The Dominion Way of Life- C | DR. Mike Woods, Sr. | 4 February 2026

In this live teaching Dr. Mike Woods Sr. presents the second segment of his “Dominion Way of Life” series, focusing on the biblical image of the serpent on the rock. He explains that the serpent’s ownership of the rock illustrates the need for believers to own their fear, influence, and purpose before they can occupy the dominion God has assigned them. Throughout the hour‑long sermon he repeatedly urges listeners to choose “domination” over “departure” when faced with hunger, opposition, or spiritual attack, stressing that domination is a matter of faith, not merely willpower. He outlines a series of practical keys: ownership precedes occupancy; opposition is inevitable and must be faced; faith is the key that unlocks the promised purpose; a renewed mind (Romans 12:2) is the essential foundation for exercising dominion; perfect theology—accepting God’s word without doubt—is the mindset that sustains authority. Dr. Woods weaves numerous biblical examples (Eagle, Serpent, Moses’ burning bush, Red Sea, Daniel’s furnace, Jericho, etc.) to illustrate how supernatural encounters produce a renewed mind and thereby unlock dominion. He also shares personal ministry moments—such as a building‑purchase decision guided by the Holy Spirit—to demonstrate how a “heaven‑to‑earth” perspective prevents premature, earth‑driven actions. The teaching is interspersed with frequent calls to share, like, and comment on the video, an explanation of how the platform algorithm rewards engagement, and a description of the ongoing fast (water only, 5 am‑6 pm prayer) that frames the spiritual atmosphere. Finally, he declares that believers have authority over all creation—animals, elements, fears (spiders, water, etc.)—and that a renewed mind makes one aware of being the “house of God,” enabling the flow of the “oil of dominion” and the manifestation of God’s kingdom on earth.
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Well, praise the Lord, everybody! This is day the Lord has made and we rejoice. Glory to God, and we're glad in it, man. This is day number 3 of our fasts. Uh, we're super happy about what God is already doing, and I'm happy for you, those of you that are joining us in fasting. Uh, bless your heart, we thank you. We, we are intentionally, uh, making sure this is not just some religious act of hunger, right? We're praying at 5:00 AM daily. Uh, we're tapping into this teaching at 12 noon, and I've adopted a mantra for our time together This is our time to eat, so let's eat, man. Glory. Some— matter of fact, somebody just type that in the comments, let's eat. Uh, you may not be able to have that burger or that sub sandwich, those fries. And I know somebody said, boss, you just keep reminding us about food every time we get on here. But the reality is I want you to conquer it, man. I want you to dominate and, and not depart. Just teaching this, this is a great opportunity to put in practice the word that you have been hearing. Are y'all with me? Glory to God. So I want you to dominate, not depart. Remember I told you, in any situation where you're challenged, you got two choices. You can either dominate the situation or depart from it. I want you to choose domination. Dominate that hunger. When you feel the need to eat, man, dominate it. Go in deeper in prayer. Watch what God will do. Glory to the name of God. And I believe several of you, you know, you, you've been challenged, but the reality is push through. You, you can do this. Praise the name of God. Hallelujah, hallelujah. So let's eat, man. I'm ready to get in this word. It's going to be good today. I believe, man, that, uh, what we're going to share and disseminate is going to be so profound. Watch this, uh, today, uh, because it takes a metaphor of something that, again, we always deem, uh, evil And God shows us how he could take that which is evil and turn it into good. And, um, so let's, let's jump in it, man. Let's, uh, pray, and then we're gonna jump right into this. Matter of fact, if you're joining us, have you shared? Glory to God. We're gonna get started in a moment, but have you shared this experience yet? So I want you to go ahead, uh, and share. Glory to the name of God. Because as the words on the screen say, sharing is godly. Glory to the name of God. After you share, I want you to please like the video. Please do me a favor and like the video. I tried to explain it this morning, listen, and it don't matter how much I said, some of y'all still ain't gonna share it, but it's okay. But the reality is, those of you that really are being blessed— the Bible said we are blessed to be a blessing, so share it, right? Like the video. My explanation this morning was this: the science behind the algorithm, it will show the village. One, one, let me tell you what the algorithm does. High quality videos they will put in the timeline. We make a habit of making sure that our videos are high quality, number one. Secondly, people who are engaging through sharing and commenting they also tend to show the videos, uh, to your audience more. So the times when you'll see we have 1,000 people on, 1,200 people on, 2,000 people on, is because somewhere in the algorithm they've seen where you've been engaged. So I want to thank you for that, but it's just helping us get the message out to more people. So please, guys, do that today. And yeah, let's eat, man. Glory to God, it's time to eat. We're going to receive what thus saith the Lord, and I believe we're going to get breakthrough, uh, through this teaching on today. So let's just read our foundation scripture of this part of the mystery of dominion, and then we're going to jump into this, man, because I just believe something good is going to happen. Praise God. Hallelujah. It's something good is going to happen, and we are going to see some transformation today. I don't know about you, but I've been blessed by these teachings. Praise God. So Proverbs 30, uh, verses 18 and 19. Praise the name of God. Um, thank the Lord. We give God praise. Hallelujah. We thank him for his goodness. We thank him for his mercy. We thank him for his grace. Praise God. He's a good God. Glory to God. He's a good God. So here we go, Proverbs 30:18-19. I'm reading from the Amplified. The Bible said