WORD IMMERSION || DAY 8 || 14TH FEBRUARY

For instance, if God showed you in a vision that someone died, you don't go about saying, 'In the name of Jesus, you will not die,' while you are doing that and the fellow is saying amen. Something will be left in the heart— fear and the consciousness of maybe death is around the corner. So to grow in faith You speak about the realities that you want to see more, not the realities you don't want to see. So while you are— now I, I, I need to break that down more. Have you seen people— and those of you in prayer department, this is where you have to learn. And that's why when people pray, they must be pastored. And I can tell you many experiences. In fact, it is dangerous to be in prayer department and not be exposed to word of faith, because it can become the epicenter of casualties because of the volume of revelation coming through intercession. The members will begin to have issues, so you learn faith. If, if imagine me coming to you Now, and I say in the name of Jesus, or let's say I just call him out and say, everybody in Light Nation, stretch your hands towards him, you will not die. I've sown the seed of death even though we are praying. Hey, what I'm teaching you will save your life. I've sown the seed of death. Because while I'm doing what I'm doing, I am establishing a consciousness. So what do you— what do you say, rather? In the name of Jesus, you have life and life abundantly. This life is at work in you. It is a never-ending life. Never stopping life. This life abolishes all the works of darkness. You are calling forth the things you want to see. You are not busy with what you don't want to see. When you are busy what you don't want to see and not busy what you want to see, you are like a man who left the shop open to pursue thieves. Now this is the secret. You want to pastor a church and you don't want casualties, go check. Sometimes people ask questions that why is it that, you know, like they used to have in those days in the body of Christ when someone can just get up and just say, Maori, Kaori, Ma, hey, Jake Boy, this is what the Lord is saying. Why don't we have those manifestations of the Spirit? Very simple. Nobody should have the ears of the church only their tongue is trained. You can't just speak, oh, something is moving me. No, no, no, it doesn't happen because you can say one thing and you have hundreds of casualties. Are you following me? Are you learning something? So If care is not taken, you will be in a situation that your heart is being bombarded. And let me tell you something, it is dangerous to have someone who always have words of prophecy but who doesn't know scriptures. The person will not know, but the person will be ignorantly establishing the works of darkness. Because even if the dreams are not true, they will be true because now they are in the heart of people, and what they fear will be attracted. There are many things the Lord shows to me that will never see the light of the day. That is, it will not come out of my mouth. We deal with it in a place of prayer and we move. Hey, are you there now? So you look at it and say, but I can trace many Christians that were prayerful, were doing all that, and yet they became victims. And casualties. Well, you can only speak from what you know, but I can show you from scriptures that number one, the word of God can be relied upon and trusted, that there are certain things that cannot happen. Please sit down. Let me give you an instance. Men came together to build the Tower of Babel, and God said, because they are united in one word, one language, nobody can stop them from what they want to do. Not even God can, unless their language was destroyed. The devil is not that powerful. He only exploits loopholes, just like If you are, if you are writing a legal document, an agreement, if another lawyer wants to counter the agreement, they check for the loophole in the clauses. The clause, they check and then see how they can manipulate those loopholes. Am I teaching the right church?

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir. So sometimes people pray. Yes. See, that the prayer is long doesn't mean it is right. Let me give you two situations. Someone woke up from a dream or a vision of the night and saw himself dead. Someone And the Femi Lazarus woke up and started 7 days dry. Don't conclude yet that the fellow is wrong, and also don't conclude yet that the fellow is right. Then someone else woke up from the same dream and then reaffirms his position in Christ. And the devil sees that this one knows who he is, and the nonsense lifts. That's a strong Christian. While the fasting is not a bad thing, it becomes necessary if you know that there is deficiency of knowledge. If you don't have the knowledge and you copy the one who has it and establish who he is, you'll be a victim. So what I'm saying in essence is, for the man who is in Christ, the power of the blessing is more than the power of curses. Yes, sir. So let me show you practical scriptures. Genesis 27. Genesis chapter number 27. Um, Genesis chapter number 27, we read verse 27. 2 more times. One more time. Now I perceive very strongly in my spirit that between now and the next 3 years— let me not say this publicly Femi Lazarus. There are going to be new faces in music ministry in Nigeria and across the world. There will be men of the word who have been taught, not entertainers. So pay attention to the word. The years of noise is over. Look at this scripture. So this was when Jacob Ah, God help me. Say loud and clear, God help me. Of all the days I've been teaching you in this word immersion, tonight is the most important. Tonight is the most important. So at some point in the course of this teaching, if you will have to get up and pray, get up and pray. Because I'm just starting. But look at this. So this was when Jacob put on the coat and came near to Isaac. Isaac, look at it, look at it, smelled the smell of a man and blessed him. Look at the first statement he said. He said, see, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field which the Lord has blessed. He was not about to be blessed. He came with it. He saw his preordination, which the Lord has blessed. Look at it, verse 29. Therefore God give thee of the dew from heaven and the fatness of the earth and plenty of corn and wine. Look at it quickly. Let people serve thee and nations bow to thee. Be lord over thy brethren and let thy mother's sons bow to thee. Cursed be anyone that curse thee and blessed be he that blessed. So it means from the moment we're a carrier of the blessing, nobody can— now let me tell you why you have to be conscious of that. Now we read Ephesians 1:3, blessed be God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ. Now he has blessed us, you know, with all spiritual blessing in heaven, place of Christ. So it means that the blessing that you have in Christ, all right, is the blessing, is the blessing of the resurrection. He rose to make it available to you legally. There's no way the curse in your family is post-resurrection. Let me say what I said again. There is no way the curse in your family is— sorry, pre-resurrection. So it means even if there's a curse, it came too late. So why then do churches have deliverance ministry meetings where you command and neutralize curses? Why? Simple. Because the people have not been taught and there's a need for an immediate one so that they can be free for a while, then learn the word to be free forever. Go check it. Go to places where it's always casting out them, casting out them. The same people, different meetings.

