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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. Understanding the purpose of the local church. I believe that it is very important in our growth as believers. I believe that it is very important in our discipleship as believers to understand the place, the purpose, the assignment of the local church in God's mandate, in God's purposes, in God's largest group of things. What is the role of the local church? In kingdom advancement, what is the role of the local church?

Are you with me? Let me start by saying that it's not called local church because it is village bound or because it is small in scope. A local church can be a church with two or three people or a church with 10,000 to 100,000, 500,000, 1,000,000 people. The number is not what makes it local. The word local in this context has nothing to do with numbers. It has nothing to do with inferiority. It has nothing to do with backwardness. It is called local church because it is the visible and geographical organized expression of the body of Christ in a given location. So it is called local because it is confined to a location. Every believer is a part of the church, but it is not enough to be a part of the church.

You must be a part of a local church. A church in a location. Do you understand what I'm saying? Paul wrote in first Corinthians chapter one verse two to the church of God which is at Corinth. He wasn't writing to just some vague universal idea. He was writing to a defined gathering of believers in a city to the church of God, which is at Corinth. The body of Christ find it manifestation through the local church, through the local assembly. The universal church is one body, but it is expressed through many lampstands. In Revelations one verse 20, the bible shows Jesus walking in the midst of the seven golden lampstands. Each of them representing a local church.

And he addressed each of them, the church in Ephesus, the church in Simna, the church in Pegasus, the church in Theatria, the church in Sabbath, in Philadelphia, in Laodicea. These were distinct congregation with unique assignments. Yet they are all under his lordship. So the word local emphasizes location. It comes from the word location. It is not a limitation on the scope of the church. It is more location. Are you getting what I'm trying to say now? And I believe it is important to understand the purpose of the local church as understanding this will give you a broad scope of your responsibilities in your local church. The local church is God's system of discipleship, of accountability, of fellowship, and of kingdom advancement.

To abandon this is to abuse the purpose of the local church. The local church is not man's idea. It is God's strategy. Jesus was the one who said, I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. He said, my. That my in that verse destroys any human monopoly because Jesus is the one who said I will build my church. That is his church. So that no man of God can lay possession on any church. Even though God uses men to build it. But the Bible says, the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.

So even those who build the house, who labor, must understand that there is one building. Who is really the one building? And if you remove that one building, everything you are doing in time is a waste. So I'm conscious and so must every man of God be who God has given a vision to that the church is not yours. The church is Christ. Are you with me brothers and sisters? It is Christ. I will build my church. The word build shows intentionality. That he is the one who plants the lampstands in specific cities, in specific nations to advance his kingdom.

I will build my church. The local church therefore is a divine institution. Birthed in the council of God, planted in territories for kingdom witness. And to misunderstand this is to risk abusing it. And when you abuse this, you fight against the very body of Christ that you're a part of. When you understand this, you know that it is almost impossible to claim to be in the body of Christ without being in a local church. Because how the body of Christ finds expression is through the local church. The body of Christ in itself is invincible because it consists of every believer, the universal church as they call it, one body in Christ Jesus. But it finds expression in many parts, many parts in many regions, many regions, many cities, many locations, many nations. Are you with me brothers and sisters?

And there's no believer who would claim to be a part of that body who would not submit himself to a local church. To not do this is to misunderstand the structure that you have found yourself. Are you with me brothers and sisters? That is why we must study the purpose of that local church. The purpose of that local church. You see, purpose is a multi edged sword. On one side, it gives clarity. And clarity, of course, gives direction. And without clarity, life becomes a wilderness of confusion, a cycle of wandering without progress. But when purpose is known, the soul wakes up every morning with conviction.

You are excited because you know what to do. Every waking day, you are excited because you know what to do. Your steps gain some level of rhythm because you are not confused. And clarity anchor's destiny. In so many parts of the bible, the bible uses metaphors of an athlete running a race to describe the believer. In Hebrews chapter 12 from verse one to verse two, Paul was urging believers to run with endurance the race that has been set before us. In first Corinthians chapter nine and verse 24, Paul is instructing believers to run-in such a way as to win the prize. In Philippians three fourteen, in first Timothy six twelve, in James one verse 12, All of these scriptures use the metaphor of a race to encourage discipline, effort, to encourage perseverance, to encourage focus on the eternal reward. So it is obvious that the life we are living on earth is a race according to what the bible calls it. Is that not so?

We are running a race, running to win a price. And in running that race, you must understand the laws and the principles that govern that race. Much like every other race, there are laws that govern it. When you are a track man on the field, there are laws that govern your being on that field. Now when you misapply those laws or you don't understand those laws, you'll be disqualified. That's exactly how the race we are running is. There are laws and principles that a man must understand. Are you with me, brothers and sisters? A man must understand. In Abacok chapter two and verse two, the bible then says write the vision.

Make it plain on tablets that he may run who reads it. So the bible starts by saying that we are running a race. The bible compares the believer to athletes running a race. And Habakkuk now shows us that you are not to run that race confused. You are to run that race with a sense of clarity and purpose. You are not to run the race of life confused. The bible says write the vision. Make it plain that everybody who wants to run must begin their running understanding that vision you have written. It means you're running. Makes no sense if there is no vision or no purpose that backs it up, that precedes it.

You're like a man without a hand in gold. So when they when they say start, you just start running, you turn to a direction, turn to another direction, turn to another direction. All you know is that you are running. You have no idea where you are going. Every other person is running towards a particular price, but you have no idea. There's no purpose. There's no vision. You have no idea where the hen is. So you only go, and then you are going afarcally moving around, just running, exercising energy. Dispensing energy, but making no progress.

The bible says write the vision. Make it plain that it may run that raise it. Theologically speaking, it is speaking of making it so plain that even when a man is running, he can see it. He can read it very clearly. It means as you run your race in life, there is a vision, a purpose that must back the race you are running. Otherwise, is useless. Otherwise, you are dispensing strength with no heavenly result, no no heavenly account. All that you are doing on earth is a waste. Are you with me brothers and sisters? A man without purpose is like a man traveling somewhere without knowing where he's going or how to get there, and he begins to wander endlessly.

You are easily swayed. You are easily consumed by distractions. You are... But when purpose is known, when purpose is known, every day becomes intentional because you know why you are awake today. Jesus is the pattern man here. At the age of trough, he knew what he ought to be doing with his life, and he was pursuing it. So much so, he went to the temple with his parents and everybody then, and he stayed back there even when orders went old. And when the parents came looking for him, look at what it says in Luke 12 verse 49. Why did you seek me? Did you not know that I must be above my father's business?

This is a 12 year old child speaking. Did you not be... I must be above my father's business. A 12 year old child speaking with such divine clarity, already aligned with with eternal assignment at 12 years old. He was surprised that his prayer did not know. He said, you mean you are looking for me? I did not know where to find me. Do you think I'll be playing football? How come you gave birth to me? I don't know where I would be.

You know that there are children that when they get missing in the house, their father know where to go and find him. He will be in the football field playing football. He will be watching football at the show center, whatever they call it. He will be where they are playing pests with $50.50 naira. And when they cannot find the matron, they said, Lord, we're going back in there. And when they get there, they will meet him there. And at a trough, Jesus was amazed that his spirit did not know where to look for him. Are you not aware that I'm so consumed with clarity that the only place you can find me is on the path of destiny? The only place you can find me is on the part of my assignment. Why have you been looking three days?

If you had come here the first day, you would have found me here. A 12 year old boy speaking with such clarity, living with such clarity, such sense of direction. Ask me what his mates are doing. What a blessing it is to know pupils at a young age. What a blessing it is to know what you are ought to do with your life at a young age. Ah. What a blessing it is. At age 19, bishop David Oedipus said he started his first church at age 19. Started his first church. Went to a village for evangelism, got souls saved and started the church there.

When he was done leaving the village, he handed over to someone who we had built and trained in the gospel. And the villagers called him and give him a lamp. And said you have brought lights to us. May this lamp represent light to your path. And as you go, may God light your path. At age 19, a man already know what I should be doing with my life, preaching the gospel. At age 19, When you discover your purpose, you wake up every morning with a sense of direction. No confusion. No hesitation whatsoever. You declare like the psalmist.

In Psalm 40 and verse seven to verse eight, behold, I've come in the volume of the books. In the volume of the books. In the scroll of the book, as it was written of me. I delight to do your will, oh God, and your law is within my heart. It means purpose aligns your will to the will of God. And hear this, when there is clarity of purpose, there is also provision. Provision follows purpose. The manna falls where God has commanded your feet to tread. Elijah did not beg when he was stationed at the brook. He wasn't looking for what to eat.

The reverence fed him because he was in alignment with purpose. The provision was in the place of obedience. A lot of believers chase after resources, but they despise the assignment not knowing that their resources are locked inside their purpose. When you step into your calling, you step into effortless riddings of grace. What Paul calls the supply of the spirit of Christ Jesus. But purpose not only gives you clarity, purpose also gives you boundaries. And listen to me. Boundaries are the fences that preserve destiny. When you know what you are called to do, by implication, you also know what you are not called to do. And that's what I call boundaries.

And you would not know how important boundaries are. Ah, you would not know. And again, the model for boundaries and clarity is Jesus. At 12 years old, we see Jesus saying, don't you know I must be above my father's business? But beyond knowing his assignment, beyond the clarity he had, he also knew his boundaries. He did not exceed the parameters of his incarnation. He understood what it was. In Matthew chapter 15 verse 24, look at what he said. I was not sent except to the lordship of the house of Israel. This is not a statement of lack of compassion.

