INTERNATIONAL MINISTERS' CONFERENCE || DAY 3 - AFTERNOON || 27TH SEPTEMBER

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the International Ministers Conference Day 3, and this is just— we just wrapped up the first, the morning session, and we are gearing up for the afternoon session. Reporting live from the Ambience TV studios, my name is Nakali Esco Nakali, and I have the honor of having Rebecca Adewe. I mean, it's been an amazing start. I mean, 3 days already. We had day 1, day 2, and the first session of day 3. It's been supernatural, it's been superb. If you, in your words, what would you say stood out for you? We had Apostle Femi Lazarus' session and Apostle Emmanuel Airen's session. What were the highlights for you?

I think the highlight for me still remains prayer. There's nothing aside from prayer. We just have to keep on praying. And you know, Apostle Femi Lazarus stated something very, very important that resonates well with me. He talked about the spirit of understanding. So, and, and you know, that struck me because you can be doing life and ministry without proper understanding of what God wants you to do, you know, in this end time most especially. And I was really grateful that I was privileged to hear this message, this truth, because it's a truth that we need to hear. I mean, and then he said there's no other way you can get understanding unless you pray and you pray well.

And I mean, it was not just a teaching on prayer, you know, a lot of teachings on prayer here and there. Yeah, we actually pray. We didn't just pray, we grew, right? And there's a lot of birthing. Yeah, there's a lot of birthing. And when we speak of Apostle Emmanuel Iren's session, oh my God, where do we begin?

Wisdom tank. I was rich, I was blessed. I was filled with so much light because, I mean, those words came with, you know, when someone is teaching from his heart. I could see them, I could feel it, and I could resonate well with it. And, you know, he spoke about the conduct of a man, of a minister, a man of God. And then he stated out clearly, he taught us like a teacher, teaching us what we should do and what not to do.

You know, it kind of felt like what Paul would have been speaking to Timothy about, instructing him about how to go about ministry and the conduct that are, that are, you know, expected of a man of God. And it was such an instructive time. We also delved into some Bible history, and you know, I'm a fan of Bible history, so I was super excited, right?

I was glued to it.

I mean, we cannot thank them enough. But let me just say this, in case you are watching or you missed the morning session, go back to watch it.

Go back.

And don't miss this afternoon session.

Do not, please.

We'll be right back after the afternoon session to give you a little recap. From all of us here at the Ambience TV studio, we say God bless you.

Stay tuned.

My name remains Akali Esun Akali, and I am Rebecca Adeboye. God bless you.

Thank you. Bye.

Bye. We know that you are here in our midst, oh God, and we bless you, Jesus.

We bless you, Lord. We bless you, Lord. Oh Jesus, we bless your Holy Name. Bless Your Holy Name.

There is none like You. There is none to be compared with You. Thank You, Jesus, for Your word in season and out of season. You reign in the affairs of men. You are God, and You are God all by Yourself. We honor You. We honor you, Lord. We honor you. There is none like you. There is none like you. There is none to be compared with you.

Can you just still bless the name of the Lord?

Oh, we worship you, Jesus. There are kings, there are kingdoms, there are mountains, and there are thrones. Only Yeshua will reign forever. To his kingdom there'll be no end. Oh, there are kings, there are kingdoms, there are mountains and there are giants. Only There's no one. We'll reign forever. To escape now, there'll be nowhere. Say, there are kings. There are kings. There are kings now. There are kings now. There are mountains. There are mountains. Holy, yes, you, holy, yes, you will reign forever, will reign forever. Oh, we will reign for him. You will reign, you reign, you reign. One more time, I want you to be deliberate about this. There are kings. There are kings. There are kings. The earth is the Lord and its fullness thereof. Holy is he who reigneth over all his kingdom. Kingdom there'll be. One more time, I want to hear the church. There are kings of earth. Can God hear your voice this afternoon? Say One more time, say, there are kings, there are kings, there are kingdoms, there are kingdoms. Oh, there are mountains, there are mountains. Only my Lord, only my Father, only my Father. Oh, to his kingdom, to his kingdom, there'll be no Hey, I love all the cops. We release the sound of the heavens, the sound of creation. Yahweh is here. Hey, we release the sound of the heavens, the sound of Yeshua. Shekinah is We release the sound of the heavens, the sound of creation. Oh, Yahweh is here. We release the sound of the heavens, the sound of creation. Yahweh is here. Oh, we release The sound of creation. Yeshua is here. Oh, we release the sound of the heavens, the sound of creation. Yeshua is in our midst. Oh, we release We say, yeah! Jesus, I call now, come manifest yourself. Can you declare this afternoon? It's time for you. We say, sir, we call you Jesus. Hey, one more time. The Lord is in our midst tonight. Hey, one more time. We thank you. You are Elohim. Elohim. Shaddai. Shaddai. Manifest yourself.

We say, Yahweh!

No fire, no lightning, Shaddai, you remain. Adonai, Manifest yourself! Come manifest Yourself— Manifest Yousef... Manifest Yourself! Manifest YourselF? Mm-hmm?! Manifest Yoself!? Come manifest YoSeff!! Ohh!!! Manifest yosefm?? Manifest yourselv??? Come manifest yourself! Come manifest yourself! Manifest— come manifest yourself! Manifest yourselv- Hey, you manifest yourself. You move in the midst of the— you walk openly in the midst. Manifest yourself! Manifest yourself! Oh manifest yourself! Come manifest yourself! Manifest yourself. You are not bound, you are not bound, you are not bound, you are not bound, you are not bound. We call you Abba Wamah! We call you Abba Wommah! Eh ya dabade ko sha daya na babakaya? We call you Oga Woma— ogo woba! Oh God woman! Aha womaaan!

Ahaha woowoomaaa!

We say, hey, you know why? You know why? Can we chant it together? Hey, I want you to make melody in your heart to the Lord. Ah, hey, yes, you.

Praise to your holy name. Thank you, Lord. Lift your hands and just give Jesus praise. Thank you, Lord. Blessed, blessed, blessed be your holy name. Thank you, Lord. In Jesus' mighty All right, to bring us a short prayer charge, let's receive Pastor Desmond Dave. Please, let's celebrate God in his life.

Hallelujah! First of all, I love to celebrate my spiritual father, Pastor Femi Lazarus. Femi Lazarus.

Can we celebrate?

Hallelujah!

I want us to pray in few minutes. I want us to touch God. We have been receiving the word since the beginning of this meeting, and you know, one of the things that stood out for me was when Apostle Papa began to speak about the spirit called understanding. And one of the things I've come to realize, understanding is of warfare. And I want us to press in few minutes, tell it to God that, Father, bring me into much understanding.

You see, there is a prayer—

this is a prayer we can't stop praying in this season for us to really come into all that God will have us come into. I want us to tell it to God that, Father, understanding, let light be furnished on my inside.

I don't just want to carry it on my head. I want it to enter my spirit.

I want to receive my word in this season.

This time should not pass me by. Understanding, understanding. Can we pray? Can we pray?

Can we pray?

Can we pray for understanding? I receive understanding. I receive light. I come into understanding by the Spirit of God. Understanding. Understanding must be furnished. Pray, pray, pray, pray. Lights, lights, lights, lights, lights, lights, lights, lights.

I come into understanding.

I come into understanding. Pray, pray, pray, pray, pray. For in Jesus' mighty name we pray. Father, in the name of Jesus, we ask that evil.

Amen. Please let's be seated. I need to do the introduction myself. Amen. Please sit down. Um, have you been blessed thus far in this conference? All right, I want to do the honor of bringing you up myself. Let's celebrate him, please. And he's here with his wife. Where is she? Is she around? Please wave Please, let's stay. All right, thank you, sir.

Glory to Jesus!

Come on, can you do it better? Just jam your hands together for Jesus! Oh, come on, appreciate my spiritual father. I want to sincerely— you can do it better, come on, you can do it better. Do it from understanding, from revelation. I want to sincerely appreciate you, Apostle. And then Pastor, Mrs. Miracle, I'm so grateful. Thank you so much for this privilege. I, I know this is a very important meeting, and there is this thing that has been very strong in my spirit. We can have our seats. Just have your seats, just 2 minutes.

We're gonna be praying.

