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If you really want God to trust you with people, the secret is not to call them. The secret is to stay.
"Lord, what do these people want?" And the Lord will tell you, many of them have problems, financial problems, family problems, attacks. And then you say, "Lord, the revelation and the anointing to solve this problem. Let that be my cry for their sake." Now, God who gave you the grace knows how to direct those who need you. Are we together now?
And then when they come, you are to keep that revelation and to keep that fire ever fresh. It was God's servant, Bishop Oedu, who said God gave him as a formula. He said, "Feed the people. Let the sheep come and find green pasture. Let it be ever fresh." And they come and they lie down in green pasture.
There's one thing I know about humans. Nobody leaves what works. Nobody leaves what works. You left iPhone lower version because a higher version came. For as long as that lower version was there, you held on to it. Your first phone was a 3310. You didn't throw it, but you don't know where it is now because other versions came. So if as an individual you remain a 3310, you will be in a wall that does not need you.
You go to the west, there used to be this play that children play. They say, "I pass here." "No way." "I pass here." "No way." "I pass here." There are many of you. This is how life has been. You come with arrogance. "I pass here." They say, "As what? What are you contributing?" "No way." Till now you've been hearing "no way." May it change this night. I say to you, may it change this night that God will place grace upon your life that in one week you will solve the problem of kings. They will say you are the one we've been looking for.
Now listen, under this category there are two sets of people and I want you to listen. Number one, there are those who are honestly valuable. Your value is such that kings need you. But by demonic manipulation or just by happenstance, those who need what you carry have not yet found you. This is the power of prophecy to connect you to the audience that desperately needs what you carry. Who is hearing this tonight?
Do you know I have met people in my life and upon meeting them I was almost saying, "Where have you been?" Because I've been looking for you. Ladies and gentlemen, what you are looking for is also looking for you. The assignment of demonic spirits is to keep that separation as wide as possible. There are some of you right now, there are CEOs praying for you. Your qualification is what they are looking for. Your character is what they are looking for. Your intelligence is what they are looking for. You will even define your own salary by yourself. But if you find them and you can spend the rest of your life and not find them, I'm telling you the rest of your life. Hallelujah.
I'm praying for you from the depth of my heart. Whoever needs you and has been praying about you and doesn't know it is you he is praying for, as you have come here tonight by the spirit of prophecy, I declare a supernatural connection. Hallelujah.
True story. A man that I know, very great man, highly intelligent. For some reason, that man seemed to be, by some sentiments, the man was thrown out of his organization. I know him because I prayed for him and something happened recently. He prayed this prayer. You see an international organization somewhere. I think they were looking for someone to direct an institution and do you know, they just, one thing led to the other. One discussion led to the other. They made calls to the high and mighty in Nigeria and just to know that this man's qualification was what they were desperately looking for. Exactly what they were looking for. In one moment, they called him. "What do you need? Is it a house? Is it a vehicle? Forget about whatever." And this, this man suddenly became a king overnight.
If you don't find those who need you, you will be despised even if you are valuable. It is a terrible thing to be in the presence of people who do not have an appreciation for the investment of God on your life. They will despise you. I've shared with you here how a woman who has a PhD was, you know, opening and closing gates in an oil and gas company. PhD. Now, I'm not insulting that work. You get what I'm saying? But I'm saying for that level of investment, you have to make do with anything that is available.
Again, I pray for you, Coonia, from the depth of my heart. Whether it's a ministerial grace you carry, whether it's a business grace you carry, whether it's years of intellectual sacrifice, everybody who needs you and can reward you as touching what you carry, this week, in the name of Jesus, may they find you. May they find you. May they find you. May they find you in Abuta. May they find you in Lagos. May they find you in Nigeria. May they find you across Africa. May they find you. Hallelujah.
One of my precious ladies, she just departed, I think it was yesterday, out of this nation. I met with her sometime in Lagos. She used to be, you know, a worker here and she met me, very lovely, brilliant lady and she said, "So-so-so company abroad, I mean, a very big company had called her to come and work and they put everything in place." And I looked at her and smiled and said, "You said this thing?" I said, "Absolutely." The day those who you are sent to find you, that is the day you become a king in experience.
