Speaker 1Hallelujah. Hallelujah. How many of you know tonight is your night?
Speaker 2I know, I know, you know, I always say this, that God always updates time. If he says now, now has become past, and then he'll update it again to now. So when you say, this is my night, some of you say, but I said that before. Well, now that you say it, it is now. Because God always operates in the now. So say this with me, this is my night. Say this, I'm going to have an encounter with the Lord and his spirit that I will not recover from. Generations yet unborn. Will eat of the fruit of this encounter. By reason of these meetings, I am becoming all that God has designed me to be. How many of you believe that? How long did it take the Holy Spirit to recreate the world? How long? How long to call light out of darkness? How long? And there was no message preached as of yet. It's just the spirit of the Lord brooding over the waters. And everything that Satan had done for centuries, ages long. We don't know how long. In just one moment with the Holy Spirit, everything turned around. I am persuaded that this is your encounter. Now, the different kinds of meetings. There are teaching meetings. There are prayer meetings. There are worship services. And there are Holy Ghost meetings. The Lord said to put. Together these meetings and reintroduce his spirit, the Holy Ghost in his ministries. His person, his character, and to put his gifts on display to a generation. So it's a Holy Spirit meeting. It's a Holy Ghost meeting. And in Holy Ghost meetings, anything can happen. Hallelujah. What you have been learning in God's word. For 10 years, in one second with the Holy Spirit, you come into the fullness and the manifestation of it. Just one second with the Holy Spirit, you come to the fullness and manifestation of it. I like to always give the example of Peter. Three and a half years with Jesus. Physical Jesus. But at the end of that, he denied Jesus out of fear. And literally, he gave up. On God's plan for his life. He told his friends, I go out fishing. I'm not sure I'm called to this thing anymore. But one second with the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost. He didn't go from preaching and having one saved. And then 10. And then 50. And then 100. He went from zero to 100. From zero. Denying the Lord. To 3,000 saved at once. What can the Holy Ghost do with your life? What can the Holy Spirit do with your life? What can he do with your life? And one of the first things he's done tonight. Those images of failure. Those images of insufficiency. Those images of weakness and being disadvantaged. He's uprooted them out of your soul. And now there's an image of strength. Yes, there's an image of strength. Like Gideon, he's saying to you, get up, thou mighty man of valor. He's saying to you, get up, thou mighty man of valor. Stop judging yourself by the external. Thou mighty man of valor. There's strength on the inside. There's grace on the inside. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Again, you have to learn to receive from the Lord, irrespective of those around you. Kairos moments don't last forever. So you're sensitive to what the Holy Spirit is doing, irrespective of the person beside you. Paul said, they saw the light, but I heard the voice. Make up your mind that these meetings will mark your life forever. Hallelujah. Happy New Year, somebody. Happy New Year. Now, if you're not acquainted with the house, you may wonder, this is July. You said, Happy New Year. Well, for us in the house of Petra, June, July is Happy New Year. So tell somebody, Happy New Year. Ask them, are you ready tonight? Did you come hungry? Ask them, how hungry are you? How hungry? How? How ready are you? Thank you, Holy Spirit. Okay. Let me show you a few things from God's Word tonight before we minister as the Spirit will lead us. Yeah, you may be seated. You may be seated. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. I hope you know that there are people who their rain conference has already started. I don't want to say ended, because there's always more in God. But there are some of you that. Already, you know the Lord has spoken to you. The Lord has touched you. You're not waiting until tomorrow. You're not waiting until the day after. Already. Some of you have your notes full of visions. Already. Some of you have heard the Lord already. So, for those of you that are in that category, well, there are some of you that are in that category, and there is more. And for those of us who are still wondering what's going on, get ready. Praise God. Hallelujah. Say this, I believe that the Holy Spirit is a person. He's not a force. He's not an energy. He's not just wind. He's not goosebumps. Say this, I believe that the Holy Spirit is a real entity called of God to be with me and help me in the journey of life and destiny. Say this, I believe that the same Holy Spirit in His fullness that created the entire world is the same Holy Spirit that has been detailed to me. You believe what you just said? The same Holy Spirit that created the entire world, the entire universe as we know it has been detailed to you. Over the years, I've talked a lot about the Holy Spirit. And I've shared with you how that when the Bible says, I lost Paracletos, it says another comforter and that the word Paracletos is Paracletos. It means Parah and Kaliu. I mean, I wouldn't go into all of that tonight, but I'm there already. So we might just get into it. Parah and Kaliu. The word Parah means alongside and Kaliu means a calling. Okay? Parah means alongside and Kaliu means a calling. Ministers, you just help us with anything happening in the auditorium. Okay? So he says that the Holy Spirit is called alongside. Called alongside. Kaliu, he's called alongside. It's a calling. God gave him that calling. Do you understand what I'm saying here? It's a calling. In the same way, the gifts and the callings of God are without repentance, there's no repentance to this calling. That's why he never leaves us. If there is no, hear me, if there is no repentance to the call on your life, then