Apostle started something that was very strong for me yesterday, and this thing has— I've been saying it even in my camp. Acts of the Apostles chapter 6. If the media can give it to us, Acts of the Apostles chapter 6. Um, I saw something there that was very, very profound. In those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Christians against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. The Lord pointed my attention to two major things, and I want to share it with us as we pray. There are two major ministries that God has given unto us as ministers, and looking from the book of Luke chapter 10 Jesus came to the house and they said Martha was busy doing something, Mary was sitting listening. So we have what you call the ministry of the word and the ministry of prayer. We have what you call the ministry of Martha and the ministry of Mary. And the Lord called my attention and said, listen, that in this season many ministries are giving themselves to the ministry of matter, the ministry of welfare, hospitality. They do not pay attention. They are being distracted from the major ministry that God has called them to do. I want to beg us this afternoon, ministers, that the two main ministry that God has called us to do is the ministry of the word and of prayer. Someone say ministry of the word. I can't hear us. The ministry of the word and of prayer. That was what we saw the disciples. So they were also going to put them into that model and said they went to meet the apostles, they told them The people are complaining. The widows are neglected. What do we do? They say it is not right for us that we leave ministry of the word and prayer to serve tables, but we, we give ourselves continually to the ministry of the word and of prayer. And something happened there. When you go to verse 7, as they give themselves to it. Let me show you something that happened in verse 7. Verse 7, please. The scripture says, when they give themselves to it, it said, and the word of God increased, and the number of disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly. What commands the word to prosper is that we give ourselves to it continually. We don't stop the ministry of the word and of prayer. I said to people, and we're going to pray, we're going You see, until we give ourselves to these things continually— the word and prayer, the word and prayer— you pray until the word prosper in your mouth. Prayer is not prayer until it becomes consistent. Is someone's heart ready to pray this evening? We are not speaking English, we are not speaking grammar. You keep at it until it prosper. When it prosper, men will come. He said the number of disciples multiplied. It did not multiply by publicity, it multiplied by prosperity of the word. That is, as the word was prospering, the multiplication of the disciples is inevitable. People will come and listen to you when the word prosper. What prayer, what prayer, what prayer! We sit with it. I don't feel like talking again. Let's rise to our feet and pray. Bane se lepraktiata. That the word of God prosper in our mouths. I, as able ministers of the New Testament, New Testament that indeed we do not just speak, but that indeed the word of God prosper. It prosper. Hi, is there— is this how you're going to pray?

Is—

are you praying? Are you praying? The word prosper. The word prosper. The word prosper. It prosper. It prosper. I'm not hearing you. I'm not hearing your voice. The word of God prosper. It prosper. It prosper. Come on now, come on now. Raise your sound, raise your sound. I'm not hearing our voice. You're not praying. You're not praying. No, we don't pray, amen, amen. No, this is not how to pray. We pray until we touch something. See, Apostle was saying something about— oh God, I would have to share something with you about the mystery of spiritual climate, that we don't stop until we touch something. Because you can be under a climate that is sealed up. But through prayer, maybe because we are listening to songs, that's why we're not going to pray. One more minute, I'm going to release us to pray for just one more minute. Come on, ministers of God! In this season, the word of God prosper! The word of God prosper in the name of Jesus. Loud and louder, louder, louder. I can't hear your voice, I can't hear your voice, I can't hear your voice. In Jesus' mighty name we have prayed. Come on, you can do that better. In Jesus' Mighty name we have prayed. And Lord Jesus, we thank you for this privilege. And Lord, I ask upon everyone under the sound of my voice, myself inclusive, that indeed in this season the word of God prosper in our mouth. Oh, as we go out, this will be our testimony, that indeed the word of God prosper. It prosper. In Jesus' mighty name we have prayed.

Amen. I just knew it, that God has placed the word on his lips for us. You pray until the word of God prospers in our mouth. And little wonder, shortly after they made that statement, so mightily grew the word and prevailed. Celebrate God for his servant. That's a profound one. Please sit for a moment. By the grace of God, we are set to receive from my spiritual father this afternoon. Amen. We are to clap clear this afternoon so we can receive everything we have to receive. Praise God! And he's also blessing us tomorrow morning. But yeah, we wrap up tomorrow morning. And let me make this announcement also, that by evening session we are going to have the official, um, launching of my books Whatever that word launching means, because I've been to a few launching programs. I launched this book for ₦500,000. It's that one.

I like it. I think I like the word a lot.

If my name is Dr. Seyi Obeyemi, I'm launching this book with the sum of ₦500 million. Ah, let's give Jesus a big hand. Let's celebrate Dr. Seyi Obeyemi again.

Because you are not clapping.

Have you been called before as master of ceremony? You are Alaga. You know, have you— Yoruba wedding, or maybe Yoruba launching. Then somebody now says, we Alaga just plan to launch the book with ₦50,000. And somebody who is not Alaga now say, I launch this book with ₦50 million. He put Alaga Amen. All right, one of my spiritual daughters— and by the grace of God, all the people that have come out are people I'm privileged to lead— um, she said something to me, um, last year's International Ministers Conference. And she said, Apostle, I have a burden. I said, what's that? She said said, um, is it only male ministers that are relevant in God's agenda? Conference like this, we should have female ministers too. And I told her that for you to have this burden, it is because God is raising you as one to fill that gap. You don't have burden in an area that is not the area of your calling. And, um, I want her to come Lord and bless us this moment. Pastor. All right, let's, uh, come. He's a very, very fireful woman. Fireful. Amen. It's Epa with the mic. Let's celebrate Jesus again in our life. God bless you.

Thank you. Hallelujah!

Thank you so much, Papa. Thank you for this privilege. Thank you so much, Mama. Thank you for this privilege.

Hallelujah!

I was so shocked. Glory to God. But I now knew the reason why Holy Spirit dropped a word in my heart as we were praying this morning. He said, Papa was talking and he was emphasizing on Isaiah chapter 60, verse 1 to 2. Then as I was praying, the Holy Spirit said, open to Isaiah chapter 60, verse 5. So when I saw it, I shouted in the place of prayer because it was Papa that was leading prayer at that time. Hallelujah! Said, your eyes will shine shine, and your heart will thrill with joy, for merchants from around the world will come to you. They will bring you the wealth of many lands. If this word is for somebody, shout amen! But it's not just word, you have to pray it out. Apostle said you have to break through, you must break through in the place of prayer. Life is spiritual. If there's anything I know, I I know that this year I don't— it dawned on me that ministry is spiritual. Hallelujah! Glory to God! If you don't pray— I remember last year I prayed so much, my heart depends on it. I did not even struggle to even say one thing. People were coming with their resources. But this year I was so relaxed. When I saw that, hey, my skirt will come down from my bum bum—

hallelujah!

One week to the program, I sat down, I said, Jesus, have mercy on me. Cause that. And before you know it, glory to God, people were now sending money. Where were they? Life is spiritual. Ministry is spiritual. I don't know, maybe you are comfortable, maybe you are too relaxed until you get to a point that you will not say, Jesus, save me. You better stand up right now and begin to pray in the Holy Ghost. Let my light shine. Let my eyes shine.

Shine.

Let my eyes shine. In Jesus' mighty name, we are still praying. I don't think you have gotten it. Hallelujah! When Aniku saw that my eyesight is no longer— is no longer functioning again, my claws is no longer sharp again, he rise to the mountain, and he set his eyes on the sun. He said, Son of righteousness shine upon my eyes. And the eyes begin to see differently. There is position, but when you are dull, you will not see what you're supposed to see. You will not get what you are supposed to get. Can you cry to the Lord? He said, let my eyes shine. See the way people are praying. In Jesus' powerful, mighty name, we are still praying. Apostle you say something, there is a compelling power. It will compel people. There are some people that just— because I don't ask people, I don't message people, but they just know what to do. But I did not know that they did not know what to do. It is a compelling force in the place of prayer that is drawing them. Hallelujah! Glory to God! And I was expectant, but then nothing They have it, but they cannot see you because you are not campaign, you are not driving force in the realm of the spirit. Hey, something will distract them from you. But when I sat down, I said, Jesus, have mercy upon my life. They started calling me one by one, and I said, wow, where were you before? Hey, because Anna Castle is not released. If you don't want to struggle in ministry, you will have to have compelling power. It is from the place of prayer. He said people will come from far and near. Merchants will come with their resources. It does not just happen if your eyes does not shine. Nothing comes to you. No room for dullness. Let my eyes shine Let my heart shine. Son of righteousness, shine your light upon my heart. I want to see Jesus. I want Jesus to shine his light. Arise and shine, for your light has come. Light has come, but you might not be facing it. Light has come, but you might not be seeing it. It is time to sharpen your eyes. It is time to sharpen your— to sharpen your beak. It is time to sharpen your claws so that you don't miss out on the big things of life, so that you don't miss your big praise. In Jesus' mighty name, we are still praying.

Hallelujah!

Glory to God! We are in a— I sat down in my house and I began to ponder. We are in a season where people are moving at a fast pace, and those that are not in alignment alignment, if care is not taken, you will look at the curriculum and you'll be so shocked, you'll be intimidated and afraid that you cannot catch up. You cannot just slow down, you need to keep moving.

You just need—

you cannot be dull in this season. People are catching flight. If you are still trekking, it will look like a thousand Minds. God is raising men. He's helping his people. People are changing level. They are changing, transitioning from one glory to another. Can you cry to the Lord? Father, quicken me, quicken me, quicken me, quicken me.

We're still praying, we're still praying. Pray, let's pray more, some more, some more, some more. In Jesus' mighty name we have prayed. I consider this a very great privilege. Thank you so much, our captain, my father, our father, and God's servant Pastor Femi Lazarus, for the privilege to lead, you know, God's people. I want to believe we have been blessed so far, and we are just starting. Hallelujah! All right, please let's have our seats.

Let's have our seats.

