Radah Church Live - Thursday Night Prayer and Word

Praise the Lord! Hallelujah! Glory to God! Thank you, Jesus! Oh, hallelujah! We give you praise tonight, God. We thank you for your goodness, your mercy, your grace. We want to welcome everyone that's coming in and watching us live tonight. Please do me a favor— glory to God— and share this video with your family, with your friends. I want to welcome you into our Thursday night encounter. Praise the Lord! And listen, I want to take an opportunity at the top of this live stream tonight to pray for you. I just felt really in my spirit today, and when I came into the church this afternoon, that there's a lot of people that's struggling with depression, a lot of people going through a heaviness because of this time of year. And you know, this year, to be really honest, has been really hard for everybody, because there have been things that we all have had to live through that just have not been the norm. But I want you to be very clear tonight that God has your back. Hallelujah. And I want to tell you something. The Bible says no weapon formed against you can prosper. Hallelujah. No weapon formed against your family, against your body, against your finances, against your children. I'm telling you right now, it cannot work. And so, Father, tonight, in the name of Jesus, I come before you, God, and I thank you for your goodness, your mercy, your grace, your kindness, your favor. I thank you for every person under the sound of my voice, every person hearing this prayer. And Father, I decree and declare today, Father, that we win and no weapon formed against us can prosper. I thank you, God, that we're overcomers by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony. Father, there are people listening to me tonight that I'm praying with and I'm touching and agreeing with, and I appreciate you guys that DM me your prayer requests. We're trusting God that he's going to meet you at the point of every need. And tonight I decree and declare that the enemy is defeated. Ha! Glory to the name of God. He has no authority, he has no power, he has no ability, and we strip him of influence. The influence he's had in your transactions, in your finances, in your family, the influence he's had. Glory to God! With your children, with your friends, in your relationships, in your marriages, we strip the devil tonight of his influence, and we decree and declare that we are victorious in the name of Jesus. We take authority over every demonic force and diabolical scheme of the enemy. Father, you said in your word in Ezekiel 21:26 that you would overturn, overturn, overturn it, and what we see now will be no more. Father, I declare that this is the season of overturning. As a matter of fact, as we prayed that scripture tonight We decree and declare prophetically that poverty is being overturned. We decree and declare that sickness and disease is being overturned. We decree and declare that wickedness in high places is being overturned. Sickness and pain in the joints, pain in the body is being overturned. Briska, Reba, so Ruko, Torah, overturned it. God, you even said in that same text you will remove the diadem and take off the crown, and you will give it to the right of the ones that it belongs to. So Father, as you overturn tonight, I thank you that there's a shift of authority. There's a shift, God, of resources that's coming into the hands to those that need them, where they belong, those that will advance the kingdom and do what you called them to do. Father, we give you the glory. Ishatabai, reba basai, for the overturning. Overturned, overturned, overturned, overturned. You said you would overturn it, God. So we believe you tonight. Overturn COVID-19. Eba uskatanaban si Rebeke ubri ke labasan datapaye. Overturn it, God, in the name of Jesus. Somebody listening, just begin to pray in your heavenly language right now. Something is breaking. He's overturning it. He's overturning it. He's overturning depression. He's overturning addiction. Oh, in the name of Jesus, everything not like him, he's overturning it tonight in the name of Jesus. Oh Father, I give you praise, I give you praise that you're overturning COVID-19 and it shall be no more, just like your scripture said, it shall be no more. We're not waiting on a vaccine. We trust you, God. Overturn it. Overturn it. Itababasi. We rebuke death. Overturn death and murder. Overturn systematic racism in our nation. Overturn it. And I decree and declare it shall be no more. Overturn divorce, overturn separation, overturn tension in marriage, overturn anger and frustration. God, overturn tonight the works of the flesh. Somebody can't seem to get their flesh under subjection. I decree and declare tonight in the name of Jesus, overturn it, God. Overturn it, overturn it. It shall be be no more. Overturn delays. Overturn delays. Things that are held up, things that should be on the way, things that should be here by now. God, overturn it. Whoosh. In the name of Jesus. And it shall be no more. Oh, turn the works of the flesh, God, those carnal things, under the basura bakhi, that we do that don't please you. Overturn those thoughts that don't please you. Overturn those desires that do not please you. Overturn it. Please, God. And you said it shall be no more. Somebody ought to tap in tonight for that thing you've been trusting God for. The enemy has had it blocked, he's had it delayed, but God said tonight he's