INTERNATIONAL MINISTERS CONFERENCE || DAY THREE MORNING SESSION

Hello, online family members! It's good to be on your screen again. Welcome to IMC Day 3. This is morning session, and I know it has been power-packed for for you.

My name is Damilola Deborah, and with me here is Blessing Betka, and we bring you greetings from Apostle Femi Lazarus and Pastor Miracle Femi Lazarus.

Yes, let me know where you're streaming from in the comment section. Type your name and where you're streaming from in the comment section. And like I said, and like we've always like employ you, if you are close to any of our viewing centers, you can easily walk in there and, you know, experience IMC life. You know, we have you in centers across the globe. You could go to Lagos, in Lekki, in Ikeja, in Ibadan, in Akure. So if you're close to any of this center, you can, you know, connect live and have an online, on-site experience. But if you want to stay online, that is fine. So I would actually love to read where you're streaming from, your name and where you're streaming from, in the comment section.

I've been seeing a lot of people just ready. Someone is saying, this is Taiwo Olamide Daniel, we are ready for Jesus. Okay, hallelujah! Somebody is saying from PPC. Another person, Akoma, we are here, Jesus. Someone, Victoria, good morning, Holy Spirit. Everybody is ready. I can just see the excitement, the readiness. And I tell you, we have seen the hand of God in day 1, we have seen the power of God in day 2, and this is day 3. Of course, you know that it can only get better and better and better. We want to know where you're connecting from. I can see Patience, blewushi. I'm so sorry if I don't pronounce your name well. This is Patience from Ghana. You are welcome here. I can see Jesse Ayomide from Ilorin. You are welcome here. I can see Gift Ugbey from streaming from Efo. I can see Benny Smith from Abuja. Benny, you can find your way here. Yeah, streaming from—

come, come, come for an on-site experience.

The on-site experience is different, is different. The atmosphere is different. So try your best if you are in Abuja. Don't miss out on this life-changing experience.

Period.

All right, I can see Temi Olu from Light Nation, South Africa.

Glory!

Welcome Africa! Adegbasi from Kubwa, Abuja. Oh my God, you should make your way here.

Be on your way down now.

Felix from Nigeria. You are all welcome here. So I really want us to talk because we've seen the hand of God day 1, day 2, day 3, and of course you know it can only get— in fact, for me today I woke up and I was like, wow, So IMC is coming to an end, it's going to end. I just feel like this program should just continue. It is so, so powerful, it is so amazing. And I want to ask you, Minister Dami, how has it been for you? Okay. And also, if you are watching us, we want to see how it has been, especially let's talk about yesterday's session because yesterday was— my God, I want to know how yesterday experience was. My goodness, type it out in the comment section. But before then, we'll be hearing from Minister Dami.

So the thing is, yesterday In fact, I literally stood almost all through the session. Like, I was standing because the wisdom— like, you know, when especially when Apostle Emmanuel Iren was ministering, he kept emphasizing that God is raising voices, is raising voices, is raising voices. When he made the analogy of John in the wilderness, you know, he said that when you have substance, when you have content, when you have power, when you have things, they will find you. He talked about, oh yes, branding is good, but what's branding without content? What's branding without content? He kept saying that just, you know, they will find you. When he was reading the scripture about, you know, how that people went to the wilderness to meet John to get baptized, and I'm like, he kept saying, God is raising your voice. And I'm going, I'm, I'm telling someone here online I'm telling you that God is raising your voice. You know, he told us something again, said, you know what, call God names, call him names— your lifter, your promoter, your sponsor. You know, there's another, another philosophy— I don't want to use the word philosophy now— another belief. Yes, let me use that word, believe. I run with that. God is our source. Every other thing is the resources. My job is the resources that God the Source has provided.

Exactly.

So when, when he was saying start calling God names, was so sweet and amazing. I was like, my lifter, my promoter, my sponsor. How was it for you?

For me, yesterday it was not just about the teaching, it was also the atmosphere, right? It was not just about the teaching yesterday, it was also the atmosphere. There was an atmosphere yesterday, and the atmosphere really tilted when Apostle even started to teach yesterday's evening. It was just like I could tell that graces were available. Yes, it was just beyond the teaching. There was just something being deposited. Yes, yesterday. And I noticed that the emphasis for a lot of, um, our speakers ever since, um, our ministers, our past— the people that have been ministering, um, since the very first day of this program, I can notice that the emphasis— they've been talking to the younger generation, like ministers that are upcoming. I tell you, if you are a minister and you are just— you are young ministering, you are upcoming, this is the best messages that you should listen to because there is just a way they are very vulnerable. They shared with their own story, how they started. Even Pastor Shaggy yesterday, how they started. And those kind of thing is to let you know that there is possibilities. And that's something that Pastor said yesterday. He said when you see somebody doing something, that is an exposure for you in the spirit that this thing is available for you.

And I can also—

and so they are coming here not just— they are sharing from the depth, things they've gone through. They are— in fact, the atmosphere yesterday was so different. I could tell that beyond just the teaching, God is actually doing something. God is depositing something. It has really, really been amazing. One thing— many things stood out to me yesterday, for me yesterday. Many things stood out.

I, I particularly love that the ministers of God were literally vulnerable with us. They shared their story, and that's is like an encouragement for somebody. Somebody streaming, somebody in the, in the on-site, like having an on-site experience, they were sharing stories and somebody will be like, oh, I'm not the only one going through this. And the fact that you saw that a man of God, somebody went through it, came out, and you know, is doing exploits, means that it is possible. You know, when you see something happen, it communicates that it is possible. So I, I am, I'm telling you, no matter what is it's his that looks like you're facing, that it looks like, can I ever get out of this? Like, they shared a lot of like ridiculous experience.

I'm like, really?

I went through this. It's just to let you know that God— and one thing that Pastor Irene said yesterday that was his emphasis is that God is the lifter. Amen. Beyond your branding.

Yes.

You know, and, and I like that he shared about how young ministers— many at times people see men of God doing big things and they admire it. Of course, these are things we admire. Like, it is so, so powerful. Like, you just wonder how How do a man get here? But Apostle Iren and Pastor Iren was actually trying to show us that there is nothing without process. Yeah, you might see the result, but don't, don't you just dare try to— yes, jealous, just because— copy it, or just, oh, I see that they are doing— maybe that's the strategy, maybe it's the sponsored ad, maybe it's this and that and that. But he was trying to let us know that they are calculated practices. There is a process. When you see a man, don't just look at the results now, that's all you're seeing, but you should know that there have been times there is a wilderness season. That's what he was trying to let us understand, and we will all go through it. So don't skip your process. And don't jump your process.

I just said, I like that, um, if you like a result, embrace the process. Do you understand?

Very important.

If you see someone like, oh my God, I love this, you know, um, this is like a future me, and you love what you're seeing, go and find out the process.

Exactly.

And then put yourself in the process.

Exactly. And he shared so much about how beyond what anyone can do. I like the story of John the Baptist that he used yesterday. Beyond your branding, beyond your strategy, by your wisdom, there is a lifting that only God— God is the one that amplifies the voice of men. Yes, it is not your— and it's true, nowadays people think you can just pay blog and put your video up there, pay blog, just pay people. Yes. And even invite me, other ministers, just to draw crowd. But no, there is a God that amplified. And he shared a lot of angelic experience yesterday about how like, um, you know, people tell them, I had a dream, I had a dream that God told me this and this and this and this and that. Just knowing that it is God that amplifies. And funny enough, I was just linking that to even us here in Light Nation. Like when we came to Abuja at first, yes, when I came at first, it is God that can bring men to such a kind of Many people think it's just a strategy, and this is not in any means— Pastor Irene was not in any means downplaying strategy, branding, excellence, basically, right? If you can go for it, go for it. But it's just letting us know as ministers, as people coming up, that beyond your own wisdom, beyond strategy of the flesh, there is a God that amplifies the voice of men. And when God does it, you will be sitting down, people in different countries I'm telling you, the way these people think is algorithm, you know. People say, oh, Instagram just pushed my video, this is what's trending now, this is how everybody's making their video, this is what can trend, let me copy this, let me copy that.

Exactly.

It is God that amplifies the voice of men, and it's so, so powerful. Let me go through the comment section. I can see someone sent here, Sentina Zamenek. She's always active, watching from Austria. All right, she said, yesterday I learned that my stay in the wilderness is a process of God in my life. Why in that season never lose focus on the reason why I am called by of God. Powerful, powerful, powerful. In fact, this is the point I feel like Pastor Irene was trying to drive home. There is a wilderness season. You talk about John the Baptist, he was from the Levite family. He had every reason to say, I don't—

you get it.

It's not like, it's not like he's broke or something, but that is what his process was, and he embraced it. Exactly, exactly.

And people went to look for him in the wilderness. Come on now, come on now. And there's another scripture Apostle Irene, um, read that really resonated with me. It says, um, it picks a man from the dung— I'm paraphrasing now— picks him from the dunghill and then place him among princes. It is God. I am saying it. You know, Apostle Femi Lazarus, our lead pastor in Life Nation, has emphasized this too, that it is God that is the lifter of men. And I loved when he raised that sound, um, I thought thou, oh Lord, had a shoot for me, my glory. And that says God is the lifter of men. Do the work, pray, study, do the work. But yes, know that it is God that is the lifter of men.

Yeah, say indeed God is the lifter of men.

That's the emphasis.

Emphasis.

I also say I receive God's grace to go through the process to my next level. And funny enough, yesterday was not just even telling not telling us about the process. There was just an encouragement. Yes, everyone has been sharing their story right from even when Apostle Muyiwa Areyo was being interviewed. When Apostle—

okay, when Apostle Emmanuel Ira was ministering, it was— there was not just, um, the— it wasn't just talking, it wasn't just ministering. There was a, a power backing the message that is giving us power to do. You know, scripture says that it's God that gives the power both to will and to do. So when the administration was going, it was like as if there is a power to do, there is a power to go, maybe made available.

Yes, yes. And they've been sharing their process, and I feel like there's also an encouragement. If you are, if you're a young minister, please, I want you to not just listen. In fact, everyone under the sound of my voice, like, don't just listen um, follow this IMC, open up your hearts. Yes, there are graces being released. These are men that they are examples. They are showing us that it is possible. It is, it is possible. God can lift you. And beyond other strategy that you feel like, God is the one that lifts men. You know, I can see someone saying, aha, I like this. Abubakar Bideemi, can't wait for today's word. I am so excited. Even me myself, I am excited for today. I am not— this morning Apostle Irene is going also going to be with us live this morning. I want you to prepare. Let's just talk about some practices that people can put in place to make sure that they actually receive the word, because it's very possible for you to come to a gathering like this and men, other people will rise from the same garden and you'll be wondering what about the rest of them that was available. Because it is beyond just hearing the word of God. You see, a lot of times you are fired up in your spirit, that is not just all How can someone not just hear the word but also receive it and it changes their life?

So the thing is, what— like, let me give you something, like a pointer. Today, now, when you are listening to the word, make sure you're highlighting action points that you're going to— exactly, they are going to do. So the thing is, there was a part that Pastor Shagun, right, he talked about praying. You will pray, not just say it. So you can start by, okay, from maybe 11 PM to 12 PM every day, I am going to pray. Start by doing that, like, intention— write out intentional action plan. Okay, every morning I'll study my word. Then every day I'll put in maybe an hour, 2 hours to what I want to do every day. Every day, the vision I want to achieve. You have— because a vision, a vision that you are not like practicing daily, it's not going to happen. It's not going to happen. So today, as you're listening to the word, write out action only.

Yes, my people, it's about time. We are about to start, and of course we are going to be starting with streams of life.

Yes, yes, really quick in the comment section, how ready you are.

You can put it in percentage.

Show your excitement, show your excitement.

Ways. Today is about to be powerful. This morning is about to be powerful. And like she has said, make sure your action point— listen and open up your heart.

Don't be distracted.

Don't be distracted.

And yes, share this link with your friends and your loved ones, your family members. Don't enjoy these goodies alone. You want to, you know, let other people— you know, when, when we succeed together, it's, you know, it's, it's— I don't know, I always use the word sweeter. So share this link with everyone. So right about now, we'll be connecting live to the IMC Day 3. Don't— don't get distracted. Make sure you stay glued to your screen. Thank you.

I want you to do something for me this morning. Away from the noise.

Can you—

away from the noise. I just want you to fix your eyes on our Father this morning. It's between you and him this morning, face to face. I want us to come boldly this morning before the throne of And offer your worship as a sweet smell and savor to Him this morning. How we love you, Father. How we love you. Beyond the desires of our hearts, beyond the wants and the needs of life, I want you to just love upon him genuinely this morning. Lord, we love you. Lord, we love you. We exalt your name this morning. We exalt your name this morning. For the name of the Lord is a strong tower. The righteous run in and they are safe. They are safe. They are safe. They are safe. They are safe. Oh, we worship you, Jesus. Eka parande ko sitere brende ko para bababa. You don't have to wait for the music to come up before you love up on your Father this morning. Mighty God, mighty God, mighty God, we've tasted of your goodness, oh God. We've tasted of your goodness, oh God. We have come to say thank you. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you for loving us when we were unlovable. Thank you for caring for us. Oh, Mama dehosa kalabrande boyi na basa tai. Holy Spirit, thank you for always being there in the times of confusion, in the times of joy, in the time of pain. You've been by our side. You're the only one who never left. How excellent is your name, O Lord. How excellent is your name, O Lord. How excellent is your name. How excellent is your name. Yes. How excellent is your name.

Oh Lord.

How perfect is your name. How powerful is your name. Iyanla. How excellent is your name.

Oh Lord.

How excellent is your name. Jesus. The name that breaks every chain. How excellent is your name. Oh Lord. Lord, how excellent is your name! How excellent! His name is the only name that is higher than every other name, and at the mention of that name, every knee, every sickness disappears. The name that is powerful to calm every storm in your life. Somebody call on the name of Jesus this morning. How powerful is your name? How powerful Is your name. How powerful is your name, Jesus. Oh yes. How powerful is your name. How powerful is your name. How powerful is your name. Cuz you've been faithful, God, from the ages past. That is why your name is forever, forever Yeshua HaMashiach, you've been faithful, God, from the ages, from the ages past. In my darkest moment, that is why your name, your name is forevermore.

You've been Faithful God.

Let him hear you this morning. Let him hear you. I want you to take a look back. Take a look back.

Take a moment.

That is why, oh, that is why your name is forever. Your name is highly exalted. Your name is highly exalted. You've been Faithful. You've been constant. You've been constant from the ages. I will never forget. I can never forget. That is why. And I will praise you forever, oh God. It's forever. One more time. You've been faithful, God. Sing. You've been faithful. That is why your name— aye, that is why your name— that is why your name— say, that is why your name is forever. Aya, there is why your name, oh Jesus, is forevermore. So we bow down and worship Yahweh. He says when 2 or 3 are gathered in my name, I am there. So we bow down and worship Yahweh. Oh yes, yes, we bow down, we lay down our crowns and worship Yahweh. Yahweh, Yahweh, Yahweh, we bow down, we, we bow down and worship Yahweh. We have come to worship and to bow before Yahweh.

Yahweh. Yahweh. You are glorious in your ways. Yahweh.

Yahweh.

Yahweh. Yahweh, Yahweh, Yahweh, Yahweh.

One more time, let us reverence our King.

We sing Yahweh, Yahweh, Yahweh, Yahweh, Yahweh, Yahweh, Yahweh.

Yahweh, the champion of the host of war and captain of my destiny.

Oh, rabba gadaga.

And you alone I make my boast. You reign above as Lord of all. The champion of the whole of all. The Captain of my destiny. In You alone, in You alone, I make my boast. You reign, You reign, You reign right now in our midst. We extol You, Jesus. The Captain, the Champion, the Host of Hosts.

It can't take no, my destiny, my destiny, in you alone. I make, I make you reign, you reign, you reign, Lord Jesus.

In You alone I make my boast. I'm confident. You reign alone as Lord. Let's stay right here. In You alone. In You.

In You.

Not in chariots. Not in hearses. You reign, O Lord.

You reign.

One more time, we're gonna sing it, we mean it.

In You alone.

For the name of the Lord is a strong tower, and the righteous run into it and they are safe. You reign.

Oh, fill this room with your worship. Oh, amen. To the one who reigns forever.

Yeah, to the one who reigns forever.

Yeah, to the one who reigns forever and ever.

Your throne is established in heaven and on earth. Your throne is established here and now. Your kingdom is established right now, right now, right now, right now, right now. Your throne is established right now.

Amen, amen, amen, amen, amen, amen. Your kingdom reigns forever.

Amen.

Amen, amen, amen, amen. Amen, amen, amen. Hey, hallelujah. Oh, Nisha. You're the God of awesome wonders. Yes, we have tasted, we have tasted, and we testify. Oh, Nisha. Much more, much more, much more, much more, much more.

Yeah.

Oni she, oni she, oni she, oni she. I taste it, I taste of your power.

Oh, oni she. Oh, this shall be my song.

My song is so much more. Much more than I deserve. My eyes have seen. Yes. My ears have heard. You know what's in.

The wonders.

The wonders.

Creations.

Creation. They all bow as we join, as we join. Here's the part I love so much.

