APOSTOLIC STRATEGIES FOR CONTROLLING FISHING RIGHTS | DR. MIKE WOODS SR | 11 DECEMBER 2025

Stand by, people, just one moment. We're coming, coming. All right, praise the Lord, everybody. I pray you can hear me. I'm here at the church. I'm doing something different tonight because I was over here working, but thank you guys for being here. Do me a favor, just joining us, um, we're live and in color. Glory to God. Please share this live right now. This teaching is going to be absolutely phenomenal. Uh, please comment below, let us know you're here. Um, good evening, Stephanie, good to see you tonight. Uh, everybody else, please comment, let me know you're here. Glory to God. And do me a kind favor, send out a text, share, whatever you need to do. Let's make sure we get this word. Um, I know we got an abundance of word this past weekend. It was great. God moved in our Apostles Are Coming Conference. But you know what the Bible says, we're ever learning and coming into the knowledge of truth. Glory to the name of God. So guess what? That ain't enough. We need to get the word every day if we can. Uh, faith come by hearing, and hearing the word of God. God bless you, Shariel. Uh, good to see you tonight, daughter. Uh, again, so if you're just joining us Um, make sure that you share. Thank you for sharing, Stephanie. Glory to the name of God. God bless you, Mother Diane. Good to see you tonight. Uh, thank you for being here. Glory to God with us. Again, I need everybody possibly can to share. Uh, we haven't been on in a week because of our conference, but, uh, I'm trusting God that we can get this word out to as many people as we can. Praise the name of Jesus. God is so good. I pray everybody's been having a great week. I mean, you should be walking in a, a place of overflow, really. Praise God from everything that we have received, uh, over this past weekend, man, it was phenomenal. You know, it just literally was phenomenal. God met us here, God blessed us. So we're streaming tonight over 5 platforms, 3 Facebook pages uh, YouTube and Instagram. So wherever you're joining us, I need you to share tonight. Praise God. And we're gonna get started in just a moment. Once I get started, it won't be long. This message is very important tonight to the concept of dominion, the concept of really showing up in the world, taking your place, and allowing God for real, not just saying it, because a lot of times we could talk it and not really be walking this out. There are people that could preach this and teach it, uh, well, and they ain't living it. So at the end of the day, I want to give you some practical insight, uh, praise God, on how to really put some things into play and how to really take your place in dominion, in the sphere of influence that God has called you to. So again, guys, do me a favor. Share, share, share, share. Uh, somebody needs this. Glory to God. Other than you, we are blessed to be a blessing. Glory to God. Uh, God bless you, Nicole. Good to see you tonight. Praise God. And listen, Nicole, I'm gonna tell you something. I went back and looked at that footage you was taking during the conference. You did a great job. You got an eye, ma'am. So you on your way to being a great cinematographer for somebody that just started doing that last weekend. Excellent stuff. Excellent, excellent. So I thank you so much for, uh, positioning yourself to be able to operate that camera. Yeah, come on, Jesus. It was excellent on last week. Praise God. All right, guys, I'm gonna pray and we are going to really jump into the heart of this tonight. I believe somebody needs it. Somebody's gonna be blessed, uh, lives are going to be changed. Tonight we're talking about apostolic strategies, uh, to control the fishing rights. And somebody said, what in the world, Apostle Woods, is the fishing rights? Stay with me, you're going to find out. It is very important that you get this because again, part of our design as humans on Earth is actually to rule and have control on earth, to be in a place of significant authority where— Omansiya, let there be kosia. Yes, God, I praise you. Whereby the world is blessed through our assignment, through our purpose, and through what God has called us to do. So At the end of the day, some of y'all, you know, you're here and you still ain't coming, but, uh, it's okay. You know, obedience is a better sacrifice. Uh, I just want to see you so I can pray for you. Glory to God. You know, some people be sneaking in on lives you have watching. You know, listen, you know we have Thursday night Bible study, so you ought to be ready to jump in this on Thursday and pay attention to what's going on so you can get it. And that's for somebody because I, I, I really sense you all over place. So just, uh, go ahead, sit down and focus on this word tonight because you're gonna need it in the days to come. I'm telling you, as we cross over into this new year, it's going to be extremely important, family, that you understand this concept of showing up in the world controlling the fishing rights. Okay, so first thing I want to share with you tonight Um, the reality is we are not first called to shift the atmosphere, to cast out devils, heal the sick, to bind and loose, or to take authority over the devil or the prince of the air. While that's a part of who we are apostolically, I want you to understand something: that's not our first Oh my God, priority. Okay, and I know