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1 Samuel 30:8-15
As our custom is, I'll read the first verse, you read the second. When we get to the last verse of reference, we will read it together. So, I'll read verse 8, you read verse 9. We go on and on that way.
And David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? Shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.
Verse 9: And David pursued, he and 400 men: for 200 abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
Verse 11: And they gave him a piece of cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.
Verse 13: And David said unto him, Whither wilt thou go? and whence wilt thou come? And he said, I am an Egyptian, a servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.
Verse 15: And David said unto him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.
Hallelujah! Empowered for Recovery. Empowered for Recovery. Empowered for Recovery. Empowered for Recovery.
That something is missing is no more a news. That things are missing is no more a news. The news is that what is missing can be recovered. That something is missing in your life is not a news. That something is out of place in your life is not a news. That there is a challenge in your health is not a news. That you have financial trouble is not a news. That you have mental issues is not a news. That you have issues academically is not a news. The news is that no matter what the enemy has stolen, no matter what has been tampered with, it can be, it can be, it can be.
As a believer, as a born-again Christian, you are not just called to a King, you are called to a kingdom. You are not just submitted to a King, you are loyal to a kingdom. And in that kingdom, there are patterns, there are syllables, there are organograms of oppression. Every kingdom has a style and a culture. Every kingdom has a communal expectation. The kingdom where we are in, there is a way to live in this kingdom. There is a way to operate in this kingdom. There is a way to package yourself to get results.
Do scripture said, and David went to God. He didn't say, "What has become of me, oh God? Look at my life, oh God, I am stranded. Why did you let this happen to me?" No, he said, "Shall I pursue? Shall I overtake?" When you pray, going to God's presence with a positive mentality. Never approach God's throne with a defeated mentality. The reason most people don't answer, even in the place of prayer, they come with a defeated mindset, a defeated mentality. "Oh God, why? Oh God, why did you let this happen to me?" No. When you are standing before the King, there is no time. Make a demand on what you expect. Go into the presence of God with a positive mindset. "Shall I pursue?" In other words, in this situation, I just want to see to get a piece of what was taken. "Shall I overtake?" To overtake means to swallow up. To overtake means to get advantage. "Shall I pursue?"
One of the reasons you may not have seen answers to your prayer is that even when you approach the presence of God, you go with the mentality of a defeated fellow. How can you be talking to the One who made the heavens and the earth, and you are sounding defeated? How can you be talking to the One who sees the end from the beginning, and you are sounding defeated? How can you be talking to the God whose eyes are like flames of fire, and you are sounding defeated? How can you be talking to the God who covered himself with light as with a garment, and you are sounding defeated? How can you be talking to the Lamb of God who has seven eyes and seven horns, and you are standing defeated? Let me tell somebody, change your mentality. Tell yourself, "Change your mindset. Change your mentality. Change your mentality." Am I communicating?
Every act of the devil, whether it is an attack on your health, an attack on your finances, all the works of the devil is classified under one word: darkness. All the works of the devil is classified under one word. What is it? The entirety of God, the totality of God, is classified under one word: light. But it is not all light that puts out darkness. Am I communicating here? It's not all levels of light that puts out darkness. For darkness to be extinct, it means that your light must be heavy. It takes, it takes an abundance of light to eliminate darkness. Are you aware that there is candle light? It only gives light to your surrounding. There is lantern and lamp light. It only gives light to your surrounding. There is fluorescent light. Am I talking to somebody? There is halogen light. There is the moonlight. So, it is the level of light you contact from God's word that determines how much darkness you can extinguish. The ability to eliminate darkness totally is directly proportional to the capacity of light that you possess. Am I talking to somebody here?
The place where we read, he said, "and recover all." To recover is to gain back. To recover is to buy back. To recover is to get restoration. To recover is to surmount expectation. And there is something about God's kind of recovery. You don't just recover what you lost exactly. You recover more. Because he said, "all the years that the cankerworm, the caterpillar, the locust, the palmerworm hath eaten shall be restored." I prophesy with this mouth, everything taken from you, everything stolen from you, you get it back double. You get it back seventy-four. You get it back thirty-four. You get it back sixty-four. You get it back a hundredfold.
Please, I want you to follow me closely, because when you think I'm about starting, I may be rounding up. Follow me. How do you feel? What have you lost in life that you think is a news? A man went out, kept his family, kept his children, kept his city, kept his investment, kept his properties. Before he came back, not only was his wife captured, his children captured, all his property burnt with fire. Not just property, but even the city where he lived, burnt. There's something, there's something sentimental about about about Ziklag. Let me explain to you. Ziklag was the city David was running from cave to cave when Saul wanted his life. Saul wanted to kill him. Every, in fact, David had to run to the land of the Philistines. He ran to the land of his enemies, the land of Gath, a place where he was declared wanted. Personal enemy. David had to run there because there was nowhere to run to. This man wanted his life. He had to run. And when he got to the land of the Philistines, he knew that the king had void mad men. David began to behave like a mad man. He allowed the saliva come down from his beard and began to scratch the wall, and he said, "Is this not take a mad man away?" He, he had to devise a strategy on how to survive. But until he got to a place, he ran from there and got to Ziklag. Ziklag was that place he found rest. Ziklag was that city where he found peace. So he was sentimentally attached to Ziklag. All of a sudden, in one day, the whole city burnt down. Buildings burnt down, structures burnt down, wife taken, children taken, investment taken. All the men that went with him taken. Everything lost in one day. No family in one day. No child in one day. No property in one day. No house. It got to a point the Bible say, "and the men cried." The men, have you seen men weeping? He said, "they wept until they had no more power to weep." They cried until they were sobbing like babies, and they cried until there was no strength in them. "Where do we start from? What is this? Where is our wife? Where are our children? Where's our property? Where's our building? Where's our structure? Everything gone." But David inquired of the Lord. And David, am I talking to somebody here? I don't know what you've lost. If God in one day could restore to David, I prophesy a restoration is coming your way. I don't like your amen at all. I don't like your amen at all. I don't like your amen at all.
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Take your seat because I'm trying to see how we can be walking with time. I will make sure I do not. Are you following what I'm talking about? The Bible says in one day, everything. They were coming from a war where they had conquered. They had so much conquest. They had so much, uh, uh, uh, uh, spoils. So they were coming happy. And as soon as, just imagine coming from war to give spoils to your family, spoils to your children, only to discover they were not there. What has cut short your joy? What has happened in your life that put a post on your celebration? What has caused such your excitement? What wants to take you back to square one? What is that thing that the enemy has put in your life that you cannot be joyful for long? You cannot be happy for long? You can't celebrate for long? With this mouth, I used to pray that power is broken now. That power is broken now. If your amen is louder, take the blessing.
