- Hallelujah, people of God,
you are welcome in the presence of God.
Time with Jesus is time with prayer, time with life,
time with renewal.
Time with strength in His presence.
Fullness of life, fullness of joy.
Thank you for being here today.
Thank you for being part of the family
of the University of God.
Today as I stand here in this place of wilderness,
in this place of nature, I'm here to speak to your heart,
to speak to your soul.
When you look around, you see the beautiful scenery
of nature, the sea, the waves, the mountains,
the hills, and look at the sandy ground,
the sand of desert.
We have wilderness, we have sea, we have mountains.
We have vegetation around, signs of life everywhere.
First and foremost, before we go into this time of message
and prayer, let me take you
to the Book of Romans 1:20.
"For since the creation of the world,
His invisible attributes are clearly seen
being understood by the things that are made,
even His eternal power
and Godhead so that they are without excuse."
What is Paul saying?
When we look at nature in the light of God's word,
we see the mighty hand of God at work.
When you see the beautiful things of nature around you,
nature teaches us that there is a God.
The Bible says in the book of Hebrews 11:3, we understand
by faith that nature and the world's visible
and invisible were created by the living word of God. (Hebrews 11:3)
When you look at this nature, look around,
there seems to be no life.
When you look closer, you see the ants, animals,
a lot of life around us, unnoticed by the eyes of man
but full of life.
King Solomon in quest for the truth,
checked nature and life to find out
what is the vital principle of life,
what's the purpose of life?
He ended up in the book of Proverbs, chapter 30,
which will lead us as a proof text of this message today.
I will start from Verse 24.
There are four things which are little on the earth,
but they are exceedingly wise.
Verse 25, the ants are a people not strong,
but they prepare their food in the summer.
The rockbadgers are a feeble folk,
yet they make their homes in the cracks
in the rocks of the mountain.
The locusts have no king
yet they all advance in ranks, in group, in formation.
The spider skilfully grasps with its hand
and is in king's palaces.
What does this mean to you and me?
He saw that nature teaches us the manifold wisdom
of God. In the midst of plenty.
When everything is fine, when the supply is plenty,
it is time to remember the times of scarcity.
When you are in good health, remember the times of sickness.
Why? To know how to maintain good health.
In times of great harvest of plenty,
the ants remember the difficult times ahead
and they store food.
When the limited supplies become scarce.
The trees teaches us the wisdom of God.
When you look around the trees,
you see today, we are in spring.
You see new herbs coming from the ground.
New leaves that are full of life,
but immediately we enter fall.
You see the transformation of nature in the trees.
The leaves begin to dry
and very soon the tree will be empty of leaves.
It looks dead. Why?
The tree is entering survival mode.
What is survival mode? Difficult time to come.
If the animals, if the trees can teach us the law
of nature because they understand, they respect
and they adjust to the process of nature for their survival.
What about we?
The bear in summer and fall begin to store food
in preparation for the winter coming.
Why? Because the bear knows that times
for survival are coming.
He prepares.
Jesus said to you and me, watch and pray.
If animals, if the ants
can have such level of understanding, of recognition
of intelligence to prepare for difficult times
because they respect the process of nature,
what about we the humans?
What about we, who are the greatest product
of the Holy Spirit?
Why man should not understand the times and seasons?
Why could we don't read the signs where we are in today,
so we can enter survival mode when difficult times come?
Jesus say, look around you.
The harvest is plenty, but the labourers are few.
If we do not recognise the times and seasons,
how can't we recognise the times we are in?
While we stand up, let us remember that God never promised
to keep us away from difficult times, from hard times,
but He promises to see us through.
Are you in survival mode? What do I mean?
What is your situation?
Are you in a situation of sickness, where there is no hope?
Are you in a situation of sickness
where there's no hope for healing?
Are you in a dry season
where there's no life supporting material
as if you are in the wilderness of life, no money, no food,
no help, and you begin
to doubt the goodness of God in your life?
Where is your faith?
When you look at your situation today,
what is your situation?
Are you facing a life threatening situation?
Are you facing hopelessness?
The life of so many people around the world today,
their faith is in survival mode.
Today, I'm here to tell you no matter
what your circumstance looks like, no matter the times
and seasons you are in, God is whom you need Him
to be in that situation.
No matter what the signs
and situation are saying today,
they cannot determine your future or tomorrow
because there is a way out.
How do you stand the test of time today?
How do you prepare for what is to come?
The Bible says, my righteous shall live by faith.
Romans 1:17,
what does this mean to you and me?
Many of us today, we have allowed our situation
to stifle our faith.
It is time to go back to the root
and remember the words of Jesus.