Why?

You cast out. Yes, what you have done is that you have cast out a spirit. Real deliverance, soteria, comes through the word. You will know the truth. The truth will not set you free. The truth doesn't set free, it makes free. What that means that the truth will make you a free man. Are you seeing people that they set free from prison and they'll be back again? That's setting free when it makes you free. You don't have the culture of prison lifestyle again. Are you following what I'm saying?

Yes, sir.

So we don't go about condemning that, but if it stops at that, it's wrong. People should be taught. Are you following what I'm saying?

Yes, sir.

Say it again. I'm blessed. Say it again. I'm blessed. Say it again. I'm blessed. Now there's a part in this you need to see, and it will interest you. And when you see this, You know, one time I saw a video. Don't let me talk about it, all right? If you look at that same Genesis 27, Verse 30, the Bible said, and it comes— it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Esau was yet scarce— sorry, blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out of his presence, the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. He's made a savory meat and all that. Now let's jump a bit.

Oh boy.

Now when Isaac found out that the person he just blessed was Jacob, Esau lobbied and said, bless me too. But look at what Isaac said in Genesis 27:37. Genesis 27:37. Let's read. And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given him for servants. With corn and wine have I sustained him. What shall I now do to thee, my son? Continue. And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice and did what?

Wept.

And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth and of the dew from heaven above. All right, that's why I said if you are going to understand scripture, don't just read, you have to understand root words. Because here I can't say the Bible lied, but King James translation was not true. To understand that, please stay with the scriptures. To understand what we just read, we read from Message translation. All right, look at it. He said, you live by— please. All right, he said to him, you will live far from earth's bounty. That's verse 39 now. And heaven's dew. That's the life of a man who is not functioning by the blessing. He's living far from where earth's bounty is. Why? Because he's living far from heaven's dew. Meaning that he's living in the midst of scarcity positionally. If there's famine, what you call abundance in famine is still lack where there's no famine. Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

Let me explain. What that means is that if you are not a man of Peter Under Heaven's Due, what you are sharing testimony about— is still a problem if you were in the blessing. The fact that throughout the entire year only one favor came is an abundance— is a thing like an abundance, right? Where you are removed from earth's bounty, but is a problem if you were under the blessing. Now go back to King James. Oh, thank you, Lord Jesus. Verse 40. Now, by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother. And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt have dominion, thou shalt break his yoke from thy neck. All right, the word dominion, that is where you become restless. Yes, continue. And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father has blessed him. And Esau said in his heart— now this is for another day— he said in his heart that the days of mourning of my father is at hand. But you see, part of the word for when you have dominion you break his yoke is also when you forgive your brother. Please kill the sound. Look up. Now let me give you a secret. Have you seen families that maybe for a moment the head of one person looks lifted while the rest are trying to come out? The reason why the rest will struggle for long is because they get offended at the one who is lifted. Once you begin to find things to say against the person that God, that God is blessing, you will struggle. To rejoice with them that rejoice is the fastest way to bring your own joy closer. You must not have any revelation. Something is not only good when it comes to your own hands. If it is in someone else's hands, you learn to rejoice with them the same way you would have done yours. Are you still there? All right, now I'm telling you something now, and many of the things I'm saying, I understand that you'll have to hear again to hear it. So, all right. But there's something I want to show you there. Look at the statement that Isaac said in Genesis chapter number 27. All right, when Isaac found out that the person he had blessed was Jacob, Isaac said Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given unto him for servants. With corn and wine have I sustained him. What shall I do unto thee now, my son? What was he saying? I might be powerful enough to bless him. I am not powerful enough to reverse it. That's what he's saying. Now get this right, people can be powerful enough to bless you, that doesn't make them powerful enough to curse you. What if the parent of a child place a curse on the child? Are they in the will of God for doing that? Nobody can curse the one that God has blessed in the will of God. It is African traditional religion that gave you that consciousness. Some parents have gone out of the ways of God, and now they are being engineered by the devil to place curses on their own children. Do you think God will give room for that to be established? But you must honor your father and your mother so that your day will be long, not so that your life will be long. Your life and your day are two different things. Your day is the season of your life that your sun is shining. Your life can be long and your day is short. Oh yeah, are you following what I'm saying here? Your life can be long and your day is what? The day is the season. That's of brightness. When a man breaks through at 80, his day just began. And there's something a man will do to himself, his night can begin at 20. So it means that when you learn to honor your father and your mother, you will have breakthrough. That will last. Do you understand what I'm saying? But nobody can curse you. Nobody. Many of you believe that those things are real because you are planning to threaten your own children too with curses. You don't know, but that's part of your plan. So you maintain that so that by the time you say it, you'll be noble to say it. That, you know, I brought you to this world, I can place you under a curse. No, you can't. The mere fact that you feel like doesn't mean you can. Isaac could not curse Jacob. I've made him your lord. Your lord he shall be. Okay, can I take you to where I want to take you to? Yes, sir. Now, how many of you in this room are born again? Raise your hands. Of course, I understand it's possible that not everyone is, but how many of you are born again? How many of you are sure and so sure that you are born again? How can I possibly convince you that you're not born again? Okay, how do you know that you are born again? Talk to me. How do you know you are saved? Because the Holy Spirit bears witness with your spirit that you are sons of God. There's a witness in your heart that can't be denied. Now look at the way the Bible puts it in Romans chapter number 10. We'll start reading from verse 10. Romans 10:10, quickly, let's read together. 1, 2, 3, go! For with the heart Man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Now this is the Bible. With the heart you believe unto righteousness, with the mouth confession is made unto what?

Salvation.

