[0:00] Welcome. Thank you for listening to The Sousa Word by David Entry. The words you catch will change your world. May your story change from this message.
[0:13] Be blessed. Hallelujah. The scripture said, I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of God.
[0:25] And I believe that God is doing something great in somebody's life here. Amen. You are useless as a man of God if you lose your sensitivity to the spirit.
[0:43] Okay, thank you. The depths of your sensitivity is what determines the quality of your ministry. So it's not the level of support you have from people or resources that determines the fineness of your ministry.
[1:07] The fineness of your ministry is determined by the depths of your sensitivity to the spirit. He said, steady to show yourself approved unto God.
[1:19] It's the approval of God on a man that gives him mastery in the things of God. And we are in a very sensitive season.
[1:33] Very sensitive. Bible says that as it was in the days of Jonah, so shall it be in the days of the Son of Man. Luke chapter 17 from verse 25.
[1:43] Dan was, it says that people were eating and drinking, marrying and being given to marry. Until Noah entered the ark. Right.
[1:55] And everything changed. So Jesus said, it will be the same. Okay. The days of, and we are living in sensitive times. And I really thank God for this meeting.
[2:07] This meeting. And I thank God for your life. I really celebrate God for your life. Thank you very much for coming. And I know it's going to be a great time. I would like to share something. Actually, I feel like not just sharing.
[2:21] I just want to. I want to just flow. Because I've come home. You're welcome. I've come home. Yeah. God. I'm home. That means that some of the things I'm going to say will be very encouraging.
[2:34] Some of it will be challenging. Some of it will be provoking. Yes. Because when God wants to bless you, he'll leave you with an instruction. Yes. Right. Any time you have an encounter with God, if he wants to bless you, he will leave you with an instruction.
[2:47] Yes. And so I want to share something in the area of Jacob. Okay. Push. Because Joseph is coming.
[3:00] Wow. Jacob's struggles in life was for Joseph. Right. To manifest.
[3:10] To manifest. To manifest. The next. We can't. I feel like preaching. We cannot disappoint the next generation. We cannot disappoint the next generation.
[3:24] Bible says that until a generation came that knew not about God and judges. That's where everything began going wrong. But I thank God.
[3:38] Abraham had a discourse with God. And in Genesis chapter, I think, 18 and 19, 19, God came to Abraham and God had a discussion with him.
[3:54] And when God visited him, do you know what he did? Say, God always had some things on his mind. First, when he visited Abraham, the first thing he spoke about was his son being born.
[4:08] Isaac. Right. The promised son. Abraham. God told Abraham, Sarah shall have a child. That was the main topic. Then when he finished with Abraham's personal visitation, say, I found out that God kept Abraham childless and homeless.
[4:29] Landless. Landless. Because God had always had a plan for his son. A child and a land. So those who are fighting with Israel.
[4:41] It's, it's, it's, it's, he said, Saul, Saul, it's difficult to kick against the goods. This is all spiritual. So God appeared to Abraham. The first thing he spoke to him about was his.
[4:54] That's, that's Genesis. When God visited him, three men came in the tent and they sat down. That's not, not the first visitation. That's later on. He said, I'm going to give you a son.
[5:05] And Sarah laughed. He said, how can this be? Can I have pleasure? Since I'm very, very, my husband is old. So God spoke about it. And afterwards, Bible says that, and the Lord started going.
[5:16] And Abraham followed. Your next miracle and your next level in God has to do is in direct proportion to your push.
[5:28] Right. Wow. So God, God doesn't just use anybody. Right. He can use everybody.
[5:39] But he doesn't use anybody. Oh, that's right. Wow. Religion doesn't matter just if it's the will of God. It can be the will of God, but the will of man will overpower the will of God.
[5:52] Yeah. That's true. In fact, 2 Timothy chapter 2, he says that the foundation of the law stands firm. Verse 19, having the seal that the Lord knows those who are his and those, let everyone that names the name of God depart from iniquity.
[6:06] And he says in a great house. Oh, I feel like talking house. In a great house, there are many different types of vessels. Oh, okay. Good. Yeah.
[6:17] But in a great house, God is the builder of house. In a great house, there are not only vessels. Can we all say vessels? Vessels.
[6:27] God fundamentally did not create us to be instruments. He created us to be vessels. So he can put himself in us.
[6:38] That's why he had to make us in his image and likeness. So my jacket has been made according to my image and likeness so I can slip into it seamlessly and work with it.
[6:51] That's why God made us into his image. Are you getting what I'm saying? So our fundamental assignment on earth is not to worship. It's to be vessels.
[7:03] Vessels. You check through scripture. God has always wanted to be in his people. And then we become his expression. So after he created us, he gave us the opportunity in Genesis chapter 2 to eat from the tree of life.
