OPERATING THE GIFT OF THE HOLYSPIRIT IN THE MARKET PLACE AND MINISTRY

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Femi Lazarus. Operating the gifts of the Holy Spirit in the marketplace and ministry. Are you ready? Amen. Say it again: my heart is enlarged to receive. Say it again: my heart is enlarged to receive. I do not get tired of God's word. I have eyes that sees, ears that hears, and a heart that understands. In Jesus' name. Amen. Now pay attention to this: operating the gift of the Holy Spirit in the marketplace and ministry. Let's look at Genesis chapter number 1, verse 1 and 2. Let's start with that. Genesis 1, verse 1 and 2. I'm going to read from here. In the beginning— if you're there, say amen. All right. In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth, even though the original context is the heavens and the earth. And verse 2 says, and the earth was without form and what? Void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. Very interesting, right? So the earth was without form and void. The word the Lord used there is the word 'in the beginning God created,' not 'is creating.' Created means he finished heaven and earth. And then we go to verse 2, and out of two things he made, one was empty and shapeless, but the other was still standing. It means we have information that we're missing, but we can find as we read the entire scriptures. And the Bible said that happened even in the presence of the Holy Ghost, because even though there was darkness and there was emptiness, the Holy Ghost was still there. So I'm saying that it is not more of the Holy Ghost that we need. More of the Holy Ghost that we need. It, it can be around and the biggest chaos can still happen. I say operating the gift of the Holy Spirit in marketplace and ministry, the Holy Ghost is a constant What is missing is the operator. All right, so the earth was without form and what? Void. And then the Holy Ghost was moving on the face of the deep. He was there in the places where the worst atrocities are taking place. The Holy Ghost is there. Is there. Where they are killing people on daily basis, the Holy Ghost is there. Where people are taking drugs that will destroy their liver, destroy their vital organs, the Holy Ghost is there. Where they are trafficking young girls for money, the Holy Ghost is there. And it can be around and worse things are still happening. But what did God say in verse 3? And God said, let there be light, and there was light. Um, a CRK student believes that that light is the sun, but the sun was made much later. Whatever that light was, one thing we know as we study the Bible is that it is not atmospheric, because the Bible also mentioned that the earth was dark form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. So whatever that light is, it will be a vital force created to counter the darkness that is also not atmospheric. And we didn't seem to get answer about the issue of that light until Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter number 5, verse 14. Matthew chapter number 5, verse 14. He said— can we read together? 1, 2, 3, go! You are the light of the world, a city that is set upon the hill. So if you look at Jesus and say you are the light of the world, he looked at you and said you are that light. So when he said let there be light, you saying let there be man. I'm going to explain that. There are different words used to illustrate the Holy Spirit in the Bible. One is the Spirit of God, the other one is the Spirit of the Lord. It's not grammar, there are different expressions. For instance, in Genesis chapter number 3, The Holy Spirit was there moving upon the face of the deep, but something else happened in Ezekiel 37. Let's start from verse 1. Ezekiel 37. Let me read from my Bible. Ezekiel 37. Look at this from verse 1. The hand of the Lord was upon me and carried me out in the spirit of who? The Lord. And set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones. I mean, you want to see reference to the spirit of the Lord, you look at Luke chapter number 4, verse 18. Look at Luke chapter number 4, verse 18. I'm going to show you reference to the operations of the spirit of the Lord. Luke 4 18. If you're there, say amen. And that was Jesus also speaking in Luke 4:18, and he was quoting Isaiah. He said, the spirit of who? The Lord. The spirit of God can be in places and there'll be chaos, but the spirit of the Lord cannot be there and there'll be chaos, because the dimension of the spirit of the Lord is only used when he has lorded over a man. In Ezekiel 37, we saw a valley full of bones. They were soldiers. They died. The Spirit of God was there. Their body decomposed, decayed. The Spirit of God was there. The bones were scattered in an open place. The Spirit of God was there. The moment the Spirit of the Lord was introduced, because a man came in the scene, there was restoration. So I'm saying that anywhere you see chaos, don't ask where is God. Ask, where is the man? Because when we have partnership between God and man, then you have result. Sometimes people ask questions and the questions lead them into atheism and start asking, and where is God when he ought to? Where is God when this happen? If God is on the throne, where is this and all that and all that and all that? You have chaos too going on in your families. Where are you? Never about God. Have you not read? He rested. That rest is not from tiredness. Rest is what you have when a system is in charge. The system of maintenance of the universe is man. The moment God made man, he rested. Some of you are people taking rest from God because you just won't do what you should do. A man was born blind. The disciples of Jesus said, who sinned, this guy or the Father? Jesus said, nobody. It is so that the glory of God will be manifested, meaning that this guy will remain blind until someone who represents God opens the eyes. Someone is still sick because you have failed to walk in the healing anointing. Someone is still poor because you have refused to be blessed. The hangover of the realms you have refused to function in is, is being told in people's lives. You think if you fail and compromise is about you, you are connected to more destinies than you can imagine. So your failure means that someone else will not rise, will not do what he should do, will not get to where he should get to. And the moment God got Ezekiel in Ezekiel 37 and they began to partner together, can these bones live? He said, God, you are the one who knows. Ah, solid. He put his word on his lips, said to the dry bones, let life enter.

