THE MYSTERY OF DOMINION, PART 21: "DOMINION AND GATES PART E | DR. MIKE WOODS | 29 MARCH 2026

Abide with us. Your presence is all that we need. Our hearts are fixed upon your face. Our thankful lips are filled with praise. Your presence is all that we need.

Come on, lift it, say holy, holy, holy.

Sing righteous, right.

Come on, come Lord, come Lord and abide with us.

Your presence, your presence.

Sing to him, is all that we need.

Come on, sing to the Lord.

Our hearts are fixed upon your face.

Our thankful lips are filled with praise. Your presence is all that we need.

Come on again. Holy, righteous.

Holy.

Come on, righteous. Righteous.

Come, Lord. Lord, come, Lord, and abide with us. Your presence, your presence is all, is all that we need.

Come on, declare it. Our hearts are fixed, hearts are fixed upon your face, your face. Our thankful lips, thankful lips are filled with praise, filled with praise.

Your presence, your presence is all that We need—

come on, one more time, sing it. Holy, holy, come on, you're righteous, righteous.

Come, Lord, come, Lord, and abide with us. Your presence, your presence is all, is all that we need.

Our hearts are fixed, our hearts are fixed Upon your face, our thankful lips are filled with praise. Your presence is all that we need.

Your presence is all we need.

Your presence is all that we need.

Come on, sing! Your presence is all we need.

Hey God!

Is all that we need.

Come on, your presence is all we need.

Your presence is all that we need. Your presence is all that we need.

Lift those hands and open your mouth.

Just open your mouth. Come on, the worshipers are worshiping.

Oh, come let us adore him. Oh, come let us Adore him. Oh, come, let us adore him. Christ the Lord. Come on.

Oh, come, let us adore him.

Let us adore.

We adore you, Jesus. Oh, come, oh, come.

Adore him.

Oh, come. Adore him. Christ, our Lord. Come on, for he alone is worthy.

He is worthy.

Come on, declare it in this place.

He alone, he alone He is worthy, for he alone, he's worthy.

Christ the Lord.

Come on, to him we give the glory. We give you all the glory, God. We give you all the glory. We give you all the glory.

Hey, Shaka, to him.

Christ the Lord. Oh, come, oh, come, let us adore him. Oh, come, let us Adore him. Oh, come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.

Come on, the worshipers of worship. Jesus is here. Jesus is here. Come on, the worshipers are worshiping. Come on, open your mouth and give him the fruit of your lips. Jesus our King is in the room. Kuraba shata tabaya. We bless your high name. Your honor, Holy Jesus. Come on, give him the fruit of your lips. Kurage soro ramanion, salabaye do rabaye, sulabe laboran diun, elaman di oruria si, ke lanadididion soto tabaya, oramamandidididi asata tabaya. Oh Jesus, Jesus. Your name is great and greatly to be praised. You alone are worthy. You alone are holy. Only you alone deserve our praise. So we come before you, we worship and adore you, and we declare you alone are worthy of praise. You alone, God. Hallelujah, Jesus. Oh, you are welcome here.

You are welcome here.

Hallelujah. He's here to heal. He's here to give us breakthroughs like we never known. He's here to cross you over into dimensions of his glory that you've never experienced. But it only happens when you become a worshiper. Worship opens portals. Worship creates a culture in the environment that angels are comfortable in. Angels spend time in worship 24/7. They are ministering spirits for us. Ke tabasor rakatadaya. And when we worship and create an environment, an atmosphere that is conducive for them, they show up. And then they begin to hearken to the voice of the word. And they minister on our behalf. There are angels in this room, they're surrounding us, they're here for us. That's why we can't afford to just casually be missing church. You don't know what's going to happen. I'm telling you, there's breakthrough in this building today.

And it's in this very room.

If you lift your hands, come on, he's here to minister to you. What have you been carrying all week? You need to leave it at the altar today.

God said, in exchange for your worship, I'll give you provision. In exchange for your sacrifice of praise, I'll give you an immediate harvest of breakthrough in your physical bodies. I'll heal. I need you to lift your hands. Anta, you've been— some of you've been carrying stuff way too long, but the angel of the Lord is in this room, and if you create an environment for them, they will minister for you.

Come on, lift your voice, lift your voice. We bless your name, God.

Some of you need breakthroughs in your finance. You've been struggling with money too long. God says, I want to take you through to the next place. I want to open up new realms and new opportunities, but I need to be clear that you're on my side, said God. I need relationship with you so you won't squander the blessing. Kebasatai. For I say to you, some of the things I've held up because you have not proven responsible. Come on, open your mouth.

We give you the glory.

You got to make worship priority. You got to make being in his presence priority, okay? So you become good ground. So multiplication can happen in your world, in your life. You can't even be sowed upon because your ground is fallow. Shet tuska tataya. But God said, I want to break up that fallow ground so I can sow into you heavenly things, heavenly ideals.

Heavenly manifestations. Open the eyes of our heart, Lord. We want to see you.

Silence the noise in our mind and open the eyes of our heart.

We want to see you.

Hallelujah! Come on, the worshipers will worship. Yeah, Pastor Jeffrey, just turn those strings up right there. Keep patting those strings right there. Keep that pat right there. There's something glorious about that. Lift your hands. Waiting on you, Jesus. Patiently waiting on you.

Not worried about the time, Lord.

We seem to find strength while we wait on you. We're waiting on you. We're waiting on you. We're waiting on you.

Come on.

So many times we feel obligated to move on, but I'm telling you, Jesus is here.

I'm gonna stay right here until you tap in, because I don't want you to miss what he has for you today.

We give you all the glory.

Waiting on you, waiting on you, patiently waiting on upon you. We're not worried about time, God.

Lord, we seem to find strength while we wait upon you, God. We wait, we wait. They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.

They shall mount up with wings like eagles. They shall run and not be weary. They shall walk and not faint.

Oh, glory to God!

Wait, I say, on the Lord. We wait, we wait, we wait. Waiting on you. Yes, Shia, we're waiting on you.

I'm not worried about the time, 'cause Lord, I seem to find strength while I wait on you.

