Thank you, faithful God. Blessed be your name forever. Are thou exalted. To you be all praise and all glory, in Jesus precious name we haveprayed, in Jesus mighty name we have prayed. He said, “If you shall say to this mountain and if you doubt not in your heart, it'll be removed.” No mountain stands in front of you anymore. No barrier blocks you from your destiny anymore, in the precious name of Jesus Christ. Lift up your hands right now and place a demand on the word, place a demand on the word. Father, I've come to hear you. Speak to me. Speak to me. Speak to me; send your word. Speak to me; send your word today. Let it be a word of breakthrough for me in the name of Jesus Christ. Someone is praying. Place the demand on the word. Father, address the issues of my life.Address the situations of my life. Thank you, faithful God, because your word is coming with power and with clarity. I will hear. I will understand. I'll be empowered to do. I'll be empowered to do. Thank you, faithful God. Blessed be your name forever, in Jesus precious name we have prayed, in Jesus mighty name we have prayed.
Father, today we have come to hear from you again. Thank you because your word will come and run swiftly and be glorified in the midst of us. Let each one of us hear your word, tailor made for each one in the name of Jesus Christ. And by your word, let faith increase, let fear die in the name of Jesus and let someone peace be restored. Let someone healing be perfected today in the mighty name of Jesus. You have called it Covenant Day of Business and Career Breakthrough; let there be breakthrough in business. Let there be breakthrough in careers in the mighty name of Jesus. Let every stagnation be overturned. Thank you, faithful God. All of you, none of me, reach each one of us and satisfy each one. Thank you, Father. For in Jesus precious name we have prayed, in Jesus' mighty name we have prayed. Someone you're excited to be in the house of God, shout a believing amen. Someone, you are confident of an encounter with God in this service, shout the loudest amen.
Go ahead someone; give the Lord the biggestclap of praise. Make that clap louder for Jesus. Make it louder yet for Jesus. Louder yet for the King of Kings, for the one who is the Lord of Lord. And give him a shout of victory. Hallelujah. Glory to God. Please get seated in the presence of God and help me welcome someone to your right, to your left. Welcome. Welcome to your breakthrough.No more breakdowns. Welcome to your breakthrough. Glory to God. Praise God. 2025 is my new era year. Say it like someone who is seeing great things. Congratulations. Amen and amen. Congratulations and welcome to church. You are breaking through today. No more breakdowns in the precious name of Jesus Christ. Now for that wonderful choir ministration, give the Lord a big clap of praise. Mountains are crumbling. I said mountains are becoming plains if your faith is in place, glory to God. Nothing is stopping you anymore in Jesus' precious name.
Now prophetic focus for the month is “Whatever God can do, faith can make happen.” Can we say it together? One more time. Whatever God can do, faith can make happen. Things will happen for you. Good things will happen for you in Jesus' precious name.
Our teaching series for the month on Sunday is caption, “Engaging the Turnaround Power of Faith.This is part two, engaging the Turnaround Power of Faith. Faith has power to turn things around. That's what we are engaging this month. Glory to God. Meaning that you'll not be in the same position by the end of this month. For someone, by the end of this service, you won't be in the same place. There'll be a turnaround for someone. Recall to what we read. He said, “When the Lord turns again the captivity of Zion. “Who is Zion? Who is Zion? He said we were like them that what? That dream. So, God is bringing you by reason of turnaround to the realm of dream. You'd be wondering, is this happening to me? That becomes your testimony in the name of Jesus Christ.
Now let's begin from Ephesian 6: 16. It says, “Above all.” Somebody says above all. Talking about the Amour of God. But for this one, it said above all, above every other one, taking the shield of what? “Of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench.” Somebody says quench. I don't know why. I just like the word quench. Quench, like fire is burning; you pour water on it. Make quench. “All the fiery darts of the weakens.” Somebody says all. So, whatever the enemy is shooting at anyone, faith can quench. Glory to God.A few years ago, I was going to minister when I was still at the national church serving as assistant resident pastor. I was scheduled to teach. Early morning, I came. As I was stepping into the auditorium, I heard the Holy Spirit say, Faith fights, fear hides, faith fights, fear hides.” You see, with faith there is no retreat. Who is God retreating from? Who can stand him? Glory to God. Satan does not have the power to fight against God. He lacks the power. The Bible said, “There was war in heaven and who fought? Michael fought against Lucifer, not God. God is too big to fight Lucifer. Glory to God. Faith fight, fear hides. Are you fighting or you are hiding? Fight the good fight. Only the fight of faith is a good fight. Fight the good fight of faith. As you fight, you'll win. I see you win in the name of Jesus Christ.