there is no repentance to the call of the Holy Spirit to your life. he's called of god it's an assignment a ministry he has received of the lord are you listening to what i'm saying and so god said to them coming out of the wilderness my goodness we are going to have a tsunami i'm telling you i'm telling you there's going to be a lot of teaching of god's word and just enjoying the presence and the power of the holy spirit now at any point in time because you don't have to wait till pastor says the holy ghost is here the bible says while peter yet speak the holy spirit fell upon them and yes we're going to have an entire section that the holy ghost will just fall somebody says to what end is the holy spirit falling you destinies are being removed at people have been realigned with God's plan for their lives and some people will just find out that they just got healed without asking for healing that's what's gonna happen are you listen to what I'm saying so the Holy Spirit is called alongside to help you the Bible tells us that when they came out of the wilderness God didn't leave them to chance he didn't leave them to chance it says that I have given you behold my angel has gone is before you would be with you and then God in a bit to let us know the that this is not just any angel it is beware of him that's the only angel that's the only time we're told in scriptures to beware of an angel almost like what Jesus said that the Holy Spirit sin against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven said beware of him be very careful you know how you say beware of dogs beware of him be very careful beware of him then he says to them he says he will bring you to the Perizzites the Jebusites the Hittites the Canaanites all the ites he will bring you right before everything and he will give you the capacity he won't do the fight for you no he won't do the fight for you he will give you the capacity to do the fights you're the one who is going to chase out the Jebusites you you thinking you're weak uh-uh that's not what the Holy Spirit thinks about you he didn't say that my spirit my angel will go before you he will destroy all of them then bring you to the land no he says he will bring you to them and then give you the capacity the enablement the empowerment to take over the land hallelujah Proverbs chapter 20 verse 27 let's start from there Proverbs chapter 20 and um verse 27 the Lord is mighty in this place now you know our text is taken from Job our theme is taken from Job 33 verse 4 am I right so we all know that but we've got to move quickly Proverbs 20 27 popular text but I want to unpack a couple of things tonight it says the spirit of man can we read that together once you go the spirit of man is the candle of the Lord searching all the inward paths of the belly the spirit of man is the candle of the Lord let me my focus is on the first part but let me just touch on the second part is he searching all the inward parts of the belly you know he's not looking for your liver or your kidney he's not looking for your small intestine and others that's not what he's looking for when he talks about the inward parts of the belly he's talking about God's plans and purposes that are etched deep within your inner most being that's what Paul was speaking to when he says that the Holy Spirit searches searches searches all right the things that God has designed planned for you but on a generic level and I'm saying a lot of things because there are lots of teachings along these lines but on a generic level and on a specific level generic in the sense that what Jesus did for us on the cross the blessings available to every believer and specific in the sense that what is available to you as an individual it takes the Holy Spirit to fulfill destiny nobody can fulfill Destiny by the arm of flesh it's not possible remember there is success and there is good success there is success and there is good success there is um victory and there's good victory there is a accomplishment and there is good accomplishment it is that except the Lord builds a house they labor in vain that build it like I've told you several times he didn't say they didn't build it he said but it's vain labor so when I say it takes the Holy Spirit to fulfill Destiny I'm saying you may achieve some things and even be praised by the world about it you might even receive accolades you might even receive rewards you might even get on the pages of some of their um our word magazines and organizations but for anyone to fulfill Destiny the things that God has called you to be and to do observe the order in which I put it to be and to do for anyone to fulfill Destiny it will take the Ministry of the Holy Spirit if Jesus needed the Holy Spirit you need him if Jesus needed the Holy Spirit it was Jesus the carpenter's son until the Holy Spirit came upon him and from that moment he stepped in had for him are you still here so the Holy Spirit is God's gift to you to help you fulfill Destiny so he says go back to our text it says the spirit of man is the candle of the Lord searching all the inward parts of the belly the spirit of man is the candle of the Lord now when you read that word candle you know what we think many times is candle you know what I'm talking about wax candle so but that's not what he's talking about because in fact they didn't have the kind of candle that we have today at the time all right so the closest you have there were lamps have you ever heard that song give me oil in my lamp the wise virgins and the foolish virgins so the closest they had were lamps but when he uses the word candle it's a specific intentional use of the word it was not an error he used it intentionally he says your spirit is God's candle when you begin to study this in the Hebrew you realize that what he was really referring to there was only one item in the entire Bible that has a close relationship with what he was referring to here only one item when he meant a lamp he will use the word lamp thy word is what a lamp onto my feet and a what guide onto my part that's not what he's talking about