THE PENTECOST // THE FAITH THAT WORKS WITH APOSTLE FEMI LAZARUS || NEW JERSEY || 6TH APRIL 2025
In this segment of the Pentecost worship service, Pastor Michael Omoboriwo and Apostle Femi Lazarus lead the congregation through a high‑energy blend of biblical teaching, prophetic proclamation, and worship. The speakers repeatedly frame contemporary cultural pressures—particularly gender‑identity and career‑building systems—as "the system" that God has erected to challenge believers’ marriages, careers, and spiritual lives. Using the story of David and Goliath, they urge listeners to see themselves as modern Davids, ready to confront and defeat these spiritual oppressors. The sermon weaves extensive exegesis of 1 Samuel (David’s early life), Genesis 48 (Jacob/Israel covenant), and Abraham‑Lot narratives to illustrate generational blessings, the importance of discernment, and the need to choose God‑aligned paths. Prophetic prayers invoke fire, the Holy Ghost, and the breaking of every system that hinders the “army of the living God.” The service also includes celebratory recognitions of various ministers, personal testimonies of brokenness and healing, and a call to transition from religion to authentic Christianity, emphasizing rest, prayer as spiritual investment, and the transfer of mantles and anointing. The overall tone is urgent, passionate, and celebratory, aiming to empower the congregation to experience divine power, receive blessings, and become agents of change in their families and communities.
Chapters
Praise the Lord!
All right, great, great, great.
So we're going to do it all together right now because there's a King that is above any other kings. Yes, there's a Lord that is above any other Lord.
Yes.
So we want to shout hallelujah like we know the King of Kings, like we know the Lord of Lords, like the Lord of Lords is the creator of your life. He's the one that knows your end even— for your beginning.
So one last time, praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord!
May we have—
Heavenly Father, we thank you. God, we exalt you, for you are God and there is none like you. Father God, we lay down our crowns today, oh Lord God, and we bow before you. Father God, you see, man always wants to pray. Father God, we are bringing ourselves before you today, humbly bringing ourselves before you. God, as we begin here today, Father God, may you be here with us in Jesus' name. Father God, let your power, just like it was in the day of Pentecost, Father God, come down this place today in Jesus' name. The scripture says, as they gather together, then the power came. Father God, as we Gather together in one spirit, Father God. Let your power come in Jesus' name. Father God, you are a God who honors your word above your name, Father King of Glory. You say wherever two, three or more are gathered in your name, there you are. For this reason, God, we know you are here with us, oh Lord God. God, we call down your power, Father God. Let your power dwell with us here in Jesus' name. Father God, Every person that's going to mount this stage, Father God, we ask for your spirit. Let your spirit speak through them in Jesus' name. Every vessel that you will use here today, Father God, we ask, oh Lord God, you speak through them in Jesus' name. God, we die to flesh, Father King of Glory. Let your spirit come alive in Jesus' name. Father God, we know that we are nothing without you, oh Lord God. God, we know that we are nothing without you, Father God. God, we invite, Father God, your Spirit, Father God. You said you will leave us with an Advocate, Father God, that one will guide us, Father God, that one will lead us, Father God. So we ask your Spirit, Father God, let your Spirit be present here today in Jesus' name. God, Man has planned, but Father God, we give it up to you. Father God, let your will prevail in Jesus' name. God, let today be a time of encounter, Father God, with people in your presence in Jesus' name. God, we decree and we declare, oh Lord God, that today lives will be changed in Jesus' name. God, I use myself— as a point of contact. It was an environment like this that I found you, Father God. May at least one soul find you in Jesus' name. God, I ask, Father God, may we not take this moment for granted in Jesus' name. We ask that every heart be open, Father King of Glory. We ask, Father God, that every heart be open, Father God. It is possible, Father God, for good seed to be dispersed, Father God. But if the ground is not good, if the ground is not tilled, then nothing happens. Oh Lord God, we ask that you prepare our hearts for what is to come, in Jesus' name.
Amen.
Father God, we thank you.
God, we exalt you, for you are God and there is none like you. God, we can do nothing without you. We can do nothing without without you, Father God. Once again, God, we ask that you take control. We ask that you take absolute control, Father King of Glory. And for as many that are on their way here, Father King of Glory, may you bring them here safely in Jesus' name. Father God, if there is anything, Father God, that we may have done that could cause us to miss this kairos moment, Father God, we ask for your mercy, Father God. Your word says that we have mercy on? Whom are we have mercy on, Father God? May you show us mercy in Jesus' name. Father God, search our heart. Father God, search us, Lord, and know our hearts. Try us and know our iniquity, oh Lord God. And if there is any wicked ways in us, Father, lead us the way everlasting, Father King of Glory. If there's anything that will cause us to miss what you have prepared for us, Father God, today anything that will cause us to— Father God, we ask for your mercy. Father God, show us mercy.
Father God, God, we thank you, we exalt you, Lord God, and we open this day, oh Lord God, in the name of the Father, in the name of the Son, and in the name of the Holy Spirit.
In Jesus' name that we have prayed.
Amen. Amen.
If you're clapping for yourself, I think that is a little bit too big maybe. But you're clapping for the Lord of Lords.
You're clapping for the God who reigns supreme. The one who is above. The one who sits in heaven and made the earth his footstool. Our God who changes not.
Our God who is forever the same.
He is the same yesterday.
He is the same today.
He is the same today, he is the same forever, Lord. He is the author of time, the one who made possible for each and each one of you here tonight, the one who only you believe in, and he's the faith that works.
So I ask again, who are you clapping for?
If you're honoring the one who is forever, the Trinity Council, go ahead and make it loud.
Now add your voice to that.
Add your voice to that.
Jesus! Jesus!
We have got to hold on to the Lord. You are not called to stumble on to the Lord.
Amen!
Praise the Lord!
Amen!
I thought Brother Wilder did justice to that.
I said praise the Lord!
Hallelujah!
We are in for a very special evening with the Holy Spirit, the Pentecost. That's what we, we are here for. So I want you to turn to your neighbor and ask your neighbor, what are you here for? You'll be surprised. People have different reasons. Some people came because of Apostle Femi Lazarus. Some people came to meet with God. So ask them, what are you really here for?
Praise God!
I heard someone just screaming, "I'm here for Jesus!" And that's okay. That's amazing. Now, we will be leaving this place full with more faith. This is a Sunday. A lot of us are going to work. Some people came all the way from Maryland, people from West Virginia, people came from different places to be here tonight. It will not be good for you to go back home just the way you came. It says the faith that works. So all things being equal, this program was put together by Worship Revive Ministries, um, being championed by Pastor and Sister Titnes Bikayo Omoborewo. You'll be meeting them shortly. Please put your hands together for them. And by the grace of God, you and I are here to understand, to drink from that well, the faith that works. I want your heart to be open, not when Apostle takes the microphone here tonight, but from now. Everything is already moving. The Holy Spirit is here. He was here before you and I got here, waiting for you to be filled afresh. When the worship team is ministering, when prayer is going on, I want your hearts to be open. Please put your phones aside. We're not allowed— this is none of that where we have time to stop videoing what is going on. It's gonna be on YouTube. You do not need to do that. I will ask for a report. Totally, you can record it as though we were right there. Put your phones aside. Keep your distractions away. Tell your fears that he's a liar so he doesn't steal your peace and your heart to be open. So I encourage you yet again, you are here for God.
Somebody shout hallelujah!
If you need to use the restroom, the restroom is right to my left, right there. Um, we have for both restrooms. If you need to take— there's a little lounge there which I believe might be filled in a little minute. We are not allowed to eat in the auditorium, so if you have water or you want to take something, please drink it. The bathroom is there. And if I announced earlier that if your car, your plate number is P58BFG, it's a Honda, you just has a plate number P58BFG, please go move your car. And yes, no food allowed. Of course you can drink water, but please don't leave your water bottle hanging anywhere. This is the house of the Lord. I pray that we'll be blessed as the meeting continues. Please let's put our hands together for the worship team.
Praise God!
Hallelujah! Amen. If you're excited to be in this place, if you're excited to join God's people to worship in his presence, I want you to give God a praise that he alone deserves. Amen. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. We thank the Lord for what he has started.
We thank the Lord for what he is surely doing, um, in such a time as this, in this season, in this city, in this States, in this nation. Um, we thank God for the hearts that he's preparing for what he wants to do. Amen. Amen. And the Lord is already here. He says in his words, where two or three are gathered in my name, there I am in their midst. So with every heart fixed on Jesus, just want us to begin to profess our love for the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. Profess your love to the one who was and is and is to come. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise. Jesus, we thank you.
I enter The holies of holies. I enter through the blood of the Lamb. I enter to worship you, Holy—
I enter to honor.
I enter the Holy of Holies. I enter through the blood of of the land. I enter to worship you, Holy.
Thank you, Jesus.
I enter to honor again, Lord.
I I worship you, Lord. I worship you.
I worship you, for your name is holy, holy. Every heart for your name, for your name is holy. Holy is the Lord God Almighty. Holy is the Lord God Almighty.
Jesus, we thank you because you are here.
For your name is holy, for your name is Holy are you, Lord. Holy are you, Lord. Holy is the Lord God who is seated in heaven. Holy is the I AM, for your name is holy. For your name is holy. Holy is the Lord God Almighty. Holy is Lord God Almighty. Every heart fixed on Jesus. Say, for your name is holy. For your name is holy. Holy are you, Lord. Holy are you, Lord. Holy is my God. Yeah, for your name Holy, holy, holy is the Master of the universe. Holy, holy, holy is the Lord.
This is the—
your holy presence living in me.
This is a love song to the Lord.
You are my daily bread.
Thank you, Jesus.
You are my daily bread. Your very word spoken to me.
Come on, everybody!
This is the air I breathe. Say, this is the air I breathe. You are the air I breathe, Lord.
This is the air I Breathe.
Your very presence, your very presence, living in me, living.
Thank you, Yahweh.
Yes, you are my daily bread. You are my daily bread. Abba, you are my daily bread. You are my daily bread. Your very word. Your very word. Spoken to my being. Spoken to my being. Is that your heart cry tonight? Is that your heart cry to your Father? Shaye andza!
I'm lost without you.
I'm lost without you. Hey, Jesus, set down. I am desperate for you. I am desperate for you, Jesus.
You are my only source.
Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy, enjoy. Come on, let the hungry heart, let the hungry heart Jesus, this is the hunger calling out for you tonight.
El Joy, El Joy, El Joy. So lost without you. So lost without you.
El Joy, El Joy, El Joy.
I'm desperate for you.
I'm desperate for you.
I'm desperate for you.
Ojo!
Come on, hey, let your hunger speak to the Lord. I'm desperate, Jesus, we want only you. We're not here for any man but you, Jesus. I'm lost without you, lost without you, lost without you, lost without you.
And I, I'm desperate for you. I'm desperate for you.
Yes, Lord.
And Call upon the Lord! Call upon the Lord! Worship Him! Lay out an altar!
Lay out an altar! 20 more seconds.
El John, lay on it, sweet John!
That I see. It's you that I see. I will fix my eyes on the things above. At the center of it all, it's you that I see. It's you that I see. Say There is power, there is power in your name. Miracles happen in your name. As we lift our voice in praise, as we lift our voice, Jesus, it is only you I see. I see I see only you, God.
Everybody, my brothers and sisters, say, there is power, there is power in your name. Miracles happen in your name. Miracles are possible You are stronger, stronger than the strongest.
You are higher, higher than the highest.
You are greater, greater. Say, you are bigger, bigger than the big. My God is stronger, stronger than the strong. My God is higher, higher than the high. My God is greater Jesus! Jesus! Come on, talk—
call his name out.
Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, you're the name above every other name, and we are here for you, Jesus. We are here for you, Jesus.
Oh. We are here for you, Jesus.
Thank you, Jesus.
It is you that gives breath in our lungs. It is you that gives breath in our lungs.
Jesus, I hope you're worshiping.
I hope you're worshiping.
The Lord is here. Thank you, Jesus. For gracing us with your presence.
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah. Thank you, Lord.
Thank you, Jesus.
He's the giver of life.
Amen. How many of us are ready to praise God?
How many of us are ready to be undignified in the presence of the Creator of Heaven on Earth? Amen.
Thank you, Jesus.
Come on, join me to clap. Great are you, Lord. Hey, great are you, Lord. Say, you give life, you give life, you are love, you are love, bring life, bring life through the time. You give hope, you give hope. You restore every heart that's broken. Every heart that is broken.
You give life.
You give life.
You are love.
You are love. You bring life.
Bring life to the darkness.
You give hope. You give hope.
You restore.
You restore every heart. Every heart that is broken. Great are you, Lord. Great are you, Lord.
Great are you, Lord. Are you Lord?
Are you Lord? Great are you, Lord.
Say it's your breath in me, my Lord. So we pour out our praise. Pour out your praise.
It's your breath. Hallelujah, till you come again. And we'll dance in your presence till you come again. Yes, we will sing hallelujah, we'll sing hallelujah till you come again. How many of you are ready to be on chicken farm? Dance in the presence, dance in your presence till you come again. Yes, we will sing Sing!
Hallelujah!
We will just sing your praise— dance in your presence!
Dance in your presence!
Dance in your presence! Dance in your presence! Dancing in your presence! Dancing in your presence!
That's it!
In the presence of the Lord!
Dance in the presence of the Lord! Dance in the presence of the Lord! Sing hallelujah! Nobody will stop my praise time! Nobody will stop my praise time! Nobody will stop my—
sing hallelujah!
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah! Oh, I'm not going back the same way I came. My help has come.
My help has come.
My help is here today. Healing must come! I know must come! Thank you, Jesus!
I know!
Bless the Lord, O my soul! Bless the Lord, O my soul! Bless the Lord! Oh my soul— bless me all... Bless the Lord! Oohh?
