WEBVTT 00:00:01.524 --> 00:00:03.029 Are you glad to be in the house of the Lord. 00:00:03.029 --> 00:00:06.448 Let's be upstanding for the reading of the scriptures. 00:00:06.448 --> 00:00:13.951 Maybe if you could share with us the book of Matthew 6.33. 00:00:13.951 --> 00:00:17.746 It's a very common scripture. 00:00:17.746 --> 00:00:21.187 It's a scripture we have read so many times. 00:00:21.187 --> 00:00:33.308 Let's read together, but seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added to you. 00:00:33.308 --> 00:00:34.189 Praise God. 00:00:34.189 --> 00:00:41.966 First part of that scripture commands us to seek the kingdom of God. 00:00:41.966 --> 00:00:49.707 But remember we are in the month of the impartation of uncommon increase, spirit-led enlargement. 00:00:49.707 --> 00:00:58.091 So before the second part, before the increase, before the enlargement, the Bible is telling us to seek the kingdom of God. 00:00:58.091 --> 00:00:59.244 You may have your seats, please. 00:01:01.941 --> 00:01:10.674 So when the Bible asks us to seek the kingdom of God, where do we look for this kingdom? 00:01:10.674 --> 00:01:15.350 Where do we find this kingdom? 00:01:15.350 --> 00:01:17.522 Is it in Shakahola? 00:01:17.522 --> 00:01:20.591 Come on, any dancers. 00:01:20.591 --> 00:01:23.346 Is it in the streets? 00:01:23.346 --> 00:01:26.060 Amen, dancers, is it in the streets, amen? 00:01:26.060 --> 00:01:32.381 Where is this kingdom so that, as we look for it, we can find it? 00:01:33.144 --> 00:01:33.605 Praise God. 00:01:33.605 --> 00:01:38.561 You know, somebody made a joke some time back and he made it in Swahili. 00:01:38.561 --> 00:01:45.003 He asked Ii pesa tunamukanga kila azubu iku enda kutafuta Ninani ya lipoteza. 00:01:45.003 --> 00:01:58.293 Praise God, praise Jesus, because that makes it easier to even map where you can find the money, praise Jesus. 00:01:58.293 --> 00:02:02.129 But now here we need to sort for this kingdom. 00:02:02.129 --> 00:02:08.580 So where do we find this kingdom Media? 00:02:08.722 --> 00:02:11.409 If you could share with us the book of? 00:02:11.409 --> 00:02:31.754 Let me just confirm that, please share with us the book of Luke 17.21. 00:02:31.754 --> 00:02:34.006 Luke 17.21. 00:02:34.006 --> 00:02:36.825 Luke 17.21. 00:02:36.825 --> 00:02:41.549 See what the Bible says. 00:02:41.549 --> 00:02:46.012 Take us back to verse 20, please, verse 20. 00:02:46.012 --> 00:03:22.129 Now, when he was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them and said the kingdom of God does not come with observation, nor will they say sit here or sit there, for indeed the kingdom of God is within you, praise God. 00:03:22.129 --> 00:03:23.366 So where is this kingdom? 00:03:23.366 --> 00:03:26.007 So we know where to find the kingdom? 00:03:26.007 --> 00:03:28.725 Amen, the kingdom of God is within us. 00:03:28.725 --> 00:03:32.608 Tell your neighbor, the kingdom of God is within me. 00:03:32.608 --> 00:03:37.590 Please say it confidently, because it is God saying it. 00:03:37.590 --> 00:03:40.049 The kingdom of God is within me. 00:03:40.049 --> 00:03:44.671 Tell your neighbor again, now, confidently, that the kingdom of God is within me. 00:03:44.671 --> 00:03:48.268 And that is very true. 00:03:48.439 --> 00:03:55.490 The Bible asks us a very critical question Don't you know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit? 00:03:55.490 --> 00:03:57.213 Praise Jesus. 00:03:57.213 --> 00:04:03.412 So our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit. 00:04:03.412 --> 00:04:17.625 In other words, god himself lives inside of us, but it becomes very difficult for God's children to find this kingdom. 00:04:17.625 --> 00:04:19.610 Praise God. 00:04:19.610 --> 00:04:22.028 What makes it difficult? 00:04:22.028 --> 00:04:31.192 Because one, the door was opened for you to access this kingdom the moment you received Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. 00:04:31.192 --> 00:04:32.675 Praise God. 00:04:32.675 --> 00:04:37.552 Jesus said I am the way, the truth and the life. 00:04:37.552 --> 00:04:41.728 No one comes to the Father except through me. 00:04:41.728 --> 00:04:51.110 So as you're looking for this kingdom, you have to go through who Jesus Christ, praise God. 00:04:52.641 --> 00:04:57.529 Now there is an interesting part about this kingdom that I want us to look at. 00:04:57.529 --> 00:05:03.206 Maybe if you could show us the book of Luke 17, verse 21. 