there are three things Uh, which are too wonderful for me. This is Solomon writing. He said, yes, for I do not understand the way of the eagle in the air, the way of the serpent upon a rock, which is what we're going to address in detail today, and the way of a ship in the midst of a sea— in the— of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid. Okay, so we started this, and we, we kind of broke down the eagle in the air in summary. We broke down the serpent on the rock, the way of the ship, and the way the man was made in summary in the first message. And then, then yesterday I got in detail about the eagle, and now we're going to look at this serpent man upon the rock. Glory to God. And please, family, do me a favor, make sure again you have shared this. Thank you so very much. And comment below. Let, let— make sure you know, let people know you are here. We're streaming currently on Facebook, over all of our Facebook pages, YouTube, and Instagram. So however are you watching us right now, I'm asking you kindly to please share. Glory to God. All right, so let's dive into this because this is the second way of dominion life, right? And you, you got to— with the serpent on the rock. So with the eagle, it was about riding life, right? Riding life, soaring through life. Glory to God. Uh, with the serpent, he talks to us about possessing life, right? This— because the serpent owns the rock. There's no way— watch this— if you saw that serpent on the rock, you would pick it up. It— when that serpent gets on the rock, it's his rock, okay? For, for most, it's his rock. Even um, some of the predators in his food chain, um, if, if, if they see him in a position where they think he couldn't strike them, they won't even attack him because he owns that rock. That's his rock. Well, what am I saying to you? We're talking about dominion, right? The mystery of dominion. The reality is you got to own your fear of influence. And let me start off here, and you, if again, I need you guys to take notes, man, because Once again, you retain 68%, 64 to 68% of what you hear taught when you take notes. You only retain about 34% when you do not take notes. So if I were you, I would have my pen and paper out and taking notes, or taking notes on your device, however you do it. But the reality is, so that if you can go back and study it and hear it over and over again in your spirit, so that you can actually do what is being taught. So, so here we go. The serpent owns the rock. You gotta own life. You gotta own your dominion purpose. You got to take ownership of it. So first off, in order to take ownership— watch this— you don't actually take ownership when you get it. Write this down: ownership precedes occupancy. Oh boy. So you got— thank you, Holy Spirit— you gotta own it in the dimension of faith before you actually occupy it. So once God gives you clarity about your dominion purpose, about who you are in the kingdom— oh my God, matter of fact, somebody type that in the comments: ownership, glory to God, precedes occupancy. I want you to write that down because the reality is— and I want people coming in to see that in the comments— God will give you a dream that's bigger than your bank account, that's bigger than your capacity at the time, that's bigger than your intellectual aptitude. And he'll tell you, I want you to do this. This is your dominion idea. This is my— he'll say, this is my dominion idea for your life. I want you to own it. And he wants you to own it in the vision and the dream dimension before you occupy it. Watch this, you cannot own it without faith. It takes faith to get the keys to unlock— oh my God, here we go— this dimension. So, and watch this, your dominion purpose is a supernatural purpose. It's not something that's intended for you to ascertain or obtain alone. You need God to do it, okay? So once he shows it to you, just go on and take ownership with it, no matter how big it is, no matter how intimidating it may feel to your natural circumstances. But ownership precedes— my God, today, thank you, wife, I love you, girl— occupancy. Ownership precedes occupancy. So you gotta own it before you occupy it, right? Now watch this. Before occupancy— write this down— there's always opposition. Okay, so once you own it and the enemy gets whiff that you have owned your dominion purpose, here we go. He's going to make attempts to oppose you. Now watch this, let's go back to the eagle for a moment. When you operate as an eagle who owns your dominion purpose, even though the opposition comes, you shouldn't be distracted by the opposition because as an eagle, we learned yesterday that God will deal with your Egyptians and raise you up above your storm and bring you to him. So he don't want you to waste time doing warfare against an opposer that he's going to handle. He wants you focused. Here we go. At all times. My God, today. God, I love you, Jesus. Glory to God. I need you to hear this, man. Glory to God. Oh my God, today you don't have to waste your time doing warfare your way. Do warfare God's way. Warfare God's way is resting in his word, resting in the fact that because you have owned the dominion purpose that belongs to God and you're co-laboring with him to bring it forth in the earth— watch this— He gonna take care of the opposition, but there will be opposition. My challenge to you this morning— oh my God— is not— this afternoon— is not to give in when you are opposed. Are y'all with me? Glory to God. So there could be no occupancy without opposition. Write that in the comments: no occupancy without opposition. But after— hallelujah— you conquer the opposition, you move into ownership. You tangibly move into what God has for you. But you can't move in, you cannot occupy, you cannot unlock your dominion place without faith. All right, so you got to unlock this thing. Faith, it becomes the key to unlock ownership. It gives you access to the purpose. So you gotta operate in this dimension of faith that unlocks supernatural manifestations of dominion. So to unlock something, it just literally means to give access to by undoing a lock that was intended to keep you out. Okay, so the lock is there. It's there, man. And this is why many believers never get in, because they don't have the keys. Now I'm reminded of what Jesus told— here