CONVOCATION OF PRIESTS 2024 | DAY 1

Femi Lazarus opens the 2024 Convocation of Priests with a sermon calling believers to become God's light as darkness covers the earth. He draws on biblical figures to urge listeners to activate their prophetic and apostolic gifts, step into their ordained roles, and form a mighty army for God's kingdom.
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that my prophetic is sharper when I'm tired. It's bad business for him either ways. It's not good for him. You see, Joseph might have gone to Egypt and the brothers might have gone for food, but the original destination is still Canaan. Um, Egypt might be beautiful at first, but it will be dark, and then They will have to move. So we're about to enter the face of the wind where there will be scattering. Um, gather, for the days ahead are not so pleasant.
Um, that's the truth.
But darkness will cover the earth and bring darkness to people. But the light of God's glory shall arise upon thee. So the remedies of the days ahead is determined by the qualities of sons that emerge. So God's strategy for the days ahead is you. So whether or not it will be turbulent, it depends on the degree to which we emerge. I see a mighty army rising here. Maybe they are not here. I'm in the wrong place. Maybe we should go to Bournemouth again and then— I don't know. Leicester, are you sure you're here? I say mighty army rising here in the name of Jesus. I say mighty army rising here. Please be seated for a while. Thank you so much. Powerful, powerful team. Wow, I was watching his session online. That was a very powerful time, sir. Minister Ade, right? Solid man you are. May God preserve you, sir. Thank you, sir. There are two kinds of ministers in the crowd. Those who just came to attend this meeting quietly and those who are running from their callings, I salute you both. Fortunately or unfortunately for those who have been running, the doors are closed tonight. There is nowhere else to run.
Amen.
All eyes closed. This is a serious one. There's a lady here who has a sister tormented with the spirit of insanity, and, um, you have been trusting God for her. Can, can I request that all eyes closed? Maybe it private family matter, and I just want to see you. So at a certain point, I'd request that you come. Don't worry, discreetly, and I'm going to pray for you as a point of contact for her to be fine. And where's— just, you see, when they say all eyes closed, I know those who open their eyes are Nigerians. You don't trust any system. Say, let's check what's going to happen. If you are that person, just wave your hands. I just want to see you briefly. All right, put it down. I've seen you. All right, she will be fine and she will serve the Lord. Amen. Um, the first book of the Bible is Genesis, chapter number 1. Am I correct? Ah, but it is also going to be the last book. So let's read the rest. They are filling in the gaps. Time for man is linear, for God is cyclical. There's nothing that will be that has not yet been. Things were ordained before they experienced. That's why it's not in your realm. There's nothing about to happen that has not been foretold, so they exist in the realm. Are you married?
Okay.
So for instance, you are a single man. I don't know what is wrong with you, but let me talk to you anyways. For instance, if this single man— I will not tell you to stand up so they will not see you in Nigeria. Are you with me? That's a joke, right?
Okay.
If this single man is trusting God for a future partner, she's not in the spirit realm. She's somewhere on the land of the living. You're not about to marry an angel. That has been foreordained, flowing through the chart of time. And you are also a being flowing through the chart of a definite time. And over time, several things have been predestined will link like coincidences. Because, um, the flow of time, um, is one of the very serious things to be understood. Like I was telling them in Birmingham this morning, that a man can be looking for donkey, what was waiting for him was a crown. And if you ask him what he was looking for, it was donkey. But what was waiting for him? The crown. A man might say, um, put your clothes at my feet, and while you stone Stephen, and God said those clothes they put at your feet represent his mantles. And God would rather lose the battle to win the war. Although you might have come here for other things, but something else is waiting. And it is not true that you must see it coming. Sometimes you don't see it coming and it's just here. Um, for God to get the attention of Moses, fire had to burn in the bush. We only heard that the bush was not consumed. We're not told that the fire was not hot. Sometimes the situation is hot, but you are not dying, so that you can see that the Lord is in the midst of the burning bush. Are you with me? The Lord is here and his glory is here. You feel quite insignificant in the jigsaw of what he's doing as touching the head, but the fate of humanity lies on the shoulder of people who feel insignificant. If he shows you everything he wants to do with you, you probably won't believe, or you probably walk in pride. And sometimes they allow you not to be discerned not to be understood, not to be seen, so that this process can be fast. Because the earlier you are seen, the slower the work becomes. Oh yes, influence is powerful, but it also brings you, brings you close to certain heights. When you flow in the level of influence, you confront different things. So you have to be prepared for it. I always give the illustration of my NYSC family house. We got into the house and, um, it felt as though we are just the younger guys and those are seniors. Before you know it, we're already handing over to those coming behind. You might be sitting somewhere today and just feel, oh, I'm just in the meeting to be blessed, but actually it's about to be your turn. Whether you are aware or not, it doesn't change the fact that there's a flow of time you are playing into. And you are not even aware. And like Jacob, your statement is, so the Lord is here and I didn't know it. Be still and know that it's the Lord. You are the hope of the days to come, and that's the reason why the battle is fierce. If you are so insignificant, the devil will never come after you. The pressure is a sign that there's something about you. He's aware. God is aware. The only one who is doubting is you. So wake up, Doubting Thomas, and smell the coffee. Say, well, all these things he's saying is to the young people. Moses started at 80. Welcome to the club. It doesn't matter how serious you— how you want to put it, some of us are not going to be here all the time because the work is expanding. At some point, God told me that there are two dimensions to apostolic ministry. You have to be in many places to be impactful. Say, but I can take impact from you to many places from where you stand. So some of us are combining many assignments because there are soldiers who have not taken their stand. I know this is my first time here and it looks like I'm saying goodbye, but I'm just saying there's nothing special that we are doing here that you will not do much more. Is that okay? Amen. Good to see you, sir. There's nothing absolutely special. So Genesis chapter number 1, let's see the flow of thought there. Genesis 1 from verse 1. In the beginning, right? You know, my mind is very funny. Sometimes I want to say the beginning, I say in the beginning. Hey, hey, off the mic! I didn't say anything until it's your turn. Now you just forget something. But in the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Verse 2 now: And the earth was without form and void. Two projects, one was a failed project. And, um, what was there again? Darkness. The, the real word there is the, the darkness was on the face of the deep, and then the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of what? The waters. So in the beginning, that's, that's, that's, that's very serious one. God made— we are discussing priesthood, and that's where we are going. Well, it's just to understand the unique times that we are in. Made the heavens and the earth, right? Who did it?