00:05:03.206 --> 00:05:04.966 I mean Matthew 18, verse 3. 00:05:04.966 --> 00:05:05.793 Matthew 18, verse 21. 00:05:05.793 --> 00:05:06.579 I mean Matthew 18, verse 3. 00:05:06.579 --> 00:05:09.228 Matthew 18, verse 3. 00:05:09.228 --> 00:05:14.362 Matthew 18, verse 3. 00:05:14.362 --> 00:05:18.670 Tell your neighbor, it's coming. 00:05:18.670 --> 00:05:21.334 We have faith. 00:05:21.334 --> 00:05:33.545 Now see what the Bible says and said assuredly I say to you Please take us to verse 2 first of all, so that we pick it up from there. 00:05:33.545 --> 00:06:07.375 Then Jesus called a little child to him, set him in the midst of them, the disciples, and said assuredly I say to you so the door is open, but you need to be a child for you to be able to enter. 00:06:07.375 --> 00:06:19.120 Now think of a child or think of yourself. 00:06:19.141 --> 00:06:26.776 From the moment you were conceived, you began developing in your mother's womb, growing not worried about one, what you'll eat, two, what you'll wear. 00:06:26.776 --> 00:06:31.685 You worried about nothing at all, bills, nothing. 00:06:31.685 --> 00:06:36.447 You were just resting in God's presence, amen. 00:06:36.447 --> 00:06:39.673 Then you were born, praise Jesus. 00:06:39.673 --> 00:06:44.105 You continued with the same program, worrying about nothing. 00:06:44.105 --> 00:06:48.130 The burden was on your parents, praise Jesus. 00:06:48.130 --> 00:06:55.153 But when you got born, a system of programming began. 00:06:55.153 --> 00:06:58.187 Your parents started programming you. 00:06:58.440 --> 00:07:03.473 In fact, some of us were even taught mother tongue in school, praise God. 00:07:03.473 --> 00:07:05.660 We even sat for exams on our mother tongue in school, praise God. 00:07:05.660 --> 00:07:08.153 We even sat for exams on our mother tongue, amen. 00:07:08.153 --> 00:07:10.444 So we were being programmed. 00:07:10.444 --> 00:07:16.922 We were taught how to eat, how to walk and all that, praise Jesus. 00:07:16.922 --> 00:07:18.267 Then we went to school. 00:07:18.267 --> 00:07:21.202 School programmed us, amen. 00:07:21.283 --> 00:07:23.846 We were told education is the way. 00:07:23.846 --> 00:07:25.408 How many were told such a thing? 00:07:25.408 --> 00:07:25.913 We were told education is the way. 00:07:25.913 --> 00:07:26.336 How many were told such a thing? 00:07:26.336 --> 00:07:26.884 I'm an enemy to the king. 00:07:26.884 --> 00:07:28.122 We were told. 00:07:28.122 --> 00:07:30.310 Education is the key. 00:07:30.310 --> 00:07:32.466 We believed it because we had to. 00:07:32.466 --> 00:07:38.031 Our parents said it, so we had to obey and follow their rules, praise God. 00:07:38.961 --> 00:07:40.560 And I'm not disputing education. 00:07:40.560 --> 00:07:44.011 You know the Bible says my people perish for lack of knowledge. 00:07:44.011 --> 00:07:46.028 You know Isaiah 4, 6, which is true. 00:07:46.028 --> 00:07:53.843 So education is important, but let me ask us what kind of knowledge is important in the kingdom of God? 00:07:53.843 --> 00:07:56.672 Is it a degree? 00:07:56.672 --> 00:07:59.584 Is it a PhD? 00:07:59.584 --> 00:08:14.115 Paul told Timothy in 2 Timothy, chapter 2, verse 15, study to show yourself approved, a workman that needs not to be ashamed but rightly handling the word of truth. 00:08:14.115 --> 00:08:23.189 God is more concerned about his word, amen, because he wants you to be saturated with his word. 00:08:23.189 --> 00:08:26.531 Praise God, and that's his kingdom. 00:08:26.531 --> 00:08:29.504 That is the language that the kingdom of God understands. 00:08:29.504 --> 00:08:38.505 Praise God, and once you grasp that, all these things shall be added unto you. 00:08:38.505 --> 00:08:40.008 Praise God. 00:08:41.870 --> 00:08:45.576 Now, today, I want us to talk about three things. 00:08:45.576 --> 00:08:48.919 We know how to find the kingdom. 00:08:48.919 --> 00:08:50.868 Praise God. 00:08:50.868 --> 00:08:55.340 The moment you receive Jesus Christ, you are transformed. 00:08:55.340 --> 00:09:01.299 But have you been growing since you received the new software? 00:09:01.299 --> 00:09:05.668 Have you been updating it since it was installed? 00:09:05.668 --> 00:09:06.822 And you remember? 00:09:06.822 --> 00:09:11.908 You have a past and God is saying forget the former things. 