# HELPED BY GOD [PART 1]: OBTAINING MERCY| SOAR CONF 2022 | HOTR ENUGU-NIGERIA |APOSTLE JOSHUA SELMAN **Channel:** Koinonia Global **Source:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd0gZsvFGIU **Transcript page:** https://www.withtranscript.ai/video/Pd0gZsvFGIU ## Chapters - 0:00 — Opening Greetings and Spiritual Welcome - 5:04 — The Mystery of Human Limitations - 11:11 — Knowledge Required for Soaring - 14:34 — Not by Will or Effort Alone - 18:38 — God Makes Men by Helping - 21:58 — Defining Help and Leverage - 26:06 — Help Changes the Rules - 30:42 — Three Biblical Sources of Help - 36:58 — Signs of a Life Without Help - 42:28 — Mercy as the First Help - 46:47 — God's Love and Daily Mercy - 51:08 — Human Nature and Need for Mercy - 55:59 — Brokenness Produces Humility - 1:00:26 — Mercy Sustains Long-Term Success - 1:05:36 — Mercy Behind Great Achievements - 1:09:27 — Four Meanings of Mercy - 1:12:54 — Brokenness Attracts God's Mercy - 1:18:03 — Testimonies of Mercy in Life - 1:24:34 — Continuity Through Divine Help - 1:32:51 — Living as a Product of Mercy - 1:38:21 — Mercy Opens Unexpected Doors - 1:45:26 — Prepared Blessings and Prayer - 1:48:58 — Crying Out for Mercy - 1:53:17 — Brokenness Before God's Presence - 1:57:21 — Mercy for Every Area of Life - 2:03:20 — Closing Charge and Benediction ## Transcript **[0:00]:** now ladies and gentlemen from africa to the rest of the world ladies and gentlemen will you rise on your feet as i present to you one of god's finest apostle joshua salman please will you receive him with enough welcome **[0:35]:** hallelujah hallelujah blessed be the name of the lord thank you very much for your gracious welcome may the lord bless you in jesus name **[0:53]:** amen the first time i would meet reverend edwin was in nairobi kenya we met at a conference and it was such a wonderful experience very humble very passionate very loving man of god and from that time until now it's been from glory to glory and sir thank you very much thank you for the honor of blessing god's people and blessing and no good state again let's give him a big big big god bless you hallelujah and then to thank our very own father and mother bishop onobogo lord bless you may the lord honor you in jesus name i pray for the sake of time we honor everyone here represented our ministers and all who are deserving of honor the lord bless you in jesus name let's lift our hands to heaven and ask the lord to give us a very mighty encounter even by his word go ahead and pray speak to the lord the **[2:05]:** bible declares for everyone that ask it receiveth everyone who seeks finds and to him that knocks it shall be opened someone is praying give me an encounter tonight indeed that i will soar indeed that i will soar **[2:37]:** in jesus name we pray may i may i encourage us to pay very diligent attention we have um a very brief session tonight and it is my prayer that it will not just be a waste of our time in the name of jesus that our hearts will be opened to learn i was greatly inspired by reverend edwin's church before i came not because i was hearing what he was saying for the first time but i was assimilating once again the truthfulness of what he was saying how that there are people who can walk and faint as a result there are those who will run and even with that advantage of speed we'll be wary are we together there are those who can soar in fact to add to what he has said there is a difference between flying and soaring flying would still require your effort even though you are above the ground but soaring you had taken advantage of the wind hallelujah **[3:54]:** and so truly the choice is yours he said i said before you life and death i sent before you blessing and cursing it is my prayer that this will not just be one of the many conferences but that something definite will rest upon your spirit man so father speak to our hearts and help us tonight we have come to encounter your wisdom let your word come with power in jesus name hallelujah please be seated god bless you **[4:33]:** you are ebenezer **[4:41]:** you are ebenezer **[4:47]:** that's my testimony you are heaven **[5:04]:** how do you explain a life with no advantage how do you explain an individual who lost his father lost his mother and yet will defy everything that makes for mediocrity to become great how do you explain an individual who is taken from a village and now he's been celebrated across the globe whether as a man or a woman how do you explain individuals who in spite of their speech impediments having a plethora of limitations and yet they still rise like the devil does not exist how do you explain that every system of advantage does not seem to be there and while you are prophesying and predicting they are doomed they are rising by an agency that you cannot even explain i didn't raise this song just to start preaching you see when i'm on stage in as much as i compose myself to minister to people i preach from a standpoint of truthfulness i meditate and believe the things that **[6:15]:** i'm thinking about i'm just thinking about what god is able to do and that you that i am praying that you will actually believe he can do it in your life **[6:30]:** there are certain manifestations and certain dimensions of living that it defies any kind of explanation you want to give you see anything plus god anything at all plus god is equal to the result he puts there one plus one is equal to two based on the law of logic and arithmetic are we together now yes but anything plus god in it do not even make an attempt to predict what it can become a failure plus god can become a sign and a wonder a mediocre plus god can become a sign and a wonder is tamara plus god can become a prophet that brings people from the land of bondage into the land flowing with milk