God.
The word made there means fashioned, means created, means he finished. Was that— that's the word used there. But the Bible now says that, you know, it just sounds like it's just a normal scripture. Now the earth was without form and void, and then darkness upon face. What you are reading together, 1 verse 1, 1 verse 2, that's why you must not waste time. Because your life can be summarized in a verse. Don't waste time. Read the Bible. And they just changed my mic sound, so this one is draining me. Just put it back where it was. And you just look at a man's life, he summarized to, and this begat Because there's a flow, and depending on how you do yourself, you can get to a point where the only relevance you have to the big equation is your womb. Live to beget. And when you do that most important thing, the remaining time is not really significant. I don't know how to help you. That's why you see Abraham too was heading there. God said, get out of your father's house. I said, God said, these are the promises and what I'm going to do. And he went with Lot. Go and read what God said. God never said, I will make you great anymore. He said, he began to speak about his children. You just give birth and then I will start from there. So when you decide not to live for God, you have said, let's summarize my purpose in childbirth. Is that what many people want? To get some money, marry, give birth, and God will also come check in. Hopefully you'll be able to use that child. When you have such equation, you have parents who are not handing the baton but they are dropping the baton. The children will have to look for it. They can't trace where they found God, so they have to— ah, is there any record in this lineage? And then one day Jacob will stumble on an altar erected by Abraham and say, oh, the Lord is here. I'm saying there can be a command in your lifetime and the continuation is in the life of your grandchildren. Of a statement he's saying. Are you with me? May your life not be summarized in a verse. Sorry, sorry, don't like that prayer. And Lazarus begat— hey! And that in itself is crucial. The whole essence of what God was doing with Abraham was tracing out a lineage for the Messiah. Having done all those wahala, you would think it will be to the end that Joseph will impregnate Maryam. All those salutations.
Shy. Should I—
let's not even get near that topic. So what is the essence? Jesus, thou Son of David, say, don't touch that woman, she's pregnant by the Holy Spirit. These things are foolishness to the world. How will a Greek read their folklore tales, their story, and believe that at certain points Zeus impregnated a woman to give birth to Achilles? But you, whose name is John, is struggling to believe that a child was possible by the Holy Ghost. Are you with me? If you struggle to believe that a virgin can conceive, how do people get demon possessed? If we say let's shut down for 30 seconds, just 30 seconds, Father, increase the temperature, you'll be amazed at the kind of spirit that will scream out here. Many things are possible by the Spirit. Are you with me?
Yes, sir.
Are you with me?
Yes, sir.
Some of you are— you are— you are not enjoying the full dividends of salvation because you have summarized the package you are interested in. There are more possibilities in God than what you are— don't choose the small things, go for the big things in God. Through my life, nations will come to God. I didn't hear amen to that. Can I say it again? Say, through my life, nations will come to God. Say it again. Through my life, nations will come to God. You can desire more things. Now, when you walk through a street, 2 weeks after, anybody who passed through that place is getting healed. That's a package. How about that? That's better than some £10,000. So back to my flow of thought. In the beginning, God made the heavens and the earth, and the earth was without form and void. That is, to'oboho, without form, that is shapeless. And then void means empty, meaning if it's empty, it means there was a time it was full. Full of what? The Bible didn't give us the clue in Genesis. And but the Bible recognized that there's something there. Darkness was upon the face of the deep. Logically, we can tell that this darkness is not atmospheric because atmospheric darkness will be the presence or the absence of atmospheric light, and atmospheric light has not been made in this verse. So whatever the darkness is represents the personality that emptied the earth but could not empty the heavens. And as we find the rest in between the lines, as anchored by several prophets, particularly Ezekiel, and, um, some other guys picked it in between the lines. And by the way, Those guys, we'll have to investigate them. How will David speak about, um, unto us, okay, Isaiah, to us a child is born, to us a son is given, government will be upon his shoulder. When you hear all those kind of things, it doesn't look like it makes any sense. When you read it now, it makes sense. Those who are called to the office of the prophet, you must understand that bulk of your sayings may not make sense in your own lifetime. The, the, the, the haste or the, the sense of hurriedness to make quick sense will take you out of your calling. You can do your full assignment and nobody will recognize you, but a generation will have to visit your work. So you have to choose. Do you want to make sense to God or to men? I think I was sharing in Birmingham today when Bob Jones went to minister, and while he was ministering, he was praying, and by the Spirit he began to say, 'Macaroni and cheese, macaroni and cheese.' That doesn't make sense. Particularly in our corporate, highly organized world, that a man of God, highly revered servant of God, with his suit and tie, just asking, "Mac and cheese, are you hungry?" And he kept saying that for a while. So they wrote him a letter and then said, "Round up." And he left until a woman came out later to give testimony. The son had been sick. And she had cried to God. Many people had prophesied and prayed for the boy. I know the person coming is a prophet. God, if this is you, speak to him or through him in a way that you and I will understand. So when he said macaroni and cheese, he was calling the boy's best food. Sometimes even the prophet doesn't know what he's saying. To be a prophet means you have become a mouthpiece a puppet. Are you with me? I stand in that office, so I know there are times you say something and you ask, what did I say? There are people who come to the consciousness of their prophetic ordinations today. Any amen to that? Maybe— I think they're at the back.
Hey, yes!
Yes, come to the awareness of their prophetic ordination.
Yes.
Oh, praise God. Hallelujah. Say it again. Consciousness. Say it again. Consciousness. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Verse 3 now. Then God said, let there be light, and there was. This is where the whole issue started from. God responded to the darkness and called forth light. Um, of course, follow the flow of thought. You know that this light is not sun. Somehow we can copy and paste what is in Genesis 1, 2, 3, and you discover that what we're experiencing now doesn't look to be far from what happened in Genesis 1, 3. The way it started is the way it will end. And the way God responded then is still the way he's responding now. What is his response to darkness?
