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God is so faithful. I want to I want to teach you guys um a powerful prophetic lesson. No, no, sine. No, don't touch that. Thank you, my son. Okay. Ready, Bob? Yes. Go for it.
Now, the power of prophecy, the Bible says that every believer by the spirit of God have been granted the power to prophesy. In the last days, I will pour out my spirit, says the Lord, and your sons and daughters shall what? Prophesy. The issue with most people is that you desire to prophesy but the problem is you don't know the pattern of prophecy. Understanding how the rivers of prophecy flow is necess is is a necessity in activating the prophetic well.
Whenever somebody wants to hear from God or wants to minister on behalf of God, it is absolutely important for you to understand that it is the absolute will of God for you not only to hear his voice but to speak on the behalf of him. God wants you to speak on the behalf of him. Whenever big ch whenever there is a situation there is a time to pray and there's a time to execute what the Bible calls judgment. There is a time to pray and there is a time that God expects us as his children to execute what the Bible calls judgment.
There are demons. Actually, majority of demons, here's a crazy fact. Majority of demons don't respond to prayer. They respond to prophecy. Because demons only obey when there is a command. I'll give you an example. If I pray for God to change a situation, then I'm asking God to intervene. But if I want to get rid of a demon that is acting right now, I have to command them in the name of Jesus, come out of this place and never come back. Come out of her and never come back. Don't ever come back in this place in the mighty name of Jesus. The ability to command is the spirit of prophecy itself.
The problem is many times when we want God to change a situation, what we do is we spend time praying but we don't spend time releasing God's judgment on whatever situation that it is. An example is this. If there is poverty in my house, I don't simply play I don't simply pray, father bless us. Father increase us. I need to start commanding wealth into my atmosphere in the name of Jesus. This house will know no dryness in the name of Jesus. This house will know no sorrow in the name of Jesus. This house will know no confusion in the name of Jesus. This house will know no suffering until you begin to exercise judgment from your lips and not just prayer. You will not change any anything.
Now most people want to function in the manner you just saw me functioning like um by the grace of God not by my own strength. I see any time I see anytime a a good example is I'm just looking at who's there and immediately a vision comes and appears to me and then I don't ask is there somebody who's doing I say who is that person that is poking themsself with insulin in the stomach it's like oh that's that's my brother then immediately I executed judgment Instantaneously I began to say what the Lord will do. Why? Because the one who showed me the vision is the Lord. And he did not show me a vision so that I can just see it. He showed me the vision so that I can help out and release the word of God that will change that situation.
You don't need to see a vision of what is happening in your life because you know your life. That is why I always say the best prophet of your life is you. You are the best prophet of your life. No one is a better prophet than you. But the problem is you don't prophesy because you think to prophesy is to see visions. You want to tell him to come get his little brother. Prayer without the execution of the word of God is still in the spiritual realm.
Go to the book of Ezekiel, chapter 13, I believe. Say, come here. Yeah, you can see Andrew and he's crying for Andrew can see your reflection. Come, come get him. This fake crying, my guy. You need to stop. There's your brother. There's your brother. Yeah. Okay. It's okay. Go. Go to Okay. You take him. You You can leave your ball. We won't let we won't let uh Mo take it and then we'll bring it down your shoes. I'll bring them down there. Right there. It's a little canankerous, but it's okay.
Ezekiel chapter 13, begin from verse one. Now, let me show you how the prophetic works. And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy. And say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts. Hear ye the word of the Lord. Now, so now start over again. Read again. And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy. Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy. And say what? And say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts. Prophesy out of what? Their own heart.
Most of you cannot execute prophecy because you're prophesying from what? From your own heart, which is still prophecy. It's still prophecy. That's why things are not working out. When you're anointed to speak, every word you say, every word you say still has consequences. What is the difference between prophesying from God's heart and prophesying from your heart? The Bible says, "Out of a good heart, a good man brings out good things. Out of an evil heart, an evil person brings out evil things. Right? So, how do I minister prophetically from God's heart? It means that God has to initiate what I am looking at. What does that mean? If I look at a broken situation and I know the word of God concerning that situation, then God has already spoken. God doesn't need to come from heaven and to tell me prophesy that death shall not be here. Are you getting what I'm saying?
