THE MYSTERY OF DOMINION PART 4: "THE DOMINION WAY OF LIFE" | DR. MIKE WOODS SR| 2 FEB 2026

Well, praise the Lord and grace and peace everyone. Welcome to our 12 noon teaching, uh, as a part of our 7 days of fasting plus prayer. Prayer was amazing this morning. So glad to see uh, many of you out this afternoon. And, uh, I need you guys to do me a favor really quickly, if you do not mind. I need you to go ahead and share this experience. Praise the name of God. So if you have not shared this experience yet, uh, please share. It is just a good thing to be nice. The Bible says we are blessed to be a blessing. I'm gonna jump right into this I do believe God had something to say to us, and I believe that is going to be absolutely, categorically, strategically, deliberately awesome. All right, so let's jump into it. Let's take notes. Remember I told you the other night that when you are a note-taker, watch this, you retain, um, 68% of what you hear. If you do not take notes, you only retain about 34%. I honestly believe the things that we are disseminating and sharing are worth taking notes. You're gonna need to go back to them. You're not gonna be able to digest this. We talked about this in prayer this morning, the word continually being in your mouth. You're not gonna continue to hagi ai, be able to chew it up and absorb it and keep it in your mouth if you do not take notes. So you're gonna have to go back and, and watch it again, take the notes, because these teachings are vital to the achievement— hear me, family— of dominion. I'm gonna say it again, they are vital to the achievement of dominion. And so I want to make sure, guys, that you are, you know, doing exactly what you need to do in terms of taking notes. Praise God. So that you can get exactly what you need, so you can extrapolate all of the juices, man, out of this opportunity. Praise the name of God. So let's pray, and we're going to jump right into this, this afternoon. While you're sharing, while you're, uh, texting, sending out that last text and encouraging someone to make sure they're on this afternoon— this is going to be a great week, guys. Um, we're fasting not just because it's a religious thing to do, we're fasting because it's scriptural. And the Bible says this kind come forth only by fasting and prayer. So we're fasting and praying because we want to see some results. Uh, mainly we want to break off all of the limitations, all of the things that stop us from actually moving into dominion. So if you think that's worth sharing with someone, sharing on your timeline, please do that. Glory to the name of God. Let's pray. Father, oh my God, we thank you for this day. Indeed, this is the day that you have made, and we rejoice And dear God, we are glad in it. Thank you for another opportunity to teach your word. And thank you, God, that it's the word that saves us, it's the word that keeps us, it's the word that's powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword, that gives us life, health, and strength. So Father, as we hear the word today, I thank you for power. Hallelujah. I thank you for, uh, incisions that will cut away things in our life that do not belong. And we give you praise and glory for that now, in the mighty name of Jesus. Thank you for the light, the illumination, and the intelligence of the Holy Ghost. Have your way today, and we praise you now in Jesus' name. Amen. Glory to God. Well, God bless your hearts, and again, uh, welcome to our 12 noon session. Praise God. Hallelujah. And we are That's right, TK, it indeed is time to break all limitations. We decree and declare that to be the truth. Praise God. So we're so glad that all of you are here again. We, we have to thrust forward into dominion. So, uh, this afternoon we're continuing really, all right guys, our teaching on the mystery of dominion. And this is part 4. Uh, started this past Friday night, uh, talking about dominion And then we talked some more on it on Saturday, and then we talked yesterday on Sunday. And so throughout this week, family, we're going to be literally plowing through, praise God, this idea of dominion. The Bible says that we have the opportunity in this day and time to partake of a mystery or mysteries that have been hidden from us. And we learned that mystery, or musteron, is a revelation. A concept, an idea that has been hidden until a specific time so that purpose can be fulfilled. Oh boy, and problems can be solved. And we understand that the highest form of freedom— hear me, guys— is the revelation of a mystery. You— once your mind is free and you can see things in a different vantage point see things from perspective that you have not seen them before. I mean, it's a powerful piece, man. And so again, today we're going to be talking about, uh, the way of dominion life. And, you know, it kind of boils down to 3 words, man, that are the ways of a dominion life. It's expand, it's multiply, it's increase. Uh, a dominion life is always expanding, it's always multiplying. The expansion is the, uh, fruit part of it. Glory to God. The fruit is always expanding, increasing capacity, making room for more. Um, multiplication is multiplying that which expands, and the increase is actually the result of dominion. And the increase is not always personal. Listen, the increase is for others. God allows the increase so that others can latch on to the principle. So technically what happens, your life literally becomes a testimony to God's ability, what God's able to do. Glory to God. And the fact that dominion is really real. So today we're just going to lock into an introduction of what that looks like in this teaching, the way of dominion life. Glory to God. So let's go to Proverbs 30. Somebody write that in the comments. Make sure you're writing this in your notes. Uh, Proverbs 30, uh, we're going to look at verses 18 and 19. I'm reading out of the Amplified Bible. Glory to God. And, uh, I want to just really extrapolate some understanding of this text, and then throughout the week we're going to unpack some of the things that are actually in this foundational text. Okay, so the Bible says here, there are three things which