Because scripture records that Jesus was often moved with compassion. In Matthew 14 verse 14 for instance, the bible says, and seeing then he was moved with compassion. And how can a Jesus who the bible describes as a compassionate man, who heals the sick because he is compassionate about the sick? Then say, was not sent except to the lordship of the house of Israel. And you will think it did not mean this until the Syrophoenician woman came to him. That woman came to him and started pleading with him, started begging him, pleading desperately that he might pray for him. And Jesus, with all his compassion, with all his compassion, looked at that woman crying, weeping, and said, I'm not sent except to the lordship of Israel. I'm not sent except to the lordship of Israel. Jesus could have healed every Gentile in Palestine. He would have delivered every demon possessed man in Syria.

But he knew that stepping outside his assigned season would abort the very mission that would ultimately save those nations. That is boundary. He had power. He had compassion, but he also knew his boundaries. He knew that in the economy of God, the Gentiles would still be reached, but not before the cross. He will be after the cross. He knew. He knew that his resurrection would widen the scope of his influence. He knew. He was the one that said it in John chapter 12 from verse 32.

And if I am lifted from the earth, I will draw all people to myself. So he knew that his assignment in his flesh was limited and confined to the lordship of Israel, but he would have to die and be lifted up to reach eventually all nations of the earth. He was not driven by influence and say, you know what? Israel is too small for us. Let's conquer. He understood boundary. So much so when he was sending the disciples on Herod. When he was sending them two by two, he limited the scope of his sending them into Israel. He didn't send them out of Israel. He understood boundaries.

Are you with me brothers and sisters? Boundaries. That is the discipline of purpose. To restrain yourself even when you can't do it. Even when you feel, even when you want to, you restrain yourself because you know this is not mine to do. That you understand that not everything you have capacity for is in your assignment. That you understand that not every open door is your door. That you understand that not every cry is your responsibility. Paul was the one that said all things are lawful, but not all things are helpful. Purpose is what draws a line in the sand and tells you, this one is your portion.

This one is your field. This one is your race. Run it. And don't deviate from it. Purpose is what gives you your own allotment. That you can do what others are doing, but you would not do it not because you cannot do it, but because you understand that it is not within the scope of your purpose. That I can be a man of God as well. And what God ordained me to do is to serve within the confines of a vision. The authors are starting ministry. It does not mean I cannot start it.

But God has told me serve, follow. I can, but starting one is outside of the confines of my purpose. It does not mean if I start it, power will not move. Do you understand what I'm saying? It does not mean if I start it, the people will not come. You know, people have this misconstrued mentality that once you leave the will of God like this, everything will just go bad for you. Have you heard that before? How many people believe the same thing? That the moment you cross out of the will of God, things just start running still for you. It's not true.

You can succeed out of the will of God. That is even the more dangerous thing. A man can do well out of the will of God. When you retouch history, you find the story of a man called king Hakpa. King Hakpa was the king of Syria. And when Jesus was alive, king Hakpa sent a letter to Jesus And told Jesus that I'm currently sick with leprosy. Can you come and heal me? And Jesus of understanding boundary told him not now. Not now. But you will be healed.

Not now. Because Syria was outside of the scope of his influence in the flesh. Another man of God would see that as an opportunity to expand ministry. A brand of a church is about to start. Jesus told him not now. Not now, but you'll be healed. That was the king of Antioch. And when Jesus dies, when Jesus resurrects, the disciples starts to spread. One of his disciples, according to church history, a man called Thomas, would go into Antioch. When he gets to Antioch, he would find this king there.

And he would find the king bedeviled with leprosy. And he would tell the king be healed. And instantly, leprosy sheds out of the king. The king is made whole. And upon the king making... Being made whole, he opens the doors of Antioch to Thomas and to the disciples. So where the book of Acts begins is how the disciples now entered Antioch. After this king had opened the door, and over 300,000 people were saved in Antioch. The word of God became so powerful and grew so mightily and flourished so mightily in Antioch that the first place where the disciples were called Christians were in Antioch. Jesus saw it and told the king, not now.

Had Jesus gone ahead of his time because he would still be there, just inside men. Had he gone ahead of his time, he would have rewritten history. Thank you, Lord Jesus. But he understood boundaries, and he stayed within his boundaries. That's what purpose demands. It demands that you do not move by sentiment. It demand that you only move in life by assignment. It demands that you don't do things just because others are doing it. That you look within the scope of what God has ordained for your life and let it define what you would do. Because the fact that it can be done doesn't mean it should be done by you.

Especially if it is not within the scope of God's calling for your life. As powerful as he is, influential as he is, for many years, never stepped foot outside of Nigeria. With three private jets, helicopters, all that power. You could be anywhere you want to be in the world. And the man says, God has told me that I must not step foot outside of Nigeria. Yet he has sons who are doing crusades in Palestine. Thousands upon thousands of people are healed. Are you telling me he could not do the same thing if he wanted? Boundaries. But guess what?

Remaining in that boundary, remaining in that location did not mean that his church is not reaching where God has told him not to go. Isn't that amazing? That some of his biggest branches are not even in Nigeria. The church in Ghana sits over 14,000 people. And yet the man has not been there. Boundaries. It is maturity to understand that the fact that everybody does it does not mean I have to do it. Especially if it is not within the scope of my purpose. One of my pastors met me, and there was something that was threatening on social media, and she wanted to jump on the trend to grow a social media platform. And I told the young woman, I said, this is not how your social media platform will grow.

The fact that all that's can does not mean you should. Your purpose differ. Your calling differ. Your methods will differ. You would compromise your calling very fast, compromise your purpose very fast. The moment people start seeing you do this. When others do it, it might be right. When you do it, the wrong message is communicated. Wrong method is communicated instantly. I hope I'm not speaking to young people.

I hope I'm speaking to mature people. Mature people. This is what purpose demands. It demands that you don't live by pressure. Prayer to perform. Prayer to do. But you live by the council of God. It demand that you move because God has moved. Because in life, a lot of people will pressure you. Pressure you sometimes outside of the will of God.

A man of God came and said, when he when he started ministry, some churches, some people came to him and told him, you are doing so well in this location that God has told you to stay. But why stay here? We have a church for you somewhere. Fully furnished, instrument, equipment, pastors ready. Just come and take over. You are limiting your spread like this. And he checked, and God told him no. That you can does not mean that you should. When purpose moves you, you not only have clarity, you have boundary. You know where your foot should not touch.

Not because it is bad. It's not a function of being bad or being being evil. It's a function of the laws and the boundaries that guard and protect your identity. That guard and protect your mandate, that guard and protect your mantle. Because you see, for every mantle and for every purpose, there are laws that guard it. For every mantle. And if a man is carrying a mantle and you don't understand the laws that guard your mantle, every anointing has laws that protects it. Every anointing. Every level of anointing God gives you ask having consecration that guards it. That might not be so for others, but it is so for you.

And there are people that God will tell, do not be on social media. And men of God like that who are not on social media. Yet the influence of their ministry across the world cannot be denied. In this age where we say the social media age, where we tell people, jump on the media. Jump on the media. And yet a man remains in his boundary. And yet his messages continues to spread. How how does... You see, it pays to remain in purpose. It pays to stay in purpose.

Because what you would find at the end of the day is that you are not more intelligent than God. You will think that moving according to pressure is what makes you move fast in life. So jump into the flow because everybody is doing it. Let me jump into the flow. And you would feel the nudge of purpose telling you that within the confines of your assignment, this is not for you to jump into. That is not for you to jump into. It's not everything we can do at the church. For instance, the disciples Christian network cannot do everything. It can be done in other churches, but it cannot be done here because every mantle has laws. Every anointing has laws.

So if the way and manner by which we plan to host God, if the revelation of Jesus that we have must be made known to our generation in the way that he has told us. There are love that God that encounter. We cannot copy principles and methods mindlessly and import them because we want us to grow. We will short circuit what God is doing, strangle it before it manifests. How are they growing it there? Okay. This is what they are doing. They are doing... And they might not be wrong. They might not be wrong, but it has not been given to you to do.

This has been the case for the Disciples Christian Network. This has been the case again and again and again. It's what God showed me. It's the pattern God showed me. I won't preach it outside. I won't tell people the same. I tell some of my children. I tell them, listen. Why in ministry? Listen.

It's not everything that you see me do, you copy. Some things are mandate by God directly to me. Don't attempt to copy it. That's the same way God gives you yours. That same way God shows you yours. And by that, I'm talking about methods. Glory to God. Amen. Young believers, listen to me and learn this thing I'm telling you. You may have talents in 10 areas, but not all of them are your calling.

Oh, but apostle, I can do that. I can do this. I can do that. Can... Doesn't mean that you should do them. Your talent is not a reflection of what your purpose is. Your purpose is your purpose. In other words, I would not use my talent to measure what my purpose is. You would mismeasure because the fact that you can draw does not mean you're an artist. You can be an evangelist who can draw.

Yes. And people have used wrong... Do you know how many things they can do? Can't imagine. I can't imagine. When I was growing up, I was what you call a box of many talent. I was like an octopus. Every team in my school wanted me on their team. Every. Whether it was debate or it was interhouse sports, or it was match competition, or competition, or Olympiad, anyone that we're going for Emmanuel is to be there.

Creative competition. We're going for Yoruba competition. I was one decode, And I won. Glory to God. Glory. God, whatever I put my legs into, I do very well. Doesn't in any way suggest that everything must I do. You find purpose. Purpose instantly begins to confine you, begins to drop boundaries around your life. I believe it was Paul who said love constrains us.

