Hallelujah [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Hallelujah [Music] you gave the healing and Grace that I heart soul waste hunger for oh [Music] you give the healing and Grace that are Hearts always hunger [Music] can you cry out your expectation to the Lord this morning in prayer give me an encounter that will change my life indeed someone is praying let it be from the depth of your heart I have come to encounter your grace to encounter your wisdom to encounter your power [Music] Is [Music] Jesus mighty name we pray the Bible says they go from strength to
strength as many as appear before the Lord in Zion Hallelujah one of the many things that happens when we are in his presence is that we are empowered empowered to become not just empowered to receive you can receive without becoming but the Bible says the people that do know they are God they Shall be then they shall do when you do without being there is no longevity to it Allelujah it starts with knowledge then you become then you can do may the Lord help us this morning in Jesus name Pastor thank you again thank you
for this opportunity I sincerely appreciate please be seated Hallelujah this morning I'm teaching and my teaching also doubles as a prophetic Word that the lord gave me to declare unto someone and the title of our discussion this morning is go forward it is not just a topic it is also a prophetic word an upfront let me declare over someone listen to me go forward does not mean to move you are only forward when the next step becomes ahead of the former step are we together if I move this way I am moving but I am
not going forward forward means there it Has to be incremental steps therefore I declare unto someone in the name of Jesus the son of the Living God by reason of today and this teaching go forward go forward in Jesus name Exodus chapter 14 and verse 15. this was the prophetic instruction that God gave Moses unto the children of Israel they stood before the Red Sea the Egyptians behind Them coming with Fierce anger and the Lord said unto Moses wherefore thou cryest unto me he said speak unto the children of Israel that they go forward regardless
the Red Sea before them regardless the Egyptians behind them regardless their discouragement the instruction did not change go forward regardless the economy regardless post covet implications regardless whatever it is the instruction does not change he said go forward halleluia First Samuel chapter 12 and verse 6. were examining this morning the principles that make for strategic advancement I did tell us yesterday that the kingdom of God um operates by Mysteries Mysteries they are not meaning hidden secrets they are just secrets that are privy to Believers that means if you are not in Christ there is something
called the wisdom of the just Luke 1 17. I think that should be luke 117 please give it to us Luke chapter 1 and verse 17. here's what he says and he shall go before him in the spirit and the power of Elias to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the Disobedience to the wisdom of the just the wisdom of it just is a peculiar manifestation of God's wisdom that is privy to those who are in the kingdom are we together the Bible says no eye has sinned no ear Has heard
neither has it come into the heart of man what God has in store for them that love him Allelujah yes he says but it has been revealed to us by his spirit for the spirit searches all things even the Deep things of God and the intent is that it might be freely known to us the things that God has for ordained for our Glory Hallelujah first Samuel 12. and verse 6. may I request that we read it together first Samuel 12 and verse 6. ready one to read and some well said unto the people aha
it is the Lord that Advance Moses and Aaron and brought who advanced Moses and Aaron it took more than desire you just saw them moving forward great strides by the spirit but here the prophet is saying it was the Lord behind the scene advancing Moses advancing Aaron that would be someone's testimony that mysteriously you will leap over Walls mysteriously you will make extraordinary progress and when men ask you and try to probe into your extraordinary results you will refer them to this scripture that it was the Lord that advanced me advance my business Advance my
Ministry Advance my family it's important that we appreciate this scripture because the Bible says accept the Lord Beauty house he never said the house will not be built he said it will Be built but in vain except the Lord watches over a city he said that much will watch man watch it but in vain it is vain to wake up early in the morning and to sleep late at night only to eat the bread of sorrow but the Bible says he giveth his beloved sleep Hallelujah praise the name of the Lord so there are principles
Leviticus chapter 9 and verse 6. Leviticus chapter 9 and verse 6. the Lord revealed from this scripture unto Moses and by extension to us Believers today that every time you want to see the glory of God made manifest in your life there are always principles there are truths that you have to walk in keeping with this is the thing which the Lord commanded yet he should do and the glory of the Lord shall appear unto you the glory of the Lord will not appear just because you desire it just Because you wish for it there
are principles that you have to walk in keeping with now just to quickly point out please listen carefully the manifestation of God's power is threefold that means if an individual is to experience the power of God there are three levels of experiencing the power of God the highest level known and revealed from scripture is the power of God that emanates through encounters and through intimacy intimacy and encounters Bring a measure of power the highest measure of power known to be given to man from God comes as a result of encounters and intimacy the second level
of God's power is the power that was invested in laws and principles l-a-w-s laws and principles dimension of power does not depend on a relationship with him it depends on understanding are we together now understanding and application that means It is possible that you do not have a relationship with God but you are able to access that dimension of his power because relationship is not a requirement to access his power at that level it depends on your understanding of that principle and then the fortitude to engage are we together now then the third level of
his power is experienced through Covenant alignment that means you may not even understand the Dynamics of the Power but when you come under the influence of a man who has a covenant with God even before you have any understanding you can begin to experience that Grace Hallelujah are we learning now this is very important so I'll give us very quickly for the time that we have this morning a few principles now I give you a guarantee by the Integrity of scripture that these Principles are not cunningly device fables these are not the figments of a
man's imagination it would be evil to come and waste your time proposing mundane ideas these principles have been proven first from scripture and then in the life of people regardless the current circumstances as at the time they were engaging those principles it did not look like it will work I need you to understand that the jealousy of God is back of his principles He literally supervises the manifestation of his laws and principles that by these two immutable things it is impossible for God to lie so the truth that you are hearing are not opinions that
you'll be wondering why should I believe should I not no he says the things that we have seen the things that we have heard the things that our hands have handled you can read a book about a subject an articulate it intelligently from a Lecture standpoint from a theoretical standpoint but when you are describing an experience it is not just what you read about it is what has become your reality Hallelujah and I submit to you by the wisdom of the spirit that what you are learning is not a cunningly devised fable the Lord has
by his spirit turn men who have embodied these truths that if you walk in keeping with them it Will be impossible to remain at this level may that be your testimony in Jesus name the first key that I want to share with us this morning as far as experiencing advancement strategic advancement is concerned is principle number one your spiritual connection please write it down in order of priority for any man who desires acceleration advancement Growth increase and extraordinary life the Bible mandates that the foundation for any Victorious Life Is God I call it the God
