THE WAY OF DOMINION LIFE, PART D | DR. MIKE WOODS, SR. | 5 FEB 26

Well, grace and peace everyone, praise the Lord. Welcome to our 12 noon teaching. Uh, do me a favor today guys, I need you to share this, praise the name of God. Um, like it, comment below, let's engage in this teaching today. I believe it's going to be another great teaching, another great word from the Lord. Uh, and it is so important, praise the name of the Lord, that you, as you are blessed, that you bless others. Again, the Bible says we are blessed to be a blessing. So I believe that as we are being blessed, that we should really, uh, take the fact that we can bless others seriously. Glory to the name of God. And really do just that. Amen. So please guys, go ahead and share, share, share, and, uh, like, comment. Let's engage and, um, let's watch what the Lord does today. Hey, glory to the name of God. So we're continuing today, glory to God, our teaching on the mystery of dominion. And this is literally the 6th installment of this teaching. Uh, it's the 4th installment of something we've been calling the Dominion Way of Life. And I just really want you to understand, family, that, you know, this Dominion way of life is a mandate from God. It's really not, uh, something he is suggesting. Glory to God. He really and truly wants us as his people to operate in dominion, authority, leadership, influence, and power. Glory to the name of God. So I want you to take this teaching very seriously. Don't take it lightly. Uh, we've been teaching again, this is the sixth installment. We'll be on in a minute because I truly believe, guys, that, uh, this particular teaching is very connected in so many ways, family, to, uh, freedom. And, uh, we, we have deemed, glory to God, that this year is the year of freedom. Glory to the name of God. It's where we start living in the fullness of freedom all the days of our life. And I'm telling you right now, family, it takes, uh, dominion to do that. Glory to the name of God. So let's dive in. We're going to pray, glory to God, and we're going to dive right into this today. Uh, praise the name of Jesus. God is so good, he's so kind, glory to God. He's wonderful, uh, he's mighty. Just take a moment and let's just worship him. God, we glorify you, we macrograph you, we supplement you, God. Ah, shibo rukushka tatabay. And we, we decree and declare, Father, that there's none like you nowhere. You rule and you super rule. Heaven is your throne. Glory to God. The earth is your footstool. The heavens declare your glory. Hallelujah. And the earth, your handiwork. And Father, we thank you, God, for your goodness toward us. We thank you for ways made, and we thank you for doors open. We thank you for healing our body. We thank you for a mind to operate in dominion, to flow in the things that represent you and connect to you, God. Thank you, God, that this is not a game. It's not a joke. And that life is not a game or a joke, but our heart literally is beating because we have a significant, authentic, unique, vintage dominion purpose on this planet that you are expecting us to fulfill. So Father, as we take the position of a learner and we learn and we grow, may we have the boldness to step out and do what you've called us to do. And we give you praise and glory for it now. In Jesus' name. Amen. All right, glory to God. So today, praise God, we're going to— again, like I said, we're going to jump into this, man, with both feet— feet, not feets. We're going to jump into this and we're going to trust God, man, that he is going to literally, uh, meet us in this teaching today. And I declare that we won't be the same because of it. Praise the name of God. I declare that as we embrace these ways of life that we're teaching about when it comes to dominion, I decree and declare that we will literally manifest tangibly dominion purpose in our life. We— and we won't just be products of good church, all right, but we'll really manifest dominion purpose and we'll see God's power actually at work and operating in our life, man. Glory to God. So again, this is— hallelujah— this is— and we've been teaching this, man. So if you missed any of it, this is part 6, and this is part D. Glory to God of this teaching. Glory to the name of Jesus. And, um, I want you to grab all of this, man. I don't want you to miss not one piece of it, right? I mean, I want you to get all of it you're supposed to have and more. And I believe when you do that, glory to God, your life, hallelujah, will never ever be the same. Hallelujah. I promise you, if you catch it, your life will never ever be the same. Glory to God. And God will get the glory. God will be glorified. Glory to God. So I'm leaving that up there so y'all just kind of become one with this thumbnail here because I want you to grab this. This is so important. It's a mystery. So we're unlocking mysteries, right? Uh, we're unlocking, um, through the keys of apostolic revelation, uh, not to make you shout glory to God, not to make you, uh, feel good, glory to the name of God, but to really challenge your thinking and make you take revelation and leave the teaching and begin to apply it. Remember yesterday I said it ought to be illegal for you to get revelation, have good church, go through the motions of praise and worship, and then that doesn't culminate— watch this— with an encounter with God that leads you into the world to take up your place of dominion. So just a little review. We've already talked about the ego, glory to God, and how that's a dominion way of life. Please go back. And watch that and, and replay these things again. Take notes. Remember I told you, you only retain, uh, 64% of what you receive in teaching when you take notes. If you take notes, you got a chance of having retention. And, and the more you go back to those notes, the more it becomes a part of you. If you do not, if you're not a note-taker, about 34%. So at the end of the day, you know, people can judge folk who take notes. The reality is, you know, you're learning. Glory to the name of God. And you need to become one with what's being taught, correct? All right, so make sure you're taking notes. So we learned of that the eagle— glory to the name of God— is a significant way of life. Please go back and watch it. And then we started talking about the second way in Proverbs 30, and we're going to read it in a moment. Glory to God. That, that simply discussed the serpent on a rock. And we started this yesterday, and we talked about how The supernatural is so important, glory to God, because you have to have a renewed mind to take dominion, and you got to unlock the realm of the supernatural so that— watch this— you can own life. The eagle soars through life. The serpent in the text is indicative of owning life, and it has a strategic way that it owns life. Watch this. As you know, the evil connotation that people have given the serpent actually came after Satan. Hear this, because when God created the serpent— because I know some of you saying, Apostle teaching us about this serpent, serpent is