The word—

this is not a liar. Yeah, I have seen you turn situations around like you're doing right now in our midst.

You You took away.

You're the God of awesome wonders. I have tasted of your power. I have tasted of your mercy.

Oni sha yi ya.

Your mercies are good every day.

I am tasting of your mercy. I will call upon the Lord.

For the name of the Lord is a strong tower and a righteous running to.

I will call upon the Lord. I can't hear you.

For he is worthy to be free.

I will be free.

I will magnify the Lord.

I will magnify the Lord. He is worthy to be praised. He is worthy to be praised.

Today, so shall I be saved from my enemies.

Oh Lord, bring me blessing. Bless me, Lord. Yeah, blessed, blessed be the Lord God Almighty.

The Lord, the Lord, the Lord.

Blessed be the rock, blessed be the rock of my salvation. Be exalted, exalted, exalted, exalted. Blessed be the Lord God Almighty.

The voices, let's go!

Let there be the rock, the rock of my salvation. The Lord reigns, the Lord reigns. Let there be the rock, the rock of my salvation. He is who I say the Lord reigns.

Let there be With our voice, with our voice.

The Lord reigneth. Blessed be the Lord.

Let the rock of my salvation be exalted.

There's something beautiful about your voice. Louder. Blessed be the Lord, blessed be the Lord, let the rock of my salvation— for the last time, the Lord reigns, the Lord reigns, the Lord reigns. Blessed be the Lord, let the rock of My salvation be exalted.

The Lord reigneth.

Blessed be the Lord.

Let the rock of my salvation be exalted.

Lift your hands and say thank you, Lord Jesus. Oh, we give you all the the praise. We give you all the glory. You are exalted, Lord, higher than the kings of the earth. There's none like you, Lord. You are the Lord strong and mighty, Lord who is mighty in battle. We give you all the praise. In Jesus' mighty name, we have worshiped. Let's give Jesus a resounding clap.

Amen.

For the first time holding the microphone here, by the time you know the person I'm bringing up, you know I must have walked to drag her out. I want you to please help me receive Pastor Temitayo Ako as he leads us for the next 10 minutes, the prayer charge. Don't stop clapping.

Glory to God. Thank you so much, Apostle, for this. I wasn't, I wasn't expecting this at all. I only came to receive. Okay, please, you can have your seats for a certain So I'm just going to be taking us, um, from a particular scripture just so that our hearts are stirred and ready to pray, and so that we can receive what indeed the Lord has for us today. I'll be teaching from— I'll be giving the charge from Daniel 3 from verse 20, then 24 to 25. Daniel chapter 3 from verse 20. Okay, it says, and he commanded certain mighty men of valor who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and cast them into the burning fiery furnace. And then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished. Okay, let me pause. So we all know this story, we are familiar with this story whereby Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego did not bow down to worship the god of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar had created. And King Nebuchadnezzar took some of his mighty men to bind them. So by the time they were thrown into the fire, they were bound. Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished, and he rose in haste and spoke, saying to his counselors, did we not cast 3 men bound into the midst of the fire? They were bound. That means that they were not free. Verse 25 says, look, he answered, I see 4 men loose Jews walking in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt. And the form of the fourth is like the Son of Man. It's like the Son of God. So let's go to, um, verse 26. Yes, the next verse. Then Nebuchadnezzar went near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace and spoke and spoke, saying, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out and come here. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came from the midst of the fire. 27. And the satraps, administrators, governors, and the king's counselors gathered together, and they saw these men on whose bodies the fire had no power. The hair of their head was not singed, nor were their their garments affected, and the smell of the fire was not on them. Now this is my emphasis for us today. You see, the Bible says that they were bound into the fire, and by the time they came out of the fire, the smell of the fire, the smell of the smoke was not even on them, and they were loose and walking freely inside the fire. We've heard what Apostle Iren said, taught us Yesterday he showed us the background he has come from, where he has come from. And many times you can look at him and you would not know that he has been through that. You would think he's some, you know, some rich kid that the Lord called and he's doing so well. But the Bible here is showing us that you can go through fire and you will not smell of it. As ministers, there is no how we will not go through fire. The reason is because the Bible The Bible tells us in Hebrews that the Lord picks a priest from amongst men so that you can offer sacrifices knowing their weaknesses because you've experienced it. The same thing the Bible says about Jesus, that he can intercede for us because he knows our afflictions. So there is no— it is not possible that as a minister, as a servant of God, you will not go through fire. But you can come out of that fire without even a scar and a smell that you went through that fire. There was a particular meeting that I went for, and the meeting was supposed to be on healing. But when the servant of God was speaking, you could tell that he was speaking from a place of pain. You know, the things that people had done to him, people had hurt him. And this is supposed to be a healing meeting, but you are standing and you are telling the people, this person looked down That person looked down on me, but look at me now. And so you could see the— you could see that even the person had not been fully healed. But you don't have to be that kind of minister that people will look at you and say, oh, you most likely have had it easy. But then you start to tell your story and then they see the greatness and the glory of God in you. So I want us to pray this morning. The secret in this is that God God was with them. The angel of God was in that fire with them. If we look at the life of Joseph, when he was in the prison, when he was in slavery, the Bible says, "And the Lord was with him." That was a constant. "And the Lord was with him." If you look at it, it's as though the entirety of God was with Joseph in the fire, in the prison, and in slavery. And so when his brothers came back, instead of him saying, I will deal with you guys, you guys did that to me, right? I'll make sure you suffer. He said, no, God sent me ahead to preserve you. And he was able to forgive them. So I want us to, to rise up this morning and begin to call on to God and say, God, whatever fire that you permit me to go through, let me recognize your presence so that I can see from your perspective and I can take all the the lessons I need to take and still come out unsinged by the fire, come out untouched by the pain, come out without scars. I want you to cry out today because it is possible that you can go through this fire and you will not see God. You can go through this fire and you are complaining all through. You can go through a period of lack and all you see is your brokenness. But you can also go through it and see the grace of God over your life. You can go through it and see the glory of God over your life. So I want you to cry out to God. Father, open my eyes where I have not seen you, where I have experienced pain. Help me to see you. Help me to see from your point of view and help me to accept your help in the mighty name of Jesus. Vali kariba desede vekamba. I want you to cry out to God. Cry out to God because in every season of your life you would indeed experience some certain level of wilderness. But in that wilderness, the Lord can provide for you. The Lord can take care of your needs. You don't have to go hungry. You don't have to lack a day. You don't have to go through betrayal and feel the hurt and feel the pains of that betrayal so that you can release forgiveness to those that are involved. Esa mandisa ve kari da badosha. Father Lord, help us to see as you see. To interpret the situation the situations and the occurrences of our lives as you see them. In the mighty name of Jesus. That from today, Lord, our eyes are altered and we see as you see. We experience as you experience. We come into the mindset of God that we are understanding and experiencing life from his point of view, from his perspective. Amen. E le son de Caribande se diva casséda. Ayan de o malé kari de se deva kaye. E de kocha dan bélandu so kana badé se. En deva houdé va kabalissa ké landé. Aya sende balashon dan deva koran badé sha. For in Jesus' name we've prayed. I want us to pray one more prayer before I leave here, and it's a prayer for the spirit of weakness. Wisdom and the spirit of understanding. We have come here today to receive from powerful men of God, from the servants of God. And as they are speaking, it is possible that some things can fly over your head, but if you pray that the spirit of wisdom and the spirit of understanding is by your side, you would see that you are catching more than they are even saying. You see that you are getting your matching orders, you are getting instructions. For 10 years for your ministry and for the assignment that God has called you to do. So I want us to cry out to the Lord today that the spirit of wisdom and the spirit of understanding is by our sides as the teaching is coming, that we are able to understand and you are able to put your practical steps, the next steps that you will carry out, that you are able to see what your consecration in this season is. Begin to pray, begin to pray that your heart is open, that the Lord opens opens up your ears that you hear beyond what is being taught and you receive understanding and wisdom and revelation. Receive the spirit of wisdom, the spirit of revelation, the spirit of understanding in order to apply in order to do, in order to walk, in order to carry gracefully the assignments of God. Oh Father Lord, I receive the spirit of wisdom. I receive the spirit of revelation that as the word comes forth, I am hearing your instructions. I am hearing your heart concerning the matter that you have called me for, that you are even showing to me Lord, the things that I will experience in the coming years and how I can be prepared for it.

Me, we bless your name, Jesus. Blessed be your holy name. In Jesus' mighty name we pray. Let's give Jesus a big hand. What you just heard her share might be what God has been trying to get someone to hear. That although you might look like you are heading towards fire now, but by the time you are out, it will not even smell on your garment. Nobody will even believe that you have— please sit for a moment quickly before I bring up Apostle I just want to quickly take, um, 2 minutes, 3 minutes to say this, because one of my biggest concern for Ministers Conference is that it should not be a place, an event that people will come to or come for and go back to start feeling angry about where where they are. You were hearing Apostle share story yesterday. He was on bike from Aja to— after, we should get Guinness Book of Records, that kind of biking. I, I, I say this to you. When God asked us to come to this city, and I want to share, maybe this will encourage someone, 2 years plus ago, we were comfortable in Ibadan. I was okay, that's the truth. We have a thriving church. God said, don't leave with anything, say come with the blessing. So my car had to go and everything. I want to celebrate Pastor Femi Lazarus. So good to see see you. He's a very famous CCI pastor. I like him so much. I watch his stuff. God bless you, sir. He's a twin. Yeah, solid man. I just have special love for people who love their pastors. So when we came here. It was so bad, there was no rent. Now you won't believe that. You had already given me an open check that if you need anything, just feel free to— no rent. You stayed in Papé here. Papé, we— I, I won't talk, sorry, I will not say anything about Pape. But one of our pastors who stayed in Pape, we still used to drag him. So, and thieves came.

We—

it was police that came because I, I came to this place with families and people who believed in the vision, but there was no rent. So we used to pack ourselves like Sardine. I didn't want my wife to come with our daughter. I want her to still hold on. One day we were cleaning church, sweeping and mopping, then I just looked behind me and there she was. She said, I want to be a part of this so I won't be hearing about— I beg, I'm here now.

I welcome the her.

But in all honesty, I went to the office, and the office was two white chairs that you put in front of each other to put your Bible on one and sit on one. And I was teary, like, God, I don't want her to go through this. We were arranging how to buy student beds and just put in the office space. And why we get the ladies friends, people, friend places where they could hang out. Then God said to me, look from the window. So I looked and he said, I will give you a city in this city. As at the time, our messages was everywhere. I didn't have a car. Not one car. We wake up on Sunday morning, I will start calling boat from 5 past 5. Hopefully we get one by 6 that will now pick us and say, I will not on ACO. I look at that, it's not your fault. Not like I didn't have a car, you understand what I'm saying? I had my car, I was cool. Sometimes we enter boat and the boat driver say, ah, Pastor, ah, you are the one, I've been hearing your message, we are here. One time I just remember something quite vain. I remember when we're in Ibadan, the way we had so much wine, so many wine, we can't even touch them. I'm like, Abuja, nobody has even said a bottle of wine. They know they give. You guys are redefining the narratives, right? Hey, somebody called me, and that's why we must be careful. People love us but can, from that love, lead us outside the will of God and give me advice as to why I should leave this place. And it was quite convincing, and I know he loved me, that's why he was saying that. But after that conversation The Lord said, I have not spoken. It was less than a month after the conversation, the church grew by more than 500%. That's even more than 500% because you grew from like 50 to over 1,000. Because there's Kairos, and I want to say say this to you: there is a kind of anointing that will not rest on a man who sees God as just part of his plans. So if you have been called to ministry, go all in. I just wanted to say that because when you— I mean, our church was demolished this here, and everything you see here was done in 4 days. 4 days. But people who believe it is possible— we could have been stranded and out there on the street. In this world we'll face tribulations, but be of good cheer, we overcame the world. So wherever you are, whatever it is you're doing— we were washing the floor and sweeping. I was with them now, washing sweeping. One of our pastors is in Port Harcourt now, Pastor David Onofua. Solid guy, good heart. I just heard someone broke out in tears. Ah, I said, what happened? The guy sat down, he said, ah, I can't keep this anymore.

I said, what happened?

He said, look at this church, look at where we are, it's not even up to the poop altar in Ibadan. I looked I looked at him, I said, come, anything that has life grow. So relax. And I told them, I said, don't blink. In no time you will not know when this church will shift. Yes, I just knew it in my spirit. Have faith in God and never feel bad about where you are. Just keep growing and be encouraged. Praise God. Let's give Jesus a big hand. The things that has happened in 2 years plus of us being here, I dare not even share on the altar as a testimony. That is the truth. So there is a God who sees. This morning we are set again to receive from this gener— transgenerational blessing. It's not just an apostle, it's not just a pastor, it's a prophet. The first time he came to Light Nation, one of our pastor just lost a pregnancy at about 6 months. You were wrapping up, brought that word, and they were so much in despair. That was the hope we could all hold on to that time. I wish we have the baby here now, that she's, she's now a big girl, the girl that was given 2. Yesterday the same thing happened again. He just brought a word about a man of God and his wife who are this and that's a case we are on at the moment. Precise. He that receive a prophet in the name of a prophet shall have a prophet's reward. With so much honor, love, excitement, let's rise on our feet as we receive Apostle Emmanuel Hiram.

Hallelujah! Please celebrate Apostle Femi Lazarus and celebrate God for what he's doing in this place. Thank you, Lord. Blessed be the name of the Lord. Oh, he He is worthy to be praised and adored and adored. So we lift up holy hands in one accord, hey, singing blessed be the name, blessed be the name.

Blessed be the name of the Lord.

Blessed be the name.

Blessed be the name of the Lord. Of the Lord. Who is worthy to be praised. Hallelujah! To God, to God most high! Speak it from your spirit. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! To God most high. Lift your hands and say, most high, most high God of heaven.

Most high, most high ruler of Listen, I want you to give God praise. Listen, that song says King of Nations. It means no matter where you go to in the world, he's king there. This is why every nation is commanded to respond to your ministry. This is why no land will be a strange land to you. This is why you can go to Abuja Nigeria, go to Port Harcourt and get results because he sent you.

Hey, to God most—

one more time, lift your hands.

Most High, Most High, come on! Most High, Most High, ruler of the earth. Most High, Most High. Hey! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

Without the music, see, most God of Heaven, Most High, Most High, ruler of the earth, Most High, the King of Nations.

To God. Oh, thank you, Jesus.

Thank you, lifter. Thank you, sponsor. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you for Life Nation Church. Thank you for the set man. Thank you for his wife. Thank you for his family. Thank you for all the pastors, the resident pastors. Thank you for the times the enemy rose to try to stop this ministry, to quench the fire here, but you said no. Thank you for every ministry represented here. Thank you for the rise of new voices for the sake of your kingdom, to usher in a new dimension in the body of Christ. Thank you for new strong men rising, for feeble hands receiving strength, feeble knees receiving strength by the power of your spirit.

Thank you, Father.

Glory to your name. In Jesus' mighty name we have prayed.

Amen and amen.

Hallelujah!

God bless you all.

How you doing? All right, please be seated. We have, um, just few minutes and I have quite a bit to share with you. Let me quickly explain something about the nature of my ministry. You see, there is something called distillation, okay? And when you have crude oil, crude oil must go through distillation to break it down to more usable forms, okay? And when you have, for For instance, gas, cooking gas, or you have petrol. That's more usable, more applicable to you. But crude oil is in its raw form. And guess what? Crude oil may seem deeper. So listen, the reason why we have a a lot of people who don't know how to apply the things they receive from the spirit is because they don't really understand what wisdom should do, what wisdom should sound like. To many people, crude oil is the definition of depth, even if you can't use it. And so we have a church, especially the Nigerian church, that likes to be bamboozled. Fooled with big words and sophistication. And that's one of the reasons I, I thank God for your pastor. He's one of the people you listen to and you know what to do. Am I saying the truth? You just— and then there's something very relatable about his ministry. You, you just feel he understands. Have you felt like that before? You understand? But you know, some people, our definition of depth is confuse me. So that after the service you say, what did you learn? You say, ah, it was deep. I don't know if I should look for your trouble or not. You know, I was listening to somebody, I just saw an excerpt somewhere, and the person said, when you come to the full revelation of the bogus nature nature of God. Because we like big words and it puts us in trouble many times. You know, the average Nigerian does not know what bogus means. We think bogus means magnificent. Please type in your dictionary what does bogus mean. I know you know it. I know we all like to pretend we know these things. Type it in your dictionary. I want someone to tell me, what does bogus mean? Bogus means fake.

Fake.

Now, with the desire to use sophistication, now you have put yourself in trouble. You said God is fake. The bogus nature of God. Sometimes just crystallize it. And the reason I'm giving this preface is this: I hope what you're about to receive will not fly over your head. See, can I tell you with all sense of humility, if you understand what I'm teaching right now, your life will never be the same again. Your life will never be the same again. And I struggle with that many times. Sometimes Sometimes I would have prayed for days, and for me, I receive a note of victory with songs. And so I receive a song, and when someone else sings that song, you have skipped the process of 7 days fasting or 7 days— you get what I'm saying? But some will hear the song and just, it's nice. You are listening to the deep drum.