Light.
That light looks far-fetched until Jesus came and said, FYI, you are the light of the world. You are. So when you see darkness, don't blame God. He has responded. And what is his response?
You.
So Paul captured it like this, said, for the earnest expectations of creation eagerly wait for what? The manifestation of the sons of God. In fact, I love the way the NIV says that, wait for the sons to declare their sonship. How do you declare your sonship? And I love the things he was saying about the areas Jesus bled. I love when he spoke about the foot. That's the place of dominion. So when he said that the serpent will bruise the heel of your seed, but your seed will bruise the head of the serpent, where we claimed dominion with his feet. Sometimes you might have visions and see revelations of Jesus, and you have no idea why you are fasting to see the feet. It is not because you are shown anything less. You are shown to come into dominion. Everything is symbolic. Wherever the sole of your feet steps, take the land. Jordan will part, but the priest carrying the ark must march in. Don't swim much. It is easy to want to swim, but you must step in. I'm going to drown. Step in. When you walk from today, you must be conscious that the kingdom of God is on two legs. Are you with me? Hey, are you with me? So what did God say in Genesis 1:3? Let there be light, and there was light. That was his response. Isaiah 60 from verse 1 also captured a bit of this in a different way. Let's see that scripture. Isaiah 60 from verse 1. Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. Yes, verse 2 now. Are you with me? For behold, what? The darkness, the same person, shall cover the earth. Is darkness covering the earth?
Yes.
I was, I was flying from Glasgow to London City Airport. That's 2 days ago. You know, so some of us, some, some, sometimes I feel those of us in Nigeria, we overhype ourselves. Because sometimes you, you might assume that the one who is doing ministry— have you heard people say that the one who is doing ministry in the village is doing ministry where the devil is? No. So where, where, where, when he wrote the letter to the churches and said, I know your work, for you have your city where Satan's seat is. He's talking to those in cosmopolitan environments. What is in the village, you can cast it out. You can't cast out what is here. You build counter systems. This requires the strategic aspect of the kingdom plus power. I planted churches in villages. What's the worst you see? Ah, somebody's trying to claim something. You shut it down in Jesus' name. The one here, so I saw a woman, an elderly woman reading a book in front of me, and I saw the, the back cover of the book, two males kissing themselves. Reading in broad daylight, but the one who has the Bible feels it is a cake to read. And she was engrossed in the book throughout the flight. Darkness will cover the earth. Some of you don't even have an idea of what they are showing your children in school. You are hoping that they will be as intact as you took them there. Are you with me? Because a John can come back home and say, hello, Mommy, come, come, come closer. Say after me loud and clear: I am John. I am a boy. We switch to the African method because at that level that thing can still respond to some one or two. Take the one or two. Hey, I know there are some people who will say, what is he talking about?
Is this spanking?
Oh yes, it's not spanking, just one or two. Factory setting, resetting, just some adjustment. You know when they conk? You know there's knock and there's conk? Oba conk eh. Your head will find signal for a while and say, oh, don't know. Anyways, because what I'm saying now, you can't even say it in many places. Before you are done, they will shut you down. Say you have to wrap up your program now because you are something something phobic. Darkness is covering the earth, and this is not the kind of darkness that is witchcraft. This is more sophisticated. This one is darkness in suit and tie. Witchcraft is the lowest, very cheap. You are sleeping at night, something is pressing you, you wake up and say, hey, who are you? Easy meat. But this one— ah, may our eyes of understanding be enlightened. We've had many conversations along this line. Sometimes you see parents raising alarm. You can see a cartoon you are enjoying And all of a sudden, they just changed the character. Now there are two men married inside, and this is a cartoon for children. Rewiring orientation, giving them a new perspective, changing the normal. Darkness is covering the earth, gross darkness. The people. And when it is dark, nobody remembers arrangement. When it's dark, it's just confusion. There's confusion. People don't know what to do. People don't know what to believe or who to believe. Where to turn. It's confusion all over the world, and no nation is exempted. No nation is any better. That's the truth, because it's, it's something general. The speed may be faster in some places as compared to some places, but, um, they are catching up. There is a force that is closing in on us and trying to make us bend such that you get to a point where there are certain aspects of the truth you can't even say because you'll be cancelled. Believers are now afraid. And when you are scared, you try to fit in. Um, nobody wants to be canceled. If you are going to stand tall in your generation, you can't fit in. You will have to be ready for the smoke. They will come for you, and you must know that you were made for such a time as this. The days of crying, look at the way she talked to— eh, those days are over. You'll be confronted, you'll be lied against, and there'll be propaganda. Your name will be dragged in the mud. People will not know what is true or what is not true, and you will have to stand. The moment you make up your mind that you will represent the agenda of the kingdom, darkness will come for you. And you know the first people that will come for you, the first layer of darkness are Christians who don't know whose side they are fighting on. If you begin to say some deep things, the people that will insult you are unbelievers, it's Christians. Wisdom has levels. When you speak beyond the general level, they raise eyebrows. What was he saying? Is he trying to say, um, that there's a— there's a— all these Nigerian pastors? Have you heard that phrase before? The Ghanaians are saying Ghanaian pastors. The Kenyans are saying Kenya pastors. The South Africans are saying South African pastors. It is the spirit that hates the gospel. It may put nomenclature to it, but it is the same spirit. So now that darkness is covering the earth, God has responded. And what we are trying to do is to wake up the people that help is not coming from another quarters. You are the hope. You either get up or we are grounded. And that was what Mordecai told Esther. Hey, Esther, Esther, don't think that when this guy does what he wants to do that you will escape. You will not, you will not escape. You might feel you're in the palace, but it's going to touch you. All right, so don't, don't think you will escape. And, and you, you have to also understand that maybe God placed you there for such a time As this, ah, Esther said, okay, I will go and pray with my girls. You too go and pray for me. If I die, I die. If I perish, we will have to have the resurgence of such resolution that we are ready to break protocols on the account of what is at stake. And we're going to break ourselves into two camps. Um, let the intercessors intercede, let the ones placed in the palace do their work there. So it is important that the end-time church will not downgrade the role of influence because it's going to be one of the tools that God is using. So for some of you, you are Moses who is still learning in the palace of Pharaoh, but you'll have to still bring Pharaoh down. The system will first school you so that you can know how to destroy the system. So there's no— strategies has changed. In those days, people feel the calling, drop out of school. In these days, we finish, then we go for more studies, then we enter those sectors. We may not say in Jesus' name, but we are bringing his policies, because wherever there's darkness, light just needs to what?
