House On the Rock Live Stream | Sunday Service | 27-Feb-22

[Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] do [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] put your hands together for the lord i appreciate the king of kings the lord of lords [Applause] hallelujah [Applause] welcome to church welcome you online this is house on the rock home for all i believe god is here to bless somebody and i believe our lives will not remain the same at the end of the service let's buy our heads as we pray our father and our god we thank you for the privilege and the honor to come into your presence thank you heavenly father because your love and presence make the difference in our lives and in our services thank you father for the angels that you have already given charge over our lives to bless us with the things that money can buy and the things that money cannot buy father we thank you for the heavens over this service is open thank you for the miracles that is already happening thank you for the lives that is already changing thank you for the breakthroughs that you have already released to us that's why lord jesus nobody that came in here will leave here the same way they came now at the end of this service father to you alone will be all the glory we give your chance we give you praise and we hand over this service into your hand have your way and let your name alone be glorified in jesus mighty name we pray put your hands together as you welcome lmgc for the affordance of the service we're witnessing the last sunday of the month because god did not allow the change to stop us everyone who is grateful for this they lift your hands and shout narrow jesus somebody said now right jesus everyone worshipping online sing with us this morning simple song you know it okay with grass into it in your heart smile on your face sing with us everybody hey it's safe you've done so much for me i cannot tell your shadow praise all the worshipers online sing the song with us as we give our praise to god hey it says you've done so much for me i cannot it still won't be enough you say [Music] completely hey what's up [Music] for he has done so very much with one boy everybody foreign you've been so good hey everybody [Music] thank you for salvation thank you for healing we're going to sing it as an answer this morning it says when you hear you hear completely hey you he'll completely hey you he'll come with me i'll sing it one more time it says when you hear you he'll come with me you he'll come with me you will come with me everybody everybody with me [Music] [Music] thank you can you sing that when you love your love completely sing it now you love completely sing it down you love completely everybody declares your sight [Music] thank you sing it one more time everybody when you're blessed the blessing is [Music] you say [Applause] if you truly agree through to this your god cast off restraint give him your shout clap your hands in this place because he deserves it hey is our god it means king and everybody worshiping the lion the singing here give your praise to god thank you for the blessing of the new ones already [Music] me throw your hands up [Music] throw your hands up [Music] big way searching for a miracle but i found no one [Music] but i found no one you know why because nobody's like you nobody everybody [Applause] [Music] is day [Music] hey [Music] uh [Music] [Music] january [Applause] [Music] [Music] we bless you we thank you [Music] clap your hands clap your hands clap your hands clap your hands clap your hands and give him a shout out praise what a mighty god we say the one who woke you up this morning who keeps your heart beating when you're sleeping oh we lift our hands to the great i am this man [Music] i serve a god who can never fail who never fails who never fail forever if that's your testimony say amen my jesus never failed me yeah amen [Music] [Applause] jesus never failed jesus never failed my jesus never failed forever [Music] messiah is the king of kings oh messiah is the lord of lords you are lord over everything messiah is the king of kings jesus [Music] [Music] please is say it again messiah is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Applause] oh forever [Music] forever oh oh me oh [Applause] we oh [Music] we [Music] we [Music] right now i want to open up your mouth and just begin to worship [Music] [Music] today you deserve the glory lord you and god only you are worth only one word thank you jesus thank you jesus thank you jesus we give you all we give you [Applause] [Music] we're oh [Music] god is our refuge and our present help in times of need though the mountains take to the depth of the seas we will not be moved because we know you are with us your strength and our light your peace and tranquility in the midst of a chaotic world your song in the night and the reason why we can stand you are the strength upon our right hand i will come out victorious day by day you are the reason why we get up every morning and we are sure of a victory in our everyday life we come from every tribe every nation and every tongue to declare that all power belongs to you all authority descends from your throne we are alive because you reign we stand tall because you're our backbone and so we come together and declare to you be the glory to you be the horner so you'll be all adoration we declare there will be no end to your reign there will never be an end to your kingdom but there will always be an ever increasing kingdom have your way into this service we anticipate a miracle we expect the immediate table do thy pleasure in here today and let the name of the king of glory be glorified in jesus mighty name we worship oh in jesus mighty name we worship if you know that you know that you know that you know that you know that you know that this is your service and you will not go back the same way you have come let the heavens hear you let the god of heaven hear your voice let the fruit of your lips bless his holy name hallelujah hallelujah for the fraudulence of this joyful service our congregation of him would be taking oh god her help in ages past please look to the multimedia screen for the lyrics thank you [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] you [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] turn [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] me [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] guys [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Applause] oh [Music] [Music] [Applause] man [Applause] can you please put your hands together and appreciate the choir for a wonderful rendition okay please be seated for the reference of this awesome service come and look to the media screen to listen to rock news coming to us live from the media store thank you good morning and welcome to church we're so glad to see you my name is titilla and if you're joining us for the first time here at house on the rock cathedral or online with video warm welcome this is rock news the nude believers class a class for new converts and born-again christians who just rededicated their lives holds every sunday at 7 45 a.m both at the age 8b class and online via zoom the next cycle of finding the rock and spiritual authority has already commenced on-site at the multi-purpose halls one and two and online via zoom the classes start at 7 30 a.m every sunday intending workers are to submit the class forms on the house on the rock website that's houseontherock.org.ng don't miss this opportunity now the prisons ministry of house on the rock is inviting medical and legal professionals to join our outreach and intervention teams doctors nurses and paramedics are encouraged to join the prisons ministry medical outreach unit and lawyers are likewise encouraged to join the ministry's legal department as the harvest is ripe and more laborers are needed in the lord's vineyard interested parishioners should please send a text or whatsapp message to 0802 290-7273 or approach the information desk for more details and that's our package on rock news 4 today join us again next sunday for our super celebration service and again on wednesday at 6 p.m for our online mid-week service ensuring you subscribe to all our platforms for notifications on all our activities also remember to catch up on all our flagship programs including something is about to happen on the channels displayed on your screen till we bring you rock news again my name is titular oinson enjoy the rest of the service bye the church is okay to clap hallelujah this is indeed the day that the lord has made and for the future of this service please pay attention to multimedia screen for rock news coming to you live oh sorry please make welcome lmgc [Applause] so [Applause] [Music] oh god you are my god earnestly i seek you i'm longing for [Music] i see you [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] god you are my god [Music] the brain your name you're the god of my [Music] mind god you are [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] one day [Music] [Music] from [Applause] oh [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] is only true [Music] thank you for healing me i can lean on oh oh [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] my god my guys [Music] [Music] come on church you can do much better than that if god is indeed your god if you can testify that yourself are true and a living god then i want you to get up this morning and just leave those hands and just wave it to him to the one who saved you to the one who raised you to the one who favored you the one who keeps you come on go ahead this one and just celebrate our king here's a good gun and then let's put those hands together let's appreciate lmgc i'll see jc god bless you [Music] just remain standing for a few moments i want to welcome those of you who are joining us online this morning god bless you and for those who are those of you who are in service here god really has something in store for you this morning how many of you know that look at somebody beside and tell him for me god has something special just for you whenever god wants to do something amongst those people he sends his word bible says he sent his word and he healed them and delivered them so that means just now when the world is going to come forth there's something going to happen miraculously in your life that you didn't think could happen something that they told you will happen in 20 years time is going to happen in two months time because the power of god's word is going to hit you and today we have somebody who is skillful in the use of god's word and skillful in the delivery of god's word she is not a stranger in this house she's a mother she's a friend she's a faithful wife she's a beautiful boss i don't know about you but when she speaks the word she speaks the word from her life from her experience she's a