are too wonderful for me, four which I do not understand: the way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship— oh my God— in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid. So Solomon says here, there, these things, these three things, or these four things, uh, these three— there are three things that are too wonderful, right? So the three things are the way of the eagle in the air, the way of the serpent upon the rock, and where the ship in the midst of the sea. And then he said the fourth uh, he has no comprehension of, which is the man, the way of a man with a maid. Uh, it's, it's important to note here, Solomon, as wise as he was, says, look, I am in awe of an eagle in the air, a serpent on the rock, or watch this, or the way of a ship in the sea. Things that seem very simple, but we're going to unpack these metaphors, right? And then the fourth, he said, I just really don't get right? I don't get the way of a man with a maid. But clearly this is a revelation God was superimposing upon the spirit of Solomon so that he could clearly understand what the way of life should look like. And, and we, we read yesterday in service the wealth of Solomon, man. And, and really the reality is God God created Solomon to be an example of how we can actually maximize wealth and advance the kingdom. Uh, that's another message for another day. Um, so let's start today by really getting a, uh, metaphoric translation of these ways of life: the way of the eagle in the air, uh, the way of the serpent on the rock, Camera wants to go out, family. Y'all stay. The devil is a liar. We gonna win. Hallelujah. We gonna win. Glory to God. We're going to win. Can y'all hear me? It seems as if I'm froze or something. Glory to God. The devil is a lie. All right, bear with me one moment. I don't know what happened, guys. This is crazy. Stay with me, family. Stay with me. So I know this is good because the enemy— I'm gonna keep talking. I know y'all can still hear me, but the enemy definitely does not want this teaching to be solid. Glory to God. So y'all stay with me. Don't leave me. Glory to God, we're going to get this together. Praise God. All right, y'all should be able to see me now. Glory to God, you should be able to see me now. I don't know what's going on, but you should be able to see me. The devil is a lie. Glory to God. And ain't no truth in it. All right, yeah, y'all should be able to see me now. All right, I don't know what's going on with my camera right now, and I don't want to get up and go get another camera, but we're gonna keep— we're gonna keep talking. All right, so stay with me. We, we can work through these technical issues. So again, I want to begin with some metaphoric transliteration of these ways of life, because these metaphors, honestly, family, they're very broad. These metaphors are very, very broad. And when we work with the scriptural translation— watch this— which is line upon line, precept upon precept, um, The reality is, and that— and, and you could find a reference to line upon line, precept from precept, uh, in Isaiah 28, verses 9 through 13. I'm not going to go there. Listen, we're working with what is called— and I'm going to teach this, um, as clearly as I can— we're working with what is called— because these metaphors again are very broad— but what we're working with is what is called the law of first mention. So whenever you're reading scripture Uh, when something is mentioned, uh, it never loses its potency or its power, even if it's mentioned again somewhere else. Uh, the revelation is progressive. Um, so we're even in this introduction, I'm not going to, uh, get in a whole lot of detail about these metaphors. All right, what I am going to do, family, is I'm going to introduce the metaphors, and then later in this teaching, later this week I'm going to actually unpack each one of them one by one, and we're going to see clearly. So I'm just going to kind of introduce the metaphors because again, they are extremely— oh my God— extremely broad. So let's first look at the way of the eagle in the air. So what this actually represents, and we're going to unpack it in teaching— watch this throughout the week— it represents the child of God, the kingdom citizen, the saint of God actually operating in victory and dominion. Say that with me, say victory and dominion. So this passage, it represents you and I, glory to God, the eagle in the air actually soaring in victory and dominion, glory to God. And, and this is why honestly Solomon said, this is too wonderful for me, how you laying this on me, God, because it was futuristic, right? It was something that was coming in his life. It was prophetic. It was a prophetic utterance that Solomon— okay, this is where you are now, but your life is going to reflect the way of an eagle in the air. So it was— he was in awe of this vision, in awe of this revelation. So I want to stop here to say, many a times when God begins to talk to you about things that will connect your life to dominion they're gonna appear to be bigger than you. A matter of fact, they are bigger than you, and it's an indicator you need God to bring it to pass, okay? You need God to actually operate in that sphere of influence, in that area of victory and deliverance and dominion. So again, the eagle in the air is the kingdom citizen, you and I, the saint of God, you and I, the believer, you and I, operating in victory and dominion. Victory is truly obtained when we are operating in our sphere of influence, authority, and dominion. I pray y'all getting this so far. Praise the name of God. So, secondly, the way of the serpent on the rock. Now, this is important because this, family, is Christ's triumph over the devil. This lets us know that the devil and his demonic system is under the foot of Jesus. Watch this. And if it's under the foot of Jesus— you ready? It's ultimately under our feet because we are the body of Christ. So the systems of the world are under our feet. Glory to God. Let's look at Revelation 12, verses 7 through 9, really quick. Let's look at it. The Bible says, and war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought with the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought, but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the world. He was cast into the earth and his angels were cast out with him. So wait, so wait a minute. So the devil was cast out. We talked about this yesterday in Ezekiel 14. We see the actual account. We see John the Revelator on the Isle of Patmos, uh, getting a prophetic glimpse of this event. And he, he says to us that Satan was dismissed, right? So he no longer has a right to heavenly things. Dominion— here we go— is a heavenly thing. And the only way the enemy can tap into dominion, one, is that it's false dominion, it's pseudo, it's not real. He could create a copy of what dominion looks like through the idleness of the people of God. Oh, because the Bible says, hear me, family, the idle mind is the devil's workshop. Okay, okay, yeah, the idle mind. I need y'all to eat this word since we can't eat the sticks. Come on, just eat this word. Glory to God. Listen, the idle mind is the devil's workshop. Glory to God. So whenever your mind is idle, he could come in and give you other concepts, ideas outside of the idea of a dominion, influence, authority, leadership, control. Rada. Glory to God. He wants you to think something other than Rada. Not Rada Church, but the concept of Rada, of Rada meaning dominion. So in your idleness— and watch this, watch this, man. This is one of the things, reasons why we're dismissing this week also social media, with the exception of listening to our teachings and coming together for prayer. We're dismissing the scrolling and the following and the liking and the commenting this week because you could get so idle in that position. And you can really believe that, you know, you're doing something productive, but a lot of times your idle mind becomes a workshop for distraction, and distraction thwarts dominion. Oh my God. Oh, Shabbat. Lord have mercy. God, we give you praise. God, we give you the glory. I, I wish you guys would catch this. Glory to God. For real, man, I, I really wish, uh, you would grab this because you're gonna need this in the days to come. Praise God. And you're gonna need to know that the enemy is defeated and that Christ has triumphed over him, right? Okay, so let's look at Luke 10:17. Let's, let's read it really quick. Glory to God. Hallelujah. The Bible says this: And the 70 returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through your name. So here we go. So Christ has given victory over Satan to us. So that's not just in casting out a devil in the church, right? We should be casting devils out of systems. Libasukurabataya. Yes, God, we give you praise. We should be— instead of just, you know, we'll preach about systems and how apostles are, uh, have authority over systems, but people will hear that stuff and won't even grab it. But for real, we can tread upon serpents and scorpions. So the serpent on the rock revelation that came to Solomon was about Christ having victory over the devil. And if we are in Christ, in his body, I just want you to grab it. We too— shabake shokutai eshamando. I feel Jesus, man. I, I'm really trying to be, uh, nice today. Glory to God. But at the end of the day, I feel the anointing, and I'm going to try to hold my composure so I could teach this. The reality is we got authority over the devil, and he should not be ruling in the world. Let me give you something real. Y'all heard me say this before: 97% of all Americans work for the other 3%. All right, let me, let me, let me, let me just help you, okay? So 97% of all Americans work for the other 3%. Now, of the 3%, about 0.63% are people who are born again. So very few people employ others who are in the church. Here we go, man. So we jumping, shouting, speaking in tongues, spitting, blowing bubbles, but we're not paymasters. Good God, how about— so, okay, we, we are going through the motions of spirituality, but we have no dominion over anything. The enemy has created a false reality of dominion because his kingdom, the kingdom of darkness, employs 97% of America. Okay, are y'all getting this? This is why you got to find your fear of dominion. See, you thought you were saved, come on, just to speak in tongues and, and have good church, okay, and, and run around the building. But you were not just saved for that, ladies and gentlemen. You were saved, my God, to take over the world. We're not here to take sides with the world. We're here to take over the world. And what we must do is take over the world that God gave to us. So part of these devils, man, subject is mean take, taking your rightful place of dominion and casting them out. Watch this. So we employ them, so we're the system they need for survival. The world doesn't call upon the church and the kingdom because we're out of place, man. We have good church. Yeah, but we out of place in the world. And we just might as well say it. We, we built massive cathedrals and mega churches and we've gathered church folk. Listen, the Bible says God add to the church daily such as would be saved, such as would be rescued. So watch this, the word saved, which is soteria in Greek, and soteriology is the study of rescue, the study of salvation. So salvation is not just you getting born again, But it's an entire rescue attempt to rescue your health, to rescue your finances, to rescue your mindset, to rescue— watch this— your state and position as a human being. So you should emerge into your dominion state through salvation, not just get saved and enjoy the church. And what we've done, we've left salvation and kingdom things inside of the church. Listen, and what we are not doing is taking over like we should. But I'm talking to some entrepreneurs that's under the sound of my voice today. Let me prophesy to you, your business is about to blow up. Let me prophesy to you, when you get in place, glory to God, the resources you need are about to show up for you. Let me prophesy to my entrepreneurs and my creators and my innovators on this live. Let me tell you something, if you take a step faith and begin to lean into your gift. God says, I'm gonna open the door if you accept the fact that you