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Are you ready for me this morning? Take your seat. Take your seat. Take your seat. He recovered. But in this journey of his recovery, there were elements that we see that we have to consider. This, I have preached this back to back, and the Lord keeps opening my eyes to see things because this is the season, like you said to us, "We shall overtake." Say that again. "We shall overtake." You know, I am, I am very careful. I was talking to Mommy this morning. I never knew she had an encounter with the Lord yesterday. For six years, I was praying. I said, "Lord, this Omega Fire Ministries, this is the headquarters. What do you, what is this place, Lord?" Six years I was waiting. I didn't hear nothing. Six years I was waiting. I didn't hear nothing. So we have been calling headquarters, headquarters, International Headquarters. That's what we're calling it. The National Worship Center. So I said, "What is it?" Everything was silent. And I was quiet. And this morning, I just whispered to Mommy on the phone, I said, "God told me early this morning that this place is called Restoration City." And she took off her glasses and said, "Jesus." I said, "What is the matter?" She said, "Just last night, I was watching Papa preach, and I was asking, 'Is this Miracle Center or Faith Arena?'" And they said, "It was Miracle Center." And he said, "He just hit my heart. I said, 'I will ask you, what is our place called?'" And he said, "Now this morning, you are telling me." I said, "This morning, I was not even asking him. I was just worshiping. I woke up some minutes to one, and I've been up then, you know, handled some few issues, and I was just worshiping, talking." He said, "You asked me a question six years ago and you kept quiet about it." I said, "Yes." He said, "Son, you don't just have a church, you have a city. He said, 'I'm spreading it. It's going to be a big city.' I said, 'What do I call it?' Say, 'Restoration City.'" Am I talking to somebody right now? Time will come, there will be so much buildings around, so many that if you come in, you won't know how to go out. But, but, my, my, my, my, the reason I pointed it out again is because he said, "Restoration." Meaning, as you come, whatever you lost, you get it. As you come, whatever was missing, you recover. If your amen is louder, take the blessing. Take your seat. Be seated.
How did the Bible begin? That the Bible says, "Can I go on?" The Bible says, "And he inquired." Mmm. He inquired. Use the word "inquired." David inquired of the Lord. The first empowerment for recovery is connectivity to Divinity. Sir, if you must recover, you must understand the place of God. God, God, God. Everything that was stolen from you that you intend to get back must be aimed at glorifying God. I wish I'm talking to somebody here. I wish I'm talking to somebody here. God is too honorable to sponsor your self-centeredness. God is too dignified to sponsor your selfishness. God is too glorious to sponsor your self-ambition. If what you want is what will boost your ego, answer your prayer. I wish I'm talking to somebody here. God is too dignified. I happen to be, I was in a burial, one burial like that. It was close to where I was resting, and they said the person is a minister, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I said, "Okay, let me just troll there." As I got there, I saw somebody on a wheelchair, and I saw some other people there, and some wheelchairs, some unrollers. And I will just move with compassion. Move with compassion. And I saw the one of them that looked like their leader. I said, "Can I pray for you?" He said, "Yes." "So give me money." I said, "No, no. Can I pray for you?" He said, "So that what will happen?" I said, "So that you will rise up." He said, "No, I am the President of the Disabled Association now. So we take the chop. I beg. They go, they go. If you go give me, they go." Am I talking to some? So, sir, about him inquired of the Lord. There are many of us, we are expecting certain dimensions of restoration that will boost our ego. Sir, there are certain things you don't bother to pray about when your desires are centered on God. Sir, when you are saying, "Lord, keep me alive so I can sponsor more people. Keep me alive so I can help more orphans. Keep me alive so I can spend time more with you. Keep me alive so I can support more people that are stranded." Keep that. When that becomes your purpose for asking for longevity, then longevity is guaranteed. I repeat it. God is too honorable to sponsor your self-centeredness. God is too dignified to sponsor your selfishness. Am I communicating right now? The God factor. Hannah understood it. When Hannah prayed back to back, she went to Shiloh. She prayed for many years. Shiloh was not the problem. It was the mindset of Hannah that was the problem. Hannah wanted the child to prove a point. Hannah wanted the child because the woman called Peninnah would not let her rest. The woman insulted her, infuriated her, molested her, harassed her, put her in a state of mental breakdown. And this woman was asking, "I need to prove to this lady that I came to this house before her. I need to prove to this lady that I'm the first wife." So long as it was to prove a point, God kept quiet. Until Hannah entered the temple, she saw Eli was blind, she saw Ofni and Phinehas, they tampered with the vessels of God. Hannah said, "God needs a man." She shifted it from herself to God. As soon as she shifted it to God, the Bible says, "that same month." So where has the answer been all along, sir? Do you know why you are praying? Are you not seeing answers? It's not because the answer is not around. It's because yourself is blocking it. Your selfishness is blocking it. That was why when God took Moses out of Egypt, he first of all took Egypt out of Moses. That was why when he took Moses out of Egypt, he took him to the to the wilderness. Why did he keep him there for 40 years? He was taking out Egypt out of him. Egyptian language, Egyptian accent, Egyptian intonation. So that when he goes back to Egypt, it will not sound like them. Because you can't set them free when you speak like them. You can't set them free when you act like them. You can't set them free when you dress like them. So for 40 years in the wilderness, he was transformed. That's why you are praying for certain things, it's not happening now. God wants to change your Egyptian asset. [Applause] As soon as that thing changes, answer comes. Am I communicating here? As soon as God succeeds, sir. Satan is not the enemy of God. Satan is an enemy of God. For you to be an enemy of a man, you must possess the same capacity. Am I talking to somebody here? You must have the same capacity, the same wherewithal. You must be in the same class to be an enemy, to be called an enemy. I wish I'm talking to somebody here. An enemy of a truck is not a car. I wish I'm talking to somebody right now. The enemy of of of a trailer is not a car. I I wish I'm talking to somebody right now. What is the enemy? Say the carnal mind. In other words, the flesh. Anytime God looks at you, what contains him? What tries to take his place in your life is flesh. Flesh. I want to show it. It has to be me. That is why if flesh dies, you see answer. John chapter 3 and verse 30. He must increase, and I must decrease. I wish I'm talking to somebody right now. Am I am I coming? Get it right now. Get it clearly. Get it clearly. Get it clearly. He inquired. See, you want to see success in life. You want to see achievement. David called his son Solomon. Say, "Solomon, sit down, sit down." 1 Chronicles 28:9: "My son Solomon, know thou the God of thy father." I know you enjoy the throne. I know you want royalty. I know you want to be treated with honor. You enjoy the ambiance of the palace. But please, Solomon, know the God, the God of thy father. Now, many of us, many of us, we make a mistake. Matthew 19:26, Mark 10:27. It says, "With God all things are possible." Is it true? With God, all things are possible. Is that what it says there? How many things? By God, all things are possible. Is that what it says? No. Talk to me. For God, all things are possible. To God, all things are possible. No. Wait now. The way most of us interpret it, we absorb ourselves of responsibility. We extricate ourselves of responsibility. "Lord, you serve." "With God, no, no." It means that what you do with him, how you are connected to him, how you understand and practice his principle. "With God," not "in God." Because I'm a Christian, it must happen. No, sir. You can be a stranded Christian. You can be a tattered Christian. You can be an ignorant Christian. But with, with, as I connect, connect, connect, as I operate, am I, I wish I'm talking to somebody. Your connectivity to Divinity. Now, Ephesians 3:20: "Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think." Finish that. Finish that. Uh, so what God does exceedingly abundantly is determined by the level of power that is at work in you. So if you don't see the exceeding grace of God, you don't see the abundance of God, it is not because it's not available. It means you have not generated your connectivity. And he, he knew that if I start running without God, it's a waste. If I start going anywhere without God, it's a waste. Now, I ask a question. That business you have