ENTERING INTO REST Hebrews_4;9_PART 1 with Apostle Joshua Selman

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2:02I do not take it for granted. And let's see me up in May. I request that we honor our fathers, the seated here, the standing and all who have come. I do not know all their names, but I honor you in the name of Jesus. Let's give them a big, God bless you. Hallelujah. Please be seated. The Lord bless you. Praise the name of the Lord. I'm speaking tonight very briefly along the theme of the conference. I found it very interesting when I saw the theme because I think very deeply as I prepare my messages and my teachings. And I take my preparations very seriously. And so when I see a topic for discussion, I take out time to look at it very carefully

3:10and see that which the spirit of the living God can help me draw from my study to bless his people. So I trust the night and this is also my request that you lend me your raptor tension so that we will learn, we will grow, we will be imparted maximally by the Word of God. Like you may have heard me say, God's method has always been His Word. His method to lift is His Word. His method to restore is His Word. His method to redeem is His Word. The boundary of God's commitment to the believer is His Word. He cannot act within or outside of the jurisdiction of His Word. That means when the Word of God is about to come, it is important that we pay attention to receive

4:12because in receiving the Word, we also receive the keys to our lifting, our breakthroughs, our deliverances and indeed rest on every side. But can I start tonight by prophesying over someone that in the name of Jesus the Son of the living God, everything that has stopped you from enjoying rest around about, may it give way finally this night, may it give way finally this night, in the name of Jesus the Son of the living God, that everything that will not allow you experience the fullness of the glory of God, I declare standing upon the grace of this altar, may it give way once and for all. In the name of Jesus Christ, is it alright if we pray for just one minute?

5:12Please say after me Father, one more time say Father, tonight I receive grace to hear, I receive grace to understand, I receive grace to obey, go ahead and pray, grace to hear, grace to understand, grace to obey, someone is praying. Tonight we receive grace, grace to hear, but beyond hearing grace to understand, and beyond understanding the grace to obey, the grace to obey, the grace to obey, for Jesus, much less name we have prayed. Can we have a believe in amen?

6:15Oh, believe ten, above all other gods, we lay our ground and worship you. Oh, believe ten, above all other gods, we lay our ground and worship you. Oh, believe ten, above all other gods, we lay our ground and worship you. Oh, believe ten, above all other gods,

7:19we lay our ground and worship you. In the name of Jesus, please be seated. Let's get to the Word. The Bible tells us in Psalm 34 and verse 19, Psalm 34 and verse 19, the Bible gives us a very interesting expression, I trust that the media will walk with us. Thank you. It says, many are the afflictions of the righteous. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Bible there lives with an assurance that the Lord delivered them from how many? Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivered him from them all.

8:19So very clearly we see from this scripture that the reality of troubles I wrote here, the reality of calamities and despair is not new to our world. Our world is full of events and episodes of calamities, episodes of despair and all kinds of troubles. In fact, I think it was in John chapter 16 and verse 33. Jesus himself had this to say, he said, in this world you will have many troubles. Jesus is speaking now, but he says, be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. That in this world this is a statement coming from the lips of the Master Himself that in this world in this life you will have many troubles, but he leaves you with an assurance to be of good cheer and he says, I have overcome the world. So it is not unusual for men to be troubled.

9:21The Bible is full of people. You see, one of the things I love about scripture is that it does not hide any dimension of life. The Bible captures victories. The Bible captures defeat. The Bible captures triumph. The Bible captures sadness. The Bible captures rejoicing. All captures within this Bible to give you a very balanced perspective of the character of God and the reality of life. Are we together? So it is true that troubles and calamities, despair and moments of unease are not new to our world. All you have to do is to be alive for a sufficient period of time and you will be forced to attest to the fact that unassisted by God, your lot is almost that of calamity by default. In fact, yes, how the Bible puts it that the whole world liars in wickedness

10:24and for that reason alone. Everyone is a potential candidate for pain, calamity, despair of any sort except you bail yourself out of knowledge and understanding. Are we following tonight? People have had to go through all kinds of troubles in their lives, troubles for instance in the area of health, troubles in the area of finances, troubles in the area of marriage and relationships, trouble in the area of career and your destiny for suits. Our world is full of people if I ask everyone here right now. So meet a prayer request so that we pray upon everything you are writing on that request. It is usually something you want to get out of your life or something you want to bring into your life.

11:24The fact that you have something to write is an attestation to the fact that almost everyone has something he is trusting God to take out of his life or something he is trusting God to bring into his life. If you are with me shout out aloud Amen. The sun shining, birds are singing and all feels right in the world. Until the season changes and suddenly you lose your motivation to get out of bed. In fact one in five people experience some form of depression no matter the season or time of year. At the American Psychiatric Association Foundation, our vision is to build a mentally healthy nation for all because we want you to live your best life and be your best you all year round. Please visit mentallyhealthynation.org to learn more. The Toyota Tundra and Tacoma are built to keep going blending rugged muscle with precision engineering all supported by Toyota's time tested legacy of dependability. Step into a Tundra and feel the unyielding capability with the available iForce Max engine Tundra

12:27puts out impressive power torque and towing performance and the roomy high-tech cabin keeps you connected on the go. Or take a look at Tacoma made for drivers who push past the path. Agile, tough and relentless with available features like crawl control, portable JBL speaker, a power lift gate, so gear goes in fast and the adventure keeps moving. The Tacoma and Tundra are engineered to endure season after season, mile after mile. So drive one home today, visit toyota.com or stop by your local Toyota dealer to find out more Toyota. Let's go places. People have gone through issues in their lives, in the area of their spiritual lives, the area of their health, area of their finances, their marriages, their relationships. I'll give you a few examples of men and women who went through several kinds of troubles in the Bible. I will just give you the scriptures who are not going to read them for sake of time. Number one is the man Abraham. You would think because Abraham was a patriarch of faith, he would be immune from trouble.

13:29Abraham went to all kinds of infertility problems. You find that from Genesis 15, 1 to 3. The Bible does not hide the fact that even though Abraham a great man, a friend of God, and yet the Bible lets us know that that man went through seasons over 25 years of readiness and longs like his wife, to a point that he became frustrated. He was given a recommendation that God who raised his need for him through another from his house. Abraham, how about the nation of Israel in Egypt? A whole nation can go through seasons of calamity and pain. We find that in Exodus chapter 3 from verse 7 to 9. When God was speaking Exodus 3, 7 to 9, when God was speaking with Moses in the burning bush, it was God himself who said that he had heard the cry of his people by reasoning of their taskmasters

14:32and that day he was aware of their sorrows. God himself was saying that Exodus 3, 7 to 9. He was now charging Moses, giving him the mandate of a deliverer. God himself acknowledged the fact that these people, his covenant people, had gone through several years and decades of pain by reasoning of their taskmasters. Can I give you a turn example? How about the famine in Samaria? A whole nation. The famine in Samaria, you find that in 2nd Kings chapter 6, 25 to 31. The Bible tells us that there was such a grievous famine in Samaria that food was so scarce, women had to eat their children to survive. Hallelujah. I'm not sure such a dimension of famine has happened in a world that I'm aware of, that a mother would look at the child

15:37and rather than seeing a child that came from her, she's looking at a means for survivor. Hallelujah. The famine in Samaria. Can I give you number 4? In Ruth chapter 1 from verse 1 and 6, Ruth chapter 1 from verse 1 and 6, the Bible gives us a very interesting rendition about two strange personalities. Number 1, the woman called Naomi and then her daughter's in law, Ruth and Oppa. The Bible says that all of them, I don't know what kind of spirit came upon that family. They strangely were losing all the men in their lives. I pray for someone. Every pattern you have seen around your life and your family that is inconsistent with the speaking of God. Some God, by the power of the blood, it will let you go this night. It will let you go this night in the name of Jesus Christ.