we go— Peter. He said, I give you— are y'all with me today? The keys. I'm trying to find y'all this afternoon. The keys of the kingdom. Glory to God. He said, I'm giving you the keys to the kingdom. Now I'm giving you the keys to the Basilia, the king's domain. Your dominion purpose, his area of dominion assignment in the kingdom that he has given to you. He's given us keys. Now here's the problem in the body of Christ. Many times we don't tap into our unique, authentic dominion purpose because we're too busy trying to use somebody else's key. To get inside of what they have got inside of. But can I commit to you this afternoon, there's a kingdom purpose that's unique to you. You don't have to sound like the next person, you don't have to act like the next person, you don't have to try to be someone else. You can be you and use the key God— because see, listen, we got the keys to unlock dominion, they are available to us, right? But the problem is all the keys ain't on the key ring. We're trying to duplicate and mimic and imitate things that God did not call us to do. But you got to find out which key you need to be operating in, which door you need to be opening, so you could take dominion in the kingdom in that space. My God, my God, my God, I need y'all to hear me. I need y'all to hear me. So The reality here is we're gonna get through this, glory to God. Uh, the supernatural becomes, uh, vital in this process because again, your dominion purpose is a supernatural purpose. It's not something you plan. Uh, Proverbs 19:21 says this, it says, many other plans in a man's heart, nevertheless the purpose of the Lord stands forever. That's the verse in the New International Version. So the reality is what God is planning in dominion purpose That's what stands. That's what defeats the enemy. That's what gives you authority over the enemy. Are y'all with me this afternoon? Glory to God. I'm trying to find y'all. I'm trying to find you. Glory to God. Uh, the reality is, family, you gotta authentically be you. Now let's look at some, just some examples. We're not going to go to these, but I'm gonna just share them with you because I want to just kind of show you this is possible. Because God has no respect of person. So if God did it for these individuals I'm about to share with you, he can do it for you. So I want to show you how faith and the supernatural goes hand in hand to unlock a dominion purpose. So first of all, in Genesis 1, we see the creation of the world. God stepped out in nothing. Right, and created something. But he did that by faith. That's faith, man. He stepped out in the middle of the universe where it was just him and said, I want heaven and earth, and he began to create it with his mouth. Very important, right? So the reality is he unlocked his creativity and brought into fruition what he wanted to happen. Now You got to be very clear that you are a creator because God lives in you by way of Holy Spirit, by way of Holy Ghost. Glory to God, he's in there. So the Creator is there. So your job daily should be to speak into existence and create like God create— oh God, like God creates. Say that one, say I'm a creator. Because the Holy Ghost lives in me. I want you to believe that, man. You are a creator because the Holy Ghost lives in you. Amen. All right, so that's Chris World. I'm not gonna— I'm not gonna tarry there. Secondly, in Exodus 14, we see the parting of the Red Sea. That was Moses's faith released a supernatural miracle. Exodus 3, the burning bush. Watch this, that was faith for an encounter with God. Uh, Moses is— oh Jesus, he's on the backside of the wilderness where it is super hot, so hot and dry that all the other bushes are catching on fire. Watch the significance here. Those other bushes are burning up. When they catch on fire, they're consumed. This one bush catches on fire fire doesn't burn it up. Why? Number one, it takes time for fire to consume something. God is eternal, so he suspended the rules of time, got in the bush as a fiery presence. Glory to God! And the bush couldn't burn up. This got Moses's attention. See, watch this. In eternal encounters— got a little tongue twist there, two E words. Eternal encounters. Watch this, family. Whoa! They'll always get your attention. And that's why we fast. That's why we turn our plate down. That's why we pray. That's why we worship, so God can give— oh my God— instruction through supernatural encounters. He gave Moses a dominion assignment. Oh, in that encounter. So again, the encounter— I was on this hard yesterday and this morning— is not just to have good church. Oh my God, oh my God, it's not, glory to God, just to fall on the floor. And again, I'm not against none of that. I love it, man. I'm a church guy. I've been in church all my life. I've been seeing miracles most of my life. I've been operating the supernatural inside of the church most of my life. But the reality is it should culminate again with encounters in the world, encounters with God that lead to dominion in the world. I'll say it again, uh, it— our, our worship experience, what we go through in worship, should culminate with an encounter with God, and then that encounter should translate into influence and dominion in the world. There ought to be some instruction that comes through all that falling out. You— more people got to keep falling out because they don't get no instruction really for real when they fall out. Okay, so, okay, I'm just trying to give you some context and some purpose behind this, right? Okay, not against it, you know. I thank God when people get slain in the spirit. I just want you to get what you need to get while you're down there. All right, okay, all right, let's move, let's move. Hi, Vanessa, good to see you. We're praying much for you. And Body, I want you to keep Vanessa in your prayers. Glory to God, uh, she's a trooper, and we're believing God to just cover her and keep her in peace. She lost her daughter, and we, we just believe God. Hallelujah for peace in her family and all those around her. So we're praying for you, Vanessa. We love you, and you know we're here for you. Glory to the name of God, to serve in any way we need to. Uh, matter of fact, we've been working on some stuff for you today, so we, we appreciate God for who he is to you and what he's doing in your life. Glory to God. Hallelujah. We give God praise. Thank you, Lord. We give God praise. Uh, all right, now, so let's move. Let's move. So the burning bush— I stayed on that way too long. Leviticus 9— Leviticus 9:23 and 24— there was fire from the Lord that consumed the burnt offering. Again, unlocking a supernatural thing. Numbers 22, uh, The prophet Balaam's donkey speaks. That's supernatural, right? All right, glory to God. Joshua 6, the walls of Jericho fall down. Judges 2, the angel of the Lord appears to Israel. 