started, what is God saying? What did you hear? There was a time where to start the hospital, the Lord warned me. I went to America, I was given free medical equipment to ship to Nigeria. And I said, "Lord, thank you for this favor." He said, "Which one?" I said, "The hospital." He said, "If you start a hospital now, you'll be the first to be admitted there." I said, "Ooh, ooh." When it was time, he gave me an instruction. He gave me an instruction. He said, "Now, they can start a faith-based clinic. Faith-based. Let it be around. Don't take it out." And we are praying. We got a place. We were to move. I've given instruction. He said, "Have I sent you?" I told the engineer, "Come back, come back, come back, come back, come back. Cancel, cancel that plan for now. Cancel it for now until heaven." Because when God gives a command, God is only committed to what he has commanded. God's commitment is only tied to his commandment. Tell somebody, "Connect to Divinity." Oh, you are not talking with life this morning. Are you sure you are here at all? Say that again. One more time. In Job 22 and verse 11, he says, "Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee." Thereby good. Good. Look at verse 22. Look at verse 22. Look at verse 22. Come on now. He said, "Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart." Verse 23. Verse 20. Come on. "If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles." Verse 24. "Then thou shalt lay up gold as dust, gold, gold, royalty shall be dust. You walk on it. And the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brook." 25: "Yet the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver." 26: "Then shall thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shall lift up thy face unto God." 27: "Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows." Look at 28: "Then thou shalt decree a thing and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways." So how do I get to the point where I lay gold as dust? I decree a thing is established? I acquaint myself? I acquaint. Many people are struggling because they don't know the key. How many of how many of you are aware? There are people who are struggling to be holy. No, there is no strategy to being holy. Only one key: follow the Holy Spirit. He's a Holy Spirit. You can't be intimate with him and not be holy. Don't desire holiness. Just pursue the Holy Spirit, and holiness will pursue you. As you pursue the Holy Spirit, and you are passionate about the Holy Spirit, holy living becomes a reality. Holy living is a product of the Holy Spirit. Tell somebody, "Holy living is a product of the Holy Spirit." I wish I'm talking to somebody here. I wish I'm talking to somebody here. I wish I'm talking to somebody right now. He said, "Without me, without me, without me, all you do amounts to nothing." In Romans 9:15, Romans 9:16: "I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion." Now it is not of him that runneth, nor of him that willeth, but of God. 1 Samuel chapter 2, verse 9: "For by strength shall no man..." Connectivity to Divinity. Tell somebody, "Connect to God." One more time again. Be sold out. A man and his wife, they called him Zechariah. The wife, Elizabeth. They stayed in the temple of God. Luke chapter 1, verses 5 to 7. And they were serving God, serving God in the temple. It says, verse five: "There was in the days of Herod the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth." Look at this verse six: "And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless." Verse seven: "And they had no child, because that Elizabeth was barren, and they both now well stricken in years." Walking with God, yet no child. Not bothered. Serving God as a priest, yet no baby. Unbothered. Following God passionately. And there was nothing material or physical to show for that allegiance to God, yet unperturbed, following God intimately. By the way, the Bible to say, "Hear me now." If you see that qualification, that consonant, that word was only used for Enoch and used for Job. These were the third category of people. The word "blameless." In other words, not only were they pure to God, even men could not find fault with them. Am I communicating right now? Even humans see Zechariah, see Elizabeth, there was nothing they could as a blame. But they had no child. Because sometimes we think challenges in our life are a sign that God is unhappy with us. Someone was talking to me and telling me about the challenges and all of that going through. Look at this. Look at this. Look at this. Look at this. I don't even know if God. I say, "Yes, those things happening are proof that God is involved. Because if it's of God, Satan will fight it. If it's not of God, Satan will permit it. If you are working in error, the devil will not bother you. Everything will go smooth." Because Satan knows it will lead to damnation. If you are working in error, everything will go smooth. I'm telling you the truth. You start a business that is not of God. I'm sorry to say this, you may even get customers. Why? That is to deceive you further into error. Error. Deceive you further into error. Satan is a mathematician. Deceive you further into error. So by the time you get deep in error, you can't come out, and you run into debt. Inquired of the Lord. What is God's involvement in this matter? Am I talking to somebody here? So if you must see fruitfulness, you must maintain connectivity. The Bible say, "Inquired of the Lord, Shall I pursue? Shall I overtake?" And the Lord, he has two questions. God gave him three answers. He said, "You shall recover all." Guess what? As they were going, if you read verse 9, verse 10 downwards, as they were going, they found an Egyptian. They found an Egyptian. The man was sick. The man was abandoned. But they brought him to David. And when they saw him, they fed him. This is the second empowerment for recovery. Be kind to people. Be kind to people. Be kind to people. Be kind to people. Be kind to people. Ephesians chapter 4 and verse 32. God began to instruct us on the principle, the enormous advantage, the, the, the, the, the overwhelming benefit of being kind to one another. What? When they fed him, they took care of him, they made sure it was fine. And guess what? That man, David, was a general, but he didn't know the wherewithal or the technical capacity on how to recover what was stolen. David was a priest. Are you aware? The first king that was a priest, a Levite, a prophet. But David never knew kindness. Kindness. What? When you help people and you expect return, that's business. When you help people unconditionally, that's kindness. Helping without expecting anything in return, that's kindness. Helping the helpless, that's kindness. But when you help people and you expect to get something back, that is business. Which I'm talking to somebody. Hebrews chapter 13, verse 1: "Let brotherly love continue." Verse two: "Be not forgetful." Verse two, "to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained what?" Hold on, hold on. I'll come to that scripture later. Now, what some of you think that that scripture means that some people, by helping people, they met angels and helped angels. No, sir. No, sir. That's not what he meant. Oh, some have helped angels unawares. No, sir. No, sir. What it says or what it connotes, by continually helping people unknowingly, you attract angelic presence. By continually helping people unknowingly, you attract angels in your direction. By continually being kind. Follow on on that verse. Verse two, bring up verse two again. Let me show you a place you quote without understanding. He said, "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares." Verse three. Verse three. "Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body." Now look at verse four. That you confuse all the time. Marriage. What is marriage doing here? What is marriage doing in this verse? Don't forget, before you quote a scripture, you must follow the preceding scripture. "Marriage is honourable, and the bed undefiled." What does that mean? Even if you are married and your bed is undefiled, and you lack the element of kindness, your marriage can't be honorable. Even if you are married and your bed is undefiled, and you lack that principle that led to the introduction of marriage, which is kindness. Follow me. In first 2 Samuel 9:1: "And David said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul," verse one, "that I may show kindness unto him for Jonathan's sake?" Right? Is it true? 1 Samuel chapter 20, read from verse 14. Read from verse 14. David was looking for who to show kindness in the house of Saul. Why? Because of what Jonathan did. Here, what Jonathan told David in this chapter. David was to come to a feast. Jonathan was the next in line to be king, the heir apparent to the throne. David was to walk into a feast. Jonathan's father, which was the then King Saul, had a javelin by his side. He was to pierce David to the wall. Jonathan leaked the information and said, "Please don't come. Stay. My father wants your head. Stay." Look at verse 14 of 1 Samuel chapter 20: "And he said, And shalt thou not, only while I yet yet I live, show me the kindness of the Lord, that I die not?" Look at verse 15: "But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the Lord had cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth." Are you what I'm