Destroying The Yoke of Limitation, Part 2: "Pharoah's god" | Dr. Mike Woods | 25 Jan 2025

We were made to praise. No matter who you are or what season of life you find yourself in, you have a reason to give God praise. Not because you have to or because you've been commanded to— nah, because he is worthy to be praised. We praise a God who is with us on the mountaintops, who walks with us in seasons of prosperity, and we praise a God who's with us in the valleys, who hears our cries and literally carries us in seasons of distress. Friends, let me remind you, Jesus is real. His love for you is beyond comprehension. His mercy towards you are new every morning. His ways are just and true, and he's so worthy that he said if we don't praise him, even the rocks will cry out. That is why today, no matter how you're feeling, no matter where you are or how many you're gathered with, we will give praise to the one who is worthy to be praised. We will give praise to the one whose love endures forever. Shout his name! Declare his glory! Because he is faithful today, tomorrow, and forever. Praise him because he's defeated the grave. Praise him because he rose again. Praise him because he's coming back for you and for me. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. So as long as we have breath in our lungs, we have a reason to praise.

Well, hallelujah to that. Glory to the name of God. Listen, this is the day the Lord has made. And we shall rejoice and be glad in it. So if you got a reason to praise God, I want you to just right where you are, some of you probably still in your pajamas, probably sitting on the side of your bed, but wherever you are right now, the Bible says, I will bless the Lord at all times and his praise shall continually be in my mouth. So right where you are, wherever you are, I want you just to begin to erupt in the best praise you can give God. I know it's gonna take a minute for some of y'all to catch up with that. Glory to God. Because you're not in church, but you can praise him anywhere. You can glorify him anywhere. In the bathroom, in your car, in your kitchen, in your living room, at work. Glory to God. But just open your mouth right in this moment and let's just take a few moments, glory to God, to give God praise. Listen, he's been good to you. Been better to you than you could ever be to yourself. He brought you through this week. Glory to God. Some of you went through some stuff this week you didn't think you were gonna make it through or make it out. Glory to God. But you are here. So I dare you. Lebo kushan te te manse'a. Levasia. Yes, Lord, we give you the glory. We give you the honor, God. We bless your great name. Beside you, there is no other. Come on, give him glory. Give him glory. We honor you, God. And we macrograph you, we sublimate you. We declare that you are God. Hallelujah. Listen, I'm so glad y'all are here today. We are not, glory to God, in the sanctuary, but thanks be to God, man, we are here together. There was some pronostications of bad weather. So Lady Felicia and I had a conversation and we decided that we would make sure everybody is safe. And that we would just gather and assemble here, uh, live this morning. So glad to see, uh, many of you on live. Do me a kind favor, guys. I need you to do some things for me. One, I need you to share, uh, this video. This word today that I'm about to drop in a few moments is going to be a blessing for every person that will tap into it. Secondly, I need you to hit the share button, please. We are live. This is a great opportunity for you to invite your family, family and friends to at least experience the word of God that most of us get each and every week. So please share the video, and then we need you all live long to comment below and engage with the teaching this morning. Listen, I believe there's something for you. I believe God's gonna bless you tremendously. I believe that as you leave this livestream this morning, glory to God, you're gonna be refreshed, You're going to be empowered and you're going to experience liberty and freedom in ways, glory to God, that you have not experienced it before. So please, guys, by all means, go ahead, share this, comment below. I see so many of you commenting below. Glory to God. God bless all of you. Glory to Jesus. Praise God. I see all of you on this morning. God bless you. Thank you so much. Glory to God. You know, I, I love it how everybody's on time for this live. It's so easy to get out of bed and come to church, right? I need y'all to be at church on time like this next week. Hallelujah. Glory to God. I see all y'all. That's what a blessing. Glory to God. God bless the Jaspers. God bless you, Stephanie. God bless you, TK. I see you, uh, Lamont. God bless you, man of God. And Prophetess Greta, God bless you. Nicole, God bless you, Vicki. Good morning, good morning, Minister Anderson. Good morning, glory to God, Zion. Good morning, good morning to everybody. So glad to see you. Good, good morning, Apostle Asia. Good morning, Minister Sharia. Glory to God. Again, good morning, Apostle Betty Harris. Good to see you, good to see you this morning, Apostle. You guys, please— and of course I already said good morning to my wife, but good morning again, wife. We love all of you. So glad you're here. Good morning, Teresa. Good to see you. Glory Glory to God. Let's listen. I really don't want to waste a lot of time, so let's make sure again we're commenting, we're sharing, and we're locking into this teaching this morning. Uh, it's going to really bless you. Glory to the name of God. So I want you to stay with me. I'm not going to hold you long. Again, I'm gonna jump right into the teaching so that we can go ahead and, and get this in your spirit. It. And then afterwards, you know, I want you to stay with me. I'm gonna give you a few announcements, we're gonna pray, and we're gonna get out of here. All right, glory to God. So let's jump into this, man. This morning I am going to talk on the second half of Destroying the Yoke of Limitation. Glory to God. Destroying the Yoke of Limitation. Praise the name of God. And I want to call this Pharaoh's God, all right? And I want to go really quick to, praise God, Exodus chapter number 7, and we're going to read verse number 1 here. Exodus 7:1, praise God. It should be on the bottom of the screen there. The Bible says, glory to God, Exodus 7:1, the Bible says this, it says, and the Lord said unto Moses, praise God, Hallelujah. The Lord said unto Moses— praise the name of Jesus— the Lord said unto Moses, see, I have made thee a god. Y'all see that there, lowercase god? He says, see, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh, and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. I'm gonna read that again 'cause it's just all right to read the Bible. The Bible says here again, and the Lord said unto Moses, see, I have made thee a god. If you got a physical Bible, underline god, G-O-D, small letter G, to Pharaoh, and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. So again, this, this, this morning I just want to talk for a few moments about Pharaoh's god. Glory to God. And, and this again, this is part 2 of Breaking the Spirit of Limitation. Uh, we, we talked really intently about limitation. Glory to the name of God. On Thursday night, uh, very intentional, very strategic, because One thing I want you to understand, that you cannot— hear me, family, and again, I'm not gonna be long. I just sound like it probably already, but I'm not gonna be long. Listen, you cannot really walk in dominion, and