An example is this. He says, "Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall inherit what?" No, blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. What does it mean? It's not talking about heaven. He's talking about there will be a strong manifestation of God around them because they are pure. Then he says, "Blessed are the brokenhearted, for they shall what? They shall be filled." He goes on, he gives all these things. But remember, everyone mentioned there is going to heaven. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Every one of these people mentioned here, they are all going to experience God. Every single one of them will experience God. Every one of them is going to heaven. And in heaven, everybody will see God. So I can't tell you uh blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. Meaning that you are the only one in heaven that will see God. That's not true because everyone in heaven will see God. Now even though the degrees will be different, the point is you're still going to see God. That's the main thing, right? The main thing is you're still going to see God. So the only time it is exclusive is if you're in a world that people are not pure. Because in heaven everybody is pure. In heaven, everybody has been made holy. In heaven, everybody has been made righteous.
Matthew 5:3. Uh-huh. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Uhhuh. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Uhhuh. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Uhhuh. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. Yeah. Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Now, notice this. Everything he's saying is he's talking about people who are already with God. So if I say to you, blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God, it's talking about an attribute that where you are, nobody else has. You're unique, right? When somebody is pure and innocent, they don't have preconceived ideas about anything because that is the essence of purity. Wow. Wow. A pure person is not looking to man. A pure person is looking to God. So if I am big sham, God bless you. So if I am seeing somebody sick, the sickness is not what is going to compel me. What is going to compel me is the cross. By his stripes, we are healed. Why should this child of God suffer? You can command the sickness to depart or you can declare healing upon the person. Why? Because you know that it is a contradiction according to what Jesus has already fulfilled.
So the key here is to be actively prophetic in your declarations based on the sure word of prophecy before you can enter into visions and and encounters. Those will come as you graduate in the in the school of the spirit. Be careful as you as you graduate in the school of the spirit, as you begin to learn more and you begin to have encounters with God, there are things that begin to happen that now God will interrupt you to see something, God will push you to experience something, God will do all those things. But in the beginning of all these things, it begins by exercising the sure word of prophecy, not feelings. I am sick, but what does the word of God say? Do I believe in the stripes of Jesus Christ? I begin to declare, ah, in the name of Jesus, I am healed. My body respond to the word of God. respond to the cross. Now you begin to send the word. The Bible says he sent his word and healed them. Prayer without sending the word word is still not complete. It's still not complete. Prayer without the declaration of the word of God is still not complete. That is why even in the custom of the fathers of the church and even the apostles, they never read the word of God quietly. They always read the word of God openly because they know the power of the word is in its release. There's a time to keep the word of God in your heart and there is a time to release the word of God into the atmosphere. If Moses did not speak to the sea, the sea was not going to part. God gave him the power and he told him, "Command the sea, stretch your hand and tell the sea to part."
You see, most of us pray strong prayers. I will not die. I will live. I will live in the name of Jesus. But after we pray, we don't look at our life and say, "Thus says the Lord, you dry bones, you shall not be dry anymore, you shall not die no more." I don't know if somebody can hear what I'm saying. Let me show you how God wants you to pray and execute. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Thank you, Holy Spirit. Go to Ezekiel chapter 37. verse 34. Are you ready? From verse one.
The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley, which was full of bones, and caused me to pass by them round about, and behold. Mhm. There were very many in the open valley, and lo, they were very dry. Mhm. And he said unto me, son of man, can these bones live? Now, number one, notice how prophecy flows. God makes you an observer. God will make you see a situation. The second thing is God will ask you is it possible for this to change? Many observe the situation but when they are asked by God can this live that is where now there is discord with the Holy Spirit. That's why It tells you to prophesy according to the measure of the There we go. So if God makes you observe something and then he asks you can these bones live you better say yes because God can do anything. Ezekiel wanted to be neutral. He says I don't know only you know. So God told him, "Tell these bones." God was teaching him, "Next time I asked you, yeah, can this live? No matter how impossible it looks, because you see the observation, you see the observation of um of Ezekiel. He examined the bones. He examined them so well to the point that he said, "Listen, these things were not just dry. They were very dry.
