INTIMACY WITH GOD || APOSTLE AROME OSAYI

in jesus name we'll pray amen you may be seated you are welcome in jesus name turn your bible quickly i want us to do bible study for a few minutes maybe 20 maybe 25 maybe 30 minutes depending on the strength of the teaching anointing when we have considerable considerably being able to achieve god's intent for the exposition i will switch and then we'll begin the healing service kings chapter 4 verse 29. first kings chapter 4 verse 29. now you join me in the next can you revive okay you join me in in uh in 30 minutes time first kings are you there verse 29 and god gave solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much enlargeness of heart even as the sand that is on the seashore and solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country and all the children of egypt for he was wiser than all men than ethan the s height and human and and charcoal and dada sons of mahou his and his fame was in all nations round about and he speak 3 000 proverbs and his songs were a thousand and five now this is a commentary a commentary about the capacity that god gave this man called solomon in fact it was stated clearly that the wisdom question he functioned in was higher than that which was given to any man before him the wisdom that was a walk in his life superseded the wisdom that bettered civilizations like egypt there were two things that god gave to this great man first of all was wisdom and secondly was largeness of heart the ground upon which this wisdom that was be quitted was intended to function was a heart that was vast if if not that god gave solomon a hat that was vast he would not be able to play host to that dimension of wisdom that god be quitted to him so wisdom goes with heart if you do not have a large heart to to [Music] overlook trivial issues you may not have what it takes for you to receive such investment of the wisdom of god that has the capacity to influence your generation my emphasis this morning because this evening because of time is not to go deeply into the things that have been said my emphasis is in verse number 34. there were two manifestations two direct manifestations that were occasioned on the account of the wisdom that god gave to solomon are you with me you are now with me verse 32 let's read and he speaks 3 000 proverbs so some of the evidences of his wisdom or the um instrument through which his wisdom was encapsulated because the scope of grace that was upon his life was so vast he came up with the technology about how to encapsulate the wisdom so that it would be there just in case after he had passed on someone needs to access the wealth of wisdom that god had invested in his life he decided to pour in his wisdom into proverbs so that if you can access the proverbs you'll be able to glean from the wealth of grace that was placed on his life so he was able to crystallize 3 000 provost please help me ask your neighbor how many proverbs have you generated you you sitting here because it is it is easy for you to trivialize what is working in the life of sodom so i had to ask you that question he crystallized 3 000 proverbs and these proverbs were containers in which he heed the wisdom that god had given unto him so the first means of preserving the wisdom was in proverbs second means was in songs actually never again how many songs have you read the other day we were embarrassed by someone that was attempting to prophesy hallelujah because the person had not studied the word of god sufficiently the prophecy had no contact he said my people my people do not be afraid because even me myself i'm afraid sometimes god afraid the reason why the prophecy was lacking content was because the brother had not labeled in the word of god sufficiently so he doesn't know the way god thinks he doesn't know the way god talks is when you generate a product like profession that's when we know what is at work in your heart because even though prophecy has its roots in the spirit of god he will need to act on something that raw materials in the soil of your heart in order for that product to find expression solomon was able to crystallize 3 000 proverbs and 105 songs meanwhile his duty was not the duty of a poet he was not a boy that was not his assignment he was a king doing running an estate but he had time to come up with three thousand proverbs with one thousand and five songs i don't have time to press on that but you see my emphasis tonight is actually that among all the 105 songs that solomon crystallized there was one song that was called the song of songs that song was somewhat of a summary of all the songs that solomon had received through inspiration so he separated that song from all the other songs and he called that song the song of songs and just in case you don't have the time to listen to the songs that solomon sang if you listen to the song of songs you would have had some insight into the content of all his labels that were trapped in songs because of the nature of supremacy of that ultimate song that was characteristic of the content of his singing life god gave solomon the rare privilege for the song of songs to be enshrined in the scriptures can you talk with me to the book of songs of solomon chapter one now please understand the reason for my effort this night oh you are not with me stay with me understand the reason for my effort this night the first message i preached in this conference was a message that was designed to unveil a new regime in the economy of god jesus was the one that said he was with them but he shall be in them it means when he begins to dwell in them which is us now there are higher possibilities that god has because he is dwelling in us one of which is the possibility to cultivate intimacy with god the book of songs of solomon talks about an intimacy that is capable that is possible with god he begins his presentation by making us understand the