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We'll do that one more time again, all around. Oh, yeah. Foreign. Foreign. Foreign. Hello, you. Each other. I don't know your name. Oh my God. Away, Yahweh. Yeah, yeah.
I thought The Book of Proverbs 18, verse 10 says that the name of the Lord is a strong tower. The righteous run into it, and they are saved. So, I can assure you, sister, brother, wipe your tears. As you call the name of Yah, your problem is solved. He will manifest himself. He will manifest himself. Just be sure, just call his name. Just call his name. Just call his name. Look at him and call his name, or just cry his name. Just call his name. Just by his name, or just that is. Oh, woman, invest himself. See, hear, it will manifest himself. He will manifest. Oh, he will manifest. Oh, yeah, I don't know. Manifest. Oh, just the voices.
Let's sing it intentionally again. Yeah, let it rise as an incense to him. Let it rise as a sweet perfume to him. Let it rise. He wants to hear you. He wants to hear you call his name. He wants to hear you call his name. Call his name. Call his name. Let it rise. Let it rise. Let it rise. Let it rise. Let it rise. Let it rise. Let it rise. Let it rise. We'll do that again. Let it rise louder now. Louder now. Foreign. Yes. Foreign. Fade away.
Let every other name fade away. Let every no way. We cast our crowns before you. Exalt Him. Let everybody. Let every other name fade away. Fade away. It's not about any other name but only Jesus. Let only fade away. Every other, please. Jesus, Jesus, name your place, Jesus. It's all about you. It's all about you. It's all about you. It's all about you. It's all about you. Yes, it's all about you. It's all about you, Jesus. I'll bring you more than a song, for a song in itself isn't hard to watch. You search much deeper within. Use foreign testimony. It's all about you. It's all about life. It's all about you. It's all about I make more to say, Jesus. It's all, all about you. It's all about you. One more time. It's all about you. All about you. It's all about you. It's all about you. It's all about you. Foreign. Oh, you'll be nowhere. Foreign. When you see me. So, I lift you high. We always foreign. Do not. I lift Jesus high in this room. In your heart, with your legs, Jesus. Lift your shoulders. Highly magnified, Jesus. Let's see. Jesus. No one like you, Jesus. Don't worry. If you are a God. You are the God. Wars, potential cause. Of Jesus. No one like you. Like yours.
If there's no one that came in your life, lift your hands. Give him a clap offering. Give him a clap offering. Praise. Night. Lord. Good morning. Foreign. People and tell them there's no God like my God. So, it means you're gonna shift from where you are. No God like my God. Through God, God. There's no God like my God. No God like my God. Come on, come on, come on. If you are sure of it, I say, welcome to church. This is my service. In this service, I will express a shift. If you believe it, say, "Yes." Some people, they don't, they don't really understand. That's another name. But this is my service. In this service, I have changed levels. If you agree with me, say, "Yes." Glory to God. Please be seated.
Let's celebrate this great choir. Hallelujah! We want to welcome the online worshipers right about now. Can we celebrate them wherever they are locked on from? Let's celebrate them. We are not excited to have our online worshipers on. Glory, glory, glory! Hallelujah! So, you're welcome to church this day, the 23rd of July, and we're excited to have you again here as our customers. It's testimony time. And if you have testimony to share, please maximize our email address system at the Davidic Generation Church at gmail.com. This Davidic Generation Testimonies, right? Hallelujah! Hallelujah! The Davidic Generation Testimonies at gmail.com. Sorry.
Okay, so I take the first testimony here. Good morning, church. My name is [Name]. I want to thank God for his faithfulness. Indeed, God is faithful. I really needed a phone and a laptop for my work, and it seemed quite difficult to get these things for close to eight months. I really didn't know how and what exactly was the matter, because I was making money, but there would be just one thing to do that I won't be able to get the kind of phone that I desired. I got a Redmi 9A, but that was not my standard.
Last week, I was working on the road. I was just thinking, "Is this too hard for God to do?" I go to my room. I worshiped and danced while I slept. I had a dream, and I got angry. I rebuked the devil, and I had an idea. I created an offer for a product I had not even created, and within four days, the money for my desired phone came. Did you see that? He says, "He read me 12 Pro," the latest version. I'll be getting my desired laptop next week, that is, this week. I just want to give God thanks. He is faithful.
Did you see that? She got angry and she said, "Is this thing too hard for God to do?" Every question in your heart as regards the possibility of God today, he would have answers. Praise the Lord.
This testimony is from Sister Deborah. Glory to the church. I want to thank God for saving my life from a fire accident. I give God praise for his protection and guidance over my life. On Thursday evening, I came back from work and did my normal house chores. Then I started cooking. I was frying when the palm oil that I tried to palm oil in the pot, I tried to open, suddenly released fire from the pot. I was scared, so that to the points that the fire started hitting my body. I poured water on it, and I ran out. I thank God I was not hurt, and our house didn't get burned. I give God glory for what he has done in my life. Glory be to God. If you are clapping for Jesus, do that with conviction. Glory to God.
Good at church. My name is Sick. I thank God for the just concluded 12-hour prayer charge, or 12 hours prayer child, sorry, for the deliverance God gave a member of my church from whom had casually posted on my status that Sunday morning that "Battle Axe Retreat starts today. Brethren, pray for us." That was my post on WhatsApp. Some of my friends saw it and decided to join online. It was a colleague at work joined also and was sharing our experience with me. She later came for the 12-hour prayer charge also.
One of them that joined the 12 hours prayer online, okay, he was staying with his friend's mom. He said that when Pastor raised the prayer about a household agent, he prayed it seriously with his strength. The next morning, as the mom was sweeping the compound, the broom hit something, and she decided to dig it out. Then she saw a Quranic kind of stuff that was tied with her son's name on it. I want to thank God for exposing the enemy over their lives. I also want to thank God for every sermon preached on this altar. Every others from Pastor informs my decision and the way I believe or behave, sorry. Most of the time, they are just glued to my spirit. Glory, glory, glory to God!
So, in case you missed out on a detail in that testimony, Brother Secret is saying simply, after the prayer, what has always been there but hidden to the sight of people suddenly became revealed. In today's service, everything that you need to see, you will see. Everything that needs to be exposed will be exposed. If your amen can be louder, you will see it now. Praise the Lord.
Good morning, Davidic Generation Church. This is Jacob Esther. I want to start my testimony by saying that the long-distance relationship that you and I have been doing is this strong thing. Obviously, she has been having a long-distance relationship with Davidic Generation Church. Praise the Lord. And you can understand, our online worshipers are doing long-distance relationship. But thank God for technology that I can stream. It is not, ah, it is well.
I started attending DGC in March this year, and yes, I can say that I know that I have grown. I'm so, I'm so happy for me. Ever since I started coming to church, a lot of things have changed in and around me. Favors everywhere, our growth around me, heightened discernment, healings everywhere, visions, answers to prayers. Come on, I believe that this is an echo of what is happening in our lives. Come on, can we give Jesus a shout of praise?
She said, "I'm so much." Actually, some of the many things God did for and through me goes, you know, doors. I have been praying for the sick, and yes, there's been resolve. I have been enjoying favor in and out. I have increased in wisdom and revelation, even in the word of God and in prayer. I've been preaching the gospel confidently to people. Has somebody received that? Have you preached the gospel responsible boldness since you joined?
