the
in
In the midst of your birth
My heart is captured to work
I have in me the burning fire
Oh, a sound of grace
I have in me the burning fire
Hallelujah!
Raise the name of the Lord
Tell somebody every word of God
Come on, tell somebody every word of God
Concerning my life
Is coming to pass
There's nothing the devil can do about it
Praise the name of the Lord
Joshua chapter number one, verse eight
Oh, Kabbalah
I feel like we should worship some more
Oh, Rabba, Sitte, Kobabasha, Dababahaya
Kadi, Sibababahaya
Oh, Raka, Mammamammamammamammamammamma
Mamiya, Basti, Kebababahaya
Oh, Ste, Frabasti, Kopragasti, Lebahaaya
Mountatabra, Gadi, Bababahaya
Rendu, Stumbuki, Bharadabha, Satakamabaya
Oh, Raka, Mammabababashatakamabababaya
Oh, Rana, Mammamammamammamma
Ayano, Shevrakate, Lokrosha, Babababababaya
Oh, Nikaba, Lesotakabarabana, Mammamaya
Rekosobragadabahasataya
This book of the Lord shall not depart out of thy mouth
but thou shalt meditate therein the night
that thou mayest observe to do all that is written
observe to do according to all that is written therein
for then thou shalt meet thy way prosperous
and then thou shalt have good success
Kadabay
What are we talking about?
We are talking about flowing in the ability of the Word
See, the Word of God has ability
Yesterday, you know, yesterday, today
I had to study at midnight
I woke up exactly at 12 midnight
and I had to study
and I was studying on 2 Timothy chapter 3
verse 16
All scripture is given by inspiration of God and it is profitable for doctrine
for reproof, for correction and for instruction in righteousness
Hallelujah
And I felt like everything that we will need is in that verse
I mean, that scripture I think should be the first scripture
every new convert is supposed to know
How Paul is unapologetically speaking to Timothy
about the authority of the Word of God
to cause something in the heart of the one who gives his mind to it
or one who gives his life to it
Why would God tell Joshua
and I mean, once I was studying, I didn't cry but I nearly cried
because the information that were coming to me were massive
Why would God tell Joshua
This Book of the Law shall not depart out of my mouth
Thou shalt meditate therein day and night
so that thou mayest observe to do all that is written according
all that is written in that Word, you'll be able to do it
Then he says, for then thou shalt have good success
You will have your way plus plus and then you'll have good success
Why would God be so confident
God didn't tell Joshua, I'm going to give you an angel that is going to walk with you
God didn't tell Joshua, alright you were a leader, I'm going to give you the angel of money
or God didn't tell Joshua, I'm going to give you the angel of protection
God says alright, you are now a leader
now you're born again, you are now a leader, you are zooming into your destiny
you want to lay hold on the purpose of God for your life
Alright, then God comes and says, I have one thing for you
that for you is called the Book of the Law
and the Book of the Law, if you are able to meditate therein day and night
I can assure you that you will have your way prosperous
Tonight I really didn't come to share a lot
I've been thinking about it
For God to confidently tell a man, I'm leaving you to some piece of writings
and those piece of writing, next week the Lord charged me this night
that what I'm supposed to do next week, I should change it
we should dedicate the rest of the month to teach on how to study and understand the Bible
so from Sunday that's what I'm going to be talking to you about
Hallelujah
How in the world is God or would God leave the whole life of a person
Why would God leave the whole life of a person
to some pieces of writings
I mean
if you want somebody to be prosperous as a leader
and you tell the person there are some seminaries here
and there are some this here and there are some that here and there are some that here
and there are some that here
God says, listen, the way to have your way prosperous
the way to have your way prosperous
and have good success
possess good success
Now don't think about money, that's not what God was talking about
He wasn't talking about businesses
What he was talking about is the ability to come to an expected end
Praise the name of the Lord
What is going to, I mean, what God is telling Joshua
that I'm leaving you to the scriptures, I'm leaving you to the word
and the word has the ability to bring you to the expected end
and that end, he said, I know the plans and thought I have for you
I know that they are not plans and they are not thought of evil
but of good to bring you to an expected end
It means that God has an expectation
God has, he has the picture of our end in his mind
God has carved brady estus
God has carved a particular end for us
Come on, are you here with me everybody?
Yes sir
Hey, God has carved a particular end
In the mind of God, he has carved a particular end for us
And God is listening
For you to be able to get there in a grand way
In a way you are not going to flop
You know what?