evil— but watch this. The serpent in and of itself is not evil, okay? First of all, you have dominion over serpents. We done talked about that, right? So you shouldn't be afraid of them. Uh, glory to God. Secondly, The serpent was used by the enemy because he was most subtil of all the creatures in the earth. So the enemy took on his body to deceive Adam and Eve. But before that, the Bible says it clearly, he is the most subtil, skillful, cunning beast in the field. So which is why Satan chose to use him. One, because of his beauty. Because watch this, before the serpent was cursed to the ground, it could stand straight up and walk, and it had wings, and it had a beautiful nature to it that was majestic even in the Garden of Eden. And so it was attractive to Eve and Adam when they were deceived. I say they because Adam was responsible for his wife. Another teaching for another day. Glory to name of God. But the reality is, this serpent was not bad. Everything God created— wait a minute, wait a minute, are y'all ready? It was good. Hallelujah. So let's pray. Father, in Jesus' name, we thank you for another opportunity to teach the word of God. We thank you, God, that it takes the word to save us, and it takes the word to keep us. It takes the word to empower us toward purpose, dominion, opulence, influence, and assignment. And, ah, shiku rakiska tetemanso rabaki oshaba otamanko shababandia. And so, Father, we thank you for the security we find in the word of God. And so, Father, even as we continue to plow through the dominion ways of life, I declare that fresh revelation will flow today. Ah, yes, God. And I decree and declare that when we leave this teaching, we won't be the same. We'll understand, glory to God, what it literally means, hallelujah, to own life through a renewed mind and a humble childlike spirit. We give you praise and glory for it now in Jesus' name. Thank you for the light, the illumination, and the intelligence of the Holy Ghost. God, you speak through me today. No Michael Woods. Hide the flesh behind the cross and only you, God, be seen. And we give you glory and honor today in Jesus' name. Amen. My God, I feel like teaching today. I pray you feel like learning. Glory to God. I believe, glory to God, that God's gonna do something powerful in our midst today. So stay with me. Glory to God. So let's get back into this, right? So let's go and let's read the foundation of these ways of life real quick. Let's go to Proverbs 30. Wonderful Jesus, what a mighty God we serve. Woo! Shy. I'm reading out of the Amplified, Proverbs 30:18-19. The Bible says, 3 things which are too wonderful for me, yes, 4 which I do not understand: the way of the eagle in the air, the way of the serpent upon the rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid. And again, these are metaphors that are very— all metaphors in are prophetic, that are conveying a prophetic message. And in this instance, it is a prophetic message about life. I— when we first opened this, we gave a, a brief overview of each metaphor, and now we're going back to unpack. For those of you just joining us, each metaphor— we've unpacked the eagle, now we're unpacking— we started yesterday, we couldn't get finished, we got interrupted by the Holy Ghost. Glory to God. And so I pray We're allowed to finish this today so we can move on to the ship in the sea on tomorrow. But again, that's those 4 ways of life: the way of the eagle in the air, the way of the serpent on the rock, the way of the ship in the sea, and the way of a man with a maid. This is going to be so good, so please stay with us today. All right, so let's get back into this serpent. Yesterday we covered— glory to God, hallelujah, thank you Jesus, hallelujah— that the serpent on the rock says to us that we must own and possess life. Matter of fact, touch yourself and say that with me. Say, I must own and possess life. You are not here just to be merely existing. You're here to show up in the world. I asked you yesterday, I don't know if it was during 5 o'clock prayer or during one of the 12 noon sessions, uh, prior to yesterday, but I believe it was yesterday. I proposed a question: how do you show up in the world? And you need to ask yourself that question constantly. How are you showing up in the world? Are you owning life or are you just kind of, oh, just making it and trying to make it? You know, when people ask you, how you doing? What's your response? You say, oh, I'm just trying to make it. But nobody even gave you the authority to just try to make it. I need you to stop saying that and stop doing that. That's for somebody. You ain't trying to make it. You have to make a deliberate choice because there's a life that's already made for you. So you shouldn't be trying trying to make it. You should be deliberately and strategically, oh, pushing the gas on living the life that God created for you, discovering that life, because it's not your decision, it's your discovery, and then being very deliberate about living that life. Oh my God, with all that it entails, and taking your dominion place. Oman sikuta bayah. So again, I want you to get that, okay? Because some of y'all was rejecting that serpent, man, because, oh my God, he evil, he, he's dangerous. But the serpent was created good, and glory to the name of God. And this is the reality— he was used that once by Satan for deception because of his subtlety and his skill and his appearance. Glory to the name of God. Now here we go, let's jump in it, let's jump in it, man. Okay, so this serpent then, hallelujah, uh, because this ego, uh, causes us to constantly expand, multiply, increase as we're sowing through life, right? But this serpent, glory to God, he represents wisdom because he is wise. Watch this. The Bible says in Matthew 10:16— watch this— Jesus even said this to you. He says, behold, listen to this, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Watch what he says. Watch the language of Jesus, because y'all was trying to— I know some of y'all was crucifying my mind. In your mind, I'm teaching you about this Serpent on the Rock, but watch what— watch your master. Jesus, watch what he says to you. He said, I'm sending you out in the midst as sheep in the midst of wolves. He said, therefore be wise. What? What? As serpents. Glory to God. And harmless as doves. Glory to the name of— what a dichotomy to have the wisdom of the the serpent and the demeanor and the character of a dove. In other words, don't take up that mean streak that's in the serpent that he uses that venom to survive, but take up his wisdom, take up his subtlety, his skill. Glory to the name of God. So you can own and possess life. Glory to God. Are y'all all right now that Jesus said it too? Somebody said, okay, that's Old Testament. Solomon said— I, I felt y'all in the spirit, man. Some of y'all was like fighting that, but I'm— listen, Jesus said it. Glory to God. So, hey, glory to the name of God. And this is in Matthew 10 where he's sending the apostles out here. This is very important. Two by two, he says, heal the