Now I Samuel 17:48, the Bible speaking of David, it says, “And it came to pass, when the Philippines arose and came and drew nigh to meet David. “Talking about Goliath. He said, “And David hasted. “Somebodysays hasted. “And ran towards the army to meet the Philippines. “He didn't run away.Shield is for the front. Anytime you run away, you expose your back. There's no shield for the back. Meaning faith… the shield of faith means you should confront your adversary. Confront the situation, face it, and don’t back it. Glory to God. There's no shield for the back. When you turn your back, you become vulnerable. The shield of faith for the front. Glory to God. So, when you carry faith, you go headlong. That's what David did. He ran towards Goliath and he took him down. You'll conquer your Goliaths in the precious name of Jesus Christ. That's why Hebrew 10:38. See what he says. He says, “Now the just shall live by faith; but if any man draws back, if you turn your back, say my soul shall have no pleasure in him.” That means you are on your own.If you draw back, if you turn back. Glory to God.
Now, let's quickly look at some definitions of faith. What is faith? What is faith?
1. Faith is a living force drawn from the living world to produce living proof. Faith is a living force drawn from the living world to produce living proofs.
Living, living, living. So, faith is alive. Somebody say faith is alive, faith is not dead. Glory to God. Luke 8:46. Jesus said, “Somebody touched me.” They said, “What are you talking about?” We are not just touching you, we are pushing you. He said, “No, someone touched me. For I perceive that virtue is gone out of me. I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.” And the Bible said in verse 47, “When the woman saw that she was not hid, the manifestation of faith cannot be hidden. When she saw she was not hid, she came trembling and falling down before him. She declared onto him before all the people for what because she had touched him and how she was healed immediately.” Look at verse 48, “And he said unto her, daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath madethe whole; go in peace.” Th faith, somebody say, my faith had made you whole; taking away the sickness that she has suffered for 12-years, by faith.Remember, Jesus was not coming to her. Jesus was on his way to Jairus's house and she came behind, if I may but touch the hem of his garment, all I need is to touch. I know. Somebody say I know. Glory to God. Faith is all you need; is the permit you need to draw virtue. She took no permission, right? She didn't say, can I touch you? No. She just came and she touched. So, if you have faith, that's enough permits to draw any virtue from God, for anything you desire. Someone says amen to that.
2. Faith is putting God's word to work, believing. Faith is putting God's word to work, believing.
Faith is not waiting for God to work. You put his word to work, you know what God is saying and you take steps in line with the word, believing. In John 2, we have very interesting episodes there. They had a wedding. Jesus was at the wedding. The mother was also invited to the wedding and they ran out of wine. The Bible said in verse 3, “And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus said unto him, they have no wine.” Verse 4, “Jesus said unto her, woman, what have I to do with thee? My hour is not yet come.” It's not yet time for the miracles to begin. Now hear this, your faith is the timer of your miracle. Please take note of that. The Holy Spirit told me that this morning, your faith is the timer of your miracle; not any man, not what one is saying. Not even God will time the miracle. Once your faith is in place, it's released. Glory to God. Can you imagine Jesus saying that time has not come?
You know, Jesus wouldn't say things that are not real. If he said is not yet time for the miracle, it means it wasn't yet time. But you see, Mary left him, he left the son. He said, well you are my son. I'm your mother, but I also know that you are God. There's a difference. I gave birth to you. So, she wasn't upset that Jesus said,” Woman. “How many of you have been called woman by your children? Women, any of your children ever called you woman? They may call you by your first name. Sometimes, my kids do it to me. But you see for a grown up, Jesus was not a child He was grown up calling the mother woman. She was not offended. Why? She knew. I'm your mother. You are my son, but you are also God. Now, you said the time has not come; I don't know about that. But one thing I know is that there's a situation here that represents shame and I won't be part of it. And I know you have the power to make a difference. So, you’ll do it now. She left him and went to the servant and said, “Whatsoever he tells you to do, do it.” You know what that also means? She told them, mark him. Go around him. Follow him. Watch him. When he says anything, do it. Glory to God.
Faith is not waiting for God to work. He's putting his word to work, believing. And truth to it, Jesus said, “Fill the water pots with water.” You know if I was there and Mary had not said what she said, I would've said, Jesus, it's not water they're looking for, it’s wine. Yes, someone would've told him that. They said wine is finished, water is plenty. They have a lot of water to drink. What they need is wine. But you see the Bible said, “They filled it up to what? To the brim.” Why? Someone said whatsoever he tells you to do, do it. There are some of you here, God have told you some. Some of you have some very powerful clear-cut instruction; you have not acted on it.That was not the most ridiculous of the instruction. The next one came and said fetch it. Go give it to the governor of the feast. You know, I’ve told you multiple times, if I was the one, I don't think I will go. I will taste it first. Go give it to the… most aside from the bride and the groom, the most important person in the feast, give him the water. You see, that’s where the miracle lay. Obedience, fill the water pots. Take it out. I'm sure by the time the water was in the pot, it was still water. But when they fetch it on their way to the Governor, everything changes. Something will change for you.
