1 00:00:02,209 --> 00:00:06,610 Speaker 1: Apostle Fermi Lazarus is a man raised by God to 2 00:00:06,690 --> 00:00:10,460 demonstrate his wisdom and authority to the last day church. 3 00:00:10,900 --> 00:00:13,140 He is the lead pastor of Sphere of Light Church 4 00:00:13,500 --> 00:00:16,300 and God told him years ago that a time will 5 00:00:16,359 --> 00:00:19,910 come where my wisdom will be needed to navigate tough 6 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:21,929 times in the body of Christ. 7 00:00:22,410 --> 00:00:25,309 Speaker 2: Then I will cause your voice to be heard. 8 00:00:25,719 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 1: And all who pay attention to my word on your 9 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:33,590 lips will not lack light and direction. He's a man 10 00:00:33,810 --> 00:00:37,750 sent from God, sent to raise God's end time armies. 11 00:00:38,270 --> 00:00:44,149 With Apostle Fermi Lazarus, every minute counts as you listen attentively. 12 00:00:45,170 --> 00:00:47,570 Speaker 2: Now quickly I'd like us to turn our Bibles. I'm 13 00:00:47,590 --> 00:00:54,939 starting a new series this morning. Alright. This came back 14 00:00:55,060 --> 00:00:57,200 as an instruction. I mean, I was going somewhere else, 15 00:00:57,259 --> 00:01:01,100 but God said, I want you to deal with this 16 00:01:01,329 --> 00:01:06,489 in this season. All right? And I believe much more 17 00:01:06,510 --> 00:01:10,930 he has his reasons why he said that. Amen. And 18 00:01:11,010 --> 00:01:14,769 as I studied further, I saw. Let's turn our Bibles quickly. 19 00:01:14,790 --> 00:01:19,469 We're going to start from the book of 2 Corinthians 20 00:01:19,569 --> 00:01:29,420 chapter number 10. 2 Corinthians chapter number 10. I start 21 00:01:29,439 --> 00:01:34,920 the reading from... If you dare say Amen. Let me 22 00:01:34,939 --> 00:01:39,239 start from verse 3. Now Paul speaking to the Corinthians says... 23 00:01:41,219 --> 00:01:43,719 I want us to read this together. Alright? There's something 24 00:01:43,739 --> 00:01:46,200 we need to do together. 1, 2, 3, go. For 25 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:51,040 though we walk in the flesh, we do not walk. Now, 26 00:01:51,180 --> 00:01:58,390 hold on. Let's get the context. This means that there's 27 00:01:58,450 --> 00:02:03,760 a warfare going on. Is that simple enough? There's a warfare. 28 00:02:04,439 --> 00:02:06,480 And this has nothing to do with whether you are 29 00:02:06,519 --> 00:02:09,080 interested in fighting or not. As long as you are breathing, 30 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:16,990 it's already too late. There's a warfare going on. And 31 00:02:17,069 --> 00:02:20,310 the point of reference of that warfare is in the 32 00:02:20,389 --> 00:02:25,159 spirit itself. So what this means is that the one 33 00:02:25,189 --> 00:02:28,259 who is not walking in the spirit is already a casualty. 34 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:34,180 You have no choice than to be spiritual. Because life 35 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:38,930 in itself is spiritual. Life is. This is not some 36 00:02:39,129 --> 00:02:42,030 voodoo or African magic. This is the nature of life. 37 00:02:42,449 --> 00:02:46,750 There is a back end. And much more I need 38 00:02:46,830 --> 00:02:48,719 us to pray. You know if I can drag you 39 00:02:48,759 --> 00:02:53,789 to pray 8 hours per day, I will. Because I 40 00:02:53,889 --> 00:02:57,780 need us to pray. There is a back end. Oh 41 00:02:57,810 --> 00:03:00,460 I'm so kind. I'm nice to everyone. And they'll be 42 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:06,560 nice towards me. Sorry. There is a force that controls life. 43 00:03:06,719 --> 00:03:11,689 And that force is not kind. That's the truth. You know. 44 00:03:12,349 --> 00:03:15,090 When God started teaching me about spiritual warfare. Thank God 45 00:03:15,129 --> 00:03:19,050 I started learning this quite early. Because this subject is warfare. 46 00:03:19,349 --> 00:03:21,169 When you hear arrow. They don't use arrow at the 47 00:03:21,210 --> 00:03:25,069 dining table. talk to me now you come with somebody 48 00:03:25,090 --> 00:03:28,050 to eat i say i eat with arrows and swords 49 00:03:28,689 --> 00:03:31,710 you say are you a lion you don't use arrows 50 00:03:31,789 --> 00:03:35,639 at dining table he's in the war war front right 51 00:03:36,060 --> 00:03:39,639 i i saw these years back oh my god and 52 00:03:39,699 --> 00:03:42,120 it broke my heart this happened in legos i think 53 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:44,319 2005 or 2004 that there was traffic on third mainland 54 00:03:44,340 --> 00:03:54,210 bridge If you know Lagos. Lagos is the hub of traffic. Alright. 55 00:03:54,229 --> 00:03:56,349 So there was this traffic. And there was this guy. 56 00:03:56,590 --> 00:03:59,710 Trying to maneuver his bike. And he scratched a vehicle. 57 00:04:00,310 --> 00:04:04,449 And the vehicle belonged to a naval officer. The man 58 00:04:04,490 --> 00:04:06,990 had anger issues. Just came out of the vehicle. And 59 00:04:07,129 --> 00:04:10,740 pointed his gun at the young man. And killed him. Straight. 60 00:04:12,379 --> 00:04:17,079 Just shot the boy. In the head. Dead. The news 61 00:04:17,139 --> 00:04:20,420 went around. They arrested the man. And all that. But. 62 00:04:20,810 --> 00:04:24,949 Something much more heartbreaking now came out later. That this 63 00:04:25,060 --> 00:04:28,019 boy is the only son. His father died while the 64 00:04:28,060 --> 00:04:32,720 mother was pregnant. The mother died during conception. The only 65 00:04:32,779 --> 00:04:36,279 surviving of that lineage is the fellow they have wasted 66 00:04:36,399 --> 00:04:41,300 like this. You will think life should be fair. It 67 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:44,569 is not. So there's nothing like, with the things I've 68 00:04:44,610 --> 00:04:46,410 suffered in this life, the devil himself should know I 69 00:04:46,430 --> 00:04:52,509 deserve peace. Newsflash. He doesn't care. And what the devil 70 00:04:52,550 --> 00:04:55,509 wants is that he wants people to die trying. I 71 00:04:55,689 --> 00:05:00,480 beg you in the name of Jesus Christ. Life is warfare. 72 00:05:02,699 --> 00:05:07,720 And the earlier we switch, the better. People come to 73 00:05:07,759 --> 00:05:10,329 meet me. Say, Apostle, you know, I'm trusting God. These 74 00:05:10,350 --> 00:05:13,029 things are so contract. I say, I can agree with 75 00:05:13,050 --> 00:05:15,490 you in prayer, but there's a more excellent way. Get 76 00:05:15,529 --> 00:05:19,370 into warfare. That's when you will know that there are 77 00:05:19,509 --> 00:05:21,980 forces contending for the same thing you are contending for. 78 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:25,860 Are you following what I'm saying? There are forces. Let 79 00:05:25,879 --> 00:05:27,899 me give you another story of somebody who tried to 80 00:05:28,060 --> 00:05:31,180 fight in the energy of the flesh. This happened, my 81 00:05:31,220 --> 00:05:35,750 dad told me this story, I think this happened in 1970, whatever. 82 00:05:37,870 --> 00:05:42,649 There was one of his friends that went to pray somewhere. 83 00:05:43,930 --> 00:05:49,620 And The prophet told him, your stepmother is a witch. 84 00:05:50,519 --> 00:05:52,819 So the guy said, what? She's been the one making 85 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:56,290 your life go backwards. The guy got angry. What? I'm 86 00:05:56,319 --> 00:05:59,110 going to kill this woman today. God cutlass. Run out 87 00:05:59,170 --> 00:06:01,790 of the place of prophecy. We say this war, no 88 00:06:01,810 --> 00:06:06,149 be by cutlass. He went there. He said, I'm going 89 00:06:06,170 --> 00:06:09,149 to kill this woman. You're a witch. The woman called neighbors. 