first principle God Dash first principle Genesis chapter 1 verse 1 says in the beginning God please say it after me in the beginning one more time for the last time the moment you distort this order your life starts going down the beginning of everything should have God he is only Omega to what he became Alpha to you do not start inventing your ideas then smuggle God into your plans the jealousy of God mandates that he becomes the originator of every process around your life are we together as simple as this concept is there are many
believers who find themselves wallowing around in mediocrity and defeat because for many people we feel God is a necessary luggage we have to carry along around to justify spirituality most people have Not seen the value of being spiritual the value to our spiritual connection so religiously we say God I need you but in truth we are just picking him up as an extra Luggage in case we meet the devil on the way Hallelujah the God first principle second Corinthians chapter 26 let's read from verse 3 to 5. second Corinthians 26 second chronicles my apologies 26
2nd Chronicles 26 Verse 3 to 5. second chronicles not Corinthians Chronicles 26 thank you the Bible says 16 years old was uziah when he began to reign and he reigned 50 and two years in Jerusalem his mother's name was jekaliah of Jerusalem verse 4. the Bible says and he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord according to all that his father amaziah did verse 5 I'd like us to read together ready one to read and he sought God in the days of Zechariah who had understanding in the visions of God and
as long as he sought the Lord God made him to prosper let's repeat that last verse that's last part again and as long as he sought the Lord God made him to prosper settle it once and for all ladies and gentlemen that there is infinite value in the pursuit of God and spiritual things that at no point in your Christian experience or your destiny Pursuit should you have a reason to drop God aside it is better For your job be dropped aside it is better for your ambition to be dropped aside than for you to
drop God and His purposes we we live in a world that seems to believe that the more civilized you are the less spiritual you should be that is not the case in Scripture thou shall love the Lord your God he says with all your heart all your soul all your strength for as long as uziah sought the Lord the Bible says God made him Look at me have you seen anything that God made do you know how powerful anything God makes becomes look at heavens and the Earth the Sun has never required assistance to shine
it is older than all of us and yet there is no weariness because God made it the Earth has never been tired of giving every year we plant and it produces without fail what you call famine is demonic Manipulation upon the Earth but as far as the Earth is concerned it was mandated to produce so when the Bible says God made him think before you say Amen investigate on the other things that God made when God makes a thing there is no depletion because everything reflects the power of the one who made it as long
as he sought the Lord even as a businessman God made him to prosper as Long as he sought the Lord as a preacher God made him to prosper the first principle I wanted to learn this morning is the value of your spiritual connection in James chapter 2 and verse 26 James 2 1 verse 26 James was teaching on faith and works and he now borrowed a very powerful concept to educate the Believers he says for us the body is that in your Bible without the spirit is dead so faith without works is dead the a
part is my Interest that means everybody lives only to the degree to which there is a spirit that causes it to live the body there is not just talking of a human body your business is a body where is the spirit that powers it your project is a body where is the spirit that powers it that means every physical thing you see only leaves it derives its life from the realm of the spirit please understand this no matter how Intelligent no matter how dexterous you are in understanding if there is no spiritual backing and connection
there is no future for whatever you are doing now unbelievers understand this in spite of all their technical skills they would do all of that in the day but in the night they know that the basis for their prosperity is their connection to the realm of the spirit whether it is demonic they know they have to Outsource an advantage Beyond this realm to Dominate in this realm are we together the value of your spiritual connection that extends to your prayer life that extends to your word study life that extends to your passion for the things
of God that extends to your appetite for the house of God the moment your growth becomes the basis for your cutting away from God and His purposes he would rather limit your growth to preserve your spiritual health I hope you know the anointing was only designed to fight what did not come from God if it is God limiting you no prayer and no anointing can fight it the anointing does not fight God it only fights what is Antichrist so before you start praying verify who is resisting you because God also resists men your spiritual connection
man our audacity in this Kingdom men are audacious and strong they are able to Confront life with confidence not because of anything that they have Paul clearly said it that our sufficiency the ability to always rise to the occasion never disappointing that's what we call sufficiency he says our sufficiency is of God who has made us able ministers I like um Philippians 4 and verse 13 it says I can do all things what an arrogant statement if he stopped there we will have a right to vet him who do you think you are to claim
you can do All things you know how many things there are to be done in a man's Lifetime and here is an apostle standing with audacity and saying I can do all things including that business project I can do all things including spreading my business globally I can do all things but he never stops there he says through Christ through Christ the anointing that is derived from my relationship you look at your church and you look at This ministry you are smart and intelligent to know that there are certain results that men unassisted by God
cannot produce John chapter 3 1 and 2 Nicodemus comes to Jesus by night and he says Rabbi we know that thou art a man sent from God he says for no man can do these things these Miracles which thou doeth accept God be with him there are certain results that are beyond the realm of intellect there are certain Results that are beyond the realm of men there is a dimension of result that when you produce it implicates you immediately it shows that there must be a spirit assisting you whether it is demonic or Divine for
sure you could not have produced that result on your own and by yourself David how would you stand before Goliath and there this Beast of a Philistine a man who threatened the Army in Israel can you imagine David standing as a Young teenager no track record of being trained in the Army and he stands before Saul and says give me a chance I can bring this man down now he stands before Goliath and Goliath said am I a dog I will kill you but respect me Israel is this the best you can bring and David
looked at him and said are you done talking let me even tell you how you would die I will first use this sling to bring you down then with your own sword I will take off your head it says you Come to me with your bows and your spheres but there is a covenant and I'm not coming I would be stupid to stand before you with a sling can I tell you every time you stand before situations and circumstances life will ask you who sent you what is the basis politically you know that's what we
call God fatherism and so on and so forth when you stand to Advocate some kind of favor they will ask you who sent you you are in this Office by whose recommendation did you enter here if you say no one they say follow that same door and get out of this place in fact there are certain jobs you will never get no matter how professional you are until you are able to bring a recommendation and a referral by certain people are we together who have a relationship with that organization so manner wise enough to know
that there are certain results you cannot get by Yourself ladies and gentlemen for many of you who have been trying to pursue certain results and just following an intellectual path alone you see there are many routes that propose an excelling life but the Bible says there is a way that cement right unto a man it says the end thereof are the ways of death first principle God first in this business God first you build That house before you call people to come and jump up and down lord I hand over everything to you in the
beginning God beginning of my life God beginning of my business God beginning of my journey so as I'm teaching right now you need to start rearranging the kiders of the things in your mind don't say God is in my life as number what his his passion is not just to be in your life is to be first God can be scattered somewhere in your life money being number one maybe your ambition being number two and then you smuggle God somewhere as number seven or ten and be asking God are you watching think no no no