Lifts up your right hand. That thing that looks like shame, you know, in a wedding wine should not run out, but that was shame. That thing that looks like shame around you, as your faith comes alive; it turns to you for a testimony in the precious name of Jesus Christ.This faith means absolute irrevocable confidence in God's ability to perform absolute irrevocable confidence in God's ability to perform. It has no alternatives. I know. Do you see? Mary didn't leave to say; can you go check around whether you can get wine to buy? No. Whatsoever he tells you to do, do it. And he left. Glory to God. Hear this. Leave your issues in God's hand. He's more than able. He is more than able. Glory to God, whatever he tells you to do, just do it. Now in John 2, we see the, I think at some point he said this beginning of miracles did Jesus in Canaan of Galilee. I’m not sure what verse. This beginning, meaning that it was true that this was the first miracle Jesus was doing and the time was not right. Glory to God. Hear this; faith can bring your miracle from the back to the front if faith is in place. Maybe you are not due right now, faith can make you due. Glory to God. I see your due season come in the precious name of Jesus Christ.
So, the manifestation of faith is in the doing, is in the doing. Do what he says. Another instance, Luke 5, the Bible speaking. “Jesus went in, he saw two ships, and he entered into one of them. These men were fishermen. This was morning. They had toiled all night, caught nothing. They were not happy.” I know that; they were upset. I'm sure some of them were thinking, what am I going to explain to my wife today? How are they going to feed? How are we going to go on with the family, right? They were not in the good, a right state of mind. They were not happy. But Jesus came without taking the permission; it just went into one of the ship. He said, “Thrust out a little bit. And he started to preach.” Don't think God is using you. There's a blessing for you. Whatever you are doing for God right now, there's a blessing in it for you. He's not looking for whom to use; he's looking for whom to raise. May you find you to raise in the name of Jesus Christ.
Now verse 4 of Luke 5 says,” When he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, launch out into the deep and let down your net for a draught. Let down your net for a draught.” And Simon said,” Master, we have toiled all night. We know when to fish. The nighttime is the best time to fish. We have toiled, but someone needs to leave the realm of toiling to the realm of flourishing. Glory to God. By obedience, he said, “Nevertheless at thy word, as you say, I will do it. And then the Bible said when they had this done, theyenclosed a great multitude of fishes and their net break. From zero to surplus. By the world, from zero to surplus, from nothing to net breaking catch. You'll catch something this year. Your net won't break, it’ll be net shaking, net stretching. I said, yours will be net stretching. But your neck will not break because we have entered the realm of perfection. Do you realize that Jesus did it again after he rose from the dead? He told them. He said, “Son, children, do you have any means?” They said, “We have none.” He said,“Cast on the right side”. And when they did, they caught. And that time the net didn't break. Why? Perfection. Jesus was already risen. Your own net won't break because that means you won't lose anything. Let God hear your loudest as amen. Glory to God. Now, James 2:14. He said, “What does it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith and have not worked. Can faith save him? Can faith save him?” Verse 26 says, “For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead.” So, faith without work is, if you say I have faith and you are not taking steps, you go nowhere.It's those who are taking steps in line with what is revealed to them that make max in life. Glory to God. What is faith?
3. Faith is sharing responsibility with God in the light of scripture so as to have one's desire delivered. Faith is sharing responsibility with God.