organic union the perfect illustration of the organic union that exists between christ and his church the layout of the book of songs of solomon gives us insight into the density and the depth of that organic union its implication and its possibility and all of these was encapsulated in a song what a rich song solomon sang in the book of songs of solomon chapter one the bible says the song of psalms which is solomon are you with me okay he said let verse 2 stay with me let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth for thy love is better than wine next verse because of the server of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment portfolio therefore do the virgin's love day there are too many metaphors and too many hidden speeches in this communication he said draw me we will run after thee the king has brought me into his chambers we will be glad and rejoice with thee we will remember thy love more than wine please remember that final note there it is only the upright that can love god the book of songs of solomon presents 12 layers of intimacy with god this is an opening into that adventure are you with me you are far away i say are you with me this is an opening into that adventure and i like to create um an entry point so that you will understand the discussion that is held within this framework of spiritual understanding first of all we need to know the meaning [Music] and the role of love you see the bible says for god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth on him should not perish but have everlasting life the motivation god has a nature and that nature of his is called the nature of love and it is god's nature of love that was the motivation that drove god to redeem falling humanity are you with me so the love of god is the motivation that god had to bring you and me out of sin and to bring us to become participants in his kingdom that's not all that's not all then when you become a member of the kingdom of god god gives you his spirit and when god gives you a spirit one of the assignment one of the ministries of the holy ghost is to shed abroad your heart that same love of god that was upon god's heart that made him go out of his way to seek you out of the dominion of darkness and to prepare place for you in his kingdom the holy spirit now begins to shed that love on your heart when the love of god hits your heart when you begin to love god when you begin to press into god and god becomes an object of love your heart catches a vision of god such that you begin to love god the first thing that the love of god does when it is found in your heart is that it gives god the opportunity to exercise government over your life see according to the bible the love of god has constraining power it was paul that said that the love of god constrains us maybe you want to do something but because you have a link with god you have certain loving god you don't want god to be offended that's the reason why you refuse to do that thing so unknown to you the love of god becomes an instrument of control in the hand of god to regulate your life because you want to maintain the relationship that you have with god you don't want to do stuff that will breach that relationship if you have come to that point where you value god and you value him and you value what you have for him and what he has with you enough to let go some other things in order for you not to lose what you have if you have come to that point when you find the love of god to become a commodity that is precious for which you can let other things go you have come to a point you have come to a place in god where god can manipulate your life god can exercise government over your life god can say okay don't do this are you with me if you have not reached that place it is very likely for you to do things and you throw caution to the wing the instrument through which god administers government on the life of the believer is organic is love so if you have not experienced that that's the reason why you don't have any commitment to god because the moment you begin to love god oh my there is nothing on this earth that you are willing to give in exchange with that which you have found in god the bible says i beseech thee brethren by the message of god to offer your bodies a living sacrifice which is your reasonable act of worship and be not conform to this world but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind if you are still with me say amen stay with me we have not started the job on the scriptures i'm just trying to open up the scope of our entrance when i wanted to get married seeing that my wife is from western nigeria and if you come to western nigeria tomorrow at least i can give you an insight the list the list that we give you list of items to provide will be written in your language hallelujah and there is a fish there is a kind of fish a specie of fish that you must bring it's not tilapia it's not common and the name of the fish will be written in your language may the lord give you understanding it took me a few months to get all the items on the list and when we brought it for the traditional wedding we put it on the field it was a mountain a mountain of items and people people were passing and wishing that it was their daughter they will marry with this mountain hallelujah you see but when you have finished providing all the items of the on the list and the traditional wedding is accomplished then you may just realize that there is something you didn't buy your wife can move in with you in the house without love so that scripture says i beseech you brethren by the message of god to offer your bodies a living sacrifice holy and acceptable unto god which is your reasonable act of service stay with me jesus paid your bright prize he died on the cross and that was the price that was paid to to take you off the dominion of darkness for everyone that believes your