no no he is not Alpha he he cannot be Omega he must be beginning [Music] are we together now you so this is my first charge it's an irrefutable principle for an excelling Life show me a man who was filled by every divination except for his connection with God I show you a man who is about to emerge and to evolve like an insect evolves from egg lover Pupa adult he says Rejoice not over me my enemies though I fall the one thing job had left every other thing left him business connections left Sons and
Daughters left in one day no man on Earth as I know has experienced this kind of tragedy but the one thing he had left The wife even said curse God and die she was not Wicked she was just frustrated there's nothing else when will you start building your life again when will I start having children again and job said though he slay me yet will I trust him that all the days of my appointed time I will wait I will wait I Will Wait Don't call a god-lover a failure never call him you will bury
your head in shame for the rest of your life for the Bible says listen very Carefully the Bible says With God all things with god with God in partnership with God the Bible and history is full of ordinary men forgotten and concluded justifiably so by life and by Society but their relationship with God like you throw a seed to the ground and you leave it for a long time there is silence and then you begin to see and imagines until that seed becomes I'm speaking to someone it looks like there is nothing Else walking in
your life except your relationship with God and you're already feeling frustrated men are even saying you've not translated your spirituality to an excelling life let me give you a word of hope that one Uncle you have is the greatest thing you have held on to and in the name of Jesus may your manifestation appear in this season your manifestation becomes visible the Bible says listen carefully the Bible says that the word became flesh the word Became flesh and it appeared unto men and we beheld his glory even as the glory of the begotten full of
grace and truth the word was made became flesh nothing and no one in your life should sustain the ability to take the place of God and this has nothing to do with being a preacher please listen this has nothing to do with religious fanatism it is an orientation you must have for the rest of your life we live in a world where the higher We rise the more Embarrassed we are to propose our spirituality so your phone rings and is a Christian song you off it quickly because you're in the midst of people who you
don't want to show like you are fanatical you want to show that you're an intelligent person not so not so not so you never shy away from what works the moment you start getting embarrassed that God is an orientation you have that you suspect you will always disappoint You so you rather not bringing that issue I believe in God I believe he is a maker not just the maker of the heavens and the Earth the maker of men when God makes you you will last when God when men make you on their own men are
Vehicles not the source men become your Source they will ruin your life are we together yes they will say become king over us Today and tomorrow they will say crucify him but there is a friend that's ticket closer than a brother if you're following so far Say Amen very quickly principle number two the second principle that governs an extraordinary life governs acceleration in this Kingdom is called vision in addition to your spiritual connection the second key is Vision Proverbs 29 and verse 18. Proverbs chapter 29 and verse 18. the Bible says where there is no
vision the people perish where there is no vision the people perish but he that keepeth the law happy is he one of the versions will say where there is no vision the people cast of restraint this is very very important in Jeremiah chapter 1 and verse 11 so a discussion is between God and this young boy who would later become a mighty Prophet ordained to be a prophet called Jeremiah Jeremiah chapter 1 the full Text is from verse 5 but for sake of time let's look at verse 11. so he meets this young boy and
tells him that while you were in your mother's womb you have been called are not ding to be a prophet unto the Nations and Jeremiah is afraid and he says Ah Um I mean I mean but I am a child he says say not that I'm a child but wherever I send you to you shall go and whoever instructs you to speak to you shall speak when we get to verse 11 it Says moreover the word of the Lord came unto me saying Jeremiah what yes down thou preparing him for a great life he began
to talk about his perception what do you see in light of all that I have told you and he said the rod of an almond tree verse 12 it says you have seen well other versions will say you have seen correctly it says for I will hasten my word that you have seen to perform it Amplified says for I am alert And active watching over my word to perform it vision is the ability to see things as they should be not as they are the ability The Faculty of perception the ability to be able to
see things from the lens of of God's standpoint beyond the limitations that you see now great people and those who make advancement in life are people who have vision so you can look at this beautiful Auditorium and this entire estate you can look at it is incredible art and architecture among many other fields but art and architecture are two fields that reveal the creativity of the Kingdom in a very profound way that an artist would sit down and from the lens of his imagination he would begin to create and transport realities give frame and pictures
and write it down do you know how much artworks sell across the globe you would not imagine millions of Dollars for some of them that was the brainchild of someone's creativity how about an architect whilst you're giving him your brief he's looking at you and it looks like he's not understanding you until he goes to the paper and he comes up with something so beautiful sometimes you are tempted to ask where did you get this from this is the power of imagery imagination listen there is no leader will thrive in this end time if you
do not have the ability to perceive and That perception is not just about things it is also about people you must be able to look at Saul and see Paul please help those under the anointing are we together now this is very important if you do not have the faculty let me have your attention please if you do not have the faculty of perception you will never be able to rise in life look up please you see the way God speaks to Men When God speaks to you he never speaks to you like he's speaking
to a man he Speaks like he's speaking to himself you know it is God that spoke to you because that version of you cannot do what he's telling you to do anything you hear that you have the ability to do at that moment most likely it is your mind when God speaks he speaks to a version of you that is about to come that is the version that can make this happen he speaks like he's speaking to himself why do you see Gideon a man who is Hiding and you never call him oh fearful Gideon
you call him a mighty man of value and Gideon is saying don't flatter me I'm here hiding trying to preserve my life and when he was done with Gideon and change his perception he said go in this thy might say vision one more time say vision until you see yourself beyond the house you are staying you will never go out you see Vision listen Vision Works Together with imagination Ephesians chapter 3 and verse 20 says now unto him which is able who is able to do exceeding abundantly far above all that we ask or think
some Expressions say imagine your imagination is a necessary tool for your advancement far as your eyes can see it says I have given unto you listen when Abraham and lot remember the story of Abraham and lot you find it in Genesis 12 the blessing comes upon Abraham and lot goes with him by the time we get to chapter 13 both of them had become so prosperous and then there was a contention among their people and Abraham said we'll be Brethren let there be no Strife Lord choose among yourself and the Bible says the man went
near Sodom and once Abraham was standing there the Lord made a very instructive statement he said Abraham from where thou art lift up your eyes your legs cannot go There but your eyes can go up listen everybody on Earth can look at the sky I may not be able to reach the air maybe to get an airplane that takes me there but from where I am once I lift up my eyes I can see what anybody else is seeing from where thou art lift up thy eyes from where you are not just the location from
