The Mindset of Victory | Mrs Ibukun Awosika (MADE FOR MORE CONFERENCE 2019 DAY 1)

hallelujah hallelujah after all the firing that bastabala did i mean you guys have got to be smoking hallelujah hallelujah fantastic thank you very much for inviting me back to this house i love your pastors i love them very very much i think they're amazing they're focused they're decent they're children of god and they love their people so i love you right back amen always a pleasure to spend a little time with the children of god in the house of god it's my place of total liberty there is no need to manage your words to you know you can speak your truth to one another no trying to remember that there is jesus should not be said here or should be saying this is my total place of liberty and i love it so we're gonna have some fun i want you to understand that every time you gather first you didn't gather to pass ebola you have gathered unto the lord two god is not a waste of time i sure don't waste my time and i know he never wastes my time and he will never waste your time do you know why look it's not even a prayer it's a fact of life your entire life is measured in time check your birth certificate there's a time of birth to the last second the day you die we're not afraid of death there will be a time of death to the last second so the totality of your life can be measured very easily in the unit of time to the very last second and because god wants you to be able to account for every unit of time that he has given you he will never set you up to waste it which is why if you have enough sense to bring yourself together in the house of god in the presence of god there is no way god does not realize that you're gonna have to walk away with value and in coming there's only one person i hope you trusted that your trust is in the lord because you know that he will deliver now i could fail you i could just be tired preaching i could just like i had a hitchy's throat upstairs and i drank tea i could just say you know what today i'm just preaching for 10 minutes but you know one thing no matter how one thing i've learned no matter how tired i am when i walk into a place once it's time for the assignment the one who owns the assignment releases the grace for the assignment when i'm done and i dropped the mic i will remember i was tired when we started so what is the assurance that you have come to the house of god and you have come into his presence and because you have come into his presence he would meet you at the point of your need everything that possible already delivered is more than enough for you to go home as far as i know god already delivered so whatever we do now is the icing on the cake but because god is a sweet god i want you to enjoy the icing because the substance has been delivered and i shall have the pleasure of delivering the icing father we bless you father we love you father we exalt you father we're grateful we have gathered unto you knowing that we have come to the house of our father knowing without a doubt that in your presence we will be satisfied thank you as you meet every single woman and man in this room at the point of their need thank you as every year is opened unto your word thank you as every heart is prepared to receive from you thank you lord for the adequacy of your power thank you because not a single person will go away without the deliverance that is needed thank you because at the end of this day lord we will be satisfied we bless you father for in jesus name we have prayed please be seated i could keep you standing so we'll preach together but i'm being nice today so i'm going to let you sit now because i'm preaching today and i'm preaching tomorrow and we're talking about i am victory and you're made for more i've split today and tomorrow into two parts today i want to talk about the mindset of victory tomorrow i will talk to you about playing to win because a lot of people play but they don't know how to play to win and accept you understand where you want to go and how to get there and the things that are important to do their rules to the game god is a god of order and the world has his own order and except you have an understanding of how to engage the world that you have been assigned to in other to be victorious as your father has ordained that you will be then we will spend too much energy and the refruits or the harvest will be too little compared to the effort and that's not the promise of god so today i want to talk about the mindset because a lot of people don't realize the way you think and the way you look at everything makes all the difference to your ability to respond to every situation the world will throw you many curves many curveballs it will throw you many troubles there'll be many situations that will come your way but so what the bible already says in the world you will see troubles so the troubles of the world are not a problem because the bible prepared us god you know the thing about god is he's a truthful god he never lied to us he said in the world you will see trouble there you have scriptures like how many times will a righteous man fall and yet he will rise again why is he talking about that except he knows that there are moments when you will fall but what does the following mean we're having a conversation upstairs in the eyes of ordinary men when they think you are falling they call you a failure but they're of all men foolish as i explained upstairs when you're at a point where men say you have failed today five years 10 years down the line the reason for today comes into play and then you realize that today that men told you you failed was not a failure after all that it was a key a component of the victory of the future but god knew you had to pick it up five years before or ten years before and there was no other route that you could have followed except there and the lessons of that point prepare you for the victory of tomorrow your mindset how do you think how do you see who do you think you are what do you think you have been called to what do you think you are empowered with the bible says they that know their god they that know their god what is he talking about there they are the ones that will be strong and will do exploit what does the knowing mean because what you know of your god