The Principles of Increase And Life More Abundantly || 3rd Service || 19092021

and welcome to our second transmission for today this is the covenant nation and we're delighted to welcome you to church this morning it's morning time in lagos it might be any other time where you are at but we're glad that you made the choice to fellowship with us today thank you for letting us into your space into your home into your offices wherever you might be at the moment if this is your first time of worshiping with us and first time of being part of our online community thank you for coming please let us know in the comment section and i'm sure our online community will give you a warm covenant nation welcome thank you for making that choice however if you are in the city of lagos if you are in ibadan or abuja we have centers in all of these cities we have centers across the city of lagos and there just might be one close to you go to our website and um you'll find the details of all of our centers or of course please follow us on our social media platforms at covenantsea 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change your life something that will definitely be a blessing to you now as a member of the covenant nation we all look to integrating into what is going on to be a member of the covenant nation one of the most um useful ways one of the most effective way of doing that is being part of our covenant community groups and right now there's a new semester starting on the 2nd of october 2021 and the registration has already opened so go to our website and um join and look for the link for covenant community groups on our social media platforms and look for the tcn community groups and register there will be something that will be suitable for you for every semester that you want to join so pick something that's stupid for you now and let us all key in and receive the nourishment from there from the wisdom the knowledge the skills that you have from other people let that bless you let that nourish the seed that is on the inside of you so that we can effectively manifest that dream that image 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week is the fact that god wants to work with us and we should walk with him and you have to give your life to christ for you for you to connect with him you know because there's no other way to the father except through jesus christ so if you have not given your life to christ it is the best decision you could ever make in your life and then you should take your time to fellowship with with god the thing is that god is in a relationship leadership fellowship relationship god is our leader and we're not it's not it's not even negotiable because his thoughts towards us are good and he has good plans for us and he works things out for our good so we should endeavor to actually engage in the discipline and the work that requires for us to fellowship with him because i mean even in marriage relationships any relationship whatsoever it takes time to fellowship together to develop that relationship for the relationship to grow so we have to be disciplined committed to spending time with god to getting to know him such that in that relationship god drops off enough on us just like the bible says about when god spoke to moses face to face like a man who speak to his friend that is how god wants to speak to us but it takes us taking time to develop that relationship till you get to the point that god talks to you face to face so let's endeavor to make the to do the work and to make the choice to work with god so right now we're going to go into today's service put away of discretion put your worries at the feet of jesus the holy spirit is here to touch you to answer your questions to minister to you there is something specifically for you in this service today we have prayed for you we knew you were coming and he would definitely definitely bless you god knew you were coming anyway even if we didn't know but we prayed for you and we knew you were gonna come and god is here waiting for you to bless you so um put away distractions focus on the message get up and dance and worship god as the um worship team leads us in worship right now and then listen to the word remember invite someone and get ready to be blessed god bless you and see you next time [Music] wow oh [Music] is [Music] oh [Music] give you all my praise [Music] thank you [Music] there is none like [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] you were more than these i don't know about you but for me lust for work i'm just trying to describe you help me [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] huh [Music] you are oh [Music] [Applause] oh [Music] in the house [Music] who is man that thou art mindful of him now the son of man that you visited [Music] oh that is [Music] i don't know [Music] i don't know who i know [Music] [Music] that is can somebody give a lot a song [Music] [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] o foreign savior i will praise thee o my savior i will praise thee forever [Music] all right [Music] to [Music] me [Music] [Music] can you give the lord a dance in the house hallelujah 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this morning say to your other neighbor you're welcome to church this morning how's your week all right if this is your first time at the covenant nation please wave your hands we'd like to celebrate you and recognize your presence if this is your first time just with your hands with your hands if this is your first time all right you're welcome god bless you all right somebody's gonna come and welcome you properly um to church all right so we're gonna go to the teaching section of of today's service um again i have absolutely no doubt that god is here to bless us this morning but it's important that we take away all forms of distraction so that we can be a partaker of god's blessing this morning amen are you ready no are you ready all right ask your neighbor are you ready all right then we're ready let's go this is the way to go 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 given 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 once showed me i come to understand god's system on the earth and i receive instruction encouragement correction and enablement to live out god's will in jesus name amen and amen all right this morning want to continue on the subjects we've been teaching and i want to get this into us because it shouldn't just be something we mentally ascend to but uh something that gets into a part of our beings which is the what we've turned that subconscious part and then if that is when the word now becomes flesh at its 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 i'll 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 where they are outward man they are struggling to cause their desires to materialize so they are in foundation 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 that in other words there's the law of that which your eyes are seen what you are looking upon is what is going to 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 worked 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 must 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 environment 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 until next has to be painted as a picture and we'll talk about that image there a pastor wrote me from evans 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 round about um 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 he 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 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 started 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 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 start 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 places i don't wanna 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 able 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 or 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 he 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 to 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 toned 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 with vino's doors resurrection power i said his last look and i was preaching 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 it 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 and 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 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 our parents 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 caught