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"Manifesting Your Redemption" - Pastor Ike Akabogu - Jun. 30. 2024
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Good morning. Promise of life. Glory to God. Hallelujah. Praise God. Praise God. Are you happy to be here? Are you really sure? Let me see your happy faces. Come on. Glory to God. You may be seated. Praise God. Pastor Craig and I switched places this morning. He's in Africa. I'm in Canada. Amen. Isn't God wonderful? It's so wonderful to be with you again. I look forward to being with you all the time. Amen. Praise God. I love this family. I love your pastors. They're very precious to me. My wife and. My wife and I and the whole country. Amen. Praise God. My wife and the congregation in Abuja and in Lagos, they said hello to you all. So we want to say hello. Praise God. Amen. I've been in the States for a little bit. I came in for the camp meeting with Pastor Nancy, so we spent a few weeks there and just traveled a little bit. So Canada is my last stop before I head back to Nigeria next week. And Pastor Craig and I are preaching a meeting. We are preaching a conference. So it's interesting. Praise God. Isn't God good? Amen. Praise God. So we're honored to be here. I always check with my heart, you know, as to what do you want me to minister to the congregation when I come? Because, you know, congregations are different. This is God's calling for you to be here. Church services are prophet sharing time. Amen. So when you come, you're going to receive your prophet. Amen. So it matters how we come and it matters that we have the accurate utterance for the time. Amen. Craig, is your wife here? I see. Let her know the spirit of God said, tell her don't worry about those diagnosis in the name of Jesus. Amen. Praise God. Amen. All right, well, let's turn in our Bibles to Galatians chapter 3. In verse 13, I was checking my heart as to what to minister to you. Every year when I come over and I cross the pond, God will give me a message to share in different places. Amen. So the message that I've been sharing is manifesting your redemption. Manifesting your redemption. You know, God redeemed you, but it's your job to manifest it. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so. Amen. Manifest your redemption. Amen. Galatians 3. 13. Father, we're so grateful. Thank you for this precious word. And as I stand before your precious people, I ask you to give me utterance in the Holy Ghost. Make my tongue like the pen of a ready writer to write this Precious word in the hearts of your precious people, Father, that their lives will rise and go as you have already ordained. And we give you all the praise and glory for every good thing that will be wrought among us as a result of this word. In Jesus name. Amen. Praise God. Amen. Okay, thank you, Jesus. I had to look at my iPad and look at the time because, you know, we had a deal, what, two years ago in the Oasis, right? Yeah. I was preaching along, going, glory to God, and I looked. No, I still got time. I forgot my app. My iPad didn't update. So you're going to help me today. Amen. Galatians 3:13. Somebody's been dealing with a rash that wouldn't go away. Where are you, rash? Stand to your feet. Praise God. Anybody else? All right. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, I speak to those rashes. Go and return no more in Jesus name. Go and return no more in Jesus name. Go and return no more in Jesus name. Amen. No more. Praise God. Galatians 3:13. It says, Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law being made. A curse for us, for it is written curses everyone that hangeth on a tree. Why? That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. Notice the first phrase. Hath. Christ hath redeemed us. Is he going to? He has. So I'm looking at all the redeemed this morning. He redeemed us from the curse, but he redeemed us to the blessing. And I'm looking at possessors of the blessing this morning. Amen. But you see, it's one thing to be redeemed, and it's another thing to manifest redemption. Many who are redeemed, number one, don't even know that they're redeemed. They read that scripture where it says, God hath. They read it. God will redeem me. I've heard people say, God will see me through. God will do this. God will do that. That's the issue I have with so many preaching, especially around Africa and in Nigeria. You know, people tell me all the time, God's going to do something. God will do this. God will do that. With God, all things are possible. I say, it doesn't matter what God can do if you don't know how to receive it. So many teaching and preaching have been on what God will do. What God will do is not an issue. It's what you will do. Amen. So how do you Manifest your redemption. In order to manifest your redemption, you have to manifest the redeemed you. Redemption flows through the redeemed you. So many people are so eager to see God change their circumstances, but your circumstances only changes through you. Through you, through you. The life of God is in you. So if your life is going to be affected, it's going to be affected through what's flowing through you. Amen. So