He said to you and I that
you will have trouble in this world, but cheer up.
I have overcome the world.
When the disciples were around him, Peter and others,
they were seeing Jesus every day.
They asked Jesus, "Why they do not fast?"
Jesus say, "No. Why should they fast?
They have Me, but times are coming
when they will have Me no more
in the physical, then they will fast."
Are you overwhelmed by your situation today?
Does it seem as if your faith has failed
or do you think God has failed you?
God never fails. Never.
Jesus prayed for Peter , "Simon, circumstances
and Satan are trying to stifle your peace,
but I pray your faith will not fail."
I'm here to tell you my dear
brother and sister, listen to me.
Your faith will not fail, a look of faith to Jesus
will give you a slot of faith
to stand the test of time.
Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
You can count on God's word being true.
It can never fail without God failing
and God's word never fail.
Jesus said in Mark Chapter 13:31:
Heaven and earth will pass away,
but my words will never pass away.
One has stifled your faith.
To the extent you say, I've lost my heart,
Jesus said, take heart.
Take heart because he's alive.
When the disciple was scattered
and Jesus was crucified, their faith and the survival mode.
What do I mean survival mode?
When you are in a situation
where the natural resources are dwindling to nothing
and there's no life supporting material,
tap into the inward resources of God.
When there's no food, the bear has to prepare himself
For the situation to come,
watch and pray so that situation will
not catch you unaware.
They enter their den and what happens?
Their body temperatures come down.
The pulse of their heart reduces.
They begin to tap on the fat they have
to survive the harsh condition
of winter and they survive.
What about the trees you see on winter?
No leaf, no fruit.
It appears dead, but deep inside there is survival mode.
That's faith, root and the leaf
and they survive the harsh condition of winter.
At spring, a new life comes out.
At spring, the trees come out.
At spring, new life starts to emerge.
Jesus entered the grave and came out the third day
and life began to spring.
For all who believe in Him, he said
they will never thirst again.
They will never hunger again. Rivers of living
Waters will flow. Hallelujah.
Remember His words today.
In John chapter 15, He said,
"I am the vine and you were the branches."
When the tree is facing hard, difficult conditions,
the leaves may die.
No more fruit, some branches may break away and wither
These are those who lose their faith
and venture out of Christ, (John 6:66)
but some branches remain in Him no matter the time,
no matter the seasons, they remain in Him by the gift
of righteousness in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Why? They're sustained by the root of faith.
Faith is our root in God. Faith is the anchor of our soul.
Hebrews 6:19
Christ hope is the anchor of our soul.
Jesus said, "If you remain in me, I remain in you.
No matter the wilderness, no matter the time,
you will leave, you will stand the test of time."
We don't run away from situation.
We stay put and get used to it
and abide in Christ, the One who overcomes
dwells in you and dwells in me.
That's why we are alive today.
That's why we overcome obstacles daily
by acting on the word of faith.
Where are your resources today?
Are you short of life supporting materials?
No food at home, no money in the pocket, no job?
Barrenness, unworthiness?
When it seems to be over,
it is still not over because Christ is alive.
Begin to tap on the inward resources.
Oh my Lord, what are the inward resources?
Step into faith.
If your faith seems to be weak,
a little faith is far from being the reason
why you should not pray.
When we enter survival mode, through the valley of the shadow
of death, we begin to pray the more.
We begin to fast the more.
When you enter survival mode,
your focus go on the essential.
Your focus remains on God, not on that situation.
You begin to feed on God's word.
You begin to feed on God's life
and that's the life that sustains you
and helps you to overcome whatever you face on the outside.
What is the food that will help you
to survive when you're walking in the wilderness of life?
What is the food for your spirit, for your soul?
That is the bridge to cross over your situation,
to step into God's promises.
How do you feed your soul in the winter?
How you feed your soul in the summer
Determines how you feed your soul in the winter.
Right now, whatever happens to you, make sure the store room
of your heart is filled with the resources of heaven.
Make sure you have enough resources of heaven
to sustain difficult times.
What are the resources? Faith, the heavenly currency
to tap on God's resources.
How do we have faith
to say glory be to God when times are difficult.
How do we have faith in the midst of sickness
to glorify the name of the Lord?
How do we have faith to cross difficult hard times
and venture into faith life victoriously?
Faith that's the means of victory,
the only means of victory.
That's why God say, my righteous shall live by faith.
Are you ready? Are you ready to prepare for the future?
Are you ready to prepare for tomorrow?
When the times are good,
when the times are difficult, you remain the same.
A man of faith can be happy whether there's nothing
to be happy about on the outside.
Your faith will stand in Christ Jesus.