Wow.

And I said, I heard a noise and a shaking, and bones were coming together to bones. Why did God not say it himself? Because he's handed over the earth to the sons of men. Hallelujah. It's your jurisdiction. If things are going bad, that's your office. Something happened one time. I was praying in my house in the morning, and the Lord said to me, stand up now, go to so-and-so person's house. She's my spiritual daughter. She runs an orphanage home. So I went to her house, and I kept knocking the door. Good morning, good morning. And no one was answering me. All the kids have gone to school. And I knew God said to go there, so I kept on knocking till she came out. And when she came out, the first thing she did was that she fell down and held my leg and was weeping. I said, what happened? She said when she woke up that morning, a voice told her Prepare their heart because today you are going to die. And she kept on telling each and every one of them, you know, sometimes we say we live long, we don't live long. Some— let me tell you this, even death can't take you till you partner with it. Let me tell you something, there's no such thing as people you respect have died so you don't know whether you have faith. You cannot anchor your faith on people whose private life you don't know. You cannot. The goal of sickness is to bend people emotionally so they can succumb to the dictates of death. They don't die till they call it. Going to pray for people who have cancer. One of the breakthroughs God has given to us in our ministry is cancer. Almost 9 over 10 And there are few cases I've gone there and looked at people and I told the family members, will I be honest with you, get the word of God around this person. That's all I can say. The spirit of a man should bear his infirmity. And how does that happen? We build that spirit with the word. For some, sickness met them with emptiness. This will come to— and she was telling them, you know, sometimes we say we live long, we die sometimes easy. He prepared their heart, and that's when he told her, now go lay down your bed so I can take you. Talk about oppression, manipulations. And she went on the bed and laid down and covered her own face with her duvet. And she saw a spirit wrestling with her. Then she was still a growing Christian, just got born again not too long, and all she could say is that, I'll call my spiritual father, I'll call, I'll call. And the spirit told her, even if you call him now, before he gets here, you'll be dead. That was when she heard my voice at the door, open the door now, open the door now, open the door now. And the spirit said, who called him? A time will come, the word of prophecy, that a man will become a hiding place. The idea of man is not survival, it's dominion. Survival is the instinct we developed when we fell. You look at it, look for it in Jesus talk about his dominion. He said, the Spirit of the Lord is upon me, he has anointed me to preach deliverance to the captives, and all that, and all that. When you partner with the Holy Ghost, you'll see your operation of the Spirit of the Lord. The Lord is introduced there because he's lording over someone. In partnership to save the Earth. Um, permit me to be a bit selfish some point in my teaching. Amen. Have you ever wondered the reason why back at home in Africa— I respect the fact that we're all from different countries, I say particularly Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, some of our West African countries— young people are losing faith? They're asking questions, and there are questions, there are questions we cannot afford to sweep under the carpet. That the level of religious activity in our nations and the development is not matching. How can we be the most prayerful people and yet the most corrupt? How can we be number one in religion and yet the first in poverty? Is this the design of the Holy Ghost? Or we have missed it somewhere, because we can have scriptures for our error. The fact that something is scripturally backed doesn't mean it is true. Even occultic people can have scriptures for their practices. You can divide the word, and you can also rightly divide the word. You know, I told my friends when we were on campus, and some of them didn't listen, and they were— they are regretting now. I said to them, we are pastors, we have the privilege of leading fellowship. It is important that we demonstrate what God can do in our lives by topping our department, that we have no room for failure because we represent him. We must not bring shame sitting down for carryovers. Some think the goal of the Holy Ghost is just to speak in tongues. They speak in tongues, but something is still missing. If I employ you in my organization and you are praying when you should be working, I sack you, and I will sack you in Jesus' name. I had very good text of scriptures to your sack letter. You know, we like to gaslight people and try to use our religion to oppress people. Oh, keep quiet. Show us the fruit. It's not by their tongues we know them, by their fruit. By their fruit. When Joseph was in Potiphar's house, he increased. I was sharing something with our pastors recently. I don't want to mention the name of the organization. A guy used to run commentary and talk about organizations and how they are badly run, and in America here. So he was employed to lead an organization, and their valuation when he came on board was about $170 billion. And in 3 years, the valuation dropped to $90 billion. They sacked him. Running commentary and doing the job are two different things. People who drive vehicle with their mouth don't have accidents. They don't. Okay. I even kind of stopped watching ball a while back because it was affecting my mental health. No, no, my own wasn't that bad to follow Asna. It wasn't that bad. You can't be a Nigerian and see so far that I may come one. Let's, let's, let's be serious. I was following Chelsea. That's the loudest club in the world. Amen. I called the pastor in Kenya and I told him, said, beware, there's about to be radical departure from the faith if the Kenya church fail to manage this season the way you should. There's a book I wrote, almost 1,000 pages. It's titled A Crowd That Wants More Things. I wrote that book, A Crowd That Wants More Things. I wrote the book for the continent of Africa, stating blueprints and marks on how to come out of what we are in at the moment. I told the pastor, the bishop in Kenya, I said the youth, they are agitated, they are asking questions. I wrote in the book that the happiest continent in the world is going to become the saddest, not because things have gone bad, but because they want to break free. And breaking feel they will. But listen, this is the point. I said pay attention when these guys are making this agitation. I said the church must be side by side to understand the groaning of the people. But that's what we are supposed to do. If they break through without the church, they will fight the church first. The reason why they broke through in South Africa and did not turn against the church was because of Bishop Desmond Tutu. I think the Nigerian youth have kind of discovered that maybe pastors are not moved by the agitation, hence the reason why they fight the government and the church with the same pace. And the reason why we are not partnering with that is because we don't know what to do, honestly. The African church needs apostolic voices that has not been bought, because there's a point that compromise looks like wisdom and silence is wise till you know the price that has been paid for the silence.