talking about? This thing I'm doing for you, David, this kindness I'm showing you, I know a time will come when God will cut off all your enemies from the earth. A time will come when God will give you rest. David, show my household kindness. I may not be around at that time. David, show my household kindness. I may be out of this world at that time. David, show my household kindness. Kindness begat kindness. Show my household kindness. That was the kindness that David suddenly remembered. Is there someone in the house of Saul? Can I say this to you? There are, oh, I don't know if I can, if I can handle this one. Can I go on? There was a, there was a man called Mordecai. Mordecai gave an information that spared the life of the king. They would have killed the king. It was Mordecai that leaked out the plan because he was sitting as a security man at the gate and had two of the king's top officers planning how to execute him at night. And he secretly snaked and gave the information to the king, and nothing was done for him. Nobody remembered him. Nobody helped him. To make matters worse, his niece, the daughter of his uncle, was now married again as the queen. Is not enough to say, "Please tell this king, what will he do for me?" When you feel entitled, you lose your title. Can I say this to you? Oh, my God. I wish I can preach this morning. As you are believing God to bless you, all of you believing God, how many of you are believing God to be a, to be great in life? How many of you believe in God to become something outstanding in life? Let me also beg you, as you are believing God to be great, also beg God to position people around you that will make you enjoy the greatness. Because one of the biggest problems of great people are entitled people. People that feel that because they grew up with you, they deserve what you have. People that feel that because God has blessed, so when, when God blesses you, and even when you support them, they look at the support and try to judge it with your level. Entitlement. Entitlement. Am I communicating right now? Entitlement mentality has disconnected people from helpers. Entitlement. "This is what I deserve. This is what..." A man gave this information and still kept quiet. I wish I'm talking to somebody here. And there was a setup. They wanted to kill every member of the Jews. And he spoke out. And in Esther chapter 6 and verse 1 and 2, the Bible says, "The king could not sleep." The king commanded the book of the chronicles and the records to be brought. They brought it. He said, "Please, this person that spared my life at so-so time, what has been done for him?" They said, "Nothing." I asked a young man yesterday, day before yesterday, on the phone, we were talking, we spoke for almost an hour. A known person. I said, "You have been around. I've not done anything for you the way I should. Why are you not worried?" He laughed. He said, "Daddy, I don't need anything from you. I'm saving you for the rainy day." He said, "I'm saving you for the rainy day. Don't give me anything. I don't want." He said, "Sir, a time is coming where all I will tell you is, 'I want to do this.' All that you owe me." I said, "I've never seen this kind of sense before." He said, "They, you have been around, Apostle. What has he given you?" I said, "If you are stupid, I'm waiting for that day of the book of records, sir." There are people that will bless you now. As far as they are concerned, they have paid you. They said, "You, when you need them, you won't see them." I wish I'm talking to somebody right now. Where you need them, you won't see them. Because as far as they're concerned, they will count and count what they have done for you. But there are people that are silent and they are just following. They don't feel entitled. That's the generation we are in now. An entitled generation. I was close to. I wish I can, can I, I can say these things. I want to say, kindness is favor without returns. Favor without what? Talk to me. Favor without what? A man. Am I preaching this morning? Can I should round up? A man called Joseph. He had a dream. His brother sold him. He was doing well in his father's house. He had a coat of many colors. The brother sold him. Light of the father that he was dead. Carried him to a strange land. He had mental problems. He had mind troubles. Number one mind trouble: "What did I do to you?" Number two: "How come my father is not looking for me? This man loved me. This man cared for me. This man valued me. How come he's not bothered?" Not knowing the father on the other end was saying, "Where is my son?" Maturity's ability to make excuses for people without hearing from them. Maturity's ability to make excuses for people without hearing from them. Say, "Oh, not to be selfish. Not to say, 'Me.'" No. What, what is this person going through now? Watch this. Watch this. So Joseph had enough reason to be bitter and to be angry. But even in prison, of course, you know, Potiphar's wife, that was another issue that made him bitter. To wish himself, "What kind of luck is this do I have? Bad luck." But the Bible says in prison, he was caring and caring about the welfare of fellow prisoners. You are not following. I'm talking about one day he woke up and saw prisoners like him, angry, frowning. He said, "Why is your countenance sad?" "Ah, you are in prison like me. You were lied against. You are not bitter. You are not offended at God. You are still cheerful." That is the heart of kindness. Kindness. A kind person is approachable. A kind person is compassionate. A kind person checks out for the welfare of others. A kind person is interested in people's pain. A kind person wants to see others do well. Wants to see others excel. Wants to see others rise. It might be insignificant. I wish I'm talking to somebody right now. A young lady worked in a cold room store, a big cold room. Very big. What they do is that every, every weekend, they will bring stockfish, piles of this turkey, chicken, all of that in cartons. She will count them before they put them in the. I mean, the cold room was big. It was like an apartment. She will count them before they tell you they brought a thousand or they brought two thousand. Meanwhile, they brought nine hundred. Count them. "Yes, sir." So one time she came, they came, she was sleeping, and they loaded everything in the cold room. So when she came, they were gone. She said, "Hey, what do I do?" She opened the cold room and began to count what was inside. Don't forget it was a cold, you know, a cold room is freezing cold. And she was counting, counting, counting. 205, two. She was cold. When she was done, she turned. The door had locked behind her, and you can only open it from outside. So she was there, freezing, freezing, freezing. 4:00 PM, they close from work. 10:00. Office was empty. 4:30. And the security man entered the office, began to walk around, look everywhere, look everywhere, could not see the girl. And finally, just thought, "Let me check it." Checked. Open the cold room and saw her by the door, almost frozen. 92% gone. The man brought her out. It took them over two hours to revive her. Why did the man look for her? The man said, "Every morning when you come to work, you will come to my small office and greet me, 'Daddy, good morning, sir. Daddy, how is the family? Hope you are fine?'" And you go into the office. When you close, even if I'm not around, you say, "Where is Daddy? Where is Daddy? I'm going home. Daddy, how are you?" He said, "Today they closed. I couldn't see you. I couldn't see you. I looked around. You were not around. I looked everywhere. So I had to enter the offices because if you were around, you would have come to greet me." You see this your arrogance? This your pride? You are working in an office. A man is coming there. He's eyeing you. But that's how you fight with your colleagues. You insult them. The man wanted to approach you, but when he saw the insult, he said, "God forbid." One of our, one of our conglomerates here, a brother came to me. He was camping and waiting on the Lord. I'm not going to mention the conglomerate. And he said to me, "He saw a girl that he liked." And I said, "No problem. Approach her." He said, "He's watching her." Two weeks later, he said, "I don't like him again." He said, "I came from Mount Come and pray." One time he went to where the lady was working, just sat down. He said, "Sir, the insult she gave to her colleague." And guess what? That same Sunday, that lady came to me with a seed for settlement. Am I talking to somebody right now? Oh, my God. Nobody's following. I'm talking about I prayed for people in Ben youth coers. Laid on them. "Go forth, you'll be retained where you walk. Go forth and..." And I prayed with them. And I said, "You get a job." God will fix you. Few months later, they did their passing out parade. A one of my daughters shared this with me. She was going for an interview. A man in a jeep, pastor, and splashed mud. Ah, this man was wise enough and kind to reverse and say, "No, vex. I'm in a hurry." "Please, idiot, because you buy jeep, you think we will not buy rubbish? Look at him. If they will check it now, he's a ritualist." You have put this on me. The man just kept quiet and drove off. As she entered the interview place, the man was in charge of conducting the interview. [Music] [Applause] As the man