It means that the fact that we love Jesus would mean there are several things we can do, but we not do. That's been of constraint. And purpose is not the same thing to you. It means you know where you cannot be simply because your assignment would not allow for it. You know where you cannot go simply because your grace will not allow for it. The anointing... The oil upon your life must not enter certain buildings. There's nothing wrong in going to dinners, but it might be wrong for you. You see, nothing wrong. That the fact that you sit in an atmosphere where some kind of songs are being played is fighting with your anointing and you know it.

You lose your peace instantly. Something tells you you should not be here. A disruption inside of your configuration. But your flesh is telling you, can I not have fun too? Can I? And so you fight purpose unknowingly. Unknowingly. Might not be wrong for others, but purpose creates boundaries around your life. Everybody can do it. Just not me.

You may have opportunities to run after countless ventures, but not all of them are your destiny. To say yes to the purpose of God is to say no to distractions. Even... And when we say distractions, many people think they are negative things. Distractions can many at times be very attractive. When I was finishing and I told you that it was a box of many possibilities, a relative a relative of mine saw that I was so inclined to technology, saw the pace I was moving in learning different programming languages. And he was a senior developer outside of the country. And when he saw how fast I was moving, he would give me projects to do, things he cannot do. Give it to me. Give it to me, and I will clear them very easily in hours.

When he saw this, and this was before AI came to be, so he wasn't here. Many years ago, when he saw this, he became very interested in me as a person and told me, you know what? This brain that you have must not die in Nigeria. I'm willing to fund your trip. Come to The US. I'm gonna fund everything, whatever it is you might need. Don't worry. The opportunity is waiting for you. The job is waiting for you. You don't have to...

Everything. Act as your sponsor. Act as... Give you recommendation letters, anything you need, proof of fund. I'm gonna respond anything, everything. Buy the visa, buy the ticket, everything. The ministry, this that you see was in the classroom with about 15 people or so. And then this is an opportunity to go abroad and I start wondering, my goodness, what an open door. And when I was telling the president, I said, ah, I have to think about it. If you think about it, do you know how many people want this opportunity that that I've just presented to you?

Say, well, you know I have a ministry. Listen. The demons in America are bigger than the demons in Nigeria. You better... This is where they need your ministry. And you know what? It's not wrong because the demons there really. Things like that are not even things I pray about because purpose gives you clarity. Purpose defines your boundary. I didn't pray about it once.

I didn't go to God in prayer and say, God, what would you have me do? It would be foolish. He showed me when he really purposed to me. Otherwise, he would not be here. The thousands upon thousands of people who will join us soon. Listen to me. Listen to me. Would not have heard this gospel just because a man stepped out of purpose looking for money. Purpose is where the reward is. It's where provision is.

It's where everything is. It's where safety is. One of my ladies got over four admissions to go abroad, scholarship. Wrote SAT. You can't imagine what the score was. Wrote Cambridge, 16 points. SATs, I think she had 1,600 or so. Scholarships scattered. Left, right, and center. Everybody wanted her.

And she came and she told me, God said stay. I've seen that I'm into ministry. I've seen that I'm... And she told me the scope of our vision. God said stay. Purpose defines your boundaries. And as we stay in purpose and God begins to do what God wants to do in our lives, we would now start imagining what our life would have been. Had it been we have gone the other way? And from time, you realize that years of pursuit in the other way would not have gotten you what five years in purpose I would have gotten you? What ten years in purpose would have gotten you?

What fifty years in purpose would have gotten you? What fifty years in purpose would have gotten you? Because purpose sets your boundaries, and your boundaries is what secures your fruitfulness. You have to understand that boundaries are not limitations. Boundaries are protections. Because the enemy's primary strategy against your life is not to make you sin. It is to make you successful outside of your calling. And it will present you with many good opportunities, many noble causes, many urgent needs that pull at your axe... Heartstrings, but pull you away from purpose. Purpose does not only define boundaries.

Purpose also define timing. Because timing is the hidden wisdom of destiny. To be in the right place at the wrong time is still to miss the will of God. Jesus also demonstrated this discipline with absolute mastery. When you study his life, you just see a pattern to be followed, an example to be followed. No wonder the bible calls him auto unfinisher. At the wedding in Canaan, his mother was the one who came to him and told him to intervene when the wines ran out. And the mother came to interfere with him and told him, wine has finished. And look at the response. He says, woman, my time has not yet come.

Do you realize what that means? For thirty years, the son of God carried power. Thirty years. Do you know that for the mother to have owed him, they've run out of wine, helped them. For the mother to have come to tell him that, it means the mother knew his ability. It means there's been miracles. They've seen the display of power in his life at all. They've seen him heal the sick. They've seen him perform such supernatural wonders at all. Perhaps one day, the father was nailing the chair and nailing everything and dug a nail into his hands.

And while the man was screaming in pain, Jesus will come and say, you know what? Bring your hands. Be healed. And they saw it at home. And yet for thirty years, the man was not under pressure to make other seat. Had this much power. He had lived in obscurity. And even when the chance came for him to show himself, he says, woman, my time has not yet come. Jesus was eating in Nazareth, eating in carpentry, eating from the public eye, yet he had the spirit of God without measure. To wait thirty years before your unveiling when you know who you are, when you know what you can do, It is a consecration of purpose to carry power and yet refuse to manifest before the appointed time.

At twelve, he already had clarity. He was the one who said, I must be about my father's business. Yet from twelve to 30, that is eighteen years, he submitted himself to training. Eighteen years of silence, eighteen years of obscurity. Think about that span. You try and remove eighteen years from your life. Where were you eighteen years ago? Can you remember? What were you doing eighteen years ago? Some of you were in your mother's home.

Eighteen years without appearance, without manifestation. Eighteen years to carry power and yet refuse to manifest, to submit yourself to training. Eighteen years. Because purpose is never just about what you do. It's about when to do it as well. And there are times God keeps you in training, waiting for the time of appearance to come. And you can choose to rush out of process because you are displeased with the trading. How about when he raised Lazarus from the dead? You see, many of you don't know why he waited for four days before he went to visit Lazarus. The Jews had a belief amongst them that a prophet can raise a man from the dead only if that dead body has lasted just three days.

They believed that the moment it crosses into four days, the soul of that individual is irretrievably gone. They believe that that soul is already corrupted and can no longer be pulled back. So Jesus delayed his going deliberately. That was why he arrived four days after to shatter their cultural limitations they've put on God, to prove that God is not bounded by their cultural limitations. And the moment that happened, his fame began to spread. The Greeks, the intellectual highlight of their day, they came, all of them, to come and seek after him. That is the moment when human ambition would say, seize this global platform now. You have just raised the man from the dead. Seize this is the opportunity you have been waiting for by becoming popular. Start the branches.

Well, listen to what Jesus says in John 12 and verse 24. After, it is most assuredly I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies. How can this be your response? To people coming to come and seek for you. He says unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone. But if it dies, it produces much grain. In essence, Jesus was saying, yes. I know that the nations are mine, but it doesn't belong to this version of me. Only the crucified and resurrected Christ could open the gates of salvation to all men. The Greeks could indeed be reached, but not by this version of Jesus.

Not by this version of Jesus who was limited by flesh, who was bounded by geography, who was restricted to speaking to one crowd at a time. That version of Jesus will not reach the world. Instead, they will be reached by the re director Christ. And that Christ can be present simultaneously at several places at the same time in you. And he knew it. So he knew there was wisdom. He not jumping everywhere. In as much as people wanted him to be everywhere, he knew the confine of the assignment. He knew. And if you know this principle, it will preserve your destiny.

The patience to wait because there are assignments in your future that demand a version of you that does not yet exist. There are promises hanging over your life, but they are not for this version of you. They require death to flesh to manifest. They require deeper consecration with God to manifest. They require maturity to manifest. And so as you grow, you are entering into the reality of these promises. If you rush tomorrow, today, you're going to miscarry what God intends for your life. So there is patience in waiting. There is wisdom in waiting. Wisdom in being patient.

Wisdom in understanding that purpose does not manifest immediately. There are moments of building, moments of knowing, moments of unveiling. There is wisdom in knowing that you might not even be aware of what your purpose is, but still be working in purpose. Because you see, the first thing that happens to a man is not discovery of purpose when it comes to God. It is discovery of God. Who do men say that I am? None could answer. Who do you say that I am? Okay. Who do men say that I am?

All could answer. Who do you say that I am? None could answer except for Peter. And when Peter said, thou art the Christ, the son of the living God, Jesus told him, flesh and blood has not revealed this to you. But my father who art in heaven, then the next line, Jesus tells him, thou art Peter. Did he not know who he was before? Bother unto you, know who Christ is. Whatever you have called yourself is a lie. So the first thing that God does to you is not to show you you, is to show you him. It is in knowing him that you now know you.

Some of you are too bothered about, I want to know. I want to know. I want to... And God says, you're already on the path. Keep on knowing me. Stay on that journey of knowing me. Because if you know that purpose now, assuming that it is revealed to you and all your grand grand, now come down. You have still sustained identities that you inherited from the world that could place a limitation on your execution of the assignment you have now seen. So that you now begin to execute the assignment like a slave because you have you have received an image that God not give you. So you are working in purpose, but working in purpose like a slave.

Because the process was not complete. The first thing that should have happened was that God should have shown himself to you. Upon God showing himself to you, you begin to see who you are. Do not realize that I'm righteous. I'm not foolish. I'm prosperous. I'm not poor. You begin to define yourself in the lens of how God defines you. And when this succeed, you find that I'm still on that path. And many times on that path, God begins to lead you.