[7:19] Bible says that God told them eat from every tree and the tree of life, verse 14, was also in the garden. But they did eat of the tree of life. They went and ate of the tree of knowledge of good and of evil.
[7:33] So as soon as they ate it, Satan checked into humanity. Right. Checked in. He checked in. Came in. And we adapted the serpentine nature. So Jesus said, you brood of vipers.
[7:46] Yeah. That's why the Bible says that the way Jesus was lifted on the... Sorry. As Moses lifted the serpent. John chapter 3, verse 14. As Moses lifted the serpent, so must the Son of Man be lifted.
[7:58] And on the cross, he wasn't only paying for our sins. He was also crucifying the serpentine nature in humanity. Amen. He killed it on the cross. Hallelujah.
[8:10] So God made us to be vessels. Vessels. And back to 2 Timothy, he says that in a great house, that's also a big subject, house.
[8:22] House. God, Jesus came to die because of the house of God. And someone say house. House. House. House. God has always had his house in mind.
[8:36] Okay. Right. Okay. He's always had his house in mind from Genesis. Yeah. And this house is meant to become the new Jerusalem.
[8:47] The bride of the Lamb. Let me not go to you so that I don't miss you. Now, God has always had a house in mind. You have to know this. Of course, it's important. I'll come back to it. So he said, but in a great house.
[8:59] This is a great house. Yes. Yes. The church is a great house. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. But interestingly, what do we find in the house? There are not only vessels. So you find vessels of gold in the church.
[9:11] Yeah. Verses of silver. But you also, there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but of wood, clay, some for honor and some. You do not dishonor the one God chooses to honor.
[9:24] Hey. Right. He will take it personal. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. I feel like preaching. Yes. Yes.
[9:34] Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Sir. Yes. Yes. Sir. One of the things that is going to cost this, our generation, is lack of honor for people God choose. In fact, God puts it this way.
[9:45] In 1 Timothy 5.17. Let the elders who rule well be counted, watch this, worthy of double honor. Double is a relative word.
[9:57] Double. What? Double of what? Any honor you can give to any man. When it comes to a vessel of God, a servant of God, he deserves honor. Be counted up as worthy of honor.
[10:08] Double honor. Jesus could not help the generation, the people where he grew up with, because of lack of honor. I told people in church, don't go and meet a man of God, the grace of God is on his life.
[10:20] Now, it's not for you to determine who a man of God is. God will point to you that this is a man of God. How do you know? When the man speaks to you, when you deal with the man, you know, you have the witness that this man, the spirit of God, it is God's job to approve your ministry.
[10:37] It's not your job to advertise yourself as a minister. God will approve you. God will approve you. But the problem for your people you are sent to as a servant of God, and I know you are a servant of God.
[10:53] It has not got anything to do with your exterior. It has everything to do with your assignment, the purpose of God, and your availability to the Holy Spirit. And when God sends you to people, watch this, it is dangerous for them not to receive you because they miss God.
[11:11] Is it possible that some of us are here and it's likely we've missed God? Because the servant is sent to you, you are looking somewhere else.
[11:23] They did it to Jesus. Yeah. They did it to Jesus. Jesus came and they said, they did it to Jesus. But for the purposes of God, Jesus' brothers would have missed him. Right. That's the truth.
[11:34] Because they had a giant in their midst, and yet they didn't know. I submit to you, one of the giants in this generation is this man of God. Praise God. Amen. I know we are in a democratic country, so everything must be based on votes.
[11:55] Forget it. God doesn't need that. God doesn't need it. So, ah, vessels of honor. And vessels of dishonor.
[12:08] And it goes on, it says that, it's not what, look at the next verse. Oh, 22, chapter 22. Second Timothy chapter 2, I'm sorry, verse 20. No, no, verse 20.
[12:20] Back, please. I like it when the 20, okay. Some for honor and some for dishonor. Go to the next verse. This is very interesting. Therefore, anyone, therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, talking about let him depart from iniquity.
[12:37] Listen, you can't walk with God and toy with sin. Wow. Wow. We need to mention it. Yes. You're toying with sin. You are compromising on the move of God and the blessing of God over the next generation God is assigning to you.
[12:53] Amen. It's not you who suffer most. It's your descendants who suffer most. Sin is wicked. What about, I'm not just talking about just maybe do this and that. Don't be comfortable with sin, sir.
[13:05] Amen. Get up. Shake yourself. Yes. Shake yourself of sin. It's dangerous. It's very toxic to your destiny. Yeah. Yeah. Let me talk about Joseph.
[13:16] I'm sure I'll mention a little bit more about lust and anger. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Hey. Can I preach at all?