somebody said, oh my God, we're supposed to be walking in power, we're supposed to be walking in authority, we're supposed to be taking over, uh, the devil's kingdom. Yes, we are, but the most practical way to do that, family, is not through having good church and the results we see inside of a building like this one. Thank God for that, but there has to be a balance Hear me, somebody say balance. There has to be a balance, glory to God, where you are operating, praise God, at high levels of dominion and authority through how you show up on earth in the world. This is important. So our primary order of dominion You realize that the mandate to mankind, the first mandate to mankind, was not to heal the sick, was not to cast out devils, was not to speak in tongues, was not to operate in gifts. While all of those things are extremely important, y'all know I believe that, I'm not against that, but what I'm trying to do is make sure you understand the balance and understand how important it is to show up in the world and bring about change. Matter of fact, the only reason those gifts and the anointings that we operate in to, uh, take authority of the prince of the air, to cast out devils, to heal the sick, to bind and to loose— the only reason all of that is necessary, you know why? Is because Adam failed because of sin. That's the only reason we need to do those things. But honestly, the first thing God said to humans— and we're going to start here tonight— is in Genesis 1:28: Be fruitful, multiply, replenish the earth, and subdue the earth, and have dominion over the fish of the sea. Over the fowl of the air, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So we are called to have full authority. The word dominion— y'all know this, especially those that are connected to this ministry, you should know it— the word dominion, glory to God, it's radah in Hebrew, and it means full control full authority in your fear of divine influence. So every person has a realm or a fear of divine influence that we have been called to in the earth. So while we're trying to be super deep, super spiritual, super revelatory on church days. Okay, the reality is— okay, great, but after that, I need you to hear me, we need to show up in the world. All right, the world needs a people that understand their, their fear of divine authority, and that people must show up, take their place so the world can come in order. It starts with learning how to control the fish, right? Our primary order of dominion, again, is not shifting atmospheres, casting out devils, binding and loosing, having authority over the prince of the air, but our primary authority and order of dominion starts with controlling the fishing rights. Now, in the natural— and then we're going to get into some word here— to understand fishing rights, watch this, you got to understand that, and yeah, unless you go to some old back lakes in Mississippi and Georgia and Alabama and just throw your rod in there, but really the places where you catch the best fish— hear me— it requires a fishing license, okay? You cannot just be out there with your rod in one of those lakes where they are stocked, where, uh, those fish are homegrown in many instances, you need license. And in certain areas, you cannot cast your rod without rights. And the reality is you must go to the people that control those rights. Now, fish are the largest provider watch this, of food and provision on earth. More than cattle, more than grass, more than trees, more than fruit. There are more fish that give provision to food than anything else. So we got— and I want you to understand from a natural standpoint as we begin to teach this, because once we start controlling fishing rights in the realm of dominion and in the realm of the spirit— hear me, family— the reality is we can really change the world. We can really fulfill the dominion mandate. So let me just lay a backdrop to this because we really need to first understand the dimensions of water. Okay, so let's start with Saint John's Gospel 7:38. And I'm gonna read that. It says, he that believeth on me, as the scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers, or dimensions, because a river is a part of a dimension of water. That is, a river is produced from another level of water called the ocean. Glory to God. So a river is a dimensional water. So out of your belly shall flow dimensions of living— zio in Greek— water that's alive, water that's meant to give life. Hear me, water that's meant to bless others. God bless you, Vanessa, tonight. Thank you for saying hello and commenting. It's just nice to be nice. Some of these people that are here have not spoken yet. The reality is Again, it's just nice to be nice. Okay, you know it. Yeah, it's nice to be nice, right? Uh, I don't know what you're hiding for. It, it's nice to be nice. Glory to God. Anyway, glory to Jesus. Um, yeah, dimensions of water flow out of us to produce life to others in the world. Now As a backdrop for where I'm going, and once I give you these, we're gonna kind of be running through this. So I want you to pay close attention because I'm going to unpack some information for you tonight, uh, in the time I've been allotted that I believe would be helpful. Again, if you take it, receive it, and apply it. Glory to God. All right, so let's go. So there's 7 dimensions of water. That really should flow out of your life. All right, you ready? The