There are many, I tell you, I sense a strong anointing as I'm saying this because many of you, it's not that your family is that weak. It's not that there's no good thing that can come from your family, but by demonic orchestrations, you are gifted people, beautiful ladies, intellectual people, but there is a covering cast on that family. Nobody is able to rise. And even where you are gifted, the devil will close the eyes of anybody who can bless you. I pray for you again. May you find those helpers of destiny.
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I know very great men of God who love God, character, integrity, but they have not found people who have placed honor on their grace. I know many women captains of industry. If you sit down and talk with them for 10 minutes, you will be saying, "Why has Nigeria not identified this person? Why has the United Nation, AU, why have they not identified this?" You, you have no idea how many people are looking for you. How many people are praying for you. But this is what demons do. Paul said, "I desire to come to you, even I, Paul, once and again, but Satan hindered us." I pray for you. Any hindrance that is stopping your visibility, that those who have what it takes to reward you, in the name of Jesus, I declare that hindrance is scattered now. Hallelujah. Please be seated. Hallelujah.
True story. I know a very wealthy family who were trusting God for someone to take care of, I think, their grandmother or so. And then one thing led to the other. They found this supposed young lady from the village and they brought the lady to stay with them. Not knowing that prophecy had come that God will raise a helper to that family. That's how that girl came into that family. And because of the kindness of the family, they took the lady as their own. They began to help this lady from secondary school to university. Took them as their physical daughter. The lady started bearing the surname of the man. This is how God changed their life. Do you think that lady will marry a foolish man under that watch? No.
There are certain miseries in the life of people. It is not a capacity issue. It is that those who carry those who need and can reward what you carry. I tell you sincerely, even as a man of God today, to God be the glory. The blessing of God upon my life in ministry is that he has taken my voice to those who need what he has placed upon my life. That is the secret to honor.
I know many business people who, there are people who have invested their, their minds to get knowledge, but the organizations and the institutions that can reward them, they are not even in this country. But the devil will make it look that they will never see them. There will be testimonies from this miracle service. Some of you, whilst you are sitting, by the spirit of grace, someone will talk to somebody about you. Someone will talk to someone about your daughter, about your son, about your husband, about your wife. I prophesy it upon you in the name of Jesus. Please sit down.
There was a man in the Bible who had capacity to reorder the administrative system of Egypt. But that man was in a prison. He was interpreting dreams, but he was in the prison. And the only reason why he was in the prison was because the king had not heard about him. And the man he now pleaded with, he said, "Go and tell the king, I have this ability. I'm innocent. I don't even want greatness. I just want freedom." I was accused wrongly and I'm here. The Bible says when God wanted to help that man called Joseph, the king slept and had a dream that no one else could interpret. I'm saying this as a prophecy for someone. There's an, there's something God has placed on your head that none of your siblings carry. There are many people in your organization, but there are things only you can do. I'm praying for you. What makes you unique? May God make men see it. What makes you outstanding? May God make men see it. What makes you exceptional? May God make men of capacity see it.
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Hear me. Related to value. Let me remind you, it matters who sees you. When mean people see you, not an insult. They cannot reward you. When God wants to fast-track a man's growth, hear me. Especially economically, God brings people of capacity to see you because only kings can give you a king's reward. The wine presser cannot bring you out of prison. The baker cannot bring you out of prison. Only Pharaoh can bring you out of prison. Are we together now? You are Joseph, but you have been serving Pharaoh. You have been serving the wine presser. You have been serving the baker. It's time for Pharaoh to hear about you. It's time for Pharaoh to know that you can interpret dreams and you can bring economic solutions. Again, I pray for someone who came for Coonia for a miracle service. The Pharaoh that has been assigned to identify your value, may they hear about you from tonight. May they hear about you from tonight. Hallelujah.
