the central theme for this Summit is church growth in uncertain times but before we proceed to my contribution today I would like to reiterate what I shared with you yesterday if you can recall I told you that God is Not Afraid of the times it doesn't matter what will happen on planet Earth it does not Shake God it does not affect God is not sitting on his throne and and and regretting and saying how shall we handle this he knew the beginning from the ending and every way every time in between why because he relishes the opportunity to showcase his power to reveal his person for this reason God's people need not be afraid I want you to tell your neighbor God is not an absentee father many American homes today are with our father and we experiencing it here also you have mothers with children raising them the fathers are alive but they're not available tell your neighbor again God is not an absentee father father I'm very aware that sometimes especially when we do not see the whole picture from Heaven's perspective we Panic we succumb to present circumstances and prees and instead of acting as victors we behave like victims a clear example of this is the sjan of the children of Israel in the land of Egypt after the death of Joseph please give me Exodus chapter 1 I read from verse 6 to4 I want to by the grace of God shape your mindset shape your response nor reactions to uncertain times Exodus 1: 16-14 and Joseph died all his brothers and all that generation are you aware that none of his brothers was buried in Egypt you're aware of that is not in my note acts of the Apostle chapter 7 it did not allow any of those 11 Brothers to be buried in Egypt may God put you in a strong position to dictate the pace and to determine what happens to your family before my mother passed she told me repeatedly I would like to be buried by the side of my husband in 1974 now this is not a regular session this is my session uh Dr L can say uh I will ask within time in case you don't want to invite me next time this is home we don't we don't you know we don't tell our preachers this is what you must say never has happened it would never happen and yes we have time because we want to go back and but once I hold microphone is when I finish and everybody say amen amen it's not lack of this that's why I don't go everywhere to preach I stay in my territory and I come to pre 11 p.m. 4 a.m. prepare saying you have 15 minutes well in that same household in 1974 my uncle and my oldest brother invited me from Lagos and you know what they invited me for said we are sending your mother out of here but because you are a son of the house we have to inform you ah said this is why you brought me back from Lagos said okay so my mother parked a few things we went to decorate two rooms in our father's house and she was leaving there we refused to I them then God increased me I was able to build a house that made my father's house look like boyter I invited all of them when I was handing the keys over to my mother ring at the end of the day I kicked all of them out of their house every one of them including their descendants and turned it into a museum and secured where my mother will be buried according to her wishes Joseph will not allow any of his brothers to be buried in Egypt he had the wherewith all he had the means brother mama just passed huh mama just passed how many envelopes have you distributed so that you'll be able to bury your mother and now came to my office on Sunday blessed me richly I said no we should be one buying cows now I said need did I raise money from you to bury my mother my children sat with me the first they did all the work the first thing I did was to post $25 million Na and said start spending cuz I've been saving towards it and Jesus name amen do you understand that proverb for a hunter there Hunter says a wild animal is coming and he's running he's not a hunter may God enrich your life and Empower you that you will speak as one having author Authority it's not because you are intoxicated with resources because they don't bother you acts of the Apostle chapter 7 just in case you don't know acts 7 verse number n acts 79 and the Patriarchs becoming envious sold Joseph into Egypt that God was with him we'll get back to Joseph before we finish the summit or sometimes after the summit you can have can have many children like Leah it would take a Joseph to settle them and delivered him out of all his troubles and gave him favor and wisdom in the presence of pharaoh king of Egypt and he made him Governor over Egypt and all his house now he and great trouble came over all the land of Egypt why because it was time for Joseph to be revealed to his brother that's all he came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan and our fathers found no sustenance but when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt he sent out our fathers first and the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers and Joseph's family became known to the Pharaoh then Joseph sent and called his father Jacob and all his relatives to him 75 people so Jacob went down to Egypt and he died he and our fathers and they were carried back to shake him and laid in the Tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of hmer the father of sh he did not allow a single one of them to be buried in Egypt and before he died he also told them don't leave my bones in Egypt when your day comes to go may you sleep well amen and they don't have to be praying every day May soul rest in peace may there's nothing you can do once the soul escapes into hell there's no more peace a good man by God's grace must plan his end chefo will you be able to interpret it but do you understand that you are living yba land we will force you to Lear y if a man says when I go when I die he should use what's that wrong V to bury me he has to work for ter first if he has not work for ter nothing right let's let's continue to read but the children of Israel were fruitful hello give me verse six I want to be sure that we missed nothing verse six and Joseph died all his brothers and all that generation okay but the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly multiplied and grew how exceedingly Mighty and the land was filled with them give me that verse seven again we have to read it well ready read but the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly multiplied and grew exceedingly Mighty and the land was filled with them now there arose a new king over Egypt who did not know Joseph is this possible is it possible when you read it further by the time you are getting to chapter 3 before God Called Moses you see that this Pharaoh did not acknowledge Joseph he knew about Joseph how could he live such a prominent life and and and impactful life and he say he's forgotten no he did not acknowledge and he said to his people look the people of the children of Israel are more ah the children of Israel are more go back to verse 9 they are more and mightier than we you just don't know come let us do surely with them let they multiply and it happen in the event of war that they also join our enemies and fight against us and so go up out of the land therefore they said task Masters over them to afflict them with their bording and they buildt for Pharaoh Supply City Python and Ramses what were they doing here they were swing a seed for the land that they didn't own the houses they didn't build the vineyard they didn't plant the where they didn't dig they will become the Earth because this will be their seed so don't just go and claim houses you did not build V you did not plant if God is going to send you to reap where you do not bestow labor it's because you have labored somewhere cuz he who shall not walk shall not eat you are going to read verse number 12 with me ready read but the more they Afflicted them more they Church growth in uncertain times the more they Afflicted them the more they grew and they were in dread some of you know the storms we have gone through in our ministry but we are still standing 34 years have come and gone and there'll still be more by the grace of the Living God Amen always have this at the back of your mind in uncertain times the more they Afflicted them the more they grew last night I heard loud and clear the statement made and the prayer made by DR bab that this church must grow can I hear amen amen I totally agree with that you and I know that as a church