He's moving your steps. You might not be aware entirely of what he's doing with you, but he's nudging you. Usually on the path of purpose. Let me give examples. Many years ago, I was in a Cambridge center writing... Preparing for a levels. Many, many, many years ago. While I was preparing for a levels, I became serious with god because I had this astounding gift of making people laugh. So I thought I was gonna be a comedian, and I was already intentionally pushing that path, going to shows, securing gigs, all kind of things. And I was making serious money.

You can succeed outside of purpose. I bought my first phone by myself in s s one. That was when Android phone came out. Because my parents believed that not until a child enters university doesn't deserve a phone. I circumvented that rule by getting myself one because I was making money, doing well. People loved what I did. And then my parents decided that, you know what? This guy has passed all his exams in SS two. He doesn't need to do the s three again. Just put him to a levels.

And they push me to an A level center. At that point, would you say I discovered purpose? No. But something was nudging me. Because it was when I got to that A level center that I found young people, young young boys, 16, 14 years old children, 15, 16, gathering up and praying ala, and like a crowd will pass by and say, look at these foolish people. Break time, they would come and they'll start shouting, disturbing the people of the old school. I will be insulting them in my mind, saying, look at disturbing everybody. Can't we have peace? Looking for a way to write a patron against them. They are disturbing us.

While I was writing that exam, dealing with all kind of issues, going for shows, preparing for the exam, somebody woke up to me, talked to me from some... For some time. Said, this is... I'm a Christian. I was born in the church. Thank god. Crushed him away. Would you say I discovered purpose? No. I don't know if it was a young man or somebody else.

I don't know how that message entered my phone. I don't know. I would never... I don't even know up until But someone put a message in my phone by a man of God. And I was listening to all my popular secular artists. I listen to songs to sleep and wake up with them. Secular artists. And I could rap along all their lyrics. Follow it word for word. Word for word.

Had about 1,500 songs on my phone. Different secularities, albums, open albums. And the songs were playing, and I would be dancing and breathing and doing other things. I went to sleep with the songs playing. And all of a sudden, the playlist entered into a message. I wasn't the one who put the message there, and I could not have stopped it because I was sleeping. I was only aware that a message was playing when I woke up. But it was too late today. What had happened that happened? Because all I knew was I was dreaming.

I was in a dream. I knew I remember sleeping, then I woke up in the dream in a meeting like this. And the man of God who was preaching that... In that message, I was sitting in front of me. And he started worshiping God. You know how you play a method and you're hearing what you use in that method in your dream? Same thing. But it was... When he was playing the method I was playing, boy, was as though I was there in the meeting, Transported there in the meeting, sitting down, confused, wondering, and instead of worshiping God, singing a song that was singing at the same time on my phone. And the presence of God was so intense, so strong that for the first time in my life, the power of God came so strong upon me in my dream.

I was shivering, shaking. It was like fire burning all over me. I couldn't explain what was happening. I was weeping and crying and in tears and shouting Jesus and doing all kind of things. And I was on the floor, the orchards could not hold me, couldn't hold my legs, and the man was just worshiping God. And the man in his dream said, bring that young man, and they and they brought me. And funny enough, he was saying the same thing in the message, but it wasn't me. It was some other young man, but my dream, it was me. And they brought me out, and he laid his hands after same fire, same grace, same power. And I saw it in my...

Oh my goodness. He... I couldn't... I didn't understand what was happening. And the moment I woke up from that dream, I was in the same atmosphere as I was in the dream. I woke up trembling. I woke up shaking. I woke up shivering. The power of God was all over me. As I was shaking and trembling, I saw light burst into my room physically.

Jesus entered into my room. This was a man who wanted to be a comedian. Jesus busted into my room. I can't explain. If you have ever seen Jesus, you will not commonize Jesus. You would not say, oh, I see Jesus every day. You will die. The glory that came was too intense. It was like being exposed to the roar of the sun. It was too intense.

I understood why God told Moses that if you see my face, you will die. The glory that emanated from his presence was divine. And there I was. Wasn't looking for encounters, wasn't praying, wasn't fasting, wasn't doing anything of such. And while I was crying and weeping, I began to see all kind of strange beings fighting over the soul. When Jesus walked in, the light dissipated all of them in an instant. I saw all that light, all that light of glory string together and became scriptures. Then the scriptures became a sword, then the sword entered me. I was all on the floor Weeping and crying and shaking like a baby. Under the influence of the glory, under the influence of the presence.

I think I was there for, like, five five hours or so or more, weeping and crying. I was weeping and crying. He was there. I started praying and talking for the first time in my life. Nobody prayed for me. Nobody spoke to me. Nobody said nothing. I stood up, took my phone, deleted every song on my... Everything. All the numbers of people who used to go to shows together cleared everything.

There was not a single person who approached me to tell me this is wrong. I just knew. Came out of that encounter and knew that my life is new. I knew that I couldn't be where I used to be. I knew I couldn't walk with these people again. I knew that something about my life has changed. I didn't know exactly what. That's why I said that even when you don't know, you can still build that path because something is still nudging you, nudging you on the right path. Wanna make mistake and the hand of God is is is covering your life. Sometimes you would even make the mistake, but you wouldn't be able to bring yourself to go all in Because the hand of God is still overshadowing your life, regulating your life, moving your life, even as you are still discovering.

Even as you are still discovering. And on that path, it was sometime after that I started becoming clear and clear and clear. What God would have me do? He didn't begin with that. That's not how God begins with any man. It begins by revealing himself to you. By ensuring that by by bringing you to a point where your knowledge of him becomes solid to a point where you know that you know that you know that you become persuaded. Paul, put it this way. I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded. But that's not even where I'm going.

When you start understanding what purpose is, you start frustrating the patience to wait on him. To wait on him to allow him to cook you, to allow him to furnish you, to allow him to help you, to allow him to grow you, to allow him to work on your heart. Clarity starts pushing you on the right direction. You wake up with responsibility on your feet. You know what you ought to do, and you do it. Purpose does that to you. Are you with me? Yes, sir. That you know what to do, and you know how to refuse what looks good, but does not align with your divine assignment. Because you must understand that you can do the wrong thing and still succeed.

You can apply yourself outside of God given mandate and still produce results that men will applaud. But success outside of God's purpose is failure in heaven's records. Let me say it again. Success outside of God's purpose is failure in heaven's record. After Jesus fed 5,000. How many of you remember or do you know or you've heard a name before, John Pemberton? John Pemberton. You know him? He is the pharmacist who created Coca Cola. Was a pharmacist because Coca Cola was originally intended to be a medication that kills headaches.

Headaches. That was what the pharmacist built this for. Are you with me? But the drink was able to find usefulness outside of its original purpose. And there are many products like that that were built for one thing, but eventually found usefulness outside of its original purpose. So it tells you that it is possible to actually find usefulness outside of your purpose. Are you with me? Yes, sir. Same way a man can be talented. A man can be useful.

A man can be applauded. A man can be wealthy in an arena that God never sent him. And that's not success in God's perspective. And that is where the great danger lies. Because if you fail at what God sent you to do, mercy makes it easier to retrace your steps. But if you succeed at what God did not send you, who will convince you that you are in error? That's why Jesus won the Laodosian church in Revelations three verse 17. Jesus warned them. He says, because you say I am rich and I've become wealthy and I have need of nothing and not know that you are wretched, you are miserable, you are poor, you are blind, you are naked. Rich in the eyes of men, bankrupt in the eyes of God.

Yet to the church in Simnah, look at what he told them in verse nine. I know your works, your tribulation, your poverty, but you are rich. Poor according to the world's ledger, but rich in heaven's treasury. Because true success is not defined by what you have accumulated in time. It is defined by your obedience to purpose and how well you align yourself with God's ordinances for your life. That's the reason why the consecration of purpose is nonnegotiable. Because that is what will enable you to say, it's good, but it's not for me. To look at opportunities glittering, and yet you walk away because you know that it's not consistent with your mandate. To embrace even obscurity, even suffering if need be. If that is where purpose points out.

Jesus died at 33. He didn't die from weakness. He died from purpose. Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it abideth alone. But if it dies, it produces much grain. It is important for us to redefine what success is. We don't measure success just by numbers alone. We don't measure success just by the applause of men, just by the amount of platforms that open up to us. Because you see, there are many of us here now that if you start a ministry for instance or you see any man of God, and you don't start seeing that man of God's face on boosters, on flyers, being invited to several meetings, you would conclude in your mind that it's not successful. And you would define success by how large a crowd a man is gathering, how much platform is open to him, How many places you're seeing a man minister to?

And you would call people who are obviously outside of God's agenda for their lives successful because we measure only by what we see. And I don't blame us because men are like that. The limitation of the eyes of men to only judge by what appears. Samuel made the same mistake. That's why many believers have been victims of error because a man just appeared on the scene and starts having results according to what we define as results. And you think that you now hold him your allegiance. You can give him your ears just because there are results all around. Are you with me? Yes, ma'am. We have to redefine what success is to us.

Measure success by alignment to God's agenda, by alignment to purpose because it is possible to be useful outside of purpose. Usefulness is not as simple as purpose. And usefulness outside of purpose is a dangerous form of failure because men will celebrate what heaven rejects. I said all of this to say that if care is not taken, the pressures of society will force the church to alter its God given assignment and begin to please society on an altar of usefulness and not purpose. Stay with me. Because a lot of people do not know what the church was created for. And in ignorance, we either reduce the local church to a social enterprise, or we despise the relevance of the local church in its entirety. And the same way that there are brands that found success outside of their original purpose, the local church can be useful in many ways too. But the mere fact that the church is useful in those areas does not mean that that is the purpose of the church. For instance, the church is involved in welfare.