Don't allow
Don't let this book, don't let the scriptures
Don't let the sacred writings depart out of your mouth
I can give your whole life to the scriptures
and I will go and sit down
If you can meditate therein
If you can meditate therein day and night
It will still be like myself leading your hands
That means if I am a Christian
I should not tell God bring me to an expected end
I should not tell God don't let me die on the way
All that I have to do is to consistently, continuously
Meditate in the works
Tonight is a prophetic night
Don't just write and catch nothing
The anointing took me
The moment you started
I don't know if you wanted to sing or you couldn't sing
There was some five minutes thing you were doing
No song was playing
I was standing there and that was where the whole thing caught on
So if I can meditate in the world
I can be confident that I am having my way prosperous
If I can meditate in the world day and night
I can be confident that I am going to obtain good success
Praise the name of the Lord
See, he did not say thou shall have your end prosperous
He said you have your way prosperous
And you will obtain good success
So day by day as I make my way, as I journey my way through life
If I can give my mind, I can meditate in the world day and night
I will not be on my way as I am going and then I am truncated
I will not be on my way and then say oh I am paralysed
I will not be on, he says that my way will be prosperous
These are brutal convictions
That I have entrusted my life to God's word
My life
I have entrusted my life to God's word
And that's what it is
Now I don't know about any other person, I know about me
And he says I should do it day and night
God told Joshua something, he says that no man shall be able to stand before thee
All the days of your life
Maya
Now no man shall be able to stand before thee, he's not talking about you moving and somebody coming to stand
There is no contention against your life that will succeed
No contention whatsoever, no matter where it is coming from
No contention
Listen, let's say this
So, my way is prosperous
Why?
Because I meditate in the word day and night
I practice the word day and night
If I'm going to do that, I will have my way prosperous
And I am so sure that I obtain good success
And I told you what it means to meditate
To roll the word
To have the word
So much
In you, you know, and when I was having that quiet time at dawn
I read again Colossians chapter 3 verse 16
And the Bible says let the words of Christ
Dwell in you richly
Now I'm asking myself, why all these instructions?
The Lord says you are in a wicked world
You are in a wicked world
You are in a world where all things are possible
Praise the name of the Lord
But nothing beats the word
Nothing beats the word
So let the words of Christ dwell in you richly
Not sabbily
It's not like you have the word of God today
He says let the word dwell
It means let it dwell, let it settle to influence
Glory to God
I'm a success
Now don't just think about money, say I'm a success
I'm a successful person
Let the words of Christ dwell in you richly
Let the word abound
Be soaked with the word
Don't just carry Bible around
Let the words in the Bible, let it enter you
Let it dwell in you
Let's go there, Colossians chapter 3 verse 16
Such a beautiful scripture
We'll come back to Joshua, man I'm out of time
Now we're going to read that together
One, two, go
No, no, forget about that please
Let the words of Christ dwell in you richly
He says you let, you allow
Now that's your responsibility
He says let the words of Christ dwell in you richly
The word dwell is inoiku
I don't know how many of you remember that word
Inoiku
The same word that was used when God says that
And I will dwell in them and I'll walk in them
And when God says I will dwell it means that I will recite to influence
So let the word of God recite and influence your life
Praise the name of the Lord
Oh my goodness, listen, this world is a wicked world
This world is a wicked world
It's a wicked world
Wicked world
So he says let the word of Christ dwell in you richly
Let it abound
Shoot scriptures when you are talking
Hallelujah
See like the devil, they have fiery darts and arrows
That fly by day
You also shoot scriptures by day and you shoot them by night
Let the words of Christ dwell in you richly
I'm productive
I'm anointed
I am blessed
With long life I'm satisfied
I fulfill purpose
I carry the graces of God
Glory to God
My words are seasoned with grace
In the name of Jesus
Hallelujah
The wisdom of God lives in me
In the name of Jesus I don't lose my balance
In the name of Jesus the spirit of the living God is alive in me
Glory to God
Let the words of Christ dwell in you richly
Thou shall meditate there in day and night
Day and night
See don't be lazy around the word of God
Did you hear what I'm telling you?