Sela.

Thank you. How is it that the same Christianity that in quote changed other places has not changed Africa? Is because we have decided to only shine the light in church. All that the Holy Ghost is possible— is capable of doing, we use it to speak in tongue. Case closed. I'm sorry, I pray and I pray long prayers, and I've warned people that the people who are doing this 72 hours prayer nonstop, 24 hours prayer nonstop, the moment they get to the level where they are supposed to be paying rent and they, yeah, and they discover that they probably have not been taught correctly, they will become aggressive. So this is the book, A Crowd That Want Small Things. I recommend it, it's on platforms, I don't know. So when they get to the point where They— because they will see that the pastors leading them are doing better, because they are in their own field, and they are going backward. The hunger will turn into offense. They will doubt the church, then they will hate the church, and then start blogs to fight the church. That's how we build weapon fashioned against ourselves. One time I discovered in church that there was problem, and I discovered through the testimonies. Then I was in Ibadan. Sorry if you are from Ibadan. Everybody coming to share testimony in church will say, I want to thank God On Friday, I want to thank God. That's not how you say. I thank God for the covenant of life upon this house. You know, there's way your head will swell too. I have to thank God for the covenant of life upon this house. The prayer of our Father in Lord. So I was on bike, a car came and hit the bike from the back. Thank God, I didn't sustain any scratch. Glory to God. God, praise God. The other one comes again and say, I want to thank God for the covenant of ease upon this house. This, this, this, that. The other day, um, my rent has expired, my landlord said I should go, but all of a sudden somebody just sent me 50K to add to the rent. Praise God. I said, praise God. I want to thank God. Oh, the other time I was so broke and I didn't even know this and that's how someone just sent me I said, there's a common factor. There's something common. I enter Micra, and that's how they were trying to talk about this and all that, but I quickly jump out of the car. Thank God did not kidnap me. There's a common factor. The common factor is that if you have a car, you will not be thanking God about bike. What I'm simply saying is that by simply having, some things are covered. Okay, yeah. So I say we're in trouble. I then pray, we pray. Someone come and say, thank you, you know what I'm talking about, thank God. This I say, hey, So I ask young people, you, what are you doing? Say, say, God has told me to shut down for the next one year and just pray. I don't know why people are laughing the way you're laughing. Stop laughing. Why are you laughing? Are you laughing? Are you here? Because I said you shut down. That's— I should shut down and do nothing but just pray, just seek his face for the next, uh, one year. God has said this is— so I had to ask myself honest questions. If they are all behaving like this, what have I been teaching them? So I went back to my teachings and I saw my teachings was about fire Um, you know, sometimes we, we— what we lack is honesty with ourselves. So I, I started paying attention to the kind of stories I was sharing, and I saw that the kind of stories I was sharing with them was producing the kind of people that they are. So I changed the sermon and began to teach them things that will make them arise and not just be heavenly conscious but be earthly relevant. Okay, so they started picking new visions, started doing amazing things for themselves, started taking their master's form, their PhD form, you know. Start traveling nations. The quality of the information produces the quality of the people. If the information changes, the people will change, because we are not just product of nature, but we are product of nurture also. Oh yes, if somebody comes here and say God has said I should shut down for a year, he tell the person prepare to be homeless unless there's someone bankrolling you.

