AVOID THESE 5 THINGS THAT KILL YOUR PRAYER LIFE & HINDER YOUR DESTINY | APOSTLE JOSHUA SELMAN

[Music] about the level of spiritual knowledge of the average believer and i thought to bring this down home also to help us seeing and knowing that you're excelling in this kingdom is primarily predicated on the level of spiritual enlightenment that you have listen carefully the bible says that the god of this world has a principle assignment to blind the minds of people so that they are ever learning but never coming to the knowledge of the truth are we together hosea chapter four and verse six the prophet lamented and said my people speaking by the spirit

are destroyed for the lack of knowledge not lack of knowledge of what they want but lack of knowledge of what it takes listen carefully most people know what they want but you need to know what it takes to bring forth what you want you want a life of peace you want a life of glory you want a life of beauty you want a life of excellence you want a life of ever increasing manifestation of god's power your needs are not new to you but the bible says my people are destroyed for the lack of knowledge

knowledge of what knowledge of the requirements what it takes to actualize what you desire and it says because thou has rejected knowledge anything rejected means it was offered you and then for whatever reason you were able to reject it and god will respect your right to choose but there are consequences when you reject knowledge can i tell you this i was talking to the school of ministry students we had a brief session yesterday and i was encouraging them your life will not change just by default your life will not change just because you are a

christian in theory it is going to require you having understanding foreign knowledge and understanding of the ways of god foreign knowledge and understanding of the principles of the kingdom then on the strength of the knowledge and the understanding that you have listen carefully you now obtain grace the grace to do the grace to walk in keeping very simple in theory [Music] so any area of my life that is not working look up please any area of my life where i am not obtaining results the bible mandates that the first thing i do is to go

for knowledge don't take action in ignorance you will only recycle pain in your life action in ignorance only recycles pain action in ignorance only recycles pain the first thing you need to do is to camp with god and get a high level spiritual illumination john 1 verse 5 and the light shine it in darkness and the darkness comprehended it not many of you have heard me give this revelation it is powerful how light works look up please a room that has been dark for 10 years a room that has been dark for two weeks a

room that has been dark for one hour a room that has been dark for five minutes if you switch on the light in all the rooms they will answer to like the light at the same frequency the room that has been dark for one year will not say no i i need time because i've been that for long no that means that even if you have been in darkness for 10 years the moment light comes the result and the dominion power of light is instant [Music] very powerful revelation [Music] that you have dwelt in darkness

for a very long time and then the light of god's word comes in a moment in a twinkling of an eye you can be sure that this reign of darkness has gone forever whether it is in the area of your spiritual walk in the area of finances in the area of your influence kingdom service whatever it is that means if people do not make progress with their life their retrogression more than being traceable to demons is traceable to the dominion power of darkness darkness creates stagnation listen carefully darkness creates stagnation darkness grounds a man at

the same position and i've told you that time does not change anything time only reveals it takes access to light isaiah chapter 16 and verse 1 arise shine prophesy to yourself say our eyes one more time shout you say arise it says arise shine why for your light is come not your light is around it has always been there isn't it amazing that what can lift a man in one moment has always been there but the day it comes to you the day it comes to you that is the day you arise and you shine

for the glory of the lord is risen upon you now please listen to me there is no over emphasizing the need for believers to pay attention to spiritual illumination it is the only bailout system out of the darkness of this world look up please many of us come from families where no one has been able to rise beyond a certain level is that true many of us have come from families ravaged by all kinds of demonic things yolks causes all sorts of things some of you are not even aware of the full extent of the

evil that surrounds your life and the territory there your immunity is the word of god now the challenge with many believers is that the moment they get born again they just start going to church religiously just doing church as we know it religiosity and then they never pay attention to grow and for many reasons i think there are a number of reasons why people don't grow number one they think they are still young the first reason why people do not content for passion to grow is because someone else is giving a harvest with seed you

are not sowing so because you always receive a harvest whether you are sowing or not it gives you a justification that there is still time lamentation chapter 3 and i think he's verse 27 he said it is good that a man clear his yoke in his youth this is my recommendation that you use time for your advantage many people do not content for spiritual growth or growth in every area of their life because you see once people are growing up the responsibility of parenthood demands that you are there for your child while he's growing financially

and otherwise and chances are that just because there's someone giving you money there's someone paying you can you can make all kinds of mistakes and there are people shouldering it for you you may not have been exposed to see the full effect of not understanding or not having high level spiritual illumination can i tell you this is why many young men become utterly frustrated the moment they are left alone because they have been shielded for many years they don't know which result came from their faith and which one came from the covering on them so

for many years the gentleman is not fasting he's not praying he's not studying the word of god he's not serious yet he's increasing financially yet doors are opening for him then the day you are now exposed and you have to stand by your own saints you will find out you are still a baby christian you were only leaning on the shoulder of parents i found out that the first reason people do not want to grow in life is because they have been covered and shielded from seeing the effect that lack of growth brings to their