Waiting on you. Waiting on you. Patiently waiting on you. I am not worried about the time, Lord. I seem to find strength while I wait on you. I am waiting on you, waiting on you, patiently waiting on you. I am not worried about the time. Lord, I seem to find strength while I wait on you. Oh, I'm waiting on you, waiting Patiently waiting, patiently waiting on you.

I'm not worried about the time, Lord. I seem to find, Lord, I seem to find strength while I wait.

On you.

One more time.

Waiting, waiting, waiting on you.

Yes, we are, God.

We're waiting on you.

Waiting on you.

Patiently waiting, patiently waiting on you.

I'm not worried about the time.

Worried about the time, Lord, I seem to find, Lord, I seem to find strength, strength while I wait on you. And they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. Yeah, they shall mount up with wings just like eagles. They will walk and never faint.

Oh, Shakataia!

Walk and not be weary. That's why I choose That's why I choose to wait.

Father, we thank you for your presence this morning. Thank you for what you're doing for us right now. Thank you for healing in our body, healing in our mind, healing in our heart. Thank you for breakthroughs. Thank you for miracles that cannot be denied. Thank you for healing and deliverance, which is the children's bread. Thank you, God, that no weapon formed against us can ever prosper. Thank you, God, that as we patiently wait on you, God, you will manifest and show up in our lives. Father, as we open your word this morning, we thank you for the light, the illumination, and the intelligence of the Holy Ghost.

God, we know you're not finished with us until your glory can be seen.

And so, Father, we declare that death is rebuked.

We rebuke death in the—

And we declare we shall not die but live to declare the works of the Lord.

We speak to cancer and we command it to dry up. We speak to tumors, we command them to dissolve. In the name of Jesus. We speak to every entity in our lives that's not like you, and we thank you that we're more than conquerors and we have the victory over it now in the mighty name of Jesus. And, and we'll continue to wait, we'll continue to wait in praise, we'll continue to serve and to give you glory.

Thank you this morning for the light, the illumination, and the intelligence of the Holy Ghost. Speak to us, God. Anoint our ears to hear what the Spirit will say to the church. May this room be blessed by you and never impressed by me. Bless our online audience. May they be blessed by you. And never impressed by me. Have your way, and we glorify you, Lord, in Jesus' name. Now would you do me a favor and just open your mouth and tell God thank you?

Thank you.

Come on, just say thank you, Jesus.

Come on, I need you to just thank him like whatever you're trusting him for today is already done.

Thank you, God.

Oh, that's a little weak for people that's already got it. Thank you, Lord. I'm telling you, I need you to thank him like it's already—

thank you, God.

Hey, come on, thank him like it's already done, like the mission is accomplished.

Thank you, Lord. Thank you, God. Thank you, God. Thank you, God.

Well, maybe that's just for folk that's in expectation, that's been praying, that's looking for something.

But if you believe it's already done— y'all didn't hear me—

if you believe it's already done, open your mouth and say, thank you, Jesus.

Shato Shakaya.

We thank you, Lord.

It's already done.

Woo!

Glory to God.

Now look at somebody before we move on and just prophesy to them and say, what you've been believing God for? That's real weak.

Prophesy to your brother, your sister. Tell them what you've been believing God for.

Tell them the wait is over.

Tell them it's already done. Get you another person on the other side of the church. Holler at them and say, hey, did you hear what I told them? Tell them what you've been believing God for. Say the wait is over. Tell them it's already done. If you believe that, I need you to praise God. It's already complete.

Oh God, it's already done, it's already done.

Oh God, yeah, it's already done. We receive it, God, in the name of Jesus. The wait is over. Y'all didn't hear me.

The wait It's over.

Glory to God. Shandosakatai.

Kuramba satatape.

Oh God.

Hallelujah. Wait is over.

Just walk into it.

The wait is over.

Just receive it in Jesus' name.

Shekatatapa tatatapa. Everything we need for the Boulder Crest building, I declare, is already done, and we receive it now in the name of Jesus. God, we thank you for the manifestation. Hallelujah! It's already done! Oh God.

It's already done.

I announce it to you, it's all, all ready done.

It's all, it's all ready done. It's all, it's all ready done.

What you've been praying for, it's all, it's all ready done.

Hey, Jesus, it's all It's all ready done.

Great is the Lord, greatly to be praised.

Hallelujah. I say it's all, all ready done.

It's all, all ready done.

It's all, it's all ready done. It is all Already done.

Yeah, you're healing done.

Just check it off.

You're healing.

Shabbat.

Tukosha.

Done, done, done, done, done, done, done. Who— whose report will you believe? We shall believe the report of the Lord. Already done. Thank you, God. Thank you.

It's all, all ready done.

Long life is done.

It's all, it's all ready done.

Financial breakthroughs are done.

It's all You might as well check it out. All ready done.

Just check it out, check it out.

It's all, all ready done.

Stop scratching your head and worrying about it because it's all, all ready done. We say yes to you, God, to your will and to your way. We receive the blessing that makes rich and adds no sorrow. Mantura bakashi. Thank you, Lord. No weapon formed against us shall prosper. Every tongue that rises against us in condemnation, we shall show to be in the wrong. Hallelujah! We give you praise. We give you praise.

Kotamandiasha.

Orabasha gariya. Kilamanduyosha.

It is all, all ready done. Yes, God, it is all, all ready done.

Go to the book of Ezekiel really quick. I was going to teach on the gate of— the gates of Ephraim this morning, but the Lord has taken us a different way. So we're going to say what thus saith the Lord. Glory to God. Ezekiel 21, and I'm going to read 2 verses, verses 26 and 27. Somebody shout, it's already done! It's already done! Hallelujah!

The Bible says, thus saith the Lord God, remove the diadem and take off the crown. This shall not be the same.

My God.

Exalt him that is low and abase him that is high. Verse 27: I will overturn, overturn Overturn it, and it shall be no more until he come whose right it is.

Good God.

And I will give it to him.

I'm gonna read those verses again because it's just all right to read the Bible, because I really don't know what the Lord's going to do with this after I'm done reading.

The Bible said, thus said the Lord God, remove the diadem and take off the crown. This shall not be the same. Just touch yourself and say, this shall not be the same. He says, exalt him that is low and abase him that is high. I will overturn, overturn, overturn it, and it shall be no more until he come whose right it is.