and honey **[7:30]:** there is no limit to the possibilities that exist in the life of a believer in christ listen the life we've been called into is a life of tremendous advantage if and when you understand the systems that god has built to guarantee that advantage please listen very carefully just because you are saved does not guarantee that you will walk in the possibilities that this kingdom life provides ephesians 4 18 they know not neither will they understand they walk on in darkness and the bible says all the foundations of the earth are out of course i just quoted psalm 82 my apologies from verse five to seven it says i have said ye are god and all of you are children of the most high seven says but you shall die like men men and fall like one of the princes in ephesians 4 18 it says having their understanding darkened being alienated from the life of **[8:34]:** god through the ignorance that is seen in them because of the blindness of their heart hallelujah the faith life the spirit life the kingdom life is knowledge dependent and you see when it has to do with acquiring the knowledge that translates into authority there is a standard of knowledge you must attain unto hallelujah in first corinthians chapter eight and verse two the bible says and let him that thinketh that he know it anything know that he does not know as he ought to know that means there is a standard you are not given the liberty to determine what you want to know just by yourself there is a standard that means if you must attain to this level of the anointing this level of favor this level of grace there is already a preset knowledge requirement you must rise onto that height so just saying i know something does not give you your result if we switch off the light in this room right now you can put on the little light **[9:44]:** of your phone it is light but not enough to swallow the darkness within the room so most believers have pieces of truth here and there a little knowledge about favor a little knowledge about speed a little knowledge about prayer a little knowledge about fasting and they are like tiny pieces of light and in the presence of reality they cannot do much hallelujah do you know the kind of speed that a plane do you know that every plane starts by walking then running then it runs at a speed that becomes unfair to keep running there is a level of speed that the ground can no longer take then it now begins to soar so soaring is a possibility with that plane but it does not mean that it will decide its speed no the build-up of the plane already there is a speed requirement it is a risk for the pilot to try to soar until **[10:49]:** that speed range has come in are we together now many people try to swallow but what backs you to rise is not there so there are all kinds of destiny crashes like plane crashes very arrogant statements that cannot be defended by light and knowledge **[11:11]:** most of us here have flown many times and it does not matter whether it's a boeing doesn't matter whether it's a bombardier challenger doesn't matter it is the same principle so when the plane starts moving you would think it is too big and it cannot run and then give it a little time once it gets to the wrong way they now say fasten your seat belt and it runs and runs and the all the pilot is doing is watching for a particular speed range the moment it gets there then it's ready to sow it is a risk to try to sow in ignorance or limited knowledge let me show you something luke chapter one please we're reading the first four verses god is speaking to us already please say amen it says for as much as many have taken in hand to set foot in order a declaration of those things which are most surely **[12:09]:** believed among us verse 2. it says even as they were delivered unto us which from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the world i wanted to read verse 3 together ready one to read he said it seemed good to me also haven't had perfect understanding of how many things that means there is a level of spiritual understanding it is within the possibilities of men to drive to a level of knowledge and intelligence with exactitude having a perfect understanding of all things from the very first to write to you that means i am writing to you from a standpoint of authority perfect understanding of all things verse 4 this is the reason that thou my test know the certainty of those things wearing doubt has been instructed i don't just want you to believe it because i am saying it he's saying i want you to believe it because the things that are taught you are not corningly devised fables **[13:18]:** these are truths that can lift so ladies and gentlemen what you are hearing tonight and what you'll be hearing all through this conference please do not make a mistake of trivializing them or cherry-picking them it is arrogance respectfully speaking it is arrogance for a student to choose what to listen for from a lecturer the student is in the class to learn whether you like what the lecturer is teaching or not you have to be able to trust that the university that employed that lecture have vetted him enough and if you do not trust the lecturer and you decide to cherry pick what you want to pick and throw the rest there will be gaps in your knowledge and those gaps will make you ineffective later on in the future a student is not at liberty to decide what he wants to learn he sits down and learns what he needs to learn hallelujah when the oil finished the recommendation was go **[14:18]:** to them that sell if they say go to god go to them that sell and buy **[14:34]:** so are you ready for tonight romans chapter 9 i'll be taking a series of teachings tonight and then we'll wrap up tomorrow helped by god romans chapter 9 and verse 16 9 and 16 of romans paul was