sick, cleanse lepers, cast out devils. If no one receives you, shake the dust from your feet, right? Glory to God. And go to the next place. The apostolic anointing. If you're, if you're an apostle, for you so-called apostles out there that call yourself apostle, or if you're connected to apostolic ministry, you must be— hear me— one that have embraced the assignment to heal the sick, cleanse lepers, and cast out devils, casting devils out of the systems in the world, healing sick bodies, healing sick minds, healing the sin sick soul, cleansing the leper who is carrying, oh my God, terminal illness, whether it be naturally or spiritually, and being able to connect with other apostolic leaders. Watch this. So you can effectively perform this. But if you're too intimidated, oh my God, and you're high off your own Kool-Aid, are y'all hearing this? You will never connect with someone else so that this work can be performed. Therefore, I'm giving you mysteries of dominion, man. You will never be able to have dominion because you're going to need assistance. You two are better than one. Are y'all hearing me? Oh God, I got to go. I got to go because I'm already feel something shifted. Glory to the name of God. I need you to grab this. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils. This is the apostolic— so in Matthew 28, you see the Great Commission, and in Luke 16, you see the Great Commission. This is the apostolic commission. Glory to God. Because if you read them, they're different. And Jesus sent these apostles out in Matthew 10, two by two. Hear me. And told him, heal the sick, cleanse the leper, cast out devils. Are we here? Okay, so let's go, let's go, let's go. So this serpent, then he understands how vulnerable he is, so he has to be wise to navigate through life and to own life. So here's the wisdom of the serpent. Write these down. Number 1, the serpent uses the rock as a foundation. I think we kind of covered that slightly, but again, Jesus is the rock. He's your petros. Glory to God. And you you got to build your life on him so you can own life through him. Upon this rock I'll build my church. He said that to Peter. So upon the rock of Peter's revelation of who he was as the Petra, Petra and Petros— Jesus is the big rock, Peter says he— we're the little rock, and we got to abide on the rock of Jesus so we can own life, right? Number 2, write it down: he also uses the rock to hide. Anytime a serpent goes on top of a rock or even under a rock, he's using it as a camouflage to hide. One, to either protect himself because he can be very vulnerable. Glory to God. Because he has no legs. Ah, glory to God. He has no wings anymore. He's cursed. He understands this. Glory to the name of God. So he now has to hide to live, to own his life. Glory to the name of God. So watch this, you gotta hide when things get hard. You gotta crawl up into the rock of Jesus and hide in him. You gotta let your life always be found protected in him. Glory to the name of God. Are y'all with me today? Sha lekeska tabosi antatabai. Oh God, I give you the glory. You gotta stand tall in who Jesus is. And not in yourself, okay? Because he's your rock that holds you up. And then thirdly, the serpent uses the rock not just to hide but also again to protect this weakness. So he's protecting his weakness because, you know, because where we are weak, he is strong, right? So you got to abide in him because— and I'm just setting up where I'm going today— because again, where We are weak, he is strong, so you need him to be your strength. Remember we talked about the eagle, how the Lord will fight your battle? This is the same principle. Stop fighting battles yourself. Are y'all hearing me? Allow God to be your rear guard and your front guard and be the Jehovah Gibbor in your life that wars against your enemies on your behalf. So He is your protection. Oh, he's your shield. Praise God. Number 4, write it down. He uses the rock— watch this— as a power play. The serpent uses the rock as a power play. What does that mean? That means if you and the rock are one— here, here we go— and the enemy comes against you, watch, this is a power play. He— because you blend into the rock, you're interpenetrating the rock. You look like the rock, you act like the rock, you live like the rock, you talk like the rock. So when the enemy wars against you, he doesn't know the difference between you and the rock. It's a power play. He doesn't know where you begin, hallelujah, and the rock ends. Because at the end of the day, once he sees that he cannot overtake you because you're on the rock, that resistance causes him to flee. So here we go, and, and then we're going to get into today. Go to Genesis 3, verse number 1. Oh boy, track with— I'm trying to find y'all this afternoon. I'm trying to find you. Glory to God. I'm trying to find you. Praise God. Hallelujah. Listen, Genesis 3, verse 1. It says, now the serpent was more subtil— I just quoted it, but I'm reading it now— than any beast of the field which the Lord God God made. So this word sub— his subtlety means— watch this— in Hebrew, the Hebrew transliteration of this word means that he was more advanced. So watch this, when you show up in the world— thank you, Holy Ghost, for this teaching, man— when you show up in the world, glory to God, to pursue and to occupy in your place of dominion, here we go. Here we go. Oba Shika, Oba Sheteman Sa. When you show up in the world to occupy in your place of dominion, hear me, clip this, clip that, clip it, write it down. When you show up in the world, occupy your place of dominion, the reality is you should show up more advanced than your counterparts who don't know God. Glory to God. Ha! Glory to God. Oh boy, you gotta have— because the wisdom of the, the, um, serpent teaches us. So this is how he gets the advantage on his prey. This is how he can attack you walking through the woods, because he's hiding on the rock and you don't see him. If he showed up and just came straight at you, you gonna take off running. You gonna figure out a way to try to defeat him, whatever the, the mode of combat will be at that face-off. So he knows I got to sneak up on them. Glory to the name of God. I got to sneak up on my prey and my enemies. You got to be more advanced. How do you become more advanced, Michael Woods? I'm glad you asked. We started it yesterday. We're going to finish it today. It starts with a renewed mind. So you got to renew your mind through learning, through teaching. Redo, renew simply means to redo your mind, tear out the stinking thinking and redo your mind. But then secondly, which is where we're going today, This is the second key to unlocking the supernatural. And so you can advance dominion so that you can fulfill your dominion purpose. Here's the second key to supernaturally operating in dominion. You got to have a childlike spirit. Arrogance is not going to get you anywhere. As a matter of fact, if you're going to operate in subtlety, of the serpent, right? And the wisdom of the serpent, you have to be humble. You— pride, watch