I've been telling y'all it's impossible for us to call ourselves Radah Church— hear me— and we don't actually move in dominion. In order to move in dominion, We must be taught principles, hear me, that connect to the spirit of dominion. And so what I'm doing really, these two messages Thursday and this morning, I'm setting you up for what I'm gonna teach this coming weekend at Freedom Fest, Friday night, Saturday morning, Sunday morning, Sunday night, four sessions. We're gonna unlock, hear me, The spirit and the mystery of dominion. I'm gonna give you tools that are gonna be very strategic in actually taking dominion in your life. And listen, you're gonna leave those sessions this weekend with exactly what you need, and you're gonna be able to apply those things to your life immediately after you leave. Hear me? And if you do them, you'll start seeing dominion in your life now. With that said, that cannot happen, family. Hear me, it can't happen if indeed— listen to me— if indeed we are not free. So we've already dealt with freedom extensively, and if we have limits that are being imposed in our life. So let me just go back to Thursday for a few moments when we understand of the spirit of limitations. Hear me, hear me good, ladies and gentlemen. We understand this spirit of limitation. We gotta understand that to limit anything, and I'm just reviewing, glory to God, what we taught on Thursday, uh, we understand that the nature of limitation is this: it's anything that constrains, confines, restrains or holds back a person— watch this— from being productive, progressing in life, or fulfilling purpose. I'm gonna say that again. Limitations are anything. Somebody say that with me. Say anything. So right now, while I'm talking, I want you to check your life, right? I want you to really look around your life What person? What entity? And you got to really be honest with yourself because as long as you allow limitations, you're going to lock yourself out of dominion. So you got to look at the nature. What's holding you back? What's confining you? What's restraining you? What's keeping you from flowing into that next dominion of dominion purpose? What's, what's, what's hindering your progress? Watch this. We talked on Thursday that there are, there is a such thing, glory to God, as self-imposed limitations. We talked that limitations come from generational and foundational issues. Those are things that are beyond your control, but you have, they have to be broken by the power of God. We talked about that Thursday, but secondly, Thursday night we talked about self-imposed limitations. So I want you to really think about this, this morning, What has hindered you? Hear me, from progress, from productivity, from being effective, from fulfilling purpose. Who has hindered you? Are you hearing me? Oh my God, what behavior, what thought, what mindset? Woo! You gotta let it go and you gotta break limitation. You gotta destroy this yoke. We read, glory to the name of God, the foundation of these two messages Oh boy, was, was glory to God, Isaiah 10:7. And the Bible simply says, because of the anointing, the burden is removed, limits are removed, and yokes are destroyed. So because of God's anointing, because of— and we define the anointing as God's potential, his deity. Oh my God. Emerging to your life and superimposing itself upon everything you say, everything you do. That's the anointing. That it's not so much goosebumps and pimples and shaking and, and, and it, it is that, but it's not only that. It's not only people falling out. It's not only you getting healed, or it's not only someone anointed to teach or preach or sing. The anointing is the tangible expression, watch this, of the deity, the Godness, the Father-like character of God showing up tangibly for real in your life, right? So are we really anointed when we have, if we have limitation, if we anointed at church but got limits everywhere else? Yeah, okay, really? Okay, are we really anointed? If we show up at church and we can go through all the theatrics, we can go through the motions of what looks like anointing. Watch this, the anointing of God is powerful enough to destroy every yoke. Are y'all here? Are y'all here? So I'm just revealing because I want to make sure We're not limiting ourselves because we're limiting the flow of power and anointing in our life because we got self-imposed limitations that create spiritual yokes that put us in bondage, that restrain us, that constrain us, that causes oppression. But I'm telling you this morning that God wants to destroy every yoke. Hallelujah! He wants to remove every burden. And he wants you to have no limits in no area of your life. Matter of fact, I decree and declare, glory to God, that you will have no limits in your life. Akshabako rokishkata. Matter of fact, let me go to Daniel. This is not even in my notes, but let me go to Daniel real quick. Uh, 7:25. Are y'all with me? Somebody type that in the comments. Glory to God. Daniel 7:25. If you're just joining us, don't scroll. Uh, it's cold here in Georgia, and we are virtual only this morning, so we didn't go to our place some meeting. But listen, we are here and the anointing is on this word. So if you're just joining us, don't you dare scroll. There's breakthrough for you today. Glory to God. Hallelujah, hallelujah. Uh, Daniel 7:25, the Bible says that he shall speak great words against the Most High. Listen to this. And shall wear out the saints of the Most High. Listen. And think to change times and laws, and they shall be given into his hands until a— oh my God— a time and times and the dividing of times. Oh my God, this is— listen, I need you to hear this. This is talking about Pharaoh, the spirit of Pharaoh, the spirit of kingship. That will try to come into your life. Watch this, and watch it. They are the king— the kings of darkness, princes of darkness are against God. Watch this, they are against God. And anything you see in social media and society that goes against scripture, it is a king that's trying to remove the influence of the Most High. When you see people speaking against God, speaking against the Most High, speaking against the principles of scripture, They are in a position where they are being influenced by the prince of the power of the air to dismantle the influence and the authority of truth. Hear me, hear me. Oh, God, I give you the glory. Listen and watch this. The Bible says this same spirit will wear out the saints, you and I, of the Most High God. And watch this, and try to change times and laws, which means change the season of blessing, the season of breakthrough, the season of freedom, the seasons of dominion that God wants you to walk in. These enemies will try to lead you to believe through deception, oh boy, that you cannot experience what God has in store for you. But the devil is a liar. Whoosh! Shabbat Akaiya! And he's a deceiver too. Matter of fact, say this with me. Say, in the name of Jesus— come on, say it— say, in the name of Jesus, I disapprove, nullify, dismantle, cancel, or tabakia, and forcefully oppose any— say it with me— satanic operations maneuvers, manipulations, subversions, strategies, tactics, plots, plans, ploys which are designed to limit or hinder— whoo— my destiny. I bind up every spirit, every force every demonic authority that comes to frustrate, deny, or delay, he shakatala bohoshia, Rebekah Ndiyansa, or foil God's purpose for my life. Say this with me, say, I decree and declare that my times and my seasons. Come on, say it with me. You are what you say. Come