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All right, if you have your Bibles with you, break it to Genesis 40:4-15 and verse 23 also. Then we'll do Genesis 41 and verse 9. Genesis 40:4-15 and 23, then Genesis 41:9.
"But think on me when it shall be well with thee, show kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house. Verse 15: For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and yet also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon." Verse 23. Verse 23: Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgot. Forgot. All right. 41:9. 41:9. Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day.
All right, break your Bible again to Jeremiah 15:15. Jeremiah 15:15. Jeremiah. Jeremiah 15. Whoever is on the console today is not the is not in regular person, it's obvious. "O Lord, thou knowest, remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors. Take me not away in thy long-suffering. Know that for thy sake have I suffered rebuke."
The God that remembers. I want to share on the God that remembers. The God that remembers. The God that remembers. When you say remembers, people think, or somebody might think, is the context of forgetfulness. God does not have memory. God does not have memory. Memory and capacity to think is resident within the mental frame of the human being. God does not have memory. God is memory. God himself is memory. Are you for what I'm talking about? Somebody say, God has knowledge. I said, no, God himself is knowledge. Anything you think of positively, God is. That's why the Bible says, He is the beginning, the first, the Alpha. You know, talk of Alpha, Alpha, Beta, Gamma, down to Omega. Even before Alpha, He is. After Omega, He is. Within the context and of what, what you can think of, God is. Amen.
We know the story of Joseph. He had a dream, and the dream that he had was that he, he saw his brothers as stars. He was a star. He saw them as stars. They were bowing down to him, bowing down to his own star. He saw ships. They were bound into his own ship. And they got angry at the dream. It was still a dream. It was still a dream. And they got angry because of how they perceived it. Now, their anger did not start because of that dream. Because the father had given him a coat of many colors, and he brought to the father the evil reports of the brothers. That was the basis of their anger. The dream was only a leverage and something they could capitalize on to execute their vengeance. Some things people do against you and not actually what triggers them. The anger has been instituted. They just need something to hold on to as the reasons for their reaction. If not, you will be surprised that something just happened and somebody's angry at you. Say, over this matter? No, that's not what happened. There was a buildup. They were angry that he had the coat of many colors, and they were upset that he brought the evil report. All the, the wrongs they did in the field, when he get to the father, he will explain everything. So they were angry he didn't help them cover their tracks. They were offended. So now he says, I have a dream. They saw an opportunity for them to execute a vendetta against him.
So Joseph dreamt, and the dream he saw was that they were bowing down to him. He saw all of them as stars. The problem with jealousy is that when you are jealous, you don't think straight. Because if somebody says, I saw us as stars, you bow down to me. Your interest and concern should be, I am a star. Forget about bowing down. I am a star. And the, the only person who's, who has the grace to fulfill that dream was Joseph. If they were wise, they would have done everything to pamper him. Because in the fulfillment of his dream is their own fulfillment.
Now, I want you to understand that there is someone your lifting is tied. Be very careful. It's not everybody you fight. It's not everybody you attack. There are people that carry their star. Communicate your star. To fight them is to fight yourself. To to attack them is to attack yourself. When you are, you are not conscious of that, they won't suffer. You will suffer. Because without you, their dreams will come to pass, but yours will be isolated. It's not everybody you, you fight. No matter how stubborn, how aggressive you are.
Look at a man like David. Is somebody he, are you hearing me clearly? Look at a man like David. David was so war-war conscious that he was even fighting animals. Have you seen somebody who was so interested in fight that was fighting lion, fighting beast? If only Goliath knew where that guy was coming from, he would not attempt him. Somebody that there was no human being to fight, started fighting animals. He fought lion, he fought beast. Goliath came. He said, "Ah, I was doing rehearsal with animals." He said, "To me too, you're an animal." Yes, that's why I saw. He called him a dog. So what happened was that the Bible says he brought Goliath down. Saul ran from Goliath. Saul could not confront Goliath. In fact, the armies of Saul cowered for 40 days when they saw Goliath. But David brought down Goliath. And yet, here comes Saul, 21 times attempted to kill David. David avoided it. He could bring down what Saul could not bring down. But when Saul came for him, he avoided Saul. He ran. Because in Saul's fulfillment was his fulfillment. He knew that Saul had to complete his mandate, exit the throne, before he becomes a king. It's not everybody you fight. It's not everybody you attack. Be very careful. There are ladders. There are people that you don't fight, even behind them, don't fight them. Because there is something you must understand. Am I communicating here?
You know, when somebody threatens a person, and the person goes and makes a report in the station or to any military parent, he said, "This person threatens me." You are invited to write what? A what undertaking that nothing. So you become the security of that person. If cockroach climbs him, mosquito pets him, if the person wants to just mess you up, and he says, "I saw some people after my life." After your undertaking, they'll pick you up. Am I talking to somebody here? You see now. So you start praying. In fact, when you have written undertaking, and you now hear somebody's attacking you, go for that person. That is how you should guide people. Your destiny is connected to people. There are people. From that scripture, we see that. But jealousy limited their mind. Can I say this to you? Like I said, jealous people don't think straight. One thing you must know is that God does not bless you at the expense of another person. H. When God blesses you, blesses your friend, He didn't take your own. When your friend buys a new car, it was not your car in the spirit that he stole. Are you following what I'm saying? Your friend built a house, it didn't steal your spiritual house. So what, what is the envy that he bought a house? He didn't take your own. God does not bless anybody at your expense. The wisdom to attract the blessing is to appreciate it. Anything you appreciate, you attract. When God visits your neighbor, it is a sign that God is in your neighborhood. Never become jealous of what you want to attract. Because whatever you are jealous of, you dispel. You repel it. It can't come to you. When God has lifted a person, be humble enough to celebrate the lifting. Even if you don't like the person, that I'm happy that God has blessed you, does not make you my best friend. I'm happy at what God is doing in your life. May not be I'm happy with you. I'm happy with what God is doing in your life because I want the same thing to happen in my life. Learn. Learn to be smart. You can ignore the blessed, but please love the blessing. Can I repeat that? You can ignore the blessed, but love the blessing. Even if somebody doesn't like you, if there's something in that person you like, keep liking the thing. Forget about the hatred. It's just an emotion. Hatred is just an emotion. Blessing is tangible. Can you see hatred? What's the color of hatred? You don't see hatred. That's an emotion. But blessing is tangible. Why lose what is tangible because of what is transient? Because of an emotion like good things. Like good things. That someone bought a car, you are angry. Does not knock the engine. Your anger that somebody bought a car does not knock the engine. You are angry somebody bought a new vehicle, it does not finish the fuel. That somebody builds a house, you are very offended. It does not puncture the roof. Okay. So what is, what is the benefit of that jealousy? Rather, when you make somebody an object, you objectify somebody as an object of your subject of jealousy, your blood pressure increases, especially when the hand of God is upon them. When you objectify somebody as your subject of jealousy, when God blesses them, your blood pressure, you are just, your tummy is turning. The rising is turning. And sometime, this God is very humorous. Very. He will keep making that tummy turn. The more you are praying for them to go down, the more they are going up. You do anything, the more they are going up. Because that thing, that character, now he looks like Satan. Doesn't look like God. So anything that does not resemble God, God fights it. God fights it. So you are angry, "Oh, this, he has bought a car again." Is he car? Is he by car? No, it's by trekking. Keep trekking. Now, is he car? Is he car? What is car? There's nothing like car. This person talk is under the rain. Oh, under the rain. Is he by car? Is he by car? He has built. Is he by house? Stay there as a tenant. Don't worry. You know, there's a way you stay long in a room, you start resembling the room. There's way you stay. There's way you stay long in a room, you not look like the room. Appreciate. What will it take you? Somebody passes, you are looking at the clothes with your side eye. Like, in your mind, I wish he can fall down now. And he's walking gallantly. The more you are tired, it's walking gallantly. Envy is unnecessary. Tell your neighbor, it's unnecessary. Say that to somebody. Envy is unnecessary.