You know, if not that we're online, when your father puts you on the spot like this— but we trust God for grace. All right, I'm just going to, you know, exhort us and then show us a few things from some of the things I have been able to write. And not just write, but I have taken as instructions from this conference, especially through God's servant, our father in the Lord. Because when God calls for a meeting like this, while it is a meeting to bless the body of Christ, those who belong to that house must also understand that this is a strategic meeting, and every teaching of your father, even under that atmosphere, becomes an instruction for you. All right, so, uh, today, you know, Apostle began to teach us on how to break certain things. And I use the word break because Apostle is not you know, someone who talks all of— all the time. But all of those stories and then a few examples, you can find out the secrets to what is happening. For instance, it is possible to come for a conference like this. You say, I want to go for a conference like this, I need the secret to ministerial growth. And then when you come, you say, okay, when you gather the people, tell those ones are, you know, fair to sit on the right-hand side. Tell those who are dark to sit on the left-hand side. Then when you snap picture, make sure you snap those ones on this side and upload it. You know, it will amaze us that that's not the key. So if a man comes and says this is the key, everything by prayer— can we say it again? Everything by prayer. Even the things you don't know, the structures you you don't know, the strategies you don't know. When you get it, when you pray, you will get it. Prayer may not necessarily be the key to some doors, but it will be the undo. So if he comes and say everything is by prayer, then we should take that as an instruction to say, this one, oh, I will pray till something will open up. I have found out that in life the most powerful things changes our life and what we do, they are hidden in small things, hidden in the things we trivialize. He says, is it not prayer?

I pray.

But he's saying there is how to pray, and this time the way to pray is to pray till you groan and bet what you want to bet. So I wrote here, he said said we don't, we don't, you know, do publicity and all of those things to catch up. We catch up by praying. And how that ministry is not publicity first, it is alignment first. So these are some of the instructions I took from the session. I wrote here that every sermon must be seen as warfare against principalities over the territory. So as you are coming up to teach in your means— in our ministries where we are privileged to lead God's people, we are teaching with the consciousness that we are attacking the principalities over that territory, because the god of this world has blinded the eyes of those people. So in order to establish the truth, the light that God wants to establish under the atmosphere, we come with the preparation as one who wants to attack the principality of those territories. Is somebody being blessed? Of course, I won't say everything that I have here. I also wrote here as part of the instructions for me out of, you know, what Apostle has shared, that the prayer departments must focus on territorial prayers. Prayer department focuses on what? Territorial prayers. That we are not just praying our own, our own, you you see, uh, no, no, no, we are focusing to shift the atmosphere, the cloud over our church, the cloud over where we belong. As they pray, we raise the incense, we shift the atmosphere, and as we shift it, we find out that as we begin to now share the word of God, it will prosper in the life of the people. Hallelujah! Then I'm going to share this also, and I think I'm going to dwell on this and we will pray. That light draws the attention of men and kings. And I wrote here, just like the birth of Jesus, the wise men traced the light to where he was. No publicity. So we are going to do Acts of the Apostles. Okay, let's start with Acts of the Apostles chapter 8 first, from verse 30 to 33, to talk about understanding. Then we will now look into that bed of Jesus. So, Acts of the Apostles chapter 8. Acts of the Apostles chapter 8 from verse 30. Acts of the Apostles chapter 8 and from verse 30. Okay, okay, let's Let's go back to 26. Let's go back to 26. 26. And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise— you know, this is the story of the Ethiopian eunuch. All right, he said, and the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. 27. Now, and he arose and went. And behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace, Queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure and had come to Jerusalem to worship, 28, was returning and sitting in his chariot, read Isaiah the prophet. Then the Spirit said unto Philip, go near and join thyself to this chariot. Verse 30 now. And Philip ran to him and heard him read the prophet Isaiah and said, understandest thou what thou readest? So the issue here was not the issue of illiteracy. He was an Ethiopian Inosh. He could read. He was reading the prophetic book. He was just lost in what he was doing. But the issue here is the issue of understanding. So it means it is possible to read. You are— we have read many manuals. If you know the number of videos I have consumed on church growth, read many things. The issue here is the issue of what? Understanding. So the question here is, understand it, what thou readest. So it is now in this context, it is not just about reading, but even sitting under an atmosphere like this. Do we understand the things being communicated? Do we get it? Because the, the moment understanding comes in, another layer opens stop. There are things we will never bother about. Why? Because if you have seen it pipe open once, you now have understanding, proceeded to say, I can repeat this thing again. That's understanding. And that's how you know a man of understanding. He can repeat the process again and again, and it will get the result. So if we do trial and error, trial and error, trial and error, it is not because we have not read, it is not because we have not heard, it is because we do not understand. Understand. So, and I love what the man of God spoke about understanding. It is warfare, warfare. And our father in the Lord mentioned that also, how that understanding, you need to pray till that light will pop open. As our father in the Lord began to lead us to pray, I saw that the burden I carried with respect to the project we are running where I belong I belong here in Jesus' name. But where I serve, my PPA is Port Harcourt. I saw that the burden I had concerning our project we are running, it came to another level as I began to pray. I saw deeper. I said, okay, so we need to do this one. Let me give you a gist. For instance, on Tuesday, our people sent a message and said the event enter, saw them having service, and then when it was exactly 7 o'clock, they entered and then they went to switch the gen off. I said, hey, don't need Bible study. I was boiling and angry. I was praying. I said, these people, once we leave this place, I will judge you. But as I began to pray, I saw that it's not a matter of judging. Persecution will always follow the move of God. When there is the need for expansion, you will be executed. So it means as we begin to pray much more, we see deeper. And when we see— can we please celebrate our father in the Lord and our grandpa? Thank you so much, sir. Thank you so much, Apostle.

Amen, amen, amen. Ah, is that the way you say amen? We are about to be fed bombastically, so that amen should have been louder and better than that. All right, um, can we just thank God?

Again.

Let's just give him praise. Let's give him all the honor that is due to him. Let's give him all thanks. If we can get these backups working, let's give him praise. Let's thank him. Bless his holy name and thank him. The hour has come. We are set to be fed. With the word. Thank you, Lord. In Jesus' mighty name we're praying. Amen. Please sit for a while. One thing I do very very often is to ask myself important questions. One of the questions I've had to ask myself over the years is that, um, if he is not my spiritual father, will I have him come bless us? In every meeting that we have? And my answer is yes. And the reason is because it's not just occupying that space, it carries the substance. And no two visitation here, however how close, has left us the same way. He has always brought us strategic You'll be amazed to hear the things that have happened between Festival of Life and now. It doesn't make human sense. I'm telling you, doesn't make human sense. And again, at the International Ministers Conference 2024, we are honored and privileged to have this great eagle with us again. That's the name I call him when I'm speaking with my wife, the Great Eagle. And I want to prepare our heart. Um, if there's anybody I know who carry balanced scriptural solution to many of the challenges in the Lord of Christ. Quote me anywhere, he's the one. And if you have followed his write-up again and again, then you will know that God invests in men. For his first session at the International Ministers Conference 2024, with a standing ovation, I'd like you to join me receive my spiritual father, Bishop-elect, as he comes to bless us. Thank you, sir.

Keep clapping. Hallelujah!

Praise the Lord! Let's celebrate the Lord Jesus again. Let's do it, let's do it, let's do it better, let's do it better. And let's wave those hands to the Lord. Let's bless the Lord. The Lord is there, the Lord is there. The glory of the Lord is strong here. Let's magnify him, let's give him praise, let's give him glory. He's worthy of our praise, he's worthy of all adoration.

Bless him.

Magnify him. The Lord our God is great and is glorious. We give you praise. We give you praise. Thank him for International Ministers Conference 2024. Thank him. Thank him. Thank him for the hand of God upon God's precious servant.

Thank you, sir.

Bless the Lord. Bless the Lord. Bless the Lord. Oh my soul, lift your hands. Oh my soul, and worship his holy name. Sing like never before. Oh my soul, and worship his holy Let's sing it two more times.

Bless the Lord, bless the Lord, oh my soul, oh my soul, and worship his holy name. Sing like never before. Oh my soul, worship his glory. Let's sing it for the last time, one more time, one more time. Bless the Lord, oh my soul. Oh my soul, worship his holy name. Sing like never before. Oh my soul, worship Femi Lazarus.