have been called to have dominion authority in the space where you're gifted. Glory to the name of God. God says, I'm about to open wide door— oh my God, I was trying to be nice, Holy Ghost. Listen, he says, I'm about to open wide doors and I'm about to do for you what has never been seen or never been done in your family. You are going to rise, and it's going to happen quickly. We confessed it on yesterday, and the Holy Ghost says it again now. It's going to happen at the speed of glory. God's going to accelerate abundance and harvest in your business, but you must get in place because we got victory over this devil, over the— oh my God, the serpent on the rock represents that we have the victory. Glory to the name of God. We give you glory. I see you, daughter Apostle Nerissa. I see you. Glory to the name of God. I'm glad you're here. Praise God. Hallelujah. I'm glad all y'all are here. Glory to God. Get this word, chew on it, receive it. Praise God. Hallelujah. Because we're called to expand, multiply, and increase in the name of Jesus. I, I'm telling you, I challenge you today Don't take lack another day. Don't take your business not prospering another day. Don't take the lack of resources and facilities and buildings and clients. God says, I'm opening the door now in the name of Jesus. Utaba sando lebe concianta taba. We give you glory, we give you honor, we give you praise. God, you're so good. Hallelujah. You're so good, God. Oh my God, I feel glory. Oh God, help me through this today. So one, uh, this first metaphor was the way of the eagle in the air. Let me breathe and try to calm down here too, because I got to teach this. You got to get this. Glory to God. Father, bless our entrepreneurs. I thank you that every entrepreneur on this line, I speak blessing and prosperity, and I thank you that these businesses are going to multi-million dollar valuations, not for their glory but for your glory, God. And I decree and declare over their business, over their life, over their purpose. God, that their business will expand, multiply, and increase right now. God, there's an anointing on this. Thank you so much. Oh my God, hallelujah for this anointing right here in this moment. God, expand every dream, every vision. God, cause the resources to come into play now. I declare they don't lack a thing, and I release abundance and harvest at the speed of glory. And I release angels now to go and bring it to pass in Jesus' name. We give you praise, God. We bless you. Receive it, receive. In the name of Jesus, we bless you, God. We give you glory, we give you glory, we give you glory. Shabandi. So, oh my Lord, oh my Lord. Oh God, thank you, Jesus. So the way of the eagle in the air. Hallelujah. Shabandi. And the way of the serpent on the rock. So where the eagle in the air is, you actually operating in dominion and victory, right? The way of the serpent on the rock is Christ's triumph over Satan, which gives us access to victory. Glory to God. Hallelujah. Number 3, we read it in text, it's the way of the ship in the midst of the sea. Now watch this, God help me teach this. Glory to God. The way of the ship in the midst of the sea. Hallelujah. Track with me, guys. I feel God here, man. It's the church. Hear me, the ecclesia. Not, not the building, but the called out ones. The ecclesia. It's the church in the world. Arabasura bakataya. It's the church in the world. It's you and I, the called out ones, not the building you go to on Sunday or Wednesday night. The church, the ecclesia in Greek, are the called-out ones. Uh, we are the ship in the midst of the sea. So watch this. The Bible says in John 17:14-16, you can read it later, we're in the world but not of the world. We're citizens of the kingdom of God, and we're not subject to the world system. So in the midst, family, of a world that has established a false pseudo worldview, and many people have bought into that worldview, they bought into a system that has no power and no authority. We must now be the called-out ones. And again, remember, I'm just introducing these, man, because the Holy Ghost is all over this teaching this week. Guramande onsa. And, and we're gonna be unpacking these points all week long individually, but I'm just, just trying to unpack the metaphor so you get an understanding, okay? You are a kingdom citizen. Your home country is heaven, okay? You come from heaven. You are ambassador. An ambassador is one one sent to another place on assignment with all the rights, all the authority, all the resources of the one— you ready— that sent them. So we're ambassadors on Earth. We are the ship in the middle of the sea. Glory to God. And oh, shaka letushka tatamandia. And so the world should be pulling from us and on us. We should be the light and the example of the world. Oh God, Lord, I love you, man. Abba Surabakishkata. We're in the midst of the sea. We're the citizens. The world should be under our influence, not the other way around. On. Okay, we're the ship in the midst of the sea. We're here, but we're not to be bought into the system of the world because we're in the world and not of the world. Glory to God. Oh boy, how I love you, God. Shabba kalabandosi antaya. All right, I'm gonna keep moving. Number 4. Number 4. So not only, uh, does this text represent the way of the eagle in the air that represents the child of God, the citizen, kingdom citizen, the saint of God in victory and dominion, or the way of the serpent on the rock, which is Christ's triumphant victory over Satan, which gives us victory also, not only the way of the ship in the midst of the sea, which is the ecclesia, the ecclesia, the church in the world, But watch this, this one that— whoo— Solomon said he didn't quite get, he just couldn't comprehend the revelation. The way of the man with the maid— watch this— is Christ and his bride. It's Christ. Hear me, family. And his bride. Are y'all with me? Please track with me. Glory to God. It's Christ and his bride. Let's go to Ephesians 5. Let's just unpack it. Let's look at verse 25, and I'm gonna put verse 32 with it. I'm still reading out of the Amplified Bible. The Bible says this, it says, husbands, love