first dimension is mist. Mist. So in the natural, glory to God, mist is— glory— is a light fog really that once is produced, okay, usually you can see in the natural only up to about 1,000 feet. After that, the mist is going to impede your ability to see any farther. A mist is produced— watch this— from condensation from the ground. Glory to the name of God. It's produced, praise God, from a low place. So In the realm of the spirit, this dimension— matter of fact, let's look at, let's look at Genesis chapter number— here we go, let's, let's look at Genesis chapter number 2, verse number 6. The Bible said, but a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground. So mist comes up from your feet, and mist is important, and it is formed from the floor. It is formed from a low place. Watch this— is formed out of humility. Oh boy. So if you really want to control the fish rights and have rivers or dimensions flowing out of you, according to John 7:38, like we just read, you got to believe on Jesus like the scripture says. You can't believe on Jesus like the man or the woman who wants to change the scripture and make Jesus what they want him to be. There are a lot of people out here who are trying to approach the person of Jesus in a way that the Bible has not presented him. And in reality, we must believe on him as the scripture has taught us about him. He's Lord, he's King, he's Savior, he's our God. And at the end of the day, anybody that comes to preach another gospel— glory to the name of God— they're preaching the wrong gospel. Are you hearing me? The reality is we got to believe on him, on Jesus, as the scripture has said. Then what happens out of your innermost being, out of your spirit man, Through your encounters and your relationship with Jesus flows dimensions of water. And that first dimension— watch this— is mist. And notice when we read in Genesis— let me put it back up there— that the mist came up from the earth, which is us created in the earth. It comes up out of us. That's a dimension, but it waters the whole face of the ground. So watch this, everybody in your culture, everybody around you should be affected by the dimension of mist that flows out of your life. If you have people in your family, people you work with, people who are your friends in your life that are not being transformed because of who you are, maybe You— there's a struggle somewhere where you have not tapped into the belief system, number one, about Jesus, that he literally wants dimensions of water. This is a very basic piece, and the reason most people don't carry the realm of mist or the dimension of supernatural mist in their life— hear me— is because, glory to God, Hallelujah, my God. Today is because they're not humble. They're proud, they're arrogant, they're sadiddy, they're stuck up, they're bougie, uh, and they can't— hear me, uh— be found in the presence of God because at the end of the day, he rejects the proud, he rejects the arrogant. So you need to make sure that if Miss— and this is again a very low dimension of water that should be flowing out of your life, out of your belly. It should show rivers. So I'm trying to show you that what should be coming out of your belly, the first thing is mist. Yeah, I know you thought it was gifts. No, it's mist. It's mist. It's supernatural power that comes from your innermost man, which is God in you, in innermost, that third dimension of you. It flows out of you and it begins to affect your environment. So when you show up in the world, the first thing that should show up with you and should precede you, glory to God, is mist. Mist. M-I-S-T. Mist. You should have supernatural mist emitting from you. Glory to God. When I go to meetings during the day, when I spend time in business, in the marketplace, I'm— I don't have to squinch my eyes and speak in tongues in a meeting because I'm carrying a mist, glory to God, and a supernatural wisdom that fills the room. Glory to the name of God. I had some clients in my office yesterday that I was meeting with, and the mist and the glory of God began to fill that meeting, fill that deal. And let me tell you something, the reality is if I would have got any kind of way I would have messed up. Oh my God, a high 6-figure deal. And the reality is I let the mist lead. I let the mist create the pitch deck. The mist was all over the pitch deck and there was nothing but business stuff and numbers and all kind of stuff on the deck. It wasn't no tongues, wasn't no scripture, but there was a mist on it. Oh my God, that watered the whole room. Glory to God. So you have to humble yourself, my God, today so that God can get the glory out of your life, so, so that mist can flow. All right, the next one is dew. This is another dimension of water. Dew, D-E-W. Let's go, man. All right, let's look at scripture. Let's look at Judges 6:37. And see what dew is. Judges 6:37 says, look, I shall put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. Here we go. And if there is dew— come on, church— on the fleece only, and it— it— if it is dry on all the ground, then I shall know that you will save Israel by my hand. As you have said. Now, you know, this is Gideon fleecing God. And at the end of the day, uh, that's a whole nother message for another day. So we won't talk about fleecing, because when you walk by faith, you really don't need to fleece. You trust the word. Glory to the name of God. You trust