So he told his brothers, and the brothers were angry, and the brothers sold him. Now, this is the truth. As when the brothers sold him, Israel was a tiny location. It hasn't expanded. Jacob had settled in Israel. God knew that the vision and the dream that Joseph had was too massive to be fulfilled in that tiny location. Imagine all of them become 11 stars, including him, 12 in a tiny location. They'll kill themselves. So God made a setup. They pushed him to a place with a land mass. Your problem is your promotion. He went straight to the land of Egypt, a place that had a long landmarks for the fulfillment of his dream. Sometimes, when you think God is punishing you, is actually polishing you. I repeat, when you think God is punishing you, is actually polishing you. No believer should say they are suffering. What did you say? Says that I'm growing. How are things with you? I'm growing. Never say I'm suffering. We don't suffer, we grow. Because everything that happens comes for our good.
So he was in prison. He was sold. In fact, the first thing they did, they took his coat of many colors because that was their major anger. They stripped him off his coat. And after selling him out of his coat, they put him in a pit. From a pit, they sold him over to some Israelites. And after that, he was thrown. You know, Potiphar bought him. The wife set him up. He was thrown in prison. While he was in prison, some things happened. Two people had a dream and interpreted their dreams and pleaded, pleaded with one of them. He said, "Your own dream is positive, but I beg you, when your lifting comes, remember me." I, you, you are, you are discouraged. You don't know the next step to take. I'm here now to help you. He said, "I'm here to tell you the next plan of God for your life. I'm here to make things easier for you. You are troubled. I'm here to bring calmness. But when you are lifted, when your own becomes good, when your story changes, remember me." This was a man with talent but yearning for expression. This was a man with grace but yearning for survival. "When your story changes, remember me, because I've been kind to you." Have you desperately stood, supported people, and deep down your heart, you're expecting that when they are balanced, they will remember you? "When you are lifted, remember me." And the Bible says, "He forgot him." Not forgot. Forgot raised to power 10. Forgot is forgot raised to power 10. He forgot him. Listen, until God remembers you, men can't remember you. Stop blaming people for not helping you. If God has not smiled on you, what is divine remembrance? It is God putting you as a burden in the heart of helpers. It is God impressing you. Genesis 8:1: "And God remembered Noah and every living thing that was in the ark." Genesis 30:22: "And God remembered Rachel." God is a God that remembers. 1 Samuel 11:19 says, "And God remembered Hannah." Psalm 102:12 tells us that God Almighty is is the god of remembrance in all generations. God. Until God remembers you, men cannot. Stop blaming the lifted. We are in a generation where it's now a crime to be blessed. Every man that has a little blessing is like, is like he has committed an offense. People are angry. An entitled generation. Not knowing that the problem is not with your health, is with your altar. The problem is not with your helper. Because there are people that just want to help you, but Satan has has has amplified your altars unto God. Somebody say, "Lord, remember me." Lord, say that again. He was saying, "I do not deserve to be here." Joseph was saying that. He said, "I'm in this dungeon for doing nothing." He was saying, "Tell Pharaoh, he didn't say bless me." All he was saying, "Tell Pharaoh, I am innocent." It's only Pharaoh that has the power to bring me out. Have you been in a situation where the turnaround of your destiny is just in the hand of one man? Where it just needs one man to sign, one man to approve, one man to make declaration? "Tell Pharaoh." Do you know how many people in life today are looking for out to express their innocence? Some people that died before their time didn't die of sickness. They died because they were burdened with with with stories and names that was not theirs. Many people, their marriage have been broken because they gave them a name. "Tell Pharaoh, I am innocent." There are people who are crying for vindication. Do you know that the pain of innocence is heavier than the burden of guilt? Can I repeat that? The pain of innocence is heavier than the burden of guilt. When you do something wrong, you feel guilty. But when you didn't do something wrong, and they say you did it, you feel pain. The pain of innocence is worse than the burden of guilt. And Pharaoh, Joseph rather, was saying, "Remember me when you are lifted, when you are blessed, when God has changed your story, remember me. When God has visited you, remember me." Remember me. Hallelujah.
Both people dreamed in one night. One night. Both people dreamed. One of them, his interpretation was death. The other was interpretation was promotion. I'm praying when you stand in the midst of people, even if it's negative for them, may it be positive for you. Two people dreamed. Both of them are officers of Pharaoh. One of them, the, the interpretation was that in three days' time, his head will be cut off. And the other was that in three days' time, he will go back and become the cupbearer of the cupbearer of Pharaoh. One of them got it positive. There are so many of us today. You see, can I say this to you? Nobody's bad head can infect your good head. I'm speaking that to your children also. No one's bad head can infect your good head. No one's bad head can spoil your good head. No one's negativity can spoil your positivity. If your amen is louder, you are the one I'm talking to. [Applause] Take your seat.