on, you decree a thing, the Bible says, and it shall be established. So say it. Say, I decree and declare that my times and seasons, hear me, are in the hands of the Lord. Glory to God. And they shall not be altered. Oh, you better speak that loud, that the plan of God shall not be altered. Adjusted by anyone or anything. Glory to God. I love Jesus. Under— oh Father, I function under the anointing of Jesus Christ, and I have divine ability to accurately discern the times and seasons of my life. Now I want you right where you are, glory to God, wherever you are, to give God praise. Hallelujah! That your season, because that's what you just confessed, will not be hindered. And the fact that you opened your mouth and disapproved, nullified, dismantled, and canceled the satanic operations that the Obamas— and I'm telling you, if you are anointed, if you are God's child, there is a satanic operation center that the enemy has set up to stop your purpose. But I'm here to tell you this morning, the devil is a liar. You're gonna win. The plans of the enemy has been nullified. The plans of the enemy have been disapproved. And I declare in the name of Jesus that we forcefully oppose everything. Ah, shabako taya. That the enemy is warring against our children, against our finances, against everything in our life that's not like God. Somebody ought to praise him now. Ha, shabako. Somebody ought to give God glory now. Leba kande de debo su tu to bakashi. Reban satatama yekosha re. Who shabako te tebande. I'm telling you, that thing that had a stronghold in your life, it cannot hinder you anymore. Otamansa. The devil doesn't want to see you walk in authority and dominion, but I declare, glory to God, you will move in the dominion power of God, and every limitation is broken this morning. Hey, sheba kande te do si. Hey, glory to God, in the mighty name of Jesus, I scatter the enemy, glory to God, and I thought, sheba to sabaka, and I declare his plans are canceled. My God, this morning. In the mighty name of Jesus. Satan, stop selling yourself short. The yoke is being destroyed right now by the anointing. I dare somebody to receive it. By the anointing of God. The yoke is being destroyed and you will not be limited another day. Hallelujah. O shabakande de osaya. In the mighty name of Jesus, the victory has already been won. Glory to God. Ha shabakoti andai. Leboso tutubakasi andaya. We give you the glory, God. We give you the honor. We bless your name. You're so good. You're so mighty. El amande kosi andaya. Watch this. Let me slow down so I can teach this, man. Because when we understand it, and hear me, I gotta go, I gotta go. Woo, 'cause I feel God. Shema, you might just go ahead and receive what God is doing in your life. Glory to God. We bless your name, Jesus. Kotamandi asaya. And now we're going to deal with this text at the end of this, but I want to give you some things. I want you to write them down real quick. All right, glory. We give you praise, God. Write these down. So here, here are, here are a few things These are obstacles that keeps you operating under the spirit of limitation, the spirit of Pharaoh. Pharaoh's— the Pharisee spirit is a spirit of limitation. Kora mandika sadaya. And the enemy doesn't want you to walk out dominion. He doesn't want you to walk out authority. So he wants to keep you limited in your mindset that you need the systems, the structures, the ways of Pharaoh to win and make it. I'm here to tell you, you don't need the systems and structures of Pharaoh to make it. All you need— hear me— is God. All you need is him. So here, here's some obstacles that keep you limited. Number 1, write it down, You don't spend enough time cultivating the presence and voice of God in your life. Lord, help us. Lord, help us. Oh boy, Lord, help us. Glory to Jesus. I'm gonna say it again. This is number 1. Uba Sikandi Asa. We give you praise. Glory to God. You don't spend enough time cultivating the presence— it's on the screen— and voice of God in your life. As long as you don't read the Bible, as you don't pray, as you don't attend worship services— hear me— you forsake the assembling of yourself together. You don't cultivate the voice and presence of God in your life, you take it for granted, you'll always be limited. If all you do is spend your time— hear me— scrolling timelines and looking at everybody else's life— hear me— and you never really cultivate the presence of God and the voice of God in your life, you're gonna stay limited. Why? The Bible teaches us in 2 Timothy 3:16. I'm not going to go there, but it says, study to show yourself approved, a workman that need not be ashamed, rightfully dividing the word of truth, right? So the Bible teaches us that studying the word, meditating on the word, releases purpose— watch this— productivity and success in our life. If you read Joshua 1:8-9— I don't have time I don't have time to take you to all these, but just write them down and study them later. But if you read Joshua 1:8, chapter 1, verses 8 and 9, the Bible said meditate on the word. Meditate. The word meditate in that text is hagi in Hebrew, and it means to chew it up, swallow it, watch this, regurgitate Chew it up some more, swallow it again. Watch this, until you become one with what you have intakes from the word of God. The Bible said, when you meditate in the word that way, you have good success. Watch this, because now the word becomes the very system and pattern that you govern your life. Oh boy, some of you was shouting real good a few moments ago, but this is the meat. Hear me. That's gonna bring to pass that prophetic release and decree we just said. You gotta cultivate the voice and the presence of God in your life. Watch this. Worship is how we cultivate the presence. You know why? 'Cause worshiping causes God to superimpose himself on us. And then when he does that, it causes us to act and live like him. Whoa, watch this. It's axiomatic that whatsoever you worship, you become like. Okay, yeah, it's axiomatic. If I'm worshiping God, I become like him and I start behaving like him. So watch this, just because we're at church singing uh-oh, doesn't necessarily mean we've tapped into proskynatos in Greek, which is worship, because proskynatos deals with a prostrate life that is dedicated to the cause of the one you have exercised humility to. So prostrate before God your whole life, and you understand your life is nothing without him. From. You understand your life is nothing. God, I feel good in my soul this morning. Boy, I wish I was at church teaching this. Good God Almighty. Listen, you, you, you gotta understand something, man. When you really worship, it becomes axiomatic. Um, axiomatic. You're gonna be like God. So if you've got secret sin, oh, and you still behaving like you were before you got saved, you cussing, you lying, you going to the club, you smoking crack, you smoking reefer, you drinking Phipps or Hennessy, cognac, Hypnotic, you still doing all that but you say you're a worshiper. It's axiomatic. Axiomatic. God doesn't drink. God don't fornicate. God don't commit adultery. God doesn't lie. Are y'all hearing this? So it's axiomatic. If I'm really tapping into worship, oh, oh, I become like him. Oh God, oh God. So you better make sure you spend time cultivating the presence and voice of God in your life. All right, number 2, write it down, write it down. You're— if you're still limited, this is an obstacle, right? You're not— here we go, number 2, I want y'all to hear this— integrating your life with your community of faith. This is big. Oh boy. Which