When the times are good, when the times are difficult,
you remain the same in Christ Jesus.
Victorious life, contented life, nothing on the outside
can take your mind from God.
When you hear bad rumours,
difficult times come, you will stand your solid ground
and overcoming spirit will take over you.
That's the promise of heaven today.
The Bible says, man is spirit, soul, and body.
We know how to take care of this body.
We know how to take care of our hair, our body,
but how do you take care of your heart-
The store room of the embodied resources.
The only store room that can help you
to survive in difficult times, the only store room
that can feed your soul, your spirit, and your body
when there's no life supporting material on the outside.
Allow God's word in the midst of your heart.
If you want to be an overcomer,
begin to believe God's word in the midst of your heart.
Begin to store the word of God in your heart like the bear,
and when the harsh conditions of life comes in the winter,
you will stand the test of time in the presence of Jesus,
in peace of heart.
Begin to fill your heart, your soul
with the living word of God.
So when the enemy come to attack your mind,
you'll resist him with the weapons of righteousness
and send him to where he belong
and stand in faith in Christ Jesus and drill deep
and move on and overcome.
It's that word that produces the overcoming
spirit in your life.
It is time for you to grab onto faith.
When you run out of rope,
it is time to grab onto faith.
When you run out of natural resources, it is time
to tap into God's inward resources.
They are available. They're already there.
Lodged in the store room of God.
For those who see, for those who descend, those know how
to apply them in their lives.
When the enemy comes with the thoughts,
with the circumstances
to derail you from your natural focus, it is too late
to look for the Bible verse to apply,
but the sword is in your heart.
Faith is already there, ready to use as occasion demands.
So today are you in winter
where everything is dried?
No help from anyone, no help,
no money, no future.
How do we stand the test of time?
How do we respond in the world we live today?
No one can stand the test of time
if you don't stand on the solid rock
of the living word of God.
Remember, in times of hardship, in times of difficulty,
in times of winter, there is a seed planted.
Jesus said, nobody can break you. Why?
Because your seed remained. What is the seed?
Our faith, our belief in Christ Jesus stands forever.
When they were in the upper room threatened by life,
the Apostles began to pray, begin to fast.
Why? They get out of survival mode when they begin to pray,
when they begin to log into the new realm above the senses,
They looked beyond their circumstances
and the power of the Holy Spirit came upon their lives
and their lives changed forever.
Looking at life, its storms
and adversities is a trap of Satan
to derail you from your natural focus.
When satan comes upon you with his weapons like Goliath,
with his terror, with his intimidation and fear
and situation, go into survival mode,
step into faith and stay there, like David did.
Oh my Lord, David has a weapon.
Where was his weapon?
The sword of the Spirit in his heart.
What defeated Goliath was not the stone, the word of faith
David said, "You come to me with spear, with javelin,
with weapons on the outside, I stand against you in the name
of the Lord.
Today, the birds of the air will feed on your carcasses."
That's what he said, "And I will cut your hair."
The word of faith that sprung for his spirit
opened the door to success and victory
and David stepped on the footprints of his confesssion.
Oh my Lord, the issue of the battle
Went according to the footprints of his confession.
All you need is to hear the Word of God.
Say, I am here with you.
When God is with you, who can be against you? Nobody.
When situation rises against you,
they can never take away your faith.
We overcome by tapping into God's resources.
A man of faith lacks nothing
even when everything is necessary.
Are you in the wilderness?
Look deeper than you.
You will realise there is faith deep within you.
There are resources deep within you.
All you need is to tap on God's resources embedded
in your spirit, in your heart by faith.
They're already there for those who recognise it,
how do you recognise it?
Remove the veil of trouble.
Stop concentrating on your problem.
Stop looking over the situation look like
and change your focus.
Look inwardly and you will discern that you are not alone.
That will renew your mind
and the peace of God will take over your heart.
That will renew you to know that you are not alone
and your emotion will be settled.
No matter the situation you are in now,
God is whom you need him to be for you.
I asked you one question,
why the Lord God took his people in the wilderness
where there's no food, where there's no water
because there are inward resources that only a man
of faith can discover.
Ask Joshua, ask Caleb.
Ask Moses, ask Joshua.
They never lacked in the midst of the wilderness
because their heart was anchored in God
and they tapped on God's resources
and stand to overcome the wilderness
and they entered the promised land.
So to you, my brother, my sister,
what is the condition of your heart today?
What is the state of your faith today?
If you are in survival mode, let me tell you,
the One who overcomes is closer to you than ever before.
What do you need?
Just a slot of faith is enough
to revive your situation.