here as you study the Bible you find out that the closest to it from which Solomon most likely had picked out the thoughts to communicate with us is what is called the menorah it's called the menorah and please write it down the menorah some of you may be acquainted with what it is some of you may not be acquainted with what it is so um Solomon's audience when they heard him say what he said because you understand in images I hope you know that your understanding of a word is not how it's pronounced or what you heard but what you saw are you getting what I'm saying here if I say odin's how many of you what did you see those of you that know you saw odin's is it the only person well that's the full one maybe odin's is the only one oh they may go right is it go go okay all right so he may go he's the only person maybe not but the moment I mentioned the name chances are that that's the image that came to your mind you interpreted what you heard by an image are you following what I'm saying here we never understand beyond the images that our minds paint and that's why we never go beyond the images that our minds paint never nobody can be better than the images that his mind paints for him if he paints failure you'd fail every step you take will ensure that you feel because the image gives direction and value to the actions are you still with me today so when said the spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, boy, oh boy, you've got to stay with me tonight. When he said the spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, the hearers, those who read what he wrote, those who heard what he said, the only picture they had close to them was the picture of a menorah. It was this interesting item that you had in the holy place, the tabernacle of Moses. You know, you had the altar court, you had the holy place, and then you had the holiest of all. A very interesting item because there was no source of light for the tabernacle. And so the only source of light was this menorah that the priests were meant to ensure that oil was continually poured into and that the light on it never goes out. That's the only source of light. So Solomon comes and then says, and you can put it that way, the spirit of man is the menorah of the Lord. He's the one who's going to be the light of the world. He's the one who's going to the light of the world. He's the light of the world. He's the one who's he was talking about not the lamp like we think of and he has implications he says of pure gold of beaten work shall the candlestick be made his shaft and his branches his bowls his knobs and his flowers shall be of of the same next verse quickly 32 let's read on one to go and six branches shall come out of the sides of it are you getting the picture in just a second six branches will come out of the sides of it i want you to observe something this is important this detail is extremely important extremely important if you miss it close your eyes and sleep this is too important look at what he says six branches shall come out of the sides of it three branches of the candlestick out of the one side and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side some of you already have the picture then he says but were they just six of them no if you know anything about the menorah there were seven of them but he separates one out we're going somewhere tonight we're going somewhere tonight can i have my scripture please and don't separate me out of the church okay he says okay i'll stay with this six branches shall come out of the sides of it three branches of the candlestick out of the one side and three branches out of the candlestick out of the other side quickly next verse verse 33 Three bowls shall be made like unto what? Underline that, underline that, underline that. That's an important detail. That's another important detail. He says, with a knob and a flower in one branch. Three bowls made like almonds in the other branch with a knob and a flower. So in the six branches that come out of what? The candlestick. Next verse, quickly. He says, and in the candlestick shall be four bowls make like unto almonds with their nubs and their flowers. Next verse, so many details there. There shall be no blabber of nubs. Next verse, quickly, nubs and branches shall be one, underline that, tell me one. One, it has to be one. Beating work of what? Pure gold, which means the entire structure is one, even though it has several branches. going to be the light of the world. Amen. but there's still this one in the middle so hear this these three are all dependent on this these three are all dependent on this whatever this carries it is connected to the operation of this one stay with me stay with me we're going somewhere are you getting anything tonight okay let's read this he says thou shalt make several lamps thereof and they shall light the lamps thereof that they may give light over against it. Next thing. And the tongues thereof. Next verse. Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it with all these what? Vessels. Next verse. And look that thou make them after their pattern which was showed thee where? In the mount. Are you still here? Is anybody seen anything yet revelations chapter four revelations chapter four hallelujah i want to deliver into your hand what will ensure that you never fail again in your life never never never never i mean never look at revelations chapter four verse five very quickly revelations chapter 4 and verse 5 okay let's read together one to go and out of the throne proceeded lightnings and tundra and voices and there were seven lamps of fire remember that everything god asked moses to do was a type and shadow of everything that was in heaven already so god was simply showing him these are the utensils these other things in heaven now you do it here on earth so um john by the spirit is showing us the tabernacle in heaven it says out of the throne proceeded lightnings and tundrins and voices and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne what are the seven lamps you ready to come let me go back the spirit of man