Another amazing thing that God did is that one evening I was going back to my residence after my prayer work on campus, and I ran into a junior student. And I said, "Perfect! Seeing you is a sign from Heaven." I was like, "Hey, what is happening?" He responded, "I'm running for a postal, and I want to win. My opponent is stronger, but I know that seeing you tonight is a confirmation that Heaven, from Heaven, that I have won." In my mind, I was like, "Hey God, I beg you, these guys coffee the sharks." All along, I didn't say anything. I was just standing, stalling, and laughing, smiling, because you know, know which kind win and this kind of Allah. Then I remembered some Pastor Lawrence's experience that he had shared before, and I spoke confidently to him in faith, "You have won!" In fact, he even made me make a video for him saying, "Stamped by Heaven." I was like, "Oh yeah, our faith can carry it." When the lecture was concluded, conducted and concluded, lo and behold, the margin between him and the strong, in quotes, opponent was about a thousand five hundred gap. I'm grateful to God for DGC. I am grateful for Pastors Victor. I'm grateful for the pastoral team in total. And yes, I miss you all. Do we miss her too? In case you're streaming online, I wish I will miss you too. Praise God.
I take two more testimonies, and I yield the mic.
Good morning, church. My name is Tony. First, I would love to thank God for the salvation of my soul. I also want to thank God for adding one year to my years yesterday, the 22nd of July. I was led to join this church in March of this year, and since then, I have experienced a great shift in my work with God and the results that come along with being conscious of my authority while exercising the same.
My friend told me she had a presentation in school, and it was a competition. So, I asked if she wanted to win. She was unsure at first, saying it wasn't a big deal, but later she said, "Yes," and we prayed together. I also declared some words of favor over her and over her work. To the glory of God, her team came first. Glory to God!
Recently, I shared videos from the just concluded Battle Axe Retreat with her, and she had the following to say: "I really like the interaction session and the testimonies people gave. It's really a vulnerable community, and it was encouraging to listen. I saw faith put into action, which I believe is a point of the word and prayer. Communities like that are rare to find, and it is a good thing God led you there." That was a testimony she gave.
So, I testified of how I'm working on an app, on an idea, and how God provided me with the people to build the app with no initial cost. Recently, a psychologist of over 20 years worth of experience approached me and to offer a service at no initial cost to us. Okay, I want to thank God for his hand and favor over the projects. If you are doing that, do that with conviction, please. Wow!
A friend also reached out to confide in me. She was going through several struggles and remembered how I prayed with him. Okay, he was going through several struggles. I remember how I prayed with him in the past, and God healed him of insomnia. So, I spoke with him and encouraged him as usual. He mentioned that he planned to go to Lagos in search of job opportunities. At the end of a conversation, I prayed with him and declared words of favor over him. I also gave him some instructions to adhere to, as I was inspired.
Some weeks later, he called me to tell me that he was in Lagos, and that a friend of his abroad, while in a conversation or while having a conversation with him, asked what he could do. Okay, in the meantime, so why they look for something more stable, he said, "Uber." So, the friend probably sent him four million naira after the call. It was no problem to you. Hallelujah! He called me to share the testimony, saying, "This is our testimony, bro. I am full of joy for what God has started in my life." Okay, I know this is just the beginning. I have told him not to forget his source and to stick with God. Glory to God! Church, one victory for one person is victory for all. Hallelujah!
So, one evening, he said, the testimony continues, "I brought rice. I bought rice and beans at my usual spot. Soon after eating it, I observed my tummy started sweating that night, and throughout the following day, I experienced diarrhea. Each time after I ate, I will bob, okay, and I had to visit the White House for an emergency meeting." You know what the White House is, right? Glory to God. "So, if you are ignorant, remain ignorant. It would feel as though my tummy had reduced a bit, but it will swell again and even more. That night, I laid down after one of our trips to the White House, thinking the issue would go, okay, and the stomach, but the stomach kept swelling. Soon, it was very difficult for me to breathe. So, I stood up and I sat down, and a thought came, saying, 'This is how people die.' Oh, so I stood up and started blasting in tongues. I placed both hands on my stomach and soon started feeling strong charges on both palms. I have never experienced this before, and this had never happened. Okay, it didn't happen again after that night. So, I kept on blasting in tongues. All of a sudden, I felt like going to the White House. As I was on my way, I felt a strong urge to vomit. So, I quickly picked up a bucket, okay, not to mess up the floor and all the lights. So, I knew that the end came to the sickness immediately. Then I remember Pastor's teaching that the enemy can use inanimate things to attack us. This was the case with the beans and rice. I want to give God all the glory for the victory in that situation."
This brother is a truckload of testimonies. Testimony continues. "Last Saturday, I woke up feeling partially deaf in my right ear. I could hear sounds but faintly. Also, the right side of my face and ear felt heavy. When I tried to put water in my ear, I felt it entering in drops, meaning that the ear opening had become tight due to something. The water also refused to flow out on its own unless I use my finger to make room." Okay, that was the experience he had last Saturday.
"So, the following day, his ear became better, okay, and heaviness on his face had disappeared. Later that week, he had the urge to place his hand on it again, and he declared healing. When he did, he said here that he felt relief on both ears, and he knew he was whole. And now he wants to give God thanks for his healing power upon him again."
"At work, I was trusting God to be posted to a team that operates from Ibadan so that I will not miss church. Let us celebrate our mother in Israel. Is that the best way to in the Davidic Generation Church? Glory to God. Please be seated."
So, he said, "At work, I was trusting God to be posted to a team that operates for everybody so I would not miss church. I complained to the management, and I mentioned to the team that I wanted. I did not get a definite response, so I kept trusting God for it. When the roster came out, I was posted to another team. I wanted to complain, but then I just declared as usual that the winds are in my favor, no matter what. Soon, I was called to the office, and I was reported to the team that I wanted, just like that. I later discovered that the person who was posted to where I wanted in my state was rejected by the team lead, and then someone recommended me, and that was how I got reposted to fill the slot. Glory to God for his hand of favor over my life." And this person is presently in Ibadan. Can we give God thanks for this one? Praise the Lord.
So, I take this as the last testimony for today. Hallelujah! I saw what you saw. What on bubbles? Hallelujah! Are you even suspecting something already? I used to sweating something already. Hallelujah! How many of us miss Mama Dara? Glory to God. So, we took this, the last testimony for today. Wow!
Good morning, church. A few weeks after I relocated from Kano, this testimony is from Deborah, Sister Deborah. Few weeks after I relocated from Kano to Ibadan, based on divine instruction, I had a revelation of a baby demon trying to oppress me while I was lying down on the couch one afternoon, and I cast it out in the revelation. When I woke up, I commanded it not to come again. To my surprise, while I was discussing with what I was discussing the next day with someone, she told me that she had, she had a baby and lost the child. I was like, "Oh, no wonder!"
Now, the same person is 10 months pregnant, and she's in pain. Yeah, the baby refuses to come out. 10 months, normally it should be nine, right? So, according to her, that was how all her pregnancy has always been. They are usually more than normal. They go beyond the month. And I said in my mind, "Not when I'm around."
During 12 hours prayer charge, while praying, I said, "I give the baby just seven days. It must come out." I was around till after Sunday service. When I got home on Sunday, I didn't meet her at home. I called, and she said she will be back on Monday. I already knew that the labor pain had started as usual.