90 00:06:09,420 --> 00:06:13,439 Help me beg him. I'm not a witch. I love him. This, this, this. 91 00:06:13,740 --> 00:06:20,160 They were begging. She's not a witch. After the whole begging, 92 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:24,519 the guy thought that maybe they made a mistake. That night, 93 00:06:24,540 --> 00:06:28,379 the woman made swallow and soup and said, please eat 94 00:06:28,399 --> 00:06:31,360 your food. This, this, this. That was the last meal 95 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:36,639 he had with his sense intact. He's been mad since 96 00:06:36,699 --> 00:06:43,170 then till now. Except somebody healed him last week. Though 97 00:06:43,209 --> 00:06:48,029 we walk in the flesh, we do not walk after 98 00:06:52,220 --> 00:06:55,040 Tell your neighbor, tune in to the Spirit. Tune in. 99 00:06:55,180 --> 00:07:00,889 Tune in. Tune in. That's where it is happening. Tune in. Switch. 100 00:07:03,750 --> 00:07:07,430 Look at what the Bible says in verse now. Verse 4. 101 00:07:07,430 --> 00:07:12,269 It said, For the weapons of our warfare are not what? Carnal. 102 00:07:14,050 --> 00:07:18,420 But mighty to God to the pulling down. Meaning that 103 00:07:18,459 --> 00:07:23,949 we have things to pull down. Every now and then 104 00:07:23,970 --> 00:07:26,410 there are things to what? Pull down. They should not 105 00:07:26,449 --> 00:07:30,230 be standing not in your life. There are things to 106 00:07:30,250 --> 00:07:35,860 pull down. We pull down strongholds. What is that thing 107 00:07:35,889 --> 00:07:38,199 giving the devil an advantage in my life? It's time 108 00:07:38,220 --> 00:07:40,639 to pull it down. And meanwhile strongholds should be pulled 109 00:07:40,660 --> 00:07:43,980 down because they've been erected for long. Takes time to 110 00:07:44,079 --> 00:07:49,310 build one. Pulling down strongholds. Look at verse 5 now. 111 00:07:51,610 --> 00:07:59,730 Casting down what? Imaginations. So, these imaginations. I had the 112 00:08:00,310 --> 00:08:03,550 serious teaching on casting down imaginations. And a heavy high 113 00:08:03,569 --> 00:08:08,589 thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God. And 114 00:08:08,629 --> 00:08:11,379 bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. 115 00:08:11,810 --> 00:08:14,939 You see, what was mentioned in verse 5? If you're 116 00:08:14,959 --> 00:08:16,920 going to put it in sum total, those are arrows. 117 00:08:16,959 --> 00:08:20,120 But I'm going somewhere. Now, turn your Bibles. Ephesians chapter 118 00:08:20,139 --> 00:08:30,790 number 6. Quickly. Ephesians 6. Let's start reading from verse 10. 119 00:08:31,029 --> 00:08:33,649 If you are with me, say Amen. Come on, say it. 120 00:08:33,809 --> 00:08:38,820 Say Amen. Correct. There is a temple we must rise 121 00:08:38,860 --> 00:08:41,440 to here. Is that okay? And we will build and 122 00:08:41,539 --> 00:08:43,820 rise to that temple. Ephesians 6.10. If you are there, 123 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:49,730 say Amen. It says, Finally, my brethren, be strong in 124 00:08:49,759 --> 00:08:54,840 the Lord. Be strong in the Lord. guy guy guy 125 00:08:54,919 --> 00:08:58,600 guy ask your neighbor are you strong ask your neighbor 126 00:08:58,620 --> 00:09:01,500 are you strong ask your neighbor again are you strong 127 00:09:02,620 --> 00:09:04,080 do you know what it means to be strong to 128 00:09:04,100 --> 00:09:08,620 be full of strength everything will test you life will 129 00:09:08,850 --> 00:09:14,169 people will people will i can't remember who shared this 130 00:09:14,190 --> 00:09:17,610 story just got promoted promoted at work was trying to 131 00:09:17,730 --> 00:09:20,870 sit down in the new office and I can't remember 132 00:09:20,909 --> 00:09:24,309 who shared the story. One of the apostles. And I 133 00:09:24,350 --> 00:09:26,610 think maybe him or somebody close to him. And as 134 00:09:26,629 --> 00:09:29,269 he was trying to sit down, he just noticed like 135 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:34,200 an invisible force pushed him away from the chair. Can 136 00:09:34,220 --> 00:09:36,179 you check what happened? And he looked on the chair 137 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:41,090 and saw a child. That was the intervention of God. 138 00:09:42,370 --> 00:09:48,649 Be strong. Be strong. You see, nobody wants to fight 139 00:09:48,730 --> 00:09:53,110 a strong man. Are you feeling what I'm saying? When 140 00:09:53,149 --> 00:09:57,019 I was in secondary school, at the early phase, when 141 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:01,000 children used to fight and those things, I could count 142 00:10:01,019 --> 00:10:02,629 the number of times I ever got into a fight 143 00:10:02,669 --> 00:10:06,549 in my life. Because I had sense quite early. And 144 00:10:06,629 --> 00:10:11,649 I discovered that anybody could beat me. I just discovered 145 00:10:11,690 --> 00:10:14,990 that because they were so strong, so hard. All these 146 00:10:15,070 --> 00:10:18,049 boys selling spare parts. It's not like spare parts is bad, 147 00:10:18,070 --> 00:10:21,309 but I sized them. So when arguments get to the 148 00:10:21,330 --> 00:10:26,789 point that we see after class, ah. Not me, you. 149 00:10:27,389 --> 00:10:33,210 We're on. But there was one that I couldn't run from. 150 00:10:34,509 --> 00:10:37,210 Because I felt this one that you have done, ah, 151 00:10:38,169 --> 00:10:41,169 I will not take this. So we got into a fight. 152 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:44,580 And I knew that the boy would beat me. And 153 00:10:44,620 --> 00:10:49,889 he did. He beat Che Gueye. A boy sat on 154 00:10:49,929 --> 00:10:55,690 my stomach, put his two knees on my hand, and 155 00:10:55,730 --> 00:11:02,120 slapped my face. He said, slap in my face. So 156 00:11:02,139 --> 00:11:06,220 people came and dragged him. I felt cheated that my 157 00:11:06,299 --> 00:11:09,100 mate did this. They were asking questions. 158 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:10,019 Speaker 3: What happened? 159 00:11:10,059 --> 00:11:14,080 Speaker 2: I stood. I stood. The moment I saw that the 160 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:16,460 boy calmed down, and those who served him saw that 161 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:20,240 there was peace. I ran towards him and set my 162 00:11:20,379 --> 00:11:28,679 teeth on his throat. You can beat me, but these 163 00:11:28,799 --> 00:11:35,720 teeth God has given to me. See, it became so 164 00:11:35,820 --> 00:11:40,820 bad that if anybody is causing trouble and I'm getting close, 165 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:44,759 people will be shouting, run from him, run from him, run, run, 166 00:11:44,779 --> 00:11:49,210 don't let him bite you. I now found out that 167 00:11:49,309 --> 00:11:55,340 my teeth was my weapon. That boy, that thing actually 168 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:59,379 severed his jugular vein. Blood was coming out like this. 169 00:11:59,899 --> 00:12:03,500 They had to tie him. From that moment, if I'm 170 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:06,419 passing like this and he's coming, he will leave because 171 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:12,480 he felt he fought a vampire. If you don't find 172 00:12:12,500 --> 00:12:16,620 the way of strength, life will beat you blue-black. Just 173 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:20,240 find a way of, and they will cheat you for nothing. 174 00:12:21,299 --> 00:12:23,019 I'm not saying start fighting people. You understand what I'm saying? 175 00:12:23,039 --> 00:12:25,059 Don't forget, we are not fighting the physical. Do you 176 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:29,509 understand what I'm saying? Find a way of strength. Be strong. 177 00:12:30,870 --> 00:12:33,990 Nobody wants to fight a strong person. Nobody wants to. 178 00:12:35,950 --> 00:12:44,090 Sometimes you hear stories. Strange stories. Sometimes the devil just 179 00:12:44,110 --> 00:12:46,710 wants to check you out. To see how strong you are. 180 00:12:48,090 --> 00:12:51,149 Somebody has moved to an apartment. And you are observing strange. 