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>> I remember, I may not mention names, but the first ministry many years ago that heard about me and what God was doing in my life. Until then, there were ministries here and there within our local environment and of course, everybody was rewarding based on their perception. This young man that God is using now. But I remember a ministry somewhere in the South South, far South South. It was through the pastor's son, I think, and then it got to the wife and when the wife listened to my audios, it, I mean, the impartation and the encounter, that woman's life changed. The husband had to say, "We have to look for this man. Where is he?" They said, "Zaria." Says, "Zaria? What sort of, what is this man doing in Zaria?" I remember when they were preparing to bring me, it was the first time in my life as a man of God that I was receiving any kind of commendable honor on account of what I carried. Even me, I was surprised. From that meeting, what I carried. Right from the airport, they were waiting for me as against you standing and waiting and say, "I'm here." "Oh, you said I will preach." They said, "No, it's not today. Go back, maybe come back tomorrow." It's a terrible thing to be gifted and yet you are in the presence of those who have no recognition. Again, don't be tired of receiving this. May God change your audience. Change your audience. Change your audience until you are in the presence of God who can reward you. May God change your audience. Change your audience. Change your audience in the name of Jesus Christ.
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Hallelujah. >> There are furniture people today who should be making chairs for palaces. But they are there. There are tailors today who, with the kind of value they carry, I'm telling you sincerely, they should not be begging for bread. But a wrong audience. A wrong audience. There are men and women of God today with grace. You don't do ministry for money. However, you can be rewarded as you serve God. Are we together?
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There are enough people who love you to reward you out of poverty. There are enough people who love you to reward you out of mediocrity. The assignment of the spirit of grace is to gather them like a magnet and bring them within your space until they come within your vicinity. Even Jesus, although he was the savior of the world, nobody followed him till a voice said, "Hear ye him as the savior with capacity to save the world." Only God knows how many great men have been despised because you were surrounded in the company of mediocre who have no respect for your sacrifice. How many of you know that once upon a time, a little village girl called Esther, that lady had within her destiny to be the queen. I can imagine Esther in the village just saying, "But God, these dreams you are showing me that one day I will be queen." She would not even tell anybody around. They will say, "You, a village girl, you think the king is that stupid?" Ah, but when the time came, after he drove fast, he said, "Gather to me the virgins," and one by one, from the back, by the spirit of grace, God kept bringing her forward. The Bible says when she, the king saw her, Esther 2:E1:17, when the king saw her, the Bible says she found favor. The king loved Esther. There are many people who have been managing mediocre because they don't know you are there. The day you show up, they will reorder the administration of that company until you find a place. I hope you believe what you are hearing.
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But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me. My glory. You lift my head. But now, O Lord, I feel for me. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Yeah. Heat. Yeah. Heat. My glory. You're my glory. The lifter up my head is my glory. The lifter up my head. Out of a life of shame. My glory. Yeah. Heat. You are my glory. Hallelujah.
>> I want to pray for those outside. I'm praying for everyone, but I want to pray for those outside. Those outside, I want to pray for you. There will be a mighty deliverance outside. Don't worry, every overflow, everywhere you can participate. But outside, those outside, you're going to shout the name Jesus at the count of three and I'm seeing fire falling outside. There are ordinances of darkness. Some of them 100 years old, 50 years old. It was not your great grandparents came into it. They met it there. Those outside, you are going to shout the name Jesus. And the Lord is going to be destroying the works of Satan. Are you ready now? At the count of three, shout Jesus. One, two, three. Shout Jesus. Broken, broken, broken, broken, broken by the power of the Holy Spirit, every altar, tying down anyone outside from the front to the back, the left to the right, in the name of Jesus, I curse it now. I curse it now. Bring them out in the name of Jesus. Be released now. Be released now.