affects how you look at situations that the child of a lion is like the lion think why do you think america is very comfortable to go to war at any point in time and the average american you talk to is arrogant about the expectation of victory of war why even they're crazy let me know soon you understand will tell you i can wipe them off why confidence in what he knows that they have they that know their god knowledge affects your mindset knowledge affects your attitude knowledge affects your level of confidence knowledge affects how you approach a situation if the president sent you to a minister to get a contract the way you will walk into the minister's waiting room knowing fully well who has sent you is different from wine is his brother that is from somewhere or somebody that is trying to introduce you you are still a little fearful but somewhat expectant but when the president of the federation who appointed the minister gives you a letter or calls the minister and says i'm sending you my niece she needs this and he's saying yes sir yes sir yes sir when you go there you go with the sense of assurance and expectation to receive why because your mind is set on the fact that the one who has sent you has the right power and authority over the one who needs to give you what you want that you're almost certain without a doubt that what you have come to collect from there is a certainty they that know their god what do you know about your god how much of your god do you know how well do you know your god because if you don't know the arsenal that you have you cannot use it well a man with a million dollars in his wardrobe who has no knowledge that is there will starve and after he has stabbed and he has almost died somebody might accidentally find the money and say to him but you have money you say where in your wardrobe and i've suffered so much how many of you have suffered so much for nothing but yet you have christed after your name you have child of christ after your name how do you think of yourself as a child of god what does it mean to you in other for you to even begin to understand who he is they that know their god when you know who your god is and you understand his power and you have spent time with him enough to have the assurance of his presence you will approach every situation differently you see that fair pastor bola talked about it is so real to so many people is almost like a human being that lives next door for some is like the guy who sleeps on the bed with them and because of that fear they undermine their own opportunities and their own talents because what you cannot see you cannot be what you cannot see you cannot be what you have no faith in you can't take value from they that know their god how much investment have you made in seeking to know your god i fought many battles in my life you know i went to my friend's father's eighth day muslim funeral prayer before i came here and as they were reciting the quran i almost started reciting with them because i know it i was born and bred a muslim i was brought up as a muslim girl i can recite some parts of the quran for you right now i can make the call to prayer and those things never go away it was right there so i had to be rescued and the word of the bible as opposed to my islamic upbringing i had to come to a place of knowing that jehovah is god and it's not a suggestion it is not an expressed opinion it is a fact of life it is the truth that i know and that truth has set me free from every fear or intimidation of every situation and therefore my entire mind is set with an understanding that nothing is impossible to me why because the bible says with god we say it but do we believe it do we know it because if you think nothing is impossible to you what will you do if you knew that everything is available for every dream that you have what will you try if you know that what will take you to any distance that you want to go is available to you how far will you travel they that know their god do you know your god because the way your mind is set your belief system your understanding of who you are when a child has a powerful father when he goes on the street and a policeman tries to harass him what's the first thing he's trying to do find his phone why because he knows all he needs to do is what make a call they that know their god but you have a powerful father you have an all-powerful father you have the creator of the earth and the universe you have the creator of something out of nothing you have the god that makes all impossibilities possible you have the god that has given you an assurance of victory we're going to use one story to highlight open to numbers 13 they that know their god i want you to go home with that question i want you to ask yourself over and over and over again how much do i know my god how much of my god do i know how confident i am of the power of the god that i call mine what how much is the level of clarity that i have about who he truly is and what does that mean to me in how i live my life on a day to day basis when i face a situation what is the first line of my thinking many years ago 2004 january 7th i'll never forget i was in business school then but i was home and i was studying and i got a call from ty i didn't god bless his soul it was after nine o'clock network news was on and he called to say did you listen to the news i said no rata i'm busy i'm studying and he said they just banned every form of furniture from coming into nigeria i said yeah he said i'm telling you they just shut down your business and you are saying hey i said it's okay it is well he said how can it be well i said don't worry about tired as well it is well came out of my spirit it didn't come out of my flesh because it definitely wasn't well as at that point i had spent 15 years building this business and if all of a sudden government just makes an announcement that literally shuts down 15 years of my life and i started the business at 25 going on 26 that's my youth drop the phone told my husband we went to watch the recap of the news listen to the news i said and then people started calling me and i was the one assuring everybody don't worry it is fine as if i said don't worry it is fine what was my assurance the god that i knew why three years before the lord asked me what