I'll give it to him. So far, these two verses, and I just want to kind of prophetically plow through this as the Lord has just shifted my whole trajectory this morning. Touch yourself and say, the Lord will overturn, overturn it. I believe, and I just sense this strongly in my spirit this morning that there are some things that some of you, and perhaps some of them watching us this morning, have been fighting.

There are some challenges that seem insurmountable. There are some things that no matter how saved you are, it seems as if you can't get that thing to move. So I want to talk to the people who need God to overturn some things, because honestly, as long as the enemy has rulership and has a throne in your life in that particular area, you'll never take dominion. You'll never rule like you're supposed to rule. Glory to God. So we're going to have to yield to God enough so he can overturn it for us. Matter of fact, touch yourself again and say, the Lord will overturn this. So, but he gives us some prerequisites. The first thing he says in verse 26, he says, thus says the Lord God. So let me start right there. Anytime— and I need y'all to grab this and let this thing seep into your life for real— whenever God is talking, you need to listen. Are y'all hearing this? And I'm not just talking about through me. You need a relationship with God where God can actually speak to you. Are y'all hearing this? Here's one of the problems with immovable things: because we don't have a preceding word from God and we don't have his voice on things, things just stay there.

And we—

watch this— have you noticed that you can hear God on other stuff? No, right? Are y'all hearing this? And then you can't hear God about the thing you just really need to move. All right, the thing you need a real breakthrough in, that thing won't move. It's because there's no voice there. Because anytime God speaks, because he's a king, what he says becomes law. Are y'all hearing this? So if God speaks to an issue, it should bow. Are y'all hearing this? If God says it's over or it's already done, or I'm changing this and changing that, then something ought to shift.

Oh God, so why is it then that it doesn't?

First problem is that we have not heard. We gotta really listen and get sensitive to his voice. Because you know what happens? We tend to get distracted by the distractions. We get distracted by that thing that's so huge that we be trying to move it ourselves because we want it gone. Are y'all with me? There are some things that's a job for Jesus. Are you hearing this? So you got to stop looking at stuff and— so I can handle it, I can tackle that— and, and feeling like you got to take care of it. There's some stuff you won't be able to fix yourself. It's a job for him, and you gotta wait in his presence to get a voice on what you're going through. Are y'all with me? He says, the— thus says the Lord. So I'm telling you, every person in this room, religion has told you In many instances, you really don't have— and no matter how much you say when you get in the charismatic church that you have a right to have a relationship with God, religion has systematically poured into a lot of people that you really can't have no real relationship. Watch this. If you really say God said something, some folks say, who?

God?

You talking to God? You heard his voice. But watch this, my sheep know my voice. What's it? And a stranger, they won't follow. So, and watch it, here's what religion does, it reduces you to sheep in a pasture in a church. And you're not sheep to me, you're not sheep to any leader. Watch this, the sheep is the dumbest animal in the kingdom. In the animal kingdom, he's dumb as one. You know why? He has no leader. He has no one influencing him to follow in the right directions. Only person we should be sheep to is God. Are y'all hearing this? So we let the church make us sheep. You're not sheep to an institution. Or to any man or any human. My job is to teach you how to be a leader. And the only time you come childlike and empty is before God, because sheep are childlike. That's why they need a shepherd. Are y'all hearing this? So when you really heard from God, you grow up. And you don't always need somebody in your ear telling you do this, do that, don't do this, don't do that, because you got now a preceding voice. Oh boy, I don't know why God changed my message.

I really want to teach that other message, but somebody needs this.

You need you to sensitize your ears so you can hear from God. Because we got—

watch this—

too many voices in our ear. Watch this. Any voice secondary to God's voice should confirm his voice. It shouldn't go against what he's saying to you. Are y'all hearing this? So in order to move some things, we gotta let him talk, which means in your prayer time, shut up. Are y'all hearing this? Some of us praying, all we're doing is yapping and crying.

Shut up.

Sometimes when you, when you get through it, all that, just stop and listen. He got something to say. He can't say it because he's not rude, so he's just okay.

I'm gonna just let you stop talking.

Okay, because I, I, you—

I can't say nothing because you still running your mouth.

Because what prayer should be, a conversation. It shouldn't be a one-sided thing where I'm going to my Father, talking to him, and you know, it's just like go talk to my natural daddy. Are y'all hearing this? And I'm just here talking to this man, he never responds.

That's not good.

But my daddy ain't gonna never not say nothing. Man, I think he be waiting for you to get through talking so he can talk. God's the same way. He wants to interact with you. Watch this. He's transcendent and imminent. His transcendence means that he's divine and heavenly, but he has the ability to transcend where he lives, come where you are. And have time with you. He's also imminent, which means he knows he's God. He knows you are beneath him, but his eminence says, I have to relate to them so they'll understand me. Most of the church doesn't understand God because they don't spend no time with him. They don't let his eminence in. But we can't have dominion if we don't know the King. So I need a word from the Lord. Say this with me. Say, his word becomes law once he speaks. So it cannot be changed. It's law. If he says you're healed, he ain't gonna change that. So if you ain't getting healed, it ain't his fault. Are y'all hearing this? Okay, all right. What report have you bought into? Whose report will you believe? We shall believe the report of the Lord. That word report— whose voice shall you believe? A report is a voiced summary of facts that is spoken. It's not a written report in the text, it's a, it's a report that's spoken. So God wants to tell you what the report is over your life. His report is healed. His report is prosperity, wealth. His report is your family, your children, children being saved. Are y'all hearing this? But if you believe the lie that you've allowed to become law— are y'all hearing this? That's what you're gonna get.

So thus said the Lord.

Now look at what he said to Ezekiel. To tell these—

glory to God—

Ammonites, who, by the way, the Ammonites— I want you to understand, let me just deal with that real quick. The Ammonites—

Ammon, Ammon, which is tribal, but Ammonites, which is a whole tribe of people who depend on themselves and their own abilities.