16:42I just thought to comment on this. So she lost her husband Naomi. Ruth lost her husband and her sons. Oppa lost her husband and her sons. Do you know the same kind of spirit was at work in a woman in the New Testament called the Widow of Name. All the men in her life, everyone who had the potential to support her was taken out of her life. Hallelujah. This were women in great sorrow. They had lost their systems for security and support. Many are their afflictions of the righteous. Can I give you one more? In 2nd Kings chapter 5, verse 1, I would like to read that. The Bible talks of a very brilliant man, a warrior in fact, called Naman. The Bible calls him the captain of the host of the King of Syria. Look at the kind of credential that was credited to this man.

17:45That he was a great man with his master. He was an honorable man. And that by reason of his intelligence and dexterity, the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria. And he was a mighty man in battle. And you would think with those kinds of credential, he would escape trouble. The Bible says, bought. In spite of all those great testimonies, bought, he was a leper. There was something in his life that was a cause for concern. Hallelujah. Now, the Bible tells us furthermore, in Luke chapter 8, I found this very interesting, 41 to 45. I hope we are still together. Luke chapter 8 from verse 41 to 45. Let me read that story. I want to draw out something from it. This is a story that doubles as that of Jarius' daughter and then the woman with the issue of blood.

18:45So the Bible says, and behold, there came a man named Jarius. And he was a ruler in the synagogue. The Bible says, and that he fell at the feet of Jesus and asked him to come into his house. Next was please, reading to 45. The Bible says, for he had an only daughter, about 12 years of age. And she was lying there, dying. And the Bible says, when he came, he didn't have a chance to meet Jesus easily, because the people thronged him. Next was, then the Bible says, once he was on his way, Jesus now wanted to honor the request to get to his house. He stumbled across another woman with no name, named by her name, named by her tragedy, named by her calamity. This woman most likely had a name, but her calamity was for a lot of her. It replaced her name. She was simply called the woman with the issue of blood.

19:4912 years the Bible says, she has spent all her living on physicians. Neither could she be healed of any. The Bible says that she came behind him and touched the border of his commit, and immediately her issue of blood. The sun shining, birds are singing, and all feels right in the world. Until the season changes, and suddenly you lose your motivation to get out of bed. In fact, one in five people experience some form of depression, no matter the season or time of year. At the American Psychiatric Association Foundation, our vision is to build a mentally healthy nation for all, because we want you to live your best life and be your best you all year round. Please visit mentallyhealthynation.org to learn more. The Toyota Tundra and Tacoma are built to keep going, blending rugged muscle with precision engineering all supported by Toyota's time tested legacy of dependability.

20:49Step into a Tundra and feel the unyielding capability with the available iForce Max engine. Tundra puts out impressive power, torque, and towing performance, and the roomy high-tech cabin keeps you connected on the go. Or take a look at Tacoma made for drivers who push past the path. Agile, tough and relentless with available features like crawl control, portable JBL speaker, a power lift gate, so gear goes in fast, and the adventure keeps moving. The Tacoma and Tundra are engineered to endure season after season, mile after mile. So drive one home today, visit Toyota.com or stop by your local Toyota dealer to find out more Toyota. Let's go places. Now the point is that the daughter of Jarius was 12 years old, the one who was dying, and this woman was 12 years old in a calamity. Meaning the deadly young girl was born, that was when this woman's trouble also started. But 12 years, a 12 year old girl about to lose her life, a 12 year old woman, and if you were asked to which one would be better to heal first, both of them were sympathetic to their pain.

22:02Would you ignore a woman who had gone through 12 years of pain, but would you ignore a little girl who has potential to live a great life? Trouble for you, calamities for you. I wish you together. The Bible makes a very interesting statement in 2 Corinthians chapter 4 and verse 8. Please give it to us. 2 Corinthians 4 and verse 8. I usually would like us to read together, I hope we can, otherwise I'll just read alone. 2 Corinthians 4 and verse 8. Please media help for 2 Corinthians chapter 4 and verse 8. If you can't see it, please, I request that we read together. Ready? 1 to go. We are troubled on every side. Please hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. This is a very interesting statement. It is one thing to be troubled in your health, but on our areas will be doing well.

23:03It is one thing to be troubled spiritually, but perhaps financially you are doing well. The Bible tells us that it is even possible to be troubled on every side. You know what that means? That there can be a problem in your finances at the same time a problem in your spiritual life, at the same time a problem with your children and your married, that such possibility exists in our world. We are troubled, not just dimensionally, but on every side. It is a yet not distressed. We are perplexed, but not in despair. So men can be so troubled. It is not just that men can find rest on every side. They can also be troubled on every side. I have studied my Bible by the grace of God and in my study the clearest example, the individual that personifies this Scripture in my opinion is the man Joe.

24:06Joe becomes for us a theological lesson, a description of a man who was troubled on every side. For reference please write, Job chapter 1 13 to 22. Job chapter 1 13 to 22. And then Job chapter 2 7 to 9. For times they come not going to read it, I will just recite for you the story. So here is a man the Bible says who was the richest man within the East in the dead world. The Bible says he was a man who feared God and he should give him. He had everything, what you will want to call rest on every side. Well, what's there? Children assets a great name, but then the Bible tells us that a series of events happen within the heavens and began to manifest back to back all within the space of one day.

25:07In one day there is a gentleman, the man Joe lost his children, lost his assets, lost his reputation, lost everything. And then the Bible makes a very profound statement that when the last person came to break the sad news, Job bowed himself to the ground and washed it. Not bowed himself to the ground to cross God, not bowed himself to the ground in despair. The Bible says he bowed himself to the ground and washed it. Hallelujah. And then as thought that would be enough, there were only three things that were left. After the first tragedy struck in Job's life. Number one was his wife. Number two was his relationship with God. And number three was his health. This were the only three things that survived the first attack.

26:09And then a series of events in chapter two would happen again. And the devil is giving liberty to now strike his health. Job's health was so, was so hit that the Bible says that men would look at him and Joseph passed. He became a man who was left for death, troubled on every side. And the only thing Job had left was his wife and his God. But then when I studied the book of Job, I am encouraged by just one profound statement. And you find that in Job chapter 42 and verse 10. And may that be a prophecy for someone tonight. In the name of Jesus, please give it to us. And the Lord toned the captivity of Job. My goodness, there is a God that can ton the captivity of men. Did you hear what I said? That there is a God in heaven, not in the earth.