we have so we have grown so big before that there were no space for first timers for late comers in our church no space we decided to do two Services we were running through a lot of difficulties because there was no space at all I remember when we returned from the UK how many of you remember I went on vacation with my family just for two three weeks and the Lord said to me one of those things that said don't make it difficult for me just do what I say said do not go back stay here without without any previous notice I stayed there for 18 months to my family that was the time I started traveling with Dr somra that was the time I was traveling with morce aulo that was the time I was birthing new churches in the UK some of them may be watching today about four five or six of them were commissioned in those 18 months by the time I returned to Lagos to third of the church had gone we are familiar with the Days by the grace of God two thought it was empty chairs the first day that I preached oh do you remember this as I climbed I look at empty chairs yabu and the Lord said to me not while coming from home right there ask them to buy 50 dozen more chairs how do you give do here the Lord like that said ask them to buy $50 cing more chairs I said Lord I hope they are hearing you directly you know because you should you connect microphone to God's voice at that time ask them to buy 50 dozen more chairs if you were there that day let me see your hand and he gave us the prophetic word you will not see wind you will not see rain but you will find water to encourage myself I say I will buy did I buy 10 dozen or whatever dozen I off to buy and they bought also ladies and gentlemen in less than two months there was no space for anybody again or spark F what am I trying to say to you we have grown before we are growing now and by God's grace we will continue to grow amen not because we are better than others not because we know everything but we obey whatever we are told no matter the circumstances and the situation we believe we will grow in uncertain times you know our Creed are you ready we will grow be we will grow no we will grow up we will grow big we will grow rich and we will grow together everyone who appears in Zion is strong will grow up spiritually We Grow Big numerically We Grow Rich materially we will grow together exponentially I'm fully persuaded that's why I received that word yesterday and that's the reason for the theme so that if there are areas we don't know about others can add value to us we learn from them but as far as this ministry is it will Outlast me big time in the name of long after had gone and that's why I told you when you step into the place I'll be buried by God's grace and you push a button TV will come out and say yes I once lived here welcome to my final resting place how are you doing are you still winning by righteousness if you push another button another tape will play because do dead yet speaking in those days of charismatic revolutionary Army how many battalions did we have 12 battalions what was the Clarion call what time is it it's time time to take over why there are Wars to fight there are giants to kill there are cities to take we are God's Warriors we are giant Killers we are City Tak we stoed everywhere sir until there was no space anywhere and we started giving members to other churches around us asking them to do followup in order to preserve the Harvest one of our one of our traits is not show off we just quietly do the things God has given us to do I remember the Jesus Victory Crusade Lord Jesus and then we paid for traag all those remember in Lagos or is he not travas yes huh oh Lord I've stayed for too long in London t b is we PID I said g to pay we had sorted everything and early in the morning the Lord came and said your days of Crusades are over give out the equipment the vehicle the this that stage is in the aara Inland that's where it land Ed because God knows he didn't send me to do a crusade in Legos it was years after that Tony rle did something traga squ and go said now is the time s now is the time to go listen to me friends if you obey God you not make the job difficult and I want to say this to you the one we had from Pastor Simeon yesterday the one who bought the church with some Precious Blood had already given an everlasting commitment I will build my church The Gates of Hell shall not Prevail against it so if you're going through certain storms and it looks like everything is about to collapse remember his commitment remember that he will not allow his investment to go down the drain encourage yourself and if people leave you like Dr somra said I had the privilege of being in his Evangelistic uh board there were 16 there he said when people leave you let them go and when they return treat them like they never left but nowh you put them they did not leave Jesus after feeding 5,000 people many of his disciples departed from him and walk with him no more then he started crying and they he turned to the 12 he said what are you waiting for and the ring leader according to doctor the ring leader was Peter again said unto whom shall we go you have the word of life and we have believed you are the Christ the son of the Living God he sees that opportunity to tell them who will betray him Judas the son of Simon AKA isar as the church died when those many disciples as the church died listen you cannot plant a vibrant Church a great church without attracting in Savage wolves Paul warned he said as soon as I depart Savage wolves will come and amongst you their are CS are those who want to Le disciples after them so be careful how you deal with the tra that was purchased by the blood of the Lamb I've converted no man's gold have converted no man's silver have converted no man's apperal this my hands have provided for my Necessities the Lord had taught me I'm teaching you that is much more blessed to give and they wept they fell on his neck they wept and he prayed with them he was not relying on himself and his ability to teach to preach he won them daily for three years but he knew what will happen do you realize that when the case of Paul was called in Asia nobody appeared he said when my cases was called nobody stood by me but the law stood by me you must build the church in such a way that is not about you it's about him and if he has made a commitment that he will build his church the Gates of Hell will not Prevail against it you can go to bed now you can create trouble by sinning you can create trouble it will backfire on you Pastor James told us that if your garment is white your head will not lack oil and even if you sin go back to him don't run away from God the best thing to do is run to him and say help me David did others did and He restored them do you understand this yes sir you are going to find challenges with people if God permits us we will look at six areas of relational evangelism that you must think about all the time if you want to keep a healthy Church your relationship with God as a pastor your relationship with the people that you are pastoring you must watch it their relationship with you their relationship with God their relationship with one another and ultimately their relationship and response to society and the place where you are planted if you don't manage those well what you gathered today can better tomorrow but the one who made the commitment is certain is sure he will build this church the Gates of Hell will not Prevail can I hear amen amen I'm so optimistic about church growth especially in uncertain times because I've seen it over and over again the church has a way of bouncing back if it's being built by The Lord At This juncture let me share with you the perspective of Heaven for you to understand Church growth in on certain times on certain times a perspective of Heaven while the Egyptians were afflicting the children of Israel the more they Afflicted them the more they grew but were they enjoying it they were serving with rigor there was a lot of Anguish but they were multiplying if 70 or 75 people came to Egypt and when they it was time to go 600,000 able-bodied men Manus women and children left Egypt they grew how many of you know that if you know the reason it's easier to go through the season they did not know what God Said to their patriarch to Abraham say your descendants will go to a land a Strange Land they will afflict them for 400 years but I