Father, we thank you for what you are doing here. Thank you for making eternal investments in the life of everyone, in every ministry, in the body of Christ, and this generation. Thank you, Lord, for the transformational power and effect of your word that we have experienced since the beginning of this conference. Thank Thank you, Lord, for your precious servant and your precious handmaiden. Thank you for your hand upon them. Thank you for the great and mighty work you are doing through them. We give you praise. Thank you, Lord, for this house, and thank you, Lord, particularly for raising men through this platform. We give you praise. Lord, receive our thanks in Jesus' name. Lord, today, like the rain of heaven, let your word come to refresh our hearts. We We open our hearts to receive instructions, to receive directions, to receive illuminations, to receive impartation. In the name of Jesus, let your name be glorified. Thank you, Father. Blessed be the name of the Lord. In Jesus' precious name we pray. Before we take our seats, let's celebrate the Lord Jesus one more time. Hallelujah! I do not take this privilege for granted. It's always a joy for me to be here, and I want to say very, very unequivocally that this is home for me. And then I, I want to appreciate the grace of God upon God's precious servant, the Apostle, Apostle Femi Lazarus. I, I told him, uh, 2 days ago, I said, the Lord is happy with you. And I believe that, um, the countenance of God shines signs all over him. You know, when you look at, um, what God is doing through his ministry and then through his life, and then you look at Mama Pastor Miracle, and then you look at this house, it clearly shows God's mood and God's disposition. And God is happy with you. Thank you for carrying the weight of the responsibility to align with the workings God, loving the people. If you're looking at the definition of selflessness, a selfless leader, a selfless, you know, man of God, it is Apostle Femi Lazarus. Is selfless in every sense of that word, in all dimensions, in all ramifications. It has a far-reaching vision that extends its tentacles, you know, to the four corners of the earth. It thinks globally, and not just Globally, he thinks generationally, and that is why we are not surprised by what the Lord is doing through your hands. And we say blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. And they say when God loves the people and when God wants to, you know, visit a people, what it does is that it sends a man to them. The Lord has sent us Apostle Femi Lazarus, not just to the Spirit of Life Church but to the body of Christ, to this I will say, sir, that you are a generational gift. And then I want to salute Pastor Mimi, Mama Inabsa. She is a generational gift. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you for the great work that you are doing. I love you so much, and there is nothing you can do about it. Hallelujah! I celebrate all the servants of God in the house, all the ministers, all the servants of God. Thank you, sir, for being a part of this conference. I celebrate all the ministers, every one of you, and all the ministers that have spoken before me, and all the ministers that will speak after me. I believe that God is doing something very strategic at this hour, and then, uh, is positioning the body of Christ and aligning each and every one of us that we can key into his plan and purpose, and then so that our lives also can become expressions of his glory upon the earth. Glory to God! So thank you, God bless So please celebrate yourself as you take your seat in God's wonderful presence. Hallelujah! I said hallelujah! Glory to God! Now this is a very, very heavy, you know, uh, theme that we are looking at and we're examining. And then while in the place of prayer, I had a couple of times in God's presence, you know, waiting upon the Lord and preparing for this conference. And then, uh, the Spirit of the Lord laid on my heart very strongly that I will be teaching prophetic prophetically. And then so by the grace of God, I bring a prophetic teaching at International Ministers Conference 2024. And then I believe that, um, it is a portrait of the intent, the thought, the desires in the hearts of God, not just for us as individuals, but for us as the body of Christ, for our generation. And that we understand what God is doing. You know, the first time this thing was communicated, it's a navigating in the body of Christ and the glory ahead. And then I knew that it takes a man who has, you know, a passion for the body of Christ, a man who is selfless, a man who is in tune with what the Spirit of the Lord is doing at this hour, you know, to receive such a roadmap and a template at this hour. And so today I'll be sharing, at least my first section of what I have captioned Manifestation of God's End Time Glory. Manifestation of God's End Time Glory. Hallelujah! Manifestation of God's End Time Glory. And I'm going to take the anchor scripture from Psalm chapter 102. And you see, I want to take time to teach. I want to trust the Spirit of the Lord to teach, and then I believe I believe that God is saying something at this hour, and God is going to be speaking to the hearts of men and instructing us and positioning us, you know, for the glory that is ahead. First, I will read the anchor scripture for this, you know, a teaching of mine, and I'm going to read a context. So let's look at verse 16. I'm teaching on the topic Manifestation of God's End Time Glory under the, you know, in the context of navigating tough times in the body of Christ. And glory ahead! Glory to God! Now let's read this together. 1, 2, 3, go! Can we read? When the Lord shall build up Zion, it shall appear in his glory. Can we read it again? When the Lord shall build up Zion, it shall appear in his glory. Now very clearly, the Spirit of the Lord said to me in the place of prayer that one of the major things he's doing at this conference is that he's raising builders. Can somebody say builders? Say it loud. Say builders. When the Lord shall build up Zion, it shall appear in his glory. And that is an extremely loaded scripture. In other words, Zion shall be built no matter the condition, no matter the situation. Zion shall be built. And when Zion is built, it says the Lord shall appear in his glory. So there is a pathway, a process, there is a procedure to the manifestation of God's glory. Now, so God's glory is not going to manifest in an atmosphere of disorderliness. I know we have a preponderance of scriptures that lend credence to that, that after Zion is built, whether it is you know, exemplified by Moses' tabernacle, you know, Solomon's Temple, Elijah's altar, or the New Testament church, we realize that the glory of God follows. When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. Now I want to say this, you know, a man of God by the name of Dr. Robert Scott wrote a book many years ago, and then he titled it Tough Times Never Last, but Tough People I want you to know that the body of Christ has always outlasted and will always outlast every tough time and every challenge and every chaos and every opposition and everything that the devil is throwing at it. The Lord Jesus said in Matthew chapter 16 and verse 18, I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. So now that is a foregone conclusion. That is a clear clear statement that reveals God's eternal plan and God's eternal agenda for the church. Now let me say this to you: the church cannot be defeated. Please tell somebody besides you, the church cannot be defeated. We have had different threats across generational landscapes over the ages against the church. Somebody would just wake up one day and say, we flush out, we annihilate the church. Now that is the biggest stroke in human history. Because if you are able to annihilate the church, exterminate the church, or bring the church to a halt, then that means you have the power to suspend God's eternal plan. And the church is God's agent of his eternal plans and purposes. The scripture tells us in Ephesians chapter 3 Verse 9 and 10, it said, to the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God. And in verse 11, it says, according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus. Now I want to say this again. Now, no matter the challenge that the church is going through at any level, the church has inbuilt itself, in herself, a self-cleansing, self-regulating mechanism that puts it on the path of order and graceful advancement. So for the church to fall, the Holy Spirit has to lose his balance. And when Jesus— before Jesus died and he rose from the dead and he handed over the church to the Holy Spirit, spiritually speaking, administratively, he handed over the church to Peter. Now, as the administrative head of the church, Matthew chapter 16 and verse 19, I give you the keys of the kingdom. Whatsoever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, whatsoever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Now, what does that mean? What's— I give you the keys of the kingdom, you will receive insight, light, and understanding into certain components, the giggsog of my eternal plan and purpose for the church, and you are gonna bring it forth by the Spirit for the edification of the body of Christ. And that is why on the day of Pentecost, when there was an explosion of God's power and everybody began to speak in tongues, and people came from the agricultural festival of Pentecost from several nations, and people were— some people were perplexed, confounded, confused, could not situate what was going on in correct and biblical, in prophetic context, in historical context. In Acts chapter 2, verse 16, Peter stood up and he said, this is that which was spoken by prophet Joel, that in the last days I will pour my spirit upon all flesh. And you see, if you look at the way Joel prophesied that scripture originally, Joel chapter 2, verse 29, it says, shall come to pass afterwards, I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh. When Peter was to reiterate that, he said, I will pour out of my spirit His Spirit upon all flesh. So that means on the day of Pentecost, there was a dimension that was released to the body of Christ, and not everything released to the body of Christ. James 5:7, the Bible said, the husbandman of the heart waiteth for the precious fruit of the heart, and he has long patience for it, until he receive the early and the latter rain for it. People have asked me several questions about the end time. Now, what is going to be the nature or the dimension of God's move in this time. I say it is called a convergence movement. Can someone say convergence movement? In other words, it's gonna be a convergence of the old, the early rain and the latter rain. All the anointings, all the operations that have ever been activated in the body of Christ and the ones that is activating now and that God will yet activate in the future, we come to a point of spiritual confluence. And that point of spiritual confluence will be the power point for the end-time church. Glory to God! And every one of us is situated in the spectrum of this prophetic agenda for God's end-time plan. Now this is very, very important. So when the Lord shall build up Zion, it shall appear in his Glory! Blessed be the name of the Lord. Now, many years ago, exactly 18 years ago, or over 18 years ago, 2006, the Lord led me to gather a band of intercessors. So I gathered some intercessors, there were 40, 40 in number. And then, uh, the Lord began to speak to me from the book of Nehemiah chapter 3. And then we prayed for 12 weeks. Can somebody say 12 weeks? I led prayers for 12 weeks. And then I began to pray, we began to pray, began to intercede specifically for the body of Christ. And the Lord began to speak very clearly to me then that he was raising and building the gates of Zion. And he was talking about the Sheep Gate, the Fish Gate, the Horse Gate, the Valley Gate, the Donkey Gate, the Fountain Gate, the Water Gate, the Horse Gate, and then the East Gate and the Gate Mivkat. And he began to talk about these 10 gates Mains of Zion. And we prayed for 10 weeks, prayed and prayed. As a matter of fact, he gave me a prophetic teaching on it, and I wrote a book, like a 500-page book. I gave it to my father in the Lord, Daddy Peter Morankayo, to cross-check and to run it through him, that I hope I'm on track. And then he read through it, and then he said, you are very, very much on track. Now, by the grace of God, I stand on this exalted platform. I lie not, Father Spirit, and that my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Ghost. Not long after that, there was a man of God in the United Kingdom, and then he preached a message I never made before. And then he preached almost word for word what the Lord taught me, giving all the prophetic symbolism of these gates of Zion. And not long after that, I stumbled on the book by Pastor, uh, Dr. Chris Oyaelome, and then, uh, the gates 'Place of Zion.' Wow! He had written that book years earlier before I received the revelation. A place of prayer. See, there is actually nothing new under the sun. If somebody is saying this thing I'm doing, I'm the first person doing it, well, you need to put it in context. Now, the things that, uh, we do today, if you read history and you're very, very versed in church history, you know that even Even though it may not take the dimension that is taken now, but there are million flashes and typologies and prototypes of what we are doing now in history. And that is why in 1 Corinthians chapter 10 and verse 11, look at it, the Bible says, all these things are written for examples and then for our admonition upon whom the hands of the word come. So in other words, the scripture instructs us, the people, the people of God who live in the last days. And again, in Romans chapter 15 and verse 4, the scripture makes it also very, very clear. It said the things that are written are for time. They were written, you know, for our learning, so that we, through the patience and comfort of scriptures, might have hope. So if you look at the scripture, you look at the Scripture from Genesis way down to Revelation. Look at events in the scriptures that have taken place within the historical landscape. You see the same thing replaying itself even in contemporary times, but in another fashion and dimension. And that is why the scripture is prophetic. Can somebody say the scripture is prophetic? Say, I said the scripture is prophetic. 