Bless the Lord!
Myself!
...my myself! The Lord!
And I shall be blessed by God forevermore!
Amen!
Praise to Jesus Christ of Nazareth! Hallelujah!
Glory to Him above us now on earth below him here today we worship you for your goodness let it fill up our hearts tonight oh glory hallowed his name amen thank You Father praise Your holy Name blessing upon this place that's filled out full of people who love You so much they're willing to give their lives just like David did he said if He will lift Me Up from Death then what can hinder His hand? Then why should anything stop What has begun?! Thank You Holy Spirit! We honor You because there was no one before Us but Thou alone; There Is No One Like Thee In Heaven Or On Earth or Underneath This Sea. So come forth King Of Kings Come Forth Prince of Peace All That Are Broken Will Be Mended Tonight! Yes sir yes ma'am!
Oh my soul!
Bless the Lord—
Oh my soul blesses God everybody!
Bless the Lord...
Let's let the lord hear it now oh my soul blessed to love you so much Ooh ooo hallelujah praise Jesus Christ Hallelujah Praise him for his goodness He has been good unto me he will be kind again I know that one day when we meet up there on high heaven if not before then but surely someday soon yes indeed amen Amen Thank You Father thank You Holy Spirit glory to Your name come on sing along everyone blessing Thee Blessed Be Thy Name Come On Sing Along Everybody singing "Blessed Is His Mighty Hand" Bless the LORD My Soul; Bless the LORD , Bless the LORD . Every body say 'Bless the LORD' ... Bless the LORD ; BLESS THE LORD ! Oh my SOUL blesse le LORD —
every BODY SING WITH ME BLESSE LE LORD ...
BLESS THE LORD ; OH MY SOUL BLESSE LE LORD ...
EVERYBODY SAY 'BLESS THE LORD' .. BLEST THE LORD ... OH MY SOUL BLESSE LE LORD ... BLAST THE LORD ... EVERYBODY SONG 2-3 TIMES Jesus is here.
Bless the Lord. Just like Paul and Silas, we will praise the Lord.
Bless the Lord.
Bless the Lord. Magnify the Lord. Bless the Lord. Bless the Lord.
Bless the Lord!
Yes— bless the Lord! Bless the Lord of my soul... Bless the Lord of my soul... Bless the Lord of my soul... You make me whole; you lift up all things high. I will not be afraid to worship Him at His throne for He has delivered me from death's grip. Hallelujah! Thank God that we have Jesus Christ today who saved us so much trouble because if it wasn't for him then he would've been dead by now or worse than being dead but thank God this morning that our Savior lives forevermore.
Amen? Praise his name! Oh yes, praise the Lord!
Bless the Lord O my soul.
Bless the Lord O my soul. Bless the Lord O my soul.
To make way before your face, oh King Jehovah Jireh.
Blessed be thy holy Name above every other thing on earth.
All things new.
Yes, you make all things new, and I will follow you. Oh, say you make all things new, Jesus. You make all things new.
You make all things new. And I will follow.
I will be your sheep. I will be your sheep. You make all things new, Jesus. You make all things new.
Yes, you make all things new. You make all things new.
Yes, you make all things new.
And Come on, everybody, make a shout for the heavens. Adonai!
Adonai!
The people of the Lord prayed before the Lord, and he appointed these days. Whoever, whoever enters by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate, and whoever enters by the way of the south gate shall— the north gate. He shall not return by the way of the gate through which he came, but shall go out through the opposite gate. Right now we're not talking about physical gates. We're saying that you got to live in this place the same way you came in. When people come into the presence of the Lord, they don't go back the same way they came. I don't know about you, but I don't want to go back the same way I came in this evening. Let's begin to say, Father, touch me, oh God. Father, touch me this night, oh Lord. That God leave a mark on my life tonight, oh God. Leave a mark on my life, oh Lord, on my family, oh Lord. Leave a mark, oh God. We're not supposed to come in through the same door, go back through the same door feeling the same way. While How will I come into this presence and give you all my baggages, all my worries, and then tomorrow I still feel the same way, and then tonight I still feel the same way? Let's begin to bless his name and say, Father, I don't want to be the same way, oh God. Touch me, oh God, tonight. Touch me, oh God. Touch my family, oh Lord. Make an impact, oh Lord, in the mighty name of Jesus, oh Lord. In Pentecost, there's always fire, and wherever there is fire, fire leaves a mark.— that means tonight if you leave this place and people can't tell the difference between when you came in, then nothing has happened. It has just been a show to you. But I want you to bless his name and worship him, oh God, and say, Father, touch my heart, oh Lord, touch my life, oh God, let there be a turnaround in my life, oh Lord, in the mighty name of Jesus, Lord. Let's begin to speak in our heavenly language, oh Lord. There's a sign of faith because Holy Spirit came, oh Lord, and the Tongues of Fire— people spoke in different tongues! Let's begin to worship him, oh Lord! Let's speak in different languages, different tongues this evening, Lord! And say take your glory, oh God! Take your glory, oh Lord! In the mighty name of Jesus, oh Lord! In the mighty name of Jesus, oh Lord! In the mighty name of Jesus, I worship you tonight, oh Lord! Make that difference, let there be a difference, oh Lord! Let there be a difference, oh Lord! In the mighty name of Jesus, oh Lord! You're not watching anybody, nobody is watching through. Let our focus be on him tonight. Let our focus be on him tonight. In the mighty name of Jesus, oh Lord. In the precious mighty name of Jesus, oh Lord. Let there be a change, oh Lord. Let there be a difference, oh Lord. Let there be a difference in my life, oh Lord. In the mighty name of Jesus. In Jesus' mighty name, we have worshiped him. In Jesus' mighty name, we have worshiped him. In Matthew chapter 14:28, we know the story about Peter when he— when Jesus Jesus told him, come on the water, and he came on the water. He walked on water, but in a few minutes he was captivated with everything that was going around him and he began to sink. There are so many times you think you're focusing on Christ and then your attention shifts to focusing on man. And I want to enjoy you tonight. You're not, you're not focusing on man, you're not focusing on apostle, you're not focusing on people singing, you're focusing on God so that you won't sink, so that you won't be carried away. There won't be buying and selling. That's why tonight I want you to separate yourself and say, my heart is focused on God tonight, Lord, and I will make a difference for you, Lord, in the mighty name of Jesus, Lord. Let's begin to release ourselves in his presence, Lord, and say, Father, take charge of me, Lord, that my attention, my gaze is fixed on you, Lord, in the name of Jesus, Lord, that you alone will be praised, oh Lord, that you alone will be praised, in the mighty name of Jesus, Lord, that, God, oh Lord, my focus is not on man tonight, oh Lord, My focus is not on man tonight, O Lord. That is why I want you, O Lord, to touch me, O Lord. That is why I want you to touch me, O Lord, in the mighty name of Jesus, Lord, in the precious name of Jesus. In Jesus' mighty name we are praying. In Jesus' mighty name we are praying. If you've come here without an expectation, I want there to be a change. There is no way there are gifts, and sometimes you don't expect something and you get a gift. But God said enough.
Ask.
That is why there needs to be an ex— there should be a living of— there should be an essence of expectation.
And I want you to say, oh God, talk to me silently and tell me what you expect tonight.
Ask what you expect tonight. There is no way we have gathered on this 6th day of April and it should be the same like any other Sunday. Let's ask him whatever we— whatever we can't tell man, whatever we can't tell our spouses, or we can't tell our parents, let's ask him that, Lord, this particular need, oh God, meet me, oh Lord, in the mighty name of Jesus, oh Lord. Even when there's judgment, there's always mercy. No matter what the situation is, no matter where it looks like there's closed doors, walls are built up, it doesn't mean that's the end. And today, as we're celebrating Pentecost, there should be a change, there should turnaround. Let's begin to say, Father, silently, quietly, let's tell him, Lord, whatever we expecting, whatever we expecting, oh God, that Lord, you're going to touch, Lord, in my family, in my work, Lord, in my projects, Lord, in my education, Lord, in my purpose, whatever it is. Let's talk to God, Lord, in this thing called the economy. Your business is standing on the shoulders of the turnaround.
Let's thank the Lord.
Let's thank the Lord. In the mighty name of Jesus. In Jesus' mighty name we have prayed. In Jesus' mighty name we have prayed. There is no amount of worship or prayers or speaking. It's almost like, uh, they will be pouring out of seeds. If the soil is not fertile, there is no growing. Sometimes you come into his presence, yeah, you have a rocky heart. It's almost like you can't receive anything. There's no amount of things that could be done on this altar or in this space that would make an effect on you. That is why you say, God, oh Lord, let there be a touch in my heart, oh Lord. Make my life a fertile place, oh God, that your word will germinate, your word will have effect on me tonight. In the might— let's open our mouths— in the mighty name of Jesus, oh Lord, that God, oh Lord, make my heart, oh Lord, a fertile ground, oh Lord, for your word. In the mighty name of Jesus, oh Lord, make my heart a fertile ground for your word, oh Lord, in the mighty name of Jesus, oh Lord, that you alone will be praised, oh Lord, that you alone will be praised, oh Lord, in the mighty name of Jesus, oh Lord, in the precious name of Jesus, oh Lord. If your neighbor is looking around, I don't want you to look around. I want you to talk to God, oh Lord. It's your personal business, oh Lord. It's your relationship with God, oh Lord. Every one of us are working out our salvation, oh Lord, individually. That is why I want you, Lord, to be serious tonight, oh Lord, and take it serious and say, Father, oh Lord, for every everything that will be happening here tonight, oh Lord, in the mighty name of Jesus. Oh Lord, make my heart a fertile ground, oh Lord, that I will receive, oh Lord, I will receive, oh Lord, in the mighty name of Jesus, oh Lord, in the precious name of Jesus, oh Lord, in the mighty name of Jesus. In Jesus' mighty name we have prayed. In Jesus' mighty name we have prayed. There are testimonies, and testimony will follow this program. I said testimony will follow this program. I don't know if you want to be the part of people that just clap for other people's testimony, or you want to be a testifier. But I want you to say, oh God, whatever group you want to belong tonight, I want you to say, Father, do something that deserves a testimony, oh God, in my life. Do something in my family. Do something that deserves a testimony, Lord, that I will not just be a spectator, onlookers, or I'll be a cheerleader. But Father, I want to I will be a testifier, oh Lord, in the mighty name of Jesus, oh Lord. In the precious— touch me, oh Lord, do something new in my life, oh Lord, that, oh Lord, that is what, oh Lord, me getting forward, oh Lord, and say of the goodness of the Lord, and say of the goodness of the Lord, in the mighty name of Jesus, oh Lord. Let's say, Father, I don't want to go the same way that I have come, oh Lord. I don't want to go the same way that I have come tonight, oh Lord. Touch me, oh Lord, touch me with your light, oh Lord, touch me with your fire, oh Lord, touch me with your fire, oh Lord, in the mighty name of Jesus, oh Lord. Where there is fire, when fire burns, oh God, it burns every impurity. It burns every impurity because when you put gold in fire— our life is like gold— but when you put it in fire, at all times there's a refining. There is a refining because the dirt is lost in that fire, in that process. And let us say, Father, oh Lord, refine me tonight, oh Lord, in the mighty name of Jesus, oh Lord. For every dirt, oh Lord, for every dirt, I will I will leave it at your altar, oh Lord, in the mighty name of Jesus, oh Lord. But I will begin to shine, oh Lord. I will come out as gold, oh Lord, tonight, in the mighty name of Jesus, oh Lord. In the precious name of Jesus, oh Lord, touch me, oh Lord. Every impurity, oh Lord— sin is impurity, oh Lord. Whatever small or big sin, it is a sin, oh Lord. Let us say every impurity, oh Lord, die in the mighty name of Jesus, oh Lord, that I will come out of this as gold, oh Lord, as a shining light, oh Lord. In the mighty— there will be a refining, oh There will be a refining, O Lord, in the mighty name of Jesus, O Lord. In Jesus' mighty name we have prayed. A lot of people have come because of the name of the Apostle, but it is not the name of the Apostle, but it's the name of God in the life of the Apostle. And let us pray, O God, tonight, O God, I, I won't be carried away. Let's say every buying and selling Every phone calls that will come at this time that will distract me, oh God, I silence them, oh Lord. That God, everything that will distract me, oh Lord, that will take me away from your presence, oh Lord, that will take my gaze and my attention away from the presence, oh Lord, I destroy, oh Lord. In every buying and selling, oh Lord, every disturbance from outside, oh Lord, and every spirit from the east, from the north, from the west, from the south, oh Lord, this night I silence them, I quiet them, oh Lord, in the mighty name of Jesus, oh Lord.
Lord!
Let's begin to say I quiet oh Lord every buying and selling o Lord in the name of Jesus— Every destruction o Lord, every distraction from east, from the north, from the west, from the south o Lord they are quiet at this time o Lord in the mighty name of Jesus o Lord, in the mighty name of Jesus o Lord, in the mighty name of Jesus o Lord let's begin to shout glory, glory, glory, glory, glory there will be— This is Pentecost o Lord that should be shouting o Lord in the mighty name of Jesus o Lord Heavenly Father we bless your name o We give you all the glory, oh God, for in Jesus' mighty name we have prayed.
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!
Jesus, hold this floor. I want you to just lift up your hands. God is already here. God is already here. We have come unto Mount Zion, the city of unnumberable angels. And upon Mount Zion there shall be holiness and deliverance, and the house of Jacob shall possess his possessions. Somebody put your name in there. And me, Oluwatamilola, shall possess her possessions.
Jesus, we love you. Jesus, we love you.
Someone sing a love song unto the Lord.