27:09There is a God that sits in heaven and that he sustains within his power, the ability to ton the captivity of men. Did you not read in your Bible that when the Lord toned again the captivity of Zion is that we were like them, that dream. It will be for someone tonight like a dream. The way my God will turn around your life. I say it by prophecy. It will do for someone like you are dreaming. The way God will open, the way God will settle you, the way God will give you peace, the way my God will arrange to push back every force that has mocked your life. Please be seated. So the Bible tells us that men, all men, can be troubled, not just on some sites, not just in certain areas,

28:09but that men can be troubled on every side. And it is very possible that someone came for this convention in the midst of the dance, in the midst of the screams, in the midst of the shout, you are only praying for grace to survive, because perhaps this year has been maybe your worst experience yet. Now, I want you to please pay attention. I just thought to borrow from my notes and explain to us why believers go through tragedies. I just want to list it for you. Two weeks ago, I did a teaching back at home on deliverance over calamities and I just thought to incorporate that in my notes. I thought it was very important before we begin to talk about entering rest. It's important we have a very proper foundation as to why believers go through tragedies, go through calamities

29:14and go through unfavorable seasons. There is a reason there is an explanation to pay. There is an explanation to calamity and tragedy. I will list for you not necessarily having to explain them. And I pray in the name of Jesus Christ that what you are about to hear will contribute to your confidence, because sometimes beyond pushing men to enter the rest, it's important that we diagnose the condition properly. There are people who no matter what kind of prayer you pray for, they will still go back into their pain, because there are certain fundamental mistakes that they continue to make. Can we examine this for a minute? Number one. The first reason according to scripture, why people go through tragedies, losses, calamities is lack of discernment. Please write. The absence of discernment will always lead an individual

30:16into a cycle of calamities, lack of discernment, lack of discernment, lack of discernment, hallelujah, lack of discernment. Most people cannot discern. I'm reminded about the story in Acts 12. When you read in the book of Acts 12, the Bible says that Herod made up his mind to fix certain Jews. And in doing so, John, I mean James was help and he was beheaded. And when James was beheaded, the Bible says that if the Herod saw that it pleased the Jews, and now he held Peter proposing that after the Passover, he would also destroy Peter. But the Bible says in verse 5, that prayers was made by the church,

31:16which together without season for him. And then the Bible says, the moment the church began to pray, I was not there, but I can draw out, I can infer their prayer content. Lord, bring Peter out of the prison, bring him out of the prison, he must not die. And the Bible says in response to their prayer, an angel comes to the prison and brings deliverance onto Peter. Now watch this. Then the Bible tells us that Peter was led out and the gates began to open. Now he was giving the liberty. And when you reach from verse 11 forward, the Bible says, Peter came to the very house. When he came to the house where the prayer was happening for his deliverance, he knocked the door and said, this is the answer to your prayer. One young girl opened the door and saw him and said,

32:16no, it must be his angel. She closed the door and they kept praying. Lord, deliver Peter. Lack of discernment. How do you pray for something and then the answer comes and you cannot know? Hallelujah. Lack of discernment. Number two, the second reason why people experience lost his pain, tragedies, calamities. I wrote here, there is carelessness. Carelessness. The second reason. Carelessness. Hebrews chapter 2 and verse 3. Carelessness. Carelessness. The Bible says, how shall we escape if we neglect so great is salvation? If you are careless and you take for granted, how shall we escape? I wish I had the time to share with you a very interesting story

33:16on that point. It is found in the book of George chapter 11, 30 to 35. I prayed for my own self that God would help me to be free from carelessness when I read this scripture. A very interesting scripture about a warrior called Jeff Thar. Jeff Thar was one of the mighty men. He was a warrior and this man on his own. God did not ask him to make a covenant. He got up, you can see a graphic representation of carelessness. He said, oh God, if you will deliver the children of Ammon to my hands, here is my promise. The first thing that opens my door as I return back, I will give to you. Sounds like spirituality, Bondalis carelessness. And truly, he had great victory and the Bible says when he was returning home, watch this. His daughter opened the door. The first person he would see,

34:16what his daughter, she had prepared instruments of music. You find that in verse 34. This young girl was out to celebrate her father's return. Yet, the man had carelessly made a statement that the first thing that comes out of his door, he would sacrifice it. There are many people today who have brought self-inflicted causes upon themselves because of carelessness. In the name of Jesus, I'm praying for someone. Either through careless speaking, either through careless associations, whatever calamity you may have brought upon yourself, may the God of mercy tonight bail you out. May the God of mercy tonight bail you out in the name of Jesus Christ. Number three very quickly. Why do men go through tragedies and pain, calamities and seasons of distress?

35:16Ignorance of the laws of the Kingdom. Ignorance. Ignorance of the laws of the Kingdom. Ignorance of the laws of life and destiny. Hallelujah. An intelligent God will not design a system like this and allow men to freelance their way through it. There is an exact formula for living profitably upon the earth. Did you hear what I said? There is an exact formula for profitable living. There is also an exact formula for living a defeated life. You don't just live a defeated life. To live a defeated life you want in keeping with certain principles and to live a victorious life. You also want in keeping with certain principles from 12 to 17. Then we also go to first time well chapter four. The Bible lets us know that Hophnian Phinehas

36:16based on the principle they were supposed to use the fork and to bring out a portion of meat and whatever portion it brought was theirs. But they decided to start bringing choice portions for themselves and they violated due process. Many people today have abused anointings, abused opportunities, abused relationships are we together? You may have heard people in our world say I know this man. We used to be friends. I know this woman. We used to be classmates. The question is what changed? Usually abuse. This honor will always close any door. Abuse of privileges. Abuse of opportunities. Children have abused certain privileges that their parents created for them. Parents have abused certain privileges that they had.

37:17With all due respect, even men and women of God have abused privileges. In the corporate world, people have abused privileges. Abuse and misuse will always lead to tragedy. A wise man, now a blessed memory, Dr. Miles Monroe would say, when the purpose of a thing is not known, he says abuse of it is inevitable. The word abuse comes from two words, abnormal use. Every time a thing is taken out of its jurisdiction or purpose, it becomes abuse. The fourth reason why people go through tragedies. Let me quickly run through the remaining two. Number five. The fifth reason why people go through calamities and pain and tragedies is as a result of demonic attacks. Demonic attacks. You cannot rule set an out.

38:18There are times that you do everything right. But just because there is an adversary that is determined to towards the purposes of God in your life. Demonic attacks. John chapter 10 and verse 10. Jesus himself was teaching and yes what he had to say. The fifth comment not. But for to steal and to kill and to destroy, he says, but I am calm that he may have life and that they may have it more abundantly. Jesus calls that a native in first Peter chapter 5 and verse 8. First Peter chapter 5 and verse 8. First Peter chapter 5 and verse 8. Yes what Paul, Peter now was admonishing us to do. He says, be sober, be vigilant because you are adversary, the devil, as a roaring lion.