this is a little slant to the preaching. I call the me I see. Hi mother, how are you? Good to see you. Amen. The me I see, you see, in order to manifest redemption, you must see yourself as the redeemed. It matters the you you see. Amen. Why? Because your life is the picture of the you you have allowed to exist within you. What kind of you are you seeing when you talk about you? What, what you are you talking about? You know, somebody will tell me sometimes, you know, I'm trying to come over, you know, I'm trying to, you know, get myself through this. I said, which you are you referring to? Because you see, if you're not careful, you will always describe yourself after the old man instead of the new man. The new you is boundless. The new you is free. The new you has no obstacles attached to it. Earth has nothing in it that can stop the new you. Nothing. I mean, if they couldn't stop your birth, they can't stop your existence. Amen. So, glory to God. Without the accurate picture of who you are abiding on the inside of you, you will have trouble manifesting your redemption. Amen. Remember, it's not you trying to manifest redemption. Redemption flows through the new you. So if you don't know who you are, your world would know that you are redeemed. Are you here with me? Amen. Because you see, God put everything that the life of the redeemed is looking for on the inside of you. When he recreated you, he recreated you. Redeemed. Amen. Glory to God. Man's problem was never resources. Man's problem. Still the answer today. Man's problem was never, you know, lack of money or lack of, you know, all the troubles. That's never man's problem. Man's problem was his nature. Because problem came when man took on a fallen nature. So if you're going to solve man's problem, what would you do? You change his nature. And that's what God did. When God changed your nature, he changed your outcome. The problem is that many don't know themselves after their new nature. Because the you you know is the you you Will manifest. Your life is the picture of the you you know. The you you see. Amen. You know, people don't manifest. You know who they are. They only manifest who they see. Who they see. Who they see. In order to manifest redemption, you must see yourself as the redeemed. See yourself as the redeemed. Praise God. See yourself as the redeemed. Amen. That's why we say that without accurate picture existing on the inside. See? You see what I mean? Existing on the inside. So many people have adopted the pictures of circumstances they went through, pictures of disappointments, pictures of things that didn't happen that should have happened. So they have all those pictures residing on the inside. And that's what's manifesting outside. Why? Because they are seeing their world through that picture. They're seeing their world through that picture. And it's hard for them to describe something else without it going through that picture. That's why if you're going to manifest your redemption, you're going to have to learn to manifest the real you. The real you. The real you. Amen. Glory to God. The answer or answers to your life's questions or problems, they are vested in the new you. Questions are of the old man. Answers are of the new man. Amen. Glory to God. Every failure in life and business. Glory to God. Amen. Yeah, somebody closed up that business because, you know, you didn't follow direction. But God is able to restore it to you if you will learn to respond to his directions. Amen. It's not late. All right. Every failure in life is tied to the old man. Old man. Every failure. So when you become a new creation, God did away with everything that has to do with failure in your life. Everything. For you to fail as a child of God, you have to live who you are to become somebody else. For you to fail, you gonna have to leave who you are. Because you can fail as a new creation. You have to live it. To live like somebody else that you are not in order to fail. Hallelujah. So this new you that we're talking about that you need to know is recreated after the nature of God is created in righteousness and holiness is created to be like God. Be like God. I mean, let that image sink on the inside. I am just like my father. I am just like my father. You let that image grow on the inside of you. You. You approach things knowing, I'm not alone. I'm with my father. Amen. And that begins to control your actions. Amen. You see, every behavioral issue is linked to the Image on the inside of a person. Somebody said, I'm trying to change this man's life. You can't change his life without changing who he is. And if you change who he is, he needs to see himself like his new self because you are manifesting the picture on the inside. Amen. Praise God. According to Ephesians chapter 4, in verse 24, in Amplified classic, Praise God. Let's hurry up so we can go some places. Ephesians 4:24, it says, and put on the new nature. Put. Put him on, put him on. Put on, put on. In other words, this is something you make a decision to do. Put on the new man. Because if you don't put him on, the old man will force his outfits on you. Amen. You see the old man, you don't have