truth keeper of the flame and one who is an exemplary servant leader in this house so if you're ready for god's word as i am i want you to put those hands together and make very welcome our mother and the co-pastor of this house pastor i finally foresee as she brings us [Music] so if you are simply grateful that he woke you up this morning you heard news over the weekend bad news that happened to somebody else but somehow that is not your portion you you purpose to come to church and you are in church this sunday morning if you're breathing on aid if you were able to dress yourself on aid if you have soundness of mind with everything that's come against you if you know that god has been your present help from ages past if you know that god is the lifter up of your countenance he's the one that is your shield and your buckler if you are grateful to have a father such as that which we have in heaven then go ahead and put your hands together bless the name of the lord give him some praise in the house worship him however you choose to god indeed is good and worthy of our praise that i must confess that sounded like i was telling you what to do it didn't sound like something that came from here because it was just very kind of you know but for those of us who are truly grateful that we have a father in heaven amen hallelujah it's great to be in church again this sunday morning and i'm going to ask you to just love on somebody on the left and right as you are seated in the presence of the lord just smile at them and to all our online viewers those who are e-church members and worshiping it for for with us for the first time we're excited to have you with us welcome and indeed we trust you will have a glorious time in the presence of the lord amen a few quick announcements um last thursday the 24th of jan of february was pastor john de domini's birthday amen and likewise friday the 25th deaconess titilla your mama's birthday amen clap now rejoice with them that rejoice happy birth happy wedding anniversary to dick benga and dickness follow which was last thursday the 24th of february and congratulations to all the parents who dedicated their children early on today and we have eight amazing new additions to the house on the rock family and if pastor paul was here he'd say if this was a race today it looks like the women are women are winning we've got six out of eight so we rejoice with the ah forgive me if i don't get it right with the i chores with their son giovanni with the hefei ain't loshan with jaden jaden ailoshan also that those are the two boys and with the dokos their daughter tehila idoko with the kaluz annabel kalu with the league legemos christabel legemo with the orchestras emery ocha with the udo etukes eliana the duatoc and with the wilsons for sozo wilson amen hallelujah you must be seen adorable little children of the amen and god indeed is faithful adding to his house every day and for those who are trusting god still for the fruit of the womb god will do it for you amen hallelujah well if it is your first time worshiping with us here at the house on the rock would like to ask you to stand to your feet to indulge us for a few moments whilst we just loving you and make you feel welcome this sunday morning amen wherever you are please stand and remain standing uh ushers have some information cards they would like to give to you this sunday morning please keep standing while the ushers make their way to you we're glad and excited that you made it to house on the rock this sunday morning and we recognize that god indeed is sovereign and the steps of the righteous are ordered of the lord and so we don't believe it's by happenstance or coincidence that you manage to make it to the house on the rock but we live believe is a sovereign ordinance of god and he has brought you here for a purpose and for a reason and so we beat you welcome and we're excited to have you in our midst um if you're not already somewhere in a church where you're actively assisting the set man there to accomplish the mandate upon his life and you're not planted in a local assembly would like to ask you to pray and ask god where you he'll have you planted because like our pastor would often say a tree only grows best where it's planted apple trees do not grow in lagos it's not the right climate so when you tr plant a tree in the right environment that is suited for it that tree will have deep roots and it will bring forth much fruit and so ask god where he will have you planted and we'd like to recommend a few bible-believing churches that we know if you should choose to become a part of those churches your life would literally be transformed as you imbibe the word of god there's the guiding light assembly there's the redeemed evangelical mission the the redeemed evangel commission yes otherwise known as trem redeemed christian church of god with several parishes sprawled all over the city of lagos there's the salem church just down the road there's the fountain of life there are many good bible believing churches that we would like to recommend and ask you you know to pray and ask god where he'll have you be but whilst you're praying we want to also recommend to you the house on the rock because should you choose to join a praying company a praising company and the people who hunger and pursue the word of god like we do here we want to guarantee you the power and the fire of god will literally come and sit upon your life and transform you to be all that god has ordained you to be here at the house on the rock we are committed to taking the word of god and showing you christ and all that god has called you and gifted you to be so that you can be all god has called you to be and we trust that even as your life is transformed you will partner with us and partner and do your part in the look in the local assembly and beyond in the body of christ where we can rebuild our nation and leave a legacy for our children that they know this nation belongs to god amen so whilst you can ask god where he'll have you be we want you to just sit back this morning open your hearts widen and i believe that god has a word in which to bless you this sunday morning i believe our ushers have given you an information card like this please take a few moments to fill it out and just drop it in an offering basket on your way out we still you know put a bit of curvy protocol there so we don't want to have too much contact or fill out your details and our team will be sure to get in touch with you now you might have come today and um you might have come today and you know you're not seeing pastor paul you came to listen to pastor paul but guess what you see they're chocolate i say you got it correct but guess what that means you can come back again and get to listen to him so we already put an invitation out to you for you to come back again and since he's not here i'm going to share a secret with you don't let him know i told you i know pastor paul will really desire to be your pastor he wants to be your pastor so whilst you're praying ask god and say god is that the church for me is that my pastor and i kind of think it he is that's why you came already i think so amen but um sit back relax god has a word in which to bless you i trust this sunday morning just go on and put your hands together and make them feel loved and special that they are worshiping with us this sunday morning a quick reminder that um ages one the entire from age one and above the entire rocky zone is back in church physically for worship so all of you who have still had to be at home because you had we had ages one to four still at home you now know the prison doors have been opened and you can come out amen hallelujah well i bring you greetings from pastor paul [Music] from your pastor and he called me this morning and said to especially greet the flock to greet you know his sheep and to to just let you know that he's he's i guess he's somehow thinking about you you know um and enjoying his time of rest his time of retreat but just like it was with moses when he went up to the mountaintop he went there and it was all about the children of israel he was coming down to meet so even though he's in the place of retreat from us he is before the lord bearing you and asking god for clarity for everything that concerns you and we're grateful that he's able to take this time away just to get refreshed so that we can have a great refreshed pastor come back amen so to those of you who have been exceptionally nice and you haven't reached out to him god really bless you to those of you who perhaps you have his number and you still called i pray that as you hear you will hear and you will receive in the name of jesus meaning don't call him amen hallelujah we've got a few incredible testimonies this sunday morning i will read two of them to your hearing and the first one is from chicago it's a testimony of god's blessings and she writes greetings pastor paul i'm really in awe of god and lost for words trying to describe him our god is too good i got a call on tuesday 15 february for an interview regarding the position of a cfo with a leading insurance company in nigeria at first i was hesitant because i already had an offer with a company in the uk well i agreed to meet and have the interview the following day papa in less than one week on friday i received the job offer for this position amen that's a good place to clap when i met the chairman he asked me very few questions and in less than 10 minutes of discussing he asked me how much i wanted to be paid i told him he directed me to meet with the hr team and to collect my offer letter just like that wow this god is too good i'm really astonished i've heard about testimonies like this but i didn't know it would be my turn someday but like pastor paul often says if god can do it for the least likely why not me i thank god for this great house where listening to god's word from the pulpit has helped me grow in my understanding of the love of god towards me and the power that i have as a child of god my life has transformed greatly since i joined the house on the rock in 2020 may god continue to bless and increase you greatly pastors paulie and ephraim amen hallelujah and the testimonies will continue to abound just like michael amarachi davies writes he writes about the god of surprises amen he says good morning pastor paul good morning church on sunday the 13th of february 2022 pastor paul prophetically declared that somebody would receive a miracle alert by thursday the 17th of february i received that word and gave a seed a faith seed on it immediately a few hours after the service a potential client a total stranger at that time whom we had had a sale conversation with weeks earlier via zoom called to close out a deal of 20 000 u.s dollars to the glory of god and wired the funds immediately this was our biggest inflow in 21 