The Principles of Increase And Life More Abundantly || 2nd Service || 19092021

just might be coming to somewhere near you you know there are going to be centers across the world in toronto and um in canada and toronto and um you know another place in canada i i forget now but then um we're gonna have um across africa outside of outside of nigeria and then we're going to have another place in nigeria and in europe as well you know so it will be it will be it will be um splendid to have you come fellowship with us so keep your air out you know and come and so that when you have a center near you you can come and um join us for service but there's something that is very crucial here at the covenant nation and we really take daily and would love for you to be a part of you know our covenant community groups so you can be part of our covenant community groups regardless of where you are in the whole wild world so if you go to our website you know you can find the link and you can register for the covenant community groups the the registration is on right now and this semester is starting on the 2nd of october you know so get registered you there will be somewhere there will be a group that will be suitable for you out of these several like 54 groups community groups or more that we that we have you know something might just work for something might just be suitable for you people you can identify it so we can draw a nourishment from the from the earth you know from other people's knowledge you can have your kind of people and that can help nourish you beyond just the spiritual um nourishment that you've received you also receive nourishment from the earth and will help you to manifest and be more productive in your area of endeavor and if you are a woman and you want to be part of a women's group you can also be in the online women's group so if you just go to tcnwomen.org you can register and you'll be added on to the online women's whatsapp group and so you can be part of what is going on because we have the b conference coming up very soon so anyway enough of that let's go and have service this morning as usual i'll tell you at the covenant nation we don't get distracted we focus and we receive what the holy spirit has got for us every time and he's here today to bless us in every aspect of the service in worship in in the message in every aspect just listening focus and i'm sure the holy spirit would answer the question in your heart we'll meet you at the very point of your need and will bless you today and forever in the name of jesus so let's go on now um the praise and worship team is ready and um to lead us in in praise and worship put away all distractions get put your worry at feet of jesus get up and dance and really give him a worthy sacrifice and you know any worthy worship you know um as we go into the service today um let's go now welcome to church don't worry it's it's normal it's okay to have a lot of concerns at heart but i want you to know that this is one of those moments you can drop all at his presence drop all at his feet and worship just worship your own god in your own way this morning just worship your own god in your own way goddess yeah goddess yeah and it's real god is here and it's real it's real it's tangible don't wait for any song just go ahead and sing your own song hallelujah [Music] [Music] [Music] have is to do i give you praise [Music] that is who you are [Music] i worship you [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] once again should be [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] there is [Music] [Applause] [Music] that is [Music] oh [Music] you are good [Music] can we just keep the praise in the house [Music] we have a living soul in the house is [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] do we have a living soul in the house i don't know about you [Music] [Applause] [Music] that is [Music] another song [Music] [Music] hallelujah [Music] my god do well for me [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] hallelujah [Music] i will praise thee forever [Music] oh [Music] i will praise thee forever [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] all right [Music] me [Music] [Music] [Music] my [Applause] once again [Music] me [Music] [Music] to the right to the left to the right to the left to the right [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] you are [Music] you are wonderful [Applause] you are beautiful [Applause] [Music] [Music] hey you are [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] yo [Applause] [Music] i am [Music] is [Music] [Music] is is [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] i don't like anything because i have jesus i have good health because i have jesus [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] hallelujah this morning [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] oh [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] we are [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] hallelujah we may be seated glory to god you're welcome to the service this morning tell your neighbor you're welcome to this service this morning ask them how their week was great all right this is your first time at the covenant nation would like to just recognize and celebrate you if this is your first time just wave your hands if this is your first time at a covenant nation this morning igomo thank you god bless you someone is going to welcome you more appropriately immediately after the service amen amen all right then so we're gonna have pastor preach to us this morning um i have absolutely no doubt that we will be blessed of the lord today all right but it's also very important that we take away all forms of destruction so we can partake of that which god has in store for us this morning how many of you are ready to hear the word of god this morning amen all right so immediately after uh we're gonna give you some other information amen welcome this morning to the chain section of this particular service as we get into the word let us first of all make a confession or declaration of faith this morning one to go as i said to listen to the word of god today a daw of ultras has been opened unto me and i hear the voice of god clearly speaking to me this is the way to go working in it i listen under the influence of the spirit of god and i'm not distracted by anything or anyone the word of god is full to my spirit i am strengthened by it this morning it is winer to my heart creating joy within me it is oil to my face causing my life to shine giving me victory in everything that i do as my eyes make contact with the scriptures used in this message the spirit of god opens new things to me he also brings to my remembrance things jesus won't shoot me i come to understand god's system on the earth and i receive instruction encouragement second nature as they say to you which means your default mood is to act this way one of the words used to translate or used or i one of the phrases when you translate the word wisdom in english in hebrew what it means is to pound it in in other words keep saying it until it gets into the consciousness of the people and then what happens is they begin to act that particular way so last week we looked at certain aspects and i want to continue i just want to break it down into certain steps making it much simpler for us to absorb and then next week i'm going to talk about the role of your work while this principle goes on in other words as you interact with people every day and how you are to handle what you are doing with your hands so even if you have a seed being planted let's just say this that you are going to start a massive company but you are still working in a place and that place there seems to be no even opportunity there it doesn't even look like a ladder to where you are going to uh the kinds of people that you interact with right now and all the kinds of people that can facilitate what you consider to be the dream on the inside of you that very place in god's design he has allowed you to be there and he expects you to work in a certain way and if you do that which means you give people more in exchange value than what you receive from people then you'll set yourself on a plateau right where these principles will work that's why every single person in the scriptures when we look at the patriarchs there wherever they worked they gave more in value to the organization or to the system than they extracted out of it and when you are that