to put on. You see the new man. You have to, because the old nature has been done away. But if you don't put on the new nature, your flesh, this is your house, will try to act like nothing has changed. But thank God, something changed. And put on the new nature, the regenerate self created in God's image. Godlike. Godlike. Godlike. You are just like God. You know, when I look at you this morning, guess what I'm seeing? I'm seeing God. That's why it matters how I talk to you. It matters how I relate to you, because I'm relating to God. I'm relating to Christ. Hallelujah. You are godlike, right? Recreated or created in true righteousness and holiness. So you're created in God's image. So what does that mean then? That means you're back to the beginning in Genesis chapter one. So now you can live life as God intended. How does God intend for us to live? We find out in Genesis chapter one in verse 26. Remember, it says, let us make man in our. In our image. And if you're recreating in Ephesians 4, verse 24, that means you are back to that now, right? Recreated in his image. In verse 26, he said, Let us make man in our image and in our likeness, and let them have dominion. Hallelujah. That's not what we're going to preach today, but Pastor Craig preaches very good on that. Amen. You know, I can stand here and say, my God, amen. But he said, let us make men in our image and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the fowl of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth. All the earth. And when I get to all the earth. I tend to drag it because some people think that all the earth doesn't include where they are. I preach this a lot in Nigeria. I say all, all. All the earth. It includes Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Togo, you name it. All the earth. Amen. And over every creeping thing. So God created. He created man in his own image. All right. And what was the next thing he said to them? He blessed them. He blessed them. Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law that the blessing might come upon us. So now we're in position to manifest the blessing, to manifest our redemption. But you can only do that recognizing the true you. Amen. The new creation. Amen. Praise God. You cannot manifest this new you without first acknowledging it. Philemon1 6 said that through the acknowledgment of every good thing we have in Christ, our faith becomes effectual. Somebody's having trouble conceiving. If you will stand to your feet right now, God will take care of that. Praise God. Where are you? Praise God. Trouble conceiving. Okay, one. Anybody else? Okay, I see. Anybody else. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Father, whatever you see fit to be the issue, I speak to it, address it, be restored in Jesus name. Amen. Praise God. Hallelujah. You cannot manifest this real you without first acknowledging it. This is who I am. I'm a new creation. You acknowledge it. You acknowledge it. How do you acknowledge somebody? You talk to them. You talk about them. This is who I am. I'm the righteousness of God. The more you talk about it, the more you develop faith to manifest it. Remember, Jesus said, if you have faith as grain of mustard seed, you shall save. Talk about who you are, because that's. You see, so many people, we have mastered the confession of things. But confession of things is not our problem. Our problem is manifestation of who we are. Because things are always available. It is you recognizing who you are that draws things to you. So if you don't know who you are, you can claim all the things you have. And they will come and they will pass you right by. Because they show up, they ask for your identification. And if you present something different, they keep going. They keep going. Dr. Oral Roberts used to say that every day miracles are either coming to you or passing you by. One of the ways you recognize your own is by knowing who you are and answering to your name and your name only. You're not broke because you don't have money in your hands, are you? Here you're not broke because you don't have money. The Bible said that Christ was made poor so that us, through his poverty, might be made rich. So you are always rich, money or no money. But if you will recognize that you are rich, money will come to you. But some people have it the opposite. Once I get money, you know, God has blessed me. No, he blessed you before the money. When you respond to who you are, money will come. Amen. So acknowledge who you are. Bible tell us in 2nd Corinthians 5:16, he said, know no man after the flesh. And I insert this, including yourself. So many people know themselves after the natural. They tell you everything about them in the natural. And, you know, people will say, yeah, me and you are in the same boat. I say, no, not me. We're not in the same boat. I know who I am. You see, the more you describe yourself after the natural, the more you lose grip of the reality of who you are. You cannot manifest supernatural acknowledging the natural. You have to acknowledge the supernatural to manifest the supernatural. Guess what? You don't manifest redemption from outside. You