True.

Okay, how can God be saying things that he can only say in Africa? Okay, sorry, sorry. The questions will not stop, and until the church gets answers, we'll be irrelevant. Never let anybody deceive you that the revival, whatever it is you think is going on in Africa, that it is compulsory for it to continue. Says who? We have slogans. Jesus said, I will build my church, the gate of hell will not prevail against it. I can show you over 20 churches in history that the gate of hell has prevailed against. The church he was talking about is not your local assembly, is the universal church's body. Go and look at Revelation 2:2-3, the 7 churches that he sent letters to. None of them is in existence anymore, including the ones that he even acknowledged. Go to UK, go to Scotland, churches have become monument. I'm saying what I'm saying because for many of you who are here, you are like Moses in the palace of Pharaoh. But at some point, you will have to build. You'll have to build more than your houses. You'll have to build systems. At some point, at some time, you will lose your peace because you would have gotten enough for yourself. Now you know that there is more to your life, and you will do transaction with the Holy Ghost that you have and the exposure that you have received. Many of you will build schools, will build universities. Oh yes, many of you will go back and build hospitals. You go back and build organizations. You build systems that will bring the continent out of bondage. The Nehemiah anointing to rebuild the broken walls of Jerusalem will come. So the mistake we've made oftentimes is that we think that the duty or the purpose of the Holy Ghost in life of believers is just to make heaven. And that's not true. There is more to his presence in our lives than just making heaven. By what spirit did Joseph enter the house of Potiphar and everything that Potiphar did prospered? By the Holy Ghost. You see, when Esther walked before the king that day, it was not just favor, it was favor plus right mind. If she had put her eyebrow like they use elbow to draw it, you think the king will see her? Oh, sorry, sorry about that example. Jesus.

I got—

sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry. Are you following what I'm saying there? You say I have the Holy Ghost, say okay, okay, it's time to dress and appear for the king. See, it's not about dressing. Let me just, let me just go the way I am. God will, he will cover. Listen, Holy Ghost doesn't cover shame. Present— listen to what I'm saying— present yourself. You say some people have sung songs, say the reason why their song is going viral is because they dedicated to the devil. Listen to what I'm saying, listen to what I'm saying though. Even the devil doesn't promote songs that are not excellent.