On Monday, I was sitting when she ran inside the bedroom with her husband. She stripped herself, and she was crying with her husband. The doctor said there was no solution, or operation had to be done in 24 hours. If not, the baby or the mother will die. You know those stories, right? So, I had, I heard that crying. So, I entered the room. Kai! My spirit man was so angry. Are you seeing a pattern of anger?
She started calling people to lend us some money because she had to get ready to be operated. I said, "Stop it! My Jesus told me you will give birth to that baby yourself." She said, "Doctor said my entrance is blocked." And I replied, "Jesus is ready to open it." I instructed her to dress up with her husband and go to wherever she would prefer the baby to be delivered. They obeyed immediately and left.
I started praying, though I don't know where they went. But after I finished praying, the Holy Spirit instructed me to give thanks. So, I called the husband and told him to start giving thanks. The whole house and the area gave me a name, "Pastor Mrs," ever since I came, for a lot of reasons best known to them. But I said, "God, I have a name on ground already. I shall not be put to shame, for I serve the Living God. If this is one of the reasons you brought me here, it is worth it. Therefore, today, that's a Monday, she must deliver by herself."
Brethren, exactly 10:52 PM, I was called that she was delivered of a baby girl all by herself. There was no need for an operation, not too far from the house. Glory be to Jesus! As Pastor will say, "Who did this?"
If you don't mind, rise upon your feet. Let's give him thanks. Lift your voice and give him thanks. There's no impossibility within him. No impossibility within. We lift you high. Foreign.
Thank you because you have not asked us to seek you in vain. Thank you because, indeed, you will yet again cause us to laugh. You will yet again cause us to rejoice. We are grateful for these testimonies, and we know that you will do much more without glorified in the name of Jesus. Thank you, Heavenly Father. In Jesus' mighty name, we have prayed. Amen.
Before you sit today, we have a baby. But as that has never been to the Davidic Generation Church before, since the war began, what are the baby will be dedicated today? Our mother will call her mother in Israel, the one and only Reverend Patience Oil, President Freedom Creator. Hallelujah! And I love a love that will receive her. Receive our ministry as you would have one or two words to share before she fires on into that part. And we will, Jesus, join our Deputy Generation. Shall receive our mother. Foreign. I love you forever. I love you forever. I love you forever, forever. All right. Foreign.
Glory be to God. Can you celebrate Jesus? Our God is awesome. Um, just take a seat for a few moments. Luke Chapter 2. Luke Chapter 2. I read from verse 11, verse 21, using the New King James Version. Luke chapter 2, verse 21. "And when eight days were completed for the circumcision of the child, his name was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb." Verse 22. "And when the days of our purification, according to the law of Moses, was completed, they brought him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord." "As it is written in the law of the Lord, 'Every male child who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord,' and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord, 'A pair of turtledoves and two young pigeons.'" "And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him." Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord.
This is just a little history to the fact that naming ceremony and dedications are scriptural. That when someone gives birth to a child, on the eighth day, the child will be named by whatever name the Lord has given the parents to give to the child. And after that, the mother will have to stay at home for some time and take care of both herself and the baby. And when they are strong enough to go out, then they come to church to present that baby to the Lord. Jesus was presented. John was presented. And many others have been presented. All of you seated here, if we are born in Christian homes, you were all presented, abi? And because you are presented, the Holy Ghost and the team of angels captured you. That's why you are here today. And so, we are going to present this one today, and it will be captured in Heaven. It will be recorded in Heaven, and they will police him all the days of his life. Can you celebrate Jesus?
So, we are going to ask the dad and mom and the supporters I'm seeing there to follow them today back. And Pastor Victor will give us a powerful dancing song that we are going to dance and celebrate the arrival of Apostle John Lawson Orion to the church today. So, as much as we can dance and rejoice with his family, let us join. He's kind. God. Oh, I never see your type. Oh, this kind God do. Blessed be your holy name. Lift your voices. Blessed be your holy name. My body, my body shop babies. Babies give my God. Everybody. Everybody. One more time. Hello. Victor is tired, though. Okay, baby. Come on, Jesus. No limitations. Everything, anything. Yeah, yeah. Foreign.
Hallelujah! I want you to begin to pray in the spirit right now. Pray in the spirit. Pray in the spirit louder. Foreign. Foreign.
Father, we thank you for today. We bless you for the gift of a son. We thank you for allowing the mother and the father to be here today with the brother to thank you and to present this young man unto you. We bless your name for journey mercies of nine months, and we thank you for how far you have helped them. We thank you because you are helping them further and further in the name of Jesus. As Jesus was presented at the temple to fulfill our righteousness, we have brought John Lawson Oil before the congregation of God's people and before the innumerable number of angels for the judge of the earth, Jesus Christ, before the Church of the firstborn, the spirit of just men made perfect. We have brought him to be registered that he is starting today to attend church, and it's not just a church person, he's a child of God. That he would know the Lord at a very tender age. He will hear the voice of the Lord at the very tender age. He will decide to follow Jesus at a very tender age in the name of Jesus.
Commit him to the hands of the Lord God Almighty, who is able to keep and direct that from this day forward, angels are touched the moon to him to protect him and to lead him all through life's journey. Father, we pray that you will provide for the mother, for the father, to take care of him in the way of the Lord. We pray for provision for the family to send him to the best schools and direct him for the best things in life in the mighty name of Jesus. We pray, O Lord, that your mighty hand will rest upon him. The grace of the Holy Ghost comes upon him. The anointing of the Almighty God comes upon him in the name of Jesus.
Father, today, the 23rd day of July, 2023, we dedicate him unto you in the name of God the Father, the name of God the Son, and the name of the Holy Spirit. It shall be for signs and wonders. Thank you, Abba Father. He is blessed. All-round blessings. Whatever he is, is blessed. When he goes out, is blessed. Those who bless him, they are blessed in the name of Jesus. Thank you, our Abba Father. In Jesus' mighty name, we have decreed and prayed. Amen.
All right, all right. The young man is having a first gift. If they enter church, that's our tradition. We give the baby a Bible, and the mother, the father, and the mother, saying, "More mother," because the baby is always with the mother most of the time. The father too is there, but she should read it to the baby. When they see baby growing, the father will join to read it to him until he's able to read it by himself. That's what the, the purpose of the Bible is for. So, foreign. Come on. We celebrate Jesus for Hallelujah! Thank you, Mommy, for the privilege of having you bless us today. This gift will go around for everyone who desires it in Jesus' name. Amen.
All right, our time is fast. Man, please be seated. Let's, let's hear the word of God. The heart of David is what I'm sharing on for this subject. I'm dealing with is subject of sacrifice. As we journey, my emphasis will be on the heart of the man or woman making those sacrifices. Are we ready? Um, we will start today and then finish next week Sunday because there's a lot to cover.
What is a sacrifice? A sacrifice is, or what the sacrifice means is, to give up something valued. Emphasis on something value for the sake of other considerations. Have you written that? Meaning, it's not a sacrifice if what you're giving up is not what valuable. Sacrifice speaks of self-denial. It speaks of inconvenience. And someone says to you, "What I'm about to do is a sacrifice," it means under normal circumstance, I won't do it, or because of something I value more, I am making this sacrifice.