What a means of blessing is a look of faith
to Christ, to the cross.
What you are looking for is closer to you than ever before.
Victory, victory, life full and abundant
is already there for those who recognise it.
I'm here to pray for you today
and I do believe a look of faith
to Jesus Christ will give you a slot of faith,
and you will get out of your desperate situation today.
So my dear brother, no one is hopeless.
Hope is in Christ. No one comes to Jesus Christ in comfort.
So don't see your situation as strange.
The overcomer is closer to you than ever before.
The One who took them by the wilderness is with you
through the valleys of the shadow of death.
He's with you closer to you than ever before.
Therefore, take care of your heart.
Take care of the store room,
where the heavenly resources are in your heart, your spirit.
Victory starts inside of you.
The means of survival are inside of you.
The means of victory are inside of you.
The day you become aware that He
who overcomes dwells in you, you will overcome all obstacles
of life by stepping in faith in God's word,
embedded in your spirit, in your heart, in Jesus' name.
Thank you. So I'm gonna pray for you today.
You whose faith is in survival mode,
you who has lost all hope,
listen to my word, listen to the word of my mouth.
Faith comes by hearing
and hearing comes from the message of the word of God.
Join me in prayer.
I stand today in agreement with your faith to pray for God
to turn your situation around.
I'm here to pray for the Lord, to open the eyes
of your faith so you can see those who are with you today.
I want to pray just like Hagar did.
Hagar was in the wilderness with his son, no water,
no life supporting material.
Hagar sat at the distance not to see the death of his son,
but the Bible says that God who sees the wilderness,
opened the eyes of Hagar,
and she saw a well.
In the midst of the wilderness,
there's a well of life.
In the midst of darkness, there's a light.
In the midst of poverty, there is embedded wealth.
In the midst of death, there is resurrection.
There is Jesus.
Right now, give me your heart and let us pray.
Remember the Bible says in the Book of Proverb, 4:20,
my son, in the wilderness of life
pay attention to my words.
Do not let them depart from your eyes.
Keep them in the midst of your heart for there are life
for those who find them, for out of your heart,
spring the wealth of life.
In the name of Jesus Christ.
Right now to the timid soul,
to the one who is heavily burdened by life vestiges,
by troubles, by situation.
You whose faith seems to be stifled today
because you're overwhelmed in your mind,
overwhelmed in your soul, overwhelmed by your situation.
You can't pray anymore, you can't talk anymore.
There's no hope anymore. Let me tell you something.
Open your heart.
I ask Jesus Father, open the heart to see,
to discern the inner voice of the Holy Ghost.
Open the heart to see the light shining in the dark.
Open the eyes of his faith
to see the vision of those around him.
Open his heart as he did for Hagar
to see the inward resources of heaven.
Open the eyes to see when it seems to be no end,
there is an end to all situation.
Look of faith to Jesus.
Look to the cross where the price was paid
for the blessings you're looking for.
Look to the cross, where abundant provision has been made.
When Jesus died for you, arose again from the death
to give you a life that is full and free
in the name of Jesus.
Right now, I stretch my hand and speak to your heart.
I say to you, whatever veil,
whatever situation has hurt us,
clouded your faith so you cannot see, whatever trouble,
whatever trouble in your health,
whatever trouble in your soul, in your marital life
that take you to a place of depression, to a place
where you are physically stressed and oppressed.
When you are mentally stressed and oppressed,
when the light of hope is off,
I pray, let there be light in your heart,
in the name of Jesus.
Let there be light in your soul, in the name of Jesus.
Let there be light in your body, in your circumstances,
in the name of Jesus.
As Elisha prayed in Second Kings Chapter 6,
for the eyes of the servant to be opened.
I pray, oh God, open the eyes of your faith.
Open the eyes of the faith to see
what is stored in the heart.
The opening of the eyes
of our faith is a silencing of our fears.
I pray in the name of Jesus,
let that veil be removed in the name of Jesus.
Whatever spirit is oppressing you,
whatever spirit is bombarding your heart, that spirit,
that spirit I command it to live in the name of Jesus.
I speak to that situation.
I say, be still in the name of Jesus.
Be still in the name of Jesus.
Whatever weight is upon your soul,
what weight of bondage upon your soul,
I say that weight be broken in the name of Jesus Christ.
Be broken in the name of Jesus. Be released in your heart.
Be released in your mind. Be released in your body.
Be released. Be released.
Be released. Be released in the name of Jesus Christ.
I speak the peace of Christ into your heart,
into your mind, into your conscious
in the name of Jesus.
Let the rivers of life from your spirit,
from your heart begin to illuminate your mind to know
that God is truly with you.