You don't say God will do it, God will do it, no. what will you do? God will do it. Jesus didn't take the net and cast the net for him. He said, you cast the net. Launch out yourself. If Peter has said, I don't think I should do, it's a very silly thing to do at this time, I don't want to do it, there will be no miracle. But when he did as he was commanded, he saw the result. Someone hearsthis, thisyear, you see some strange results. I said, this year, you’ll see some strange results in the name of Jesus Christ. With God, there's always what to do. John 9, Jesus met someone who was blind. After he put spittle, mix it with clay, put it on his eyes; say, go to the pool called Siloam and wash.” Like God’s servant, our father, the bishop will say, someone is blind; you now put clay on the blind. That means, even if he was seeing light before, he's not going to see any light. How is this supposed to make his way to the pool call Siloam? That's left for him. If he had all the legitimate excuses not to go, if he said, I can't go, I'm blind. How am I going to go there? So, how did he get there? Probably get people, please; can you lead me to the pool call Siloam? His own effort. Glory to God. The Bible said,” Hewent, he washed, he came back seeing.” The blindness was over. For someone here, something is changing for you. That situation that has been a concern to you, as you take steps, you know as I'm speaking to you, God is already telling you what to do. Glory to God. That's the word of God. As you're hearing, the word is giving you instruction, this is the step to take; this what to do, receive that. And as you put it to work, you'll see the results in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
How about the paralytic man in Mark 2? The paralytic man, Mark 2, Jesus said to him, “Arise and take up thy bed.” Mark 2:11, “Arise and take up thy bed and go thy way into thine house.” The man is paralyzed and the man is lying down. Four people carried him and brought him through the roof, opened the roof, and brought him in. So, Jesus is saying, “Arise, take thy bed.” How? Glory to God. If he had laiddown there and said, no, I'm sick. Jesus, you carry me. Jesus, you bend down, carry me yourself so I can… he'll be there. Look at what the Bible said. The next verse, see what he says. “And immediately he arose.” Underline that. “And took up his bed and went forth before them all.” He took up his bed because he said so. He said, “Arise, take up thy bed.” Now watch this. When God gives you instruction, pay attention to it. Write it down and follow what he said. He said, “Arise, take up thy bed.” And he did so. Glory to God. If he lay down there, he said, no, I'm still paralyzed. He will be paralyzed and will die a paralytic man. That situation for you will change as you take steps in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
THE POWER OF FAITH
Now quickly, how powerful is faith? How powerful is faith?
1. Faith has the capacity to quench all fiery darts of the devil. All the fiery dartscan be quenched by faith.
And that includes fire, includes fire, includes depression, include sickness, disease, whatever it is. Daniel 3:21, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were cast into the fire for refusing to bow to worship Nebuchadnezzar idol. And the Bible said in verse 21, that these men werebound in their coats, their hosen and their hats and their other garments and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.” Verse 22 says, “Therefore, because the king's commandment was urgent and the furnace exceeding hot.” He said, “The flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.” This man didn't enter the fire. Those who threw them in the heat, was so hot; it killed them. But those who were thrown into the fire came out unhurt. Glory to God.
It was fate that made them to stand to say, look, Nebuchadnezzar, they say Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful. They call him by his name. We are not careful to answer you in this matter. Whatever, our God is able to deliver us and bring us out of your fiery furnace. However, if he chooses not so, not to do it, we still won’t bow.So, do your worst. He said, “Heat that furnace seven times.” Glory to God. No matter how hot the furnace of life, it won’t burn you. You know the Bible said that their body was yielded. That's what the Bible used, a yielded body. The body that won't even smell smoke. Glory to God, won't even smell smoke. Yielded body, that's the kind of body God, is giving to you in the precious name of Jesus. I said, that's the body God is giving to you, body that defies sickness and disease.
Now look at Isaiah 43:2. He say, “When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee.” Did you see that? “And through the river, they shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest through the fire, thou shall not be burned.” I thought I’ll hear a louder amen. He said, “Neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.” That's what they experience. I will be with thee. You know, Nebuchadnezzar raise his head up, he said, “Come. Did we not throw three people into the fire?” He said, “Yes, that's correct, king.” He said, “But I see four and they're loose. We threw three bounds into the fire, but now I see four loose.” Glory to God. He said, “The face of the fourth one is like the face of the son of man. “He even knew Jesus before time. Glory to God, every devil fighting you, they will see Christ in you, in the name of Jesus. Just make up your mind. I won't bow, I won't bow, I won't cow. I won't bow, I won't cow to all the antics of the devil. You know, some of us give him too quick, too quick. I said in case, in case.
We had a situation sometime, somewhere and they said we should settle.It was a lot of money. It was a court issue. They said settle. And so, the other people, they made an offer and somebody said, ‘You better take this thing”. It looks small, but it's a lot of money still. Say you better take it. I said, “No, we can't take it. It's too small compared.” We said, “Give it back to them. Tell them it's rejected without reason. We reject it without a reason. So, they know we're not even ready to bargain. They said, “Okay, we’ll increase it.” By the time it was done, it was more than four times for settlement. If you have faith, that thing will turn it to advantage. If you trust the God you believe in that situation will change. Glory to God. Some of us trust men more than God. If men give you instruction, you'll run with the instruction. They give you an appointment because he's the governor. I was somewhere and the governor sent for someone, his own brother. He stayed all day waiting for… for what? Waiting for a governor, your own brother waiting for a man. But when he comes to church, the next time he wants to come will be maybe after one month. He’ll say I'm working. He collects this shift. He adds to shift. He takes people shift. I want tocome to church. But when it's time to… someone will humiliate you and keep you for hours. How much time do you pray? If it is time, you’ll say you’ll check your time out. Since I've been praying since. How many minutes? Five minutes, you are tired. No one will humiliate you. No man will make you look small in the name of Jesus Christ.Please take note of these. How powerful is faith?