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You're my glory, the lifter up my. Hallelujah. The Lord is showing me a vision. Please listen. And I see this many times. I'm seeing a human being, but I'm seeing like the head is tied like with a veil. And the Bible says, listen, there are many things that are in the head. The hair, which is your glory, is in the head. The eye, which gives you direction, is in the head. Your sense of perception is in the head. Your mouth, that you speak and eat for nourishment, is in the head. So when the head is covered, it's not just the head. It is a revelation of the many aspects that are wrong in your life. This is not for everybody, but I want to pray for that person that every veil that has tied down your life and covered your glory, I tear that veil now. I tear that veil now. I tear that veil now. I tear that veil now. I tear that veil now. In the name of Jesus Christ, you're my glory, the lifter up high. You are my glory, the lifter up of my.
Lord is asking me to speak to a gentleman here. I may not be able to speak to many people. Our time is gone. But no one has risen in your family. But the Lord is saying I should tell you that you are going to be called into ministry. And it is that platform that God will use to deliver your family. It will not just happen by business ministry, actual five-fold ministry. There is a grace. That's why God brought you here to contact the anointing that will release you into a fearful dimension of the ministry. I don't know where you are, but I pray for you for the sake of your family. Let that grace fall on you now. Let the fire fall. Let the river flow. Let it burn inside. Let it flow outside. Let the fire fall. Let the river flow. Yeah. Heat. Hallelujah.
If there is anything you have seen as a pattern, you saw it in the life of your parents, now is manifesting in your life and you are a child of God. Poverty, failure, hardship, they go up and go down. As I'm praying for them, I'm praying for you. Any pattern around your life, you are seeing a repetition of somebody's life. It's as if you are living someone else's life. I break it now. I break it now. I break it now. I break it now. I break it now.
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I'm seeing someone's hand. I don't know if it's in front here or, you know, how visions are, but I'm seeing someone's hand held like this and all I'm seeing is a padlock in between one locked to another. Your hand is a symbol of your productivity. I don't know whose hand has been tied. It may be a career person, it may be a business person. You came for Coonia tonight. Every spell that has tied your hand so that you will not rise in career, I lose you now. I lose you. Now. I lose you. Now. Please return to your seat rejoicing.
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The Lord is showing me a man of God. You don't have to come out. You are in the overflow down. Not outside down. You came and sat quietly. Your prayer has been from ministry to work. You love Jesus sincerely, but this land has been harsh for you. The gates of ministry have not opened. I pray for you right where you are in the name that is above all names. I use that man as a point of contact to every man of God here. You love the Lord with all your heart, but it's like the gates of ministry have refused to open. In the name of Jesus, by reason of this impartation tonight, I declare the gates of favor open now. Open now. Open now. Lift your hands to receive.
By the power that raised Christ from the dead, I decree and declare the Lord brought you here for good. He brought you here for laughter. He brought you here for joy. He brought you here for rising, for victory, for testimonies. Therefore, I decree and declare every human agent anointed by God to step into your life, step into your business this week and cause you to experience victory. I declare that my God commands them to come on time. My God commands them to come on time. Some of them will meet them tomorrow. They will be waiting for you. They will bless you. You will know they were sent by God to help you in the name of Jesus.
If there is anyone here who has sincerely taken a wrong direction towards your life, either by influences of friends and associations, demonic manipulations, we command a U-turn back to the path of destiny. We command a U-turn back to the path of destiny. We command a U-turn back to the path of destiny in the name of Jesus. And to deliver them who are appointed unto death. I pray for you if your name has been written in the list of those who must die between now and next month. I pray for you by the blood of the eternal covenant. We clean your name from that list. We erase your name from that list. I speak to you. You shall not die. Believe it and receive it. You shall not die. Your children will not die. Your spouse will not die. Your parents will not die. They will live to a good old age in the name of Jesus Christ.
Everyone here trusting God for career breakthrough. The battles have been around your career. No job, or no good job, or no increase, no advancement. I pray for you as we step into October in the name of Jesus. Let it be your month of miracles. Your month of miracles. Miracle jobs. Those you don't know will call you. They will connect you to helpers in the name of Jesus.