Shine.
I see God setting you apart for this season. So we, we, if we— you see, that's the frustration of the apostolic and prophetic movement. You know, Elijah represents the both. Malachi 4 says that before the coming of the great day of the Lord, I will send back Elijah. He straddled two. That's the apostolic and prophetic movement. He said he will turn the heart of children back to the fathers and the fathers back to the children, lest I smite the earth with what? A curse. But you know what happened to Elijah himself? Jezebel intimidated him, and God said— he said, he said, let me die, I'm not better than my fathers. So God said, eat first. Sometimes it's food you need. Things are not that bad. Um, you know, I've been traveling, traveling, traveling, so at some point I I said I miss the taste of the Nigerian pepper damala. I'm tired of boga. Oh God, may God bless this ministry.
Amen.
Because when I came and I saw it, I said, oh boy, oh boy. So I'm ministering from I'll be— because I've been ministered to, so you'll be blessed. Is that the gospel? Look at what he said, don't provoke it. Sometimes that's the reason why you get angry close to her. Relax, people are short-tempered these days. Oh, this pastor, it's frustration.
Calm down.
God saw Elijah. You are carrying one thing, and that's the reason why the intimidation of Jezebel can't work. Before you go, find Isaiah, anoint him. Find Jehu, anoint him. Find Elisha, anoint him. Three distinct dimensions carried by one man. Sometimes the previous administration was insulted because they did not diversify. And the call is upon us to diversify. And sometimes we are too fixated on the old that we fight what God is doing. That everyone who has a calling must wear suit and wear tie. If they are not doing that, then they are not serving God. Hey, are you with me tonight? Are you sure? All right. So God told him, and anointed Jehu. Jehu was just the guy. Jehu alone was enough for Jezebel. When Jehu was going to meet her with his men, Jezebel Ah, whoever Jezebel was, she must be fine, sir, because she was so confident. All she had to do was just to dress the face and say, hey, Jehu, Alpha. And Jehu had to say that, first, let me give you an introduction. I'm an eunuch. What that means is that part of the consecration that necessitates this office is to destroy the part of me that can respond to your beauty. That's why I'm qualified for this. So when God is killing you in an aspect, because there's a beast in that aspect you have to confront. Okay, how can the man carrying the oil to anoint Jehu destroy Jezebel, run from Jezebel? The anointing you don't deploy.. You will carry it and still be defeated. It is potent when you deploy. It is not enough to carry it. If it is a river, let it flow. Lift up your right hand, say it loud and clear. Say, I am anointed. There's nothing ordinary about me. See, I need an awareness, a level of consciousness.
I am anointed. There's nothing ordinary about me. This is my reality. I carry the power of the Spirit. Everywhere I step, the kingdom of God is right there. I represent the agenda of heaven. I am not normal.
We might be on jeans, but we still represent an agenda. We will not all look the same way. Some are— how do they put it now— some are conservative, but some are not. Some are radical. Some are radical. Some don't send. Some will straddle the fence and let me play safe. But there are some that you misunderstand because there are different departments in this thing. Somebody say, why do we have so many churches? Because the devil is not doing one thing, so there must be different structures deployed. And it doesn't matter what path you are, there is somebody anointed for your kind. Say it loud and clear, I am anointed.
I am anointed.
Oh, Apostle, even you know all these teachings you pastors are teaching, 'If only you know the kind of family I came from, how that things are so bad. Uh, my father and my mother are not together. Um, they went through this and I suffered in this life.' God responded already. The response of God is, man, the only way you could wipe their tears is to make sure they give birth to you. So if they are still going through that problem, it is because a son has refused to mature as a son. The help of the house, as long as the child, differeth him nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all, but is made subject to tutors till he comes of age. You must begin to ask questions. Why are things like this? And what's my role in changing it? I would have loved to pause a bit and talk about consciousness, because sometimes the difference between men is not anointing, it's consciousness. Some are more aware than the other. I'm going to a place to plant a church, they say, eh, churches don't grow here, you know, churches struggle. That's the last time I'm talking to that person, because if you can affect my consciousness, you have affected the work. People who will change the narrative must have zero respect towards any limitation. I don't respect problems. I don't respect it. I don't dignify it. I don't. You respect the problems too much. Some people know so much about their sickness that they know about healing, and you hear them personalizing. This my sickness. When will you drop it? So darkness will cover the earth, gross darkness the people. So what's the devil trying to achieve now? The same thing he achieved then, to empty it, to cause commotion, to cause commotion in families, to cause commotion in systems, to cause commotion. In countries to cause commotions. Let me give you a word of prophecy, something I know like I know my name. One of the— so you, once you know this, okay, it's a common knowledge. I mean, if you are— some of you will know that what I'm saying, God has told you before. One of the things you must realize in this season is that one of the potent grace available right now in this season is speed, because the agenda of the devil is running fast. So God is promoting sons who are ready. That's what is happening. So when he said I was on his neck saying that it's time to start, because I know that it doesn't matter how much God wants to give you speed, if you miss your entry point, you'll have to queue again. And sometimes that you will have to queue doesn't mean you will not have started when it's not your turn. So what should be done— are you aware that your timing is not just a window of, um, maybe calendar time? No, your time, your time comes with your men. Time, time, time, time is not just the passage of moment. Time is pregnant. So when it is your time for something, it means all the conditions needed for that thing to work is loaded in that. That's why it's called Kairos. It's an appointed moment with different things. If there are destinies appointed for you to be a blessing to at a time, if you refuse to mature and miss that time, God will find them another leader. It will take somebody else misbehaving for God to say, okay, you didn't do yours, will you try this one? You have to do leftovers. Sometimes people are stranded. There's nothing as powerful as being on time. When you are on time, it will look as though you are the best. You are just on time when your resources are there, the things are there. May you be on time. They didn't say the amen well enough.