2. Faith can engraft the redeem into divinity, thereby empowering us to command the impossible.
He engrafts you into divinity, makes you like God, makes you God, and brings you to the status where you belong. Glory to God. And then you begin to make things happen like God himself. Glory to God. God says those things; he calls those things which are not as though they were. So that's the realm. When you get tothe realm of divinity, you say it, you see. Someone says amen to that. Roman 11: 17-23. He said, “If some of the branches are broken and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graftedin among them and with them partakest of the root and the fatness of the olive tree.” He said, “Boast not against the branches, but if thou boast thou bear not the root but the root thee.” Verse 19, he says, “Thou wilt say then the branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.” Some people were taken out and you are there. You know, grafting is something I understand to an extent, a little bit deep. Praise the Lord. I used to have an aunt who studies agriculture and she has done that in when we were little; she did it in our garden. She would take this orange tree and graft it to a different orange tree. It is every nutrient that goes from this, that will be… you see the branch looks different from the rest as it grows, but it’s enjoying the same thing coming up. It doesn't have its own roots. The roots are enjoying is the roots from the main tree. Glory to God. So, you and I are grafted in. Everything that flows in God, flow flows through you and me. I thought I’ll hear a louder amen. Making you a candidate for signs and for wonders, not for whipping and for crying.
3. Faith triggers fulfillment of prophecy. Faith triggers fulfillment of prophecy.
Take note that God is a covenant keeping God. Psalm 89:34 says, “My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.” He's a covenant keeping God. If he says it, he'll bring it to pass. But you see, if you watch it, you'll miss it. If you watch it, you miss it. Now God told Abraham, he said, “You'll be a father of many nations.” Right? But you see Romans 4:20, the Bible said, “He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief.” He said, “But was strong in faith.” Giving glory to God. Somebody says strong in faith, otherwise it won’t come to pass. Master of fact, even the laughing Sarah left the realm of laughing to the realm of faith. How do I know? Hebrews 11:11. By faith, Sarah also herself received what, strength to conceive.” She laughed before, but before she got pregnant she went into the realm of faith herself and she conceived seed. Meaning that if Abraham alone had faith and Sarah's faith did not grow, that means there will be no Isaac. She receives strength. Someone here is receiving strength and that situation is turning for you in the precious name of Jesus Christ.
4. Faith is an ever proof producing force. Faith produces force.
Now faith is the substance of things hope for; the evidence of things not seen. You don't see it, but it's a force. The wind is not seen but is the wind the force? I can't hear you. Is the wind the force? May it not blow against your house. We were in Texas some years ago and the hurricane came and they record it on TV. I was seeing things flying in the air; I thought it was piece of paper. You know there were trailer buckets, trailer carried by the wind. The wind is not seen but it is real, dangerous. Glory to God. So, faith is an unseen force, but very potent force. It's a living force. Somebody, a living force.
HOW TO GROW FAITH
So how do you keep your faith growing?
Faith grows through prayer and fasting. Faith grows through prayer and through fasting.
Isaiah 58:6, “Is not this the fast that I have chosen to lose the bands of wickedness, to undo heavy burden, and to let the oppressed go free and that ye break every yoke. Now look at verse 8. He said, “Then shall thy light break forth as the morning and thine health shall spring forth speedily, and thy righteousness shall go before thee and the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.” Glory to God. I Corinthians 2:10, he said, “But God hath revealed them unto us by his spirit.” He said, “For the spirit searcheth all things, yeah, the deep things.” Somebody says deep things, “the deep things of God.” God has deep things that he reveals to take you to high places. Take note of that. It is deep things revealed to you that take you to high places. So, Luke 22:32. “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat.” Verse 32. “But I have prayed for you.” I have, if you don't pray, your faith won't increase. If Jesus didn't pray for Simon Peter, he would've been lost, he would've become an unbeliever, he would've backslidden completely. I have… he prayed for him, yet he still denied him three times. “I have prayed for you that your faith fails not.” The faith went down but it didn't fail. Lift up your right hand. I pray for you that your faith will not fail.I pray for you and me that our faith will not fail. It's faith failure that makes a man who is a pastor become an idol worshiper. Yeah, we had the story of a man like that; went into a shrine, was found in a shrine; who used to be a pastor, faith failure.
So, faith failure is life failure. Yeah, faith failure is life failure. If your faith fails, life has failed. It failed for Solomon and life failed for him. You know, the son of peace had adversaries. People were constantly against him. He fought till his death. He started asking people. They used to go and bring him the gold of offer. But when he became an idol worshiper, all of that dried up. They feared him, but it wasn't him they feared; it was the God backing him. Glory to God. Don't make the mistake when people look at you and they say, ah, it is the God that is backing you. Return the glory to God. Don't celebrate your localness.You have nothing. It's God's backing that makes you who you are. Paul said, I am what I am by what? By the grace of God, choir sang grace today. By the grace, I am… so wherever God is taking you see it as the grace of God and give him all the praise. Someone says amen to that.