How, what is the spirit that can make somebody give you a precise, intense precision of prophetic direction? Three days' time, you shall be elevated by Pharaoh. He gave such precision. He gave such clear direction. He gave such clear, accurate revelation. And you got in there and forgot. That, kind sir, there are things that the natural mind cannot explain. How can somebody be so accurate? A blessing to you, gave you direction, and you got there. Until you start seeing things in the eyes of the spirit, you give yourself some level of peace. Many of us are too natural and carnal. We are too connected to our, our five senses. What we see, feel, smell, hear. We are connected to all of those things. That is why you don't understand that there is another word called the spirit word. There are people, learn to do things because they are meant to be done, not because you want reward. You will have peace when you do things because they are right, not because they have rewards. Can I say something? Do good because it is right, not because you expect a reward. If the reward comes, thank God for it. If it doesn't come, you've done the right thing. Do good. The reason why most people get discouraged after doing any level of good is because they expect reward. So when the reward doesn't come, they feel betrayed. That is why somebody can see money somewhere and return it. And at the end, maybe somebody sees 2 million naira and returns it, and they appreciate him with 100,000. And people say, "Can you imagine?" Have you had something like that? Can you imagine? Okay, it's called appreciation, not payment. What should they give you? They should give you the 2 million that you, you, you saw. Is it the 2 million you saw? They should give you. You, you saw. You are working somewhere, and you just saw money. You saw some money, and they say, "Okay, this is $3,000." You saw it and you give it back to the owner. They say, "Wow." It took $200. And he gave you. And your friend say, "Can you imagine?" It's called payment. It's called appreciation, not payment. So they, so your, as far as you are concerned, they should, that's payment. That's not, that's not gratitude. That's not gratitude. At the end of 35 whole years, what do they give a man as pension? Full 35 years. Some is less than 10 million, less than 6 million. 35 years. It is called gratuity. They are saying, "We are grateful. We are not paying you. We are appreciating you." So you are doing what you are doing because it's the right thing to do. Am I communicating here? Because it's the right thing. When you have that consciousness, you will not be discouraged, and you will not feel bad when people are not grateful. In, even though it is necessary, because only great fools are ungrateful. Great fools are ungrateful. It's necessary to be grateful. Am I laying the foundation here? Do what is, do what is right because it is the right thing to do. There are things I have done in this ministry that if I look at people's reaction, I won't do again. I won't do again. If I look at their reaction, if I look at the experiences I have, I will repeat it. But I'm doing it, and I've not stopped, because it is the right thing to do. Tell somebody, the right thing to do. Right. To one more time. Right. Okay.
Now, did you see the dream of Joseph? What did he say? Two, two times he dreamed. One time he said, "I saw us laying out sheep." You laid out sheep, and I saw your sheep bowing down to my sheep. Another time he said to the father, he said, "I saw stars, the moon, the sun, and I saw the 11 stars making obeisance to me." That was so, everything he saw was pleasant. Everything he saw was nice. But in that dream, God didn't show him pit. God didn't show him prison. God didn't show him Potiphar's house. Apostle, the Lord called me to ministry. The Lord called me. He said I should do His work. How come I'm suffering? And it's part of the package. [Laughter] That it's part of the package. That was not revealed to you. It's a pregnant package. Have you seen pregnant questions in school? When they give you questions, they say one, one A, B, C, D. Then I give you two. There was an exam I wrote. All of us, we were looking. The man gave us pregnant questions up to K. You know, K. Letter K. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K. Number one. It was a Master's exam. We say, "Yay!" In fact, the questions, the that up to K. The next one up to E. So it was just four questions, but we counted, it was over 40. And you have one hour. So those who accepted defeat, just we just looking, said, "There's no way I can finish this in one hour." So those are, this part of the package. When God said, "Moses, tell Pharaoh, let my people go." Go lead them out of the promised land. He never showed him that Pharaoh's heart had to be hardened. God does not show you everything. God will only show you the positive, the positive side of where you are going. Because if God had showed Joseph the pit, the prison, Potiphar's wife, he will, he will reject it. That's a bad dream. That's a bad dream. So whatever you are going through now does not mean you didn't hear well. No matter what you are going through, does not mean God didn't show you well. What you are experiencing now, okay, the pit, the prison, Potiphar's wife, all move Joseph closer to the place of his dream. Write this down. Not all negativity is demonic. Stop thinking negative things are demonic. Things that are negative, doesn't mean it's demonic. There are some negatives that are ushering positives. The, the transit point to the positive thing you're expecting from the Lord. So you must get to understand that whatever you are going through now is part of the package. Tell somebody, it's part of the package. Say, your current situation is part of the package. Say that again. So, just imagine a man, I'm just laying a foundation. Imagine a man like Joseph sitting down in his father's house. He was rejected. He got into the pit. In the pit, he was lonely. He got out of the pit thinking, "I've gotten respite." They sold him to the Ishmaelites. The Ishmaelites bought him and gave him to Potiphar. He got to Potiphar's house. H, finally, I've escaped my brothers. Let me have rest. When he got there again, they framed him up. He saw himself in prison. You know what he would tell himself? "Who did I offend?" Have you seen battles upon battles upon battles, and you say, "Who, who, who is after me?" People start advising you to go and wash your head. Say, "Uhh, this your mother, something is after your life." Who did? If the more you run from trouble, the more trouble comes for you. Write this down. God's interest arouses Satan's interest. If God is interested in you, Satan will be interested. When God shows interest, the interest of God arouses the interest of the devil. God's choice is the devil's target. When God's hand is heavy on your life, it attracts the devil. So why does the devil, why do you see battles upon battles? Satan never gives up. If you escape this, you say, "Let me try this." You escape that, "Let me try that." You escape that. That's why you see battles keep repeating itself. But as the devil is bringing those battles to make you give up, what God is doing, He's using those battles to toughen your skin. What the devil thinks is a temptation to God is a material for promotion. What the devil sees as temptation to God is a raw material for promotion. Whatever you go through. How come Joseph got to a place? Joseph was not angry with Potiphar, not angry with the wife. He wasn't angry. Joseph was not angry with Potiphar, the wife. He was not offended at them. Now, do you know what it means that a man in prison for the wrong reason, for wrong accusation, can wake up in the morning and tell his fellow prisoners, "Why are you sad?" It means he wasn't sad. Oh, you're not following. I'm talking about for him to ask them, "Why are you sad?" It means he wasn't sad. He was happy. How come? I'll tell you. His own brothers sold him out. So what will strangers do that will touch him? His own family turned against him. What will a stranger do that will break his heart? Sometimes, some people that are close to you, God will allow an orchestration. When they betray, they betray you. So that no matter what your colleagues in the office do, you will smile. You say, "I've been betrayed by friends. I'm not bothered by strangers." God will allow set close things happen to you. So that as you move on in life, your heart has become sealed. You forgive people in advance. Am I talking to somebody here? You are not worried about it. You are not worried about it. You are