type of person or that type of worker you become unstoppable on this earth so start out by saying this i put this on my notes so i streamlined my thoughts that we looked at this last week stop trying not too hard and let the laws of the realm of the spirit work which means that god has ordained work for you many are laboring on this earth with their own hands doing a lot for the fulfillment of their desires without the recognition of spiritual laws that govern the operations of things and therefore because they are ignorant of these spiritual lords that god created and put on this earth they are working in the realm of the spirit against those laws while in the fiscal realm with their outward man they are struggling to cause their desires to materialize so they are in violation of the spiritual laws that govern experiences because they are ignorant of them things created by god to make life productive so they violate those laws there yet with their own hands they are consciously trying to produce the very things that they desire on the inside of them the first of those laws i want to look at five of them this morning is what sees thou in other words there's the law of that which your eyes are seen what you are looking upon is what is gonna determine experiences in your life the law in second corinthians chapter 3 and verse 18 it says we all with an open faith beholding us in a mirror the glory of the lord had changed into the same image second corinthians 4 and verse 17 are light affliction which is for a moment working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory while we look not to the things that are seen but so the things that are seen for the things that are seen by the things that are not seen rather for the things that are seen are temporal but the things which are not saying i turn out so what are you looking at right what are you looking at if you are looking at the wrong thing then no matter what you are doing with your hands and effort you are putting in if the vision before your heart all right is wrong if the picture there before you is wrong and it's an image of failure an image of mediocrity if satan controls that image that you are looking at then sweat as you may right you are not going to get the results there so you have to take your desire from being a feeling there for the expression of increased life on this earth which means everybody desires something better it's the law of increase that god has placed within ought and the first motion of that law is found in desire which means no matter where you are in life you always desire a greater expression of life jesus said i have come that you might have life and that you might have it more abundantly first law is not trying to through struggle translate those desires into reality but the first thing you do is to turn those desires into a definite image that will be right before your eyes and your focus on the image of where you are going to and never allow the limitations in the environments there affect the image that you have so there must be a picture clearly before you you must have a clear picture before you all right what is the image what are you looking at where you are going to next has to be painted as a picture i will talk about that image there a pastor wrote me from robin's working in the uh what you call the enum areas or okay in oil state and he said what happened was he has a church there and they sit around about i think says 80 maximum and uh it's it's an area where people come to school and once the students go back home during uh schools are closed he said they dropped down to 20 and he kept calling himself told me this this last week here a transition pastor had named himself that because that was his continuous experience but listening on the subject of meditation as we teach in church here he said he went to look for scriptures uh that just talked about multitudes coming into a place throughout the gospel and he placed those scriptures before him and said to look at the scriptures he said without increased effort on his own part they sat last sunday 103 people which has never happened on a sunday service and it's what they will push and push maybe during their conventions and all conventions to get to but just by constantly beholding right that particular image of multitudes things began to happen so what are you looking at take the image the desire translate it into an image something that constantly you are focused on now there will be a struggle between for all right a while between what you are seeing in the physical that's what your fiscal eyes are seen and what your inner man is seeing a struggle in a between the physical and the concept of the new image that you are beholden within you so you must have this image god brought abraham out to give him that image he said counts the stars are you able to number them he said so shall thy seed be so the new image of your future is the seed that you are sowing and now into your heart that is the seed that image there of you working in the reality of that particular thing saying the life of jesus being expressed in your life that abundant life happening for you as a person now be focused on it what this means is your thoughts must habitually revolve around that image and not things as they appear so i have an image for all right this assembly whichever center it is i have an image clearly for every single center and pressed upon my heart and in that image i'll go even place i don't go and visit and i interact with people there i interact with ushers i see the size of the congregation it is right before my eyes there and so there will be a battle between that which you see in the physical and that inner image that you have within sorry sorry all right two get results to try to get results on the outside rather without establishing your thoughts in the direction of where you are going to will be to meet with failure in other words you have to win this bachelor in your thought life so for example i come into any service the what is seen on the outside at that particular point in time is less than the image i am looking at over that congregation for there is a desire for the expression of greater life that amounts to certain things a growth within the congregation a greater expression of life within the people all right people enter into certain things i meditate all right upon that and so when i come in i've got to make sure that i don't allow what i'm seeing with my physical eyes to actually regulate my emotions i must be looking at even as i'm preaching at that particular image that i have on the inside of myself because any effort on the outside without establishing your thoughts in the direction of where you are going to that is your thoughts now revolve around that inner image will bear to meet with failure uh jesus's face was torn towards jerusalem in other words he had seen jerusalem that's where he was going to his thoughts were now on the cross the resurrection that's what he was meditating on but he sent his disciples they went into samaria and they didn't get the kind of response because the face of jesus was set somewhere else we say that in luke chapter 9 and verse 52 luke chapter 9 and verse 52 to verse 55 it says and he sent messengers before his fate and they went and entered into a village of the samaritans to make ready for him now look at this verse 53 and they did not receive him the reason is because his face was as though it will go to jerusalem now how do you say somebody's face it's just like saying that i go to uh uh i go to local gym and they didn't receive me because they knew that my face was towards kaduna i mean how do you know it's cardinal written on my forehead it means that his inward thoughts they picked up on it in the spiritual that this man is not really his interest and it affected what happened the way the people responded right was because his face was towards another particular place even though physically they entered into a realm so you have got to turn your face there towards that particular thing which means that that inner image must be fixed in your own thought life in order for you to begin to get the kind of response that you ought to get i'm just saying these things are going over but they're real deep stuff here all right in order for people to respond to you in a certain way your face has to be turned and that is through meditation until your entire thought life revolves around that image and you interact with it to