that Financial State lift up your eyes from that educational State lift up your eyes because your life will go in The direction of your eyes you know that your life does not just go in the direction of your heart it is the direction of your eyes if your eyes are looking left chances are excellent that your body will go left are we together yes that is the reason why we have our eyes in front so that there is no possibility of disrespecting your eyes if you have to turn left if your eyes is going right
your body will go right If you find somebody looking straight and going backward indefinitely you will know that that person most likely has a medical situation or whatever because it's not given to men your body moves in the direction of your eyes the organization moves in the direction of vision there is no organization that rises higher than the vision and the perception of its leader it will rise to match your vision and stay there are we together When Jesus walked upon the Earth he had a global vision can you imagine that frail supposedly frail Nazarene
his vision was not to come and become a celebrity that was too small a vision his vision was not to recruit 12 men not even 120 not even 30. his vision was to permeate the entire Earth to literally be the basis of man's reconciling with God and as frail as his steps were that vision would never fail look at the world today Grateful and thankful because of his death vision is powerful from where you are a possible I'm in a place in Lagos that I do not even want to call the name congratulations right there
where you are you can lift up your eyes imagination does not you don't have to pay for it vision is powerful you need many Believers claim scripture but they do not have the discipline to have a clearly defined vision for their lives And for their organizations can I tell you something God told me a few years ago this organization always translates to depletion every time there is this organization there will always be depletion you try to arrange clothes in a bag don't fold them just try to stuff them in you will find out that the
bug may not be able to close get the same clothes iron them fix everything and arrange them the bag will close and they will even be extra space Someone say vision can you give me a blueprint of your vision spiritually speaking and then in every other aspect of your life where do you want to go from here nobody starts driving on the road speed until there is Vision imagine a man speeding and you say to where and you say I do not know I always like to give an example imagine with me that you got
a well now we have the whole GPS system but imagine With me that you just got a cab with no sense of direction and you tell the man I'm coming to Elevation Church and he says oh let's go and then he starts driving around around and then you say are you sure you know the place and the now says well I I'm not I thought I I I'm not sure and you say so why were you running like this you were honing and running every time there is no vision you must slow down you see
if you are trying to get a place And you don't exactly know where that place is the first thing that is affected is your speed you have to slow down until vision is clear are we together Vision go back and have a vision for your life a vision for your organization a very clear description psychologists and even those in the personal development industry would tell us that the clearer your vision is the greater it is your sense of achievement you will Be able to achieve it when the vision is clear I want to make it
that is a very consoling statement but that is not a vision are we together yes I want to make to make wonderful confession but in the realm of greatness that statement is empty what is make it to you what is rise to you you have to give your life definition definition [Music] a person who have been suffering in this Lagos it looks like things are not working okay what do you want to work at what point will you know it has worked are we together all I know is my life must change based on what
indices how do you know your life is changing how do you measure your progress without Vision if you're with me say Amen one of the ways that you become a Visionary person is by leveraging on a Visionary Association I've always said that if there are respectfully speaking if there are five foolish people around you you did not count well there are six and if there are five wise people around you you did not count well there are six because you will always be a reflection of the people and the company that you keep around you
most of us are unable to be Visionary Because there are people in our Lives who do not Inspire us even in our most unproductive State we are still the best in that group that is a dangerous group to be the Bible says to provoke one another unto godliness that someone can leave this church and say Lord if you can use my pastor in spite of all his story and everything he's given you've raised him now and I'm I'm being blessed by his life I'm I'm Inspired I will go back and I will deal with this
thing with all my heart what is making me financially bankrupt why is it that favor does not come my way why is it that I'm not able to build anything the Bible says he's able to do that which we pray for and that which we Imagine One Last Time say vision vision is very powerful because it gives you the legitimacy to say no to many things There are men you will offend many people if you know does not have a basis prunes your relationships Vision defines your relationships Vision gives you focus so that you are
busy but you are not busy doing too many things in fact great people are known to be busy people but the things that they do are not more than five or six do you know the the things the factors that actually make for your success are not many When you find yourself doing too many things is proof that you are failing you should be busy about a few things that really matter in the case of Mary and Martha it says Mary you are worried Martha Martha you are worried and obsessed about many things it says
what one thing is needful there are a few essentials that when you lay your hand upon you will command Victory you will command acceleration in an unusual way may that be your Testimony key number three are we learning let's see how fast we can go this morning so the first is your spiritual connection second is Vision number three the third key that controls the advancement of men is light l-i-g-h-t light the power of knowledge illumination knowledge and understanding Ecclesiastes 10 and verse 15 says the labor of the fool where he had every one of them
Ecclesiastes 10 15 it says because this is the reason every time you see weariness every time you see exhaustion without progress the Bible is giving you the reason here the labor of the foolish the foolish they are not being an insult is a description of a state it says it worried every one of them because he know it not how to go into the city not because the city is not there he does not know how to go into the city someone say light please shout it say light [Applause] the miracle of understanding is a
real miracle when God wants to help a man and help a man's Destiny he quickens your understanding your ability to comprehend the ways of God to comprehend the laws that guarantee for success show me a man who submits himself to light to knowledge and understanding I show you a man who is building an enviable Destiny without fail Understanding is such a requirement for Destiny actualization the Bible says that open heavier understanding that they might understand the scripture that was the prayer of Paul for the church in Ephesus you find that in Ephesians chapter 1 when
you read from verse 15 down to 20 he was crying and praying that the father of our Lord Jesus Christ would grant them access to light he says that you being enlightened Amplified says the eyes of your Understanding being flooded with light that you may know ignorance is dangerous ignorance is dangerous ignorance is dangerous if I fall from off this stage even in ignorance I will still pay for it gravity does not respect the fact that I am ignorant it will take a miracle to not fall here and hurt myself because there is a law
that is at work whether I understand the law or not is not the issue are we together now yes sincerity of heart will never substitute For knowledge there are many sincere people who believe that because their hearts are pure and without guile they should succeed and you find a lot of people say I am innocent but God what is the meaning of this I'm a nice person I'm not Wicked at heart it takes knowledge light and you see when we deal with the subject of knowledge please let me have your attention when we deal with