39:18He walks about. He walks about a bellcutta. He walks about Legos. He walks about Kaduna Kanu. He walks about Europe. He walks about America. He walks about Thor and Frode entire earth. Speaking whom he may be found. The diligence of Satan can be so inspiring. The Bible tells us that when he was probed by God, except from when have you come except from walking Thor and fro the earth. That means provided you are in the earth one day the possibility for meeting him or his representatives is 100%. One day he will come around you. Even Jesus said Satan, cometh to me. Satan, cometh to me. Hallelujah. What does it mean to have rest? I have three expressions here

40:20that I believe capture the idea of rest. It's God speaking to someone already. Number one, to have rest means to have security. To have rest means to have security. Any and all kinds of security. The moment it's time for you to sleep, the first thing you do is to lock up your doors. Am I right on that? You lock your car, you lock the main door, you switch off the lights and you are going to rest. So rest is connected to security, all kinds of security, spiritual security, financial security, relational security, rest means security. Number two, rest means freedom from or dominion over troubles and fears.

41:21I'll take it again. Rest means freedom from or dominion over freedom from or dominion over troubles and fears. You are set to be in a position of rest when you have freedom from, exempted from or dominion over troubles and fears. Number three, as simple as this would sound, it is my most. It is the clearest explanation of rest for me. Rest in one word is peace. Rest in one word is peace. They are so related that in our world we have used both words as a part in expression for people who live the earth. Yes, what we say? Rest in not resting wisdom,

42:23not resting wealth, not rest in a wealth-fornish grave. The only expression we can give to such a man that describes our idea of rest is peace. That means in all you're getting if it is minus peace, you have not found rest. If you have progress without peace, you have not entered rest. Are we learning tonight? The question tonight, as I stick to tie up my teaching, is that can a believer, can the believer in Christ experience rest round about? Is that possible? Is there such a possibility in the economy of God that a believer can be so fortified? That the same way a believer is plagued with trouble on every side? Can a believer actually have rest on all sides? The answer is yes.

43:26Genesis 24 and verse 1. Let me request when it is projected that we shout that scripture together in unison. Ready? One, two, re-please. And Abraham was old and well-stricken in age. And the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things. Someone say all things. All things means your spiritual life. Say all things. Your finances, your home, your children, here is a man who represents a portrait of God's idea of a blessed man. And the Bible says, in spite of the tragedies and the calamities that he met somewhere in his life, it was just a page in his life that at the end of Abraham's life, he was old and well-stricken in age. Yes, it is true that he was once

44:27without child, but not forever. Yes, it is true that he was once an idol worshiper from all of the childy ends, but he was not forever. Let me prophesy to someone. Whatever negative name may be around your life, it is only a page of your destiny. I speak to you in the name of Jesus that my God is rewriting your story. My God is rewriting your story. Where you are being called barred. Barred is not the name you will have forever. Barred is not the name you will have forever. A victim is not the name you have forever. The oppressed is not the name you have forever. Hallelujah. Jacob got to a point in his life where he was tired of an old name, called a cheat and a soft plantar, and he held on to God and he said, I will not let you go until you bless me.

45:28And in blessing him his name was changed. How about the man called Jabez? The Bible says the mother named him after her pain. Jabez got angry and he cried to the God of heaven. All that doubted is bless me and latched my coast. When it's time to pray tonight, someone needs to be angry with your current situation. And say, Lord, I did not come here tonight for negotiation. I must step in to the ram of rest on every side. In the name of Jesus Christ. So can the believer in Christ experience rest on every side? The answer is yes. In spite of the economic situation, yes sir. In spite of the onslaught of demonic forces around families and territories, yes sir. In spite of your delay in knowing God, yes sir.

46:32In spite of the fact that it looks like it's not easy to get jobs again, yes sir. In spite of the fact that it looks like there is such decadence that is the devil in our world, yes sir. The believer in Christ, not everyone. The believer in Christ has the superior advantage and that in the presence of knowledge you can step into rest on every side. What then are the keys to entering rest? There are keys to entering rest. In this kingdom, the saints excel by the use of keys. A key stands for access. There is the key to the kingdom. The key to the kingdom is Jesus. There are not many keys. There is only one key to the kingdom. But when you are in the kingdom,

47:33there are the keys of the kingdom. The principles and the mysteries by which the saints reign. Hallelujah. The Bible says they know not neither will they understand some 82 and verse 5. They walk on in darkness and all the foundations of the earth are out of course. Verse 6 says I have said ye are gods and all of you, not some of you, not men of God, not business men, not elders, not children, all of you. A children of the most high, verse 7 says what you shall, die like men and fall like one of the praises. Hosea began to lament in chapter 4 and verse 6. He said speaking by the Spirit, my people are destroyed. Listen carefully please. My people that includes preachers, my people that includes business men, my people that includes people

48:34from all the sexual political zones captured in this nation and across the nations of the earth. My people and yet he says they are destroyed for the lack of knowledge, for the lack of knowledge. Please lend me your attention for the next few minutes that we have. Haven't established the fact that calamity is the potential lot of all men, calamities, tragedies, pains, discomfort, is the potential lot of all men by default. But that there is this system in Christ that men and women can bail themselves out of tragedies and calamities and master the act of exerting dominion. And by that they establish practically in and through their lives

49:34that a man can have rest on every side. Key number one. What is the first key? For anyone whether following here this beautiful calm ground or following by way of television from any nation at all, following online, what is my first key if I want to step into the realm of rest? Round about, are you ready? The decision to be spiritually minded. The first key, nonnegotiable key for anyone who desires to work in the experience of rest round about, rest on every side is to be spiritually minded. Romans 8.6. Romans 8.6. Paul was speaking and he said to be canally minded

50:36is already dead, dead in its entirety. He says but to be spiritually minded is life and within peace. Spiritually minded. Spirituality involves a number of many experiences and dimensions that she says of them being your encounter with the Lord Jesus. You may want to write this. On that being spiritually minded. True spirituality stands. Not just with your coming to church. Not just with your listening to a man of God. Not just with your listening to a message. True spirituality stands. With your encounter with the Lord Jesus. Are we still learning, still examining the first key that to find rest round about, you must be spiritually minded and that the pathway to becoming spiritually minded

51:37is number one to have an encounter with Jesus. Matthew chapter 11 and verse 28. I love Jesus. Guess what he has to say? Matthew 11, 28. Can we read it together? One, two, three, please. Come on to me. All ye that labour and a heavy laden was the reward. I will give you rest. Not just life. I will give your family rest. I will give your ministry rest. I will give your business rest. I will give your children rest. I will give your health rest. But the key is come on to me. Come on to me. The Bible tells us the story of a young boy called the prodigal son. That boy had his share of the inheritance and went to live a riotous life. And when he had so declined to a point that he was the epitome

52:37of calamity and failure. The Bible says he got up one day and said to himself, how many higher servants are my father? And I am here feeding with the swine. I like the boy. He said, I will arise. He didn't say my father would come and meet me there. The father never came to meet him in the place of decadence. I will arise. And I will go to my father. And when I see my father, I will stay on to him father. I have seen against you and against heaven. I am not worthy to be called your son. Take me as one of your slaves. As soon as he got up and began to move, the father also left his house and began to move. They met somewhere at the point of his decision. And encounter with Jesus. There are many people who want to receive from God but they do not desire to be spiritual. With all due respect, many politicians, many businessmen,

53:38captains of industry, parents, young people especially, they do not desire to have an encounter with Jesus but they want the fruits of encounter. There are certain things that cannot be received through a battle. Jesus said this about himself. I am the way, not a way, the way. There is a way that cement right on to a man the Bible says but the end thereof are the ways of death. But yes, Jesus speaking. He says I am the way. I am the truth. I am the life. He says no man comment to the father. Except for me. An encounter with Jesus. When you encounter Jesus, you are already on your way to being secure. Proverbs 1810. Proverbs chapter 18 and verse 10. Very powerful and profound rendition. It says the name of the Lord is a strong tower. Hallelujah. The righteous runs into it and they are saved.