months by thursday the 17th of february 2026 we had a total sale of 26 000 between sunday and thursday what a surprise indeed god can change your story in the blink of an eye is what he writes and i attested that i affirmed that god can and god will change your story in the blink of an eye to god be the glory thank you papa thank you amen hallelujah amen so if you have your bibles and you came to church for a word open with me to the book of exodus chapter 2 and verse 22 21 that will be my main text for today exodus chapter 2 and verse 21 and once you have it stand for the reading of god's word and it reads and moses was content to dwell with the man and he gave moses zipporah his daughter i only really need the first half of the 21st verse which is and moses was content to dwell with the man my thought this morning is simply don't settle there don't settle there it's short because the there is so personal don't settle where god has not called you to settle don't settle in that compromising situation don't settle in that place that is really a place you're managing and not a place of your full potential so whatever there is that's personal between you and god i just came this morning to tell you don't settle there look at somebody and tell them don't settle there don't settle there don't settle there don't settle there and then let's pray father we thank you for another day by your mercies that you have cost us to be beneficiaries of we've come from far and near and we declare that our gathering is on to you we've come as a needy people because we recognize that there is something about when we come together in one accord in the corporate under the corporate anointing and to this end oh god i ask that whatever needs are represented in the hearts of the people father that you will meet them at their point of need to this end of god i submit myself and i hide behind the cross of calvary i ask that you will take a call from the altar touch these lips of clay make my tongue like the pen of a ready writer give me clarity in my thoughts and precision in my speech cause your spirit to be upon me that i will come forth with the spirit of counsellor might wisdom understanding that you will cause my spirit to be quickened that even that which you have impressed upon my heart i will have the clarity and articulation to imbibe the same upon the hearts of your people that we will not settle for where you have not called us to be but lord we will receive wisdom counsel understanding above all we will come to know who you have called and gifted us to be so that we will rise to all that you have ordained us to achieve in the mighty name of jesus christ to this end oh god i ask that you send the anointing that makes ministering easy let the holy spirit move from the pulpit all the way to the end that everybody will be touched in a special way in the mighty name of jesus christ we pray amen and amen and amen hallelujah hallelujah amen look at three people and just tell them don't settle there don't settle there don't settle where god has not called you to be where god has not placed you where god has not ordained for you that is settling beneath what god has ordained for you amen as i'm sure we're all adults here so as we've lived life you must have probably been fortunate if i can say because everything god allows us to go through it's so we come out better and perhaps you might have been assaulted by life and many times when life assaults us we get injured and we get traumatized we're in a place where we're unsettled we're uncomfortable with where we are and who we've become it looks like when people are afraid they look for a place to hide they look for a place to take refuge they look for a place where they can take shelter and where they can in a sense recuperate and sometimes we look for almost like a cave for us to hide there in the first reference we see in the bible of a hiding place a cave is that when lot left sodom and gomorrah he had obeyed the instruction from the angel when god had sent a word and said he was going to um he was going to destroy sodom and gomorrah and he left he exited and on the way out his wife looked back and became a pillar of salt before then lot had negotiated with the angel of the lord and said okay if you are destroying this don't send me into the mountains let me go to the city of zoa but along the way with what happened the bible records for us we see this in genesis 19 and 13 that he went into a cave in zoa because he had gotten to a place where the bible lets us know he was afraid he was worried he was not happy with himself for he feared to dwell in zoa and then he went and dwelt dwelt in a cave with his two daughters he asked himself the question did i make the right decision what happened did i not obey god because he found himself still in a place of discouragement not because of anything he had done but because of what somebody had done who was a part of his life and he began to question his faith i want to encourage you this morning perhaps you might have obeyed what the lord had instructed you to do and you may not have felt you got the total victory you should have gotten hold on that does not mean that god is not coming through for you and that does not mean you did not do the right thing by obeying god god will still come through for you fear drove lot into that cave fear will drive you into a cave fear will paralyze god's purpose over your life fear is faith in the enemy fear is false evidence appearing real fear is the dark room of life where you go and develop the negatives in your life fear is what clouds are reality of our living god and begins to taint who re really is fear is what allows the devil to have a party because once the devil knows you are fearful he knows you begin to with retreat and once you retreat you get into a place of isolation where you're all by yourself and then he can begin to talk to you and tell you what he wants to tell you and not what god is really saying the normal reaction when people are afraid is to hide somewhere and the same is even true today we don't run and hide in physical caves but we still hide in caves we actually carry our caves around with us we hide in emotional caves caves of depression caves of isolation caves of rejection caves of abandonment caves of insecurity caves of low self-esteem and we're carrying that cave with us on like the olden days where they took refuge in the cave and we leave our lives isolated and there staying by ourselves in our world even though we might be amongst many there is the um cave of fear that there's the fear that drives people into a cave we read countless countless times in the bible instances when the children of god were under siege they were being attacked and invaded and they would run and hide in the caves just like we see in gideon's times in georges chapter 6 and verse 2 the bible lets us know that they would run and hide and take refuge in the mountains and caves and strongholds taking refuge from their attackers a cave can also be an attitude first kings chapter 18 and verse 3 recounts this for us obadiah greatly feared the lord and during jezebel's time he took a hundred prophets and he hid them in the cave when elijah came he saw them and he asked why they were in the cave because elijah's attitude was different from those prophet's attitude elijah wondered why when you are called gifted anointed of god you will be hiding in her cave he wondered why when god has graced you and god has empowered and enabled you just like he has you and me why they will be hiding in a cave when the nation is falling apart when there is chaos going all around and they're hiding shh in a cave we're hiding and not speaking up as we ought to we're being diplomatic about what should be said and starving our generation from preaching the truth in a dark and dying world that's one of the reasons i don't just love house on the rock i love pastor paul in particular he knows that he is called and anointed to speak the truth to speak the word of god to speak the statues the standards of the word of god and even though all authority is of god he will respect the authority but as a sentiment of god he will stand and he will say what god has ordained him what god has anointed him what god has allowed him to do and be in this time and season and it's a great thing to have a leader that can have the audacity the boldness the courage to be who he is supposed to be because that strengthens you it strengthens me it encourages you to be who god has called you to be in your own vein so when you see him stand in the full weight of his authority and his office and be who god has called him to be it inspires you to go out to stand in the full weight and authority of the office that god has given you in that industry in that sector in that institution in that organization in that establishment wherever it is then god is able to come through for you i like my i like i like our pastor but i like my pastor too amen so they come and they say shh he's asking where are the prophets they escape they're like don't make noise don't let them know where we are and elijah's attitude is different he says if you want to stay in this cave you can stay in this cave but i am not called to stay in the cave and so he says i will go and confront ahab and he gets up and goes to confront ahab and tells ahab meet me on man's camel bring your prophets if you want and let's let's let i will confront you let's have a challenge and let's see who really should be afraid and 450 of the prophets of bill came and elijah was there and ahab was there and elijah cried out unto the god that answers by fire and asked him that god you are the god that answers by fire answer by fire and fire came from heaven and consumed it destroyed that altar and it slew the prophet i don't know if there's anything that is false anything that is a false altar that is ungodly in your life but i know that as long as you're connected and you ask the true sovereign god the true covenant keeping god the true jehovah to arise and take charge of your life everything that is not of him will be consumed you don't even have to pray any kind of ginger fire by god prayer just walking with god the presence of god will consume everything that is not of god so that you are purged and all that remains within you is the righteousness of christ jesus cave can be intimidation these prophets were intimidated they were hiding in a cave they were afraid and they were fearful they were intimidated at the name of ahab and jezebel i pray in the name of jesus christ by the time we are done with today's teaching you will have a good revelation of who christ is you will have a strong awareness of who you are that everything that has stood to intimidate you thus far you will receive courage and might and you will go out being able to challenge it and not only challenge but come