Are y'all hearing this? So we got these Ammonites that realize we're so skilled, we're so smart. You ever mess with people that feel like they're just so wonderful that you can't really tell them nothing? That's a problem. That's an Ammonite spirit, because they're heady, they're high-minded. They're arrogant. Ammonites feel like they don't need to worship a God. Matter of fact, they become idols to themselves because they're so good at a thing. Ammonites play God. Okay, it's a sign that you're operating the spirit of Ammon, a tribal spirit that's connected to what you think you know, and you're playing God When God says something and you still do the opposite. Okay, see, this is why many of us really don't want a word from God, because when God speaks, it's going to require accountability. It's going to require your obedience.

Oh boy.

So we'd be like, okay, let me just coast through that because I really don't really for real want you to speak to me about that. So, so just, just kind of be like, well, give me a prophecy I can enjoy. And the church has made that really convenient. We prophesy to people to make them feel good. And the devil is a liar. If you study prophets, most of the prophets, when they opened their mouth, it never was good. It never was a Bentley, a house and land. Most of the prophets was telling you, getting up in your stuff, telling you to get your house in order.

Okay, okay, let me—

okay, so, so you gotta decide, do you want to really hear from God?

Because when he speaks, are you going to obey?

Because guess what?

You're held accountable for what you hear.

That's why a lot of us said, just give me, just give me enough so I can keep doing what I want to do. That's not the way to get real breakthrough. If you really want to see God overturn some things, you got to be open to whatever he says and whatever he tells you to do. Are y'all hearing this?

You need to do it. Glory to God. So I need a word from the Lord. Said when he speaks, it becomes law.

Here's the second thing he says. He says, remove the diadem.

Oh boy, here we go.

The diadem is the turban or the wrap that the high priest wore.

It was representative that he had rank and authority among the other priests in the temple.

How many of you understand that when you come before God, no matter what your title is in the church— are y'all hearing this? It don't mean nothing. Matter of fact, God can care less about our title. He says, if you really want to move me, take the turban off. So that you can be recognized as equal to everybody else. Are y'all hearing this? I want people to understand that everybody's important and everybody's the same when they come before me, because we're all his children. We have different functions, and watch this, possibly even different rank, but in the presence of God, it means nothing. Here's a problem: people feel like they are— oh my God— indispensable, which means they cannot be removed. The body is filled with a lot of people that feel like the body just ain't gonna work without them. And reality is, God will raise up a baby if he need be to get done what he's trying to do. He don't need none of us. So we really want to see God overturn, we got to take off this diadem. The visible things that create separation—

oh boy, here we go—

that makes the world look at us and see division. Watch it.

We the family of God.

Now, I—

now, if you got children, and I've heard people say this, well, everybody got a favorite child. You're a real parent. You love your children equally.

Okay, some of y'all don't like that.

Okay, well, yeah, I got children and all of them do stuff I do not like, and some of them do things better than the other, but it just depends on the day. All of them got issues, so I have to love them equally. Are y'all hearing this? Not— no, this my favorite.

Can I tell you something? God has no favorites. He has no favorites.

He loves us all the same. He died for all of us so we can live for him. Are y'all hearing this? But we can't walk around acting like he love me. Watch this, especially us that's got Holy Ghost. We think we more highly favored than the Baptist person who ain't got it. Move the diadem. Are y'all hearing this? They may not do it like you, they may not live a nickel worth of nothing. But guess what? We have no right to exalt ourselves above them. I mean, I don't know about you, I want to see God move for real. So that means we got to take this turban off, take this diadem off, trying to act like— okay, it's, you know, people come to the city, they start churches, and I'll be looking at their ads and stuff. They, they think because they have arrived The city about to change. I'm like, buddy, you don't even have no idea what these demons and principalities are doing in this region. And you think just because you popular and show up— no, that's— no, it's been churches here for you got here. Are y'all hearing this? And what we got to learn to do is the bodies understand that we are one.

Yeah, I'll take off the diadem. Just take it off.

These badges of honor and identity, you know, these teach— I, I appreciate teachings on honor.

Honor is important.

But at the end of the day, I think some preachers, because they have low self-esteem, they teach it real hard. Honor me. Are y'all hearing this? They manipulating and tempt— and that's what the spirit of religion does. They manipulate and intimidate people to honor them. Watch this, so they can feel good about themselves. I went to a church one time and the preacher was coming out of his office in the back, and I'd look— he was getting ready to come in after praise and worship, and everybody stood up because they knew he was coming, right? So the whole congregation stood up and then they started singing a song.

Oh, what a leader. Oh, what a leader! Oh, what a leader that God has given us!

And they just worshiping and rejoicing while he walked down the aisle. I sat down and said, he ain't my leader. I sat down because I stood up at first because I didn't know what was going on. And then when they queued the mess up I'm like, okay, this is idolatry. Honor is one thing, and but if you're 5'4" and got little man disease and you need everybody to sing about you when you walk in the door— yeah, that's what it is, Napoleon complex. But some people are struggling with, and they bring that crap in the church. Are y'all hearing this? Which is why we can't take dominion, because we're trying to build kingdoms and dominion to ourselves.

Oh boy.

And that's not what we're here for.

Glory to God.

So he said watch this, this turban, this tiara that symbolizes that you are ranked, that you are above everybody else in the organization.

No, the reality is we are one before him.

It's one of the reasons we keep the lights down when we worship, so you ain't looking at nobody else, because this is your moment between you and him. We've always done that. We don't keep the lights down because everybody else doing it. I don't know why they doing it. Some of them trying to get club effect. They got smoke and lights everywhere. That's not why we keep it down. We keep it down because we want you focused on him. Are y'all hearing this? Because the church wants to be the world in so many ways, man. The reality is there's only one high priest in the kingdom. His name is Jesus. And so we have no right to exalt ourselves where the focus is on us.

Are y'all hearing this? He said remove the diadem. So if you want something overturned, you got to get a word from the Lord.

You gotta remove this turban, humble yourself.

Then watch what he says: take off the crown.

In other words, this is twofold.

First of all, any crown you're wearing that makes you feel superior to those around you, he says remove it because you're not superior.

Y'all with me?