the Subject of knowledge you do not there is a standard for of knowledge that you must attain for every result you want to command so your knowledge is not freelanced your knowledge is not arbitrarily are we together now your knowledge must be methodical it must be to the degree that will tell you that result there are many people who are not in complete ignorance but they do not know enough to produce the results First Corinthians 8 2. First Corinthians 8 2. I'd like us to read together one to read and if any man think that
he know it anything he know it nothing yet as he ought to know I would always give the example of the grading system that we have in our educational institutions we have a b c d e f I think it stops at F are we together F does not mean zero f means anything less than 40. am I right on that so if you get 0 for instance God forbid say Amen say it again if you get 0 or 12 or 17 even 35 maybe 38 what is the grade now if I arrange all those
who got F according to their scores someone will still be first yet based on the grading system both the person who did not write the exam The person who started and slept off the person who did not read the person who honestly did his best and did not get the cutoff Point all of them will be in the same category can I tell you little knowledge is dangerous because it makes you believe you are not ignorant yet you still not have results you will be in the midst of great people I know I know but
your results will eventually drag you to the place of losers so you need a high level knowledge High level knowledge not just spiritual knowledge but the understanding of the cosmos the laws that make for an excelling life knowledge knowledge knowledge you must go for knowledge the Bible says to abide the truth and sell it not that means the truth is not cheap it will cost you except that money is the list of the currencies you will need to buy the truth the first currency to buy the Truth is hunger and desire you use honor to
buy the truth you use your attention and your focus to buy the truth you use meekness and humility to buy the truth the Bible says buy the truth and sell it not Hallelujah ignorance is not a demon you don't cast it out ignorance is a state of mind you solve that problem by introducing Superior ideas to your mind let me challenge someone write the list of the Areas that are not working in your life and make it a project after this conference to begin to pursue the requisite level of knowledge it takes to erode ignorance
from your life are we together light so number one your spiritual connection number two Vision number three light can we talk about the fourth all right so let's walk very quickly number four What is the fourth principle that governs acceleration excelling in life a transformed mind please write it down the power of transformation sustaining Superior beliefs knowledge is useless except it is used as a tool that transforms you a transformed mind Proverbs chapter 23 and verse 7 Proverbs 23 and verse 7. the Bible says for as he thinketh in his heart interchange for mind the
Bible did Not say so he will become he says so so is he you already are you are a summation of your beliefs this is a profound statement listen success is not what you pursue if you find yourself trying to pursue success you have failed from the beginning success is what you attract by who you are becoming more than what you are doing you're becoming is the greater reason for attracting success most people are concerned about doing so a Man for instance wants to sort out his finances and the first thing he does is what
business idea no you've already failed you don't make money your business you make money of your understanding your business only is a vehicle that gives you understanding expression to live a rewarded life so you can do what other people are doing but your understanding will that vehicle and make it of non-effect as far as your Prosperity is concerned Transformation what is transformation the name given to the process that makes you become makes you like Jesus Christ in experience but number two transformation means the process of replacing the Old Mundane and mediocre ideas about God about
Satan about success about failure about life what do you know about God what do you know about Destiny what do you know about Satan what do you know about defeat what do you know about Organization transformation transformation sustaining Superior beliefs this is where the concept of mindsets and strongholds come into play a mindset is a sustained way of thinking positively or negatively it is a sustained way of thinking and the Bible lets us know and even psychologists and philosophers agree on this one thing that your life will become an expression of the quality of Your
thoughts or otherwise this is true for various reasons we have sustained all kinds of thinkings she first among them being our backgrounds failures of the past our environment are we together now all of these agencies have imparted into US mindsets and beliefs that many times and in many ways can be can be destructive this is one of the assignments of the church that when you come to church through the lens of scripture and Editing a process of editing begins to happen to your mind so you begin to learn the ways of God Philippians 2 1
5 let this mind be in you which was also in Jesus Christ Jesus don't just desire his results you must have his mindset if you're with me say Amen Hallelujah this is very profound [Music] mindsets The Bible says in Philippians chapter 4 and verse 8 finally Brethren Paul says Philippians 4 and verse 8. whatsoever thinks are true whatsoever things are honest whatsoever things are just whatsoever things are pure lovely whatsoever things are of good report if there'll be any virtue and if there be any praise help me complete that scripture think on these things he
defines to you the Jurisdiction for your thoughts that if you want to live an excelling life you must sustain your ability to limit the sources of your information because as a man thinketh in his heart or his mind he becomes do you know what a stronghold is let me Define for you in this teaching what a stronghold is a stronghold is a sustained faulty thinking pattern that has been fortified by the presence of demon Spirits so that it keeps the victim perpetually thinking In that pathway it is that state that can make the word of
God of non-effect are we together [Music] then open heed their eyes open hear their minds their understanding you notice that every time Jesus found blind people in the Bible he took their issues seriously because the issue of light and the issue of transformation is very serious so Jesus is giving his final words admonishing the disciples preparing for his moments of transition and this is what he told them he said these signs shall follow them that believe please look at me every time we think of that scripture we only think of it in terms of signs
and wonders but it says this science that means you're believing is a dangerous thing because there are physical signs that must follow you everything following you is a report Card is telling you that there is something you believe that is attracting what is following you if failure is following you pain is following you you don't drive it by saying Go away they are respecting your belief they were sent to come to honor your belief the signs of pain the signs of rejection the Bible says this sign shall follow them that believe so when you want
to change the signs that are following you you change your Believing you change your believing you change your believing and as you know the key to transformation is number one the discovery of the truth and that number two using the law of repetition to bury that truth and that Superior information until it is embedded within your subconscious mind you know this you have been taught this listen to me ladies and gentlemen do not Downplay this every time you have a physical result that is greater than your level of transformation The Law of God's justice will
kick in and whatever you are holding must live your life what appears in your physical world must be consistent with your level of transformation if at any point even through a gift or by a gift you are ever given something that is higher than your level of transformation events will Happen in your life that you call coincidences that will bring you to a state where everything hired on your mindset would deplete until it leaves you so you give somebody one billion naira and in his mind the highest Financial realm is hundred thousand through a series
of events that even the victim cannot explain that money will reduce until it comes to that range then it will stop This is the reason why no cooperation promotes people arbitrarily without training they upgrade their minds to match the level of increase that they want to bring to them this is the fallacy of living a fake life living a fake life means that you attempt to pull together physical things in your life that are inconsistent with your transformation you are only recycling pain again and again and again is someone Landing now Apostle I'm trusting God