just smiling. Because I wish I'm saying something here. So all of this pain, oh Father, why? Smile. When they happen, it's hurtful. It's painful. But smile. "Count it all joy when you fall into diverse temptations." James chapter 1:2 and 3. "The trying of your faith worketh patience. Let it have a perfect work in you, that you be entire, wanting nothing." God uses trials, temptation to equip His saints, to equip us for the assignment. Hey, am I talking to somebody here? That was why Joseph wasn't bothered. He wasn't bothered. You know why? Joseph also knew. The brothers sold him. He was in the pit. Dry pit. Where he thought was old. God brought him out alive. He entered Potiphar's house. In Potiphar's house, again, God lifted him. He left Potiphar's house. He got to the prison. When he got to the prison again, he was made a head prisoner. Why? You are busy thinking of, "Is this guy who did he offend?" Joseph was saying, "God is good. Everywhere I go, He picks me out." You see, if you can think well, you will know God is good. The problem you have is that you are not thinking well. You're only thinking one side. Joseph said, "I know, even when I was in Potiphar's house, there were servants who were there before me, but when I came, I stood out." God is good. It doesn't matter what I see negative happening around me. There's something I just noticed that there's this thing that stands me out. It stands me out. There's this preservation. God is good. If only you can think well. If only you can examine and just sit down. I like what David said. He said, "My eyes are ever toward the Lord." Because my eyes are toward the Lord, He plucks my feet out of the net. God is good. Am I speaking to somebody here? "Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good." Psalm 136:23 says, "He has remembered us in our low estate." God is a good God. Don't let the devil lie to you. All you've been through is not all evil. God is a good God. Joseph, Joseph said, "Remember me." Can I say this to you? All of you, listen, hear me. Stop blaming yourself over anything that happened to you. No matter the wrong things you did, there's something you did right. No matter the wrong things you did, there's something you did right. No matter the wrong things you've done, there is something you did right. Stop letting the devil, your father, your father was an idol worshipper, your mother was this one, and that one was this, and you, you didn't graduate from from school. H. You didn't this. There is something that you did right. And even your coming here is right. So no matter what the devil shows you as an altar, a foundation, a pattern in the family, there is something right that you did. Help me tell somebody, "I am not bad." "I am not bad." Say, "I am not bad." "I'm not bad." There is something. Hey. [Applause] God is good. God is good. How can so your battles? I'm just, can I, can I go on? You know what would Joseph, what would Joseph sit and think? "I am in prison now. Where is God?" God, God. You want to hear this? You want to hear this? Let me tell you something about God. But don't tell him this. God, let me tell you something about God. It's funny. It's hard. No matter what you are going through, no matter how you pray to come out of it, no matter how you cry, until you are matured. Because the battles of our life, why the Lord allows that to happen is to mature you. Stop thinking. Stop. You know, stop thinking that this thing you are going through now is because God wants to prove to the enemy. No, sir. He wants to prove to you. The enemies are not His problem. They already know He's God. There's nothing God wants to do now for the devil to say, "God is God." The devil knew two years ago. Jesus put His leg on the devil's head. So God has nothing to prove by messing up the devil. It is you He wants to mature. That is why you pray and pray, the battles continue because the attitude, the temperament, the character has not been conquered. So, so long all those things are still there, Heaven is watching. Say, "This young man, this young lady has not gone through." When you, you get to a point, when you go through trials, no matter what happens, it is the nature of God that comes out of you. That day, you mature and grow. Your wilderness ceases. So lack of growth is what prolongs wilderness experience. Lack of growth is what prolongs wilderness experience. Refusal to grow is what permanent wilderness experience. Am I communicating here? This is what he said. He went through it. As I began to study, God is a God that has a set time. And His set time is the time where you are okay. Jesus was speaking the other day. Jesus said, He was in the wedding, and they had no wine. And Mary came. And Mary said, "They have no wine." Jesus said, "My hour is not yet come. I'm not ready. It's not my time to do anything." And Mary went to them and told them, "He said, 'Whatsoever He say it unto you, do it.'" The same man, in an instance, who said, "This hour is not yet come," suddenly turned to them. He said, "Fill the water pot." "My hour has not yet come." If your hour has not yet come, why you instructing me? Meaning, it's not about him, it's about you. Whenever you are ready, you trigger His hour. Whenever you are ready to obey, you trigger God's hour. Even if God says 70 years' time, it's because that's His expectation. Is expected time for you to grow. That's why you can actually shorten divine timing. God said, "So, so number of years the Jews will be ministered to, then the Gentiles will be visited." Cornelius changed it. That's why the disciples were angry at Peter. "Why did you go there? It's not yet time for the Gentiles." He said, "This man was fasting and praying for four days. An angel appeared." You can alter divine timetable by your, your, your readiness to grow. Your willingness to grow. Now, watch this. Write this down. If the Lord will remember you. Write this down. Somebody say, "God, remember me." If you must enjoy divine remembrance, you must know this and listen to it. Good people are always taking advantage of. Good people are always taken advantage of. And if they do not understand how to navigate, they die before their time. Good people are always taken advantage of. If they do not know how to navigate, they might die before their time. If God must use you, men will first abuse you. If God must use you, men will first misuse you. If God's hand is upon you, you will attract envy. Ha! I wish you can understand some things. Joseph, he told his brother, "Look at my dream." The brothers kept quiet and they sold him. This time, he was in prison. He interpreted for one person and interpreted for another person. They forgot him. Now, Pharaoh comes out again. "Interpret for me." Do you know some of you would have given up? The first person I interpreted for, he forgot me. In fact, me too, I have a dream. If I interpret your own, who will interpret the interpretation of your dream? It's tied to your interpreting another man's dream. The interpretation of your dream is tied to your interpreting. Don't totally give up on people because the previous ones have hurt you. Never give up on people because you feel you are hurt by the previous ones. No, sir. Never. Heaviness of heart, weariness of heart, pain in your heart, does not destroy who you are. Pain that it destroys you. Someone was in the church. I was angry at the pastor for more than seven years, and the pastor was not aware. Came the message. I finished preaching the message. One of our first Sunday service, he went to the pastor and said, "For seven years, I've been angry." The pastor said, "Really? I'm not aware." She felt like dying. He said, "You're not even aware?" He said, "I'm not aware." "Don't you notice I don't greet you?" He said, "I just felt you want to take time to just be with the Lord." And the rest. So you didn't. "I'm angry at you." You say, "I'm not aware." And when both of them came to me, I said to her, "What a waste of anger. What a waste of anger." If you're a good person, who has a good heart, you will be used. It is the, it is the, it is what good-heartedness attracts. But you need wisdom to understand how to navigate through life so you don't end up a victim. A person is the one taking care of the whole family, yet is the one the family is fighting. Someone is the one assisting everybody, yet is the one the parents are fighting, the siblings are fighting. Someone that is saying, "Let us have the community," is the one that everybody rises up. Once you have a good heart, what comes with a good heart is attacks. But hear me, as you begin to have this kind