It's wrong for a Christian to stay at day without reading the Bible
Not just reading, without ingesting the word
Because you know what? God entrusted the whole life
Of Joshua to the word
Now Joshua now is going to decide whether he's going to have good success
Whether he's going to make his way prosperous and have good success or he's not
That will not be the fault of God
Joshua can gallivant around as a leader and he just say God says I should lead and he's just leading
And will forsake the word
But guaranteed he will never have his way prosperous
And he will never have good success
Praise the name of the Lord
God carried the life of a man who is leading the whole nation
I say the word is enough for you
So when Paul comes to say all scripture is given by inspiration of God
And it is profitable
It is able to benefit
It is profitable for doctrine
A body of truth that instructs
Hallelujah! It is profitable for doctrine
A body of truth that impact you so much that it instructs you
God is not holding cane around saying don't do this, do that
When the scriptures enter into you that will happen
Then he says for conviction
That's the word reproof for evidence
Hallelujah! Then he says for correction
And that word correction there means to straighten something that is deformed
It means the word of God has the potency and the power to straighten any crooked person
You cannot go too crooked beyond the power of the word
Hallelujah! Glory to God
It does not matter how crooked maybe I feel I have become, relax
If I am able to do this in day and night
The word will straighten me up
I believe in the power of the word
How many of you believe that? Say I believe in the power of the word
Then he says for instruction in righteousness
I can't talk about it
For instruction in righteousness is that the man of God
That the man of purpose
That the child of God
That a man with the call of God
Will be perfect
Will be complete
Thoroughly furnished
Onto every good work
The word actually means fully prepared for every good work
So the word of God, one word of God is able to make you prepared for every good work
Praise the name of the Lord
Every good work
Preaching, singing, presidenting, whatever
So the word makes you perfect
See the word makes me perfect
Write that down, write that down, write that down
The word makes me perfect
So you are going to do it day and night
Day and night
As you are doing, your skin color will not change
Your height will not change
Your morning level will not change
It will not change
It will not change at the beginning
So listen, as you keep on doing that, it looks like nothing is happening to you
You yourself sound like nothing is happening to you
So listen, if I take you out of this church and I place you in a different church
You will become aware of God
Is this how far I have grown in understanding?
Because over here we speak the same language, right?
So you know really, if I'm talking about spiritual people who are people to come and lead prayer and all that
You don't even believe that you can stand here and lead prayer
But if we plug you out and put you in a different place and you look at the things that are happening
You'll be like, boy, I have grown
I have grown
So a lot is happening
See, vow a vow
Day and night the word
Listen, it was Almighty God who spoke with Joshua
He was telling Joshua that
To have your way prosperous and to have good success
Is not magic
You may have never been to school
But if you can walk with the word
Whoo!
Your end is sure
End, end, end
The way God trusts in the word
Oh, think about it, think about it
God meets somebody
And he tells the person, you're about to begin your life
Listen, take the word
God didn't give Joshua oil
God didn't give Joshua any sign
Unlike Moses, you say, put your hand here, put this here, put that, no, no, no
You say, you know what, relax, go back to the word
Just the word
And as at that time he's just talking about
Maybe
When he talks about the law, he's talking about the laws of Moses, alright
He's talking about the pentatech, the five books of Moses
Genesis, Exodus, aha, aha
Deuteronomy
So God is telling Joshua, listen
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
Is good, they are good
Enough for your entire life
Not only do we have the pentatech, now we have the prophets
Not only do we have the prophets, now we have the gospels
Not only do we have the gospels, now we have the Acts
Not only do we have the Acts, now we have the epistles
And not only do we have the epistles, now we have the book of Revelation
So think about how much
How much, oh Jesus, how much
How much of a success we can be
If our meditation is not just in the pentatech
It's not just in the historical books
It's not just, and our meditation is in the whole of the scriptures
Imagine the wealth of wisdom and practicality
That will come to us in building us for life
Oh Jesus
I believe a lot of people suffer, a lot of people go through things
They go through a lot of people die prematurely
And people go through things and stuff like that
Because you see
The world has not become a solid foundation in their lives
Solid
Massalei said
God is saying that between starting leadership
And focusing on the world
If you want to choose, choose, choose, stay with the word of God
Don't rush out to start things
See, a gentleman came to me yesterday
He drove to my place yesterday and we're talking
A very dear person, and the person, we're talking and
The person said somebody gave him a prophecy that the call of God is on his life
Now
Another person gave the prophecy, the brother is a pastor
And I think the brother too has given that prophecy
And so
Then he was talking, then he said he will respond to the call but not now
He's handling other things
But not now because you see
Responding to the call will require a lot of sacrifice
You have to
Like, you have to live a lot of things
And this young guy, who is doing well financially
I mean, he was saying, we were just talking
And so I had one land at this place and I have one land
Oh, I was even building, story building
This is like 26 years old, 27
I was building a story building and I have issues with the people
So we had a court at the moment and they said
Hey, I'm just a drafting a book, what am I doing?
So now he's talking about the call, you know?