saw her, this time she had used something to tie. "Oh, I'm sorry. Oh, I had mud splash on me." The man took off. Said, "You look like the man." Started laughing. The man said, "You know what to do now. Just..." Am I communicating here? Kindness. Little, little kindness. Little, little kindness. Little, little kindness. Act of kindness. A brother in this church, God has helped. Is married. Is relocated. Wouldn't get married. Engaged this one. Problem. Engaged that one. Problem. Engaged. So one time he engaged a sister in church. I was very happy for them. I was excited that you were getting married. And after a few months, the father said, "It's not working." After eight months, the father said, "The thing is not working. He will never let the young man marry the daughter." Ah, sir, you're in this church. Your wife, this church. The guy's family, this church. He said, "It's a family affair." What? He said, "No. Don't come to my house again." Told the daughter, "If I see you with him, I'll disown you." The girl was crying. The young man was worried. And he told me. I said, "Relax. Father is a very good person." I sent for him. And I said, "Daddy, what is the problem?" He said, "Papa, thank you for sending for me." He said, "That boy comes to my house. My wife will cook. He will eat. I will see him at times. I will give him lift. He will come down. Thank you, sir. He will go. My daughter has a birthday. He will send her message to pray." This guy has not bought bread. Bread. When he said that, I suddenly remembered that I've been his pastor for 11 years. Not even pure water. As soon as the man said that, he said, "They can't marry." I said, "It's true. They can't marry. They can't marry. Correct. They can't marry." He said, "The guy is stingy. He will kill my daughter." I said, "Correct. He's stingy. He will kill her. He will kill her." When the young man met me, said, "Daddy, how did he go?" I said, "It didn't go well." He said, "What?" I said, "The man said you are stingy." And I concur. I concur. You are stingy. He said, "For, tell me." I said, "No, that is what is kindness. You don't need to be told. There are things you are intended. Your initiative. What makes you a man? Using your initiative. You, you should not be told." [Applause] You don't need to be rich to be wise. How you handle little matters is a prophecy of how you handle great matters. You think I started buying cars for Mama? I started with Pronto. You know Pronto? Pronto needs no sugar or milk. That little thing, Pronto. That's how I started it. It has sugar. It has milk. That was the first gift I gave her. Provision. Pronto. I give her Pronto. She was... Why? I said, "This is what I have." Pronto. Bread. Foodstuffs. Grain. Don't wait until you become. Start with the. Be kind because it speaks. I wish I'm talking to somebody right now. I wish I'm talking to somebody right now. Oh, you are not lively here. Am I communicating right now? Am I communicating right now? [Applause] Many of us look at this. Look at this. Why was Jesus moved over Lazarus that he wept? They took care of his needs. They took care of his feeding. It was kindness that begat kindness. Which I'm communicating right now. There are some of you who are not aware that your, your, your wickedness has closed doors for others. Somebody employs you. He labored. He sweat to start that company. You entered there. You are thinking of how to steal money. And you are carrying Bible. Why would they bring you to a panel, and they are discussing money matters? Is that not a disgrace to your Christianity? Let's reconcile accounts. "I not take." "Oh, I not take." "No, you take." "I not take." "No, you stole." "I not stole." Why should you be called into that kind of thing at all? The 40,000, 30,000 that you are paid with dignity, with honor, is a promotion for your next level. But people are telling you, "This opportunity, collapse this opportunity. Collect." Forgetting that prison is personal. Having that consciousness. Am I communicating right now? I, there are things I can't share here. There are people here who, we, in this place, they have no jobs. We saw them. Just like we give them jobs in conglomerates. They stole money. These are people that speak in tongues. So stole money. They stole blindly. And what kind of, you see, you can't really say you are a believer until your virtue is tested. When your virtue is tested, somebody does something, we see your reaction. That is what we know you're a believer. There's an opportunity for money, and we see your reaction. That is why we know you're a believer. I wish I'm talking to somebody here. How do you treat people? How do you treat people? How do you treat people? Here this. And I'll give you one more point, and I'll pray. I went to preach somewhere.
It's my custom, Henry, and my wife can tell you. If I walk into the airport, I give money to everybody. Even if you are 50, you are 20, you are 100, I would say, "How many are you people?" So I will give money. So anywhere, anywhere I enter, naturally from corners, gate men, security, everybody.
I was, I was privileged to be at the airport with one of the richest men in the country. I'm not going to mention his name. Everybody left him, they just greeted him, but they all ran to me. So I said to them, "See him now." They say, "Not be who get money now? Who they give you?" [Applause]
Another one said, "Make it, make it, get out." He reached, he reached for who help. I felt back, he was carrying his briefcase by himself. I said, "Go and help him." "Help him." They said, "No, now who they give? Let him get out." "Apostle, what do you want us to do for you?" I said, "No, don't do anything. How many are you?" They said, "Um, some are out." So, "How many?" I counted. I said, "Take, share it for yourselves." So it's a natural thing I do it.
So I walked into a place. I was to preach, the hotel I was to preach, and I was to rest in that hotel. I just came in. The pastor was rushing me to the room. I said, "Wait now, don't rush me. There are people at the reception." He said, "Oh." I said, "How many are you here?" And we are eight. So, "My money duty." So, "How many of you walk here?" They told me. So I gave them.
And one of them said, "Daddy, my mother was in your program, blah blah blah. She was, he of cancer." I said, "Bless the Lord." I ran because I came late to the meeting. Dropped my bag, walked to the, to the pool with the pastor. Ministered to the pastor. "Allow me and the protocol go." While I was going to the room, I greeted them at the reception. I come back. I said, "You are in the evening session?" "Daddy?" They say, "Yes." "Did they share money?" They knelt down. They give all of us. "Sir, thank you, sir. Thank you, sir."
While I was going, the lady who spoke about her mom squeezed a paper in my hand and winked at me with one of her eyes. Ah, I said, "What they worry this one?" So I opened the paper. He said, "Come to the generator stand. CCTV is not there. I want to tell you something." In other words, she knew that if she was seen talking with me, the CCTV will pick her. So the generator place where the CCTV has no camera.
When I walked there, she sneaked in from the back. Inside didn't see her. Me, I walked around. When I got there, I stood. I said, "What's the matter?" He said, "Don't enter your room." I said, "What?" He said, "While you were there, that pastor left. And I remember the man left the puppet. He said he came back here with some people. Somebody was holding a nylon bag. It's like they drop something in your room. Don't enter." He said, "Sir, hold on." He said, "Sir, this out to go so that the camera does not pick you. Those people are criminal." Told me how I manipulated myself and I got and I sat down. My pastor, "Sir, go to your room." I said, "No, I'm not going. Sit down. We're not going to the room yet." I sat down. Not up to 20 minutes. Pastor coming with police, walking straight, walking straight. Knock, knock, knock, knock, knock. I was not there. I came out from the swimming pool session. I said, "Pastor, you can't check what you drop." He said, "I said, as you came with me, led me to the room, that is how I followed you to the puet. I have not entered the room at all. So this policeman you brought, whatever you find, the officer, I am not involved. Check the CCTV to check who came." They planted a pistol inside the locker. So he invited me to set me up. But kindness, kindness, kindness, kindness. So I would have been lying down in the room. Boy, go. Nobody hears your side of the story. No, this generation, they don't hear side of the story. They saw a gun. They saw a gun. And the officer said, "Let us watch this CCTV." Pastor say, "There's no need." "There's no." "Let's go." "Say, go here. You gave an allegation about firearm. Firearm that is now a crime against the state. Firearm." He said, "Don't worry." He said, "We are not going anywhere." They played the CCTV and saw him with two young men with face cap walking. As soon as they saw the n in the hand, they went to the room. They open. They saw the same n. They turn, "Sorry, sir. You are under arrest." And I off as officer, "Wait. So why you are still here?" I carry my Caya. "Why you are still here?" "To bear witness." While I was working out, I looked at the girl and I winked at her. And she did like this. And we walked [Applause] away. What helped me? Kindness.