00:09:11.908 --> 00:09:14.842 See, I am doing something new. 00:09:14.842 --> 00:09:17.443 All of us have gadgets, phone and all that. 00:09:17.443 --> 00:09:24.801 Again and again, your gadget would request you to update some applications, some softwares and all that. 00:09:24.801 --> 00:09:35.169 Praise God, have you been updating your own software since you received Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. 00:09:35.169 --> 00:09:37.091 He gave you access to his kingdom. 00:09:37.091 --> 00:09:41.535 He gave you a program, he gave you a software to run with. 00:09:41.535 --> 00:09:47.147 But where is the problem? 00:09:47.167 --> 00:09:54.105 One of the things I want us to talk about in this season of the impartation, of the Lord's Uncommon Increase spirit-led impartation is the enlarged mind. 00:09:54.105 --> 00:09:55.626 Tell your neighbor the enlarged mind. 00:09:55.626 --> 00:09:59.904 The second thing I want us to talk about is the enlarged heart. 00:09:59.904 --> 00:10:01.865 Tell your neighbor the enlarged heart. 00:10:01.865 --> 00:10:04.851 And thirdly, the enlarged heart. 00:10:04.851 --> 00:10:05.639 And thirdly, the enlarged speech. 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:10.087 Praise God, the enlarged mind. 00:10:10.087 --> 00:10:16.706 Remember I said as we grew up we were being programmed, amen, praise God. 00:10:16.706 --> 00:10:19.046 Now, think you know. 00:10:19.225 --> 00:10:26.384 I was told by someone that there's a very big difference Between your brain and your mind. 00:10:26.384 --> 00:10:27.730 Praise God. 00:10:27.730 --> 00:10:34.751 Think of your brain as the hardware, as the gadget you're holding in your hands, your phone. 00:10:34.751 --> 00:10:43.250 Praise God, and think of your mind as the software running in that gadget. 00:10:43.250 --> 00:10:45.173 Praise God. 00:10:45.173 --> 00:10:59.392 Now, many of us were limited by the programs we went through in the past Our thinking, how we analyze situations, how we make decisions. 00:10:59.392 --> 00:11:04.270 It is in accordance to how we had been programmed in the past. 00:11:04.270 --> 00:11:05.173 Amen. 00:11:05.173 --> 00:11:12.009 And now we have received Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior and he says I have given you my mind. 00:11:12.009 --> 00:11:16.649 Now we all have the mindset of Christ Jesus. 00:11:16.649 --> 00:11:17.812 Praise God. 00:11:17.812 --> 00:11:20.265 Now, what does this mind do? 00:11:20.265 --> 00:11:28.251 Praise God, this kind of mind is open to receiving new updates. 00:11:28.251 --> 00:11:32.923 The Bible says enlarge the space of your tent. 00:11:32.923 --> 00:11:34.366 Praise God. 00:11:35.188 --> 00:11:43.149 Some of us, since we received Jesus Christ, we have still held on to the previous culture of doing things. 00:11:43.149 --> 00:11:48.250 Amen, jesus says I am doing a new thing today. 00:11:48.250 --> 00:11:57.634 Praise God, I was told your brain is a receiver and a releaser of information. 00:11:57.634 --> 00:12:02.669 A receiver and a transmitter of information. 00:12:02.669 --> 00:12:03.572 Praise God. 00:12:03.572 --> 00:12:08.751 So you need to be very open to receiving new information. 00:12:08.751 --> 00:12:16.131 You need to have a teachable spirit, because every day God is teaching us something new. 00:12:17.061 --> 00:12:20.831 And remember transformation begins where In the brain. 00:12:20.831 --> 00:12:25.509 The Bible says as a man thinketh, so is he. 00:12:25.509 --> 00:12:26.490 Praise God. 00:12:26.490 --> 00:12:33.589 God has given us his word in abundance and he wants us to receive this information from his word. 00:12:33.589 --> 00:12:39.330 Praise God, process this information and release it into the environment. 00:12:39.330 --> 00:12:40.493 Praise Jesus. 00:12:40.493 --> 00:12:45.770 And so it is important for us to spend time with the word of God. 00:12:45.770 --> 00:12:52.231 Praise Jesus, because the Bible says do not be conformed to the patterns of the world. 00:12:52.360 --> 00:12:54.086 Romans 12, verse 2. 00:12:54.086 --> 00:12:55.546 Media, if you could share with us please. 00:12:55.546 --> 00:13:15.931 It says and do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. 00:13:15.931 --> 00:13:17.313 Amen. 00:13:17.313 --> 00:13:24.541 An enlarged mind is ready to be renewed on a daily basis by the word of God, is ready to be renewed on a daily basis by the Word of God. 00:13:24.541 --> 00:13:32.822 This is a mind that has been enlarged and has space for new revelations that God is releasing on a daily basis. 