what God says. But another message for another day. He said, look, this is what Gideon did, not ideally for those of us that walk by faith and not by sight. Glory to God. So he said, look, I shall put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. Watch this. The place of prayer. The threshing floor represents a breaking, separation, and prayer. So in prayer— here we go— and separation and brokenness, dew is released. So this— watch this— so, and in the, in the realm of Oh boy, here we go. This is so powerful. In the realm of the natural, dew, whether it rains or not— watch how supernatural God is. This is something, this is a way you can know God is always around, man, because whether it rains or not, there's a condensation that God has built into the process of the earth that releases dew every morning. And what that dew does every single morning, it makes sure that the grass gets its nourishment even if it's not raining to get nourishment. Even if you ain't out there with your water spigot trying to water the grass, watch what happens. The condensation to preserve the grass is released from heaven to make sure that there is dew. And watch this, in certain climates The dew is fought, glory to God, through heat and through the sun. But God causes dew to come in the morning, glory to God, before sun even comes up, to make sure the root is taken care of. Now, in the realm of the spirit, if you want the dimension of dew to flow— of water called dew to flow out of your life, glory to the name of God then you must be a person of prayer. You cannot pray when you feel like praying and expect the dimension of doom. And again, watch this. This is a very low dimension of water. Glory to God, it's the second dimension. Oh my God, it should be flowing in your life automatically every day. Because you are a person of prayer. Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God. It should be flowing out of your life daily because you are a person of prayer. You cannot expect— do— to show up— watch this— and meet the needs you have, take care of your day take care of your children, protect your finances, open doors for you if you're not a person of prayer. Prayer, again, y'all heard me teach this a million times, is your earthly license for heavenly interference. I'm learning, y'all, though. Rada Nation, I'm learning, y'all. I've been teaching on the apostolic all month. Most of the stuff that was said this past weekend, I already had said most of right? But I guess it just takes another voice sometimes to say it a different way. I just want y'all to get it. I don't even matter. That's why we have the meeting, so y'all get it. But I heard some of y'all say, well, such and such said this, and that was so far. I've been saying it all month, all month long, okay? All my long. But in reality, and really probably beyond that, but do is a powerful dimension that's born in prayer. Glooshyah, mantete besura man katsata. It's born in prayer, family. And so you got to decide— hear me— you got to decide that you're going to make sure your prayer life is intact. Again, prayer is your earthly license for heavenly interference. You want heaven to show up? You want to do to show up? It starts with making sure you have a consistent prayer life. Hear me, shatalaba soto koshiaya. You got to be a person— you listen, you can— this is, this is the strategy, and I'm just giving you the basics. I really am spending too much time on these, but do, glory to God, is born out of prayer. It's, it should be something that happens daily. Automatic that gives you the daily nourishment. Give us this day our daily bread. It should give you daily bread, daily sustenance, because the dew flows into your life. Glory to God. And it's your— er, amansiya tabakaya— it's your prayer, it's your earthly license for heavenly interference. Heaven won't show up if you don't talk to them. Okay, all right, I gotta move, I gotta move. Here's another dimension of water, number 3. It's rain. Okay, y'all real familiar with rain, right? Rain is droplets of water that come out of the clouds that come out of the sky. Glory to God. Let's look at Matthew 5:45. Let's see what that said. Matthew 5:45, he says, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven, for he makes the sun rise on evil and on the good. Watch this. And he sends rain on the just as well as the unjust. So in a natural sense, rain comes down on everybody, the just and the unjust, right? Watch this. Rain comes to good and to evil. As a believer, we should be consistently producing rain clouds. We have the ability as believers— watch this— as just men and women who serve God, we have the ability, ladies and gentlemen, hear me, to control our forecast. And you know what? You ought to make sure that in your meteorological forecast that there is always rain. Glory to God! Rain is indicative of prosperity. Rain is indicative of fruitfulness. And you know what? When you're a person of prayer and you're sowing seeds in the realm of the spirit of prayer, you're speaking things out of your mouth, you're expecting it to rain the blessing that you're praying for. This thing comes down from above. And some of you don't have daily rain in your forecast because you have no clouds that have been forming. You don't spend enough time with God for the clouds to form in your favor and produce rain. See, watch this. I'm gonna give you a revelation here. There's always