do things rightly you must first acquire this power to think rightly in other words your thoughts must be in the right place and it requires this is the work the spirit of god within all doors resurrection power uh i said this last week and i was preaching that puja that angels walk on the outside the holy spirit walks on the inside this is the power equation here the holy spirit brings every thought into obedience that's the greater work and then when that is done everything on the outside can disobedience can be revenge and that's what angels do so angels will walk according to that which is operating in your heart so when you say to this mountain be thou removed and cast and see if the mountain moves is angels on the outside that carried the mountain but the only reason why they will be able to do that is because you doubt not but believe that what you are saying even though on the outside it appears impossible you are fully persuaded that it's going to come to pass now who created that on the inside shifted you to the place where something that naturally is impossible that never has happened before it is established inside your heart that is going to get done is the work of the holy spirit on the inside so there is a walk within and how does the holy spirit work the bible says as you behold the image you are transformed by the spirit into that particular image he changes you but he needs you to be looking at that particular image there so it requires power to think thoughts that are not suggested by appearances and that's what most people think for example most of in this nation are thinking according to what appearances suggest so what the enemy does he suppresses your thought life to what's going on on the outside and when he says you walk by faith not by appearance make sure you're walking by sight of a better kind if appearances govern your thought life then your labor will not deliver an experience that is contrary to what you are seeing with your inner eyes bible says don't be conformed to this world don't let it squeeze you into its mood all right appearances want to squeeze you and cause you to conform and that you ease into it and say well there's a life i can only leave but be transformed the word transformed is a word that means what resides on the inside of you let it be expressed on the outside it says that is the desires that you have no matter how it says be transformed let the things within appear on the outside let your life take the shape of who you really are within yourself and what you really desire regardless of the environment be transformed it says how will that happen through what is called the renewing of your mind this is very powerful what resides on the inside of you can become the experience of your life if you will subject yourself to the renewing of your mind so don't accept images that are suggested by the environment to think according to appearance is easy but to think truth and the word of god regardless of appearances is laborious and requires the expenditure of power of more power than any other work that man is called to perform on this earth listen to this the real work that requires power is to change to be in an environment code and uncode filled with what you call death there and to have a clear-cut image of life the reason why the bible says when the heat cometh he will not know and in the season of drought his life was not with her it's because they don't allow there's nothing magical about that what it means is that person has never allowed the environment to govern their thought life or the inner image on the inside of them a thousand might fall on their left ten thousand on their right but they are focused and they keep seeing their unfavorable outcome and don't allow the environment to tamper with their thought life this requires greatest expenditure of power known to man that's a real work there is no labor from which man all right most people shrink as they do from sustained and consecutive thought in other words in that particular direction it is the hardest work known to man let me repeat that hardest work known to man particularly when the truth of your life has been contradicted by appearances so abraham had to be seen himself as a father of many nations though his body was dead and sarah's womb was declared dead he had to have that image on the internet that's what jacob did to the animals and said listen you will be transformed according to that which you are seen now it takes some time in meditation to change the picture that naturally comes into your mind in the very things in which you are doing the reason is that every appearance in this visible world seeks to produce a corresponding form within your heart and become a stronghold so let's assume here and i've said this used as an example i have an image for it all right a center and it's at this particular environment i come and preach that sunday and of course if there's no size any center there's no size anything will be people want all right there's a greater expression for growth so what the enemy tries to do is to use the present number to make me any time i think i'm using something for myself think about that place it's the picture of what i saw last in the natural that is impressed on my heart but what the holy spirit says anytime i think of that place naturally is the picture that he has given to me that's what shall rise up within my consciousness and that's what i should be interacting with then we've said a thanksgiving now must be offered second step thanksgiving must be continuously offered up that what you are seeing within yourself is now the your present external reality in your life acknowledge janet the receipt of that particular thing from god hold the picture of the promise before your inner eyes an offer of thanksgiving continuously spend your leisure time in the practice of meditation and thanksgiving you want to move into another level leisure time that you have don't use it in pleasure or in entertainment use it in meditation and in thanksgiving forming that image clearly on the inside of yourself and offering thanks unto god for the fulfillment of it this is the way it's going to work for you while others are eating and drinking you are meditating and giving god things they are interacting with it third thing is do not compete with others as though someone else success has deprived you of your own chances to succeed rejoice all right over all the people that are advancing thank god for the grace that rests upon their life as though it were you experiencing it and it will not take long for the same spiritual substance that is making things work for them starts operating in a very similar way within your own speech there's real truth now first commandment of love is that you don't hate those who are making advancement don't hate on them why do we know this first john chapter 3 and verse 11. he says this is the commandments that you have this is the message you have heard from the beginning that we showed love one another look at the next verse yeah not as kale not as cain which means first expression is don't be like king who was of that wicked one who slew his brother wherefore slew him because his own works were evil and his brother's works were righteous so he went after him because his brother he says don't have that inclination is the wicked one that is doing that so what you have got to do is to thank god for the mighty works he is doing in life around you listen no body success god is a god of abundance nobody goes to the to get a bucket of water in an ocean or two uh or ride the sea and get a bucket hold on people pack the cars and get down and say don't you know that you listen to me you are reducing the amount of water in the world nobody begins to breathe heavily and you say that don't you are extracting you've got to understand that this is the way abundance is also in every single thing that you are doing there's an abundance you say well there's only three spaces for people to get promoted in this office and once three people get that in that's not the only kind of promotion god can give to you god can if you don't get those threes because he has something larger for you they have companies you have not heard about their positions in this world that if those doors are opened up to you you will you will look down on these three things that you are having a headache over you can get a phone call today get an email from somebody somewhere in the world asking you to take