price has been paid already so jesus paid for you you are now jesus's property but jesus is a gentle man he will not insist on controlling you the extent of government he will bring into your life is a degree to which you decide to submit to willingly actually just like if the woman you went all around the country to get all the items on her traditional list on a bridal list to get all of it available for the traditional wedding if that woman sees the price that you paid she's supposed to give you love for free that is if she is reasonable the challenge we have here is that the average believer is not reasonable because after jesus has paid the price for your redemption the next thing you are supposed to do to reciprocate his act of sacrifice his love and if you have not opened the window of love to god there is no need for us to begin the study on the book of songs of solomon the study on the book of sons of solomon is only for those believers that haven't seen the sacrifice that jesus paid for their redemption they have decided therefore to offer their bodies as a reasonable act of service this sacrifice lean okay that you died for me now i want to live for you that should be the natural outcome of someone that is genuinely saved are you with me because we have many unreasonable believers today he he gave his life to christ and his mission is to take advantage of god's power to fulfill his own personal ambition that's a wrong footnote and because you are not reasonable there are a lot of things in the kingdom you will not be given access to and just in case satan must kill somebody it is such a believer that the satan is likely if he's if he's a must that someone must die such a believer that comes into the kingdom and doesn't believe he he should be reasonable to reciprocate the sacrifice of jesus by submitting himself to his will such a believer doesn't enjoy a lot of goodies that find expression in the kingdom of god he may not be god may not god may not be so interested in deploying resources for his protection because it's not reasonable so the normal the natural response to the sacrifice that jesus put in place to secure us from the dominion of darkness is a sacrifice called consecration and the reason why you consecrate to god is because you have begun to love him consecration is not plastic it's not a formula it is the result of an intimacy a love that is beginning to build in your hand and you may not know that is the holy ghost that is responsible for shedding it abroad are you there oh my you are not there you are not there you are not there well let's assume you are dead because many of you did not observe songs of solomon chapter 1 verse 4. many of you did not observe are you the songs of solomon one four please four many of you did not observe that the first word in verse four is draw me you might have desires to engage god you might have desires to go deep with god but let me tell you something if god does not draw you you can't go deep with him but but when you have surrendered by reason of the fact that you know that god so loved you and that was what led to the great sacrifice that procured your redemption and you are willing to reciprocate this act of love with a surrender to service will when you become that reasonable god will begin to draw you the adventure that takes place when god begins to draw a man into the spirit is what i want to talk to you about and i'm going to only show you one door there are 12 doors in the book of sons of solomon 12 doors of intimacy 12 doors of running to embrace god in his dimensions can you say why it is called the song of songs now it's a compendium it's a mixture of many realities well before we begin to go into the step-by-step procedure i will need to tell you what intimacy with god is like there are four definitions of intimacy with god that i picked from songs of solomon chapter 1 verse 1 to 4. songs of solomon chapter 1 verse 1 to 4 before we begin the journey proper the first thing about intimacy is that intimacy with god is personal intimacy with god is what is personal um are you with me concerning jesus the bible says that the spirit of god was given to jesus without measure are you here giving to him what without measure but you that is sitting here today the spirit of god is giving to you in measures and there are no two people that have the same measure and that's why there are no two prophets that have the same ministry the ministry that is committed to you is consistent with the measure of the spirit of god the measure of the enabling of god that is made available to you we might be a thousand but when we speak in tongues it's not the same the reason is because our measures are different if you have my measure you say what i'm saying it means that even though we can teach people about god in a congregation like this and the impact of what i'm teaching you will meet you at the doorstep of your own measure of the spirit of god so i'm trying to say that your experience of god it might be similar with mind but it's going to be unique to you because the infrastructure that is built in god for intimacy has so much capacity to to make it personal you're not with me satan does not have the administrative capacity to make himself personal to his disciples satan satan satan administers his disciples in a group a group of fornicators he has the same message to them a group of drunkards he has the same message to them but god has the capacity and he has the infrastructure to make his dealings with you personally satan doesn't have that capacity are you with me so the first thing about intimacy with god is that it is what your experience might encourage me but your experience is not my experience number two god can be speaking to you mightily and maybe god spoke to you and then you came and gave me a prophecy because god runs an economy of personal intimacy the infrastructure that god has walking