So, I normally will not travel, or because of the person involved, I can make that trip, inconvenience myself, because I value the relationship more than the hours I'm going to spend traveling. Are you getting what I'm saying? Yeah. So, sacrifice speaks of inconvenience. It speaks of giving up something valued, sacrificing your comfort, or giving up your comfort for the sake of other considerations that you rank as priority or more important.
Matthew chapter 16, verse 24, and you find the same thing in Luke chapter 9, verse 23. This is a very, very important if you must follow Jesus. Jesus laid down the prerequisite for every disciple, everyone who will follow him. Together, one, two, go: "And Jesus said to his disciples, 'If anyone desires to come after me, let him, number one, self, take up his cross and follow me.'" Together again, let's take it again. One, two, go: "And Jesus said to you, 'Take note, take note, he wasn't saying this to everybody.'" Who was he speaking to? His disciples.
Just like in a great house like this great house, not everybody seated here is making the kind of sacrifices some people are making. Yes or no? I can almost say the quality of sacrifices you're making in a family or in a house goes a long way to determine what you mean to that house and that family. Am I correct? You don't just suddenly mean so much to a work, to a church, to an organization. The reason a person is so valuable is because the person is making what? Sacrifices. Sacrifice. At the end of this year, we're going to give a prize to the best worker. The person doesn't become best worker because he prayed into it, "Lord, touch the heart of the leaders, convince them, favor come upon me, let them see me." We're all confessing the same thing. Praise God. The reason the person will win best worker is because the person did what?
It's not just about the reward that man can give. The reason this is important is because God is a rewarder. We're coming there. So, sacrifices are inconvenient. Life is full of it. There is no progress without it. There must be sacrifice. There must be an inconvenience that you will choose. And if you don't choose it on time, it will choose you. Hmm. Is somebody here what I just said? Choose your growth. That's what I'm saying. If you choose the cross of studying day and night upon the midnight candle, then you have rejected a cross of poverty. Is somebody here when I don't say? But if you choose pleasure, then you will soon take a cross, a cross that will choose you. Either way, you must choose a life of inconvenience for the greater good. Sacrifice is part of our lives. Be excited about it. Once you understand this, you don't run away from sacrifice.
You find the same thing in Luke chapter 9, verse 23. Look to the neighbors, 23. Same thing: "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me." Now, both leaders and followers will make sacrifices. Are making sacrifices. Every member of the pastorate is making sacrifices. I'm a nursing father now. It means I'm making some extra sacrifices that I was not making before. And whether I want to do vigil or not, I'm doing vigil. Is it a sacrifice or not? Can I choose to not make it? Come on, it's not my life. Somebody will say, "Why did you bring him if you're not planning to make those sacrifices?" But there are fathers who are not making a sacrifice. Yes or no?
Mommy was talking about reading Bible literally. Is that going to be a sacrifice or not? I want my children to grow in the Lord. I want them to know God at an early age. Or even reading Bible to your own self is hard. You now want to come or start reading to another person that is not even hearing what you are saying. I would do it. Once I'm a father, I will do it. We already know what you will do from what you are doing now.
Every beautiful picture, every beautiful painting. Have you seen someone you know display a painting on the road before, and you were pricing it, "2k, 1k"? What is there? Was there? Sit down and start drawing. When I discovered how much time some of these guys put into drawing, I sincerely, if I was an artist, I will charge you. You will run away because that's my whole life. Your time is your life. Yes or no? How can you give two days, three days? That is, where are you? How many days you spend? It's not hours, I'm sure, because I've encountered a couple of them, and I've asked them questions. That beautiful show that we see, who's an artist here? Blessing is not around. You're an artist. How long do you take? You hear what it just said? Sometimes what? Months. That one is an extreme case. I've never had that one before. Sometimes I'd like to see what to use months to paint. Foreign. Over a hundred thousand dollars. Okay, over a hundred thousand. In my own view, that's this small. But of course, I want to assume that you're not spending all day, all day, all day doing that for months. Ah, 12 hours every day for months.
So, you see what I'm saying, right? I'm just saying, those of you who don't have the fear of God, and next time you see a painting, some of them just have to sell it because that was one of my wife saw on the road, and he could just see the man say, "Please, Madam, buy it. Please, just buy it." This nation, we don't value someone's art. Who sent you a message? Go and print it online, download it, and let me. But outside the country, I'm sure you understand that some of those things can literally be a fortune. 16 million dollars for a framed picture. You see much more than that. Sure. And then I just painting rubbish, in my own view. You can't see exactly what happens. Can you see that? Can you look at it? They are showing you things that, oh, is this city? Are smiling now. Let's, let's leave that. The point is that beautiful picture, somebody paid a price.
The sacrifice is part of life. No progress without it. No beauty without it. No success without it. No future without it. I've shared in this church, I think one of the workers' meeting we had when we're having trainings on the price that C. Ronaldo pays. Somebody who knows it here, let's rehearse it quickly. The price he pays. Who knows it here quickly? The price, you know, you are a serious, urgent follower. I don't want to, I don't want to misquote it. The price it pays to be the first, to be number one, to be a GOAT. Hallelujah! You don't know why they call it. Okay, the beauty GOATs. I will not be a GOAT. In Jesus' name. Go ahead, sir. Give me mic.
The price, does he pay? How many footballers, or you want your child to be like C. Ronaldo? Just raise your hand to Jesus. You will like it. Just one of your children, just present him on the altar, football, and, "Lord, bless this child." Go ahead. He trains us by, you put on, okay, if the training starts by, I say, 8 AM, Ronaldo can get there at 6 AM. And if it ends, say, um, 12 PM, rather, he might leave 5 PM. Yeah, that's my door. He doesn't eat anyhow. He times himself. He runs us like he does extraordinary running. More like if they say, "It should run for 30 minutes," Ronaldo can run for like one hour. Yes, I'm serious with this. He, yes, yes, Sam. Nobody else, that's in you. I can sit on your face. You are passionate. I get you. I, I'm actually Ronaldo fans. Go ahead, sir. Please don't distract this one, please.
He trains a lot. He spends most of his time in the gym, on the gym. He, he doesn't eat sweet, and he doesn't drink, um, soda anyhow. He takes a lot of water, a lot of water. He swims a lot. Stays, he does, and this cold baths and all that. Yeah, so those are the things around those. You know, I watched an interview of Usain Bolt, and Usain Bolt said Ronaldo is definitely faster than him. Usain Bolt said that this 2020 interview said the way Ronaldo is as a now, it should be faster than him. And they checked two of them running. If he puts, I saw the way they checked their speed, though. Usain Bolt said something which also blessed me, that he is a, is a better starter, that is, Ronaldo. So, the first 25 meters, he will beat him for sure. But after then, that's where degrees to continue comes in. Obviously, in football, you don't need to run 100 meters. Are you getting what I'm saying? Yeah. So, he has what he needs.
Where I'm going is the fact that every success story comes from what? Sacrifice. This church must love and joy, not endure. Love and joy. You know what to make you enjoy it? The picture of the success ahead of you. It is coming. You are painting something every day. That picture is coming to you. If you're willing to make the sacrifice, you will surely reach your goal.