When we were driving earlier, I showed you a game that is good for you to play. Yeah. What was that game like? It was about what? In short, it was going to make you what? Exercise your spirit. Yeah. But by doing what? Making you detail oriented. Most believers look at problems on the surface. You are not to look at issues on the surface. You're supposed to see issues in depth. You are not supposed to look at any situation on the surface. You're supposed to look at every situation in depth. Remember uh um I think it was Thursday. Thursday actually did more prophecy than I have had in a long time. Um usually I'll do one or two and then I'm done. But this I actually uh this I actually went a little bit crazy when I prophesied to this lady. I even mentioned her childhood first first uh crush her first boyfriend. What happened to the next boyfriend? What happened to somebody that intended to marry her but was in some other stuff? Who she married and what happened in that marriage? what the name of that person was. I don't know if somebody's getting what I'm saying. Then another lady, I told her how she lost her first marriage. how the person who made her lose her first marriage was actually an agent of the enemy put her in a worse situation and she was left with her two children.
Now if God makes me observe something and then God asks me, "So what do you think about this situation? I would say number one Lord you could do anything but this situation is crazy only you can intervene. Then God will say say to these bones you will live again. Notice it was obvious for Jeremiah to be with God and for the bones to live. But when he was asked he wasn't sure about it. He said only you know. How many of you look at your lives and you cannot see a future? You cannot see where God is intending to take you. You can't see beyond your present circumstances. Why is that? Why is that? Is because you can't see God in your situation. When one begins to see God in their situation, their approach completely changes in their execution of everything that happens. If God be for me, who can be against me? Can anybody curse whom God has blessed? Can anyone tear down whom God has lifted? When all these things start to compute in your mind, you start realizing that the devil is the biggest liar that has ever lived. You begin to understand that you are afraid for absolutely what? No reason. There was no reason for you to be fearful. There was no reason for you to doubt what God can do. There was no reason for you to feel like God has forsaken you. You begin to realize, man, the devil did lie to me, huh? You begin to see the real picture. of who you really are in Christ Jesus.
So number one, observe the situation. Number two, believe that God can do it. Number three, listen to what God says. Again, he said unto me, "Prophesy upon upon these bones and say unto So, you're not supposed to prophesy in the air." Prophecy must be precise because it's directed. It's a missile you're sending either to the enemy or it is life you're sending to a specific situation. If my life is broken, I just don't say my life will be good. I need to analyze what is making my life broken. I need to know in detail what is the cause of my life looking the way it looks. I need to know or else what am I doing? Because you can't just throw prayer in the air. Remember what I've said. Prayer must be what? Specific. Everything we do for God must be specific. Everything we do for God must be specific. I can't be saying I want my leg to be healed and I start declaring my whole body is healed. My whole body is not broken. It's my leg that is broken that needs healing. I can't I can't say I want a financial breakthrough. I want financial breakthrough. But instead of analyzing that it is jobs that I'm not getting, I just say father I declare financial breakthrough. Where is it going to go? When God sends a blessing or when a prophet declares a blessing, he puts the blessing in a location that can be located. So if I cannot direct the prophetic word, where am I going to find the blessing? If I want finances, I need to analyze. Okay, why isn't finances flowing in my life? I have no job or if I have a job, it's not paying enough. So my financial breakthrough is when they give me a promotion. If I want to stay in that job or if I want a better paying job then now I know what to target. I call forth a better job that will give me my worth in the name of Jesus. The problem is just you know I just hear the Lord saying he's going to open doors. God knows I need to know what God is going to do. If I don't know what God is going to do, what am I going to declare?