mentoring the church in rome helping them to mature in their understanding and in the matters of the spirit and he had this to say so then it is not of him that we let nor of him that runeth but of god that showed mercy hallelujah it is not remember we we spoke about running and it is not of him that we let no of him that run it let me tell you what that means the person who wields has done something noble because he's now in the realm of mind the mind he's already working on his mind and we know the relationship between your mind and your results **[15:38]:** he's done something commendable but he's saying even that does not give a guarantee and then him that run it is one who has gone a step further to take action he said even in the presence of that action it does not still give you a hundred percent guarantee because there are times that your boat is right there are times that you are in the sea that's where you should be when you want to catch fish there are times that your skill is intact and yet you will not catch fish hallelujah at that point you don't need fishing skills again you need the mercy of god we're coming there it is not of him that we left now he is not saying you should not will he is not saying you should not run but he said while you engage in these activities on it at the back of your mind that there is a gap **[16:30]:** in the equation of greatness that only the size of god can feel it is not all scientific it is not all intellectual are we together run away from any man who does not have a god factor in the equation of his greatness that is a risk there there must be a part of your story you have to honestly admit that from here to here i don't know what happened i know that i prayed there was prayer in that equation i know that i fasted i know that i listen i know that he prophesied but from this point to this point if i'm to be honest i know that i was carried on the wings of the spirit **[17:16]:** are we together second scripture please **[17:24]:** acts chapter 26 and verse 22 may this be someone's testimony acts chapter 26 and verse 22 just the a part having therefore obtained help of god i continue on to this day that means if you see me continuing it's not just because i had the strength in myself to continue the secret behind my continuity is that i have mastered the system of obtaining help that means there is something god does to men to keep them moving if you see anybody moving the natural cause of men is that wariness should catch up with you eventually so if you see that i'm making progress and you check the awareness factor and it's not there i have outsourced an agency called help from god having therefore obtained help from god i continue to this day it doesn't tell us from when he started but no matter how long i am still standing and the secret is that i **[18:31]:** have obtained help from god **[18:38]:** help from god **[18:44]:** second chronicles chapter 26 we'll read two verses and then i begin to teach verse 5 and verse 15 second chronicles chapter 26 the bible says speaking about musia it says he sought god in the days of zechariah who had understanding in the visions of god the bible says and as long as he sought the lord he says god made him to prosper who made him prosper so we don't just prosper the concept of self-made does not in in it doesn't stand in the kingdom it says god made him like you say a woman made this cake baked this cake or cooked this god made him until god came he was not god made him to prosper now verse 15. this is how it played out the bible says and he made in jerusalem in james invented by cunning men are we together to be on the towers and upon the pool walks to shoot arrows and great stones without **[20:01]:** please elect us to read the last sentence ready one to read and his name spread far abroad for he was marvelously helped till he was strong so when the bible says god made him it is another expression of god helping so god makes man by helping them the realm of god's help is the realm where he makes men he makes men all men by helping them this is very powerful in psalm 121 first two verses it says i will lift up my eyes onto the heels are we together it says whence commit my help so he's talking about help and assistance here verse two my help i don't know where yours comes from it's a risk to speak for everybody it says my help that means the lord is not the only one who helps but you can know who helped by the side effects or otherwise it says when you look at my life **[21:11]:** i will tell you my help comes every help has addressed you can know this one came from an uncle this one came from your intellect my help not our help my help comment from the lord there you see our word again which made heavens and the earth it is not only heavens and the earth that god makes he can make anything the heavens and the earth is only an example of what he can make so the next time you look at a life and wonder how did you transit this way how is god doing this just know that he has had an encounter with the maker who is also called the helper **[21:58]:** please pay attention you're about to learn something very powerful so we have established the fact that we do not make progress just by intentions as powerful as principles are as powerful as obedience is as powerful as complying with spiritual principles are we have acknowledged and admitted that there is a an equation in the rising and the excelling of any and every man that only god can give answers to i know you worked hard but what of waking up from the bed what principle governs sleeping well and waking up i understand that obedience can bring favor but when you go to the is it not in your bible you say i lay me down and i slept i wait for the lord sustain me **[22:58]:** write this word help down