in your spirit man is designed to be the doorway through which god speaks to you to which god gives you directives through which god brings government to you so no matter how accurate i am in prophecy my spirit and the economy of god that is oppression in my spirit is not sufficient to give you direction do you understand that i can only confirm what is already obtainable in your own economy because god has built the infrastructure to lead you and to give you direction through your own spirit so then the description of intimacy is that it is first what person there are prophecies that people have given to me that has not been confirmed for ten years they are still on the shelf they are not too relevant because if god is going to lead me he will lead me through the economy that he has built up where in my spirit through the measure of the holy ghost that is at work in my life the best you can do is to confirm what i know and if i don't know it i'll go back to my closet and ask god are you the one that spoke that thing and i'm not going to be in the haste all right i'll be pressing pressing pressing pressing sometimes when i get tired i can leave it if it's god it will come back do you understand that but this is the thing is this he will lead you through the economy that he has built in your own human spirit because the nature of his intimacy with you and with me is personal exactly now let me show you something quickly let me show you something it is because our relationship with god is designed to be best now that we have something called an idol meanwhile you know that scripture it's okay so the songs give me verse um one verse two chapter one verse two songs of solomon one two he said let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth do you realize that is only one person you can kiss part time with the kisses of your mouth it's just trying it's an illustration of the fact that the relationship that god is calling you into is personal now given that this relationship is personal you are going to be responsible for tending it for adding fire to it for adding would do it because it is personal if it's corporate then we can say okay um pastor donatis will be praying dr ikenna will be praying um philip b will be praying so may i can sleep because it's corporate but you see because this relationship is personal you have personal responsibilities intending the relationship so that the relationship can grow exactly all right the reason why you need to tend the relationship is because satan has something called an idol an idol can be set up in your heart and when there's an idol on your heart it will be cloud you from the possibilities of a personally based kind of intimacy can you give me ezekiel chapter 14 verse one two three an idol it's a creation upsetter to fight against the possibilities that you have to develop personal intimacy then came setting of the elders of israel unto me and sat before me and the word of the lord came unto me saying son of man now some guys came to him the elders of the land came to him and they came expecting that they could inquire of god through his prophetic ministry and god is running a commentary here it's a son of man these men have set up their idols in their heart and they put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their face and what did god ask should i be inquired of at all by them so the moment you have an idol in your heart it will be difficult it will be impossible for you to access the mind of god so the devil knows that because the relationship is designed first and foremost to be personal if he can get you to have an idol in your heart that idol will be so big that it will obscure god and it will be impossible for you to launch an inquiry from god and get an answer so one of the things that you must label to do is to make god your unique goal nothing else but god your unique goal in that state of perpetual existence it will be very easy for you to inquire of the lord for you to stumble upon his mind for you to to find out how he feels about the situation for you to receive a a a witness from his spirit giving you access to what god thinks about a circumstance what god thinks about a person what god thinks about the situation it is personal so you must make sure you don't have an idol in your heart do you realize that if you want if you already have a girlfriend you have located the girlfriend and then you now went to god and said show me the will your will for for marriage if you see anything at all it is that girlfriend and sometimes it might be god that will be bringing the face of that girlfriend to you so that you will miss it because he will speak okay you don't believe all right go on next verse where are you verse 4 ezekiel 14 4 therefore speak unto them and say unto them don't say the lord every man of the house of israel that seated upon his idols in his heart that set up his idols in his heart and put a stumbling block of his iniquity before his face and comment to the prophet i the lord will answer him that comment according to the multitude of his head so god himself will speak to you he will be the one to give you the dream about that gift and then you say but he's speaking to you according to the reading of your idol you see this relationship we're talking about is first now and because it is first now your greatest duty is to stay far away from anger images of jealousy that are built in your heart through desires that have not been submitted to god and those images are blocked obscured god and even if god wants to speak to you he will speak according to the language of the images the reason why you can allow an image is because you don't understand that relationship is personal so john gave us a commandment the book of first john chapter 5 verse 21 please remember that commandment that john gave us number two what did john say little children keep yourself from what from idols