I pray for anyone here who is in any kind of trouble, legal trouble, you are in debt, you are owing, you are in any kind of financial trouble. By the voice of prophecy, I pray for you in the name of Jesus. As we step into this month, October, between now and the end of October, may my God do a quick miracle. Receive it. The grace is coming on you. A quick miracle in the name of Jesus. For someone, even though your helpers are not in Nigeria, you don't need to go out to meet them. God will connect you supernaturally. God will connect you supernaturally. I'm hearing this for someone. God will connect you supernaturally in the name of Jesus Christ.
Negative dreams, negative experiences. As you sleep, you are even afraid of going to bed. I decree and declare every anti-Christ, anti-kingdom, anti-advancement encounter, I seize it from your life from tonight. I seize it from your life from tonight. While I was teaching, I took time to teach extensively on value. I'm praying for you now. The anointing that makes your head shine so that your helpers and your lifters will see you. I decree and declare, may that grace rest on your head now. You may not see it, but your helpers will see it. It will cause your face to shine in the name of Jesus.
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For some of us, we entered this year fighting. We are still fighting till now. Every month looks like a month of battles. Let me prophesy over you. If you have the faith to receive it, as you are entering October, here is my prophecy for you. Rest round about. Rest round about. Rest round about. Let battles come to an end. Let victory be established. Hear it and receive it again. Rest round about. Rest round about in the name of Jesus.
Three more prayer points. Let me declare restoration. You lost relationships. You lost opportunities either because of lack of discernment or because of some demonic thing. You lost money. You lost whatever it is. I pray for you in this season. How God will do it, you don't need to know. But I prophesy to you because you have been taken for a prey. I come as a priest and I say, restore, restore, restore, restore, restore, restore, restore, restore in the name of Jesus.
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The Bible says a good name is to be desired than riches. Some of you have many other things except a good name. The devil has damaged your name and damaged your reputation. Hear me. Listen to my message. Redefining inheritance. Among the many things that a good man leaves for his children is an inheritance. And the first of the inheritance is your convictions. The second inheritance you leave for your children are your relationships. The third inheritance you leave for your children is a good name. If you are great and your name is not great, only you will be successful. He told Abraham, "I will bless you and I will make your name great." When your name is great, it becomes a key. Anyone who holds the key can open doors. It is a terrible thing to be great without your name being great. And it is not good enough for your name to be great while you are not great. When God wants to really make you great, he makes both you and your name great. If Joshua Selman is great and Coonia is not great, I failed. If Coonia is great and Joshua Selman is not great, I failed. When God wants to help men, he makes both you, your name, and you great so that others can write through your name as a leverage and attain greatness. I'm praying for someone here. Every battle over your greatness and every battle over your name, some of you, you are great alone, but people have to literally run away from a name you carry because that name is like a padlock. It will close doors for them. But I pray for you tonight by mercy, both you and your name, in this coming month, you will taste of greatness. You will taste of greatness. You will taste of greatness. I declare enjoy greatness by the spirit. It says that will increase my greatness and comfort me on every side. May my God increase your greatness and may you have a great name in the name of Jesus Christ.
My final prayer tonight is for your spiritual life. Some of you from January till now, you are saying, "Apostle, I came here particularly because I am dying spiritually. I have money, I have a good job, but it is at the expense of my spiritual life." I want to pray for you. Let me tell you something sincerely. Miracle services are designed to help us encounter the power of God across various areas of our lives. But in all you're getting, if your prayer life is dead, your word study life is dead, your passion for God dead, your character dead, you did not receive much. As I pray this prayer for your spiritual health, I want you to receive it with all your heart. Whatever has destroyed your prayer life, in the name of Jesus, I pray for you now. May it jack back to flames. Whatever has threatened your appetite for the word to study, to hear, to confess, and to obey, I decree and declare, let that zeal and passion be restored for the word. Whatever has tampered with your appetite for the house of God, I decree and declare, let it be restored now. Every bad association around your life, deviating you from the ways of God, I break those relationships from your life in the name of Jesus. I declare that you are spiritually minded. I declare that you are spiritually vibrant. You are loving Jesus with all your heart and you are experiencing victory as you seek Him. Shout amen three times.