out victorious in the name of jesus christ a cave can be intimidation mosby exodus chapter 2 starts off with moses's birth and how god had called him to be the deliverer of the israelites out of egypt he felt that staring of the call and one day when he witnessed an israelite and an egyptian um in battle and he saw the egyptians smite in the israelites he came to the rescue and he engaged himself and he killed the egyptian and after that he fled for his life he fled into the wilderness and he lived there as a shepherd after experiencing the lavishness and the life in pharaoh's palace after seeing the possibilities of all that could be that was presented to him just by virtue of him being in that environment by virtue of him being pharaoh's daughter's son he would have been exposed to despite all of that the staring of the call as a deliverer moses gave up on that dream and he fled into the wilderness to dwell there as a shepherd he gave up on the call of god upon his life he was content to live with a man rather than to pursue god's purpose he had resolved in himself that i have tried i have done all i know to do i am a failure i don't think anything else can be done there is nothing more i can do and he was now living in the wilderness living in a cave living in a place of hiding he had resolved within himself that he was no good and that he wasn't there was it wasn't worth living life other than existing we pick up our text in exodus chapter 2 and verse 21 and it reads and moses was content to dwell with the man can i have rock media please help me with i would like the new living translation and the new living version and the message translation of that same scripture nlt it says moses accepted the invitation it's one thing for you to be presented with something it's another thing for you to accept it that's the new living translation the next version is the new living i think they're waiting for me give me the message version please nlt okay message moses agreed to settle down there with the man he agreed then let me have the nlv version you gave me nlt already didn't you nlv no just bear with me you've given me the new life version sorry nlv new life version moses agreed to stay with the man nlv new life version new life not new international new live version amen they don't have it okay i read for you it says moses was willing to stay with the man you know the bible king james says moses was content for you to be content it means you need to be willing for you to be willing means you need to agree for you to agree means you accept what it is the bible says moses was content to dwell with the man he was content to stay with the man the bible normally would give you the the the um the pedigree of a person but it refers to the man i don't know where you are and i don't know what's happened to you but today i have come to tell you that to be content is not a good thing in fact i would like to enlighten for those that do not know that the word content in christianity should actually be considered an abomination once is not contentment within the confines of what god has ordained for you the moment you become content it ought to be like a curse word somebody throwing at you you can never afford to enter into a place where you are content where you are glad with all that you have and you say that i have enough i don't need any more than this god has already done enough for me i've come thus far and i'm much further than most people in my family so it's good for me where i am i don't need any more for god moses had settled down he had come to a place where he said i don't need to be the deliverer of israel any longer let somebody else do it let somebody else go let somebody else speak in my state let somebody rise up to that task because i have already tried i tried to bring peace and unity but it didn't work instead it got it got me running away into the wilderness and he had come to a place of intimidation that when god called him to free the people he felt so inadequate contentment will make you settle and stay where god has not ordained for you contentment will make you settle and accept what you don't even like you don't like the fact that you're living in that paropero you know pero pero is actually per room per room each room it's a per room and per room per room but you know it's perro pero by the time they're done and that pero pero you know you come out and it's just a room you all have to share the same latrine not toilet not restroom not lavatory the same toil the same like latrine and in coming times you can imagine the panic and scare and you don't like it but because that is all you have known you've come to a place of contentment and you've come to accept it you may not like it you may not want it but when you have been in the place where you have been in a cave and your mindset is hindered because when you're in a cave what happens is eventually your mindset is reduced to what is only around you the same way when you are not in the cave and you are in the world for example you click onto the internet your mindset expands to what surrounds you what your environment is if it eventually begins to affect and dictate the kind of mindset you have and so we settle for what we don't really want and your ideal is not to take the mass transits system you know otherwise called the malware damfo but guess what that's all you've known so even when sometimes you have the means of doing otherwise because that's all you know you're content and you keep doing that you slap it from one location you walk 15 minutes before you get to another one get one boss then you come down you cross the road you know what i'm talking about and you've become content with where you are now let me put this in balance there is a place of contentment that god has called us to also paul talks about it in the book of philippians 4 and 11 where he says whatsoever state you find yourself in be content he says i know how to abase and how to abound when that is the place that god has ordained for me so there is a place of contentment in the will of god for example pastor paul is so content to be in nigeria because this is where god called him amen and people wonder what are you doing there he can't have it better than being here because that is god's perfect will for him he can't imagine being anywhere else other than pastoring the house on the rock in lagos that is god's will for him so in that he has contentment and fulfillment but there are other places where god is not god's perfect will for you god has gifted you and called you to have a lot more and so we ought not to compromise and stay there because there are two great dangers about remaining in a place when you have settled and you have taken refuge there's become a hiding place and a cave one is that that cave will eventually become a place of imprisonment your mentality will change and be confined to all that surrounds you you stay in a cave you get used to the cave you develop cave mentality and you become bound in that situation imprisoned in the cave joshua 10 and verse 16 shows us that it recounts for us the story of how joshua defeated five armies and but then the kings of the armies ran and they took refuge in a cave and he was told of joshua and when they told joshua joshua said oh they've gone to hide no problem he said put a stone and cover it and they continued and went out to battle then when they were done with battle he now came back and what did he do he told them to now see what happened the hiding place the moment they put a stone upon it it now became a prison they went there for refuge and all of a sudden they couldn't come out again if you stay in a place of hiding for too long eventually it will become a place of prison look at your neighbor and say don't stay there for too long if you're out there text somebody you know that has been in a particular place and said don't stay there for too long don't stay there for too long it will be eventually become a place of pre prison imprisonment if you retreat and hide in a cave long enough it will become a prison now the hiding place was a prison and we are all acquainted with what it is to be hurt disappointed you know um abandoned betrayed and let down we know what it is like to be in a hard place a hard situation against your back is up against the wall and you just feel like it's only you we know what it is to be to be disappointed and go through rejection but you need to know how when that happens and you retreat and go into hiding you don't stay there forever because what the enemy wants he wants you to take all that has happened to you and then run into a cave and don't get over it and stay there with the offense and the hurt so that the hiding place will eventually become a prison for you it will become an emotional prison it will become a mental prison and once it becomes a prison and you are there for a long time you can imagine what it's like to be in prison the second danger about being in the place of hiding or the cave is in the we read further in that same chapter of um joshua 10 and verse 26 after they've gone to war joshua comes back and he asks and says bring out the kings and they bring them out and he says slay them finish he says hang them on the trees sunset he says bring them down throw them back in the cave as he throws them back in crazy he says roll a stone over cover it and that's joe the bible says is still there to today when you are in a cave long enough you end up being imprisoned there when you are in prison there if you're not careful that cave will become a grave by the time you stayed there for too long so the second danger of the cave is that eventually it can become a grave it can become a place where if you don't let go of what happened to you what you what you where you are and what you're going through will begin to cause death to you and will become a grave to you moses was at the place where he had settled in the wilderness he had settled in his hiding place he had settled in a cave he was just out there but just before the cave became a grave god showed up god lit up a bush and god sent a fire god called moses when he was in the cave he called him out of that place of settlement he came to meet him in that place of contentment a place of compromise and god spoke to him and said it's time for you to come out and be the deliverer that's one of the things i love about god he doesn't wait until you're all of who you are before he calls you to do what he wants you to do once you are in the cave he comes to meet you there and he says i've called you to be great and mighty he says your name is going to be known everywhere what you're hiding and threshing wheat in the wine press he comes to gideon and says mighty man of valor once you are hiding in the back of that office you almost get there early you live late you don't want anybody to notice you