First Corinthians chapter 9, read from verse 24 to 26. Paul speaking of sacrifice. Media unit, please help us. Let's run quickly. Together, one, two, go: "Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but how many people receive the prize? Is one that receives the prize." So, what's the advice now to everybody? One, two, go: "Run in such a way that you may obtain it." Verse 25: "And everyone who competes for the prize is what? Temperate in all things." Please give us this in other versions so you can see what they mean by this. This is NIV. Together, "Everyone who competes in the game goes into what? Strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever." Strict training. King James said, "Temperate in all things." Give us another version. "Disciplined in their training." Another version. Same, same, same. Another version. Use what? "Self-control so that they can win a crown." They are denying themselves.
Somebody here is saying, "Ah, I can't." And some of you go on a sugar fast, your life will change. Many, many are linked to what we are eating. Is some of you just go on some certain kinds of fast, your whole life, your health will change. All this prayer, your brain will come to an end. You can advise your parents to do it. You won't have to be doing 12 hours for them every. Are you hearing what I'm saying? You want good health? You will do what? You will see sacrifice. And they say, "I will not sacrifice." And the sacrifice will choose you. Either you yourself will be the sacrifice when you are called to glory. You don't have to believe me. Oh, I know most of us are still young people, so these things are not urgent. I know emergencies is when you clock 40, 50, 60. Nobody will tell you. It's test reports that will tell you. You see elderly people running all over the place. Have you seen it before? Running. Nobody is chasing them. Sweating, running on the road. How's this mama looking for? She's not trying to slim down. She's trying to live long. Did you hear what I just said? She's not going through that so she can, she can look beautiful. No, she's doing that so she can see her grandchildren because they told her, "Remaining six months." All of a sudden now, all the things he used to like to eat, she's not eating again. She is now making the sacrifices. Sacrifices has chosen her. Please, by yourself, make a choice. Choose the way of inconvenience for greater glory. Somebody hear what I'm saying? Very important.
Look at this one. Together, one, two, go: "All good athletes train how? They train how hard. They do it for a gold medal that tarnishes and fades. You are after one that is gold eternally." Verse 26: "I don't know about you, but I'm what? I'm running hard for the finish line. I'm giving it everything I've got. No sloppy living for me, please." Glory to Jesus.
David was a man of sacrifice. We have too many examples in scripture verses to show that. But I just want us to focus on Second Samuel 24:22-24. We see his heart posture towards God. Second Samuel 24, from verse 22 to 24. All right, together, one, two, go: "Okay, you know this story, right?" The story of when a plague hit the land, and then God commanded David to make a sacrifice at the threshing floor. The plague will be sorted out. So, he went ahead. Go ahead, one, two, go: "Oh, said Araunah, 'Let my master the king take and sacrifice whatever he wants. Look, here's an ox for the burnt offering, and threshing paddles and ox yolks for fuel.'" So, this man was saying, "David, you want to make sacrifice to God? Take the land for free. Take the sacrifice for free. Just sacrifice. Go ahead. You are my king." And he had every right to take it, right? Even without the man's permission. Yes or no? You don't believe me? Ask Ahab. He with all the land they had, they just saw Naboth's vineyard. Ah. Foreign.
Something is telling you there's nothing to learn from her, right? That a man was crying, sad, sorrowful, and she came. Nobody's saying what she did was right. I'm saying a wife that turned his sorrow into joy. We didn't mean it. "Why are you downcast? You want it? I'll sort it out." He brightens up. My head. Did she sort it out? As much as you hate her, she and her family, she kept her home. Many Christian women need to learn how to keep their home. Kept her. Somebody's not hearing what I'm saying.
So, yes, the king can snatch it. The king can even have just said, "Oh, wow, he gave me free of charge." Many of us like free things. This would have been an opportunity. Just take something free and sacrifice to God. David was a man of what? Sacrifice. He wants to feel the inconvenience. He wants to know his hand is inside this project. I want to know that this work that is advancing, my effort is in it. Is somebody hearing what I'm saying? This thing God is doing on the earth, I'm a part of it. My time, my sweat is inside this thing. It's not the kind of worker or a unit member that will join a church and his impact is not felt. Our parents didn't raise us to be benchwarmers. I have never warmed any bench in my life. Right from primary school, I'll be in choir. To secondary school, I was in choir. The university, I was in what? Choir. I've been more than five, six churches. That's the unit I always joined. I've been serving, serving, serving. It has been inconvenient. It had cost money. It has cost time. It has even caused other things. We didn't think it because everything summarizes inconvenience. Because they didn't raise us to just be benchwarmers and just be clapping and happy and excited while everything is functioning without you. Can somebody hear what I'm saying? No infuse from you.
So, when I went for law school, and in that church, for some reason, the pianist didn't arrive on time. Nobody was on the piano, and they were clapping their hands and singing praise and worship. We appeared in the church for the first time. I am not a member of the workforce. I'm a first-timer. I saw that the keyboard was not being played by anybody. I didn't think it was there to just decorate the church. It meant whoever was supposed to play it was not on ground. So, I hit the ground running. Can somebody hear what I'm saying? I didn't do it so that the man can look at me, or they, you say, "Son of Bishop," a father in the faith. But I didn't do it so that I could just natural instincts. Worship people. Praise will.
be much more enjoyable if the keyboard is playing. ADI has plenty questions. What would they say? How would they think? What would they do?
I walked up to the keyboard and I said, "A plane." I didn't know. He took note of it. Many months after, when we were leaving, he reminded us. Doing a get-together I did for all the law students, I'll be part of the work. The church, so I remember when you came, you were a visitor, yet you saw yourself as a servant already in the house. I started to look for where you could fill in. Does the heart David had is somebody here? What I'm saying, you're always looking for what you can give because you know you, it is more blessed to what? To give than to receive.
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So see what happened, but the king said to Araunah, "I want to go." No, I have got to buy it from you for what?
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I'm not just buying it, sir. Give me good price. I want to buy it and know that I bought it.
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Because you can price it. So I was aggressed in this house. Took price. You can price it. That is better. The person just say, "Free." Have you priced something before? The person just said, "Please." What's the point?
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At a good price. I forgot my God. Sacrifices that are no words. Sacrifice is man's heart. Everybody's heart must be set for sacrifice. Coming early to church is he a sacrifice? A sacrifice people are making. If you see where some people come from, you'll be shocked that someone doesn't come in late. Someone is coming from five minutes away, ten minutes away, 15 minutes away, and they are late. Somebody is coming from one hour away and they are 15, 20, 30 minutes early, earlier than the resumption time.
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Once you have a mindset wired for sacrifice, you will make sacrifices. What I will be wondering where the energy is coming from. Is from light? Is from understanding? Sacrifice is how we make progress. Progress. You just heard that a man, I don't know if he's a Christian or not, but a man, we are live for 30 minutes, one hour before a training and leave many hours after training is over. If he just did what was required, will he be paid or not? Will it be paid or not? He'll be paid. That means he's not just going for the balance minimum to just be paid and just see how we can win. He's going for first prize. Someone say, "First prize." That's the wiring of that man. That's what Paul was saying. Everybody is running, but you should run in such a way that you will get the prize. Give us another translation. Somebody calculates 50 seconds of silver quickly, huh? No, check us out today. Look at this translation. No, I insist on what buying it for. I will not present burnt offerings to the Lord my God that have cost me nothing. One more translation, and then we'll move.
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Another one. This is similar to NIV. So stop giving it to us. Good News Translation or any other or Amplified. Same thing. We need to run now. Quickly, please. All right. Same thing that cost me nothing. So basically, David was a man of sacrifice. He's the one that we're x-raying today. How does God judge sacrifices?