So what do you believe and what do you confess? 1 Corinthians 15. What do you believe and what do you confess? 1 Corinthians 15. Let's start the reading from verse 3. Um, we should be able to start from there. All right, for I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to what? The scriptures. And that he was buried and he rose again the third day according to what? The scripture. All right, that he was seen of Cephas and of the 12. But see, let's start from verse 1 so you can understand, because he was speaking about the gospel. Look at it. Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel. So it is the message of the gospel that gets men saved. Which I— you see, get what I'm saying? Are you feeling what I'm saying? It is the message of the gospel that gets men saved. That's your entry message. I preach, all right, the gospel. I tell you the gospel which I preach unto you, which also you have received, and wherein you what? Stand. You will receive it. Now put that side by side with Romans 10:10. In your heart unto righteousness, then you confess the gospel. And what's that? The fact that Jesus came to this world as a man, died and rose again on the third day for my justification. When I believe that, I'm saved. And the Holy Spirit bears witness with my spirit that I'm saved, and that witness is true. That witness is what? True. That witness is what? True. So that aside, what God wants you to know is that the way you know that you are saved. And the assurance you have about salvation should not be higher than the assurance you have about the blessing. Someone is sleeping. How important is the consciousness of salvation to you? So important. So much so that if you are well taught, you can't doubt it. Talk to me now. Now I've given this illustration. Imagine me call you out now and I say to you, what's your name?

Kelechi.

And I say, no, you are not Kelechi, you are Ada. And I want to believe that in Igbo land they don't name guys Ada. Ada should mean first daughter. Am I correct? Ah, say no, no, no, no, I'm not. I say I'm a man. I say no, you are not a man. Yeah, you are a lady now. Say I don't— I suppose you can't see my beard. I say it takes more than beards to be a man. Say no, no, okay, so I'm male. Say no, you are a female. If at the end of the day I'm able to convince him that he's a female, then it means he needs rehabilitation, because that kind of consciousness is one that should not be doubtable. You meditate on God's word about the blessing Till you get to the same kind of consciousness about the blessing. The same way nobody can talk you out of your gender, in fact, in higher proportion, nobody should be able to convince you that you are not blessed. Not even a pastor can curse you. Nobody can. Because you can't curse the one that God has blessed. Now what I'm trying to get you into is to get you to the point of equilibrium that it occurs to you that, hold on a minute, this has to be a consciousness. I have not been conscious of it as I ought to. The same way you are conscious of having the Holy Ghost, you have to be conscious of having the blessing. I am blessed. I'm blessed and not cursed. I'm not cursed. You know, I have the DNA of Christ. I have the DNA of Christ. Please sit for a while. Please sit for a while. You know, the word DNA is not your scientific DNA. This divine nature of the Almighty is in me. You can't curse Christ. My life is hid in Christ, in God. My life Is it in Christ, in God? Before anyone can curse me, you have to first curse Christ, because as he is, so am I. I walk in the blessing. I live in it. I am one with it. It is my reality. Now separate yourself from your current experience, because experiences can be a lie sometimes. The goal of the devil with your experience is to change your mind. Is to affect your thinking, is to get you to think otherwise, get you not to believe who and what you are. That's the goal. So much so that if the devil wants to bring you into a consciousness that is contrary to God's will for your life, he needs someone, maybe a Christian But who is careless? A careless Christian will be a good prophet in the hands of the devil. Everything the devil wants others to hear, that fellow will say it. Who is a careless Christian? The one who speaks by emotions, not by the spirit. You know, someone can wake up in the morning having the feeling of rejection, but because you are not walking in the spirit, you confirm it. But if you're in the spirit, you edify each other. I'm going to get you to meditate this evening because it's warfare. All the consciousness you've gathered over the years— oh, my mom placed me under a curse that time, oh, my dad placed me under a curse, oh, the, the, that so-and-so person placed me under a curse. Now you are finding out those things didn't stay. Even Adam, when he fell— look at it now, Genesis 3. Look at your Bible. What God could not do, you tell me a man will do it to the fallen Adam? Genesis 3. If you're there, say amen. Let's start the reading from verse Genesis chapter number 3. We'll start the reading from verse— all right, um, thank you, Lord Jesus. Let's start the reading from verse 10— verse 13. Genesis 3, verse 13. And the Lord said unto the woman, what is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, the serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. And the Lord said unto the serpent, because thou hast done this, thou art cursed. Straightforward. Thou art cursed. Thou art cursed above all cattle, above all and above every beast of the field. Upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of your life. Now see, when you read the Bible, you must pay attention. Every word is detailed, because the same God who said dust you will eat later went to tell man, from the dust thou art to the dust thou shalt return. Meaning that as long as you remain in the fallen state, you are food for this creature. Oh, that's what he said. But that's not where we're going. Look at it. And I will put enmity between thee and the woman. Look, are you seeing that? When the devil fell and he fell with some angels, there was no enmity between them, hence they became one and same. But the same must not happen with man, so God sandwiched wisdom there. You will not agree even in your fallen state. And between thy seed and her seed, it shall bruise thy head and thou shall bruise his heel. If somebody is shot in the leg, the fellow will recover. If someone is shot in the head, that's death. The seed will do something to you that will end your dynasty. You will do something, out of it healing will flow back. There he spoke Christ to be. But he said to the woman, you are the one whose seed will bruise the head of the serpent, not the man. Meaning that we have to wait for years till a woman will emerge that will have a seed that a man didn't contribute. It took 4,000 years before a virgin conceived and gave birth to Christ. That's the fulfillment. Pay attention, continue. Look at this. Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow in thy conception, and in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children, and thy desire be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. All right, now, so it means that a man who rules over his wife is fulfilling not the blessing but the nature of the fallen man. Real men lead, they don't rule. Don't marry a ruler, marry a leader. But that's not where we're going. And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it, cursed is what? Cursed is what? The ground. For your sake. Not cursed are you. It takes a fallen person to look at a believer and curse the person, because God won't. Cursed is— even Adam in his fallen state, God said cursed is the ground for your sake. Substitution. I'm not cursed, I can't be. So why are you manifesting what look like curses? Because you were conscious of it. Let me tell you something, if you become conscious of a sickness, let's say cancer, even though there are medical— or there are ways of living that can make you predisposed to that, even if you are not living like that, your consciousness will create it. Many are manifesting certain things because they so believe in those things more than God. For instance, let me give you a proof to show you how your mind is naturally wired. If I call you now and I say to you, 'It is well with you,' what do you say? Amen. And you go forgetting what I said. But if I come and I say, 'It will not be well with you,' You'll be thinking about that throughout the night. Apostle said, 'No, well, me, what can I do? What can I do now? Let's go and buy wine. Let's go and beg him.' How about you giving me a wine because I said it is well with you? Because you so believe it that you feel I should honor the man of God for this? You were afraid because you are more conscious of negativity than you are of the blessing. You believe curses are activated with a faster speed than the blessing is. That's your mindset, and that's why you struggle. That's why things are the way they are. I say loud and clear, you are blessed! The answer to 'you are blessed' is not 'amen,' it's 'yes, I am.' Amen is 'so it shall be.' Yes, I am. It is already. I said again, you are blessed. It's just like saying you are beautiful and saying amen. That's not faith. If I come to you and say you are beautiful, amen, that's not faith. Say you are beautiful. Yes, I am. You are blessed. I know I am blessed. I am conscious of the blessing. Can I give you 2 minutes to meditate and just rejoice around and speak those words to be. Glory! Oh yes, I am blessed! Oh yes, I am blessed! I can't be cursed. I'm blessed. I'm the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. I can't be cursed. It is impossible. The life of God is at work in me. Oh yes, I manifest his glory. I can't be cursed. Oh, glory to God! In Jesus' mighty name we pray. Quickly, let's deal with a major demon. Sit down. Have you had things like, like father, like son syndrome, and like mother, like daughter syndrome? Something that puts you in a loop, that makes you believe that you are almost doomed to repeat the track record of your parents. Na lie. I said na lie. I'm going to show you. So for instance, do you know that you can come from a family that your both parents are diabetic and science tells you that because of genetics you are most likely predisposed to that because it is in the gene. Which gene? I thank God that I began to meditate on God's word early, and I was not lying about my growth. If not, I would have been living in sickness now. I don't even know where the medical report are, but they were here. They saw me on oxygen, they saw all those things, and they saw me declare, I'm discharging myself and I'm done. Well, because of the word, you don't have to have the sickness that is running your family. You don't. If any man be in Christ Hold on, he's a new creature, not a new person. Creature. You can't describe him. It's not just a person. His identity is mysterious. Look at the way John 3:8 tries to capture him, and they give us, the wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but cannot tell whence it cometh and whither it goeth. So is everyone that is born of the Spirit. You can't predict or hold them to a corner. If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature, a new species, a new kind of person. All things are passed away. Huh? What's the next? Yeah, if you say all things have become new, you lied. That's what the Bible says. He said the old Behold, see, you will see the newness to the degree that you behold him like in a glass, and you are changed from one level of glory to another. You have to behold, see, listen, the battle for the word of God to dwell in your spirit, take it as a matter of life and death. Where you are going, you can't fake it and get there. You must have the word in your spirit. Are you here?