this, P-R-I-D-E. So I want you to take the word I out of your vocabulary because the middle letter of pride is I. And everything honestly that causes you to be separate from God or fall, the middle letter of it is I. The middle letter of pride is I. P-R-I-D-E, pride. A fall and a haughty spirit before destruction. So you'll never move in dominion if you're operating in arrogance and pride. Here's the second one, S-I-N, sin. Sin is the middle letter of, has the middle letter I there. And the Bible said, because of your sin, you're separated from God. And remember I told you, you cannot do this without God. So you gotta dismiss the pride. I know you good at what you do. I know you talented. I know you're anointed. I know you know your stuff. I know you got a large following. You wrote several books. I know you got great platforms. Oh my God. Oh my God. I know everybody loves you. Glory to the name of God. But if you're gonna be more advanced, hear me, than your counterparts, you gotta humble yourself so you can receive the instruction from the Holy Spirit that you need to take your dominion place and have authority and influence in that area of domain. Oh my God, I pray y'all are getting something out of this today. Lord have mercy, Jesus. Good God from Zion. Matter of fact, I just need you to rub your belly and say, I am more advanced. And after you do that, type it in the comments. Type the words more advanced. Just put it in the atmosphere. Glory to God. Put it out there in the world so, so that it'll be a part of your life. Release that word, glory to God, that you are more advanced. This is God's will for you so you can operate in dominion. People who— because watch this— your counterparts in the world, they're advancing. They're advancing in AI. They're advancing in technology. They're advancing, glory to the name of God, in financing. They're advancing in economics and media and entertainment and politics. You have to make make sure if you're called to have dominion in any of these areas of education, wherever you are, you have to make sure you position yourself to be empowered. Hear me. Oh God, man, this is so good to me. Hosha. Lebakkande dede beshotu rakasabaye. We give you praise. So go to Luke 18, 'cause in order— it starts with a childlike childlike spirit. You'll never get more advanced if you're arrogant, because if you're arrogant, no matter what title you hold, irregardless to your ministry call or anointing or position, if you don't have a childlike spirit, you're never going to tap into the dimension of more advanced, and you're never going to take dominion. Okay, somebody said, Apostle, did you have to say it like that? Yes, because when you rebel against learning, man, that's how you saying it. You're aggressively saying, God, I got this, I don't need to be taught. You, you're arrogantly saying, yeah, I don't need no teachers. There are people out there that are saying that they need no teachers. That's ridiculous. Glory to God. Because all of us need teaching. Again, irregardless the title, position, anointing, or perceived anointing. Let me say that. Glory to God. You need teaching, you need learning, you need to grow so you can be better at what you're called to do. Oh, bashiku rabataya. God, we give you glory. So Luke 18, starting at verse number 15, the Bible said they also brought infants to him that— oh my God— he might touch them. But when the disciples saw it— watch this— they rebuked them. Verse 16: But Jesus called to them and said, let the little children come to me and do not forbid them, for such is the kingdom of God. Verse 17: Assuredly I say unto you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it. I just said that without reading this. So you'll never have the King's domain, you'll never operate in dominion if you're arrogant, if you don't humble yourself as a child. Because watch this, Jesus said— he rebuked the disciples, said, look, y'all trying to keep me from praying for these children. We— they need to touch me too. Glory to the name of God. Are y'all hearing me? Because that's our future. That's future dominion. So we need our children, glory to the name of God, to touch dominion. And this is why, you know, I'm such an advocate, man. Now I'm glad that in this stage that even our young people in our church, they have an opportunity to be inside of the service, right? So that they can experience everything that's going on. They could see it, they can be a part of it. They can get the same ministry that everybody else is given. And if they perceive and hear— glory to the name of God— and, and if it's reinforced by parents when they get home, they'll start walking that stuff out early because they need prayer too, they need teaching too. But here's the reality, you know, so many times we'll hide the children in the back in a room because that's good for ministry business, right? And not making sure that while they're back there, they're actually getting the teaching that they need to still be people of dominion, to still be people that fulfill purpose. I mean, we'll put them back there and turn on the TV and let them play games. The reality is whether they're in children's church, youth church, they still need to be getting, glory to God, the same level of anointing, the same level of power. I'm praying that God will send us a youth pastor, glory to the name of God, that will, hallelujah, operate under the anointing. Joyfully-yam, glory to God, that will operate in power, that will operate in authority, that will be willing to teach and pray for and make sure all of the programs for our young people, from the babies up to the teenagers, that they will be able to experience the exact same apostolic thrust that the adults experience, just on their level. Are y'all hearing this? Oh boy, that's so good. Okay, okay, all right, I'm gonna keep moving. Hi, I'm trying to find y'all for real. I'm trying to feel you. Glory to the name. Although you're not here, I'm trying to feel y'all for real, man. The reality is you got to grab this, man. You got to humble yourself. Jesus took this, said, look, y'all wrong. Stop pushing these children away. Let them get prayer. Let them get what they need. Glory to the name of God. Prayer in church saved my life. I grew up in a ministry where the church was every ministry. Glory to God. So every ministry was in one room. The children's ministry, glory to God, marriage ministry, singles ministry, we all was in the sanctuary and got what we needed from our pastor. He prayed for everybody, he prophesied to everybody, he empowered everybody. Glory to God. And we had a sense of unity in that one room. Home. I get it. But like I said, we got to make sure when we are flowing in these different arenas where we're opening up space for our young people in different ministries, that they're getting the same level of anointing that's happening in the main sanctuary. Are y'all here? Okay. All right. Shema. I'm trying to track y'all today, man. Glory to God. I really am. I really and truly am. God is so good. I pray y'all