The church is involved in education. The church is involved in health care. The church is involved in advocacy and countless social contributions across the world. It is clear from history and even now that hospitals, schools, universities, even the very foundation of science was shaped by the church. This is good, very important, but it is not the purpose of the local church. It is usefulness, and it is very important, and it is very good, but it is not the purpose of the local church. And I believe it is important to know this, that building hospitals and making them accessible and free to all is good. Going for welfare... And you know how many doctors have done this and are doing this, including this. Have doctor General Talk.

You can't imagine what we do at the church in terms of welfare, providing for people who are otherwise unable to do so for themselves, medically speaking, health wise, food wise, education wise, school fees paid, all sorts of things that we do, but it is not the purpose of the local church. And if the believer does not understand this, the believer will misunderstand the responsibility of the church to think that because I attend this church, this church's assignment is to buy food for me. And preventer they're unable to buy food for me, I will become hungry and live to a better church who can buy food for me. You are you are foolish. With all due respect and with my sincerest apology. You know, I came to the church, and they could not do this. I came to the church, and they could not do that. I came to the church. It is a misunderstanding of the purpose of the local church. And when the purpose of a thing is not known, abuse is inevitable.

It is okay to be useful as long as purpose is being fulfilled. It is dangerous to define success by your usefulness outside of your purpose. And this misunderstanding is now what makes people conclude that the church has become irrelevant. It is because we don't know the purpose of the church. That's why our church becomes large in number, and this place can no longer contain us. And we buy 10 hectares of land, and we build to accommodate thousands of people who would come. And somebody would see it and say, why not build factories? Because the church according to them is irrelevant. So we begin to ask, how did you measure the relevance? Enough to have concluded that this was not needed.

We measure relevance by what? And yet, these things that we measure relevance by, the church does them and succeed at them. Is it creating job opportunities? There are churches with 3,000 to 10,000 employees. Employees, paid labor in different capacities. There are churches repairing roads, churches sending people, bringing people out of the streets. I saw the record of the particular church. For twenty five years, this church has been going to every prison in Lagos. Kirikiri, Ayo mentioned all of them. All of them.

For the past twenty five years, organizing rehabilitations for prisoners, preaching the gospel to prisoners, offering free education to prisoners. Whilst in the prison, giving them... Improving their skill. Bringing tellers to come and teach them for design. Teach them what kind of skill. Giving them laptops in prison. In in in Nigeria. Bringing education to them where they are. Bringing lawyers to them to come and intercede on their behalf. Those who have been wrongly indicted, the law...

They thought would take up their cases and finance it until they demand their release. And I heard that over 1,300 wrongfully indicted prisoners had been accuted in the past twenty five years. Now that news doesn't trend. Yet it's on the media. So even in that, the church is relevant. Ardent criminal in the prison finds Jesus. Stay with me. Stay with me. Because I wanna do something to your mind. I wanna help you.

I wanna help you not to trivialize what God has placed value on, what God has treated secret. Can you pray one moment and say, God, open my eyes? Open my eyes that I might see. Open my eyes that I would see. That I would sing. That I would sing. Amen. Countless churches run free hospitals, free schools, subsidized clinics, orphanages, food banks, rehabilitation center. There's a church that I know personally who organizes a free restaurant where anybody, regardless of their number, can come and eat for free. For free.

That's something the government is not doing. You with me? Yes, sir. And by God's grace, many more will rise. Say I'm part of them. And these contributions matter. These contributions matter. Are you with me brothers and sisters? But hear this clearly. Welfare is not the gospel.

Well fair. Good as it is, is not the purpose of the church. Good as it is. Good as it is and must be done and will be done. But do not misunderstand that to me. That is the sole responsibility of the church. And if the church does not concern itself with welfare, the church is not relevant. No. There are people that become angry with pastors. If there's a political matter that is trending and they begin to say, oh, pastor Adebi has not said this.

That man of God has not raised his voice on this subject. Do you know if a man of God refuses to speak on a political matter, it's not wrong. The responsibility of a man of God is not to judge politics. It is to preach Christ and him crucified. You have to understand purpose. So you don't abuse function. And join foolish people saying, say now, why have this church not said anything on this matter? Look at what the government is doing. The church does not have to say anything on that matter. And if they choose not to, they are still within their right according to scripture.

Some people would say... Men of God will come and say, us pray. And then we begin to pray for the church, pray for elections, and they say, oh, prayer is no one will help us. And see, these are believers speaking. Whereas, Paul was the one who said, pray for the kings. Pray for those in government. Pray for those in power. It is within the jurisdiction of the church to pray. Pray for power. Pray for the nation.

Pray for the country. So when we gather and we say, the bible says, pray for the peace of Jerusalem that shall be well within. That is within the confines of the boundaries of the responsibility of the church. Are you with me, brothers and sisters? Yes. That's where balance is critical. Because on one hand, there are those who look at our spiritual purpose and try to deny our administrative responsibilities as though we're not doing this at the church. And they begin to snare as though the church is a nuisance. Blind to the fact that entire nations have been lifted morally, socially, economically by the president of the church. You remove the 12 from this nation and watch as civilization will collapse.

On the other hand, there are those that overemphasize these administrative contributions of the church until this true spiritual mandate and assignment of the church is blurred. So that the only thing in Amrit church for is that we provide free transport. We help people with this. We help people with that. And that is the only reason people come to a church. And they've lost the reason why they exist. They've... It it it has become so blood. Now all all all that we see is entertainment on the platform. Come and have a good time in church.

And every Sabbath, it comes about a good time. Every service becomes a discussion on politics, a discussion on all kind of things that are separate from the gospel, and you rarely ever see the gospel being discussed. But that is not the purpose of the church. Are you with me? Yes, sir. That is not the purpose of the church. The purpose of the church is twofold. And it is onto the end that the council of God is fulfilled. And the kingdom of God advances upon the earth. The twofold mandate is very clear.

Number one, salvation of souls. Number one is what? Salvation of what? Souls. Of souls. That is the first responsibility of the local church. Salvation of souls. Number two, the discipleship of the saints. What is number two? The salvation of souls.

The local church exists for the salvation of souls through evangelism. That was what Jesus commanded. He said go into the world and make disciples of all nations. Go into the world. Preach the gospel to every creature. Go into the world. Preach the gospel to every creature. Mark sixteen fifteen. You must understand as a believer that evangelism is not the responsibility of only pastors. Evangelism is not the responsibility of evangelists.

Paul was the one who told Timothy, do the work of an evangelist. Do the work of an evangelist. Every believer is called to do the work of an evangelist. And when you join the local church, understand that your first mandate is evangelism. That the same way you were evangelized too, your responsibility within the local church is to evangelize to others. It is the first purpose of the local church according to Jesus. Preach the gospel to every creature. Preach the gospel to every creature. Evangelism is not an optional activity for members of a local church. It is the lifeblood of our existence at the church.

Every member must be mobilized, mobilized to invade the streets, mobilized to invade campuses, mobilized to invade workplaces, mobilized to invade markets, mobilized to invade nations with the gospel. Saul winning is the heartbeat of the church because it is the heartbeat of Christ, and we are called the bride of Christ. The church without evangelism is like a lamp without fire. It can brighten nothing. It can make no man see. It's like a body that is dead. The command that Christ first give to disciples after resurrection was not about comfort, was not about programs, was not about even structures, entertainment, and all these things. It was the great commission. Go therefore, preach the gospel to all nations. Go therefore, make disciples of all nations.

Matthew 28 and verse 19. This is the proof of a living church. That a living church, a living local church is the one that the members, everyone is mobilized to go into the streets, go into the marketplace, and preach the gospel. Everybody is a preacher. Everybody does the work of an evangelist. Everybody. Would you shout loud and clear I'm an evangelist? I'm evangelist. Say I win souls. I win souls.

I preach the gospel. I preach the gospel. That is the first responsibility of the local church. It means anything we are doing, programs we're organizing, events we're organizing, that does not have this at the center of it. If it does not lead to the salvation of souls, it's a waste of time. If these two things are not accomplished within the sphere of what a church does, it's a waste of time. If souls are not being saved, waste of time. So when you start a church, a local church, a pastor starting a local church, understand that your first assignment is not programs. Your first assignment is the work of evangelism. Steer the members, everybody.

Is not for a few people, a group of people, an evangelism department. It's for everybody. Everybody. Everybody will go out into the streets and preach the gospel. You have to be able to preach the gospel. There has to be souls on your account. There has to be people in church because of you. When you find yourself within the confines of a local assembly, it becomes responsibility because evangelism is the heartbeat of God. From Genesis to Revelation, scripture reveals that God has always been in pursuit of man. When man fell, the question God asked was Adam.

Where are you? When Israel is lost, you will see God sending prophets again and again to get them back to himself. And ultimately speaking, you would see the pursuit of God revealed in John three sixteen, for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believes in him cannot perish. Heaven is real. Hell is real. Heaven is real. Hell is real. Rapture is real, and it is coming fast. It is coming fast. The end of the world is soon to come.

Please, it is a gospel that is rarely ever preached in churches nowadays. Heaven is real. Hell is real. And if you'd not believe in this Jesus before the trumpet sounds, you would be a victim of eternal damnation. The only way out of this life of eternal damnation is Jesus. He says I am the way, the truth, and the life. And the world is in darkness. We see again and again that if there's ever a time where evangelists are needed, it is now. It is now because the devil is on a rampage, corrupting the heart of young people. We have no idea the concept of truth.