1 Samuel 5, uh, the overturning of the god Dagon. So let me just stop right here prophetically to declare to you that if you're going to take dominion, Dagon must fall. Dagon must come down. Glory to the name of God. Hallelujah. And I say to you even today that God wants to overturn the systems of Dagon. Dagon represents a past and— oh my God— inadated, antiquated system that no longer can work in your present. And there were people who were still operating idolatry toward this god Dagon. Glory to the name of God. And depending on his systems magic and sorcery and comfort to work. But I'm telling you, if you're going to take dominion, Dagon has to be overturned, and you got to trust totally— oh my God— in God and in his way of doing and being right. Glory to the name of God. All right, so let me move because I won't stay too long in this because I got a lot to cover and I got a short time to do it. Glory to God. So we look— so I just want to stop there and give you that. Watch this. 1 Samuel 5— I'm sorry, Job 38:42-6. God speaks to Job from a whirlwind. So again, here's— supernatural encounters are so important to occupying dominion. That's why your prayer life and your relationship with God has to get tight. You cannot be lazy and expect to achieve dominion. Now, you can't be a lazy Christian You got to become a very diligent, deliberate, on-purpose, strategic kingdom citizen. I'll say again: deliberate, strategic, on-purpose kingdom citizen. You cannot be lazy. You got to put in the work. The Bible said if a man don't work, he should not eat. So if you want to eat the fruit— here we go— that dominion brings, You got to put in the work in the spirit, because again, a lot of times we have taught these things and we have not taught people that the work is necessary. I know by faith we're saved, and watch this, if, if you don't put in the work to have heaven on earth and have the Dominion Purpose superimpose itself on you, all you gonna be is saved. You're gonna be saved on earth and when you die, you're gonna go to heaven. But if you want to see heaven on earth and operate in your dominion space— and watch this— and oh my, you gotta put in the work. Glory to God. Hallelujah. Somebody said faith without works is dead. It's the truth anyhow. Glory to God. You gotta put in work, man, because at the end of the day, glory to God, You can— oh, shi— my God, here we go. The encounter with God carries the instruction and the blueprint you need— hear me— to take dominion for real. Oh God, I got to get through this, man. Let me keep going, let me keep going. Oh God. In Isaiah and Ezekiel 1, Isaiah and Ezekiel both have visions of God's glory. Specifically as in Isaiah. Glory to the name of God. When he has his vision, he has it in the year that King Uzziah died, which is another system. Uzziah was a king that had a system in place where he gave the people whatever they wanted. He was a good king, but they loved him so much they could not see God. Watch this, including the prophet. The prophet couldn't see God's glory because he was encumbered with the king. Oh, he couldn't unlock his dominion space as a prophet until Uzziah died. Here we go. In the year King Uzziah died, Isaiah said, I saw the Lord high and lifted up, his train fill the temple. The Uzziahs in your life— let me prophesy to you again— must die. Some of you can't receive that as a prophecy because I didn't speak in tongues first. Listen, it's still prophecy. Glory to God. The reality is the Azaias, the systems of comfort and being spoiled and being entitled. Those systems must die, and you must depend on God to be your source. I'm working on you this afternoon, man. Glory. Let's eat, man. Let's eat so that we could take dominion, so we could see the glory of God for real. Let's stop saying we've been in the glory, man, and we're not conquering, we're not influential, we're not taking dominion. All right. Glory to God. Daniel 3, we see where the 3 Hebrew men— because they weren't boys, the Bible never said they were boys, they were men, they were grown men, because even after 13 in Jewish custom you're considered a man. Glory to the name of God. So, and they were older than 13, these were men who had got— so let's stop calling them 3 Hebrew boys, they were grown men. But we see in Daniel 3 they were delivered from the fire because, watch this, there was King inside of the fire, the Son of Man with them. And there's that same principle of the burning bush. The fire cannot consume them. You wonder why I didn't burn them up? Because the eternal God got inside of the fire. It takes time to burn something up, so it couldn't burn them up because eternity is not measured by time. So they couldn't burn up. Hallelujah! So because time had been suspended, as it was known Can I submit to somebody? If you open your life up to God, put in the work, spend the time with him so you could take your dominion place and own like the serpent on the rock, okay? On your rock, on your purpose. I'm telling you right now, God will speed up time for you no matter how old you are, no matter how young you are. He'll take you where you are and accelerate the process and cause you to operate at the speed of story. Man, I got to get out of here. Let me keep going. Glory to God. Let me keep going. Ah, Shabbat. Ah, somebody just type in the comments, let's eat. Glory to God, we're eating this morning. Glory to Jesus. Wait a minute, Daniel 1:17, another supernatural thing. God prepares a fish to swallow Jonah. The miracle, the supernatural essence in that text is not family that Jonah stayed in the belly of the whale 3 days. Can I submit to you, there's some food you eat, some beef and possibly some pork, that you may put on your stomach, it can actually stay in your system for 3+ days, right? A whale can swallow you today and you can live inside of him for 3 days. Science has proven that. That's not a miracle. The miracle here Well, I mess with a lot of these religious theories today. I love it. Thank you, Holy Spirit. I love, I love making religious demons mad. Hallelujah. Glory to God. Because we don't— yeah, because we take that story and it's all about him. It's not about that. The miracle here is, is that God prepared the fish. The miracle here is, is that God gave the fish, you know, in his dominion way instructions to arrest the prophet. So wait a minute, that's an example of the dominion we're supposed to be operating in because God is in us, right? It tells us, one, that if we're out of line, God can arrest us and he can use any resource that he created to do it, right? Secondly, Adam and us receive— and Eve received dominion over the fish of the sea, the fowl of the air, the— oh God, here we go— and every creeping thing that moves upon the earth. So if God can speak to a whale, we should be able to speak to sharks and whales and dogs. Some of y'all see a little bit old dog this little and y'all go to jumping and scared. If he just take dominion over that dog, glory to God. Uh, I walked out of my house yesterday and my neighbor And I've talked about this on several occasions. I'm with my wife, I'm like, I'm, I'm so close and going over because one time she pulled up and his dogs were out and they were in front of my door. I'm like, he got one more time, I'm gonna go over here and knock on this door, right? So y'all pray for me. Glory to the name of God. Because at the end of the day, that's out of order. I mean, you got these big old huge dogs, man, German Shepherds and all this stuff, and you, you got them and they are not nice dogs. So I walked out, they were outside yesterday. You know, I did— I kept walking to my car, said, in the name of Jesus, you stay where you are. Glory to God. Because at the end of the day, I have authority over animals. You should have authority over birds and animals. Glory to the name of God. I can get to a lot of story, but that ain't what we talking about today. Glory to God about that. But I'm just saying, it's, it's how much dominion we really have, man. It ain't even just alone in your purpose and in your fear of influence. You got dominion over everything that was listed. Some of y'all don't want to go on the cruise. We going to Dominion at Sea because you, you scared of the water and the ship. Come on, man, you got dominion and you got to take authority over everything that oppose you and not Depart. I gotta go, man. Somebody say, I don't know about the dogs. Somebody says spiders. Listen, let me tell y'all something. You got to take dominion over this stuff. You own it, man. You, you are in charge. Glory to God. For real, you're in charge. For real. Praise God. Let's keep going, let's keep going, because I'm almost where I need to be. In Luke 2, the angels appear to the shepherds and speak to them about the birth of Jesus. Remember, the birth of Jesus is on this wise: they tell, tell them to follow the star, right? Glory to the name of God. So the reality is supernatural encounters— and I just want to lay that backdrop— are important. John 2, Jesus turned water into wine. Ah, in Acts 5, Acts 12:18-20, uh, the angels released— oh my God— Paul from prison. It released other— Peter from prison as well in the book of Acts. Supernatural encounters are very important to dominion because it gives you the faith, man, to know that God is with you in this large undertaking that he's called you to in the world. See, the question becomes, family, And I want you to think about this when you leave this live today. How do you show up in the world? For real, I mean, ask yourself, you know, call your name. Michael, how do you show up in the world? And if you can't answer that clearly, all right, and honestly, I want you to get on your knees. I want you to spend some time with God until you have clarity. About that, because how you show up in the world is— oh my God— closely related and knitted to your dominion purpose. So how do you show up in the world? Yeah, Tanya Kirby, stop running from them spiders. Glory to the name of God. Hallelujah. You got dominion over spiders. It's called arachnophobia. Glory to God. Fear spiders. Listen, we got dominion. Hydrophobia, fear of water. We got dominion over our fears. Praise God. Hallelujah! Glory to Jesus! I love him, he's so good. Hey Teresa, God bless you, good to see you. Praise God. So let's get into this. So what's the key number one? And I got about 22 minutes to give you these keys to unlocking dominion, showing up in the world. Glory to God. And taking my dominion place and fulfilling my dominion purpose. The first thing is You gotta have— watch this, are y'all ready— a renewed mind. You can't— and we prayed about a renewed mind, I think, the first day of 5 o'clock prayer. Yeah, we actually prayed about this, and I had no idea that the Holy Spirit is going to take this teaching this way today. So this is great. I'm being totally honest with you, I had no idea, but the Holy Spirit opened us up praying about a renewed mind. Glory to God. So we— listen, the reality is God, you cannot operate in dimensions of dominion without a renewed mind. Let's read Romans 12:2. So say that with me, write in the comments, write in your notes. Key number 1 is a renewed mind. Romans 12:2 says, and be not conformed. Yeah, I remember the first day of prayer teaching this. Conformed, the two words, con and form. Mean that con is against, pros and cons, form. So when you are conformed to this world, the systems of this world, the cosmos in Greek, the world and its systems, its ways of living, you are against the ways of kingdom living. So Paul says don't be conformed to this world. And again This is not just sins that you think are the only sins, like adultery, fornication, lying, cheating. Those are sins and we should not do them. But the reality is, not walking in your purpose, not operating where you're supposed to be, is also missing the mark— missio in Greek— and it's also sin. So Paul says, don't be conformed to this world. He said the way you do that is you have to be transformed. Form, metamorpho. Yeah, I talked about this Monday. By the renewing, the