Hahaha!

Hey, my God!

You know, sometimes men of God struggle because the very thing that changed your life is secret. You release it and you see the way people receive it, and you're just like, I should have not bought that. The title of my charge this morning is sharpening your prophetic edge. Sharpening your prophetic edge. If you learn what I'm telling you, what God has given to you will always be relevant. You will always be relevant in the plan of God. Sharpening your prophetic edge. Let me tell you something. There are two aspects of faith, and you see, nobody ever really taught me this this. I just studied the Bible and noticed something, that there are two aspects of faith. There is the principle aspect of faith. The principle aspect of faith, the fact that nothing shall be impossible to him that believes. It's true that if you say to this mountain, be removed and be cast into the sea, and you don't doubt in your heart, you shall have what you say. And so Because there is the principle aspect of faith, many people can share their faith stories and teach us the principles of faith. The Bible says to follow those who through faith and patience obtain the promise. So you learn about their faith stories and you're inspired, you are stirred up. But there is a problem. Almost throughout the Bible, faith was not dependent on principles alone. There is a prophetic aspect of faith. So let me break it down. In principle, Abraham believed God. In prophecy, Abraham changed his name. Now it is the prophetic aspect of faith that makes it applicable in your own context. That is why you can learn from somebody, learn the principles of faith, but now you are struggling with application. Now, this is why ministers' conferences can frustrate you if you are not careful, because you hear a lot, you know you were blessed, but now when you go from the conference and you are confronted with your own situation, I know you said many things that were helpful, but how does this translate? Can I tell you the truth? Nobody can tell you, because let me give you some I'll give you examples. In principle, you can heal the sick. Is that true? But in context, how do you know if to tell the person to wash in the Jordan or if to just tell the person, go, your faith has made you whole? If you don't learn the prophetic aspect, you will still struggle. There is a prophetic aspect to these things. And the problem is the move of God is tailor-made. The fact that the Red Sea opened for the children of Israel does not mean it will be open for Pharaoh. And so in following people, you need to make sure that what you are following is applicable in your prophetic context. Anybody can teach you principles, only God can give you the prophetic context. So now, as a minister of the gospel, you're praying and God has told you an expansion is coming, an expansion is coming, an expansion is coming. For one person who received the same the same word. The way that expansion will come will be social media. Put your messages out. For another person, the instruction will be leave social media, shut down all those accounts and go and stay with me. This is why it is not one size fits all. You must have a prophetic edge so that what you have— oh, not many people have a true a truly authentic ministry. Some of you know what I'm saying. Not many people have a truly authentic ministry. They're just observing, um, what are they doing now? You do it. What are they— where are people going now? What do people like now? When I moved to Abuja, the pastor reached out to me. He said, said, um, can I see your feasibility study, like the studies, the research you did before you— I said, feasibility study?

I said, I don't have.

God said go. He said, so what is the largest church in Abuja? I said, I don't know. Second largest church? I don't know. He thought I would have assessed the environment. Let me tell you something. A true man of the spirit hardly checks what other people are doing. Hardly checks. Hardly. Listen, it's important to check, but with instruction. If you follow God, there are some people he will ask you to pay attention to. So there's another extreme. Did you hear the balance I just gave now? So that we don't raise Lone Rangers in the kingdom of God. You know, I was listening to your Apostle and he said something. We're raising a generation that likes to, to learn afresh. Jesus, it hit me because it's so true. But we must learn to test all things and hold on to the prophetic template. You know, I've told this story many times this biblical story, but it gets me. It gets me every time. Think about it. God had promised Abraham a son, but when the time for the son had come, if Abraham was not prophetic— even if he was a man of faith, if he wasn't also prophetic, he would have missed it. Because when God was about to visit his house, he pretended like he was passing him by. He pretended like he was— is it not Abraham you're going to see?

Go and knock on his door.

Some of you, that's what you've been missing. You're wondering, God, is your will— why hasn't it happened?

You wanted to knock at your door.

You have to be prophetic. Are you getting what I'm saying? Sometimes all you see is a cloud the size of a hand. It takes a prophet to understand and say, I hear the sound of an abundance of rain. There are some signs that the prophet will see and understand, and others will just be oblivious to. Even the person, the servant that checked, did not know anything supernatural was happening. So I just see something small, something small. I mean, so God did like he was passing. Abraham knew this is not an ordinary Nariman. If he didn't know, what would have happened? Abraham begged, said, please come in for a bit, just let me serve you for a bit. Hey, so for instance, you are just in your house and then there is a nudge to go for a program. Some of you, that's how you got here. That's how you got here. There's a nudge, you know. The Lord spoke to me in 2020. He said, now it's time to launch you into the apostolic ministry. He says, a father in this nation will ordain you into apostolic ministry, and you are not permitted to lobby for it. So I waited. Sometime in October, I went on a retreat. The Lord specifically said on the island. So I was praying, and if you know me well, I don't, I don't go around. It's rare to see me in a program except the Lord sends me there. If I, if I'm supposed to be somewhere, you know, there was a program I attended in London just weeks ago. I had told the man that I sensed the Lord asking me to come for your program, so I I might come. I told the man that, but I didn't tell my team anything. When my team booked my hotel and I opened the window like this, I saw the venue for the program outside. So for my life is prophetic. Did you hear what I just said? I went to that program on feet, on foot. I didn't need a vehicle. So if I'm supposed to be somewhere, I don't struggle for anything in this life. I'm telling I'm telling you the truth. So now I was on a retreat and the Lord said, Pastor Nath is having a program, go there. At that time I had never seen him before, we had never been in the same place because I don't go around. So I went for the program. It was when I got there I said, so who is ministering today? They said Bishop Wale Oke.

So I said, okay.

And Pastor Nath on stage said, everybody look at this man of God. He pointed at me. He said, I know why you are here. He said, the man that is coming is a kingmaker. On a day like this, he prayed for Pastor Jerry Eze. On a day like this, he prayed for me. On a day like this, he prayed for Dunsi. I sense that God brought you here to announce you in the body of Christ. That's what he said. So immediately I now knew why I was there. Now the man came. By the way, the man came 5 hours late because of traffic. He was coming from Ibadan and there was terrible traffic. But I sensed in my spirit, it's the devil. I must—

eh?

After all, I'm on retreat. Where am I going to? I've already come Too far. I sat there, and when the man came, he, he said, the Lord sent me with a word to impart on someone grace for apostleship and to command obedience to the faith, and called me out, laid hands on me. Listen, so listen, it can be in your plan, God's plan for your life, the prophetic sensitivity to be where you ought to be, to cash in on it. Many people don't know this, oh, and for many people, that's all that is missing. Let me show you something. I've, I've also shared this before. You know, the guys on the road to Emmaus did not know they were talking to Jesus. Look at Luke 24:28. Luke 24: 28. Now, when Jesus had talked to them, the Bible says, then they drew near to the village where they were going, and Jesus acted as if he was going further. Hey, you would think Jesus will say, I'm coming to your house, I want to be a blessing to you, I want to reveal myself to you. Jesus acted as if he was going further.

Father.

And so it took sensitivity for them. Look at the next verse. But they constrained him. You know, so imagine they were begging Jesus. Jesus said, no, I have to go. They said, please now just spend the night with us. Are you getting what I'm saying? They constrained him, saying, abide with us, for it is towards evening. It's already late. Abide, abide with us. The day is far spent. Come on, are you getting You know what I'm saying?

Prophetic.

You know, something happened. This woman came to our program in 2011, 2011, and she was just blessed by my ministry. And it was rare to see older women, you know, very intrigued by our ministry. So she gave me a check. Let me tell you the honest truth, 2011 was the first time someone give me a check. And by 2011, I didn't have any national ID or passport, so I couldn't cash it. I went to the bank confidently. They said, ah, no, where is your ID? I brought school ID card. You see my friend? They sent me back. So I went to go, I had to go back to her. She now had to write at the back, please pay with school ID. That's how I was able to cash it to ₦50K. But it touched me and I never forgot the first check I ever received. Now fast forward years after, this woman from a wealthy home, her husband died, she was struggling to pay her children's school fees, and I heard about it. Listen, did she know in 2011— are you listening to me? See, the moment I heard it, I didn't need persuasion. When I heard the school, I shook small. The school fees is more than 5 million. I'm telling you the truth. But it was a no-brainer. It was going to be paid. If I didn't have it, I would have borrowed. What if that day she wanted to go for the meeting and she just felt tired? Some of you don't understand what I'm saying. Your future depends on what I'm trying to explain to you. Let's go back to where we started yesterday. John 1:23. He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, make straight the way of the Lord, as the prophet Isaiah said. Now, what made John the Baptist's ministry special, even if he was in the wilderness? The reason is simple: prophetic edge. Can I tell you what he was getting right? Guess what? The Messiah had already been born. He was already in his 30s, and nobody knew. Are you getting what I'm saying? Now, the lofty, beautiful, grandiose temple in Jerusalem had all the teachers, all the rabbis.

None of them knew.

So listen, you can have a great venue and not be prophetic. You are totally oblivious to what the spirit realm is saying in your day. And I'm telling you, listen to me, every ministry that rose was able to pick something that no one else was picking. What gives you a voice is prophetic insight. So in the wilderness, he knew something that people in the temple didn't know. Make straight the way for the Lord. The Lord is already amongst us. People didn't know that in the temple. That's what gave him a prophetic edge. Come on, are you getting what I'm saying? Listen, let me tell you something. People are more discerning in the body of Christ than you think. They may not have heard God, but if you hear God and say what God is saying, there is something in them programmed to be ventilated by a prophetic word. They just know. Now, they, they are drawn to what is prophetically relevant. Who is this man? It might be music.

What is this sound?

There is something about this sound destroy me. If you pick what is prophetically relevant, boom, it will only take months. What I'm telling you is the story of this ministry. This your ministry, you know that, right? You know that, don't you? Look at what Jesus said in John chapter 4, what he told that woman in Samaria. He said, the hour has come, the hour is coming and now is, where you shall neither in Jerusalem nor on this mountain worship. So you know what Jesus was announcing? That the high priests in the temple have lost their job. They just didn't know it yet. God had moved from there, they didn't know it.

They had lost the prophetic edge, they didn't know it. The hour is coming and now is, you shall no longer worship in the temple. And they did not know.

This is what John saw in the wilderness. They were still slaughtering lambs in the temple, and John looked at Jesus, said, 'Behold the Lamb of God. This is the real Lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world.' It is that kind of prophetic edge that gives you relevance. And when people People are still celebrating stale manna. There are some ministries, they are already obsolete, they just don't know it yet. Already obsolete. It is possible to be prayerful and not be prophetic, and your prayer will be frustrating you because you have prayed but you have not learned to to see. You don't understand signals. You don't understand times and seasons. You know, Jesus said, assuredly I say to you, Matthew 11:11, there is nobody born of a woman greater than John. What? That of all the prophets in the Old Testament, John is the greatest? That's how important prophetic age Now, are you ready for what I'm about to say? As important as the miraculous is, mention one miracle John the Baptist performed. One. Any case of headache that he healed? See, as important as miracles are, it is more relevant to be in the will of God because Judas performed miracles. Are you getting what I'm saying now? I'm not talking about miracles, I'm just saying it is more relevant for— do you know what it means for Jesus to say that John was the greatest prophet, greater than Elijah? It means if you can see more clearly, more accurately— where is sophisticated typewriter? It's a typewriter but with finesse. That's the way I can explain it. Did any one of you ever see an IBM. Why is it covered and dusty? Because now we have computers, and the business world is brutal like that. You innovate or you die. If they told you in 2005 that in 5 years Nokia— that Nokia was on its way out. If they told you in 2010 that in 5 years very few people will be using BlackBerry— now listen to me, the prophetic edge is the innovation of the spirit. The prophetic edge is the innovation of the spirit. The prophetic edge. The prophetic edge. The prophetic edge. I can give you example upon example. Martin Luther was not the first reformer. It was— he was not the first reformer, but his poke at a strategic time. I will tell you what that time is. So for instance, what is the secret of Celebration Church? Many things. We are a praying church. Many people don't know that. You don't need to know. Are you listening to me?

Yes, sir.

Uh-huh.

Some people look at us and see excellence. Let me— can I tell you something? We are one of the strongest deliverance ministries in in this nation. Did you know that? I don't look like it, Abi. We cast out— we hold at least 5 deliverance sessions every week. And when I mean— when I say deliverance session, there are some things, there are some meetings, if you are in them, you will pray before you sleep because you will see things. There was somebody who said, you know, you did something that scared me. I said, what was that? He said, I was casting out the devil from someone and the person started running, and I said, angels, bring her back. And the lady's hands went back like this, visibly, and somebody started dragging her and brought her back to me. But now logo you dey see, have you? We have strong branding. Go and brand your own. But at the same time, usually there is a method behind the miracle. Media team, I told you to project something. Project Project something, project it for me. Now look at this. What you are seeing is the world median ages. The median age in Canada, 47. You went to school, you know what median is. If you don't know, pretend. Meaning if you take an average of all the ages, the median age. And by the way, it just tells you that some of the satanic ideologies in the West will end their civilization. When they are preaching, don't have many children, don't have many children. Some even say they don't want to get married. Some even say they don't want to have children. This is the result— median age. Now Japan has become so desperate, they are paying people to have children. If you have children, they give you money because they, they need it for economy. They almost don't have any youth in that economy anymore. Everybody is old. Japan celebrated having the oldest— the largest number of 100-year-olds in the world. Africa is the youngest continent in the world. Can you see it?

Green.

Show me the next image. The median age in Nigeria is 18. So listen to me, even if we didn't do it by strategy, listen, what gave Celebration Church the prophetic edge is that we filled the void that nobody was ready to fill. We started ministry at a time where people looked down on young adult church. There were stereotypes, you know, and that's when you make decision-making to be great in ministry. Those are the kind of decisions you make. Young people, they don't have money, they won't give. You feel more fulfilled when it's older people coming. Meanwhile, if you have a ministry that a 15-year-old cannot relate to, you won't survive the next 10 years. You know, I just dropped a bombshell. I know it flew over some of you. Said, if you have a ministry that a 15-year-old now cannot relate 2, you will not survive the next 10 years. And guess what? At the time God led us, he led us by the prophetic. So listen, this is what the prophetic does. When God leads you by the prophetic, the people who understand by numbers will now see you accurate, and they wonder how. They now ask you things like, did you do feasibility study? And I said No, no, the cutting edge of the prophetic, cutting edge. Because everywhere else, young adult ministries were treated like an afterthought. There'll be the main church, then they will do young adult church. They will just put a shed like generator house, you know what I'm saying? Meanwhile, there was a whole generation waiting for expression. I know, listen, I will seem transcendent to tell you that it was only, you know, the Word and the Spirit that gave us our edge. I'm telling you the truth now. Well, it's the Word and the Spirit, but you see, there will always be brilliance behind the fire. That's what I'm saying. If you follow God, you know, some of you, you have young people in your ministry, you have despised them, despised them because you are looking, you're looking at the generation that is already at the departure lounge. You are taking your template for ministry from them. Meanwhile, let me tell you a secret. They want to be like you. They are old, they are wearing canvas to try to relate to the generation you relate to naturally. And you, you are despising them. In Nigeria, there is a secret pattern. As a token of faith, before God gives you the nation, he must first give you a campus. If you don't shake a campus, you may never shake this nation. Please celebrate the man of God as he comes. We celebrate you, sir. Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. That's the grandfather of this house, and we honor you. Thank you, sir.

Hallelujah.

Come on, are you, are you with me? All right, be seated, be seated, be seated. So now that's important. So what are the ways you can develop a prophetic authentic edge, I will start from something very simple. Number one, the Bible says, be followers of those who through faith and patience obtained the promise, but in doing so, test all things and hold on to what is true. What is true in your context? So let me explain this to you. One of the most annoying things in the body of Christ right now is that many people are not spiritually authentic. They copy what others are doing, but there is an aspect to that that is not entirely bad because God uses people as pioneers, prophetic pioneers of a new emphasis in the body of Christ. So when God wants to start something, he will raise shining examples in that direction. And like I've told you time and again, the moment Peter sees Jesus walk on water, it opens a new possibility to him. I noticed that time And again, now look, look at the body of Christ around the world. We have the highest number of prophets in Ghana. Have you noticed that? The highest number of apostles in Nigeria.

Why?

Why do you think that is? And why do you think culturally, traditionally, it's not common to see people identify as apostles, prophets in America? Because many times the whole body will will take shape according to the leaders. So when there is a strong prophetic voice, everybody, both those who have authentic call to the prophetic and those who are just fans, will be prophets. The same thing is happening in Nigeria. Are you getting what I'm saying? Both those original and those fake, you will just see plenty. Because many times God raises someone as a picture of possibilities, and when you press him, you have opened the door forcefully for others. Come on, are you getting what I'm saying? In the realm of the spirit, records are not supposed to stay unbroken for too long. See, if you understand what I just said, the record for the first person to walk on water was broken in less than a day. The moment Peter saw it, he said, can I join you? Jesus said, come. And that's how you know a true man of God. He's not insecure.

Do it too.

They're not afraid of your rising. They're not afraid of your shining.

Do it also.