is the menorah of god the spirit of man is the menorah of god let me let me repeat it again the spirit of man is the candlestick of god the spirit. Do you see where we started from? The spirit of man. So all of these things that we're reading are times and shadows of Bentech. You didn't hear what I just said. I said all the things that we just read. You read Moses and all the rest. All the things we just read are of you the believer. What you don't realize is this. We are reading you now please with me the spirit of man and again the spirit of man is the candle of the lord bible tells the spirit of man It's the menorah of God. It's the menorah of God. So he tells us, he tells us, go back to that scripture. He says that before the throne of God proceeded voices and lightnings and all of the rest. And then what did he say about it? He says there were seven lamps that were burning. And what are those seven lamps? They are the seven spirits of God. Types and shadows of your human spirit. Your spirit does not have a lamp or a candle. Your spirit is the candle. It is the menorah of God. Or be it in some way. We're going somewhere here. The seven spirits of God. So, you may be seated for a bit. There are seven, let me put it, six branches. Pastor Abraham, you don't know whether you want to sit down or not. Go ahead and stand up. It's okay. It's okay. There are six branches, three on this side and three on this side. And when you read it, you're wondering why. Why? Simply because we started with one candlestick and we beat out these three from it. And we beat out these three from it. You see that? Now, the Bible shows us that these candlesticks, even though they look like flames of fire, gold and all the rest, he shows us that it was a typification of the ministry of the Holy Spirit in the heart of a believer. Hmm. Zechariah chapter 4 verse 1. Let's look at this. Zechariah, listen. You know, they've been bombing themselves around the world. The Holy Spirit wants to bomb inside your spirit. I'm telling you. This is far more than nuclear and atomic bomb. I'm telling you. I'm telling you. Look at this. He says, Hey, hey, hey, what did he see? You're all not talking like you're reading it. What did he see? Ah, look at what he says now. We're all upon the top of it and he's seven lamps thereof and seven pipes to the seven. How many of you remember Sons of Oil? So we're literally picking up from Sons of Oil, okay? I want to give you the. The working of Sons of Oil now. Look at what he says. He says, and he's seven lamps thereon and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof. Next verse, quickly. And two olive trees by it. Now, for a moment, just leave the olive trees, okay? We looked at that two years ago. I explained those things to you two years ago, okay? But the Holy Ghost brought me back to this and he said, you took them to PhD class before Masters and BSc. So the Lord said to come back to BSc. And Masters, okay? Would you be a sinner? Would you do Masters in Lagos? All right. Two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, the other upon the left side thereof. Next verse, verse four. So I answered and spoke to the angel that talked with me, saying, everybody read that. What are these, my Lord? What's the question? He saw an image, am I right? Hey, come on, come on, come on. He saw something. What did he see? We now know what he saw. Let's use the. The Jewish word, the menorah. He saw a candlestick. All right? He saw the menorah. And shouldn't he have just said, this is the menorah? Because he was a Jew. So he knew the menorah. Why was he asking, what is this, my Lord? He knew there was something more to what he was seeing. Now, let me ask you a question. What did the angel say to him? Now, Zechariah, what thou seest is a menorah. And thou shouldst have known that it's a menorah. Haven't grown up. I mean, what is your qualification to be a prophet? If that's not a menorah. What was the answer of the angel of God? Everybody read. One, two, go. Verse five. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Uh-huh. Next verse.
Speaker 3Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Uh-huh.
Speaker 2Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. I don't know if you understand what you just read now. The man saw a menorah. What is this? Maybe the angel should have said, this is gold beaten into candlesticks with branches thereof, oil flowing through and burning. And this is what they use in the temple. How did he describe it? He said, wherever you see the menorah. Wherever. Wherever you see the menorah. This is the prophetic implication. Not by might. Not by power. But by the energy of the spirit. It is not just an item. It is a statement. Oh, we're going somewhere tonight. Look on. Look on. Look on. See if the Lord of us. Next verse. Verse seven. Quickly. Quickly. He says, who are thou, O great mountain? Let me walk you back. Did you remember the spirit of man is the candle of the Lord? Do we agree that we could say the spirit of man is the candlestick of the Lord? Do we agree that we could say the spirit of man is the menorah of the Lord? Do we agree? There's a detail I've not gone into yet. I'll get into it. But do we agree that the burning lamps represents the seven spirits of God? Now, do we agree that when we behold the menorah, and we come to a realization of this like Zechariah did, and he saw with the eyes of the spirit, that when we ask and we inquire into it, the answer is not that it's a menorah. What we are told is this, is that this is God's infrastructure for your continuous victory. I don't know if you understand what I'm saying. That there will never be a time in your life where anything. Anything will be difficult. Not by might. Not by power. What should you continue with? Who are thou, O great mountain? Just a second. I hope you know God is not afraid of giving you details of adversity. It's men that we try to hide it. No, he called it great mountain. Not who are thou mountain. The Holy Spirit called it what? Great mountain. But as great as you are,
Speaker 3so shall the great leveling be.