He says take off the crown, get those kings in your heart off the throne. Every day you should be checking your heart. For who's on the throne? Who's ruling today? This really says stop being spiritually bipolar. You and God 100% Tuesday, Wednesday another king done set up there and it's in control. But notice he says you gotta decide who's ruling your life. Take off the crown. Take the crown off you trying to wear. Are y'all hearing this? See, we're all— we're kings, but we should be humble kings and, and humble royalty. That exalts the King of Kings. It shouldn't be so obvious that we running things. Are y'all hearing this? When we show up in the world, the world needs to see Jesus first, not you and I. They need to see him. So take off the crown. Everybody wants to be important. Some people get mad if you don't call their name and call them by their title. That's why on most of my stuff online, there is the word apostle is not found. The only reason I hadn't changed at Apostle Mike on Instagram, because they won't let me. But when I first opened the account, I did that.

I'm like, okay, I shouldn't—

I didn't really want to do that that way, but everything else Michael Woods, because that's who I am, right? I don't want to bring attention to titles because guess what? It's not important for you to have a crown and you really ain't doing the work. We've seen that with a few presidents that sit with the crown but they ain't doing the work. Are y'all hearing this? You can have a position of authority and not be carrying out the duty. I'd rather bear the fruit of an apostle— are y'all hearing this— than you call me apostle and I have nothing that directly relates to the fact that I'm really an apostle to show for it. Are y'all hearing this? And I thank God when I look at my life, I can see the fruit. I don't have to— I had some, you know, some people, they funny, right? So I had just— this is about 5 years ago, I posted something about apostleship, and, um, and, and I just was talking about it again, not making no reference to me. Good post. God came behind me a bishop and boldly wrote on my post, 'You are not an apostle.' And I wanted to just kind of rip into him, but I didn't. The Lord wouldn't let me. I just said, 'Okay, just leave it alone.' But before I know it, people connected to me start talking about the fruit People all around the country, God just fought that battle for me on the apostleship on my life. He took his comment down. Are y'all hearing this? Because it's the fruit, it's not the crown or the clothes, it's not having a big cross, it's the fruit. It's not having a shiny ring. None of that matters if I don't have the fruit to back it up. So you need to understand Matthew's words.

He said, either make the tree good or make it bad, for the tree is known by the fruit that it bears, not by the title of the crown You can buy a crown.

You can buy some license to be an apostle. There's some folk out there, you can pay them $100, they'll make you an apostle.

You go online right now, send your $100, they're gonna send you all the paperwork.

It don't make you legitimate if you don't have the grace. Are y'all hearing this? Say, I need some fruit. Take the crown off. We got to remove the crowns from the world. Are y'all hearing this? There are people in the world wearing crowns of authority that they should not be wearing. We have to show up so we can take them crowns off. It's out of order when the world rules and we sit in the church and have good church.

He says, take off the crown.

You're not in control.

You can't play God. You're not king of this. You're not lord of this. Take off the diadem.

That's basically what he's saying. You are not me. You're my family. Use the authority I gave you humbly, and I'll work with you. He said, take out the crown. Watch what he says. This shall not be the same.

Ah, God.

So when you look at the world today, God says this thing ain't gonna be like it look right now. He says when we get in place, humble ourselves, take our crowns down, our self-righteousness down, take down the desire to be liked and be popular and serve him holy. He said what we're looking at won't be the same. I'm telling you right now, that's why I'm not intimidated when we have small groups and when we have small crowds, because here's what I understand: this ain't gonna be the same. God promised me, he said, son, if you keep preaching, if you keep standing in truth, I'm gonna send the people that need to hear what you're called to say. Are y'all hearing this? Glory to the name of God. Because I don't know about you, every time I walk in here, I look at it and said, this ain't gonna be the same. It won't be this way always. And I want to announce to somebody this morning, whatever you've been going through, this shall not be the same. It won't be this way always. I told y'all last year, glory to the name of God, that we was not going to be in this building by the time this year went in. Well, if you weren't here Thursday night and didn't get the word, we're under contract officially for our new building. And I told them, listen, let me tell you something, God's word does not lie. When God speaks something, he'll bring it to pass.

We—

there were 9 other deals on the table, people putting offers on. The highest one was $1.3 million.

We had the lowest offer, $1 million, to come in, and they took our offer and said there's something about these people—

y'all ain't got to talk to me here— that we wanted them to have this building. Y'all with me? So that's something to rejoice about. We under contract. The word of the Lord is coming to pass. Glory to the name of God. God's about to blow our mind in a real significant way.

He just requires faithfulness over a few things.

I need you to hit somebody and say, this ain't going to be the same, baby.

God's about to turn turn it around for you. This shall not be the same. God's about to open some doors that you thought would never open. This shall not be the same. You've been broke long enough. This shall not be the same. You've been struggling in your body long enough. This shall— I wish I could preach this like I feel it— shall not be the same. Do I have anybody here that feels change happening up in your life? I'm I'm telling you, your money's about to change. Your family's about to change. There's about to be an explosion in your faith. Things are about to turn around. This shall not be the same. You've been sick long enough. You've been bound long enough. Children been acting up long enough. But this shall not be the same.

Oh God, I wish I was in the right church. I'm telling you, right before your eyes, things are changing. Where your children have been rebellious and disobedient, God said, this shall not be the same.

Glory to God.

You've been robbing Peter to pay Paul and ain't had enough of this to take care of that. God said, this shall not be the same. As you establish the fact that I need a word from the Lord, as you remove that diadem and take off that crown. God said, this shall not be the same. I told y'all, I was just at my teaching message, God took it, so I might as well preach. Glory to the name of God.

Just elbow somebody, said, this shall not be the same. Matter of fact, I dare you, I double dog dare you to prophetically grab somebody and just pull on them and tell them, this shall not be the same. Tell them we're coming out, we're coming out blessed. Pull on them, tell them we're coming out healed, we're coming out delivered, we're coming out rich. Tell them we're gonna be blessed together, we're gonna be healed together, we're going higher together. Come on, pull on them, tell them this shall not be the same, we're coming out. I need you to open your mouth and said things are changing right before your eyes. Come on, clap your hands and give God praise, for this shall not be the same. I'm telling you right now, don't look at yourself, that little church.

They talking about building us Rada City, oh, 33 acres. They talking about buying a million-dollar building.

Well, you keep watching because God's about to do what what we thought could never be done, not just in this church but also in your life.