And responding to it
Then I say, listen, now
People have been brainwashed, people have been lied to about responding
Responding to the call of God is very simple
Responding to the call of God, first of all
The first way to respond to the call of God is to build a life of devotion with God
It doesn't mean go and start a bridge
It doesn't mean go and buy a megaphone and go and make noise
It doesn't even mean go and start a cell
I talked to you about, I want to talk about studying the word
That, it does not mean that
The first thing it means is that you have to build a life of devotion with God
Daily, and I say it is simply called quiet time
Daily quiet time
Because you see, then I told him, listen
The call of God brings
You would have to make a lot of sacrifices
Do you understand?
But listen, then I said before God was able to tell Abraham
Sacrifice Isaac
Abraham had built a lot of altars
And those altars represent devotion to God
So before the sacrifice, there must be a devotion
Oh come on, you know what I'm talking about
There must be a life of devotion
So the first point of responding to the call is not going out
The first point of responding to the call is not even with church
The first point of responding to the call is to have a daily devotion with God
Then I said, start like reading the Bible every day
Building a practice of praying every day
15 minutes, 10 minutes, 5 minutes, 20 minutes, whatever it is
Staying with the word of God 10 minutes, 5 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes
Every day without failing
When you keep on doing that
The word of God will come alive in you
When the word of God comes alive in you, you become spiritually sensitive
So God can easily deal with you
Praise the name of the Lord
Because our young people, they just jump up and respond to the call of God
They have problems with pride
They have problems with laziness
They have problems with inconsistency
They don't even know the Bible
They don't know the word of God
They don't understand doctrine
They practically have no idea
They just were praying
And then they heard something
Or they saw something
Or somebody somewhere met them
And the person gave them accurate prophecy
That oh your name is this, that this
God has called you to go and start this
I am telling you on authority
And then they go and they start nonsense
Paul says that
Paul says that when it please God to reveal his son in me
Galatians 1, 15 and 16, that one
He says that I conferred not again with flesh and blood
So when I got to know the call of God is on my life
What happened was that 14 years I had to sit down
And pray for the call of God
And then
Praise the name of God
So that is a life of devotion
The Bible says he called the twelve
That they might be with him
So that he will send them forth
So the first point of responding to the call
Is a being with the Lord
A life of devotion
Before he sends you out
Now so if you are here you know the call of God is on your life
You have been given the call of God, all you know
I mean you know, you know if you are in this church
If I listen to it to be
It means that the call of God is on your life
Don't even wait for God to call you, I have called you
You know, the first point is that
You are the life of devotion
Read your Bible, pray every day if you want to grow
If you want to grow, if you want to grow
Hallelujah, read your Bible
Pray every day if you want to grow
Hallelujah
Because it is when you actually give your life to God's word
That you will be able to have good success
What did he say in, let's go to the book of Acts
Acts chapter 20 and 32
Now all of us are going to read that together
Acts 20 and 32
Alright, one, two, go everybody
And now brethren I commend you to God and to the
Word of his grace which is able
So the word is able to build you
Now why did God, why did Paul say that?
Now let's go to some verses up
And you understand it perfectly
Verse 27
Did you see that?
Now Paul has spoke, I mean Paul had ministry with these people
And he's built a very powerful church in Ephesus I believe
And he was about to leave and he was telling them that
You will never see my face again
I'm never coming here again
Because as I'm going, I'm going to die
Now Paul is telling them, he's about to leave
Paul actually calls the leaders to meet him somewhere
And he's giving them the final words
Then Paul says that, I know
Look at that, 27, he says that
That's 29, for I know this
That after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you
So I know a lot of people are going to come
Some people are going to come in the form of preachers
But they are wolves
They will not spare the flock, they will finish them
They will destroy them
Do you understand what he's talking about?
Ok, verse 30
Also of your own self shall men arise
Speaking perverse things to draw away disciples after them
So he says they are not going to come from outside
Right inside the church
Some people will emerge
And they will disagree with the doctrine of the church
Now watch out, we will get some
We will get some
Then it's not a church
They will not
So people are right
And he says when they come, they will draw people to themselves
Every day they will have problems
They are trying to discuss
The message, you know, Rana, I don't even know
I don't know if daddy is not studying again
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know
You see, the rama is no more heavy
As per, I started taking you
I tell you, Charlie, I call for you
You see, how do you understand
Like the man of God's message today
You see, there are parts he didn't touch
And as he was talking, the Lord was giving me the revelation
You see, the Lord is taking me deeper
You see, deeper than what the man of God was saying
You see, the man of God said this
But you see, going up higher
You see, the man of God put it this way
But you know, there's a better way to put it
Paul spoke about them
Now he says that they will draw people to their own selves
Therefore, watch and remember that by the space of three years
I have found the truth
And remember that by the space of three years
I have ceased not to warn everyone with night and day, which he is
And now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of his grace
Which is able to build you up
And to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified
In the midst of all these issues
Where you have people who will be coming, springing up from among you
And you have people attacking the church and doctrines and what have you
And all the scatays that are running around the world
You, I give you to the word
He says, I give you to...