181 00:12:51,169 --> 00:12:52,750 I don't know if you have seen that before. Just 182 00:12:52,769 --> 00:12:57,009 know there is strange presence. There is strange presence. What 183 00:12:57,049 --> 00:12:59,559 that is telling is that you have not built. Enough 184 00:12:59,620 --> 00:13:04,320 spiritual stamina. To resist and send out. When light shines. 185 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:12,879 Darkness what? Cannot withstand it. Life is warfare. You know 186 00:13:12,899 --> 00:13:17,940 there was a time. Years back. Four years ago, I 187 00:13:20,700 --> 00:13:24,159 was always on the road, traveling. In fact, sometimes, maybe 188 00:13:24,179 --> 00:13:25,700 I only stay in my house twice in a month. 189 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:29,000 From one city to another, from one place to another, 190 00:13:29,299 --> 00:13:33,320 I would stack up meetings. And one of those days, 191 00:13:33,340 --> 00:13:35,500 you know, usually the only place I get to rest 192 00:13:36,179 --> 00:13:39,159 then was in the car when I'm on flight. That's 193 00:13:39,179 --> 00:13:42,019 the only place I get to rest, you know. And 194 00:13:42,460 --> 00:13:45,820 I was in the vehicle sleeping. Then I saw a vision. 195 00:13:47,220 --> 00:13:49,769 And I saw a strange spirit trying to charge out 196 00:13:49,789 --> 00:13:56,440 at us, but could not. Sometimes you hear, let me 197 00:13:56,500 --> 00:14:00,600 give you another illustration. I think I've shared this story before. 198 00:14:02,059 --> 00:14:04,960 Of something that happened somewhere around on Dove State. Heartbreaking story. 199 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:07,460 Thieves were robbing in a place and there was this 200 00:14:07,519 --> 00:14:10,500 man in his own walk, a radio presenter, and just 201 00:14:10,620 --> 00:14:14,340 felt the nudge. Just didn't know why. Just felt like 202 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:17,549 going out at that point. And didn't just feel like 203 00:14:17,570 --> 00:14:19,789 going out, plugging his earphone. You know that woman just 204 00:14:19,809 --> 00:14:22,620 wanted to drive around wearing earphone and all that. No, 205 00:14:22,669 --> 00:14:25,679 I think, yeah, wearing earphone. And as he was driving, 206 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:30,200 people were waving, stop, stop, stop. They had all been 207 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:32,820 in front. The guy kept driving, couldn't hear them. And 208 00:14:32,860 --> 00:14:34,820 when he passed in front of where the thieves were driving, 209 00:14:35,820 --> 00:14:38,110 they saw him and wondered, who is this guy? And 210 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:41,730 they shot him in the head. And he died. That 211 00:14:41,850 --> 00:14:45,330 thought that said, go out at the point that death 212 00:14:45,370 --> 00:14:48,919 was waiting. There must be a counter force of strength 213 00:14:49,299 --> 00:14:51,929 that can say stay. That is what it means to 214 00:14:51,950 --> 00:14:55,049 be strong. That to everything the devil is bringing, there 215 00:14:55,070 --> 00:14:59,889 is a resistance in the spirit. Charge your spirit to 216 00:14:59,909 --> 00:15:02,309 be able to withstand where the devil is waiting. There 217 00:15:02,350 --> 00:15:08,669 are ambush everywhere. Be strong. You can't live by your 218 00:15:08,730 --> 00:15:16,960 mental impulse. The energy of the flesh can't win this battle. 219 00:15:17,340 --> 00:15:23,200 Be strong in the Lord. And if there's anything the 220 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:26,059 devil is trying to fight my generation on, it's in 221 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:28,080 the area of strength. He doesn't want you to be strong. 222 00:15:28,799 --> 00:15:30,340 He wants to put you in a situation where you 223 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:32,820 will not be strong. He wants to get you into 224 00:15:32,860 --> 00:15:36,610 things that will take away your strength. Look at what 225 00:15:36,620 --> 00:15:39,070 the Bible says in verse 11. It says, put on 226 00:15:39,110 --> 00:15:41,720 the whole armor of God. That you may be able 227 00:15:41,759 --> 00:15:45,620 to stand against the wiles. The word wiles there is 228 00:15:45,700 --> 00:15:50,570 against the craftiness. Against the deception. Against the attempt of 229 00:15:50,610 --> 00:15:58,029 the devil to deceive you. For we wrestle. Not against 230 00:15:58,070 --> 00:16:05,080 flesh and blood. But against principalities. Against powers. Against rulers 231 00:16:05,129 --> 00:16:11,409 of darkness of this world. Against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore. 232 00:16:12,129 --> 00:16:14,769 Take unto you the whole arm of God. That you 233 00:16:14,789 --> 00:16:18,779 may be able to withstand. Now these are two different 234 00:16:18,820 --> 00:16:21,779 kinds of standing now. First is to stand. The second 235 00:16:21,799 --> 00:16:27,100 is to withstand. In the evil day. Having done all. 236 00:16:27,340 --> 00:16:33,279 To stand. Stand therefore. Having your loins. Great about what 237 00:16:33,299 --> 00:16:38,789 the truth. And having on the breastplate of righteousness. And 238 00:16:38,809 --> 00:16:41,860 your feet shod. With the preparation of the gospel. So 239 00:16:41,899 --> 00:16:45,519 what this means is that. That you are preaching the gospel. 240 00:16:45,620 --> 00:16:48,889 Is actually warfare too. It's part of the armor of war. 241 00:16:50,850 --> 00:16:53,929 Do you know. That if you represent Jesus well. You 242 00:16:53,970 --> 00:16:58,980 can't misbehave when you have represented him well. That's the fact. 243 00:17:00,860 --> 00:17:03,659 If people know you for the gospel. You will not 244 00:17:03,700 --> 00:17:05,559 find it easy to misbehave anywhere. True or not true? 245 00:17:06,059 --> 00:17:09,910 That's the truth. That's the truth. So the Bible is 246 00:17:09,970 --> 00:17:13,890 part of the armor of our warfare. Now look at 247 00:17:13,970 --> 00:17:16,880 what the Bible says in verse 16. It said, Above all, 248 00:17:17,420 --> 00:17:21,680 taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able 249 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:25,339 to quench all the fiery dart of the wicked. Let 250 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:27,920 me show you a couple of translations so we can 251 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:35,380 see this in a better light. If you are there, 252 00:17:35,420 --> 00:17:38,250 say Amen. Ephesians 6 verse 16. Look at what the 253 00:17:38,289 --> 00:17:44,539 Bible says. In amplified translation. It said lift up over. 254 00:17:45,599 --> 00:17:52,779 All the covering shield. Of saving faith. Upon which you 255 00:17:52,819 --> 00:17:57,140 can quench. All the flaming missiles. Of the wicked one. 256 00:17:59,769 --> 00:18:04,650 It said above all. That's this contemporary English Bible. Carry 257 00:18:04,670 --> 00:18:08,549 the shield of faith. So you can extinguish the flaming 258 00:18:08,849 --> 00:18:15,380 arrows of the evil one. Oh Lord, I need to 259 00:18:15,430 --> 00:18:23,640 give you two illustrations of what this fairy dart means. Okay. Okay, Robert, 260 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:28,200 please come. Let me give you an illustration. Huh? Can 261 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:31,740 I have a drumstick? I like to give an illustration. 262 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:35,119 Don't forget this. Please stand here and face me. Don't 263 00:18:35,180 --> 00:18:40,000 forget this. The Bible said, put on your shield of 264 00:18:40,059 --> 00:18:43,119 faith with which you can quench the fairy dart of 265 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:49,440 the enemy. Look at this illustration. You are going through 266 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:54,420 a season in your life. And there are individuals in 267 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:57,980 this season that God has placed the words of liberation 268 00:18:58,019 --> 00:19:00,579 on their lips to bring you out of that season 269 00:19:01,099 --> 00:19:04,799 and set you in your next phase. Now you find 270 00:19:04,839 --> 00:19:07,880 yourself in the midst of people. They were having a conversation. 