Jesus, we love you. Jesus, we love you. Before the throne is where we come to offer praise and seek wisdom. You have turned the The veil that separates, no more outside. Now in your grace, before the throne, before the throne, is where we are, is where we are. To walk a praise.
Yes, Lord. You have so—
we're no longer outside, no more Now in your grace, now in your grace, oh, before the throne, before the throne, is where we come, is where we come. We come to offer praise, we come to offer praise, and seek wisdom. You have— that separates us, no more outside, no more outside, now in your grace, now in your grace. Oh, so we bow as He is the throne, and we cast ourselves down at your feet.
Now we cry, Holy, thou art holy. There is no—
nobody, nobody, nobody in your presence. It's well, it's well. In your presence is where, yeah, in your presence is where I want to be, is where I want to be. Oh, in your presence, in your presence is where, is where everybody want to be, in the presence of the Lord. In your presence, your presence is where, is where I must be. I don't want to be anywhere else. I don't want to go anywhere else. It's in your presence. In your presence there is fullness of joy, no depression, no anxiety. In your presence is where we must be. In your presence is where we must be. Jesus, in your presence is where I want to be. Oh, in your presence is where I must be. Yeah, nowhere else.
It's in your presence is where we must be.
Oh, in your presence.
Anybody want to be in his presence?
Is where—
lift up your hands, tell him you don't want to be anywhere else.
Is where, is where we must be. You are holy like God Almighty. The earth is full of your glory. You are holy, Lord God Almighty. The earth is full of your glory. You are holy, Lord God. Come on! Hey, you are holy! I can't hear you. If the earth is full of His glory and the earth is the Lord and the fullness thereof, and those the people that dwell in it, that means I am full of His glory.
You are holy.
Hey, the stones that the builders have rejected can become the cornerstone when you are full of His glory. Shetela belebekha.
You are holy, you are holy, Lord God, Lord God, you are holy, you are holy.
Cover us again. Glory, glory, the weight of your glory. Cover us.
I need you to take 30 seconds and pray in the Holy Ghost.
Satan, we beat war tonight.
Kaliapa, glory!
Everybody sing that. The weight, the weight of Let it cover us tonight, oh God. Cover us. Oh, glory, glory, glory, glory. The weight of your glory, let it cover me and my household tonight. Cover us. Say healing.
Say praise! I feel like the Lord—
the Holy Spirit wants you to release what you want. I feel like the Lord is asking you, what did you come here for? Who's like you? Oh Lord! Who—
who is it like?
Like you all over at church?! Who is like God? Is there anyone else that can be compared to him?
No one but Jesus Christ himself! Amen! Thank You for being here today! We love your presence so much! Hallelujah! Come on y'all, let us stand up together now if we're able to do this...
He's like you.
Hallelujah! Yeah, hallelujah!
Why don't you just raise the sound to the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords?
Why don't you let the heavens hear you as you raise the sound of worship, as you raise the sound of praise unto him?
Hallelujah!
We give you the glory and the praise, Jesus! We bless your name, Jesus. Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
God bless you, everyone. You may be seated in the presence of the Lord. Good evening and welcome to the Pentecost. Hallelujah! Very quick, um, announcement. Attention, Pentecostal Housekeeping. There is an Altima, silver Altima, with the plate number VVY 5471. VVY 5471. It's a Nissan Altima. Your attention is needed outside to move your vehicle. Please do so, so that you don't get towed away. God bless you.
Amen.
Turn to your neighbor and say, welcome to the Pentecostal Welcome to the Pentecost, a place of exchange. Hallelujah! My work is simple here and it's just gonna be very brief, and I just want to welcome you all to the Pentecost. I want to celebrate you, the— your presence in our midst tonight. We're glad that you're here. We're glad that you're fellowshipping and worshiping the Lord with us. And we pray that all that God has in store for you tonight, you will not miss it, in the name of Jesus. I really want to talk about the Pentecost, this program, um, Worship Revive, what we do, what the frequency of our event is going to be and all. So, um, we are Worship Revive, we're a revival ministry. Our tagline ask is simple. The Bible says in Ephesians 2:16, it says, and that he might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity. Putting to death the enmity. The Bible says the wages of sin is death. So if we are putting to death an enmity, that means that we're waging war on enemy. We're waging war on sin. We're waging war on all immoralities and the things that, you know, the enemy is using to take us away from God's presence. Reconciling men back to Him. That's our goal. That's all we are doing here. Just that, you know, when we come here, when you come here, we gather at the Pentecost. The Bible says that when they gathered in the upper room, you know, there was a sound of a mighty rushing wind. Wind. And the Spirit of the Lord dwelt upon each and every one of them, and they began to speak in diverse tongues. They began to minister. And one of the words that the Holy Spirit gave to me as we were praying for this program, one of the things, the illustrations that he said was, there will be a Trojan horse effect. I don't know if you guys understand what that means, but what that just means is that, you see, when When your computer is getting a virus, a Trojan horse virus, it replicates itself and it begins to multiply and it begins to multiply until it takes over. So there's gonna be a taking over in New Jersey.
There's gonna be a taking over in America.
The revival is now and you are part of the revival. You are part of what God is going to do. So the Trojan horse effect is starting. So the remnants are gathering, and then we are going out into the world. We are going out into the marketplace, and we are shining the light of Christ. You are shining the light of Christ in media. You are shining the light of Christ in the healthcare field. You are shining the light of Christ in education. You are shining the light of Christ in Hollywood. Wherever we find ourselves, we are taking over. There is going to be a trojan cause and effect, because the kingdom of our God is now, and this has become the kingdom of our God.
Hallelujah!
I have 55 seconds. Okay, I'm watching the time. So right now, this is, um, the first edition of the Pentecost. We, we, we have a mandate to gather on a quarterly basis, so the next one is going to be in the second quarter. So please look out for— are you excited to see what God is about to do. I am excited to see what God is about to do. So the next quarter we'll be meeting every quarter. So there is, um, that's 4, so there are 4 gatherings of this kind that will be happening from here on out. So put your hands together if you want to clap, clap for Jesus. The enemy is in trouble, the devil is in trouble, and we are ready for for him. So mark your calendars. By the time we'll be sharing information, we'll be sharing details of our next program, please invite someone. We want you to support us in any way that you can, in your prayer, in your prayers, by publicity, your finances. Some of you are not going to be on the pulpit, you'll be on the pew, and your finances will be speaking. Some of you are going to be sharing the light of salvation everywhere you go because you have received the boldness to do so. So please support in any way that you can. Be a part of this, this moving train so that the Lord will account it for you. Because the Bible says, as I round up, it says in Matthew 9:38, it says that the harvest is plentiful and the laborers are few. The verse before that, it talked about how there were sheep wandering all around without shepherds. You know, you know how many people are wandering all around in this world with depression, anxiety, drug abuse, name it, prostitution, homosexuality. We dare to say it. And we are here standing for the mandate of the kingdom. So the harvest is plenty and the laborers are few. And it says, pray unto the Lord of the harvest that he may bring laborers into the vineyard. I hope that you and I are going to be one of those laborers. God bless you.
Hallelujah!
Praise the Lord! Is somebody excited in the house?
Are you still excited?
It is the Pentecost yet again, and we want the upper room experience. And I bet as the worship team was singing, if you were in sync with the spirit, you could feel it. So the Lord is here. However, I know that the Holy Spirit is mightily here and we welcome Him. But we wouldn't be gathered, the chairs wouldn't be sitting here by themselves if He was, you know, just still here. So you have people sitting beside you and all those people are also royalty. Perhaps you're sitting with a president, a future president, a future a governor, a doctor, captains of industry. So I want you to go ahead and just say hello to someone by your side. Tell them, are you experiencing the presence of the Lord? Welcome them with joy. Welcome them like royalty. This is the house of your Father. You belong here. I belong here. And our God, our King, the Most High God is here with us. Hallelujah! So, um, we have a lot of, you know, pastors who you can tell they were at their churches this morning, as do many of us in here, and yet you're here tonight. So I would like to appreciate and welcome Pastor Iyang. You can just wave your hands wherever you're seated. Pastor Femi Lazarus and Kemi Lazarus. Pastor Shae Adeshiong. We have Bishop and Reverend Omoboriowo. They're seated watching somewhere on YouTube. You can also follow along. Um, to all those watching us online, we say we see you, we love you, thank you for following the program live. We also have Pastor and Pastor Mr. and Mrs. Ojo. I bet they might be the oldest people in the room, but they're young at heart. We also have Deacon Martins in the house. And to every single one of you seated here, we want to say thank you for coming. Thank you for honoring God. God, and we know that you will not remain the same in the name of Jesus. Again, a quick housekeeping because we are noticing one or two things here and there. Please, eating is not allowed in this auditorium, and if you do have a bottle of water, please do not— when you are done, we have like garbage cans around the room. Please do well to put them to the, to the side. So you can get your journals ready. I know the worship team is coming and we'll have Pastor Moborewa give us the first charge and then we'll take it. It keeps getting better. Tell someone it's getting better. Amen.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! Praise— oh, you're sitting on your seat praising God. Praise the Lord! Hallelujah! God is good, and all the time God is good.
Amen.
The scriptures tells us that where two or three are gathered that the Spirit of the Lord is there already. He is already here. We don't have to ask for his presence to come because it's a principle in scripture that tells us where two or three are gathered, he is there. And so we know he's already here, but we want to welcome him into our—
into our presence.
Hallelujah!
We want to welcome him to take his rightful place here in our midst. In the name of Jesus, can we just begin to exalt the Lord and just say thank you, Father. Thank you for your spirit. Thank you for your presence, oh God. We just worship you, Lord. We lift up your name. Come on, don't wait for a song, don't wait for the sound. Just begin to worship and exalt the Lord. Lift up your voice and Praise his name.
Hallelujah.
Anywhere he went, every spirit bowed to the Father of The Holy One of Israel. I said anywhere he went, every spirit Bows to the Father of Spirits, the Holy One of Israel.
How many of us believe that? In fact, you don't even have to believe it because that's what the word says.
Oh, anywhere he Everywhere, oh, every spirit bows to the Father of spirits, the Holy One of Israel. Can we sing it together? Everywhere he went, there he went. Every spirit bowed, every spirit bowed to the Father. The Holy One, the Holy One of Israel. Yes, he's the Holy One. Everywhere he went, everywhere he went. Oh my God, everywhere he went, every sickness must bow at feet. I don't know about you, but in the presence of God, everything must bow. To the Father, the Holy One, Holy One of the Earth. Oh, when Jesus enters in, every spirit Every spirit must bow when you enter in. Every spirit bows.
Anxiety and depression, they don't have any room here.
To the Father, he's the Holy One of Israel. Hey, my God, when you enter here, go, hey, every spirit bow. It bows, they bow to The Father, the Holy One. Oh, he's the Holy One of Israel. Now that you are here. Every spirit must bow! They must bow to our Father Holy One! We say la-la-la-la-la-la-la— Lalalala. He's the Father of Spirit, Father of Spirit, the Holy One, the Holy One. Spirit of the Ages, come within me.
Spirit of the Ages, come within me.
Spirit of Life within me. Spirit of life is the Father, the Father, the Holy Ghost. It's the power of the age within me. Power of the age within me. It is the Spirit of life within me. Spirit of life. You're the Father. The Holy Ro— He's the Father of Spirit. The Father, Son, and Spirit.
Holy Ro—
We say—
yeah!
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
Yeah!
Yeah!
Hey!
He's the Holy One of Israel. He's God, Father of me. Come on, lift up your voice! He's the Father of Spirit. Oh, Father, Son and the Spirit of God. That's who you are.
You're the Father of Spirit. I call you Father.
I call You're the Holy Spirit.
You're the Father.
At the mention of that great name, everything must bow to the Father.
He's the Holy One. He's the Holy One.
He's the Holy One of Israel.
He's coming riding on a cloud.
Father of all spirits!
The Holy One of Israel—
When you were here everything was well; You're the Father! —The holy one of Israel— when we were here everything was well; You are the father! Holy one of Israel! The holy one of Israel! The Holy One of Israel! The— you're holy one!
You are my God! My Lord Jesus Christ!
the sun upon their heads, and they received the grace to be effective witnesses in Jerusalem, unto Judea and Samaria, and even unto the ends of the earth. Thank you, Holy Spirit. Thank you, Holy Spirit! I'm a seed of the Kingdom of Heaven. I'm an heir to the Great I Am. I bear what my Father carries on. I represent His Kingdom on earth. I carry fire.
Oh, it's the Holy Ghost fire.
Oh. Akaari! You are the seed of the Kingdom of Heaven. You are an heir. You bear what your Father carries. You represent. I'm a seed of the Kingdom of Heaven. I'm an heir. I bear what my Abba carries. I represent. I carry fire, I carry fire. Holy Ghost fire, fire. Holy Ghost fire, I carry fire, fire.
Holy Ghost fire, fire, fire. You carry fire, fire in you.
You must believe it, you must believe it.
It's the Holy Ghost, Holy Ghost, Holy Ghost. Fire burn, burn, burn, burn. Fire burn, burn, burn, burn.
Fire burn, burn. Fire burn! Burn— See fire burn? Fire burn... Burning our lives to death. Burning homes to ashes. From heart's core it burns.
It burns forevermore.
Forever more. Ever after all time. Come on, it is possible if you believe. For anyone who receives the Holy Ghost, they carry the evidence inside of them. These are the days where we call them Effective witnesses, professing Jesus unto all. I carry fire, fire. Holy Ghost, Holy Ghost. Everybody, I carry fire, I carry fire.
Holy Ghost fire!
Holy Ghost fire! Holy Ghost fire!
Holy Ghost fire!
I carry Jesus Oh, I have Jesus. Oh, I carry Jesus. I carry Jesus.