I dare you, shout, this shall not be the same! Well, I got to get out of here.

Watch what he says.

This is what it's going to look like. He said, I'm gonna exalt him that is low, okay, okay, and abase him that is high. Some of you have been low long enough. You've been down long enough, but God says, I'm about to exalt them that's been low.

Your money been low, glory to God.

Contracts and business been low, but God says— in your health you've been low, but God says, I'm about to exalt them that are low.

Watch this, the word exalt here, let me just go here, it is gabah in Hebrew, and the word means I'm about to cause you to soar.

Listen, sometimes God will put you in low places. He'll put you in a low place so he can season you. Lord, I feel like preaching this. Some messages are meant to be taught, some to be preached. So I'm gonna preach this morning. Good God from Zion, you need to understand. I know for some of you that don't like preaching, glory to God, just take notes to this because I'm still teaching too. Glory to the name of God. But the reality is sometimes God will set you in a low place. He puts you there so he can season you. He puts you there so he can qualify you for where he's taking you.

He'll set you there so he can settle you down. Sometimes he'll put you in a low place so he can get your character in line, so he can bring you to a place where you can handle what he's about to take you to. See, if he gave you a million today, if you had not gone through the low place, you wouldn't be qualified to handle it. But I heard the Lord say, I'm about to exalt them that are low. I set you there to season you, to settle you. So you can soar. You're about to soar like an eagle. You're about to fly through storms, fly above trouble, fly through the rain. God says, I'm gonna lift you above the chickens that have been holding you down. I'm about to exalt you and do something that has never been done before. I dare you, lift your hands and wrap back and say, I'm getting I'm ready to soar. I'm gonna fly through every storm. I don't know about you, but I'm flying already. And I invite you to come fly with me. I'm about to fly into billions. I'm flying into domination. I'm flying into new dimensions, new authority. New power. I dare you, shout it! Come fly with me!

My God, yeah, God, yeah, yeah. You know what, in order to fly with eagles, you got to be an eagle, cuz a chicken can't ascend to those levels.

Uh, a old brown thrasher bird can't ascend to the level of eagles.

Ravens can't fly like eagles. So in order to fly with eagles, you got to become an eagle. But God says, I'm about to exalt him that is low. Low days are over. He said, I'mma abase them that is high. Oh y'all, yeah, let me, let me, let me go. I'm, I'm going to get out here. He said, them that are in pride and ruling and shouldn't be ruling, those in authority that don't have no right to be in authority, He said, I'm about to bring them down. Are y'all here? You, you ain't got to do it. He says, I'm gonna do it. All you got to do is get the word of the Lord, know what you're supposed to be doing, be in the right place at the right time with the right people. Take the diadem off, take off the crown, get rid of that spirit of important. He says, I will move them that are high.

How is he gonna do it?

Verse 27, he said, I will overturn, overturn, overturn, and it shall be no more.

3 powerful words. Notice how the prophet repeats what God says.

So you get it, it ain't got nothing to do with you. He said God's gonna overturn. This Hebrew word means he's gonna first of all cause a distortion. He gonna cause a distortion, interference. He said for those that have been blocking your blessing and occupying your space, God says I'm about to cause a distortion. You ain't got to cause confusion. God says, I'm about to cause a distortion. Distortion is, is noise. It's white noise. It's sometimes invisible, sometimes can be seen. The reality is God says, I'm about to distort what the enemy has been doing. That's what overturning— I'm gonna bring distortion and then I'm going to ruin him. So he said, first of all, I'm gonna confuse him because I want him to see you blessed. See, the distortion is the enemy having to watch you rise, to watch you come out, because he's watched you low, he's watched you cry, he's watched you go through, he's watched you have pain in your life. But I want to tell you something, God's about to fix it with the same people that watched you struggle, that watched you cry, that talked about you, that lied on you, that rejected you. God says, I'mma fix it, and I'm about to distort what they see. They're gonna be confused because with the same eyes they watch you carry the burden, God says they're gonna watch you come out. Oh, y'all didn't hear that.

They're gonna watch you get blessed. I wish I had somebody that's anticipating distortion.

That's why I don't pay my enemies no attention, because I anticipate the Lord distorting what they see.

Y'all, now you see, you might think they see one thing, but when they look at you, they see the blessing of God. They see the power of God. See, you worry too much about people's opinions and what they feel about you. But God says when they look at you, they see his hand on your life. So with the same eyes that they watched you struggle, with the same eyes that they watched you cry, with the same eyes that they watched you go through pain and hell and high water, with the same eyes, I heard God say, they gonna watch you come out. They gonna watch you get blessed. They gonna watch you get healed. They gonna watch you get delivered. I dare you, hit somebody upside the head and tell them, watch me come out. You watch me struggle. You watch me cry. But watch me come out. I'm coming out with power. I'm coming out anointed. I'm coming out blessed. Watch me.

Cuz God says, I'm about to overturn it, overturn it.

I'm about to overturn it and it shall be no more.

I'm sending distortion and ruin, which means once—

God said, once I kick the devil out of your money, of your children, of your community, of your situation, of your state and your city, he And he said he will have no legal right to ever return again.

Can I tell you something?

God is canceling every hit, every contract that the enemy had on your destiny, that the enemy had on your life. Lord, I feel my Holy Ghost cheerio. I feel like preaching here. I've made up my mind. I'm not gonna fight this battle, but I'm gonna let the Lord, fight for me, because he can fight better than me on any day. He's about to overthrow that demon in your life, and there will be no more authority. He's about to cancel the assignment of Satan. I need you to understand, it's over. Now understand why you changed the Lord. I need you to hug yourself. And say it's over. You gotta leave yesterday behind because God is fast-tracking you. He's got to take you where you gotta go because of what he gotta do.

There's something he's got to do through you, in you, for you.

So he's got to get you out of where you've been. Clap your hands and give God praise.

Etan sia. He said, I'm going to give it to whose right it is. See, the wrong person have had the blessing. The wrong person has been operating in authority.