redoing of your mind. Oh my God. That you may prove that which is good, profitable, acceptable— eritos— that which, oh my God, God embraces as his own, and perfect, mature, complete will of God. So watch this. All of that is dominion. We prayed about this Monday. Wow, it's so wild. This I'm really wild right now. This is coming back full circle that God gave me this today to teach, and I actually forgot we prayed about— because we— I've been doing two a day, so I forgot really what we prayed about Monday into this moment. And but it's all in the spirit, glory to God. So God is— because so obviously God wants you to know your mind needs to be renewed so you could take dominion. You cannot operate at this level of dominion and God's maximized, optimized plan and purpose for your life. Hear me, if your mind has not been renewed— so, Dr. Woods, what is a renewed mind? Let me tell you, a renewed mind is simply seeing things the way God— oh God— sees them, and thinking about things the way he thinks about them. Oh, huh. God, God, God. So you got to see life, see the world, see your purpose, see God's plan the way He sees them, and you got to think about your life the way He thinks about your life. Oh, well, are y'all here? Oh my God, I mean for real, are y'all here? Glory to God, because He's really thinking about you. He's really written a whole book and inspired a whole book concerning you. And when you get in that word, hear that word, you can see now life through His eyes and you could show up in the world as the person— hallelujah— that God has created you to be, not as the person you created over time. Oh, that's for grown folk right there, because some of us are showing up every day because we're looking in the mirror of history and we have been shaped by the words— hallelujah— the influences of others, and this is how we're showing up in the world. Based on someone else's opinion of us. And you are devaluing yourself because you're showing up in the world based on someone else's rejection. You're showing up in the world and you are becoming this person that's a response to negative words and word curses that have come over your life. But family, let me tell you something. Don't you do that another day. Renew your mind in the word. Renew your mind in prayer. Renew your mind through encounters with God and show up in the world based on the revelation He gives you of yourself. Oba, se lamandi kosi anaya. Ah, a matter of fact, write this in your notes. Say, I must see myself the way God sees me. Good God Almighty. Eba surangi satatabaya. Now, now, you gotta— so, so in order to do that, the mind has to be renewed. And matter of fact, when you really tap into this, man, I'm a witness. I'm a witness right here today in this studio. I'm a witness that— listen, man, I'm a witness, glory to God, that when once God shows you who you really are, it's going to blow your mind. It will be scary at first, natural reception, until you tap into the God of that revelation. Because you're gonna be like, whoa, that's me, I can do that. But when you really know it's God and you align with it You become invincible in that area and unstoppable. Glory to God. You got to see yourself. That's right, Minister Anderson, the way God sees you. That's right, TK, the way God sees you. Praise the name of God. Utaba saya. We give God praise, we give him glory, we give him honor. I gotta go, I gotta go. So watch this. The renewed mind Watch this. Oh God, write this down: lives from heaven to earth, not earth to heaven. So when your mind is renewed, your priority is not to lean on your earthly inclination first, all right? You live from heaven to earth. All right, let me give you an example of this. Just this week, this, this was happening with So, so we've been talking about, you know, we, we're gonna build Rada City on this 33 acres of land, and we've been talking about the need in September to have a new place of worship. Glory to the name of God, right? And so we've been looking, and, and we're actively, uh, making sure we're in the will of God concerning this. So this week, you know, I— this building, it was so good, it's so good on Boulder Crest, and I really want it, right? And I, I was feeling God in it on the property when I was looking at it. And but I start feeling haste and rushed, right? And the Holy Spirit told me, he said, I want to rearrange your priority with this. He said, you're on the right course. He said, but if that building is the one I have for you, it'll be there in the right time. He said, so I want you to really look at the priority. You're worried about somebody else buying the building. He said what you need to be worried about is somebody else buying that land because that's the— okay, okay, that's the ultimate vision. So I had to stop because I was going off of my natural urgency to secure that building. I said we had got the preapproval, we had started sending in documents and stuff for the loan company. And we was gonna make this thing happen quickly. And so I reached out to Mergis because she had sent me the contracts. I started signing stuff, and I was like, you know what, let's slow down. I told her yesterday, uh, I mean, if I came off the fast late because I was talking to her about that, I just— I was sitting there, my car was charged, and I was sitting in the car and I was texting with her. I said, look, I just kind of— all of a sudden I felt this yield in my spirit, and God started talking to me, man. You gotta put things in priority because sometimes— watch this— you can be on target but out of time. Okay? And the renewed mind will always bounce back to align with how God times things because he knows what you don't know. He already sees what you don't see. Woo! Glory to God. So, and you don't know, when I texted that, it was like, whoo, something lifted off of me. It was like I was carrying these bricks with this thing. And the Lord said, because you were in a hurry to just get this away from the other people that made an offer, when that's not what I told you to do. Yeah, it's a great building. I gave you a witness with that building when you went over there, but I didn't tell you— see, watch this, because I was like, man, yeah, we gotta do I need you to understand something. What we don't want to miss is the ultimate vision