up a position here that you will you will think that a prank is being played on you so don't limit it you say well because i'm believing for a promotion and it's stuck to this state uh joseph it was what he was thinking about was my fathers are gonna bow down to me he was thinking about it in the context of his father's field but god had something much greater that he never had imagined now he killed brother here this what happens remember your heart is the ground and that's where things bring forth genesis 4 verse 9 to verse 12. quickly 9 to verse 12 and the lord said unto cain where is abel thy brother he said i know not am i my brother's keeper vested and he said what has thou done the voice of thy brother's blood cries from the ground all right to me here verse 12 he says now thou art cursed from the earth remember the earth is which has opened the mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand verse 12 when doubt he lets the ground it shall henceforth yield not her strength or today a fugitive and a vagabond shall thou be on the earth in other words there will be confusion you will know where you are going to it won't yield its strength to you so work in love rejoice with those all right who are making it an advancing and don't try to cut them down number four the fourth thing that you have got to embrace is you must praise god and give him thanks for all that happens around you whether it's even seemingly negative once you are beholding that image i tell you everything is working together for your good even when you don't understand it everything is working together now the minute you all right begin to get better disappointed more more then you're allowing things to affect that once you are looking at that image listen everything is working together for your good some of those things you will not understand some of those things will appear as setback let me tell you this some of those things the when the greatest opportunities for the fulfillment of what you are beholding comes your way it will come as a contrary wind also i was checking some this message on social media was a tweet from sinatra she said when the contrary wind begins to blow nothing possible is about to happen so true all right you must praise god and give him thanks for all that happens around you even when it seems like things did not work the way you thought it should work or the government around you authority free gods whatever it is are not going in the direction you think they should go you cannot entertain the idea or thought that external things have damaged god's ability to make it happen for you within your life give thanks and god will use every single thing you experience to get you into that position give him thanks for that there's something that he's doing beyond that now it's going to get to this but i think it connects better here with this and let me put it there when you meet with setbacks this is what happens guard your speech never speak of yourself or your fears or anything else in a discouraging way don't mama don't acknowledge the finality of anything on the outside never admits the possibility of failure or infer that failure is a possibility never speak of times has been hard i know yeah never speak of time you're just planting they say that a thousand fallen left you're just planting the same that your leaf shall not without your jaw so why are you contract using what is called perfect speech never speak of times has been hard speak about you finding your greatest opportunities in the midst of this when the contrary wind blows i just got out of time i have a testimony from someone right here i could read but it's quite long all right i don't want to stick to time but there was a young man who once told a story of making a certain business combination which seemed at that time to be very desirable in other words he had this massive idea on business that he was going to implement and he understood the laws all right of this life here and the principle of this life we speak about which is the kingdom life and he walked for some weeks to bring about all right that particular business idea when the time came that is the crucial time for the fulfillment of that particular thing he said and these were his words i failed in a perfectly inexplicable way how many people he used the language used was i failed in a perfectly inexplicable way it was as if some influence had been working secretly against me this is what how he described what happened he however said i was not disappointed i understood the law of life that's god's kind of life listen to this he said i thank god that his desire all right had been overruled by god and went steadily on with a grateful mind he said i thanked god that what everything i did or i did not work that god didn't say you know he said god had overruled his desire and continued giving him thanks for that inner image he had about himself so that business idea of thing was a man what he felt would bring it about but when he didn't work he said god has overruled that particular thing there and went on giving thanks in a few weeks an opportunity came his way that made the other one all right of no account whatsoever what he was striving to do and to get done another opportunity now he wasn't even thinking about this just came his way that made that i'm saying this is the law it's the law he saw a great the great divine intelligence of god at work in his own affairs and he said this new that is god knew much more than he knew and prevented him from losing this greater good by getting himself in entangled these were his words with the letter so he saw that god as he stayed there giving god thanks and worshipping him with a grateful mind continuing all right in his work doing what he was supposed to do he said he realized that if that particular thing that happened he would have lost out on this greater one that came and just sprang up so to speak from nowhere that he got himself this is the path that god wants everyone to work keep the image we're going through and understand that you go through things that will look like failure give him thanks for it everything is working together for your good every decision that is made is working together for your own good every kind of disappointment is working together for your own good without this this principle ain't gonna work you can't get offended at things that happen on the outside that is the way every single failure will work out for you if you keep your faith if you stay focused and you give god thanks for all things and what we have discovered is this kind of setbacks or call when the dream that you have embraced is much smaller than what god wants to do let me just repeat that when you're thinking even though you think it's elevated it's much smaller than what god really wants to do that's when you meet with these things i mean i've told the story of pastor but just looking back i could tell he passed away my call i was in his church he said they were confessing for a place of two-way cats confessing the whole church confessing confessing he said until they sold it to somebody else and then shortly after that they gave god thanks they praised him and all of that he said where they are and they've been there since 1989 28 cast there all right was opened up to them at around the same price now god had some other thing they had to change the architecture all right the building structure changed began to think about schools think about what you put here think about this thing about that or put a pa i mean things they would never have thought about began because of the size of the landing of god finally i will just close with this one here that as you have this image right before you you watch what comes out of your mouth particularly when the pressure is on you hold faster confession you don't talk to fate you don't talk failure you understand the process trials and tribulation will come for the sake of that word or that image that is on the inside of you you understand the principle then seek the face of god and pray i overeat in other words go up to god and pray and sink his face and what we're doing by sticking his face here is you need the rain now that image is the seed and you now need rain to constantly water that seed that is on the inside of you now the water in there is the rain that comes down but i explain what this is constantly every day make available to yourself i said this at the conference for people want to go into ministry