will bring them out with a high hand so when that was going on God knew every setback every let down every disappointment is a long rope in the hand of God given to the devil to hang himself can I hear amen he knew they were afflicting them he knew they were dealing dubiously with them he allowed it because of what he had said to the ancestor Genesis 15: 12-16 Genesis 151 12-16 now when the sun was going down a deep sleeve fell upon Abram and behold horror and great Darkness fell upon him then he said to Abraham that's God know certainly somebody say certainly certainly can you change that that's uncertain that's not uncertain that's certain know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs and we serve them and they will afflict them 400 years and also the nation whom the Ser will judge afterward they shall come out with great possessions now if they knew this they will serve with joy Abraham knew that he had died if they only knew that was a set up they they will go through that riger with joy they will have joy that no one can take away from them because they know the plan and purpose of God for what they are going through did God fulfill his own side of the bargain Exodus 12 35- 36 when you are older like Dr L doar you will see Exodus 14 and you say Exodus 4 and you blame your staff for it Hallelujah his age his age you see me as saying you have started again but it's my fault now the children of Israel are done according to the word of Moses and they asked from the Egyptians articles of silver articles of gold and clothing and the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians so that they granted them what they requested doors the plundered thep payday your payday is coming amen your payday is around the corner amen you will go through the season because you know the reason in the name of Jesus Christ I'm here today by the grace of God God to announce to you that a new day is upon us a new season is here our churches are going to experience Holy Spirit In Action this is going to change and transform lives impact our various cities in the mighty name of Jesus please lift up your hands to heaven and as the power of God to invade this house today the same way the Holy Spirit invaded the borrow tomb of Joseph of araia and raised Jesus Christ Our Lord from the dead as the Holy Spirit to invade your life invade your business let his resurrection power flow pray that every broken and shattered dream will be raised back to life in the mighty name of Jesus and everything stolen from us by the enemy will be fully restored seven times over in the mighty name of Jesus thank you Father that I may know him and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his suffering being made conformable to his death the same way he raised Jesus if that Spirit indwells you you will quick and give life to your mortal bodies in Jesus mighty name amen yes everything you've heard soice introduction now I'm about to open the message for today this is what kept me from 11:00 p.m. to 4 a.m. you ain't going nowhere till I finish smile I can't hear you smile you see can you can you see how God arranged it Pastor Simeon if I did the first session I'll be in a hurry this second session is food after this we are not eating on the top of the mountain we come praise the Lord amen on this third day of the summit and my second session therein I'm speaking on the subject the promise of God's presence the promise of God's presence this title is taken from Exodus chapter 33 a long while ago I taught the church here what the pillar of cloud and the pillar of fire does sometimes any time that God was about to speak with Moses Moses would go into the tent and the pillar of cloud will descend from heaven and will stand in front of the door signifying do not disturb like you get into your hotel and you have that behind the door and nobody will knock that door because you want to rest so any time this is why you can't be careless with the Holy Spirit you can't you can't be a chatter box when it's time to pray when is a it's time to download from Heaven to receive Direction you can't do it casually I want to appreciate Mrs B forever not just today any time she sees me step into study or I'm busy she just leave me alone she recognizes that the pillar of cloud are descended do not disturb some times she's concerned you have been sitting on the same spot for 4 hours stretch your leg and say leave me alone I say what would you like for Breakers I don't I don't eat when I'm there after 6 hours I can order for coffee I just want to be left alone you can't be you can't I don't know how you can be casual except you're downloading your stuff from internet and one day your members will know where you're downloading from they don't need to come the promise of his presence Exodus 33: 7 to1 Moses took his tent and pushed it outside the camp far from the camp and call it the Tabernacle of meeting and it came to pass that everyone who s the Lord went out to the Tabernacle of meeting which was outside of the camp so it was whenever Moses went out to the Tabernacle that all the people Rose and each man stood at his 10 door and watched Moses until he had gone into the Tabernacle and it came to pass when Moses entered the Tabernacle that the pillar of cloud descended and stood at the door of the Tabernacle and the Lord talk with Moses all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the Tabernacle door and all the people Rose and worship each man in his tent door so the Lord spoke to Moses how face to face as a man speaks to his friend and he will return to the camp but his servant Joshua the son of none a young man did not depart from the Tabernacle as soon as Moses will leave the place he will step in there for the residue of the communication between God and Moses to come all over him that's why he succeeded Moses and all Gam is [Music] son read what is next there's a title there the promise of God's presence is the next title that you see there that's where it's taken from say with me the promise the promise of God's presence I can't hear you's people of God this promise was real in the life of the Patriarchs Abraham and Isaac was so real that the kings of their land of sojon testified accordingly Genesis 21 [Music] 22-34 you have to read long scriptures with me because you read with Pastor Dr L yesterday uh when they went a fishing and it came to pass at that time that aimc and F the commander of his army spoke to Abraham saying what I can hear you the promise of his presence do you want to cultivate this and whatever you do wherever you go God is with you in all that you do then the king said now swear therefore to me by God that you will not deal fely with me with my Offspring or with my posterity but that according to the kindness that I've have done to you you will do to me and to the land in which you have dwell and Abraham said I will swear I don't want to jump into your message that sometimes when God is with you it is not too big for your mouth because you are going to do it according to the will of God do you understand me then Abram rebuked aimc because of a well of water which aimc servant had Seas how can you become so bold so strong they see the world didn't say a word but when they acknowledge the presence of God in his life it's time to rebuke you you snatch my word can you imagine Abraham who wants lied about his wife who has his wife to call herself his sister because he feared the people of the land is now rebuking the king of the land may God increase your stature not just your status I'm talking of your sture in the mighty name of Jesus and ABC said I do not know who has done this thing you did not tell me not I had of it until today so Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to aimc and he two of them made a covenant and Abraham said seven eams of the flock by themselves then aimc asked Abraham what is the meaning of these seven eams which you have said by themselves listen to Abraham and he said you would take is not a suggestion you will take these seven EV lands from my hand that they may be my witness and have dug his well therefore he called that place BBA because the two of them swore and not there the moment that happened see what Abraham did let's read on but they made a covenant at Beba thus they made a covenant of B so aimc rose with viol the commander of his army and they returned to the land of the Philistines then Abraham