271 00:19:08,430 --> 00:19:10,910 And this is the conversation. Let's say, for instance, a 272 00:19:11,009 --> 00:19:16,990 man of God. And all their conversation is centered around 273 00:19:17,369 --> 00:19:19,579 that man of God. And they're saying, do you know 274 00:19:19,599 --> 00:19:24,019 that guy? Don't mind him. He teaches nonsense. RSC. This, this. 275 00:19:24,299 --> 00:19:27,339 He teaches that. What is happening at that point is 276 00:19:27,380 --> 00:19:29,579 that the devil is using them to launch fairy data. 277 00:19:29,599 --> 00:19:33,319 Let me explain. So, Pastor, please come. So, it looks like... 278 00:19:33,339 --> 00:19:35,920 Stand here. Thank you. It looks like they are stabbing 279 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:38,740 the man of God... and saying all sorts of things 280 00:19:38,859 --> 00:19:41,420 about him, all sorts of things, and say, don't mind him, 281 00:19:41,740 --> 00:19:43,960 he's a motivational speaker. And this fellow is at a 282 00:19:44,049 --> 00:19:46,650 phase of life where you need exactly what this man carries. 283 00:19:48,130 --> 00:19:51,650 That arrow that is pointed at this man is not 284 00:19:51,690 --> 00:19:55,660 pointed at him. It is pointed at you. You can't 285 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:57,660 attack this one because what you are saying can't make 286 00:19:57,700 --> 00:20:01,059 him go down or go up. He is there by conviction. 287 00:20:01,539 --> 00:20:03,640 It is attacking the one who needs the grace for 288 00:20:03,660 --> 00:20:06,180 what this person carries. The grace is still current and 289 00:20:06,220 --> 00:20:08,420 everybody will drink from it. The one who will not 290 00:20:08,599 --> 00:20:11,279 is this one. So the fairy that looks like it 291 00:20:11,319 --> 00:20:14,200 is pointed towards someone, but it's pointed towards you. Be 292 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:20,859 careful what you hear. Are you following what I'm saying here? 293 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:28,259 Be careful what you... Let me tell you this. One 294 00:20:28,299 --> 00:20:30,079 of the things I spent time doing in Nigeria is 295 00:20:30,099 --> 00:20:34,980 to study demography and demographies and then check peculiarities, different... 296 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:37,700 I just have my reason for doing that. And I 297 00:20:37,839 --> 00:20:42,369 observed I saw that a generation suffered more casualty when 298 00:20:42,390 --> 00:20:44,910 it comes to warfare in Nigeria. Go and check what 299 00:20:44,930 --> 00:20:50,009 I want to tell you. Those born between mid-60s and 300 00:20:50,410 --> 00:20:56,619 early 70s. I saw that even in the body of Christ, 301 00:20:58,039 --> 00:21:04,420 there are very few in that generation standing the gap. 302 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:09,710 Are you following what I'm saying? What happened? I started 303 00:21:09,750 --> 00:21:13,089 studying and I checked that who were those that God 304 00:21:13,230 --> 00:21:20,269 raised for this generation. Alright. The men of God that 305 00:21:20,289 --> 00:21:23,789 God raised. The devil was able to get at that 306 00:21:23,809 --> 00:21:26,859 generation because he gave them a tag for those that 307 00:21:26,890 --> 00:21:31,119 God raised. Don't mind them. They are prosperity preachers. So 308 00:21:31,140 --> 00:21:34,599 you have the highest rate of people who are poor. 309 00:21:35,289 --> 00:21:37,990 In that generation. Those who died young. In that generation. 310 00:21:38,309 --> 00:21:44,470 Go and check what I'm telling you. Because what the 311 00:21:44,569 --> 00:21:46,769 devil wants to do. Is that when God is coming 312 00:21:46,809 --> 00:21:50,069 to serve something. Let him change the filter. So you 313 00:21:50,089 --> 00:21:51,970 will not be able to perceive it well. That is 314 00:21:52,130 --> 00:21:59,799 him launching that arrow. At your heart. Let me tell 315 00:21:59,819 --> 00:22:04,240 you something. One day I went online. And somebody said. Ah, 316 00:22:04,279 --> 00:22:06,000 tell me Lazarus. He's a motivational speaker. 317 00:22:07,279 --> 00:22:07,579 Speaker 3: I laughed. 318 00:22:09,299 --> 00:22:10,980 Speaker 2: But I took that statement to the place of prayer. 319 00:22:11,380 --> 00:22:16,099 I silenced this statement. You will not cut a generation 320 00:22:16,259 --> 00:22:20,259 off because of your opinion. That statement will not go 321 00:22:20,279 --> 00:22:25,660 over the roof. It is warfare. Before you know it, 322 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:28,269 all that God wants to do. God can't do it again. 323 00:22:32,750 --> 00:22:36,170 When people are advancing to war, what do you do? 324 00:22:36,309 --> 00:22:41,549 You shoot arrows at a distance. You don't need proximity 325 00:22:41,589 --> 00:22:46,650 to the devil to be launched at. Arrows are shot 326 00:22:46,910 --> 00:22:50,730 and they are shot in their numbers. So what the 327 00:22:50,779 --> 00:22:54,319 Bible is saying is, you need faith up always. Because 328 00:22:54,380 --> 00:22:57,480 everywhere you turn, arrows are flying. Somebody is saying something 329 00:22:57,559 --> 00:23:00,569 against what God has said in your heart. Somebody on 330 00:23:00,589 --> 00:23:02,890 the news is saying something that will be a stronghold 331 00:23:03,210 --> 00:23:08,329 and attack you someday. And guess what? I did some 332 00:23:08,410 --> 00:23:11,880 research about hunting and I saw that sometimes even when 333 00:23:11,890 --> 00:23:15,880 they launch arrows at animals, they can still run certain kilometers. 334 00:23:16,799 --> 00:23:19,440 But they will die because they will bleed out. Some 335 00:23:19,460 --> 00:23:21,880 people are still standing but they are bleeding out from 336 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:27,920 the arrows of yesterday. Somebody has said something that has 337 00:23:28,079 --> 00:23:32,250 made cancer a possibility somewhere in their heart because they've 338 00:23:32,269 --> 00:23:35,329 seen so many news about it somebody has said something 339 00:23:35,349 --> 00:23:38,289 that has made dying during childbirth a possibility in their 340 00:23:38,309 --> 00:23:40,230 heart because they have seen so many news about it 341 00:23:40,970 --> 00:23:43,049 what is the thing you are bleeding from but you 342 00:23:43,069 --> 00:23:45,339 have not fallen down as a result of it but 343 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:48,039 you are bleeding and the devil knows with what he 344 00:23:48,059 --> 00:23:50,279 has done okay let's time this person three years he 345 00:23:50,299 --> 00:23:58,660 will fall down put up your shield of faith There 346 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:04,630 are harrows everywhere. Psalms 91 please. Are you going to 347 00:24:04,670 --> 00:24:07,769 pray this morning? Are you going to pray this morning? 348 00:24:10,890 --> 00:24:18,049 Look at it. Oh God. Oh God. Let's start from 349 00:24:18,069 --> 00:24:22,539 verse 12. Psalms 91. Let's start from verse 12. Psalms 91. 350 00:24:22,519 --> 00:24:25,960 Let's start from verse 12. Say surely he shall deliver 351 00:24:25,980 --> 00:24:31,470 you from the snare. Of the fowler. And from noisome pestilence. 352 00:24:32,029 --> 00:24:34,970 He shall cover you with his feathers. And under his 353 00:24:35,019 --> 00:24:38,019 wings shall you trust. His truth shall be your shield 354 00:24:38,079 --> 00:24:42,579 and buckler. Meaning that you must know truth. The truth 355 00:24:42,599 --> 00:24:47,339 of the Lord will be your shield. Listen. Listen. There 356 00:24:47,380 --> 00:24:50,400 is a fact about Abuja right now. That there is insecurity. 