00:13:32.822 --> 00:13:33.182 Amen. 00:13:34.043 --> 00:13:38.543 Pastor Ambrose, you are telling us, when you come with a spoon, god will fill a spoon. 00:13:38.543 --> 00:13:43.125 If you come with a bucket, he will fill the spoon until it overflows. 00:13:43.125 --> 00:13:45.245 But what impact will it have? 00:13:45.245 --> 00:13:49.265 If you come with the whole ocean? 00:13:49.265 --> 00:13:51.486 He will still fill it. 00:13:51.486 --> 00:13:55.386 God created everything in abundance. 00:13:55.886 --> 00:14:03.708 If we took everyone on earth and asked them to go and clear the Indian Ocean, let me tell you we will not finish the water in that ocean. 00:14:03.708 --> 00:14:05.990 God created it in abundance. 00:14:05.990 --> 00:14:07.629 Look at the stars in the sky. 00:14:07.629 --> 00:14:09.350 We can't even count them. 00:14:09.350 --> 00:14:10.230 Look at the sand. 00:14:10.230 --> 00:14:10.971 Look at the trees. 00:14:10.971 --> 00:14:13.370 Look at the earth itself. 00:14:13.370 --> 00:14:16.131 It was created in abundance. 00:14:16.131 --> 00:14:17.831 Enough for everyone. 00:14:17.831 --> 00:14:40.475 Actually, there is enough for everyone, and even much more, because God gives exceedingly abundantly, above Above all we even ask or imagine, but do you have the capacity to contain the blessings, the ideas, the revelations that God is releasing every day? 00:14:40.475 --> 00:14:45.878 God never sleeps, he never slumbers, so he's doing his work on a daily basis. 00:14:45.878 --> 00:14:47.337 But are we open enough? 00:14:47.337 --> 00:14:54.678 Are our minds enlarged enough to contain the blessings that the Lord is releasing upon us? 00:14:54.678 --> 00:14:59.354 Remember you have access to the kingdom. 00:14:59.354 --> 00:15:02.052 It is within you. 00:15:02.052 --> 00:15:06.495 All of us live from inside out, not from the outside. 00:15:06.495 --> 00:15:16.725 So the environment does not determine who we are in Christ Jesus, but it is our responsibility to reflect the image of God on earth. 00:15:16.725 --> 00:15:19.629 Remember, we are ambassadors of Christ. 00:15:20.261 --> 00:15:32.731 So there needs to be a shift in your mind so that you are aligned with the mindset of Christ and so that your mind is effective in you fulfilling your purpose on earth. 00:15:32.731 --> 00:15:37.131 As a man thinketh, so is he, praise God. 00:15:37.131 --> 00:15:42.412 So it is important to control the thoughts you give attention to Amen. 00:15:42.412 --> 00:15:52.466 Control the thoughts you give attention to Amen, because what you think about most of the time becomes your dominant thought Praise God. 00:15:52.466 --> 00:16:01.307 And as it grows, it is translated into your entire system and that is what you will project into the environment. 00:16:01.307 --> 00:16:04.802 That is basically what the Bible says when it says as a man thinketh. 00:16:04.802 --> 00:16:14.626 So is he, because your thoughts are never in vain, whether you like it or not, and you know you're always thinking whether you're awake or asleep. 00:16:14.626 --> 00:16:19.208 How, then, do you dream when you have no control over your body? 00:16:19.208 --> 00:16:25.386 Praise God, it is because the mind continues to work even when you are asleep. 00:16:25.386 --> 00:16:32.374 And the thought you had throughout the day, your brain continues to process them even as you are asleep. 00:16:32.879 --> 00:16:38.850 So think of great things, praise God, like what the Bible tells us in Philippians, chapter 4, verse 8. 00:16:38.850 --> 00:16:42.825 In fact, god is so good, he tells us what to think about. 00:16:42.825 --> 00:16:48.851 Amen, so that we can draw boundaries on what we need to give attention to. 00:16:48.851 --> 00:16:51.667 Philippians 4, verse 8,. 00:16:51.667 --> 00:16:54.024 Please Finally brethren. 00:16:54.024 --> 00:17:19.156 Whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy, meditate on these things, praise God. 00:17:19.156 --> 00:17:21.586 So write those things down. 00:17:21.586 --> 00:17:26.551 Whenever you receive a thought that is your benchmark Praise God. 00:17:26.551 --> 00:17:28.486 Is it noble? 00:17:28.486 --> 00:17:30.403 What else was it? 00:17:30.403 --> 00:17:33.672 I need answers, or you need gifts first. 00:17:33.672 --> 00:17:36.786 What was the other thing you need to think about? 