did what planted a 100 year old man that is planting Tamaris tree is not planning to eat his fruit is providing shade for the next generation is providing food and sustainer for the Next Generation he planted a Tamaris Tree in Bear shba and they calling the name of the Lord the first time you see it in the Bible the Everlasting God will you rise today and call on the Everlasting God for Generation yet Unborn for Generation yet unborn your children your children's children your children's children's children call upon the Everlasting God to keep and protect you protect your descendants no matter where they are where they are in the world in no matter where they are in the world the peace of God that passes all understanding will be their portion they will not miss it in the name of Jesus we call upon the Everlasting God it does not expire it does not retire is always at the peak of his power we call upon you everlasting God this day to protect us and all ours to a thousand generation in perpetuity in Jesus mighty name please be seated do you want me to rush this or to finish it I can summarize here I've told you about the promise I said go and claim it do you realize like I said few days ago in the course of this Summit every time the descendant of Abraham showed up in b go up every time and today is written in black and white I think in chapter 19 of First Kings that BBA belonged to Judah that's your tribe that's my tribe because of the presence of God in the life of Abraham he could rebuke Kings the same happened to Isaac Genesis 26 beginning from verse 20 but the Hersman of Jah quarrel with Isaac's Hersman saying the water is ours so he called the name of the well eek because they quarreled with him then they dug another well and they quarrel over that one also so he called his name sidna and he moved from there and dog another well and they did not quarrel over it so he called his name rehobot because he said for now the Lord has made room for us and we shall be fruitful in the land the reent I think Holy Ghost Congress Pastor Deo was ministering and he began to emphasize dig another weal you get water dig another well till you get water keep on digging get another well he left the platform and his last son came to him the very last one he said dad you you did what was good and right with that message but you didn't you didn't dig enough you only as them to dig till they get water how about gold how about Diamond how about silver Pastor de returned to the platform and thank his son so much have you seen it online is there he thank him so much he said Thank I'm very proud of you I will keep on digging I'm not thinking of retirement now I'm going to continue digging till I get to gold till I get to Silver till I get to Diamond and the one you didn't mention I will keep on digging till I get to oil I led where I was I said Thank God he's not ruring yet he's refining I'll keep the rest to myself then he went off from there to where to bashah remember where the father planted Tamar's tree the some is about to enjoy the shade and the Lord appeared to him the same night and said I am the god of your father Abraham do not fear for I am with you I can hear you oh God somebody say I am with you I am with you sir how many people were with me at the primary if God was not there that night I can collapse I could have collapsed but the moment they started stepping down one after the other who you remember I turned back I said give me my iPad that was when I prepared the 7 Minute message the one who said to me I did not go to the Cross as God you are there you were there where is the big man he hasn't come the three of you were there with me I said I will never take that form I won't touch with a 12T pole you areu would you participate I said I'm not taking I got to my room 2:30 a.m. he showed up Hallelujah I did not go to the Cross as God I did not send an angel to die for man I went to the Cross myself I took the form of man and went to the cross in order to redeem her take that form and leave the rest to me I finished the assignment where is your structure I don't want to boast because I can boast in God because the structure I have they don't know and the Lord appeared to him the same night and said said I am the god of your father Abraham do not fear for I Am with You I Will Bless You Huh he just had a major breakthrough reob the Lord has made room for us he said no your place is not room Dr L do called it yesterday face me I box you no it will be your own compound not just a room for I'm with you I will bless you and multiply your descer for my servant Abraham's sake not because of what you did or what you don't know how to do for his sake so he build an altar there and call on the name of the Lord and if P should stand there and there Isaac's servants doggy well then aimc came to him from Gera with Haus one of his friends and fol the commander of his army the two met the father three now made his son and Isaac said to them why have you come to me since you hate me and have said send me away from you but they said we have certainly seen Lord is with I can't hear you we have certainly seen that the Lord is with you so we said let there now be an oath between us between you and us and let us make a covenant with you that you will do us no harm since we have not trust you and since we have done nothing to you but good and have sent you away in peace you are now now the Blessed you're not benefiting from the system Jesus said I am no longer in this world he had not gone back to Heaven he was not subject to the system of the world you are now the Blessed of the Lord and and he C for them they at and they went back we've now sin certainly can can somebody say that about you this is not an empty boast God is my witness I did not visit any banking Hall any banking office any bank at all for the Citadel they came to where I sat in my house and offered I didn't go knock at the door every people signed we signed at home God had positioned our people collateral they got it what collateral did they get this land empty and where we are coming from sanie this is a Faith project it will not stop until it is finished and he'll be dedicated debt free Dr L said the money is in your pocket I had him yesterday and who said yes you will get to that position in the name of Jesus and if we were only five banks we have paid three off the remaining two will be paid off as the Lord leades it's not a crime to take loan and if you if you are jealous go and take yours if they will give you say to your neighbor the promise of his presence promise of his presence is more important is more important than gold than silver Sil than Diamond than oil oil some something more than go something more than go the spirit of the Lord in the hearts of men is something more than good somebody sing something more than that's what we need to transfer to the Next Generation Spirit of the Lord in the heart of man something more than good something more than good something more than good something more than gold something more than gold the spirit of the Lord in the heart of man is something more than good the same promise of his presence was made by God to Jacob the patriarch on his way to the land of the people of the East you remember I told you he was the god of Abraham and the god of Isaac but I did this time Jacob had not had any encounter with him and God himself made that promise to Jacob Genesis 28 verse 10-15 now Jacob went out from BBA again and went toward Heron so he came to a certain place oh Lord K I feel like praying for for you I don't care where you are where your church is located where your ministry is located everybody may not know it is because it's still a certain place but when it become an awesome place they will they will be compelled to locate it the name of Jesus so he came to a certain place and stayed there all night because the sun had set and he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head and he laid down in that place to sleep then he drink me and behold a l that was set up on the earth and his top reach to heaven and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it I'm going to Camp around this because this is just too rich I can't just ignore it and explain it I want you to see it for yourself and behold the Lord stood above it and said I am the Lord God of Abraham your father and the god of Isaac where is Jacob not yet