means you cannot forsake the assembly of yourself together in the house of God. Every opportunity when God calls us together to assemble— listen, and this is sort of— it was so big to me considering we were at home today, because I want you to be clear, this doesn't replace assembly. While the word is good, while God is here with us, breakthrough is happening even as I'm teaching, man. But at the end of the day, there's something we get from each other I was in, in the meeting yesterday with someone I love really dearly, and I'm so grateful for all the potential and all the things of God that's going to happen in their life. Now watch this. I told them, I say, your presence in the house of God is just as important as the house of God is to you. Somebody said, oh, you said that? Yes, because while you get influenced influenced by the community. Your purpose also influences the community. That's why it's important for you to be there. And how does that remove limitation, Michael Woods? It removes limitation because them who are strong— feel like running, boy— should bear the infirmities— God, I love you— of the weak, man. So at the end of the day, if I'm in community, watch this, me too. If I'm in community with you, what I am not, hear me. See, leaders gotta understand, God gives us people not because they just need us, but he gives us people because in order for purpose and vision to come to pass, we also need you. Oh God, the moment the leader makes it all about him or her, that's an issue, and we're gonna be stuck. We're gonna be limited. But everybody in the community has a gift, has a purpose. Watch this, because watch this— purpose is always corporate. It's never individual. Individualistic. It's always corporate, people. Hear me, never individualistic. It's always corporate, which means you are necessary. I need you and you need me. Oh my God, watch this. Individual purpose is most effective when it's a part of the body of Christ, when it's a part of the community. But if you're out here trying to fulfill purpose in isolation, do it by yourself, you're limited because purpose cannot be fulfilled in isolation. We need each other. Are y'all getting that? So number 2, you gotta— you, you're not integrating your life in the community of faith you've been assigned to. When your purpose is— that's why you got to be in the church where you can operate in who you are. You got to be a part of a ministry where your purpose is being cultivated, where you're valued for what you bring. Are y'all hearing this? God have mercy. So, so again, you got to cultivate presence and voice. You got to cultivate your life in the community. You got to integrate in that community. All right, y'all Number 3, write it down. This, this keeps you limited. Then we're going to deal with excellence, and I'm gonna be done. I'm almost through. Write it down. You stay limited— this is an obstacle to freedom, this is an obstacle to dominion— and you stay limited when you confuse— watch this— activity with purpose. Most people— hear me, family— will do anything anything— hear me— anything that comes their way instead of being focused on their responsibilities. I'll say it again, most people will do anything that comes their way. They'll, they'll get involved with anything because it just feels good to them. But then when you try to get them to focus on their primary responsibilities that they have in front of them, they struggle. And that's what keeps you limited. It, that you'll jump ship and get involved with everything that doesn't connect with purpose. Hear me. Glory to God. Watch this. Let me say this. The color of your skin— I'm— because people make excuses about this— or your gender, whether you're male or female, or Black or white, or Asian, or Hispanic— watch this. Color your skin won't hold you back, but the color of your life will. Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, yeah, yeah. The color of your skin or your gender won't hold you back, but the color of your life will. What are you saying, Apostle? I'm saying you got to understand, we can sit around and talk about you know, what whites are doing and what, what the government is doing and, and what our society looks like. But when you come into the kingdom, if you operate in purpose, the limitations break off, and now you're aligned with God, and there's nothing that can stop you. Too many people, family, focus on living a gray life with no decisiveness of focus, no discipline, no purpose. You got to be decisive enough to focus on what you need to focus on. I'm trying to help you. This is soul food this morning. Glory to God, this is soul food. It's cold outside, but it's hot in here. Glory to God, this is soul food. I want you to receive it. Praise God. Hallelujah. So you got to get a decisiveness of focus. You got to know what not to give your attention to. You got to discipline yourself around purpose. Listen, living a balanced life, man, means keeping— whoo-wee— peace, keeping your equilibrium, keeping your mind state on him while you move toward your destiny. And you got to decide right now that you're not just going to have a lot of activity, but you're going to fulfill purpose. You got to live for something more than retirement, more than the vacation, more— y'all hearing this— more than pleasing people. What is your life, glory to God, really existing of? So don't— if— don't— don't misdiscern. Yeah. Oh, y'all was shouting good earlier, right? I'm just trying to give you some soul food, man. I'm not raising my voice now, but I'm talking to you like a father talks to his children, out of the love of my heart, because watch this, I want you to have dominion for real. I mean that. I want you to flow in who God has placed you on this planet to be. You can't do that if you're confusing activity with purpose. Just because you're doing something doesn't mean it's what you're supposed to be doing. All right, number 4. Let me move because we got to get to verse 7 and we're gonna be done. Chapter 7, verse 1. Number 4, write it down. You'll stay limited and you'll never experience dominion when who your friends are— watch this— don't align with your destiny. Watch it, because who your friends are— watch this— they determine your destiny. Who you keep in your circle, they determine your destiny. Watch this. I can always tell a person who they are. I ain't got to talk to you long. I ain't got to go to your house. But I can always tell who a person is by the company they keep. Are y'all hearing me? Glory to God. Listen, the company you keep says a lot about you. Watch it. Proverbs says, as iron sharpens iron, so a person sharpens the countenance of another friend. So again, who you are is determined by the environment you create with people around you. 1 Corinthians 15 says bad company corrupts good character. Again, you know who people are by the company they keep. 2 Timothy 2— y'all can read these later— it teaches us that, watch this, we should fellowship with those that call upon God with a pure heart. So again, you got to make sure you got the right community around you, got the right friends around you. There are a lot of people— watch this, and I'm gonna deal with this real quick— who have soul ties. Yeah, I can't wait. Listen, this is why I gotta, gotta teach this, because next week, next weekend, Freedom Fest, I'm gonna drop some stuff that's gonna break every soul tie out of your life. Uh, on Friday night we're going to deal with this very deliberately because a soul tie is not just somebody you have sex with. Soul, remember, is