please what does it mean to help someone's life is changing in the name of jesus listen this conference is bringing you to a point where you thoroughly understand the systems of the kingdom as far as the rising and the excelling of men is concerned and this teaching immediately will strangle away the possibility of walking in pride because you will know immediately like all others will know too that there is a side to your life that cannot be credited to effort or intelligence **[23:38]:** a man can receive nothing except it is given hallelujah is god speaking to us already write the word help down please let's discuss that word what does it mean to help whether to be helped or to help someone the word help h-e-l-p i wrote a few things down and i want us to look at it very carefully number one to help means to make it easy or possible for someone to do or achieve something to make it easy or to make it possible for someone to do or achieve something by offering your service or offering your resources that's what it means to help it's important that we define what help is so that you will know what is happening to you now and you will know what will follow you for the rest of your life are we together because somewhere in this teaching you are going to understand why the psalmist says surely goodness **[24:44]:** and mercy shall follow me when you care you just write this down to help means to make easy or possible for someone to do or achieve something that means the goal of help is to bring ease or to create possibilities are we together um let me have one of the protocol please come sir please stand here watch this everyone now my one hand my right hand is holding a mic so i don't have the liberty to hold this i'm trying to lift this are we together it does not mean i cannot lift it but it will not be easy i need to lift it for the next 10 minutes but now i may attempt to lift it now he wants to help me watch now what is his role now his role is not to take away my responsibility he is to provide a leverage to make it easy place your hand there now watch **[25:46]:** this if you are not seeing this guy and you are not seeing his hand who will you give the credit to you will say how come this guy is holding this on one side it's not even balanced yes it is standing but you did not know that there is somebody at the other side of my destiny **[26:06]:** listen for many people your life will be a mystery from this night in the mighty name of jesus christ the son of the living god the same way i gave this illustration i just prophesied over someone's destiny in the mighty name of jesus christ **[26:28]:** it is only marvelous in our side when it is the lord's doing if it is man's doing it is natural to our side please come again don't waste this revelation watch this this is your spiritual life this is your ministry this is your finances ladies and gentlemen this is you in enugu state desiring to be a blessing to the nations you are right here but they need to see you by your strength you are limited **[27:03]:** i will soar with you above the clouds father you working over the storm and i will be still here i will be **[27:34]:** so to help does not mean to take over responsibility thank you sir to help means to make it easy the assignment of help is to provide the leverage that brings ease and to create possibilities there are some things that have no business happening please look at me for instance let's assume you were supposed to go through this door and a time was already allocated and after that time the door would be closed are we together but then you came late and the door was legitimately closed so it was not being unfair to you you simply did not meet the time but if someone now says there is an advantage i have either by reason of being a staff in that company or by reason of being an owner i can give you my card you swipe your card in front of that door and even though you were late it does not take away the **[28:36]:** rule that whoever comes late should not access the rule still stands it only change for you **[28:47]:** you are helped when the rules change for you **[28:53]:** so when god is helping you you must be careful so that you do not teach people to be irresponsible you must understand that it was something unique that was done for you for instance to a latina story if i come let's say was to be shot by six and i came 6 15 and the door was shot we may be 10 there but because of one person who gave me his card if that door opens i will not tell them look you can come late and go away with it i was helped that is my advantage so when i'm in the room where those who came early they knew that i came late and they are asking what are you still doing here and i tell them you use meritocracy to get into this room but i was helped by god helped by god helped by god there are people who would turn back in **[29:52]:** destiny and be surprised and say you are not supposed to be here by what means that you get here some trust in horses and others chariots it says what we will trust in the name **[30:08]:** listen before you talk a man down make sure you verify that there is no system of divine help then you can talk but if for any reason that man has found a way of obtaining hell from god get ready to say sorry and say it early because it will be more painful as the days progress when god decides to help a man ladies and gentlemen all you will see at the other end of that help is a sign and a wonder **[30:42]:** you are ebenezer **[30:47]:** my helper you **[30:56]:** so the goal of help remember please do not forget this that in communicating help the goal is number one to make it easy remember the first goal of help is is to provide number two the second goal of help is to provide possibilities things that had no business