54:40The name of the Lord. The name of the Lord. Not the name of a man. The name of the Lord is a strong tower. There is no house on earth that you can hide to. In, away from demons. You can hide, away from unrobbers. The military can protect you against physical forces. But they may not be able to protect you against principalities and powers. And rulers of darkness age long causes that are determined to reduce you to a place of shame. But my Bible says the name of the Lord is a strong tower that the righteous can run into it and be sure. That won't kill my father will not kill me again. Won't kill my mother will not kill me again. Won't destroy people from my lineage will not... I can redefine my possibilities when I run to Jesus. Hallelujah. You believe that? Oh God, you are my God.

55:43And I will never praise you. Oh God, you are my God. And I will never praise you. I will seek you in the morning. I have learned to walk in your ways. Step by step, you leave me. And I will follow you all of my days. For step by step, you leave me. And I will follow you all of my days. Oh God, you are my God. And I will never praise you. Oh God, you are my God.

56:46And I will never love you. I will seek you in the morning. I have learned to walk in your ways. For step by step, you leave me. And I will follow you all of my days. Listen, ladies and gentlemen, hear me. This business of Jesus Christ is beyond church. This issue of Jesus Christ is beyond the pretense and the hypocrisy, the form of godliness. This issue of Jesus mostly a genuine encounter. There are many things you cannot think. One of it is a solid genuine encounter with the Lord Jesus Christ. With all your respect, there are many people in church who are not metting.

57:50There are many people in ministry who are not metting. There are many people serving at various levels in ministries and Christian organizations who are working for God but not with Him. Please listen, please listen. While I watched several people dancing to the praise and worship powerfully, among the many things that moved in my spirit was so God. I pray and hope that this dance is to a God they know. I pray and hope that this sweating and rejoicing is to a God, you know, because there were men in a place called Athens who were doing obeisance to an unknown God. There are many people giving to an unknown God, singing to an unknown God, preaching to an unknown God,

58:50moving from place to place, wearing t-shirts, carrying the name of a God they do not know. You want rest round about? There are things that men cannot give. Rest is not found in a bank. You don't find rest in the university. There is no cause called rest. There is no chef who can cook a meal called rest. No, it does not exist in the world of men. Rest only resides with the ancient of days. I will give you rest. I will give you rest. Now watch this. What this cause in being spiritually minded. There is a gentleman here me at the end of my discourse I'm going to be making an altar call. And I believe there are people here. You've been around the things of God for a long time. You perhaps may have had an opportunity to serve in various capacities in church

59:52that does not equal to an encounter with God. Having a Christian name coming from a Christian family as advantageous as these are, they do not in themselves translate to salvation. You must encounter the God of the Bible. The God of the Bible. Hallelujah. You are my God. You are my God. How can I call on your name and end of being saved? No way, no way. How can I sing a song before you? And then drown down before a man?

1:00:54No way, no way. Because you are my God. You are my God. There is a gentleman. I rather be a failure with God than to succeed without him. And when I say God, I'm talking about Jesus Christ the son of the living God. Because God in our world today means anything. There are people God means themselves. There are others God means their bank accounts. There are others God means their several qualifications as important as that is. My Bible says trust in the Lord with all your heart, Proverbs 3 and verse 5. He says lean not onto your own understanding, but success in all your ways. Acknowledge Him and He shall direct your path. Verse 7 says be not wise in your own understanding.

1:01:54He says fear the Lord and depart. Turn away from evil. Accept the Lord, build a house. My Bible says the labor and vain that will build it. Accept the Lord watches over a city center watch men watch and put in vain. That it is vain to wake up in the morning and to sleep late at night, only to eat the bread of sorrow. The same is said how many a day that rise up against me some three. Many a day that say where is your help? But He says thou o Lord, thou o Lord, thou o Lord, you are a shield for me. He calls in my glory and the leaf tarot of my head. The Bible says they look tall to Him and their faces were lightened. You cannot look up to Him and be in shame. When the servants came to oppress the nation of Israel, they had an opportunity to look to directions. The brazen servants representing the cross or the one that was coming to them.

1:02:59Ladies and gentlemen, behind the exploits and the rest of men that we admire in our world today, men and women in ministry, champions in the kingdom, in business, in family, behind all the excellence, the admirable result is a passion for God. I've had the honor and the opportunity to meet people whose lives are an epitome of excellence. Behind all of that paraphernalia when you come to them, you find out that their real secret is not the intellect. Their real secret is not the banking skill. Their real secret is their love and their passion for Jesus. Hallelujah. In addition to having an encounter with Jesus, you want to become spiritually minded, your prayer, altar, must be on fire, we're still discussing point one. This is what it takes to be spiritually minded.

1:03:59Number one, to have an encounter with the son of the living God. Number two, your prayer life, it is the apostolic model that was left with the church. You want to be spiritual, it is not without the healthy prayer life. And chapter 2 and verse 42, the Bible says, and the continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and in fellowship and in breaking of bread and in prayer. Acts chapter 6 and verse 4, he said, but we will give ourselves continually to prayer and the ministry of the world. Luke chapter 18 and verse 1, he spent a parable to the end that men ought always to pray and not to say it. First, the salonial chapter 5 and verse 17, is best prayer without season. James chapter 5 and verse 13, is any man afflicted, he says, let him pray. Mark 11 and verse 24,

1:05:00is that what things should ever be desired? When he pray, believe that thou receivest them and thou shall have it. There is an gentleman, the men who will command exploits in their world, and find rest, damn life like an animal, a man and women who understand the mysteries of the altar. We must obtain grace to pray. We must obtain grace to pray. Pray I is not for men of God. It is not for pastors and apostles and evangelists. Please listen to me. Dear parents and the aged, another prophetess was old. She is still prayed. Young men, Jesus prayed. You must pray. We must revive prayer as a culture with understanding. A generation that does not pray will be a weak generation that will never see the power of God. I tell you sincerely.