357 00:24:51,329 --> 00:24:54,829 That's the fact. Media fact. But the truth is. My 358 00:24:54,930 --> 00:24:59,039 going out and coming in are in his hands. Is 359 00:24:59,059 --> 00:25:01,619 that okay now? There can be a medical fact that 360 00:25:01,799 --> 00:25:03,420 doctors have seen this, you have to go for a 361 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,900 certain scan. But the truth is by his stripes, I 362 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:10,180 have been healed. You must know how to place truth 363 00:25:10,380 --> 00:25:14,190 over fact. Because listen, you'll be defeated in the realm 364 00:25:14,210 --> 00:25:19,329 of fact. If you live by fact, you'll be defeated 365 00:25:19,829 --> 00:25:23,549 again and again. So you must know something that counters 366 00:25:23,710 --> 00:25:28,359 every evil that is coming. What do you know that 367 00:25:28,420 --> 00:25:31,400 guarantees length of days? Are you seeing that? If you 368 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:33,240 don't know anything that guarantees length of days, you have 369 00:25:33,299 --> 00:25:35,829 missed the season. And it's not too late to know it. 370 00:25:37,569 --> 00:25:41,930 It is not. With longer life, he will satisfy. You know, 371 00:25:41,970 --> 00:25:44,210 satisfaction is that I am not done till I say 372 00:25:44,250 --> 00:25:55,809 I'm done. You know, sometimes my heart... Probably my own 373 00:25:56,250 --> 00:26:00,779 upbringing as a Christian. Sometimes I see believers say things like, 374 00:26:01,259 --> 00:26:03,559 you know, I'm ready to die even now, this, that. 375 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:06,640 Like if I die now, I know, I'm like, see, 376 00:26:07,079 --> 00:26:10,200 shut up. Don't say that. Don't say that. Don't talk 377 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:13,400 like that. What you are saying is that devil don't 378 00:26:13,420 --> 00:26:18,130 make the probability. Myself, I'm signing up for it. We 379 00:26:18,190 --> 00:26:20,809 say things under passion that is not our covenant inheritance. 380 00:26:23,099 --> 00:26:26,599 There was something in Nigeria. Years back. A man of 381 00:26:26,619 --> 00:26:31,460 God was preaching. Preaching about against the government. The oppressive government. 382 00:26:31,619 --> 00:26:33,319 We are going to start up for this nation. I'm 383 00:26:33,339 --> 00:26:37,059 ready to die for this country. He said that under 384 00:26:37,079 --> 00:26:44,309 the anointing. They killed him that same week. They killed 385 00:26:44,329 --> 00:26:47,390 him that same week. Hours are flying everywhere. 386 00:26:47,849 --> 00:26:48,789 Speaker 3: Psalms 91. 387 00:26:48,789 --> 00:26:53,349 Speaker 2: Are we there? He said he shall cover thee with 388 00:26:53,390 --> 00:26:56,609 his feathers. And under his wings shall you trust. His 389 00:26:56,710 --> 00:26:59,769 truth shall be your shield and buckler. You shall not 390 00:26:59,789 --> 00:27:03,269 be afraid of the terror by night. Nor for the arrows. 391 00:27:04,390 --> 00:27:11,440 That fled by day. Broad daylight. Broad daylight. Arrows everywhere. 392 00:27:12,039 --> 00:27:14,720 People saying things. That will attack the seed of God's 393 00:27:14,740 --> 00:27:23,569 word in your heart. Don't be afraid. You know, I 394 00:27:23,589 --> 00:27:26,190 want to raise Christians who can win with the word. 395 00:27:27,710 --> 00:27:30,670 With the word. Who can stand. This is what the 396 00:27:30,769 --> 00:27:35,710 Bible says. This is it. I insist. If God says it, 397 00:27:35,730 --> 00:27:43,890 he means it. You must hold truth with more resoluteness 398 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:48,200 than the attacks coming. Because there are arrows flying everywhere. 399 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:49,940 Look at what the Bible says in the book of Psalms, 400 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:55,190 chapter 11, verse 2. Psalms 11, verse 2. Psalms 11 401 00:27:55,190 --> 00:28:01,660 verse 2. Look at it. Oh God. Let's start from 402 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:04,839 verse 1 so we can have a good understanding of 403 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:08,940 that text. It said, In the Lord would I my trust. 404 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:12,309 How shall ye say to my soul, flee as a 405 00:28:12,369 --> 00:28:14,289 bird to your mountain? Why will you scare me? I 406 00:28:15,990 --> 00:28:19,369 will not be afraid. Most people are afraid of being great. 407 00:28:20,460 --> 00:28:22,799 Maybe if God starts lifting you now, maybe that's a 408 00:28:22,839 --> 00:28:24,480 sign that you die early. You have spent all the 409 00:28:24,500 --> 00:28:27,369 things you should spend in the future now. Where did 410 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:29,920 you get that thought from? It's an arrow. You took 411 00:28:29,990 --> 00:28:34,230 it years back. And by yourself, you keep shifting the 412 00:28:34,289 --> 00:28:36,950 seasons of God in your life. That God, not yet time, 413 00:28:37,009 --> 00:28:39,170 so I will live long. Who said it is this 414 00:28:39,230 --> 00:28:42,450 or that? You can have all that pertains to life 415 00:28:43,289 --> 00:28:49,190 and godliness. That's our covenant inheritance in God. Say, I 416 00:28:49,230 --> 00:28:50,250 have all! 417 00:28:50,829 --> 00:28:52,089 Speaker 3: I have all! 418 00:28:54,549 --> 00:28:57,849 Speaker 2: You know, let me tell you something because let me 419 00:28:57,890 --> 00:29:00,430 read verse 2. What we are going to do now 420 00:29:01,029 --> 00:29:03,450 is I'm going to give us two minutes. That two minutes, 421 00:29:03,470 --> 00:29:05,450 we are going to begin to detach arrows we have 422 00:29:05,490 --> 00:29:09,019 been running with. One of the ways you know area 423 00:29:09,079 --> 00:29:10,700 an arrow has entered is there are the areas of 424 00:29:10,740 --> 00:29:15,779 your fears. Is that okay now? And how do we, 425 00:29:15,799 --> 00:29:19,799 the Bible says that With your shield of faith, we 426 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:22,779 quench the fairy dart. How does that work? Does it 427 00:29:22,799 --> 00:29:27,400 mean we start doing like this? No. By speaking. The 428 00:29:27,460 --> 00:29:31,470 word from your mouth is breaking arrows. Breaking them. Breaking them. 429 00:29:31,769 --> 00:29:38,109 Breaking them. We speak faith. It can't be your temperament 430 00:29:38,130 --> 00:29:41,910 to be quiet when you should talk. Fight when you 431 00:29:41,930 --> 00:29:46,079 should fight. I'm just a gentle person. Life is not fair. 432 00:29:48,339 --> 00:29:51,440 Are you following what I'm saying? Are you with me? 433 00:29:54,700 --> 00:29:58,769 You look at your children. You are not stubborn. No, 434 00:29:59,269 --> 00:30:02,589 you are not a deviant. You are releasing false words. 435 00:30:03,450 --> 00:30:05,170 Look at what the Bible says in verse 2. It says, 436 00:30:05,410 --> 00:30:08,569 Let me explain what this means. Please let me have you. 437 00:30:08,589 --> 00:30:10,450 Look at this. Stand here. Trace him. You stand here. 438 00:30:10,470 --> 00:30:10,650 Speaker 3: Oh God. 439 00:30:10,690 --> 00:30:28,390 Speaker 2: This guy thinks this guy is attacking him. Say, why 440 00:30:28,410 --> 00:30:30,420 don't you go to work? Just talk me down. Talk 441 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:34,380 me down. The Bible is saying, the wicked bend their 442 00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:38,259 bows at the upright in heart that they may privately shoot. 443 00:30:39,119 --> 00:30:41,779 You are seeing him, but the real person is behind. 444 00:30:41,799 --> 00:30:45,819 He wants to stay behind many people to hurt you. 445 00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:49,710 Behind boss, take away your confidence. Behind the person you 446 00:30:49,750 --> 00:30:51,670 meet in a vehicle, talk at you in a way 447 00:30:51,690 --> 00:30:54,759 that you lose your joy. Is standing behind them. That 448 00:30:54,819 --> 00:30:58,119 he may privately shoot. Whoever you think is holding it. 449 00:30:58,119 --> 00:31:00,920 Is not the person holding it. There is an enemy behind. 