overturning it. That fight you've had in your body, that fight you've had in your mind, God said, I'm overturning it. Somebody listening tonight is battling with cancer. Overturn cancer in the name of Jesus, and it shall be no more. Hallelujah, hallelujah. God, let your love superimpose itself upon us tonight. Father, love on us. Hallelujah. Love on us. Let us feel your love from the crown of our head to the sole of our feet. Love on us, God. With your agape love. Oh God, let us feel your love. Oh God. And Father, I pray for your leaders everywhere, God. God, I decree and declare that those who you call to be authentic and genuine, that they will not sell out for popularity. They will not sell out the anointing you've given them for money or platforms or positions, God. But God, I thank you in the name of Jesus. That you will call your men and women of God and leaders in business everywhere to continue to move in truth and kingdom integrity. And I declare we will not sell our souls for anything wrong. We will not sell our birthright, God, for a shortcut. To get ahead quickly. God, we give you praise now that we'll stay focused. Our eyes will be fixed upon you like a flint, God, and we will continue to pour ourselves out like a drink offering, God, saying whatever you need from us, use us, God. Here we are, use us. We don't just want to look good, we want to be good. We don't just want to sound good, We want to be good. We don't want to just look right. We want to be right, God, and totally aligned with you. Horabasai ikunda re sumeke motorababakaye mansaye. Etalalalala. Oh God. Make us more like you, Lord. Let us be the vessels that you can work through. Let us be vessels of honor and not of shame. We thank you, Lord. Maké avó robunse neke surubendia ebriko rababan de kosorabande surakis. God, let the love of God shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost. Let us love one another. Let us love our neighbor as ourself, God. Let us be our brother's keeper. We thank you, Lord. We say thank you, Jesus, for supernatural provision. Thank you, Lord, for causing us to walk in super abundance. Thank you that our needs are met. And we have the desires of our heart. We don't lack a thing, neither do we have a care. It is in you, Father, that we live, that we move and have our being. We, we serve Jehovah Nissi. Oh God, we stand under a bloodstained banner. You are our victory, God. Hallelujah. We're tested in you by pressure and stress, God, and we give you glory that we have won the victory because of your blood. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. We worship you tonight, God. We give you all the glory. We give you all the honor and praise. Now, Lord, as we prepare our hearts to teach your word, and as your people prepare their hearts to receive your word, I pray, Lord, tonight in the name of Jesus, one, that you would allow me to express the light the illumination and the intelligence of the Holy Spirit. Do something man cannot do. Saturate the walls of this place. Charge the atmosphere and let your Shekinah glory be revealed. Let your word go out to those that are listening tonight. And let transformation take place. God, bind my heart and my mind to your will, and may I only speak what you would have me to say. And we give you glory, and we give you honor, and we give you all the praise in Jesus' name. Amen. And thank the Lord. Listen, right where you are, I want you to lift your hands and just begin to worship him. He's a mighty God, he's an everlasting God, and beside him there is no other. Come on, worship the King, worship the King. Give him glory, give him honor. He's worthy to be exalted, he's worthy to be praised. Hallelujah! I dare you, rejoice before the results. Hallelujah! I dare you, rejoice before the results. I'm telling you right now, it's already done. The door is already open. The way is already made. Rejoice before the results. Hallelujah! We thank you, God, that the results are already here. So we praise you because your credit is perfect with us, and we praise you for what you're going to do. We thank you for what's on the way. Hallelujah. Matter of fact, tonight I just took a look at heaven's shipping department. Hallelujah. And I saw packages with your name on it stamped sent. And it's on the way to you. Glory to God! And I dare you, praise him right now for what's coming. Glory to God! It is coming, it is coming. Hallelujah! It is coming, it is coming. Glory to God! And worship him. I dare you, type it on the screen right now. It is coming, it is coming, it is coming. It is coming. Hallelujah! Glory be to God. Thank you, Jesus. Hallelujah! Well, I'm gonna get into this word tonight. There is a word from the Lord. Hallelujah! And we're gonna share, praise the Lord, what thus saith the Lord tonight. I'm so glad you are here. I'm glad you joined us. Praise God. And I promise you, if you stay with us, you're going to be blessed by this word tonight. Glory to God! I'm super excited as always to teach the word of the Lord. And, um, glory to God, it's, uh, really so important that we right now, especially those of you watching us at home that you move all your distractions, uh, you don't scroll, and you focus in on what I'm about to share. In particular, if you are a leader— and I believe every person has an innate leader built in on the inside of them, glory to God— even if you're just a leader for your family, you are a leader, glory to