My big brother, the oga harmony Samuels, God bless you, sir. Prophecy and prayer ought to be specific. Jesus did not tell Peter, "Peter, I will pray that that that you will catch fish." He told him, "Hey, let's get in the boat. Let's go and catch fish. Throw your net into the water." He threw his net into the water. He said, "Throw it deeper." The moment he did what Jesus told him to do, fish jumped into the net. So if he went the next day, the chances of getting the the fish would have been very slim. So when the word of God is inside of you and you observe a situation, it is time for execution. Some of you, God will show you a situation. God will give you an answer to the situation. But you wait so long and the grace passes the the hand of God, the strong hand of God being upon your head lifts. Now you're back to being mortal. Whatever you say has no effect because you have to remember words don't have power. The word of God has power. So I want to speak when God is what speaking because I am supposed to be an echo or I'm supposed to echo what God is saying. I am not supposed to fabricate what God is saying. I am supposed to echo what God is saying. I am supposed to project what God is saying. Delayed obedience is disobedience.
Did I see Apostle Tim? My brother, God bless you. Let nobody lie to you. Words have power. No, they don't. How many positive things have you said that have manifested? Only the word of God is a double-edged sword. Not human words. Not saying that your words don't have an impact on you because they can invite something negative. But the word that changes things is things is only the word of God. Let's continue. Listen to this. Still at verse four. Mhm. And say unto them, oh ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. God is telling him what to say. Say to the dry bones, ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. You have to look at sickness and say, you cancer, hear the word of God. you migraine hear the word of God you bank account whatever it is where the issue is located meaning first of all you have to dissect to what the issue is and when you find where the issue is that's where you fire you have to be accurate in what you say yeah somebody says I thought there was power in the tongue he says yeah power in the tongue not in the Because the tongue doesn't speak. The heart speaks. The tongue is just an instrument. It's telling you be careful what you pronounce because there is life and death in the tongue. Meaning it has the ability to echo. Some people speak from the devil. Some people speak from God. That's what the scripture is saying. It's not saying your words have power. That would be a contradiction of the whole essence and the idea of scripture. The idea of scripture is that heaven and earth shall pass but my word will never pass. It's only the word of God that has power. Are you ready? I'll keep going.
Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones. Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live. And I will lay sinners upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, put breath in you, and ye shall live, and ye shall know that I am the Lord. Mhm. So I prophesied as I was commanded. Notice that just because God said something doesn't mean it's happening until you say it. Some people won't catch that. Some people won't catch that. Just because God has said something doesn't mean it's happening until somebody says it. That is why the Lord Jesus had to fulfill a lot of prophecies. He wasn't only prophesied but he had to fulfill prophecies. When Jesus said, "My father, my father, why have you forsaken me?" He was quoting a psalm that was written about him when he will be on the cross. When he said, "It is finished," he was also quoting another scripture concerning himself. If he just died without quoting those things, then he has not fulfilled what was said. So if God says something and I don't echo the voice of God, I have played myself.
Let me give you a a perfect example. This is in the book of Kings. When Elijah, the brook had dried up, the ravens were no longer delivering bread. The Lord told him, "Go to a certain place. You will find a widow. I have commanded her to feed you. Go to a certain location. You will find a widow. Don't worry. I have already told her to do what? To feed you. When Elijah got there, did the woman know who Elijah was? She didn't know who he was. Did she say, "Oh, God already told me to feed you." No, she didn't. She was baking her last cake to eat with her son. Elijah was not on the menu. Or Elijah was not not on the menu. Um, that's not Elijah was not part of the guests who were going to eat. The menu was just a cake. That's all he was going to eat. But it was for her and her son. Guest list. There was no guest list. But God is saying, "I have ordered her to feed you." So if Elijah just went there and sat and watched the woman bake the bread, he would have never eaten. So how can God say go somewhere I have ordered somebody to feed you and the person doesn't even know who you are? The person is not even expecting you.