Throughout the ministry of Jesus, you see that emphasis. Oh, you think it's phenomenal? I spoke to the tree and it dried up. If you say to the this mountain. What kind of mentor is not intimidated by you breaking his record? I spoke to a trio, but I want you to move mountains. Are you listening to me?

Yes, sir.

So recognize it. In fact, let me tell you something, never forget what I'm saying. When you discover God is leading you in a particular direction, one of the strongest things you can do. Look for people whose— I said it yesterday— whose today looks like your tomorrow, and watch them every day. What I just told you is more important than reading books, than attending programs.

Just watch them.

There is something that naturally draws you into possibilities just by watching those. It's a spiritual law. It's a spiritual law. And I beg you, never be jealous of your prototype, even in your heart, in public, in secret. Never be. There are some people, for the health of your prophetic vision, when people are criticizing them, don't sit there. I will tell you the truth, what they are saying may be right, but there are some people— see, one of the strongest weapons the devil can wage against you is to remove your examples. He would destroy a whole generation by removing their examples. I'm telling you, the moment a generation doesn't have— see, I've traveled to Africa nations. Everybody is amazed at Nigeria, the audacity of faith that is common here. The audacity of faith. I've been to Kenya, I've been to Rwanda, I've been to all these nations. They are amazed at what is happening here. And you know, it now made me appreciate what God did when God raised up people. Ah, you don't know what it means that you enter a church and you see thousands of people. It does something in your spirit.

You don't even know you have changed.

And so I'm there and they're asking me questions. I'm like, ah, it's normal now. It's not normal, it's normal. And then I observed, wow, wow. And I met pastors there who said for them to sharpen prophetic possibility, they travel here. They said the environment I grew up in, Kenaland, Covenant University, they had to enter flights as a tourist site to see with their eyes and see droves of people and say it's possible, it's possible. And they had to lock that image in their consciousness and travel back to Kenya to keep it so that they can replicate it. Me, I was I schooled there 5 years.

Are you getting what I'm saying?

Protect your examples at all cost, at all cost, at all cost. Don't allow the devil reduce them in your eyes. If the devil successfully reduces them in your eyes, there will be implications in your own life. Number 2 way to stay on the prophetic edge. Now this one is very serious. Are you ready for what I'm about to say? Listen to me. If you want to stay on the prophetic edge, you know, Paul had the gift. He told the church at Thessalonica, he said, I can't wait to see you to perfect what is lacking in your faith. So part of the responsibility responsibilities of an apostle is to be a custodian of the standards of God and to make sure that the standard of God does not reduce in his generation. Are you getting what I'm saying? So you must be a good student of prophetic history to study what was God doing in the past and what is lacking here. See, when you discover that disparity and you position your voice there, you have become a voice. Very simple. Because I can tell you one thing for sure, the people you are sent to, they may not have gone to Bible school, but they know something is missing. When there is something missing in the church, they can feel it.

They can feel it.

Check all that we call revivals, it was a re-emphasis. I know I go and read about the Azusa Revival, it was Acts 1:8, because a time came, for some reason, people were not emphasizing tongues gift. And so somebody who read Acts 1:8 and Acts chapter 2, eh, and began to emphasize it, pray about it, suddenly something shifted. They began to speak in tongues.

Bow!

Breakout! A revival many times is not something new, it is something old that was forgotten, that somebody who understands the ways of God went to re-dig forgotten wells. That's what it is. Jesus Christ, if you understand what I'm saying. Did you hear what I just said? Re-dig forgotten wells. Number 3 3. Way to be on the— are you ready for this one? Church people are so religious, they don't like what I'm about to say next. Are you ready for the next one? Another way to find yourself on the prophetic edge. Now, I was saying something before. Martin Luther was not the first voice of Reformation. If you think that he was the first person to notice the excesses in the Catholic Church, you are mistaken. His own only went viral because by kairos, at the advent of Martin Luther, there was also the invention of the printing press. So his own message went viral because of technology. That's why, that's why. And he was printing tracts. Now, whoever invented the printing press did not know that he will shift the body of Christ. He didn't He didn't know that. He probably wasn't even a Christian. The most printed material till date is the Bible. Jesus! Did you hear what I said?

Till date!

Now, some of you don't know the method behind the miracle. What I just said, you are hearing for the first time. You didn't understand that the Reformation rode on the wave of technology. It wasn't just his bravery. There was a sweet spot where God's agenda and technology took off, met and took off. Look at our generation. A time— in the time of our fathers, you had to have some money for your voice to be heard. Maybe you don't understand what I'm saying. You know, I have a British friend and he was at my office last week and he told me many interesting things. The culture of the whites is totally different, totally different. Some of our heroes, they don't know them. They don't know them. Michael W. Smith, they don't know. I'm sorry, um, um, William McDowell, they don't know. Of course they know Michael W. Smith. They have a totally different culture. Come on, are you listening to me? And there was a time where for your voice to be heard, you needed billions, maybe to be on TV. And now somebody invented social media. Are you listening to me? Even what I just said, what was a British man doing in my office? Social media. He had been following online. He asked to see me and he came to my office.

That's what I'm saying.

It is not just— I think I said this 2 years ago. John 7:37: On the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried with a loud voice, if any man thirst, let him come to me and drink. We've emphasized what Jesus said. We have not emphasized precise when he said it and how he said it. It was the last day, the great day of the feast. That day had the most people, so he was strategic enough to make sure he had a platform for his message to gain visibility. And so you need to study. Listen, this is subject to the leading of the Spirit. Like I said, some of you, the instruction will be get off social media, but listen, If the Lord start pushing you to learn more about content creation, take it seriously. I know all you want to do is pray, and you don't have to do it yourself. At least get people who can do it for you. Can I give you a hot take? The body of Christ never thrived on prayer prayer alone from day one. Study church history. Number one, you know why Antioch had a revival the way it had? According to church tradition, go and read up on it. You see, in the days of Jesus, when during the incarnation of Jesus, the king of Antioch was sick and he sent word to Jesus, please come and heal me. And Jesus said, no, not now, that I will come to you. So he was talking about after the resurrection. But of course, the king of Antioch didn't understand that then. And it so happened that Jesus died, rose again, and he told his disciples, 'Go into all the world.' And so one of the disciples of Jesus was actually in Antioch. And so when the king heard about it, he remembered what Jesus said and said, 'Please come and pray for me.' And the guy prayed for him, and he was healed instantly. Boom! And that's why the king of Antioch opened the doors of Antioch to Christianity. Out of 600,000 people, within months there were 300,000 Christians. Don't let anyone lie to you. If the king is a believer, it changes everything. Don't listen. The difference between Egypt and Nineveh was the disposition of their kings. And understand that the nation's faith will many times depend on the disposition of the kings. There is— now just imagine, God forbid, you were an Egyptian at that time. You wake up in the morning and your firstborn is dead, not because of you, but because of the stubbornness of your king. Don't let anyone lie to you. When the Bible says pray for your kings that you may live a quiet and peaceable life, it means their disposition affects even your freedom. Form of worship. I know we like to be radical, that even if they ban Christianity, you will still stand for Jesus, and you ought to. But how effective is it on the long run that we send disciples to a place that has shut its doors against the gospel? They rise, rise, rise, raise 30 disciples, then they come kill half of of them, the rest of them run away. Then, you know, it will now take God another 50 years to send people there. When we talk about influence, some people will start convulsing, convulsing, as if you have more consecration than us. Some of the people talking about influence have more scars for the gospel than you.

Keep hard work, keep hard work.

His prayer is enough. So I gave the example of Antioch, and then there was another guy, eh, his name Constantine, pagan warrior. And then he had a dream. In the dream, he saw the symbol of the cross and a voice in Latin saying, by this you will, you will get the victory. So he, he understood that the Christian God was promising him victory. So he ordered for the sign of the cross to be carved on all the shields of his soldiers. Now they went to battle and won. Ah, the Christian God is a true God. He gave me victory. He ordered in the whole of Rome, Christianity will no longer be persecuted. Now in months, the church now became established. That is what established the church. Church. I said go and study church history. The church was never established on prayer alone. Go and study. I gave you the example of the King of Antioch, Constantine. What about the Catholic Church? Do you know how powerful the Catholic Church was in terms of wealth? They owned 50% about 50% of real estate in those days. They were so relevant in culture. I don't want to get into that. It has always been like that. Even the part of church history that people are ashamed of, the Crusades, Crusades. I know it's controversial, but even for the Crusades, there is a reason why many of the places where Paul did ministry, eh, you can't preach the gospel freely there now, because some people rose up with the sword and forced people to convert to Islam. That's what happened. And guess what? As that was happening, Europe, the church was still battling debates, doctrinal conflicts. Somebody— the Pope called everybody, say, are you mad? They are coming. Put your differences aside and let's defend this territory.

That's what happened.

I'll stop there. And then of Of course, the final one. Don't worry, maybe we'll flesh on all these ideas some other time, maybe next year if I have the honor of being invited. And number 4 is prayer. I cannot stress the importance of this. The biggest secret of my life: when I pray, I see. Aye, Jesus! Did you hear what I said? Please repeat Repeat that. When I pray, I see. Repeat that. When I pray, I see. Listen to me, learn to see when you pray. And a lot of us don't really know. Many of us see visions and we don't know it's vision. And I was like you before because you have not learned to probe. I've made— see, what happened to Samuel literally happened to me. I was in a dark room. Some of you have heard me say this story.

Back room.

This was in 2006. I heard a voice. I'm not saying inner witness, the way you are hearing my voice now. Call me a name only my close family members call me. It was so visible, I turned to the place where someone who was— I mean, where that voice should be coming from, and I responded. I called out my sister. I said, I know you're trying to tease me. And the voice called me again.

I called her up.

I said, I know you're trying to tease me. When I heard the voice the third time, I ran away.

F—

ran.

And I told my mom, because then I was still living with my mom, 2006. I said, ah, thank God, one voice was calling me in that dark room. My mom say, and honestly, I thought it was the devil, because in Nollywood You know, some of you, it's Nollywood that shaped your Christianity. In Nollywood, any voice that did not call you since morning and waited till night, it must be ekukuleku. And so years passed, I learned to hear God, you know, inner witness and all of that. I was I was on the floor praying, fasting, saying, Lord, I know you speak to me, but speak to me audibly. And he said, what of the time I called you 3 times and you were rebuking me?

Eh?

Honestly, if he didn't tell me, I would never have known. I would have known in heaven.

I said, that was you?

I didn't know.

I didn't know.

Some of you see visions and you don't know. Let me tell you something. Any thought that crosses your mind when you are praying, investigate it. I stumbled into what I'm telling you. You see, I was praying and all of a sudden I saw— interestingly, he's one of our pastors now— I saw the father of that guy. I had never seen him before in real life, but in what I saw, I knew that was his father. And he was about to— a door was open to him. He was happy and he was dancing into it, but when he got close to the door, the door was shot again. So I called him and I said, this is what I saw. He said, hold on, I'll call you back. Few minutes later, his mom called me. He said, man of God, what did you say? You know what happened? They had been praying for a promotion. This man had been working in a company for years, more than a decade, no promotion. They gave him a promotion letter, they had celebrated, shared testimony, and then the promotion letter was withdrawn. Exactly what I saw. But I won't lie to you, it just seemed casual. Seemed casual. Those days, this was 2007, thereabouts, '08, thereabouts. I was talking to someone, I saw 331 on his head.

What is this?

And so I was trying not to be distracted, but I was seeing it right there. And then I said, sorry, what is your CGPA? He said 3.31. That's when I knew my life is about to change. Can I prove?

Say, Professor Papa Resurrection! Listen to me.

But that's when I discovered what I see, I am sure 70% of Christians see, but they don't know. Start testing it, testing it. See, when you are praying, even if it's just an idea, something flashes, or you just have— or someone you have not thought about in a long time comes comes to your mind, call the person and see. You'll be amazed. You'll be amazed. And then when you celebrate it, you keep using it, you start growing in it, growing in it, growing in it. Let me tell you one of the biggest secrets of my life and ministry. I will pray, and as I continue to pray, I always, almost always have a pen and paper with me. You must also show God you are ready to Receive instructions, write it down and do it. Let me tell you something, if you are faithful but you are not prophetic, you will not see growth. You will not see growth. What I'm telling you, go and sit with God, hone that gift. You You'll be surprised. Some of you have no business here, eh? It is until you travel out that your life is going to take off. Some of you have no business traveling out at all. If you travel out, it will be the biggest mistake of your life. Oh yeah, say who too? I'm telling you, clarity is important. See, for me, it can change tomorrow, but there are at least 4 nations I can change my mind and go to tomorrow. If I can change my mind, I just go there. I'm here because I know my assignment is here. I have 2 passports. As I You are seeing me, but I'm here because I know my assignment is here. I have churches around the world. I don't have to go and start afresh. Are you listening to me? But if your mind is fixed on success, you miss God. To be sure you are following, what's number one? It's like I didn't really identify them, right? What is number 2? What is number 3? Influence and technology. What is number 4? Please rise to your feet, rise to your feet, rise to your feet. Are you a doer of the word? There are some sermons, the moment you hear them, it's registered in heaven. Now you are without excuse. You are without excuse. If it still doesn't work for you, then you will answer to God. Come on, are you listening to me? I said you will answer to God. Are you answer to God? Answer to God. You in a white shirt, are you Nigerian? Come, come on. Where are you from? Kenya. Okay. All right. I see a grace for wealth and influence on your life because the Lord is positioning you you for kingdom influence. Kingdom influence. And he has been talking to you about it. He has put it strong on your heart. And the Lord is telling me to tell you that what he has put in your hearts, he will put in your hands. And don't listen to the people who discourage you and say it's just a loud mouth, it's just a loud mouth. The Lord is he's saying to tell you. He's creating a path for you to be recognized, and you will walk the talk. And I rebuke frustration and discouragement. You are stepping into more by the anointing of the Spirit. Thank you, Father.

Glory to your name.

It's a new day for you. And so I pray for every one of you under the sound of my voice. Kai, Kai, Kai, the angels of the Lord, the angels of the Lord, my helper. Sing it prophetically, just few minutes.

My helper. My helper, my helper.

There is something that makes me come into your It means we came because we know you can change our story. I announce a rise of new voices by the anointing of the Holy Ghost in the nooks and crannies of the world. New voices, rise and shine, for your light has come. And that That city will begin to respond to you. That nation will begin to respond to you. Hey, I said you are receiving prophetic templates, things to do and places to go by the anointing of the Holy Ghost. It will show that you are met with God.

I feel a leading to join my faith with your set, man, to pray for all the branches of Light Nation around the world.

You are due for an expansion by the anointing of the Holy Ghost. Hey, you are stepping into a new season of the miraculous. You are going to teach with power and prophetic authority. You are going to teach with precision.

By the anointing of the Holy Ghost, receive your new mantle now.

I prophesy over the music team, new voices are rising. Hey, I said new voices are rising. Now let me say this the way I see it, voids are being filled. Filled up. Voids have been filled up.

Your voice will be heard.

Your voice will be heard, and nothing will cut short your story. In Jesus' mighty name we've prayed. Shout aloud, amen! God bless you.

Thank you.

Thank you, Lord. Hallelujah!

The young man that was being prayed for came from Kenya. We're just talking in my office this morning is currently training the wife of the vice president of another nation in public speaking. He is a voice and doing amazing things for the Lord, so it's obvious God brought him for an impartation. Listen, listen, I want to beg you. What I want to say now may put me in trouble, but I will say it. The way you will receive a man of God can affect the general impact on the house. Reduce the mic. I was invited to another country. I had to message the pastor few minutes to the message, to the time they come to pick me. I said, please help me calculate how much was spent for my flight, I want to return it. I said, I feel somebody brought me here to humiliate me. A lady there decided he will suffer. I preached but couldn't drop any anything. Never bring anybody you can't honor. We honor you.

Thank you.

Listen, in Egypt it was one guy, one guy who spoke and gave them 40 years extra. Who made you a ruler of us? One guy. Any ministry where people who interface with ministers of God have independent spirit to do as they like, they will cut off things from the entire house.

Thank you, sir.

Please, let's be seated in a moment before I bring up Minister Moses Akor. Then we bring up my spiritual father this morning. He was saying some— and while he was speaking, I just sensed strongly. So I, I think I sent this to, um, the media, Pastor Jumoke. So I think I sent it to her. Yeah. All right, so you can put it on the screen. We've decided to just release certain things on Spotify in this— because if you understand, so you now can get— you know, people have been asking, how can we get the full messages? Listen, it's because— how many of you notice what he's saying in respect to what we have been teaching?

Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

Listening to every voices is not spiritual hunger, is foolishness. You listen to voices relevant to where you are going. Listen, don't downplay influence. Be prayerful. And, and, and that thing frustrates frustrate people that you are praying so hard, but you are not also attentive to know what God is doing next and the posture it needs you to take. The Lord told me recently, he said, there's an aspect of this country I need you to march into. He said, so encourage them, but go there and train them. We were at the airport where we met one of the— God had given me the instruction— top guys in this country. And he said to me that God had told him to gather the Christians in politics. Said, so I want to invite you to come and inaugurate it. So, and you know, God told me, he said, I'm making your voice 'Heavy.' So how will you say you are making my voice heavier? But I felt, ah, even though I'm not on social media anymore, but I felt the views dropped. Or is it my voice is heavier? Now I understand that when your voice is everywhere and when it is being recognized by those that matter, they are two different things. So as he was telling me, we're bringing Christians in politics regardless of divide. Say, say no more, God already told me, let's do it. There are many things we will do that are prophetic but can attract criticism. Don't be afraid of intimidation. Let's celebrate God for his servant. Next year you are here already. Please, am I saying— ah, it's a no-brainer. So we have extended invite in advance.