Lift up your holy hands this evening! Somebody express yourself in the Holy Ghost right now! Express yourself in the Holy Ghost right now! Express yourself in the Holy Ghost right now! Express yourself in the Holy Ghost right now! Levado Senhor na nossa alma— Lever le dos, c'est demain. Rada dos, c'est que demain. Douchez-vous. Levez les mains, catholiques. Somebody express yourself in the Holy Ghost right now. Rato. You are here, you are here. The Lion of Judah is here. You are here, you are here. The Lion of Judah is here. You are here, you are here. The Rose of Sharon is here. You are here, you are here. The Lion of Judah is here.
If you are grateful to be in the presence of the Lord tonight, if you are happy to be in the presence of the Lord tonight, somebody shout glory! Is anybody— is anyone here ready for the Pentecost? Is anyone here ready for the Pentecost? All right, if you are ready for the encounter that will transform your life, if you are ready for the encounter that will change your story, tonight I want you to shout fire! All right, we are just warming up, we're just warming up. If you are ready for a turnaround, if you are ready for a season of transformation, somebody shout fire! Somebody shout fire!
You know, when we were in the mood of worship, this is what I I saw the angel of the Lord going up and down, and I began to cry because this is what Jacob saw when he was sleeping. And when he woke up, he said, God was here and I did not know. I don't want you to be carried away with what is about to happen. I don't want you to be carried what is up, what is about to happen. I want you to focus on God. Place your gaze on him right now because there's going to be a movement of transformation. Are you listening tonight? I want you to pay attention. There is somebody here tonight, God is about to rewrite your story regardless of every of your mistakes and error.
God is about to change your story if you are the person. Somebody shout fire!
Give me Acts chapter 2, verse 1 and 3, Amplified Classic. The Bible says— now we're talking about the Pentecost, pay attention. Pentecost is not a location alone. It's not just a location, is a time of encounter where divinity meets with humanity. A moment of transformation, a season of change, a time of glorification, a moment of refreshment, an atmosphere of comfort. When you are in the Pentecost, there is a leftover of the Spirit of God for your life that when men began to see you, you don't become the same way you were.
There is a change and there is a transformation. There is a turnaround.
Is there someone listening to me tonight? That after tonight there is going to be a change of identity After tonight, there's going to be a change of story.
If you are the one, shout amen!
All right, can we all read it together?
Want to go?
All right.
All right, okay.
Like a fire, and it sat upon each of them. Tonight there is going to be a manifestation of the power of Holy Ghost that will be resting upon you tonight, in the name of Jesus. Now take me back to verse 1. The Bible says they were all together in one Accord. There was an agreement. We are going up there to stay together because where there is no unity, the presence of God does not flow. Where there is no agreement, the presence and the power of God does not flow. So they came together in an agreement that let's go up there, let's be an expectant of his power. They were in agreement, all right? They were all Just like this. Are we in agreement together for the move of the Spirit? All right. The Bible says, and they were together. All right, verse 2. And suddenly heaven opened.
There is somebody tonight, heaven is about to open over your life tonight.
Ah, that amen is too low.
Somebody's there tonight, heaven is about to open over your alive in the name of Jesus.
And there came a rushing wind, a rushing wind. The Bible says, and there came a rushing wind and it filled all the house where they were sitting. Now you are not— if you are sitting, please stand up on your feet. If you know you are not here to play, you are not here to be a spectator, Peter, I want you to stand on your feet. And the Bible says there was a mighty rushing wind.
That shows there was a presence of God that overshadowed the house, the whole room, and there was a transformation, there was an encounter, there was a turnaround where God began to subject their flesh for his spirit to rule, where God began to subject their power, their stress, their concern, their issues, their pain, their sorrow, their fear, for his presence to move. I don't know what you have come here with, but if there are sorrows and shame, if there are disgrace and worry in your life, God is about to subject all those things for his presence to move in your life. God is about to subject your sorrows for his name to be glorified. God is about to subject your pain for a divine turnaround. And if you believe this, somebody shout fire!
I want you to pray just for a minute that, Lord, subject my, my flesh tonight for your spirit to reign in my life. Now, the only thing that can be an entrance to God God move is you, nothing else.
When you want God to come into your life, you give him space, you accommodate him. I want you to open your mouth tonight.
You are going to pray louder.
Lord, I subject my, my flesh tonight for your spirit to reign in my body, for your spirit to reign in my life. I subject my, my flesh Tonight, for your power to reign, for your power to overcome, for a divine turnaround. I subject my flesh tonight, Jesus, for your spirit to move. Jesus, for your name to be praised. Jesus, for an encounter. Jesus, for a change of story. I subject my flesh tonight, Jesus. I subject my flesh tonight, Jesus. I subject my flesh tonight, Jesus. Protect my flesh tonight for your glory to shine.
In Jesus' name we pray. You see, while we were interceding for this meeting, I saw 5 rivers, 5 rivers, and I saw 2 white men. They brought me to the smallest one and they began to stir the water, and they began to stir the water. And I asked God, what is this? And the Spirit of the Lord led me to the Book of Luke, where the Spirit of God will come down and stir the water, and whosoever first get into the water gets healed. I want you to be sensitive in the spirit. Somebody's here, you are confused about yourself. Somebody's here, you are confused about yourself. You are tired of the lifestyle you are living. You are tired of the relationship you've been going through. You have— you are tired of the work you are doing. You are tired of that mental issue. You are tired of that medical problem. Now Tonight, if you can open your heart so wide, there is going to be a change tonight. All right, I want you to say after me: In the name of Jesus, Lord, let me have an encounter with you tonight.
Are you ready to pray it? Father, in the name of Jesus, Jesus, let me have an encounter with you tonight in the name of Jesus. Let me have an encounter with you tonight in the name of Jesus. Let me have an encounter with you tonight in the name of Jesus. Let me have an encounter with you tonight in Jesus' mighty name we pray.
You can have your seat just for 3 minutes, please have your seat. God bless you. Can we celebrate ourselves? Yourself for that. Come on, if you're happy to be in the presence of God, come on, just do that. When a man's life lacks fire, such life becomes a platform. Such life becomes a, a territory, a location for the Femi Lazarus. When your life is without the fire of the Holy Ghost, the devil make your life a swearing place for himself, a place and a location of display. The reason why you need the fire of God, not just for yourself alone, but to change your world. Somebody say, change my world. Somebody say, change my world. Not everyone will be on pulpit, but there are designated locations for everyone in the world that you will go back after tonight to the place, to your place of work. If you are, if you are in the medical field, if you are in the IT field, art and music, you are going there to transform your world.
After tonight.
And so shall it be in the name of Jesus. Can I have 1 Samuel chapter 17 real quick? 1 Samuel chapter 17 talks about how David— okay, good. I want you to follow, I want you to follow me closely, so I might probably jump some verses. All right, now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and they, and they were gathered together at Sohoch, which belonged to Judah, and encamped between Sohoch and Azekah in Ephes Deme. All right, next one. And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together and encamped in the vale of Hela, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. All right, let's go to 4. And there went out a champion out of the camp of Philistine named Goliath of Gath. Let me stop there. Let me stop there. Let me stop there. There was a nation that built Goliath. The nation is called the Philistines. They built Goliath as a system and as a weapon of war. Now I want you to pay attention. In verse 5, let's go there. Okay, before we go, it says, whose height was 6 cubits and a span. He was built— the guy is giant, we all know that. He's tall, right? Verse 5, and he had the helmet of brass upon his head, and he was clad with a coat of mail. This is a man that a nation built. The, the, the brawling that was on him was so heavy because because they spent money to build it. For you to know, this man is not ordinary. There is no javelin or bullet that can penetrate, all right? And the Bible says, Femi Lazarus says, the weight of his coat was 5,000 shekels of brass. For you to know how expensive that thing was. And he had a greave of brass upon his leg and a javelin of brass between his shoulders. All right. Verse 6, verse 7: And the staff of his spear was like a weaver beam, and his spearhead's height 600 shekels of iron.
And his shieldbearer went before him.
This is a man that is built expensively because nation built him as a weapon of war. Are there no system that we are fighting with that has been built by the wealthy people. Again, a system we are struggling with that has been built by the wealthy people. There are, there are some things, if I need to start mention, such as LGBTQ is being financed by some wealthy people. Over 20,000— over 20 billion was pumped into this thing. So it can go around into Christianity, into the career world, into the industry, into lives, into marriages. It got to a point my daughter came back from school and we were discussing, and then my first daughter, my second daughter, they were telling me, Daddy, do you know what happened at school today? I said, what? He said, and then one of our teachers was telling me that that, um, you know, um, if you want to change your identity, it's okay. You have the— you have, you have the power to change it by yourself.
This is the system we are talking about that has been built to manipulate destinies, life, and marriages. Why are we here tonight?
Tonight we are here because we are tired of the yesterday.
We are tired of how devil has manipulated the world.
We are tired because we want a new turnaround. We are tired because God is tired of raising soldiers.
What is raising— he wants to raise people like David.
We are going to get there, but this is a system that's been built. To maneuver and to destroy people's life. Can we go the next one? And they stood and cried unto the armies of Israel and said unto them, why are ye come out to set your battles in array? And not, I am Philistine, and ye servants of Saul, choose you a man of you and let him come down to me. If he be able to fight with me and kill me, then will we be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then ye shall be our servants and serve us. There is a system that has been built for me and you to serve. There is a manipulation that has been built into a system for— to corrupt our lives, to corrupt marriages, to corrupt career, to corrupt the system, to, to, to, to, to manipulate destiny so they can serve the devil. Many destinies are being truncated because the lack of destiny, the lack of identity Rather, this is a system that has been built to push us around. Next verse, please. And when Saul, all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid. Now see, this is a system that has been built by a nation to create fear, to frustrate people's life, to manipulate and to enslave them. Is it not happening today?
We might not see Goliath face to face, but is a system that has been designed to enslave you, is a system that has been designed to enslave marriages. It is a system that has been designed to manipulate careers and destinies.
And when my daughter came, she was telling me, Daddy, they said if I want to change my identity, if I want to change my gender, I can change it. I have the right to change it.
Is it not a system that has been installed in schools to change children's orientations?
When you go for a career walk, they will tell you, are you a male or a female? Are you bisexual? Are you this? Are you that? This is a system that has been built in the secular world to manipulate lives and destiny. And we are here sitting down and flexing, and the world is perishing. Go to the next verse, please. And now David was the son of Hephrath of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse. All right, let's go to the next one. I don't want to waste our time. And the three eldest sons of Jesse, the, the name of the three sons were Heliah the firstborn and Next unto him was Abinadab, Abinadab, yeah. And the third was Shammah, all right, okay. And David was the youngest of the three, all right. Let's go to 15 real quick. Now David went to and fro from Saul to feed his father's sheep. Let's go. And Philistines draw near morning and night, okay. So there was a battle between the Israelites and the Philistines, all right, okay. Let's go there real quick, the next 1. And Jesus said unto David, son, take now for thy brethren in Hefer. All right, let me jump, let me jump. Okay, and bring those 10 cheeses unto them. In the— all right, so David was sent to the camp to feed his brothers. Let's go real quick. 19. Now Saul and they and all of the men of Israel were in the Valley of Helah fighting with the Philistine. All All right, and David rose up early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper and took and went as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the place where Wagon, as the host of which was gone forth to the fight, shouted for— okay, and Israel and the Philistine put the battle in array, I mean, against Haman. All right, and David left his bag, his baggages, in the hand of a keeper of the baggage that ran to the army and came and saluted his brethren. Now pay attention to this place, verse 23, please. And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the rank of the Philistines, and spoke according to the same words. And David heard them. There was a challenge. To me and you. If you are truly a child of God, show me. This is a system that has been built to challenge your marriage. This is a system that has been built to challenge your career. This is a system that has been built to challenge your spiritual life. If you are truly a child of God, if it is true you guys are the firstborn of God, send someone that can fight me. And anytime the Israelites hear this, they are frightened. What is that situation in your life that scares you, that when you hear it you are dismayed? What is that system that has been built What is that system that has been built towards your career, towards your spiritual growth, that when this thing comes up, it defiles you? Now let's go there. Verse 25, real quick please. And the men of Israel said, have you seen this man that come up surely to defy the Israelites? And he comes up? Okay, that the man who killed him— the king will enrich him now.' David saw what happened, and the first thing David had was, 'What is the reward for the person that defeats this system?' This system that has destroyed marriages, this system that has destroyed and manipulated careers, this system that has brought shame to Christianity. This system that has made people— that's, that's allowed people to make God a second option, not the first. Let's go further. Let's go to verse 27. Okay, let's go back to verse 26 real quick. I saw something. Thank you, Holy Spirit. And now, and David spoke to them. Okay, let me start from the B. For who is uncircumcised? All right, let me start from here. Sorry. What shall be done to the man who killed this Philistine and take away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he defied the army of the living God?
Army of the living God are perishing. They are defied by the system that has been built. They are defied by the system that has been built. They are defined by the system that has been built into Christianity, into marriages, into careers, into our spiritual life.
What will happen to the one that defeats the system? And when he had it all, let's go. And the people answered to him and said— they said everything. All right, let's go to verse 28, please. Ah, I'm so sorry for taking your time tonight. All right, stay right there. And Eliab, his elder brother, heard what he spoke unto men, and Eliab's anger was kindled against David. Sometimes the problems and the battle we go through are from the brethren. Sometimes the battles we fight are not from outside but from within. People that knows your worth and have seen yourself, but they don't want you to move. People that looks at you and say, who is this little boy without no value? What can you do? You don't have what it takes to change your world. You speak among your brothers and sisters, they tell you, who are you? Keep your mouth shut, you have no saying here. And they look at you and tell you, you are good for nothing. We can't blame them because it is the system that is working. But I'm telling you tonight, there is something inside of you that God is arousing tonight. Tonight to change your world. And that is why we have come tonight. It is the Pentecost, a place where you generate power and authority, a place where you are refreshed, a place where you are separated from shame and disgrace, reproach. Let's go further real quick. And David said, what have I done now? Is there not a cause? What have I done to deserve all these words pulling me down, saying negative words to me? You cannot even encourage me.