on on court 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 will not wither 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 10 000 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 inside 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 preach that sunday and of course if there's no size any center there's no size anything will be people want 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 she'll 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 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 gonna 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 should 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 where force looking 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 pocket of water in an ocean or to arrive the sea and get a bucket hold on people pack their 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 species 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 dreams 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 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 you 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 90 verse 12 and the lord said unto cain where is abel thy brother he said i know not am i my brother's keeper verstappen 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 what the earth is which has opened the mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand verse 12 when thou tilled 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 these 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 i think 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 that's 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 admit 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 followers are left you're just planting they seem 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 nice just because 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 used the language he used was i failed in a perfectly inexplicable way it was as if some influence had been working secretly against me that's 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 this was his words with the lesser 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 had 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 seemingly 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 pasta just looking back i could tell he passed away my caller i was in his church he said they were confessing for a place of two way cats confessing the whole church confessing confess it 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 1999 28 casts 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 think about that or put 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 fast your 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 say 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 onto 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 a sunday you listen to teaching but every single day we have the tools here make available so morning by morning the opening of my ear okay i'm 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 lies now 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 hear 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 returneth not neither but what threat the earth and maketh it 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 it's what goes forth as rain to water that's it leave it there 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 to have sent it so you get spiritual power from the word of god to enable that seed to be established in you and for that 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 planted 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 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 he only knew the baptism of jordan 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 onto 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 aka all right the brethren wrote exhorting disciples to receive him who when he came he helped them a 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 the bible 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 corey's paul haven't passed so he was at corinth at that time and that's when later 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 expand it 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 [Music] uh one one one two [Music] one once again the correct answer is two three three three three the ash experiment has been repeated many times and the results have been supported again and again we will conform to the group again we're very social creatures we're very much aware of what the people around us think 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 said 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 all 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 receiving 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 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 coveted laws and all of that so it's 5 000 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 all right so if you raised your hand um that you want to give your life to christ or you want to be baptized in the holy ghost there is a lady here would attend to you immediately after the service so please walk up immediately after the service to her and then she will put you through amen let us stand up to our feet psalm 17 verse 15 psalm 17 verse 15. now we're going to go into a time of prayer um but in our usual fashion we're going to go into um the images okay we're going to go through a certain scripture now as you meditate on this particular scripture it's important that you are side by side all right side by side putting images of the things that you are believing god for specific things so if you want if you want a promotion promotion is not going to be given to you promotion would you can't see promotion as p-r-o-m-o you are seeing a letter been sent to you all right you've seen people saying congratulations on that promotion if you're believing god for a new job for instance all the perks of that job that's what you're seeing all right if you're believing god for your children to go to harvard for instance you're seeing them opening the letter all right an email is being sent to them and you're screaming and you're jumping and people are rejoicing with you all right that's the image you're seeing if you're believing god for his spouse you're seeing him or her all right join us i'm saying all right psalms 17 15. so we're going to make this confession together as for me i will see your face in righteousness i shall be satisfied when i wake in your likeness as for me i will see your face in righteousness i shall be satisfied when i wake in your likeness as for me i will see your face in righteousness i shall be satisfied when i wake in right in your likeness as for me i will see your face in righteousness i shall be satisfied when i awake in your likeness let us begin to pray let us begin to pray let us begin to pray pray open your mouth and begin to pray begin to make that declaration that god has crossed his face to shine upon you begin to see the effect of your prayer in your in your life begin to see lines falling onto you in pleasant places begin to see men are congratulating you begin to see that email coming onto you that things are falling into place in your direction begin to see your children doing greater works than you begin to see begin to see that all bills are being paid effortlessly begin to see yourself paying other people's bills begin to see yourself in certain situations it is important you keep that image in your in your face right now begin to declare begin to declare begin to declare this is exactly what jacob did in leban's house putting the honeymoons right before himself and they were producing after their likeness we are in the image and the likeness of god the attributes of the of god which is the likeness of god is a god of abundance so you do not lack anything you lack absolutely nothing that you contribute to other people's coffees contribute solely to buying things for other people who are in need begin to see nations coming to you asking you to rescue them begin to see men coming to you asking you to rescue them put that image right before you put our image right before you and declare god's words declare god's words over your children over the work of your hands over your marriage over your household declare declare open your mouth and begin to declare now in this moment begin to rejoice begin to rejoice and thank the lord for the fulfillment of those things that you have that you have imaged thank the lord for the fulfillment of those things