COVENANT DAY OF BUSINESS AND CAREER BREAKTHROUGH.
Now, I'll go straight into our Business and Career Breakthrough. Today is Covenant Day of Business and Career Breakthrough. Let me read Joshua 1:8. He said, “This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shall meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do.” Somebody says to do. If your bible is yours, you can underline to do. Most time, when you see do in the Bible, check it out. Observe, to do. “That thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein. “Say for then, somebody say then, then thou shall make thy way what? Prosperous and then thou shall have good success.Then, then, then, then thou shall become prosperous; you shall have good success, not bad success.” Glory to God. Now take note that we serve the covenant keeping God, we have mentioned that. And God is only bound by his covenant when he's dealing with the redeemed. He's bound by his covenant. He will not break his term of the covenant. He keeps it. His part is constant. You and I carry the variables; you can change. God won't change. He’s the same yesterday, the same today, the same forever. If he kept covenant with Abraham, he can keep covenant with you. Glory to God. There's nothing you are looking for that is a surprise to God. There's no situation you are going through right now that God is not aware and there's nothing he cannot fix. Glory to God.
Jeremiah 33:20, 21, he said, “Thus saith the Lord, if he can break the covenant of the day and the covenant of the night, that there should not be day and night in their season. He said, and then may also my covenant be broken with David whose heart was connected to him.” So for you, as long as the day dawns and night falls, know that God won't fail concerning you. Know that the blessing of God won't miss you. Glory to God. Every day you wake up, you see a brand new day know that something good is happening for you. That's the summary. Every day you wake up, thank you Jesus. It's a brand new day; it's a loaded day for my benefit, for my blessing. Glory to God. And then you see the manifestation of God's hand. Glory to God.
Now a revelation of his covenant, covenant terms regarding any subject matter will empower the believer to command exploits. Once you have the revelation of what you're supposed to do, the revelation of the covenant term, what are the terms? What are my own terms? What am I supposed to do? What is God's portion? Leave his portion for him. For instance, Exodus 23:25-26, it says, “Ye shall serve the Lord your God.” God's portion is to bless you, bless your bread, bless your water, take sickness away from the midst of thee and ensure there's no barren and nothing cast their young around you. Glory to God. And then fulfills your days. Do you see the difference? Your only job is only one thing, serve. Look at the blessing multiple or take over and do God's part; that's more difficult. “Ye shall serve and then God will bless.” As you are serving, he will decorate you. I see God bless you in the name of Jesus Christ. Daniel 11:32, “And such as do wickedly against the covenants shall he corrupt by flatteries.” Say, “But the people that do know their God shall what?” First, be strong. And then do what? Exploit. You can't do exploit without strength. You can't do exploits without strength. That's why you need that strength. You shall first be strong and then do exploit. I see you do exploit in the name of Jesus Christ.
Take note also that God's people will continue to struggle without a revelation of the covenant that secured their change of story. You want a change of story, go for revelation. Know what you're supposed to do. Hear this; your beginning can be small. Hosea 4:6. He say, my people, God’s people, not any other, God people are destroyed. They perish. They're stripped of dignity. Why? For lack of knowledge.” Hosea 4:6, “For lack of knowledge.” So go for knowledge. Know what you're supposed to do. What are my terms? What are the things I'm meant to do? Help me father, to keep my term because I know your term is constant. Glory to God. Your beginning can be small; your end will be great. I'm speaking to someone here. Your beginning may be small right now. Your end will be great. Despite not the days of little beginning. That business right now may look small, but it'll be great. Maybe just in your room. You know, I know a man I used to work with many years back in the secular who started a small business in his garage. Look like a joke, today, the business is all over the world, including a branch here in the US. The headquarter is now in the US with a lot of profits.
Don't despise that business. Don't treat it with levity. You say you are the CEO of the business and you don't go to work and yet you say you own a business. You are not working the business; it'll grow. Your term, your own responsibility is to make sure you treat… the business may be local right now. Maybe if there's something lower than local, you can call that. Glory to God. But very soon, it’ll turn from local to global. You'll be traveling to Japan and to China around the country, around the world. But treat it as what it is and speak it. Speak concerning the business. Glory to God. See it come to pass. That's the eyes of faith. Glory to God. And then you see the manifestation.