mind, will, and emotion. So you got— some of you got soul ties to your family. Most people in your family ain't never did nothing, ain't gonna do nothing. God called you to be the light and the example, and you still letting them lead you. Oh my God, you got to rise up out of that. That and know that God has called you to pull them out of their mindset. And so you got to get all you can get so you can go back and get them. But sometimes you're so tied to a thing and pleasing people— family members want them to be happy with you. Listen, the devil is a liar, man. You got to decide that you're going to live for the audience of one. And a lot of people don't have success because these soul ties they have with wrong people Listen, misery for real loves company, and most of your unsuccessful friends will be unhappy if you succeed. I'm gonna leave that right there, right? I'm just leaving it alone. I'm gonna leave it alone. I'm gonna say it again and leave it alone. Most of your unsuccessful friends friends would be happy if you don't succeed. They won't— they don't want you to walk in deliverance. They don't want you to walk in power. They don't want you to fulfill your dominion purpose and maximize your potential. You know why? Because they haven't. Good God. And you know what? People that secretly hate on you, secretly have conversations about you and in your face they're smiling. I said, let me, let me, let me drop some wisdom on you. You never had a hater or someone that secretly despises you or secretly wants to see you fail— watch this— that's more successful than you, or has— watch this— have a greater revelation of their potential than you do. They doing it because they want you to stay where they are. Glory to God. Number 5, let me move. You stay limited and you'll never walk in dominion when you don't have mentors and real leaders guiding you. You need mentors, you need leaders. So one of the things we are doing going forth in Rhonda Church, you know, we have the apostolic structure of the pastors we're putting in place. Those pastors, glory to God, are going to operate in leadership in their departments, uh, but we're going to also establish small group ministries where these groups will be for mentoring and nurturing and discipling in the various areas of purpose. You know why? Because just attending church on Sunday ain't enough. I know some of y'all think it is because you got so much to do, right? But at the end of the day, you got to start prioritizing mentorship, leadership, growth, the opportunity to sit under the voices. Are y'all hearing this? That you need to push you into dominion. So to succeed in life, to succeed in life, You need specific mentors, leaders in specific areas. Watch this, that specialize in your purpose, that's going to help you release your purpose. So one of the things we're going to do this, this, this, this year, we're going to have some entrepreneurial small groups. We had the Wealth Conference twice last year, but this year God told me to do that different. We didn't even put it in the calendar for this year because we're going to have wealth and entrepreneurship small groups where those that are interested in entrepreneurship, interested in creating generational wealth, which everybody should, we have small groups where you will be able to come together and actually receive the teaching you need in those small groups to help your business, to help you create generational wealth. Are y'all with me? All right, so that's number 5. Number 6, let me move because I think I'm boring y'all. I'm gonna get to the text, but I want to give you this. You stay limited and you'll never walk in dominion when— watch this— you have no vision for your life. When you have no vision, the Bible said without a vision people perish. 2 Timothy 1:6 says that you should stir up the gift. He— Paul says, I put you in remembrance of the gift I placed within you by the laying on hand. Listen, I want you to know you got a vision, you got a You have something in your life. You have an assignment that needs to be released. I'm here this morning to challenge you to stir it up. Listen, if you really wanna take dominion, you gotta get a vision for your life. You gotta know, glory to the name of God, where you fit in this world. You're not here just to exist. Again, God has put a preceding vision in you. That's something that he dreamed and saw as his optimal reality for your life before you were ever born. Ooh, can I submit to you that vision is God's optimal reality for your future? It's what he has optimized. It's what he wants to see happen and come to pass in your life. Oh my God, I gotta get outta here, y'all, man. Woo, wait, I'm almost done. My time is about gone. On, but I'm gonna get through this. We're gonna get to the verse. That's number 6. So what are you saying, Apostle? You need to invest time into developing your gifts, developing your talents. You need to develop your potential. Watch this, because the more you develop— hallelujah— the more you can be trusted to be deployed. It. So you got to spend time developing. Secondly, when you really get vision that comes from God, it's going to release focus and discipline in your life. It's gonna make sense when I get to Exodus, right? It's gonna make sense, I promise you. I'm just kind of doing it backwards. I'm giving you the points before I preach it, right? Okay, so you gotta understand is vision compels you to develop a strategy for success, to be productive, to have dominion. Are y'all with me? I gotta get out of here, man. Go Shia, I gotta go. Yes God, I feel you, I glorify you, I magnify your name. Number 7, you'll stay limited. Hear me. you'll never walk in dominion when you don't understand the process that is involved with releasing your purpose. Watch this. God cares just as much about the process as he does the product. A lot of time we see the product, we see the vision, We understand the purpose, but watch this, we abandon process, and that never was the will of God. Oh boy, listen, if things come to you too fast, you will not be mature enough to appreciate it or manage it properly. Listen, you got to understand, God declares the end right here, from the beginning right here. Everything right here in the middle is process. So God says, I'm gonna take you to this valuation in your life. Let's say this is a billion-dollar evaluation in your business. It's a billion-dollar net worth in your personal life. You have influence in your sphere of dominion, and this is where you're going. But then he says, back up and start. You see this, this is where you're going, but now you got to go through the process. You're gonna take some hits, you're gonna get opposed, enemies gonna raise their head, you're gonna get discouraged, you're gonna feel like quitting. You know why? Because if you are in anything that you didn't want to quit or never wanted to quit it, it ain't much. But the big— the vastness of it is going to be some times you want to throw in the towel. And can I tell you something? In my own life, there's some times in this journey, this process, man, I threw in the towel. But thank God for his commitment. He threw it back every time I threw it in. The reality is you got to go through the process. It qualifies you to keep the end. So you go through the process because now when you get it, you can keep it. When you get stuff too quick, you lose it. I've been there too, right? But God says, I want to, I want to qualify you to keep where I'm taking you. Oh boy. All right, let's look at this verse, man. Let's look at