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First and foremost, God is a judge of sacrifices that we make. He's the one who is looking at everybody, weighing everybody. So as you make sacrifices, be conscious of the fact that God is watching. God is taking notes. Psalms 50 from verse 3 to 6. Are we there?
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Our God will come. I will not keep silence. If fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous all around. Verse 4. He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the Earth, that he may want, judge his people. Verse 5. Gather my saints together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by what? Sacrifice. One of the ways you make covenant is by what? Sacrifices. Many of the experiences that we are having today, I know it is residues of the covenant my father made by what? Sacrifices. Sacrifices you make, God will give himself to you. He measures. Other people don't have access to. Not everything in the kingdom is a is a gift. Some things are what? Rewards. Please never forget the statement. Not everything in this kingdom is a gift. Some things are worth. And these rewards don't just come to you. They come to your children forever. Look at this. Look at the seed of David. Many times God will say, "I remember my covenant with David." Same thing was happening with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Many times in God's dealing with Israel, he'll be making reference to that thing because of them, not because of you. Because of them. I will not do this thing because of them, because of, because of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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When you make God covenants, your children come into the benefits as well. Verse 6. Together, one, two, go. Verse 6. Let the heavens declare righteousness, for God himself is judge. Is that clear? So God is a judge of all the sacrifices that we are making. God sees the sacrifices we are making, and if he's a judge, he's the one that is giving reward. Hebrews 11:6 says that he is what? The rewarder of those that diligently seek him.
He says, when you fast, that's a sacrifice, right? Fasting is an inconvenience. The sacrifice. Matthew 6:18. 6:18 says, when you fast, you should not appear to men like you are fast, but unto your Father which sees in secret, or which is in secret. And your Father who what? Sees in secret. What will happen? He will reward you openly. So God sees our sacrifices, and he rewards our sacrifices. Interesting thing is that those sacrifices meet in secrets. He doesn't reward them in secrets. He rewards them well, openly. What does this mean? When you see any man or woman being openly rewarded, it means what? There was a sacrifice. You can't see. Problem with that is that a generation that is not taught, it doesn't have understanding. We'll be thinking things just happen. His time just came. Come on, that's not how it works. So what will be will be. All those processes, all those sacrifices, all those inconveniences in secret, God was taking notes. And when the time give for reward, there was a reward. It means a person's time, as it were, can come, and there's nothing to harvest. Child, did somebody hear what I just said? Yeah. Planting season and harvest season comes every year. Not everybody has anything to harvest. So come to terms with the fact that sacrifice part of life. God sees the sacrifices you're making, and God is a rewarder of sacrifices. I'm taking my time because there's no point rushing this. You can't finish it today. Now, first Samuel chapter 16 from verse 6 to 12. This is where we're going to end. Next week, we'll spend time on the things, you know, that God saw in the heart of David. For someone chapter 6, 16, sorry, from verse 6. It's a long read. Let's run fast. One to go. So it was, we know the story, right? I don't need to waste time with the background. Samuel came to anoint David. He didn't know it was David, of course, but he just knew that one of the sons of Jesse is going to be the next king of Israel. So he came to the house of Jesse with the oil to anoint. And then Jesse brought out his sons, those he expected to be what? The king. Is our king material? Someone say, "King material." And of course, even Samuel himself has a problem with when your experience is affecting your present discernment. Your experience with God, the last time he anointed the king, that king was ahead taller than everybody in Israel. So that's already affected Samuel's heart posture, right? He believes that God looks at the chest. As the person is coming, yeah, it's always a rock. So Samuel came with that perspective. That car, let me see who is the king. And the first one came inside. So it was when they came that he looked on Eliab and said, "What? Sure." He was on that version. This James is not helping us. Give us another version. Look at that. One to go. Here is God's anointed. You see Islam. It was sure. This is Prophet Samuel. He was a prophet of. In fact, he began Asia. That the one who was once called Sia, now Prophet Major, looked at somebody and said, "Show me God." Cause all is here. I don't know what he saw. But if this was not the will of God, then we can assume he was seeing something else, right? Once I've looked at his height, looked at his, his chest, looked at everything. It got dressed like a king. Next verse, quickly. One to go. But God told Samuel, "Looks aren't everything." So you see that he was looking at what? Don't be impressed with his looks and stature. I have already what? God judges these persons differently than humans do. Men and women look at the face. God looks into the heart. This was our first introduction into God's justice system. We see that God checks the heart. Why men and women, we look at what? The face. Have you seen a humble person? You thought the person was humble just by the face. And this is the one that looks innocent. When they told you the crime the person committed, someone is remembering somebody now. Couldn't believe that your friends and family members didn't catch it. The person looks so innocent. This one until you were shook. Men look on the outside. Men still look on the outside. Today is a message on excellence. Don't tell me that you're spiritual. It doesn't matter what is what you are wearing. What's your way outside? Men look on where? The outside. You don't know my contact. If they cannot, if they cannot judge me by my content, and as you get out, you too get out. You too get away. Look like what is inside.
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Are you sure you want to clap? Listen, the knife is coming. I'm pure and only look like it. I'm the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. Then what? Look like it. Dress like a righteous person. I don't want to give any physical example here. All right. But have you seen somebody and you didn't think the person was the net worth was because they were the best interests? I think it happened to Position when he came to UI and they were greeting his PA because PA was always wearing suit, right? And dressed uptight. And I'm not saying he was wearing rags, but what he was wearing was not a, it's not like now. Maybe it was his dealing, I don't know. Or many times he said he will even arrive at the airport and the person to come and pick him or pass him and go to the PA and say, "You're welcome, sir." "You're welcome, sir." And the people was saying, "Thank you, thank you." You know that this welcome is because they believe he's the man of God. "Thank you, thank you so much. Thank you so much." And they will carry the pain and be going. And she said, "Behind." Because men look at the words. One day the man was looking at him, he couldn't hide his discourse. He says, "Sir, we've come to pick." "Say, I'm the one."
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"How you, sir?" He said, "Yes, the minister." Because the words, if you could see in the spirit, he won't say that. All men are not seeing the spirit. They are not seeing your spirit. They are seeing your clothes. Men look on the words. Outside. I made Jesus get dressed like one. I'm educated. Dress like you are. I'm intelligent. I'm a scholar. Please do what? Just like one. Let nobody be confused about the content when they see the container. Are you hearing what I'm saying? Yes. With that aside, God released to us a wisdom speaking to Samuel here, a prophet who we don't have any track record of him missing in the prophetic. I'm not saying he was perfect, but there's no record where he said something and he was wrong, right? In fact, no statement from his mouth fell to the ground. I'm sure that's why God had to interrupt him again and again. Because if you go and say, "I anoint you." Earlier, one more verse 8, quickly. So God looks into the heart. Take note of that, please. The same thing happened in verse 8, happened in verse 9, happened again in verse 10. Jesse presented his seven sons to Samuel. Samuel was blunt with Jesse. God hasn't chosen any of these. That's a man that truly hears God, right? Because they present seven options to you. Ah, that's where it has ended. Now you have to look around again and say, "I feel is one of them. I feel." But Samuel was hearing God. Everybody here is rejected. Mississippi said, "Eliminated." Ah, that means there was something in the heart of Eliab that eliminated him. Remember where he's looking at the heart, right? So the standard or the source of his elimination was where? In his heart. That's why we must spend time x-raying the heart of David. What made him God's choice? Why did God look upon him and favor him among many men? Verse 11. And he asked Jesse, "Is this it? Em, no more sons?" "Well, yes, there is the youngest." See how he described him there. There is the what? What's the meaning of runt? But he's attending the sheep. "Well, ordered Jesse, go get him. We are not moving from this spot until he's here." It's where the reward started. Everything that David had done was in secret, in the back side of the desert, in the open before his entire family. God was about to reward him. He said, "Nobody will sit down until he arrives." Is Las Bono? Everybody standing, plus me, the prophet, his father, his mother, everybody will stand and wait for him. This was just the beginning of reward because there was something in the heart of David that was powering those sacrifices. We'll find out next week. If somebody hear what I'm saying. Verse 12. Together, one to go. Just a sense for him. He was brought in. The very picture of hell's bright-eyed, good-looking. God said, "Up on your feet. Anointing. This is the one. Come and celebrate Jesus." Everybody.