450 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:06,220 And people talk. You look at them. This is not 451 00:31:06,259 --> 00:31:11,019 your word. This is not you. The devil wants to 452 00:31:11,059 --> 00:31:15,769 get at me. This is not you. You release words. 453 00:31:16,730 --> 00:31:21,509 What they have said is not true. It's not true. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. 454 00:31:22,470 --> 00:31:26,049 Can I give us two minutes to get up and 455 00:31:26,109 --> 00:31:29,579 release words. Come on, break the bows. Break the bows, 456 00:31:29,599 --> 00:31:36,359 speak faith. Amen. Amen. Don't do church, do military. Is 457 00:31:36,380 --> 00:31:41,059 that okay? Don't do... Even if today is your first time, 458 00:31:41,299 --> 00:31:44,789 don't do church, do military. Lift your voice loud and clear. 459 00:31:45,460 --> 00:31:58,509 Release the word. Release the word. Release the word. 460 00:31:59,509 --> 00:32:07,130 Speaker 3: Release the word. 461 00:32:07,170 --> 00:32:20,220 Speaker 2: Release the word. Oh Jesus. Release the world. 462 00:32:20,420 --> 00:32:24,220 Speaker 3: Oh yes. Oh yes. Oh yes. 463 00:32:24,339 --> 00:32:24,839 Speaker 2: Speak words. 464 00:32:24,859 --> 00:32:27,960 Speaker 3: Speak faith. Release life. 465 00:32:28,079 --> 00:32:52,900 Speaker 2: Release life. This is my experience in life. Release the world. 466 00:32:53,599 --> 00:32:55,720 Release faith. Release life. 467 00:33:01,670 --> 00:33:13,380 Speaker 3: Release life. 468 00:33:16,039 --> 00:33:21,190 Speaker 2: And Jesus... Mighty name we are praying. Say it loud 469 00:33:21,250 --> 00:33:32,779 and clear. I speak life. Amen. Can we say it again? 470 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:45,069 I speak life. Amen. Please be seated for a while. 471 00:33:46,170 --> 00:33:50,339 Be seated for a while. Let me Let me ask 472 00:33:50,359 --> 00:33:52,940 you a question. Where did you pick that fear from? 473 00:33:56,190 --> 00:33:58,930 That your life may end at any time. Where did 474 00:33:58,950 --> 00:34:02,130 you pick it from? Maybe there is a sickness that 475 00:34:02,150 --> 00:34:05,269 is flowing in the bloodline. Mommy had the sickness. Grandma 476 00:34:05,309 --> 00:34:09,760 had it. Another auntie had it. You are different. The 477 00:34:09,860 --> 00:34:12,900 blood of Christ is more definite than the blood of Adam. 478 00:34:14,119 --> 00:34:16,840 There is a blood that speaks better things. You are 479 00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:20,960 not a victim of Of anything flowing in the bloodline. 480 00:34:21,059 --> 00:34:24,400 That it is flowing. Doesn't mean you must partake. You 481 00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:31,239 can say I refuse. You can. I refuse this. I'm 482 00:34:31,260 --> 00:34:34,940 not a part of this. There's a pattern of diabetes 483 00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:40,639 in the family. Not mine. If any man be in Christ. 484 00:34:41,119 --> 00:34:45,000 He's a new creature. All things are passed away. Behold. 485 00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:48,110 For all things will be new. You must behold. Behold. 486 00:34:50,989 --> 00:34:53,630 We behold like a mirror. The glory of the Lord. 487 00:34:53,650 --> 00:34:57,110 We are changed to the same image. Praise God. This 488 00:34:57,170 --> 00:35:00,309 is the life we live. We are speaking believers. We speak. 489 00:35:00,889 --> 00:35:02,869 Anybody who is not speaking, it's going to be a casualty. 490 00:35:03,150 --> 00:35:07,429 Every day releasing words. Somebody say, you know you can't 491 00:35:07,469 --> 00:35:09,989 do this. Say, no, I can't do all things. True Christ. 492 00:35:10,630 --> 00:35:14,150 That's fantastic. Sometimes the arrow comes from, let's assume, let's assume, 493 00:35:14,349 --> 00:35:17,929 let's assume. Even in the realm of assumption, this is 494 00:35:17,969 --> 00:35:24,340 not my inheritance. Say, you are taking everything too serious. 495 00:35:24,599 --> 00:35:30,199 Life is. I am serious. Life is. And let's assume 496 00:35:30,260 --> 00:35:31,320 any of your child just died. 497 00:35:31,579 --> 00:35:36,300 Speaker 4: Oh boy, stop that. Even in the realm of assumption. Hey, 498 00:35:36,730 --> 00:35:39,869 the name of the Lord is a strong tower. The 499 00:35:39,889 --> 00:35:48,349 righteous run in and they are saved. Even in the 500 00:35:48,389 --> 00:35:49,929 realm of assumption, I won't take an arrow. 501 00:35:50,130 --> 00:35:53,880 Speaker 2: No way. As long as it is a word, there 502 00:35:53,909 --> 00:35:58,420 is no joke. There is no joke. There is no joke. 503 00:35:59,039 --> 00:36:01,840 You just notice certain fears start coming in your heart. 504 00:36:02,079 --> 00:36:06,480 Where are you coming from? I pull you down. And 505 00:36:06,519 --> 00:36:08,719 sometimes the source is in the dream. You are faster 506 00:36:08,739 --> 00:36:11,760 than prey. Only for you to see something strange happen 507 00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:14,519 in the dream. The devil has seen that you believe 508 00:36:14,559 --> 00:36:17,599 everything you see in dreams. And that's the source. Where 509 00:36:17,619 --> 00:36:19,840 he wants to launch at your heart. You get up 510 00:36:19,860 --> 00:36:21,619 from the dream. And say there is something that is 511 00:36:21,659 --> 00:36:24,719 more real than dreams. Even the sure word. This is 512 00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:34,880 the victory that overcomes the world. Even our fate. Please 513 00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:38,119 be seated. I won't spend my days in the hospital. 514 00:36:39,639 --> 00:36:42,329 Is anyone saying it? I won't spend my days in 515 00:36:42,369 --> 00:36:46,489 the hospital. I won't be bedridden. I live in strength. 516 00:36:47,230 --> 00:36:49,969 I fulfill my purpose in the land of the living. 517 00:36:50,869 --> 00:36:59,139 Nothing will cut me off. No way. When we are 518 00:36:59,199 --> 00:37:05,239 speaking like this, it's a warfare. The ones that we 519 00:37:05,260 --> 00:37:13,150 fly tomorrow, let's release shields of faith ahead. Amen. Somebody says, 520 00:37:13,170 --> 00:37:14,889 you know, this Nigeria, all of us, we are struggling. Say, 521 00:37:14,929 --> 00:37:21,090 not me and you. Say, struggle your struggle. Not me 522 00:37:21,139 --> 00:37:28,280 and you. Hallelujah. He says, don't mind those Christians. Just 523 00:37:28,300 --> 00:37:30,360 keep talking. Just keep talking. This is how we win. 524 00:37:31,039 --> 00:37:33,380 This is how we win. This is how we win. 525 00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:39,690 The woman with the short blood said, said, said, If 526 00:37:39,769 --> 00:37:44,590 I can touch him. She said. She said. That's how 527 00:37:44,630 --> 00:37:49,530 she could receive healing. Without the permission of Jesus. Jesus 528 00:37:49,590 --> 00:38:01,119 took it. That's how virtue lives. You can take it. 529 00:38:01,579 --> 00:38:05,239 You can take it. I'm telling you. I'm telling you. 530 00:38:05,659 --> 00:38:11,309 She said to herself. If I can. And when she did, straightway, 531 00:38:11,969 --> 00:38:13,630 the fountain of the blood dried. 532 00:38:14,349 --> 00:38:14,769 Speaker 3: Straightway. 533 00:38:15,010 --> 00:38:20,909 Speaker 2: She said, what are you saying? What do you spend 534 00:38:20,949 --> 00:38:23,460 your day saying? What are the kind of words you 535 00:38:23,519 --> 00:38:27,559 are speaking? I'm asking you, what are you saying? What 536 00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:32,579 have you said about tomorrow that can make tomorrow so definite? 537 00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:36,500 What have you said? What have you sent ahead? You 538 00:38:36,519 --> 00:38:39,130 just live every day as they come? Not sending works ahead. 539 00:38:39,769 --> 00:38:42,090 Just waiting for, we don't know what can happen tomorrow. 