manifest it from inside. Everything that God deals with you on, he deals with you through your spirit. Even healing flows through your spirit. Revelation comes through your spirit. But if you don't know yourself after the spirit, you will be looking to manifest things outside that can only be done from inside. That's why it's important that you see yourself as described by God. Say after me, I am just like my father. Hallelujah. You see, you cannot manifest the new you without getting rid of the pictures of the old you. People get born again, but they retain images of the old man. You know, people. You know, people come to church, Church people come to church with images of the old man, and they're hearing preaching through the old man. Oh, yeah. Somebody said, how's that possible? Because of that image on the inside. The wrong thinking stands as the security process through everything. Where the Bible says himself took your infirmities, and the old man with the image on the inside, the old man is no longer there. It's just the picture, picture, picture. The picture says, well, but if. But if. You know, if he took it, look at me, look at me. I'm still this, I'm still that. And they're processing, waiting for healing to come because of the pictures that the old man is. Because of the picture of the old man that they retained, the old man is no longer there. He's dead and gone. In fact, we went to the burial ceremony. We sure did. I mean, we watched that old man went all the way down, down, down, down, down. And we watched ourselves went all the way up, up, up until we were made to sit in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, far above all principality and power and might. So you can't retain the old pictures, trying to manifest the new you. It will be like that guy, I've been telling this in recent time, he went to photocopy machine, he took a picture, he put it on the copier and he pushed go and it prints. And he goes, I don't like this image. So he goes to another copier, he puts it on the copy machine, he prints, ah, I hate this image. I can't stand this image. So he went out of town to Manitoba. He said, you know, well, I had that. I heard that the copier there is very crisp. It will give you a crisp picture. So he goes there and he places the same thing on the copier and it prints, shows the same picture. I'm tired of this. And he was complaining and somebody overheard him and said, if you want a different picture, change the image you're putting on the copier. Somebody said, that's a revelation. You know, that's what so many people are doing. They are trying to see something different in their life without putting something different on the copier, on the inside. Because what you see on the outside is a picture that exists on the inside. So if you want to see a different outside, change the inner picture. That's where it starts. I said, that's where it starts. If you don't do that, you'll be like that man. You can go from one place to another. You can go all the places like I tell them in Africa. To some people, prayer is not their issue because people pray all night. And I said, what did God say? They can't tell me anything. God said. I said, prayer is not your problem. Knowledge is your problem. Because without accurate knowledge, prayer is a waste of time. So I said, sit down. Let me show you who you are. Because if you see who you are, you will stop acting like who you are not. That's what church services are. Hallelujah. Amen. They say in Matthew chapter 12, Jesus speaking. He said, a good man out of the good treasure of his heart, brings forth. Brings forth so many things. People are believing God to bring is already inside of them. They are the ones to bring it forth. You can manifest in your life what's not in your heart. The reason some people have trouble manifesting their redemption is because they don't see themselves as described by the word of God. If the word of God does not satisfy you. It means you have not taken the image of that word. If you're going through circumstances, I don't know what we're going to do. And you hear the word, and if it doesn't calm you down, you don't know who you are. Have you ever been around on a hot summer day, it's so hot, and somebody hands you a nice cold glass of water and you take it. What does it do? It refreshes you. The picture of who you are refreshes you. Hallelujah. Amen. Things will respond to you according to the you you see, according to the image you have of yourself. Things will respond to you as it thinks. Things will respond to you according to how you see yourself. So if you see yourself as always struggling, all the struggle streets will find you. Things will find you. Things come to you based on how you see yourself. I say, well, Pastor, I don't believe that. Really? Really. Remember In Numbers, chapter 13, in verse 33, Moses sent the 12 spies to go survey the Promised Land. It was 12. Ten of them came back with evil report. Glory to God. Somebody's leg freezes up. It's like numbness, numbness in certain parts of your. Of your leg. Numbness. Where are you? Stand to your feet. Numbness, numbness. All right. Praise God. In the name