If—

listen, even the devil— and I will show, I will show you something in the Bible. There are people that both God and the devil can't use. The devil looks at this one and say, if I— you— if I— if I waste my investment on you, how long will it take me to cover the world? The way you are thinking is like— do you think the devil is just some desperate guy who just wants anybody on his side? He wants the best of the best. There are people that all that the devil is doing with them is just to keep them around. No, you go to hell, but just be around. Be around. There's nothing much. There's— they are not a problem. Imagine that someone like Daniel was on the devil's side. That would be a problem. You that you are not really serving God well like that, that you're on the devil's side, what have you done that is bad? You just drinking and carrying girls. Is that systems? You die, you just die, that's it. You kill yourself, only you, and maybe you kill your wife too, eh, and the kids. But talk about people that the devil can use to spread influence, wow. Let me show you in the Bible, Daniel chapter number 1. Are you with me or you are tired of me? Okay, Daniel 1, let's start from verse 1. In the third year of the reign of Joakim, king of Judah, came Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem and besieged it. And the Lord gave Joakim king of Judah into his hand with part of the vessels of the house of God, which he carried to the land of Shinar to the house of his god. And he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god. And the king spake unto Ashpenaz, the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain— pay attention to that— certain of the children of Israel and of the king's seed and of the princes' children. Let's look at the criteria now. Are you ready? Children in whom there was no blemish, meaning that, no, they should— good skincare routine. Sorry, but it's just the Bible I'm showing you. It's not me that write it like that. The second one is what? Okay, thank you, sir. Young men in whom there was no— you know, before I used to think that the proof of spirituality is that you were oversized. Yes, the first time I was going to ask a sister out in church, in church, I was talking to her after service from 12 by around 5:30 in the evening. She now said, sir, I still don't understand what you are saying. Jesus. Okay, young men in whom there was no blemish. Sometimes the problem is not like sisters don't like you, is that they're afraid. It's looking like life with you be boring. Sorry. But good-looking, huh? Gifted in all wisdom, possessing what? Knowledge. And quick. Quick to what? Have you talked to people who are slow to understand? So, you know, I train people and I consult for a few organizations. So when you want to train people on how to take instructions, there are simple instructions, there are multiple instructions, there are complex instructions. There are people that all their mind can capture is simple instruction. Go inside that room and bring the water. It will be done. They may forget the water, but they will go into the room. And there are people that can take multiple instructions. Okay, so do this, then once you're done, then get this done also, then you can provide this, and they will do it. That's as far as they can take. But there are complex instructions that require initiative. Nobody's going to pay you in any sector for what they can do. Show me that you are an asset. The time you are spending in church praying against being broke or being sacked, use that time also to expand your capacity, both to handle complex information The most difficult person for me to employ sometimes is a tongue-speaking Christian. I'm sorry, how can you be deep and dull? What kind of combination is that? Oh, I hope I'm not talking too much. Sorry. Anyways, tomorrow I'm on my way home, so, so please keep the scripture there. There's, there's something more. Please look at this. Who had the ability to serve in the king's palace? Oh boy, people may be able to serve everywhere else except for the corridors of power. Listen, the skill to serve in the corridors of power requires decorum. When you hang around people who are powerful, they need decorum. They want to be sure that every conversation in the room ends in the room. Sometimes you might be there, but you're not invited to contribute. You must know how to read the room and understand the unspoken words. You need wisdom, you need intuition, you need, you need, you need the ability to understand signs. There are protocols for different places, all right? I say, this is the way we used to do our thing. Me, I just like to tell my own mind. Okay, no, we hide many weakness under that's the way I am. Those who have the ability. And you know, it takes exposure to serve at the king's table. Oh, I forgot to tell you that you are in America doesn't mean you are exposed. I've seen people here who are worse than those at home. It's like they came here, but the habitat of their village followed them. That's the way they think, that's the way they talk, that's the way they see life. They are petty, they are small, narrow-minded. Allow yourself to be invaded with the light of God's word. How many Christians are really training themselves like this? This— and look at it, the king who had this requirement was a pagan king.

Pagan.