Hallelujah!

Thank you. Let's give Jesus a big hand. While he was speaking, I just sent— there's a video we have played, but maybe for those who might be seeing for the— and for you to be reminded again. So I asked the media to put it up. It's about 3 this video, um, that will be going up while, um, yeah, after that I bring up Minister Moza. Put up the video and please listen. Pay, pay at— if, if one person can hear what is being said regardless of instrumental, you have no excuse.

Listen.

Nobody will listen for you. Is that okay? Listen to what Daddy Kenneth Copeland said in that video. Please put it up now.

Stop being afraid with me financially. Stop being afraid that I'm going to take away everything you have. Stop being afraid of the world financially. Stop being afraid of your reputation financially. Don't be afraid to do what I tell you to do. I've got your best interest at heart, not your worst. The reason I haven't been able to bless my people any more than I have, your worst your words are stout against me. If I tell you to do something, you argue and argue and argue and argue and talk yourself out of it. You say, I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't. I know what you can do and what you can't. I'm no fool, saith the Lord. I know what you can do and what you can't. When I tell you to do something, it's because I'm going to see that you learn to do it and I'll put you over in it. Many of you are thinking, "Well, I can't go do things like that." Yes, you can. I've given many of you ideas. I've given you things that look good. I've given you the first step to an invention and you let it pass away. And by now, "Well, I'm not mechanically minded." Well, you ought to be spiritually minded. I am the world's greatest mechanic. I developed all mechanics. I developed all metallurgy. I developed all of these things. I know where all the silver and gold is that men don't know anything about. I know where there's enough money that people have lost to put you over. If you'd have the nerve to believe me and listen to me and spend enough time in prayer that I could get over to you what I want you to go do. I have new ideas that the world has never seen and never known. And I've not done anything in secret. Any man that hath ears to hear. I'll show you ways that will astound the world. I've done it in the past and I'll do it in the future. I want to give you all that I have. Don't you remember in my word, saith the Lord, that I said when the Spirit of Truth is come, he'll take all that's mine and show it unto you. And all that the Father has is mine. And I say again, he'll take what is mine and he'll show it unto you. He's come with an assignment to show you and to teach you and to train you. And if you'll listen to the Spirit of God, I'll take those of you tonight that don't have hardly money enough to get home on. If you'll listen to me and spend time with me and spend quality time with me and listen and listen and listen and listen, you'll begin to know my voice. You'll begin to hear my voice. And many of you will have money enough in one year's time to build churches and to raise up great ministries and do it on your own.

Pocketbook.

I want my people to be rich. I want my people to be well off in this world. I do not want my people to be cut. I wanted to give one of my people the handheld computer industry. I wanted to give one of my people the microchip. I wanted to give it to some of my people.

I held it back.

I held it back.

I held it back.

I held it back.

I held it back until finally in the earth, I had to have that technology here in order to cover the earth with my gospel, which will fill the earth with my glory. And so I had to release it into the hands of those that I could get through to. And some were my people and some were not.

But most of those that were my people didn't know that it came from me.

Listen, and I tell you this by the Spirit, the body of Christ is coming into supernatural wealth. Listen, the attack against it is those who tells you that there's something wrong with prosperity. Once you begin to speak things like that, don't blame God for your outcome. Particularly ministers, in a bid to be relevant, many join the bandwagon gone to fight what God wants to do in their own lives. It is better to be a rebel in the will of God than to be accepted outside his will. Stay with the word. With so much joy and expectation in our heart, can we— we've received the word. This is a very prophetic atmosphere. I want to say it again in case you didn't hear. There is the garment of wealth on the body of Christ in this season. Pay attention. And the devil is trying to fight it by discrediting it, sometimes using wrong messages overstretched to fight the whole lump. But stay in the midst of God's word. Amen. Let's receive with so much honor Minister Moses Akong.

Femi Lazarus.

Lift your hands to the Lord God of heaven. That is not a suggestion, it is a command because God is worthy of the lifting of our hands. Lift it high above your head.

Come on, worship him, give him praise, give him praise.

Don't stop, don't stop.

Oh, the glory of your presence. Sing it out, say, we your temple.

Are you the temple of the the Lord God. Come on, give him—

give your reverence.

Sing it out.

So what?

That's right.

To your rest, give him glory and be blessed by our praise.

As we—

do I have people who know that God is resident in their very vessel?

In your embrace, don't look around, don't look at me, let your temple begin to give him glory.

As we— come on now, fill this place. Oh, lift your hands to him. And sing all the glory, say, all the glory. Oh yes, of your presence, say, of your presence. Oh, touch your temple, say, we are temple. Now give him reverence in this room. Say, give you that breath. Oh, we have sore eyes, sore eyes to you. To your rest, come on.

Femi Lazarus.

Yes, as we Now your praise, now your praise. As your presence fills this place. Oh, I exalt I exalt thee. Sing it out. I exalt thee. Oh, I exalt thee, oh Lord. The glory of the Lord God is rising from within you. I exalt you, I exalt you, I exalt you, I exalt you. Kings and priests, worship your God. Oh, one more time. Oh, I exalt thee, I exalt thee, Jesus. I exalt thee, I exalt thee, I exalt thee, hallelujah. I exalt thee, oh Lord. Lift your hands. Can you see the glory of the Lord? Oh, I am Jesus. I exalt thee, Lord. I, I exalt thee. I exalt you, I sing praise to your name. Oh Lord, come on, praise to For your— his grace and grace.

Come on, that's not believers. That's not how believers sing when they gather before the Lord.

Come on, sing.

I sing, I sing praise. Come on, that's not the voices of believers in this room.

Oh. Lord, praise to your name, oh Lord, for your name is great.

Now let the voices—

I sing praise to I see. Can you feel the breath of God? Oh, praise! Oh yes, yes, yes, for his name is great. I'm free.

Let it rise.

Come on, one more time.

I sing praise.

I sing praise.

Give him glory.

Give him glory. I saw the Lord. Lift your hands. Sitted on his throne, he was clothed in glory. Keep your eyes on him. Exalted high and the train of Now this is what they cry, they say and cry, you are holy, oh, so holy, you are holy. Lord of all. Can you see the Lord? Yes, they cried, you are holy.

Oh, so keep your eyes on him.

Holy, yeah. You are holy, Lord of all. I lift my voice and I will speak. I will sing I will sing to my God and Savior, my God and King. I will sing. Fix your eyes on the things above.

Oh, come on, say, I will lift my voice.

I will lift my voice.

I will sing.

I will sing holy to the one who was and is to come. Oh yes, to my Lord and Savior, my God and King, I will sing holy, holy, holy, holy. I will sing. Oh, one more time, lift your hands. Oh, I I will lift my voice! And now I— Will sing... Holy holy ho-ly hol-y-holy Ho-lie hollyholl-ieholleyhollee Oh oh ooh To My God through night on Savior; to MY GOD AND KING Raise the voice! I will sing. I will lift my voice. I will lift my voice. I will sing. Lift your eyes up to Jesus, what are you looking at? Holy, to my God and Savior, to my God and Savior. He's so beautiful. I will sing. Oh, I will sing. Now lift your And is the Lord. Come on! And I will sit before your throne forever, forever, forever. You are holy, holy, holy. Yahweh, Yahweh, Yahweh. Jesus, holy you are. Holy is the Lord God of Holy holy holy! Holy holy holy! Aye-ahh-ahh! Almighty God worthy is Lamb— Ahh! Worthy is Lamb. Amen, amen, amen, amen, amen, amen. Lift your eyes to the hills. Amen.

To the one who reigns forever and ever.

Amen. Amen. We magnify, glorify your name, oh God. Keep your eyes on Jesus. We magnify your name, we magnify your name. Oh God, we magnify Glorify your name. Glorify your name, oh God. We magnify your name, Lord. Glorify your name, oh God. We magnify your name.

Wow!

Glorify your name, oh God. Sing hallelujah to the Lord. Yeah!

Hallelujah!

Hallelujah! Lift your eyes to the hills— halleluiahh...

Under, under, under, under, under.

I see Jesus seated on the throne. I see Jesus, he is seated on the throne. Hallelujah! Lift your hands! Somebody is about to give birth! Keep your eyes on Jesus! Lift your eyes!

We bless your holy name, Jesus. We thank you. For all that you're doing in our generation. Blessed be your holy name. Thank you, Lord Jesus. In Jesus' mighty name we have prayed. Can we say thank you, Lord Jesus? Hallelujah. Thank you, Lord. We receive your word in our spirit. We lay our crowns at your feet. In Jesus' mighty name we worship. Hallelujah! Please be seated. We thank God for his anointing upon his servant. Let's celebrate Jesus in his life.

Amen.

Um, we're at a very crucial moment. Uh, two-phase to this announcement. But before I bring up my spiritual father Bishop, I'd like to specially recognize and acknowledge Pastor David Soladoye. Good to have you, sir. Thank you, sir. Amen. Um, I'm sure this is not the first time, and for some of you, this is the first first time you're receiving maybe under the administration of Bishop Life and Direct. I think one of the most searched things about me online is who is his spiritual father. Sometimes I wonder why they are searching because I've always been vocal about him and some are like, what's going on? When you hear him, you understand. When you hang around him, you you understand. Um, being with him is one of the best decisions God has given to me— God has made, sorry— in ministry and in life. He stood with me and with our family in the toughest times. I'm going to say something I've never said publicly before. Years back, I was sick and I had to be on oxygen. In the hospital, and people are praying, doing all sorts of things. And I heard him just saying a conversation that they should transfer his salary and to be part of the bills. I was there on oxygen, conscious, just had tears in my eyes. And I told God, there's nothing you have given to me that will be a prayer point for him. And I'm so excited. We are privileged to have him in our life. I've enjoyed the blessedness of his leadership, his fathering, and accountability to him. He doesn't bully you around or try to get you to— he understands my uniqueness. Yeah, my uniqueness can be Amen. But I really thank God for him, you know, the wisdom with which he leads us. And we are so excited, we are happy and honored to have my spiritual father Bishop in the house this morning. And I, I prepare— when I prepare for a meeting, I prepare differently for a session. You understand that?

Yes.

I prepared differently because I know that's my time to be drenched. And now the media has made graciously a video introduction. Please make it loud. Eh, I don't know why you hold back now. Is economy affecting? Amen. And after that video introduction, the next voice you will hear is the voice of my spiritual spiritual father, Bishop Bimbo Animashaun. God bless you.

Bimbo Animashaun is the founder and presiding bishop of Feeding Center Bread of Life Outreach and president of Bimbo Animashaun Teaching Ministries, BATEM. An author and prolific writer, his apostolic teaching ministry blesses thousands of lives across nations through the various operational organs of his ministry. He is the regular host of the popular radio broadcast Feeding the Nations, FTN, and his online teaching ministry reaches thousands of lives all over the world. Called with a specific mandate, feeding the nations with the bread of life and building the body of Christ through a Apostolic teachings, Bishop Bimbo's strength of emphasis is the integrity, infallibility, and finality of God's word. As an ordained bishop, he's a member of the highly esteemed and globally reputable Calvary Grace International College of Bishops, CGICBE, under the distinguished leadership of his prelate, His Eminence Bishop Dr. Francis Walewuke. On the 29th of July, 2025, at her 16th synod, Bishop Femi Lazarus was appointed as the Secretary of Calvary Grace International College of Bishops through a unanimous vote of confidence passed on him by the House of Bishops with the approval of the Prelate and of Offices he still holds till date: Convener of Bread of Life Convention , Global Leadership Conference , and New Generation Ministers Conference . His teaching ministry with cutting-edge apostolic anointing is with infallible proofs, and he provides mentoring to several young ministers across board. Bishop Bimbo Aniwasan is also the president of School of Ministry and Advanced School of Ministry , which are training platforms for the ministry's Bible school, feeding center, ministerial institute. Currently, Bishop Bimbo's ministry presence is strongly accentuated in several nations like Nigeria, United United States of America, United Kingdom, South Africa, Botswana, Canada, Germany, Ukraine, Russia, Kenya, Ghana, Zambia, United Arab Emirates, Cameroon, Benin, and others. He's been involved in the training and equipping of ministers for years, with emphasis on balance, excellence, and thoroughness. Well-seasoned ministers have been raised under his apostolic oversight over the years. Bishop Bimbo graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria, and is happily married to Pastor Adeola Adetoro Animashau, a wisdom-filled woman of God, and they are blessed with two children, Ishmael and Sharon. Ladies and gentlemen, ministering today at the International Ministers Conference 2025, let us receive with honor His Eminence Bishop Bimbo Ali-Mashauw.

Hallelujah!