because you have so much insecurity god sees you and god is speaking to you and he's telling you you are a great and mighty woman or man of god he tells you that he has called you to do great and mighty things he doesn't wait until you have all the money he doesn't wait until you have become all of who you think you should be he doesn't wait until you feel you have what it takes for you to be and do what you want to do he comes and he whispers in your ears the dreams that he has for you he doesn't wait for you to come out of the darkness into life even once you're there in hiding once you're there in the wilderness whilst you're there in the game god comes and he whispers and he speaks to you he tells moses you are the deliverer of the nation of israel he says you are more than tending shape you are more than looking after animals in the backside of nowhere you are more than making sure you are servant serving water and doing things to things he says moses there is so much greatness on the inside of you you remember who you were when when before life hits you or blow you remember the greatness you felt within you you remember the courage you had you remember the confidence you had do you remember that i'm talking to you yes you do you remember who you were before before life hits you before that thing happened that is who god is talking to that is who god is calling you he says you are called to be great he says you are called to be his chosen one he says you are called to be mighty he says rise up thou mighty man of valor rise up thou deliverer of israel rise up thou defeater of the giant called goliath rise up from whatever it is that has limited you has hindered you has lied to you has deceived you has told you you are nothing and you can't go anywhere and you don't qualify for what you know god has ordained for you the devil is a liar we know who we are we know what god has called us to be and do we know whose we are we know who's who whom we serve and we know what god has planned for us god called moses whilst he was in the backside of nowhere he spoke to him whilst he was in the cave before the cave became a grave i pray in the name of jesus christ may god speak to you expressly for those of you who are in a cave who are hiding who are so scared who are intimidated who don't have the courage and boldness may you hear the voice of the lord clearly may he speak to you and may you receive the boldness and courage to come out of that cave so that you will not be imprisoned and you will not die in a grave moses god called to him there was a burning bush in the wilderness he tells moses you are the deliverer of the nation and of israel whilst he's tending sheep whilst he's dependent on his father-in-law whilst he's overflowing with so much insecurity all he does is stutter and stammer he says you are the deliverer of is israel we see in genesis chapter 3 verses 2 to 3 how when god came to moses genesis chapter sorry exodus chapter exodus chapter 3 verses 2 to 3 when god comes to moses and god tells him and the angel of the lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of the bush and he looked and behold the bush burned with fire and the bush was not consumed and verse 3 goes on to say and moses said i will now turn aside and see this great sight why the bush is not burned as we drop down to verse 10 of the same same chapter it reads and says after god has he says come now therefore i will send thee unto pharaoh that thou mayest bring forth my people the children out of egypt amen now there was something that happened when god even told moses that moses was still so full of who he thought he was meaning he was so conscious of his insecurities his flaws his shortcomings that he began to to argue and debate and begin to try and convince god why he the created knows what the creator should be doing why he decreed it is an ad at a disadvantage and therefore the creator must not know what he's doing to call on him do you hear me what i'm saying don't be aware of your flaws god knows them already god sees everything that's wrong with you god saw it before he called you and guess what who you were before you came to christ is how he knew you were now that you're in christ all that you are and all that you will yet become he already knows he's not moved by who you are or what you think you can do or the righteousness you have nothing that you have contributes to why god is in relationship with you god chose to be in relationship with you simply because he wanted to simply because jesus gave the invitation simply because you accepted it it has nothing to do with your credentials he has nothing to do with your abilities he has nothing to do with who you think you are or what you can do it's all a god thing look at somebody and say it's a god thing it's a god thing it's a god thing if you're out there just type text somebody and say it's a god thing everything about me is a god thing you may not like everything about me and guess what i may not be perfect and i'm not perfect when we get to heaven we'll be perfect amen but as i am god has accepted me as i am god loves me as i am god chose me so if god has chosen me why should i be the one disqualifying myself when the one who has the ability to disqualify did not disqualify me excuse me i'm gonna enjoy myself excuse me i'm gonna celebrate myself excuse me i'm gonna take up the invitation excuse me i'm gonna feel all together all right because god is for me god chose me and god loves me so moses is there and he is beginning to debate with god exodus chapter 4 and moses answered and said but behold they will not believe me no how come on to my voice but they will say the lord has not appeared to you amen we jump to verse 10 of exodus chapter four and moses said unto the lord again oh my lord i am not eloquent neither heretofore nor sins thou has spoken unto thy servants but i am slow of speech and of a slow tongue hey you've been talking with god you think god did not hear no so what it is what is it that we are telling god and we're telling god why we are disqualified is it the god that created you the god that you know you are trying to enlighten it's like going to school and a child goes and is trying to tell a phd holder what to teach you can't tell the master and the teacher what he knows everything you are just a student in life and moses is there engaging god and telling god why he doesn't qualify you know and then verse 13 says and he said oh my lord send i pray thee by the hand of whom that will send can you imagine argument back and forth why not why not not me and who we speak whose hand will you use who's person who you use who's what you are the chosen person you are the anointed one you are the called one you are the qualified one you are the one that god wants look at somebody and just beat your chest and say it's me i'm the chosen one i'm the cold one and the one god wants and there was a fire and moses turned because the fire got his attention the fire got his attention because it was burning and it was not consumed that meant that because god was in the fire not consumed means that the the the the bush was on fire but guess what it was not decomposing due to the fire ashes were not coming due to the fire the bush was on fire and whatever was green in the bush was still green while fire was on my goodness god had stepped into that burning bush so what allows things to burn is that you must have time for the process of combustion but because god has stepped into the bush eternity where there is no existence of time has stepped into the bush and because eternity was now in the bush there was no time passing so the bush could not be consumed because in those days it was come on to see bushes burning in the wilderness the heat and the dryness out there fires would break out anyhow but then to see a bush that is burning and not be consumed it will get your attention it will mean there's something going on i don't know which bush is burning in your life that is not consumed but god has sent you a bush that is burning and is not consuming will you take a look at it the bible says moses turned aside and said i will look at this great sight are you telling aside to look at the great sight the sign that god is giving you speaking to you and telling you that there is something that he needs your attention for he says i will turn when bosses looked at that fire something must have happened on the inside of him that fire ignited something in his spirit that fire came and took a hold of him that in a funny way the things that needed not to be there were consumed and punched all of a sudden that timidity all of a sudden that weakness all of a sudden that inferiority all of a sudden that low self-esteem all of that would have been consumed and it would have only been the presence of god and all that comes with it the glory the boldness the audacity the the belief in what god has said he looked aside and he said i will look at this bush and as he looked something happened god doesn't speak to you where you are he doesn't speak to your present position he speaks to your future potential where you are now your present position has nothing to do with what god has called you to be or to do amen your present circumstances don't look like who you're going to be so in fact look at the person on the right or wrong and just just arrange yourself all over again cross and just do as if you don't even know who i am yet to because i'm sitting beside you because i asked you for a lift to church because i asked you can i use something you have because i'm asking for a handout you don't know who i am yet so even though i may not look like what you want me to look like it don't mean i've reached my final bus stop i may not be driving what you're driving yet i may not be wearing what you're wearing yet i may not be using what you're using yet i may not be banking what you're banking yet but god is not yet done with me watch how you treat me now because i'm not the same person that's gonna be at the end of the year 2022 i'm not going to be the same person next year god is still working on me i am still a work in progress god is doing something in my life so don't write me off with where i am this is only the prelude the prefix the preference to the book this is the introduction you need to wait to read chapter one two three four five six by the time you get to the third book in the chapter you will begin to get a glimpse of who god has really called me to be don't look at me like that don't treat me like that because you may just regret it tomorrow because god is still doing something great in my life greatness is yet to spring out of me look at somebody and just say watch how you treat me look at another person and smile say i forgive you you can treat me better now i forgive you you can treat me better now amen god doesn't speak to your present position he