lives is god speaking to someone already yes [Music] why should i be faithful in keeping financial principles for instance for my increase and my lifting when i have maybe some pocket money coming when i have some money coming from some loved one whether i pray or not is coming so when we are teaching things about favor when we are teaching things about diligence chances are that that message will not really mean anything to you you just say amen when everybody is saying amen but somebody who knew where he came from hallelujah that person will easily

receive can i tell you there is a measure of pain that is a blessing because pain sometimes has a way of creating passion don't be too quick to stop pain in people listen to me not just i'm not just talking of demonic oppression there is a pain factor that can wake people up in life the prodigal son it was pain that woke him up the bible said he came to himself not that the holy ghost spoke to him not that the spirit spoke to him pain can make men come to themselves study your bible no

i will study one day and then one day the person who becomes your principal bread winner now says from today i'm not helping you again two weeks of utter frustration by yourself you will look for a forest to pray by yourself you will create all the excuses it is raining it is too hot there is a pen factor that can one close you somewhere that night without strings without keyboard you will do the press and worship by yourself you will pray by yourself most people in our generation have been too pampered to become powerful too

pampered to become powerful [Music] you are lazy spiritually people give excuses you know the way these people are the way in life you are so busy and we continue to receive all kinds of justification discipline yourself and buy books i won't buy books my daddy said you will buy me books you see that kind of thinking so time is going and the things you should have learned with the gift of time given to you time is passing but the corresponding knowledge is not coming [Music] please listen to what i'm teaching you tonight it's a very

very powerful teaching it is good for a man that he bears his yoke in his youth when there and there are people respectfully speaking there are parents who when they are fasting they tell the children don't fast you are too small but demons don't say the children are too small to possess them a little child of five years old can kill 10 people before they deliver him and you ask the child who did you kill he will stop mentioning he had that level of skill and yet to fast even if he's six to twelve is

a problem what of morning devotion or night devotion whichever one devotion does the most important thing many people you are laughing many people are not serious with god don't sit down and expect results from an investment you did not make spiritually no sir god is a just god there are people today the only time they open their bible is when they come to church and now that we have electronic platforms like this some don't even open it at [Music] all everything do it for me everything do it for me so a sense of responsibility zero

spirituality is zero everything's zero can i tell you the truth there is a requisite level of investment in knowledge you will need to build capacity for the days that come i have been warning people for a very long time jesus said i will have i will walk the works of him that sent me while it is day for the night comet when no man will walk again you don't have the time all the time no for instance for instance when if you are a young man who came from a family where there is a divide

as to spirituality by the time you are on campus and you are in school that is an opportunity to build your life because ordinarily at home they may not allow you to pray that prayer now you keep wasting your time you have a social media social social center and all these things 100 level the time is passing god is watching your destiny is also watching 200 level some of your colleagues who may never be allowed to pray do you know there are some of you if you were at home you will never be allowed to

go to certain meetings you will not be allowed to carry out certain spiritual exercises god now brought you out of your family using the guise of school so that he can give you five years to build the capacity that your destiny needs but many people continue to waste their time and i tell you the spirit of the western is alive especially in this our arrogant generation [Music] time is going now you are in 400 level for instance the only thing you know is what they taught you in class relationship zero you have not you have

not had friends you have not made friends godly friends that can become a ladder for your destiny and the holy spirit keeps warning you people invite you for strategic programs you don't care because in your mind i have an uncle in an npc or an uncle in a shell he promised me that as soon as i finish i will get a job and then just when you are writing your final year you will relocate to canada woe to him that puts his strength in a man please pay attention the holy spirit is speaking to you

again there are some of you god disguised he brought you to zarya to come and stay maybe with a family to walk or to learn certain things and you may be wondering god but why didn't you take me to lagos and other places god is saying you are only here for three years use that three years well these three years is the answer to the prayer that you've prayed in one prayer of fasting i said lord i want to have a great destiny in these three years maximize the time there are people who encountered god

in their spill over here it was in that frustration they were strolling around like mad men around their various campuses and the holy ghost landed upon them and they now said lord thank you that i have a few more weeks to stretch it out in destiny everybody's saying knowledge can i tell you my first assignment for you tonight is can you list the five people who are currently wasting your time and wasting your destiny right now i'm not saying write it list it in your mind five things the five top things that are wasting your

time and wasting your destiny and not allowing you to access the kind of knowledge that you need for some of us it may be movies and media and social media for some of us it may be friends for some of us it may be laziness and jealousness oh i don't have money one day god led you to a fellowship where they shared three books five keys to building your fate you looked at the person who wrote it and said look at this guy there's nothing faith on him and you drop the book instead of you

to open up your spirit and learn somebody who has 4 over 10 you who are zero who is better [Music] so when i tell you this our generation is arrogant i know what i'm saying people who have no results but they are the ones who sit down affecting the performance of those who are at least doing something someone who is trying and praying for one hour you whose prayer life is under attack what gives you the credence to talk about that person's prayer life [Music] god sees you giving so much for the kingdom and he

says you are doing this for me god sees you promoting the kingdom in ways that you are going