Speaker 2Friends, men and brethren, I lie not, I tell you the truth. God told me, he said, men will be brought to the realm of impossibilities. Yeah. That's what the Lord said to me. He said, that will be the. The legacy of this reign conference. I actually heard the Lord say, a tribe of giants. A tribe of giants. A tribe of giants. A tribe of giants. Are you still here? Hmm. If we just danced on this, we're blessed already. If we just screamed on this, we are blessed already. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. Ah. second just a second just a second I want you talking to things now what the whole Great Mountain I want you laughing at things now
Speaker 3are you doing nothing are
Speaker 4you done laughing my mama
Speaker 3mama mama mama you're gonna love to that thing is too small all of a sudden is too small you look so big all of a sudden is too small you don't know how it will work out but who are
Speaker 5down great mountain you don't know how things will turn around but who are down great mountain you don't know how the answers will come but who are down *music* who are thou a great mountain great mountain you don't know how things will turn around but who are down great mountain you don't know how things will turn around but who are down shall become a plane and he shall bring forth the great mountain you don't know how things will turn around but who are down shall become a plane and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof which shouts in shall become a plane and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof which shouts in crying
Speaker 2say this I see it how many of you have seen it how many of you have seen it unstoppable irresistible I see it
Speaker 5unstoppable irresistible charging like a bison I see it
Speaker 3Oh I don't know if you see it. I don't know. Some of you are catching it already.
Speaker 5Yep. I see it. My spirit is the candle of the Lord. I see it. I see it.
Speaker 6Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Just a second. Just a second.
Speaker 2Just a second. We're building up to something tonight. I'm telling you the waters are rising. The tides are rising. Pray in the Holy Ghost for one minute. For one minute. Come on. Come on. Like that locomotive train. Pray in the Holy Ghost for a minute. Yes the anointing of the Holy Ghost is all over this place. We're changing skins. Oh yes we're changing skins. There's a metamorphosis happening. You're changing skins. You can't help yourself.
Speaker 5It's the Holy Ghost that can help you.
Speaker 2Vain is the help of man.
Speaker 5But the Holy Ghost is here tonight.
Speaker 2Pray till you see it.
Speaker 5Pray till the anointing of the Holy Ghost is here. Pray till the anointing
Speaker 4in the rest I see it
Speaker 3pray till you see it
Speaker 4yes that's the anointing of the Holy Ghost
Speaker 5oh yes yes
Speaker 1hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah if you can sit down,
Speaker 2sit down for a minute just a second, sit down for a minute if you can it's okay sit down for a minute it's not by power it's not It's
Speaker 7not by my, it's not by my, by my spirit, it's all Lord. It's not by God, it's not by my, it's all my spirit, it's all Lord. It's not by my, it's not by my, it's all Lord. Sing it one
Speaker 5more time, it's not by power.
Speaker 7It's not by power, it's not by my, it's not by my, it's all my spirit, it's all Lord. ♪ It's not by my hand ♪ ♪ There is by my Spirit's hand ♪ ♪ And it's not by my hand ♪ ♪ In Jesus' name ♪ This mountain, come on. In Jesus' name Oh, spirit moving Jesus, this mountain Oh, spirit in Jesus' name Oh, spirit moving This mountain This mountain ♪♪♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
Speaker 2♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ If you study these menorah that we're talking about, just a few details before we get into what bonds on the menorah. A few details. Number one, and if you're taking notes, please take notes. Number one is the Bible says it's made of one beaten gold. One gold. So it's not seven different elements brought together. It's one. Divided into seven. So, the Holy Spirit, when we talk about the seven spirits of God, we're not referring to seven Holy Spirits. Seven different spirits. It's one spirit with seven expressions. Are you still here tonight? Number two. Now, and you know already that seven represents fullness, perfection. I mean, that's the prophetic implication. All right? Completeness. Fullness. This is the best it can be. Number two, I wanted you to note, is that the only fruit that was associated with the menorah was the almond fruit. Very instructive. The almond. And there must be a reason why the Holy Spirit would use the word the almond. Why not pomegranate? Why not all the other wonderful stuff? Why the almond? Twice in Scripture, you see the Holy Spirit used the almond. To pass a prophetic message. Number one, when Aaron's priesthood was contested, if you remember the story. So, God says to Moses, tell all of the tribes to bring a rod from each tribe. Let them bring it into my presence. He said, whosoever's rod bodes, that will be my choice. And we know it was Aaron's rod that bodied. But maybe you've not noticed. This is the detail. What he bodied was an almond. It was an almond that he bodied. And that's quite instructive. How many of you remember Jeremiah's vision? When God said, what sits thou? He says, I see an almond tree. You remember? And God says, thou hast seen well. Why? Why? The almond is the only fruit in all of Israel that bears fruit. The only tree that bears fruit. In winter. I don't know if you heard what I just said. When every tree goes home and sheds their leaves. The almond is the only one that keeps bearing fruit, even in winter. It's not subjected to seasons. I don't know if you know. I'm really praying that God's spirit will cause you to. To see what is happening to you. I'm really praying that God's spirit will cause you to see it. Let me read you what a rabbi said. About the fact that God used the almond. It says, it shows God's haste. And which means we can't wait till summer. You didn't hear that? You didn't hear what I said. All the other trees can wait till summer. But this one does not wait till summer. It's like a tree planted by the rivers of water. Who brings forth its fruit. In and out of. Are you hearing what I'm saying here? So whilst everybody says it's winter. Because there's something burning on my candlestick. This