[13:29] Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
[13:44] Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, right. You have to take responsibility of sanctifying yourself, separating yourself from some stuff. Yes. My worry, Pastor, my worry, my challenge is too many of us, all with great divine mandate, are living ordinary lives.
[14:04] Wow. We live ordinary lives. We can't, this generation, time is not on your side.
[14:15] Amen. Time is not on your side. Your family is begging you. You are the man. Your family needs you to stay in touch with God. Your family is begging you.
[14:26] But the next generation don't know. God appeared to Jacob and said, get her from Shechem. We are going to Bethel. Amen. But God will help us.
[14:37] Amen. Your amen doesn't show that you believe it. Yesterday in our service, I was teaching on how to tap into a miracle. Yeah. And some of the things I spoke.
[14:48] How do you provoke a miracle? Can I slot it in some points? Yeah. The first point. Do you remember the first point? Yeah. The first point, know what you want a miracle, where you want a miracle.
[15:00] If you are believing God for a financial miracle, you must identify that as a financial miracle I need. You just say, what can I do for? He said, that I might see. I might have my sight. Blind Batimals, Mark chapter 10, verse 52 or somewhere.
[15:12] They said, that I might. So you must know, you must know exactly what you want the miracle for. Number two, I've digressed, but I'll come back. Number two, expectation. Bible says, the woman said, if I can touch the hem of it, I know something will happen to me.
[15:25] I know. Expect that as you approach God. It says that without faith, it's impossible to please God. And whoever comes to God must, it's a necessary condition, must believe.
[15:37] Satan will do anything at all to undermine your faith. Because if your faith can be undermined, your spiritual life has become reduced and makes useless because the judge shall only live by faith.
[15:55] So I feel like preaching, brothers. I was sent by God to come and call somebody.
[16:05] He's been working on. And then deposit a certain blessing over somebody's life. I will be surprised. If within the next few weeks or few months, some good things don't happen in your life, I'll be surprised.
[16:24] Can I say something? I came in my capacity as a prophet. I came in my capacity as a prophet. Some things are not permitted to stay in your life.
[16:36] Again after tonight. Yeah, listen. Makadashata papa. The church is full of power. We have to rise up. Satan must know that he can't toy with us.
[16:47] It doesn't matter whether other religions are increasing in UK and those things. As long as the church can wake up. The walls of Jericho didn't come down through techniques.
[16:57] The social media cannot bring the walls of Jericho down. Jesus. I feel like preaching. The Holy Ghost.
[17:11] They don't know. They may not know. Let the news say what they will say. But we are here. And we are growing. We are growing stronger. Intense in the spirit. On the day of Pentacles.
[17:22] The Bible says that everybody gave them the attention. When the Holy Ghost comes. It is the Holy Spirit that gives us the attention of our world. Not our good works. We can't compromise on what it will take to draw the presence into our midst.
[17:37] Because other than that we will go past our sell by date. Useless for the market. Our core competence as the body of Christ.
[17:50] Our strength is the Holy Spirit. Hallelujah. I feel like preaching. There is a lot I want to just share with you.
[18:01] Because if God sent me to you. You will know it by the time I finish. The Bible says that I feel like preaching. As Jesus was preaching.
[18:13] He wasn't preaching. Am I supposed to come here or stay there? You know. But when I get excited. I am so excited about the things of God. Master, the truth is everybody is excited about something.
[18:29] Some are excited about football. Rugby. Others are excited about movies. Others are excited about sex. Others about music. Others about fashion.
[18:41] Others about Jesus. Right. Adam, Adam, Adam, Adam. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. I wish I could apologize for my excitement about Jesus.
[18:53] Sorry. No way. Tell someone you are blessed.
[19:04] Alright. Let me just take it easy. Let me just take it. Is someone getting what I'm saying? Oh, Jesus. Sir, God has placed something in your hands.
[19:17] It's a very big thing. Very big thing. It's a very big thing. I pray that you receive the grace to rise up. God has placed something very big in your hands.
[19:30] I'm talking about you, sir. Yes. Something amazing. God has placed something big in your hands. You see, God doesn't have to consult people to determine what he will do with you. So, can I tell you about how to provoke a miracle?
[19:43] You must know what you need. Identify. Number two, expectation. Number three, you must take some steps. Right. I need a miracle. So, you have to take some.
[19:54] Some of us need to put in an application again. Right. Because your business is supposed to take over. Yes. If you are believing God, then start. Yes.
[20:06] Actually, faith, you've got to do something and provoke a miracle. Miracles don't happen because people are waiting. In 1 Corinthians chapter 13, it talks about to one is giving the gift of healing, word of knowledge and all that.