the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants also your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth you shall spread abroad to the west and the East to the North and the South and in you and in your seed all the families of the Earth shall be blessed behold presence the presence of God behold I am with you we keep you wherever you go we bring you back to this land for I will not leave you until I've done what I've have spoken to you May the promises of God in your life be fulfilled by God In The Name of Jesus may all that he has spoken to you be fulfilled by him I'll be with you I will never leave you nor forsake you until I've done everything was spoken to you God later announced himself to Jacob as a god of bethl Genesis 31:13 so I'm the god of meth he was so proud of the transaction that took place between him and God that day may God become proud of you but there will be challenges when God is proud of you he was beating his chest before Satan that i' I have a servant there called job and he thought he had a free day to go and attack him God said you know the end of story a trial that lasted one year but the Man became double doubly Rich everything except that he had 10 son 10 children before he had 10 children here and he said that was not double he still double 10 one with God 10 one on earth still double you understand me who will not endure so trial if I'm going to get double not from the bank listen to him announcing to Jacob I am the god of Beth where you anointed the pillar and where you made a vow to me now arise get out of this land and return to the land of your family the moment God said that because of his presence he had to reveal himself to Lian Lian was pursuing him after three because if you say one word either good or bad you are history when he got to Jacob he said there is power in my hand to harm you may your God show up may your God show up and silence all the Scavengers and all the every one of your enemies may God show up and silence them some of you may think that the word church was first used by the Lord Jesus because he used the word church and not Tabernacle and not Temple and not synagogue in Matthew 16 while talking to Peter I will build my church and the Gates of Hell shall not Prevail against it but you be mistaken to think this is the first time the word church was ever used in the Bible it isn't how do we know it was used before it was a first Christian matter by the name of Steven who pointed back and said the children of Israel in their migration why a church in the wilderness acts of the Apostle chapter 7 verse 38 acts 7:38 this is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on man sinite the he there is Moses who was their Pastor who was the one leading them this is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Si and with our fathers the one who received the living oracles to give to us give me act 738 in KJV I'd like to go KJV uh because of my friend Dr L doar who uses KJV English tolerating Thou Art my god he has Jews is this same way they call dog thou are my dog that's kjb was Old English but it's fine there's some Dy things you can't miss example is this one this is he that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel we spake to him in the Mount Si and with our fathers who received the Lively oracles to give unto us you be wondering why am I trying to look for Church of Jesus Christ and Church in the Wilderness one constant factor in both the church in the wilderness that were called out of Egypt and the Church of Christ call out of Darkness To His Marvelous TI is a presence of God that's a constant Factor the presence of God Moses who led Israel out of Egypt said to God that he could not lead Israel on their journey into the promised land without his presence it was a promise of God's presence made to Moses and by extension to God's people that I enabled them to make it Exodus 33 verse number 12 on top of verse 12 you read it there conspicuously written the promise of his presence then Moses said to the Lord see you said to me bring up these people but you have not let me know whom you will sent with me yet you have sent I know you by name and you have also found Grace in my sight now therefore I pray if I found Grace in your sight show me now your way he requested he showed his way to Moses and his acts to the children of Israel children will run after acts the mature ones will run after his way now therefore I pray if I found Grace in your sight show me now your way that I may know you that I may find Grace in your sight and consider that this nation is your people and he said my presence we go with you and I will give you rest why do you labor without rest come unto me all ye that labor and a heaven lady and I will give you rest what is rest here the peace of God the presence of God it passes all understanding the God of Peace will be you will be with you then he said to me if your present to him if your present does not go with us do not bring us up from here let's just stay Bambi it will be a disaster for us to live without your presence this was the key factor in the life of the church in the wilderness Jesus also the head of the church made a similar promise to disciples before his resurrection and just before his Ascension before he went to heaven Matthew 18:1 19-20 I want you to write this in capital letters when I get to my submission again I say to you that if two of you agree on Earth concerning anything that they ask it will be done for them by my Father in Heaven why will God respond for where two or three are gathered together in my name I am there in the midst of them his presence you're not cultivating his presence and you're just presenting requests you're wasting your time because his presence will guide you his presence will inform you do you know if you're a carrier of his presence you don't need follow up who follow Joseph up huh I soon get to Joseph who followed him up you're going to find out who did Matthew 28:16 to20 not only did he say we are two or three are gathered together in my name I am there in the midst of them now he about Sir to give the Great Commission then the 11 disciples went away into Galilee to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them thank God they were not eating there I would never forget that one till I die when they saw him they worshiped him but some doubted and Jesus came and spoke to them saying all authority has been given to me in heaven and on Earth go therefore and Make Disciples of all the nations that's a Great Commission baptizing them in the name of the father and of the son and of the Holy Spirit teaching them to observe all things that have commanded you and lo I am with you you how often always even to the End of the Age amen please note that is the presence of God that will facilitate and Fast Track the Great Commission you can send 10 million people to the world if God is not with them is an exercise in futility there must be careers of God and carry God to those places and to those mountains in order to disciple Nations it is is the presence of God that will not only facilitate but also Fast Track the Great Commission we must not let it become the great Omission in our day and in our generation can I hear amen now let me come to Joseph what made Joseph take we've seen Abraham we've seen Isaac we've seen Jacob we've seen Moses before Moses was Joseph I'm sure you know that what made him thck in Egypt if Joseph had done not done his job Moses will have nothing to do he preserve Israel in Egypt and Moses delivered them from their anguish the one made Joseph T Genesis 39 1:5 Genesis 39 1-5 now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt and porer an officer of pharaoh captain of the god an Egyptian bought him from the Israelites who were taking him down there listen when I say accidental occurrence or something that is not plan that you don't even know why did pitifer come to the auction table thaty if God was not walking behind the scene anybody could have bought him and he would die as slave on that day Piper must take off from Duty on that day he must come to the sleeve Market on that day he must look at all sleeves and the only one that will impress him and he would like to buy will be Joseph the Lord was with yourself and he was a successful man and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian a slave will not dime to his name no bank account no Cadillac nothing a