Do go out for evangelism, and you would... Nonsense you would find in the heart of men. What people have believed, hold there as truth. You have to be passionate about this because it is a heartbeat of God. Someone preach to you. Save all that as well. Do not ever be too busy to be an evangelist. To be a soul winner. Until my only gaze is you. Spirit keep brooding over me till I look just like you.

Me? Hear me? Evangelism is every believer responsibility. Timothy, be watchful in all things. Second Timothy four and verse five, be watchful in all things. Endure afflictions. Do the work of an evangelist. Fulfill your ministry. It means your ministry, whatever it is, cannot be fulfilled without doing the work of an evangelist. Timothy was not an evangelist, but Paul told him, do the work of an evangelist.

Fulfill your ministry. It means fulfilling your ministry regardless of what it is is attached to doing the work of an evangelist. Are you with me? Every believer, whether you're an apostle, a teacher, a... An usher, a banker, a student, an entrepreneur, an artisan, a mechanic, whatever it is you are, every believer must evangelize. Evangelism is not a spiritual gift. It's a kingdom command. Evangelism is warfare. It is warfare because hell will not sit down and just look at us whilst we pluck men from their grip. The bible says if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled from those who are perishing.

Those whose mind the god of this age has blinded. To evangelize is to wage war, To wage war against blindness, to confront strongholds of culture, strongholds of religion, strongholds of sin, and to liberate men into light. That's why Paul says, I'm not ashamed of the gospel of Christ. It is the power of God unto salvation to them that are perishing. The fact that some things that you see in the Western world are not loud in this nation does not mean they are not in this nation. You won't imagine how many people have spoken to me who are gays, young people. Young people. You say, sir, I I I was raped or I was maltreated or abused when I was young by the same gender might be a man to a man, a woman to a woman. And since then, I've been having attraction to other men like myself, other women like myself, young people. And you would think, oh, this is just an American thing.

You'll be shocked. How desperate and in need of the gospel this world that we live in is. What people are struggling with beside you? How much the devil is plunking on the heart of men? One of my young men came to me and told me that where he was posted, he was doing a research work to study the rate of depression amongst young people inside secondary schools, not universities. I want you to tell me what your finding was. Give me microphone first. Just stand there and speak. What was your finding? Okay, sir.

Thank you, sir. My finding was that more than fifty percent of students in college of education and technology are the present symptoms and a lot of them and what the present symptoms are and a lot of them think about suicide, feel as though they are alone, feel as though nobody cares about them. Thank you. This was a scientific medical research. Fifty percent of small children, young people, colleges of education and likes, suffering depression. What are you thinking about? Met people suffer hypertension in their in their 16, 17, 18 years old. Suicide thoughts rampaging the heart of men. Young people, the devil is on a rampage. Understand it.

In secondary schools, in universities, it's on a rampage. And believers must equally understand that this is my responsibility. This is a war I have to fight. Am I speaking to us? Evangelism is urgent. John four and verse 35. Jesus said, there are still four months and then comes the harvest. Do not say. Do not say there are still four months and then comes the harvest. Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes.

Look at the fields for they are already white for harvest. The harvest is plenty. It is now. It is now. Are you with me brothers and sisters? Yes, sir. Because souls are perishing every day. Every day. We don't postpone evangelism because eternity cannot be postponed. Evangelism is the mandate of the local church as a corporate force.

Are you with me brothers and sisters? When the was birthed, this was what they were doing. Evangelism was not a program that they did. They lift it every day. The scourging of the church in Acts eight became the platform for global evangelization. Acts eight verse four, the bible says, those that were scattered. Watch this. Those that were scattered went everywhere preaching the gospel. Those that were scattered. Not apostles, not evangelists, those that were scattered.

Are you with brothers and sisters? Yes, sir. This was their lifestyle. This was how Christianity spread like fire. And today, the same thing must be true. Every believer, every member of of this church, and every local church under the sound of my voice, pastors listening to me, prophets, apostles, teachers, whatever it is you may be, understand that evangelism is not a corporate reserve for a department in the church. It is a mandate of everybody. Are you with me? Yes, sir. Let me tell you this.

Evangelism is what transforms a nation. There is no the fire that has never been changed without the gospel. Laws may restrain people. Education may enlighten people. Welfare may assist people, but only the gospel transforms people. Only the gospel transforms people. The revival in Samaria under Philip, the bible says it brought joy to the entire city. Act eight. When you read verse five to verse eight, it brought joy to the entire city. That is the power of evangelism.

It shifts the atmosphere of whole communities. What policies cannot change in decades? The gospel can change in a moment. When criminals give their life to Christ, when cultists submit to the lush of Christ. Are you with me? Yes, sir. Until evangelism is restored at the center of the local church, we would only run activities without fulfilling the reason for which we exist. The second reason why the church exists is for discipleship. What is the first reason why the church exists? Discipleship of the saints.

Because Jesus did not merely make converts. Jesus said, go therefore and make disciples of all nations, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you. Discipleship is the process of transformation where men and women are matured into Christ likeness. Trying to live by the word, equipped for kingdom responsibility. It is discipleship that boosts nations. And when you remove discipleship from the purpose of a church, the church will have crowds who are babies, who are not soldiers, who have noise without transformation. Evangelism can bring men inside, but discipleship is what builds men who are inside. Are you with me? Sir. Evangelism is what saves souls to the kingdom.

Discipleship is what establishes them in the kingdom. Without discipleship, we can win souls today and lose them tomorrow. I mean, if you read the bible of sower, you see this there. Evangelism is what plants the seed. Discipleship is what ensures that the seed that you have planted grows root. The bible says Paul may plant Apollos water. The seed that has been planted in your heart must be watered. Watered until it grows. Because the character of Christ must be built in men. Discipleship is what builds character.

It's what builds consecration. Paul says, my little children of whom I travel until Christ be formed in you. Christ being formed in you is discipleship. Christ being formed in you experientially. It's not just knowing doctrine. It is embodying Christ's life in your life. Are you with me? Sir. Discipleship is what make people into living epistles. It teaches holiness, consecration, humility, stewardship, the fruit of the spirit, the gift of the spirit.

It makes you mature as believers. Makes you mature in prayer. Makes you mature in the word. Without discipleship, churches would grow in number, but not in-depth. And we would have people who are plenty but shallow in the word. Large crowds but shallow roots. These people can be swept away at any moment by the wind of compromise. The local church in many places has failed in this, has failed in discipleship. We have large numbers in our churches, but very few songs who can be sent. Because the process of discipleship have failed.

We have attracted men by different means. Entertainment, different methods, and we have failed to disciple. So people come to church and remain as babes. Entire churches as nursery classes. Only raising infants in K G... In K G 1, K G 2. Discipleship is what equips men for ministry. Because local thought is an army. We are raising an army. Discipleship is that training camp where soldiers are raised.

Ephesians four eleven to verse 12. Paul was the one who wrote it. Gave some apostles, prophets, teachers, evangelists for the equipping of the body of Christ for the work of ministry. It is saints that are equipped for the work of ministry. That you would think that we are the ones who do the work of ministry. Pastors, is that not so? But the Bible says, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry. So the saints are the one who actually do the work of ministry. Say I do the work of ministry. I do I'm already concerned about people swamping this church because I told God that I don't want to have a crowd of members.

I want to have a crowd of men, of disciples. Hence the name Disciples Christian Network. Not a crowd of people that we are trying to please. Let's call the time of our service. Prayer is too long. The worship is too long. I'm not here to please you. I'm here to train you. And you're not the one that will dictate how you are to be trained in the camp. If what we want to do is raise babies, we will bend to it.

We will succumb to it because it becomes a strategy of such growth. But never. Never. The aim is to raise people, is to expand your capacity that you came here without capacity to sit down and be taught God's word. We are not to serve you milk where you are. We are to bring you to where God is. Extending your boundaries, expanding your muscles, expanding your strength. Come and carry this speaker. You can't carry it. We will not pity you and start giving you bottles to lift.

No. We will train your muscles to carry speakers bigger than this. That is discipleship. What we do now in churches is come and carry this thing. Ah, you can't... Don't clean him. Don't clean him. Don't clean him. You give it to him now, he can be angry. Just find something you can carry and just give it to him.

Just give him a bottle. That's what we do. Because we want to make people hungry. And it is because we have not taught people the purpose of the church. Do you understand this thing I'm teaching you? The reason why you are here is to be equipped for your purpose, to be equipped for what God made you, to be equipped as kingdom minded soldiers. I so much believes... Believe that discipleship transform nations. That one of the ways that nations are built is through effective discipleship in the church. I have a vision on this very soon.

Through effective discipleship in the church. I so much believe this. I believe you cannot disciple a city if you cannot disciple a soul. I believe that nation building begins with a building of life of souls. Jesus disciple 12 men. And through them, the world was turned upside down. That is how nation building happens. We disciple men and send them to the world. Some of you listen to me as doors begin to open to you. It is men who have been raised to become arouters of the kingdom that are marching into those places.

Not small children. A woman of God in business, a woman of God in politics, a man of God in entertainment. That's who you are. Matured in all wise, but doing kingdom. Doing kingdom. Committed to the kingdom. Living the kingdom. Unashamed of the kingdom. That without you... With with your influence, as God raises you, you have a million followers on social media.

When we go for evangelism, you would be on the street with us. Be on the street with us, preaching to souls. And through your influence, people would say, ah, is that not this person? Said, yes. And when they come and meet you and say, can we have a picture? They said, do you know Jesus? Do you know Jesus? I'm held on the street preaching Jesus. And souls are saved and pictures are taken. Perfect combination.