but something about life i said it yesterday that constantly all right open yourself to the practical teaching of god's word the teaching ministry is a very powerful ministry which means that gives you a workable understanding of spiritual things that every morning all right that vision is being watered right as scriptures are opened up unto you and you're gaining insight into spiritual things it's very important that every single day not just on a sunday you have a book all right not just on sunday you listen to teaching but every single day we have the tools here make available so morning by morning he opened my ear come driving to work putting something that will educate you spiritually that will water that seed on the inside of you that will empower you have it on your ipod that you listen to these things sometimes every day right you want to go to another level you've got to start watching that seed that is on the inside of you isaiah 55 6 you'll know that the seed was already there and the word was the rain shaking the lord while it may be found call upon him like his name let the wicked forsake his way the unrighteous man his thoughts let him return to the lord he will have mercy upon him unto god he will abundantly pardon for my thoughts are not your thoughts neither my ways your ways here the lord for as the heavens are higher than the earth so are my ways and my thoughts higher than yours but still for as the rain cometh down from heaven and snow from heaven and return it not leader but what threat the earth and make it eat to bring forth and god that he may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater so shall my word be that goeth forth so there's seed already in the ground and his word goes forth as rain to water that's it leave them all right it says it shall not return to me for it but it shall accomplish that which i plead and it shall prosper in the thing we're going you have said it so you get spiritual power from the word of god to enable that seed to be established in you and for that say to grow and this rain here due from heaven is teaching for paul said in 1st corinthians 3 and verse 6 he said i paul i planted he said apollos came and watered and then we now saw the increase so there's planting and there's got to be watering now was the ministry of apollos it was a remarkable teaching ministry that opened up scriptures and and that's how paul said he's watching certain things and you have to all right open up your heart to that and don't stay away from the teaching of god's word how do we know that apollos was a teacher acts chapter 18 from verse 24 to 28. it tells us acts 18 24 a certain jew named apollos born in alexandria an eloquent man mighty in scripture came to ephesus and this man was instructed in the way of the lord being fragrant in spirit he spake and taught diligently the things of the lord knowing only the baptism of john but he was mighty in scripture but only knew the baptism of john and was sharing it and dissecting the word of god but it was up until that point now somebody recognized that gift to him and said listen this will be useful next verse verse 26 and he began to speak boldly in synagogue whom when aquilian prisoner had had they shook him unto them and expounded the way of god more perfectly unto him now when he got that he now use this teaching gift there verse 27 the bible says and when he was disposed to pastor okay all right the brethren wrote exalting disciples to receive him who when he came he helped them much which had believed through grace next verse for he mightily convinced the jews and that publicly shown by the scriptures that jesus was christ now he had moved to a new level from john but it was still the same teaching gift and he was doing that and that's what paul called watering now look at verse 19. sorry chapter 19 that's the next verse and verse 1 chapter 19 verse one and it came to pass that while apollos was at courage paul haven't passed so he was at corinth at that time and that's why the letter written to corinthians he said i paul i planted apollos came my tearing scripture opening up the word of god given scriptural and spiritual insight and what he was technically doing was watering that seed so you need that kind of revelation to water the seed that is on the inside of you all right next week i'll talk about the two other parts and go for this expanded so we get it into our consciousness please take this message listen to it over and over and over all right do it all right over and over okay get this message and listen to it over and over so you understand the principle because i went through some real huge spiritual principles there right and just went on but the real things i've got to catch inside your spirit and practice it as the way in which you respond all right to things and bring about the fulfillment of that which god has placed on the inside of you have that picture have that image right before you interact with that image every day in meditation there never let the environment penetrate into your thought life keep that image speak constantly as somebody who is fulfilling that i'm walking in the reality of that don't bring the outward things right on the inside don't be conformed to this world all right could you play this video let me just close and play the videos i thought i but i i stayed to time so i'm just playing now holding this about conforming to this world how we allow people to influence us this psychology here was what happens and this is how people get defeated and what really lies on the inside of them never comes out because we get subservient to the environment plate here the ash experiment is one of psychology's oldest and most popular pieces of research a volunteer is told that he's taking part in a visual perception test what he doesn't know is that the other participants are actors and he's the only person taking part in the real test which is actually about group conformity the experiment you will be taking part in today involves the perception of line length your task will be simply to look at the line here on the left and indicate which of the three lines on the right is equal to it in length so for example the actors have been told to match the wrong lines the volunteer will be monitored to see if he gives the correct answer or if he goes along with the opinion of the group and gives the wrong answer in the first test the correct answer is to uh one one one two one once again the correct answer is two three three three three three the ash experiment has been repeated many times and the results have been uh supported again and again we will conform to the group again with very social creatures we're very much aware of what the people around us think uh we want to be liked we don't want to be seen to rock the boat so we will go along with the group even if we don't believe what people are saying we'll still go along one one one group dynamics is one of the most powerful forces in human psychology amen and amen father in the name of jesus christ i pray for every single person under the sound of my voice i ask in the name of jesus for strength in their inner man by the spirit of god to be able to pick up this image that you are placing before them and to keep it before their eyes by the grace that the spirit of god supplies to them i ask in the name of jesus for this grace to be focused on that and that their thoughts be centered around as they behold the glory of the lord that is right before their eyes in the name of jesus let the transforming power of the spirit of god take them into that height that they can see for as far as your eyes can see say the lord that will will he do unto thee in the mighty name of jesus with all heads bowed and eyes closed there's anybody here you don't know jesus as your personal lord and savior you have got to be born again to see the kingdom of god born by the spirit to entice into it if you are not born again you've not received jesus and all you are not filled or you are here and you are not filled with the holy spirit with the evidence of speaking in other tongues the holy spirit is the one that transforms us he does that mighty work and when we are filled with him and can express his presence in that new prayer language it helps to release power to cause these things to happen you want to receive him into your life this morning i want to pray with you you're right here in this auditorium just lift up your right hand and lift up with our heads bowed and eyes