getting this, man. Listen, Listen, so he said, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will not enter it. So here's what God said to me. He said, son, first of all, he said, a fresh wind is coming for all believers. Hear me. He said, this fresh wind is going to usher them into the fullness of their identity and their calling as true sons and daughters of God. So even as I'm talking, this wind is accumulating in the heavens and beginning to blow. It's a fresh wind that's going to cause you to always come before God childlike, all right, knowing that he is your father. Again, I don't care what your perceived anointing is or your ministry position or your perceived authority. God is your Father, and you should always come to him with that mindset. You'll never advance the kingdom and dominion again in, in any way if you do not humble yourself as a child and understand that he's the Father with everything you need, all of the resources you need to advance the kingdom in the way he has called you to advance it. But you got to act like a child. Stop acting like he needs your He doesn't. You need to allow him to be in control. He's the patha, he's the father. He— the providence you need is in him. The— oh my God, the protection you need in him, the permanence you need in him, the perspective you need is in him. So you got to come to him as a little child so that he can supply everything a patha— it's a father— is supposed to supply. Because guess what? He is full of everything you need. He don't lack a thing. But the reason we lack is because many a times we get arrogant. Oh my God, we get arrogant and we believe that God needs our help. But remember I told you each one of these metaphors, as broad as they are, they have something in in common. One, they had risk in common. And you have to learn with your Father when he gives you instructions, when he shares with you promises from his word, to take risk of obedience. Are y'all with me, family? To take risk— clip that— of obedience. Take risk of faith and obedience that says, if my Father said it, he's able to provide for it. Remember I told you before, if, oh boy, if he ordained it, you can obtain it. So if it was— if it's something God ordained, you can obtain. Okay, I'm gonna sit there right there. All right, I'm gonna sit there right there, because if we're not getting the things we need, maybe we're pursuing stuff that God didn't ordain. Clip that. You got to make sure you're not pursuing things that did not come out of the heart of the Father. See, a child knows who their daddy is naturally. You know who your daddy is. Most people know who their daddy is, right? Um, some don't, and that's, that's unfortunate. But for those of us who understand who daddy is, even if he wasn't in our life, your mama had made you clear that that's your daddy, that was your daddy, or that is your daddy, he just never was around, or he left, and that's magic. But here's the— here's the joy. When you came to Jesus, you inherited a Father. Oh God. And now you're being reintroduced to your Father, who could do more for you than a natural father could ever do. You know, sometimes God will trust a man to sow the seed but not— oh my God, here we go— manage the seed or raise the seed because that man is carrying something that can contaminate the seed. So sometimes it works together for good that that person wasn't there the whole time because they would have had you on the wrong path. Oh yeah, I'm okay. I know that's for grown folk. Okay, okay, that's what's going on. I want to— I know some of y'all be dealing with triggers. I don't want to do that. Glory to God. But I want you— what I want you to know, you got access to Abba. Your Father who wants to provide, who wants to take care of you, who wants to do for you what has never been done in your life before. Ah, okay. So the fresh wind is here. God wants you to be identified that you're really his son, really his daughter. Not just saying it, all right? Not just lip service. I'm a son of God. I'm a daughter of God. I'm a child of God. Not just hearing the teaching but really walking out life, owning life as a son or daughter of God, knowing that you're in God's family. Some of us so busy trying to be a member of the most popular church that we forgot, oh boy, that we're called to be sons. Oh God, oh God, oh God. We want to follow the most iconolistic person on earth that's popular. But watch this, family. You are called to be a son. And you gotta align yourself with his heart. Not saying you don't need to be a part of a community where you're learning and growing, but what I am saying, your reasoning for that should not be because of a soul tie to the past, number one, because maybe what you got in the past in that house, you're not getting it now. And now you're just so tied to it because you have history. And then secondly, you don't need to be there just because the leader is an air quote icon in the eyes of people. Because just because it's the trend and everybody is doing it, I want you to understand something. Trends change. So you need to make sure that you're locked in to the Father and that you're always with the persons and in the places the Father has ordained. And it takes a childlike spirit to do that. And when you know who you are, you don't need the crutch of a popular pastor or popular apostle or a popular person on the internet to make you feel good about yourself. That, oh, I'm connected to this. So because they're doing good, what they doing good? You need to find your identity so you can do good. Are y'all hearing this? And a lot of times your identity gets lost in theirs because you just become a part of their numbers game so that they can keep doing what they do. Okay, I just hit something really hard right there. Okay, I'm gonna let it go. Oh, bah, so I'm trying to be nice. Good God. Hey, sheba, who's your babandi? You got to let this wind blow on you. It's a fresh wind because you're operating in an identity that came from an old wineskin, and now God is elevating you to new things where you can soar like that eagle and you can own life like that serpent on the rock. Glory to the name of God. It's going to take new wine, heh, sheba, lebekushka, tatabayande, kosi, that comes out of the heavens, and you cannot— Jesus said it— put new wine in old wineskins. So you— oh yeah, history is great, where you come from is great, huh? Glory to God. But we got to move on, man, because we're trying to pour this new wine in this old wineskin. And the Bible said when you do that, all you're going to do is leak the new wine out because the old wineskin can't hold it. You can't make it fit. Oh God, I gotta go, man. I gotta go. So that was number one. Prophetically, I'm just prophetically plowing through these three verses. So number one, a fresh wind is coming. It's here. Receive it, receive it in the name of Jesus, where you're going to be clearly— whoa, God— identified in your calling as a son and daughter of God. Notice what I said there. Not as a prophet, not as an apostle, not as a pastor, not