happening based on the natural cost of things they are now manipulated by a leverage you receive hallelujah in my definition i said to make easy or possible for someone to do or achieve something by offering your service or offering your resources please do not forget we are not just playing with words that means in helping someone if you are the one who is the helper there are only two ways you can help the person in need of help number one provide your service number two provide your resources your resources there can mean your leverage can mean money can mean whatever it is **[32:18]:** it is not of him that we let nor of him that run it it is not of him that do business or does business it is not just of him that preaches it is not just of him that is sincere it is the lord that shows man mercy it says heaven obtain help from god i continue usia was marvelously helped the bible did not just say he was helped he was helped in annoying he's already a marvel that he was helped but now the bible says he was marvelously helped there are three biblical ways that god helps men who take a bit tonight and then we finish up please do not forget there are three scriptural ways god helps men every time you cry for help because remember the bible says let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace remember it says that we may obtain mercy and find hell so we can **[33:25]:** we can find that we can find the grace that provides help even in times of need number one the first way god helps men is by administering his mercy to man the first biblical way god helps a man is by making you a recipient of his mercy you know a man that has been helped or he's been helped by it is impossible to say you were helped by god and we do not find mercy at the corridor of your life the mercy of god is what opens up the door to his help the first way god visits men to help them to assist them to provide possibilities in their life he provides that resource of his mercy someone shout mercy number two the second way god helps men is by exposing them to the ministry of men the second way god helps man is by exposing the ones in need of help to the ministry of man there is such a thing as the ministry of men the third way god provides help in this kingdom is **[34:57]:** by granting you access to the person and the ministry of the holy spirit write it down these are the three biblical ways from genesis to revelation every time you find a man who has been helped by god he was exposed to one more or all of these factors number one access to the mercy of god number two access to the ministry of men number three access to the person and the ministry of the holy spirit helped by god by being a recipient of his mercy helped by god by enjoying the ministry of men helped by god by enjoying the rich heritage of the ministry of the spirit outside of these three factors there is no possibility for man to obtain help from god are we together now so that when you are saying god help me you know what you are asking god help me means god show me mercy god help me means god **[36:07]:** send a man to my life god help me means reveal the holy spirit to me you see most believers the reason why our christian experience is not rich and constructive is because we say a lot of things and even pray a lot of things without understanding and definition are we together now when you go to pray and you say father i obtain help your mind can partner with the world because you understand what you are saying there is intelligence to your request you already understand the dimensions of the help that can come health means mercy help means man hell means the spirit of god is he not called the helper **[36:58]:** that means **[37:02]:** if you obtain mercy and the ministry of men and the ministry of the spirit it's like a tripartite signature that will be signed upon your life it will be impossible unmistakable for anyone to doubt where your help and your lifting came from for others you have obtained mercy but you have not enjoyed the ministry of men for others you have not enjoyed the ministry of the holy spirit you do not even know him this is the scope of my discussion with you through this conference we are going to touch a bit on the subject of mercy because many people do not understand the mercy of god i had to study the subject myself the mercy of god the ministry of man and the ministry of the spirit there are other people who have ignored the ministry of the spirit simply because he's invisible are we together and so they love the ministry of men and **[38:11]:** that is wonderful but they will not pay attention to the ministry of the holy spirit because they have not learned they have not been taught the value the value of knowing the holy spirit and walking with the holy spirit **[38:39]:** it is true that god helps men now let me paint for you very quickly a picture of a man who does not have help in his life it's important who how do you know a man who is without help there has to be a way of identifying who has not been helped so that you can help the person by exposing him to the pathway that leads to that help is that true please look up medically there are many illnesses you can literally look at someone and know that the person is not feeling fine is that true you don't need to be a doctor when you're a doctor or a medical professional it adds it it's an added advantage because you can know but you can you can you can know that this person is not at the best state of health there are very clear indices are we together no joy no peace restlessness abnormal **[39:41]:** body temperature loss of appetite are we together the person is probably losing weight the inability to stand strong and several other things complications here and there let me paint for you the picture of a man