1:06:00And I'm not just talking of me, driven prayer, give me, give me, give me. I'm talking of men who build capacity within the spirit. Peter says, I'm a desire to save you like wheat. It's not what I am praying for you. That's your faith. Hell not. And when thou are converted, strengthen your brethren. Show me a man of God who prays. I show you a victor. One who will have rest on every side. Show me a businessman who prays. Show me a mother who prays. No matter how stubborn that child is, let the mother keep praying. One day, higher from heaven, we look at that child no matter where he is. I tell you, most people do not know the power in prayer. Go and reach your history and see people who shift into spiritual climate of nations not with the power of prayer. Prayer with understanding can change things.

1:07:02Yes, it can. Elijah was a man of light passion, the Bible says. Yet he prayed. Send the name of Jesus. One more time in the name of Jesus, I obtain grace to pray. If you can hear and your prayer life has gone down, or perhaps until now you have believed that anyone who is serious in the prayer life must be someone who is getting into ministry. Please give yourself a renewed orientation. Prayer is an instrument for end times of evil. You cannot escape the arrows that fly by day, the noise from pestilences, that destructs from the West in noonday. Pray for me. Pray for me. It's wonderful. But you must learn to find the ambass, the friends of your own altar. Hear me, young people. I hate to be a bearer of bad news, but let me make an honest admission.

1:08:04The days today are very different from the days of our parents. The level of honesty has changed. The level of sincerity has changed. You will have to use the weapon of prayer to create your own reality. Otherwise, get set to join a long queue that may never move. Are we together? Yes, sir. Prayer, gentlemen, pray. Pray. Pray. Impossible. I don't have a job yet. Good news. Pray. Use that time to pray while you are waiting. The Bible says, watch and pray. There is a devil who has found that you will not rise. He says, say unto God, how terrible are they when they walk some 66-and-the-street through the greatness of thy power, shall thy enemies submits themselves to you. You want to tame life? You must master the art of prayer.

1:09:05Mommy, don't watch your children become umbrellas and hooligans and say, just the times is their days. Don't let them send you to the grave. No. You may not have the strength to find them because they are now bigger than you, where you can bring them to their knees to prayer. Father, I will not... My womb will not give back to a number, Robert. No. My womb will not give back to a prostitute. I cannot give back to a child. I will be the reason for me to die, Ellie. Hallelujah. When ministry is not working, man of God, pray. Don't complain. There is no reward for complaining. Pray. Pray. Someone looks at you in the place of work and justice. I hate you. You are supposed to be the next director, but I hate you. You are not my tribe. You are not this. As you in there, only you will be recording calamity upon calamity. Leave them in peace. Go back to the central control room of the universe.

1:10:06I am beginning to praise certain things. Do you believe what you are hearing? Then in addition to prayer, you must be sound in Scripture. Now let me submit to you, haven't encouraged you to pray. Prayer in ignorance is just wasting your energy. What gives power to prayer is the word compliancy of your prayer. This we have the generation of prayer for people, but most people pray amiss. What gives power to your prayer is its word compliancy. Beyond the sound of your voice, beyond your sweating and rolling from left to right, if there is no word compliancy to your prayer, you simply dissipated energy in futility. Are we together? You must be sound in Scripture. As chapter 20 and verse 32,

1:11:07it says, Unknown brethren, I commend you unto God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up, to give you an inheritance among them that are sanctified. John 1, 1, 2, 3. In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God. The Bible says the same was in the beginning with God. Verse 3 says, All things were made by the word, all things, including your tomorrow, made by the word, and without Him was not anything made, that was made. The boundary of God's commitment to the believer is His word. God cannot be committed to the believer outside of the boundary of His word. Please listen below that people of God. God only does what He says,

1:12:07not what you want. If what you want is consistent with what He says, then it will be done. God never, never does anything that is outside of what He has said. Please give us Genesis 21 and verse 1. I want us to shout it. It's God helping someone. He's spiritually minded, but discussing the keys now, because rest round about is not a gift. Jesus said, I will give you rest. The word give you there does not mean you will not do anything, I will just have it, because we will be learning that Paul was giving perspective to our understanding of rest. He said, there remain a rest for the people of God. Genesis 21 and verse 1. You see that it's good to come to church. The church of the Lord Jesus Christ is the cheapest institution that sponsors transformation. You don't have to write jam. There is no age restriction. Hallelujah. All other institutions have quotas.

1:13:08Once the quota is full story for you. But the church, all you need to do is leave your house and come and sit down. You are not paying school fees. Your school fees is your humility and your weakness and your diligence. This is important. So that government will know that the church is not a news and a spooky to civilization. The church is an active part of the transforming force of society. It is true. How did I get here? Genesis 21, verse 1, please. Let's bring it together. Ready? One, two, read. And the Lord visited Sarah as he has said and the Lord did unto Sarah. He did not visit Sarah as she wanted. No. The visitation was not based on a need. It was based on his word. The Lord visited Joshua Selman as he has said.

1:14:08If you cannot find what God has said, you will never find what he can do. It is what he has said that he will do. Show me what God has said. And I show you what he can do. Show me what God has said. And I show you what he will do. Did God say you will heal you? Then I show you that his power can heal you. Did God say you will lift you up? Then I show you that no power can give you down. Did God say he can give you rest round about where is that spirit that we want to tell you when God has said. Hallelujah. Genesis 1, verse 3. The first three words. And God said. And God said. Kalika Pusieta. And God said. When you find what God has said, then you find what his power can do.

1:15:08The limit of God's power is where his word stops. And since his word is unlimited, it is true that his power is unlimited. Are we learning? The spiritually minded. Let me give you the last. I have a few minutes and I intend to take a part of it so that we pray. So the decision to be spiritually minded becomes for us the first key to experiencing rest on every side. And I'm now explaining to you the implication of being spiritually minded. That number one, it necessitates an encounter with Jesus the son of the living God. Number two, that your prayer life has to be alive and robust. Number three, your spiritual understanding needs to be heightened because according to Isaiah chapter six, he says you will only arise and you will shine if and when your light comes,

1:16:09longevity of your state does not equal to victory. The man was at the pool of Bethesda for 38 years. Time did not change his situation. The day the light of the world came to him, he was ready to rise. The Bible says, that in darkness I've seen a great light. His God speaking to us. Let me challenge you therefore by the messes of God that in the cause of this convention, go and find relevant materials. Materials that speak to the various issues of concern, whether electronically or by way of print, it is your responsibility on that God to pursue truth. The Bible says, by the truth, there are certain currencies we use to buy the truth. Number one, hunger. Number two, meekness. Number three, passion. These are the currencies that we use to buy the truth. And the Bible says if you do find the truth,

1:17:10it's a standard note. Hallelujah. Is someone learning? Many believers walk based on superstitious ideas and with all your respect, is this bankruptcy of light that has impoverished us as a people and as a continent? We have all kinds of wise sayings that are not based on scripture. One day go better. No sir. No sir. No sir. You define your lot by light. Are we together? Amplified. Isaiah 6 and verse 1 says, arise from the depression and the prostration that circumstances have kept you. Rise to a new life. When I found out that the responsibility of understanding was mine, I found before God that there will be no excuse. I hate ignorance with passion and I am ever open to know the areas where I'm ignorant in.