this verse. All right, glory to God. Let's look at this verse. Let's look at this verse. And the Lord said to Moses, first of all, let's start right there. You, if you want to really operate in dominion, authority, and power, you need a relationship with God. Remember I said you got to spend time cultivating the voice of God and the presence of God in your life. It's important, hear me, to know for real the voice of God. It's important, people. God said to Moses, "Can I submit to you?" God wants to build a relationship. Somebody said, "Oh, that was Moses. We don't have relationship like that today." Well, the Bible says God is not a respecter of person. I could personally tell you that you can cultivate relationship with the Father in this dimension. The relationship with Moses and God is not off limits to you. You know why? Why? Because the Bible says Jesus rent the veil, and now you and I can boldly, boldly—parousia in Greek is boldly—with frankness of speech go to the throne of grace to find grace to help in the time of need. So if God talked to Moses—hear me, and I know people say you're crazy saying you talk to God—well, I'm—the Bible says God said to Moses And you know, I'm just crazy enough in my life and in my ministry and my walk with God to see the word work in my life. I don't know about y'all, but this thing had to be real for me. So I had to test and prove that the things I was reading, the things I was hearing preached was correct. And I've seen them work in my life. God talks to me, okay? I spend time with him. This is the relationship I have. Doesn't make me better you. It makes me diligent, all right? And it makes me believe that I can— and listen, I'm not talking about that stuff there, oh, I think that's God, or that seemed like that might be God, it feel like it's God. No, the Lord said to Moses, he verbally spoke with his mouth. Words came out of God's mouth to Moses' ear. Not you felt it in your spirit. It. No, no, he said to Moses. I'm telling you right now, God wants you to cultivate your relationship in a way where he can literally— where you can hear his voice just like you hear mine. You are his sheep, you know his voice. That means you know how he sounds. So I'm just trying to challenge you— this is soul food, y'all was shouting good earlier— to go deeper where you can hear the voice of God. Eba sandolo bohosia. Eba babakora bakisa tataya. In your life. Ushabangian shatabaya. Ebo koshatay. I need you, God. He wants you to hear his voice. Hear me. And notice what God says to him first. He said, the Lord said to Moses, see. Somebody say see. Type it in the comments, see. Glory to God. Again, I'm not— so now, now we, we're working on another sensibility. This deals with introspective. God says now I want you— oh, see, you know how folks say, see, see what I'm saying? See, listen, see, Moses— God says, see, I want you to take a close look at yourself. Hear me? I want you to take an introspective— glory to God— and see, get a vision of who you really are. Ah, shakande didi bo siyantaya. See, so many times we have defined ourselves by others' revelation of us, and we've listened to the words they have spoken about us. But I want to tell you something. Open your eyes and see. Glory to God. You're not what they said. You're not who they've made you to be. You're not the narrative that they've created about you. I want to tell you, long before you were born, born. There was a narrative that Jesus created about you. There was a plan, there was a purpose. Watch this, Jeremiah 1:5: Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. The word knew is yada in Hebrew. So before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. I was intimate with you. I saw you. I— oh my God— I made deposits in you so that when you go to earth, you'll carry something from heaven that you're supposed to release. My God, God says, see, See, see, see, see, you're looking at what everybody else sees, and many times you're defining yourself by what you see and what you see in the mirror. Glory to God. And, uh, I told you, color— yeah, at least I told you everything I just said connects to this verse. Color, gender, oh my God, it doesn't determine who you are. How you were raised, small— are y'all hearing this? Large, Am I got a full-figured or a not full-figured? The reality is it doesn't matter any of that matters. God has a narrative that he has planned for your life. See, see, see, see, you're not designed to be broke. See, oh my God, you're not designed to live sick. See, oh my God. You're not designed to be limited or hindered. See? Ha! Shabakush katah! See! Open your eyes, people, and see! You're not designed to be a second-class citizen, to live beneath your privilege. See! Otabakande tebosiantaya. Rebekandi bidiansata babababonsutobakaya. See what has God said about you. You. They may not see that you're a prophet. They may not see that you are entrepreneur. They may not see, glory to God, that you're a multimillionaire, a billionaire. They may not see, glory to God, that you are articulate, that you are intelligent, that you are powerful, and that you are more powerful beyond your own imagination. You gotta see what God sees. Say this with me. Say, I decree and declare Oh, shabaka shonto sibiki se lebekon diban se tabaha robo sukuta baba. Say this with me, say, in the name of Jesus, say, I declare I see myself as God sees me. That's it, that's it. You gotta see yourself the way God sees you. And, and watch this, when you get a revelation of who God says you are, good God, and you see yourself the way God sees you, when you see his plan, huh, there's nothing the enemy can do to disapprove, to nullify, to stop, to restrict, to limit Watch this, because where there's no revelation, see, there's violation. See, yeah, yeah, yeah, God. When you can't get a revelation of who you really are, you violate your life. Others violate you because you don't see. Yeah, when you know who you are Yeah, very few people can violate you. Rabbi Shattuck, what do you care if some human doesn't recognize you? Here's what I want to tell you: he sees you. He knows where you are. Glory to God. And he knows where goes. See, I want somebody to catch this that's been battling with value, battling with low self-esteem, gosh, battling, glory to God, with overcoming opinions of others and word curses. I declare you'll not violate yourself another You will not allow others to violate you because you will see yourself. Hallelujah. The way God sees you. Oh my God. See, but watch what he tells him. He says, I have made you a god. See, glory to God. God says, I have made you a god. God. Small god. Wait a minute, religious folk are going to get mad. Wait a minute, that means the God of gods means that God is the God of image bearers who represent him. So we are image bearers, we're made in his image and in his likeness. See, we're made like him. We're a small version of him. We're not God, but we bear his image. And you know what God sees when he sees you? He sees himself. You need to manifest that. Consistently in your life. Whoa, you are image bearers. So when you come up against systems that reject God, that reject his will, his way, his authority, urabakashyana, you gotta see yourself the way he sees you, his perspective. He's— he, he wants to look at him when he looks at you. He's the God of gods. Because watch this, Earth was always created for us to dominate. Ah, I'm getting into next weekend, man. Y'all better make sure you're in that building every session next weekend. I'm gonna give you what you need to