closed lift it up just wait and those of you lifting up your right hand the oceans can help them stand to your feet father in the name of jesus i pray for this once i ask in the name of jesus christ that as their prayed for hands are laid upon them every inhibition to receive in jesus and the holy spirit all the holy spirit within their hearts be completely removed that there is a massive flow that occurs within their lives in the mighty name of jesus amen and amen those of you that stood up um the lead pastor in the centers where you are will give instructions as to what to happen all right we will be having the platform on the 1st of october in abuja it's going to be in abuja at the lady quality conference center sharatin hotel all right limited seating capacity we've always said it to be televised event and we want to make sure we only have a thousand people because we don't want to be on national television and to be seen to be violating or write the laws of of of uh covet laws and all of that so it's 40 000 people registration will be opened up tomorrow 20th that's tomorrow 20th now all right we opened up on the 20th of september and registration will start for those who live in abuja if you live in lagos and you want to go but it's going to be quick i don't think that registration will last up to 10 hours when we fill up everything all right so you want to get rich that will please and you want to attend particularly if you reside in abuja all right you will register once we open it up on the 20th at 6 00 a.m quickly do that before we start putting out the promos for it all right god bless you all and have a wonderful week in his presence in jesus name amen amen all right um we're gonna stand up to our feet for five minutes prayer all right very quickly help put up colossians 3 verse 10 colossians 3 verse 10. colossians 3 verse 10 could you help us do that if you have the scripture let's just go all right but we all sorry collisions three verse 10 and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the one who created him psalms 17 15 as for me i shall behold your face in righteousness i will be satisfied with your likeness when i awake so what god wants to do in our lives is that we have his image his likeness which then means likeness being his attributes attributes being that he is love that he is kind that is in abundance that all the things that he does is in abundance so we're going to meditate on this scripture and then we are going to begin to have certain images that god has given to you in your personal life and begin to pray in that direction so the things god has placed in your eyes all right concerning your children concerning the work of your hands concerning your businesses concerning the things you're believing god for those images you are begin you you're going to start praying about them so we're going to meditate on this now all right psalm 17 verse 15. you say to yourself personalize it as for me i shall behold your face in righteousness i will be satisfied with your likeness when i awake as for me i shall behold your face in righteousness i will be satisfied with your likeness when i awake as for me i shall behold your face in righteousness i will be satisfied with your likeness when i awake let us begin to pray let us begin to pray begin to focus on that image that god has given to you that god has granted unto you concerning the work of your hands that as you go out this week that that image is fulfilled in your life as you go out and as you step out this week that image concerning your business is fulfilled that image concerning your children is fulfilled begin to see yourself you begin to see your children move in directions that god has placed in your heart begin to see them conquering grounds begin to see more businesses open up to you begin to see relationships begin to see your promotion begin to see god moving you to the next level begin to see that cities are opened up onto you begin to see that people are favorably disposed to you begin to see that your body is completely whole begin to see that in your lineage that a certain illness that people say is common to you has been eradicated completely begin to see begin to see begin to see project that image focus on that image and begin to pray in the spirit as you as you're seeing looking at that image begin to pray in the spirit this is a time to focus focus on that image close your eyes shut your eyes and begin to see those image say those things that god has given to you [Music] pray it out in the spirit pray it out in the spirit the easiest way to do this is actually to focus on these for this week that businesses are opened up to you men are favorably disposed to you you are getting emails to say that here is your promotion things you haven't even imagined that is coming into your mind begin to see begin to see yourself carrying your children begin to see speak speak speak speak the word that you are not conformed into the image you are not squeezed into a mode that the things that men have projected onto you will not come to pass but only what you can see that you do have the things that you can see [Music] begin to speak life speak life into your work into the work of your hands [Music] opportunities are bound opportunities are coming unto you opportunities are bound opportunities are coming on to you speak life into your body in this moment speak the life of god into your body this moment speak the grace of god into your mind that god has enlarged your capacity that even beyond what you can think or imagine god has fulfilled concerning you speak speak speak speak speak the grace of god speak the mercy of god hold on to that image this is what jacob did in leban's house this is exactly what jacob did in leban's house he was projecting that image and he was receiving the results speak speak focus on that thing that god has done has fulfilled in your life now in the same vein begin to rejoice thank him thank him thank him thank him for what he has done thank him for what he has done thank you for that image been fulfilled thank him thank him for that promotion thank him for multiplication in your business thank him for your children who are receiving great results thank him thank him for healing in your body thank him that as you believe on behalf of the people that god is making manifest that's which you have projected in your mind and in your hearts thank him give praise to god give praise to god give him thanks give him thanks give him thanks and give him praise thank him [Music] father we give you praise lord we thank you that as far as our eyes can see we have received the same in the name of the lord jesus christ lord we thank you none of our words will return void that have accomplished all that it has been sent to do in the mighty name of our lord jesus christ let your name be glorified in our lives in our businesses in every single endeavor of our lives in jesus name amen let us put our hands together for the lord [Applause] amen we may be seated we may see that very quickly i have a couple of announcements i'm happy to bring to you that october 10 a government center will be moving to three services [Music] three services the first service is going to be at 6 30 a.m the next service which is probably this service will move to 8 15 and then the last service will be at 10 30 a.m 6 30 8 15 8 15 and then 10 30. you guys will not understand what's going on the levites are already they are excited they are very excited amen all right so we have midweek service here on tuesday be a part of what what the lord is doing um in that in our service amen [Music] hallelujah good morning church let us declare our confession after the message are we ready let's read i declare this week the lines have fallen onto me in pleasant places my steps are ordered by the lord every day i open my mouth wide declaring the things i believe calling into existence those things i see with my inner eyes as though they are and god in return daily loads my life with benefit advancing my position morning by morning he opens my ears to hear his voice and has positioned me by his instructions such that others call me fortunate lucky and blessed by what has occurred every day i declare wisdom is the principal thing therefore i have gotten wisdom and with her understanding i call wisdom my sister and understanding my closest friend i have exalted wisdom and she has promoted me making my life glorious she has brought me to the place of honor because i