that you have imaged thank him thank him thank him thank him rejoice in his presence thank him thank him for the fulfillment of that image thank him be grateful to him that he has opened doors unto you relationships are coming into your life right now thank him for his favor upon you thank him for his mercy thank him that you are completely made whole thank him healing is yours thank him give him all the praise and all the things give him all the praise and all the things in jesus name we have prayed father we thank you for your grace and your mercy that as far as our eyes can see you have granted unto us in the name of the lord jesus christ we thank you because you have received the massive testimonies of things that you have done in the lives of your people in the name of the lord jesus christ that what eyes haven't seen what he is haven't heard things that haven't entered into the hearts of men you have done for everyone seated here in the name of the lord jesus christ your name is glorified in the mighty name of the lord jesus christ father we give you praise in jesus name amen let's put our hands together for the lord we may be seated we may be seated all right um first announcement is this so one of the things we do at tcn ingomo on tuesday is that you know we have an interactive session where as much as possible where we can have and deal certain conversations you know which is the word of god all right so it's practical you can ask questions and you know you can get clarifications on a lot of things all right so this is me announcing that tuesday we are going to go again to be in this service on tuesday at this center amen all right the second service the second announcement is this we are opening three services october 10. october 10th a gomu is moving into the three services the first is going to be at 6 30 a.m all right for the early birds 6 30 a.m second service 8 15 a.m and then the last service which is probably these it's going to be at 10 30 a.m all right so you can be a part of any of those three services and invite people who might want to join amen god bless you have a wonderful week [Applause] hallelujah good good morning church i believe we've had a wonderful morning and the message has truly served as you know water in our hearts and it's going to bring forth fruit in jesus name can we have the confession after the message please so want to go 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 her sayings 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 right paths when i go out this week my steps do not end in dark narrow passages nor do i waste time making wrong turns in jesus name amen all right we have some special people in our midst pastor wale you know spoke about them at the beginning and now we're going to welcome our first timers if you are worshipping with us for the first time can you please rise a round of applause for our first timers thank you you're welcome sir you're welcome ma'am anyone else you're welcome all right please encourage them we have more people you're welcome you're welcome you're welcome you're welcome please stand up to your feet we are really blessed we welcome you on behalf of our senior pastor pastor paul yemade and his dear wife pastor tony we welcome you we thank you for fellowshipping with us we'd like to spend a few minutes with you in the hall if you don't mind just pick everything you came with and come to this side of the hall please continue to welcome them we know that you've been blessed in this service and he who began that good work in you would definitely complete that work he started in jesus name please don't stop just continue they are still moving round the back we celebrate you amen [Music] hallelujah so we celebrate our first timers so it's time for offering offering time blessing time so can we put together our titan our our friends as we prepare to give those of you that want to give online we have the account details which word media will put up for us now so that you can also do your transfers if you want to give online world to media can you help us with that and um can we have the offering confession all right let's go through this together 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 the need be self-sufficient possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnish in abundance for every good work and charitable donation amen father in the name of jesus christ we thank you lord for the opportunity to give again thank you lord for the seeds you've placed in our hands father almighty and lord we pray oh god that the blessing seen in the life of the giver and of the tither be evident in our lives in jesus name we pray amen amen the ushers can please help us with the offering for those that want to give online please the details are up on the screen so a word to media i think we can go on with the recorded announcements please covenant nation woman she is prayerful she is 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 bee conference 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.jbslagos.org forward slash apply for more inquiries contact plus 234-818-888-4194 on whatsapp only or email contact jbslagos.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 an 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 paper craft and handcraft for interior and event decoration to register visit www.insightsforliving.org forward slash cottage registration closes 26 september for more information about upcoming covenant nation events kindly visit the church website www.insightforliving.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 squadron 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 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 con of which except it falls to the ground and dies it abides alone but when he 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 your life you know when you plant a seed which is your vision into the earth the seed requires light it requires rain it requires uh that's 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 unto 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 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 ten 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 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 beerus 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 p.m at covenant place 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 from 7 00 pm to 8 pm simply click the link in the bio on our instagram page at tcm egoman let's have morning devotion with our daily devotionals at tcn economy by 7 am 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 tcngomoosnaps 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 encouraged to invite other married couples close to them come be inspired and blessed and finally we would like to know you is form online you to that use the link beats.ly or tcm have a great week okay amen um just two more items and then we round up the pastoral care units of tcny gomu and the e-library units are calling for new members so please if you are interested kindly register at the info desk we have one at that extreme end of the hall and we have another one at um the other end secondly eduard is recruiting volunteers for the lagos teachers conference and that is coming up on the 9th of october we can see the registration link some of us may be familiar with eduard some may not but i promise you this is a very important outreach arm of the church that does a lot regarding education in our state and the country at large so we encourage volunteers to register to join the eduard group can we rise up to our feet it's been a wonderful sunday and definitely it's a great week ahead for all of us in jesus name um i'd like us to remember all that pastor wali also mentioned earlier on we're starting three services on the 10th of october the ccg groups are starting on the second please register if you haven't it is definitely a place to walk and do life together with other people and you will not regret doing so at this point can you just turn to your neighbor and then share the grace with your neighbor may the grace of our lord jesus christ the love of god and the sweet fellowship of the holy spirit rest and abide with us now and forevermore amen and surely god's goodness and mercy shall abide with us days of our lives and we shall dwell in the house of the lord forever and ever amen god bless you have a lovely week be intentional and meet someone today on your way out thank you [Music] [Music] you

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