a real and always a phony. Phony. So the phony side of this was the Indians who did rain dances. They tapped into a familiar spirit, understood that they could tap into a familiar dimension of the dark world. That's what they were doing, and they will produce rain for their crops. They would dance until rain came, chant some evil stuff, chant some familiar stuff, and it will open up clouds and rain. Oh my God, I have— now let me show you real— I'm gonna just show you a very tangible expression of what this looks like. So I have a pastor friend in Zimbabwe— no, he's in Botswana— and his name is Jackson Sinyonga. Jackson Sinyonga, uh, pastor one of the largest churches in Botswana, and, uh, He always says Americans are spoiled. What? Americans are spoiled. You have grocery store, you have McDonald's, you have Burger King, you have Pizza Hut, you have all of these things. Whenever you need to eat, you just go buy food. If there's a famine in my country, we have to pray for food. He said we've had famine where there were no food for several days, and we begin to pray and it began to rain fish from the sky. I love it, I love it. He said, we have no choice. There is no Burger King, there is no Walmart, there is no Kroger. We must pray and fish come down out sky. Can I tell you something? That power is not limited to Jackson Sinyonga. Oh God, we should be able to pray until the heavens open and glorious manifestations of rain manifest in our life. Good God Almighty. And, and you may not be able to pray fish out of the air, but I'm gonna show you how if you have a prayer life, you can control the fishing rights and open the fish gates of heaven, and it can begin to move in your realm of purpose, assignment, dominion, and God can open doors and give you favor in areas. Oh my God. I feel like running. Glory to God. Where you otherwise could not have it unless you were controlling the fishing rights in that area. So rain— let me keep moving. Fourth dimension is rivers. Let's go to Ezekiel 47. Ezekiel 47. Glory to God. Uh, Ezekiel 47. Praise God. And I want to The reality is, family, you need to get so deep you can't walk around in this. If you're gonna control the fishing rights, there needs to be rivers flowing out of you that you gotta swim in, and you gotta maintain relationship with God to swim in it. Because watch this, notice we read the river couldn't be crossed in your own comfort. You need God to help you cross the rivers that he creates. So you got to maintain relationship so he's swimming with you to cross to the other side. Are y'all getting— oh my God, are y'all getting this? Can, can y'all— are So are y'all— are y'all— some people saying they lost the signal. Are y'all here? Y'all let me know if y'all can hear me and see me, because on my end it looks like I'm still good. So I see some people who have commented saying they lost my signal. Somebody just comment right now, let me know if you hear. All right, thank you, Nicole. Thank you, Nicole. Thank you, thank you. Okay, all right, so we got mist, dew, rain, rivers. Here's the next one: wells. Wells is a dimension of water. And watch this, wells is water that's pumped in from another source. Now here's a whole different dimension because this deals with connecting. This is part of apostolic strategy. See, when you're in apostolic cultures, not just people who are saying they're apostles and not just people who are saying they are apostolic— when you really are in apostolic culture, this fifth dimension called wells gives you the ability to connect with someone that needs water. Watch this. And they can begin to pump from your source. Whoa! Oh my God! And they can get water out of you. But how in the world can you pump water to others— good God— and your well is dry? Jesus, my God, how can you be a source of heavenly water that flows into other people? How you— how can you be a well that others can partake of and, and you have allowed the living Jesus to be dry in you. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Oh, have mercy. I, I mean, I'm serious. You have caused Jesus to dry up in you. That's a whole problem, people. That's— I'm running out of time. That's the whole problem. Let me just read this real quick. Let me read it real quick. Uh, John, John, let's go there. John 4, uh, verses 6 and 7. Let's read it. The Bible said, now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from his journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the 6th hour. Verse 7, the woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, Give me a drink. Now this is so important. What are you gonna do when the Lord requires you to give him a drink? Are y'all hearing this? When he requires you to open up your well and let the wells flow out of you and worship in a way where it gives him glory, it gives him honor, but also it begins to affect every person around you. My God, I'm telling you tonight that God is looking for people that'll give him a drink. Hey, glory! Listen, but you have to be a worshiper that gives him the sacrifice of worship, the sacrifice of praise. Number 6, I gotta move because I'm running out of time. I got— again, this is just introduction, the backdrop to controlling the fishing, right? Watch this. Number 6 is seas and oceans, all right? Exodus 14:16. I won't put it up, but you can read it later. Y'all put it in the comments. Exodus 14:16, uh, it says this— well, I'll put it up, I'll put