[20:23] Then, I think towards verse 9 and verse 10, it talks about to one is giving the working of miracles. We've got to work it. Yeah. Working of miracles. Miracles.
[20:35] Why am I talking about miracles? Because I believe that miracles are ripe in this atmosphere. Amen. Somebody is about to receive a marital miracle. Somebody is busy.
[20:45] In fact, a certain lady in church recently, amazing testimony. Amazing testimony. She's got the doctors that do self-lupus. And they told her that her liver function is, because of the lupus, it has attacked her liver.
[21:00] And since when? 2005. 2005. 2005. And when did you guys arrive in church? Three years ago. Three years ago. If they have arrived earlier, by now, they will have about five children.
[21:15] Amen. And, but the, please sit down. And I kept laying my hands and declaring. Fantastic miracles.
[21:26] She went, she's been going, seeing consultants and done three chemotherapies. Now they are suggesting lung transplants.
[21:37] But not under my pastoral care. Right. Cardinal. No, she is too faithful in church for her to spend days in hospital. Now this thing, this thing is not cheap talk.
[21:52] It's Holy Ghost move. Amen. And eventually I said, no, no, I just prayed for her. She went, everything is gone. They can't trace it.
[22:02] Everything is clenched. It's clenched. It's clenched. It's clenched. Amazing. It's clenched. We have someone who had a baby, a premature baby, 22.
[22:15] The baby was coming on 22 weeks. The baby was actually, she went into labor 22 weeks on a Thursday. And they said, get ready. Because when the baby comes, we have to leave the baby to die.
[22:27] Because according to government regulations, any child born, I think it's international, under 22 weeks, or 22 weeks, or under 23 weeks, can't live. And so, but I prayed for her.
[22:39] I gave her a mantle. And she was believing God. The husband, they called me. And we do a telephone line prayer every morning. And she, in the hospital, telephone prayer. When I came and was the clinic, she put the telephone on there.
[22:51] You see, people, when people believe, they will do things that ordinary people won't do. Right. Yeah. You can't be believing God for a miracle and act all that gentle.
[23:03] It's like someone in the labor world. You got to push. Yeah. All right. So, she, the baby didn't come on Thursday. The baby didn't come on Friday.
[23:15] She was in labor. And on Saturday was the 20th, the beginning of the 23rd week. So, she crossed. And the baby came on Saturday.
[23:26] They don't have to survive. They sustain the baby. The baby's doing well. Growing, eating well. Suddenly, and still growing. Because she knew the battle was lost. But God gave us victory.
[23:38] I believe somebody's catching a testimony here in America. All right. Let me just quickly go on this. This is the joke, Jacob. I can't miss. Jacob. I want to know the other points about the miracle.
[23:50] How to provoke everything. All right. Let me finish this. I'm at my time. I'll go. All right. Provoking the miracle. So, the third point is action for it. Number four is take advantage of prophetic assets.
[24:02] Yes. Please. We live in a generation that feels like, in a country, in a society that, apart from the queen, everybody is the same.
[24:16] Right. You will die if you keep that mindset. Yes, you will. That's it. That's it. Because God will only help you based on this prophet and the assignment or on the servant he sends to you.
[24:28] Oh, but I can pray in my house. And no, not really like that. God will listen to your prayer at home. But when it comes to some things, God himself appeared to Paul, Saul of Tarsus, Acts chapter nine, verse five.
[24:39] He said, who are you? He said, I'm Jesus. Whom you are persecuting. God appeared to Jesus. He said, I am Jesus. He said that. And he said, who are you? Then the Lord said, I am Jesus. You are persecuting me. I am the one I fear.
[24:50] He said, what do you want me to do? He said, no. Go to town. There are people there. They will tell you what to do. I won't tell you. God doesn't help men just through angels. He helps men through men.
[25:00] Yes. I feel like preaching more. Listen, I'm truly going to Genesis chapter 32.
[25:12] But I haven't gotten there. But I can't go ahead of myself. He said, this guy had an encounter. Bible said, a man wrestled with him. Yes, yes, yes. A man. And when I studied my text, I realized that the man has always been around.
[25:24] Because Bible didn't say a man came. Genesis 32, verse 24. A man came to him. It said, Bible just said, and a man wrestled with him. Wow.
[25:35] So all along, God. As for Abraham, Bible said, God appeared. God appeared. God appeared. But when it came to this matter, a man wrestled. And I believe he thought it was one of Esau's men who has come to attack him.
[25:48] Because he was worried about his brother Esau. So he used his strategies, his cunning approach. Joker was very cunning.
[25:59] A supplanter. Smart. So he's been using that throughout his life. It gets to a place. Brother, you have to drop your natural strength. Wow. Because it will take the Holy Ghost and it will take the involvement of God.