Holy Spirit. He will make you a wonder. Are you hearing what I'm saying? God chose it. He chose it. That God is in a haste. To use your life as an example. Which means. The haste and the determination of God. Determined purpose of God for your life. Number two thing you should note here is this. Is that it is God's proof of validation. Which means God validated Aaron. And said forever. This is the high priest. God is going to do things in your life. That will forever validate who you are. And what God has called you to. Are you listening to what I'm saying here? Now you see what we're doing here. We're taking bits and pieces here. Studying through the scriptures. And seeing all the things that the Holy Spirit has for us. And seeing how that. It's so easy for us to miss out on these things. And you cannot have it if you don't know it. You can't have it. If you don't know it. So some of you are saying well maybe in another time. In another ten years. I tell you by the Spirit. In one year. In one year. Yeah. Some of you are saying well maybe in the next six months. I tell you by the Spirit in six weeks. In six weeks. And you know what we'll say. It's not by might. It's not by power. But by. Power. Some of you are saying well. Maybe when I am this and I'm that. And I'm this and I'm that. Maybe when I know such and such. If I know such and such. Hear me and hear me well. She said how shall these things be? Said the power of the most high shall. Overshadow thee. Hear me. Are we still here? Isaiah 11. Isaiah 11. We'll be holding up. We'll be holding up. Now we're just getting to the point. Because there's something that burns on the menorah. There's something that burns. It's not the menorah that's powerful. It's what burns on the menorah. The seven lamps representing the seven spirits of God. Seven lamps representing the seven spirits of God. Isaiah 11. Very quickly. I want you to see this. And this is what is available. This is what is available. This is what is available to every believer. It is not what you will get. It's what you have. Is somebody hearing what I'm saying here? God is not trying to give you these things. You have them. You have them. It's there on the inside. But I want to show you a principle tonight. It says, And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of it. Next verse. Verse 2. And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him. Please. I want you to underline that. Rest upon him. Because, oh boy. You've got to be at rain conference. All true. The only manifestation of the Holy Spirit that is said to rest upon is the spirit of the Lord. Every other manifestation, he says, he filled him. And Joshua, the son of Nun, was full of the spirit of wisdom. He didn't say the spirit of wisdom rested on Joshua. I'll show you all of this. Maybe tomorrow I'll get into it. There is no manifestation. There is no manifestation of the spirit that rests upon but the spirit of the Lord. Every other one, you are full of it. This is the only one that rests upon. It says, And the spirit of the Lord is in him. Then he says, The spirit of wisdom. This is to help you. The spirit of the Lord is not the Holy Spirit. In terms of the Holy Ghost, no. It's a manifestation of the Holy Spirit. He's the Holy Spirit, obviously. But when you read, The spirit of the Lord, you think he's referring to the Holy Ghost. No, it's a manifestation. It's one of the seven spirits. Now, observe what he says. And I want you to see this. The spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him. Then he starts reading. And he groups the other into twos. Wisdom and understanding. Because what makes wisdom work is understanding. I'll get into all of this tomorrow. Counsel and might. What counsel will give you is might. That when you see wisdom working, understanding is always there. What is wisdom? The word of God. The plans. The purposes. The agenda of God. What is understanding? It is the why. This is important. Note what I said. The why. Which means, you can put it apart and put it together. You know the microphone can work, but you can put apart a microphone, and you can put it together. And put the microphone together. Because you understand the intricacies of the microphone. Are you getting what I'm saying here? Counsel is the how. The strategies. Might is the wherewithal. The resources. Knowledge is revelation. Fear of the Lord is reverence. Maybe this is where I'll get to tonight. So which one? Is that one? Scandals stick that we beat out the three orders from. The three orders on the other side. Hello. Hello. Can I have a picture? I've got a picture I want to show you. There is the spirit of the Lord. He's the one that makes every other one work. He's that central candlestick. From which everything else is beaten out. The spirit of lordship and the lordship of the spirit. Are you following what I'm saying here? When we talk about the spirit of the Lord, we're talking about the spirit of lordship. He's the one who exercises the dominion of Christ on the earth. And he's the one who brings that dominion into your life. So the Bible says, and the spirit of the Lord. The Lord came upon us. something and he rent dominion dominion the first person in all of scriptures to encounter the spirit of the lord was moses it was moses if you study the bible oh well let me just give you a bit of bible interpretation here and all the rest exegesis the word lord there is adonai but if you actually read it in the in the text it's actually yahweh that they wanted to write yahweh well many times they were too afraid to write yahweh so they reduced it to four consonants and then just out of great respect they'll write adonai instead the first time yahweh so it's the spirit of yahweh the first time yahweh is mentioned the bible says this is how god introduced himself to moses he said i am yahweh what does it mean when moses stood before pharaoh and god said to moses i have made you a god unto pharaoh what operation of the spirit was that the spirit of the lord moses had come in contact with that manifestation of god's spirit even pharaoh to bow are you listening to what i'm saying when the spirit of the lord is at work there is nothing impossible to the believer absolutely nothing when he's at work it's a special dimension of the holy spirit this is practically by all means the most important manifestation and expression of this holy spirit and i'll tell you a secret so much to say but i'll tell you tomorrow i'll tell you a secret