your wives just as Christ also loved the church. And gave himself for her. This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and his bride. I love this. So the Bible first says husbands, or a houseman— wedding band is round, uh, and because it represents the husband being the band around the house. The husband is the houseman. He's the priest the provider, the protector, and the king of his home. He's also the prophet of his home. As a priest, the husband should pray to God, intercede for his wife and his family, receive word from God, come back as a prophet, tell the family what God is doing, right? Husband is also a provider. And watch this, in your husband— and if your husband is not quite this yet, you need to be praying that he becomes it, because this is his role, to be not only provider but to be priest and prophet in your house. Yeah, God, yeah, God. There are many women who are very prophetic, very powerful, very anointed, but their husbands stand in the seat of just provider. But if, uh, oh my God, the command here is for a houseman to love as Christ loved the church. Well, that's the mirror. Christ is priest, prophet— yes, he is provider and king for the church. That's what he is to us. Good God from Zion. Oh God, how I love Jesus, man. I love him, I love him, I love him so much. And listen, the reality is Christ is our provision. He's the one that loves us more than anything. He's the one— glory to the name of God— that gives us life. He's the one that brings us joy. Leba shoto kosha tababande osha. He's the one that speaks to our future, that intercedes for us. So watch this. This revelation is so powerful because this is a way of life. We don't just have— glory to God— natural husbands or natural spouses. We have a King because we're in the body and we're his bride. See, Revelation 21, you don't have to go there, it talks about the bride making herself ready, which is us. We're the bride of Christ. Christ is the bridegroom. So right now we're in the bride's chambers. Oh boy, I don't have time to teach about this bride chamber. I'll teach about it when we get into it. But listen, because we're gonna get into it this week, we need to be in the bride chamber getting ourselves ready. And part of getting yourself ready is becoming a person of dominion. Listen, if you read in the in the, uh, Old Testament, there are many types and shadows that reveal— watch this— the very first miracle Jesus performed, which was— watch this— turning water into wine. He was at a wedding feast in Cana. Y'all know the story. There was a man there— here we go— marrying a maid. They were both nameless. The event was nameless. Listen, but it filled this metaphoric revelation with substance because the bride and the maid— oh my God, the bridegroom and the maid, or Christ and his bride— means that God wants to always perform miracles for us and through us. So, and not just miracles in church, okay? I just want to really Stay right there, man, and keep your mindset in this reality. We've seen the miracles in church and we won't keep seeing them, right? It's good, it's great, it brings God glory. In my ministry, I've seen God do some amazing things, man. I've seen him unstop deaf ears, uh, countless times. People who are deaf from birth now can hear. I've seen him open blinded eyes. I've seen it with my own eyes, just through the prayers and the power of the Holy Ghost and the laying on of hands. I've seen I've seen crippled people walk. I've seen cancer patients heal. Listen, those miracles are priceless. We appreciate God for them, but God wants to take us to a dimension of the miraculous where he, as the bride, is providing for us the things we need to take dominion, to take our rightful seat as people of dominion. Are y'all, are y'all getting this? Oh my God, are y'all with me? He wants to give you a miracle so you could take your place. Oh, basiku ramandi kasaya. Jesus, we are his bride, he is our husband, man. Glory to God. With his body— and watch this— he releases a spermatic word into his body so that we can give birth to dominion purpose. Can I say to you under the sound of my voice, can I prophesy this to you right now? I hear you, Father, I hear you. You are pregnant and God's the daddy. I say to the body of Christ right now, you are pregnant and God's the daddy. Glory to God. I dare you type in the comments, I'm pregnant and I know who the daddy is. Yeah, see, there are a lot of people out here that don't even understand that the father of their purpose, the father of the dream and the vision that God gave them, is Jesus. Oh my God. And he has released a spermatic word that's full of life into the body of Christ. Good God Almighty. And you're pregnant with dominion and authority and power, and God's the daddy. It's time to give birth. Oh, Shabbat. Yeah, some of y'all scared to type that, but it's in the spirit. Glory to God, it's in the spirit. Hallelujah, hallelujah. You're pregnant with purpose. You're pregnant with dominion. You're pregnant with influence. You're pregnant with leadership. You're pregnant with authority. Glory to God. And I just heard God say— I heard you, God. I'm trying to get out of here. Good God. I just heard God say, glory to the name of God, it's time to get out of the waiting room. And go to the delivery room. Put your feet up in the stirrups, glory to God, and begin to push. Because I heard the Lord say your water just broke. Your water in the spirit while I'm teaching, glory. Your water just broke. Oh God, I love you. God said push this baby of dominion through because it's coming in at the speed of glory. Hallelujah! Suffering days are about to come to an end. The pain of carrying this baby is about to come to an end. My God, let's— yes, God, the pain that you have, whoo, and the burden of carrying this in your womb. God said your water has broke, push this baby out. You've been toiling with it, you've been wrestling with it, you've been wondering when. Glory to the name of God. But God, I'm But God said now, now it's happening at the speed of glory. It's about to come forth now in the name— good God Almighty— of Jesus. Lord, I love you. I'm trying to teach