2 Timothy chapter 3 and verse 16. Now he said, scripture is gone by what? By inspiration, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, that a man of God may be perfect— in other words, mature— and thoroughly furnished unto every good work. So there are patterns in scriptures, there are templates in scriptures, there are prototypes in scriptures. Hebrews chapter 10 and verse 1, he said the law having a shadow of the good things to come. So there are patterns, there are prototypes, there are typologies in scripture. So when we are looking at navigating tough times in the body of Christ and the glory ahead, this is not the first time that the church will go through a tough time. And this, you know, the Bible talks about the children of Israel as the church in the wilderness. Am I correct? Now the children of Israel, they also went through tough times. Now Psalm 105 from verse 13, when they were few in number, yea few, and when they went from one nation to another and from one kingdom to another, he said, he suffered no man to do them wrong. Yea, he reproved kings on their sayings, saying, touch not my anointed and do my prophets no harm. So all the things that God did for Israel, now we see the things, you know, some of them repeating, you know, themselves now even in contemporary times. Because we are the Zion of the Lord. Can someone say, we are the Zion of the Lord? Psalm 125 from verse 1: They that trust in the Lord shall be like Mount Zion, and they cannot be removed, but abide it forever. So we are instructed in scripture, and we are instructed by scripture. I want to say this again: the body of Christ cannot be subdued. There was a man by the name of Haman. He said he wanted to exterminate all the Jews. And then to do that means he was going to blot out the genealogy and the lineage through which the Lord Jesus Christ will come. And that will be abrogating the prophetic word and pronouncement that had gone ahead that the Messiah will come. But you You see, and God raised— you know, Acts chapter 14 and verse 17, the scripture says God has never left himself without a witness. In every generation, when it seems the church is sliding or the church wants to fall, the church has inbuilt in itself what I call a self-regulating mechanism. Mechanism. Self-regulating mechanism. Self for order, for balance. And that self-regulating mechanism is the Holy Spirit. The only reason why the church can be wiped off the face of the earth is kill the Holy Spirit. If the Holy Spirit cannot be killed, then the church is eternal, forever. The church is forever. We are the church of the firstborn. The church is as eternal as Christ. And I want to say this because I receive a specific instruction to teach prophetically. Listen, all the people that are naysayers, who are naysayers in the body of Christ you see today, who speak against Zion, all those voices will go into silence. They will not be the first people to rise against the church. You cannot rise against the church and prevail. The Master said, I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. That means the strength of the church is in its structure. Are you following me? In its building. I will build my church, Matthew chapter 16 and verse 18, and the gates of hell shall not prevail again. Why would the Gate of Hell not prevail against it? Isaiah chapter 4, verse 5. The Bible says upon every, every glory there is a defense. So the glory of God is the defense of the church. You cannot be more Catholic than the Pope. No matter what is going on today, the church is stronger than it. The church is bigger than it. God is raising men. You may not be aware of it. And God has men everywhere. At a point in time in the history of the children of Israel, it's as if the whole nation has turned to idolatry. And Elijah said, I am the only prophet left. And no, I have several thousand other men who have not bowed their knees unto Baal. God has men everywhere. He has men everywhere. Everywhere. All the heretics— I mean, we have many of them in scriptures that Paul mentioned them— we are there today. You see, people came up, and if you, if you are sensitive in the spirit, you see the wave of heresy, doctrinal heresy, that has been percolating the landscape in recent times. You see it nosediving gradually because whatever is not built in the strength of the spirit cannot last. Whatever is not built on the foundation of the word cannot last. You have to build on the foundation of the word. Ephesians chapter 2, verse 20, they say, and I built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone. So let's dig further into this. Now the scripture tells us in 1 Corinthians chapter 12, verse 13, said, by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Greek, bond or free, and we be made to drink into one Spirit. So it is the Holy Spirit who baptize everyone into the body. The Holy Spirit brings you into the body, and Jesus said he will guide you into all truth. See, the only— I'm saying it again because that rang in my spirit very loud— the only reason the church can fail eternally is for the Holy Spirit to go on holiday. And John 14:17, it shall be in you. The Holy Spirit is in us forever. So he knows what he's doing. While some people are cooling off, he's warming up some other people, and a new generation is rising. God is— now see, see, who could ever know that there was a guy in the palace in Shushan, at Shushan the palace. He had access, he served the king, but his heart was broken with the thing that broke the heart of God. See, if your heart is is not broken with the things that break the heart of God, you will not be used by God. You become usable by God when your heart is broken with the things that break the heart of God. In other words, when the burdens of God become your burden, you become usable by God. You become a usable vessel. Nehemiah chapter 1, verse 1 to 4. And they came to him, and then he asked about the welfare of the Jews, the people of the captivity. And they said, ah, there is a tough time, there is a challenge, the people are in distress. He said the wall is broken down. Nehemiah chapter 1 and then verse 3 and 4. And then the gates are burned with fire. And Nehemiah said, when I heard this, I sat down, I wept, I fasted, I prayed. Now that means Nehemiah I've been acquainted with the prayer of Solomon when Solomon was dedicating the temple. Because Solomon said, when the people, they go astray, they go into idolatry, and then they come back, they repent, he said, Lord, receive them and hear them and look unto them with your mercy, with your love from heaven. And we got to pray. And something that, you know, you know, sometimes in the New Testament Someone will say those in the Old Testament, they did not have the Spirit within. I mean, we teach that, and I'm not going to stand here and say they had the Spirit within. I'm not going to say that. Glory to God. But you see, there are two scriptures I want to advance here. Nehemiah chapter 2, verse 12. Look at it. Look at what Nehemiah said. Nehemiah chapter 2, verse 12. Blessed be the name of the Lord. Nehemiah chapter 2 and then verse 12. Can we read this together? 1, 2, 3, go. And I rose in the night, and I and some few men with me. Neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem. God gave him an idea. There are people— see, some people's facial expression does not look like it, but God is dealing with their heart. People are catching visions of different sectors of the economy, and they know what to do Exactly. In the place of prayer, I'll be addressing this tomorrow morning. God said he will release 3 things to build us in this conference. He said number 1, he will give insight. Can someone say insight? Say louder, say insight. Say louder, say insight. Number 2, he give influence. And number 3, he will give favor. Nehemiah had it. Nehemiah had it. He said when Now, when did God put the vision in the heart of Nehemiah? When he was groaning in the place of prayer. When he was praying, God, you cannot leave us like this. Remember your covenant. Remember what you told Abraham. See, let me read the scripture. God is intentional about the church. The body of Christ, especially Nigeria, had gone through different— I mean, there was a man. Let me mention the name because it's in the news. Late General Sani Abacha. You remember late General Sani Abacha? I mean, that it was a despotic ruler, and then the church rose up, began to pray. I have never seen in my life where a head of state would die and there will be jubilation, nationwide jubilation. There is— I'm saying it, and this to assure somebody, listen— at the heat of Boko Haram insurgency, the church is still thriving today. That's a fact. We are not going to explain this in geographical context. I'm thinking in global context. Can someone say global? Say louder. Say global. There is no man on earth who can rise to the and say, I want to kill the whole Christians. Adolf Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews and eliminate every one of them. And these people, they look so feeble naturally speaking, but the God of Israel, the glory of Israel that have been leading them— see, the Bible says in Romans chapter 9, verse 4, say, who are Israelites? They are not known by their dress. Dressing. They are known by the covenant they carry. Who are Israelites? He said to them, belong, pertain to what? Let's read. 1, adoption. 2, the glory. 3, the covenant. 4, the giving of the law. 5, the service of God. 6, the promises. Those are the things that define the nation of Israel. See, The end-time church, in God's prophetic point of view, is defined by the finished works of Christ, by the commonwealth of Israel, by the promises, by the covenant. And you must understand that you carry something. Can somebody say, I carry something? Say it loud and say, I carry something. All right, let me ask you this. Am I talking to somebody? How many of you here have had in the past a near-death situation? In the past, let me see your hand up. A near-death— I mean, I've had a near-death situation, but you are standing here by grace. Is it by your own power? Is it by your own strength? The God who redeemed you from evil, the God who kept you when you did not know the meaning of Zohar. Your head. Why you did not know the meaning of agape? Why you did not know the meaning of doxa? Why you didn't know how to exegete on scripture? The God who kept you there, do you think that God has gone on a holiday? He's alive forevermore. Can somebody say he's alive forevermore? Say it louder. Say he's alive forevermore. Say it one more time. Say he's alive forevermore. Oh my, the church has always outlived all our adversaries. The church, we always outlive all our adversaries. You know what the scripture says? Psalm 87:2, the Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than the dwellings of of Jacob. And in verse 3, he said, glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. O city of God. O city of God. When Abraham rose up and he began to look for his, I mean, a city which had foundations, the Bible said, whose maker and builder is God. It was not Canaan, it was Zion, because Zion is a city of the living God. Canaan was not built by God, it was built by men, but Zion is built by God, and we are the Mount Zion of the Lord. Some people say when you look into the promises and you know, you just know that you cannot fail. Can someone say, I cannot fail? Say louder. Say, I cannot fail. One more time, say, I cannot fail. Oh Lord Jesus, help me. Now remember, in 2 Samuel chapter 6, when they were bringing the Ark of Testimony back to Jerusalem, and then they wanted to help God. They wanted to put the Ark on a new cart, and the yoke of oxen shook, and it's as if the Ark will fall down. And Uzzah wanted to help God. I don't want this thing to fall down. And the Bible says God smote him for his error, and he died before the Lord.