the reason why you need to stay far stay clear from idols is because the relationship is personal god has the resources to speak to you as an individual god has the resources to speak to you as as one man he can leave the entire crowd just like ezekiel said when they sat by river kabab the bible says his eyes were opened and he saw the visions of god that's one man they were leading everybody to captivity but ezekiel began to see the visions of god you can stay in the congregation like this and all you hear is the voice of the preacher but someone sitting by your side can tap into the economy of god the reason why it is possible is because the infrastructure of our intimacy was built to be able to sustain personal intercourse number two [Music] your relationship with god was designed to be affectionate something that you will feel on your heart and that's why it begins with kisses something that generates a feeling there's affection in your intimacy with god there is there's something you can feel listen to me if the prayer you are praying doesn't affect your heart it cannot change your life stay in the place of prayer until your prayer begins to touch your heart it is only when it begins to touch your heart that it has the potency to change your life [Music] god wants to be felt i don't know when last you were in the prayer place and and the movements of of god in your spirit man made you cry if that doesn't happen if that has never happened to you you don't know why you're crying but you're crying you know some of us in the natural nothing can make me cry nothing barrier even if they say there's thunder and half of the sky an unfair some of us don't cry but there are dimensions of the presence of god you experience it is affection it will affect your heart it will trigger tears even though you are at oh my god it was designed to be felt god wants to be felt and so there's an affectionate dimension for for many religious people for many religions all they have is a book and a god that is built into history it cannot be felt today [Music] but the design is a reality that is affectionate something that can touch your back something that can leave an impression on your heart for five years for 15 years for 25 years i don't know what happened to jesus when he came by the the tumble of lazarus i don't know i don't know what took place there but he wept and that weeping was not because of loss because he knew that lazarus was going to come back to life i don't know the level of intimacy what was walking on his inside and tears were switched on anything that it was that was on his heart that thing was real enough for him to feel when last did you feel god you are as hard as a stone it means you have not gone far because the relationship was designed to be affectionate the relationship was designed to be something that you can feel something that you can touch something that leaves an impact on your heart that changes the way you think oh my god a psycho calendar silly cat [Music] i remember once upon a time i had to stay with one of my relatives and while i was staying with that relative the daughter of that my relative came to my room i used to pray for long hours so i don't come out of the room and while i'm in the height of prayer the daughter that my relative will come open the door and say is this your house go to your house now why are you here now [Music] hallelujah i know what you will do understand circumstances when you are about getting lost you will hear the door because the door if you open it the hinges are back is this your house this is not your house now go to your house now may the lord give you understanding [Music] many years later i didn't know that that entered my heart he entered many years later i was praying in my bedroom and god now said that lady that did those things i should go and collect her and train her only god knows the level of hatred that had built [Music] you know this thing is affectionate so god wanted to to troubleshoot the heart say ah this girl is here go and bring her and show her love train her make her your daughter and i obeyed it was what i would be and when i obeyed and brought her [Music] i started showing her love when that that's me mechanically until the love of god was not shared abroad do you know the impact he had on my relationship with god i began to sow [Music] because that thing was affecting the flexibility of my heart but i didn't know when it was removed i could sense god so deeply like a person standing by my side yes yes i know something for sure if i should cry real tears here because i'm hot jesus we come to you i know it for sure for sure he will sure oh when i'm on the field and maybe i'm not strong he comes i was on the crusade i was not too well i finished preaching i said god see my body at the moment i just slept i slept for like some seconds and jesus came i said he said don't worry about all these things just follow me follow me follow me follow me he told me three times follow me then i woke up he's not far away if your heart is tuned he will if you if there is something that touches you he will show up he will show he will become to you a very present help in the times of trouble if you go through your trouble and you don't see jesus the angulation and alignment of your heart is in doubt because what god has set in motion is that he wants an arrangement of an affectionate intercourse with your heart present me to your neighbor if you cannot feel it then it doesn't affect your heart and if it does not affect your heart it cannot change your life i don't stop praying until i begin to feel it sometimes i pray in tongues for two hours i'm not feeling i just keep going [Music] when i'm moving two hours 30 minutes three hours then inaudible comes from my heart like a glue sometimes like a light sometimes like a burning heat how many of you feel things there oh my it means your god is alive if