God. Matter of fact, the spirit of leadership which is the Holy Ghost, is on the inside of every one of us. Hallelujah. So I want you to pay attention tonight. Glory to God. And I want to talk just a few moments. Glory to God. Uh, yeah, I want to talk about preventing spiritual abortions. Okay, um, I'm still talking about apostolic industry. This is very connected to the apostolic anointing, and I think it's so important that when we begin to understand the government and the authority that apostles carry, that one of the jobs of the apostle, one of the ministries of the, of the apostle in this office and apostolic people is to ensure that no person that's carrying something that they're supposed to give birth to ends up aborting it. And I want to tell you something, everybody listening to me tonight, you are pregnant with something and God is there. But the problem has been in so many generations that people have been carrying things that God has placed on the inside of them, and they never got to the point where they actually gave birth. They aborted it. They died without ever manifesting the authentic thing that they were supposed to bring forth. In the earth. And I'm telling you right now that that purpose is alive in you. One of my mentors who's gone to be with the Lord, uh, Dr. Miles Monroe, he used to always say this. And whenever he would teach about purpose, and in his book The Pursuit of Purpose, he talks about how where purpose— watch this— is not known, abuse is inevitable. Now watch this. Abuse towards ab and use, which is abnormal use. So when you don't know your purpose, your why, or you don't know what you're carrying and what you're supposed to manifest, you will abuse your life and you will actually begin to operate in a place. Because here's what I believe: purpose cannot be fulfilled in isolation, which means purpose can't be fulfilled without help. You need people, you need a team, you need a culture, you need a community of people to help you carry and bring forth what you're trying to bring forth. But if you're trying to bring it forth— listen to me— and you're trying to do it alone, you're going to have a hard time every time. So let's talk a little bit about this. Glory to God. I, I wanted, um, let's go to Jeremiah 1, and, um, I want to look at verses 1, 2, and 3 real quick, and we'll start right there. Let's go Jeremiah 1, verses 1, 2, and 3. Hallelujah. Y'all stay with me tonight. This is, this is not going to be long. I just sound like it, but I'm not going to really be long. Jeremiah 1, verses 1, 2, and 3. Watch this. The Bible said the words of Jeremiah. Now, Jeremiah's name, just so we get clear, Jeremiah in Hebrew, this word means— his name in Hebrew means whom Jehovah has appointed. Jeremiah's name means whom Jehovah has appointed. So let me say this right here in alignment with what we're reading tonight prophetically. Jehovah God, Yahweh, the Father of all, has appointed every human being in his plan to a particular purpose and a particular assignment. It. Matter of fact, touch yourself tonight and say, I am appointed by God. Now, if you're watching this live, type that on the screen because I want you to declare that and put that in the atmosphere. I am appointed by God. And see, when you, when you realize that, there's nothing that can happen in life to sideswipe to get you off track from the appointment. Now watch this. Appointed, two words, a-pointed, which means God already pointed in a direction, a point. He already established a destination where you're supposed to end up. So when he makes an appointment, which is a pre-arranged meeting, he— you can't have an appointment without arranging it in advance. I went to the doctor, check on my back. I was having this pain in my back, and you know, I just felt I needed to go to just get them to look at it. So I went to a chiropractor, but in order to get in, very busy office, I had to make an appointment in advance, prearranged. And before I left, I made another appointment where they can adjust my back again to come back in 2 weeks. Well, that point has already been settled. I have that time in place. Can I tell you something? There's a point that God is already settling the heavens for you to move in what he's called you to move in and bring forth what he wants you to bring forth. And I'm telling you right now, I believe that we're in an amazing season where God wants his creation, he wants his people to bring forth— glory to God— what they have been carrying. Some of you are overdue. You just walking around here pregnant and you've been pregnant for years. Just think about that. If a pregnant lady who's supposed to give birth in 9 months carries a baby 3 years, that's going to be a mess. She's going to be hard to deal with. She's going to be frustrated. But the key here is, is that the baby is delayed. Some of you have a delay that you're carrying around in your belly, but tonight, in the name of Jesus, I decree you are appointed for an appointed time. I declare that that time is now, and it's time for you to get out of the waiting room and get into the delivery room and give birth to what you have been carrying. Glory to God. Hallelujah. So let me read, let me At the words of Jeremiah, the son— watch this— of Hilkiah. I want to break these names down. Watch this, because first of all, the appointed one of Jehovah is the son of Hilkiah. And so the father's name— watch this— Hilkiah, his name means