slay it was your definition of success is whopped because you do not know the central truth is the presence of God in your life is what makes you a success I remember my wife was there Klo dollar Dome as one of those who preached at the dedication of that dome but this was a special event I was invited to come and preach and we we arrived late in the hotel so I had to wear better quickly that did not need iron was flying and craf was going to introduce me that day I said my name name is C dollar it's not an accident money follows me everywhere and I choose my friends rightly this is my friend from Africa he built his mother a house from the bottom to the top without any loan or anything mgage these are the people I moved with and he showed them I didn't know he bought the newspaper while he was here he showed them the picture of my mothers and everything and he said I'm a money magnet oh yeah I say I am a money magnet as he said say I'm my lips I couldn't talk I'm a money magnet Money Follows me being dollar is not an accident I grew angry remove my B from me have change you know through away my wife said okay day I shut down my Bible shut down the note as I'm preaching preaching a message tonight titled be careful what you call prosperity and I open to this passage that this slave without a dime without a dollar he was successful he was a prosperous man what made him a success what made him prosperous is he gold is he silver but the presence of God don't let us mislead the church and then I went down in the same passage to where he was thrown into prison lied against ganged up against and thrown into prison and the Bible and the Lord was with Joseph in prison everything was handed over to him while in prison and he was prosperous in and his master saw that the Lord was with him this is verse five and that the Lord made all he may the Lord make all you do to prosper Amen in your hand amen am as the bread multiplied in the hands of the disciples may the Lord make everything you do to prosper in your hand the name of Jesus go to where I was in prison go quickly same Genesis 39 verse 20- 23 and Joseph's Master took him and put him into the prison a place where the king's prisoners were confined and he was there in the prison then the Lord was with Joseph I'm come on come on somebody talk to me the Lord was with Joseph where in prison and showed him Mery ah if I will read what uh AUST said he made sure that he was filled with the Holy Spirit the spirit of Mercy was there in action the Lord was Joseph and showed him mercy and he gave him favor in the sight of The Keeper of the prison and The Keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's and all the prisoners who were in the prison whatever they did there it was his doing The Keeper of the prison did not look into anything that was under Joseph's Authority because the Lord was with him and whatever he did the Lord made it what is the distinguishing factor in the life of Joseph the presence of God do you cultivate that is that what you are pursuing do you think it was an error to have sent him to prison who sent him to prison God did why he would have remained a slave to ptif forever but the moment he was thrown into prison he's now stayed ver Joseph it became subject of the state so that Pharaoh can call it so he not solitary confinement it is solitary refinement by the came by the time he came out of prison he was no longer saying I quot of color I am no he said the Lord will give Pharaoh an answer of Peace you had become totally refin totally yielded to God may the Lord be with you may the Lord transform you refine you Jesus mighty name time will not permit me but I will touch two more people why did the word of Samuel come to all Israel and the Lord was with Samuel and the word of the Lord came to Samuel so that the word of Samuel can come to all Israel you want to have National and Global impact the presence of the Lord matters in your life he distinguished him from Eli and from the sons of Eli who had relationship with the of God but he didn't have any relationship with the god of the Ark the presence of the Lord what distinguish David from Seven other brothers that he became the son of Jesus not just a son where Pastor Simeon read as the spirit of God departed from Saul the spirit of God had already come before he departed from Saul upon David he was a a prudent man when they were making a CV known to the king and the Lord was with him question is the Lord with you is the Lord with you in all that you do or you have become so big that you don't need God anymore May the spirit of the Lord never depart from any of us in Jesus name amen as I bring this message to a close please note that there certain place where Jacob encountered God and experienced his manifest presence was subsequently called an awesome place by Jacob let me tell you the story of this place we had made up our mind that we were going to break down the property at akilo and there we will build the Citadel we went to rent adola uh Pavilion at adola house we had prepared all the papers to sign and everything and I was driving to church on a rainy day to 4 ailo Road and and the whole place was flooded there was swamp everywhere and my spirit was irritated at that time our budget was 2.5 billion to build a citadel my spirit was irritated I said how would I come and put such money in this place the road had been like that since we got there no expansion the flood was every year I decided to pray I began to pray I was just troubled we have checked everywhere the only place they were pointing to was the highway Express you know okay it's not wrong to have a camp it's not a city right but I knew olus you remember what God Said to when we were to start when he showed me sudden like Arrangement people parked and I descended he said go to he mentioned the place oron and this environment this is the place God said to me about I couldn't find light anywhere here so I went to the man the estate agent who was trying to arrange book sh and offices for us while we be at DEA house to tell him to please hold on I was not ready to sign why because in the night of that day I had a dream I had this golden cage with beautiful lovely eggs inside and as I was going to adola house to preach Al adola was my client had acted for him in legal practice was one of the first few people to pay me staring I said alijah I'll be going to preach please help me keep this I'll come back and collect it I finished Ministry and I came back to him Aly my cage he said I'm coming I'm busy allery I called I waited I called he never returned to me I woke I said I'm not coming here I'm not bringing anyone here so I went to tell the agent look when we don't want to continue here I didn't say took my cage I didn't see anything I said no we will not come here anymore he said but why are you coming here I said we are looking looking for land but there's nowh we have tried our best we are stuck in that place when you count 30 steps in that place when you look at the fountain when you look at this and that ask why did we put them there the 30 steps represent the 30 years we spend in a kilo and the man said oh there's an opening there's a new property that came to the market yesterday I said where say say it's not possible there's no place he said he just came into the market yesterday Tower aluminum engage us to sell I was leaving for England that day so I turned to Pastor B and Pastor hii go and see and they came here no single building on the land god kept it for all this while until the time we'll be ready to possess it and guess what where you have the car pack was already dog by the people who are carrying land so it was so easy to put the car back there and then the building began to rise do you understand this may everything God has tied down for you begin to come into manifestation as Abraham was going to obey God to offer his son Isaac as a burnt offering he was ready to do it but it not realize that his name is not Jehovah Gyra the way you understand Jehovah Gyra is the name of the place where your obedience attracts the provision of God he called the place Jehovah Gyra are you still here yes sir and God said what look behind you what you are looking for is not lost it's behind you in the name of Jesus the Lord who has made the provision before the need arises stop looking in the wrong direction are you with me come on I'm not sure you are I'm not sure