this, guys. Glory to God. Hallelujah, hallelujah. Oh my God, I need you. Oshamande koshia. We give God praise, we give God glory. He's so good, he's so good, he's so good. Let me get out of here, man. Glory to God. We're on— wherever you're watching, make sure you share this, man. We are on 3 Facebook pages, we're on YouTube and Instagram today, so make sure you share this. Glory to God. Someone needs this prophetic word. Someone's gonna be free by it. I'm about to come to a close, all right, so The ways of the eagle, the serpent, and the ship— watch this— they all have 3 things in common, right? And again, we're going to pack all of these kudrabaka throughout this week. So the ways of the eagle, the ways of the serpent, and the ship— here it is— all first of all have have in common? Disappearances. Somebody type in the comments and write it in your note: disappearances. Oh, hey, this is gonna— listen, I ain't got much time though, but I'm gonna try to pump all this revelation God gave me out to you. Listen, I'm not trying to hype you up neither. I'm trying to give you some meat that you can chew on, that you can become— it can become a part of you, and you can begin to walk this out. Watch this, because the eagle, the serpent, and the shield, they are observable up to a point. Watch this, then they actually become untraceable, even as is the case with the emotions of a man with a maid. Yeah, hear me, somebody type disappearances. Yeah, disappearances. Glory to God. The eagle soars rapidly to such a height that seemingly— watch this— he disappears in the sky. This demonstrates— and again, we're going to unpack these later this week, all of this— but this demonstrates what one can actually obtain in life. You can soar so high and you can literally disappear from the entities and the enemies that would desire to stop you. You realize the eagle flies at an altitude higher than any other species. Oh, y'all ain't got to say nothing here. They cannot reach him if they wanted to, and he can literally get out of sight and never be killed if he could stay airborne. You gotta learn how to disappear in dominion. Okay, see, you're touchable because you're not disappearing in your dominion purpose. Stuff keep hitting you, it keep hitting your life, hitting your body. Oh my God, because you haven't disappeared. Oh God, have mercy. So what am I saying? You should reach for the highest peaks like the eagle. Oh, tabansa katabaya. You, you got to become an invisible person. See, the enemy can't touch you when you reach your highest peaks, man. But this is so good. Glory to the name of God. You got to decide you're going to disappear. You got to disappear. Who are we in dominion. Now watch this, even the serpent, he disappears on the rock. Okay, watch this, because he's camouflaged in his environment. Serpent can climb up on the rock and you'll think it's just the rock. He disappears. Watch this, the rock gives the serpent this sense of anonymity. Oh my God. And watch this, It says to me that we should operate— oh boy— in a quiet manner. Oh boy, we shouldn't be working to be seen. We should operate in anonymity. We should operate, glory to God, in a way that God gets all the glory, that it shows in our life not our victories but his victories through us over Satan and his kingdom. Oh, say, oh yeah, disappearance. You got to disappear. Even the ship. Watch this. I love ships. I love cruising. Uh, September we're going on a cruise called Dominion at Sea. I wish that everybody that's on here would join us at sea. Uh, we got some great speakers that's going to be speaking. We're going to have a great time. But we're gonna have some dominion at sea. I, I believe in God, we're going to take over that boat. Folks are going to be coming into our meetings, getting saved, getting slain in the spirit, receiving gifts from God. Glory to God. Getting word from God. It's going to be phenomenal. So get on the ship. Glory to God. Uh, September 7th through the 11th. Um, glory to the name of Jesus. This is a shameless plug, I know, but the Holy Ghost just dropped it in because you need to be on the ship. Praise the name of God. So go to rodderchurch.com/et-c. Go ahead and reserve your cabin now. Glory to the name of God. Now Think about this. As a ship is in the sea and navigates toward the land or the horizon— watch this, man— it disappears. Oh, and there are times where you can look out on that water and you can't see nothing at all but water. And if someone is standing in the place where the ship departed Glory to God. I need you to hear me. I need you to hear me. Glory to God. They could not see you. They could not see the boat. The people that were waving goodbye at you when the boat was peeling off, within an hour they could no longer put their eyes on that boat because it is too far. It disappears. Remember I told you the church Oh my God, in the world is metaphoric to this ship. We should be, glory to God, untouchable by the world in every regard. Glory to God, we should be looked at as a higher standard. Oh my God, as an, as a standard to ascribe to in our, in the marketplace, in the mill, in our behavior, how we live. Ooh-wee! You gotta learn to disappear, man. It's not about you, it's about him. You got to take them GPS locators off of you that the enemy use in the spirit to locate you. See, you got to disappear. Watch this, watch this. You got to use the culture, the atmosphere, and the environment that God has given you to travel far, to travel deep in your dominion purpose. I'm gonna say that again: to travel far, to travel deep in your dominion purpose. Man, I hope y'all got this, man. Listen, even the man with the maid— oh God. It shows disappearance, right? Because the man with the maid would get so engrossed and engulfed by the love and emotion that he has for the maid— hear me— his life will disappear into the heart of the maid. Oh God, have mercy. Okay, okay, so God, I love you, Jesus. Thank Thank you for revelation, Lord. So you gotta fall so in love with Jesus that what you want disappears, all right? And all you want is what he wants. And guess what? He's so in love with you that all he wants for you is