Let's give the Lord a big hand one more time. Amen, amen, amen, amen. It's a privilege for me to stand before this great congregation again. I say like never before, for the first time, I almost got teary and emotional. Thank you for those kind words, Apostle. Please help me celebrate him. I am not an emotional person, you know, naturally. My temperament. But he said, while you were speaking, I was almost close to tears. And I want to say that there is nothing we have that we have not received. A man can have nothing or receive nothing except it is given him from heaven, from above. Uh, I always count it a great privilege to be part of the journey. And then it's not a ride, it's a privilege. And it's a part of what the Lord is doing in your life in the light nation, in the life of everyone. Please let me celebrate the Apostle and Pastor Mimi. Please celebrate them. Glory to God. I want to say this without mincing words, and I want to say it with gravity, unapologetically. Um, the Lord has used you to bring honor and dignity to my calling and to my ministry. And I say that responsibly. I say it intentionally. I say it with the whole of my heart. Nations will honor you. Jesus said, your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day. Generations will see your day. Nations will see your day. In the name In the name of Jesus, it is done. And please rise. See, there is absolutely nothing— and I want to say this emphatically— there is absolutely nothing that you both can do that will make me to love you more. I love you intentionally. I love your family. I love your heart. I love your audacity of faith and the consistency your focus, as it has been for many years. And I want to say that the Light Nation, you know, is an immaculate portrait of the apostolic church that God has in mind. God has used you to raise a congregation that is a reflection of God's eternal plans and purposes. And what you are doing is a radical departure from religion, from the status quo. God's approval is on it. I give you your flowers. I love you so much. Thank you, thank you, sir. Thank you, ma'am. Pastor Mimi, thank you, thank you for all the honor. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I appreciate you. I appreciate the Light Nation. Please celebrate yourself, celebrate yourself. I want to appreciate God's precious servants in the house. I followed a section yesterday, and I was privileged of God to follow, you know, to be part of this morning's section. Uh, what we just received was meat from heaven. Can someone say meat? The National Youth President of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria in the house, Apostle Emmanuel Iren. Thank you, sir.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you, sir. Now, these are voices that God has raised to galvanize generations into the mainstream of his plans and purposes. And then when I was hearing those words, I was hearing them in the spirit. Now if you don't have a spot in God's presence, you couldn't have access to those words. We are privileged to have you, sir. Please celebrate him, Minister Moses Ako. Thank you, thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. The unusual oil, the prophetic oil on your life is so deep. Now if you're a man of God's presence, you're a man or woman of God's presence, and when songs ooze out of God's presence, you know this is coming from God's presence. I celebrate you and your dear wife. Thank you, thank you. I celebrate all ministers. Pastor, thank you, sir. Thank you for standing by the apostle over the years. Pastor David Solado, thank you, sir, for coming. I celebrate all the ministers. I celebrate all of you, and I'm so, so glad and privileged to be part of this conference again this year. Let's have a word of prayer. Father, we thank you for the privilege you have given us again to fellowship around the world and by the Spirit. We open our hearts to receive light and illumination, to the end that your name be glorified and the body be edified. Thank you, Father. Blessed be the name of the Lord. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Please take your seat in God's wonderful presence. Now, uh, by the grace of God, at the tail end of my administration, um, I'm sensing very strongly in that we are going to switch to the prophetic. But I want to trust the Lord to teach and to present God's eternal plan in a systematic order, and we understand the burden in the heart of God for this meeting. Now even if we didn't hear anything again, everything we have had so far, we appreciate the Lord for it. Amen. I believe that the words that came, they came from the bosom of the Father, and then if God loves the people, he makes his word available available to them. And while in the place of prayer, the Spirit of the Lord led me to the book of Daniel chapter number 2. I'm gonna be, you know, starting from there. Daniel chapter number 2. I'm speaking on the theme of this conference, that is the prevailing church. Daniel chapter 2. Now it was a vision, it was a dream that Nebuchadnezzar, the Babylonian king, had. And so we're gonna look at the historical context, the biblical principles and the prophetic applications, and how a tapestry of historical antecedents would dovetail into the revelation of the prevailing church. I'll be very, very brief. And then I believe that, um, ingrained in this prophetic episode, as we see it in the Book of Daniel chapter number 2, are time-tested biblical principles people that can empower a generation to enter into God's plan and God's purpose. So let's look at Daniel chapter number 2. Daniel chapter number 2. And then it's a lengthy, you know, reading, but I will try to maintain brevity of thought. Many of us are Bible scholars, they were Bible students, and then we are ministers of the gospel. And remember that King Nebuchadnezzar one day had a dream, and he suddenly forgot, and he He mobilized all the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the magicians in the whole of Babylonian kingdom, and he tasked them. I want you to tell me this dream and the interpretation. And everyone said they could not interpret. And I say, the resultant, the repercussion of you not being able to tell me the dream and to interpret, that all of you will be cut into pieces. And so Daniel came forward and prayed to God and mobilized his colleagues, and the Bible says the secret was revealed to Daniel in the night vision. Daniel 2:19. And Daniel blessed the God of heaven. So I don't want to belabor us with the details of, you know, that particular dream, but I want us to look at something that is very important. And so let's read from verse 31, and then I'll be very, very brief. Now look at it. Now see, he said, thou, O king, sawest, behold, a great image. This image, great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee. And the form thereof was terrible. The image's head was of fine gold, and its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass, its legs of iron, its feet part of iron and part of clay. Now verse 34. And I saw till a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon the feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them into pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, and silver and the gold broken to pieces together. And because like the chaff of the summer threshing floors, the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them. Now the stone— I want us to read this together. 1, 2, 3, go! And the stone that smote the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth. Glory to God! And filled the whole earth. We're looking at the pre- prevailing church. Now look at it. Now verse 36. And this is the dream, and I will tell thee the interpretation thereof before the king. Thou, O king, art a king of kings, for the God of heaven has given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field, the fowls of heaven, has he given into thy hand, and has made thee ruler of them all. Thou art the head of gold. And after thee shall rise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over the whole earth. Now verse 40: And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron, forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things, and as iron breaketh all things, all these shall it break in pieces and bruise. Now, and whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, and part of potter's clay and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided, but there shall be in it of a strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou saw the iron mixed with the clay. And as the toes of the feet were part of the iron and part of the clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly broken. Now verse 43, and whereas thou saw the iron mixed with the miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men, but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. Now I want us to read verse 44. And verse 45 together. 1, 2, 3, go! In the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. Verse 45: Forasmuch as thou sawest that a stone was Cuts off the mountain without hands, and that it break in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold. The great God has made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter, and the dream is certain, and the interpretation is thereof sure. Glory to God! Now we are not focusing on the historical interpretation, the historical context. We realize that the head of gold was a Babylonian Kingdom, and then the chest was, you know, the Grecian Kingdom, the Medo-Persian Kingdom, then the thighs talk about the Grecian Kingdom, then the feet, the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Empire. And the scripture says a stone was cut without hands. Now look at it. Now it tells us that it's not something artificial. It was, you know, God orchestrated it. The stone was cut without hands and it smashed this image, and then it broke the image into pieces. But it doesn't end there. He said the stone now grew into a mountain, and the mountain filled the whole earth. That's the emphasis. Can someone say, filled the whole earth? Say it again. Say, filled the whole earth. Now I'm speaking today on the topic, the prevailing church. And according to Collins Dictionary, there are 4 definitions. I want to advance here. Number Number 1, if a proposal, principle, opinion prevails, it gains influence or is accepted, often after a struggle or argument. In other words, it means to win, succeed, triumph, overcome. Number 2, if a situation, attitude, or custom prevails in a particular place at a particular time, it is normal and most common in that place at that time. The synonyms are: it's widespread, spread, abound, predominate, and then be current. Then number 3, if one side in the battle, in the battle context, and this will prevail, it wins. Number 4, if you prevail over someone to do something, you succeed in persuading them to do it. Now I'm focusing on that part of the definition. That means to prevail means to be predominant, to be widespread. In other words, what God has in mind according to Romans— I mean, Numbers chapter 14 and verse 21, he said, as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord. So if you are talking about a prevailing church, we are talking about a situation whereby the influence of the church spreads across the whole world from center to circumference. And in the book of Daniel chapter 2, there is a principle I want to extract there. We realize that the only entity that has the capacity in order to spread to the nooks and crannies of the earth is the kingdom of God. Can someone say the kingdom of God? He said God shall raise a kingdom in the days of these kings and it shall crush the kingdoms. And then he said the stone— now developed and metamorphosed into a mountain. And it says the mountain prevailed over all the earth. Now that's very important. The scripture tells us in Psalm 125:1, it said, they, you know, that trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, they shall not be moved, but abide it forever. I want to show you something today. That's it, the prophetic application. Now, when the Lord Jesus came, you know, the scripture refers to to him as the precious cornerstone. The stone, Isaiah 28:16, I lay in Zion a precious cornerstone. He that believeth shall not be confounded. He that believeth shall not be confounded. So when you say the stone which came out of the mountain, I'm talking about not historical application, the prophetic application of this. And now that will cascade into the revelation of the prevailing church. The church cannot prevail if the church does not emphasize the kingdom. You see, what has capacity to be immovable is the kingdom of God. In Hebrews chapter 12 and verse 20, the scripture tells us that we're receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved. So let's have grace about— we serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. In Psalm 103:19, it said, the Lord has established his throne in the heavens and his kingdom ruleth over all. In other words, his kingdom prevails over every other kingdom. In Isaiah 9:7, now he said, of the increase of his government and peace, there shall be no end. Now you see, historically, there has been a dichotomy of views, you know, in terms of definition, you know, between the church and the kingdom. Some people don't know that the church is not a kingdom. The church is an institution. The kingdom is a system. It's an influence. So in other words, the assignment of the church is a propagation of the kingdom. So when the church propagates the kingdom, the kingdom is going to spread over all the earth. Glory to God. Now let's look at this. At the coast of Caesarea in Matthew chapter 16 and then verse 13, you know, way down to 18, Jesus asked his disciples, who do men say that I am? Some say you are John the Baptist, some say you are Elijah, some say you are, you know, some say you are one of the prophets. Who do you say that I am? He said, you are the Christ, the Son of the Living God. And he said, Simon, flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is is in heaven. And he said, upon this rock— can somebody say rock? Say it again, say rock. One more time, say rock. Upon this rock— Revelation— I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. So if you look at the configuration, the entire configuration of the church, there is something rocky about the church. That's very important. I see now, that's— see, if you, you run a local church or ministry and you don't emphasize the kingdom, it's a matter of time the impact of the ministry will fade with time. Because throughout the scriptures, from Genesis 1 to Revelation 22, what has capacity to prevail and that is sustained enable, even when time shall be no more, is a kingdom. When Jesus came, he taught the kingdom. Matthew chapter 4 and verse 19, verse 17, say repent because the kingdom of heaven is at hand. So when he came, he began to teach the kingdom. All his parables revolved around the kingdom. And then the scripture tells us in 1 Corinthians 15 and verse 24, said so then shall from the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to the Father. Because that is what he came to do. Now Matthew chapter 6, verse 9 and 10, Jesus taught the disciples. He said, pray after this manner: Our Father. Now who are the people praying in the church? What was the object of prayer?

The kingdom.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Thy kingdom come in earth. In other words, thy kingdom be established in earth, that the whole earth will feel the impact of the kingdom. Glory to God. Now I believe— I was sharing with Apostle when that video of Dr. Copeland was up there. Now that video was done, it was made in 1984, and I told him I said a lot of ministers are stereotyped and they have not been able to be divested of their personal idiosyncrasies and mentalities. So you hear some statements which at face value may look nice, but they are poisonous. May look as if they are fighting for the kingdom, but they are fighting against the kingdom. Because if it is about the Kingdom, then we are emphasizing influence. Can somebody say influence?

Say louder.

Say influence. The Kingdom of God is God's overruling and overriding influence over the territory called the earth. And from the cradle, God's heartbeat was that the earth will be a replica of heaven. That's why he said, thy kingdom come, thy will be on earth as it is in heaven. Then look at it, on the wilderness of temptation, the devil came, went to Jesus. I'll just quote the scripture because of time. Now it's in Luke 4, and then you read from verse 5 or 4. And he showed him all the kingdoms of this world and the glory of them. And he told Jesus, fall down and bow before me, I will give you all this. And Jesus, you know what he said? He said, get behind me, Satan, because I is written, thou shalt worship the Lord thy God wholly. Now Jesus did not cave in or succumb to that temptation. We now realize in Revelation 11:15 that the kingdoms— the angel blew the trumpet and he said, the kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever. Can somebody say amen? Can somebody say Amen. Now, I was sharing with us, you know, the scenario at the Colossae of Philippi. Jesus said in verse 18, upon this revelation I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. But many times when we read that portion or that part of scriptures, we leave out the next verse. We say, and I will give you what? The keys of the kingdom Kingdom. And whatsoever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven. So you see, in verse 18, you see the word church. Then in verse 19, you see the word the kingdom. Now I want to say this: the kingdom of God cannot be established on the earth without the presence of the church on the earth, because we are his people. It's just like an ambassador who has been deployed to a particular country. Now he has ambassadorial immunity, and all the resources that he would ever need will come from his own country. Now the error has been that when some preachers catch the revelation of the kingdom, they begin to downplay the church, and it is risky because it's in Acts 20:28, it says take heed of yourselves and of the flock, wherewith the Holy Ghost has made you overseers, and you feed the church which he has purchased with his own blood. So when people catch revelation of the kingdom, they say that it's not the church's religion. No, the church has been strategically positioned for the proliferation of the influence of the kingdom. So the kingdom and the Church are organically inseparable. We can't separate them. Now, some— let me quickly answer one question. Oh, we just have churches everywhere, proliferation of churches. That's not what God is doing. That is what God is doing, because the churches are meant to be habitats and convergence points of kingdom influence, so that the kingdoms of this world become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ. That's what we're talking I'm talking about. So if the church is not built on the revelation of Jesus, revelation of Christ, then you can— we can have an exception to that. But you see, authentic, solid New Testament church that, you know, expounds the frontiers of the kingdom is a critical part of God's eternal plan and purpose. And so get ready, more and new churches will still emerge our day. Very important. Glory to God. I said glory to God. All right, let me just speak to the body in my heart. I want to show you the prophetic, and I want you to look at this because the prophetic interpretation very important. He saw a stone, cut out with that. Now I want you to pay attention to the fact that the stone grew grew and became a mountain, and the mountain filled the whole earth. And everything started from the kingdom. He said the kingdom, the kingdom, the kingdom. So we know that the stone is Christ. Can somebody say amen? The stone was cut out of a mountain. Now the synonym for the mountain is rock. Can somebody say rock? Say louder, say rock. Now the scripture tells us very clearly in Psalm 18:2, the Lord is my rock, my salvation. The Lord is my song. Now, so the Lord is the rock. Then we say again, because this is very important, that is, the Lord is a rock. The stone came out of the rock, that is, Christ came out of God. Wave your hands.

Amen.

And not that alone. The Bible says if you are a child of God, you are a stone too. 1 Peter chapter 2, verse 5: As you are lively stones built into a spiritual house. Every believer is a stone. Every believer is a spiritual stone. John chapter 1 and verse 42. Jesus, the first time he met Simon, he said, you are Simon called the Reed, but I'm changing the trajectory. Now you shall be called a stone, a rock like the Rock of Gibraltar. And he prayed him to the frequency of that prophetic destiny. Peter, who was vegetating when a young maid accused him, said, you are one of them, now we now saw Eventually, in Acts 4:20, said, we cannot but speak of the things that we have seen and heard. Glory to God. Now, Stephen said, I am a stone. Say it again. I'm going somewhere. I'm a stone. I have left my notes. I just want to speak on the burden and pray and dismantle whatever rules my mindset that is filtering the landscape of the body of Christ. Now somebody tells you, that tells you, that say, why do we have to preach about, uh, uh, finance? Why do you want to preach about this and that? No, we are talking about kingdom influence. And if you are talking about kingdom, you see, the kingdom does not pray by negotiation but by penetration. It penetrates. You are the salt of the earth. You are the light light of the world. You are a city set on a hill that cannot be hid. Now look at it. One great man of God in the Old Testament was Zechariah, and he gave a prophetic analogy of your destiny as a believer. Now in Zechariah chapter 3 and verse 9, let's look at it. Zechariah 3:9, let's read this. 1, 2, 3, go! Femi Lazarus! That I have laid the stone that I've laid before Joshua. Now let's read. Upon one stone shall be how many eyes? Now I bring a prophetic word to this house. For everyone who is a part of this conference, after this conference you begin to operate like a stone with 7 eyes. In the name of Jesus. In the light of scriptures, Revelation 5:6, I saw the Lamb that had been slain having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God. Now, if that stone was cut out from the rock, you were cut out of Christ, because the Bible says in 1 Corinthians 10: 4, there followed them a rock, and that rock was Christ. While I was in my— while I was praying this morning, the Spirit of the Lord said this to me, and I was in line with what Apostle Immanuel Heron shared with us last night. The scripture says the stone that the builders the rejected has become the head of the corner, become the cornerstone. The stone, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Sanhedrin rejected him, the Pharisees, the religious institution, the intelligentsia of the day rejected him. He said, before your father Abraham was, I am. It's not grammatically correct, but it's Prophetically correct. It's not grammatically correct, but it's prophetically correct. It lives in the eternal now. Now the same Jesus they rejected now became the cornerstone of the church, and now it's filling the whole earth. Glory to God. Ephesians chapter 2, verse 20. Look at it. And I built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, and he said, Jesus Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone. So the church is built on that foundation, but that stone was rejected. There are people here, you are like the rejected stone, but in your generation and in your sphere of influence, you become the cornerstone. God will raise men in this conference who will be apostolic, like apostolic and prophetic foundations for the spheres of influence in this world, in the name of Jesus Christ. Say it to me, say, I function like a stone. Say it again, say, I function like a stone. The stone was cut without end and it smashed the golden image and crushed it into pieces. Now let me give you another scripture. 1 Samuel 17, the man, the boy, he David, the scripture says there were 5 stones, smooth stones, they were rubbing on each other, and he picked those stones out of the brook, and he just hurled one to Goliath's temple. Goliath came down. Now, you know, remember he had how many stones? 5. He released one. That tells you that God always has men in his reserve. Those 4 other stones were not used, but they were waiting for the time that they will be released. You see what I'm saying? And this is what the Spirit of the Lord said to me, that that's why it's important to maintain brevity of thought, and then we pray. I've left this note, and to speak to that body, go declare, tell them, if you are a believer, you are a stone. Stone, and that stone will fill the whole earth in the name of Jesus Christ. Now he just held one stone in Goliath's temple and Goliath came down. Now let me say this to you, Goliath was not just an individual, he represented a system. And so just one single stone, and this is what the Spirit of the Lord is showing me, after this conference God is throwing stones everywhere. There are some, we throw them into business, into media, into aviation, and throw them everywhere. And whatever does not represent kingdom culture will crash. They will establish the pattern of the kingdom and it's going to fill the whole earth in the name of Jesus Christ. This is the word of the Lord. Somebody say, I am a stone which I eyes. Say it again. Say, I'm a stone with eyes. What does that mean? I'm a man of unshakable faith and conviction. I don't walk by sentiment, I walk by conviction. And I have eyes that see in the spirit. I have revelation. I can see 1,000 years ahead of time. That's what he's talking about. Is instructive that God looked at the future of the human race, a decisive strategic event that will take place on the earth, and they showed it to an other king, Nebuchadnezzar. Now the Spirit of the Lord wiped off his memory of that event so that his name could be glorified through the full utilization of Daniel's prophetic anointing. And he interpreted it and he said, this is what you saw. Jesus was born in the days of the Roman Empire. And when he came, they didn't know that he came. They said, well, they did not receive him. They were rating him based on his chronology. They did not know his divine figuration. They didn't know that he came for the rising and the falling of many. He crushed the kingdom of darkness and he brought in the kingdom of light. That is the scripture. So as believers, we are not to emphasize religion. And let me begin to go to the heart of this. If you're a minister here, if you don't have a Kingdom dream, your eyes are dim. The Kingdom dream. For the sake— he said, I give you the keys of the Kingdom, meaning we have entered into the Kingdom. Colossians 1:13, he has delivered us from the authority of darkness and he has translated us into the Kingdom of his dear Son. So is about the kingdom. It's about the kingdom of God. And if it is the kingdom of God, it's God's influence. God's influence can be felt anywhere and everywhere. Jesus had people under him who were not pastors, they were disciples. Remember Joseph of Arimathea? You remember that? Who negotiated for the release of Jesus's body so they could be given a befitting burial. So there are people that God is throwing out, throwing them everywhere. Now glory to God. I said glory to God. I'm not going to spend too much time here. Now Genesis 49 and verse 24. I want you to be conscious of the fact that you are not chicken-hearted. By divine configuration, you are a stone. You are not to let anybody talk you out out of your calling, your destiny, your conviction, because that is who you are. Now look at it. He's bowed. Let's read 1, 2, 3, go. But he's bowed above his strength, and his arms of his hands were made strong by the mighty hand of the Almighty God of Jacob. From hence he's a shepherd, the stone of Israel. Can somebody say the stone of Israel? Say it again. Say the stone of Israel. One more time, say the stone of Israel. Deuteronomy chapter 32, verse 4. Deuteronomy 32 and verse 4. The scripture says he is the rock. He is the rock. So what God showed King Nebuchadnezzar, there was no way the interpretation could have come from any artificial or esoteric source, but the wisdom of the God of heaven. You saw a golden image from head to toe with different, you know, outshining of brilliance in terms of color. And then you saw a stone that was cut out without hands. It tells us that Jesus's birth did not come by, you know, human orchestration. That's why the Holy Ghost shall come upon you, Luke 1:35. The power of the highest shall overshadow you so that all glory I wish I was there. And then you saw it, and the stone went to the goddess and struck the leg, and everything crashed. If it had stopped there, the impact would have been contained and limited. But from there, that stone now grew into a mountain, and it says the mountain filled the whole earth. Glory to God. Somebody say, we fill the whole earth. Say it again. Say, we fill the whole earth. One more time. Say, we fill the whole earth. Abacuk chapter 2 and then verse 14. The whole earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of God, as waters cover the sea. Psalm 21 and verse 1— 24 verse 1. The earth is the Lord's was the fullness thereof, the world, and they that dwell therein. Revelation chapter 10, verse 9 to 11. Revelation chapter 10, verse 9 to 11. Now look at it. Let's read. 1, 2, 3, go. I went to the angel and said to me, give me the little book. And he said to me, take it and eat it up, and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in the mouth sweet as honey. The next verse: And I took the little book out of the angel's hand and ate it up, and it was in my mouth sweet as honey. And as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. Next verse, let's read. 1, 2, 3, go! And he said to me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, nations, kingdoms, and kings. It's a repetition. Of God's global picture. God says the prophetic will open the gates of nations unto you. So if you operate in the prophetic, the gates of nations will be open to you. And he said you present before many peoples. God has everyone in mind. I was listening to Apostle Muyiwa when he was sharing a lot. I've taught this over the years. Now people say you preach we preach Christ, yeah, we preach Christ. Glory to God. But never forget something, that Christ is both wisdom and power. Glory to God. There is a cognitive capability and expression of the seven Spirit of God. The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord. So there is a place of wisdom, there is a place of power, and we must understand that as a stone with 7 eyes will operate in these dimensions. Job 28 from verse 10, the Bible talks about the wisdom that cut waters out of the rock, the wisdom that overturns the mountain by the roots. Where does this wisdom come from? It comes from heaven. There are people seated here just like you are, as you are seated, God is quickening your heart with prophetic insight to penetrate different sectors of life. In the name of Jesus Christ. In the name of Jesus Christ. Nothing will stop you. I said nothing will stop you. I said nothing will stop you. In the name of Jesus Christ. Now because of time, like I said, I came to charge us up and to pray, to release the prophetic word. And we're gonna pray. The main burden in my heart is the stone, the mountain filled the whole earth. It prevailed. In other words, it became the cynosaur of all eyes. It became the epicenter of what the Lord was doing. That is it. That's— so that means if you are a stone, you have the capacity to cover the whole earth. There is no way you will do it if you don't operate like— there are people Today, see, there is a difference between stubbornness and conviction. Some people are physically stubborn, but they are not spiritually convinced. We talking about revelation. I see this, I see this. Now let me say this to you. There was a time in this nation, whereby to enter into the media realm, ministries going into media was seen as— was an anathema. It was a word that nobody wanted to relate with. You are backslidden completely. Men like Archbishop Benson Idahosa, they saw it, invaded that space. When God began to steer the heart of the church to go into education, they said we are backslidden, we are backslidden. God raised men. If you are a forerunner, you must be a man of conviction, rock solid faith. In other words, you must be dead to criticism. If you're a forerunner, this is what God showed me. There are churches who criticized you. I mean, ministries started universities. They started too. They saw it later. Glory to God. But there is somebody here, you are seeing it for now. You didn't get it. You didn't hear what I said. I said you are saying it first. I said you are saying it first. Why in the church do we have to teach people about work ethics? They could learn that in business seminars and what have you. Now Paul taught, he said anyone who will not work with his hands should not eat. Why should we teach about marriage? People should go marry counsel us. And then so people are just coming, you pray Christ, Christ, Christ. They refuse to know that there are different dimensions of Christ, different streams. When God opens your eyes to see it and it becomes, it becomes an emphasis and you stay with it, it will open the gate of nations to you. When Reverend A.W. Kenyon was was teaching new Christian realities, they said he was an heretic. When Daddy began to emphasize faith, they said he was an heretic. There are some of us here today that God has told us that great wealth— yeah, yeah, I'm aware of it. I'm aware of it. Okay, thank you. Glory to God. Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. We have a father in the land, this Bishop Bob Longe. It's coming back. Wow, coming in. All right, all right, I will. Please, let's take a seat. I know a lot of us want to catch our flights, and then we're going to pray. We're going to pray.