Jaquan, my son, God bless you. The Lord told me to go somewhere and they will know who I am. You go there, everybody ignores you. You say, "The devil is fighting me." No, you missed the formula of how this thing works. You've missed the whole plot. You missed it. You are 100 million% missed it. I have ordered her to feed you. Why? Okay, I'm here. Why isn't she feeding me? What did I do? Did I do something wrong? That is how most believers are. When he got there, I said, "Woman, feed me." She said, "Sir, I'm gathering a few sticks to bake my last cake." Elijah didn't say, "The Lord said you'll give it to me." He said, "The Lord said you are baking a cake and you'll feed me." He Elijah thought he knew God and God's ways. He didn't go there and say, "Woman, I know you have a lot of food. Feed me." God just said, "Go there. I've ordered the widow to feed you." When Elijah got there and he observed, he said, "Woman, what are you about to do?" She said, "I'm cooking my last cake." He said, "Woman, feed me." She said, "How can I feed you? I'm cooking a cake just for me and my son." He said, "Listen to me, woman of God. Bake the cake indeed, but make sure I eat first. If I eat first, the oil in your house will not run dry, and the bread and the flour won't run dry. But notice when Elijah was told to go to the widow, God never spoke about bread. He never spoke about flour. He never spoke about oil. These are prophecies that Elijah released based on the observation of the situation. Because if God has sent me to be fed by this woman and this woman is cooking a cake that cannot even suffice for me, it suffices for her and her son. Then God wants me to perform something within the food to be able to feed us all and to continue to feed us because he told me this is where I will be sustained. So how can you how can I be sustained where there is no food? So you have to be smart. That is why I said there is no foolish prophet. If you see a prophet that is stupid, they're not a prophet, scratch that title from them. I don't know if you guys can hear me. You cannot operate in the spirit of God and be foolish. In fact, three of the manifestation of the seven spirits of God have to do with intellect. Mhm. wisdom, understanding, and knowledge. Wisdom, understanding, and knowledge. If you see a prophet that lacks these three, they are not even a prophet. The sign of the prophetic is not that you dreamt. The sign of the prophetic is not that uh you you you you once in a while you you you you get this impressions. The sign of a prophet is intelligence. You have to be smart. Prophets are stimulated by things that elevate your understanding. Elevate your wisdom. Elevate your knowledge. They interested in the mysteries and the ways of God. They are ever studying. When you listen to them, you hear somebody that has a wealth of knowledge and understanding.
Now imagine if he did not analyze that situation properly, it would have been a disaster. It would have been a complete complete complete disaster. So he sent a word to the flour and to the oil because that was the means of sustenance. When he was going there, he didn't know if the woman will have steak because he just came from eating meat every day. Now he's here the diet has changed. What if he said where a woman I prophesy meet in your house will not run out. The woman will say uh but I only have flour. You're a false prophet. Sometimes the accuracy of prophecy is by analyzing. Wow. Where are you sending the word? Big twist. Where are you sending the word? That is always a question. Where are you sending the word? Most of you, you think that your words are not accomplishing anything in the Holy Ghost because you're sending it at the wrong address. It has nothing to fulfill where you're sending it. And then you blame God. But they have nothing to fulfill where you're sending them. What are they going to fulfill where you're sending them? There is nothing for them to fulfill in the locations you're sending. What? Absolutely nothing. absolutely nothing. So I beg you by the mercies of God, I genuinely beg you by the mercies of God that your approach to doing the will of God will shift. that you may prove that which is good, what is acceptable unto God. Keep reading.
And as I prophesied, there was a noise and behold, a shaking. This is so beautiful. When did the noise and shaking start? After I what? Prophesy. Actually as I prophesy. So while you are speaking something begins happening. While you are speaking something begins to happen. Something is provoked in the air. But if you don't speak nothing happens. Absolutely nothing happens. Keep going. And behold, a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone. Mhm. And when I beheld, lo, the sinnus and the flesh came upon them. Mhm. And the skin covered them above. There was no bar in them. Notice he's still observing. When he prophesied and he saw a shaking, he saw things come together. He didn't say now victory. They said, "It's come together, but it's not quite what it needs to be. It's not where it needs to be." You see, most of us, we pray, we see a little result, we are done. We stop. No. It's like going to the hospital, they give you antibiotics, you take it the first day, the second day, and then you're done. Nope.