Yes, sir.

You can't fake it. You know, it's just like football. When people are playing, or when you watch your Champions League. I remember the interview we had on Stories. Say, are you ready to stop gambling? Say yes. Now you know I say, ah, Champions League. I said, what? He said, I would want like Champions League. When you watch Champions League and people are starting at the beginning phase, there's a way they play. When you get to finals, there's a kind of quality of aggression and determination that you see. See, I stopped watching boy a while ago. I think that should be 2000 and actively 2008, 2008 or thereabouts. Semi-final Champions League. I support Chelsea then. By now, if you know, Iniesta. What he did, even now I'm pained. If I see him coming now, I'll tell them to off the camera, let's talk man to man. I wept that night and I said I will never be at this point again. So I discovered that even if you want to watch ball Stay away from Chelsea for a while. But when you see a man who supports Arsenal, marry him. He has long suffering. He's a keeper. He has long suffering. He can suffer long. But be sure he knows God's word. But there is a point you are getting to that will look like Champions League final. The battle will be fierce, and that realm doesn't tolerate knowledge gap. You can carry a disease that is not yours, a sickness that you ought not to have, that was not programmed in your destiny because you didn't know. The decision to have life must be rugged. Don't put your existence under probability. I cannot die. I have life abundantly. You must decide. So what I'm showing you is rugged. If you are replaying this message, when you are, you pause it and pray in tongues for long. Are you following what I'm saying here?

Yes, sir.