You cannot even push me further.
This thing happens in the, in the home. When the big brother tells the little ones, why you, why you putting your mouth in my discussion? Who are you to advise me? Why are you to pray for me? Why are you to do this? Why are you to do that? This is a system that has been built, that has been built to, to manipulate destiny. Even the way we think, the way we act, how we perceive each other.
We are far Fathers and mothers look, look down to their children.
Let's go real quick. And he turned away from him, onward and spoke. This is what David did. He looked at another person. I think I can find encouragement from this person. Is there something as a reward for the person that defeats this system? Is there something as a reward for the person that brings down this system that creates fear and dismay to the armies of the living God? And they told him, if you are able to defeat this man, your generation your children will never pay taxes.
A turnaround.
You marry king's daughter, you rule the world. All right, let's go quickly. Verse 32. And David said to them— David said to Saul, let no man's heart fail because of him. Thy servant will go and fight with these Femi Lazarus. Armies are getting tired. System has overtaken the armies, but God is expecting David. Ayya rabo shatalaba. God is tired of this humming. God is tired of this humming. God is tired of seeing his army sleeping and complaining. People that have been fearful People that cannot walk by faith, but they only walk by sight. David has fought animals and won, but he believed that if I can walk by faith, if I can face this system in the name of the Lord, I will bring it down. Are there mountains in your life that has been built to frustrate your life? Are there systems that have been built that is manipulating your career? Are there systems around you that is pulling down your spiritual life?
But God is not looking for Hamis now. God is expecting David that will run with hunger at his presence and say, here I am, Father. If you can give me this strength, if you can If you can empower me, if you can give me this opportunity to bring down this system called Goliath.
Tonight God is about to make a change. Tonight God is about to break down the system in your life. Do I have any David in the house?
Do I have any David in the house? Somebody shout fire!
At this point, if you are tired of where you are, you can rise on your feet. What God saw in David was the hunger. The Bible says, I will pour my spirit upon all flesh. This promise is available for every flesh, but it can only work upon flesh that is hunger— that is hungry, rather. It can only work upon flesh that is thirsty. Tonight God is about to change somebody's life. I know when we were praying Our mentor came in, our father came in. Apostle Femi Lazarus, can we celebrate Jesus in his life? God bless you, sir. I'm just like John tonight. I'm a forerunner of what God is about to do. All right. Hold someone beside you real quick. I can see the angel of the Lord mounting every angle in this room, and I want you to be careful of what God is about to do right now because there's going to be a touch in your life. Your response should be the fire of the Holy Ghost as I decree. Every system that has been built against your word— every season that's been put against your spiritual life—
every season that has been put against your home— every system that has been put against your children— every system that has been put against your marriage— every system that has been built against your career tonight. I decree, because David is rising, let the fire fall upon them in the name of Jesus.
The burning one is right here. The fire of the Holy Ghost is here. The Bible calls him a consuming fire. I decree in the name of Jesus above every other names. The Bible says he has given us a name above every other names, and in the name of Jesus, every knee shall bow.
Let system bow! Let system bow! Let system bow! Let system bow! Let system bow! Let system bow! In the name of Jesus! David is rising in this meeting tonight. David is rising in this meeting tonight. But after tonight, you are going back to your world and you are making a change in the name of Jesus.
Somebody is here, you always dream you find yourself in the grave, but the Bible says I will open your grave tonight. And I hear the word of God saying the same, that your grave is open tonight.
Somebody's here tonight, your grave is open in the name of Jesus.
Every graveyard lifestyle is coming to an end now.
I decree your life, I decree your home, I decree your career out of that grave in the name of Jesus.
After tonight, you know, I'm feeling something on my left side, and the Lord is talking to me that there's somebody here You have been going through some form of partial stroke, and I don't know where that person is, but the healing of the Lord is flowing. It's flowing right now. It's flowing right now in the name of Jesus. All right. If you are grateful to God for what God has done right now, if you are grateful to God for this first encounter, I want you to shout, I want you to scream, I want you to express yourself in the Holy Ghost.
Somebody shout! Shout! Somebody scream! Somebody scream! Somebody scream! Somebody shout! Somebody scream!
Amen! You know, before I bring up our father, I want you to celebrate somebody here. This is a woman of graces. This is a woman of divine strength. This is a woman God has made for such as this. This is a woman God has blessed. The Bible says, 'He who finds a wife finds a good thing.' Can you please celebrate my beloved wife right now? Can we clap our hands together and celebrate Pastor Mrs. Micaiah Omoboriwo? Can we celebrate her? Can we celebrate her one more time? Uh-oh, uh-oh.
Is that how you're going to celebrate my queen? Somebody celebrate my queen one more time! Amen!
All right, baby.
Hallelujah!
Amen! Let's return that shout and that glory to Jesus because he deserves it.
It is only him who is worthy of praise and of glory and of honor. And we reverence you, Jesus. We give you the praise.
We're just going to worship God for the next couple of minutes, and I just want you to fix your gaze on Jesus, set your hearts on him, you know, gather that expectation, gather that expectation for what he's about to do, for what he's already time and just worship him. The Bible says the Father seeks those that will worship him in spirit and in truth. So I want you to focus on him. Father, we bless your name.
Oh, we worship you, Jesus. Take the stage, Lord. And I Have your way. I'm just a vessel and nothing more. When you're done, please take your glory. I'm satisfied to see you. Take the stage, Lord. Have your way. To see you glorify. Take the stage, Lord. Have your way.
Have your way.
We're just a vessel.
We're just a vessel. We're nothing more. And when you— Declare it and say it.
Take the stage, Lord.
Take your honor belongs to you. Have your way. We're just a vessel. Just a vessel. We're nothing more than nothing more. Oh, when you talk My God, would you please? I'm satisfied to see your glory. Glory, glory, glory, Jesus, we love We worship and adore you. Glorify your name in all the Glorify your name. We glorify your name. Oh. Glorify your name in all the earth. Jesus, Jesus, we love you. We worship at the door. Oh, we glorify, we find your name in all the air.
Oh! We glory— Oh! Glorify your name.
Gloryfy your name. Glorify your name, glorify your name in all the earth. I just want you to glorify the name of Jesus in all of the earth.
His name is and lifted up. We worship you, Jesus. I want you to speak in the Holy Ghost.
If you have your heavenly language, now is a good time to activate it.
Glorify your name. Glorify your name. I glorify your name in all creation.
Before my Lord and King, the one who gave his life for— did he give his life for you? I raised up by the power of his Love until the nations know. The champion of the whole starburst and captain of My destiny in you, I make my vow. You reign alone, alone. The champion, the champion, the host of hosts, and captain of, and captain of my death, in you alone, in you alone.
A—
we cry, you will come, you will come. So we raise our song to you, Jesus. We raise our We ask that you come, oh God. Maranatha, Maranatha, Maranatha, hallelujah. Maranatha, Maranatha, hallelujah. Blessed art thou, Son of David. Blessed art thou, root of Jesse. Blessed art thou, Son of David. You know the song.
You know the song.
Blessed are thou, Lord Jesus, you are imminently glorious, immaculately beautiful. I can go on and on, on But my words are not enough, my vocabulary is different, but permit me to cry out, Iba O, Iba O, Iba O.
Yes, that's the beat of war.
You are eminently glorious, immaculately beautiful. Jesus, you're eminently, eminently glorious. You are immaculately beautiful. You are eminently glorious! Immaculate— say it! You are eminently glorious! Immaculate you are eminent glory immaculate immaculae immanemly gloria... Immaculately beautiful, you are, you are, you are, you are. I can go on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on. I will never stop, I will never stop giving you praise. I will never stop worshiping. I will never stop honoring you, Jesus. Hey, I can go on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on. Hey, I can go on and on and on and on.
But my words are not enough.
My vocabulary's very failing but permit me to cry out Iba O! Shout it aloud and say—
Ohh...
Iba! Worship the Lord, worship the Lord. Don't wait a song. Just worship him. Yes, the weight of the glory of the Lord is resting upon us. The weight of the glory of the Lord is resting upon us. Just worship. Oh, release yourself unto him.
You are worthy to be praised. You are worthy to— you are worthy to be praised. Oh, you are Worthy to be praised. Jesus, you are worthy to be praised. You are worthy to be praised. I will not I'll worship you, praise you, I'll worship you, I'll be praising. No one else, no one else deserves my praise, oh God. As long as I am God's child, I will always, I will always worship you. You are— no one else deserves the praise but you. So I give my all to you, Jesus.
You are worthy. You are all-knowing God.
Only you, you are worthy to be praised. Jesus, only you. Jesus, my grace.
You are worthy to be praised.
You are worthy. Only you, only you are worthy, Lord. You are, you are Worthy to be praised.
Just the congregation, say, you are loved, Jesus.
I'm worthy. You are worthy to be praised. Oh, you are Worthy to be praised.
You are worthy to be praised.
Jesus, only you, only you, only you. Come on, everybody, come on, Somebody lift it up!
Hey, we got to go! Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! You are worthy, you are worthy, you are worthy to be praised.
Somebody celebrate Jesus for that circle of Worship, celebrate Jesus in the life of Pastor Mikael.
Aya ya ya!
Are you ready for what is about to happen here tonight? Church, are you ready for what is about to happen?
All right, in the next 2-3 minutes, I'm going to be out of your face. All right, all right. Please, I want you to celebrate a covenant brother in the house, Evangelist Kenny. Can we celebrate him? God bless you, sir, for coming. Can we also celebrate Minister Ada? Thank you very much, God bless you. Can we also celebrate Deacon Ada? Is somewhere there? God bless you for coming, sir. Can we celebrate our lovely, wonderful family? Pastor Heritage from Light Nation, can we celebrate him? From all the way from UK, United Kingdom, God bless you for coming. Can we also celebrate Pastor Taya from ATL, Atlanta, Georgia? God bless you, God bless Pastor Tayo. And also help me welcome Minister Yinka in the house. God bless you, sir. Can we also celebrate Minister Adeyeke? God bless you from UK. God bless you, sir. I know I'm still coming to that. I'm still coming to that. I have a wonderful sister in the house. You know, she's a prayer warrior. All right, I want you to please celebrate— should I call her Pastor Evangelist? Can we celebrate Minister Delight in the house?
God bless you, man.
All right, I'm doing this real quick. Okay, can we also celebrate real quick one of our ministers in the house? I just get the message. Pastor Adeye. Have I done it? All right, amen. Sorry about that. And also, please help me welcome Pastor Dami Olu Ayeni. God bless you, sir. All right, the atmosphere is charged. The heaven He's hoping. I can even see the smile of my father and mother right here. They are expectant of what is about to happen. Right, Daddy? Right, Mommy? Glory to Jesus. I'm going to invite a father, a mentor, a voice in the land A man God has built for his glory. A man that carries the voice of the Most High. A man who has subjected his flesh for the Spirit of God to reign. Are you ready for this, church?
I'm gonna welcome Apostle Femi Victor Lazarus to share Touch salt!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Okay, please help me, um, honor Pastor and Pastor Misomo.
Thank you, thank you.
I'm glad I met your session. Blessed me. Yes, God sent you. Please stand up, sir. Please stand up. God sent that word to me, and, um, this is a house of worship. Thank you, ma. Thank you. As one whose primary calling, his intercession. I understand that anywhere you get to, that the atmosphere is open. Some people actually paid the price. I can't tell the depth of prayer that has gone behind the scene, um, Okay, all right. Thank you, Lord. Lift your hands where you stand, everyone, in a moment, and just give Jesus praise. The atmosphere is heavy already, so you just go ahead, ascend, and just give him praise. Don't let anything hold you back. He has not called the seed of Jacob to seek him in vain. Honor him. Do so in a moment. Oh, we bless you, Lord Jesus. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Just don't be distracted. Don't be distracted. Bless him from the depth of your heart. We bless you, Lord. You are holy and forever you come. We bless you.
Thank you, Lord.
We bless your holy name, Jesus. In Jesus' mighty name we have worshiped. All right, sit down for a moment. Um, thank you. Genesis chapter number 48. And I just— string slowly, thank you. I know I want us to pay very important attention, um, as we read this text. If the media can help me with NLT, New Living Translation. Translation if you have it. But if you don't, I'll just read NLT from here. But if you have your Bibles, you should be there now. And if you are looking for Genesis in New Testament, the ones I called the altar call, make sure you're out. I believe we are clear on that. All right, now Genesis Acts chapter number 14. Project any translation you have, don't worry. So I want to start from verse 1 so we can have context. Um, to— have I thanked you for bringing me here? Thank you, sir. Thank you, ma'am. Please let me honor them. I just want to be sure. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Amen. I do not take it for granted. Thank you, sir.
Please Please be seated.
And of course, I'm only able to continue like this because I saw he's taking his time to celebrate everyone.
Amen.
Okay.