of Jesus. Be made well in the name of Jesus. Be made well. That blood be corrected as well in Jesus name. Be made well in Jesus name. Be made well in Jesus name. Be made well in Jesus name. Be made well in Jesus name. Be made well in Jesus name. Be made well in Jesus name. Hallelujah. Praise God. Glory to God. Like we were saying, the reason some people have trouble manifesting their redemption is because they have not seen themselves as described by the word of God. They still see themselves according to the flesh. They believe everything their life is saying. Somebody asked me one time, he said, how is life treating you? I said, no, life doesn't treat me. I tell life how to respond to me. So back to those 12 spies, right? You thought I forgot? Two of them were like, yeah, we can. Ten of them came back and the Bible said they gave evil report. And they told us why. The evil report came in verse 33 of Numbers 13. They said, we see ourselves as grasshoppers, and so were we in their sight. So how they saw themselves was how the opposition saw them. Which you are you seeing because that would determine how things see you. That will determine how things see you. Say after me, the me I see is the me in Christ. Amen. So because of time. How do you build this image of the new on the inside so that you can manifest it? Because your job is to manifest you. Forget about your condition. If you will manifest you, your conditions will bow. Because what the new you, what God did in recreating you is that he brought you back to things being subject to you and not you subject to things. So your job should be to focus on manifesting the real you. How do you manifest the real you? By having the image of the real you on the inside. How do you have the image of the real you on the inside? Well, you have to remember that this new you was recreated or born of the word of God. First Peter 1:23 says, Being born of the incorruptible. Incorruptible. Incorruptible. Incorruptible. Incorruptible. Incorruptible. Remember in Matthew, Jesus saying to the people, don't sow where things corrupt, but so where things, there's treasures in heaven where moth and things done corrupted, right? And this new you were born incorruptible. So nothing on the earth is able to corrupt it. If you will learn to manifest it. Okay, that's just a side story. But now in 1st Peter 1:23, it says being born of God, not of corruptible, but of incorruptible seed of the Word. So now this real you is born of the word. So your job is to take what the word said of you and build it on the inside of you. Live it long enough on the photocopy machine on the inside until it starts to show up on the outside. And how do you do that? Somebody say, how do you do that? Pastor, Lay hands on me so that this new me will appear. Some people will follow that instead of sitting down and learning, right? So how do you develop this new you? Same way you got born again. Remember the Bible said you were saved by grace through faith. So you manifest this new you, you develop this new you, you build the image of this new you by faith. Okay, we all agree, right? You manifest or develop this new you by faith. So the question is, if I'm to do this by faith, what is the next thing that needs to happen? Romans 10:17. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the so if you're going to build the image of the new you on the inside, you have to hear about your new you. And the only place you can hear about the new you is through the word of God. So if you're going to build the image of the new you, you're going to have to believe everything that the Word of God said about you. Amen. Believe everything because the Word is a picture of you. The Bible is filled with pictures of how God sees you. That's the only you you are to acknowledge. That's the only you you are. The acknowledge you are to acknowledge because that's the only you that is accurate. That's the only you that's. That's accurate. In Nigeria, you know, they have a saying. People are turning into japa. You know, japa means they are leaving the country. I say, no, we're here to turn people from japa to paja. Don't ask me what paja means. I don't know. It's just the opposite. Why? Because, you see, when you don't know who you are, conditions determine your flow. But when you develop the image of who you are, conditions will flow according to you. According to you. Amen. Oh, glory to God. So how do you do that? You hear about yourself, hear about yourself, hear about yourself. You don't hear about yourself in school. Professors don't tell you who you are. Oh, my gosh, if they did, I missed it. They don't tell you who you are. The only place you learn about who you are is in the Word. You are born of the Word. So you put that word before you. You put that word before you. Each time you hear the Word, you go, that's who I am. I remember when we were little, in kindergarten, we go to school. Back then, they have a roll call, right? Roll call means they call your name. And if you hear your name, you say, present, Right? Right. Righteous, Delivered, Redeemed. Healed. Rich. What are you doing? You are acknowledging who you are. That's what the