Access to light is a gateway to all breakthroughs, take note of that. Access to light. You want business breakthrough, you want career breakthrough, access to light, and access to light. Find light from the word. Isaiah 60:1, “Arise, shine, your life has come and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.” He said, “Darkness may cover everywhere.” He said, ‘But not for you.” As far as you are concerned. He said, “But the Lord shall arise upon thee, and the glory of the Lord shall be seen upon thee.’ That's the testimony for you. He said in verse 3, “That the Gentiles shall come to thy light and kings to the brightness of thy rising.” I like that. The beauty of your rising. You'll be rising as you’ll be beautiful to behold because you're rising; not by crooked means, not by cheating people. Glory to God. Now, in verse 8, it says, “Who are these that fly as a cloud and as doves to their window?” Verse 22, “A little one shall become what? A thousand. That's change of level. And a small one shall become what? A strong nation. Someone say amen to that. You are changing levels. I said, you are changing levels. Your business is changing levels. Your career is changing level in the name of Jesus.
Every breakthrough in the kingdom is traceable to obedience of faith. Obey what God is saying. Look at the covenant demand and obey them. Deuteronomy 28:1, “Shall come to pass, if you hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord your God, to observe on and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high. “ He said, ‘Above all the nations of the Earth but if you observe to do. Abraham became an icon of trans-generational blessing by doing. Somebody say doing. God called him; he followed. He gave him instruction; he heeded the instructions. Glory to God. And Genesis 22:16, “And by myself, have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou has done this thing.” Underline that because thou has done, if he did not do, he will not be an icon of trans-generational blessing. Because thou has done this thing and has not withheld that only son, thy son, thy only son. Glory to God. He said that in blessing, I will bless thee. And in multiplying, I will multiply the seed as the stars of the heaven. Glory to God.
By obedience. So get ready, focus your attention on obeying God. Don't look for scriptures that you used to give yourself excuses for disobedience because you'll find many. There are people who studied the Bible to look for things, to use as an alibi, as excuses to tell God, this is why I didn't do it. The Bible says this; I don't want to show you those scriptures so you don't quote some of them because there are people who do that. They just want something to use as excuses. Don't do that. That's the mindset of the enemy of the devil. You know, Satan quote scriptures, eh, but he doesn't quote scriptures in truth. The word of God is true. But when Satan quote it, is not true. He doesn't quote, it says it is written. He told Jesus it is written. Jesus shut him down. He says, you're quoting it wrong. It's coming from a defiled mouth. Glory to God. Your business will flourish.
One of the things Abraham did was tithing Abraham was a giver. Abraham was a tither and God servant; our bishop said he got light from this scripture that that tithe that Abraham gave was not a personal tithe but corporate tithe. He tithed for his business. Glory to God. Genesis 14:19. And he blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abraham of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth. And verse 20, the Bible says, “And blessed be the most high God which had delivered the enemies into the hand. And he gave him tithe of all.” Abraham gave tithe of all. Even the king of Sodom said,”Give me the man, keep the goods.” He said, “No, I won't take anything. So you don't say, I made Abraham rich. “A man defeated four kings. Abraham defeated four kings. So that was a business tithe. I have ministered this to two people in their businesses and their business turnaround. Someone was about to file bankruptcy, own a medical practice. He said, “The thing is going down. I'm owing this amount, a lot of money to IRS. And I told him, do you pay tithe? He says yes. I said, “No, hold on. Not the personal tithe? Tithe for your business. He said, “He has never had it,” But I met him in the church. I met him in one of our churches. Says, “He has never heard it.” I said, “Papa preaches it all the time.” He paid tithe. He started tithing for the business, for the medical practice and the business turnaround. He told me everything has changed, started buying cars. So, I saw him with different cars. I said, “Take it easy. Take it easy.” Glory to God.
So make God your partner by tithing for your business. Someone will say, how can I be tithing for business? Live it. It'll be local. You want the business to change level, make God your partner. That's what Abraham… you know, we sing Abraham blessing am I. It can’t be. You're not doing what he did. Make God a partner in the business and see the business flourish. Now my time is spent. Let me close with this testimony. There's a man, call Samuel Truett Cathy. Many of us know him or you know his franchise. Praise the Lord. This man struggled and he started a small business back in the days, long time. And he kept following. He kept checking. He kept seeing the business, making research. But above all, he gave God first place. At some point, he discovered that things were not really working. And then he took his executive on a retreat. What kind of retreat? Prayer retreats to go find out why things are not working. That was in 1982. And they met for a period, all of the executives, and they came up with this mission. That mission should tell you the summary of the foundation of the business. Look at the mission statement. It said, “To glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us. And to have a positive influence of all who come into contact with Chick-fil-A. S. Truett Cathy is the founder of Chick-fil-A; pays 10% of everything that comes across it. You know, they don't open on Sundays. Many of you are customers, you know it. They're losing billions of dollars. They have close to 3000 branches, restaurants. They lose billions for not opening on Sundays. But you see, what you sacrifice for God, God makes it up in other ways.