for a global Ministry I'm trusting God for a global organization if your mindset does not receive that everything in life is built twice I wish we had time I would have taken you to Genesis 11 and I would have shown you something very profound Nimrod Kush called the people together to build a city and a tower whose top will reach the heaven he motivated them and began to sell that idea to them and the Bible says they believed while all of that Process of transformation was happening the Bible says God looked from heaven and saw
that the building has been finished it had not started it's in your Bible give us Genesis 11 and verse 5. don't tempt me the Bible says we should resist temptation Hallelujah Genesis 11 and verse 5. watch this the Bible says and the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men build it it has been Finished in the spirit before they lay one block on the ground their minds have built it already and listen I hope you know in this scripture Satan was not mentioned the Holy Spirit was not
mentioned it was just imagination and the power of it verse 6. verse 6 give us that scripture this is God testifying about men who were not saved this man did not have the Holy Ghost assisting them the Lord said behold the people is one And they all have one language and he said this they begin to do it was finished in their mind they want to now begin to execute it and God said because it was finished nothing God himself is saying nothing will be restrained from them which they have imagined not are imagining they
were about to do it but as far as the Mind realm is concerned it was finished everything in life is built twice the more Superior Building is the one in Your mind destroy any physical thing that is why a prosperous man who loses in business while you are trying to greet him as though you are coming to mourn with someone who lost a loved one he's laughing at you and encouraging you because it was only the physical money that disappeared everything that is built in your mind provided it is intact laugh at anything that tries
to take it from your life it is it's like pulling a Rubber ring it will always return back do you believe what you're hearing [Applause] so someone can rejoice in your lonely estate nothing physical yet appearing yet you rejoice Because by the teaching of the world coming to church every week is transferring wealth to you if I ask you how do and you tell me they do business you are not a good student no We become blessed and by wealthy I don't just mean financially you understand what I mean yes the level of excellence and
dexterity in your life is is it comes from the superiority of your ideas your degree of transformation so key number one again your spirituality your connection is someone learning already now you see that Victory and advancement is not just an impartation it is predictable these are the keys They are irrefutable they will not fail vision free light sufficient light for transformation let me give you the fifth for this service and then we'll end please do not miss tonight number five are you ready the fifth key that controls advancement is productivity productivity value and productivity you
may want to Write value and productivity let me show you a scripture that inspired me years ago and certain Covenant decisions came out of that scripture Mark chapter 1 from verse 35 to 37. value and productivity I'll read 35 36 when I get to 37 will read together let me read now and in the morning rising up a great while he went out the HEB in Jesus now he was done with his Crusades and the Bible says in the Morning he went out and departed into a solitary place and their prey verse 36 the Bible
says and Simon and they that were with him followed after him verse 37 may that be your story and when they had found him they said unto him all men seek for thee how many men all men means all categories of people businessman politicians there is a kind of value when you carry all your tribes men look For you there is a kind of value when you carry only those within your age range look for you there is a kind of value when you carry only those within your nation look for you but there are
certain levels of value and productivity when you carry all men all men that includes businessmen all men that includes diplomats all men all men look at the life of Jesus businessman came to him children came to him in fact Ignorant people came to him the Bible talks about the man of David that they came and met David in the cave of Abdullah these were men who were in debt there were men who were distressed and the Bible says David turned them to become Mighty Men they were so mighty one time he said oh that I
would drink of the pool of Bethlehem and those men they went and defeated armies and brought down people skill Mastery Excellence they fetch the water and Brought and he said no you've shed too much blood I can't take this one of them the man was so mighty the Bible said he stood at one point holding the sword he defeated 800 people and the sword would not leave his hands say mastery today's world is a world that does not tolerate mediocrity by any standard whatsoever value and productivity [Music] as a preacher you are not excelling just
Because you are preaching the gospel no from a spiritual standpoint yes but you excel in Ministry to the degree to which you are communicating value even though spiritual in context it is life applicable number one you are connecting men to Faith number three you are introducing Superior world-based ideas that transform their minds ideas that they can translate into results in their daily life value The gift of a man makes room watch this do you know what it means to make to make means until it is made there was no space most people just imagine there's
a space for me somewhere there's no space for you you created by your value the table of greatness is always filled it is your value that brings your own share and shifts people and qualifies you to sit there Hallelujah We're not called to do everything but in that one thing that can give you an edge in life you must obtain Grace from God and settle to do it exceptionally well the Bible talks about a young man in Genesis chapter 40 and chapter 41 called Joseph Joseph had the grace to interpret dreams and with it to
provide very Superior Solutions and so he had been in the prison for a number of years plus two years added as a result of the carelessness of the wine pressure are we Together when it was time for God to elevate to accelerate and to lift him God decided to create a problem and shot the heavens over the diviners because Kings in those days had men mediums who communicated with the realm of the spirit this time around the heavens were shot over them and the Bible says the wine presser said I remember my wrong this day
and the King sent for Joseph they brought him out of his dungeon and the King narrated The Dream and with the Mastery of a professional he laughed he said King save yourself the stress I know the interpretation he said God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace and he begins to give him that that that interpretation and now the solution he said let Pharaoh look for a man who is so discreet and lies it was a diplomatic way of saying I dare you find it if you will find a man that discreet and wise you
know you are just Coming out from the prison you have to talk well so you don't go back there so he said let Pharaoh find a man when he had been searching for men before the arrival of Joseph Apostles don't like me just because of my tribe I agree I sympathize with you but that's not the reason there is a level of Mastery that vetoes gender issues vetoes all kinds of sentiments believe me when I tell you I was listening to the testimony of the Lady who could shed before I I came up how that
her cooperation was almost pleading with her giving her three months now in this same Nigeria are we together listen you can use competence value productivity to Define your possibilities now listen please the door of greatness one day the Lord taught me this the realm of greatness has two doors there are two entrances to the realm of Greatness number one is the door of value number two is the door of need when you enter the door of greatness through the realm of need you become a slave there because it was your need that brought you there
you are at the mercy of anything and anyone there but when you enter the realm of greatness through the door of value even the great who acknowledge you as a colleague so many of you want to be great make Every man's need is his point of contact if you come to me begging or you come to me contributing to my life I will most likely pay attention to the one who is contributing to My overall well-being am I right on that this is a very powerful Secret there are people who when you see the attacks