You, you take your seat. You walk into a place. People are there older than you. That's how you frown. You can't greet. No cuty, nothing. You just walking there. Sir, you can't GRE. What they use go? They chop, they chop, they chop. So when they see disaster coming, all of them are quiet. Kindness, kindness, to be approachable. How many of you know if I frown my face and did not respond to that greeting of that girl, she won't say anything. She won't see anything.
Some of you, God has lifted you to a level that 100 Naira is nothing to you. 200 is nothing to you. That's how you entered. Bike two hours. You bike man is looking for change. Looking two hours. Two hours. The man is looking for change. That, that is the kind of money that is nothing to you. Oh, if my pastor has said that this year, there shall not be waste. There shall not be waste. [Applause] Am I, am I, am I communicating right now? Tell five people, be kind to people. Be kind. Ah, look at that. Look at this. Let me shock you. Wait. Sit down. Let me shock you. Let me shock you. Sh, sh. Hold on. Hold on. Let me shock you. They found the man, an Egyptian man. They fed him. Stop that. Stop talking now. Listen. They, they fed him. Guess what? When they found the man, the man say, "I was sick. My master left me to die. Three days he left me without concern, without care. Left me because I had a challenge. Left me to die." And they said, "Tell us about him." And he told them everything that was done. It was concerning David. But guess what he said that broke my heart? He said, "Promise me you will not take me back to that man." What kind of wickedness? That somebody who want served you is so hard that they don't want to see you. Promise me because that man wants my death. He saw me dying. He knew I was dying. The way some of you treat house help is why your prayers are hindered. The way you treat house help. In my house, everybody eat the same thing. Everybody. Those living me, in fact, they eat more than me. I'm, I'm saying this without apology. Thank God. My, my, my cook is raising a hand. She, she agree with me. They eat more than me. The chicken I eat, they eat. Sometimes I come, I see all, I see cows, goats. When I come back after like a month, I don't see anything. Where did they go? People with fivefold ministry have dealt with it. But I am excited. I am happy seeing them. Look the way they look. I am happy. That is [Applause] there are some of you. Look at that. He found the man and he showed you. Think once prophecy come on your head, God has spoken. No. But there was a responsibility. You think once prophecy come that this your year, you just F and all on the bed. Man of God has spoke, sir. There are empowerment keys to fulfilling that prophetic word. Ah, Papa spoke. What have you done with the prophecy? That he may run that reth it. What kindness have you shown? And a generation of wickedness. A generation. See, can I say this to you? It is never too late to start now. It's never too late to change. Every man is a work in progress. Someone was talking to me this morning. We spent some time on the phone. And he say, "Sorry, can I ask you a question?" I say, "What?" He said, "What happened to you?" I said, "How?" He said, "This is not you." Because these things I just explained now, naturally you will react. He said, "But you allowed me finish what I was saying and explained why this and this and this should be done. Why I should handle it in a better way." And I said, "Every man is a work in progress. The more you grow in God, the more you know how to treat people well. The more you grow in God, the more people's pain becomes your concern." I wish I'm talking to somebody here. I wish I'm talking to somebody here. The more people's worry, people's pain. Number three. Number three. Somebody wants me to round up quick. Somebody wants me to round up quick. Number three. They found a man. Somebody say, "A man." Say, "A man." The third empowerment tool for recovery is a man. You know I can't overemphasize this. We prayed about it during fire night. Somebody say, "A man." Sir, David was a king. Prophecy had come on his head. But yet he needed a man. Look at the life. Everybody in scripture who was lifted, you can connect them to a man. Prophecy given to Abraham. And the prophecy was hanging for many chapters until chapter 18. Three men walk. Somebody say, "A man." Look at the life of Jesus. From cradle to grave, men. When he was born, before he was born, God picked. No. God practically unwined a man. Joseph, you're going to be the father. Imposed fatherhood on Joseph. A man brought Mary. A man and said, "Both of you bring forth the seed." When he was born, God knew that they needed money, startup capital to take care of him. He brought three. Brought several men rather with three golds, frankincense, and myrrh. Why did they bring frankincense? Jesus was born in a manger. Frankincense, say, is perfume. Jesus was born in a manger so that as Jesus grew, he was born among animals so that it doesn't have body odor. They brought perfume. He was born among animals to perfect the stinking smell. They brought perfume. They brought gold. They brought frankincense. They brought myrrh to take care of him. He was 12. He needed to exercise his ability to ask and understand. He saw men. He got to 30. Despite that, heaven opened upon him. A dove descended. It was still a man that baptized him. After he was baptized, he couldn't walk alone. He picked 12 men. Even as divinity, can I say this to you? Divinity is powerless without the instrumentality of men. God cannot do. Divinity is powerless without the instrumentality of mortality. Divinity is powerless without the instrumentality of mortality. Is somebody getting me at all this morning? Don't despise men, sir. There are four things men doing your life. Do you know? Do you know when David saw that man? Look at me. Because this where some of you miss it. When I say men, we are expecting one multi-millionaire or billionaire. When I say men, you expecting one person that will give you money. That's why you missed it. What that man gave David was information. The first ministry of men is information. All a man God brings someone to do in your life might just to give you an information that will help you connect to your next level. But the problem is that when they come, we expecting resources, not knowing that this category of men are not wired to bring resources. They are wired to bring information. I wish I'm preaching here. Don't expect resources from those meant to give you information. The second thing men does is amplification. A, they amplify you. They amplify you. Amplification. That little thing you are doing, they will hear. They will overexaggerate it. Overblow it. Look at David. David was taking care of animals. The first time, hear this. David had been around the palace before. He came. What was he doing? He was playing the flute for Saul. How somebody, an evil spirit came upon Saul and somebody, he said, "Ah, I wish my Lord could get one young boy called David. He's a skillful player." All the things David had not done, the man began to announce them. All the things he had not done, the man began to announce them. Said all kinds of things. All kinds of things. All kinds of things. And the king said, "Okay, bring him." There are certain people here you must understand. No matter what you carry, you need somebody to announce it. No matter what you carry, you need somebody. Somebody met me in, um, Lagos at the airport. And she knelt down to thank me for taking a song. I didn't know she sang that song during one of her fire night. I say, "Why?" She said, "There are people that were watching it from that day, they started singing it." I was just singing what I like to sing. But what God used me to do there was amplify. Number three, help us bring provision. Somebody say, "Provision." Come on, talk to me. Say, "Provision." Talk back to me. Say, "Provision." Again, again, again, again. [Music] Again. To think you can live without helpers is a joke. It's a joke. Because this world is a world of men, not angels. Oh, let an angel appear to me. I lock myself up in the room. I need angels. Oh Lord, send an angel. People, you are looking for angels. Where you are seeing angels every day. You are, you are seeing angels every day. The man by you is the angel sent by God. This is a world of men, not the word of spirit. Daniel 4:17. This is the decree of the Watchers and the demand and the demand by the word of the Holy Ones to the intent that the living may know that the most high Ruth, where kingdom of men. This is the kingdom of men. Give it. Shall be given unto you. Good measure. Luke 6:38. Press down, shake together, rolling over. Shall. What God say? You have given me service. You have given me obeisance. You have given me all kinds of service. How do I communicate to you? Men. So to joke with the ministry of men is to remain stranded in the battles of life. To joke with the ministry of men and to take it