who has not received help of god **[40:05]:** every time please look up every time **[40:13]:** your life becomes inexplanably difficult every time the law of seed time and harvest does not seem to work in your life it doesn't matter what you sow it looks like there is no harvest i'm not talking of money you understand what i mean i'm trying to paint a picture number two any man who does not receive the ministry of men it looks like the system around you ignores you and ignores the value you carry and the investment of god's grace upon your life these are very clear indices that show you that you are on your own you are not being helped by god one of the clearest proof of being alone and without help is confusion confusion confusion absence of direction absence of exactitude that you seem to be under everything under the yoke of men under the yoke of spirits under the yoke of systems and structures then you know that that individual has not experienced the help of god how do you know that you have not experienced the help of god when it is listen there is no advantage in **[41:40]:** your life to turn negative things around into that which makes for joy and testimony **[41:51]:** for someone seated here i just described you or describe your family or describe your experience profitless label living spiritually nothing is happening financially nothing is happening destiny wise nothing is happening let me tell you the truth it is possible that you are sincere it is possible you are honest but this is not an issue of just honesty or dishonesty have you been helped by god **[42:28]:** are we together let's talk about the first way god helps men mercy may this be a revelation for someone in the name of jesus christ deuteronomy chapter 4 and verse 31 let's read together we'll find somewhere to pray but thou o lord had a shield for me my glory the lifter up of **[43:05]:** for me my glory the lifter of deuteronomy 4 31 hallelujah are you ready let's read together one to read for the lord thy god is a merciful god he will not forsake thee neither destroy thee nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he swear unto them so it gives you a very powerful information about god that god is a merciful god god is a merciful god i took out time sir to study the subject of mercy because i'd heard a lot of teachings about the mercy of god and the concept and the narrative that most believers have received in the body of christ about the mercy of god is that the mercy of god only relates to sinners so they look at mercy only as a tool for redemption you know from sin to get an individual saved so when you mention the language of message to a believer chances are excellent you will frown at it so that it doesn't **[44:21]:** look like you are guilty of anything a tender message blot out my transgressions in fact if you read from verse one to the last verse this is one of the classic theological scriptures that describe the mercy of god in a very in a very unusual and a very clear manner have mercy upon me now there are two things you need to understand i hope i've not lost you if you want to understand the mercy of god there are two things you need to understand number one you need to know the nature of god without understanding the nature of god you cannot understand his mercy i have studied this myself number two you have to understand the nature of man these are the two important information that until and unless you have them the revelation of mercy may not make sense to you something about the nature of god is what makes you have the confidence **[45:23]:** to come and obtain mercy and something about the nature of man is what will make you need mercy forever are we together there is something about the nature of man that if understood puts you perpetually in a position where you are in need of god's mercy that anytime you do not desire the mercy of god is because there is a level of ignorance in you about the nature of man the nature of god what does the bible say about god first john chapter 4 and verse 8 the bible says god is love please shout the people of god one more time say god is love one more time say god is love watch this the mercy of god is founded on his love that means this description about the character of god being loved is what makes his administrative mercy possible are we together now there is no possibility to show mercy i will define **[46:26]:** mercy for you shortly but that every time you obtain mercy from god there is something about the nature of god that makes obtaining mercy a possibility and that indefinitely provide that you are in need of his mercy **[46:47]:** reverend preached my message in the short charge that you gave sir i sat down there and i was thanking god for he is giving imagery to my message using his own life and when he was celebrating and honoring our mother he made a statement he said every time i am hungry did you hear that he said when i'm hungry i just go to mummy even if it is 12 midnight take note 12 midnight is an inconveniencing it is not a time that i mean you don't get up and cook for someone as if as if you're concocting a charm by 12 midnight but that is how far love can go and he said as soon as she sees him she'll say swallow or rise marvelously helped this is are we together now that is the mercy of god now he did not tell us it happened only once he did not tell us it happened **[47:53]:** only two times so for you to understand why mama kept doing that you have to study something about her nature why does god keep showing mercy god are you not tired of me is it that there's something about something about my life should irritate you by now **[48:16]:** god's consistency is based on this quality that god is love are we together now this is very powerful men can be tired if i help