of heart, there are some of you looking at me right now. There is a character that you have. People tell you, "Be careful of that person." "Be careful of that person." You try to be careful for one week. After one week, you forget carefulness. You are back to friendship. And it is who you are. She be. I should be. I won't talk to her again. You try for one week, two weeks. The third week, you see yourself again. You are back. You are still with this. It is you. You don't know how to be careful. Once you like somebody, you like the person, and you don't know how to be careful. You have a good heart. But there are some, they tell you, "Be careful." Not careful. Care. Once they hear care, they cut you off. So as a good heart, there are certain things you should put in place that will help you check your good heart, so that it will not be used. Now, number one, never give availability to who gives you convenience. Can I repeat that? Never give availability to who gives you convenience. If people reply your messages, if people, if people reply your messages when they are, when they are tired, you respond to them when you are bored. If people reply you when they are tired, you respond to them when you are bored. When you have nothing doing to. And that's why you should respond to them maybe after six days. Stop giving availability to who gives you convenience. What does that mean? There are people that don't care if you exist unless when they have a problem. Yes. You are only convenient for them. Stop being available for them. Are you following what I'm talking about? Stop giving. Many of you are hurt. That is why you are hurt. There are people that can do without you. Stop the, stop. You don't matter. Stop the statement, "Oh, you are my last hope." You are not the, you are not the, you are not in the hope list. Am I talking to somebody here? Yes, sir. Sentiment is not reality. What many of us premise our thinking on is sentiment. People use you. People use you. People use you. So when you see good people, you can't even support them because all the bad people have drawn their juice from you. Stop giving availability to who gives you convenience. Stop it. You're going to get so offended. Before people, before people. Can I say, you, eh, start understanding that not everybody deserves your attention. Before somebody wants so much from you, what have they done for you? People you should take with, ah, people you should take with utmost regard are those who have played a role in your life. Can I say this to you? Don't treat everybody the same. God loves us equally, but treats us differently. Don't treat everybody. There are some calls you miss, don't feel bad. But there are some calls you must not miss. Even in your dream, if you had a dream that you missed the call, cut the dream, answer the call. There are some people's messages you should not reply, and don't feel bad. I'm teaching you how to control a good heart. It is sentiment to say, "Oh, this person says is dying. I'm doing nothing." Are you their creator? Are you their creator? You feel terrible because somebody's trying to blackmail you into helping you. You are not helping me now. You are not helping me now. Don't worry. Now you are rich. Tomorrow, me too, I'll become rich. Then you will not be poor. You now need my help. That's Yoruba movie. Is Yoruba movie? I'm watching too many Yoruba movies. You think life is Hollywood? Then you were helping the, the person was helping you. Then later, the person became stranded and was now come to your gate. You see what movie has done to your head? African Magic has done to your head. You now carry, you now stand at the person's gate, and the person say, "You now drive out in your car." You said, "Didn't I tell you that I'm going to..." "Don't worry. Today you are better than than me, and tomorrow I'm going to be richer than you." I thought like that 20 years ago. There are some people that were richer than me. Till now, they're still richer than me. 20 years ago. 20 years till now. Till now, as I'm thinking, talking now. So stop. Does that happen? Yes. But don't think that that is how life will turn. Oh, say, say, "You don't worry. Don't worry. Very soon, I'm going to become great." What will the person be waiting for? While you are becoming great, he will fold his hand and be waiting for you to be great. Am I talking to somebody here? Someone said to me, say, "Apostle, say now, I, I'm telling you to take me out of the country. You don't want to take me out of the country. Very soon, life will turn. When life turns, you now need my help." I said, "Okay, let's wait for that time to come." He said, "God says you should take me out of the country." I said, "Okay, tell Him to tell me." He came after two weeks. Say, "God says I stole you." I said, "I didn't hear." He came back again. Say, "God says you are stubborn." Ahh, I said, "This your Holy Spirit aggressive." Oh, this your Holy Spirit. He heads men. Heads men. Holy Spirit. Very aggressive. I, the Holy Spirit, I know does not talk like this. Now, he said, "Go and listen again." God says, "He told me." He told you. I said, "Okay, I'm waiting." He came after some Sundays. Came looking at me. Say, "God says you are resisting the spirit." I say, "Sir, Holy Ghost doesn't do this. He's a gentle spirit." It does not. Is not harsh. Nobody's following me. It's not harsh. God is not harsh. No. His steadfast love never ceases. Stop saying we are all the same, sir. God loves us equally, but treats us differently. In salvation, we are equal. But in covenant, there are levels. Salvation, we are equal. But in covenant, there are realms and dimensions. We will talk to some people, won't talk to some others. He said, "We eight other prophets, I would have kept quiet. But my servant Moses, it's not so. I speak with him face to face." How dare you lift your voice against him? Ah, there are people whose lives scattered by speaking against the anointed. Scattered. Once you are a good-hearted person, you need to guide it. Understand how to navigate certain truths so that you don't sit back and become a victim of your own kindness. That will not happen to you. I said, that will not happen to you. That will not happen to you. That will not happen to you. Once you have a good heart. Number two, stop pitying people for the wrong reasons. Stop pitying people for the wrong reasons. Someone has shown you how terrible they are, and you are afraid to walk out of their life. You don't think they will survive. They survived before you came. They survived before you came. If I stop this I'm doing for this person, how would they cope? They will cope very well without you. They survived before you came. Stop pitying people for the wrong reason. Stop being, "Else shall die, or you shall die." Stop trying to please everybody. Stop trying. In many years ago, when people have needs and they reach out to me, if I can't meet it, I can't sleep. I can't sleep. I was not having sleeping problems. I just see a message, but I start thinking, "What do I do? What do I do? What do I do?" And 90% of those that we helped don't even say thank you. I said, "No, I'll keep doing it." I wanted the Lord sat me down, and the Lord said, "This is not kindness. This is sentiment. What you are operating is called sentiment, not kindness." He said to me, "Men will always have needs. You can't meet all. I, the Lord, supply all needs. Are you trying to take my place?" So now, you send me a message, "Papa, I'm hungry." My reply is, "You'll be fine." Good will is better than nothing at all. Now, you, you'll be fine. If you don't know where they are eating on Saturday, I've seen people. Saturday morning will send me message, "I'm hungry." Go to where they are eating. No, I'm hungry. "You'll be fine. You'll be fine." You must learn that even in your own family. Those who live in America and Europe, I tell them. I tell them. They spend their own life, do three jobs, four jobs, and they send money at home. They are using a Nokia phone. The brother they send is using an iPhone 15. I spoke to one of our daughters. She left this ministry. I said, "Stop sending money to your mother." She was abroad. "Stop sending money to your mother." All your money you are sending, keep some. He said, "No, they helping me to do something." I said, "Okay, they doing something. Buy tickets, come and see what they are doing." He say, "I trust them." That is no problem. 18 years came back. But then the mother has left the father, married another man. At the money, did everything. 18 years. She almost died on the street, throwing herself on the ground. 18 years.