May you be on time.
May you be awake when you should be awake. May you enter when you should enter. So sometimes you are on time and the narrative of those around you is that you are in a hurry. Anybody who is not seeing the time with you, you can't take the advice. Sometimes they can't see it. They don't know the reason why you are doing what you're doing. And I tell you this, sometimes as a pastor, I just sense— we don't have the resources for this project, but I sense that the time has come. Yes, it means as far as the spirit realm is concerned, the time to kill Goliath came, but it was David who saw it. That Goliath will die in that battle, settled. Who will?
X.
Find X.
Prophecies went ahead. By this time tomorrow, a measure of wheat will sow for a shekel, settled. Through whose hands?
X.
When the door of destiny opens May you be audacious. Now, now, I'm speaking directly now. May you be audacious. Some of you have hung around people whose soul belief system is directly against your original ordination. When Mary was pregnant, she needed to find someone carrying a pregnancy also by the Spirit. Mary and Elizabeth must meet for the babies to leap.
Stop going to wrong places. Hey, listen, God might have been there before, but he might also have left.
Sometimes you are taking the pregnancy to where God has left. You must understand that there is no emotions around this. Two-thirds of the name God is go. He's always on the go. When the pillar moves, you move. When the pillar moves and you stay, you've missed him. There's a lot of speed going on in the spirit realm. God is giving people speed. It's a clarion call. Step into destiny while your own door is open. Is that okay now? Step into— if you miss it, life becomes complicated. Go back to that Isaiah 60. I'm Begin to tie up now.
Thank you, Lord.
The old darkness will cover the earth and gross darkness people, but the Lord will arise upon you and his glory will be seen upon you. Yes, quickly, 3 now. And Gentiles will come to your light and kings to the brightness of your rising. It means that there's going to be a release of the spirit of excellence. Are you with me? Spirit of excellence that will attract kings. One of the things available in this season is the grace for influence. Influence. Your fragrance will be felt all over the world. There's no tongue, no tribe where your voice will not be heard. No tongue, no tribe. Light that is shining should not be under the bushel. There are powerful singers that the world needs to know. Are you with me now? God is giving you influence. He's amplifying your voice. Maybe the people who need it are not here. He's giving you visibility. You will begin to walk into rooms you have not stepped in before. You begin to speak with men you have not spoken with before. You begin to step into realities you have not entered before because the set time is now. It's the time. It's not like we are special, it's the time. Some of us are doing now what took the fathers to do in their 50s. It's not because we know more, because the time is short. So Um, there has to be quick. Oh yeah, so you, are you ready? Move now. He will equip you on the go. So when you say, uh, God wants to use me but I'm not ready, you are saying don't use me because he equips on the go. That's why I'm trying to draw in a consciousness. Look at your hands again. Say, my hands are not ordinary. Therefore signs and wonders. There's nothing normal about my life. You know, when Jesus stood with that woman at the well of Samaria, he said, give me water to drink. And she was making stories. And Jesus said, if you know who it is, the gift of God that asks you for water, you would have given water. There are people seated here that somehow up until now God did not allow you see yourself. What he's going to do tonight is that he will take the veil out because the next phase is no longer possible until there's awareness. Let's let somebody be on the strings for me now. Um, the Daniels will know that it's time to begin to interpret dreams. You can't say you're an introvert. It's time to manifest. It's time to step up. It's time to step out. It's time to enter your ordinations. It's time for that light to begin to shine. It's time, it's time. There's, there's a lot of release from heaven in this season to counter what the devil is doing. God is equipping. Have you just seen people rise? You wonder, where did this one come from again? Yes, yes, yes, that's what he's doing. He's equipping, sending, deploying, sending to different places, strengthening, setting up. Hey, you can be in a meeting and that's all you have to do, that's where you have to be. The light of God shines right there, right there. And that's it, that's it. You are living with a level of awareness. This is what my life is now about. It will no longer be business as usual. It will no longer be business— just soft, very soft. It will no longer be business as usual. It's calling forth light out of darkness. It's time for sun. Sons to declare their sonship. It's time to arise in your ordinations. Take away the hindrances from your mind. Lift your hands where you sit. This is your moment. This is that time, you know, I talk about the flow of time in destiny that you just wander into it. You might be looking for the missing codes like Saul, but this is you. The crown has been waiting. A new awareness is dawning on you from now on, and it will no longer be business as usual, for the set time is here. I know you've been singing, but it's time for a new dimension to come. I know you've been praying, I know you've been preaching, I know you've been doing a few things. But a new season is here. Lift your hands and say, I see it, I'm not blind towards it. I see it, I see it, I see it. Lift your hands where you stand. Destiny beckons. It is no longer business as usual. And the prayer you're going to begin to pray now is I know there is an ordination upon my life. Father, take away the veil. I want to see it. I want to see it. For some of you, it will be humbling as the realization starts coming that this is it, this is it, this is it. So this is who I've always been pressing now.
Mercy.
Lion roar, eagles fly, eating you. You were meant to fly. Lion roar, eagles fly. Itin you, you were meant to fly.
Lion roar.
Eagles fly home.
It's in you.
You were meant to fly. Step out of the darkness of shame you have wrapped yourself in. There is hope for a tree that is cut down, because at the scent of water It shall spring back to life again. Igu, you are a soldier in the army of God, and the host await your response to the clarion call. It's a new season, beloved. Can you feel the stirring, the stirring in your belly as your father calls out to you now? Can you feel the breaking of the dam as the river from your belly flow. They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. They will mount up, spread those wings, and fly. It's time to see. In Jesus' name we pray. Sit down for a while. I have very brief minutes before I leave. Uh, maybe if there's a way the camera can come to his side so I can be able to have free flow. Just help me. Just make it soft, very soft, very soft. Reduce the bass.
Thank you.