if government does what they did three years and i thought ah okay so i will do this i'll do this i'll do this i did all the preliminary work i had all the reports but i didn't execute so when that happened i knew that there was good in it for me i didn't quite understand it but i knew there was good in it for me why what gave me my assurance i sat down and i said to myself that without a doubt i am certain that i am where the lord has established my feet and i was walking in the will of god so check your work because it affects your mindset if you're walking outside of the will of god when situations come fear and condemnation will take hold of you you're going to think about the things you're doing that are outside of god and you're going to start self-accusation because you're going to be saying is he because of this is he because of that is he because you will not be able to focus a conversation over the next two days might be a little hard but this is family talk and we talk truth so that we can have our victory and i said god i know you you are not a wicked god and the bible says to me that your thoughts towards me they are thoughts of good and not of evil to bring me to an expected end the bible says you delight in my prosperity you are not a wicked god therefore i am sure that you will not establish my feet upon the rock and kick the rock from under my feet that's not you they that know they are god because and the time of crisis is when you need victory you cannot have victory except you at war so the war is not the problem the challenges are your bread they're consumables why are they bred because there's nothing sweeter than victory and you cannot have victory without battle so we cannot be battled afraid but we must be battle ready and for you to have victory you must be empowered and killed for the moment you have not even seen but that you know that the one that looks after you has seen it ahead of time so i said you will not kick the rock from under my feet so i am certain that whatever this is which i do not necessarily understand but i know you and i know that you have said all things work together for my good therefore there must be good in this situation for me now the difference between narrowing down to the point where i decide that there's good in it for me or the alternative where i panic and see what i consider as destruction of 15 years of work of multiple businesses built of hundreds of people employed of value created in the economy can give me a heart attack if i had no understanding can push me away from facing the roar of the lion to running in the direction of where the female lion is waiting and what did that mean in that situation it was an option between becoming a smuggler because the laws changed and if i decided that i had to continue in that business because i know that god called me to it even though i know that god called me to it i could misinterpret his purpose for this situation i could then decide well god i don't know how else to do this but i can smuggle the furniture and what will i become a smuggler does that glorify god where is the honor i definitely won't be standing here today the integrity label will not have stuck because before then that was my name in the middle of that crisis i had to prove my name who you say you are is easy when a season of prosperity and joy and celebration but the substance of who you are is tested only when you are at war and in the season of challenges and victory does not exist outside of troubles so i took my position with god and said that good that is in this that i can't clearly see now i know that you will show me the way then i said to all my staff nobody's going anywhere just stay calm i'm not firing anybody we're not doing anything lord guide me open my eyes to see and lead me every step of the way day by day january this year that same chair center group became 30 years old out of that crisis we set up two additional companies before then there was no office seating european standard factory in sub-saharan africa my french partners who we ended up investing together and setting up here were were producing for us but i've never invested anywhere outside of europe nigeria was definitely not going to be their first choice it looks impossible but after i had reached a point that there was good in it for me i had the courage to ask for the impossible things and i went to the largest office city manufacturer in in england in france and one of the top 10 in the world sat across from a large team and said to them come to nigeria with me and let's set up manufacturing together they laughed but little did they know that though i was sitting on one side alone i had the whole of heaven on my side and i had the confidence of the word of god and the god that i serve and i said to them you either come with me and we do this or i will do it without you because i will do it anyway how the hell is not my problem it's his problem but i had the audacity to trust that he will deliver your mindset how do you think what do you believe what do you see when you have a situation that requires victory when you are challenged how do you position yourself against that challenge how do you process all the information that is coming at you what lens are you looking at do you see the cup as half empty or half full because they're totally opposite views when you look at a cup that has half level of water and you see it as half empty you're not an optimistic ambitious forward-looking visionaire when you see it as a half-full you can see the future but you accept the interim you know it is only half but you know you'll be full the way your mind works is what determines how you did how you describe the same thing and your mind set his influence what word do you listen to thank god you're in a house that speaks the truth of the world but in doing that they teach you how to apply it to life but beyond church how do you invest in your mind in reading the word and in educating and empowering yourself we will read number 13 it's the story of the children of israel and the command from god for them to go and explore canaan now listen verse 1 to 3 is critical the lord said to moses send some men to explore the land of canaan but it didn't stop there he said which i am giving to the israelites he gave an