you today and you come tomorrow and you come next week and say calvary greetings i'll say go back please i'm tired of this i can't be i can be giving you food every day this is not a restaurant i've tried even god knows i've made my contribution call another destiny helper and it doesn't mean i'm bad it just means i'm human **[49:06]:** someone shout god is love psalm 145 psalm 145 my god someone's life is changing right now psalm 145 from verse eight and nine i'm showing you how god helps man that the first way god helps man is to make his mercy accessible the lord is gracious and full of compassion slow to anger and of great mercy the psalmist is describing his knowledge of god that in my work with god i have come to the conclusion that this god is gracious he is compassionate he is slow to anger and he's rich in love rich in mercy **[50:06]:** so the bible says god is love i can rest in that understanding so when you ask why god loves me my answer to you is that he is love why does god help why does god show mercy he loves you to a point that he tied the message to the morning do you know what it means to tie the morning to the to the message in the morning it means it recycles just because he showed it yesterday like time he can show it today again i i have a guarantee that my next week has mercy there there is the potential of mercy **[50:49]:** there is listen there is a kind of confidence that you have when you know that the mercy of god is part of the support systems you have in your life you no longer are intimidated by your limitations because you know that mercy is there **[51:08]:** the nature of god love i told you you need to know the nature of man ready isaiah 51 and verse 5 there is something about man pastor that if man does not understand we will never be able to obtain help you see the human species the fallen man is proud and arrogant by default are we together now so there is there is an intrinsic stubbornness that is hidden in the fallen man and until something about you is revealed to you you will not be able to open up to receive mercy from god let's see that about man it says psalm 55 not isaiah psalm 51 sorry psalm 51 verse 5 not isaiah in iniquity let me quote it very quickly behold i was shaping in iniquity look up please and in sin did my mother conceive me before you were born right from when you were being formed it was not only your organs that were being formed the very nature of sin and rebellion followed that formation too and he said in sin behold i was shaken in **[52:30]:** iniquity look up please do you know what this means that means the best of us unassisted by the mercy of god we do not even know what our tendencies can be until you know this about yourself and you admit it it does not make receiving message necessary are we together when you become full of yourself i can do it i can make it by myself on my own is because you do not know the person speaking who would have looked at a young responsible shepherd and believed that in that shepherd was a murderer if you had looked at david mama that's the kind of person you recommend for your daughter is that not so a responsible gentleman who can almost die for his father's donkey it means he can die for your daughter and yet you do not know that in that innocent man is a murderer growing there are many things that are hidden **[53:33]:** in us that just because it has not manifested yet it doesn't mean it is not there man of god listen to me i know that you are a serious man of god and you are doing ministry you have never encountered a challenge that makes your prayer life to be troubled you still have sponsors so you may not need the mercy of god it takes mercy to stand ask anybody who has tried to fall not be not falling by satan or sin or whatever just the reality of life hallelujah **[54:12]:** you see people take energy drink before they start marathon the person who is not running is taking normal water and he doesn't care and frankly he doesn't need it because he's not going anywhere are we together but the day he he does not find a way of of you know revitalizing his organ and then he tries to run a marathon he may not even cross two or three rounds and he will die there because he takes energy and stamina please hear me look up please when you know this about the nature of man you will not wait until the day your tendencies shock you and disappoint you way before you get to that point you will un-call yourself on god's mercy are we together you call yourself faithful you say me god forbid i will never touch anybody's money you are only speaking relative to your reality now your wife has not become sick unto **[55:06]:** death your mother has not become sick unto death there are many wrong things you do that can be done out of love not out of evil **[55:18]:** are we together for instance you can vow and say god forbid me i will never go to a herbalist i'd rather die you are right based on the ignorance that surrounds you the day someone you love looks at you and says my daughter is this how you watch me as your mother die you wouldn't know when you would go to a shrine by yourself with the chicken or the goat or whatever you would drag it by yourself **[55:48]:** when the bible says the heart of man is desperately weakened don't let your life testify of it find help first **[55:59]:** is am i are you getting blessed tonight we're discussing help so when you see men who are who live in the reality of god's mercy they are not just people who god gave mercy to they are those who knew something about themselves **[56:22]:** god forbid i can't withhold anything from god me how many things do you have first we need to find out what you have to know what you can withhold and not withhold a bank account of 5000 naira with no responsibility of course