I really believe that discipleship is what changes the heart of men, not laws. I believe that economies cannot reform morality. I believe discipleship can. And I believe that revival in nations will only be sustained where discipleship is prioritized. Otherwise, we would see the... We'll see the revival come and go, fizzle out into obscurity, into oblivion. Now listen to me, and we close. Your membership in a local church is not casual. The bible says in the book of Psalms 92 and verse 13, those who are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. Those who are what?

Those who are what? Shall do what? Those who are planted. Planted. The idea of the local church and the member is that of plantation, not visitation. You are meant to be planted, not visiting because discipleship will fail miserably if your plan is to visit and not to plant. Those who are planted. The church is not a place for visitors to hop in and hop out. It is a place where you are planted, where you are rooted, where you are established. Those who are planted, you cannot be discipled as a visitor.

Hoping from place to place, Consuming, but never committing. I once met a man like that who told me, those days when when when when when university, he came to me and said and said, you know, God is taking me through a dealing right now. I said, what dealing is that? He says... He said, God is taking me through different churches. So every Sunday is a dealing I am having with God. I must be in different churches every Sunday until I've... I told him, man of God, you better... I say this in all humility. I don't mean to disrespect you.

I know that you hear God, but please vet what spoke to you. Vet it. Vet it not with prayers. Vet it with scripture. Because that is not in the character of God. Are you with me? It is not. It is those who are planted, who are planted in the house of the Lord. They are the ones who flourish. Are you with me brothers and sisters?

To be planted means to catch the spirit of your local church. It means to be committed there, to embrace the vision of your local church. Write it down. To be planted means to catch the spirit of your local church, to embrace the vision of your local church. Write it down. To show that the responsibility within your local church. You don't act like as though it does not concern you. Do you know that if if a seed is planted into the ground, what happens to the ground concerns the seed? Do you understand what I've just said? Yes, sir.

If a seed is planted into the ground, and they have a proverb that 22 elephants fight, it is the ground that suffer the consequence. If your own responsibility is just to walk the ground or a stone for instance on the same ground, A stone is not as invest on that ground the way a seed is invested on that ground. Do you agree with me? Yes, sir. Because you can pick a stone rather and just throw it, and it changes location without any commitment to the ground. Are you with me? What happens if you pick a seed like that and throw it? It means a seed is more committed to the ground than a stone is. Does the bible not speak of those whose hearts are on stony places? A heart that has no commitment whatsoever.

It means that seed would be more concerned about what happens to the ground that he's in than a stone. Because he knows that his livelihood is is everything depends on that ground. The stone does not have as much commitment. So the seed will be praying. God, oh, let there be no war today, because he knows I'm committed to this vision. The stone can change location any day. So whatever happens there does not concern him. Do you understand what I'm saying? If there is a flood, the stone can be washed off. The plant remains.

That's the meal being planted. It means understanding responsibility, understanding that I'm not just a a go in, go out without direction member. The plan of gospel my life is to be ingrained into the vision, to be one with the vision so that I become committed to the vision. That I know that because I've been planted, whatever happens to the vision happens to me. If it grows, I grow. That's the meaning of being planted. Are you with me? Yes, sir. That's the meaning of being planted. I have so many awesome testimonies of this.

Perhaps some other time, I would call some people out to come and share testimonies of how they came. How they came, very important. Some of them, we do throwbacks on our workers group, and I would see some of them post their pictures of Aberdeen and and the likes, and I would see very, very young, lanky people. And you begin to wonder, bro, how do you gather these people together and tell them that there is greatness ahead of you? One of them told me yesterday, said, apostle, I just got a contract of $20,000. I said glory to God. Following thee, saw the person has paid. Just like that. I remember Abadina, this person sitting down in the front. God of Nazareth.

They that are planted, planted. Planted. When we're having our meeting, they are there, sitting down, hearing me, hearing me speaking. Some of them have watched every stage of the prophecy you have been prophesying come to pass. It has happened in their presence. And it... As it has happened to the church, it is happening in their lives too. Planted. But many of us lack the patience of being planted. We are moved by what is trending.

So if anything is trending, a new voice appears, you are quick to jump out of your plantation to go and test how the ground looks looks like somewhere else. And you sit and say, it's not properly manured. Let me run back. So you go back to where you were planted. Then you hear another ground is somewhere, then you run again. And then ten years you'll spend in the church, and there'll be nothing tangible that has shifted in your life. Because all you have been doing is part time commitment. Am I speaking to someone here? Those that are planted. First Corinthians twelve twenty seven.

The Bible says, now you are the body of Christ and members individually. Glory to God. Amen. That membership of the body of Christ is not passive. Can your hand be attached, planted to your shoulder and then choose by an heart of its own will to disconnect itself and say, you know what? I wanna be connected to the stomach henceforth. You have to understand what planted is. Planted means committed to. It means your roots have been attached to the vision. Do you understand what I'm saying?

And there are responsibilities of every member of the local church to the local church. The first responsibility is a call to pray. Because the local church cannot survive without the prayers of our members. That's why Paul consistently appeal to the saints. First Thessalonians five verse 25, he said, brethren, pray for us. Pray for us. When Peter was imprisoned, constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church. And heaven responded with an indelic visitation. To neglect prayer for your church is to starve the church of power. A prayerless member weakens the church.

A prayerful member strengthens the church. Your responsibility is to pray for the church. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Pray for the vision that you are in. Pray for your man of God. To those of you listening to me, pray for your man of God. If you are submitted to this vision, pray for apostle Emmanuel. Listen. Let me let me tell you why. Because some of you don't.

Do you realize that the accuracy of the man of God ultimately determines where you will head to in future? Because the words I'm speaking to you are spirit and they are life. And if for any reason there's perversion in what I'm saying, it's a risk to you because you have submitted your hearts to be trained by what I say. It means you have to pray that I'm continually aligned with God. You have to pray that this man does not fall. I asked one of my members, one of my workers some time ago, do you pray for me? And he said, I said, what is it? He starts like pouring water into an ocean. As much as I understand what he was trying to say, it is wrong. The wrong mentality.

Peter would have died a useless death. They would not have seen an ocean. You get my point? You are going for evangelism. You are sending prayers. We are having a major conference. You are sending prayers. Father, uphold him. Strengthen him in the name of Jesus. Because the devil is hungry.

The devil is hungry, and the perversion of the man of God is in the prayers of the brethren. Understand this. Let no man of God ever be too prideful to think that your church cannot pray for you. You need the prayer of the church. Paul said it every day. Pray for us. Pray for us. Pray for us. To different churches, he wrote to them. Pray for us.

As we go again, pray for us. Beyond the sea. We are traveling the air preaching the gospel. We're on the road for many hours preaching the gospel. Pray for us because the devil is angry what we do. Do you know that the Bible says strike the shepherd? The sheep will scatter. That is why you pray for your shepherd. Are you with me brothers and sisters? Yes, sir.

The responsibility... Your role is to pray. Your role, number two, is to serve. Your role in your local church is to serve. Your role in your local church is to what now? Serve. Is to serve. Service is not optional in local church. Every joint must supply. Ephesians four sixteen, every joint must supply.

To refuse to serve is to choke the body of supply. Whether in ushering, in teaching, in evangelism, in intercession, administration, you must serve your local assembly. In singing, some of you can play the instrument, can sing well, anointed voices. We have several departments in the church. You can serve in any capacity. Some of you have the grace upon your life for prison ministry. We don't have that yet in the church. If God has given you that, come and tell us, and you start it and serve. And you start it and serve. Come and tell us.

But to be within the confines of the church and not serve should be an anomaly to you. You should not be comfortable being a part of a local assembly without serving there. Are you with me brothers and sisters? Yes, sir. Without serving there. Luke 22 and verse 27. Jesus himself was the one who said, I am amongst you as the one who serves. That's what Jesus said. If the head stooped to serve, what excuse does the body have? The head said I am amongst you as the one who serves.

What excuse does the body have? What excuse do you have? That you are busy? That you are busy, that's why you cannot serve? You join the department that allows for the flexibility of a schedule, but you don't give an excuse as to why you cannot serve. Because your service ingrains you more into the heart of the vision. It does what now? Into the the heart vision. Serve. Tell your neighbor, serve.

Save. Tell your neighbor, serve. Save. The third responsibility you have to to your local church is to give. Giving is not a financial transaction. It is a spiritual partnership. Paul wrote, Philippians four verse 17, not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that abounds to your account. When you give to your church, you are not losing. You are laying up treasure in heaven. And the early church understood this.

Acts four and verse 34 to verse 35, the bible says, nor was there anyone amongst them who lacked, And they distributed to each one as everyone had need. Giving fuelled the vision. Giving fuelled the mission. Giving sustains the structure. Giving expresses love to the brethren. The more you give, the more we are able to do for you. Because I'm I'm gonna make an announcement after the meeting. And you must understand that giving is what makes everything we do here possible. It is because some people give. Some people give, and you cannot be one who benefits from this and doesn't give to it.

It is wrong. It is wrong. If you are a part of a local church, you're tied to the local church. You give to the church. You make a financial commitment of some sort to the church. That as God leads me and God blesses me, a part of my finances comes to the church in partnership as the spirit leads me. It's a responsibility, a kingdom responsibility because this is how the gospel moves. Doesn't move on the strength of prayer alone. It moves on the strength of resources, funds. The money of those who give is how we're able to get these things in place.