take dominion. I'm telling you right now, Earth was designed for us to rule. But listen, you got to know that you are God to limiting systems. He said, Moses, I made you a God to Pharaoh. I made you a God to the systems that limit you, constrain you, that stop your progress. So the thing that you thought you couldn't overcome that's stopping your progress— whether again it may not even be behavior, it may be color, it may be money, it may be oh my God connections, it may be relationships— God said nothing can stop you. Woo! You're a winner. You're gonna win, and no weapon formed against you can prosper. He says, see, I made you a god to Pharaoh. But watch this, he didn't stop. Somebody say, see. And Aaron thy brother, yeah, shall be thy prophet. Oh my God. Oh my God. So here's, here's, here's a great point. You cannot— shetela bashe dokoya— take dominion, operate— watch this— beyond limitation without the prophetic in your life. And watch this, you don't just need anybody. You need someone that's kindred, that has a kindred spirit, that has the same DNA, that flows— watch this— out of the same stream. Because guess what? You don't need everybody prophesying into your life. I posted something yesterday, last time I looked, about, you know, people like when I'm being aggressive. For whatever, apostolically aggressive for a reason. It was— but over 2,000 people had liked that, that post. But it was true. I talked about how you got these prophets out here that are really not prophetic, they're pathetic. And I talked about they're pathetic because what they'll do, they'll go through social media, look at your personal stuff, look at your name, your birthday, look at what you're going through, look at who died, and then they'll come to church, call your name, call your birthday, and you'll think it's some kind of sensational thing they've done. And reality is they just read about you on Facebook. And it's pathetic because if they really pray, God will speak to them. So you don't need people who are claiming to be prophetic, you need some real prophetic people in your life. Because that's pathetic. Listen, we prophesy in part, first thing. Second thing, prophecy should edify. If you tell me my name, my address, and my birthday, that really don't edify me because I know that already, right? So, and if you really that hearing that, next time that Powerball gets over a billion and you can figure out my name, I want you to give me those Powerball numbers because it ain't gambling if you give me the right numbers. Glory to God. But if you can see that clearly, hear me, hear me, then you need to be helping us change the economy through pulling that wealth, wicked wealth in. But that's how— that's not how God designed for us to do it. So the reality is you need a prophetic community. There's the community again that you're integrated in. You need to be around prophetic people. Glory to God. Hey, glory! I told you those 7 things I gave you, those obstacles in the beginning, they connect to this. You are my— I, I need you to grab this, family. God wants to eliminate the limitations in your life. See, you are special. See, God really wants to use you. See, there are no limits in your life. For you, for real, are a god to Pharaoh. Let's pray. Father, in Jesus' name. Afashia kalabakoshi antatabai. Afabo rabakandi dedede besiai. Glory, I thank you for this word today, God. And I declare that our troublemakers have lost. Those that come to cause limits to us, they have lost. And we overthrow now in the name of Jesus the plans of troublemakers. Glory. Shabba Bandia. Listen, I don't know I don't know why the Holy Spirit is taking me this way, but there have been entities, spiritual entities from the dark side, satanic entities that's been making trouble for you. There's been people that the enemy has been using to make trouble for you. But Father, in the name of Jesus, I overthrow the plans of troublemakers, woo, cynics, scoffers, mockers, liars, deceivers, persecutors, and character assassins in the name of Jesus. God, we decree and declare that Satan and all his representatives will be exposed in our life. And God, we thank you that even as I'm praying, you're granting us now, hallelujah, the tactics and the divine strategies to identify, to resist, and to overcome the plots my God, and plans that have been established for our demise. We employ the host of heaven in the namansaya to war against the host of darkness and everything, dear God, namasu tubukusha, that comes to limit us and keep us out of dominion. We take command, we bring to a halt, and we place a moratorium, God, on all further demonic movement, and we declare no Satanic activity that emanates from the underworld or regions of darkness can stop our dominion, can stop our authority. We declare it now in the mighty name of Jesus, and we thank you that nothing from death, nothing from hell, nothing from the pit, nothing from the grave— no warring spirit in the heavenlies that come against us, can stop our dominion. We declare now in Jesus' name that we win. Ha! Shabba, lobokushi anta tabaya. We win in the mighty name of Jesus. Somebody ought to stop and take a moment to give God praise. Come on, shabakushka tabaya. Take a moment to give God glory, because I'm telling you, even as we have taught this word, the Bible said you shall know the truth, and the truth will make you free. Shabakande debo siyantaya. The victory has already been won. Hallelujah. The victory has already been won. You shall operate in authority. You shall operate in dominion, and nothing will stop you all the days of your life. Somebody, am I— somebody ought to give God, oh, glory to God. Praise Hallelujah! Come on, the worshipers are worshiping. I need you to lift him up. Thank you for freedom. Thank you for freedom. Matter of fact, I need you to throw some of them hands in the comments this morning. Just throw them up. Glory to the name of God. We give you praise. We bless you, Lord. We bless you, Lord. Abakia. Come on, bless his name. We give you the glory, we give you the glory. Edomo mondion shaya, ikunde ansata yaman diosiaya. We give you praise, God, we give you praise. Hallelujah. We bless you, Lord, you're good. Ekendi lianda sandian si. We bless your name, we bless your name. Ebo, bo, bo, bo, si, andadi, andadi, sutukus katatai. We bless your name. We bless your name, God. You're so good. You're so good. Oh, glory. We glory, glory, glory, glory, glory, glory. We bless your great name, God. You're good. You're kind. You're wonderful. You're mighty. Hallelujah. Listen, perhaps you're here this morning. Stay with us. Glory to God. Don't scroll, please. Perhaps you're here and you've been watching this live. We've been streaming over 4 different platforms this morning, actually 4 different, uh, outlets, uh, 3 Facebook pages, uh, glory to God, and YouTube. However you've watched us this morning, maybe you're here and you're still here, and something about this word has triggered something in your life to fulfill purpose, to operate in dominion, to, to actually remove the limitations. If that's you and you say said, I, I need to know Jesus. I want to repent of my sins. Listen, the only way to exercise dominion on Earth is to align yourself with God. You need Jesus in your life. So perhaps you're watching me right now and you're not born again. Listen, I want you to pray this simple prayer with me. The Bible says if you confess with your mouth, believe with your heart that Jesus died and rose again, you you shall be saved. It's just that simple. Say this with me. Say, Heavenly