because I feel like jumping I feel like dancing my God it was in this same awesome place that Jacob referred to as a house House of God and the Gate of Heaven without any building ins sight therefore if that is the house of God if that is the Gate of Heaven it is the presence of God that makes it so so any church without manifest presence of God is a dead Church completely dead you have a name that you are alive but you are dead is all churches Constitution will replace the Bible drama will replace Doctrine theatrics will replace theology you can go on and go on committee will replace the Holy Spirit and then they go into nose diving and you're wondering what has happened to them the ult will invade the place in no time now this is the Dy part of this message are you ready I would like to let you know that the Lord Jesus Christ later confirmed to Nathaniel that he was a ladder in that dream that the dream that Jacob saw upon whom the Angels were ascending and descending Jesus said I'm the ladder that connects heaven to the Earth John chapter 1 43-51 it's getting jier for me I feel like screaming I feel like jumping because I know what we are about to touch in the spirit in this Summit the following day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee and he found Phillip and said to him follow me now Philip was from BBA from Bida the city of Andrew and Peter Philip found Nathaniel and said to him we have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote Jesus Nazareth of Nazareth the son of Joseph and Nathaniel said to him can anything good come out of Nigeria wait till the 16th president comes in wait you will see upon the 16 present things will turn around in Nigeria and Nathaniel said to him can anything good come out of Nazareth Philip said to him come and see Jesus J saw Nathaniel coming toward him and he said of him behold an Israelite indeed in whom there is no gu no deceit that's what Nigerians will become in the name of Jesus if God came out of Nazareth is about to manifest in Nigeria Nathaniel said to him how do you know me Jesus answered and said to him before Philip called you when you were under the Fig Tree I saw you and then he opened his Nathaniel answered and said to him Rabbi you are the Son of God you are the king of Israel and said stop let me tell you what you don't know the passage of scripture you are reading under that fig tree I am the ladder Jesus answered and said to him because I said to you I saw you under the Fig Tree do you believe you will see greater things than these and he said to him most as surely I said to you Hereafter you shall see Heaven open and the angels of God are descending and descending upon the son of man tell your neighbor Jesus is the ladder Jesus L he connects Heaven and the Earth if this has stopped here then I will say it has no bearing no relevance to church until Apostle Paul wrote his epistle to his son Timothy that captures the very ground where the pillar of Bethel was laid by Jacob that was was described as a great mystery of Christ 1 Timothy chapter 3 14-6 1 Timothy 3:14 to16 these things I write to you do I hope to come to you shortly but if I'm delayed I write so that you may know how you ought it's not your living room you can't behave anyhow there's behavioral pattern in the house so that you know how you to conduct yourself in the house of God which is this Church of the Living God the pillar and ground of the truth and without controversy great is the mystery of godliness God was manifested where in the flesh he was justified where in the spirit Angels were singing the day he was born he was justified in the spirit he was seen by Angels at Birth he was preached among the Gentiles he was believed on in the world and and received all in glory the ground and the Pillar of Truth this is church how many of you today truly crave the presence of God in your life perpetually that he will not leave he will not abandon you he said I will give you another comforter we were told what that another means in Greek and we understand perfectly why God will give him to us I said to people and I've shared that with you Pastor Lola that I can't understand when Christians join the world to say nobody knows tomorrow I don't understand it I don't let it bother me at all because I know the one who holds tomorrow I have no fears so what I don't understand I don't bother my head about I follow what I understand if I need to know anything he will show it to me why did he give the Holy Spirit he will guide you onto present truth he will remind you of the things that you have learned and he will show you things that are yet to come the the reason you panic about the future is because you don't have the Holy Spirit he will show you the things that are yet to come he said to John in the island of pmas come up here and I will show you the things that will happen Hereafter every major investment that I've drawn in my life that produce abundantly it's not at my instance is God saying this is it and and sometimes they will argue with me Bank no no no no this is a fail project before I said I am telling you this is what I want to do and when the results comes I said wow wow how do you know I have the life of God in Me may your investment be determined and be guided by the holy spirit amen in the name of Jesus stand to your feet I want us to pray three four prayers and we close Genesis chapter 28 10 to1 now Jacob went out from Beba and went toward heran so he came to where I can't hear you it came to where a certain place and stayed there all night because the son had set and he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head and he laid down in the place to sleep verse 16 and 17 16 answer then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said surely the Lord is in this place and I did not know it and he was afraid and said how awesome is this place what was it before a certain place what is it now why this is none other than the house of God this is the Gate of Heaven I want you to pray to the Lord to transform your certain place into an awesome place Lord in the name of Jesus transform our certain place into another awesome place where the Manifest presence of God dwells and functions fully in the mighty name of Jesus let the place of our worship become awesome place we do not need to go advertise God can advertise himself and his Fame spread abroad he returned to Galilee in the power of the spirit Lord let every domain represented here every house every household every house Fellowship let these certain places become awesome places in God in the mighty name of Jesus thank you Father may your household become an awesome Place May the SI step into your churches and be healed may your pray into your churches and be set free may they come into your house with sorrow and return with joy in the mighty name of Jesus prayer item number two Luke Chapter 5 17-26 Luke 51 17-26 now it happened when on a certain day as it was teaching that there were Pharisees and teachers of the Lord sitting by who had come out of every town of Galilee Judea and Jerusalem and the power of the Lord was present to heal them were they healed no the paralyzed man that was brought from outside was healed but none of those people were healed but the power of God to heal was present acts 21-4 acts 21-4 when the day of Pentecost at fom they were all with one Accord in one place uh his sister constant here Sunday morning congregational worship song do you know it already you don't know you should have known it by now guess Onward Christian soier that's our Sunday worship song yes because their voices must blend with ours they were there with one Accord and suddenly there came a sound from Heaven uh was it who said that it was you when the Holy Spirit shows it comes with a mighty noise but when he's about to leave he will not announce May the Holy Spirit was it you that said it ah May the Holy Spirit not depart from you in the name of Jesus may you not go to shake your body to prove a point not knowing that you have violated your Consecration and suddenly there came a sound from Heaven as of a rushing Mighty Wind and he fill the whole house where the whole He fill the whole house where they were sitting they were not staggering it's not power and they were falling down no they were sitting and the spirit of God filled the house before he filled them I can continue to Acts chapter 4 he shook the place where they were and