AHAVAH | SUNDAY SERVICE | 16TH FEBRUARY 2025 | THE RESURRECTED CHURCH

I must have something good to say. And where you know there's problem is if I'm repeating the same thing about you every year. Just know that the episode is not long, it's just few, you know. But trust me, Apostle is— is, um, we met, we, I think we, we started stories but we didn't post our story. Yeah, we started stories but we did not post it. You know, because some issues we had technically. But it's been a love at first sight kind of relationship. And he's just like Pastor Jonah. When he was preaching, he said he's here legally. Apostle Femi Lazarus and even Pastor Jonah are both trustees of the ministry. All right, so, so, um, when I called him, I told him, I said, look No problem, I'm there, you know. And even every now and again when we want to do, you know, we're just starting, we want to do something, I'll call him, you know. I will tell me, I'm here for you, and we'll sit on the phone for a long time gleaning wisdom. See, when people have run before you, be humble to learn. So me, I'm just starting, so when I see people like this that have been in this for for a long time, and God has helped them. When I come, I want to learn, and I learn. So please join me to make welcome Apostle Femi Lazarus. Amen.

Thank you, Lord. Amen. When I step my feet into a place that it was God who called me. I know when I step in here, I sense that surge. That's why I stayed longer on my knees. The glory of God is here. Yes, the glory of God is here. Where like 3 minutes away from here. I just sense to check the service on YouTube, so I saw a sister leading worship. The Lord spoke to me. It's my house. So I can speak. Woman of God, God will have you bet daughters in hundreds of thousands and in millions. You understand that? You understand that? Thank you, Lord. These are my friends. Um, sometimes in the body of Christ we light ourselves. You can have brothers, you can have— you have friends. I want to call him, video call him. I don't care whether in the day or at night, because he's my friend, he's my brother. If I do wrong, you can report me to him. If he does wrong, can report him to me. I still charged him yesterday. Femi Lazarus. Because when God gives you friends, he's given you, and it's your duty to nurture it. And I'm grateful for the gift of the both of you. Thank you. That's the truth. There's no hair around them. Life of freedom. You don't have to be careful. They are Christians.

Thoroughly.

Amen. Give them a big hand again. Amen. Please, let's be seated for a moment. The, you know, One of my friends in Leicester figured out that— I don't know who told him that it's like you invite this guy and there's this food that when he tastes, he can't stop prophesying. So I entered my room in Leicester and I met, I met it on the table. I said, you lie, you lie. Unfortunately, I ate it. The rest is history. I can't help it. There's a wind coming. God is moving this house into a bigger space faster than you can think. But it will happen by a wind faster than we can imagine. I was in a meeting, so I couldn't join Pastor's session. I will sit with it. I don't joke with the word. I honor you, sir. Let's give him a big hand. Thank you, Lord. Please, somebody stay on the keyboard. The glory of God is strong here. I came to teach about marriage and relationship. Glory of God is very, very strong. Glory of God is here. Thank you, Lord. That's how you know the right house. Let me read the scripture before I go into my message. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Isaiah chapter number 43. Isaiah 43 from verse 1 to 5. Isaiah 43 from verse 1 to 5. But now thus says the Lord that created you, O Jacob— put your name there— he that formed you, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed you and called you by name. You are mine. Says the Lord. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers they shall not overflow you. When you walk through fire, you shall not be burnt, neither shall the flame kindle upon you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I gave Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for you. Since you were precious in my sight, says the Lord, and you have been honorable and I've loved you, therefore I will give men for you. You are not saying amen to that. And people for your life. Fear not, for I am with you, and I will bring your seed from the east and gather them from the west. It's done. I said again, it's done. I said again, it is done. In Jesus' mighty name. Hallelujah. All right, Genesis chapter number— turn your Bibles. Genesis chapter number 2. Genesis chapter number 2. And I want to beg us In the name of Jesus, let's pay very, very keen, um, attention to, um, what we're about to discuss. Let's pay very, very, very important attention. Genesis chapter number 2. We start reading from verse 15. Genesis 2 from verse 15. Uh, media, do you project? All right, you don't have mood swings. Some media used to have mood swings. And the Lord God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, of every tree of the garden— God never said it is not good for man to be alone. He said it is not good for the man. That's a definite article there describing a quality of man. It is not age that determines when a man marries. It is when it becomes demon. There are old boys and there are young men. Old boys, um, so it's not the age. Job said, I thought that multitude of age should teach wisdom, but unfortunately it's not so. My God, that you be amazed to find folly in the bosom of the aged and yet wisdom among youth. It is not good that the man who has found Eden— there is a way you will be in God's purpose. You can't be looking for a man who is looking for Eden. That I will rub off on him, he will have sense. Guy, you will suffer. Go and ask the agony of any lady that marry undersized man, that the fellow who doesn't have the capacity for your calling. You are saying A, he's saying Z. The distance between you is like the distance between the dead and the living. They can't comprehend those things. So God said, this man, this kind of man, is not good for him to be alone. Then he said, I will make— let God lead you to the one he has made. He makes, and making takes time. Making takes time. It's not a day thing. You're not married like one of the boys or the girls on the street. And what Pastor said is so profound. Everything you have labored for can be wasted by one wrong I do. Everything. Nothing drains a man's essence like a wrong marriage. People will be as fine as flowers, they will be— they will look like witches because they have married people that will drain them. A man who doesn't have a covering over him is accountable to no one. Say, I like you, I don't like your pastor. I don't do the pastor thing, just you and I.