action instruction sent some men to explore but he added his end goal to it they are going to explore this land that they have no title to but the lord says go and exploit because i'm giving it to you what does that mean i have given you i am giving you the reason it's still i am it's because you haven't possessed it yet but he's sending you to view it and see whether the cup is half full or is half empty to you now the word of god is settled but with every promise there's a demand for action and the one who needs to act is you now god didn't say that you will eat without work i know quote me i will eat vineyards that i didn't plant it's not when you are sitting doing nothing from morning till night that somebody just comes to give you vineyard go and understand the scripture as well because we quote the scriptures without understanding when you want to quote a scripture read the history of it understand how it came about and understand the spirit of the message that's how you know the heart of god and what he's saying he send them to explore for god the matter was settled but they had to own the promise and to own the promise they had to do the work so god my name is bill kisu i was born and named bill kisu at the stage of my life the lord changed my name in my twenties as i became a christian to ibukumolua as a matter of fact the promise came in english it said blessing so if you go to fountain of life church they would tend to call me pastor blessing but blessing means ibukum and i don't like english names at all so i was very quick to say okay if the lord wants to call me blessing what is the meaning of blessing ibukum end of story that's how my name is ibukwa so i'm leaving the promise of god in my life and i believed him enough to make it what you have to confess every time you call me but even though the lord had called me a blessing and had declared exactly how it worked out i had to walk it i have to make choices every day that aligns with the purpose and the declared will of god upon my life i have to make choices every day that sets me in that direction why because god already made me with a will i am made like him i have enough power to stand against god for him to say go this way and i say no i will not and god will not force me but wisdom and understanding and the knowing of my god and submission of my will willingly to his will and his word takes me in the direction of god's declared victory for me on a day by day basis so i understand i am victory i understand the declared word but the reality is every word of god and the bible is for every child of god but i haven't seen every child of god manifested is god passion no is he wicked no he has done his part his part is to lay before you the road map of your life as he sees it that road map is in his word in every single promise of god that is meant for you how do you hold it it's in your mindset and your views what do you see how do you see do you see enough to fight for it or do you allow the roar to distract you from the goal you will see the lord said to moses send some men to explore the land of canaan which i am giving to the israelites from each a central tribe sent one of his leaders so at the lord's command now it's not every time you will hear a prophecy or you will hear a command every instruction in the bible is a command every word of god have been stuck to your spirit every instruction of how to live your life every instruction of righteousness is an instruction is a command to you if it's the word of god how do you find yourself in the midst of all of those commands and promises in other to fulfill your own mandate anyway then they listed all the names that's not relevant you can read it now where i want to go to is go to verse 26 i wanted you to take the beginning because it's important to understand the command this is they have gone and they have come back this is where we see their view what they see and how they see and how 20 children do not play together for 20 years what separates them and makes children of god in the same house listening to the the same word with one same textbook every single one of us we have the same textbook it's the bible it's not different my own is not different from yours your pastor zone is not different from yours but it's what you take out of it your mindset and your view that's what separates you from the crowd the wheat and the chaff that's how separation starts that's how everybody is at school and they're smart you come out of secondary school you're all going to university you finish university first class 2-1 great but somewhere along the line attitude approach dedication diligence understanding the word of god the word of faith determination ability to fight ability to stay focused pursuing the things of god pursuing righteousness character all of it begins to separate people god meant for this to be true in the life of every one of his children it's about how you see it how you understand it and how you apply it you want to be to have victory your mind has to be cleaned up and reset verse 26 number 13 they came back to moses and iran and the whole israelites community at kadash there they reported to them unto the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land they gave moses this account we went into the land to which you sent us and it does flow with milk and honey here is its fruit but the people who live there are powerful and the cities are fortified and very large we even saw descendants of anak there the amalekites live in the negro the italian side blah blah blah blah blah then caleb verse 30 separation then caleb silenced the people before moses and said we should go up and take possession of the land for we can subtly do it they saw the same thing they went with the same instruction they have exactly the same god the god of the israelites is the god of the universe same power backing them up instructed the same moses and moses passed instruction to all 12 of them at the same time but the 10 that gave the first account identified the prosperity and the richness of the land and why god would have wanted to give it to them but they then finished it with their fear oh the people are giants all the people are big oh this city is fortified i bet caleb was boiling as they were reported why because though they looked at the