[26:17] Church brothers, let's learn how to engage heaven. You have to pull heaven down. Because some of us, the things we are dealing with is not just ordinary. It will require the hand of God.
[26:27] So anyway, so can I talk about Jacob again? Yes, yes, yes. There's so much. Sir, Bible said a man wrestled with him. A man wrestled. And then when the man realized he wasn't prevailing, he gave him a blow on his hip.
[26:44] And he dislocated his hip. Right. So Jacob couldn't stand again. But you know what? He still held on to the man.
[26:57] Think about it. And then verse 28. Is it verse 28? Genesis 32, 28. It says that then Jacob was left alone and a man wrestled. See, he didn't say a man came. A man was there.
[27:09] And it's sometimes, sometimes the things we think are ordinary. God is working through that. God is working. There are a lot of things about our destinies that you won't hear God.
[27:21] I was teaching at that time when God was sending Joseph into Egypt. He didn't jump. He's like, Joseph! Joseph! No. His father sent him. Not knowing that father, sending him to go and look for his brother was the sending of God.
[27:33] Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. That's right. That's right. God would, you are not married for an angel to come.
[27:47] Can I preach at all? Is someone catching something? Yes. I told you I came to speak to somebody. God sent me. God sent me. So, a man wrestled with him.
[27:58] Go to the next verse, please. And when he saw that he wasn't prevailing against him, he touched the socket of his hip. And the socket of Joseph's hip was out of joint. Can you imagine? That, your hip is the strongest part of your joints in your body.
[28:13] The hip. So, your strongest, the strongest aspect of your natural life. God is after it. Yeah. You are very intelligent.
[28:24] God will come after it. No, he won't make you a damn. But your intelligence, God will let you know. He gets to sometimes. He doesn't need that thing. Wow. Wow. Wow. He will teach you how to learn how to walk and lean on him.
[28:38] I call it the mortar blow of God. Wow. I know some of us, because of the plan God has for your life, you suffered some mortar blows. Hmm. That was good for you.
[28:51] It's good. It's actually good for your destiny. Because you would have been too attached to something that was not helpful for your destiny. Wow. Excuse me. So, sometimes God has to come in and disconnect some things.
[29:03] Hmm. It's never pleasant, but it's always better. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you. Thank you, Jesus.
[29:41] And, Jesus. And, Jesus. let me go for the day breaks. And they said, I will not let you go. Watch this. This is what I was trying to say. The man who hurt you carried his blessings.
[29:59] He didn't get distracted, but I didn't like the way he talked to me. I didn't like the way he treated me. I didn't like that. I don't know. Hey, please be careful. You have to identify the carrier of your blessing.
[30:14] And if you'll be offended, don't take your offense there. This man hurt him.
[30:25] And the man wanted to go. But he said, I won't let you go. Try and go. He said, I won't let you go. I'm still holding on to your life. This church is my church. It doesn't matter what has happened. I'll stay in this church.
[30:36] I know this church has saved my life. This church. Adab, adab, adab, adab, adab. You are really. Amen. Hey, that Christianity of convenience must be over.
[30:50] Yes. Amen. Must be over. You move based on destiny alignment. Amen. Amen. Lot's biggest mistake, Lot, was when his choice, when he left Abraham, when you have been blessed because of Abraham.
[31:09] And your husband and Abraham's husband were now fighting. Abraham said, it's not good for our people to fight. We shouldn't fight. We are brothers. You choose first. Lot should have said, you know what, let the prosperity go.
[31:19] I still want to stick with you. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen.
[31:31] Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Yeah. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen.
[31:48] Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. will determine your future. An animated preacher, but still carries grace.
[32:06] Bad English, but still carries grace. There was a man sent from God. His name is John.
[32:22] John chapter 1 verse. He said, there was a man sent from God. He wasn't an angel. He was a man sent from God. His name is John. Be careful you don't get distracted by his humanity.
[32:35] So Jesus went to preach in the temple, in the synagogue. He read the scripture in Luke chapter 14 and he says to it, verse 18, the spirit of the Lord is upon me. And after he read all, the Bible said he told them this day the scripture is fulfilling your hearing and the Bible says that they couldn't take their eyes off him. So you've been asked to come and read. Have you been to a wedding or a funeral or something before?
[32:54] Let's take the Bible reading. When you finish, he went to sit down. Everybody, now the next person on the stage lost their attention. Bible said that, and the, all eyes, Luke chapter 4, verse 20 and 21, all eyes were fixed on him.
[33:10] They were just watching him. What did he read? They've heard it before. So what made there was grace on the man in such a time and to that, to such a dimension that they knew there was something.