My God.

I said, I like him like that. I like them young, free, and wild. Because it's the freedom you are still enjoying, not the wildness, till it tears you. Be careful. Now you must understand that marriage was instituted originally on the basis of purpose. There is something God wanted to do on the earth that the man alone could not do. So it was not on the basis of fanfare, not for fun. Who are you? That question must be answered. You cannot assume. Who am I? Where am I going? Where am I on that journey? What's God saying? That is, everybody's time doesn't mean it's your time, and nobody takes latecomer. So patience. Now there's something God did in Genesis chapter number 2 about the case of Adam. Now the moment God said that it is not good that the man should be alone, so make him a help meet for him. The next statement: out of the ground God formed every beast of the field, every fowl of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he will call them. Don't marry the fellow that God is trying to see what you will call. There are people you meet, they are fine. Some will be called friends, some will be called brothers in the Lord, some will be called sisters in the Lord, some will be called bestie, some will be called my uncle in the Lord, some will be called my guy. Not everyone who is fine, tall, dark, and handsome is my love. Take your time. Stop seeing husband in every creature. Take your time. Take your time. And you see what God did in Genesis 2? He made Adam to sleep. It is God who finds for you. Can't find for yourself. And for you to— for him to give you, you must sleep. You know why? You will hinder him. And that's why when major surgeries have been performed, they put you to sleep so you can allow the work to be done. Because for the right person to be brought, there is a work that needs to be done in you too. And everything, including watching others overtake you, is part of the work. It's part of the work that you see people— I say, but I have this—

I'm— it's part—

God is doing something in you. Because sometimes when you feel you are ready is when you are not. But the moment you get to the face where you say, okay Lord, I yield everything to you, my times are in your hands, now do what please you.

Pam!