18 years. 18 years. When she came, I said, "But thank God, at least after 18 years, you're alive. You, you are not dead because you don't have sense, you don't reason." Stop. I'm praying for you. Your good heart will not kill you. Your good heart will not ruin you.
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I want to, I want to shake some tables now. When people say they like you, check what they're benefiting. Some people will only love you so long they can use you. We draw that thing for a while and see if they will still like you. A young girl, a man sleeping with you does not like you. He doesn't like you. He, something, he likes a lady who's always collecting money from you. You pay rent, you buy phone, you do everything. He does not like you. That's the truth.
Every wise man, wise young man should invest in men. When you invest in ladies, it's okay. There's nothing wrong in that. But if you invest in men, you have friends. When you invest in ladies, it's the highest bidder. When you stop investing tomorrow, the person that's not investing more is now the boss. But you invest in a young man, he will not forget you. I'm giving you counsel alone. I'm not saying don't help ladies. No, that's not what I'm saying. Make I not go spoil people's market. I'm not saying don't help ladies, but I'm saying because that's the only part now. Somebody's going to hear you say, "Oh, why Papa no?" You are Christians, you've got to help, but you've got to be wise and smart. Support a young man, he will stand with you. You are going down, he'll follow you there. He will identify with you. Many people, their loyalty stops when their benefits stop. When their benefits stop, their loyalty stops. They're not loyal to you.
My young man that's calling you names now, my darling, my love, my a, my cube, all of those things. When you say no, no, you're a young man now. You are the best. Calling you names, Nigerian call you Italian names, Nigerian calling you Europe me. They're calling you names now. It's because withdraw benefit and check loyalty. Be surprised that you that they called a good name, my handsome brother, that you discover they will change your name to Dracula. That man that once called you my darling, after you withdraw, check your name. Will, will. Someone. May God give you people, people that will love you unconditionally. May God give you people that will love you [Applause] unconditionally.
You know what I learned from this? After that young man was lifted by Pharaoh, Pharaoh, he had interpreted the dream and Pharaoh called him back. He said, "To hell with Joseph." He was moving on with his life, not knowing that he will need him again. Stop treating people like they, stop treating people like you won't need them anymore. Life turns. Stop treating people like you won't need them anymore. After you have used them, life turns. The man or woman you are walking away from, you may need them. My mother told me, said, "Never forget people on your way up, because you may need them on your way down." Never. Life turns. This guy was now with Pharaoh. Forget Joseph. That thinking prisoner. Forget Joseph. That nobody. All he has is dream, all he has is talent, all he has is gifting, all he has is ability. He forgot about him. And that happens in many churches. God bless you through a pastor. He stood by you. He showed you concern. Now God has blessed you and lifted you. You have gotten testimony. That church is now, is now too small and too local for you to testify. We have supported people in now, and as soon as their light was about shining, said they want to go to the city. I'm looking at them. They go to the city and they get swallowed up. They just, just get swallowed up. They expire. We don't hear nothing.
There are people who, who think in life that they are smart. They are smart. They are smart. What you call smartness is the wisdom of men. Stop treating people like they are commodities. Stop treating people like you are smarter. No, sir. When God gives you an opportunity to be helped by a person, always think of how you can reciprocate. Somebody has helped you. Have it in the corner of your mind that one day I will make this person know I am grateful. I'll be planning it. Anyone that has been a blessing to you, be planning it. Say, "This person, I will plan. I will respond. One day I will do something that will make this person feel so, so grateful for helping me." Not after you get help, you are targeting another help again. Great people are not stupid. They, they become great by being stupid. How do I show gratitude?