Thank you, Lord. Some of us probably didn't know in details that we will be doing what we are doing now, and there is much more that will happen that they are yet to be revealed. But it doesn't change the fact that we have been ordained from the foundations of the world. So it's not about new ordination, it's about coming into the the reality of your ordination. Okay, what's different now is the change of time. Give me the book of Obadiah chapter number 1, um, the last 2 verses. Since I came down, one of the things God has been asking me to ask The aspect is that there'll be activations of prophets because the devil has attacked that office, um, because of sometimes, um, inconsistencies and all that. Prophetic worshipers, prophetic minstrels, prophetic writers. As long as you have a calling that that has to do with that. It doesn't matter what aspect, whether you are aware or not. Wherever they are scattered across this place, those who know, those who don't know, at the count of 3, let them be activated now. Let the deep call unto the deep. Let the reality of that calling— as I walk through this place, let the wave of glory Flow across this place right now and activate them where they are. 1, 2, 3, touch them!
Summon them up! Summon them now! Stand in your ordination.
It's time to come in.
It's time to enter.
It's time to come in. It's time to enter. It's time to come in.
It will no longer be business as usual. For the days ahead of us requires the emergence of sons. We summon them by the Spirit that you will not carry this fire and be at ease in Zion.
Let there be a quickening. There is one particularly amongst you who got discouraged and then you have abandoned that aspect, but God is saying come back home, come back, come back, come back. He said, I have not changed what I told you. I have not, I have not, I've not taken back what I told you. I have kept it and waiting for this day that you will come back. And I see the arms of the Lord widely stretched saying, come back home now. It's time to continue from where we stopped. And if that person is here, by a mark of fire, let there be a reactivation of what used to be there. Touched by the Spirit of the Lord. Sae de Mahai. Sae de Mahai. Amen. There are people coming from places that God is revisiting now because there's a grace that seems to be custom-made for that lineage, but generation 1 said no, generation 2 said no, and God is saying, will you also say No. And sometimes the mentality that said no is what schooled you, and God is pulling you apart now so that you, you can take what could not rest. So what I'm saying is that as I speak, there are mantles cut out for families waiting for somebody who contend for the firstborn oil. If they are here, it it will be activated. You will be led in the directions that others have— please, you have to help me hold them now— because in the direction that others has refused to go. And you have cried for a season and say, why is my life like this? Why is there so much demand on just me? What about my sister? She, she seems to know more. And why me? Because the Lord is saying, I found David my servant, with my holy oil have I anointed him. It's, it's, it's, it's, it's a function of his sure mercies. It is not because of any works that the purpose of God according to divine election might stand, not of works. So mantles— lift up your hands, everyone that couldn't find the expression in parents that is hovering over sons and daughters in the same lineage. Finally, the mantles find their home now across board. Lord, let the wind of the Spirit touch, touch, touch Touch, touch, touch, touch, touch, touch, touch, touch. That singing grace is not just for the choir. It is a voice that God wants to reach the ends of the earth.
Where are you? Stand in your ordination.
Let the veils give way now for the light to shine. An army is rising. They are taking their place in the grandstand of destiny. Soldiers being equipped again to stand where they used to belong. There's somebody here, you felt you missed the time and you wonder, will I ever be back?
God said, I'm back.
You don't have to be, he is. And when it comes like that, he shrinks time, so he's doing a quick work and he's perfecting it in righteousness. Look up, everybody. Obadiah 1, the last two verses, quickly. I'm going to be out of here now. Can you give me anywhere I can see it? And the captives, um, then saviors shall— all right, yeah, go to verse 21, please. Saviors shall come out of Mount Zion to judge the mountains of Esau, and the kingdom shall be the Lord's. Um, you have benefited from graces. You are entering the phase where you are now a river that people will drink from. Is that okay? You, you are, you are, you are— there are apostles here. There seems to be a concentration around the UK. No, it's going to spread. It's going to spread like arrows in the hands of mighty man. That's how God will launch you across. But there are apostles here, there are teachers. There are pastors, there are writers, there are those who finance the agenda of the kingdom. That's their place. There are apostles in the marketplace. There are those who will be given divine inspiration in tech world to birth innovations and inventions, uh, that, that, that will also fast-track the spread of the gospel. Lift your hands where you sit. Lift your hands where you see. Say it loud and clear again. My hands are not normal. They are for signs and wonders. Say it again. I am anointed. There's nothing normal about me. I am anointed. Acts 10:38, how God anointed Jesus Christ of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power, who went about doing good, healing all manner of the oppressed of the devil. You put your name there. How God anointed— what's your name? What is your name?
How God anointed What is your name?
Femi Lazarus.
With the Holy Ghost and with power. It is no longer business as usual. You are carrying that grace strong. You are carrying it strong, and you carry it to your own generation, to the ends of the earth. You are carrying that grace strong. What you are experiencing now is the presence actually is, is the presence of God. That's where I minister from. In that presence, there are activations. Are you with me? There are activations. Lift your hands. I'm seeing a family, and it looks like for a while certain doors was shut. Nobody seems to— it was like the days of open vision was over. And I see that door open now, and a bright light shining Shining, shining, shining, shining, shining. Let every calling represented here be ignited now. Oshas, you have to help me now. Lift up your hands where you are. There's a young man here particularly who said God When your servant comes, all I want is to place the spirit of wisdom upon my life also. You have cried to God for it. God said to tell you, I have heard your cry. Joshua was filled with the spirit of wisdom, for Moses, the servant of God, had laid his hands upon on him. I may not have to know you in person, but I stretch my hands to as many as desire that order. Such as I have, give I thee. If this is the counsel of the Lord, in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, let there be the rushing impartation of that dimension.
Take it now!
Young men who look like Asians, young women who will operate with revelations decades ahead of them, who stand in their calling. Something has been released and you have to help them. It's not business as usual. It is a new day. It's a new day. All over the world, your spirit is moving. All All over the world, as the prophet said it should be. All over the world, there's a mighty revelation of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. Soak it in, soak it in, beloved. Soak it in, soak it in. Just soak it in, soak it in. Prayer will no longer be an issue. Because the mantle for that order is here. It will no longer be a struggle. It will not, it will not, it will not, it will not, it will no longer.
