst. My flesh longs for you to see your glory, he says.

To see your glory, he says. Listen. There are times that in your life, God will begin to introduce dimensions of possibilities that you have not yet entered the reality of the same, but you will see it working in your life for a brief moment. Either your business, someone will just walk up to you and give you an amount of money out of favor. Listen. Listen. And it will usually be something that you have not entered into the reality of that thing. It might even be in ministry where you go for a meeting, and you're just doing what you would normally do. Or you are told to come and lead prayers, and I've just start praying. Somebody rises out under the power and pow.

A lame leg starts to walk. Somebody says, I'm healed of this. I'm healed of that. Everybody start calling you, man of God. But the truth is that even you don't know how it happened, you even explain. All you know was that you were praying and things were happening. You can't give expression to it. You can't give words to it. The next time you come, it might not happen. And you might be wondering, but I've seen this thing before.

It is how God lures you. God gives you a taste of what is inside of you. God gives you a taste of greatness, a taste of your future. And the moment you have a taste, God now says, now run after me. Pursue this thing and see what you... The Bible says taste and see. Taste and see that the Lord is good. It means after you have tasted, you must eat. Your life must not stop at the tasting. The testing is to is to bring hunger in you, to make you thirsty, to make you see that there are things in God that your life can conjure.

There are things in God. Are you with me? A young man came to me one time and told me that he was invited some years ago to come and minister in a place. It was the largest audience he has ever faced, over 3,000 people. A young man was invited in in his stead but could not go to the restaurant to him instead. And he went there and he ministered powerfully. And he thought that, hey, breakthrough has come. But that was the last time he ever got that invitation. And he came to me and he was hungry. He said ever since then, every time...

Everywhere I go, it's either I see two people, five persons, 10 persons. What is going on? I said what God did was to expose you to your future so that by that exposure, it arouses a thirst on your inside, and you begin to pursue after that reality. But you became satisfied. You were deceived by what was meant to lure you. You thought that was the destination. You thought you have arrived. You didn't know you were only testing. You don't... Do you understand what I'm saying?

That result was to lure you into God, to say this is the year. It's available. Now pursue it. And then by that dust, by that hunger, you start you start you start longing for Jesus, longing for his presence, longing for moving, longing to. The bible says in the book of Psalms, it says it says it says, just the zeal for the house of God has consumed me. That is the language of thirst and hunger. The zeal has consumed me. When you see a hungry man, you know hunger has a language in the spirit. Hunger has a language in the spirit. Hunger is not gentle.

Hunger is not calm. Hear me. Hear me. When you are hungry in time, when you are hungry in the physical realm, you know how you behave. There are times that people people can see you are hungry. It's all over your face. It means if you are spiritually hungry, it will be obvious. It will be obvious. Listen. The bible says that Paul was preaching, and he saw a man.

And Paul saw that the man had faith to be healed. The question is, how do you see faith? How do you see faith? If you have faith, how do I see it? It means there was something about your body language. There was something about what the man was doing that communicated to Paul that this man is hungry. Are you with me? If you are hungry, you will pursue. You will pursue. You will pursue.

The reason why you will come to church is because you are hungry, not to fulfill a sacrifice, not to fulfill an offering. You will come because you are thirsty. Before the meeting begins, you are sitting down. God, I want to encounter your glory again. I want to encounter your wisdom again. A heart that is panting for God genuinely. That is the heart that carries God's presence. Listen. Listen. Listen.

Can you hold somebody on your left and on your right? Why are they praying like this? Why are they shouting like this? Why are they like this? Why are they acting like this? They said these women are crazy. Let there be silence now. Glory everywhere. Come down now as we honor your majesty. Listen.

Let there be silence. Can all eyes be closed? I see angels here. The presence of God will start enveloping people. Enveloping people here. They are carriers of glory, carriers of power in this place. Pray in tongues where you are. Pray in tongues where you are. I'll pray with you now but pray in tongues where you are. Let your amen be the loudest you can find.

Outside, inside, let your amen be very loud. As I begin to prophesy over your life, these things will happen as I'm saying it. I see the angels of tangible miracles here. Father, in the name of Jesus. Is that the loudest you can go? Father, in the name of Jesus. My goodness. I declare right now. I introduce spool. Let your amen be louder.

You. You hear me? Where your life has lacked help. Where your life has lacked help. I send you destiny helpers. I call them forth now. I call them forth now. I call them forth now. I call them forth now. Call them forth now.