When my children say Chick-fil-A, they sing it to me like a song. Chick-fil-A, Chick-fil-A, Chick-fil-A. When I branch in, we queue up, long queues. I'll be wondering, everybody is lining up here. Why? By the covenant, the families sowing, they're dwelling in billions by the covenant. You see, these are things we should follow. There's nothing that can bring Chick-fil-A down, nothing. Why? It's backed by God. They are sponsoring missions here and there. There was sometime a few years ago, they said contraceptive should be given. They refuse. The government took them to court. They won. Glory to God. Stand with God and watch things change. Glory to God. It's a multi-billion investment. It's a good example of business breakthrough. Hear this, don't cheat people and expect business breakthrough. You'll break down. Don't be a cheat. Don't do fraud and expect breakthrough. Ha, you have access to police. Break into police. That's what will be happening. You can't cheat people and expect breakthrough. He's not breaking you through glory to God. But for someone here as you make amends to make a U-turn, I see you breakthrough. On every side, on every side, that business won't go down.
In your career add value. Don't say you are praying, you anoint yourself, you use mantle, everything, but you are not adding value in your career where you are. How will you rise? You say I’m a son of God. Prove it. Add value to the system. You know, recently, DOGE, Department of Government Efficiency. I don't understand what they're doing myself, but you see they said everyone who is the government worker, federal government worker, last week, tell us five things you did last week and it became a problem. Said, aren’t not five things they said? Five things you did last week. You see, do you know, when I worked in the secular, they tell you every day, list everything you do by the hour. It's tough if you do nothing, but if you are busy, ah, you write five things, you write 20, you give them 20 things. But those who did nothing had nothing to write. Don't be in a system where you add no value and you do nothing, and you expect business and career breakthrough. Career will not come. You'll not breakthrough in career.
If they are paying you for doing nothing, leave the job. That doesn't sound very nice. If they pay you for doing nothing, don't share testimony. Leave the job. Go find the one way you'll be working and they're paying you for your job. Someone say I hear. That's not the kind of gospel someone wants to hear, but its good news for someone here. Why? So, you can change level. So God himself can have a reason to…why will he bless you for doing nothing? Somebody say, God forbid. But I see your business breakthrough. No more breakdowns. That small business will become a brand name globally. I said that small business will become a brand name. In your career, you’re rising to the top.
Raise to your feet someone. Stand to your feet, lift up your hands and give God thanks. Give him praise, give him praise. Celebrate Him from your heart. Thank you my father. Let God hear your voice. Someone, thank him from the depth of your heart. Father, I'm grateful. I am grateful. Be thou exalted in Jesus precious name.
ALTAR CALL
All eyes closed, all heads bow. Before we partake of the communion this morning, someone here needs to make a decision to identify with Christ. You are not yet in Christ; that's the first step. To think about any breakthrough, first breakthrough spiritually, have a relationship with God before you ask him to break you through in your business and in your career. You are under the sound of my voice. You're not yet born again, but you want to do that this morning. I'd like to pray with you. Wherever you are, signify; lift up your hand above your head. I'm going to be praying with you. Don't be ashamed. You want Jesus to come into your heart as your Lord and your Savior.
DEDICATION/REDEDICATION
This is the right step to take, to break through. Break through first spiritually, wherever you are, lifting up your right hand above your head. Give me the privilege to pray with you this morning and let Jesus come into your heart. Wherever you are, don't be ashamed. There's nothing to be ashamed about. Everyone who is born again is a child of God; took a division like this someday. Let today be your day of decision. Lift up your hand above your head as I pray with you. If your hand is lifted, place it on your chest. I'm going to pray with you in a moment. You want Jesus into your heart as your Lord and your savior, place your right hand on your chest; I'll pray with you in a moment.
For someone else, you were born again. Right now, there's a disconnect. You are no longer in Christ and you know if Jesus were to come, you have no portion with him. All you need to do is to rededicate your life to Christ by saying, father, I'm sorry. Take me back. That is your desire; he will take you back. If you want to rededicate your life to Christ, please also place your right hand on your chest as I pray with you.
You want to give your life for the first time or you want to rededicate your life, place your hand on your church and say this simple prayer with me. Say, Lord Jesus, I come to you today. I know that I am a sinner, but I know you died for me. On the third day, you rose again for my justification. Jesus, come into my heart. Be my Lord and my savior. Forgive me all my sins. Wash me with your blood. From today, I know I'm cleansed. I'm washed. I'm born again. I'm a child of God. I am free from the power of sin and Satan to serve the living God. Thank you Father for saving me. Glory to God.
Now, if you said that prayer, you have either just given your life to Christ or you have just rededicated your life to Christ and what joy there is in heaven right now. There is joy in the house. I know there is also joy in the house.