The spirit of prayer and supplication, the spirit of prayer, supplication, no longer a trouble.
The Lord is exalting your horn, man of God. He's exalting your horn. He's exalting your horn. Okay, the same sound but more coverage. The same sound, more coverage. And that's what the Lord showed me about you. There's going to be more demands. Stand, stand. There's going to be more demands. You are, you are, you are stepping into that season. Now hear the word of love concerning you. There's, there's an order, and it can only be given that it doesn't matter how dead an atmosphere is, when you raise a sound, receive the breaker anointing. Every atmosphere will break open at that sound. No atmosphere will be shut when you raise the sound. Oh yes, lift your hands everyone, be on your feet where you stand. I'm still ministering tomorrow. Ah, fantastic. This is a convocation, it's a confluence, it's, it's God, um, it's a setup. It's a setup. Some of you are going to leave here with new consciousness. Just, you, you will know something tipped. You know, all Samuel needed to do was to stand in a Rama. Saul sent men— just help them please— to go look for David and kill him. And they met Samuel. Samuel didn't attend to them. He just stood where he was standing, and, um, they began to prophesy. He sent another set of He just stood where he was standing. His presence alone could implicate any territory. He just stood where he was standing, and Saul himself came, and the spirit of prophecy rested on him that he prophesied naked. And they began to ask, is Saul also among the prophets? The atmosphere here is implicated. It is not business as usual. It's not just another meeting. You are in already. It is too late now to go back. Lift your hands where you stand. Lift your hands. Callings are represented here. Graces, mantles, operations of the Spirit. Some that are Others that people are not familiar with. Apostolic voices, apostolic teachers, pastors, evangelists, prophets. I summon the root of those callings. For the Spirit and the bride says come. For the Spirit and the bride Says come. Um, where is Jeff? The Lord spoke to me about you. You've been following me for every meeting since I came, but you also have a portion to stand. The way God magnified Joshua before the Israelites, will God magnify you before men?
He will.
That dimension on you is on you. It is not a thing of age, it is given. Receive that grace. When you speak, the sound of many waters will be heard. There are voices that does not leave territories even when they are gone, to keep echoing, to keep echoing, to keep echoing. Is there anyone here who Who is a— um, okay, the crowd, the place is small. Lift your hands where you stand. Father, if there are apostles here who have not received that scepter of authority, because the apostolic ministry, um, began it at Pentecost. The apostolic will wrap it up. That's what the Act of Apostles is about. That's why I say cyclical. So we, we need apostolic teachers, prophetic apostles, and different shades, and pastors, and Are they here? Father, you know them and you know their ordinations from the foundations of the world. The set time is here. Lift your hands. Place it on their hands, Lord. I will count 1 to 7. Let the sword of authority with which their voice will be recognized, let it rest on their hand. I want you to search out apostles— 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7! You have been sealed now.
All of them at once, take it now! Touch, touch, touch, touch, touch, touch, touch, touch! Touch, touch, touch.
Let's help them, help them, help them. There's something on your life and it's not going to stop flowing. It's not going to stop flowing. It's not going to stop flowing. Teachers and pastors, The anointing that teaches, there's, there's a grace for that. If they are here under the sound of my voice, let the anointing locate the rightful owners.
Touch them now.
We quicken that dimension. Evangelistic voices who will herald the gospel across nations in different places, we summon their emergence. We quicken them to their rightful place. Step up, for the Spirit and the Bride says come. For the Spirit and the Bride says come. It's time, it's time for the Spirit Spirit and the bride says come. A woman of God, there's something upon your life and it's going to rest. Epa, something upon your life. Let the wave of your glory cover us. Let the light of your angel flow. Let the truth of your kingdom reign in us. Let the weight of your glory fall. Let the weight of Your glory fall. Let the weight of your glory fall. Thank you, Lord. We bless your holy name. Thank you, Father. It is a new day. It is a new season. It is a new order. Um, look up everyone. You must. Tomorrow I'm going to, um, Um, if God allow me, I'll be teaching on this topic titled The Spirit of the Prophet, because God wants me to teach on how to recognize your anointing. The way this thing operate, you are not guessing the key when you are in front of the door. You must know what key opens what. So that's the reason why we don't struggle. You know the anointing. You know, when Peter said, such as I have, that's an awareness. Give I thee. It's your statement. And you know what, that he knows what he has. Such as I have. Are these the choir over there?
Huh?
Is that the choir? Oh yes, you know, you can, you can be so much aware that such as I have, if an atmosphere is dead, I carry a voice that will treat it. You don't get to see the fullness of the anointing you are not aware of because that awareness is what pushed you into the consecration. Yeah, you will have to know how to service your own anointing. It's different.
Are you with me?
I know it like I know my name. I don't need any motivation for any atmosphere. Just let's go. Is there at least one person who wants to hear? David in 99, who doesn't want to hear? The presence compels. I would have loved to pray for you guys, but you don't look hungry to me. The choir, are you sure you want it? Ah, are you sure? No, it's a covenant between me and God that no matter how dead an atmosphere is, when you step in, son, I will show up. Lift your hands where you stand. So such as I have, give I unto you. It doesn't matter how dead an atmosphere is. Father, find 3 people amongst them and put that breaker anointing that breaks any atmosphere open. 1, 2, 3, touch the 3. Now 3 of them, 3, 3, 3. Just help him more. 2 more, 2 more. From the crown of your head to the sole of your feet, break open. Grace, grace. Um, I think we just continue from here tomorrow morning. Is it tomorrow morning?
Yes.
God bless you.
Amen.
I think we should just— let's just lift up our hands and bless the name of the Lord. Lift up your hands and bless the name of the Lord and mean what you were saying. Mean what you were saying. Strength has come for the journey. Strength has come for the journey. Mean what you were saying. This is not a time to be distracted. Bless the name of the Lord. We are not ungrateful for the word that we have heard. Bless the name of the Lord. Sound in my spirit, and then we'll close. Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning.
Yes, Lord.
2 more times. Give me all, Lord.