same thing he saw with a different set of eyes and he could reach a different conclusion and his conclusion different from their says then caleb silenced the people before moses and said we should go up and take possession of the land for we can certainly do it what gave him such confidence what did he know that they did not know let's continue but the men who had gone up with him said we can't attack those people fear they are stronger than we are foolishness a people with the god of the universe on their side this is after the red sea a people who saw the greatest army on the face of the earth egyptians buried in the red sea on their behalf looked at mere men on land that was allowed for them by god at that moment and had the audacity to come back and say we can't attack those people they are stronger than we are and they spread among the israelites a bad report about the land they had explored they said the land we explored devours those living in it they didn't see people being devoured but they concluded you're laughing the view of the world that you have will age the conclusions you make from the same circumstance when someone sees opportunities some people only see trouble when people see a chance to be lifted up some look at the same opportunity and they can only think of the destruction when they look in the valley and they see gold and someone says i'm going to jump in and get it someone can only think about jumping in and dying same place what do you see how do you think who do you think you are how do you see your god how do you understand the power that is available to you victory is settled for you it is not something you're about to go and get it is something that is settled in christ however you will walk your own path as that victory is defined for you and that path is affected by how you see how you think and how much of your god you understand the land we explore devours those living in it all the people we saw there are of great size we saw the nephilim whatever we seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes and we looked the same to them how did they do were they in the eyes of the people to know that they look like grasshoppers to the people you're laughing do you know how many times people around you look at you and see the grace and the power of god in your life but you look at yourself and all you see is a grasshopper do you know how many times people look at you and say oh my god if you just though i just know that if you get into this place you'll blossom and say me never hey mickey roomie sorry those that don't speak your robot that is not someone like me they are looking for their i can never do it you are never going to do it why even though everybody else knows you can they can see you as well look fear is legitimate so fear is not the issue there will always be things that will challenge you and make you almost doubt but what you doubt is your personal limitation and ability what you must never doubt is the awesomeness of the god that is yours and his power that is available to you and if what you want to do is easy and simple you have no business doing it why is of little value to you because it doesn't challenge you in any way therefore it's bringing you no promotion what elevates you things that are bigger than you and what makes them possible the god that is bigger than that situation let me tell you something today and you must never forget this everything that you need for everything you were born to do is in you every talent every ability every skill every capacity every courage every grace it's already in you but you don't need all of it at the same time and therefore at every stage of your life when you walk into the situation where it is required if you have the courage to step up and say i can do this in christ grace is released the talent manifests it is why even you you're surprised that what you're able to do wait till you see a mother who you thought could not walk at two kilometers an hour and seize a train about to run over his child or her child and you will see that she can run at 50 kilometers an hour why she didn't need 50 kilometers an hour before then at the site of the danger the manifestation of the power and the ability is released and she delivers on it after she's wondering me did i just do that yes you did everything you need god already placed in you but for a time and a season but it's when you step up to the season do you think i sat down at any point and decided oh i want to become chairman of first bank ah you know what nigeria is that's what it is the dynamics of assignments but you know what they that know their god they shall be strong and they will do exploits it is the knowing of god that gives you the confidence when everybody else is of course you can do this because they see what you probably don't see but you then trust the god who is your enabler and you say lord i receive grace and ability and i know you will walk me through and then you dare to step up and you take an assignment that seems bigger than you and then you find that at every point of discomfort there is grace and there is power and there is unusual ability and you have unusual success because from the beginning and the foundation of time god knew you would get to that place and he had made preparation for it in you but if you allow your view and your mindset to make you give away your bread then you will never express what you have which is available to use let me run i'm trying to anyway so they spoiled the gist and said to them that they can never they can never take the land but caleb joshua and caleb who were among those who had explored the land now i mean chapter 14 and i'm reading verse six joshua the son of nun caleb son of jeff now who were among those who had explored the land tore their clothes they were distressed at the view and the mindset of their people and they were disappointed and said to the entire israelite assembly the land we pass through and explored is exceedingly good if the lord is pleased with us he will lead us into that land a land flowing with milk and honey and will give it to us only do not rebel against the lord and do not be afraid of the people of the land because we will swallow them up how are they going to swallow them up if the lord is pleased with us and he has