00:17:36.786 --> 00:17:50.446 They are listed there Great things, in other words, think big, praise Jesus and whatever you think about most of the time will manifest without your control. 00:17:50.446 --> 00:17:51.308 Praise Jesus. 00:17:51.308 --> 00:17:56.702 The second point I want us to look at is an enlarged heart. 00:17:56.702 --> 00:18:08.931 An enlarged heart is a heart that is a heart of someone who is emotionally stable, praise God. 00:18:11.140 --> 00:18:16.027 Let's read from the book of John, 16, verse 33. 00:18:16.027 --> 00:18:16.688 This is Jesus speaking. 00:18:16.688 --> 00:18:18.009 He said these things. 00:18:18.009 --> 00:18:34.972 I have spoken to you that in me you may have peace In the world. 00:18:34.972 --> 00:18:35.693 You will have. 00:18:35.693 --> 00:18:37.935 Trib told us they will not face trouble. 00:18:37.935 --> 00:18:41.067 He never promised no trouble. 00:18:41.067 --> 00:18:52.684 He says actually himself there will be trouble, there will be challenges, there will be challenges, there will be temptations, but be of good cheer, in other words, rejoice. 00:18:52.684 --> 00:18:58.442 In fact, the Bible says rejoice and again I say rejoice, amen. 00:18:58.442 --> 00:19:04.365 The Bible says count it all, joy when you go through many trials. 00:19:04.365 --> 00:19:04.926 You know why? 00:19:04.926 --> 00:19:13.244 Because trials are not in the kingdom, trials are outside the kingdom. 00:19:13.244 --> 00:19:14.868 Where is the kingdom, do you remember? 00:19:14.868 --> 00:19:16.932 The kingdom is within. 00:19:16.932 --> 00:19:23.885 So trials are not coming from within, they're coming from without Praise Jesus, within. 00:19:23.885 --> 00:19:25.910 They are coming from Without Praise Jesus. 00:19:25.910 --> 00:19:33.784 So when they show up, remember I have overcome and in as much as I overcame the world, I did not just leave you alone. 00:19:33.784 --> 00:19:34.728 Where do I stay. 00:19:34.728 --> 00:19:37.006 I stay inside of you. 00:19:37.006 --> 00:19:39.904 So let the trials come. 00:19:39.904 --> 00:19:41.147 Don't take off. 00:19:41.147 --> 00:19:42.230 Face the trials. 00:19:43.859 --> 00:19:50.891 The Bible tells us in Romans 8, verse 37, that we are more than conquerors, through him who loved us. 00:19:50.891 --> 00:19:55.510 It tells us whatever is born of God overcomes the world. 00:19:55.510 --> 00:20:06.567 Amen, because we're not born of any other spirit but the spirit of God himself, the spirit that overcame the world. 00:20:06.567 --> 00:20:08.644 Remember, he even overcame death. 00:20:08.644 --> 00:20:15.606 Death itself could not hold Jesus Christ In that grave Because he was an overcomer. 00:20:15.606 --> 00:20:18.746 Now this overcomer Lives inside us. 00:20:18.746 --> 00:20:23.989 The Bible says Greater is he that is in me Than he that is in the world. 00:20:23.989 --> 00:20:25.445 In Colossians 3. 00:20:25.445 --> 00:20:26.933 I think around verse 21,. 00:20:26.933 --> 00:20:29.664 The Bible says Christ in you is the hope. 00:20:29.664 --> 00:20:33.384 He does not talk about Christ outside of you. 00:20:33.384 --> 00:20:38.467 He keeps on reminding us that my kingdom is within you. 00:20:38.467 --> 00:20:40.260 Christ in you is the hope of glory. 00:20:40.260 --> 00:20:45.508 So let the challenges come, but remember I already overcame them. 00:20:45.508 --> 00:20:47.699 So let the challenges come, but remember I already overcame them. 00:20:47.699 --> 00:20:58.984 So cheer as you face the rejoice, as you face the challenge, because the reason for rejoicing is that the victory is already assured. 00:20:58.984 --> 00:21:00.128 Praise God. 00:21:00.940 --> 00:21:11.144 Imagine getting into a battlefield maybe for a battlefield, maybe for a tournament and the referee tells you already I've given you the victory. 00:21:11.144 --> 00:21:15.183 Does it mean now you don't engage in the match? 00:21:15.183 --> 00:21:17.729 Come on, I need answers. 00:21:17.729 --> 00:21:27.847 You enter the pitch knowing very well that victory is yours and the referee has already told you that I've already given you this victory. 00:21:27.847 --> 00:21:29.683 Does it mean that you should not play? 00:21:29.683 --> 00:21:35.769 Get into the play and prove the victory. 00:21:35.769 --> 00:21:44.930 So your reason for engaging is to prove, but the victory is already assured. 00:21:44.930 --> 00:21:56.455 So you enter that pitch with the confidence, the boldness, that confidence you have already overcome, and you don't get into that pitch with a sulk face. 00:21:56.455 --> 00:21:59.089 You're not slouching. 