540 00:38:42,269 --> 00:38:46,949 You know, sometimes we say we live long. What are 541 00:38:46,989 --> 00:38:50,670 you talking about? Say, only God knows tomorrow. These things 542 00:38:50,750 --> 00:38:56,800 as they freely revealed to us. Hallelujah. Say, I don't know. 543 00:38:57,019 --> 00:38:59,300 I don't know what this life holds. There's this song. 544 00:39:04,219 --> 00:39:18,800 You know what they are saying? Bizarre. What's the oriole 545 00:39:19,949 --> 00:39:23,949 in our head? More like, only destiny knows tomorrow. Maybe 546 00:39:23,969 --> 00:39:29,949 I'll be wealthy tomorrow. The things the Bible said concerning 547 00:39:30,050 --> 00:39:32,530 you They are not for your past They are for 548 00:39:32,550 --> 00:39:41,159 your today and tomorrow Taking care of everything Look at 549 00:39:41,179 --> 00:39:51,630 what happened in 1 Samuel 17 1 Samuel 17 Hallelujah. 550 00:39:53,449 --> 00:39:59,230 David was standing in a crucial moment in destiny. Let 551 00:39:59,250 --> 00:40:02,070 me tell you this. You can be exactly where God 552 00:40:02,110 --> 00:40:04,070 wants you to be. Doing exactly what God wants you 553 00:40:04,090 --> 00:40:09,110 to do. But I run around people. Listen. Anybody who 554 00:40:09,199 --> 00:40:12,079 is not walking in faith will be the consistent source 555 00:40:12,099 --> 00:40:16,199 of the arrows. They will shut you down. And that's 556 00:40:16,239 --> 00:40:18,719 why I beg couples. Never grow and leave your spouse behind. 557 00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:22,750 Because And Abraham can hear God says that I will 558 00:40:22,789 --> 00:40:25,409 give you seed as much as the stars of heaven. 559 00:40:26,219 --> 00:40:28,340 A Sarah that did hear to say, go to my maid. 560 00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:34,280 One speaking from the mountain, the other from the valley. 561 00:40:35,199 --> 00:40:37,679 There are valley Christians, there are mountain Christians. And they 562 00:40:37,699 --> 00:40:41,320 speak different things. And sometimes they are the ones around us. 563 00:40:42,199 --> 00:40:48,400 Speaking fear. Speaking different forms of intimidation. We have no 564 00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:50,630 business with the things you are afraid of now. Except 565 00:40:50,650 --> 00:40:53,369 that somebody told you. That you know you may not 566 00:40:53,389 --> 00:40:58,820 be happy. That's true. Sometimes you can be married. And 567 00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:01,440 every time you have a challenge. You remember what one 568 00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:04,440 of your friends said. And that person warned me not 569 00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:07,860 to marry her. Not to marry. You'll be running with it. 570 00:41:08,059 --> 00:41:17,389 Discard it now. By telling yourself. I married right. David 571 00:41:17,409 --> 00:41:23,730 was inquiring. What will be done for the person that 572 00:41:23,829 --> 00:41:28,829 kills this uncircumcised Philistine? He said, this is what will 573 00:41:28,849 --> 00:41:33,360 be done. The elder brother Eliab, the one that God 574 00:41:33,409 --> 00:41:37,559 said in the previous chapter, that have rejected him. We 575 00:41:37,599 --> 00:41:40,500 are seeing part of the reason. His lifestyle and the 576 00:41:40,539 --> 00:41:45,920 lifestyle of David is world apart. Sometimes the people we 577 00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:49,019 call arrogant, we call them arrogant because we can't comprehend 578 00:41:49,039 --> 00:41:53,969 their faith life. You're too proud. You're always saying big, 579 00:41:53,989 --> 00:41:58,170 big things. Who tied your home out? Is this your 580 00:41:58,210 --> 00:42:00,530 own big things? Who told you to say small things? 581 00:42:00,550 --> 00:42:04,699 Somebody just got up and said, you know what? I'm 582 00:42:04,719 --> 00:42:08,480 going to enter a full list. Say, you two talk. 583 00:42:08,639 --> 00:42:14,579 You every time. This guy is saying what he wants 584 00:42:14,599 --> 00:42:20,150 to say. Say your own or keep quiet. I know 585 00:42:20,170 --> 00:42:22,829 what I've learned, what I've observed. Even when rich, I 586 00:42:22,849 --> 00:42:27,210 know they put anybody for public. The ancestors are not 587 00:42:27,230 --> 00:42:34,219 that sophisticated. They are not that sophisticated. People will go 588 00:42:34,239 --> 00:42:36,239 and cut people's heads. They are still not the richest 589 00:42:36,300 --> 00:42:40,679 in their village. But when God gives, He freely gives. 590 00:42:41,380 --> 00:42:41,980 Speaker 3: Lavishly. 591 00:42:42,860 --> 00:42:48,090 Speaker 2: Hallelujah. Maybe somebody is about to start praying. Then somebody 592 00:42:48,110 --> 00:42:54,539 just spoke. Everything is not prayer. That's a lie. Say, 593 00:42:54,559 --> 00:42:56,440 maybe it's true. Maybe I should not even pray. All 594 00:42:56,460 --> 00:43:02,820 these church choices. Somebody shut it down. Eliab was going 595 00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:06,500 to shut down destiny. Can you give me that verse? 596 00:43:07,780 --> 00:43:11,139 He said to him, look at, look at. He combined 597 00:43:11,940 --> 00:43:19,110 strange stuff there. 1 Samuel chapter number 17. Okay. Let 598 00:43:19,150 --> 00:43:23,559 me go to verse 28. Verse 28. And Eliab, his 599 00:43:23,679 --> 00:43:27,210 eldest brother, heard when he spake unto the men. And 600 00:43:27,429 --> 00:43:32,969 Eliab's anger was kindled against David. And he said, Why 601 00:43:33,070 --> 00:43:38,349 comest thou, Tithah, and with whom hast thou left those 602 00:43:38,409 --> 00:43:48,860 few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride. That's accusation. See, 603 00:43:48,900 --> 00:43:52,789 you have a track record of being proud. And the 604 00:43:52,929 --> 00:43:56,269 naughtiness of your heart. For you have come down. That 605 00:43:56,289 --> 00:44:01,179 you might see the battle. And David said. What have 606 00:44:01,260 --> 00:44:05,019 I done now? Is there not a cause? And he 607 00:44:05,119 --> 00:44:07,900 turned from him. See you must not turn from people 608 00:44:07,940 --> 00:44:12,800 who don't understand. You finish talking. Thank you. We are 609 00:44:12,820 --> 00:44:19,219 not going to talk again. When we are coming to Abuja. 610 00:44:19,260 --> 00:44:24,599 God said go to Abuja. I said, okay. Abuja is 611 00:44:24,659 --> 00:44:26,400 one place I've never accepted the invite to come and 612 00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:29,699 preach except for one person. Abuja. I talk about the 613 00:44:29,719 --> 00:44:35,480 same thing. Abuja. I call somebody. They say, Abuja, ministry 614 00:44:35,519 --> 00:44:40,039 is difficult here. Everything is... I told my wife, that 615 00:44:40,099 --> 00:44:45,800 is the last time. Last time. Ever, ever. And that 616 00:44:45,980 --> 00:44:47,400 was the last time I ever spoke to the person 617 00:44:47,539 --> 00:44:50,429 about anything in church. Any other thing. The one the 618 00:44:50,469 --> 00:44:55,340 level can carry. But this one, no way. What do 619 00:44:55,380 --> 00:45:01,400 you think will be David's reaction after killing Goliath and 620 00:45:01,440 --> 00:45:07,099 meeting Eliab again? Is this now my pride or destiny? 621 00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:12,260 Run from those who call destiny your arrogance. They don't 622 00:45:12,340 --> 00:45:15,039 know you. And many of them are quick to label you. 623 00:45:17,159 --> 00:45:20,619 People don't know I used to say anything. I used 624 00:45:20,639 --> 00:45:22,880 to say, They post my picture online. I say, Apostle 625 00:45:22,920 --> 00:45:25,340 of Wisdom, thank you for the compliment, but I am more. 626 00:45:28,389 --> 00:45:34,670 It sounds nice. I am more. That's it. Because they 627 00:45:34,690 --> 00:45:40,159 will peg you around a definition. And they will expect 628 00:45:40,179 --> 00:45:43,420 you to function within their box. If you accept it, 629 00:45:43,800 --> 00:45:46,900 a generation will only accept you in that box. Break 630 00:45:46,960 --> 00:45:50,719 the box. It doesn't make any sense. Are you following 631 00:45:50,739 --> 00:45:53,179 what I'm saying? They'll peg you with their words. It's 632 00:45:53,239 --> 00:45:59,840 an arrow. Don't take their definitions. Who gave you the 633 00:45:59,860 --> 00:46:04,420 name you gave yourself? And that was why when God 634 00:46:04,480 --> 00:46:08,340 was calling Adam and Eve, God knew they had sinned. 