they were filled with the Holy Spirit and they spoke the gospel boldly you know we can every time during covid after service we fumigate remember what do you call it the fumigate fumigate we we have we don't need to fate anymore let the Holy Spirit fill the house fill this house Lord let the Holy Spirit fill the premises everywhere where God is called in your ministry in my household in this ministry let the Holy Spirit fill the place let the power of God to heal be present in the name of Jesus Christ we thank you Holy Spirit fill every space every inch of the ground fill every space here let the power of God to heal be present ever present as We Gather to Worship in Jesus mighty name amen acts 131 to4 prayer item number three now in the church that was at Antioch there were certain prophets and teachers Barnabas Simeon who was called Niger the shelds of sirene Nigeria to make man who had been brought up with Herod the Tetra and saw as the ministered to the Lord and fasted the holy spirit said now said pray to me Barabas and Saul for the work to which I've called them then having fasted and prayed and laid hands on them they send them away who send them away so being sent out by the holy spirit in your church in our church in your ministry May the voice of the Holy Spirit become loud and clear may he speak precisely no muting the voice of God tell your neighbor God is immutable God is imut if you're watching anything on television and somebody is calling you you can mute it you can't mute God is immutable May the voice of God and the Holy Spirit come clear sound clear in your heart in your household in our ministry may it begin to direct our Affairs this day forward in the name of Jesus Christ amen be seated one last prayer and then you can go to the valley and eat there's one last prayer but I want you to get it well in the closing chapters of Ezekiel the prophet describes what God told him in a vision about the coming restoration of the land the city and the temple it included detailed plans and measurements for the restored City the final words of ezekiel's book in chapter 4835 are these all the way around shall be 18,000 cubits and the name of the city from that day shall shall be the Lord is there it also means the Lord is present in Hebrew Jehovah sh the Lord is present like the Israelites so many centuries ago we have the promise of a glorious City where we will live with God he will be there he will be our God he will be our guide we will be his people he is a God who is always there the promise is not only to the Future God is there for us today as well before he returned to heaven the Lord Jesus Promised while given the command relating to the Great Commission he said I am with you always even to the End of the Age This Promise is for each of us as well there are many texts in the Bible emphasizing the fact that God is always there for us is as if he wants to make sure that we do not forget give me Psalm 34 4-10 I sought the Lord and he heard me and Deliver Me from all my fears they looked to him and were radiant and their faces were not ashamed this poor man cried out and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles fears troubles un certain times the angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him and delivers them oh taste and see that the Lord is good blesses the man who trusts in him oh fear the lord you his Saints there's no one for those who fear Him the Young Lions lack and suffer hunger but those who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing if you do not understand the title of this Bible you don't understand what it means for the presence of God to deliver the title was when he had to F Madness and was dropping saliva and his beard said cried to the Lord you think aimc just a go way no he said the angel of the Lord you couldn't touch him because the presence of God surrounds you may the presence of God surround you day and night all the days of your life Jesus mighty name I've told you this before I will say it again my wife and I were coming from unes area and suddenly about eight people attacked us were yet to be married we went to see a client I demobilized the car and I came out I said what do you want and it's not him it is him it's not him it is him and they started fighting and they had gone they were going this way we didn't know what happened Mrs B will tell you the story one day of what happened to her she passed out and she came on I demobilized the car I started kicking it he won't start anymore and then a tow truck from nowhere belonging to Nigerian Army showed up he said do you need help I said yes sir where are you going Sur I thought he was say oh that's too far he L that to truck to our vehicle and told us to where AA 11 B Street right told us there and it it dropped our car we were able to push it in and I said please wait I went in to take money by the time I returned he drove and went away now I didn't say I saw an angel but whatever that is I thank God that he protected us then we were in our house here at o and robbers came to read the neighborhood it was a m not any of the security door we had now that was at the door my wife grabbed our was I said don't go he just said to me go back to bed I said let's go back to bed and Obey him whether we are sleeping or suffering let's go back to bed as she went back to bed I put du on my head don't think I was sleeping I was just obeying then they attack one of my cars and they got Viper will wipe you out they run away I woke up in the morning police came said I should come and identify the robers I didn't see them I can't come to identify my my God protect you in daytime at night when you step into the plane will not crash amen if God protected Paul in the midst of shipwrecks three times even if a plane drops you will walk out the name of Jesus that's not your portion because of the presence of God in your life and all around you his angels will encamp around you in Jesus mighty name Hebrews 4:14 to16 Hebrews 4:14 to16 s then that we have a great high priest who had passed through the heavens Jesus the son of God let us hold fast our confession why for we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses but was not all points tempted as we are yet without sin what do we do then let us therefore come how I can hear how do we let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find Grace to help when in time of need God is always on time he never late in the name of Jesus in your hour of need it will show up he will not expose you to shame or disgrace in the mighty name of Jesus Hebrews chapter 13 verses 5 and six let your conduct be without covetousness be content with such things as you have for himself has said I will never leave you I can't hear you I will never say with me God will never leave me now forsake me so we may boldly say the Lord is my helper I will not fear what man what can man do to me people of God knowing your hearts today that wherever you are whatever your circumstances all your need either in certain or uncertain times God is there he is our Jehovah shama Hallelujah we pray our last prayer together you and I we are going to read it loud make it a big declaration and we say amen and bring the service to a close are you ready yes Psalm 46 verse 1-7 you hand to your feet you will declare today let your tongue write it in the canas of your heart and go home with it knowing that it does not matter whether the times are certain or certain whether they are perilous times or perilous people as far as church is concerned we continue to grow as people of God we will grow up we will grow big we will grow rich and we will grow together in Jesus mighty name we'll read from verse 1 to seven I want you to say such a way that every devil fear doubt will run and flee from you ready read God is a refuge and strength a very present help in trouble therefore we will not fear even though the Earth be removed and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea though its Waters raw and be troubled though mountains shake with his swelling Shah there is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God the holy place of the Tabernacle of the most high God is in the midst of her she shall not be moved God shall help her just at the break of dawn the Nations rais the kingdoms were moved he uttered his voice the Earth melted ready the Lord of host is with us the god of Jacob is our refuge amen [Applause]