you know they're about to Bear Calvary greetings it's not about the greeting at all this is after one year one year old text Messages the rent has expired I'm not being sarcastic just for your knowledge Calvary greetings how are you today I hope you are doing well your children fine you said just send the other text the real text that should come that is the door of need many of you have been trying to access Great Men through the door of need I'm still I'm still everybody has a need his need is his point of
contact Are we learning value and productivity when it has to do with being valuable you must obtain Grace and discipline fine tune what you know now in business life you know this is a morning session so I'm at Liberty there is what we call the law of compensation and the law of compensation in business states that our rewards in life will always be in exact proportion to three things number one the need for what we Do number two our ability skill Proficiency in doing what we do number three the difficulty in replacing us that means
the rewards that come to you in life first being financial and then every other kind of reward it comes to you in response to these three things number one they need or demand for what you do number two your ability to do what you do and number three the difficulty in replacing you it is true that no man is indispensable but make Yourself so hard to find another you don't be so easily replaceable don't become a final option when other options have been exhausted and then it looks like they can't find them and say okay
since you are here can you help us you can Transit to a rebel listen until you serve Kings don't stop growing don't say I am serving people if you do not serve Kings you are not yet Rising Apostle I am a fashion designer who are you dressing you cannot receive the reward of the palace if you are serving outside the palace and the King send the Bible talks about many people who when they were building the Temple there were many people that were brought because of their cunning skills I made up my mind as a
covenant as a man of God and one who desires a great destiny that I will never go anywhere in My life where people just say thank you well done and you have a nice day and I'm not sure that you are needed again now and I knew the key was not just to pray alone to buy the truth be a student of knowledge take away ignorance together with the embarrassment it brings from your life drive two of them away value productivity man of God if you are not on the pulpit can you speak to businessmen
can you Speak to diplomats have you walked upon yourself don't bring tribal or emotional sentiments are you so competent that patronizing you don't you become a risk can I recommend you and sleep without feeling guilty that I did Evil to the person I recommended you to hmm I have 10 more minutes let's do number six thank you Jesus Is someone changing you see that the youth that came to church is not that you living [Music] you will look for the you that came and not find it again in the name of Jesus Christ and you
see ignorant people who look at your results tomorrow and say you are so lucky so you sit them down and say I'm What I Am by the grace of God but this Grace Was not showered on me in that I labeled more than you all it is the the ignorance that plagues our world every time we see great people we say they were fortunate really there are certain results that do not happen by luck he that strives for Mastery is not crowned unless it strives and accept his tribes lawfully let's do number six so we
end for this morning are you ready for number six The sixth principle that governs the enviable rising of men is called the power of relationships Pastor spoke about that yesterday the power of relationships Genesis chapter 12 from verse one to four please let's hurry up one to four so God blesses Abraham and speaks proposes a blessing to him let's just jump to verse three verse 2 now says three says in thee Shall all the families of the earth be blessed verse 4 now it says so Abraham departed as the Lord had spoken to him I
like the next expression and lot went with him he God never called lot heard that God was walking with Abraham and he said I'm going with you and lot went with him when you go to chapter 13 for sake of time from verse one to five you will now discover that everything Abraham had lot hard to You would not even know who God called and who followed to the point that they were contentions but watch this there is a powerful lesson there the one who followed made a foolish mistake he forgot that the anointing was
not on him it was the benefit of relationships he would have managed that quarrel wisely the first decision not will make outside of the influence of Abraham ended him in Sodom and Gomorrah he lost everything and he Depleted to become like his former self same Abraham Abraham negotiate his his preservation with God there are relationships you must swallow your pride and never fight listen there are three kinds of relationships generally number one there are General relationships we call it the Bible mandates that we are good to all men you meet people on the streets you
meet people everywhere greet them be good to all men honor all men then honor The King number two they are seasonal relationships this relationships are in your life for a moment and for a season and the key to maximizing them is to discern the value they bring fast so that you are able to receive it the moment the season for that relationship is done it will no longer bless you and you must have the courage to Transit when the season is if the season comes To an end the third is Covenant relationships these are Destiny
relationships that the success of your entire life depends on them an example is your relationship with God [Music] Covenant relationships these are the kinds of relationships that you need to swallow your pride and for no reason should you cut away from certain people because they have an investment in your destiny that they must make are we Together now let me show you one more scripture in Matthew chapter 4 from verse 18 and 19 Matthew 4 18 and 19. the Bible says and Jesus walking by the Sea of Galilee saw two brethren until they met Jesus
they were only called Brethren Simon called Peter and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea for they were Fishers let's read verse 19 together and he said unto them follow me and I Will make you stop there please follow me and I will make you that means whoever you are following has an influence on you follow me just follow me and I will make you follow me and I will make you a responsible leader follow me and you will turn into an umbrable respectfully speaking for someone there are good people whose destruction started
when they started following certain people am I right on that Follow me and I will make you follow me and I will make you follow me and I will lift you follow me and you will go down there were two boat incidences in the Bible the first had a prophet who was running away from God called Jonah and because of his presence in that boat people lost their lives they had gone to do business they they almost lost their lives they lost everything they had they literally threw away all their Investments to preserve their life
and The man who was causing the trouble was sleeping is it not in your Bible let down the walking man said are you okay what is look at this they they casted lots and it fell on him and he said it's true I'm the reason for this they said what do we do now he said you have to throw me out of this boat you thought the people say Ah that's too harsh they threw him out in a moment because they had lost their they had Lost too many things they said so you are the
one here go out so that we can have peace and they threw him truly God rescued him later but as far as their salvation was concerned he needed to be out of that boat versus another story when men were in a boat and there was a storm and another man called Jesus was sleeping and this time around keeping him there and waking him was the key to their salvation Two men in a boat one was the reason for failure and depletion another was the reason for preservation beware who you are carrying in the boat of
your destiny beware Allelujah everything in life advances on the basis of relationships everything everything in life plants animals they multiply and they Advance on the basis of relationship without relationship There is no multiplication and there is no advancement microbiology teaches us at a cellular level that the way that cells multiply to become an organism it happens by breaking multiplication repeatedly again and again until it becomes a full organism everything in life multiplies on the basis of relationships I'm not going to teach it but let me talk to you about Destiny helpers you may have heard