speaks to your future potential i don't know if there's anybody under the sound of my voice you know what is inside of you is yet to come out you know that your future is brighter than what is you know that your best days are yet ahead of you you know that your path still shines brighter in front you know that this is not the best you know that your best days are yet ahead of you you know there's more to you than miss the eye so this is not all of it and therefore you know that your future potential is unimaginable just keep on watching keep on watching like they say watch this space watch this space watch this space watch this space look at two people and tell them watch this space text somebody out there and say watch this space watch what god is going to do and god speaks to the future potential a real bosses tend to see that bush a real encounter with god cannot leave you the same way a real encounter with god will transform you a real encounter with god will eliminate all the things that don't represent or or they don't represent or mirror who god is a real encounter will cause you to come out better it doesn't matter how you feel coming in it doesn't matter how you feel from perhaps what you've done a real encounter will transform you a real encounter with god will let you know that there is now therefore no condemnation to them who are in christ jesus you will know that nothing disqualifies you for what god has blessed you to be a real encounter will let you know that regardless of what is going on in your life presently he works all things together for the good of us who love him and are called according to his purpose a real encounter will let you know that in all these things we are more than conquerors a real encounter will let you know if god be for you then who can be against you no weapon no person no demon no principality no power no orga at the top no madam at the top can be against you god is for you a real encounter will let you know that god is for you that's why i just can't you know i have to be careful how i encounter god i just can't settle anywhere i just can't go to any church i must hear word living word true word that's why even though you know thank god for covid and technology today so internet you know we can all be viewing in but there's nothing like the corporate anointing anytime i'm not aware i'm away from home there's a difference go to any church we know there's church and there's church watch it online you will know you are missing something when you come into the house you say hey sweet presents this is what i've been missing then in your mind you will say so this is what they've been enjoying since and i'm still sitting at home with kovid did anybody ever have that experience you know i can't compromise the word of god i don't compromise coming to the house of god i can't just settle anywhere because the church is down the road from my house no let me tell you what you don't go to that hospital that is down the road from your house and that is your body that is here today and not tomorrow then is it my spirit that i'm not going to go to a place down the road no i don't want to end up in hospital so therefore i will go the extra to go to where i know i am receiving a word to ensure that my life is preserved to ensure that my destiny is preserved to ensure that what god has purposed for me i have a good understanding and i can hold on to it that's one thing about this house when you walk through those doors bless god for pastor paul you are guaranteed to hear the word of god and because of how he has served and how he has taught ask anybody if they are giving an assignment you will say how will i we can be pastor paul but you will say how can i be the best i can be how can i what i have seen how can i see and do according to my ability you're guaranteed of hearing the word of god and that word will transform you that word will give you revelation that word will inspire you that what will empower you that's why sometimes you come to church you're feeling low feeling dejected feeling discouraged feeling depressed feeling in despair and you walk through those doors and then all of a sudden the word comes at you and there's revelation you begin to you see yourself as you are you're inspired you're not motivated you're empowered and then you leave church feeling much better you feel like church feeling all together feeling like you can do what you didn't feel you could do before when you're in a low place and you feel defeated and the devil is telling you everything you cannot be all you need is a word from god moses was in a terrible place all he had okay he had an encounter with god but we encounter god through his word today also you just need a word from god when you get a word from hell telling you all you cannot be and how a loser you are and how you are going to be miserable how you'll never be happy how you never have joy how you never get married how you never have that baby how you never own your own company how you never get that promotion how everywhere you go to the bus has always hate you and you've never worked a job more than two years because the tension and hatred in the office is too much and it tells you everything negative you need a word from heaven to combat and eliminate the words of the enemy so when the devil tells you you are useless you just need to know i cannot be useless i am a child of god i am for signs and wonders when he tells you you're a failure you say no no no no no according to sam's world everything that my hand does will prosper when he says you're losing your mind you say that's impossible because the scripture tells me in isaiah 23 6 and 3 that those of us who keep our mind fixed upon him will have perfect peace so i cannot lose my mind my peace comes because i trust god when he tells you you're a papa you say how can that be me that i'm blessed and highly favored when the enemy comes and tells you negative things and tries to describe you and put you in a place of despair all you need is a word from god a word from heaven to combat to counteract to eliminate to destroy to totally remove that word that the enemy has brought your way because you cannot go through life carrying the baggage of what has been if you carry the baggage of what you've been through or the circumstances that you are in you carry that unforgiving spirit that unforgiving attitude that unforgiving mouth it will become a grave to you to the plans of god for your life to the purposes of god for your life it will become a grave to your relationships it will come every grave to the dreams and what god had purpose for you i've come here today to tell you that you need to come out of that place you have settled in get out of that cave of failure get out of that place of sadness get out of that place of sorrow that place of forgiveness come out of it you are called to greater and better things you cannot isolate yourself in you of what god has called you and blessed you with simply because you went through something come out of hiding come out of that place don't settle outside the will of god for your life don't settle there there is so much more that god has for you the place of contentment where you have a cave mentality will cause you to be imprisoned and that prison will eventually become a grave for all that god has ordained for you we are not called to live in prison we are not called to live in caves we are not called to live in hiding where your gifts your talents your abilities the devices that god has given you they're hiding because you're shy where you don't want to shine because last time you shone somewhere everybody in the office hated you let me tell you it does not matter how much they hate you if god is for you god will have a way to protect you they hated so many people in the bible but because god was with them nothing could be done just be who you are supposed to be do what god has called you to do and watch how god remains faithful to him what i hear is wear your coat of many colors wear your robes shine it you know different colors different virtues and graces and abilities and talents and let god wear his coat of vengeance don't worry about what will happen if i obey god obey god and leave the rest to god you do your part and let god do his part it's attacked him you do yours god does his then we get the victory amen hallelujah it's time for you to come out of that place of hiding don't take your gifts and your talents and you allow them to be clouded and they're hiding under the scars and the wounds of everything you've been through buried under the trials and troubles you are not called to be on the backside of nowhere because of your insecurity or that failure failure happens to everybody some people's zone is public some people's own is private failure happens to everybody some of the greatest people we know today it's failure that got them there like they say you fail your way to success the righteous will fall seven times but yet will he get up it's not about falling down it's not about making a mistake it's about getting up each time you fall down it's about knowing that there's still more to you is knowing that you can't quit there not because you encountered an obstacle you are not called to retreat and live in a cave there might be a season of isolation where you need to retreat and you retreat because you need to attend to the wound you retreat because you need to heal you retreat because you need to catch your breath you retreat because you need to strengthen up you need retreat because you need to strategize you retreat because you need to come out stronger but it's for a season it's not as a permanent lifestyle there is a place of retreating a place of isolation a place of hiding but not forever many times the children of israel will go out to battle and god will give them the strategy and say hide here hide in the shadow of the mountain hide here but if they hit there and didn't come out they wouldn't win the battle you can't keep hiding look at somebody and say don't keep hiding tell somebody else that season of isolation is over that season of hibernation is over that season of hiding is over caves get emptied of the occupants when jesus shows up in john 11 we see here the story of lazarus lazarus was dead he had been bound hands and feet wrapped up like a mummy laid in a cave like a grave the stone was rolled and it was put there three days plus on the fourth day jesus showed up when jesus showed up jesus says roll the stone away and all he did was come out and say lazarus come forth and guess what lazarus came forth lazarus knew who to the lazarus that needed to come forth came forth it was not lazarus another lazarus it was not lazarus from nazareth he was not nazareth the brother of simon it was not it was nasa it was lazarus the brother of mary amen when jesus shows up and he says come forth his word