The wrong person has had the wealth. But I heard the Bible, the Bible, the Bible says that the wealth of the wicked is laid up for the just. And you and I who who have been just in God. God says, I'm about to give it to whose right it is. I'm about to give you the houses. I'm about to give you the property. I'm about to give you the money. I'm about to give you the contracts. I'm about to give you the business. Just keep being just. For the wealth of the wicked is laid up for the just. Grab back and say, yeah!

Yeah, yeah, I'm done, I'm done, I'm done. I'm done because I'm happier than y'all. But somebody— because you can get spoiled on teaching and miss when God's trying to shift you prophetically.

This whole—

I had 3 pages of notes that was full of stuff, but God said, no, I need to overturn some stuff in their life. I need them to understand that the stuff that seems insurmountable has to move, and they got to get an ear to hear me. They got to remove diadems.

Take off every crown because this shall be no more.

The way it is now, it's not the way it's going to be.

God said right before your eyes today—

you play softly, Pastor—

I am shifting and bringing transformation and change in your life.

Stop accepting the hand you've been dealt. Somebody say, you got to play the hand you've been dealt.

Lie!

That's spades. It don't apply to life. God says, I want to give you a new hand that says this belongs to you. The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, them and they that dwell therein.

It's yours. Everybody stand. I'm done. Thank you, Jesus. We bless your name. I just need you to lift your hands. Please lift your hands. You got to expect the supernatural. My wife will tell you, I probably went to sleep this morning about 6:30. I laid in the bed all night just tossing and turning. I prayed, I got up, and, and it really was God pulling me into this scripture. I didn't go to it last night because I still felt I was going to teach what he gave me. And then when I got up, he said, no, you need to talk about this. Prophecy always speaks to what's coming. This word was prophetic, so you got to get yourself together, having your spiritual senses exercised so you can hear the voice of God. Thus saith the Lord. Have you heard him? Have you been listening to him? Or are you following your flesh? Are you following your comfort? If I want to listen to God, no way I would have put a contract on that building. But we did it in faith, trusting him, because we heard his voice. Now we thank him that every piece is already taken care of. We thank him that that not only is he prospering my way to take— to pay that building off in a year, but he's prospering your way to do it as well. It's a sign that God's going to use this people to take care of all of the vision he's given us. I don't know who it is, but I've been seeing this little report pop up. Somebody's been tithing daily. I mean, they get increased daily and they tithe, and I've And, and I kind of figured out what it was.

I'm like, man, every time they get an increase, they're tithing.

Because you can't afford to miss this season of what God is going to do.

So just to make sure they didn't miss it, they—

every time they got increased, $30 here, $40 here, $50 here, $60 here, just every day a tithe coming in. And I was watching it increase.

And I said, whoever this person is—

because I really didn't look at the report— I said, God's going to enlarge their territory quickly. And whatever they're doing to get this daily tithe in, God's going to eradicate that where they don't have to do it, and he's going to open up new realms and new doors for them. We have to be committed to what Lord tells us to do.

I know— and I didn't tell them to do that.

I know that they heard that and they did it. I'm telling you right now, whatever the Lord tells you to do, do it.

Not just in your giving, whatever he say.

Are y'all hearing me?

Do it, because it's a part of his plan to accelerate what he wants to do in your life. He said remove the diadem. I'm going to pray in a moment about humility, about the need to be accepted by society and the masses, the need for people to like you. Remove the diadem. Live for the audience of one. Take off the crown. Positions you shouldn't be occupying—

take that crown off. Stop trying to do things you were not called to do.

You won't last without his grace.

There's a crown for you.

Make sure you're wearing the right one and you're wearing that crown with humility. He said, this shall not be the same. It shall not be the same. And I prophesy over you this morning that this shall not be the same, that what you've been dealing with and going through, it is gone. I preached it But that's all we were saying. That's about to change for the good. He says he's going to come and remove those that have been high, exalt those that have been low. He's gonna bring distortion and ruin. He said it 3 times. I'm gonna bring distortion and ruin, distortion and ruin, distortion and ruin. To your enemy. They won't make it through because they've been messing with you, but God said you're gonna win. Grab one person this morning by both hands. We're praying. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. And when you get their hand, put some pressure in it. And begin to pray in the spirit. If you don't have a prayer language, just pray. Just start praying. We're going to pray in a moment. We're praying.

Glory.

Come on, squeeze those hands and pray. We give you the glory, God. We give you the glory. We give you the glory. Come on, come on, come on. Something stirring, something stirring.

First thing we're praying for is a sensitivity to the voice of God. We're going to bind up every distraction, every voice that doesn't align with his voice, because we want to hear him clearly. Kle kun ka basande. Come on, ske man toto boshiai. Come on, ye bontu kush kataya. Katamandiya. That our relationship would expand and grow and increase. Come on, come on, because what he speaks is law. We can't afford to miss it to the left nor to the right, but we want to hear him. Come on, squeeze that hand. We're praying one for another. We're praying for ears to open. That deaf ears in the realm of the spirit will be unstopped.

Kela bakondi ansa. Yeah, God, I hear you.

That we will hear you like never before. Not ourselves, but we will hear you for real. Not the voice we have painted as you, not the voice we have deemed you, but God, we thank you for a voice that is straight from heaven. Kli tamanda tabasaya. Not a voice of manipulation and intimidation and religion, but God, we want to hear the voice of our Father. Oh, tababan tatatabaya, kelebandidididiyantatabosia.

Come on, come on, come on. Shabakutabaya.

This is the first wave of this prayer because God's going to overturn something today.