of dominion. We just rot our city concentrating too much on that right now. We still got the September in our building, and guess what? If push came to shove, it's so easy to find somewhere else to go worship until we build this. Reality is we just got to live from heaven to earth. See, I, I put myself out there to show you how you can get caught up in the momentum of something you desire, okay? I'm just— that was just a transparent moment from me to you. I know most preachers don't do that, but I'm telling you, you got to live from heaven to earth, and it's so easy to get distracted, especially when you want something. Oh boy. Hey, y'all, excuse me hollering, I just feel God. I want to run out of this studio right now. Oh, oh God, my God, today I feel Jesus. Glory to God. You gotta live from heaven to earth, and when your mind is renewed, you'll live that way, not earth to heaven. You won't put what earth is saying to you before what heaven says, because a lot of times your earthly circumstances can be speaking loud. And be saying something, but you need to operate in a faith that says, my mind is renewed, I'm a person of dominion, and God is saying that he'll supply my need according to his riches and glory. And you need to operate in what God is saying versus what your circumstances are saying. Watch this. Earth and the voices of Earth and the elements of Earth and the circumstances of Earth have always been subject to its creator. God created Earth and everything in it. The Earth is the Lord's, watch this, and the fullness thereof. Even all of the stuff that comes against us, God is in control of that. And he says, if you lean to me, you'll defeat that. He leaves it in place for context, for testimony. I got to Glory to God. Shabbat. Oh, I feel Jesus, y'all. Y'all help me out because I feel like I'm about to pass out in the Holy Ghost. Glory to God. Thank you, Jesus. All right, all right, here we go. Number 3, write it down. The renewed mind— but you got to own this rock like the serpent, man. You gotta own it. It's yours. You gotta own dominion. So your mind's got to renew. So watch this. The renewed mind accepts accepts everything God says as perfect theology. Clip that. The renewed mind— yeah, clip that— accepts everything God says as perfect theology. In other words, if God said it, there's no question marks. Clip that. If God said it, that's it. As the old preacher say of God, Les Summerall used to say, if God said it, That settles it, and it is so, and that's the truth anyhow. Glory to God. So when you are a person of dominion with a renewed mind, you accept what God says as perfect theology. There's no room for interpretation. There's no room for analyzing before you believe it. God said it, I believe it. God said he can heal my body. That's perfect theology. God said he could provide what I need and I'll never lack, and I'll be the head and not the tail. Perfect theology. Above only, not beneath. Perfect theology. I can have dominion over the fish of the sea, the fowl of the air, and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth. Perfect theology. Many of the plans in a man's heart, but it's the Lord's purpose that stands forever. Perfect theology. So write that down: the renewed mind accepts what God says as perfect theology. Oh, glory, glory, glory, glory, glory, glory! Y'all pray, because I'm telling you, I'm about to just go up somewhere else. Glory to God. And just lay out on this floor. Glory to God. I feel glory. I pray y'all getting this, man. There is a portal open in this room. Glory. And there's angels, there's two angels just hovering over my head and they're holding— I receive it, God, in the name of Jesus. They're holding these vials of oil and they're pouring them upon my head. I receive it, Jesus. Oh God, I receive. In the mighty name of Jesus. And God, I thank you that even as this oil goes from my head, let it flow down my beard and down to my garments and into this people as we teach, God. May they receive the oil of dominion. Yeah, that's what I heard the Holy Ghost say. He said he's pouring out the oil of dominion. And as you receive this oil, come on, lift your hands where you are. Your mind is being renewed. Glory to God. And he's shifting you, oh, into a new realm of thought, a new realm of breakthrough, a new realm of deliverance. Hallelujah. Woo! Shabba ba to rabba kaya ribukush kata biu saban. The oil of dominion is flowing to you now, and you're gonna have authority in your sphere of influence. Glory to God. I received, uh, I receive. Listen, I've been teaching this most of my life, but just in this moment, and it's great. This is history because you are witnessing this live. You are here with me. I'm telling you, this is happening. I wish the cameras could see what I see in the spirit. Glory to the name of God. This oil, what I promise you, if you receive, you'll feel it now. It'll hit you in your belly right now. In the— begin to walk and move. In dominion, power, influence, authority, and dominion leadership. Yeah, God, I thank you. Hurabakashibo ho, hurabatikisata. We bless you, God. I— listen, the historical part of this: I have never felt more closer and more ready to take my place of dominion than I ever have Oh God, in this moment I feel right now, oh Rabashi, oh Sheh, et Abba Mosiah, et Lema Kusha, et Abba Osun Rabakashanirya, I've never felt more authorized, oh God, to do what I'm called to do than I have in this moment. Oh, excuse me. But I'm telling you, if you renew your mind, how to make it clear that nothing is off limits and that there's nothing he tells you you could do that you cannot do, because everything he says It's perfect theology. Glory to God. Hallelujah, hallelujah. I'm not gonna get through this, guys. Glory to God. We bless your name, God. Amandosia. Yes, God, we give you the glory. We give you the honor. We give you the honor. I'm gonna try to give you the rest of these principles. Yeah, glory to God. Glory to God. Oh, number 4. Hallelujah. Our mind is not renewed— watch this— through discipline and study. Our mind is renewed and transformed through encounters with God. Kind of like what's happening right now. It renews our mind to another dimension, another thought, another affirmation, another confirmation of identity and ability. And, and that's what