King, because you just say, uh, Daniel was just being— see, listen, one of the most fantastic prayer you can pray is a prayer for favor, but by my own estimation, it's also one of the most risky prayer. Favor is not a financial strategy. If they give you rent this month and next month. By the third month, they'll be tired of you. Say, 'Miracle is not a financial plan.' One time I was in church But then we had not started our church. So I now discovered that in our own church— not with him when I was with him, no, I, I had another church— every Bible study we used to pray that those who are coming, God should hasten their footsteps, and they still don't come. So once in a while I sneak to other churches to attend their meeting, and I would— I see that In these other places, it's like they don't used to pray that God should see their footstep, and they used to come. So I now began to observe, and I saw that, hey, because this also about ministry, so I can touch a few things. Publicity doesn't grow church. I wish it does. In fact, put a thousand flyer in your city. If you are not doing something worthy of people's attention, they will not notice it. If you put the flyer or the billboard of Coca-Cola and the billboard of another drink, the same spot, side by side, which one will you notice? Coca-Cola. Your attention is called to what has impacted you. We spend time saying come, come without designing and building structures around where they should come to. What grows churches is the force of personal testimony of those who are in it. Once they are imparted, they will bring their friends. By the way, one of the most strategic place a church can grow from is the children church, in case you don't know. If those children love that church, they will keep their parents there. Okay, okay. This is the requirement of a pagan king, and they brought those guys like that. Daniel was amongst them. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Hope you know his name wasn't Daniel. They brought them there, and it wasn't just favor that was promoting Daniel. Why do we look at people God is doing extraordinary things through and just say that it's just favor? Favor is real. We cannot take responsibility for what grace is doing. But if grace comes upon people who will not do anything with it, it will be useless. So we learn to partner with God as touching his activity on the face of the earth. Look at this, we got a warning, and I, I take this scripture as a warning in Isaiah chapter number 60. Then I'm going to wrap up in Daniel chapter number 5. Isaiah 60, let's get into it. Isaiah 60 from verse 1 says, arise, do what? Shine, for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is what? Rising upon thee. Look at verse 2. Can we verse 2 together? Want to go? Cover the earth and gross darkness. Now if you look at the word in verse 2, it didn't say darkness will cover the earth. That's not the word. He said, 'The darkness.' That is the same darkness that was there at the beginning and emptied everything God did will come again, except you arise. Except you arise with business knowledge, you arise with skill, you arise with wisdom, you arise with might, you arise with the ability of God on your inside to help you dominate the work of darkness. If you don't rise, darkness will take over again. It will take over your family, it will take over your business, it will take over your organization, it will take over the things you are doing. Not because you don't have light, but because you refuse shine it. That's why, and I take that as a warning, it's happening. An average Christian is thinking about house, building, rent. Those who are controlling the world are thinking about systems. I don't want to call names. They're in Africa now vaccinating over 20 million cows. Because they said they wanted to eradicate the methane gas in the bowels of cow that is going to help against climate change. Hundreds of billions of dollars have been spent in past years to, to do what? To combat climate change. And what's the percentage of CO2 in our atmosphere that we're combating? About 0.04%.

Apostle Femi Lazarus will be right back with the concluding part of this message, so stay tuned. And as you ponder on these words that you are listening to, remember, this moment is not a pause but an invitation. Every revelation you are hearing is meant to shape your conviction, refine your perspective, and draw you deeper into the life God is calling you to live. So let your heart stay open and let your spirit stay attentive. There is more to receive, and the next part of this message carries even greater light. Welcome back.