[33:27] Bible says that and they, they, and he closed the book and gave it to the attendant and sat down and the all, and the eyes of all who were in it were fixed on him.
[33:37] Something. Something. When God is speaking to you, you don't have to be told in your mind, your heart will know. Wow. Yes.
[33:48] Your heart. And he said, look at this. Look at it. Look at the next verse. Oh man. And they, and they began to say to him, sorry, he began to say to them, today, this scripture is fulfilling your hearing.
[34:00] Go to the next verse. Look at what happened. They all, say all. All. Please say all. All. How many of them bore witness? All. They knew. They bore witness with him and marveled at the gracious words who proceeded out of his mouth.
[34:18] The thing that was coming was words of grace. Grace is meant to lift you from one state to the other. Gracious words. There's something about, they knew it. Wow.
[34:31] God. You see, and then they engaged their minds. Yeah. And disconnected their hearts. They said, is this not that Joseph, son, they engaged their minds.
[34:47] Well, we know him too much. He's too man to be full of God, like in that way. Wow. Wow. Wow. Meanwhile, they bore witness that this is God at work.
[34:58] But their minds said, no, no, no, hold on, hold on, hold on. That was their biggest mistake. Wow. Be careful the humanity of the vessel of God, the servant of God.
[35:09] Be careful his humanity does not distract you. Yeah. Yeah. That's it. God in his wisdom will do it like that. The one who carried Jacob's blessing hurt him. Yes.
[35:20] Yeah. Don't run out of the church. Mm. When I meet people who said that I used to be in church and something happened and that, you are not serious. Right. You are not serious.
[35:33] I used to be, I used to be British and something happened. So I now decide to go to Syria. Yeah. Yeah. I used to be chief executive in Barclays and something happened.
[35:48] So I decided I'll go and work, work as a salesperson in Tesco. You are, you know, you're not serious. Something, something, something, no. Okay.
[35:58] Please, when it comes to spiritual things, let's get our judgments right from the heart. Pastor, I found out that God's word is not so good for your mind.
[36:09] Yeah. It's good for your heart first. Then it begins to come up and affect your mind. Yes. You can't receive God's word with your mind. No. That's a theological exercise if you want to. Uh-huh. The word of God is meant to be received by the heart.
[36:21] He says that the sower went to sow the seed. And then the fourth types of soil, he said the hearts. Yeah. Read it. It's the heart. The heart is the only conducive soil for God's word. No, no, no. Yes.
[36:32] That's a great word. It is. The word. God deals with you with your heart. Amen. Yes, yes, yes, yes. Hmm. Good.
[36:42] That's a message. Yeah. So, the more you, sometimes, the more you have the mental knowledge, the more you begin, you can miss God.
[36:54] You have to learn how to engage your spirit. Very. So, the name again, say, let's say, does to speak to me. And I have to, as a spiritual person, I have to be sensitive and listen to him very good.
[37:10] That's why I know when Pastor spoke. He may speak to three of us. Two of us may miss what he said. No. And just be listening to it at the intellectual level. Okay. Okay.
[37:20] I know. I know. I know. We must be sensitive and determine. Pastor, how do I be sensitive? Sensitivity, being sensitive in the spirit, first of all, has to do with your desire.
[37:34] Okay. Your heart. You are determined that I will walk with God. Somebody's blessed. I am here. All right. So, can I, where am I? Okay, the miracles.
[37:44] So, the man of God, you need a prophetic connection. Yes. It's hard to say this in UK. But, for the sake of scriptural integrity, let me say it.
[37:58] Okay. Listen, when it comes to the work of God, we are not all equal. Some carry graces.
[38:12] He said, unto every one of us, grace is given according to the measure of the servant of God in your life. I'm paraphrasing it. We may be classmates, but that doesn't mean we are grace mates.
[38:25] Yes. It's true. May I say this?
[38:39] If it's a bit too far, don't take it. Yes. Yes. At least you are aware of it. Okay. Pastor Paul is very friendly and very down to earth. Very friendly and down to earth.
[38:50] Your interactions with him, never lose sight of his role in your life. Never lose sight. It will cost you more than you can imagine.
[39:02] Yeah. He said, if you see me go, who for the joy that was set before him, Abraham endured because he focused on a city whose builder and founder was God.
[39:22] Yes. Moses fled from Egypt seeing him who is invisible. Sometimes we can get so distracted by social norms.
[39:33] Right. And so we, in fact, I was teaching the other time, I told, I told my leaders, I told them that, you see, the problem we have as human beings is sometimes we know how things work so much we miss the way, we miss how God works.