There was a woman in my days of village ministry. When we go down to a axis, my servant, Dr. K, will go down to our axis. This woman will keep, keep bush meat, food. She will bring them from A to to us. She doesn't miss it. If I will go there and other pastors are bringing their food, but you get that with your useless food. We are expecting Mama's food. Mama comes by herself, prepared a cooler filled with meat, another one filled with rice. All we have to do is be warming it throughout the two days. We just be eating. It's said, "God is good," but just excited. So tell the pastors, "Don't bother to cook." That's what Mama was. And as far as Mama was doing, she was doing that to honor the grace of God. Doing that. One time, I heard that Mama, many years ago, I, I grew up. I didn't see Mama again. The children took her somewhere. One time, I heard that Mama was stranded. Mama was stranded. I drove from here, went to where Mama was. To the child was looking for Mama. Finally, I found Mama looking tattered. Mama saw me. I'm hearing of your name. Say, "I thank God for you, Mama." Say, "Sit down. Hey, what will you eat now?" I was, "It's, it's who you are." I, Mama, talk. I didn't see anything. Mama say, "Just wait." He was calling Mama. "What do you want to do?" Said, "Let me get you something." Mama, "Can you follow me?" "You say, what?" "Just follow me." I heard Mama. Mama came out. A brand new car was outside for Mama. And I said, "Mama, this one is, um, what I just want to give you." He say, "Who, me? In this my life, I will have car?" As my Mama entered the car, they would drive it. They entered the car, they drove a little house that I bought. Somebody needed to sell it. It was distress to travel. I gave the key to Mama. There was a four-bedroom apartment. Four bedroom. I, Mama, this is your house. Mama opened it. Chair, TV, generator, everything. Mama say, "Hey, hey, hey, hey." And I stand be Mama too. I started, "Hey, hey." Mama said, Mama said, Mama crying. Call the children. None of them could do that for her. Call the children. He said, "Hey, more than two years this woman was feeding us." There was another lady like that again. There was another elderly woman like that also who was from that same A that was also feeding us. Another one, two of them. They, they, they strategically stop thinking of what to collect next. Think of what to do back. You need collect, collect, collect, collect, collect, collect, collect, collect, collect, collect, collect, collect, collect, collect, collect. Somebody has been a blessing and has helped your life. Look for where they need help. Stand with them.
Number two, and this one is very, very strategic. Joseph's life. Joseph's life. He did good for Pitifer by abstaining from the wife and taking care of the house. He got paid with evil. He did good for another man in prison. He got forgotten. Write this down. Closed doors are seasonal. We always talk about open doors, open doors, open doors. But we don't talk about closed doors. Closed doors are seasonal. A time comes in a man's life when doors are closed. A time comes when no help, it's like there's no event, no effect in your life. Closed doors are seasonal. Closed doors are real. Doors can be shut. Doors can be shut. But closed doors are not signs of divine absence. It's a sign of divine process. Closed doors are not signs of divine absence. They are signs of divine process.
John chapter 20, verse 19 and verse 26. John chapter 20, verse 19 and verse 26. Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when what? When what? Come on now, talk to me. When what? Uh-huh. Go ahead. Their doors were shut. Jesus appeared in their midst. Sometimes closed doors can usher intimacy. Sometimes closed doors can bring spiritual proximity. The times where doors are shut, when it appears there's no event in your life, might be that time all God wants you to do is to seek Him. He appeared when the doors were shut. When it appears there's nothing walking out. John 20:19. John 20:19. It says, "And he appeared in their midst." He appeared in. John 20:26. John 20:26. John 20:26. Eight days after, the disciples were within, and Thomas with them. Then came Jesus, the doors is stood in the midst of them and said, "Peace." Meaning, even if your doors are shut, don't lose your peace. Even if doors are closed, no job, no help, no money, no favor, no opportunity, sir. Don't lose your peace. Even if it appears that nothing is happening in your life, nobody's favoring you, doors are closed. Don't lose your peace. Hold fast onto your peace. It doesn't matter who's ahead. No, it doesn't matter what they are enjoying in life. Doesn't matter the favor they are seeing and you are not seeing. That kind of favor. Hold your peace. When doors appear closed, you should not lose your peace. Hold your peace.
Listen, prophecies are given and people are having testimonies and you are not having it. It is a closed door experience. It is seasonal. And closed doors is only for disciples. Closed doors is only for disciples. Those who the Lord has a special assignment on their life, it takes them through closed doors. They go through some experiences. You know, it's like when you are just a believer, when you are just married naturally. When you just get married, I don't know if it happens now. That's what they call the honeymoon experience. At that time, your wife wants something. Before you even say she wants anything, you give it to her. "I want this." "Lift my leg." "Lift your leg." "Give your leg." You carry the leg for her. "I want to do this." You do this. You just got married. I remember I just got married. My wife will be eating. The remote is close to her. You said, "Honey, pass me the remote." I will leave you, I am and come and give her remote. She will use, say, "Thank you, my love." Some women, you know, they just want to just, I don't understand the way they are created. And I say, "Thank you, my love." After only help me get that thing. She's standing by the. I will come, I will help her. After a while, we're getting so intimate. We know, I mean. But it's not that the love reduced. It's that the friendship had bonded. And the remote was there. "H, pass me the remote." As a she be hand, not the pay you. She, she be the two hands God gave you is what he gave me. Car it now. Uh-huh. Is this how you are? H. Even if you're going to pick it, you're complaining. Don't understand this kind of love. Oh, don't do that. Stop it. Not because you don't love. That's how God is. Father, I want this. Bam. I want this. Bam. It gets to a time you become so intimate with God. He has better plans for you. Some things will happen. The Lord will be quiet. "I want this." The Lord keeps quiet. He wants to check if you love Him because of those things. "Simon, lovest thou me?" "Than this?" "Do you love me?" "Than these things I'm doing?" "Do you love me?" "Than these things I'm doing for you?" Every true love must be tested. Any love not tested should not be trusted. Can I repeat that? Any love not tested should not be trusted. Don't trust who has not been tested. You say somebody does not steal. Ah, this guy's in my house. This guy is my, one of my, my staff in the office. He doesn't steal because you have not left money scattered money in places. Amen. Someone takes care of my clothes. So sometimes I'll leave some dollars deliberately. I'll just leave it there. You, you package it and give to me. I said, "Oh, oh, oh, oh, I forgot. Okay, I forgot. I know the figure. I know everything." I say, "Oh, okay, okay." There are some pastors have told people to go and they say, "I have seed that he give it to that pastor deliberately." Till today, I'm waiting for the. So next time when they say, "Sir, I want to give it to." I said, "That one is on fire." Oh, he loves God, but even his hand is on fire. Even his hand is on fire. Don't try it. Give it to this other one. Test people before you trust them. Test people before you trust them. There are some people, don't bother to test. It's a waste of test. That investment of testing is a waste. It's gone. Am I communicating here? So when you know your, your weakness as a person, amen. I called a young man. I said, "I'm going to send you to." I mentioned a particular area. I felt was going to be happy. He came back, said, "That I can't, Pastor, there." I said, "You are rejecting assignment." He said, "No, that if I go there, I will disgrace you." He said, "I know myself." Because the place