Receive it. Help her. Help them. Help her. Men wealthy. This power that makes men prosper. Receive it now. Hear my voice. Hear my voice. The Bible says you have encompassed this mountain long enough.

Tell the children of Israel to go forward. I declare over you. You have encompassed this mountain long enough. This financial level, Hear me. The Bible says, these are the horns that have risen against Israel. That the children of Israel should not lift their head. Anybody here that whenever you try to lift your head, a horn breathes it back. Anybody under the sound of my voice, that whenever you try to do big things, whenever you try to prosper, whenever you try to change jobs or make progress or go or take steps of increase, that is when you encounter problems. That is when you encounter difficulty. Whatever all that has risen against you, be broken now.

Be broken. Be broken. Be broken. Broken. Broken. Broken. In where you have found it difficult to do before, where you have found it difficult to go before. Now go there with ease. International doors are opening. International doors are opening.

I'm hearing in my spirit. Divine recommendations. People are recommending you. They are referring you. They are recommending you. In the name of Jesus. I open large financial doors to you. Large financial doors to you. There's someone I'm seeing. There's someone I'm seeing.

You stepped into a financial level. You stepped into seven or eight figures, and then you came back out. I don't know if it was a contract. I don't know if it was a job. I don't know what it was, but you came back out. And since the time you have... Since that one time, it has never come back again. But right now I declare, I open the heavens for you. By this time next month, come back with your testimony. Whatever is like a mountain an obstruction standing in front of you, denying you of progress.

I break them to pieces. I'm hearing I'm hearing a name like Irawo. I don't know what has to do with anything, but I'm just hearing Irawo. What is that? Irawo. Put my hands. I see financial increase and stability. I see I see that... I see like... I see a boat on the water that is unstable, moving elders get up, moving here and there, But God is bringing stability.

God is bringing stability. Receive it now. There's someone's mother who I'm seeing. I'm seeing... I'm hearing the name Mary. And God is bringing... God is saying that he's bringing increase to her. Bringing increase to her. There's someone I'm seeing. The I see that you are...

You you were you were doing something that was fetching you well, but it stopped. And God is saying that he's bringing increase back to you. In the name of Jesus. Bringing wealth back to you. In the name of Jesus. Bringing increase back to you. Bringing wealth back to you. Hear a name like Ibrahim. Ibrahim, it's a Muslim name, but I don't know why I'm hearing that name. I don't know why I'm hearing Ibrahim.

It's a Muslim name, but that's what I'm hearing. Ibrahim, listen, I will speak words over you. Jesus Christ. I just saw a vision of the truth now. And God is telling me within the next three months, God is placing you on a throne. Hear me? In the month of February, I hear the bands of wealth are open. The bands of wealth are open. I declare them open. Hear me?

Not what I'm saying. The month of February. Not what I'm saying. The banks of wealth are open. The storehouse is open. Contract you have never signed before. Jobs you have never gotten before. Take it now. I put them in your hands. I place them in your hands.

In the name of Jesus. You are sitting down with kings. You are meeting kings. In the name of Jesus. Go and prosper. Go and make wealth. Go and sell. In the name of Jesus. Hear me. Hear me.

You will start having conversations with people in the the places of influence. CEOs, presidents, governors, senators, you are sitting down with them. In the name of Jesus. Receive it now. Your business is entering international quarters. I'm seeing you in conferences. In Dubai, in Saudi Arabia, in in in South in South Africa, in Kenya, in America, in The UK. Receive it now. Hear me? There is a grace that I seek.

Last prayer I will pray. And now we close. Hey. The angel of the basket is here. From the month of February. If you have not been serious, be serious. Storehouse is open. I'm seeing someone. Your father is owed something. I don't know if it's company...

If it's with the government or something, but I'm seeing that they are holding him what belongs to him. And it has been dragging for a long time. Before the next one month, let it be released. Houses you did not build. Cars you did not buy. Put me in no hope. In the name of Jesus. We will start seeing from today ends forth are testimonies of I was given a land. I was given a car. I was given a property.

I was given a take it now. There's someone I'm seeing. You have been looking for a shop. Now it has come to you. There's a lady outside. I'm seeing God expanding you. Help that lady. Expansion and increase. Help her, whoever it is, she's outside. Expansion and increase.

From two, it's becoming 10. From 1,000. God is increasing your capacity. God is increasing your capacity. No longer will you be small. If you came here today and you are held down by whatever demonic force that has insisted that you will not rise, that makes you lazy, that makes you afraid, that makes you depressed. I break those chains now. You are set free now. You are set free now. You are set free now.