given us the land these same giants that are bigger than us that ordinary people are afraid of like david facing the goliath could see a man speaking against his god as opposed to a giant that the whole of israel was afraid of joshua and caleb knew what the other people didn't know that if god had given it to them that they will swallow up the people of the land their protection is gone what is removing their protection the power and the presence of their god and the determination of god to give the israelites the land but the lord is with us therefore do not be afraid of them but guess what the whole assembly talked about stoning joshua and caleb who are your influencers who are those around you who speaks into your life and into your situation who contributes to your mindset who affects how you make decisions who do you listen to when you're working towards your victory where do you take counsel when you're trying to decide if you have the capacity to take on the role or not people will tell you you're too small you're too insignificant you lack the power you lack the resources with your father with your mother what do you have with your husband where have you been where did you go to school you went to ife you went to learn when there are people that went to cambridge and went to harvard they forget the best of certificates in the world cannot put you on any throne except the lord chooses to [Applause] same place same instruction same location they saw the same things because of those people the israelites did not get to that promised land for 40 years influences voice of fear mindset world view a land the lord gave to them yesterday those things stopped them for 40 years and god ensured that that whole generation that did not believe that they had passed away but he kept joshua and killed him if you read further by yourself it was still joshua and caleb that led the israelites into the land the word of god as at the time of declaration is settled that's why it still came to pass 40 years after what is the word of god in your life what scripture are you standing on what promises have you been given how do you perceive where god is taking you to are there battles to be fought for you to possess the land yes but so what the child of god who is battle afraid no to get up here what did i have to do i had to do what science students every step up is what is work energy exerted fuel burnt and we need to bond somewhere the way to victory has work but who is afraid of work the way to victory has battles but who is afraid of battle the battle is wooz i am victory i am victory i am victory i am victory but it's not just in the same i don't want you to say it over the next two days and this time and the excitement and the season will pass and you go back home into your corner of defeat and fear and intimidation and no fruits you have victory you have been given there's a scripture i want to give you as i wind down how do i have it sorry psalm 60 12 says with god we will gain the victory not outside of our god with our god we will gain the victory how many people are with god here you're sure you know who he is with god we will gain our victory let me tell you you know sometimes people ask me why you so fearless i'm not i'm godful you know i have gotten to a point where i've concluded that i have nothing to lose why somebody else has the assignment to ensure that whatever i put my hands to do i will prosper it and he has said it to me that same person has said to me that nothing is impossible with him i have nothing to lose all i need to do is to dare to believe his word and the only way i know if his word is true is in trying it out so i'm not afraid to step out and when troubles come i face the troubles with what i know greater is he that is in me you know all the scriptures i just want you to war with it i want you to win with it i want you to fight with it i want you to think of every situation in the context of your god and how he plays it out i want you to look at the challenge at work and say god brought me here because you already know that god brought you into that company and no man can take you out except the lord is ready and therefore when someone says i'm going to make get you fired you say you can't get me fired here why because the guy who puts me here isn't done with me yet and you know you're saying it because there's a conviction when i'm pursuing a contract at the church center ah if i go for a meeting in that place if you watch me closely wherever the souls of my feet shall touch the lord has given to me for repossession i will touch the soul of my feet and possess and they can be going back and forth i will keep declaring father it's also my feet has touched i possess is you and i together [Music] on account of unrighteousness shall no man take my land when people are doing magama go any place those are my prayers that i have coined because the bible says no man will be able to stand before me all the days of my life so i will declare all the network together cannot stand against me they have to walk for my good why i will send god to the deepest corner of the meetings and declare confusion between the enemies surely they will gather but the gathering is not of my god so as many as i gathered together to take what i qualify for or that i fought for or that i believe should be mine ah now if i do all of that and it doesn't work out i never walk away depressed you know why the bible says what haven't done what do i do stand so i conclude that my limited knowledge and view cannot see other things concerning that place and the god who walks out and looks out for my interest knows that the end of that thing does not serve my purpose and therefore he has protected and preserved me and i walk away to the nesting but [Applause] what i will not do is not give it my best shot with everything that i have they that know their god they shall be strong and they will do experts stand up [Applause] [Music] listen to me in the world we will see trouble there will be tribulations there will be challenges there will be issues but remember what caleb said they are bread what did he say we will consume them every situation that will stand against the purpose of god in your life is for your upliftment it's to draw out the next grace and gifts and talent of god