00:21:59.089 --> 00:22:06.179 You walk into that pitch with your head held high, expressing your joy, expressing your victory. 00:22:06.565 --> 00:22:08.192 It doesn't matter what you're facing in life. 00:22:08.192 --> 00:22:20.634 Let me tell you one of the things the enemy wants you to do is to fear, and fear is very poisonous Because fear attacks your emotions. 00:22:20.634 --> 00:22:27.217 Praise God, and I've even noticed people express themselves through their emotions. 00:22:27.217 --> 00:22:38.277 So if every cell is saturated with fear, what you'll project out there is a product of fear, praise God. 00:22:38.277 --> 00:22:41.354 But that is not the image God created you in. 00:22:41.354 --> 00:22:44.349 The enemy wants you to lose your identity. 00:22:44.349 --> 00:22:46.315 Forget that you carry the kingdom of God in. 00:22:46.315 --> 00:22:46.474 You. 00:22:46.474 --> 00:22:49.971 Instill fear and remember this fear is coming from without amen. 00:22:49.971 --> 00:22:57.817 It's not from within, it is something that you receive, you embody and it becomes part of your life. 00:22:58.025 --> 00:23:04.015 But God told Joshua in Joshua 1.6, be strong and of good courage. 00:23:04.015 --> 00:23:11.834 Again he reminds him again in verse 9, have I not told you, have I not commanded you, be strong and of good courage? 00:23:11.834 --> 00:23:13.952 Every time God tells you, fear not. 00:23:13.952 --> 00:23:18.555 He always tells you, for I am with you. 00:23:18.555 --> 00:23:21.193 You think he's outside, there somewhere watching you from outside. 00:23:21.193 --> 00:23:29.532 God is just watching you from within and when he says, do not grieve the Holy Spirit, he knows he lives inside of us. 00:23:29.532 --> 00:23:30.536 Praise God. 00:23:30.536 --> 00:23:34.472 So he's not watching from without, he's watching from within. 00:23:34.472 --> 00:23:38.796 He says our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit. 00:23:38.796 --> 00:23:42.113 Rejoice, and again I say rejoice. 00:23:42.113 --> 00:23:48.997 Is it Paul who said we are pressed but not destroyed, perplexed but not? 00:23:48.997 --> 00:23:50.378 You get. 00:23:50.378 --> 00:23:51.226 So. 00:23:51.226 --> 00:23:55.317 The challenges will never destroy you, because you are more than a conqueror. 00:23:55.317 --> 00:23:59.171 In other words, you are the one to destroy the challenges. 00:23:59.904 --> 00:24:04.209 The Bible tells us in Luke, chapter 10, verse 19,. 00:24:04.209 --> 00:24:14.210 I have given you authority to trample over serpents and scorpions and over all the powers of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 00:24:14.210 --> 00:24:15.864 Then you tell me I can face the enemy and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 00:24:15.864 --> 00:24:20.313 Then you tell me I can face the enemy and there is no way he can hurt me. 00:24:20.313 --> 00:24:22.970 We need to be like David. 00:24:22.970 --> 00:24:33.796 He shows up just running his own errands and everything, and then he hears this issue of Goliath and he takes up that task because he does not fear. 00:24:33.796 --> 00:24:46.829 He says I come to you in the name of the Lord, because he believed he carried the kingdom of God, the kingdom that overcomes and the kingdom of God rules over all. 00:24:46.829 --> 00:24:52.429 There is no other kingdom that can ever rule over the kingdom of God. 00:24:52.429 --> 00:24:53.614 Praise Jesus. 00:24:54.045 --> 00:25:00.615 So there is no reason for us believers to fear anything on earth. 00:25:00.615 --> 00:25:01.537 Why? 00:25:01.537 --> 00:25:08.036 Because, as children, we are supposed to operate from a point of rest. 00:25:08.036 --> 00:25:12.252 You never worried about anything, but everything worked out for your good. 00:25:12.252 --> 00:25:17.752 At the moment you began to worry, things started going haywire. 00:25:17.752 --> 00:25:23.530 We need to be emotionally stable. 00:25:24.855 --> 00:25:26.769 Praise God, no matter what happens. 00:25:26.769 --> 00:25:30.628 The economy, the political status and all that. 00:25:30.628 --> 00:25:34.438 They should not affect the life of a believer. 00:25:34.438 --> 00:25:35.460 Because, in as much as we are on earth, in this world, they should not affect the life of a believer. 00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:40.297 Because, in as much as we are on earth, in this world, we are not of the world. 