Father, I repent of my sin. Say, Lord, forgive me. I believe you died and rose again. Say, come in my heart, live in me, take control of my life. Say, fill with the Holy Ghost, in Jesus' name. Amen. Listen, if you said that, you are saved. Listen, if you did pray that prayer with me and you got born again, your very next step is you need a community that you can integrate yourself in. If you're in Atlanta, Rhoda Church is a great place, glory to God, to find community. Community. If you're anywhere in the world, find you a Bible teaching, Spirit-filled house where you could integrate your purpose into that place. Glory to the name of God. If you want to talk further with us, email us at info— somebody put this in the comments— at rhodachurch.com. That's info@rhodachurch.com. If you email us there and let us know you prayed with me today, We're going to send you some information to help you further your walk with God and some next steps so we can make sure that you're now being discipled on this journey, uh, with Jesus Christ. We love you guys, man. This has been so good this morning. Listen, glory to the name of God, it's time to give. Glory to God. We're going to give, so I don't want anybody to leave. I'm going to put the ways to give up on our screen. Glory to God. And, uh, I want you to please be obedient this morning. Glory to the name of God. It's more blessed to give than it is to receive. Amen. Amen. It is. Glory to God. There are 5 ways you can sow seed in this church. They are scrolling at the bottom of the screen. Listen, this is what I heard the Lord say to me: I need every tithe first of all, that is a tither. That means the first fruit of all your increase. You owe God 10%. Glory to the name of God. So I want you to give God what belongs to him. Matter of fact, the tithe belongs to him. The Bible said the tenth is holy unto God, so it's not even yours. You have to divorce yourself from the tenth, right? So get your tithe in today, up and above your type. I want every person— somebody say everybody— every person under the sound of my voice that can make this sacrifice. This is not something you have or can afford, but you may not have it or you may not be able to afford it, but at the end of the day, it's a sacrifice. That's, that's what a sacrifice is. It means you sacrifice this. You had it planned for something else, but you sacrifice it. This is what I heard I heard when I started teaching, I heard the number 51, and I'm going to significantly say to you to obey God. Get— if you can make that sacrifice today, get a seed of $51 in the ground today. The ways to give are scrolling across the bottom of the screen. You need to get the seed in the ground. So Father, I thank you now for every gift and every giver. I think I've done what you asked me to do. I've taught the word. I'm challenging them to give. God, nothing leaves heaven until something leaves earth. God, I'm doing what you prompted me to do, and I'm asking you to lay it upon the heart of every person to be obedient in their sowing. Glory to the name of God. Some may do more than 51, but at least the 51, and I give you praise and for the obedient soul. And I thank you that you take no pleasure in them that will draw back. But God, I give you praise now that the liberal soul will be made fat. And we thank you that we won't lack a thing, neither will we have a care, because we're obedient to you in our giving. In Jesus' name, amen. Hallelujah. Thank you so much. Again, the ways to give are scrolling on the bottom of the screen. Praise the name of God. I want to take a moment to talk to you about this coming weekend. Glory to the name of God. We are preparing ourselves for Freedom Fest. It is going to happen. Glory to the name of God. Uh, let me just put it up really quick so you can see it. Praise God. Freedom Fest happens January 30th through February 1st at Rhoda Church. And now listen, Listen, again, we're gonna unlock the mystery of dominion. Many people don't teach it, they don't talk about it, or they hit at it, but we're gonna spend 4 sessions Friday night, Saturday morning at 10, leaders get up early, glory to the name of God. So get up, be in the house at 10. We're gonna unpack some things Sunday morning at 10 and then close out Sunday night at 6. 4 services, they're gonna be powerful. You're gonna get information you need to actually leave that building and take dominion. So you want to be in the house, amen. So I want you to RSVP your seat. Uh, you could text FREEDOM to 470-777-8279, and even if you don't get it back immediately, you should get a form that you will get via text where you can RSVP your seat. But go ahead, get that done, make plans now. To be in the house this weekend. Let's pack it out. Let's bring people. Jesus will be there. We don't have any special guest speakers. I'm speaking, but guess who gonna be there? Jesus. Glory to God. So let's come meet the King because he has something to say to us. He has something he's empowered us to do. So that's Freedom Fest, uh, Friday, January 30th through Sunday night, February 1st. And then on February 1st, glory to God, that night we're starting 7 days of fasting and consecration. Listen, you want to make sure you participate in this. It's going to be phenomenal. Uh, no food from midnight to 6, just water only daily. Then when we come off the fast, uh, there'll be information that'll go out via text. You can go to our website page, just click on the link and it'll give you all the details of the fast. But I'm gonna just tell you briefly, uh, no food, uh, from midnight to 6, then once you come off, the only food you can eat is fruit and vegetables, still water, uh, no sugar. We're taking all the sugar, all the desserts out of our diet, all the starches, nothing white. All of the starches have to go. Um, we're also dismissing, glory to the name of God, fake meat. So if you eat like Impossible Meat and all that stuff, no, we, we're going on a fast that we're setting aside things that we love. All right, and even in terms— and I want you to be the judge of it— even in terms of things you know you like to watch on TV, you know, shift the entire atmosphere during these 7 days and watch what God does in your life. Amen. All right, well, my time is gone, y'all. I love y'all. Uh, y'all are such good Uh, I'm going to make sure Pastor Jeffrey— for those of you that are connected to Rhoda Church, there's a very special meeting. It's only going to take me about 30 minutes, uh, 30 to 45 minutes, but I need you to set aside some time on Tuesday night. Okay, I don't know what happened, but it's all good. Anyway, set aside some time on Tuesday night, leaders, members of Rother Church. I just want to meet with the church church very briefly about some things that I think is very important about this year. It's going to be a brief business meeting. We're going to talk about calendar, we're going to talk about some of the things that are happening and some expectations that you should have of the church and that we have of you. And it's going to be good. So Tuesday night you'll get a Zoom link. Once you get that, uh, please make sure you're in place Tuesday night, 8 o'clock long. Like I said, 30 minutes, 30 to 45 minutes, we'll be done. I love y'all. Y'all be blessed, man. Heaven smile upon you is my prayer. You know, there are good things coming to those that love him, and so keep loving on him, keep serving him. Glory to God. Keep living for him. You know, your best— you ain't, you ain't seen your best days yet. Y'all be blessed. I'll talk to you soon. Peace.