in your life because every battle you go into when you win you get one more strike a general doesn't stand and it's called a general for nothing he's only a general because he has fought so many battles and he has won and he gets every pin and every stripe to show the many victories that he or she has had so i want you to understand the battle is not your problem the challenges are not your problem even if he's in your home if you know that you married the husband that god called to you i'm waiting for the woman that is woman enough to shift your bumper [Music] i'm waiting for the power that will speak over your children other than what you say and the word of god says concerning them [Music] i'm waiting for the power that will come to the place that god has called you to in your career or your business and walk against the purpose of god for lack of knowledge my people perish the devil will cheat you if you don't know who you are and if you don't know who you are the way you think about every situation will be wrong your mindset your mindset your mindset i am more than a conqueror god has given me power in my hands to make wealth i don't know for how long i used to say that as a young woman starting my business i never lost since the day i heard it in church it became my mantra i look at my hand and i say there's power in you to make wealth without a doubt that wealth had to manifest it's true the word of god that you know and that you take in will produce for you but you must do the work you must fight the battles in 30 years of my business i have fought many battles i have seen the enemy try to shut me down or the enemy tried to destroy my testimony of integrity as a child of god i fought tutor nell for it why because without the truth of that testimony i cannot preach against the enemy concerning businesses i cannot say that you can be a child of god sit at the highest place and still be in righteousness so i have fought every battle without losing sight of what is important but always with the battle axe when the enemy comes against you like a flood you must know the word to raise the standard it is not a joke so when we're talking about me being victory i have to be that person that is victorious on all fronts because i have all the tools that i need find where you are find the scriptures that work for where you are for the assignments of your life for the issues of your life find it and war with it surround yourself with the right people find your encouragers not your discouragers find your uplifters not the people that bring you down find your aerons and your ears who hold up your hand not the ones who drag it down find the voices that lift you up and not the voices that drown you find a place of your strength and be smart enough to find the gaps of your life and pursue filling those gaps so you can be ready because what god will do he will do but what you should do you must do remember because of our god we have victory so the question is is everybody in this room confident that you have god on your side i have nothing else for christ i am not ashamed of the gospel of jesus christ and there's no place that i do not state it last week i was in france i was speaking at the largest european entrepreneurship conference massive i shared the stage with the president of france and they had a hundred keynote speakers for the day you come in a spotlight on the stage and you can speak about anything that you choose and for some reason the grace of god and the favor of god they had called and said they build me to be in the last four macron being the last person i mean nigerian as the only blood in nigeria and there it was myself one other lady the global md of society general and then their president and i decided and then you have to choose a song a song that you like and you give it to them and when it's one minute to the end of your time they start playing your song for the entire it was like i don't know how many thousands of people were there and they were streaming live across everywhere i haven't put it on my instagram yet it always takes me time to get to those things and as my essay and i wondered what song was i going to give them i said you know what tim talker global platform many thousands of people i don't give a hold what they think we're going to give is it and the crouch to god be the good if there be any i always start it wrong because i don't know how to sing but i know how to praise my god if there be any praise let it go to calvary with your power you have raised me i just jumped in the middle of it because that's the part i always remember something swamps and then it gets to the chorus which is to god be the glory to god be whatever so i'm talking i said hey i said yes that's what they show me they said i can choose my song that's my song and that's the song i gave them and i remember at a stage of it i then decided what was i going to speak about i could speak about anything so i said to them i want to speak about the courage of conviction and then i told them a bit of my story and the battle of faith and having the audacity to stand up for what you believe and i said to them i'm a christian i have no shame about christ i have no shame about christ [Music] it is my confidence it is my comfort it is my strength it is what makes me bold and fearless if you have the god of gods on your side what can man do to you so i speak my truth with a smile and let everybody else go and decode and he gave me such pleasure on that day to do that i just said to myself i said well i'm taking my christ to the middle of the world and i was so happy so what is my question to you by our god we have victory i will ask you one question unto yourself be true if you know without a doubt that you have god on your side because you have given your life and your time to christ and you're confident of your relationship such that if you were to die today you know you're going to heaven please sit down really without fear but remember we are in the presence of the lord unto yourself be true you cannot impress me you'll be a mistake too i'm a mere mother a mere muslim girl that had no hope in hell of ever making heaven in christ but the grace of god found me i was not looking for a husband or children it was four months in my wedding and i have three beautiful sons