Jehovah is my portion. Watch this. So this means now you need connectivity with father types who are connected to God. So that's why, again, the apostolic anointing is important, which is a fathering anointing or a matriarchal anointing if a woman is walking in this office. Now you got to understand, there's a difference in the father and the mother. The Bible says we have many teachers but not many fathers. It didn't say mothers. Got a lot of mothers out there, but we need fathers. Uh, the word in Greek, father, is paja de godos, which means a one that has oversight and one that gives provision as come— that comes from God. So the father's anointing is upon Leaders who are willing to sacrifice themselves to get what they need and pour into those who are appointed by God to bring forth something. So it's important to have a father type that's connected to God. I, I don't want a father that's connected to himself. I, I need a father that talks to God. I need a father that can hear from heaven for Are you hearing me? I need a father— glory to the name of God— that can discern what's in my belly and pray for me to bring it forth. And watch this, give me the tools, the education, the information, the revelation needed to bring it to life. So watch this, okay? So Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, Jerusalem. Verse number 2: To whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the 13th year of his reign. It also came in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the end of the 11th year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the 5th month. Now somebody said, Mike Woods, why are you reading that? I want to share. I'm going to tell you right now. In this text, these 3 verses, God has established a pattern on how people— watch this— are formed. He shares with us that they're formed first in his mind. Okay, then on Earth. So when you're sent to this Earth appointed by God and Jehovah is your portion, you come to this planet as a delivery system. Oh my God, here we go. Thank you, Holy Ghost. Touch yourself and say, I'm God's delivery system in the Earth. So watch this, that means That your purpose was formed before your person. Oh my God, the purpose is formed before the person. So God decides what you're gonna do before he forms you. Wait a minute, if you drop down 2 verses to verse 5 in Jeremiah 1, he says, before I form you you. Uh-oh. In the mother's belly, I knew you. Yadah in Hebrew is the word new, which means I had intimate desires for you. I knew what you were gonna do. I planned your life. So watch this, we need to have intimacy enough with the Father where we can know what he knew in the before. So when we spend time with the Father, he will tell us what he knew. Says a lot of people searching for reasons, searching for purpose, but the purpose was created before the person. So if I talk to the Creator who knew me and I get to know what he knew I can now be in direct alignment with what he wants manifested. Listen, the enemy of purpose and destiny, what he seeks to do is destroy appointed ones, chosen ones. He wants to stop us before we get started. He wants to frustrate us. And many of you listening to me tonight, there are things that you have called to do. There are dreams in your heart, there are visions in your mind. Some of you have dreams of multi-million dollar businesses. Some of you have dreams to have a family and be married and to grow spiritually and to build a ministry, or whatever the dream may be. And you're feeling right now stagnant, you're feeling stuck. Well, I got news for you, that's a trick of the enemy. Because here's what I know: if God formed the purpose— watch this— he also formed the provision to bring the purpose to pass. If he, if he formed the purpose, don't you think he's intelligent and wise enough to also form the provision? To make sure you can accomplish what you were appointed to accomplish. Lord, help us today. So the enemy, according to this text, he wants to destroy the appointed ones, and he wants to stop us before we birth out what's in us through spiritual abortion. And that's what I want to talk about tonight— preventing. How do we prevent spiritual abortion? Think about this for a moment. A mother with a child says, hey, I'm having a baby, all right? And then we ask the question many times when they get farther along enough, is it a boy or is it a girl? Now Before birth, the mother is with child. She's carrying the child. She's with child. But when the baby is born, she says, this is my son, or this is my daughter. See, she actually doesn't recognize the humanism of what she's carrying in most cases. Until they see the physical manifestation. But can I, can I really tell you something? Even the— on the days when the woman doesn't feel like she's pregnant in the first trimester, what she is carrying is still alive. What she is carrying is still a living chromosome that has purpose on the inside of it now. Now watch this. You may not be clear on what you're having spiritually. You may not know what you're supposed to be birthing, but I want to tell you something. Glory to the name of God. Listen, it's important, it's necessary, and glory to God, it's time for it to come forth. You may have been ignoring it for years, but you got to get in tune so you don't abort this baby. So let's talk about this. Go to Psalm 127:3. All right, glory to God. See, our natural son or daughter can't fulfill their