[39:48] Wow. Wow. Or when God is working. That's it. Because what we know, we expect it must be A, B, C, and then sometimes we can, but the only way you can pick God, say, what network is this, if you don't mind?
[40:02] EE. EE. It doesn't matter how powerful this phone is, it cannot pick Vodafone signals. Not right. Yes. You need a Vodafone SIM card to be able to pick it.
[40:19] Yes. So, when, I'm sure your phone is, like smartphones or like that, it tells you, maybe the provider. Yes. It tells you, it tells maybe EE, Vodafone, O2, 3, or once you insert the SIM card, it begins to identify it and it tells you on your phone.
[40:38] Yes. Yes. Why are we so busy trying to pick up God, disengaging our spirits? Meanwhile, I said, God is a spirit.
[40:48] Spirit. Spirit. The reason why Jesus died is so that we can relate to God from the spirit. Yes. Right.
[40:58] Mass. Good work. Signal. Signal. You know what? I like this. Thank you, sir. You know why we come to church? To boost our signal.
[41:08] Yes. To boost our signal. Some of us, our signals have gone so low. You need a boost. Once a week is not even enough.
[41:21] Hey, brother, when you look at your course, you look at your situation, you look at your condition, you need all the five bars to be working on your signal. Shout yes. I feel like preaching.
[41:34] Preaching. Because I've got just a few more minutes, so let me just go back to Jacob. The miracles, Jacob, how did you talk about it? Man of God, connect with the prophet.
[41:44] Prophetic obedience is the next one. Jesus told him, go and wash in the pool of Siloam. He went. Guess what would have happened if he had not gone? Right. He had to go.
[41:56] But I can't see, you are told go, however you find yourself. If you have to go by Uber, get it and go. But Jesus, would you give me any fare?
[42:08] I don't have Uber app. I don't know how you can. Just go and wash. That's the prophetic instruction. Yes. Hmm. I'm going to say something, another strong thing.
[42:20] These are some of the things that plague the church and people, you see, you do not have to suffer unnecessarily. There are some sufferings that are necessary. There are suffering for the producing of the church.
[42:33] So just once, we are all called to suffer to build the church. That's why, that's my main inspiration this morning, to share some things with you on that. But, there are some sufferings you don't have to go through.
[42:46] Right. Because some suffering, for instance, if losing a house or your business is not, it's not part of God's program.
[42:57] It's not going to, it's not, it's not because you are trying to build the work of God or something and it's just, you lost the business because just somebody attacked you. No, I believe that something should, there's no way you should just, you end up in hospital with all kinds of sickness.
[43:11] You are too busy for God. Yeah. Yeah. Unless, the people still think how any sickness, it doesn't matter, maybe God will bring that. Because Paul said, for this reason, a thorn was given to me in my flesh to buffet me so that I will not be exalted above measure.
[43:25] Second Corinthians chapter 12, I will not be exalted above measure. No, no, please read the text very well. Read the text very well. What I'm trying to say is that there are certain sicknesses and certain mishaps that are not meant to come to you.
[43:39] That's right. The other time, Pastor, I preached a message that I think is very antisocial. I was very worried when I got the title in my spirit to preach.
[43:52] It's such an antisocial message and I was worried. But I said, I can't be disobedient to the heavenly vision. Yes, yes, yes. Oh, that's... What is... The title of the message, what is wrong with fornication?
[44:04] Hey! Everyone! My God, I got, I got, I got, I got, I got, I got, I got, I got, I got, I got, I didn't know. Pastor, I didn't know. God forgives everything. Yeah. But I didn't know that the sin of fornication is you have made damage to your body.
[44:20] Okay. So you'll be forgiven by your body. Some things, you have made your body prone to some things because of fornication. Right. So if you are supposed to be a man of God, be thriving at the age of 60 with strength, by the 50, by 55, depending on the intensity of the impact of the different fornications you've had, by 55, you are already sickly.
[44:41] You understand? God, the body is weak. Paul said, anyone who commits fornication, you sin against your body. Yeah. You are harming up. It's very interesting.
[44:52] You see, there are things that we don't know, so it opens, makes us vulnerable, and we become as vulnerable as ordinary people. Right. This is what I was about to say about connecting to a man of God.
[45:06] sometimes people think, oh, but these things are not so necessary. They are. They are the laid down divine guidance all in scripture.
[45:19] Listen to this, say. Listen to this. The reason why the Church of England is losing its influence in this nation, one of the major reasons is dishonor.
[45:31] Wow. Any church that doesn't honor their leader, the church can grow. Wow. Yeah. Yeah. The Catholic Church has survived all the...
[45:42] You tell... They don't touch... The Pope is just different. Yeah. Yeah. It has kept the church strong and going. Yeah. A church that cannot honor their leader very well will not grow.