Give me all in my heart. Give me all in. Give me all, Lord. Give me all in my heart. I pray. Give me all Father, we thank you.
Thank you for that which you have wrought in our midst. We bless your name because our lives can never remain the same again. To you alone be all the glory and all the adoration. You know, I just sense in my spirit— can we just stretch our hands and pray for God's servant? Strength, strength, please. Just had that in my spirit. Let's pray for strength for him.
Strength.
This vessel must be preserved. This vessel must be preserved. The vessel I want you to pray from the depth of your heart. If any of his materials has blessed you, from the depth of your heart, this vessel must be preserved. We will not lose this one.
This one will be kept.
His days will not be cut short. His horn shall be exalted like that of the unicorn.
Fresh oil, Lord.
Fresh oil.
Fresh oil.
Fresh oil.
Greater territories to conquer. Fresh oil, Lord.
Fresh oil.
Fresh oil, oh God.
Fresh oil.
This light will not be put out.
This light will not be put out.
We silence the voices of the accusers. Every tongue that rises against this one is judged by Zion. The blood preserves this one. Father, we thank you. Blessed be your holy name, Father. In the mighty name of Jesus, amen. Can we jump our hands together for Jesus? And please, you may be seated just few minutes, just a few housekeeping, and then we go. Hallelujah! Can we celebrate God's servant again? Celebrate him, please. Thank you, Apostle.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Just in time, God's servants walked in. The Lion of Birmingham, stand up now. Let's celebrate you, Pastor Nelson, the Lion of Birmingham. Bless you. And his brother, dear Shola. Hallelujah! Amen. So let's give to the Lord, um, quickly. Let's give to the Lord. Media team, let's give to the Lord quickly, quickly. Oh, thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Lord. Um, if you want to give in envelopes, you can ask for the ushers to give envelopes. Hallelujah! Is the account projected? Amen. All right, just a few housekeeping before that comes up. So tomorrow's session is 8 AM, early, will I seek thee? That's what we're doing. And please come early so you'll be able to have space inside. 8 AM, praise the Lord. Hallelujah. Amen and amen. Um, just a brief introduction, this is Shekinah Nation. We hold our services here. Hallelujah. If you're believing the Lord for Bible believing Church. We hold our service every Sunday, 2 PM. There are people that travel from other cities in here. Please, by all means, we'll be glad to have you, right, Shekinah? Hallelujah! Praise the name of the Lord. Amen. And if you want any— if you want to join, just see any of the ushers. You can ask for maybe, maybe a membership form there behind, so we could just get your details and contact you. Hallelujah! Praise the name of the Lord. All right, um, do we have our accounts, body of Christ?
Hallelujah!
Praise the Lord. All right, um, more announcement. If we have done, um, I think there is a portion for— there is a kitchen here. So for some of us that might want to get food, I think there's subsidized food somewhere at the kitchen. You could just buy. The toilet here, the toilet there. Tomorrow, something the Lord said to me and Apostle confirmed it. Tomorrow, let's come with different flags of nations.
Hallelujah!
Let's come with what? Different flags of nations. Questions, and then we are going to— he's going to prophesy and pray over it. Amen and amen.
Hallelujah!
Praise the name of the Lord. Amen. Hallelujah! Um, this is my new book. Apostle is shocked. This is the book now.
I did not lie.
Praise the Lord. Yeah, glory, hallelujah. Apostle carried my book and he didn't know. No, hallelujah. Praise the name of— it's called Running on Bended Knees. It would transform your life, I promise you. So I think we don't have so much copies at the back, so the— it's first come, first serve. It will change your life forever. It Amen and amen. Praise the name of the Lord. All right, so, um, can I get a feedback? All right, just give them a few minutes. Can I just get a feedback? Praise the name of the Lord. All right, so 8 AM first session, um, to 12. There'll be 1 hour break, and within that 1 hour we'll break, there'll be food. So because of the distance from here to where you can get— there's a store somewhere here called Your Supermarket in case you want to get snacks and stuff, but we're going to have right here in the kitchen. Um, you can just go there, take your refreshment, and then we get work. Praise the Lord forevermore. Amen and amen. Um, I want to celebrate the volunteers. Please, let's celebrate this convocation of priests. Is a kingdom thing. We have a lot of churches that joined us. Envoy Nation, let's celebrate them. God's Nation, all kinds of nation.
Hallelujah!
Praise the name of the Lord. The Lord bless you greatly and greatly. Amen And amen. All right, so I think there's another paying system at the back, so those that want to give after service, you could just go at the back and then there's a place you could just swipe and then you pay. Um, also, um, let me say this for those of us that want to give, um, this is very sensitive anyways, but I have to say, um, I would advise that you you because of the UK policies and the government and all of that when I'm online. But yeah, um, please come in cash for any of the ministers you want to give and write their name. When people of integrity will package it and give it to them. Praise the Lord.
Amen.
Amen. Finally. Glory. Hallelujah. So let's give to the Lord.
Amen.
Will bring them here, give them the word of life, and feed their belly. We're going to have Minister Tyron the Evangelist.
Hallelujah!
It's a free food banquet, so we're going to get free food and bring souls to the kingdom. Um, every last Saturday of the month we have prayer stretch in this building. Every last Saturday of the month, um, it's called Shut Down and Pray. Um, 6-hour prayer stretch every last Saturday of the month. Priests pray. Hallelujah! Amen and amen. Praise the Lord. And by God's grace, might be having people like Sumi Sola come to us. You're not excited about that? Yeah, Sumi Sola will come to us hopefully by this year. Amen. So let's rise to our feet and let's share the grace in fellowship. Let's see God's servants up. Please let the ministers go. Let's celebrate them as they go.
Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!
All right, let's share the grace in fellowship. Let the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ The love of God and the sweet fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us now and forevermore. Amen. Look at your neighbor and say, surely God's goodness and mercy shall follow you all the days of your life. Every step that you take, every decision that you make will turn out for your good. In the mighty name of Jesus. I hope you are a priest. If you are a priest, pray. If you are a priest, pray. Show me how to pray now. The Lord bless you greatly. See you tomorrow.
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