purpose inside the womb. They got to get outside the womb to fulfill it, to do what they're brought to earth to deliver in the earth. Again, you're God's delivery system in the earth. Let's read Psalm 127. I gotta go. And 3, the Bible says, lo, watch this, Children are inheritance of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward. So this is why we got to stop spiritual abortions, because one, text says, look, Children are a heritage to the Lord. Now let me submit this to you. He's not necessarily just talking about physical children here, but your spiritual purpose, your dream, your vision is like a child. And you got to decide, my God, that you want to see what that dream looks like. You know, the greatest expectation of a mother is to carry the baby full term so she can see what the baby looks like, so she can hold the baby in her arms. And watch this, a good mother wants to have the opportunity to nurture that baby, raise that baby, and watch that child become everything it could possibly be. It ought to be the same way with your purpose, because what you're carrying in the spirit is an inheritance to the Lord. It's something he looks forward to. Watch this, then he says, the fruit of the womb— I love this, watch this— the fruit of the womb is God's reward. So whenever you fulfill your purpose you're bringing a reward to God. Most of us is always seeking for God to reward us with something, but God is saying, if you fulfill your purpose and give birth to what I sent you to this earth to deliver, you're bringing me a reward. In other words, you bring God a prize. It's worship, it's praise, it's glory that goes to him because you brought forth What you were supposed to bring. Oh man, that's good. So I would behoove you to not allow yourself to abort what you care. These abortions, they ravage the nations. Listen, no spiritual house can survive with the continual abortion of children. Watch this. The kingdom of God, the church as we know it, its survival is put into question when we continue to abort spiritual vision, spiritual purpose, spiritual dream. Watch this. Even spiritual children children that want to be saved but won't get saved because they look from the outside into the house. And when they look into the house, they see a stranger. They see something that doesn't look like God. They don't see something that would draw them to him, so they don't come in. So guess what happens? We abort spiritual children that need to be saved because our character and the way we act, and we don't display the love of God, we don't have unity among ourselves. So there are people who need to be— most people don't even believe what they preach. They're preaching because it's a job. Most pastors, they applying for their job every week. Every week they show up, they're trying to make sure they keep their job. So some deacon will not fire them. But at the end of the day, what we need to do is do what God tells us to do. That's why I will never pastor a deacon-possessed church. I rather pastor a demon-possessed church, because guess what? I can cast them demons out, but them deacons, they ain't going nowhere. They're gonna throw you out, glory to God, before you throw them out. Because at the end of the day, the pastor who is in a deacon elder-led body, he had— he's under control of someone that may or may not be hearing from God. And don't get me wrong, I'm not talking— I'm not saying we don't need accountability as leaders, but at the end of the day We need to have the liberty, the autonomy to hear from the Father. Glory to God. So let me move on. So how do we prevent spiritual abortion? Here's the first way tonight. I'll give you a few ways. The first way: we must saturate our ministries and our lives with prophetic presence. The prophetic is a powerful way to prevent spiritual abortions, because when there's a prophetic culture that you're around, you're around people now that have the ability to see beyond what they see. They can see when you're carrying a They can see, glory to God, when you're going through. They can see when you're about to give up and quit, and they can open their ears and hear from God and prophesy to you about why you should quit. This is why it's so important to be in a prophetic culture. I said it last week that in an apostolic culture, the Bible says in Corinthians Glory to the name of God that he's sending the church. First apostles, secondarily prophets. So in every church there should be some prophets. There should be someone with their ear to God's mouth who can hear from God and minister what God is saying so we don't have abortions. Watch this, we need prophets that are able to look deep inside of people and see what they're carrying and reveal that to them so they'll start working on the right thing. Part of the problem where people just kind of do what they want to do, they have no spiritual guidance that comes from the prophetic realm. But when you have spiritual guidance that comes from the prophetic realm— hear me, hear me good, glory to God— when you have this guidance You now have to make a choice on whether you're going to obey and do what's right or not. Glory to God! Now you're responsible. So, but we need prophetic— we got to saturate our ministries, our churches, our businesses, our houses with prophetic anointing. The prophetic anointing is is necessary to prevent spiritual abortions, mainly because it has the power to reveal the future. The