You are set free now. You are set free now. In the name of Jesus. There are three people outside, outside. I'm seeing, I'm seeing your legs tied down and your hands tied down. Your legs tied down. For one of them, you have seen yourself in a dream where your legs were tied and your hands were tied. You saw it in a dream, three of them outside. But right now, by the power of God, let it be broken now. On the gallery there, I'm seeing a young man receiving speed.

I'm seeing a vision. I'm seeing, I'm seeing a council of kings. A council of kings. And I'm seeing you. And they are stretching their hands saying come. Say come. Say come. Come and sit down with us. Come and stand with us. Come and rule with us.

Come and govern with us. At the count of three, shout Jesus loud and clear. I see a baptism of hunger and a baptism of thirst. I see an immersion into glory, An immersion into power. Outside, inside, on the gallery. Overflow. At the count of three, shout Jesus loud and clear. The power of God is strong in this place. People will be immersed into glory. Task and honor.

One. Give God praise for what he has done. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Listen. Listen. The Lord is still moving in this place. The power of God is so so strong here. Listen, I'm seeing for, I I'm seeing someone. Your eyes have been opened.

Listen, listen, listen, listen, this is what will happen. And and and I see you being drawn into encounters. You would you will realize that it it will start when you go home. You will find that you are launched into deep encounters, your dreams. Listen, it will happen in your dreams, in your visions, even as you are praying. Amen. Deep encounters. Amen. I tell you, deep... I I'm seeing I'm seeing for that person.

That is what you have always prayed for. That's what you have always yearned for. And I'm seeing that it is happening. It is happening. Deep encounters. Deep encounters. The Lord said, he wants to bring you into deep waters to start doing business in deep waters. For that person, you will find that a scripture will just open up to you. I'm telling you, you will open your bible, and it will look as though you were dead when it was written. That's what I'm seeing.

Listen. Listen. Listen. I'm seeing a vision. Listen. I'm seeing a vision. In that vision, I'm taking him back to Jesus. When he was teaching the multitude, and he asked the disciples, go and get them bread. And they brought... Listen.

They are the ones, but there are still more of them. Hear me? Hear me? They brought they brought a man to Jesus. And they told Jesus and has five loaves and two fishes. Those five loaves and two fishes were okay for him alone. And he has kept it for three days without finishing five loaves and two fishes. That's what I'm saying. And I'm asking the angel, what is this? And God is telling me, there are people that know how to manage five loaves but don't know how to multiply.

That's what I'm saying. There's the grace to manage. Demonic... You are not a lavish spender. Supplies can last long in your hand. But you don't have the grace for multiplication. Jesus did, but that boy did not. What I see happening is this grace for multiplication. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus.

There's someone I'm seeing. There is a strange audacity and boldness that is coming into your heart. Listen. Listen. Listen. These things is as you leave, you will know. You you will start feeling strained. A strange audacity, a strange boldness. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus.

Thank you, Jesus. Young man in black. Young man in black. Look at me. The Lord said I should tell you that the drought is over and the rain is about to fall. I spoke about that's what I'm hearing. The drought is over is about to fall. I hear that you are entering into a season of harvest. The drought is over, and the rain is about to fall. As I'm looking at you, I'm just seeing an angel holding the angel is playing a song.

And I'm saying, what is this? And here is the song of the harvest. The harvest is coming. In the name of Jesus. Is there is there is there anybody like Odum in this place? Odum. No. No. You are your name, not not somebody you know. Is there anybody like that?

If there's anybody like that, just come out fast. Your name, not somebody you know. Odum? Odum? Because I I saw Odum, and I saw a basket of fruits. Basket of fruits. Basket, what, were you outside, ma? You see, I'm looking for. I'll pray for both of you. I'll pray for both of you.

I saw a basket of fruits, a basket of fruits, a basket of fruit. And I'm asking God, what is this? And God said that God said that you have sown seeds and you have labored, but you have not received a harvest for every field you have labored. And God said that he's bringing that harvest to you now. Amen. In the name of Jesus. He's bringing that harvest to you now. Amen. In the name of Jesus. God will shorten time for you.

Things that should have happened within the last five years that has not happened. I'm seeing like a strange delay. Things that should have happened. Everything is combined together and is happening within one year. In the name of Jesus. God is changing your life. And God is bringing you harvest. In the name of Jesus. Bringing you harvest in the name of Jesus. Thank you, Jesus.

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