If any man be in Christ is a new creature. All things are passed away. Sorry, say behold. So you, uh, you start gravitating towards the family you are building. In my earthly family, most women don't last in their husband's house. What are you building? Take your eyes off. Take your eyes off. Remember not the former things, neither consider the things of old. I will do a new thing, says the Lord. Now it will spring forth. Shall you not know it? I will even make ways in the wilderness and bring forth rivers in desert. Remember not the former things. Take your minds off. Don't remember the lack, the poverty, the anger, the pain, the bitterness in that home. You are not cut from the same fabric. You are different. You are different. You will have a very beautiful home, your children nursed by your side, all things going smoothly. Yes, you will live in perfect health. All things are yours in Christ. You're not going to have a home that becomes a boxing ring. You're not going to have a home that you sit down and regret every day. Now, why have I made this decision? Faithful is he who has promised, who also will fulfill it. You are different. What flows in you now? What's your son name? Say it loud. Say it loud. All right, what you've said— it's not their blood that flows in you now, it's the blood of Christ. Whatsoever can't be found in Christ can be traced to you. If the Spirit of him that raised Christ from the dead be in you. That same spirit will quicken your mortal bodies. It will quicken your mortal bodies. Amen. One of the reasons why I have to teach you about operations in the spirit from next week. It's so you can see that some things are not false. When you hang around fake so much your mind dies towards the possibility of an original. Oh, glory to God! You are not going to repeat the mistakes of your father. I didn't hear amen to that. You are not going to repeat the mistakes of your mother. You are different. You have been You are blood-bought. You've been redeemed. You've been bought with a price. In the family of Christ, nobody dies young because here you have life abundantly. Say amen to that. Amen. I don't care what the sickness is and how prevalent it is, you are different. You are different. Many of you, when you— although the will of God is for the whole family to know him, but until then When you travel back, the difference will be clear that something is at work in you. I have many things to tell you. Say it loud and clear. My body, my body, say it now, my body responds to the life of God in me. Let me show you a scripture. Turn your Bibles to the book of Hebrews chapter 11. We read verse 3, Hebrews 11:3. Oh, thank you, Lord Jesus. Thank you, Lord. Let's read this together. 1, 2, 3, go! Read this in Amplified Translation quickly. By faith we understand that the worlds during the successive ages were framed, fashioned put in order and equipped for their intended purpose by the word of God, so that what we see was not made. You see, when I'm going to teach you on the subject of eternal life, zoe, I'm going to need the entire month to teach you. Because we have to move from the known to the unknown. What you feel is that that life is supposed to be a life that is just there, you know, you know I have it, and you think that the ultimate purpose of that life is to take you to heaven. What that life does is to make you in heaven while you are here. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. That's You don't know what I just said. Come. You are here. You have also the life that powers your existence. It's not zoe, it's called zoke. That's the animal life. What that means is that that's the terrestrial life, the life of every naturally living things. Talk about characteristics of living things, Mr. Naija D. You remember we did that in school? Integrated Science. So with the natural human life, when you give birth to a child, the child has a natural human human life. When a goat gives birth now, the reason why the kid can say meh is because there's a natural human life. That life is what you have in the realm, the terrestrial realm. If anything happens to a person and that life is snatched, the person ceases to exist. In the natural world. The God kind of life makes you alive in his realm, although here you don't get it yet. If you look at Genesis 1:26, God said, come, let us make man in what? And after our likeness. In whose image? You know what that means? If I call him as an artist and I said, that clay, make it into my image, it means while you are making it, be looking at me. Because what you want to make must be a split replica. Do you understand that? It means while God was making man, he was studying himself. And when he made man The only reason why God had to—

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is to bring man into his realm. The one he gave the breath was not lying down, he was standing. He had the natural animal life. So what you have, the supernatural life, the life of God in quality and in quantity. So it means you are alive in his realm, and what that means is that you have the advantage that a natural human doesn't have. Part of the advantage you have is that you can call on God and he will hear. Another advantage you have that you rarely pay attention to is that you can partner with God in creating. When God made all things, he didn't hide the recipe. Once you get it, he didn't hide. By faith we know that the walls were made, framed, fashioned from the word of God, so that the things that do appear were not made from things that can be seen. Why is he telling you? Because that's how your world will be made. Please sit for a moment. Who was the first pattern of faith?

Abraham.

He was past the age of being able to get a woman pregnant because his body was already dead. Sarah had passed the age of being able to carry a child. God did not come and say, now, no, no, no. He put his word in their mouth. You call him Abraham, what you want him to become, father of many nations. You call her Sarai, what she ought to become, a princess. They were readjusting anatomy.

Hi.

You can speak to your womb, it carries a child. You are creating. That's how sons live. You can speak to growth in your body, shrink back. When we pray over those things, what do we say? Words. Eventually you too can say those words. You make our job easier. We don't have to be saying anything about them, we just teach you to grow. When you see something contrary in your body, the next thought should not be a doctor. I'm not saying doctors are not necessary. The next thought should be the life of God. You can speak. I speak to my business, come alive. You don't bring for me tons and tons. The blessings of God is upon you. I speak to my mind, you are fresh consistently. There is capacity to carry visions. They don't die inside of you. I speak to my body. You don't fail. Powered by the life of God, you will not break down. You are not susceptible to sicknesses. You are not susceptible to diseases. You are not susceptible to issues. I speak to my system. The life of God flows through you. My eyes are flooded with light. You are co-creating. That's how you live by faith. Your walls will be framed by your words. Your world will be framed, fashioned, designed by what you say. And what you're saying is what you are conscious of. Can I give you 5 minutes? Listen, listen, listen. You are not about to go out and just throw words. You want to speak faith to your body, to your mind, to everything. Are you, are you following what I'm saying? And while we are doing this, we are not wasting time. Let me give you the next 5 minutes. See, listen, don't get carried away. You must be conscious of what you are calling forth, because you will have whatsoever you say. So take time. And release life. Release it to every aspect of your system. Release it now. I want to hear you loud and clear. Be conscious, be intentional. Be conscious and be intentional. Someone still on the sound for me. Raise the sound. Everyone, what you're doing now is warfare, because as you are saying what you're saying, you are pulling down strongholds. Some wrong thoughts, wrong thinking has been occupying that place before, and you're pulling them down. You are pulling them down.

By wisdom, oh Lord, heaven's gates open up. With understanding, you order the seasons, creating day and night, turning darkness into light, arranging the stars to your pleasing. Oh, blessed are you, oh Lord our God, eternity's only King. Ah, oh, blessed are you Oh Lord our God, whose words bring on the evening. By wisdom, oh God, heaven's gates open up. With understanding, you order the season, creating day and night, turning darkness into light, arranging the stars to your pleasing. Oh, blessed are you, oh Lord our God, eternity's only King. Oh, blessed are you, oh Lord our God whose word brings on the evening. Barakuh Adonai Avoram Elohim b'En. Barakuh Adonai Avoram. By wisdom, oh Lord, heaven's gates open up. With understanding, you are seasoned, creating day and night, turning darkness into light, arranging the stars to your pleasing. Oh, blessed are you, oh Lord my God, eternity's holy King. Oh, blessed Son of David, Son of David. Baruch Hu Adonai.