trivially, lightly, disdain is to end up permanently, constantly, consistently stranded. Am I communicating now? Number two. Things. Yeah. This he. This he. This he. Why are you not seeing men helping you? Two things. Number one, a veil. Somebody say, "Veil." In Isaiah 25, I believe, seven. He spoke about against a veil. He will destroy in this mountain the face of covering cast over all the people. And the veil, sir. When something is covering you, you'll be standing by a helper. He's not seeing you. Stop blaming your helper. My brother is a senator. I know what I did for him. Now he's not helping me. I will talk to him again. Sir, you're not talking to him again. Will not make them remove him from see it. You are just being stupid. You doing yourself. Other people are benefiting. Pray against the veil. When you have a helper that helps others, you know this person is kind, but nothing is coming to your direction. Something is covering you. 1996, two years before I met Dr. Lizzy. Stroke 97, I started a business. I was dealing on product, agricultural products, foodstuffs, and all. I now majored on cocoa. So now, if you understand cocoa, it is seasonal. It has a season. So after that season, you have to wait till the next season. And that's not have to do business. You can't be a seasonal businessman. So people now move to yam, move because every crop has different season. You move to yam. But I made more money on that product. There was a man who lived in that town. The man had many farms. Not only does he have farms, he we buy people's product during the C season and he has factory where they preserve it. So for 3 months, he still selling. I don't know if you understand what I'm talking about. For 3 months, he still selling. Four months, we are waiting for another season. Five months. I said, "What kind of man is this?" Somehow I got close to the family, close to them, related with them. The man could say, "Go and talk to my wife and children." Took me like a, like his child. This was 1996. So just imagine how old I was. 96, I was just with them. I was like a family member. This man told me what he does. Say he buys from people. Now, this is it. When you, when you sell directly to the nor, you make almost 80% profit. But when you, when the man gives you from his stop, you can make 40% because he had some prize. You now carry to the N by yourself. I don't know if you understand it. You understand what I'm talking about. So I was there. This man was given to people. He wasn't giving me. People will come. He has given them one pickup load. He has given them half a truck. I met him. I said, "Sir, I need to send some things. I don't have anything to sell." He said, "Why? You ask? Are you not a man?" My friend, wait. Season. He went for surgery in London. He was to come back in two weeks. Two months, he has not come. I was the one feeding the family. It's not now you can transfer money. You can't. That one, a bank. You go, go. In that journey, they will give you Tali number. You know Tali number. You will wait on the queue. I was the one taking care, buying food stuff, giving them money, supporting them. He came back. They say, "If not Johnson, thank him." Oh, thank him. He, ah, Pastor, I don't know. That's all time to support. I met a GU. Give me. He said, "Are you not a man? Leave here." So I wasn't offended because I don't have an entitled. You can't tell people how to to spend their money. You didn't make money for them. I wasn't the titled. I wasn't offended. But a part of me was not happy. So I reduced my coming to the house. One day, I was praying. I had a two days prayer. In the night, I slept. When I slept, I saw him in the dream. He came to the house where I was. Came out from his car. Was going from room to room, room to room. He now came to the room where I was. I was sleeping. It's like I was not fine. I covered myself with a doid. He removed the doid. He said, "They find you." I woke up. I sat down. There was no doid around me. If no bit, even I lay down on the phone. I said, "I defy you." Room to room. Do I said, "Oh, it is in this man's heart to help me. But something is covering me." So I'm angry with this man, not knowing that it is me that is the problem. I took out some days. I began to fast. I began to fast. On the fourth day, the Holy Ghost say, "Send him something he likes." Bush me. You know Bush me. This one they said. So I bought it. Three. And I CAU. Somebody gave him trans. Said, "Take it to him. Tell him it's from me." Because when you are around people that can help you and they not helping you, stop all this your nonsense anger. It doesn't change anything. You thinking that now they not helping you, one day they will not be poor. You will not be rich. That's Nigerian film. Now, EUR, not the work. You watching too many Yuba films. Life does not work like that. You believe they will now be broke, then you will now be rich, then they will now come and beg you that you now tell them, "When I was suffering." Shut up. Do the right thing. So what happened is this. I'm giving you wisdom because when helpers around you are not helping you, number one, first of all, you pray against the covering. Number two, you fill the connection. Fill it. Fill it. It can be one airtime. You just send. Keep quiet. It can be just one loaf of bread. You just said. So what I did, I send me. Guess what? In the afternoon. Yeah. You know V boot was like the biggest thing at that time. Said this V boot. The V boot. He came. The son came with him. No, he came with the driver and the son. And when they came, he said to me, "Where you there?" I came. And they said, "You are not around." I said, "Me, sir? You saw me leave. I told you there. I was leaving." He said, "I should come." I thought he went back. And he said, "Want to ask me a question." That why is it that I'm not sensible? I said, "I said, Daddy, that's I was calling." I said, "Daddy, what do you mean?" I mean, as at that time, he was almost 70. He's not alive now. As at that time, almost 70. I said, "Daddy, I don't understand." He said, "People that are not close to me are coming to collect product. People not close to me are coming to collect product. You that is close to me, you have not come to ask for product." I was looking at him whether he was drunk. Oh, you're not for. I'm talking about. He was like, fil. I was looking at him. I said, "Daddy, I don't understand." He said, "Look at this one. I gave. Look at this. I give. Look at this one. I gave him. Look at this one. I gave him." He said, "You that is my child, my son, you are the one that prays for me. You are the one that advises my children. This one, stop smoking because he was following you. The other one stopped this because you have been advising them. Why have you not asked me?" I said, "Daddy, three times I have be." He said, "Not be me." I said, "Daddy, three times." He said, "Not be me." I said, "Daddy, and I have wisdom enough not to argue with an elder. When you say, not be me, I say, it's true. Not be you. Be you." He said, "Go there. They go open store for you." The store where that place. He said, "The store full. Carry all the product. When you don't sell, come pay me." [Applause] The veil. Hey, wherever you are, every veil that is covering you that is stop be up standing. Be up standing. Be up [Music] standing. The same man. Some of you have people that God has blessed. You are somewhere. You are somewhere. No, they're not helping me. I'm not going to call them again. Again. Who your call help? It is stupidity to to to be angry at helper. It's not the helper. Something is blocking you. There are people. How many of you know that this this season is your season? Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Hear me. Those who think you will not do well. How many of you know? Those of you on social media, are you aware? It's not only those who commented that saw your picture. It's not only those who liked that saw your picture. Some are not commenting because what they expect to happen is not happening. The reason they are still observing you because they have an expectation. They have a predetermined expectation of what they think should happen to your life. They have a predetermined, a preconceived notion of how they think your life should span out. So they are just waiting to see one negative things. Now, I have two releases. The first release is an advice for them. And the second release is a prophecy for you. My first advice for them is that they should block you for their own good. Oh, because what is about to [Applause] [Music] happen. No, no, no, no. Listen. Listen. Why I'm saying this is because I'm advising because I don't want blood on your hands. I don't want someone to commit suicide because of you. Am I communicating here? They are just waiting to hear that something bad has happened. Block me because what the Holy Ghost is about to do in my life. Block me. Block me. Tell somebody on your left and right, if you don't like me, block me. Block me for your own good. If you don't like me, block me for your own good. [Music] Because hear me. Hear me. Hear me. Because eye has not seen, ears have not heard, neither has it come to the heart of man what God has prepared for them. You wear clothes. They are watching you. Post a picture. They are watching. They are angry. Say, "Huh? This thing that we want." Block me because what's about to happen. And this release is for you. It's a declaration. The best version of you is about to [Music] [Applause] emerge. The best version of your life is about to unveil. It's about to emerge. Nobody can determine your next level. If your amen is Lou, that shout fire, fire. [Music] Fire. If your amen and it's loud, as shout fire, fire. [Music] [Applause] Fire. If you don't like me. [Music] [Music] Are you blessed at all? There are people. Nobody, nobody, not me, not me, not anyone in this life is behind what God is doing in this ministry. Not me, not anyone. Nobody. I don't, I don't even know how they happen. I don't even know how they happen. I don't even have an idea. There, we, we are preparing to go to Argentina for the crusade. Now, we almost canceled it. Almost, almost. They brought a bill. When they brought the bill, while I was even talking about that bill, they brought another kind of bill. There's a bill that you see your blood pressure in dollars. Your blood pressure is like, oh. Spoke to our partners. They did what they could do, but it didn't go anywhere. And I said, "How do we handle this bill?" Another problem again is that you have to go there. They have to address you. Get to the embassy. Drop the form. Come back for your interview. We went there. Henry went with me. Same day. It was, it was. We, we are talking to the owners of the embassy. We're talking. Disting. I called my boy, one of my white sons yesterday. We were talking. He said, "Daddy, somebody gave us a place better than the stadium." I said, "Oh, oh." You, no, you are clapping me. I didn't clap because better than stadium means double prize. I said, [Music] he said, "That one can take 20,000 people conveniently." I said, "It's not that one." Oh, he said, "They said it is [Applause] [Music] free." I said, "He, oh, amen." [Applause] Hallelujah. I said, "Wait." He said, "We don't know what God is up to." Am I talking to somebody here? Am I communicating here? How did that contact happen into all these nations? A driver that carried me in Venezuela. Driver. I will gist with him. I will tell them to tell what I'm saying in Spanish. He would say, "I will." He will laugh, laugh, laugh, laugh. When I get to the crusade, I start prophesying. He will cry, cry, cry. He get back to the car. I said, "Why is he crying?" He said, "More than half of the people you prophesy to, he know them. That one on the wheelchair, he know them." And he said, "They should tell me that I am not aware." He's a pastor. And all the Spanish countries he has contact to all that. He will make sure in his lifetime, I have no problem coming to all the countries. A [Applause] driver. This way you are treating people. Hey, hey. We don't joke here. We don't joke here. You don't joke here. Serious. Serious. You are a boss. You are coming to the office. People greet you. Good morning, sir. Mhm. Good morning. A. Mhm. Good morning. Ah, why you areing me with greeting? I am. When the day they see disaster coming, they'll keep quiet. Someone may be in the crowd. He sent me a message. I spoke a grammar. Someone in the crowd sent me a message and corrected it. He said, "The reason I'm correcting this is because I know how you take correct." And I said, "Thank you." Be approachable. Be approachable. Be a person people can talk to. Be a person that you are too arrogant. You are too proud. Be a person people can talk to. God spoke to Solomon. As soon as the Lord left, Solomon gathered himself counselors. Is that, is that not crazy? Almighty God has spoken to you. You still gather yourself counselors. Why not? You call. Go back to him directly. The proof that God can talk to you is that there are men that talk to you. They rebuke you. They discipline you. Wow. They do this. Wah. We have one of our pastors. He was in the choir before. You all know who I'm talking about. I moved him severally from one country to another country. One country to another country. One. I went to his country recently. When I was finishing in that country where he is, I said, "As I'm finishing this program now, you are transferred." Now, now. You may have watched the program when I publicly said he's been transferred. And the member said, "No, no, no. As if you say that again, you're in trouble. It's transferred. You are moving to Soo country." And he sent me thank you text. Now, that has been a virtue from here. If when I suspend him, he would tell me text every day to be greeting me. I said, "Are you aware you under suspension?" Say, "Sir, you didn't suspend my phone." Oh, so you are my father. There's nothing you can do about it. Daddy, God, don't bring me to you. God, there's nothing. You're not going anywhere. You suspend me. I will still come church. You are my father. I, so everyone, why is Papa like this? I said, "There's a virtue that I see that you don't know." Is it perfect? No. But there is gratitude. There are people that are internally grateful. Many of you don't know how I started this widows something. It was a Widow honey in church. A widow. I was coming to church many years ago. A widow run to me. "Our children have not eaten." I said, "What do you want?" He said, "I beg now, come like 100 Naira." So I counted 1,500. I gave her. This woman collapsed. I pick her up. He said, "Can I embrace you?" I said, "Yes." She at tears on my close. I was in church an hour later. I saw up to seven people coming to thank me. Honey, five, seven people coming to thank me. I got to my house. People were waiting at the gate. I say, "1,500?" I said, "1,500." The children say, "My mother came. We ate. Thank you. We came to thank you." I said, "The food chop come here before I go back. The food no go come out." Why did you come? Say, "You don't understand. Nobody answers my mother." Nobody answers. When they said that, tears came out of my eyes. I said, "It's time to take care of widows." That is how Widow Ministry started. I said, "So I said, so there are widows here. I said, so there are widows alive who are hungry and nobody answers them." I said, "No." You know there are virtues you have and there are things you don't pray about. There are virtues you have and there are things you don't pray about. By reason of those virtues, longevity, sir. Are you aware there are tenants that are parking out of a an an area, an apartment? Fellow tenants are crying. Fellow tenants are crying because why? They were there when they finish cooking. Ah, see your own. See your own. How you there? Are everything. Ah, no, no, no, no. I'm praying with you. I'm standing with you. There's compassion. But there are some people. They leaving a house. They will break ceiling. Shoot. Say, "Is God? God has lifted." Say, "Is God? God has helped me." Break toilet. Those of you that easily irritated, qualify fight. You don't know who is watching you. You don't know who's observing you. It might be your next level destiny helper that will change your story. And that person you are fighting may be the one to give an information, a recommendation about you. I say this and then I'll pray. There was a pastor in this town. Hated me. Hated Mama. This is the first time she'll be hearing this because Mama was somehow connected to their ministry. Fought our marriage. Did a lot of things. One day, I was opportuned to be sitting there with a consular of a particular European Embassy. I was talking to the counselor. So we both came out. It's a white man. We are walking to the gate. And I saw this pastor holding a form, queuing by a side. We coming from the consul side. So walk towards where I picked my car. I saw them under the sun looking for visa. Even in that condition, you know now that your destiny has entered my hand. The man still frown face. I said, "You, you want frown die? What kind of heart do you have?" He still his face. So I went behind and I tapped him. And the consul, I said, "Why you going there?" I said, "I know this man." He say, "Is he your friend?" I said, "Not really. It's an acquaintance. Not a friend, friend." Before I go and recommend a devil. As it's not a friend, friend. But I said, "Are you sure he's going to come back?" I said, "Of course. He has a family here." He said, "Okay. Let him come to the consul session. I'll give him a visa." And they took him from the queue and brought him. Can I say you something? He still did not say thank [Applause] you. In other words, even if your destiny, my destiny is in your hand. There are some people that the devil manipulate their minds to continually be small. You're going to pray against the veil. The way you have never prayed before. Every veil that is covering me that the right people can't see me, you evil veil, catch fire.