what he planned for you— his perfect dominion plan. Boy, we are unlocking this mystery of dominion. You better stay with this all week, man. So disappearances— let me move because I gotta go, I got 6 minutes. Glory to God. Secondly, all 4— the way of the eagle, the way of the serpent, the way of the ship— they also— and the way of the maid and the man— whoo, they have paths. So they have disappearances and paths. P-A-T-H-S. The Bible says in Psalm 16:11— you ain't got to go there but somebody type it in the comments. He said, thou will show me the path of life, for in thy presence there's fullness of joy. At thy right hand there are pleasures forevermore. The word paths in Hebrew is orach. Watch this. And orach is where we get words like architecture. It's where we get words like design. Glory to the name of God. So David says that God will— in his trouble, he's in a cave when he's writing this this in the Cave of the— he wrote this in the Cave of Adullam. And he writes, you'll show me, because I don't know my way out. I don't know how I'm gonna get out of this. Glory to God. But he says, I'll show you the design, the architecture of your life. Thou will show me. So I'm telling you, God wants to show you the design of your life so you can live life design. So what— life by design. So what, what does that look like for the eagle, the serpent, the maid— hear me— the ship. Well, first of all, the way of the eagle in his path— watch this— he leaves no footprint, no scent, as it takes to the air. Glory to God. So as the eagle follows the path of soaring, he cannot even be sensed by prey or enemy because he's elevating, he's moving to another dimension. He's ascending higher into places where he cannot be touched. Listen, you got to use your gifts. I told you the other day, you got to develop your gifts and your anointings. And so you got to use those skills so that the enemy never sees you coming. Watch this, an eagle never reveals his strategy. So I want you to understand, don't be irresponsible with what God gave you. Get on the right path of development so God can show you your design. Secondly, the serpent in the path, when he's in the sand— watch this— whoo-wee— can be tracked. But when it's on the rock, there are no clues of his presence. So, oh boy. So you got to choose your environment and path wisely. Joyfully. See, if you're in environments and atmospheres where you could be tracked— okay, I'm gonna keep moving, man. Okay, because I gotta go. I got 3 minutes. I got less than 3 minutes. I'm gonna keep moving. Glory to God. But you got to make sure you can't be located by the devil and, and bad systems of thinking. You got to be locked into the Rock. Locked into Jesus. Take all of your serpent-like tendencies and combine them with the Rock and defeat them in the name of Jesus. Oh, we choose a rock that's secure. You need a rock, you need a petra and a petros. A petra is the big rock, that's Jesus. The petros is a little rock that's in Jesus. He said, he told Peter, Simon Peter, he said, upon this rock I'll build my church. There was two rocks in the text, a petra, the petros. Peter was the petros, Jesus was the petros. Rock. Glory to God. So you need to find the rock that you can build with that's rooted in Jesus. I got to go, man. God have mercy. Oh, we— then watch this. The ship, the ship— are y'all with me this afternoon? The ship in his path in the midst of the sea— watch this— it cuts a furrow. If you ever— I've gone to the back of the ship many times and watched the the furrows that the ship is making behind it. Watch this, and watch this, it leaves a wake throughout the sea. Watch this, and here's the interesting thing, it leaves that wake, but the more the ship goes forward, the wake behind them disappears. Watch this. So your path should always be forward, and the things behind you— come here, Paul. Should be forgotten. Philippians 3: This one thing I do, forgetting— epilathomai in Greek— those things which are behind, reaching to those things which are ahead. I press toward the mark of the prize of the high calling of God. So I gotta take off everything history— in history that's hindering my future. Listen, you cannot ascend to the next level. You cannot move in dominion holding on to old paths. You cannot be so preoccupied and impressed with history that you miss destiny. God, oh my God, I gotta get out of here, man. I'm about to go over time. Listen, Choose a path like a ship does that can navigate through treacherous waters and know that when you go through them, once they're behind you, they disappear and can never cross your paths again unless you go back that way. Okay, all right, the man in the maid— okay, let's go— leaves no visible path. Watch this. Because he doesn't want any trace of his emotion. Most men are not the most emotional people, especially a man with a maid. Glory to the name of God. He doesn't want his emotions to be measured. Glory to God. So his path is felt and not seen. So what are we— what are we hearing in this revelation? You got to direct your passion and your focus. Manage your energy— watch this— for the things you love, for the things that represent dominion. Manage your energy for the things that represent your purpose in dominion. I gotta go, man. All right, here's the last thing, last thing. The ship, the serpent, the eagle, the man and the They also represent relationships, okay? Relationships. According to research, and this is real, an eagle can spot a rabbit that's 3.2 kilometers away, or 8 miles away from where he is. He's born a rabbit. Watch this. You have to have the vision of an eagle. So that, that type of vision where he could see the rabbit is telescopic. You need telescopic vision. So you need relationship with God so you have telescopic vision. Telescopic vision means you take which is far and you bring it close. See, a lot of times we think the victory is far off, we think dominion is far off, but the more relational you become with God, the closer you get with him, he lets you— he lets you know that dominion is closer than you think. It's actually at your fingertips. We're gonna unpack this all week. All right, so the