Because I'm not there, I'm gone
I cannot be here and always I'm defending the gospel
I'm telling you, no, it's not like this
Man of God, I have a question, Man of God, is it?
Let's see
I know they will come
But my confidence is not in my presence with you
My confidence is in the word of his grace
That in the midst of all the things
If you give your mind to the word, the word will still build you up
The word will not build you down
The word will build you up
It's called, to erect
The word will build you up
And the word, listen, he says the word will give
It will give
It will give you an inheritance
Among all them that are sanctified
So if you give yourself to the word, the word will build you up
The word will build you up
The word will erect you
The word will raise you
Most of them that not will give advices to people
Even as much advices are good
There's no better constructor than the word
There's nothing in this word that can intrinsically change a man
And put the life of the man on course than the word of God
Brothers and sisters, make up your mind from this day
That you will be a young man who is giving to the word of God
Else the day that Goliath shows up
You will not be able to say
You are defying the army of Israel
You are defying the God of Israel
You will not be able to
Because you don't know
Else the day the devil will show up in your life
You will not be able to say it is written
It is written
The day when you are there the devil tells you you are about to die in two months time
Or you are about to die next week
You will not be able to say it is written
I shall satisfy you with long life
Look, I am belibai
I'm satisfied with long life
No, no, no, I'm satisfied with long life
Hallelujah
And you are not saying that out of fear
But the scriptures have erected lights in you
Are you understanding that?
So if Joshua is going to be able to stand before any kind of army and wing
God says it's just the scriptures
You don't get it
Joshua is going to face different kinds of opposition
If I had time I would explain that to you
Would have used Joshua and his wars
As a young man
He is going to face all kinds of armies
He is going to face all kinds of opposition in life
As he leads
But God says there is one universal solution
To all the variegated armies of the world
All the different issues of life have only one solution
The word
So meditate in the word day and night
If you are here you don't read your Bible
All you do is listen to messages
You have a problem
And you need to go and pray about it
If you are here you can't sit down, open Bible and read
You have a problem
I will talk to you about how to study the Bible
But if you are here you don't
At least you don't
You've not read Matthew, Matthew, John
Back to back, back to back
Or the book of Acts
Back to back, back to back
Have a problem
Praise the name of the Lord
It means that nothing has been raised in you
Are we together?
It means nothing has been raised in you
You don't even know about the miracles of Jesus
You don't know about the parables of Jesus
You don't know about the sayings of Christ
You don't know about anything, anything Jesus says you don't know
So what is in you?
Do you understand what I'm talking about?
The word is meant to build us up
It's not just building us, it's building us up
See a building up
A building up
So you give yourself to the word of God and the word will be able to build you up
Build you up
And the Bible says it will give you an inheritance
The word will deliver to you
The word will give you an inheritance
The scriptures can give
They make and they give, you remember?
They make and they give
So be like Joshua and receive the instruction that God is giving us today
Hallelujah!
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth
But thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou may observe to do all that is written according therein
For then shalt thou have your way prosperous and you shall possess good success
You shall be a possessor of good success
Hallelujah!
A possessor of good success
So look at your life and say I have the key
See there are not many keys to a successful life
There's only one key
The word of God
Hallelujah!
I say what is the key?
Come on, what is the key?
What is the key?
The word of God, be upstanding
Now lift your two hands up as you pray in the language of the Spirit
I commit myself to the word of God
Come on, lift up your voice
I commit myself to the word of God
Come on, I commit myself to the word of God
I commit myself to the word of God
I told you to lift up your voice
From this day, I'm a student of the word
From this day, I meditate therein at night
I meditate therein day and night
Day and night
I subject my mind
I subject my will to the study of the word
So help me God
Come on, lift up your voice
I commit myself to the word of God
Oh, thank you Lord
Thank you Lord
Hallelujah
Father, we thank you for a glorious night
Thank you for the word
We receive help to meditate in the word day and night
In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ
Hallelujah
The night in the mid-fire burns
My heart is captured to learn
I have in me the burning fire
Oh, a sound of grace
I have in me the burning fire