In Jesus' Mighty name we are praying. Sit down for a moment. You can't die young because life is at work in you. Life abundantly. That becomes all you are conscious of. And you know how to get there? Meditation. Meditation. You have to give yourself to it. You have to learn to shut the door behind you because you want to meditate. That's how you pull down strongholds. Strongholds are the belief systems in your mind, things that you believe. Some are in your conscious, unfortunately. Some are in your subconscious that you don't know they are there until the problem that manifests them comes. You think, oh, I've grown, but now you see yourself saying rubbish. With what I have, there is no way for me to be small. Those who have this life and know it don't become small. Many of you, nations will need to mine your thoughts like gold. Did you catch that?

Yes, sir.

Because your thinking is loaded with life.

Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

Everything you say is important. Everything I say is important.

Everything.

Structures have to be built around everything I say because there's so much life. It doesn't finish from where it's coming from. This one that when you say some things for 20 minutes, you are thinking to remember what somebody said, that you keep deep in your mind so that you can add it to it. Because it's because you are not deep. You are, you are, you are living on the surface. Why? Because you are not meditating. If you pick one verse of the scripture and meditate, you'll be amazed. You can't even finish teaching in a thousand years. One verse. You can't have that kind of access and be small. It is— see, it is an insult to think you will end like your father. I don't care how great he is. It is an— I don't care how great he is. It is an insult to think you will end like your mom. It's an insult. You insult the work of grace. Do you know the investment of God on your life? And all that you're hearing is part of God's investment. He's the one investing. I'm just a vessel. He is meticulously doing so because your future needs it. How can you now hear these things and trivialize them? The life of God is at work in you. Say it again: Life of God is at work in me. Now let me help you through something, and hopefully maybe also I help you deal with a major demon. Praise God. Now look at the book of Ephesians chapter number 3, verse 20. Ephesians 3:20. Can we read together? 1, 2, 3, go. Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all. One more time. If we're going to sum this scripture in the simplest word, ability is not God's issue. That where— that you are, where you are, is not God's issue. Ability is not a problem to God. He is able to do exceeding. You know, whatever it is you are doing, you choose it. And I'll tell you why. So I was meditating today to everything I'm telling you. I'm practicing. And God asked me, he said, son, I've been trying to get your attention to see what you're not seeing. I said, what's that? He said, why have you been going for this kind of properties? 'Garden lands. Why do you like it?' I said, 'Lord, I don't like it.' 'Why then are you going for it?' 'Well, it's affordable.' And he asked, 'Who is paying?' If I take you to a restaurant and I tell you, eat what you want, and you know it can be money for food, that is my problem. What do you want to eat? Then you are now eating according to the size of your pocket. That's not home training, that's low self-esteem. When God prepares a table for you, you can't say you don't have appetite. You can't say you don't have appetite. So it occurred to me that you can get to a city and go for what you have observed that men are going for.

Men.

Just like if I line up 20 people and say march after each other, and they all march and they all follow each other and they all follow each other. If you can't see the next person but you can feel the next person, if one turns, you follow. But that was not the initial direction. You follow patterns. That God didn't create. And the pattern may actually start because of someone's faithlessness. If I'd like to ask a question, do you mind I ask? How many of you here have built a house of your own in this city? Okay, let me ask like this: if you have— if you are yet to build a house or to have a house, that's own personally, of yours, whether bought or built, you are yet to have it in this city? Raise your hand up. You are yet to. Put your hands down. Now listen to my next question. How many of you are ready? And I'll tell you what being ready means. It means you have fully conceived it, and in your heart it's a done deal already. So now you see that you can lie. How many of you are ready? You have sat down You've seen it, it's settled, it's done in your heart. Not like, I have faith for it in 2025. Raise your hand. Put it down. When Jesus met the guy that was at the Pool of Bethesda. There's something there. He's been at one spot for 38 years. Jesus said, pick your bed and go. He did not rebuke the paralysis. You think that you can build when money comes in. When you go It's for lose. Oh, you don't believe me? God doesn't finance adulesce. Oh, let me tell you something. How did you go to school? By going to class. You enrolled, you register, right?

Yes, sir.

Education didn't come to meet you at home.

Yes, sir.

Prosperity will not meet you on your seat. Those things you could not do, once you conceive, it start. How do you start? Go and price land. Yes, sir. They are not ready for this one. You're not ready. You see, let me tell you something. This is the part where I used to wish it's not online, but it's okay. Our people are there. I do— I have a practice. I drive around my estate to pray. And then to also conceive buildings. It's just like once you are pregnant, the worst that will happen is that you give birth. Conceive it. So when God told me that, so I understood that it's time to drive out of my estate and start driving around Abuja. You know why I'm telling you? Because you are in a church where you will see what you hear. That's why I'm laughing. It's already too late for it not to happen, because I will never even be talking except I've made spiritual adjustment and I've conceived it. Unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all you may ask or think. Ability is is not his issue. God doesn't know lack. Does he know lack? It's not an issue for many people. Many Christians struggle with giving. You know why? Because the consciousness is it will soon finish. That's, that's a default setting. Once anything comes to your hand, it is going towards the end. One major provision doesn't meet a major provision. The gap between the plowman and the reaper is too wide, but the prophecy is that the plowman should overtake the reaper. It's like when you receive one favor, it takes another one year to recalibrate. That can be a daily experience. Why is it not daily? Simple. I've told you, you are not expecting it. Okay, let's be honest, let's be honest. Let's be honest. How many of you woke up this morning and expected a car? Expect— wait, not wait. See, not that you lack, not like you desire. The same way when you are going out and you're going to cross the road on your street, you expect to see cars moving. That's expectation. If you don't see the car moving, you know something is wrong. The reason why some things don't happen in your day and you move on as a normal day is because there was never an expectation. That's the proof. The expectation of the righteous will not be cut short, even if the expectation is zero. Ah. I want us to meditate. Give us that scripture. Let's read it together. Ephesians 3:20. Look at this. Let's, let's, let's chew it. Let's chew it.