Are you doing, brothers and sisters? Yes, sir. Yes. Can you imagine how much you spent every month, every month for this meeting is so old. You can't imagine how much you spent every week for this meeting so old. You cannot be a selfish believer in the church. You must commit yourself to giving. And the last thing that you must know as a responsibility to the local church is that you are called to extend the influence of your local church. You are called to do what now? What is the first responsibility of the local...

What is the first role of the... Hold on. What is the first role of the believer in his local church? One. Two. Three. And four. Say it like a soldier. To extend the influence of your local church. Because your local church is not confined to the four walls of this church.

Because the members of this local church and any local church is a mobile expression of the church. You are an ambassador of the spirit of the church and the doctrine of the church. First Thessalonians one verse eight. I'm intentionally doing bible for everything I say. One verse eight. First Thessalonians. For from you, the word of the Lord has sounded forth. Can you see that? From who? From who?

From me. They pull it from us? No. He said from you. The word of the Lord has sounded forth. Not only in Macedonia. Look at how fight went in Achaia and also in every place. Your faith towards God has gone out so that we do not need to say anything. That is your responsibility in your local church. That we don't need to say anything.

That should become living epistles, seen and read by all men, known and read by all men, and that you carry the same spirit, the same grace everywhere that you find yourself, that you become a mobile expression of this vision wherever you find yourself, a live ambassador wherever you find yourself, That you carry it upon your head, and you don't allow anybody to collect from you. The church's influence extend beyond its borders because of the members. Wherever you go, whether you are studying abroad, whether you go and work in another city, whether you travel for business somewhere, you carry your local church with you. You carry the culture of your local church with you. You carry the spirit and the heart of your local church with you. When you travel, don't merely look for comfort. Don't merely look for convenience. You look for opportunities to replicate the life of this church of your local church in new territories. Are you with me? Yes, sir.

You gather two people, and you say, you know what? Let's join service together on Sunday. Oh my god. I do that every Sunday. One of us traveled for a project. And when she got there, she said, this Sunday, I won't be in church. But everybody here with me, as long as I'm able to influence people, we must join service together. And she sets up a viewing center to ensure everybody there with her is able to watch the service. You must carry the spirit of your local church everywhere you go. But if I find the territory, either I go there or I go to The US, God opens the door for me in The UK, in Russia, in whatever, in Canada, carry this same spirit with you.

Evangelize. I already taught you this. As you evangelize, you will find that there is a need for discipleship for those who have been in their lives. Bring them inside. Join service every meeting. Watch together. Pray together. Fellowship together. Two becomes 10. 10 becomes 50.

50 becomes 100. And before you know it, tell you another pastor. We have gathered over a 100 people here. We need to turn this place into a church. That is how the frontiers extend. That is how the influence extends. And they respond. And every every every member of local church must understand that you must carry the spirit of the vision everywhere you go. Are you with me brothers and sisters? Yes, This is how torches are planted.

This is how nations are discipled. How kingdom influence spreads. The fire you caught at home becomes the flame that lights up another city somewhere else. Are you in brothers and sisters? Yes, sir. Your local church is a kingdom you represent. And if you are planted, you cannot be passive. If you belong, you must bear fruit. Service, prayer, giving, influence. These are not duties of a few.

They are the responsibility of every member. We are praying every day towards manifest conference. You are not investing in that prayer, and you're a member, but you will come to manifest conference and shout I receive. How does that work? If you were God, who will you bless first? Those that labor to put the meeting together to ensure that you receive, who would you bless first? That's why I bless you. The husband man that laboreth. The husband man that laboreth receive the first fruit of reward. So much labor goes into this.

How can I be a part of it? So much effort goes into this. How can I be a part of it? You should be uncomfortable just coming every Sunday, and you sit down and just receive, and that's all. Buses transport people every meeting day. Every meeting day. Hundreds of thousands of naira goes into that. How can I be a part of this? I will never stop doing it. If we will reach the city, I don't mind sending 10,000 buses everywhere.

I don't mind. We will do it. The question is, how can I be a part of it? I mean, this is where I'm submitted to. This is where I'm fed the word of God. How can I be a part of it? I will join this in my prayers. I will join this in my service. I will join this in my giving. Something from me must go into this.

If we go for a crusade in The UK, we go for a crusade in Lagos, we go for a crusade. All of our crusades, our apostolic invasions that we go from place to place, you are a part of it. You don't just think, oh, apostle has gone. Mm-mm. We have gone. We have moved. We have done this. You share the pictures because you're a part of it. Are you with me brothers and sisters? Yes, ma'am.

That is how the kingdom advances. What did I say? Let me say this to you. Because you understand what I'm saying, that is the reason why you would... You see, I came here today to teach the visage of a colossus and understanding righteousness. The holy ghost interrupted me by 2AM. And told me, there's an emphasis you must speak about today. That's the reason why I'm taking my time. Because the holy spirit would have me say this. Would have me say this.

God, I believe we must be corrected. The church is under attack and the attack is ignorance within the church. That makes people benefit but laid back to imputing what fits them. So the only thing is a consumer mentality. Where the only thing you want to do is to receive, to receive. Just sit down in your house. When is the bus coming? It's coming by 9AM, 08:30, 8AM, and you stand up, and you enter the bus, and you come, and you receive the word. Amen. I'm blessed.

Thank you, Jesus. And you go back, and nothing... Not a part of you feels, how can I give to this? Only a part of you feels, okay. My prayer life as I'm praying the night. Oh, father, this end spreads all over the nations in the name of Jesus. Nothing. Your concern is all about yourself. But do you know that there are people that have gotten jobs because they were serving? Who have been promoted because they were serving?

There are people who have crossed into multiple figures because they were serving. Because they were serving within the church. Lives have been changed. Y'all should not be different. Now when you start seeing this thing that I'm saying it, you will no longer see yourself as just a member. Who does sit down and sit down in church, and that's it. No. Something about your attitude changes. When we say go and spread the word, we spread it because we know this is our vision. Nah.

I'm not a worker. It's not me that's speaking about. Who am speaking to? If not you, who? Messages are posted on the channel. Share it with people. Add people to that channel. You can't imagine how many lives are being blessed by it. One of my sons messaged me. One of his friends from The United States posted an excerpt of the reels on his status.

He was so shocked. He said, young man, how do you know this person? He said, I've been seeing him on social media, and I've already listened and consuming the messages. They blessed me in no small way. I'm spreading this message to people around my friends. We have a community of people already who listen to him. The guy was so short. He's clearly nothing to me. I said, sir, look at this. I said the fact that it not come from you shows that you you save our field.

Because God will do what he wants to do. There are angels spreading this thing already. But how come it's not coming from you? How come the person is on your status and don't know from you? Are you with me brothers and sisters? Yes, sir. Yes. I challenge all of us as sons, and I bring us the correction from the spirit Because there is so much God wants to do in and through this vision, in and through your lives that so depends on being planted, on being planted. The manifest conference is coming. We would pray like never before.

We would give like never before. We would serve like never before. This place will be filled up with thousands outside. It will be irresponsible for you to think that, and it means that your discipleship model, something is wrong with it. If you think that when I'm announcing manifest conference, I'm inviting you. It means something is wrong with how you think. If you ever think that when I say manifest conference is coming and you are shouting, you think I'm inviting you. No. You are already coming. I'm not nothing to you.

You don't have a choice in the matter. We are announcing so that you can announce, so that we can extend the invitation for the people who needs to come and hear this. Thousands of them. When the messages are put on social media, it's your responsibility. It's your assignment. It's your responsibility. Engage. We say it every day yet to ignore it. Why are you ignoring it? Because you're not a part of the vision.

Engage with it. Every platform you come across it, engage with it. Share it. Spread it. Take the telegram messages. Put your friends on the channel. You've got to be here. You're speaking to someone, and they're saying, oh, you know, I want to contest. But I don't even know if I should contest. Give them the message.

Doing big things. Give them a message. The posture of dominion. The heart of a lion. That person needs it. He needs to hear it. Are you with me brothers and sisters? Invite people to church because you know this is my church. You come here, you will be blessed. There is no day you'll ever invite anyone that they will not be blessed.

Glory to God. This is an apostolic community. It is not taught as usual. It is God that adds people to an apostolic community. That's why the bible says, and God had death to their numbers. If you come here and God does not hurt you, you will be hungry and go. Because you would find that our models of brandy is not like every other place. Here, we'll come for believers to keep and pray for two hours for a weekly service. Stretching our spirit, man. But if God brought you, the first thing that comes to your mind is this is a place of training.

You won't run away because the training is too much. We would expand your capacity. We shouldn't have to invite you for believers equipped. You should be here. There should be no reason why anybody should miss it. No reason. We shouldn't have to tell you, listen to these things again and again because you are planted. Those who should be inviting for believers equipped are your friends, not you. So when we say believers equip holds every Tuesday, it shouldn't be to you. It is so you can tell others.

Are you with me? Yes, sir. Carry the spirit of this vision. Carry it well. What did I say? Rise up on your feet. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Can you pray what you've heard in and say, God, give me the grace to be planted. Give me the grace to be planted. Come on, pray.

Give me the grace to be planted. Give me the grace we planted. We welcome you holy ghost. We welcome you Holy Ghost. We welcome you, Holy Ghost. We believe you were blessed by this message to connect with disciples christian network and get more from apostle Emmanuel. Follow us on our social media platforms. You can follow us on Instagram at officialdisciplecn. You can follow us on Facebook at disciples christian network. You can also join our telegram page at d c n media for more messages by apostle Emmanuel.

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