The moment anxiety dies, you are ready for the will of God. That's the way it works. It made him to sleep, and then God opened him up. And did a surgery and brought out of his ribs, and that rib he made into a woman. And the Bible said the both of them were naked, not ashamed. No contradiction, no struggle, effortless. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, you will not marry the wrong person. Now, hope you know that this prayer has timeline. Once you marry, we come into assumption with you that you married right. It is important for your safety and our safety that we must conclude you did what? Marry right. The assumption must be sealed. So now that you can still say amen to that prayer, say it well. If it remains a day to marry the wrong person, you yourself will scatter it. God will not allow you go like the rest. He will help you. Now we must understand, and there's been a burden in my heart of late to talk to Christians, that there is a clear difference between us and those in the world. We see the dividing line must be sure. We are not doing— see, listen, We are not trying to do life the way they do on TV. For us, life is real. You are trying to do it God's way, God's method. That Lord, I would rather wait for your will than to succeed in mine. I would rather— I'd rather wait till it is clear it is you. You know, I used to share a story humorously. I was trusting God, say, God, I've been working, I'm ready now, bring Eve. He didn't answer. I called the sister, and I was talking to the sister, you know, you know, and then, you know, yeah, you know, and then I dropped off my manifesto. God was quiet. I finished talking to her, she gave me yes immediately, right there. God said to me, Femi Lazarus, you and I know that you are deceiving yourself. In her presence, the sister was saying, let us pray. God was saying, you lie. Did I pray? Yes, I prayed. Oh, that prayer had not ended when I was searching in my spirit how to initiate a breakup. It was dead on arrival. It is not every good person that is good for you. Let God choose for you. Years back, I was praying about a sister. Don't worry, it's not only sisters I prayed about. I just have stories to tell, okay? I prayed about life too. That's why I'm here. Is that okay now? Before you start suspecting, say, ah, who are you, Femi Lazarus? In fact, my wife came when I said I'm done praying. Lawrence called me, said, bro, just to inform you, we have tried and prayed over your matter, but we are done now. Ah, what was I saying? You can't remember? I can't remember. Oh yes, 3 days dry, 3 days dry, waste of time. God said she's a good girl but not a good woman. Only God knows the one who is fine now but will run mad tomorrow. There's no manifestation for potential madness. That's why you seek God. You seek God. Seek his face. 2010, I was in my house in Lekfe. One of my mentees came and brought about 5 other ladies and then said, we came to see you, sir, so you can pay pray with us. Say, what's that? Say, who is God say we should marry? So I say, you there, what's your name? Mention her name. How many names do you have on that list? Say, 6. How about you? Say, I have 5 names. How about you? I have 7. How about you? I have 5 too. How about you? I have 6. Said, do you believe I hear God? Said, yes. Eto says the Lord, hold out the names. Squeeze it, squeeze it again, then about turn, walk out and drop it in the dustbin and go. Thus says the Lord. Say, is that it? He said, that's it. Then I stayed back to pray. Then God said, go and meet them. So I called my mentee, I said, gather them again, I'm coming. So I told them, for you to have 6 names, you are not born again. You are not Messi. You are leading 6 brothers on and dribbling them, and the ball is retained in your leg.

Who are you?

While I was talking to them like that, the Lord spoke to me. I say, ask them, they've all gone to a prophet. They all said, you guys have gone. Say, yes, we're coming from that prophet when we came to see you. So I led them to Christ. While I did, the Lord spoke, say, you, the name they gave you, so, so and so and so, is that who she scream? Yes, sir, yes, sir, yes, sir. I didn't know the list. You, about the name they give, so and so. Say, yes, sir, yes, sir, yes, sir. So, say, is the Lord— they've lied. One of the girls, about 3 months after that incident, the name they gave her, who happened to be a pastor, they found out he buried a woman on the altar of the church. Among them, the name they gave her, that happened quite later. That guy ran mad. He did money ritual. I am mad. Yet someone said that's God's will. You must know God. See, listen, if the will of God in marriage is the first thing you are trying to hear from God, you miss it. You must have built a pattern and a lifestyle of valuing God's word that you are consistently hearing what God is saying. Are you following what I'm saying here? Not like when it comes to marriage, speak up for yourself and listening. Your life must show a template that is built systemically by his instructions, part-time, part-time, and so that you are not predisposed to deception. You see, when you get to that junction, you will hear things. And I don't know why I'm speaking about divine leading, because I want to go further. I'm telling you, Let me tell you a story. Well, you are not permitted to laugh. If you laugh, rapture sounds, see, you are loved, will leave you behind gallantly. Is that clear? I was eating rice and beans in my house after serious hunger. That's why when you are hungry, you should be careful what you hear. I heard clearly, Mokgbo, Sister so-and-so-and-so is your wife. I didn't ask who spoke. My life would have been finished though. The devil waited for me, so I said, Lord, But I don't like her. The voice said, you don't have to. I said, all right, I take it as a dealing, I take it as my own cross. So I called the sister. She first entered this— quick, quick! Femi, is this it? Mano, this is it. My God, man of God, I suffered. I do, I suffered. That's my worst. I will call sister, I say, let's talk. Sister doesn't enjoy talking. She talks about the archangels, the cherubims. I said, I get you, I get you. Well, you see, what we are discussing here is, it's different. Let's talk about us. Say, I was caught up in the thought devils. I said, no, you will think I am exaggerating till you are in my shoes. So one time I called on my boys, I said, whenever you see me and this sister talking, I give you permission, interrupt us. I said, talk, just enter, be scaring, I will leave. One time I was sick, unfortunately, I said, let me call sister. All I, all I needed to be fine Was noodles, egg, and tea. I will be cured. That was the day I knew if I marry you, I will die. I know, I knew. Nobody— I just knew if I should go on, I will die. Sister just came, said, how can you be sick? I'm sick, I'm, I'm sick. Oh God, I'm sick. Walk around like this. You are not Pastor Chris. And he like this, Femi Lazarus. Oh God, the only thing that was not said was, viewers all over the world, watch your screen. If that could have been said, it would have been said. I was there. My roommate wanted to laugh. So finally, sister said, get up, do what you couldn't do before. Hey, Indomie would have made me do what I couldn't. I said, God, I will disobey you. Kill me if you will. I will be single for life.