And it came to pass after these things, um, that one said to Joseph, behold, your father is sick. And he took with him his two sons. That's Joseph now took Manasseh and Ephraim. And one told Joseph and said, behold— I'm told Jacob, sorry— behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee. And Israel strengthened himself. Um, we have to pay attention in the story of Jacob. Whenever the name Israel is used interchangeably with Jacob, usually it is because something ancient is about to be born. Are you Femi Lazarus, excuse me. Um, let's read verse 3— no, verse 1 and 2 of that scripture together again. Genesis 48, we read it together. Verse 1 and 2, 1, 2, 3, go. Read verse 2 again. Who strengthened himself? Israel. Let me give you another context to that switch or that transition. If you read the book of Genesis chapter number 45, Genesis 45. If you are there, say amen. Let's read from verse 25. Genesis 45, from verse 25. This was several years after Joseph was forcefully snatched from Jacob. And let me pause, I want to take my time. For some reason, um, the dealing of the Lord even before I came down here, as touching the meeting in New Jersey, there's just something different. When the enemy wants to break a person, the enemy looks for what brings the person joy and take take it from the person. If you read Psalms 2 from verse 1, there was a clamor, um, a clamoring from David. So why do the heathen rage? He said the kings of the earth and the rulers, they gather themselves and take counsel together against the Lord and against his anointed, saying, let us break their bands and cast their cords away from us. What's the next verse? He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh. So you'll be amazed. They, they say, let us, let's break their band and cast their cord away from The enemy specializes in breaking people, and when people become broken, they forget covenant. The same people that have history with God will sit down and doubt if it was ever God they met. At some point, due to affliction, John the Baptist, the one who said, behold, the Messiah Messiah. He sent a message to Jesus and said, go ask him, are you the Messiah or should we expect someone else? What had happened to him? Life had broken him. And that was what happened to Jacob. His beloved son that was the apple of his eyes was snatched from him. So in Genesis 45:25, that was when they brought a news back from Egypt that Joseph is still alive. Look at it. And they went out of Egypt and came to the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father. Yes, quickly, verse 26. And told told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive and is the ruler over all the land of Egypt. And his heart fainted, for he believed them not. Look at the next verse. And they told him all the words of Joseph— it wasn't enough— which he had said unto them. And when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their Father revived, and Israel said, 'It is enough.' There we saw that transition again, that the— it looks like when something leaps in Jacob, it will no longer be Jacob speaking but Israel. I make bold to say that the covenant God made with you, although life has happened to you, but it is still there. The wind of the Lord is going to blow and blow away the dust that has covered the altar. Jacob will hear my words tonight, but Israel will respond.
I'm insisting, Jacob will hear the words tonight, but Israel will leap from within you.
Israel is the one God cut covenant with, and when that is touched, it means something heavy is about to be released. You've not lost it, you only grew cold. It's still there. That calling is still there. The gift and the calling is without repentance. Femi Lazarus. That anointing is still there. That grace is still there. That fire is still there. You are not so powerful to eradicate God's call on your life. You are not that powerful. To everyone who has been asking, you know, like Samson said, I will shake myself like other times. And the Bible said he knew not that God had left him. But God doesn't leave forever. He hangs around. While they were mocking him and beating him and calling him names and insulting him and doing all that— you know, imagine people that you have defeated all your life now handling you. While they were doing that, the Bible said, and the hair on his head began to grow. God kept the secret in what has the capacity to grow back. Delilah can only finish him if she can cut off the head. Delilah might cut the hair, not the head. While they were mocking him, the hair was— it was Samson who chose to die. Die. It wasn't God who killed him. I make bold to announce tonight that Samson, your hair, that which was shaved off, that which you've looked for, and you are, you are becoming another thing, like one who was not anointed with oil. That which the enemy thought they've trimmed off and that's the end of you, it is growing back tonight. You came from a lineage of the oil. Someone knelt down at some point and said, God, I might not enjoy the benefit of the prayers, but don't forget my seed. Tonight the grace of God has come to trace the smell of the oil and has found it to your lineage. And I ask that every prayer, every sweat, every tears, every cry, every covenant that those who went ahead of you made with God on your behalf, that it looked like the wind of life took you away from.
You are back in the midst of that covenant. You are back in the midst of that covenant. You are back in the midst of that covenant. Every one. Be on your feet and lift your hands to heaven. You're going to pray in the next 2 minutes. I reconnect back to the covenant that went ahead of me, the prayers, the labors of those who went ahead. I find the waters that my father has found. I drink and I'm whole. I find the waters that my Father has found.
I drink and I'm whole.
Oh, I wish you pray the prayer loud and clear. Don't pray it in American way. Pray it like your life depends on it. I reconnect myself to the depth of the source.
Pray, pray, pray. Just keep playing. Sake Fande Roko Shi. In Jesus' mighty name we pray. Let that amen roar like thunder. One night Jacob stumbled on a stone on his journey, and as far as he was concerned, it was just an ordinary stone, so he pillowed his head on it. But it was a memorial. His father, who went ahead of him, had used the stone as a pillar of covenant. And he said that night he saw heavens open with a ladder let down and angels ascending and descending. And he said, the Lord was here and I knew it not. God doesn't leave the place of covenant. He hangs around that hopefully someone in that bloodline will stumble stumble on the words that went ahead.
Something is said to the fathers that has been covered. And tonight Jacob has stumbled on the stone that Abraham found with God, and the heavens are open again.
Well, let us let down angels ascending and descending. The heavens are open.
Men and women are stumbling on the covenant that the Lord had with your fathers, that Jacob will hear my words but Israel will respond. The glory of the Lord is here and his hand is here, and we connecting sons back to their fathers, reconnecting daughters back to the Covenant of Deborah, bringing back— bridging the gap, bringing men to the obedience of the faith. Lift your hands where you stand and reconnect to the ancient well. There's that sound, ancient You understand? Well, um, yeah, come raise that sound. Lift your hands and reconnect. Lift your hands. Pray in the Holy Ghost. Reconnect. Reconnect. He has not called the seed of Jacob to seek him in vain.
Ancient one, ever true. Changing me and changing you. We are called with open hearts, all and they should work. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Look up, everyone. Yes, just pay attention. Sometimes it looks like what is left is just like a seed of it, and you can't find the flesh that there used to be something I had with God, but I can't trace it anymore. Maybe I went a direction and it looked like God didn't move, and that grace, that anointing now looks like a seed buried in the ground. But the Bible said there is hope for a tree even though it is cut down.
And the stump of it waxed old in the earth, said, at the scent of water it will spring back to life again. You have come to the place of waters tonight, and that which has been dormant— I, I, the, the, the, the, the covenant— a word was spoken and it this seem to manifest. It look like experience is calling God a liar, but there is a release of waters. The waters are stirred, and that which is there is brought back, stirred back. Let the spirit of the prophet be ignited. Let the unction that went dormant over the years, spring back. Let the grace, let the mantle, often and hanging around waiting for the one who will knock the door, find expression tonight. And I see the doors open again. And I hear the voice of one who speak as the voice of many waters. The Spirit and the Bride says, come. There is a divine summon. There is a divine beckoning. Come drink the waters your fathers found. Come climb the mountains that they climbed. Come step in the places that they stood, and you will find rest for your soul, says the Lord. For the Spirit and the bride says come.
Listen, you You know what happened with Elijah and Elisha? God already spoke and he said, go anoint Elisha as a prophet in your stead. When Elijah— when Elijah saw him, he took his mantle and just hung it around him. And left, and that's enough. I just saw similitude of what looks like mantles just hung on men. Father, if what I've seen is from you, let there be an instant manifestation. Now, now, just silence everyone. Let there be an instant manifestation on those that you have dropped that mantle. 3, it's like a mantle that is on fire, and you are going to begin to Prophesy from today. 1, 2, 3. Search them with that fire. Release it on them. Breath of the Almighty, let that fire not stop burning. Let that grace not lift. Let that surge be stronger, and let it be an ever-abounding flow from today, that your children will function with this. Oh. God, Jehovah Sabaoth, the God of Heaven's Army, that you will pour that oil on these ones. You will, you will, you will. There's another person, your tongue is touched. That's I just saw a finger touch that tongue, and that's the grace for utterance, to speak as God's oracle. Oh yes. Ancient one, ever true, changing me. And changing you.
We have come with open arms.
Oh, thank you, Lord Jesus. Oh, we bless your holy name. Thank you, Lord. Blessed be your holy name! Blessed be your holy— blessed be your holy name! Blessed be your holy name! We bless you that mantles will find their rightful owners in this meeting. Blessed be your name. Thank you, Lord. In Jesus' mighty name we pray.
Thank you, Lord.
Sit for a moment. Turn it down a bit. Thank you. I can't stop what God will be doing, because even as I teach, he will confirm his word. So pay attention. Still on the subject of being broken, the enemy will not break you. I shared a story I had about a woman who became a widow quite early in life and poured all her affection on her only son and refused to remarry. Him all the way from Nigeria and use all she could to send him to London for master's. Long story cut short, he finished, returned home in the days that they used to return via ship. Saw him exiting the ship, and her face was filled with radiance and excitement. That's the reward of her labor. And right before our eyes, he slipped and fell into the water. All effort to bring him out failed.
Failed.
For days they even searched for the body, nowhere to be found. She saw her joy, but it was snatched immediately. So she became broken, went back to the village with nothing. She wakes up every morning and use a bowl, go to the river and be scooping water. And they ask her, what's wrong? She said, I'm looking for my son. It broke her. Your joy will not be snatched from you. I think for some reasons you guys' amen here looks quite a bit relaxed. It's interesting. Again, I insist, your joy will not be snatched from you. Let me tell you the reason why you must embrace every opportunity to pray. Prayer is like money you invest in the bank. If you do it well, you will always meet it. So again, I'm I insist, both now and in the future, your joy will not be snatched from you. I want to introduce you to something quite quickly tonight. I might not spend all my time, all right, because So that same story, Genesis chapter number 48. So it came to pass that one told Joseph, behold, your father is sick. And he took— and Jacob— Joseph took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. And one told Jacob and said, behold thy son— and told Jacob, sorry, behold thy son Joseph cometh unto thee. And Israel strengthened himself and sat upon the bed. And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me in Luz, in the land of the— of Canaan, and blessed me. Now this is a man who was at the last phase of his life and is communicating the sum total of what he has as inheritance. And this that he has to pass on to the next generation will not be in silver and gold, although that is important and that's good, because a good man also leaves good inheritance for his children. But it will be in what money cannot buy. He was describing to the next generation the encounter that he had. He He said, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan and what?
Blessed me.
So we understand from this context that the night that the Bible said he fought with an angel and prevailed not, it was actually— you didn't get it. He knew that it was the Lord who appeared to him. He knew that it was the Lord who had the ability to change his name. He knew. He said, and he blessed me and said unto me, behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply and I will make of you a multitude of people. Is that not amazing? And look at this: and will give this land to your seed for an everlasting possession. And now your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto you in the land of Egypt before I came unto you in Egypt are mine, even as Reuben and Simeon shall be mine. Ah, a lot is in that text that you just read. Look at this. He said, now your two sons So meaning that I am Israel speaking, because I am the one that the Lord has made the covenant with, that I will make you a nation. So the one who has received it has the ability and the capacity to extend it.
When Peter met the man at the gate called Beautiful, he recognized what he didn't have.
He said, 'That can be measured in silver and gold.' But he also recognized what he had. He said, 'Such as I have, give I thee.' There is a generation coming that what will quench their thirst is not dollars, but the God you have found. That was not a prayer point. Maybe you didn't hear me, or you said the amen in faith. I said there's a generation coming. What will quench their thirst is not dollars. It is also not technology. It is the God that you have found. Imagine that you can sit your children down and say, in year so and so and so, the Lord appeared to me and said this concerning the seed that will come out of my loins. That I am not just moving as one who— I am moving as walking template and one who has received ordinances for those coming after me.
So this is the word of the Lord, that you are introducing the God you met to the children I need your loins.
I shared the story, was it yesterday or day before yesterday, at Mississippi. A man went to eat in a restaurant, and the restaurant— I don't know if you guys do that here— it's a buffet You serve yourself anything you can eat for the same amount. Does it happen here? All right, we have that in Nigeria, so I'm proud to represent Nigeria. Just that there's a way you eat, they will call you and say, please come. Amen. But this particular restaurant, they said you don't have to pay. According to them, they said, because your father already paid, so eat as much as you can eat, drink as much as you can drink, all bills paid. So he ate, and he ate well, and he drank. So he thanked them. Thank Thank you, thank you. And he was on his way out, they called him back and said, you must be wicked. When you came here, you ate because your father's paid. When your children come here, what will they eat? Sometimes we don't recognize that some atmospheres look penetrable because some men labored to stay in the place of prayer for the dark cloud, the verdict over a generation, to be rolled like a mat so that another generation will come, pray through, and find it easier. I would have shown you a text in Ezekiel 34 that if you are part of the generation that find the water that is clean. He said, when you have drunk of that water, don't foul it for those coming behind. That you must in this season encounter the true God so that you will have something to pass on. One of the big Biggest problem we have is that many of us only know the God another man encountered. No personal encounter. All that they know about God is what someone said. They've not prayed through. They've not separated themselves to seasons, and that's why their entire life is powered by head knowledge, trial and error. This may work, this may not work. And because it is powered by head knowledge, you have accumulated unnecessary scars. If you Find the waters the Father's found, you will drink and be whole. One of the burdens in my heart for this season is to return back to the apostolic template. The line between the church and the world is getting blurry. The influx, the rate of it is too fast. And unless we go back to the place of authentic seeking, a generation will come who will only know the season God came in pictures. That there was a time a man lived who found something but could not pass it on to the next generation because they were not ready. And this is the voice in this season that, hey, who will rise up and contend for the faith that was handed to us? And it is the faith of the, the template of authentic seeking. Because when you seek God, those who are doing it quick will make you look like a fool. But the future is not for those doing it fast, but for those doing it right. When you devote your life to begin to seek God, you look like a fool. People make conclusions early. They conclude and begin to ask that if what you have found is authentic, it should materialize in silver and gold. But is that the way God is manifested? Eventually, none who seek him will come back stranded, but you may not begin the way you want to start.