have embraced her i have listened to her and received our sayings and so by the decisions i make years are added every day to my life god has taught me in the way of wisdom he has led me in the right parts when i go out this week my steps do not end in dark narrow passages nor do i make time waste time making wrong turns a man amen would take this time to take her offering confession so prepare your offering your talents you have an envelope on your seats for that can we have the offering confession tights and offering confession second corinthians 9 8 in the amplified version are we ready let's declare and god is able to make all grace every favor and earthly blessing come to me in abundance so that i always and under all circumstances and whatever they need be self-sufficient possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation gracious father we thank you this morning for your love and care and mercy over us with cheerfulness we give out of the abundance you have bestowed upon us we give unto you cheerfully thanking you for your grace and for your love let the blessing sin in the life of the giver the tighter be upon all our seeds in jesus name let the reign of heaven pour and cause a harvest of thirty sixty hundred folds in the name of jesus thank you jesus in jesus name we pray amen now we want to welcome our visitors if you're worshiping with us for the first time in the covenant nation igomo center can you please lift up your hands if this is your first time in this auditorium hallelujah god bless you brother any other person please rise up on your feet there's someone over there please rise up on your feet thank you you are welcome thank you so much god bless you sister you're welcome you're welcome sir please if you're beside them give them a feast bomb welcome them with the love of god welcome them warmly we welcome you on behalf of our senior pastor and his wife pastors poju antonio yemadi we welcome you to the covenant nation igamu his own city hallelujah we believe that you've heard the word of god and you've been blessed today we would like to receive you warmly um so please take everything you've come with your bags your bibles everything you've come with and move to my left side that will be your right the pastoral care units would like to welcome you they have a reception for you please put your hands together for them we prayed for this ones to come and as you put your hands together we are grateful to god for bringing them put your hands together to the king of kings you're welcome you're welcome you're welcome you're welcome you're welcome please make your way yes over there please make your way god bless you for coming we take the digital announcements now covenant nationwoman she is prayerful she's empowered she is wise she is caring she is a proverbs 31 woman this is inviting all covenant nation women to be part of a growing tribe who are connected to god and connected to one another together we deepen our fellowship with our father as we also strengthen and care for each other this tribe is open to all women young old single married to join visit www.tcnwomen.org and go to whatsapp registration to sign up each woman will then be added to the whatsapp group of the center she attends also coming soon become friends 2021 to be a part of all this and so much more go now to www.tcnwomen.org admission is still open into the joseph business school lagos business and entrepreneurship certificate program commencing on october 2nd 2021 be a part of this global entrepreneurship program as we learn practical business principles and receive spiritual empowerment to raise companies create wealth and manifest the kingdom of god in the market's place jbs lagos is a fully accredited global partnership initiative between the covenants nation tcn and the joseph business school in chicago illinois usa start your application today visit www.jbs.org forward slash apply for more inquiries contact plus three four eight one eight eight eight eight four one nine four on what's up only or email contact jbs lagos.org registration for the covenant community groups is now open the covenant community groups is an initiative of the covenant nation to promote peer mentoring relationships and networking among like-minded people in similar stages of life the purpose of these community groups is to create channels of interaction for people with similar interests to create a heaven for members to foster integration and fellowship and to mitigate meat opportunities as a result of unharnessed relationships don't do life alone please visit www.tcncommunitygroups.org to register and join a tribe the cottage industry program and initiative of covenant capital is calling for participants who are willing to be trained to register for the following vocational areas dry cleaning and laundry services catering and event planning graphic designing tailoring and fashion design baking and confectionaries makeup artistry hair styling and bobbing illustration and visualization food manufacturing general automative and mechanical engineering home office cleaning and janitorial services events decoration and planning interior decoration electrical and electronic repairs publishing and website development cold process soap making and natural skincare products shoes and bag making photography papercraft and handcraft for interior and event decoration to register visit www.insightforliving.org forward slash cottage registration closes 26 september for more information about upcoming covenant nation events kindly visit the church website www.insightsforliving.org or connect with us on all our social media handles at covenant sea center at pastor podu on instagram and twitter hi there my name is paul jury maddie senior pastor of the covenant nation nigeria this is to inform everyone and also to invite you to these uh covenant community groups the next semester will commence on the 2nd of october but registration for this group starts on the 5th of september now what are these community groups all about the concept came out of the realization the fact that in order for people to be able to advance themselves on the earth they've got to belong to certain networks uh the scripture tells us that god said in the beginning it's not good for man to be alone he wasn't just talking about the concept of marriage he was talking about the concept of life a kind of weight except it falls to the ground and dies it abides alone but when it dies then it connects with others and then it becomes fruitful so one shouldn't do life alone you should do life right with people that have similar or you have common visions common goals similar goals belong to the same stage within your life you network together with a purpose of advancing the position of every individual and you come together with people for a certain time consciously and intentionally to produce through networking certain results within the life you know when you plant a seed which is your vision into the earth the seed requires light it requires rain it requires that water light it requires air but it also needs nourishment from the ground so as christians we pray we get revelation knowledge we we we you know do things spiritually speaking but he says my people perish for lack of knowledge you need nourishment from the earth information that already exists on this earth and the seed as it begins to grow extracts that out of the ground in order for every other thing to be beneficial onto it and that's why we believe that people should come into networks there which is a family setting but it's intentional and what you want to do is to extract nourishment from this earth in these groups you interact with mentors with people who have gone ahead you will interact with your peers you connect minds ideas will flow and by that you'll be able to achieve the goals that are set or right before you so it's a family setting but at the same time it's very goal-oriented and purpose-driven groups there and those groups there want to read something i picked off concerning henry ford it's a well-known fact i hear this that henry ford began his business career under the handicap of poverty illiteracy and ignorance it's an equally well-known fact that within the uninconceivable short period of 10 years mr ford mastered these three handicaps and went within 25 years he made himself and that within 25 years he made himself one of the richest men in america connect this fact the additional knowledge that mr ford's most rapid