is sharp is alive is active it is or it cannot return void it will be it is almost like you know how you have laser red red laser and they they've already targeted it and wherever they send the missile from it doesn't matter how it flies wherever has been mapped is going there there is a word that is sent over your life and god has said come forth he's saying lazarus come forth wherever it is whatever is dead what seems to have not be working he says comfort it is a world targeted to that particular area of your life you are coming forth it's time to come out of the cave it's time to come out of hiding it's time to come out of that place come forth i hear the voice say come forth to those of you who've tuned on this this sunday morning and are watching this to those of you who are here the word for you now is come forth come forth out of the ashes come forth out of what you've been through come forth in the name of jesus i believe that is a word for somebody under the sound of my voice it's time for you to come forth out of your heart out of the fear and compromise it's time for you to come forth out of that place of intimidation and do what god has called you to do god is saying don't settle there because that's not the life i have for you he has called you to freedom not to a place of hiding after all the bible says in john 10 10 he came that you may have life and have abundant life not that you may exist not that you may hide not that you may just be somewhere but you may have life it's time for you to start living and live the abundant life live a life that is full live a life that is rich live a life that is overflowing it's time for you to start living the abundant life what gives christianity the power to transform lives is that jesus will not stay in the grave if our master is not in the great what are you doing in the grave if a master is not in a cave that a stone has been wrong to block it what are you doing in that game that's why when jesus was put in the grave he could not stay there when jesus came out of that grave he came out with the keys of death and of hell and that's why that thing that is trying to lock you down can never lock you down because jesus has the keys that addiction will not keep you down that bankruptcy will not keep you down that heartbreak will not keep you down the global pandemic will not lock you up either that downward spiral thing in your life where something happened and you've been able to be unable to pick yourself up it will not keep you down even though the economy around you may not look like all it should be it cannot keep you down don't settle for where you are your current status jesus has the keys to it that singleness is only for a time that that financial status is only for a time that mindset you have jesus gave you the mind that is like his the bible say we have the mind of christ so you don't have to stay locked where you are he unlocked the prison doors he rolled the stones away he called bad things back to life he called lazarus back to life whatever is ba dead in your life i call it back to life that relationship is coming back to life that body is coming alive again that sickness dwindles and disappears from it your mind is coming back alive you begin to dream you begin to believe you begin to have witty inventions i declare your finances are coming back to life your body is coming back to life your your hunger the hunger you have for the lord it is coming back to life your quest for knowledge to go back to school it is coming back to life your confidence is coming back to life your business is coming back to life your self-esteem is coming back to life your audacity and courage is coming back to life it does not have to be dead you don't have to settle where you are you don't have to settle there it can come back to life don't settle there don't settle there don't settle there look at two people and say don't settle there don't settle there don't settle there you don't have to live in the yesterday you don't have to live in the heart of yesterday somebody did something wrong somebody messed up somebody was dumb and didn't do what they were supposed to do that's not enough for you to hang your life that's the place where the enemy wants you where your heart and you stay in a cave but today i declare in the name of jesus you come out of that cave you come out of hiding you come out of darkness you come out of bitterness you come out of anger but jesus says come out of that place don't settle there it's over whatever happened that traumatized you and made you think you couldn't do what you're supposed to do it is over whatever rest up your mindset and you don't even believe that you have what it takes that incident has already happened and passed is dusted is in yesterday god is not looking at it he's not even concentrating on you today he's looking at the potential of your future the potential of your tomorrow so let it go let it go let it go let it go let it go let it go let it go let it go greatness awaits you greatness awaits you the power of the church is in an empty grave it's an empty tube there was too much power in christ though they beat him until he would have been so weak that he ought not to be have had any strength they they hung him and made sure he was dead and then they put him in a tube and they even put reinforcement to make sure that he could not get out i don't know if you hear me there was too much power in christ they couldn't keep him there in the grave they put him in a cave roll the stone to make sure that it was secure but that grave could not keep him down and on the third day he rose triumphant and he made a public show of principalities and powers i don't know about you but i'm so grateful for the fact that he came and everything that would have hindered me everything that would have disqualified me he nailed it to the cross he didn't only nail it to the cross he took it on his body and nailed it to the cross and then after that he arose on the third day so guess what everything that can disqualify you is still nailed to the cross but he is free and as he is free you also are free you have no business being in that truth you have no business being in that grave you have no business in hiding you have no business being in a dark place look at somebody and say what are you doing in that grave [Music] what are you doing in that grave don't you know that we are here in christ jesus don't you know that we are just a part of him christ is the head god is the head of christ and christ is the head of of the body don't you know that we are part of him and the bible says in first corinthians 6 and 14 and god hath raised him up the lord and he will also raise us up by his power so if god raised christ up then god has raised you and me up also romans 8 and 11 says but if the spirit of him that raised man from the dead he dwelt in you he that raised christ up from the dead shall also quicken your butter body by his spirit that dwells on the inside of you i came to let somebody know perhaps you don't know it the spirit of christ is at work in you the spirit of christ dwells in you you have that same spirit that can quicken your mother body so though you don't feel like it though you don't have the physical strength though you don't know what it takes god can take over all you need to do is connect with god and let god have his way and when god has his way it's no longer you but it's christ at work within you it's no longer your strength and your weakness but in your infirmity his strength is made perfect it's god working in you you have no business being in that grave the bible says in ephesians 2 and verse 6 that he has raised us up together and he has caused us made us to sit together in heavenly places in christ jesus i don't know about you but i'm not waiting till i die to go to heaven because i am in christ i'm already operating from a place of abundance i'm already operating from a place of authority i'm already operating from a place of of of power i'm already operating from a place that is heavenly above i came to tell somebody you don't belong in the grave you don't belong in hiding you don't belong in darkness you don't belong in that cave you belong where you are seated in heavenly places far above principalities and powers you belong in a realm that is untouchable by the demons that are prayed on earth you'll be locked in a realm where you are seated in heavenly places on the right hand side of god romans 6 8 says therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death or that all that that like as christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the father even so we also should walk in the newness of life i don't know about you but i'm so done with oldness i'm so done with existing there's a newness of life i came to tell somebody come out of the darkness come out of hiding come out of the cave come out of that grooming place come out into the newness of life there is a newness of life that is available to you do you want something new in your life you have it already you want a new job you want a new opportunity you want a new bank account with a different kind of currency attached to it you want newness you want you want to marry you want children whatever it is you want that you have not had before that is new there is a newness of life that is made available to you you have no business settling there if god did not obtain it if that's what not god has not destined for you you have no business settling there you have no business setting there [Music] there are probably a few people under the sound of my voice you feel like you know you've settled in a place where god has not ordained you and you've been held captive there you're imprisoned and now you feel like you're in a grave you feel like you're just living and there's no life left in you and you're in pain in isolation you're in deceit have been lies betrayal there's mistrust in somebody hurt you you've been there a long time failure bankruptcy and you've just learned to live in that cave you've learned to settle for lesser than what god has given you and not what god has promised you but you will not settle for less than what god has said you know when you settle for less is a compromise as i was writing that word this morning i realized it was com promise come promise i went to do the etymology come means to be with so normally compromises you come with with is come promises promise so compromise with promise so when there's a compromise you come with a promise to say okay this is what we agree as a party no you don't have no promise to bring to god god has already given you the promise concerning your life there is no compromise don't settle for what the devil is saying manage this you know rather than have tall dark as god said hands up you just manage one person by the time you marry he's beating you then he tells you