where there is lordship by the spirit or wherever he's going to exercise lordship there can't be another lordship surrender is the key to accessing the ministry of the spirit of the lord you know why many believers never experience the ministry of the spirit of the lord they're too full of themselves they're too full of themselves there can't be two lords he has to be lord so we begin to worship some of you don't realize this and then you begin to surrender yourself and begin to weep before the lord some people say that's all religion you don't realize that is you creating the atmosphere for the spirit of the lord to come upon you are you listening to what i'm saying i'm trying my best not to get into it there's so much to say about the spirit of the lord the spirit of the lord is here the spirit of the lord is here is the spirit of lordship he doesn't take permission from you he takes all of your plans squeezes them and throws them into the dustbin with no apologies and he presents to you the plan that you need that you never knew and he gives you the plan that you need that you never knew and he shows you the plan that you need that you never knew the spirit of the lord is in this place lift your hands towards heaven and worship him tonight worship him tonight as we worship the lord tonight that spirit of the lord would rest upon you yes the spirit of the lord will rest upon you there are many that the holy ghost will begin to give adjustments things that they need to adjust in their lives for some it will be prophetic actions you find yourself doing things by the spirit that is how to yield to the spirit of the lord every other manifestation of the holy spirit is at the mercy of this one the spirit of the lord the spirit of the lord the spirit of the lord lift your hands and worship him tonight lift your hands and worship him tonight and the spirit of the lord came upon you and the spirit of the lord came upon them and the spirit of the lord came upon them when he comes every other flame is kindled the fires of wisdom of counsel of might of knowledge of the fear of the lord is kindled and the spirit of the lord came upon them when he comes every other flame is kindled worship him tonight eliminate all the distraction keep your gaze on the lord jesus there are adjustments and corrections that the holy ghost will bring to you right where you are seramante seramante prabhavala shattakabaya seramante prabhavala shattakabaya seramante prabhavala shattakabaya seramante seramante prabhavala shattakabaya seramante worship him in the spirit praying out of thongs where you are praying out of thongs where you are praying out of thongs where you are how long how long how long would you go on your own way how long would you go on your own way how long would you go on your own way how long will you insist on your plans will you insist on your plans will you insist on your plans how long will you insist on your own how long will you insist on your own how long will you insist on your own plans plans plans how long will you insist hand over your life to him tonight and hand over your life to him tonight and hand over your life to him tonight and watch him write a beautiful story out watch him write a beautiful story out watch him write a beautiful story out of your life of your life of your life hand over your pain there are men women hand over your pain there are men women hand over your pain there are men women who are carrying pains in women who are carrying pains in women who are carrying pains in their hearts their hearts their hearts surrender is the key to the ministry surrender is the key to the ministry surrender is the key to the ministry of the spirit of the lord of the spirit of the lord of the spirit of the lord hand over your fears hand over your fears hand over your fears hand over your fears to him tonight hand over your fears to him tonight hand over your fears to him tonight hand it over tonight hand it over tonight hand it over tonight and watch him do a work in your heart and watch him do a work in your heart and watch him do a work in your heart and in your life watch him do a work in your heart and watch him do a work in your heart and watch him do a work in your heart and your life your life your life come on pray in the holy ghost come on pray in the holy ghost come on pray in the holy ghost wherever you are wherever you are wherever you are pray in the holy ghost wherever you are pray in the holy ghost wherever you are pray in the holy ghost wherever you are the glory of the lord is in the house the glory of the lord is in the house the glory of the lord is in the house tonight tonight tonight yes yes the glory of the lord is in the house
Speaker 5the glory of the lord is in the house the glory of the lord is in the house tonight tonight tonight there's fire literal fire there's fire literal fire there's fire literal fire coming on your head coming on your hands coming on your head coming on your hands coming on your head coming on your hands there's a literal fire in this whole there's a literal fire in this whole there's a literal fire in this whole place your struggles are now over your struggles are now over your struggles are now over the glory of the lord is resting upon the glory of the lord is resting upon the glory of the lord is resting upon this whole congregation this whole congregation this whole congregation this whole congregation meant to bring me like a style of meant to bring me like a style of meant to bring me like a style of the body the body the body so romantic fellow stop allamanca so romantic fellow stop allamanca
Speaker 4so romantic fellow stop allamanca failure time so romantic fellow man corner diga shot so romantic fellow man corner diga shot so romantic fellow man corner diga shot about the cat and i
Speaker 5me and i'm on to fill a mancrow d losh me and i'm on to fill a mancrow d losh me and i'm on to fill a mancrow d losh pardon the toffa let me cast the bar pardon the toffa let me cast the bar pardon the toffa let me cast the bar which tell up a high which tell up a high And the Spirit of the Lord came upon you. And the Spirit of the Lord came upon you. There's a coming upon tonight. Your spirit is the candle of the Lord. And now the Spirit of the Lord is lighting a fire. Lighting a fire. He's that central candlestick from which all the other fires are lit. There's a light in a fire. All of a sudden,
Speaker 2wisdom is in your heart. Counsel is in your heart.