Please chew it.

Look, that's how we live, okay? Now unto him— who is the him? God— that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all I may ask or think, meaning that no matter what I think, it can't be too big for his ability. There is no thought that will proceed out of my mind that God will say, do you want to kill me? There's no thought that will come out of my mind and God will say, why, why, is that not too much? There's no thought. There's nothing I will think and God will say, ha, wahala, where do you expect me to get this? There's no such. Anything I can think is still under, still below his ability. He's the God of much more. Let me tell you something, once you understand this There are things you will not struggle with. Let me tell you, I will be honest with you. You can choose to listen, you can choose not to listen. The difference between us will be clear. But I will tell you, when people speak out of bitterness to make believers look like fools forgiving, the only way they succeed in doing that is that they make the believers feel like victims. Poor masses. We are poor people. They give you a new consciousness. After all, all you were giving to was transaction, but you give because you are blessed. Poor members. We poor members. I'm even offended at church now. I don't, I don't go to church. I don't even give in church now. Why? Because someone told you you are poor and you believe it.

And you believe.

It's mindset. It's mindset. That's what the enemy is trying to get at. To re-engineer, to work. You see that since I've been teaching about the blessing, I'm just mentioning giving for the first time. Because if I've started and I mentioned that, your mind, because of the defect, you will assume he's trying to program us for offering. That mind will require time for repair, for the servicing to be complete. Meanwhile, is there a connection between giving and this?

Yes.

Whether or not you are ready for that, that's what I don't know. But I will tell you the one I believe you are ready for: I'm blessed. Oh, glory to God! So how many of you are salary earners? Please raise your hand quickly. Good. How many of you have worked in organizations that they refuse to pay your salary before? Raise your hands. You work, you know, they refuse to pay your salary. I know you were so happy when they didn't pay your salary. You were so happy. I say thank you, thank you for not paying my salary. So how many of you get your salaries at the end of the month? Every month? At the end of the month? Or beginning of a new month. There's this particular time that you get yourself— raise your hand. No way, I'm not collecting it. Raise your hand. I'm blessed. Raise your hand. Meaning that if you work in a good organization, at least the time frame is defined. Once you are approaching that time frame, what happens? You are expecting But God daily loads us with benefits, but you don't expect it daily. So much so that if favor comes, it's strange. See, what you get every month can be a daily thing and much more. Many Christians don't take their time to understand that their finance is a warfare.

Yes.

And what the devil would like is that, speak in tongues, but I will contain your dreams because you're broke. As I step out today, I expect today portion of benefit. As I step out today, I expect today's portion of blessings. I expect it. I expect it. Now we have the weekend in front of us, and I'd like you to meditate on this. Amen. Where I ought to take you to tonight, but I'll do that on Monday, is that Real prophecy for the church, New Testament church, is not forthtelling, it is creative telling.

Hmm.

Forthtelling is you see that you are foreseeing, but the real prophecy is to tell the future what name it is and the response. I have an expectation that hundreds of years, if Jesus tarries to come, when we all would have left this earth, my works and the things I have done will be said and shown to generations yet unborn. Because I have that expectation, it informs the way I live. There is a lifestyle that is not compatible with your level of greatness. If you live that lifestyle, you are not sure who you are. Nobody needs to beg you about holiness. I'm blessed. It is my reality. This life is at work in me. Can I give you a few minutes? I'm done. To help you see— listen, you don't want to pray because it's a religious thing to do. Have you seen things that you need to inform yourself about? Talk to me now. Do you see it? Things you need to inform yourself about, a consciousness you need to build. Did you see it? Did you see it? In the next 2 minutes, you will take it personal. Take it what? Personal. And we install it there right now. Say it and install it. Go ahead now. In the next 2 minutes, take it personal. Don't look around. Be aggressive with it. Be aggressive with it. Thank you, Lord.

Jesus.

Oh, we bless your holy name. to experience liftings, to experience shifts of unbelievable proportion. I shift daily. This is my programming. This is my reality. In Jesus' mighty name we pray. Think about it, that you can get to that point that the the same way you are convinced about your gender, you are so convinced about the hand of God upon your life. Think about the progress you will make this weekend. Just declare knowledge. Forget Valentine's Day. Forget all those— I was seeing one of my daughters post on her status Happy Valentine's Day. I said, this one is not listening to me. You know, I don't even— I didn't rebuke, I didn't correct, I just looked away. Say this one. Now I'm not saying, I'm not saying it's wrong, I'm not saying it's— but I'm saying we are busy. We are busy. I go and wear red like Sean. Go worship her. Sorry if you are wearing red. I say we are busy. See, let me tell you something. Once I enter that season that I began to sense that there's something God wants to do. Because I was— I was— my wife was doing some things. I'm like, ah, you know, ah babe, this year you are aggressive. Then she looked at me, said, you, you, do you know what you do? Then I thought, I say, it's true. Once I'm busy doing my own, I will not even greet you. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll talk to you later. I'm busy. Once I enter this season to bet something, you don't want to see my face, and I don't want to see you too. But I will come out with something. I will— no, I will always come out with something. I will always come out with something. Master that. Master that. Tell yourself, I want to live this life truly, the life of victory. Life of victory. I want to live it truly. We are busy. Light Nation, eh, building in progress. This building, building in progress. We are busy. You don't have time. One of my best moments is long flights. I plug in headphones. I can lay down there on that chair. A nation be born in a day, yet as soon as Zion travails, she bring— when it comes to better realities, you must travel. One of us put something today that blessed my heart. Said, Apostle talks about rest. We must, however, labor. That scripture, to enter the rest. What's that labor? In the word till you find rest. Get me my mic. There's this song, you know that song, people? You know the song? It means my heart has found rest. Light Nation, how are we doing what we are doing? Rest. Do you get it?