00:25:40.297 --> 00:25:43.555 We are citizens of heaven, praise God. 00:25:43.555 --> 00:25:47.073 And on this earth we are ambassadors of Christ. 00:25:47.073 --> 00:25:48.436 Praise God. 00:25:48.436 --> 00:25:53.895 And we are the ones to display the kingdom of God on earth. 00:25:53.895 --> 00:25:54.678 Amen. 00:25:54.678 --> 00:25:58.493 You see, when you pray, the Lord's praises our Father in heaven. 00:25:58.493 --> 00:25:59.276 Hallowed be thy name. 00:25:59.276 --> 00:26:00.047 Thy kingdom come. 00:26:00.047 --> 00:26:05.417 They will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 00:26:05.417 --> 00:26:08.472 And let me tell you, god already did everything he needed to do. 00:26:08.472 --> 00:26:10.196 Amen. 00:26:11.144 --> 00:26:22.333 The Bible tells us that Jesus died once and for all, so we do not expect him to come and die for us again, and his second coming is not coming today for any one of us. 00:26:22.333 --> 00:26:25.199 Amen, praise God. 00:26:25.199 --> 00:26:30.025 So it is through us that God wants to display his kingdom. 00:26:30.025 --> 00:26:40.714 The Bible says the earth eagerly waits for the manifestation of the children of God, and these children carry the same God in themselves. 00:26:40.714 --> 00:26:48.428 So what holds us back from displaying the kingdom of God in our spheres of influence? 00:26:48.428 --> 00:26:49.231 Is it fear? 00:26:49.231 --> 00:26:50.571 Is it doubt? 00:26:50.571 --> 00:26:57.678 Are they challenges that have affected us emotionally and now we are not stable? 00:26:57.678 --> 00:27:00.069 Things are scattered all over. 00:27:00.069 --> 00:27:01.575 Amen. 00:27:01.575 --> 00:27:10.833 God wants to use each one of us and let's not give the enemy any space to plant fear in our spirits. 00:27:10.833 --> 00:27:12.575 Praise God In our spirits. 00:27:12.575 --> 00:27:12.795 Praise God. 00:27:12.795 --> 00:27:25.598 The Bible says we did not receive the spirit of fear, but of love, of power and of a sound mind. 00:27:25.598 --> 00:27:31.603 What was the last point? 00:27:31.603 --> 00:27:34.478 The enlarged speech. 00:27:34.478 --> 00:27:37.773 Now, this speech Is God's commanding power. 00:27:37.773 --> 00:27:42.655 Just tell your neighbor, my speech is God's commanding power. 00:27:42.655 --> 00:27:49.955 Tell the other neighbor confidently my speech is God's commanding power. 00:27:52.048 --> 00:27:59.357 I want us to look at the story of the centurion's servant in the book of Luke, chapter 7, verse 1 to 10. 00:27:59.357 --> 00:28:20.181 Now, when he concluded all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Kepenau and a certain centurion servant who was dear to him was sick and ready to die. 00:28:20.181 --> 00:28:23.568 The situation was worse. 00:28:23.568 --> 00:28:25.834 There was nothing they could do about it. 00:28:25.834 --> 00:28:35.740 When he heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to him pleading with him to come and heal his servant. 00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:57.439 And when he came to Jesus, they begged him honestly, saying that the one for whom he should do this was deserving, for he loves our nation and has built as a synagogue. 00:28:57.439 --> 00:29:18.577 Then Jesus went with him and when he was already not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof. 00:29:18.577 --> 00:29:30.125 Therefore, I did not even think myself worthy to come to you, but say the word and my servant will be healed. 00:29:30.125 --> 00:29:47.499 Healed, for I also am placed under authority, having soldiers under me, and I say to one, go, and he goes, and to another, come and he comes. 00:29:47.499 --> 00:29:51.842 And to my servant, do this and he does it. 00:29:51.842 --> 00:30:09.851 When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him and turned around and said to the crowd that followed him I say to you I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel. 00:30:10.886 --> 00:30:17.776 Now think of it this way the centurion was a king, a man with servants under him. 00:30:17.776 --> 00:30:25.955 He knew very well he could say a word and it could be actioned, whether he followed it up or not, praise God. 00:30:25.955 --> 00:30:29.894 Now he's facing one of his servants who is not feeling well. 00:30:29.894 --> 00:30:35.471 I'm trying to figure out how he could not speak a word. 00:30:35.471 --> 00:30:42.101 Yet he knew a word can be spoken and the servant would be healed, praise God. 00:30:42.101 --> 00:30:48.137 Let me tell you God's speech I mean Jesus' speech was so enlarged amen. 00:30:48.137 --> 00:30:56.267 It was God's commanding power in him, so anything he spoke had to be actioned. 