1:18:13How do you know your areas of ignorance? The areas where darkness drives. The area where pain exists. The area where suffering and pain perpetually remains. It's the area of darkness. Search for the relevant materials. If it's your finances, don't keep quiet and say, my uncle has the power to lift me but is not attending to me. No. The what responsible comes from the what responsibility. Responsible people are people of action. They don't sit down and wait for things to happen. Why is my finance like this? Why am I always striking with my husband? This marriage is not a curse. Why are my children stubborn not obeying me? Why does everybody hate me? It is not unusual to be hated but if everybody hates you, something is wrong with you.

1:19:14Because even Satan is not everybody that hates him. Hallelujah. There are people who love him. So if everybody around you hates you, it's not just a spiritual problem. You are perpetually violating something. Some bodies should like you enough and all you need is for one person. And if that person is King Ahazarros, you become the Queen immediately. It didn't matter how many people hated Esther. The right person who needed to love her, made her queen, it didn't matter how many people hated Nehemiah. When the King loved him as a copiera, he got favor. Who hates you does not matter but who likes you in this kingdom? I'm praying for someone the grace that must rest upon you and cause men to find favor with men. In the name of Jesus, may that grace come upon you now. Hallelujah. I think I will give one more than we pray.

1:20:15Our finish of the remaining tomorrow is at a good deal. So I'm giving you number one the decision to be spiritually minded. Let's do number two. What is the second key to experiencing rest on every side? You must live by faith. You must live by faith. Habakkuk chapter 2 and verse 4. You also find that in Hebrews 10 and verse 38, the just shall live by faith. Four times in scripture, the Bible repeats it almost perfectly. That the just shall live by faith. The just shall live by faith. First John chapter 5 and verse 4. First John chapter 5 and verse 4. First John chapter 5 and verse 4. For whatsoever is born of God,

1:21:15that includes Joshua Selman, whatsoever is born of God. Overcomment the world and it says this is the victory that overcomment the world. Help me even our faith. The man who has faith is an overcome indeed. And in one word, ladies and gentlemen, faith is obedience. In one word, faith is obedience. No matter your definition of faith, if it does not capture obedience, you did not define it well. Let me give you two definitions for faith. If you don't mind, number one, faith is the confidence you have, the depth of conviction that you have, about God and the integrity of his word. Number one, faith is defined as your confidence, your conviction, about God and the integrity of his word.

1:22:22The confidence and the conviction you have about God and the integrity of his word. Second definition please. Faith is the name given to the action of obedience you take. Faith is the name given to the action of obedience you take as proof that you believe. Faith is the name given to the action of obedience you take as proof that you believe. The proof of hearing is accurate response. If you have heard me, I know you have heard me because you will respond accordingly. Are we together? Faith is defined is the name given to the action that you take, as proof that you believe God. If it be down, beat me calm, and he said calm.

1:23:24Most believers do not know how to live by faith. Faith is beyond concessing the word as important as that is. Faith is beyond agreeing with God as important as that is. Those are just various equations that ultimately lead to faith. The foundations of Bible faith is an awareness of the promises of God. The Bible essentially is a concise capture of promises, principles, and prophecies. You may want to write that down. That every time you open your Bible, you are relating with three realms of realities. Number one, promises. A definition of God's commitment to you scattered from Genesis to Revelation. Promises. Number two, principles. The modus operandi of the kingdom. It teaches you how to live a victorious life. Then number three, prophecies. That give perspective and definition to the events present

1:24:26and the events past and events that are yet to happen. So every time you lay hold on God's promises, then you obtain grace to obey. Until you know the demands to commit God and then obey them, you are not working by faith. Let me repeat myself again for your understanding. Until you know the demands connected to every result. The word of God and God is a compendium of infinite possibilities but for every result you desire in the kingdom. Healing, breakthrough, prosperity. There is a demand that is always what God says to do to commit Him. When you find it and you obtain grace to walk in keeping with that instruction, then you are working by faith. I submit to you therefore that on the strength of this definition,

1:25:26many believers are not working by faith. They are working on sincere assumptions. They are working on hope. They are speaking Lord, I believe you. But they are not working by faith. If I ask one of our wonderful protocol people here, if I ask them to come and say, collect my Bible. Whoever comes to collect my Bible, I tell them there is a hundred dollar bill inside. That's your reward for obedience. If the gentleman gets that jump in and says, I'm coming. Believe me. Joshua Selman, I trust you. I know you are not a liar. Is it not you? The other day you gave all that talk. You will never get it. As wonderful as that is, the instruction is who ever can take the risk and come. Someone who begins to speak from 1990-90 today, nothing happens. And another person in one day will get up and obey. The one who obeys is the one who receives. Not the one who knows.

1:26:26The Bible says, now that you know these things, happy are you if you do them. The chronomics of the 28 from verse 1 and 2, and it shall come to pass the Bible says, if thou shalt diligently hacken to the voice of the Lord, I God, to do and to observe, to do and to observe, to do and to observe, to do and to observe. That is the character of faith, to do and to observe. All that I command you this day, the reward, the Lord your God will set thee on high, are both all the nations of the earth, verse 2, and all these blessings will come upon you and will overtake you. You hacken to the voice of the Lord, then you observe and you do. In the name of Jesus the grace to do, may it be released upon you. The first miracle that was performed by Jesus was the turning of water to wine in Canaan of Galilee. You find that in John chapter 2. The Bible lets us know that it was a feast

1:27:28just like this and wine had finished. And shame was already imminent, and the Bible tells us that the disciples came and married the mother of Jesus. She takes them to Jesus and says, Jesus says, no, no, it's not yet my time. And she gives them a very profound instruction in verse 5. She says, whatever he says to do it, whatever he says to do, not think it, not wish it, not assume it, do it. The moment doing came. The willingness to do came. Jesus gave an instruction. And when you read verse 10 and 11, the Bible tells us this beginning of miracles did Jesus in Canaan of Galilee, verse 11, and manifest that His glory and the disciples believed on Him. Rest roundabout. You now see that it's not just a gift,

1:28:29it is a reward for walking in keeping with certain principles. Let me recap one last time and we pray that the key to exerting dominion over situations and circumstances, commanding your portion of rest on every side is number one to be spiritually minded. That starts with your encounter with the Lord Jesus Christ, your salvation of experience. Then it translates to the health of your prayer life, the health of your word study. Except for the spiritual exercise is fasting and so on and so forth. And then, number two, you must learn to live by faith. To live by faith means to live by the word of God. For Jesus Himself said, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that was seeded from the mouth of God. That means a believer lives on two things, bread and scriptural instructions.

1:29:29If you live on bread alone, you will be wary, your bread will be spent. It is bread and scriptural instructions. Hallelujah. We are going to pray tonight. I'll stop here and then we'll continue tomorrow. There are two other points that I want to show you, but allow me in the next three or two minutes. I'm going to request that we arise to pray. And then I will speak over our lives tonight and then we wrap it for my session. Have you been blessed tonight? Please rise upon your feet. This is the air I breathe. This is the air I breathe. Your holy presence

1:30:34leading in me. This is my day bread. This is my day bread. Your very word spoken to me tonight. And this is what you do. And this is what you do.