it up where you see it. It says, but lift up your rod and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. Then the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. So seas and oceans are dimensions of water. They are large, massive dimensions of water. Watch this, that we should have control of. We should control the body of water itself and those things that live in the water, because God lives in us. Watch this. The authority wasn't in Moses's rod. The authority was in Moses's obedience and his faith to believe that what God said to him was true. Now wait a minute. The reality is you got to believe what God has said to you in his word. Believe on me as the scripture has said, out of your belly shall flow dimensions. So now it sees in oceans are under your authority. Watch this. You shouldn't be afraid of water. Oh God, you should— oh God, you should have no fear of water or what's in water. Because at the end of the day, we have authority. Somebody say, Michael Lyris Woods, you lost your mind. No, I'm not. No, I haven't really. I'm just trying to give you the reality. No, you really lost yours, okay? Because you bought into the fact that you should be afraid of these things when honestly you have authority over them. Now let's take it to another dimension. We have seas and oceans at our disposal. Watch this, to like Moses, when the enemy is coming up against us, to stretch out our rod, our authority. On Moses's rod, was, it was his symbol of authority. It was his signet. It was his identity in God. So many miracles was worked through that rod. Your identity in God, oh my God, gives you authority over the oceans and the seas that try to oppose your life. Oh my God, when life tries to drown you, I need you to understand you have authority over life. Oh God, you got authority over life. The oceans that try to take you under. Osha, meke tamanso. You got authority over. You got to stretch out your rod, your authority, your identity, your who you are in him. And drown that thing that's trying to come against you in the seas of glory. Hallelujah. I gotta go, I gotta go. Another message for another day. I gotta go. Glory to God. Number 7. This is the 7th dimension of water, and this is the waters above and the waters beneath. This is heavy, man. So let— I gotta put this one up. I gotta put it up. Glory to God. So then God said, Genesis 1:9-10, then God said, let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place and let dry land appear. So this is creating oceans and seas, right? Notice how God is speaking to water. The heavens, hallelujah, were speaking to the elements of the earth and gave the water instruction. I want you to see that God gave the water instruction. And somebody said, well, yeah, Apostle, he— God can do that, he God. Well, don't God live in you? Uh, okay, so I, I'm so crazy, I believe the scripture. I remember one time when I was living in Jackson, Mississippi— true story— uh, there were tornadoes and storms coming through Jackson, I was standing outside of a Verizon store getting ready to go in. I'm just riding around my day like it's normal. Weather bad. Probably should have been at home. But I mean, I'm like, okay, I got to go get my phone taken care of. I get to the store, look like the lights is out and stuff. So I get out the car and start looking around. I see a whirlwind, a real tornado just coming, tearing stuff up. I see all this rain coming right behind it. I speak to it and say, in the name of Jesus, I command you to die and dissipate and go back from whence you came now in Jesus' name. Bam! Immediately after I said it, the tornado went, it disappeared. The rain disappeared because a heavenly, oh my God, water had drowned it. Watch this. And it had to obey the God in me. Are you— you just got to know who you are and know the authority that you walk in. I'm talking about that tornado backed all the way down. I've been at home when Michael Jr. was small. He was afraid of thunder and lightning. This boy here, thunder and lightning just go ballistic. So a lot of times when it would rain and thunder, I would have to rebuke the rain, rebuke the thunder. Bam! It would stop immediately so the baby could have peace. I mean, because what else could I do but use the authority that God had granted me? See, some of you are living beneath your privilege. You don't really understand the authority that you walk in. But the waters above and the waters beneath have to obey you. Watch this, verse 10. And God called the dry land Earth. Yeah. And gathering together the waters, he called seas. And he saw that was good. Are y'all here? Glory to God. So we, we have authority over the waters above, waters beneath, the oceans, the seas. We have authority over the rain, the waters above We have authority. Okay, these are dimensions of water. Now let's get into this. I don't have a lot of time. Matter of fact, I got like 7 minutes, so I'm gonna probably end up finishing this on Sunday. So y'all make sure y'all— I hope y'all been learning something tonight. Glory to God, because, because this is good stuff. I'm trying to show you how to really walk in authority and how rivers flow out of you. But I want to bring this out really quick. There's a deeper meaning drawn for us in fish than what meets our natural eye. Hear me, all right? There's a deeper meaning for us in fish than meets the natural eye when it comes to Radah, the dominion mandate, right? So