Still praying and speaking over your life. Prophetic words are very powerful. In the name of Jesus, I decree and declare every closed heaven over your life. I prophesy to you right now, this by the decree of the watchers. Let the heavens over you be opened. Now I speak over every day beginning from today till December 31st. Let no day end without you testifying. Let no day end without you testifying in the name of Jesus Christ.
Let me pray for your walk with God. This is for me a priority in the life of every believer. I don't care what else works in your life. If your spiritual life, your prayer life, your walk with God is down, then your life is under a situation that calls for emergency. Therefore, I speak over your spiritual life in the name of Jesus. Fresh fire upon your altar. Fresh fire upon your altar. Fresh fire upon your altar. Fresh fire upon your altar. The grace for prayer and supplication. Receive it in the name of Jesus. The grace for a constructive study of the word. Receive it in the name of Jesus.
I have seen the favor of God in ways that I cannot begin to describe. I know what the favor of God is and I know what it can do. By the privilege of the help of God upon my life and upon this ministry. Receive favor now. Shout a loud amen. Receive favor now. I speak over systems and structures. I compel them to walk in accordance to the will of God over your life. Anyone here who has been forgotten between today and next Sunday, in the name of Jesus, let the book of remembrance be opened. Let the book of remembrance be opened. Let the book of remembrance be opened.
As responsible citizens, we pray for Nigeria. Anyone plotting evil, anyone plotting war, every conspiracy of dark powers, right now we command the elements of creation to fight everything that is anti-Christ. We declare that now the Lord of peace by himself, he will ensure that there is peace always and by all means in the name of Jesus Christ. Concerning the preparation for the election. I don't belong to any party. You see me around with politicians, but I have, I'm a man of God. There's everybody in every party in this ministry. And fatherhood demands that you open your heart for everybody. I don't have any prejudices, no biases whatsoever. But one thing I can tell you is anybody who does not mean well, in the name of Jesus Christ, you will not succeed.
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Hallelujah. Anybody across, whether from counselors down till whatever, burying animals, killing children and draining their blood, in the name of Jesus, we invoke the blood of the eternal covenant and we nullify those demonic sacrifices. But as for you, I prophesy upon you, you will not die. You will not be victims of kidnap. You will not be victims of accidents. Every ministry here represented, return back with fresh fire. Return back with fresh grace in the name of Jesus Christ. And for all our international guests, I prophesy upon you. You return back with answers to your prayers. And in the name of Jesus, God will do mighty things with you.
Hear me. Come December, when men say there is a casting down, when men are complaining, in the name of Jesus, may December be your greatest month in 2022. Hallelujah. I know I've stretched you, but please listen. Hear me. God helps men even financially. Stretch your hands towards me in the name of Jesus Christ. By the help of God, the God of Jeson, the one who is able to help men. I pray over your finances between now and the end of this year. May my God, who is also your God, may he surprise you in a way in the name of Jesus Christ.
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Very strange, mysterious financial doors, may they open up for you. I say it again, very strange, mysterious financial doors, may they open up for you. Some of you will meet strangers and the strangers will say, "God has sent me to help you." I declare over your life, you will not beg in the name of Jesus Christ. In the name of Jesus Christ, all the sicknesses that fly around this nation, whether airborne, water-borne, realm of the spirit born, I cancel it from getting to you in the name of Jesus Christ. And for all your loved ones who are not here but connected to you by faith, please hear me in the name of Jesus Christ. I decree and declare as God is touching you here, may he touch them there.
My final prayer for you before I make an altar call. Please let your heart be open. All-round rest. Whatever that is to you. All-round rest. All-round rest. All-round rest.