me Teach it it's a revelation that Changed my life I will list four kinds of people that you must cry and pray even this morning that God brings to your life Hallelujah Destiny helpers are men and women ordained commissioned and sent by God to assist you in actualizing Destiny they are not men who freelance your life they are ordained they are commissioned they are sent by God into your life to assist you in your advancement and your destiny Adventure Hallelujah this is very important when the prophet came to the woman in zarifath the Bible says
that God commanded him to go there but when he went there the woman was meeting him as a stranger it didn't sound like there was any preparation there but it was a reason for her for her preservation these four groups of people the Lord showed me by Revelation and it has changed my life can I run through the list as we wrap up number one Divine connectors this is the first category of Destiny helpers you must cry for who are Divine connectors they do not have the solution you are looking for but they know somebody
who knows somebody who can connect you they are called Divine connectors an example was the slave girl in the house of Naman she could not heal Naman but she could take him to a prophet who could heal her had he ignored that slave Girl he would die leprous forever an example of divine of divine connectors the men who carried the crippled man and brought to the crusade of Jesus they taught the roof and brought that man they were determined that he will be healed do you know the problem of the man in Bethesda was not
his weakness when Jesus asked him what is your condition here he said I have no man I have no man I am not the angel that steers the water but I can help you Everybody who was healed there was healed therefore because he was a man to assist them there Divine connectors the key to receiving from Divine connectors is honor and discernment because they will always come in a form that is not desirable for instance your house help like the precious woman who gave that story Divine connectors if you only respect people of pedigree and
class get ready to learn a Bitterness in life a conductor who is driving a car can hand over an invitation to you and that invitation will be where that medical condition will come to an end the key is to discern number two men of influence the second category of Destiny helpers you must cry for to come into your life are called men on of influence these men have the track record and they have the credibility they have the ears of systems and structures their Endorsement can become a leverage to your life in a moment Divine
connectors are wonderful but they are not enough for dating for Destiny actualization you need men and women of influence and I'm praying that God will bring those kinds of people to your life Hallelujah one signature in Lagos help him the man will not write his name he will write his signature the person you have to take you to knows what is seeing there Help him kindly assist it can be in a paper you find on the ground kindly assist and the man is about to throw you out and says where did you get this what
you are holding is not a paper what you are holding is history of transforming the man who is holding that paper how do I throw this man out now okay you come in let me tell you the truth if God says yes and men say no your yes will Remain in the spirit for that years to be made manifest it is both the spirit and the bride that must say come if God says be healed and there is no man to Echo that healing you will not be healed the the spirit and the bride God
in partnership with men number three Gifted Man the third category of Destiny helpers that you need are Gifted Man sometimes you just need men of skill and Excellence the assignment of these people is to produce efficiency in your life [Music] Global corporations all across the globe they Excel today because they have mastered the art of bringing together skillful people when no matter how well-intentioned people are if they are not skillful you will not produce results if they are not skillful there will be a lot of waste in your life and Your organization are we together
you're meeting gateways by bringing together kill full people Divine connectors men of influence skillful people and the last of the destiny helpers that you need in your life are called burden bearers these men are very unique people they cannot move you forward but their assignment is to stop you from going backward They are men who love you for you not for your office not for your status when all is said and done because you see I hate to be the bearer of bad news but I will tell you according to the law of seasons and
the law of time and chance everybody will find yourself carrying a cross one day the way to the throne is the cross even Jesus the miracle walking Jesus got to a point where he was on his way to Golgotha drained because he had bled So much the Bible says he fell if Jesus died on the ground we will not be saved he needed to die as a curse on a tree a burden Bearer called Simon of Cyrene was now fetched and he came and helped him Carry the Cross to Golgotha even salvation needed the ministry
of boarding bearers can I tell you walk besides a man that when you are in your down times in life there is nobody Divine connectors cannot help you in the day of adversity men of influence may Not do you much gifted men may not help you but a burden Bearer will cry with you a burden Bearer out of all the people Jesus raised and lifted there were only two who were with him at the cross his mother and John including Peter who said I would not go anywhere he ran in a moment he later repented
I agree but as far as the cross is concerned he was not there can I tell you if you ever believe you are a Celebrity you are you are you are right but I want you to think well out of the many people clapping for you I hope you have been able to find modern bearers because a day will come those who are saying become king who say crucify him they ate your bread at The Crusade but they will still say crucify him they will even go further to say let his blood be on our
children that is the interesting thing about the law of Seasons there will always be seven years Of fatness and seven lean years he said this dream you have had twice it is established it cannot fail there is always rainy season you may have heard me say it as we call it here rainy rainy season always comes with a letter from dry season I am coming and dry season always comes with a letter from rainy season I am also coming it does not matter what season you are in every season comes with a letter from the
season to come If you are enjoying seven years of abundance do what Joseph recommended because there will be seven seasons of famine and even if you are Samaria going through a season of farming make sure you read the letter that comes from that season that it will not last forever there is nothing new Under the Sun have you been blessed this morning rise up on your faith Hallelujah apologies for stretching your time just two prayer points and were Done this morning Lift Your Hands to Heaven and thank him for what you have heard the Bible
says blessed are your ears for they hear blessed are your eyes for they see thank you Jesus someone is praying thank you for this that you have heard it says now that you know this happy are you if you do them she were given this morning number one your spiritual connection number two that you were given is your Um after your spiritual connection what's the second yes what's the third light was the fourth [Applause] huh you've forgotten already what's number five value and productivity was the sixth can I tell you hold these keys with confidence
you'll Get to a door you search you will find the key you will open it you will go to a door you search you will open it you go to a door you search you open it I guarantee you you hold these Keys you will tame life like an animal the same way men tame dogs and use them for the advantage Hallelujah now I want to make a request and that are the permission of your pastor that if you will allow I want to please request that you come with a prayer request if that Is
fine to come with a prayer request usually I wrap up my sessions when I have an opportunity to minister to people like this it's a Grace that he's given so that we can agree together as a family of faith that God will bring miracles for people so would that be fine okay so as you come tonight it's going to be an extraordinary moment please invite everybody I hope that will have the chance to pray for the sick speak over Your life and then we'll pray over this request that any Egyptian that you see today that
you will see them no more forever may the Lord bless you the Lord increase you in Jesus name