And even in the midst of that, you must be contented. That Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—
Azariah, as their name were— was then— will decide not to defile themselves with the king's portion. I will not ask them to compare until 10 days are over. There's a season. Even the seed buried in the head as a time it speaks. Said the vision is yet for an appointed time, it will speak in the end. Sometimes the fact that we are so much under pressure to prove take us out of God's will. I'm saying people will meet you and make pledge that you will fail. And it will look like for a season God honored their word, because the path is leading you through looks like they were right. He said the li— the path that the lion's webs have not trodden him, that the vulture has not seen. In Deuteronomy 8 from verse 2, he said, you shall remember the the way which the Lord your God led you these 40 years in the wilderness to test you, to prove you, to know what is in your heart. He said, afterward he caused you to hunger and he gave you manna that both you or your fathers don't know anything about, that he might make you know. He might make you— to make a person know takes time. It took 7 years for Nebuchadnezzar to know that God is to be praised. That he might make you know that man doesn't live by bread only, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. What powers your life is not bread, it is the living bread, the word. That if he sends you away from the midst of plenty and send you to where there's scarcity. If his word is there, he will honor himself. You can't— listen, you can't fulfill destiny if you have not learned to honor God's word. Did you see the story? Is it in your Bible? Genesis chapter number 13, I believe I'm correct. Um, Abraham, or Lot and the men of Abraham began to have dispute. Huh?
Abraham came and said, Lot, this— uh-huh, Genesis.
Oh yes, 13. Now give me that scripture. I said, Lot, we don't have to fight. You look around and pick anywhere you want. A man of the spirit is telling a man of the flesh to pick first. You see, men of the spirit don't strive. Nobody can take what is yours as long as you maintain your connection to God. Are you following me now? The Bible said Lot looked at the well-watered plains. Look at it, um, give me verse 10 now, quickly. And Lot lifted And he lifted up his eyes and beheld the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere before. So there's going to be an after to where he's choosing. If he had looked in the spirit— are you there? I was discussing with one of my boys, trying to get by some things, properties. He said this area. So I said, okay, I have something to do in that area, and I will pray while passing through the area to see if it's something I wanted. As we're driving through that area, I saw darkness on one side, and I saw an angel of the Lord standing on the other side. So I said, that area, that side, to my right side. I said, that one is not good. If any property you want to sell around that area, I'm not interested. God, anyone who buys property there will cry. When I told him, he put his hand on his head and shouted, Jesus! He said, who told you? I said, nobody, that's what I saw. He said, sir, all those who bought property there, it's not like they will cry, they have already started crying. He said, that's where the government just moved, that they wanted to build something, something, something. So I said, okay, I saw it. I said, this other side, that's where the Lord is waiting. So let's talk about that. If you are a person of the spirit, you know, as a young lady, you can marry a rich boy who is at the last phase of his wealth.
Sorry.
And leave the one that God is about to raise, because you are looking for a well-watered plain of Sodom that is about to be destroyed. Those who choose by sight are bound to regret. Are you with me? How do you look at a person and see the future? The future is not within the limit of what you can observe. It takes the one who is there. That's why if anybody is mocking you and say that, do you think you have a future? Laugh. Are they God? Only the one who is there can tell us how it looks.
Yes, sir.
One time somebody came to call those who are following me and say, all of you following this guy will fail. Said, because that ministry will not survive 5, 6 months. It's over 10 years now. Nobody can speak like God if they are not God. Who is it that says a thing when God has not spoken?
Are you full?
I'm saying Lot chose Different things happening here. Stay with me, media. Give me the Bible. Stay with me. So Lord chose— he's not— no, no worry, that's not even the case.
He's not—
he wasn't afraid. Abraham said choose first. You didn't beg. I say, ah, sir, no, sir, I understand that what I'm doing is only multiplying because I am in the arena of the blessing.
Even Agar had reasons to be angry.
Sarah maltreated her. Now, emotional intelligence. God said, go back and submit, not because you you don't have reason to be angry, but because you can't lose in two ways. Give birth to this child under the canopy of the blessing. So when she gave birth to that child, and next time she had to run, an angel responded.
And they say, I heard your cry. Say, I heard his voice. What is connected to Abraham? When he cries, heaven responds.
I'll say it in Yoruba, then I will interpret it. Ema diya fuye noemi. We should not be featherweight in the spirit. The boy cried, the angel said, and the mother was crying too. Said, I heard his voice. Something from Abraham called our attention and we have to respond. You know, Ishmael was blessed too. Said, I will— what? And make him great. He will dwell in place of his brethren. He will be a wild donkey. The issue is anything from Abraham cannot but be blessed. And that's why Abraham must be careful where he drops his seed. The way that thing work— we're online, right?
Okay, don't worry.
No, anybody who knows me knows Those I don't send. I'm just careful so the enemy doesn't hijack what I want to say. At certain level of your growth and ascension in God and in weight, he will begin to caution you about how you lay your hands. Because even when at that point when you lay hands on an evildoer you will prosper. That's the reason why you see that even bad people find a way to connect themselves to priests. The blessing that is sustaining Isaac is the same blessing that is sustaining Ishmael. Ismael. Cry from now till tomorrow. Ismael will be around till Jesus comes, and their nations prospering. So before the Lord will destroy the plains of Sodom— oh, he loved it and said that, please give us that scripture. That same Genesis 13. Whoever owns this car, move it now.
What do you mean?
I believe the fellow has responded. Yeah, but now it's okay. Bible cook after this meeting. Genesis 13, please. Let's continue that scripture. Lift your hand, say, I will find God. I will find God. He beheld the plain of Jordan that was well watered, so he chose him the plain of— go back to verse 11 now. Thank you. He chose the plain of than— all right, quickly, verse 11. And Lot journeyed east, and they separated themselves. The one you that they were managing before— God never said Abraham should carry him. Sure, look at the next verse. Abraham dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and moved his tent as far as— where? Sodom. Yes. Next verse. Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against God exceedingly. Yes. And can you just give me King James? So, because Ah, so people can understand. All right, leave it in King James. And God said to Abraham, after that Lot was separated— there are people that until they separate from you, God won't say what he wanted to say. Sometimes it's because you are so kind. There are things God wants to do and he doesn't want you to beg. Let's leave it. I don't know why they are taking away the Bible. You don't like the Bible, so yes.
14.
And the Lord said unto Abraham, after that Lot was separated, lift up now thine eyes and look from the place where thou art northward, southward, eastward, and where? For all the land which thou seest to thee will I give it, and to thy seed. Lot was supposed to hang around and find a portion after Abraham had sinned. You don't carve out your portion before it is sinned. So the blessing didn't rest on it, and it didn't it take time for that place to be destroyed by fire? The secret is not strategy. The secret is the God you have found. Can I say it again? The secret— a glorious ministry, a glorious whatever— strategy is good, or sometimes strategy is the method of Jacob.
Package himself.
Um, I am Esau, bless me now. Strategy. I have 7 years to kill, give me your daughter, man. Um, koni man die, koni man bury am. They gave him the girl at night. Oh my heavy at night. At least old torchlight. He woke up in the morning and said, eh, you gave me a wrong girl.
Well, I don't know how—
what Leah looked like and what Rachel looked like. Are you that blind? Or you thought you were going to chop name out, then get the one you should get, whichever one? So he said, I have another 7 years to kill. By then, 14 years had been added to the age of Rachel. You know, they were not the one demanding for those years. He was the one saying, I have. They seed of Abraham. 14 years for a girl, someone that the essence of what you carry is Christ, you are using it to marry. Eventually, of course, we'll see that in Genesis 45, Rachel didn't really live long, so she died, but she gave gave him some beautiful, some amazing children. So you see, strategy is good, but there are limitations to it. When God released his breath on what you have, no strategy can match it. When he stood in Genesis 27 before Isaac. He said, I'm Esau. He had to come back over 20 years after to re-answer that same question, what's your name? Now he said it correctly, I'm Jacob. Why? Life had to beat him for over 20 years to answer name. One of the first thing you teach your kid is to be able to answer their Ah, because of the level of deceit, it took him over 20 years to answer what? Your name alone. It was until then that God blessed him. He moved from strategy to the blessing. So when he was now speaking in Genesis 45, that's a man who has found God talking. Femi Lazarus. Somebody was going to start a ministry somewhere, so he told these people, he said, we are going to take over this city. And what he was saying was sounding amazing. By what means? He came with hundreds of millions. We'll do billboards, we'll advertise, get the best hall in town. And get the best musical equipment. When you have exhausted all, you will be left to now find God. When you come to the end of what you have used to replace God, that's where God is waiting. It will be the year that Uzziah die that Isaiah will find God. Many can't move into God's best for their life because Uzziah is on the throne. I said it jokingly that the reason why many can't know the way God bless is loan apps. You guys don't do that here. No, no, no, no, don't give me that. Don't tell me that. You can't. I say you don't do that here. You, you got— I say you can't. This is America. You are blessed. Do you know what we are facing in Nigeria? You are blessed. Don't worry, that this one doesn't concern you. Oh, they are going of people who try to do it without God. Their scars are many. When Jacob found God, his life became easy. Look at what the Bible says: Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden. Give us that scripture. And I will give you what? One of the signs that you found God is that you are rest. Rest is not the absence of storm, it is you finding a couch to sleep on in the midst of it. To have rest is to know him whom you have believed. Give me that scripture, Matthew chapter number 11, verse 28. Huh, look at it now. Let's read it together. 1, 2, 3, go. Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will what? Give you rest. Um, media, do you have Message translation? Ah, ah, people will— I'll be back here. I'll And I'll, I'll call you out when next I come. Yeah, I'll call the media. I will not forget. Oh yes, I would have loved for us to read Message Translation. If you can download it, okay, let's read Message Translation. Epa, with a mic, listen to what the Bible says in Message Translation. Are you tired? Yeah, read Read it.
Are you tired?
Yes. Worn out? Look at this.
Are you tired? Burned out? Worn out? You know, religion burns people out.
Come to me now.
We're in a transition from religion to Christianity around the world. Come to me and do what? Get away Is that in your Bible? Yes, sir. Get away with me. Uh-huh.
Get away with me. You recover your life.
You will recover your life. You've not lost anything. If you get into God, you will get it back.
I'll show you how to take a real rest.
I will show you how to— many of you are restless. You are too young for high blood pressure. That's the truth. And let me tell you this and give you as a warning: if you die now, your children will survive. What did I say? All those who are asking you for money, relax. I'm not here to teach black tax, so relax. But I just have to tell you, if you breathe your last, they will find another savior. I know you like that message. That's not a way for me to say you should stop being kind, but rest. You are not too important that if you die now, the world will stop rotating. People will cry. And while they are crying, somebody's already thinking golden moon. You know, golden moon and mourning, they go side by side. And they are saying that while you are drinking golden moon and you are mourning, itakara. It's true, it's true, it's true. I even have osa pain. Rest. What did I say? You are trusting God for a child? Rest. You are trusting God for a life partner? Do what? Rest. Eve won't come if Abraham won't sleep. Rest. The agitations all the years has not added a measure to your There's nothing you can do. Rest. Are you following what I'm saying here? When I was trusting God for a future partner, I didn't rest. Oh yes, I felt with God's investment in my life, I must not marry anyhow. So I didn't rest. I wanted to help God. So I called a sister and I was talking to her, talking, talking, giving my vibe Femi Lazarus. In her presence, God said audibly, Femi, you know that you are deceiving yourself. I was still dropping bars and saying— I heard it alone. The sister didn't hear what I heard, so she was still pushing until God already disengaged the engagement that was about to start. By the time I was done dropping by, she said, yes, yes, yes, let's pray. But it was dead on arrival. As we were praying, I was plotting breakup. It's the fastest breakup in the world. Break off for what you started now. See, now, now let me tell you this, that kind of thing is shameful. No, see, it's shameful. There's no way you want to break it that you not face shame. Say you call yourself a man of God, you say you're a man of integrity. Now you came, I was on my own, now you came. And when the woman start telling you, was I not on my on her own. The truth is, was she not on her own? I was the one who didn't hear God, and I was dropping bars till one of the bars fell on my head. Oh boy, I learned to rest in a hard way. My friend called me, Lawrence, and said to me, We are done praying for you this year.
You are on your own now.
So I said, it's true, even me, I'm not praying for myself this year. Let me face ministry. Few days after we discussed that was when my wife came to church. I tell you, God said, that's your wife. I didn't believe. I have suffered.
I'll go and talk now.
So, so I beg, she's a mentee, let her be a mentee, and then there should be no problem.
Rest.
Um, in Nigeria, the Yorubas will say, God heals us of every injury, but sometimes he allows the mark to be there to always call your attention to wisdom. Walk with God and get away with him. Learn how to take real rest. And he said he will teach you. Oh, thank you. He said, walk with me and walk with me, watch how I do it. There's a way he does it. The one who sits in the heavens here is never under panic. Nothing meets him suddenly. He's not jittering and say, hey, they are trying to attack my daughter in the dream. He has everything figured out. So he said, watch how I Why do it? Learn the unforced rhythm of grace. It's unforced. Stop forcing it. If I'm doing anything— I'm not saying don't be tenacious— and I can't find grace here, I ask, Daddy, are you here? It's an unforced rhythm of grace.
Are you there?
He said, I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. You will learn the unforced rhythm of grace. You see, um, sir, when you were preaching the other time. I was shaking my head because from your teaching you've just given me the blessing of a new book. I had to write the topic down. So you all know you've blessed me, I'm telling you. Thank you, sir. He was speaking about systems and I said, God, please open their ears to hear what he's saying. Systems. That's a very serious one. The system of Egypt is cruel. You build treasure city for Pharaoh, but you can't live in it. So much so that even when God sent Moses in the 390th year of their sojourn, 10 years earlier than the prophesied time. One of the guys said, ah, help me, Lord. No, no, don't leave them. One of the guys said to Moses, he said, what made you a captain over house. You want to kill me like you kill one of the Egyptians?