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Whether it means rest maritally, whether it means rest financially, whether it means rest in terms of fruitfulness, whether it means rest in whatever must happen in your life to be called rest. I call upon my God to give you that rest, all-round rest. And anybody who has vowed to trouble you, in the name of Jesus Christ, by the power that raised Christ from the dead, may God arise and scatter them in the name of Jesus.
Our time is up, but God is asking me to pray for people. I'm hearing in my spirit that there are many people who are having difficulty meeting their financial obligations in terms of house rent or maybe school fees of children or medical bills. This is what I'm hearing. In the name of Jesus. This one is by prophecy. I don't care whether you do business or not. I'm praying for you. One week. If I be called of God, between now and the next one week, may my God surprise you. One week from now, may my God surprise you. I say it again, one week from now, may my God surprise you.
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The end of a month is not a sign of weakness. It is an opportunity to finish strong. You see, too often we only focus on how we started. But you see, scriptures remind us that it is not the start alone that matters, but the finish. So you may have stumbled somewhere in the middle of this, this month, in the middle of maybe you're getting to see this in a new month. So maybe you lost focus or you felt worried. But I bring you good news. With God, it is possible to end strong. And when you end strong, you position yourself to start the new month even stronger and better. I pray the Lord will give us understanding as I share with us what God wants to say to us today.
The Lord says in Ecclesiastes 7:8, "The end of a matter is better than its beginning and patience is better than pride." This tells us that even at the beginning of your month, even if it was slow or challenging, the end can be glorious if you choose to align yourself with God's strength. You see, ending strong is not about perfection. It's about finishing with faith, with gratitude, and with hope. I hope the Lord will give us understanding in Jesus name.
Look at Paul's testimony in 2 Timothy 4:7. He said, "I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race, and I have kept the faith." You see, Paul's strength was not measured by how easy his journey was, but by his ability to remain steadfast until the end. Consider Jesus himself. Consider Jesus. He began his ministry with power. But what crowned it was his finish on the cross, right? His finish on the cross when he declared that it is finished. And that final declaration gives us, gives us victory. So ending strong carries with it because it leaves a legacy that propels you forward. That is what ending, ending strong is all about.
So beloved, don't let this month close with your breath. Whatever did not work, you leave it in God's hands. It needs yours to handle. Whatever victories that you saw, sit down with thanksgiving. Choose to finish with praise on your lips, not complaints in your heart. This is what it means to end strong. So you battle not with despair, not with pain, not with worry, but with gratitude that God carried you through. I pray the Lord give us understanding in Jesus name.
And as you wrap up this month strong, prepare to start the new month even stronger. You may be asking how? By entering it with expectation, with faith, and with commitment. Isaiah 40:31 says, "But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings as eagles. They shall run and not be weary, and they shall walk and not faint." The strength you need for tomorrow is waiting in the presence of God. So go into the new month declaring that I will not crawl into my tomorrow. Instead, I will soar into it. I pray the Lord help us in Jesus name.
So take a moment before this month ends. Ask yourself, how can I finish? Maybe it's forgiving someone. Maybe it's letting go of that grief in your heart. Maybe it's thanking God intentionally. Maybe it's releasing the disappointment of prayers that haven't been yet answered. Write down one step that you will take today to end strong and one declaration that you will carry into the new month to start stronger. I pray the Lord will help us in Jesus' name. I pray you will direct us on how to go about this in Jesus name.
In Philippians 1:6, we are reminded that being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. Dearly beloved, as we finish this month, may the Lord complete what he has begun in your life. And may your end be peaceful and your beginning be powerful in Jesus name. May strength arise in you for every new day. In Jesus name we have prayed. Amen. Say, "Dearly beloved, finish strong and step into the new month stronger than ever before." In Jesus name.
And as always, stay with us here in Reflector TV where we shine the light of Christ to the world. And if this message from God's servant Apostle Joshua Selman has blessed you, has given you clarity, has lifted your heart, please subscribe to Reflector TV, share with your friends, and invite someone to walk this journey of faith with us until the new month dawns. End strong, start stronger, and let the glory of God lead you forward in Jesus name. Thank you so much and stay blessed.