as a teacher. We'd be worrying about those titles. There are people that have those titles that don't even realize they're a son. Oh God, oh God, oh God, that's so backwards, so spiritually retarded. The reality is that— not politically correct, I'm sorry, but it is. It's, it's backwards. It's, it's, it's, it's ill-informed. Glory to the name of God. The reality is you have to know who you are in him before you could take dominion in your fear of influence. Because now you understand this large dream, this big vision that God has given me, he's the father that's going to provide for it. Oh my God. Yeah. Number 2, write it down. This wind that's coming, watch this. Is going to awaken a childlike spirit within us that will cause mysteries— watch this— to be irresistible. Oh God. And it's also going to cause us to be irresistibly attracted to the deeper things of God. Ah, glory to the name of God. And we will begin through this childlike spirit to believe that the things that were illogical are possible. So this is why you need a childlike spirit. So the things that your mind is telling you are impossible. Oh my God, I got to release, my God, 3 books this year. Matter of fact, all 3 of those books are written. They just need to be edited. And I got to go through back because I got 10 books in my laptop that need— that now's the time to start dropping. With them. Glory to God. Because I, I mean, I've been writing for years, but the reality is I wanted to be in the time of the Lord. Some of it was procrastination, I'll admit that, and I have to repent for that. And I repent publicly for it because a lot of information in my belly I know the world needs. So I was on the phone with my publisher on Monday just putting things in place for the first one to come out. Glory to the name of God. The reality is it's got to happen. And somebody to me, because I'm so practical, I'm like, this is illogical to be trying to drop these books at this level of excellence in one year. And God said, it's got to happen. Okay, so we're going to do it, man. And the world is going to be blessed globally by this material. Now, it takes a childlike spirit for me to grasp that and graduate from my thinking on how I'm thinking I need to structure this so that the book— because to me, when you're birthing on that level of writing, it's for the globe. So it's— I don't want the book just to be, glory to God, something that's in my trunk or in my local church. We had to make sure that we're putting everything in place so the book is a global release, and so that people who need the information will be able to put their hands on it in every outlet possible. Possible throughout this country, in any language possible throughout this world. We want to make sure that happens, right? But God says, I'm going to make what you think is illogical logical. I'm going to show you it's possible. And then he began to show me the plan on how it's going to happen. Listen, you, you got to get a childlike spirit so you can receive the big massive things that God's trying to download to you. Are y'all hearing this? Glory to God. You keep rejecting it because that's arrogance and pride saying, no, I can't do that. Well, I'm not able to accomplish that. The reality is you can. You can, you can, you can. Glory to the name of God. Growing up, they put a nursery rhyme in our head about a little engine that could, and that little engine was going up the hill, say, I think I can, I think I can, I think I can. Great metaphor, but I want to reverse that thinking. Glory to God. Because some of you are going through life and you're still— you're 40 years old and you're still saying, I think I can, I think I can. I need you to shift that language to I know I can. Okay, clip that. I know I can. Not I think I can, but I know I can. Why do I know I can? Because the Father is my partner. We— oh God. We prayed about partnership this morning. Glory to God. We are partners with God. Glory to God. So if I'm co-laboring with him, if I'm in partnership with him, glory to God, if he's the one that I'm working with, I can, not I think I can. Watch this. I know I can because even Paul said it. He said, I can do. Let's just stop right there. Let's not even read the rest of the verse. Philippians 4:19. I can do. I can do all things through Christ that strengthens me. So working with him, I know I can. I need you to type that in the comments. I know I can. I know I can. I know I— not you think you can. You can be great. Glory to God. You can, glory to God, start those businesses, be that politician that God has called you to be. You can be great in media. You can be a bestselling author. Your nonprofit can function Oh my God, influence in the earth. You can be a great pastor, a great apostle, a great intercessor. You ought to say it out of your mouth. Type it in the comments. I know I can. Oh, by Shikura, listen, anytime— yeah, thank you, God— anytime the Spirit give utterance of tongues like that that come out of me, let me explain something to you. There's there's a warfare that he's fighting. Glory to God. That when you hear my tongues come out like that, it shifts in the spirit something that's warring with either the people I'm talking to or something that's coming against me. Because so I'm telling you right now, whatever's been attacking your confidence, your godly confidence to conquer and to do what he's called you to do, glory to the name of God, this childlike spirit is about to prove to you that what you thought was illogical It is indeed possible. Oh my God. Ah, my God, today. Iba babasu rebeskitai. God, I give you the glory. Give you the glory. The impossible is becoming logical. Yeah, even as I'm talking, the impossible in your mind. See, as I'm teaching this, I pray you've been receiving it and your dominion purpose has been being stirred up, right? I'm on 4 different platforms right now. Glory to God. I'm on Instagram, I'm on Facebook, glory to the name of God. I'm on YouTube. So we're on, uh, 3 Facebook pages, glory to the name of God. Instagram, praise the name of God. And we are on YouTube. Wherever you are, let me tell you something, you can. And I pray that as you have been engaging these teachings, you have realized that there's more to you than meets the eye, that you realize that there is a greater dominion purpose on your life other than the existence you have embraced every single day. There is more, and don't let the enemy rob you of that. Your business can be successful. Your business can have a multi-million dollar valuation. You can create a billion dollar personal net worth. Glory to God. You can dominate in your your fear of influence. I need you to receive it in the name of Jesus. You can operate in power and heal the sick. Glory to God. Cast out devils. You can, glory to the name of God, raise the dead. I know I can. Oh my God, because he is— oh my God— with me. Father, we give you praise. We give you glory. Somebody needs to just bless him because you can. Just, just childlike spirit again is, is taking what you deemed