Let's get into contemporary things. What's the cure for cancer? Is there a cure? Well, if there is, or if there are, who are those in charge of the information and why? Is there a cure for diabetes? Have you tried to check the number of people that die annually from cancer? How many people died from the effect of COVID vaccine? Who controls information? Who controls what we hear? During COVID we look with amazement when someone came out and said, we have found out that hydroxychloroquine was treating the patient and everything was shut down on social media. Who controls what we see? Why is it that the algorithm of TikTok in China brings educative materials and the algorithm of TikTok in Nigeria brings entertainment? Who are those shaping our narratives? What are we preparing ourselves for? You know what we do? We pray that others, we think, produce the drugs we use it. We just don't want to get involved. And we train our children to also queue. Go to school, study, queue, get a job, 9 to 5. Once you are close to 60, you would have finished paying your mortgage, retire in it, die. The next generation, be like that. We've settled for what is easy. Who controls the seeds that are used to plant our crops, our food? Why is it that autism is becoming more prevalent? What's going on? One time I was using a smartwatch and I observed that every time I was using that particular brand of smartwatch, I was getting weaker. And some days I remove it and I feel strengthened, and some other days I wear it and I feel weak. And I began to ask myself, is there a system in our country that checks the effect of the radiation of some of these things on our body. We don't even have a database for DNA. What's happening to us? Do you get to read the terms of the phones that you use? But it's so long, you scroll and press agree. You might be signing your death warrant. Why is it that the food listed for diabetic patient are the exact food that will aggravate the conditions? Who told you what the normal BP range is or the abnormality is? Who is in charge? Let's go to some simple things here. Who told you that pink is for girls and blue is for boys? You are in a construct and you are becoming everything you have been programmed to become. It's a construct. My life began to change the moment I started seeing beyond the box. There's not so much I can say publicly. I think the Black Christian has been trained to see himself or herself as a victim. Have the victim mentality. See what they do to Africa. See what is going on. See the kind of people that we are. We are so poor. Things are so bad. Hey, I was in Venice. And I like the whole idea of Venice in Italy, fantastic place for holidays. And I said, there's nothing fantastic about this place. It's an ancient city with lots of history stories around it. Yes, who is the architect of our stories? Who tells the story? Okay. I think I'm going too far. Okay, we don't know how to tell our own stories, and because we don't know how to tell our own stories, we lose investments. With the Spirit of God on your inside You will look at a forest and what you are seeing is a city. Now let me tell you, I was telling someone, I said our fathers have built camps and even cities. They've laid foundations. So it's very easy to point at the fathers and say, what have they done? Hey, they've done so much. And you cannot excel in a system you tear down. We must respect the foundations of the fathers, but the next generation is not to repeat it but to take it up from there, have structures in those camps and those cities that has economic importance, okay? Um, God cannot use you to solve problems that you are not burdened about. Any aspect of life that you have no interest, you are not the solution. So one of the ways you know that the Holy Ghost is leading you in a direction is that first it's going to take away your peace, all right? It's going to take away your peace. You are burdened, you are, you are concerned, you are looking at, um, things going on and you are asking questions. You just want to solve it. Nobody told Moses— he didn't see any dream or vision when he started fighting for the Israelites. One of the ways to know your purpose is through your anger. You will be angry in the direction of things you were designed to solve when you see it go badly. Stop asking God to show you dreams about your vision, your purpose, but your anger. We should not train ourselves that our relevance will only be as civil servants Have you read your Bible? You jump some of the most important realities and you read, and this one begat, and this one begat, and this one begat. It gets to a name, they pause and tell stories around that name and continue. And this one begat, and this one begat. It means there is a choice you make in life that the part of history you feature in is that you give birth. There comes a time God moves on from a man and use just his womb. It's an attempt to see if the next generation will be relevant, but you just live to give birth to them. It's a brutal reality. In Daniel chapter number 5, there was a problem. In Babylon. And at this point, they had already retired Daniel. They retired Daniel. There was a problem in Babylon. The king was drinking and eating, and he saw a hand writing on the wall, and they couldn't decode what the hand had written. And someone spoke In verse 10, it was given, the queen spoke. And let the media help put these scriptures on the screen. Now I need particularly, if you can give me Daniel 5:11 on the screen, either Amplified or Message translation. Now the queen, by the reason of her words, the words of the king and his lord came into the banquet house, and the queen spake and said, O king, live forever! Let not thy thoughts trouble thee, let not your countenance change. There is a man in your kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods. And that in the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him. And the King Nebuchadnezzar, your father— the king, I say, your father— appointed him master of the magicians, enchanters, soothsayers, Chaldeans and astrologers. Look at verse 12 now. Can they be fast, please? Because an excellent spirit, knowledge, and understanding to interpret dreams, clarify riddles, solve knotty problems were found in this same Daniel, whom the king named Belshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and not he might, he will show you. It is not enough to be productive. It is important that you can be trusted to deliver everything. And when he came, he solved it. But look at the reference. The wisdom of God is at work in his life. The spirit of the holy God is at work in his life. That's what the Holy Ghost did with Daniel. He solved national problems. You will only be honored at the level of the problems you solve. If you solve family problems, you have family honor. If you solve national problems, you have national honor. If you solve generational problem, you have generational honor. If you solve continental problems, you have continental honor to demand where you have not supplied is fraud. I want us to lift our hands to God this morning and ask for the spirit of wisdom, that same spirit of wisdom that will impact our businesses, impact our world, impact our mind and tear down the walls. Break the walls of mediocrity, break the walls of limitation, break the walls of blindness, break the walls of fear, break the walls— every wall we have built for ourselves. Ask that they are broken. Oh, we give you praise, dear Lord. In Jesus' mighty name we're praying. One of the things the Lord has been speaking to me when I came is the Nehemiah anointing. Men and women who will be builders of walls. I want to assume that those of us seated are not tired, or you are just not interested. Lift your hands to heaven. I decree in the name of Jesus, let the builder's anointing come on you. The extraordinary spirit of wisdom to build systems, to build, to, to touch chaos and it becomes excellence. From today, catch the visions you have not seen before. Begin to see differently. Let the hand of the Lord rest upon you. Let your mind begin to explode with light. One of the grace God has placed on my life is the spirit of wisdom. Sometimes I have— I ask that it is released. Enter into that reality. Anywhere you get to, you become an asset in Jesus' Mighty name. God bless you. If this message blessed your life, there's so much more waiting for you. 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