just happened for me right before your eyes, man. And again, I've been walking with God 40 years, been preaching full-time for this year, 36 years. Something happened that reintroduced me to me and God's original authentic plan for me. Listen, it's renewed through encounters, and I— that's why we opened with encounters that you could see through scripture. But those encounters are not limited to those people. Clip that. The encounters are not limited to biblical figures. God also wants to have encounters with you. Clip that, please clip that. Glory to God. Even in your moments of brokenness, use them. Glory to God. Because a broken and a contrite heart he cannot despise. So use brokenness to set up encounters, because encounters lead to a renewed mind. A renewed mind leads to dominion. Oh God. Number 5, write it down: a renewed mind is clear that it is the will of God— watch this— to cause dominion to happen on Earth in every situation. I'm gonna say that again. It is the renewed mind that is clear that it is the will of God to bring his dominion on earth in any and every situation. Listen, a renewed mind has clarity, has no ambiguity. There's no lucidness, lucidness. Yes, God, there is none. Thank you, Jesus. Hear me, hear me, because God— Shema, glory to God— he wants to dominate every situation. He uses you and I to do that. Our heart is beating because there's still dominion purpose in us. We're still alive because there's still dominion purpose that we gotta walk out. And do in the name of Jesus. Glory to God. Oh boy, here we go. Number 6: the renewed mind— watch this— causes us to live— hear me, family— in denial. Yeah, yeah, we must deny the devil access to any area of our life. Yeah, it causes us to live in denial. Yes, because we got to deny the enemy, because to resist the devil and he'll flee is denial, is denying him access. So when you got a renewed mind, you won't allow the enemy access to your faith, to your confidence in God. Listen, we don't deny his existence because we know his evil dark self exists. Glory to God. As my, uh, Grandmama would call him his slew-footed self. I don't know where she found that at, but I would find her saying that, hear her saying that when I was a little boy. Slew-footed devil. But listen to me, family, he exists, he's real, but he has no power. You just have to deny him access, and a renewed mind creates a resistance which causes him to flee. He flees because he knows God is fighting for you. And he already is clear he can't win against God. Yeah, so I cast the devil out of the mind today and break down every stubborn will, and I declare that your mind is being renewed in the mighty name of Jesus. Oh my God, we're almost done. Praise God. Hallelujah, hallelujah. Number 7, write it down: a renewed mind makes us aware Hallelujah! That we are— are y'all— I want y'all to hear this— that we are the house of God. Oh man, when your mind renews, it creates an awareness that God lives with us. Listen, when we lose the awareness that the Spirit of the Lord is upon us— clip this, clip it, clip that— when we lose awareness that the Spirit of the Lord is upon us, we start behaving and living different. We start living like paupers. Watch this. And remember I told you Sunday that a pauper is the child of a lesser god? And you start acting like the King of Kings and Lord of Lords ain't even your God. You started living beneath your privilege, accepting lack, accepting sickness, accepting confusion. But you gotta keep your mind renewed so you're always aware that you and I are the house of God. Let's pray. Father, we give you praise. Thank you for the encounter today. Thank you that even as we were teaching, you manifested the word to us in real time. Thank you for the encounter, God. And so, Father, I pray in the name of Jesus that you would cause the mind to be renewed. Every mind under the sound of my voice, let the mind be renewed to another dimension. Let it graduate to another level of maturity and completion, God. And I thank you that there will be no conformity to this world, but there'll be transformation. Another mind, a kingdom mind, a dominion mind, a leadership mind, an authoritative mind to fulfill the plan that you have had for us. And we give you praise for that now. Thank you that our mind is being renewed to your intelligence, your insight. We're seeing ourselves how you see us, and we give you praise and glory for it now, in Jesus' name. Amen. Listen, family, I love you. Thank you guys for taking your lunch with me today. Joyfully-yam. Glory to God. You don't have to do it, but thank you for your sacrifice, right? And thank you for eating with me. Thank you. We're having lunch together. Glory to the name of God. We're not consuming natural food, but we're definitely consuming soul food, spiritual food, uh, that's feeding our life and feeding our body. Glory to the name of God. Listen, I'm gonna go— the ways to give are scrolling in the bottom of the screen if you desire to share in your seed, in your giving today. No pressure, but if this ministry blesses you, whether you're watching us live or by replay, please take a moment and get seed in ground and be a blessing to the works that God has put to our hands to have dominion. Hallelujah! In this region called Georgia and the world. I love y'all. Y'all be blessed. Uh, remember, 6 o'clock is closer than you think. Hallelujah! So press your way Glory to the name of God. Go deeper in prayer, get in your word. God is doing something in this fast. Thank you. And if you're just joining us, you want to fast with us, you still can. We're fasting from midnight to 6 daily, water only. And then we come off the fast, we're only eating fruits, vegetables, and our beverage of choice is also still water. No sugar, no starches. Beans are okay. Glory to the name of God. Uh, 3. Listen, if you want to do it, you still can jump in with us. It's not too late. Uh, join us in the morning at 5 AM. We'll be praying again. Y'all be blessed. Heaven smile upon you, man, is my prayer. Y'all just don't know, man. Y'all real— I wish y'all really could feel how much love I have for Rada Nation and this tribe. But y'all be blessed. I love y'all. Y'all have a super, super day. Praise the name of God. Glory to God.
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