impossible. You're gonna own this like the serpent. We still teach about the serpent on the rock because the serpent owns life through being more advanced. The childlike spirit is going to make you more advanced, and you're gonna own your dominion purpose. You're gonna own your life. Glory to God. Oh man, I'm almost done. I got 4 minutes. Glory to God. I'm trying to really stay within the parameters of time during these teachings because I want you back every day. I want you learning. I want you growing, and I don't want to give you too much. So let me give you this third prophetic thing God gave me. I'm just prophetically plowing through these verses. So thirdly, the childlike spirit will remind us that God— watch this— that our Father God is known for showing up in unexpected places and moving in unexpected ways. In other words, when you tap into this childlike spirit, it is going to give you a revelation through the manifestation of God's hand showing up in situations, in contracts, in finances, in your health, in unexpected ways. Good God. Ooh-wee! And he's gonna move in unexpected ways. He's gonna move things around for you, things you didn't expect. He's gonna get in computers and change things for you. He's gonna give you favor that you didn't qualify for. Yeah, he's gonna start move because you took on a childlike spirit and you understood you need his help, you need his assistance. And you just hope. And that's why when you go to him, you got to go humbly as a child. Are y'all with me? Glory to the name of God. Number 4, I'm gonna keep going. This humility, this childlike spirit will— oh my God— when induced, will train us to expect the supernatural in us, through us, and around us. So when this childlike spirit is induced in our life and we follow after it, it's going to begin to train us to not expect the worst, to always expect the supernatural to show up in every situation. Not just at church, but to always expect the supernatural. Glory to God. Thank you, Lord. God bless you, man of God. I love you. Thank you for your support, Cornelius. God bless you, man of God. I thank you, I appreciate that. That means a lot. Glory to the name of God. Listen, you gotta allow the childlike spirit to train you to operate in supernatural expectations and results in everything you do. Watch this. I don't even care if you got the intellect and ability to do it. Uh, so I heard somebody saying something this morning, and I couldn't quite agree with it because we cannot dismiss God's hand. He works with our ability, right? He gives us the ability to dominate, he gives us the vision, but then we have to allow him to supernaturally intervene and superimpose supernatural help and provision as we work, right? Um, this person was saying that God— here we go— will not do what he's equipped you to do. I don't all the way agree with that. I believe we got to do what we've been equipped to do, right? But I believe we do it with his assistance. We're not left to our own devices. Oh God, clip that. We're not left to our own devices. We can expect the supernatural to move in us, for us, and around us at all times when we follow a childlike spirit. Even though God gave me a gift, watch this, to teach, to preach, to prophesy, to operate apostolically, even a gift to be an entrepreneur. I had a meeting yesterday at 6, at 5, that went to 7, uh, bringing on a major security company as a, uh, part of our Rada Films business and, uh, the branding and marketing leg of that. Uh, the reality is, man, I went into the meeting, I got— had me prepare all of the stuff in the pitch deck. I had already spoke to the young man about, you know, what we could do for him. We prepared the pitch deck. And I, I, I want— because the legacy of this family and was so dear to me going into the meeting. Watch this. The father left the business to his children. Uh, the, the daughter is the CFO of the company. The son is the CEO. Uh, I met with both of them and some of their board on last night at the country club. So sitting there, I had my iPad out going through the pitch deck and the whole time I know how to do what I'm called to do, right? Even as an entrepreneur. But I said to myself, I said, God, this legacy is so dear. I don't want to drop the ball in any area. And I begin to prophesy that their company was going to be a— for I know it— a Fortune 500 company. I begin to prophesy things that their daddy was dreaming of, but he didn't get to do because he passed. The anointing hit the table. Watch this. And the girl started crying and she started saying, oh, I'm so glad you showed up in our life. And I'm glad that my daddy's legacy— and I begin to tell them how greater works they'll do because he has gone to the Father. And I mean, they were just totally enamored, not just by the information we presented, but by the supernatural that intervened. And guess what? We gained the client. But I went into the meeting with butterflies in my stomach. And although I know how to run a meeting, I know how, glory to the name of God, to, oh God. And plus I was hungry 'cause I was fasting, so I didn't get to eat until after 8 o'clock last night. The reality is when you allow the supernatural to show up, he'll superimpose himself upon your intellect, your ability, and he'll take control when you yield to him. I didn't have to do anything. The anointing came in through me talking and it hit the young lady and it started— and tears were flowing all over the table. I just need you to understand, man, um, nothing just happens. You're not an accident. You're supposed to be here. You're supposed to take dominion and you got to take this childlike spirit and allow it to train you you to operate in the supernatural. Watch this. Supernatural problems are prelude to supernatural results. So, oh God, so God will allow problems because he could supernaturally stop things, but he doesn't sometimes. But he'll allow problems to arise so that he can intervene supernaturally and show you he's God. I'm done right there, man. Let me stop. Let me You gotta have the subtlety, the wisdom as the servant to own life. You do that through a renewed mind. You do that through a childlike spirit. Glory to God. Let's pray. Father, in Jesus' name, I thank you for this word today. I thank you for this people. I thank you for how they are gathering around this word daily, and I pray that the spirit of dominion is being ignited in their life. And I declare that no person under the sound of my voice will settle for less another day in their life, that they will get true identity as a child of God, and that they will begin to operate in a childlike spirit. I rebuke pride that causes a fall. I rebuke every haughty spirit, every arrogant spirit that leans more to our understanding, that leans more to our ability than your ability. We bind it up now in the name of Jesus, and we know with you all things are possible. And so, Father, we thank you for even how you're guiding our hand with Rhoda City, how you're guiding our hand for the next move for our church, how you're causing clear direction