prophetic can look into 2021. The prophetic can look in— the real prophetic can look in 2028 if necessary. The prophetic has no limits on how far it can see As long as it's seen within the will of God. Now, even though we may see far, we still see in part, because the Bible said we prophesy in part. But at the end of the day, prophetic clarity every time will stop spiritual abortions. Hallelujah! Are y'all hearing me? Glory to God! So I want you to understand something, that the driving force behind moving into, or the passion behind moving into what God really said— watch this— is a real word from the Lord. You get a real word from the Lord, it's gonna spark something inside of you and make you want to go after that thing. Listen, religion never empowers you toward the future. Religion keeps you searching for answers. But real anointing— and watch this— religion causes more spiritual abortions than anything because religion never sees into the future to empower those connected to it. But the prophetic anointing looks into the future, looks into the light, becomes the driving force of kingdom work, of kingdom purpose, and it pushes us into the delivery room to bring forth the things that God wants us to bring forth. Now watch this, I want to put this text in context. Go to Psalm 127 again and let's put it in context. We read verse 3, let's read verse 1. All right, the scripture says Except the Lord— hear me— build the house. Good God Almighty. They labor in vain that build it. So now we're talking about— so here's another way to prevent spiritual abortions. You gotta plug into divine strategies. Except the Lord build. Except the Lord build. Orchan in Hebrew, this word is where we get words like architecture. Except the Lord designed the house. Except the Lord strategized the plans on how this thing is supposed to come forth. So if we're going to prevent spiritual abortion, not only do we need the prophetic anointing, but we need the builder's anointing. And watch this, here we go again. The builder's anointing flows through the apostle. I said those out of order for a reason, because I want you to understand that apostles build, prophets prophesy, and then apostles have the anointing to build to govern and bring to pass what the prophet prophesied. A real apostle should be able to take the plans that come forth prophetically and, glory to the name of God, bring to pass that prophetic word and give you strategies that come from heaven on how you bring it from point A to point B, from concept Watch this, you gotta take the appointment, what you're carrying, from conception to manifestation. The way that happens, the— watch this— the prophet prophesies and places a spermatic word in your spirit. You get pregnant with what he already knew. You get excited, it becomes a driving force to give birth. And here comes the apostle with the strategy that the Lord designed. He said, this is the strategy on how we gonna bring to pass what you're carrying. Except the Lord build it. Hallelujah. So the apostle has that contact with God. My God, man, I feel the anointing here, where he can give you the strategy you need to bring that thing forth. He can tell you where the money is. He can tell you who to connect to. He can tell you what the building is. He can tell you the structure, the strat— how to put it all together, because his anointing is just that. But when you're flowing without prophetic spermatic seed and without a building plan that comes from God manifested through the apostle, or apostolic community, you're going to struggle to bring it forth. So you got to lean on the resources that God has placed in the body. That's what I'm talking about— apostolic industry. Oh my God, glory to God. Listen, because abortion— let me tell you what abortion is. Abortion is the intentional interruption of the birthing process. I've heard of unwanted pregnancies, but I've never heard of an unwanted abortion. Anybody that gets an abortion, they do it because they decide to, they want to. If you abort what's in you after you recognize it's there, it will never be because you had to, you would do it by choice because you will ignore the Lord's instructions on how to build it. Again, you can't abort what's in you. You got to bring it forth full term. Watch this. Except the Lord build the house, they labor that labor in vain that build. So we need divine strategies. He said, except the Lord keep the city The watchman waketh but in vain. So here we go. This statement, in my opinion, is one of the most profound statements when it comes down to apostolic family, apostolic community. Watch this. Apostolic succession, which means succession not in the terms of episcopal succession. I'm not talking about that right now. I'm talking about where the apostle, the prophets, the fivefold ministry work together in the community to make sure that the hegemony, the authority of the culture, can be assessed by everybody in the culture. So everybody in the apostolic culture should have the ability to benefit from the authority, the gubernatorial plenipotentiary status of the apostolic community, so that they can get done what they're in the earth to get done. So here's the third way to prevent spiritual abortion. He said, them that watch, watch in vain except the Lord is keeping the city. So watch this, here's how you prevent it. You gotta pray and literally ask God to protect what you're carrying. Watch this, you need to