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I want to show you something interesting. Book of Psalms. And then we'll pray. Psalms chapter 89. South 89. Let's start from my emphasis is verse 20. But let's start from. It looks like the entire. Let's start from verse.
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Verse 19. Verse 19 and stop at maybe verse 21. So 19 to 21 together. Everyone, please rise on your feet. Please start from NKJV. And then we'll do two other versions. Are we ready? This is God behind the scenes. Now, the story we just read in this Psalm, we see what actually happened before Samuel poured oil on David. God has already worked. Look at this. One to go. Then you spoke in a vision to your Holy One. I said, "I have given help to one who is mighty. I have exalted one chosen from the people." Verse 20. "I have found my servant David. With my holy oil, I have anointed him." Verse 21. "With whom my hands shall be established. Also, my arms shall strengthen him." To order of translations, quickly.
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Lord, from verse 19. Together, one to go. A long time ago, he spoke in a vision. You spoke to your faithful beloved. He's talking to someone now, right? I have crowned you. That means before things even happen in public, what has God done? In the spirit realm, it's done. Every announcement in your life, visibility, favors, sudden breakthrough has happened for us. Where in the natural, God just needs someone somewhere to just confirm what has happened. That this has happened in the spirit realm. Look at that. I have crowned a hero. I chose the best I could find. So God was searching everywhere. Man didn't know. And while he was messing up King Saul, God will set you for a replacement. And he said, "I found the best I could find." Verse 20. One to go. "I have found David, my servant. Poured holy oil on his head." Thai, you, you will anoint your secret labels and cause you to be announced in due time. Verse 21. See what God is doing for him. And I will keep my hands steadily on him. Yes, I'll stick with him. Give us one more interesting translation. And then we'll pray. God, from verse 19. One to go. In a vision, long ago, he said to your faithful servants, "I have given help to a famous soldier." Was he a famous soldier?
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God has called me. What did he become? A famous soldier.
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You buy things in the spirit first.
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Consistently making sacrifices, seeking God with a heart like David. Your reward is sure. For you, tap your neighbor, said, "Reward you sure."
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Together, verse 21. To go. Look at, look at. Wait, wait, wait. Look at what happened in verse 19. Verse 19. See what he said. "I have given the throne." Was there someone at the throne or not?
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But God is saying, as far as I'm concerned, a throne has been taken away already and given to someone that is at the backside with sheep. Verse 20. Now, one to go. "I have made myself and David king by anointing him with holy oil." Verse 21. "My strength will always be with him. My power will make him strong." Come on, celebrate the Holy Ghost. Bless me with the heart that is pure and sincere. A heart like David. Bless me with a heart like yourself and David. Bless me with a heart that loves you, that seeks you, that hungers after you. Lift your voice and pray. Prayer. God can bless your heart.
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Lord, bless my heart with purity, with sincerity. Who shall ascend into the hills of the Lord? Who shall stand in his holy place? God, Lord, the heart that will not waste. I will not waste energy and time and money. All the brothers of David were making sacrifices. What they were rejected, eliminated because of their hearts. Lord, please give me a heart like yours. That's my efforts will not be wasted. That my service will not be wasted. But I will not lose the reward. That my words will not be burned with fire. That my service will last, withstand the test of time. Bless my heart, Jesus. Someone lift your voice. Lift your voice. Lift your voice. Lift your voice and pray.
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With me of the heart. S break me over. So make me an offering.
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Make me whatever.
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Make me offensive. Make me an offering. Let me whatever you want me to be. I came with nothing, Jesus. Bring the wine out of me.
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Make me whatever you want me to be. Me.
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Living, living souls. Girls. Thank you. Hey, Jesus name. Our prayer. Father, this is our heart cry. And when you try us, our hearts will not be found towards him. Ours is even the devil, Lucifer. He just thought in his heart that he would one day be as God. And you judged pride in his heart. Father, father, everything that is against your will that is in our hearts today, we you have our permission. Read our hearts of it. Bible says, he who would have said no to your heels. He who has a clear heart has not lifted up his soul or do vanity. Let her be our testimony that before you and before mine, our hearts are pure. Houses for blessed are those who are pure in heart, for they shall see you. We want to see you the way you want us to see clearly. Help our hearts to remain pure, undefiled. In the name of Jesus. Thank you, Heavenly Father.
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We ask even for our pastor. That his focus remains pure. Will refuse him from losing focus. You'll find his heart pure enough to reach childlike enough to minister to. Strengthen him. Thank you, Heavenly Father. In Jesus mighty name, we have prayed. Amen. Please let me see each other. So you see through scriptures how that Jesus, Jesus encouraged that children to come to him. And indeed, he loves the heart of a child. And the same is still true today. God wants us to be childlike, never childish. He wants us to maintain the heart posture of a child, but not the character and the behavior of doing things that way. Hallelujah. When I pray that as we incline our ears to do wise words spoken to us, we would indeed make progress in the name of Jesus. Praise the Lord. When it concerns giving an offering to the Lord, we've seen through scriptures that the Lord is interested in us. But for all the gift we are given, the Bible says he who sows gradually would also reap. How? If you sow bountifully, you also reap bountifully. So the way we give is not forced from our substance. It's forced from the portion of our heart. It's another time to give to the Lord. And if you're seated here today, and the Lord has blessed you, and, um, in the course of a week, you have a tense minimum of a thing of your earnings in the last one week, and you want to give to the Lord, or you did a transfer in the course of a week, please rise on your feet. If you want to do cash too, please rise. You could have done or you're about to do a minimum of events. Is what we give as a church. You have a tight minimum to give to the Lord. Rise on your feet. Father, thank you for your sons and daughters who have come in obedience to your word. We ask that indeed the windows of Heaven, they are opened over us in the name of Jesus. The remaining 1980s, 17. Is blessed of you in the name of Jesus. Open us up to ideas that will help us maximize the remaining resource. And we ask for as many who are saying, "Lord, give, I will give to you." We ask that this week will be a week of favor. You want to increase any supply. Thank you, Heavenly Father. In Jesus mighty name, we have prayed. Amen. So if you are giving cash, maximize the baskets right in front of you on the left and on the right. If you have done a transfer, please be seated. The account numbers are right there on the board. As a church, we have an account strictly for welfare. And in case the Lord blesses you so much, just like we are praying, and we are praying that the Lord would, and we expect that he has started doing that, you know, hold on, you know, as he's doing that, you like to give in support of welfare. There's an account going to flash on the screen for welfare. Okay? And we also get involved in, um, projects as the Lord is helping us expand. Please give towards that. Praise the Lord. And there's such a thing as if we will offering. And we do that in one of the word in honorable minister of the word. And if you're in this meeting and you've been blessed of the word, have you been blessed of the word today? So what we do in honor for the minister of the word is to give our substance. Okay? So that's what we refer to as a general offering. And so if you have, you can also do a transfer with the same account. And you can do cash too. Father, we ask, let us will give you an honor of a Ministry of a word that indeed you ought to pass your word to separate even into the nations in the name of Jesus. Through our platforms and through the voice of our man of God, we ask that the nations will hear about Jesus. So so be saved. Believers will be matured even through the ministering of your word in the name of Jesus. Thank you, Heavenly Father. In Jesus mighty name, we have prayed. Amen and amen. Praise the Lord. So please cast your offering. While that is being done, we have some amazing set of people who are in church today. And if you're doing it well, do do for the Lord.