I was sending him to is a riverine area. You know what's go riverine area? The level of immorality. He said, "Daddy, I will disgrace you. I know myself." I said, "Ah, you know." He said, "I'm just managing myself. Please, sir, don't, don't, don't let me go there." I said to him, "Come." Said, "I like you." There are people you think, you think walking with God is grandstanding. No. Know your weaknesses. You are alcoholic, avoid bar. You are a smoker, avoid joint. That spirit telling you to evangelize there is not of [Music] [Applause] God. Hey, your honesty and your goodness today are the platforms for your greatness tomorrow. Your honesty and your goodness today. If people easily change you, it means you were never genuine. If people easily change you, it means you were never genuine. Let nobody change your good virtue. As a pastor, no matter how members have messed you up, don't let them change your care. There's a way members will act and the man of God feels like, you know what, forget it. There's a way pastors will act and you feel like leaving the church. Don't let a man make you leave where God sent you. You say, "God is everywhere." That's the truth. But He has not sent you everywhere. God is everywhere, but He specifically sent you somewhere. Stay where God has kept you. Am I communicating here? So if you are experiencing closed doors now, maybe doors are closed, things are hard, things are bad, no favor, no help, business not progressing, nothing is working. I prophesy by the mandate of God that the season of closed door is over forever. The season of closed door is over forever. Your doors are open by fire. Your doors are opened by fire. The season of closed door is over forever. No more closed doors. Your doors are open. Your doors are open. Your doors are open. Marital doors are open. Financial doors are open. Academic doors are open. Ministerial doors are open. Talent and gifting doors are open. Health doors are open. Your doors are open. Your doors are open. Your doors are open. Your doors are open. Your doors are open. Your doors are open. Your doors are open. Your doors are open. Your doors are open. Lift your hand. Shall my doors are open. One more time. One more time. One more [Music] time. Let me round up now. Somebody say, "The Lord that remembers." Say, "The God that remembers." One more time. Listen, if you must enjoy divine remembrance, number three, understand that God is a master planner. We were now, we read this scripture. When I read that scripture, "And he forgot him," I felt bad. I felt bad. Why will you forget, or forgot someone who has been a blessing to you? Why didn't you support his vindication? So he comes out. But God is a master planner. If the butler had remembered Joseph, he will help him out of prison and give him a job. He will help him out of prison and give him under him. But God waited till Joseph was needed. You thought he forgot him? God was planning something. There are some people now who are not favoring you. No. God is planning something bigger. God is a master planner. He waited. Sometime, you think you are wasting. Waiting is not wasting. Sometime, waiting is spending time with God to your day of relevance. When God knows that this door opening will not give you relevance, He will keep you. And the closed doors is waiting for a season of relevance. And when that season of relevance comes, only your gifting and your ability can meet that need. That is when God exposes you. For John the Baptist, remain in the wilderness until the day of his showing forth. There are some of you asking God, "When will you lift me?" God says, "I am organizing a door. I'm organizing a door so that when I open that door, your value will be felt." Who would have told Joseph that all the way he was thinking, one year, two years, how come they forgot me? God was watching. Because God is a master planner. God is strategic in His doing. His ways are past finding out. There's no searching into His understanding. God is a master planner. He says, "I know the thoughts I think towards you, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give unto you an expected end." What the enemy meant for evil, God means it for good. So it doesn't matter what you're experiencing now. God is a master planner. God is strategizing. It's working out for your good. Psalm 139 and verse 17. "How precious are thy thoughts towards me, O God? Great is the sum of them." God is a master planner. He's working out for your good. He's orchestrating for the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord. So when it appears you have been forgotten, you are not actually forgotten. It is divine orchestration. God is waiting for the right period, the right person, the right place, the right time, the right need. I prophesy upon your life, your relevance shall be felt. Your relevance shall be felt. Your relevance shall be felt. Your relevance shall be felt. If your amen is louder, take the [Applause] [Music] blessing. Don't be depressed. When you have this truth, you are not depressed. Those that think you are not relevant now, they will soon need you. I'm prophesying on you. I'm prophesying on you. Those that think you are not relevant now, they will soon need you. Those that think you are not relevant now, they will soon need you. They will soon need you. You are wherever you are and you are asking yourself, "How come I've been abandoned? How come I've been ignored? How come I've been neglected?" Hey, they will soon need you. I said, they will soon need you. Joseph dropped that word. That's all you have to do. Drop that information. Drop that CV. They may not call you immediately, but they will call you one day. Drop that CV. Drop that proposal. Keep dropping the proposal. Keep dropping your album. Keep dropping your tapes. Keep dropping your songs. One day is coming when suddenly they'll need something for a branding. They'll call you and they say, "I think this thing lines up with it." They will soon need you. All Jacob Joseph did was to drop a word. They will soon need you. It's a prophecy for the month of September for someone who has been abandoned, neglected, relegated, segregated. God says, "They will soon need you." They will soon need you. They will soon need you. They will soon need you. They will soon need you. There are seeds you have dropped. There are things you have dropped. Do you know he dropped by interpreting that dream? He dropped a seed on them. Joseph had the gift of dreams. When those men came around him to be in the same prison, the gift of dream that Joseph had fell upon them. And when they came out of prison, when the man stood by Pharaoh, the gift of dream that Joseph had that fell on him fell on Pharaoh. Pharaoh too began to dream. Drop the seed. Drop the, the, the values. Drop the, the teachings. Drop the advice. Drop the counsel. Drop the demand. Drop the CV. Drop everything you have to drop. Someday you may not get immediate attention, but a day is coming when your relevance will be felt. A day is coming. A day is coming. A day is coming. God didn't call you or give you a talent to make you popular. God gave you a talent to make you peculiar. Those that pursue popularity are grounded. But those who pursue peculiarity maintain intimacy. I told God, "Don't make me famous, make me relevant." I don't want fame. I don't care if anybody knows me or anybody likes me. All I want is to be relevant in the Kingdom. Because once you are relevant, you outlive generations. Once you are famous, you go with a trend. After that trend, you become unimportant. Famous men are men of trends. The men of relevance in the Kingdom are men that outlive generations. They have consistency. They have continuity. They have progression. They have longevity. There are singers and artists we heard of before five years ago. We don't hear of them anymore. There are preachers we heard of. We don't hear of them anymore. They came, they took the [Music] storm. And there are some who have been there all through. They still there. They still there. Relevance. Relevance. Some of you are asking yourself a question, "What is happening in my life?" God is networking something. There's something God is networking. He said, "Lest you say, 'I made Abraham rich, I will not take a latchet of shoe.'" God wants to do something that nobody would take the credit. [Applause] A lifting that nobody will take the credit. Nobody. Lord, do something in my life that no man will take credit.