God.

See, you cannot love the church more than Christ because you did not shed your blood for the church. Acts 20:28: Take heed to yourselves and to the flock wherein the Holy Ghost has made you overseers, so that you feed the church of God which he purchased with his own blood. Which he purchased with his own blood. Jesus is jealous over the church. He's jealous over the church. And so there is no devil, there is no devil on earth. I'm not saying this so that we can fold our hands. I'll be calling us to responsibility tomorrow by the leading of the Spirit. But this is a wake-up call to show us the way God thinks about what is happening in the now. He has not given up on anyone. He's not giving up on the I will build my church at the gates of hell. So look at it. Nehemiah said, what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem. And then he went with audacity, went to the king, requested for letters for governors beyond the river, and then the king granted his request according to the good hand of the Lord upon him. And he began to mobilize, he began to mobilize, and began to build those gates one after the other. Can somebody say one after the other. Say it again. Say one after the other. You know another scripture I want to show you? It's 2 Peter chapter 1— no, sorry, 1 Peter chapter 1 and verse 11. The scripture talks about this holy prophet of all. The Bible says the Spirit of Christ in them. Can someone say the Spirit of Christ in them? Where? Where? Where? Where? Where? Look at the preposition. The Bible says such a What the prophets, they saw it. Jesus, help me. Let me start from verse 10 so that you know what they are talking about. Salvation, the eternal plan of God, they saw it. Do you know when God declared that, um, the, the seed of the woman shall bruise the head of the serpent and that which shall bruise his heel? The devil tried everything to locate him, but are the princes of this world known? They would not have crucified the Lord of glory. And that word still came to pass. See, I believe God's word does not fail. A man can only fail to partner with God's word. God's word does not fail. A man can only fail to partner with God's word because the word which goeth out of my mouth, it shall not return unto me void. It shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in that which I sent it. Isaiah chapter 55, verse 10 and 11. Please, let's go back to the earlier scripture I was quoting. The Spirit— let me start from verse 10— of which salvation— look at it, Peter chapter 1, verse 10. We didn't wait down to 11. Of which salvation— 1 Peter chapter 1, and then verse 10. Glory to God! Can somebody say amen?

Amen.

Now this prophet inquired and said diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come to you? They saw it and they declared it. Next verse, look at the next verse. Let's read this together. 1, 2, 3, go. Such a what? Of what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify the Spirit of Christ in them, the witness of God in them. They signified. Then when it testified before— and what can somebody say? The sufferings. Say loud. I said the sufferings. I know we have been, we, we have been in war dimension at this conference, but God is your strength. Say the sufferings. That's a tough time. When somebody is suffering, that's a tough time, my brother. That is a tough time. But the prophets did not see the sufferings alone. They saw beyond it. What did they see?

And what?

The glory that should follow. Navigating the tough times in the body of Christ and the glory that should follow. Now I'm moving in the prophetic. Now let me explain that prophetically. Let me just speak— many of the prophets spoke about it. Let me just talk about Isaiah. Isaiah spoke about it. Look at their sufferings. For instance, Jesus said a time will come they will bring you before, you know, men, religious men, who will kill you. You know, they will think they are doing God a favor. And then you talk about the Sufferings, many of the persecutions we go through are captured in the scripture, but we must see beyond the tough times and we must see to the glory that follows. Isaiah chapter 53, let me, let me, let me, let me dissect that by the Spirit. Look at it. The prophet saw the sufferings, they saw the tough times, and they saw beyond the tough times what see the glory that followed. Can someone say, there is a glory? Say it louder. Say, there is a glory. Blessed be the name of the Lord. Isaiah chapter number 53. Let me start from there. Isaiah chapter 53. Glory to God. Isaiah chapter 53. Let me just start from verse 5, talking about the sufferings of Christ. And when he was wounded, but he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned everyone to his own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed. I mean, look at the word. I mean, sometimes it will switch from present tense to past tense to future tense. He was. Can someone say, he was? In the mind of God, it's done. He was oppressed. He was oppressed. Afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth. He is brought as a lamb to slaughter, and as a sheep before shearer is dumb, so he opened not his mouth. That's the suffering. Can someone say the suffering? You saw it. Do you know that a lot of people, when they read Isaiah chapter 53, they only see the sufferings? But look at it, verse 8. He was taken from prison to from prison and from judgment, and who shall declare his generation? See, Jesus Christ did not have a wife, naturally speaking. Am I correct? And then that's— and then that was one of the biggest, you know, travails in the Jewish culture. A young man who is fully grown doesn't have a wife. You know, with whom they can procreate. And they consider, no matter all the things that this guy has, there is no seed to perpetuate and to continue his legacy. You can see the trouble. That means everything that Jesus was and that Jesus had, from the natural point of view, they thought everything would die with him. They didn't know that in his suffering spring hidden in the belly of the serpent is a generation of Spirit-filled believers. Did you know that? Isaiah lamented, who shall declare his generation? As you're looking at people just come on the internet, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and then the younger generation, young ministers just say stuffs. Are we going to have true authentic apostles and prophetic voice This is— by the grace of God, we have one right here seated before you, right one here, right one here, who shall declare his generation. You can see it's self-explanatory. Why did he lament? Because of— for he was cut off out of the land of the living, suffering. The suffering. Do you know you have been through some situations and the devil thought that that was the end, but out of the travail came out a brand new beginning for you? That God has not failed. That God has not lost grip of the church. Glory to God. Now look at it. A lot of the living— for the transgression of my people was he stricken. He made his grave with the wicked, and when preaching his death, because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. Oh my, let's read verse 10 together. Let's read verse 10 together. 1, 2, 3, go! Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him when he has put him to grief. When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, what happened to him? He shall see his seed. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Let me say this: it is very, very dangerous to persecute a man who carries a divine vision in his belly. He carry a vision. Jesus had a vision. You and I, it's a same seed. It's a same seed. He was not married naturally, so what seed is he talking He was talking about you and I. And then he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. The glory that shall follow. He shall see the travail of his soul and shall be satisfied. By his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many, for he shall bear their iniquities. Iniquities. Let's read verse 12 together. 1, 2, 3, go! Therefore I will divide him—

what?—

a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong. God said, I will divide him a portion with the great. The Bible says he has given him a name that is above every other name, that at the name of Jesus every knee about, right? Obey in heaven and on earth, and every tongue should confess that Jesus is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. So God the Father lifted him up, and the Bible says, eeh. So that's why he said, as my Father has sent me, so sent I you. All power in heaven and earth is given to me. Therefore, I transfer them to you. Very important. And he shall divide the spoil with the strong. Let me ask you this. This is a minister's section conference. Who are the strong here? Who are the strong here? Who are the strong here? Can someone say we? Can someone say we? The spoil, they are those items, the possessions. When an army goes into warfare with another army and defeats them, they cut away, they take everything that belongs belongs to them. So everything that mankind lost in Eden, that the devil ever stole, Jesus restored. He now divided it and distributed this to us. Glory to Yeshua. So we're not just seeing the sufferings, we're seeing the glory.