strikes became noticeable so you connect that with this fact that his most rapid strides became noticeable from the time he became a personal friend to thomas a edison and you will begin to understand what the influence of one mind upon another can accomplish go a step further and consider the fact that mr ford's most outstanding achievement began from the time he formed the acquaintances of javi firestone john bureaus and luther burbank each a man of great brain capacity and you will have further evidence that power may be produced through friendly alliance of minds very powerful concept in life when minds and network produces results so i invite you into these community groups this is what it's all about the extraction of knowledge the extraction of wisdom from minds from people who are have the same goals who are reaching out for the same things and they have different community groups therefore corporate professionals there's health and lifestyle they're for creatives therefore guys who are involved in tech for people who are involved in governance in politics every single area of human endeavor is covered in these 54 community groups family marriage everything right and through that you gain a lot of power for your life so i'm inviting you to join any of these community groups it's open to every single person all right you come into a group network with minds you spend about 10 to 13 weeks together intentional purpose-driven your life will be transformed looking forward to seeing you within these community groups that start on the 2nd of october for registration commences on the 5th of september all the details right to register will be attached to this particular video clip god bless you all here are the announcements don't miss our midweek services on september the 21st and 28th at 6 30 pm at covenant place ego also note that in these services we'll be having holy communion online prayer meetings are holding on saturday the 18th and the 25th of september on make salary from 7pm to 8pm simply click the link in the bio on our instagram page or tcnegome let's have morning devotion with our daily devotionals at tcn economy by 7am on instagram it will be a refreshing time in god's presence participate in snaps after every sunday service by uploading a picture of yourself and instagram using the hashtag tcm egomu snaps remember to type a quick summary of what you learned in service we look forward to seeing your pictures and comments there will be a marriage seminar [Music] dr richardson the marriage enrichment team of the covenant nation igamu presents a marriage seminar tagged power and money in marriage the seminar promises to be powerful and insightful we welcome all couples to come and learn how to improve their marriages thank you there'll be two sessions at the seminar the first session is tagged who comes first my spouse or i and the second session is tagged thriving together in money matters date 25th of september 2021 the time is 10 am and the venue is the covenant nation e-commerce center all couples are invited to this free event and encourage to invite other married couples close to them come be inspired and blessed and finally we would like to know you that is why we would like you to view our form online use the link beats.ly all slash tcn have a great week [Music] thank you thank you so much walter media three short announcements before we rise the pastoral care unit and the e-library are calling for new members so please see the um personnel at the info desk units at the entrances thank you um if you have not picked up your food package from the food drive initiative today is the last day so please honor the email sent to you and go to the relevant welcome back to the studios i'm sure that you were blessed by the message received today it is indeed insight for leaving one thing we must take away from this message is the is that the the image that you have on the inside of you which you have created by the word that god has given to you you must hold on to it never let it go don't let it be limited by what is on the outside you know don't let whatever is happening on the outside that may be contrary change that image you must hold on to it you must hold it daily firmly that is actually the work as pastor said that one needs to do you should not be the the image at the same time should not be limited by your outward experience by what you know to be present or be available on the outside you must be able to think beyond that let it be built by the word and the seed that god has given to you because god will work things for your good he will create policies for you he will change policies for your sake what does not exist god will create to fulfill the dream that he has put on the inside of you so don't let that dream be limited at all dream it hold on to that image and despite the contrary wind that may come your way as pastor said write the storm with praise and thanksgiving write that storm with praise and thanksgiving don't alter what you're saying don't start to say things that are contrary because this is the confidence we as children of god must have it's the absolute trust in god that it works all things absolutely all things for our good never lose that confidence that god is working all things completely and all together for your good you should listen to that message again pastor also enjoyed us to do that so go to our um e-library at elibrary.insights4living.org and you can download the messages send the link to all your friends have them listen to it it's going to be present on social media platforms particularly our youtube channel and our on our facebook page so go back and listen to that message again and again and again and again and let it become your reality you know let it encourage you let it strengthen you and you hold on to the image that god has given unto you you know and i'm sure that the blessing that we have received today will be permanent in our lives in jesus name amen as i said earlier remember register for the covenant community groups let us re receive the nourishment from the earth from what god has surrounded us with to nourish you know and help us to manifest that image that is on the inside of us register for the covenant for community groups if you're a woman join the join the um tcn women global go to csunwomen.org and register and you'll be placed in um a what's up group that is in your center in case you're in any of our various centers or for the online group if you're if you're in the online community that would also be done also remember um you you you're online if you're not in abuja or you're not traveling to abuja please join platform it's about nigeria um and it's and the theme is nigeria what's yesterday you know so it's going to be an interesting period on the 1st of october um and we're going to be beaming live out of abuja so you can participate online it's a media event and you can participate in it even if you can't be there in in abuja so don't worry about it please make sure you join us before we go today remember decide who you are going to invite to church next week to come join us for service and um or for me even for midweek service on wednesday at 6 30 p.m on mixelr and on pastor's um instagram page is handwritten pasta poju so you know invite somebody have them come join us for church um send them a link today talk to them about what has happened today remember to have a chat with the people that you've invited for today so have them invite other people and then plan to remind them in the course of the week and then invite them remind them again to join us for service next sunday let's invite people and have them come and be blessed as we're getting blessed as well remember to do all of that and then um before we go um i believe that what we are receiving will be permanent in our lives and we should not let it go i just want to reiterate the the image that is on the inside of you don't lose it hold on to it and let it be manifested as your reality in the name of jesus um this is our first transmission for today there's going to be another one at 10 15 a.m so you still have an opportunity to invite people to come join us for service for the 10 15 um for the 10 15 service so invite your friends and have them come as we go into this week i commend you to the grace of god the lord has gone before you and he surrounds you with his mercy and his grace god bless you and see you next week you

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