635 00:46:09,760 --> 00:46:10,880 But he didn't expect them to be hiding. 636 00:46:13,739 --> 00:46:14,119 Speaker 3: Adam! 637 00:46:14,739 --> 00:46:18,530 Speaker 2: Where are they? He said, Lord, I hid myself for 638 00:46:18,550 --> 00:46:26,940 I'm naked. who shot the arrow? Who told you that 639 00:46:26,980 --> 00:46:28,800 you are naked? He didn't say, what did you do? 640 00:46:32,739 --> 00:46:37,800 You believed something. Sin is not the end. Sin leads 641 00:46:37,829 --> 00:46:41,949 men to condemnation. So, when people fall into a sin, 642 00:46:42,369 --> 00:46:44,610 then the devil can now say, on the basis of this, 643 00:46:45,130 --> 00:46:51,130 now you should also believe this. Who told you? He said, hey, This, this, this. 644 00:46:51,150 --> 00:46:52,789 The serpent. The woman that you gave me. 645 00:46:53,190 --> 00:46:54,449 Speaker 3: Blah, blah, blah. 646 00:46:55,590 --> 00:46:59,489 Speaker 2: Who told you what you believed? That some things will 647 00:46:59,510 --> 00:47:03,269 take five years. Will take four years. Will take ten years. 648 00:47:04,369 --> 00:47:08,079 Who told you? Who gave you the numbers? All the 649 00:47:08,119 --> 00:47:09,980 things you have put for now and for future. Who 650 00:47:10,019 --> 00:47:15,920 gave you the statistics? It's time to see them and 651 00:47:16,039 --> 00:47:21,510 pull them down with the words. Everything we say for 652 00:47:21,530 --> 00:47:24,489 today can be for tomorrow. The one thing for tomorrow 653 00:47:24,510 --> 00:47:27,570 can be for today. You stay with God to know 654 00:47:27,590 --> 00:47:30,550 when seasons are changing. Sometimes, you know what I was 655 00:47:30,570 --> 00:47:33,710 supposed to fly? They reach out. This Nigerian flight, they 656 00:47:33,750 --> 00:47:36,349 reach out and say, sorry, your flight has been postponed from, 657 00:47:36,809 --> 00:47:42,139 I think, 1.30 p.m. now for, I think, 3.30. I 658 00:47:42,239 --> 00:47:45,019 mailed the airline. What nonsense is this? I actually typed, 659 00:47:45,099 --> 00:47:48,179 what nonsense is this? What is your problem? Every time 660 00:47:48,199 --> 00:47:50,530 you keep this, this, this, this. In less than five minutes, 661 00:47:50,550 --> 00:47:55,010 somebody came to see me. He said, okay, the yacht's called. Now, 662 00:47:55,139 --> 00:47:59,659 we are flying now. Okay. What about those who left? 663 00:47:59,679 --> 00:48:07,880 That was how we flew. So, I learned something. At 664 00:48:07,940 --> 00:48:17,340 least protest. Don't just take everything. Speak, speak, speak, speak. 665 00:48:17,940 --> 00:48:21,889 Do you understand? At least do what? If I should 666 00:48:21,909 --> 00:48:23,849 show you the mail I sent that day, you'd think 667 00:48:23,889 --> 00:48:26,230 it was one governor. I was, ah, me, I know 668 00:48:26,250 --> 00:48:29,010 how to defend myself in this life. One time I 669 00:48:29,050 --> 00:48:32,309 was serving, took a bus. It was years ago. It 670 00:48:32,679 --> 00:48:35,960 was years ago. All these blogs, be careful. Years, many years, 671 00:48:36,000 --> 00:48:38,940 long past. The man dropped me. He said, I gave 672 00:48:38,980 --> 00:48:42,159 him 500 and I said, what nonsense? No change. That place, 673 00:48:42,179 --> 00:48:44,099 they used to shout a lot. I won't mention the place. 674 00:48:45,099 --> 00:48:45,380 Speaker 4: Shout. 675 00:48:48,219 --> 00:48:51,119 Speaker 2: So I told the man, you don't shout at me. 676 00:48:53,400 --> 00:48:55,039 I now told him something in Yoruba. The man said, 677 00:48:55,159 --> 00:48:57,840 who are you? So I said, because you saw me 678 00:48:57,860 --> 00:49:00,519 in the camp. So I told him in Yoruba, I said, 679 00:49:00,539 --> 00:49:04,829 that is the one who is bigger than you can 680 00:49:04,849 --> 00:49:08,230 throw you away. People say, hey, you don't know his father. 681 00:49:08,550 --> 00:49:12,610 You better leave him. Oh boy, I just spoke totally. Speak. Speak. 682 00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:23,659 When you come around people, you'll know their faith life 683 00:49:23,699 --> 00:49:26,840 by hearing what they say. Faith is not just what 684 00:49:26,889 --> 00:49:29,269 you say in prayer. It is more powerful when you 685 00:49:29,309 --> 00:49:32,369 are saying it randomly. It is the random things that 686 00:49:32,389 --> 00:49:35,150 will show your experience. When you are driving, when you 687 00:49:35,190 --> 00:49:37,250 are talking with friends, what are the things you take 688 00:49:37,289 --> 00:49:39,690 and the things you can't take? And I've noticed this 689 00:49:39,710 --> 00:49:42,010 in my life Anything you refuse to take nobody can 690 00:49:42,030 --> 00:49:46,880 force you I can't be sick Check it Sickness can't 691 00:49:46,900 --> 00:49:53,480 be forced on you Hallelujah David would never have killed 692 00:49:53,500 --> 00:49:57,900 Goliath If he accepted he was arrogant Sometimes there are 693 00:49:57,940 --> 00:50:03,880 some spiritual people At the Eliabs Can be a meeting 694 00:50:04,380 --> 00:50:07,099 And they will shut down every direction God is leading 695 00:50:07,159 --> 00:50:10,690 you And that's it And they will still be afraid 696 00:50:10,710 --> 00:50:15,489 to insult you for not becoming that thing. Hallelujah. Can 697 00:50:15,510 --> 00:50:17,449 I give us a few minutes more to pray? Can 698 00:50:17,489 --> 00:50:22,739 we walk around? Shut down arrows. Replace them with the word. 699 00:50:22,960 --> 00:50:25,019 Speak the things you must see. Come on, go ahead. 700 00:50:29,820 --> 00:50:46,619 Oh yes. Thank you, Lord. We bless your holy name. 701 00:50:47,780 --> 00:50:57,940 Thank you, Father. In Jesus' mighty name, we pray. Hallelujah. 702 00:50:57,960 --> 00:51:01,820 This is how we win. Say it again. This is 703 00:51:01,840 --> 00:51:02,239 how we win. 704 00:51:02,619 --> 00:51:03,679 Speaker 3: This is how we win. 705 00:51:03,900 --> 00:51:06,619 Speaker 2: This is the victory that overcomes the world. This is 706 00:51:06,699 --> 00:51:08,949 the victory that overcomes the world. Even our faith. 707 00:51:09,070 --> 00:51:09,989 Speaker 3: Even our faith. 708 00:51:10,139 --> 00:51:13,010 Speaker 2: Even our faith. You know, I want a time to 709 00:51:13,090 --> 00:51:15,389 come that everybody will know that when you meet a 710 00:51:15,409 --> 00:51:21,030 Sphere of Light church member, they are speaking Christian. From 711 00:51:21,070 --> 00:51:24,269 day one in that office, say, Oh God, the head 712 00:51:24,329 --> 00:51:27,309 is the Lord's and the fullness thereof. The world and 713 00:51:27,349 --> 00:51:30,389 they that dwell therein. I have come here in the 714 00:51:30,510 --> 00:51:33,650 name of the Lord. Anywhere the sole of my feet steps. 715 00:51:33,949 --> 00:51:39,510 I take the land. Thank you Lord. We give you 716 00:51:39,530 --> 00:51:44,510 all the praise. Hallelujah. I decree if there is anyone here. 717 00:51:44,550 --> 00:51:48,010 Whose life is under attack. Because of spoken words. And 718 00:51:48,050 --> 00:51:53,030 harrows launched out. You are set free now. You are 719 00:51:53,090 --> 00:51:57,679 set free now. You walk in freedom. And in dominion. 720 00:51:58,639 --> 00:52:02,449 In Jesus mighty name. Have you been blessed this morning? 721 00:52:03,289 --> 00:52:08,989 Let's give Jesus a big hand. Oh, thank you, Lord. 722 00:52:11,349 --> 00:52:13,670 Speaker 1: The message you just listened to is sponsored by the 723 00:52:13,730 --> 00:52:17,530 friends and partners of Femi Lazarus Apostolic Ministries Ecumenical. 724 00:52:17,949 --> 00:52:18,429 Speaker 2: Flame. 725 00:52:18,949 --> 00:52:22,309 Speaker 1: To partner with Flame, kindly make use of these account details. 726 00:52:22,329 --> 00:52:23,010 Speaker 2: 221-500-5289 UBA