Hallelujah!

Can somebody say, I see the glory? Hebrews chapter 12, verse 2, looking unto Jesus, the author and the finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him— what was the joy? It's you and I. He endured the cross, despising the shame, and he sat down at the right hand of His Majesty, the throne of God. Now, having said that, we need to realize that the last days is dualistic in nature. So that is a negative part of the last days. In the last days, perilous times shall come. Some shall be lovers of themselves. And then 2 Timothy 3:1-7, ever learning, never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. A lot of bad things people will heap unto themselves. Teachers having itching ears. You will see all of that in the last days. But there is also the positive part of the last days. What it says, in the last days I will do what? I'm gonna pour my Spirit upon you. Your sons and daughters shall prophesy. Your old men shall dream dreams.

Dreams.

The young man shall see visions. Now it seems to me, and it seems to me by the impression of the Spirit in my heart, that sometimes the negativities of the last days are a springboard for the positivities to emerge to the church. They are interconnected. Arise! Shall shine. For the light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. He said, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people, but upon thee the Lord shall rise, and his glory shall be seen upon you. And then he said, the Gentiles shall come to the light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. Isaiah chapter 60, verse 1-3. So all the things, all the evil All the aberrations, all the deviations we see in the last days, they are opportunities for us to advance the gospel of the kingdom. Somebody said there are a lot of heretics on social media. Then that is where the oil on you, the mandate and the calling that God has given you to be like the Ezra, because God is going to be raising different companies in this end time. I'll be talking about that tomorrow morning. The Ezra company, the Nehemiah company, the Daniel company, the prophetic company. One single project that brought all of them together, and then they built the gates, the wall, they built Jerusalem, and the glory of the Lord appeared. One of the things I'll be saying tomorrow is that in building project. If you're a structural engineer, don't struggle to be an architect. Architects, they are concerned about aesthetics. Structural engineers, they talk about the strength of the building. But the same project. Can somebody say the same project? Say it again. Say the same project. Hallelujah! Glory to God! So it's a time for us to rise. When the Lord shall build up Zion, it shall appear in his glory. And that gives a scintilla of hope and a sparkle of all, that Zion shall be built. Let me give you this: if Zion is not built, the glory will not arise. Until the tabernacle of Moses was built, the glory of the Lord did not come on it. We see that in Exodus chapter 40, verse 34 to 36. And then you can give a companion scripture right now, Hebrews chapter 8 and verse 5. Solomon's Temple, it was built, glory did not fill it. When Solomon completed the building, the Bible said the priests could not enter because of the glory of the Lord that came into the building. When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. Number 3, Elijah's altar. Until the altar was repaired, the fire did not come. So the fire of God does not come in a broken altar, the altar must be rebuilt. And that is why our responsibility is to build. Then again, we see the New Testament church. Ephesians chapter 5, verse 25 to 27. I'm racing against time, so I'm just reading out the scriptures. Husbands, love your wives, and then as Christ loved the church, gave himself for her, that he may wash and cleanse her with the cleansing of water by by the word, that he may present to himself a glorious church. So after the church is built by the word, the church becomes a glorious church. Glory to God! Now, glory to God, glory to God, glory to God. Do you know that, you know, they don't, they don't paint foundation? Do they paint foundation? They paint foundation. It's just, and when you look at the painting, it's like the glory of the building aesthetics. It brings out the beauty of it. The Bible says, out of Zion, the perfection of beauty God has shined. So until the building, the building is standing, you don't apply the paint, the aesthetics. You don't do that. You don't paint the foundation. So Zion must be built. If you are not built and God pours the glory, the glory Why is he? Because there is no foundation to rest on. The glory has weight. The Bible talks about the eternal weight of glory. Very important. And so this is also very important. And so that scripture can be applied historically, like I quoted earlier. It can be applied in contemporary, you know, uh, context because they are written for learning. It can be applied prophetically. Finally, Jesus is coming for the glorious church. He's not coming for a company of weaklings, spiritually Louboutins, whipped by the devil, and the people are beggarly and bedraggled. He's not coming for that. He's coming for those who will go from glory to glory, the rising glory. That's what he's coming for.

Coming for.

And that is what is building the church now. That's the beginning of the home stretch. Amen. I have like 10-15 minutes to go. Glory to God. So let's look at this part in the scripture. Can somebody say, we're gonna build? Say it louder. Say, we're gonna build.

Say it again.

Say, we're gonna build. Ah, listen to this. We have had all kinds of invasions in the body of Christ. Invasions, invasions, invasions. You wonder why the church is still standing. The church is not standing by the strength of man, is standing by the power of the Spirit. Some people have said things and done things and, and done all that. If there is no self-regulating mechanism, the church would have been destroyed by now. But there is nothing that is coming that the earth cannot accommodate. Are you following me? So let's look at it. Let's look at the 10 foundations and pillars that God is raising in this end time. And you need to pay keen attention to these as ministers. Nehemiah mobilized and he said, we arise and build. Now, what is the significance of gates Scripture. Gate is a symbol of power and authority. I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Now, so it talks about the infinite powers of darkness. Remember the virtuous woman? Proverbs 31:23. A horseman sits at the gates where the talk— discover the elders of the land. It's a symbol of authority. Can somebody say authority? Authority. Selah. Authority. Now the Lord loveth the gates of Zion than the dwellings of Jacob. So gates symbolize authority, power, and what have you. And so Nehemiah rose, and I've skipped many things because of our time, so I'm reading Nehemiah chapter 3 now. Just go to Scripture, there are 10 gates there. And these gates, like I said, that's why I said at the beginning, they have both historical application, contemporary application, and prophetic application. We need to pay attention. So it means that you must find out what God is doing in your day and key into it. It is not everything that God is doing. When you find out what God is saying— number one, the first gate is called the Sheep Gate. Can someone say the Sheep Gate? Let's say it loud, say the Sheep Gate. Nehemiah chapter 3, Nehemiah chapter 3, and then verse 1. We are not going to quote those scriptures, just write it down. Now, 18 years ago, when I began to pray along this line, lines. And the Lord began to show me the sheep gate, and he differentiate— the second gate is the fish gate, and he differentiate them. He said a sheep is symbolic of a believer, a fish is symbolic of a non-believer. How do I know that? John chapter 10, verse 2 to 4, Jesus talks about we as sheep believers. Glory Glory to God! He that cometh into the fold through the door is the shepherd of the sheep. The sheep hear his voice and they follow him, and they do not hear the voice of the strangers. Matthew 4:19, he said, I will make you fishers of men. So the unbelievers are like the, you know, different species of fishes wallowing in the waters of sin and iniquity. But a believer is a sheep, and the sheep gets the first thing. I'm saying this on the strength of the prophetic grace of God on my life and confirmation of Father— see, Dad again, before he passed on to glory, he said, if you were to ask me what is God doing in this end time, I will say God is raising strong strong local churches. Dead again. He said, if they are to ask me, what is God doing in this end time? God is raising strong local churches. So the Sheep Gate talks about the local church ministry, the ministry of the shepherd. And God is rejigging the foundations of the local church. Emphasis, we are not talking about empire. See, the local church is not an empire, it's a family. People have been born again but they have not been added. Acts chapter 2, verse 47, praising God and having favor with other people, and the Lord added— the Lord added to the church daily. So I want to say this, You can become a member of the body of Christ on two levels. Or you become one, you become a member organically and structurally. Organically, you become born again because the Holy Spirit bats you into the body. But structurally, there is a microcosm of the universal church which we call the local church that you have to be the family. You have to be a member of that family. Revelation, when Jesus had issues with 7 churches at the whole Asia Minor, he did not send the letter to the choir leader or to the ushering head. He said, to the angel of the church at Ephesus, write. To the angel of the church at Sardis, write. To the angel of Philadelphia, write. He did not bypass leadership. Local church emphasis. Ah, Jesus help me. The local church emphasis in this end time, sometimes there's going to be an emphasis on the horizon, boom, and then people say, ah, we talk about this thing too much. The fact that there is virality of that revelation at that particular time is a demonstration of the burden in the heart of the Father at that time. And God has chosen different vessels to talk about it. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! I don't know how a believer can make it, in inverted commas, in this end time, we will have a vibrant local church. I mean, if you go barb your hair, you can survive with a bad barber, but you cannot survive with a bad pastor. The apostle is laughing.

Praise the Lord.