Yes, sir.

So this weekend, what are we doing? We are listening to the word, we are meditating in the word. Let me show you a scripture. Now, if you get this thing, you will become a wonder. That's the least you can become, a wonder. Your mere existence will marvel Who is this? What kind of thinking is this? I have one of my sisters, very close sister of mine that God blessed me with, and we spend time talking and gisting. And I— so I told her one time, I said, see, don't expect you can call me twice within 2 days I say it doesn't happen. So because each conversation threw me in the place of prayer, I was in the house and we're having a talk around the house and we entered a room and I saw she had done lights like stars. It was a dark room. When I entered that room, I said, this is Abrahamic. Say yes. Said, that's why I call counting stars. So she goes there and she's staring the same way God said to Abraham, count the stars. Has. She's meditating and speaking words. Deliberateness. Deliberateness. Recently she was sharing with me, she wrote a book, she wanted to sell the book. God said, make it free, make it free. So she went to a country, let me just quote it, in fact Ghana. To introduce them to the book and talk about the book. And then someone came from the government and saw the book and said, we will— we are integrating this book by my decree now into the curriculum for training bankers nationally. And when she was sharing that, she said, while I wrote that book I conceived it as a book that will be a manual for nations. Don't just write, don't just speak, don't just do it. Can you see ahead? Until you can, you don't have time for luxury. Let me tell you something, if you vacate social media to conceive, nobody will miss you. I don't deceive myself. Are you following what I'm saying?

Yes, sir.

You see, some of us have structures that we are almost everywhere where we are impacting lives, but because we live structurally, it also means that we can disappear, yet we are still appearing. If I'm not in touch with— for 10 weeks, every structure will run. That's a story for another day. Your capacity is enlarged. You step into deeper waters and higher altitudes. You will make God proud. You will not disappoint his investment. You step into deeper realms of glory. It is done in Jesus' mighty name. God bless you.

Hallelujah! Can we stretch forth our hands towards God's servant tonight? And I want us to decree words that he is blessed, is watered in return, in the name of Jesus. Much more, more grace, more insight. Oh, come on, lift your voice and pray. From the depth of your heart. Mande ka bandi staka para do shete kero sia daba. Lord, we ask that you will strengthen your servant much more in the name of Jesus. In his light we see light. That light will not be put out in Jesus' mighty name. For in Jesus' mighty name we have prayed. What do we say to Apostle? And there is nothing— have you been blessed tonight? You know, now it's beginning to make sense for me personally because I saw Apostle this afternoon and there was just something around the atmosphere of seeing him briefly, and I was glad that he mentioned some things and it's beginning to make sense. Thank you so much, sir. Can we celebrate God's servant once again? Hallelujah! There is no tonight that is alike. True or not true? And I'm also telling you that, you see, whether Apostle is here physically or virtually, it is still going to be same grace, same spirit. So make it a date next week. Apostle will be in Ibadan. That's not a news, right? But we are going to be gathered here live and direct. Tell your neighbor, live and direct. So complete what you started. Tell your neighbor, complete what you started. Counsel the person, say, be a person of character, finish what you started. It is for character.

Hallelujah!

So we're going to be here live and direct all through next week. Can we celebrate God's servant once again? And you may please be seated. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Oh my goodness, hallelujah! All right, can we package our tithes tonight and package our offerings also as I pray with us? You're giving your tithe, please do well to rise on your feet as I pray, um, with you. And if you're giving your offerings, package them. The account details is on the screen if you're giving via transfer, and the ushers are going to go around to ensure that you're able to give Um, by cash. All right, Father, I thank you for these that are giving their tithe, and I pray in the name that is above all names, they are blessed with the dew of heaven and with the fatness of the earth. In the name of Jesus, you're blessed with plenty of corn and of wine. In Jesus' mighty name, where this is coming from, it will not cease to flow. In the name of Jesus, for in Jesus' mighty name we have prayed. Hallelujah. All right, let's package our offerings as the musicians will give us a sound of worship in the next 1 minute. Hallelujah! Over to you, musicians. Hallelujah! Father, we thank you for the privilege and the grace to give unto you again tonight. Lord, I pray that these offerings are received and blessed in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Lord, I ask that you will open financial doors to your people in the name of Jesus. And for those that desire to give and do not have, when there's an opportunity to give next time, they will have more than enough in the name of Jesus. For in Jesus' mighty name we have prayed. Hallelujah! All right, come rise on our feet it this moment. What is happening on Sunday? I can't hear you. All right, Sunday is going to be a very, very superb and fantastic Sunday. You don't want to miss it. All right, we're going to be having Pastor Mimi, um, and there's a lot of activities that is going to happen that day. You, you don't want to know what it is now. All right, but it's going to be amazing and so, so interesting. All right, so invite someone to also come along. Don't come alone, come with someone. Spread the news abroad, and the Lord bless you in Jesus' mighty name. Oh, you are blessed! You are blessed! All right, you got that. All right, can we join hands together with our neighbor as we take our formations together as a family? All right, ask your neighbor, are you ready to affirm? What's the person saying? All right, one to go. We are Light Nation, an atmosphere of God's influence. We love effortlessly, we sacrifice selflessly, and pray earnestly. We are a people of great faith, strong vision, and excellent spirit. We are the epicenter of God's praise upon the earth. We have a lifestyle that is consistent with the authority of scriptures. We believe when the Lord said to us that we are a city in every city. This is the house of pruning, forging, and making of giants.

The shout of our King is among us, and what do we do? Come on, give the Lord a shout of praise! God bless you. Good night.