to come. And we just give you praise and glory because we take a childlike spirit and not doing things because we can, not doing things because we know how, but actually following the supernatural and allowing you opportunity to intervene in the way you desire. So Father, we give you praise. Hallelujah. We give you glory that every purpose under the sound of my voice, every dominion mandate under the sound of my voice, that this people will show up authentically in the world and do what you've called them to do. And we praise you for it now in Jesus' name. Amen. Listen, if you were blessed today, just throw some hands up in the comments and let the world know know that this word blessed you today. And I want you to leave this live today saying, I know I can. Glory to the name of God. Oh my God, I don't know about you, huh, but my Jesus, I felt the hand of God on that teaching today. Listen, I want to challenge you today. This is Thursday, and yeah, I've, I've, I've said no pressure all week, and there is still no pressure, but I want to challenge you today to get seed in the ground. The Bible says, if I sow to you spiritual things, you should sow unto me your natural things. Now, glory to the name of God, this is what God told me to do. God knows I don't need anything, but when you sow into me, you're sowing into good ground. See, I'm not gonna have you give to the church and take the money, never. Glory to God. But when God tells you to give to me— I'm— tells me to ask you to give to me so you can be blessed. Remember we read the scripture yesterday? Paul said that I don't desire you to give to me so that— because I need something, but that fruit can abound to your account. I'm not going to tell you what to do, but you've been receiving all week. I don't take a salary from the church, glory to God, and I really, really, I'm not in need of anything. But what I do want is for fruit to abound to your account. So the ways to give are scrolling at the bottom of the screen. Whether you— however you choose to give, just put in the subject that this is for Apostle Woods, and we'll make sure that it gets sown into me. But instead of you sending it directly to me personally, send it through the church so you can still get credit for it. But just put in the note, glory to the name of God, this is for Apostle Woods. And when you do that, we'll make sure that money gets moved to myself, glory to the name of God, so that you can have your seed in the ground. Because I declare today, as you fruit will abound to your account. It will abound to your account. So get seed in the ground and trust God. Glory to the name of God. I love y'all. A lot of times, I know some people got off when I started talking like that, but you know, it's more blessed to give than it is to receive. That's Bible. And again, if I'm sowing spiritual things, you should communicate your natural things. And, uh, there's no altar for you to run up here and throw money while I'm teaching, so we're this directly and deliberately by the leading of the Holy Ghost, challenging you to get seed in the ground, to the voice that's been speaking all week long. Glory to the name of God. So, praise God, so that fruit can abound to your account. I'm not telling you nothing that's not in the Bible. Amen. All right, I'm gonna leave that right there. Glory to God. Now here's what I want to do before we go. I want to give you an update on the fast. I was sitting on my couch yesterday evening after I finally eat. My wife was— has been so, uh, patient. She cooked me vegetables that were so great yesterday. I enjoyed them so much. Glory to God. And she's been making sure I eat, you know, what we're eating every single day, and I'm grateful for that. And last night was just superb. Glory to the name of God. But I was sitting there and all of a sudden I got this massive headache, and I'm like, Lord, Where's this coming from? And the Lord says, this is what some of the people are experiencing on the elongated time frame on the fast. Because really, this fast we own, this is a real apostolic fast, man. This is a fast that apostles do. And you know, you're apostolic people, and you've been really— many of you have been dedicated to it. And those headaches I was picking up last night, the moment I heard God and agreed to submit to what he was telling me concerning you. And I felt your burden, so he told me to have you now. So instead of us going to 6, because we've done this, glory to God, since the beginning, for the remainder of the fast, uh, we're going to give you some of your time back. Glory to the name of God. And we're going to go to 3. The Lord said just allow you to go to 3. So at 3 PM now, you can relieve yourself of the fast, and you can also to still maintain the other tenets of the fast. No sugar, no starch, uh, only water to drink. But you can also now begin to reintroduce into your diet, uh, no beef, no pork, but you could reintroduce fish and chicken. So you could do— this is what God told me, because some of you were receiving the, this, these headaches, and I felt the burden. So So, uh, we're gonna shift that so that— because we want you to be strong and healthy, uh, and we want you to be spiritually powerful, uh, and we don't want the fast to have you weak all day, right? But it's been great for me. I'm probably going to continue along the same lines. But for you, you know, if you desire it, if you desire to continue to 6, that's up to you. But for those of you that need to end at 3 and want to reintroduce into your diet fish and chicken, you can do so with no sugar, no starches. Are y'all hearing me? Glory to God. All right, so, uh, make sure some, uh, Shannon said hallelujah, glory. God bless you, Shannon. Praise God. Hallelujah, we love you. Hallelujah. Well, God is so good. Yeah, it's brutal because it's a real sacrifice, and God deliberately put us on that because of where he's taken us. Glory to God. And so this is the compassion and mercy of the Father, and, um, I, I'm obedient to him. Glory to the name of God. Hallelujah. So I'm not a taskmaster running around here with a whip. Glory to the name of God. Saying that you got to do what I say. No, no, we follow the Holy Ghost. Glory to God. I love y'all. Y'all be blessed. And thank you in advance, every person that's sowing into my life today. Thank you for communicating your seed. I don't take that lightly. Joyfully-yam. Thank you for doing it so fruit can abound to your account. Y'all be blessed, man. And man, y'all been great at 5 AM. We've been having more numbers at 5 than we do, uh, at 12 noon. So y'all, man, y'all keep showing up for prayer. I'll see y'all in the morning at 5 AM. Glory to the name of God. And we're gonna look to go another round higher. Y'all have a great day. Talk to you soon. Peace. Glory to God. We love you, Jesus. Jesus. Hallelujah. Somebody confirmed headaches. Glory to God. My God, my God, God is so merciful. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Wonderful Savior, we bless your name. Thank you, Jesus. Glory to God. Praise you, Lord.