I mean, you can survive with a bad tailor, but you cannot survive with a bad pastor. I will give you pastors after my heart, Jeremiah 3:15, which shall feed thee with knowledge and understanding. Not with rice and dodo, with knowledge and understanding. And he said, Isaiah 33:6, wisdom and knowledge shall be what? The stability of 100 times. The strength for salvation, the fear of the Lord is his treasure. The fear of the Lord is his treasure. Dad Akin, whom we regard, we regarded, and we still regard as the father of the Word of Faith movement, he said, if they were to ask me what God is doing in this earth, I will simply answer, God is raising Strong local churches, local churches, very important. And so God is building the sheep gate in this sense. This part of what God is doing, God is going to be giving light and revelations. So he says, okay, teach around this, teach around this, and we enforce Besides that, it happened also in Scripture. Do you know that the birth of Jesus was not prophesied by one prophet? Am I correct? Right? Abraham talked about it, Moses talked about it, David talked about it, Micah talked about it, many of them talked about it in different generations because God was intentional. I believe God's intentionality is revealed by repetition of His thoughts through prophetic words. It's intentional. He's saying it over. That's why Jesus will always say, verily, verily. When Jesus says verily, verily, he says that twice. You better pay attention to him. I say unto you. See, God is building the Sheep Gate. Can somebody say the Sheep Gate? The louder. You know, Apostle Femi Lazarus, you know, did a series of teaching recently, when I was talking about Church Earth and what have you. I'm giving a prophetic interpretation. I'm situating that in context as I stand here. Listen to this. Many of these things, we just think that they are happenstance or coincidences. Sometimes in the place of prayer, what is at the very heart of what God is doing part-time. When the man of God is in the place of prayer and God begins to impress it on your heart, because we press it on your heart. Because a lot of people— there was a time I was watching one of his reels and then said, some people come to church, the pastor preached, they come with notes, notebooks with pen, they couldn't write anything. Living, because it's just super story that they are being told. But that narrative is changing because God is raising strong pastors. People understand pastora authority. Now I want to say this, and those who have the spirit of grace, I see that in this end time God will be raising prophetic Pastors who will pastor people prophetically. Simon, Simon, Simon, Simon, Simon, Simon, Simon, Satan has desired to have you and to sift you out with, but I have prayed for you. And I have said no. I want a prophetic pastoring. Prophetic pastoring is more than saying, and that's an operation of the Spirit. There are 20 people here, 100 people here, you have this, you have this. Yeah, that's an operation of the Spirit. Operation of the spirit, because we have to balance things. I'm talking about somebody comes out to feed the sheep, and in the course of feeding the sheep, the sheep can see themselves in the message, and all the challenges are dissected and solutions proffered. Practical hands-on solution, people knowing what to do Is that church service? Prophetic pastoring. Prophetic pastoring. I think the spirit of the prophet is subject to the prophet. I know how to go around it. We have to have a break now. Hallelujah! I picked that up in my spirit. Can someone say prophetic pastoring? Say it again. Not just hearing a message. I mean, see, see, see, some pastors don't pray. Don't pray. When you come on the altar to teach or to preach without preparation, you take God for granted and you dishonor your congregation.— it is not a congregation. Prophetic pastoring, that people will teach the word, teaching the word, prophetic revelations. I mean, I, I have experienced this over the years and I'm still experiencing it. In fact, some, some people in that time, they got offended after I've ministered in church. Somebody said the resident pastor told Papa Prophet this said this. I was not aware of anything. I was just teaching. Sometimes you just make an example by the prompting of the Spirit. Prophet Apostle Femi Lazarus. One day, a man of God was teaching in the United States, in one of the churches, and then he saw two elders and he said— he was making an illustration— and he said, two elders, please can you stand? Let's just assume, we are just assuming, that this elder is sleeping with the wife of this elder, and this one is Femi Lazarus, this one. And they looked at each other and they fell down and they broke down into tears. That was exactly what was happening.

Prophetic pastoring.

Let's rise, let's rise, let's rise. We stop here for now. Praise the Lord, praise the Lord. People have been taught, people don't even know, they can't trace the prophetic. I mean, those days, very many— somebody begins to jump and begins to do some acrobatics and calisthenics, it's not prophetic. You may not need to roll on the floor to prophesy. Are you following me? Glory to God. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Can we pray in the spirit? I pick that up. Prophetic pastoring. Prophetic pastor. You pastor prophetically. Prophetically. And that oil will rest upon your spirit today. Can you begin to pray? Jesus said, I know my sheep. I know my sheep. No, we know man after the flesh. I know my sheep. He saw Simon, he said, you are Simon, you shall be called Cephas. And Destiny Journey, prophetic pastoral praying. You will not be a spiritual father if you are not praying for your spiritual sons. You will not be a pastor if you are not praying for your members. Prophetic Pastor Femi Lazarus, can we pray? Thank you, Lord Jesus. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Can we lift our two hands unto the Lord. And I decree today that that which God has ordained for this season, you will locate your place in it. You will locate your place in it. You will locate your place in it. You will locate your place in it. You will locate your place in it. The Bible says the mountains shall drop new wine. Let new wine begin to drop upon your calling, upon your ministry, upon your calling, upon your ministry. In the name of Jesus, I speak now prophetically the oil for all pastors here connected on ground and online. Let the oil for prophetic pastoring rest upon you right now. God will take you unto visions and revelations. Unto visions and revelations. Unto visions and revelations. You have eyes that see, you have ears that hear. You have eyes that see. Be blessed in utterance. Be blessed in spiritual hearing. Be blessed in prophetic sensitivity. Be blessed in revelation. Be blessed in spiritual strength. Be blessed in spiritual stamina. In the name of Jesus, let every pastor attending this conference begin to operate on prophetic frequency. Begin to operate on prophetic frequency. From henceforth, you pick signals in the spirit. The slightest whispers in the courtroom of heaven, you will pick them in In the name of Jesus. For he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth my ear to hear as a learner. Let your ears be waken right now in the name of Jesus. It's a new level. It's a new level. I decree the glory tide is rising over your life, over your ministry, over the body of Christ. Revelations are coming like never before, and you will key into them. And it shall be a booster of your destiny. It is well with you. Thank you, Father. Blessed be the name of the Lord. In Jesus' precious name we pray. Please let me celebrate Apostle again. Thank you, sir, for the privilege. We take it up from here tomorrow morning. Celebrate him, celebrate him, celebrate him, celebrate him, celebrate him.

Amen.

Amen, amen, amen. Okay, Pastor Joseph, let's help Papa to the reception. Amen. Thank you. Can we celebrate Jesus one more time? How many of you have seen that there is consistency of emphasis? God is eating that consistently. There's something there. Amen. God strengthen everyone. Are you tired? Now this evening is very rich, so many activities. I mean, um, this evening, and I, I will say this, that you have to make sure you are around on time. Many of our people who have been working, who, you know, traveling down quickly from different places, I don't know how we're going to do it by evening, but I have to have an overflow So, um, but let's make sure we are here as quickly as we can. Um, we resume by 4:30, all right? Instead of 4 o'clock, 4:30. So you can have 2 hours good sleep, all right? God bless you guys, and I love you guys so much. So glad to see you as part of this great meeting. God bless you, have a great time. See you by 4:30. By the way, my books, they will be available by that time. So are you ready? Let me see. Things are expensive now. Economy is, you know, so, so get ready. God bless you guys. Have a great time. Alright, please, just a quick announcement. The seating arrangement will change entirely by evening. Um, please don't leave your bag on your seat.

Oh, like, from what he taught, I also learned that you have to be built. Yes, that if you're not built before the glory falls upon you, the glory will destroy you. You now give an instance like you don't see anybody painting the foundation of a house. Yes. And then because solid— yeah, you still have something to do. It's when the building is complete, that's when you now start painting. So he also narrated how the job description of a structural engineer and an architect, they are different. So architect is concerned with the aesthetics, and then the structural engineer is concerned with the strength of the building. Imagine the two of them start dragging for who is going to— this building is just going to collapse. So what I got from that is the same project, the same body of Christ, but we all have different job descriptions. So just focus on the parts that God has called you.

And to crown it all up, it was as though God was wrapping up his session with that prophetic word that he's raising prophetic pastors. Exactly, there was that impartation.

Oh, the bishop-elect went out with his bomb.

I'm telling you, I'm telling you, if you saw that session, I would love to encourage you, go over it again, listen and pray, listen prayerfully, prayerfully, right? And allow that spirit, that impartation of the spirit of the prophetic pastor to rest upon you, that we can do ministry in a prophetic way, we can do pastoring in a prophetic way, our words will open occasionally, consistently be seasoned with salt. Exactly. Minister grace to the hearers.

Exactly.

And I'm just so excited. And ladies and gentlemen, this is just this afternoon session. We have the evening session. And yes, in case you don't know what's coming up, starting a bit exactly around 4:30 PM today, we're having the evening session that has a number of things to it. We have the honor night happening today. We have the grand unveiling of the new new name.

Exactly.

What we used to know as Femi Lazarus Church.

All the seats are filled up, but if you can make it right now, you can make it right now.

So please ensure you, you are here. And you cannot be here by unavoidable means or reasons, do well to join online and do so attentively and get set for an explosion. I'm expecting—

yes, I'm very, very, very excited. Like I told you this morning, I'm here for everything, everything. Everything.

We leave no crumbs.

Better come fast before I pack everything. I'm here for everything, guys.

You heard it first, reporting live from the Ambience TV studio. My name is Nakali, and it's such a joy to do this with Rita. She will come here again next time. Stay tuned and don't forget to tune into today's evening session by 4:30 PM.

Love you.

Bye. See you soon.

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