relationship of the eagle— watch this— is with the air. His vision, whether it's telescopic or microscopic— microscopic, he could take that that looks small like that rabbit and see it big, right? So you have to take something that's small and see the bigness in it. That's what the Lord did with me with what we're doing at Rhonda Church. I have seen the vision of what's big inside of that small church, the small group of people God has anointed me to lead. I've seen what's big already. Glory to God. I begin to articulate the vision for some of the vision for Rhonda City. I haven't even released all of it because I see how massive— oh my God, God is doing this. So the higher you go, watch this, the further you can see. That's so— the higher the eagle goes in the air, the farther his distance becomes. This is so good. So you got to understand, you got to have good eyesight in the spirit. You gotta have relationship. Watch this, let's go to the serpent. The serpent on the rock, it assimilates how he relates to his environment. That serpent uses his environment for strength. Listen, this rock is structure. So there's vision and then there's structure. The bigger the foundation, the more secure you are. So you need a foundation in God that's huge, and so that you're secure as you soar. The ship represents strategy because a ship knows the ways it's going to travel even before it leaves the dock. It's already studied the storms and the ocean, and it understands which way it is to travel. So it's a strategy that carries methods and skills for successful movement. You got to be like this ship, and you got to have solid strategies And you got to have the relationships— watch this— relationship that produce the right strategies. So you got to need people in your life that can disseminate strategy. Are y'all hearing me? And then with the maid, the man is drawn in by systems. You got to make wise choices. See, the reality is this man has love and affection for the maid, but his level of love Again, can't be measured. And this is interesting because they say love is blind, because a person can lose their head— hear me— when they're in love. There's a new system that is introduced when love is happening. People in love do some crazy things, man. Watch this. But you got to choose wisely what you love, and you got to create the systems Oh my God, to invest in what you love so that what you love— here we go— can stay around for generations and generations to come. I'm done. We're gonna unpack the rest of this. I went 5 minutes over, guys. Thank you for staying with me, those of you that stayed. Listen, I know, I know it's a lot, glory to God, to ingest But I pray you got this this afternoon. Let's pray. Father, in Jesus' name, I just seal this word, and I pray that it has landed on the good ground of every heart, that they may reap it in due season if they faint not. And I give you praise and glory for it. Now, I thank you for the ability to expand, multiply, increase. Thank you that this is the way of the Dominion Life. And we give you praise, God, that the way of the eagle, the way of The way of the serpent, the way of the ship, and the way of the man with the maid. These metaphors have spoken revelation to us on how we should be rooted in the foundation of you, really, so that we can achieve dominion. So Father, I'm asking you this afternoon to watch over every prophecy spoken during this teaching. Watch over the word that has been taught, and may the people under the sound of my voice, live or by replay, operate in dominion all the days of their life. In Jesus' name, amen. I love you guys. Listen, we're fasting, man. This is, this is great. This is great. I love all of you. God bless each one of you. Thank you for being here. Thank you. Thank you for staying in. Praise the name of God. We give God praise. We give God glory. There's none like him. Nowhere. It's in him we live, it's in him we move, it's in him we have our being. We're gonna come off our fast today at 6. Remember, until 6 it's water only. Uh, let's listen, you got about 5 more hours. Lock in, focus on God, focus on your dominion purpose, focus on your work. Glory to the name of God. And I promise you, you're going to have a great day. You guys are amazing, man. So we're going Listen, if— no pressure. If you desire to be a blessing to this ministry, you can. And the ways to give are scrolling at the bottom of the screen. You can get your seed in the ground now. Glory to God. I'll put up the banner for a little bit after I go off if you just want to give. No pressure. But if you, if you've been blessed and you want to get seed in the ground, do so. I love you guys. Y'all be blessed. Heaven smile upon you is my prayer. Talk to you soon. So glory to God. Hallelujah. I praise you, God. Thank you for this word. Thank you for your people. Thank you for what you're doing. We give you praise. We give you glory. Good morning. Today is December 17th, 2021. 2021. Hear the word of the Lord. You got to be careful how you use your mind. For I heard the Lord say, your mind has primarily 3 functions: memory, concentration, and imagination. Listen, your memory replays the past. Your concentration plays the present and your imagination preplays the future. Don't get so caught up dwelling in the past— hear this— and fantasizing about the future that you miss the present. No matter how dramatic your past or how tantalizing your future looks, remember The present is a present, and it contains the grace and the wisdom necessary to overcome the past and qualify you for your future. So it may be tough right now, it may be hard, but I challenge you in the Holy Spirit today: grit your teeth, dig in, concentrate on your now, no matter how hard is. Learn every lesson this season is disseminating, as these will be the very lessons that will be the substratum of what's to come. I prophesy to you today, what's to come will be better than what has been, and what's right now will be the very vehicle that will transition you into tomorrow. So whatever you do, don't quit, for the only way you lose is if you quit. Hear ye the word of the Lord. Good morning. Today is December 17th,