you follow him you're going to one strike you're wondering why look at somebody and say no compromising no compromising what god has declared and ordained for me is what i will get even in that place of hurt and brokenness that's what god needs it's time to come out roll that stone away if they put a grave on you take off the grave clothes death has nothing near you your finances ought not to be dead your relationship ought not to be dead your life and your body ought not to be dead your dealings and transactions ought not to be dead your business ought not to be dead your negotiations ought not to be dead the work of your hand the productivity you bring forth ought not to be dead it doesn't matter if you're working nine to five somewhere what you bring to the table should have weight they must recognize something in it not everybody is called to be an entrepreneur but everybody that is a child of god is called to be to be the light and to shine you're called to be the head and you can be the head on that level you don't have to be the head of the company for now wherever you are it's time to come out take off the grave clothes everything that represents darkness let it go the enemy may have tried to put you down and cause you to run into hiding but there's a better way to live than to live in a place of settlement that is not of god i came this morning to tell you simply whatever the word there means to you don't settle don't settle there settle there and so father i come and i lift up your children these precious ones before your throne of grace and mercy thank you for your word and the entrance of it that brings light thank you for revelation and understanding we have and the awareness of who we are today we let go of our past and even the present and we lay hold of the future potential that you have put on the inside of us we connect to who you created us to be and all that you graced and ordained us to be and so we let go we come out of that place of addiction the place of heart the place of contentment the place of compromise where we are living beneath what you have graced and called us to be and today we say we will no longer be in hiding we'll no longer be in the cave we will not allow ourselves to be imprisoned by staying in the cave because of intimidation and fear we refuse for anything that is attempting to be a grave upon your plans and purposes for our life and we come out with boldness we come out with boldness oh god we come up with boldness holding on to the world that you have given us specifically individually for our life and we say we will rise above everything we come out to be the head and not the tail to be above and not beneath to be the great one to be a lender to nations and not to continue to borrow we come out at top in health and in strength and in wealth we come out empowered by the most high to go forth and be who you've ordained us to be to set people in market places to be that industrialist to be that deliverer in that particular area whatever it is oh god that you have graced your people to be fathers breathe afresh on them speak a word to them confirm the word to them and cause them to rise in a new might and strength and go forth and be and do all that god has called them to be and do in the mighty name of jesus christ we pray amen [Music] amen amen i wanna you know i read and i read a testimony and i liked what i read i just i'm just getting that in my spirit now it was from no it was from the other gentleman i'll tell you who he was from it was from michael yes hey michael and he said the moment he received the word he gave a faith seed immediately on it i believe that i really believe it that you know the lord was sending a word to say come forth come out of hiding because as long as you're gifted and you're talented and your grace and enabled but you don't use it you will continue to remain on that level the moment you are aware of what you have and you engage it then your level changes everything about you will change your your your circle in society will change your accounts in the bank will change the balance your lifestyle will change once you begin to enjoy the productivity of your work but as long as you don't know what god has called you to be can you imagine i don't know if i didn't marry pastor paul i don't know whether i would be in ministry because i had absolutely no desire for ministry i felt everybody was called to be a minister just be everybody's immunity we're all ministers i didn't i married i married the man that i fell in love with adeolua not pastor paul i certainly liked the the um i like the passion that the man pastor paul had and i liked the the the way he could pray you know i felt that i not i felt i still think that is so attractive you know when there are things that are intangible they don't age so as hot as pastor paul was then he's the same now even water because the anointing is still you know how did i misrude get there what was i saying now what was i saying hey i had no desire to be a pastor nor to marry a pastor you know nothing like that but i am who i am today because of my association with him so i wonder you know what would i have been otherwise why do i say that would i have known that i had these gifts and talents and graces i don't know but he brought an awareness for me i remember when we were still dating he'd come to visit me and i'd been hearing this scripture the spirit of the lord is upon me because he has anonymia and paul what did i know little little little child and i told him oh this has been with me all day and he said oh you know what it's probably because there is some call upon you and that was the first time i mean prior to that before i met him i where i used to worship if if our leader i mean i was a little girl barely in my early twenties once there was a vacuum they wouldn't call the other pastor's wives they'll call me to come and head certain things so it was evident that there was something on me but what i'm saying is that all of who i am today may not have been if not for that i said that to say if you don't know what you have you will not know how to use it and it is your gift that makes room for you is your gift that causes you to come before great people is your gift that will bring you into a place of rest and so with with michael what came to me was if you believe this is your word and you're coming out of darkness you're coming out of hiding meaning there might be things in you that you didn't even know where they were there they're about to come out bring out your faith sid bring out your faith seed and let's tie that up immediately and i'm trusting the way michael within three days four days got his miracle you also will get your miracle amen so whatever you need to do let me get my own gadgets you know i'm not as techy as all of you so for me some of us make it easy we just have an a constant standing order and then as we are led in church we top it up because top-up is good you know top-up is good they call it top-up abroad when you do credit what do when you put top of your credit what do they call it here top of recharge recharge is good recharge is good amen so if you have your offerings if you made your transfers if you've already put together whatever you're doing in your own in your envelope whatever it is god is telling you those of you that seed faith is not for everybody you have to bear witness you have to hold on to it you have to claim it you have to receive it by faith and then you will see god come through for you i believe that god will come through for you the oil in this house and the grace and the anointing i stand under from pastor paul as he said then on the 13th of february and he said you will receive a miracle alert i say the same to you you will receive a miraculous just as you give amen let's lift up our offerings our point of the device's point of contact or what our father we thank you thank you for the opportunity to give and thank you for the word that you have given father we lift up this seed and we give some of us sacrificially as led and tied into this world into this seed so that by faith father we will receive an abundance a thousandfold of that which we have heard and that which we believe for you for and so therefore in the name of jesus christ we declare by this seed we secure that business transaction that is ongoing we secure that that um employment letter that is in transit by this seed we secure that job that you have been chasing by this seed we secure that visa by this seed we secure that position that opening that place in that university by this seed we secure bills paid hospital peace bills paid tuition fees paid accommodation paid transportation paid we declare in the name of jesus christ by this seed we receive not only enough but an abundance so that we come into a place of having more than enough in the mighty name of jesus christ we pray o god that you will bless your people you bless them oh god and cause them to be a blessing even as you bless them cause their names to be great cause them as they go out this this week to go out in a new awareness to go out a might to go out in strength to go out in power to go out in courage to go out in audacity to go out in an awareness of who they are that they will go out to accomplish what you have ordained for them what you have gifted them to do in the name of jesus father we ask oh god that before the end of this week you will give many under the sound of my voice a testimony that they will know that you o lord are the faithful one and you know how to deliver and you know how when you bring people out of a grave to cause them to be the light that shines we ask that you will do this and bless our week bless our week with increase bless our week with opportunities bless our week with open doors bless our weak with closure to things that have been pending bless our weak and cause us to come back with testimonies in the mighty name of jesus christ and may the lord cause his face to shine upon you may the lord be gracious unto you may the god lord smile upon you may the lord have reason to rejoice over you may the lord cause your feet to be upon the high places may the lord cause the two leave gates to be opened unto you may the lord cost this week to bring back much increase into your life in the mighty name of jesus christ and may the grace of our lord jesus christ the love of god and the sweet fellowship of the holy spirit rest and abide with us now and forevermore amen and surely god's moses and mercy shall follow us all the days of our lives and we shall dwell in the house of the lord forever and ever and ever amen god bless you have an incredible week we'll see you next week sunday here live and remember the children's church is fully opened up now and on wednesday at 6 00 pm online god bless you [Applause] so you

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