you don't feel anything on your heart when you pray to god when you oh my god oh my god that's a problem we need to take you quickly to the intensive care unit of the grace of god and administer [Music] antibiotics yeah we need to administer something quickly to help because the heart was designed to be an entry organ it was designed to be an organ of affection an organ of that you can feel things that are not tangible if you know this affection i talk about you will not want to keep my list because males will break the door malice it's a luxury i cannot afford [Music] oh by biting it will shock the terminal out when you know that god can be felt the things that will release that will reduce your sensitivity are things that you are going to fight against you will fight against something because the moment you can't sense god it means you are cut off from an economy of help [Music] someone lied against me it was ten years later the person had the opportunity to come and say it was actually it was actually a lie [Music] but you know what the congregation the people he lied to they were not present 10 years later guess what if i had kept that thing in my heart it would have stopped me you understand so it was in my interest for me to release the person if not 10 years would have been like 10 years in the shadows i don't want to pass time on earth which which is not active time that i'm receiving wisdom from god i'm i'm i'm delving into the heart of god for strategy on how to implement that will that my spirit has recognized i don't want to spend time in mundane things i'm still trying to argue about land land say family land there's problem and then people stand i'm gone i'm god i'm gone because i consider my relationship with god to be more expensive than land that will create problems hallelujah it is affectionate don't forget that and don't forget that if you it doesn't affect your heart cannot change your life number four it is hidden and private it is hidden and private [Music] next verse here songs of solomon one verse three [Music] verse four sorry verse four [Music] he said he said draw me we will run after day [Music] i know you didn't say that draw then what's the next word there draw what oh my let's try again draw can you see that the person that they are drawing is an individual but how many people will respond because of one drawing plenty so if god can get to draw you there are so many people that will run after god eventually just because he succeeded in drawing do you know there is a text message that i've gotten used to over the years and now it comes every week somebody that i don't know will just send me a text message thank you for saying yes to jesus every week so if god can draw a man then he has we may he succeed in your life in the name of jesus next statement is the king has brought me into his chambers that means his bedroom because the activities of the chambers are private [Music] they are not open for people to see if there are some secrets that god will need to take you take you into the hidden place before he shows you something how many secret things have you received [Music] the king has brought me into his chamber is private the relationship was designed to disclose things that are not available in the public private disclosures private disclosures hidden things are you aware that when the roots of a tree grow they don't say i'm growing up it's private [Music] it's private it's hidden not all forms of growth can be seen my question to you today is do you have any secrets that only you and god knows if you don't have any secret only you and god knows your life is not deep highest my preaching time here can be 40 minutes but these 40 minutes of preaching time that i'm doing here now i started praying early in the morning so give or take give or take give or take i've gone seven hours of prayer today to come and talk for how many minutes 40. see the level of my engagement is more than the time i have you will not know that my standing here resulted from seven hours of prayer and then you will begin to like standing [Music] here [Music] to the cross [Music] lord [Music] finally the relationship is spiritual because when he says he is bringing you into his inner chambers his inner chambers is your spirit it moves from your body moves through your soul and then it takes you into your spirit where he does his disclosures it's a spiritual kind of relationship hallelujah i say hallelujah there is an encounter i had with god at the age of 13 it was that encounter that ensured that i married as a virgin [Music] spiritual you can have an encounter today that we guarantee that you will not be poor spiritual i had an encounter few years few days ago like how many days two days ago that's on friday friday that we started this meeting after the meeting we went home and began to pray and the lord came and told me that when you become 50 years old i'm going to reset your body if you need a new kidney i'll give you a new one at the age of 50. so that you will have time to live long enough to fulfill what i've called you to do an encounter so at the age of 50 that he will reset this body you can have an encounter that can extend your your life on it [Music] i'm not talking about things that money can buy i'm talking about spiritual things [Music] how many of you know i've not closed this eye since i was born this one because i was born with facial pulse the reason why i'm not using glasses today is because of something that god said if wind blows night will enter dust enter everything enter but the eye is good the way it was when i was a child that's how this eye still is still now you know what asking for an encounter tonight i was born in stamina it was an encounter that i had with him that my tongue was loose we're going to pray in a moment [Music] where [Music] [Applause] said is [Music]

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