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We all are amazing set of people. But we have some people who are joining us for the first time since the world began. They could have attended the 12 hours or you could have attended the 12 hours. Hold on for few seconds, please. You could have attended the 12 hours of prayer. You could have attended the battle ax retreat. But today is the first time you are attending the deputy generation church Sunday service physically. If you don't mind, wave your hands to Jesus. If it is your first time, also, if you don't mind, can you rise on your feet? Rise on your feet. Rise of your feet. If you're around them, let them know that they are welcome to church. Let them know that they are welcome to church. Let them know that you're welcome to church. Let them know that they are welcome to church. Let them know that they are welcome to church. Let them know that they are welcome to church.
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The ushers will wait on you with a card. And once you have a card, you can sit. If you don't have, please don't sit yet. Some people are here to cast their offering. Please wait on them. Ushers will have false timers on my left too, who are waiting. If you're here to cast your offering, just wave it. The horses will wait on you. So once you have a card as a first timer, please be seated. Praise the Lord. Hallelujah. So we prayed for you to be here, and you've been here physically. It's an answer to prayer. Again, for the first time, we, and we do have this run as a culture. We have some people who are locked on to a YouTube channel streaming this service for the first time since the world began. I will celebrate them too. Hallelujah. And if you are streaming a service for the first time, would like to connect with you. There's a link attached to the YouTube video, a Google Doc form. You need to just click on it, fill in your details, or like to keep in touch with you. So that when we have a meeting in your city, in your country, we can effectively, um, connect with you. Praise the Lord. At a close-up service for those who are worshiping for the first time physically here, our Hospitality team will like to show a little bit of our welcome to you. Get to know you more and get to pray with you, get details, and express a little bit of the same to you. Praise the Lord. Currently, as a church, we've been on the fast from the 1st of July to date. Has the fasting be good so far? Some people increase their weight during the course of the fast, right? Hallelujah. So it's not too late to join. We have about seven to eight days more for the fast to be concluded. Praise the Lord. And, um, how many of us are looking forward to the end of fast?
Join the fast. And the fast is not just holding with our prayers. Prayers run in this church. As Pastor would say, growth in the DVD Generation Church is by force. Praise the Lord. And prayer in the Davidic Generation Church is by all. Amen. So as growth is by force, prayer is by all. So we all are involved in prayer. And prayer in the David Generation Church is done 24/7. Praise the Lord. So 6 a.m. prayers resumes tomorrow morning. 6 a.m. The prayer focus for each day, each week is posted on the platform. Until you do well to see it attached on our Telegram platform. If you are yet to be added on the Telegram platform, meet with any of the officers. You'll be safely onboarded on the platform so that you will be able to pray along with us. 6 a.m. tomorrow morning. You can choose any two hours of the day to pray, okay? 6 a.m. to 8, any minimum of two hours on a daily, okay? 6 a.m. to 8, 8 to 10, like that. In case yours is midnight, is it God told you to be waking up in the midnight? You know, you can maximize it to 12 midnight. It's gonna be 2 a.m. It could be 4 a.m. depending on how you are led, but you must be led for a minimum of hour long. Praise the Lord. If it is below, you're not led well. Amen. And this week, Tuesday, we'll resume our Bible study.
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Is the Lord? At a Bible study would be done virtually on a mix and our platform, okay? It's gonna be an amazing time between the hour of 6:30 and 7:30. However, by 6 p.m. on Tuesday, our short prayers will put pray on hold for you for a beat. So at eight o'clock, 8 p.m., we'll resume prayers on Tuesday. So the reason why I was taking off time from 6 p.m. is such that we can prepare for the midweek service starting by 6:30. And we'll resume back at 8 p.m. just after midweek service is done. Praise the Lord. Um, we have the anniversary 2.0 preparation. Oh, Hallelujah. Training yesterday, um, took place. And I want to invite Pastor to, um, okay. Um, if you were announced yesterday, your name was called up yesterday for the anniversary committee, anniversary second year anniversary committee, and you're here, please come forward. That's all I can pray for you. There were two names.
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Uh, thank you. Then Mr. Sunny. Mr. Sunny, your name was also mentioned yesterday. I don't know if you're in church. I saw you this morning. Oh, stepped out. Also, so we have, okay, there's one more person. There's about seven and seven in total. Yes, there are seven in total. Hallelujah. So Pastor Ezra, and pray for them.
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Hallelujah. So meetings will begin. And then information will come to all the units. Preparation for the anniversary this year, like I said in the workers' meeting yesterday, we are two years. Somebody hear what I'm saying? But not one year old. At one year, we might have been trying to walk. At two years, anybody who has a toddler of two years knows that running is going on. Yes or no? At two years, you are scattering things. So we're preparing for the next level and shift of this church. And this team are gonna make this happen by the grace of God and with our support. Straight. Put your hands towards them and just declare life. Go ahead. Declare out loud. Life. Life. Life. Wisdom. Life. Wisdom. Life. Wisdom. Life. Wisdom. Life. Wisdom. Life. Wisdom. Life. Lift your voice. Pray in the spirit for one minute. Son of God, the life of God is supplied. They experience a heightened intelligence system beyond their years. Life. Wisdom.
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30 more seconds. Pray.
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ER. Ten more seconds. A bit louder now. Mom, back here.
Foreign. Superior thoughts. Let there be an increase.
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Let this be the best anniversary we have had. And let this anniversary bless and refresh this entire city and nation. In the name of Jesus. Celebrate them as they go back. Lay your hand on your head. I want to pray for you as we end this service.
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I declare over you a heart better than the heart of David.
People of God, the quality of a man is nothing more than the quality of his heart. I declare over you, deceit will be far from you. Those of you who notice that you have lost ground in your heart, they used to be hungry, sincere, intense, but you lost those grounds. I declare in the name of Jesus, those grounds are restored. Pride is far from your heart. This week, enter into a better version of yourself. I declare by your heart, your heart is enlarged. Nursery have capacity for capacity. Now, neighbors, neighbors, I pray for your hearts in the name of Jesus. It will not be small. Receive grace to carry greatness in the name of Jesus. Purity. But those are appear in us, we see God. I declare over your heart against purity. We hate our righteousness. Really, your results, it is before you. Perpetual. Jesus. It's amazing. With all the first timers, please celebrate them as they go now.