Let your mind be renewed,
but knowing that God is with you in the name of Jesus,
in the name of Jesus, in the name of Jesus.
No matter what stands between you and God's promises,
I say give way in the name of Jesus.
Give way in the name of Jesus.
Lord, open the eyes to see the promise of heaven.
Open the heart to the living word of God to focus on
what God's word says and not on what situation says.
Open their heart to see God's opinion in the matter.
Let them discover the world of life in their heart.
Oh Lord, I pray Holy Spirit fall afresh on them.
Fall afresh of them. Enter their heart.
Enter their soul in the name of Jesus.
Let the weary soul say, I am strong in the name of Jesus.
Let the sick say I am healed in the name of Jesus.
Let the poor say I am blessed in the name of Jesus.
When you speak the word of life over your situation,
over your life, you have released your faith
and brought God's power in your situation.
When Jesus comes, your life will never be the same.
I speak blessing in your spirit.
In the name of Jesus, I speak peace in your heart.
In the name of Jesus, I speak life in your heart,
in the name of Jesus and I command,
and I command all the negative circumstances on your life
to bow down in the name of Jesus.
Let all the mountains of situation, of trouble,
of despair be levelled in the name of Jesus Christ.
In the name of Jesus Christ, in the name of Christ,
in the name of Jesus Christ.
Whatever stopped your life,
begin to move in the name of Jesus.
Begin to move in the name of Jesus. Let there be new life.
Spring has come, a new dawn has come.
A new life has come in the name of Jesus,
in the name of Jesus.
Let your faith begin to rise. Let your faith begin to rise.
Let your faith begin to speak.
Let your faith begin to speak in the name of Jesus.
I speak about faith.
There is a seed in your life, that seed remain.
The tree may seem dead on the outside,
but there's life on the inside of you.
What do we need? Begin to meditate on the word of God.
Begin to allow God's word in the midst of your heart.
When you meditate, what happens?
The seed embedded begin to take life. Begin to receive life.
Begin to receive life. Begin to receive life.
Begin to receive life. Life in your heart.
Life in your soul, life in your mind.
Life in every aspect of your life
in the name of Jesus.
In the mighty name of Jesus, I speak
breakthrough to your life.
I speak breakthrough to your spirit, your life.
Breakthrough to your spirit in life.
Breakthrough to your emotional life.
Breakthrough, breakthrough, breakthrough,
breakthrough, breakthrough in the name of Jesus.
Step outta the situation.
Step out of darkness. Step out.
Step out, step out in the name of Jesus
and walk out in liberty, walk out in freedom,
walk out in peace in the name of Jesus Christ.
In Jesus Christ's name.
Those who are living in the season of blessing.
You're blessed, everything seems good.
Please don't forget when times are good,
when blessings overflow begin to store in your heart,
they involve resources of faith.
Begin to meditate on the word of God.
When you face difficult times one day, begin to meditate.
Begin to engage your heart like the animal that ruminates,
that brings out into his mouth the food
he swallowed in his stomach.
The resources of heaven.
The word of God in your heart will produce the strength,
will produce the life you need
to overcome every situation in the mighty name of Jesus,
in the mighty name of Jesus.
Allow the spirit of faith to take you to the extreme,
in the mighty name of Jesus.
Begin to meditate, begin to confess the word of faith
and God will meet you at a point of essential need
and your life will never be the same
in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
In the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
In the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
No matter what your situation looks like,
no matter how desperate, how frightening it looks,
take heart and look inwardly.
The way out for you, the way out for you has come.
It is closer, closer, closer than you have never thought.
Begin to engage your heart
and the store room will be open, begin to engage your heart
and God's store room will open, heavenly currencies,
heavenly wealth begin to tap on God's resources
to endure whatever situation comes your way.
When they begin to meditate on the word of God,
just like the animal,
the cow ruminate the food in his stomach.
He will bring it out in his mouth.
The food swallow and begin to ruminate.
Life will begin to manifest
and when you meditate,
the Holy Spirit will meet you at the point of essential need
and you cross over the wilderness.
Water will flow in the wilderness.
Life will manifest when it seems to be no life.
Strength will manifest in your weaknesses.
God's word will refresh your mind.
God's spirit will renew your strength. There is a way out.
In whatever situation you face today,
you can revive that situation.
How? Speak the word of faith over that mountain.
Speak the word of faith in the wilderness.
Speak the word of faith to that barren situation.
Speak the word of faith to that sickness.
Speak the word of faith
and you will release God's power on the scene
and you will see behind
that situation lies victory.
Behind poverty, there is blessing.
Behind trouble, there is peace when Christ is involved.
In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.