so for one day i didn't i wasn't distressed i already had a manufacturing company and 28 men working for me when i met the lord even though i wasn't such but he found me and every day i am grateful for 29 years of my journey with christ you can see the fruit so today if you're standing i'm very proud of you why am i proud of you because you spoke your truth because you're not ashamed to be truthful to yourself but i'd love you to make one more step and that step is i'd love to invite you to my lord and my master to make him your lord and your master too between my journey as a young muslim girl who almost caused riot in university because i couldn't stand the issues to me finding christ i got married on my 28th birthday she was four months to being 28 when i met the lord i've lived the two sides and i know that christ is not religion jesus is life and the power in christ is without question i have tasted i have tried and i have seen and therefore what i have that is the biggest treasure in my life is jesus i offer him to you and it's free it costs you nothing but it's your choice because you have the will to make the decision so if you want to accept jesus please royally come out and let's celebrate you god bless you god bless you very very very much god bless [Music] [Applause] [Music] look i know some people are seated [Music] to thyself be true the truth that you know that you deny you will account for on the day that it is required the journey we described is impossible without god that's just the truth you want to get far you can't do it alone and you know it doesn't matter how many powerful people you know they're never in the room when you need them just know that trust me i know what i'm talking about they will not be in the room where you need them but there's a power that never leaves you no matter where you are no matter who you're facing no matter what the circumstances no matter how quick things turn around there's a power you can call around call upon in a minute in a second and the situation is sticking under control there's a power on the inside of you that men cannot phantom and it scares them instead of them scaring you [Music] that power is in christ so if you are out of place even though you have given your life before if you know you are out of place please be gracious enough to step out because we're about to walk into a season of war in order to have our victories like i explained you're not having victory without wars so the war is not the issue but you must be sure that you have the power and you have it on the inside of you and you're standing right with god so that you're not afraid so when the battle comes at you you're not going to say hey maybe it's because of what i did yesterday maybe it's because of what i didn't do no no no no no you can stand and take the battle heads on and say who is speaking that you are speaking oh [Music] jesus is lord [Music] and the power of god is real and it's true and it's free but balawa will tell you to go and buy a cow and buy ram and build house and do this and do that or they'll give you money for a limited time and take life for eternity this is the god that gives you life and gives you life for eternity [Music] jesus loves you and so do i and without a doubt [Music] must a good man and his wife love you it takes pastors who love their people to make investment in building their people some gather people just for but some gather people to build them up for the purpose of god this is such a house so i congratulate you [Music] will you just repeat after me father today i come to you with all my heart and all that i am and i lay myself at your feet i receive the salvation that is mine in christ jesus i receive the gift of life that i have in the shed blood of christ [Music] and in his broken body i thank you father for this covenant that i'm signed on to and i declare that i walk fully in it and the world will tell my story as i walk with you thank you lord for this day because i know the records are in eternity i love you jesus my father my lord these are your children i present them before you for each and every one of every one of them i release upon them the portion of grace of anointing that is required for that which you have called them to i send them forth like arrows in the hands of the enemy and i say lord you will use them as your battle axe and they will come back victorious and their stories will be told for generations to come thank you father for your faithfulness blessed be your holy in jesus name we have prayed put your hands together for them thank you hallelujah we celebrate god with you for this decision you've made um but there are some counselors handing you a card right away i want you to please fill those cards with accurate information and go along with the counselors just for about two minutes it won't be longer than that two minutes you know it's one thing to make a decision in one night it's another thing to be able to stand and live the victorious life that mrs awashika has described tonight so they just want to speak with you for just about right there she's right there with you and she will guide you on what to do but just hold on for a moment before you leave can i ask all the women to rise again sorry i'm walking by the holy spirit and i want every woman to lift up your hands to the lord [Music] i want you to repeat after me here i am lord i present my heart i present my mind i present my thoughts i present my imagination unto you renew my mind after your purpose and after your grace for my life guide me o lord lead me daily to walk according to your purpose that your name may be glorified in my life i receive power i receive wisdom i receive understanding i receive the discernment of spirit that is required to walk the journey that you have laid before me thank you father in jesus name we have prayed if you're celebrating god i want you to really celebrate him well please go alone hallelujah and if you know that you've been blessed tonight i want you to put your hands together and celebrate the lord our god hallelujah can i ask you again to just put your hands together and celebrate the gift of god in the house

Channel: The Elevation Church

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Length: 84min 41sec (5081 seconds)

Published: Fri Oct 18 2019