first of all, let me give you these. A fish has always symbolized prosperity and increase. Um, yeah, and I'm not talking about people just riding around with a fish on their car, fish on their tag, fish on their bracelet and all that, and not really walking out what the symbolism mean. Fish represent increase. It represents abundance, okay? The reality is it's a metaphor for a prosperous season. And I'm talking to people tonight, and I'll be talking to people on Sunday, hear me, that are getting ready to enter into a prosperous season. Lord, I felt that. So strong. The reason why the Lord is leading me to teach this is because you're about to embark upon, as we go into this new year, in the midst of all the stuff that's happening in government and this economy, you're about to embark upon a prosperous season. I need somebody to open your mouth and say that. Say, in the name of Jesus, I am about to embark on a prosperous season. I need you to believe that tonight. As we turn the corner to 2026, God is going to release a unique season of prosperity for those that will begin to navigate through The dimensions of water. Why is water important? Watch this. To prosperity and fish. Have you been listening? It's important. I'm going to scoot up a little bit because fish live in water. I'mma— fish live in water. Shebaka tabansiaya. Something you've been building all your life. I don't know about nobody else, but I received this for myself. Dreams you have been imagining and visions that God had been giving you about your personal wealth and your personal increase. Listen, you can call me what you want, say Apostle Woods preaching prosperity. Yes, I am, because you cannot establish anything without wealth. You need wealth to establish dominion, and you blind, crippled, and crazy if you think the system and the way you've been doing stuff is going to position you to take dominion and take control of the fishing rights. It's not. Oh boy, it's not. It ain't did it yet. Some of you been working for years and you still are not controlling anything. God's about to usher us into a new place, but we must begin to believe on Jesus, as scripture has said, and start walking out the dimensions of water, understand our authority. Watch this. Fish also represents a productive atmosphere. Ah! Sambon tu sakaya, lebe su tekeshi andai. A productive atmosphere. So for some of you to embrace what's about to happen in your life, you need to make sure you are consistently in a productive spiritual atmosphere where you're being taught not just to be a consumer of gifts, a consumer of good church, but you're being taught to be a producer in the realm of the world, in the dimension of the planet Earth, using your heavenly authority, your heavenly purpose to take control. But you can't do it if you're not in a productive culture, a productive atmosphere. That's what we're working hard to maintain and build Ed Rodder Church. We don't want to be a normal church. We— this is not who we are. People, when they come here, if they come looking for a normal church that blends into what they're used to, this is the wrong place, okay? You, you're not gonna ever— this is not gonna ever be where you came from, because our goal Is to produce productive people who are born out of productive culture of church and kingdom living and atmospheres. See, the key is to produce atmospheres through the word, through worship, that you can leave the building and sustain and create a climate. An atmosphere sustained creates a climate. Oh, I, I got to get out of here, man. I got to get out of here. So it's a symbol of prosperity, it's a metaphor of prosperous season for money, a productive atmosphere. Watch this. Fish are also a symbol of the anointing. It's a symbol of the anointing. Listen, because you cannot defeat the systems of Satan with physical money, you need the anointing Whoo! To destroy yokes and remove burdens in the world and change systems in the world. You're gonna need the anointing to get your money right. You're gonna need the anointing to get your children where they need to be. You're gonna need the anointing to bring healing to your house. See, some of you have bought into the atmosphere of your home and you've accepted what your home has delivered, not realizing that if you really control the fish gate and the fishing rights and operating in the anointing that you say you have, you could literally take authority over the things that's coming against you, that's creating havoc against you. Oh my God, I gotta go, man. I gotta go. Fish also symbolize generational blessings. So this thing is about to be so heavy on you, hear me, that is going to affect the generations that come behind you and I. We're going to leave an inheritance of controlling the fishing rights to our children's children, but we got to get in place. We got to get this first part: mist, dew, rain, rivers, wells, seas, and oceans, the waters above, the waters beneath. We got to have these dimensions flowing out of us. I got to get out of here tonight, man. And fourthly, and I'm done, we are designed— watch this— to be stewards of God's blessings. Watch this. And control the prosperity of the earth. I'm gonna stop right there because if I get into that I'm gonna be here another 30 minutes, so I want to let you go. But listen, if you're watching this and if you're in this state, you need to be in this building Sunday morning so you can get the