say, God, I can't handle this myself. Protect what you put in me. Guard this gift that's in me, watch over it so I don't mess it up. Because God's not going to get involved unless you invite him. But many times, watch this, people have even become clear about who they are, what they're carrying, they got clarity on the plans, then they start watching over it themselves. They start trying to maintain it and manage it themselves, but that's not how that works. Watch this. When a mother is carrying a child in her womb, she's watching over that baby. She's watching what she eats, she's watching where she goes, she's watching her, her moods, because everything affects the baby. Watch this. If a woman drank before she got pregnant, she shouldn't drink after she gets pregnant. I mean, that's damaging them. She's not watching over the baby. Whatever she partakes of, the baby, through the unbiblical cord, partakes of as well. Lord, help us. You're carrying something, but you got to say, God, protect it. I dare you, put your hand on your belly tonight and say, Lord, protect what I'm carrying. Come on, tell him, Lord, protect what I'm carrying. Protect what I'm carrying. Come on, I dare you, type it on the screen tonight, those of you watching live. Protect what I am carrying. Listen, you're carrying something great. You're carrying an awesome dream. You're carrying an amazing anointing. You're carrying a supernatural move of God that only you could produce. You're carrying something unique something authentic, something that will be God's reward, something that will bring glory to his name. You're carrying something that will leave legacy to your family. Oh my God, you're carrying something— glory to the name of God— that the world needs, and they can't get it except you give it to them. Touch your belly and say, Lord, protect it. I gotta bring it forth. Say the world needs it. Say, Lord, you're depending on me and I will bring it forth in Jesus' name. In Jesus' name. Good God Almighty. Whoa, Shia! Thank you, God. So I'm now closing. I'm gonna close my iPad because I can teach this all night. I need you to understand, ladies and gentlemen, one, you got to prevent spiritual abortions through the prophetic anointing. I'm challenging you tonight, if you're in a place, if you're connected to any type ministry that doesn't carry a prophetic anointing— I'm not— and I didn't say pathetic, I said prophetic, which means that that pertains to prophets, which means there ought to be a prophetic culture in place that constantly speaks dramatically to your spirit and impregnates you with the desires of heaven. This is the only way we stop it. We gotta have the prophetic anointing. And then two, you gotta be connected to apostolic authority. Except the Lord build the house. The apostles bring to pass what the prophets speak. Their gubernatorial, plenipotentiary, stratospheric connection to God gives them access to the plans that you need to bring to pass what you carry. And listen, You don't need to be in anything that doesn't acknowledge apostles. I'm not just saying that because I am an apostle, because trust me, if I had it my way, I wouldn't be one. Oh, if it was my choice, I'm just— I would really probably be a brother in the church playing an instrument or something, maybe worship leader. Maybe I wish God would anoint me to sing. Why just usher people in But this right here, I won't be just trying to do this. I'm telling you right now, again, and I'm not the only authentic apostle. I know many, and there are many in the earth. You need to be connected to apostles for real that carry a metron to measure, to manage, and help you master what's in you. You need somebody to discern what's in you, help develop what's in you, and then deploy what's in you. You got to be connected there. That's why many of you sitting up in a lot of these churches frustrated. Some of you leaders sitting up in these churches getting fat off word. And because you, you were designed— watch this— to be in an apostolic community because you're a leader, because of what you care. He gave some apostles Ephesians 4:11, some apostles, which means everybody cannot be pastored by an apostle, and everybody should not be pastored just by a regular pastor. Some of you listening to me tonight, you got stuff in you that requires the leadership of an apostle to pull that out. And push you to the dimension that you were created to go to. See, you can't get there and you're stuck. Watch it, some of you sitting under somebody that's a so-called apostle. They ain't really an apostle, they just call themselves that. They, they are— they have what I call a self-appointed spirit. They self-appointed themselves to the office, and it's doing you no good because they just got a title and no power, no ability to bring forth what the prophetic anointing has placed on the inside of you. Yeah, that's how you're gonna prevent it. And then you need to have time with God. You need to spend some prime time every day with God. Asking him to guard what you carry. That's how you prevent spiritual abortion. We gotta prevent them. We, we can't— we don't— we can't afford anymore. Time is short. We got people we got to reach. We got things we got to do. And God needs every person, every human, to deliver what he systematically placed in you to bring forth in the earth. I'm done. I'm stopping. I'm, I'm gonna be in this series for the rest of this month. Glory to the