Word said about you. And you don't answer to anything else. You are authorized to never answer to anything other than how the Word describes you. And you see, you see, Misery likes company. So don't join his company. People would like to tell you, you know, it happens to all. I say my name is not all. I'm a new creation. You see, the more you do this, the more that picture is being developed and the more that picture develops and fills your heart, it will flood your Amen. So you get that word. Get that word. Don't get any idea of you through any other thing other than the word of God. The Word said you are rich. Wealth. The Word said you are rich. You agree? We have the scripture. I might as well just play with you a little bit. That we read in three John 1, 2, I think I said it here before. Third John 1:2 says, Beloved, I wish above all things that you. So when I preach to my congregation, to our people, I say, when you hear that word beloved, do you know he's talking about you? Right? So what do you do? You respond. So when I say beloved, you can go to the churches in Nigeria. They hear that. That's what, that's how they respond. Beloved, yes, it's talking to me. I'm God's beloved. I'm God's beloved. I said I'm God's beloved. That's how you need to see yourself. Amen. Bible calls you an heir of God. Amen. Pastor Happy was talking about being led by the spirit earlier in offering. Do you know that this leading of the Spirit will always be in line with how scripture describes you? People try to have the spirit of God lead them like they are poor. That would be violation. He wouldn't do it. People try to get the spirit of God to lead them as if they are sick, that would be in violation. He won't do it. For him to lead you as poor means that he believes that what Jesus did was not complete. Remember In Romans chapter 8 and verse 16 it says that the Spirit himself bears witness with us, that we are children of God. Okay? So every witness, every leading of the Spirit is based on the fact that you are a child of God. And if children, if children, then heirs. So he's never going to lead you as if you are without he's ever going to lead you like what God has, you have access to. Hallelujah. I remember in recent time in Nigeria, there's a place about an hour and a half away from where we are. I was told they needed like a borehole, a well for drinking water. And the notice came to us just. I'm cutting the story short. And God said, go dig that borehole over there. He knows that I'm an heir of God and that I have access. So now my job was to begin to act like what he said was so. And when I did, resources came. Act like who you are and what belongs to you will show up. That's how people miss out the leadings of the Spirit. They're waiting for the Spirit to lead you when all the natural things are in place. Bible says we walk by faith, not by sight. The natural does not influence the supernatural. The supernatural influences the natural. Don't go backwards. Amen. Glory to God. So hear, hear of yourself. Hear of yourself in scripture. Look at the word. Look at your word. Look at the word of God. That's how you find who you are and you meditate on it. How do you meditate on it? You talk about it to yourself. You talk about it to yourself. This is what I do. I say I, you know you are the righteousness of God. You know that everything God has, you have access to. It's not fifty, fifty, it's hundred percent. Do you know you're the head and not the tail? Do you know you're never without God because God lives in you? What am I doing? I'm meditating. I'm putting the accurate image inside of my. Why? That's the only way I can manifest a redeemed life. Amen. So take time to look at the Word and fill your heart with the images of the Word. Remember, why is that copy machine printing those images? Because that's what's on the copy. Your heart is like that copy machine. Whatever image is placed on it, that's what will print in your life. So by you meditating on the word of God, guess what you're doing? You're putting the right image inside each time. You see, meditating is murdering. Speaking to yourself. Speaking to yourself. This is the me I see. This is the me. Not. Not speaking to yourself. You know not what people post on the Internet. You know what I mean? People use social media for their confession. I'm not talking about that. The only audience of your confession is God. So it's not what you do on social media that matters. It's what you do in your private life. Because you can fool people, but you can't fool God. So you take the time. This is who I am. This is who I am. This is who I am. You see, you have to have faith that this is how it works. That's why you do it by faith. You do it by faith. You do it by faith. You do it by faith. I said you do it by faith. You are meditating on the Word of God. You're speaking the Word to yourself, beholding the Word, talking the Word to yourself. Why? So you can put the image in there. Jesus had to do that. Remember in Luke chapter 4? So Jesus Bible said that he came to the synagogue as his custom was. Well, first of all, you got to get yourself in church. Amen. Amen. You can't even get some