rest of this. Because I'm telling you right now, we're moving into a dimension where the human— watch this— is about to be a visible manifestation of all God is in the earth, not just in church. We're, we're here to dismantle systems to control— oh my God— the blessings and the prosperity of the earth. I gotta stop because I want to get in this so bad, but I'm gonna finish this Sunday. I love y'all, and let's pray. Father, in Jesus' name, I thank you for this word tonight. I pray that it has landed on the good ground of every heart and that they will reap it in due season if they faint not. Thank you for the intelligence of the spirit. I pray, God, that your people were blessed by you and never impressed by me. I pray, God, that we will understand that we were really created for real to have control, to have authority, to have rada, to have dominion on earth. May this message encourage us, inspire us to go forward in who you have created us to be. In the mighty name of Jesus, amen and amen. All right, family, I love y'all so much. Listen, tonight I want you to get seed in the ground. I'm gonna put the ways to give up. Praise to God, praise our God and our King. And I want you to get seed in the ground tonight. Tonight. Praise God. Some of you struggled during the weekend to make sacrifices and to be obedient in certain areas. Trust God tonight. Get seed in the ground. The ways to give are on the screen. Glory to the name of God. If our Cash App— for, they're working on it, or it may be fixed— rejects your giving, um, make sure that you choose another way. Praise the name of God. Um, to give and get your seed in the ground, because definitely you need to sow tonight. You know, some of you, you can't even expect God to put you in control of nothing, um, if you're not faithful over a few things. He won't make you rule over many. Some of you won't even tithe, but you, you need to trust God in your giving. So tonight, the ways to give are scrolling at the bottom of the screen. While you're doing that, I just want to give you a few announcements. Praise God. Uh, Coming up here this Sunday, again, I need everybody to be in the house. We were so blessed this past weekend, packed out, man. So let's do the same thing Sunday. We have no guests, only me, but let's be in the house, and the main attraction is Jesus. Let's bring people in the house on Sunday morning at 10, and then we're gonna have a great time on Sunday night. Listen, let me say something about that 4-hour Christmas gala I would that every member of this church be at the gala. We're having it for you, so you need to be there. If you have not registered, you still have time to register, so please go online and get your ticket. Um, if you don't know what to do, listen, just go to rawtherchurch.com/gala and the information is there, okay? I want you to be there. It's going to be at Eagles Landing Country Club. Glory to the name of God. On Sunday night at 6 o'clock, we're gonna have a great time in the Lord, a lot of fun, great food. We're going to be tremendously blessed. Uh, Felicia and I got some great surprises for you guys, so we want everybody to be in the house, all right? We're gonna have— we're family and we're gonna have a good time. So we're gonna start Sunday morning We're gonna finish this word, it's gonna be great. We're gonna get out, 6 o'clock we'll be at Eagles Landing and we're gonna have a blast. So please, and even if you have not had an opportunity to be a part of the gift exchange, it's not too late for that neither. So please reach out to Pastor Jeffrey, send us an email if you need to, info@roddochurch.com, and say, hey, I want to come to the gala, how do I do it? Will answer you and give you what you need. Or if you have contact with Pastor Jeffrey and you have not registered, don't have a ticket, you want to come, reach out to him. I will make sure that you can be in the building. All right, I love you guys so much. I pray everybody is indeed giving and trusting God with your gift. You know, the Bible says, we sow unto you spiritual things, you should communicate your natural things. So I'm asking you to be a blessing tonight, make a sacrifice, trust God. All right, family, y'all be blessed. Heaven smile upon you indeed is our prayer. Glory to God. Y'all the best people in the world, and, uh, I'm excited that I get to serve each one of you as your leader, as your pastor that are connected to Rhoda Church. If you ain't connected, it's about time you get connected. Uh, we will be having a new members orientation. Uh, the last one Uh, for this season, uh, we'll have another one again in 2026 when the Lord tells us to. But there are several of you that want to be a part of the church. If that's you, you need to go to new members orientation, which will be this Saturday at 12 noon. So let's make sure you are in place. Uh, Pastor Jeffrey will be sending out a link if you want to join the church. Again, send the email to info@roddochurch.com, and we'll get you what you need. Amen. All right, guys, have a super night. This has been good, always fun to teach you and share with you what thus saith the Lord. Thank you so much. Oh, hi, Minister Alexander, I didn't see you on. God bless you. Thank you for joining us tonight. And Apostle Hawkins, I didn't see you come on either. God bless you. God bless you. I love you. Thank you for being on. Y'all be blessed. Heaven smile upon you is my prayer. Peace.