Ke bansatatataba. He's going to overturn this thing today. Because so he's going to sharpen your senses in the realm of the spirit. We're praying one for the other. Come on, pray for the hands you hold, those ears, so they can hear God, so they can be led of God, so God can do what he wants to do in their life, that they won't miss it to the left nor to the right. We don't want to follow our own self, our own way. But God, in the name of Jesus, those of you still watching me online, grab somebody. God wants to speak to you. Grab somebody and begin to pray for their ears. Having your senses exercised in the spirit that you may know God. The Bible said bodily exercise profiteth little but godliness with contentment is great gain. God, we thank you now for a godly life, that we hear your voice, that purity can be our portion, that we are worthy through the blood of Jesus to hear your voice. God, God, here we are crying out. God, you told us to call on you and you would answer us. You told us to ask and it shall be given. You told us to seek, let's shumba, and we should find, to knock and the door would be opened. Here we are, God, we're asking, seeking, and knocking. God, let our ears open like never before. Let us be sensitive like never before. In the name of— I feel something breaking. And we route every distraction to the pits of hell. Every voice that's not of God, we send it back to the pits of hell. And we decree and declare we shall hear and not hear. We shall see and not see. God, God, touch our ears. We want to hear you, God. We want to hear you, God. We want to hear you, God. Open the ears of our heart. Open the ears of our heart. We want to see you, God. Come on, pray through, Zion. Kata, God, we thank you. We thank you, God, for your goodness. We thank you, God, for your mercy. We thank you, God, for hearing people that can hear your voice. We thank you, God, that we hear you. God, God, open our ears. We bind up everything that will stop us from hearing. And oh God, we thank you, Lord. We thank you, Lord. We thank you, Lord. We thank you, God. Come on, Zion, pray! And Father, we thank you that as we hear your voice, God, we'll remove the diadem. God, in the name of Jesus, Every place, oh God, where we have exalted ourselves and thought more highly of ourselves than we ought to. God, this morning we take off the diadem, we come down and humble ourselves. For your word said, if we humble ourselves before your mighty hand, God, that we would be exalted. And so, God, in the name of Jesus, we humble ourselves before your head, and we decree and declare that you will lift us up, that you will exalt us. We take off the crowd, we cast off every crowd that doesn't belong in our life. Thank you, God, that you're going to bring us higher. You said you would exalt them that are low. God, this morning we humble ourselves and say, God, Exalt us, lift us high, build us up, bring us higher in the name of Jesus. We humble ourselves, God. We won't play God another day, God. We let you have it. We cast our cares upon you, God, because you care for us. We'll take our hands off it. We'll stop trying to be in control.

And God, we give it to you.

We'll stop the worrying. We'll stop the worrying, God, and we'll trust you. So many of us are wearing crowns of doubt. God, remove every crown of doubt, crowns of fear. God, remove the crowns of fear in the name of Jesus.

Remove every sinful crown in every place that we're missing the mark.

Remove the crown, God, in the name of Jesus, so you might exalt us. Oh God, oh God, we give you the praise, we give you the glory. Yes, God, thank you that Those that are high and lifted up, God, you're gonna bring them down. Those that walk in pride and arrogance, we have no need to fight in that battle. Oh my God, for God, you'll fight for us, you'll bring them down. And Father, you said you'll bring distortion and ruined. Distortion and ruin. Distortion and ruined. You go overturned and it shall be no more. So we declare the way it has been shall not be the way it shall be. We declare the kingdoms of the world have become the kingdoms of our Lord in Christ. And we shall take authority, we shall take rulership, and you shall get the glory out of our lives in the name of Jesus. Thank you, God, for distortion and ruin to our enemy. And we declare, God, that we're going higher, we're going higher, we're going to soar just like Eagles, loose your hands and give God a praise in this building for the higher height, the deeper depth. Give God glory, give God honor, give him glory. Come on, give him praise. Come on, come on, let them hear you on 675. Let them hear your sound of victory.

Oh God, oh God, come on, clap those hands again and bless the name of Jesus.

Oh God, it's already done.

It's already, already done.

Just receive it.

It's already, already done. Already done. It's all ready. Already done. It's all ready. Already done.

Clap those hands, everybody, in praise.

Wow.

Glory to God. We're going to take this moment to give really quickly and we're going to get out of here today. Glory to God. Glory to God. God has always been good to us. He's always taken care of us. I need every person in this room to be sacrificial. We got a lot of things we got to do this week. We got a meeting next week that I want to really meet the budget for before we even go into the week. So as you give this morning, and I want you to give haphazardly, I want you to give with those things in mind. We have a great weekend planned. We got speakers, we got a worship leader coming on Friday, we got First Lady's birthday. I want to make sure that we are resilient in our giving. We have to do some things concerning the building. I have to send our $10,000 earnest money on tomorrow. We're going to make sure that gets done, but I don't want anything to go lacking in our budget. Glory to God. So let's give. I don't— I'm not going to tell you what to to do. I want you to hear God. I just pray for your ears. I trust by faith you will listen this morning. For as many as are led of the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. The Bible said, give and it shall be given unto you, good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall men give to your bosom. We thank the Lord that when we sow it, when we release it it comes back multiplied. And I'm going to declare, as I always do, that your seed this morning will come back a thousand times more. So up and above your tithe, I want you to pay your tithes. You owe God your tithe. And then give him a one-of-a-kind seed like the Queen of Sheba. Glory to God. We trust God that as you sow, it will return, not many days from now. Glory to God, glory to God. The ways to give are up on the screen. Those of you online, if somebody's on the live, please put the ways to give in the comments on YouTube and Facebook. I think we're streaming over 3 different Facebook pages and on YouTube as well. So however you're watching, make sure you get seed in the ground. Hallelujah. Give and it shall be given. Give and it shall be given. Thank you, Lord. We give you praise. We give you glory. Yeah, let's grab this. We honor your name.

We honor your name. We We lift up our hands, Lord, and honor your name. We, we, we honor your name. We honor your name. We lift up our hands, Lord, and honor your name. We honor your name. We honor your name. We lift up our hands, Lord, and honor your name. We honor your name. We honor your name. We lift up our hands, Lord, and honor your name.

Hallelujah! We give you praise, Father. Bless every gift and every giver. Give it back to them a thousand times more, as we have already confessed. Thank you that we don't lack a thing, neither do we have a care. Thank you that the needs for Rhoda Church is met, the needs for this building as long as we're here, they're met. The needs for our new building, they are already met. We believe you, we trust you. Thank you that you're positioning this people financially to be faithful over many things as they are faithful over few. Thank you, God, that you are moved us into a season where you really want to accelerate our finances so we can be paymasters and givers in the kingdom. And I declare that to be so over their lives. I even declare what we preached today over their lives financially, that you will overturn debt, you will overturn poverty, you will overturn lack, and it shall be no more. And I thank you that wealth and prosperity shall be their portion, in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Lord bless you. Glory to God. Glory to God. Y'all can stop the live if you want. Glory to God. Hallelujah.