00:30:56.807 --> 00:31:01.451 Praise Jesus, in as much as the centurion knew he could speak. 00:31:01.451 --> 00:31:08.387 He knew there is a man who has utmost power to do what I cannot do. 00:31:08.387 --> 00:31:14.328 Praise Jesus, imagine what the world knows. 00:31:14.328 --> 00:31:15.753 You can say a word. 00:31:15.753 --> 00:31:17.612 Your words are powerful. 00:31:17.612 --> 00:31:22.012 The Bible says life and death in Proverbs is in the power of the tongue. 00:31:22.012 --> 00:31:24.567 This person does not even know. 00:31:24.567 --> 00:31:29.589 God knows that, but it reaches a point when he knows he cannot do it. 00:31:30.309 --> 00:31:31.525 Now think of it as a Christian. 00:31:31.525 --> 00:31:40.589 How much power do you have over the wicked, in as much as they know the principles? 00:31:40.589 --> 00:31:45.719 Your speech is not just a mere speech, a common speech. 00:31:45.719 --> 00:31:54.065 Your speech is uncommon because it is saturated with the spirit of God, amen. 00:31:54.065 --> 00:31:59.136 And as believers, every word we say will never return to us void. 00:31:59.136 --> 00:32:06.278 They will go out there, work themselves out and find their way back to the source, amen. 00:32:06.278 --> 00:32:07.768 And you being the source. 00:32:07.768 --> 00:32:10.695 Who spoke those words? 00:32:10.695 --> 00:32:23.628 So God wants to use your voice to command change, to command transformation, to command increase, to command enlargement in your sphere of influence. 00:32:25.535 --> 00:32:33.874 But you see again, another challenge I see with believers is usually focusing on how the thing will happen. 00:32:33.874 --> 00:32:36.971 That is not a question for us to answer. 00:32:36.971 --> 00:32:41.471 You're more concerned about when it will come through. 00:32:41.471 --> 00:32:44.608 That should not be our focus. 00:32:44.608 --> 00:32:56.808 Praise God, the main question I usually try to answer in my life is the why, then the how and the when, I leave it to God. 00:32:56.808 --> 00:33:03.770 Praise God, because God's ways are not our ways. 00:33:03.770 --> 00:33:06.698 Are we together? 00:33:06.698 --> 00:33:12.651 That's what the Bible tells us in Isaiah 55, from around verse 11. 00:33:12.651 --> 00:33:15.199 His ways are higher than our ways. 00:33:15.199 --> 00:33:15.944 His ways are higher than our ways. 00:33:15.944 --> 00:33:18.936 His thoughts are bigger than our thoughts. 00:33:18.936 --> 00:33:20.145 Praise Jesus. 00:33:21.288 --> 00:33:23.593 So when you pray, leave it to God. 00:33:23.593 --> 00:33:26.878 When you declare, leave it to God. 00:33:26.878 --> 00:33:32.445 Stop losing your brain cells trying to figure out the how, the when Amen. 00:33:32.445 --> 00:33:34.085 Be like that child. 00:33:34.085 --> 00:33:34.766 Rest in the presence of the Lord. 00:33:34.766 --> 00:33:35.086 The when Amen. 00:33:35.086 --> 00:33:35.707 Be like that child. 00:33:35.707 --> 00:33:37.387 Rest In the presence Of the Lord. 00:33:37.387 --> 00:33:41.893 The Bible says Be still and know that I am God. 00:33:41.893 --> 00:33:49.740 One moment you declare a thing, the next moment you are running all over Trying to help God Sort it out. 00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:53.625 He said Be still and know that I am God. 00:33:53.625 --> 00:33:58.751 Just calm down, like that child who is in a mother's womb, like that child who has just been born. 00:33:58.751 --> 00:34:05.298 He is not bothered about anything because they are resting in the presence of their parents. 00:34:05.298 --> 00:34:09.195 Now, this is a God who is not a man that he should lie. 00:34:09.195 --> 00:34:14.215 He says can you being sinners? 00:34:14.215 --> 00:34:17.965 When your child asks you for bread, you give them a stone. 00:34:17.965 --> 00:34:21.793 Can they ask you for fish, you give them a snake. 00:34:21.793 --> 00:34:23.257 No. 00:34:23.257 --> 00:34:29.434 So rest and allow God to work it out for you. 00:34:30.177 --> 00:34:38.599 Praise Jesus, speak words that are positive, because your words create your reality. 00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:43.827