All right.

Let's rise as we honor God's choice servant, Bishop Bob Alunga, in the city of Abuja. Here, let's celebrate grace. Let's celebrate grace. Let's celebrate grace. Celebrate, celebrate, celebrate grace! You are welcome, sir. You're welcome, sir. All right, let's take our seats. It's Lordship. You're welcome. We welcome you, sir. I mean, these are voices that God has raised in this land. I remember many, many years ago, I was watching one of his videos and I was preaching with gusto. I said, strength is useless without the wisdom to guide it. Power is dangerous, you know, if it is not under control. I mean, let's celebrate grace one more time. All right, all right, let me just begin to draw the curtains and to emphasize that. Now, so if you're a forerunner, you must operate with conviction. There are multiple streams in the Holy Ghost. On the last day, the great day of the feast, John 7:38, out of your belly shall flow rivers of living water. Then Psalm 46, verse 4, he said, there is a river and the streams whereof. Now Jesus said, out of your belly shall flow rivers. If the rivers are uncountable and inside every river there are multiple streams, now think about how many streams are in your belly. You didn't get what I said. On the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus said, either believe believe it on me, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. Rivers of living water. Then in Psalm 46:4, he said, there is a river, and the streams thereof shall make glad the city of God. We are the city of God. We are the Zion of the Lord. So everything now, you know, is interwoven into each other. If you are a child of God, you're believer, you're a minister in this end time, you must not be deterred by people's personal sentiments or idiosyncrasies. You must understand that what God wants us to emphasize is the kingdom. Can somebody say the kingdom? And the kingdom is not apart from the church. The kingdom is, is an influence, is a system. The church is a vehicle to convey the kingdom to the, to the hands of the earth. That means, simply put, the assignment of the church is the propagation of the kingdom. When Jesus started his ministry, he started preaching about the kingdom. Matthew 4:17. And when he wanted to resurrect, Acts 1:3, the scripture says he was speaking to them of things pertaining to the kingdom. And as I close today, I want us to pray. I want to show us this again. Let's go Go back to Daniel as I begin to draw the curtains. Glory to God. Say, I am a stone with eyes. I have eyes that see. Zechariah 3:9, behold the stone I've set before Joshua. Upon one stone. One stone is not a definite article. If you say the word the stone, that's Christ. He's in a class by himself. But upon one stone. That talks about a micro— that talks about a part, something that comes out of the stone. And Zechariah said, and I will remove the iniquity of the land in one day. In one single day, the iniquity of the old world was removed when Jesus said, it is finished. One day, one day. Now may you come into the awareness of all the possibilities of God locked in your spirit, locked in your inside, in the name of Jesus. Don't be afraid. 5 smooth stones that David had in his shepherd's bag. The Bible says they were rubbing each other, you know, on the brook, meaning there were no rough edges. The rough edges had been cut out. Strange mentality, strange thinking, a thinking that is anti- kingdom, they have been dealt with. 5 smooth stones. And I look at Goliath. Goliath, what Daniel prophesied will happen today. And he picked one and he boom, entered into that system. It crashed it. Goliath is a system, a system that intimidated the younger generation. Goliath came to the battlefield within it and he was cursing David in the name of his It was not physical warfare, it was spiritual warfare. Breaking this kingdom influence is spiritual warfare. There are people who are established, they have established themselves as institutions to intimidate the voices that Apostle Irene talked about. Are you following me? But your voice shall be heard all over the world. Whatever assignment God has committed to your hand, we ask cross-cultural influence. We cut the borders of nations. We cut the borders of nations. We cut the borders of nations in the name of Jesus. Let me close. Please, let's sit. Let's sit. Let me close with this. If you know the history of the city of Ephesus, all kinds of immorality, idolatry, debauchery, and what have you. And when Paul stepped into that territory, he met 12 disciples of John the Baptist. He said, have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed? He said, we have not heard about any Holy Ghost, so—

and Eh?

So the move was happening. The fire was burning in your environment and you are not aware of it. Unto what were you baptized? Unto John's baptism. John preached a baptism of repentance, but you received the Holy Ghost. So he laid hands on them. They spoke in tongues and they prophesied. And then from there, the work started. And I don't want to belabor us with the details details of the scripture. Just read it in Acts chapter 19. Then from verse 9 and verse 10, Paul began to emphasize the gospel of the kingdom, began to teach it. Even some were attacking him, they were going— but he stood his ground, began to teach it, that if it is not driven by ambition, if it is kingdom-driven, it will penetrate to this sector. If what I'm preaching is not personal ambition. If it's connected to God's kingdom agenda, it's a question of time. It will upturn whatever anti-kingdom that exists and establish the kingdom of our God. 3 years, and then I began to teach. 2 years, and then 3 months, the school of Tyranos. And the scripture— Tyranos— the scripture says they brought in their martial heart and all of that, bend them. And then in verse— look at it, verse 19 and verse 20. Let's read. We're talking about the prevailing church.

Amen.

Let's read. One, two, three, go. Many of them also, with curious head, brought their books together and bent them before the man, and he counted the price of them and found it 50,000 pieces of silver. Let's read verse 22. Can I have one, two, three, go! So mightily grew the word and prevailed. That is a prevailing church. The church prevailing means the word prevailing. The word of God prevailed over the land. Let me show you one more scripture. But I want to take from David in 1 Samuel. 1 Samuel 17, and then we pray. Glory to God. Now say it again. Say, I am a stone with eyes. I operate by revelation. I do not operate by emotions. Say it again. I operate by revelation.

Oh my, my, my.

Kino si brek, kino. Verse 49. Isaiah 50. I'm excited in my heart. It took one stone to smash the golden image and to fill the whole earth. Christ. And the Bible says, look unto the rock where you are in. Isaiah 51:1. We came out of him. Jesus, the rock. We came out of him. Look unto Abraham. Your father and unto Sarah thy babe. I called him Elohim and blessed him and increased him. Now look at the scripture. So David picked— see, that's why I talk about prophetic applications. The scripture is prophetic. That's why he calls it the sure word of prophecy. And by light and revelation, the prophetic contents and the ingredients in the word can be uncovered by the Spirit and shown to you. Look at it, look at it. We are looking at prevail here. Now Let's read verse 49 and 50. Oh, I love this. 49 and 50. Let's read. 1, 2, 3, go! David put his hand in his bag and took thence a stone. How many stones did he have? How many did he have? All of them were smooth stones according to scripture. Picked one, and the other 4 stones were not jealous of the apostle that was brought. They were there waiting for their own season. Just picked one. And now some people, I believe the message the apostle brought is prophetic. The rise of new voices. There are people, they see people like Apostle Lazarus, Apostle Irene, and ministers that God— they are intimidated. They can't— their minds cannot fathom it. Yeah, when did you start ministry? I've been a minister for 80 years, 100 years. See, I am a stickler for the principle of honor. I honor everyone around me in all that. I honor fathers of faith. Praise the Lord. But one generation shall declare their works to another. That's what the scripture says. Look at it. One stone and slang it and smote the Philistine in his forehead, and the stone sunk into his forehead, and he fell upon his face to the earth. I heard the Lord say Babylon is falling in our generation. Babylon is falling. There are people here that God will throw you, you crush Babylonian systems, Babylonian empires. This is not kingdom. Talking about kingdom, look at the next verse, the first sentence. Let's Let's read. So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone. Please, let's rise because of our time. I just came to charge us. Praise God for it. Can you pray in the Holy Ghost, somebody? Pray in the Holy Ghost, somebody. Pray in the spirit. Pray in the Holy Ghost and begin to declare prophetically, I am that stone. I am that stone. We are lively stones of Zion built into a spiritual house, crushing kingdoms that go against the gospel of the kingdom. Makere pateke borake. I will not be afraid, Lord. I will go, Lord. Alegros, chambrados, que manojete, mancre mojote. I'm a stone with eyes. I have the 7 Spirit of God: the Spirit of Wisdom, the Spirit of Understanding, the Spirit of Counsel, the Spirit of Might, the Spirit of Knowledge, the Spirit of the Fear of the Lord. Pray, pray, pray, pray, pray. I operate in the capabilities of the Spirit. For they shall build the whole waste, they shall repair the wastetess, they shall raise the former desolations, the desolations of many generations. Oh God, as arrows are in the hands of a mighty man, so are the children of youth. Happy is a man that has his quiver full of them. They will not be ashamed, they will break the enemies. When the enemies are the gates, I'm made for the gates. I'm not made for the gutter. The gate is a place where the elders of the land gathered. They took decisions. We are kingdom policymakers. My eyes are open, Lord. I know where to penetrate. I know it. I I know it. Pray, pray, pray. The kingdoms of this world become the kingdoms of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Pray.

Thank you, Lord. Apostle, please come. Pastor Mimi, pray. Keep praying, keep praying, keep praying in the spirit. Pray in the spirit. Pray in the spirit. Pray in the spirit. Very briefly, can you go on your knees? Pray in the spirit. Pray in the spirit. Pray in the spirit. Pray concerning yourself and the mountain filled the whole earth, the kingdom one prevailed over all the earth. One stone struck the golden idol and grew to a mountain, and it grew to fill the whole earth, over the whole earth. Thank you, Lord. In Jesus' name, I speak to you by the spirit of grace. Today, God is bringing you into a new realm of the audacity of faith to communicate his eternal counsel that he has put in your heart. In the name of Jesus, I decree today you begin to function like a stone that covers the whole earth. The anointing for it It has come. Sir, God has put kingdom dreams into your heart. No voice will silence it in the name of Jesus. Makero makataia, paredubo. The trailblazing anointing, the grace of a forerunner, of an arrowhead to open the gates of the nations. And to bring others along. Let it rest on you today in the name of Jesus. I speak over you today in the strength of all the impartations of graces of the fathers over my life. Today you will enter into a new season. The Lord showed me a picture now, like David, he had his shepherd's bag. God has placed you as an apostle over this house. You have your bag with smooth stones. You are teaching them, you are nurturing them and chilling off the rough edges, and they're in the bag. And the Lord said I should tell you, he's putting stones in your hands and you begin to throw them to different sectors. They will crush anti- Kingdom institutions, and they will grow into a multitude of nations. Don't say it— the spirit of grace, like nation, you are growing into a multitude of nations in the name of Jesus. Makafote, kairos emakratea, po enklubes af engenage, prundi. Your hands strengthened. Makaratu David threw an elder stone and it never missed his target. No stone in your hand will miss its target. Listen, from May 4th You will shoot with unmistakable precision, accuracy, in the name of Jesus. And I command, let all those kingdom dreams come forth now, in the name of Jesus. Ona beli. Come forth now.

Now! Now!

Your hands are strengthened. It is well with you. Light Nation, lift your hands. Every one of you here, you operate like a stone with ice. Begin to see where you belong now. Enter into it now in the name of Jesus. Your dominion is established. Your influence is established across the nations of the earth, from center to circumference. God will build the future of his kingdom through this ministry, and all glory shall be his. Thank you, Father. Blessed be the name of the Lord. In Jesus' name we pray.

God bless you.

Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir.

Thank you, Lord Jesus.

Amen. Don't stop clapping. Put those hands together for Jesus.

Oh, praise God!

What a word we have received! What a prophetic atmosphere! Now, um, there will be no evening session. Do what's in your mind. If you feel like clapping, clap. If you feel like clapping, clap.

Amen.

And, and because of the back to back, so we congest everything. And you know, tomorrow, um, shortly we're going to be allowing our pastors go. But before then, I know God sent Bishop to us for a very significant purpose. Um, I knew that the Lord wanted me to meet him, but the things of the spirit must have his own course. And this morning, significantly, at a time like this, God brought him to us. We'll be very delighted, sir, to have you. Whatever God has laid in your heart, with so much honor, joy and gladness. Let's receive his father in the faith, Bishop Bob Alonke. We can still— oh, but we can receive it from here too. However, okay, all right, sir. Let's keep clapping, please.

Yes.

My, my— oh, it's here already. It's here. It's here. I have one.

Hallelujah! Hallelujah! God definitely works in amazing ways. Amazing ways. Please be seated, everybody, and thank you so, so much for the honor. I honestly thought I was coming here as a stranger and absolutely unknown, to be honest. And I, I was praying, what to do with the protocol. How do I introduce myself? I have a couple of gentlemen here that I've been looking forward to meeting and I've been praying for. I want to explain why I'm here, and in summary, it's you, all right? But I'll tell you why, and I think this is also going to bless quite a lot of us here. And you're going to do this with me. Luke chapter 5, verse 1. And it came to pass, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret and saw two ships. I want you to notice he didn't say there were two ships. He says he saw, he saw. So he recognized, he acknowledged, he knew that the ships were there.