1:31:34And this is what you do. Go ahead and begin to talk to the Lord. Passionately from your heart. Far light desire rest. Rest around about. Someone is praying. Man's not the very different areas in your life where you are trusting Him for rest. Rest. Rest. Rest. In my finances, someone is praying. Rest. In my family. Rest in my health. This by Brother this cancer. This muscular condition. This bald condition. This defora. Eat it into my health. I desire rest. Around about.

1:32:37Spiritual rest. Career rest. Rest in the area of fuckingness. Go ahead and take a minute or two. You're talking to your savior, your king, your maker, the captain of your salvation. Stop and pray, stop and pray. You are my strength when I help you. You are the threshold that I seek. You are my only God. I'm seeking you as my precious God. You are my only God. You are my God.

1:33:42I'm ready to enter your voice, I'm ready to enter your voice.

1:34:42You are going to ask the Lord for a fresh passion for Him, a fresh passion for His presence. Go ahead and pray. This is all you receive in this convention. It was the wife's birthday. That's why fresh passion. To love you, more than money. To love you, more than titles. To love you, more than career. More than official. Someone pray, you are talking to your maker. Take him in, he's going to pray. Lord, I desire to love you. Lord, your being is not enough for sin. It's your score.

1:35:50Ask Him for fresh fire upon your prayer life. Fresh fire upon your prayer life. Fresh passion for the study of the world. Fresh passion for the spiritual understanding. Fresh passion for the house of God. The things of God. For the end that you be spiritual in my heart. Someone is crying. Fresh fire upon your prayer life. Fresh fire upon your prayer life. Fresh fire upon your prayer life. Yes the world will bow down and say you are God. Every man will bow down and say you are King.

1:36:56So let's start right now. Why do we wait in our glory? Still be split. Just run and be with you. Just run and be with you. Hallelujah. Now I want to make another call. You are in this place and I want to hardly speak. The spirit of God began to convince you that you need to make your way right with Jesus. No man condemns you. But I call you in love to experience the mess of Jesus. You cannot assume salvation. No. Salvation in Jesus Christ only comes when you come willingly to declare His Lordship over your life. I'm going to come one to five. I want to leave your city.

1:37:56You need Jesus. Run and come and cry before the Lord of the old. Don't wait for anyone to be the first. Be the first to say a post. I need Jesus in my life. I begin to count now. Don't wait for someone to come. You are the first person. And perhaps someone is saying I need to redepicate my life to make my ways right with Jesus. I begin to count one. Let's celebrate them as they come. Two. Run to Jesus. Yes, the world. We'll found out and say you are God. Every man. We'll found out and say you are He. So let's talk right now. Why would we wait?

1:38:58In the glory. Feel please. Just want to be with you. Just want to be with you. In the glory. Feel please. Feel please. Just want to be with you. Just want to be with you. Jesus speaking about Himself said, I am the way. I am the truth and I have the life. Is there's no man coming to the Father except by me. What does it mean to be saved? Number one, it means to come declaring your in an equation, your inability to help yourself upon your strength. For the Bible says by the arm of flesh, a low man prevailed. It also says that our righteousness has filled the rags. But then the Bible also declares the love of the Father.

1:40:01Revealed in and through the substitutionary sacrifice of Jesus. Yes, what Jesus said while He was speaking with Nicodimos. Therefore God's soul of the world, that He gave His one and only begotten Son, that who so ever, that blessing is for who so ever, believe that on Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Verse 17 says, for God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. You may be saying, Apossu, you don't know how I've lived my life. You don't know how things lie in my life today. Listen to me. Jesus is able to give you a new beginning, right where you are. Gentleman, it does not matter what you have done or what you have not done. You can be like the prodigal son tonight, as you get up and take that step. The Father is waiting. Jesus is waiting. There is no other name on the heaven the Bible declares, given unto men by which we must be saved.

1:41:04There must be a renaissance of genuine salvation in the house of God, genuine encounters with Jesus, the Son of the living God, and encounter with an angel does not translate to salvation, and encounter with a preacher on his own does not translate to salvation, except the preacher brings a message. Those of you who are in front of you and together as a congregation can everyone talk to the Lord in one minute. I desire you truly. I need you. I need you. Everywhere I need you, God bless me now, my Savior. I come to you. I need you. I need you. As you come, I need you. God bless me now, my Savior. I come to you.

1:42:09My brothers and sisters who are kneeling before the Lord, listen to me. Let me have your attention for one minute. My time is up. It is the no-bless decision any man can make in this side of God's kingdom. And for someone who is watching right now, here at the fourth square come, you are watching by way of internet. Distance is no barrier. Here is your chance to make Jesus a lot of your life genuinely truthfully. Void of pretence and void of falsehood. For the Bible declares that as many who will come to Him, He will in no wise cast away. May I request for all of you who are kneeling in front. Thank you for your bold decision. I salute your courage. Jesus said, if you are ashamed of me before men, I will be ashamed of you before my father. May I please request that you lift your right hand, high above your head as a sign of surrender. And then please say this after me, as loud and as clear as you can.

1:43:11Are you ready? Say Lord Jesus. Some of you are crying, do not be ashamed of your tears. You are before your maker. There is nothing to be ashamed about. He is your father. The one who died for you. Say it again, Lord Jesus. Tonight I have heard your word. I desire rest in my life. I believe that you are the Son of God. I believe that you died for my sins. I believe that you rose again for my justification. Right now I receive Jesus into my heart as my Savior, my Lord and my King. I declare that the power of sin, Satan, hell and the grave is broken over my life. From tonight and forever I am a child of God.

1:44:15I go for whatever and backward never. Amen. Keep those beautiful hands lifted and let me pray for you. Father in the name of Jesus in the presence of your people. I scratch my hands over these precious ones. They have come declaring your Lordship over their lives. And by the authority of Scripture I declare your sins forgiving. And in the name of Jesus the Son of the living God, I call you bona fide recipients of the life of God. By the authority of Scripture I declare that the power of sin, Satan, hell and the grave is broken over your life. And the grace to leave a victorious Christian life is imparted upon you this moment. In Jesus name we pray. All right, please all of you please stand. Please stand. Just a quick instruction. May I request all of you together. Please move to my right. There are a group of counselors who will be having a word with you. Let's honor them as they move. Just a moment and you'll be back to your seat.

1:45:16Give them a big God bless you. Give them a big God bless you. Hallelujah. Give them a big God bless you. Is that the best you can do? Let's encourage them as they go. Hallelujah. And then on a final note let me declare by your life. May your rest tonight be full of divine encounters. May the Lord send His angels to visit you and grant you secrets for your future in the name of Jesus. For those of you who are seeking your body you will wake up tomorrow and not find that in Trinity again. In the name of Jesus Christ I call you blessed and I declare that you are blessed and it remains so with you. In the name of the Father, in the name of the Son and in the name of the Holy Spirit. Amen. God bless you.