name of God. I'll finish this. I'm gonna teach some more on this Sunday, but let's pray. I want to pray Glory to God. I want to pray for those of you watching. Glory to God. I want to pray for those in the room. Everybody under the sound of my voice, I want to pray that— and I want you to put your hand on your belly as I pray. Glory to God. I want to pray that God would safeguard and protect what he sent you to this disappointed with. And I decree and declare now, Father, in the name of Jesus, that your appointment— what you are carrying— will not be aborted. I declare tonight, in the name of Jesus, that God watches over what you carry. He guards it. He protects it as his own. But he is the father. Yes, you are pregnant, and God's the daddy. You are God's delivery system in the earth, and there's something in this season you must bring forth. The time is now, and I decree and declare that your purpose is protected. I decree and declare that your dream is not dead, it's alive. Your vision lives in spite of your circumstance, in spite of what it looks like right now. I decree and declare that your vision lives. Your vision is still alive and you will see it. You have good days and bad days in every pregnancy, but that's no reason to abort the baby. You got to press through. You got to go full term. And God says now it's time. Matter of fact, I hear you, God. Many of you listening to me, your water just broke while I'm talking. Your water broke while I'm speaking, while I'm praying, and you gotta move from that waiting room into the delivery room and give birth to your blessing. Some of you cannot give birth because you're holding on to something God's trying to remove, and God says you gotta give him what he wants. You can no longer hold on to someone that God's trying to take. You can no longer hold on, hallelujah, to a habit, an addiction that God wants to take. How can you be strong enough to keep bearing the pain but too weak to make the break? God says, if you got the strength to keep taking the abuse, to keep falling down, to keep feeling the guilt, to keep being verbally, physically abused, to keep mentally abusing yourself, why aren't you strong enough to break away? And God said, many of you listening to me tonight, you need to break away. Because God said, on the other side of the break, I got a beautiful relationship for you. I got a beautiful marriage for you. Now stop holding on to the past. On the other side of the break, I got a beautiful testimony. I got a beautiful ministry. I got a great business. I've got great and mighty things prepared for you. On the other side of the break, but you must make the break so you can give birth. It's easier to give birth to a new baby than it is to raise the dead. Hallelujah! Stop trying to raise the dead. It's over. God said move forward, move into your future, but get those things which are behind, reach to those things which are ahead, and press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God which is in Christ Jesus. It's time to give birth. It's time to bring it forth. Are you ready? Yes, you are. I know you're tired of crying. I know you're tired of the delays. You're tired of going round and round in circles. It's your time to come forth, says the Lord. Thank you, Jesus. Father, we bless you for your word tonight. Thank you for speaking to us. Thank you for helping us, God. We can do nothing except you help us. We praise you, we worship you, and we glory Glorify your great name. Bless your people, Lord. In Jesus' name, amen. Thank you all for joining us tonight. Glory to God. We're gonna give. If you're watching us online, there are two ways you can give to Rhoda Church. Before we go, I want you to sow a seed into the anointing that was on this word tonight. Glory to God. Sow a seed into your future, your prophetic future. Sow a seed that the plans to bring forth what's in you will manifest and come forth to you so you can bring forth what you're carrying. Listen, two ways to give. One, you can go to rhonachurch.com/donate and you can plant your seed there. Or two, you can simply go to Cash App if you have that app on your phone or your device and go to Raw Dawg Church and give your offering on tonight. Either way, we're certainly appreciative of who you are and what you're doing. Thank you all for all over the country that support this ministry. We appreciate you. Thank you. It's a blessing. Glory to God. Let's pray. We're going to go home and we're going to stop tonight, but I'm, I'm grateful. Praise God that you you joined us and that you were able to come in and be with us tonight. Let's pray. Father, in Jesus' name, bless every gift, every giver. Give it back to them 1,000 times more than they gave it. I thank you, God, that as they plant seed in good ground, they will reap a harvest in due season if they faint not. We give you praise for it now. Thank you for what's to come. Thank you for what you're going to do even in this place this weekend, on Sunday. We look forward to a mighty move of God. Send people into this place, God, to be healed, to be delivered, to learn the things they need to know pertaining to the kingdom. And Father, we'll praise you for that, and we'll glorify your great name. In Jesus' mighty name, we thank you, Lord. Amen. And thank God. Listen, God bless your hearts. I love you all. Y'all join us again on Sunday. If you're in the Atlanta area, make sure you come and see us. We love you. Peace.