Speaker 5You know clearly what to do. There's staying power, there's strength in your soul. The Spirit of the Lord is coming upon. You're laying down your plans. You're laying down your purposes. Surrender is the key to the Spirit of the Lord. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪
Speaker 2♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ It's not by power.
Speaker 7Sing it solemnly to the Lord. And let the Holy Ghost do what he knows to do best. Very solemnly. You remain the same.
Speaker 8You will never ever change. You are the Lord.
Speaker 7You remain the same. You are the Lord. You remain the same.
Speaker 5Two more times. Come on. You
Speaker 7are the Lord. You are the Lord.
Speaker 5You remain the same. One more time. Come on. You are the Lord. You remain the same. You are the Lord. One more time. Come on. You are the Lord.
Speaker 7You remain the same. You are the Lord. You are the Lord. You are the Lord.
Speaker 8You are the Lord.
Speaker 2and verse 20. 1 Samuel chapter 9 and verse 20. Oh dear. Oh dear. And as for thine houses that were lost three days ago, for the things that are lost in your life, the troubles, the adversities that you're faced with, set not your mind on them. For they are found, saith the Lord. And now on whom is all the desire of Israel, the nations are waiting for you. He said, is it not on thee and all thy father's house? Is it not on thee and all thy father's house? The asses are found, saith the Spirit of the Lord. Set not your mind on them, saith the Spirit of the Lord. I place something on you, saith the Lord, and now the desire of the nations are towards you. You were looking for lost asses, but now you are the one being sought after. You were looking for lost opportunities. You were looking for lost businesses, lost relationships. You were looking for things that were absent, but now you are the one being
Speaker 5sought after, saith the Spirit. You were looking for lost things, but now you are the one being sought after, saith the Spirit.
Speaker 9Oh yes. Oh yes. Oh yes. Oh yes. Oh yes. pray in the Holy Ghost
Speaker 6where you are pray in the Holy Ghost where you are
Speaker 2pray in the Holy Spirit where you are nobody's returning the same way they came such a deep work of God's Spirit in your heart and in your life Shout in the spirit of the
Speaker 5Lord is upon me Shout in the spirit of the Lord is upon me Shout in the spirit of the Lord is upon me Say my spirit is the candle of the Lord Shout in the spirit of the Lord is upon me Shout it who are down mountain Who are down great mountain Before put your name You shall become a play what has taken you 10 years I just heard the Lord say one day one day by this time tomorrow by this time tomorrow by this time tomorrow by the spirit of the Lord by this time tomorrow just a second I said what has taken you 10 years by this time tomorrow. Shout not by might not by power but by the spirit of the Lord. This time tomorrow. This time tomorrow. I said this time tomorrow. Shout by in the spirit of the Lord.
Speaker 6The Holy Ghost is all over this place. It's a deep walk the Lord is doing. Oh yes, it's a deep walk of the Spirit. It's a deep walk of the Spirit. just a second
Speaker 2just a second how many of you can see a new man how many of you can see a new man a new man that's what the Lord told me he's taken out images of failure of weakness the spirit of man is the candle of the Lord He's taking it out. There's a man of strength that's arising from within. The fullness of God dwells in you bodily. The spirit of the Lord has now rested upon you. And everything now works by grace. Yeah, by grace. by grace by grace
Speaker 10by grace Holy Spirit, carry me.
Speaker 7Holy Spirit, carry me.
Speaker 5Lift your two hands like a child. Are you not tired of struggling?
Speaker 7I'm tired of struggling. To a deep, deep water, carry me. Carry me. To a brand new level, carry me.
Speaker 5Keep your hands lifted to what's happening like a child. ♪
Speaker 7Carry me on ♪ ♪ Carry me on ♪ ♪ I'm tired of struggling ♪ ♪ Carry me on ♪ ♪ Carry me on ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ We hope you've
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