This is right there.

And I made up my mind. The following day, sister is over. So I went to meet her. Sister, sorry, sit down, sit down. We can't continue. He said, praise God. Said, the Lord told me, this is it. After I broke up, I was going home singing songs of praise. Idemi cha. That's a good girl, but not for me. Not for me. You kill me. That's a good— that's a good person. Sincere. 'But not for me.' And Pastor Mimi just saying, 'Get up, do what you couldn't do.' I'm stressed. So I knew the voice I heard was not the voice of God, it was the voice of lying vanity. I'm telling you my life. I've been praying, not about the future partner, And if you understand my prayer schedule— I'm not sorry, not trying to make boast. I'm not one of those who talk about prayer. I do it because that event humbled me, that if I could hear wrongly in the midst of that, we must be careful. You see, you can laugh But if the person talking to you had missed it, both of you can't laugh. Oh, there's nothing as painful as knowing that you no longer be able to do what God created you to do because you married the wrong person, and now you have to look at others afar off doing it. Even if you smile and pose for camera, you know in your heart, I missed it. Be careful. If there's anyone here who is about making mistakes, God will rescue you. Amen. You will not follow the voice of pressure.

Amen.

You will not follow the voice of pressure. Amen. You will not marry the enemy of God's plan for your life. Amen. I didn't hear that amen loud enough. Amen. You won't fail God.

Amen.

You won't fail God.

Amen.

You won't fail God.

Amen.

You won't fail God. Amen. I'm going to show you a scripture, a very, very important one. Matthew chapter number 7 from verse 24, a very important scripture. You know, I always ask a question that if marriage is like football, have— or if there is halftime in marriage, we have time now. I no longer married. And you can choose to come back for second half or not. Many people were— before halftime they were asking for substitution, substitution, substitution. Please, it is one of those things that people keep at the back of their minds, but they know if they miss it— I missed it— that regret is second to none. It won't be you. Look at Matthew 7:24. Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them, I will liken unto a wise man which built his house upon a rock. Understand that both the wise and the foolish complete their buildings. Both the wise— if you are looking about, forget about it. Both the wise and the foolish complete their buildings. They all finish. So finishing is not the matter. Said, and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon the house, and it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock. Christ is the rock, and that's why we don't do all this rubbish we do around. Not marrying for fun, marrying for purpose. Now what many people don't know is that without adequate knowledge, the will of God can look like it's not the will of God. It is not every home that is bad that people miss the will of God. If the knowledge is not adequate, you will destroy even the will of God and make the person's life miserable. There is a knowledge quotient required to build. In Proverbs 24, from verse 3, quickly. Proverbs 24, from verse 3. Let me teach you about something about building. We'll come back to this. Proverbs 24, from verse 3, quickly. Media, help me. True wisdom is a house built, and by understanding it is established. Through knowledge, the chambers are filled with pleasant riches. So if you are going to build, there is the seed of wisdom for building. It is not just about the feelings. Are you following what I'm saying here? And I have butterflies in my tummy. Oh, when I see you, my heart just want to tear. It's racing. Oga, there will be moment in that home that you will not feel, but wisdom will be your preservation. I'm telling you, there will be moment that even the will of God will speak to you and you wonder, do you know I'm not