[45:57] Listen. That's what I'm about to say. The pastor whose prayer... The pastor whose instructions you can't obey forget about saying amen to their prayers.
[46:09] Right. Ah. Can I say that again? Yes. The pastor whose instructions you can't obey you say, I have to divorce this woman.
[46:20] He said, no, don't do it. And then when after that you say, I'll still do it but just pray and bless me. He will pray and bless you it won't work. Wow. Prophetic instruction.
[46:32] Neiman, just go into the Jordan and wash seven times. No, Abana and Pafa are there. Aye!
[46:44] Okay. So, so, so, um, prophetic instruction. Let me add the last two. Prayer, provoking a miracle. And the last one, this is just insert to this Jacob thing I'm preaching but I feel some, the last one is what I've been trying to get to which I haven't got into that's why it's delayed me.
[47:03] The last thing to provoke a miracle is learning how to say amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Where did you get that from? Amen is the simplest expression of faith.
[47:14] Amen. He said, for all the promises of God are in him they are yes and amen he said. You have to, the last word of the Bible is amen means that I accept what God has said.
[47:26] Yes. So, please learn to say amen, okay? It's good. It's good. Can I hear amen?
[47:41] Wow! When it comes to spiritual things never underestimate the power of your confession. Amen. What you say matters. You just actually push it this way.
[47:52] Every careless word that comes up will be judged based on what you say. Yes. Every careless word that comes out you watch it. What you say is that until you confess you can be saved.
[48:04] Wow! Yeah! Salvation is a function of confession. So, if you are saved through confession then you can enjoy the benefits of salvation through your confession.
[48:17] Yeah! that's why that's why that's why he said let the weak say I am strong. And he said let the redeemed of the Lord say it! Don't be quiet! Say it! Satan hasn't stopped harassing people because he hasn't heard them saying anything.
[48:30] Right. Alright, let me finish with Jacob okay? The point I've been trying to bring across is God called Jacob he had some encounters with God and God took him through a process to break his natural man.
[48:49] By the time God finished with Jacob Joseph was the one who was on the throne. Genesis starts with Adam how to creation everything when Adam there are Genesis about about eight people the biography of eight people first four second four the first four were the created race the second four were the called race now the first four is Adam okay Abel Enoch and Noah they were all under the created race then God came in and called Abraham Isaac Jacob and Joseph now Joseph his life was an extension of Jacob so God never said I'm the God of Abraham Isaac Jacob and Joseph he said I'm the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob now so why Joseph Genesis ended with someone on the throne yeah and everything the rest of the Bible everything is traceable into Genesis what
[49:57] Jacob said but Jacob was taking through process his natural man was so much dismantled that by the time he was he was matured he was now living a matured spiritual life dependence on God not using his own strength not using his own skill but learning how to depend on God but that when you live that life what it results in is the glory of God gets manifested over your life but Jacob has gone through so much that his life was not couldn't contain the glory because by the time the glory was yet to manifest his life was too old so Jacob he lived for Joseph to manifest the glory of his suffering what am I trying to say the next generation say your family your children united kingdom needs your push please don't let us fail the next generation Islam increasing and media becoming anti-Christian and all that is not a threat as long as you and I can walk with God and rise up if we rise up the reason why many people in our society said their parents used to go to church because their fathers lost connection with pursuing
[51:15] God and so the children are now paying for it unknowingly and please God has called you and I at such a time as this there is a reason why you are in the church at this time when I talk about the church I'm not talking about just the building here which is part of it but you are in church you are a church person you are seated if you are seated yes not by accident God has a plan with your life and I want to appeal to somebody it will cost you your comfort it will cost you some friendships it will cost you some convenience but it's okay it's okay let's push any price it takes let's push let's team up men let's team up let's rise and build the kingdom for the next generation because Joseph is coming so Jacob rise up and build rise up and push rise up and fight in the name of Jesus
[52:17] I pray that God bless you I pray that may God empower you I pray that the Holy Spirit gives you a visitation and gives you a miracle according to his word in the mighty name of Jesus I speak over your life I speak over your business I speak over your family I speak over your health I speak open heavens over your life that God will fight for you God will strengthen you where you feel weak receive strength where you feel weak receive strength where you feel weak receive strength I pray that God will help you to sharpen your discernment and your work with the Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus be blessed be blessed that person with a court case I pray that God will turn around for your favor that person with a marital serious marital turmoil I pray that may the hand of God visit your house I pray and bless you with the blessings of the Lord the next time we meet we shall hear your testimony be blessed in Jesus name and everyone shout a living amen welcome thank you for listening to the soulsome word by David entry the words you catch will change your world may your story change from this message be blessed show you to you