Moses will later be quoted by Stephen that Moses thought they will know that the time for their deliverance has come and that God will rescue them through his hands, but they didn't know.
Moses fled for 40 years. God left too for 40 years. It was not the whole nation that spoke. It was one wrong man. And when he spoke, God said he said it on behalf of the nation. Moses, if you will leave, I will leave too. 40 years later, God said, please come back. For 40 years they moved in the wilderness. God, the one who made the heavens and the earth, who established upon the waters, could not take them to the promised land. The system had bastardized them. Let me tell you something, there is a way America happens to people that they don't have any space in their heart that believe in what God can do because of the firmness of a system. Some don't even believe in favor because the system seems to suggest that the only way anything can come is through the sweat of your face. Brothers and sisters, may I ask, do you still believe in favor? Ah, I didn't hear you well. Do you still believe that there is a God who lifts men out of the dunghill and set them among princes?
Do you believe that there is one who lifts men from miseries?
Do you still believe in miracles? Because sometimes you will not know when you have journeyed away. From believing. Sit down for a moment. If you believe, you will see the glory of the Lord. I didn't hear amen to that. America is a land of revival. It has happened before, it will happen again. You see, God doesn't leave those stones of memorial. Sometimes it looks blank because people stop praying. If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face, God said he will hear their voice from heaven. He will come down and heal their land. There's no system that God can't penetrate. I tell you, I can tell you stories from prayer. But the problem is we now have a generation who have long forgotten what the God our fathers look like, our fathers found look like, that if anything is attempted to be described around him, it looks like a lie. So encounters can't even be shared publicly. But there's the God that the Father found. Let me tie this up. Stay with me. That's Genesis 48. Let's go to verse 3 now. Quickly, media, help me. Genesis 48, verse 3. Thank you, Lord. And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me in Luz, in the land of Canaan, and blessed me. Yes. And said unto me, behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you and make of you multitude of people and will give this land to your seed after you for an everlasting possession. Yes, quickly. And now your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which are born unto you in the land of Egypt, I came unto you into Egypt, are mine. He's saying, as he was about to coronate the tribes, Joseph— there will be no tribe of Joseph, but tribe of Ephraim and Manasseh. Everyone will receive one, one. You take two. Stay with me, um, media, get set again for me Deuteronomy 33 message, but I will tell you when we get there. But continue this one, look at verse 6. Let's, let's journey quickly, all right? And thy issue which thou begets after them, that is children that you have after this one, will be yours, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance. That is, when inheritance is being shared, those ones will not have a separate portion, but the portion will be carved within what Ephraim and Manasseh will receive. Verse 8 now. Okay, no, verse 7, sorry.
And as for me, when I came from Padan—
so he was talking to him about his mom now— Rachel died by the land of Canaan in the way when yet there was but a little way to come to Ephrat, and I buried her there in the way of Ephrat. The same is Bethlehem. All right, verse 9 now. And Israel beheld Joseph's sons and said, 'Who are these?' Now he was speaking about the boys. You know, there are times that a prophet can sound like one who has dementia. You just spoke about their destiny, now you look at them and say, 'Who are these guys?' And Joseph said unto his father, 'They are my sons whom God has given me in this place.' And he said, 'Bring them.' I ready. Unto me, and I will what? Bless. I have the ability to give what I found. Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near to him. All right, that's Joseph. Joseph brought them now, and he kissed them and embraced them. Verse 11 now. And Israel said unto Joseph, I have not thought to see thy face, and lo, God has shown me also thy seed. At least I didn't even think I will meet you again, but now I'm seeing your children. And Joseph brought them out between his knees and bowed himself with his face to the earth. Yes. And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right towards Israel— Israel's left hand. Okay, so if Joseph— please come— if Joseph was standing here, face me. So this is your left hand, right hand. So he put Ephraim here and who? Manasseh here, and brought them to him. Verse 14: And Israel stretched out his right hand and placed the right hand on Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left on Manasseh.
Now look at this.
No, go back to that verse 14. He stretched his right hand and lay upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, left hand on Manasseh. Joseph now guiding his hand with itin'ly, for Manasseh was the firstborn. And he blessed Joseph and said, God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, the angel which redeemed me from all So here he wasn't referring to angels as messengers, he was referring to God as the angel that redeemed him. So there is something that was in that lineage.
It is the consciousness of the one by whom and through whom they And whenever time comes for any transfer, what will be passed on to the next generation will not be in silver and gold, but in the depth of the understanding of the God that my fathers found. Abraham found him, Isaac did, I did also, and I'm communicating him. This is the heritage of our lineage. This is the inheritance I have, and I make bold to tell you that the best gift you have for the next generation will not be in cars and houses, but in the God you found. Look at this: the angel of—
the angel which redeemed me from evil. Bless the Lord, he said. Let my name be named on them. He knew what his name was. And the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. Let them grow into a multitude in the midst of where the earth he gave them. And when Joseph saw what his father did, laid his hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him, and he held up his father's father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's head onto Manasseh's head. You may not be there when the hand is about to be forced to cross, but the one who has gone ahead of you keeps— the firstborn is different from first child. First child is by birth, firstborn is by election, and it is the election of grace. The children being not yet born, neither having done any good and evil, it was said, the elder will serve the younger. There's something called the firstborn oil. It is the one who carries it that becomes the reference. You will carry it. Okay, maybe the rightful owners are not here. You will carry it. Please sit, sir. Lift your right hand, say, I carry the blessing. Ah, say it again.
Come on, say it again.
Sit down.
You know, I was just talking to the Lord today and I said I prefer the blessing over affluence. Because at some point in our life, some of us have cried that we're not born with silver spoon, but it looks like we are catching up. Can I be honest? I just look, I say, God is like, somewhere along the line, the one you carried will catch up. I just, just felt so. And it will not be because you have any sponsor, because the Lord is your backing. There's a text in Psalms 44, because this must become your heritage from— is that okay? Now listen, to bank on the sweat of your face is a product of the curse, so don't live like that. Live from the blessing. Are you here? Psalms chapter number 44, there's a text I look for. Is it verse 1 now? That they got not the land. Verse 3 now, by their sword. Psalms 44. Look at this. Let's start from verse 1 now so we can have context. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us what work thou did in their days. You see that you, you will find God God, please, brothers and sisters, parents, seek him early. Someone said if you seek God early, he will prepare you. If you seek him late, he will repair you. But it's still good to be repaired than to be damaged. So seek him while he may be found. Call upon call him while he's near. He said, we have, you know, one time I faced many battles in this life. I have a place I used to pray, one Anglican church like that in Elefe. I will stay there sometimes 3 nights and cry, just, Lord. One time I was praying and the woman said pointing at me where I was seated. He said I was looking at her skirt. Ah, that when they were shouting, I didn't even know it was me. I said, me? What?
Did I even know you exist? After how many children is you I've been looking at? My friend, leave my sight. I'm looking for God.
Now the devil wanted to harass to harass my mind and get me discouraged to stop coming there to pray. I went back the following day. You must know when it is there. Let me try to keep you short. He's looking at you. Who are you? You think, oh boy, my time is gone. Say, we have heard with our ears, oh God, our fathers. Do you have what you are going to tell the children about the God you encountered in the days of prayer and fasting, what he said about them when they were still young, the covenant hanging over the family. What work thou did in their days, in the times of old, how thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand and plant test them how you did afflict the people and cast them out. They recognize. Please recognize tonight. For they got not the land in possession by their sword, although they had to fight, but they knew it was not our sword. Neither did their own arm save them, but thy right hand, thine arm, and the light of thy— what?— countenance, because because thou did what? Had favor on them. Please don't attribute your success to your mental prowess. Don't, don't say I, I'm so smart. It is the one who is alive that is smart. If you breathe your last today, are you still smart? There's no smart dead man. The day a man breathes his last, it is over. It is he who God keeps that is kept. They recognize that, that we didn't get the land by what? By sword. You gave us. Now, to where I'm going to wrap up, Deuteronomy chapter number 33. And I will leave this with you so you carry this home and not forget. Is that okay? Now I know you are tired of me already.
Are you sure?
Because I don't know when next I'm going to be in New Jersey. This place is far. We have prophets here. Deuteronomy chapter number 33. Please, may I request at this point that we stand for the reading of the word as I pronounce these words over you. The substance of what we carry, our real asset, is not measured in things. I've said this again and again, that I am not a man that can lose things and feel he's lost anything. My mind is made up. My asset is God. If I hold him, anything lost will grow back. Are you with me? Look at the blessing that Moses pronounced over Joseph. Deuteronomy chapter number 33, from verse 13. Let's read King James first, then we read Message. 33, verse 13, King James first. There's a way he started it, and I want you to see it. And of Joseph— what's your name?
Ah, look at the way you call the name. That's the name that is named among kings. So what's your name? And of Femi Lazarus, he said, blessed of the the Lord be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath. Yes, for the precious fruit brought forth by the sun, and the precious— what things brought forth by the moon, for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills. And for the precious things of the earth and the fullness thereof, and for the goodwill of him that dwelt in the bush, let the blessing come upon the head of Femi Lazarus and upon the top of the head of him that was separated. You will not walk through this land as a sojourner. But as one carrying the blessing, the gate that opens for the blessed begins to respond to you.
Now go back, 33, verse 13. Let's read in Message Translation. Amazing what he said. Message Translation. Nation. Verse 13. Now, what's your name? What's your name again?
Blessed by God be your land. Look at this: the best fresh dew from high heaven and fountains springing from the depths, the best radiance streaming from the sun, and the best the moon has to offer. Beauty pouring off the tops of the mountains, the best from the everlasting hills, the best of earth's exuberant gifts, the smile of the burning bush dweller. All this on the head of Femi Lazarus and on the of the set-apart one among his brethren.
The best the sun has to offer, the best the moon has to give, the best of Earth's exuberant gifts, the best from the top of the hills and the mountains, all these your head. All this on the head of the one separated from his mother's womb. Wherever the blessing is, there will be contention. Don't be distracted by the contention. The enemy is contending for what you carry, but you may not even know it. So I decree tonight that the blessings the fathers found rest upon this house. I speak these words over you, that from this moment you will function by the blessing. You are blessed with the dew from above. You are blessed with the fatness of the earth. You are blessed with plenty corn and wine. Let kings call you father and mother. The nobles will come to the brightness of your rising. Please let me stand behind them. The blessings of the Lord upon the one that is separated from his mother's womb. The oil that never runs out, the fragrance that doesn't lose the smell, the anointing that makes a man a thousand times more. Let it find expression. Please stand behind them. That from today you'll be able to command the obedience to the faith in the name of Jesus. Let the hand of the Lord rest upon you. Everyone under the sound of my voice who is battling with a sickness, I curse the root of of that sickness. Get out! PCOS, you will not find a seat in that body. Insulin resistance, I come against you. High blood pressure, I come against you. Treasure, the Lord rebukes you. You will live your life in health, in soundness of health. Nothing dies in your hands, nothing missing, nothing broken. As you step out of this meeting, you know what to do next. Let the doors of help open to you. My Father, my God, if there's anyone with secret tears crying and saying, Lord, for how long? Remember them tonight and wipe away their tears. Your fears are dissolved. You find help. It is done in Jesus' mighty name.
Thank you very much.
Somebody jam your hands together for the Lord Jesus. Jam it together for the Lord Jesus. Amen. Are you blessed tonight? All right, I want you to point your hands to AFL and say, God bless you. The Lord increase your anointing in the name of Jesus. Can we release that prayer quickly, just for a minute? That the Lord bless and increase him in the name of Jesus. The Lord bless his family and his ministry in the name of Jesus. The Lord bless AFL and Pastor Mimi in the name of Jesus. Light Nation is blessed. In Jesus' mighty name we have prayed.
Are you blessed tonight? Just shout glory!
All right, quickly, we're going to take offering. Ushers, are you ready? Quickly. Choir, are you ready, please? So before we call it today, I want you to bless God tonight. All right, you can, um, all right, good. So we have a QR code up here if you want to give through Zelle, through Cash App. Please, you can go ahead and do that. All right, do we have the team, please? And also, the ushers might probably be passing around some envelope. Please, if you want to give, you can just put in the envelope.
And all right.
As the music is going on, the options will be going around and you can do it through Zelle Cash App. God bless you.
It will cover me from now until the day I see my king. It surrounds me like a shield. It will cover me from now. It will cover me from now until the day I see my king.
Favor, it surrounds me like a shield. It will cover me from now until the day I see my king.
One more time. Favor, favor, favor, it surrounds me like a shield.
It will cover me from now until the day I —my king. Favor, favor, favor. You surround me like a shield. You surround me like a shield. It will cover me from now until the day I see my king.
Favor, favor, favor.
You surround me like a shield.
Cover me from now until the day me from now until the day I see my king.
Favor, favor, he surround me like a shield.
It will cover me from now until the day, until the day, until the day I see my king.
Father, Lord, we have come to give a token back to you from the abundance you've given unto us. We pray the Lord you bless us in return, in hundredfold, in the name of Jesus. And every pocket that has given unto God, the Lord will replenish that pocket in Jesus' name. And so shall it be, in Jesus' mighty name we have prayed. All right, before you leave, let's share the grace together in fellowship. All right, before you leave, let's share the grace together in fellowship. Please, you can follow us on Facebook, on Instagram, on YouTube. YouTube. All right, for the next coming program in July, please, please, and please follow us on social medias. And then the Lord bless— and as you do that, the Lord bless you in Jesus' name. All right, can we all share the grace together in fellowship? The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the sweet fellowship of the Holy Spirit rest and abide with us now and forevermore. Amen. Surely God's goodness and mercy shall follow us all the days of our and we shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever and ever. Amen. Are you blessed tonight?
Are you blessed tonight? Somebody shout glory! Alright, see you guys in July. God bless you.
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