There.

He saw two ships standing by the lake. I want you to know that there was no description given concerning any of the ships. We don't know if one was older, one was newer. We don't know if one was bigger and one was smaller. We didn't know if one was Siloam Phoenician and the other one was, you know, local. We have absolutely no description. When God decides not to include the description, that in itself is a pointer to tell you that he saw two ships. And as far as God was concerned, and I hope as far as you are concerned, God does not see the difference between the two ships. Are you hearing me? I'll get there. And he saw two ships standing by the lake, but the fishermen were gone out of them and were washing their nets. It means they had done everything there in their own effort, it didn't work, so they've quit, they've shut down. They are now washing their nets. So it's, it's not— they're not trying again, we are, we are done in both ships. And he entered into one of them, which was Simon's, and he prayed him that he they would thrust a little from the land. And he sat down— they sat down and taught the people from out of the ship. Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, launch out into the deep and let down your net for a draught. And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all night and taken nothing. Nonetheless, at your word I will let down the net. And when they had this done, they enclosed a great multitude of fish that their nets broke, and they beckoned to their partners. That's the word right there. Beckoned to their partners which were in the other ship. I've come today as the other sheep. They beckoned to their partners which were in the other ship that they should come and help them. And when they came, they filled both ships so that they began to sink. And when Simon saw it, he fell on his knees and said, depart from me, for I am a sinful man. Now let me summarize. What will you do when God chooses someone else? What will you do when God has you there? He saw two ships and he entered one. He actually can only enter one. You can't be in two boats at the same time. You have to be in one. But he saw two ships. So it's not that God didn't see you when where you were. It's not that God didn't recognize that you are there. Number two, it's not that you are somewhat inferior to the ship he entered. He just entered. You see, the problem in the body of Christ is we are too quick to give God our CV, like God is an employer looking for talent. He is not an employer looking for talent. Everything you are, everything you have, he put it there. He engineered it by predestination and also engineered your pathway to developing every innate gift and capacity that is in you. So none of it impresses God. You are not smarter, You are not wiser. The anointing you carry is not your own. He gave it to you. Is there somebody here what I'm saying? So when he sees two sheeps, as far as God is concerned, honest to God, we are all the same. That has helped me in ministry, not to overrate myself, not to have strange expectations of people to be humble no matter how, where, and when God is using you. Because I am just another boat. Can you say that to your neighbor? I'm just another boat. Really, I am. What will you do when God chooses someone else? When God decides to decides to bless someone else, when God decides to lift someone else, especially in ministry. But it also applies in business, it also applies in marriage. A wife is not less intelligent than her husband, a wife is not less wise than her husband, a wife is not— does not have less capacity, but the husband is chosen, period, to lead the union. So So what will you do when you think you can speak better than your husband? What will you do when you think you are more intelligent than your husband? What will you do when you think you are more academically qualified than your husband? What will you do when you think your bank account or your job is more, you know, forthcoming than your husband's? What will you do when God chooses to enter the other boat, huh? I preach this somewhere, someone say, ah no, me, I'm the first boat in Jesus' name. But you will lose the whole point of the message. So preach with me, all of you. The Bible says the rejected boat, which wasn't rejected, but that's not the one Jesus entered. What did he do? Now remember, he said, launch out into the deep. I've been at that Sea of Galilee. I know, like the Atlantic Ocean in West Africa, it slopes very gradually. So to get to the deeper water, you have to go far. Is there somebody here what I'm saying? The Bible says when he turned around around after speaking to the people, they caught a huge amount of fish that the boats began to sink. He says they beckoned to their partners in the other boat. How close would the other boat have had to be to receive a beckon? Now hear me, hear me. Do you understand the implication? Is that even though God didn't choose that boat, it followed. He didn't stay at the shores pointing fingers and saying, all these people that just come just suddenly, suddenly. Is there somebody hearing what I'm saying? Their churches, their carnal self, they are not due. But he could recognize that God is in that boat, and that is what matters. So he follows. Now I want you to watch this very carefully. He doesn't interfere.

Fair.

He just follows. He's not too far, he's not too close, but he's close enough to be watching. He's close enough to be seen, and he's close enough with the right attitude. Because when the beckoning comes from the chosen vessel, from the chosen boat, the disposition to help and assist is there. I want to ask you a question. This is where you preach with me. What would have happened to the chosen vessel if the other boat had not followed? I I need someone to try. Apostle Irene, it will sink the harvest. It is weighty in my mouth. When God saw two boats and chose one, when when he ordained a harvest, he didn't ordain the harvest for one boat. I don't know if somebody is hearing what I'm saying, because we enter into ministry, we just think it's about us. It has nothing to do with us.

He said it, it is for the kingdom.

It's not about us. And whether God chooses Femi Lazarus, whether God chooses chooses be.

It's all for us.

Somebody say, all for us. Let me ask you another question. What would have happened to the other boat, the one that wasn't chosen? Huh? Apostle Hero, don't answer it. Hallelujah. What would have happened to it if it hadn't followed? Anybody? Sorry, let me tell you what would have happened to it. It would have gone home empty, defeated, frustrated, and criticized more. The chosen vessel without without recognizing that he is criticizing his own harvest and his own abundance and his own predestination. If we could walk together in the kingdom— is there somebody here what I'm talking about? I pray God will give us eyes to see. The terminology that was used in that scripture is that when they harvested the fish, it says that, that it began to sink. It didn't sink, it began to sink. Then he called the other boat. Do you know what that means? It means if they have added one, just one extra fish, it would have sunk. What's the implication? It means the harvest was made to measure. The harvest was made to measure, and it was not made to the measurement of one boat but to the measurement of both boats. Now let me ask you the most difficult question: which of the two boats, the chosen or the other, carried the bigger harvest? Somebody say You said none. That's not the answer. Second boat. Okay, any other attempt? You said second boat. Okay, Apostle, you can try. Can I, can I tell you what I think? We don't know. Whichever one carried a bigger harvest was not a a factor of whether it was the chosen boat or it was not the chosen boat. It was a factor of the capacity. But do you know the point? Do you know the point? And I'm saying this to bless you. It doesn't matter who God has chosen, but as a minister of the gospel. I pray that God will give you discernment, discernment to see the oil on the head of another, discernment to see the overflow of God's interaction with his own chosen. I pray that God will give you a supportive heart. I pray that God will give you the heart of partnership, and that's what I'm here I've been scoping you for a while, following and looking at God. And the truth is, I look at you, I see myself a couple of years ago. Some even say we look alike, but it's not physical features, it's the heart, it's the simplicity. Efizi is like cosmetics, it's like makeup, huh? Makeup, it can be dangerous and can be deceitful because you don't know what you are marrying, you don't know what you are chasing. When water and soap lands, what you have left, that's what Jesus gave you. So life, like ministry, is not about the lights, the cars, the cars, the buildings. It's not even about the excellence of music. The greatest revivals I've ever known in my life, we had no slamming basses, we had no amazing drums. I'm passionate about sound and lights, forget it, but I'm discerning enough to know that that's not where it lies. All of that is cosmetics. The real deal, and in the life of Apostle I see the real deal in the life of this amazing vessel of God. When I got to hear that you are coming to Abuja, my heart lifted with joy. My heart lifted with joy. Believe me, I've had people who have come to Abuja and I invite them to my church to minister, and then I announce, anybody here who feels impressed of God to join his church, I want to encourage you to do so because they need you now more than ever before. I wish I'd had that opportunity before you blew, not so that I will to boast, but so that I will say that I was a partner to this. I'm privileged to have been a partner to a number of ministries in that manner in Abuja. I'm in Coventry at the moment. I only come in and out of Nigeria very briefly, and they pack my schedule tight. I came in in a wheelchair. That should give you an indication of how tired I am. But I said I want to come here and I want to bless you.

You have—

you have gone beyond the need for endorsement. So it's not that I have come to endorse you. You don't need my endorsement. It's to tell you that I'm there. I'm in the shadows. I'm around. I'm in the other boat. And should you ever beckon for whatever reason, I want you to know that we have your back. We have your back. I would also like to say same for Apostle Iren. I appreciate the grace of God on your life. Sometimes when I see people, and this is actually both of you fit into this, when I first met Pastor Kwaju Oyemade He was a student in University of Lagos, and I came to preach in Lagos then. So he asked the president of the fellowship I came to preach for— I wasn't in school at that time, I had finished— that he wanted to see me. So I saw him, he asked if I could come and preach in his fellowship on campus then, and I did. When he did— when he started his campus in Yaba, I was one of the first people that came to preach there, and when he was going to introduce me, what he shared was a sermon. I was shaking on my seat, and I was saying to myself— now, that time nobody knew him, do you understand what I'm saying? As in zero. But I could see that grace, and it put a fear in me. It's like, God, please don't let him go wrong. Please, God, I beg you. I prayed for him more than I prayed for myself. Another person I prayed for like that is Bishop T.D. Jakes. When I first met him, when we first sat together, I prayed for Pastor Paul. And I thank God, God answered my prayer. I said, God, when someone is as gifted as this When somebody is as gifted as this, the effect on the body of Christ if anything goes wrong will be massive. I said, God, don't let him go wrong. It's a similar prayer I've been praying for you. It's a similar prayer, but I have I have a wonderful, sweet confidence of your sincerity and of your simplicity. The Bible says let us not be moved from the simplicity beyond everything and everywhere. That simplicity is what defines you, it's what beautifies you, is what makes you glow and grow. I pray for all of you ministers who are here and pastors of other churches. The first question I asked, what would have happened to the chosen vessel if the other vessel didn't come? It will sink. Many people are sinking. Many people are going down because the people who ought to support them are attacking them. The people who ought to support them are criticizing them. The people who ought to support them are jealous of them. I pray God will help you to discern and to see and to know when God is moving, and that you will have the wisdom of the other boat. Amen. Mrs. Lazarus, I'm sorry that I didn't recognize you. I know you forgive me, but I'm so excited to have met you. And I want to thank all the ministers who waited. I know he said some people are heading for the airport. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. Precious Father, in the name of Jesus, I want to thank you for giving me this opportunity to meet with your servants. I want to thank you that you have given me the joy and the privilege and the opportunity to share the sincerity of my heart with them. I thank you for every minister that is here gathered, and I pray that a new spirit of cooperation and grace and love and partnership will come forth in the body of Christ, especially in our Abuja, that we will model it to the nation. I thank you, precious Father, for doing this. For in Jesus' mighty name we pray, amen.

Oh, thank you, Lord Jesus. Can we lift our hands and thank God for what he's doing?

Thank you, Lord Jesus.

Oh, we are grateful, Lord, for that word, for this prophetic moment. Thank you for sending your prophet as a sign. We're grateful. Thank you, Lord Jesus. In Jesus' name we pray. Want to really appreciate you, sir. We are so, so grateful. Amazingly, I've learned so much from you from a distance. I want to thank you, sir, for the sacrifice to be here and for the blessedness you brought to us. What you've said this morning is mind-blowing. I have to cut this out and hear it again and again myself.

Amen.

How many of you agree with that? We honor you, sir, and, um, you have a family with us always, in us always. We are so, so grateful. Thank you, sir. Hallelujah! Please, um, can we allow them, um, go now to the office so that we—

thank you, sir.

Oh, thank you, Lord. Please, let's allow the pastors go. So, Bishop, yes, sir. Um, Jay, go lead them to the office. Please don't stop clapping.

Thank you, Lord Jesus.

Amen. Have we really been blessed this morning? What a great time we've had in God's presence. And that right there was a prophetic moment. Sometimes we receive words at different levels, but sometimes if you are behind the scene, then you understand what that means. So we receive God's word and the encouragement with gladness in Jesus' name. All right, quickly, like I announced to announce there will be no evening service. I know you are happy. See, see, show it. Okay. I mean, it's been back to back, and really we try avoiding packing a meeting this much back to back for many reasons, but this These are to be done. And don't forget that this evening we ought to be having, um, Reverend Dr. Umah Okpai, but we'll announce the date that we're going to do what we have to do later in the year. Is that okay? And I want to also use this medium to say that, um, those in Canada, the Holy Ghost Experience Toronto, Canada. Don't forget it, 29th of September. Am I correct?

29th.

And the team there have been working back to back for that to happen. The Lord bless you in the name of Jesus. Lift your hands and let's just thank God. Thank you, Lord Jesus. In Jesus' name we pray. Before we invite our pastor to wrap up this session, I'd like to request— I'd like to have two meetings in batches. Uh, our heads of ministries, I'd like to have meetings with those of you who are with me and those who came to visit us from other ministries. So I will see those who who came from other ministries first, then I'll see the rest of you later. That's after them. There's a very big chance I will delay some of you from traveling today, so just put that at the back of your mind. God bless you. Please, let's receive our resident pastor, Light Nation Lekki, Father Abraham.

Let's celebrate Jesus. Make it big, big, big, big, big, big, big. Shall we lift up our voice and give God thanks for what a meeting, what a meeting, what a meeting. Just say, Father, thank you for all we have received. Father, we thank you from day one to this third day. Father, we thank you. Thank you, Jesus. And please, let's begin to pray for our spiritual father, Apostle himself. Let's pray for Apostle. Let's pray for Apostle Irene, our spiritual grandfather Bishop Bimba Nimasha. Let's pray for everyone God has used in this meeting to be a blessing to us. Father, we pray that you strengthen them. More of your wisdom in the name of Jesus. More of your wisdom in the name of Jesus. Thank you, blessed Father. In Jesus' name we pray.

Amen.

Amen. Please let's be seated briefly. Let's do well to package our offering and our seeds. Such a meeting, we have been tremendously blessed, and it will be of great wisdom for us to give in such a meeting. So please let's package our seeds and package our offering. Those who are making a transfer should please— their account details is projected on the screen. You can please do well to make a transfer. Father, we thank you for every of our seeds are blessed in the name of Jesus. And as we use it to advance the kingdom of God, our lives will advance in the name of Jesus. So Streams of Life will give us a sound as we give our seeds. And thank you, Lord, for every seed that is given is blessed in the name of Jesus. Please let's not forget, tonight there will not be evening section, but IMC continues tomorrow by 8:30 AM here. Come early and come with somebody. Don't forget, there will still be buses at different locations. Of our pickup. Tomorrow we'll be having the book launch of Apostle's book. I thought you'll be excited. I love when Abuja people say it. Apostle, Apostle, do what? So tomorrow, please do well to come, well to do the book launch. We're having Apostle's book tomorrow and the book launch will be amazing. So come tomorrow prepared, come with your friends for an amazing time in God's presence. Please let's be all standing as we'll bless ourselves. And surely God's goodness and mercy shall follow us all the days of our lives, for we are the house of the Lord forever and ever. Amen. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the sweet fellowship of the Holy Spirit rest and abide with us now forevermore.

Amen.

Do have a great day and see you tomorrow by 8:30 AM.

Hello, Light of the World family! It is good to be back here again. You're welcome back again. How has it been? I mean, this morning session has been so explosive, it has been so amazing. You know, Apostle Emmanuel Iren, he ministered, and also Bishop Bimbo Ani-Masha'u also ministered, and it has been amazing. I know that we all learned a lot and so far so good. International Ministers Conference has been amazing. Day 1, amazing, nothing short of excellent. Day 2, amazing also. Today— tomorrow— today is day 3 and it's also amazing. And as Apostle announced earlier on, there is not going to be any evening session. We are meeting tomorrow, day 3, for the grand finale in the morning, and you are not going to miss out on it. I want to hear from you in the session. How has International Ministers Conference been for you? For me, I have learned a lot, a lot of things I have learned. In fact, today when Bishop Animashaun was sharing about the kingdom of God, it is so powerful for me. That has been something that I've been learning in this season. Funny enough, it's something I've been trying to understand and I've never really had that kind of explanation, the kingdom of God being explained in that manner. And also synced with what Apostle has been taking us through in Light Nation, we can tell that it is a new season. We can tell that God is doing something. There is a particular emphasis from day 1, day 2, to day 3, the same kind of emphasis. And I just want to encourage us, we should not just hear the word of God, we should always move from the point of hearing it to actually doing it so that this word will produce in your life. And you will not just hear it and stop at the point of hearing. You— I know that you're already taking note of your actions plans like we said in the morning. Put up your action plan, what you want to do. And I know that you have the to-do list. And please don't let this fire that is in you, that you are feeling charged up. Don't let it go down, all right? Let the fire continue to burn. Continue to add things, and that will make it continue to burn. Like in the book of Leviticus, they talk about the fire shall continue to burn on the altar. You add various things, everything that will make this fire to be sustained. Make sure you do. And tomorrow, tomorrow in the morning, who is excited? We are meeting for the grand finale. I actually wish International Minister Conference will just continue like this. It should not end. I was feeling bad when I woke up this I was like, wow, International Minister Conference is coming to an end. But that's how we have it. Tomorrow morning, Apostle also announced that Bishop Animashaun is also going to be with us, and we are going to be fed with the word again. So I can't wait to see you all tomorrow.