people to show up for service. You got to come to church. Amen. Jesus was in church when he was handed the script. And the Bible said that he looked and found where it was written. In other words, Jesus had to find Himself in the Word before he manifested what he was born for. You have to do the same. You have to see yourself in the Word in order to manifest your destiny. And if the picture you see of yourself in the Word is not enough for you, nothing else will happen. Are you listening? Say after me, I am who God says I am. Hallelujah. Amen. You see, when you understand this, walking by faith becomes a thrill. Walking by faith is designed for the new creation. Why? Because you don't know yourself after the flesh. You know yourself after the spirit. And walking by faith to your inner man is a thrill. Why? Because the Bible said the just shall live by faith. Faith is the oxygen to your new self. If you're struggling by faith, it means you need to take time to develop the real image of who you are. Because the real you likes walking by faith because he knows that's the only way he can breathe and manifest the new life. Amen. The activities of the new man will not be visible without walking by faith. You're gonna have to believe what that Word said and act like it's so. And God is the one who makes it visible. So many times we're wanting to do God's part. Oh, no, just do your part. Like I tell them in Nigeria, stay in your lane. Stay in your lane and let God do the rest. Amen. Do your part. Some people haven't done their part. They're wanting God to do their part. What is your part? Hear and act. That's it. Hear and act. You know what I do sometimes? You know, the Bible said in First Corinthians 14, verse 2, he said, he that prays in a known. In an unknown tongue, verse four says, edifies himself. Bible says, some translations, it charges himself up like a battery. Charges himself up as a battery. So when I spend time praying in the Spirit, when I'm done and I walk out, I act charged. Whether whether I feel it or not, I act charged. And every action based on what I've seen in the Word, the power of God meets. Bible says that God meets every action of our faith with his power. Some people want power before act. It doesn't work. Amen. And of course, you know, Second Corinthians 3, verse, oh, my gosh, 18, we are beholden as in a glass. The word of God are changed to the same. What you behold, you will give birth to behold it long enough to conceive it. Amen. And then you give birth to it. Now, you have to be watchful. Be careful about this. After you open yourself up to the real. You don't mingle with people that don't know who they are. Because every sound you hear affects you. So the association, the people you associate with matters. One of the reasons people struggle with maintaining the accurate image of themselves is that they surround themselves with people who don't know who they are, and they take on their own identification. That's what I mean by when you heard me say, people say, oh, we're in the same boat. I said, no, we're not in the same boat at all. Praise God. No, no, no. Amen. And then, you know, another thing you do to maintain this image is live a life of fellowship. Fellowship with God. Oh, the more you fellowship with God, the more he shows you so many sides of you that you haven't seen yet. It was in fellowshiping with God that he showed me one side of me living in Nigeria that I didn't see. And you see, when you see it, you receive it by faith. Amen. Glory to God. Glory to God. God is doing some amazing things with this local congregation. Take your place. Take your place so that you will be a supply. Amen. There is nothing more refreshing than being around people who know who they are. Amen. See, I tell people, when you know who you are, you can do anything. You can clean the toilets, you can clean. You can sweep the floor. Amen. I tell young ministers all the time because people like titles, you see. I mean, I've seen more apostles within a short time than I'm like, oh, my gosh, last week you were an evangelist. It's just people looking for title, thinking that title is what makes you important. It is who you are in Christ that makes you important. Amen. I tell people, you know, I'm not important because I preach. I'm important because the blood of Jesus redeemed me. Hallelujah. Glory to God. And that's how you ought to see yourself. So surround yourself with people that think that way. Amen. Live a life of fellowship with God. Show up for church. Church is where the real you is built. People who don't come to church services lack something in recognizing who they are. Remember Apostle Paul preaching? He said night and day, praying that I might see your face, that I may perfect that which is lacking in your faith. You can only manifest your redemption by faith. So if that which is lacking in your faith is not perfected, you might as well forget trying to manifest your redemption, because it can only be done by faith. We can also put it this way. I long to see you that I may Perfect that which is faulty with your hearing. Faulty with your hearing. Because faith comes by hearing. So if faith is going to be perfected, then your hearing has to be perfected. How is your hearing perfected when the image on the inside is changed? Because what you see on the inside affects how you hear. Hallelujah. Glory to God. If you own business, stand to your feet. You own a business, stand to your feet. Praise God. Thank you, Lord. Hallelujah. Glory to God. Glory to God. Praise God. Hallelujah. How are you? Do this. Praise God. Hallelujah. Ah. Come up here quickly. Very fast, Very fast. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Hallelujah. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Come closer. Yeah. Ushers, help us. Will be very quick. Okay. All right. In the name of Jesus, be blessed in Jesus name. Don't analyze it, Just believe it. Just don't analyze it. Just believe it. Blessed in Jesus name. Don't look at other people to judge how far God can take you. Blessed in Jesus name. Blessed in Jesus name. Blessed in Jesus name. You are not the only one God will use, so talk about it. You are the first one, but he will use you to reach other people. So act with that in mind that how I respond will affect other people. Okay? Praise God. All right. Blessed in Jesus name. Blessed in Jesus name. Coming tomorrow. Blessed in Jesus name. Blessed in Jesus name. Come in tomorrow. Doors open to you. Doors open to you. Doors open to you. You've been around the doors, but they are open now. In Jesus name. Blessed in Jesus name. Hallelujah. Praise God. Blessed in Jesus name. Blessed in Jesus name. Blessed in the name of Jesus. You think a lot, but let what God shows you in prayer guide your actions. God doesn't understand the past. He understands the future. Because the past he doesn't hold in judging your future. So don't allow yourself to dwell in it. He's not there. He's moved on. So move on with it. Does that mean anything to you? Praise God. Bless you. Hallelujah. Praise God. Come closer. Blessed in Jesus name. Blessed in Jesus name. Every wrong. All those voices. All those voices, I speak to them. Stop. In Jesus name. Blessed in Jesus name. Blessed in Jesus name. Blessed in Jesus name. Bless. Blessed in Jesus name. Blessed in Jesus name. Yes, you can do it. Yes, you can do it. It's not a money issue. It's just faith. And for it to be faith, you need to hear Amen. Blessed in Jesus name. Blessed in Jesus name. Blessed in Jesus name. Coming tomorrow in Jesus name. Blessed in Jesus name. Blessed in Jesus name. Blessed in Jesus name. Blessed in Jesus name. Blessed in Jesus name. Blessed in Jesus name. Mother, you can still do great things. Amen. Blessed in Jesus name. Blessed in Jesus name. Do you need healing for something? Ah. I just laid hands on you and healing shots just went out. Just come, come, come, come. Be made whole. Complet. Whoo. Glory to God. Amen. Blessed in Jesus name. Thank you. Be blessed in Jesus name. Be blessed in Jesus name. Be blessed in Jesus name. Be blessed in Jesus name. Be blessed in Jesus name. Be blessed in Jesus name. God is able to meet every need. He's able to meet every need. Even the past debt. Even the past debt. He's able to meet it. So just give him all your faith. Glory. Blessed in Jesus name. Blessed in Jesus name. Yes, you can. Yes, you can. Yes, you can. Yes, you can. You can. Blessed in Jesus name. Blessed in Jesus name. Hallelujah. Glory to God. Blessed in Jesus name. Blessed in Jesus name. Blessed in Jesus name. Blessed in Jesus name. Blessed in Jesus name. Blessed in the name of Jesus. Blessed in the name of Jesus. Glory to God. Where are those that pray with you? She's away. Come. Another room. Another room. Even with clearer pictures, that will cause acceleration of some things loose in the name of Jesus. You look at it, it will be the only way to describe it will be sort of like being in a submarine. And you're looking through the glass and you're seeing the different creatures, all the things that are way down there that people above water can't see. It's amazing. Glory to God. Amen. Praise God. Thank you, Jesus. Hallelujah. Amen. Praise God. Those kidneys will function well in the name of Jesus. They'll function well. They'll function well. They'll function well. Somebody's lungs. You've had issues with your lungs. In the name of Jesus, be made whole. In the name of Jesus. Be made whole. Be made whole. Be made whole. Be made whole completely in Jesus name. Hallelujah. Glory to God. Amen. Isn't God wonderful? He's a good God. He's a good God. I feel. Yeah. I keep getting drawn. Don't look back. Stop looking back. Look forward. Stop looking back. Look forward. The price is before you you, not behind you. Don't look back because you talk about all the things that happen in the back. Talk about all the things. Don't stop looking back. There's nothing there for you. So just look forward. Does that mean anything to you? All right. Glory to God. Amen. Glory to God. I believe that's it for today. Amen. Hallelujah let's give God the glory. Glory to God. Glory to God. Glory to God. So what are you to do? See yourself the way God describes you. That's the image you're supposed to possess. Say again. With me, the me I see is the me in Christ. Hallelujah. I love you all. Praise God.