you can give everything but ask abraham take down thy son it's not just thy son thy 25 year old son that you got from waiting can i tell you the truth anytime you are tempted to believe that your stamina in the kingdom and in the faith is based on anything you have done by yourself repent quickly because there is a lesson that you are programming that you will learn that's why you see our fathers the older they get the more silence they become because they've seen too many things with their life and their conclusion is that merciful let it remain with me now you understand the prayer surely goodness and mercy we say it after service on your **[57:33]:** way out you don't even need it you don't like it you don't say it with passion you don't even understand it what you really want to surely break through and for god's again an open door follow me but you just say surely goodness and mercy can i tell you blessed is the man who lives in the realm of god's mercy show me a man who has found a way of anchoring in god's mercy forget about that man as far as life is concerned he has cheated life **[58:09]:** please listen to me i came to hand over something to you tonight that will change your life that is why when men celebrate us we know we don't have the liberty to say it all the time but there is something we know there is a condition that has kept the mercy of god perpetually in our lives there is something about the nature of man the bible says in iniquity i don't know my tendencies i don't know the hatred that can come from my heart i don't know the jealousy that can come from my heart are we together i don't even know if there is a mother standing here talking and i would not dare to be arrogant because many made that kind of mouth until they felt like a pack of cards haven't therefore obtained help i continue when you see anybody who is standing and doing exploits for the kingdom when they clap for us just for the sake of oh no because the bible allows it we just say thank god but when we go back **[59:18]:** and we're alone this is our position you look past my sin my guilt my shame for your love you look beyond me you look beyond me listen can i tell you that's why i told you tonight's teaching will extract that arrogance component you will now see that when you see people who are humble it's not an issue of your personality it's a revelation there is something about them your nature that if you understand the result of that revelation is humility humility is not an impartation there is no impartation of humility no humility is the resultant effect of a careful analysis of your life with god and without god and you come to the conclusion that my zone of safety is to remain perpetually in the mercy of god **[1:00:26]:** are we together it is not of him that we left no of him that runeth hear me there are many people who were sincere at at the time they had an accident and died they were praying in tongues there were many pastors who confessed the word like you did even at the point of killing them by bandits they said i would not die and as they shot the gun they died immediately **[1:01:00]:** if someone learning i have seen pastors who fast more than me pray more than me sincerely we are talking of people who love god dimensions of consecration that you will not even come close to and sometimes these people will come and say apostle why is this ministry not working i sincerely love god and i know they are not lying if we probably were ranked spiritually some of us will be far far somewhere while these people are there and yet nothing seems to happen it is that revelation that keeps you so when men are clapping as though you are a winner you are a winner but you know the leverage that brought you there are we together years ago there was a gentleman who prayed and fasted for 400 days 400 days six to six i wrapped up the last fasting with him man look i have seen people in my life who have stretched this spirit **[1:02:02]:** thing this spirit life you see i've seen people who locked themselves in dry fast for one week i'm not talking of fasting and i'm going to break later on dry your eyes will not see light until it is seven days **[1:02:23]:** you've heard my story many of you who have listened to my teachings about a woman just like um the prophetess here i was preaching in a pfn conference yesterday going cano and i'm prophesying to people and here comes this woman wanting to receive prayers and she couldn't speak english she was speaking in household every 15 days this mamma finishes this bible 15 days 15 days and yet she was coming to stand before me who should pray for who now for heaven's sake when i went to her prayer mountain the last time i was here we went and we visited the prayer mountain and i saw the remarkable work that god was doing in the life of this woman of god there are many people in this nation who do not come close and yet i saw the humility i said that's it you always see that signature you know those who have understood the dynamics **[1:03:27]:** of god's help because pride is far from them it's not lack of confidence i repeat again it is a revelation everything that happens to any man on earth can happen to you **[1:03:52]:** while someone is messing his or her life getting pregnant without prayer somebody who loves god sincerely husband and wife crying to god and saying lord show mercy who love people can be waiting two years three years four years no child whereas there is a baby factory somewhere either in this nation or around where people who are not even interested children just come is a safe how do you explain that **[1:04:31]:** these are my contemplations that brought me to a point of understanding the value of god's mercy the mercy of god is not just for sinners the mercy of god is for men the longevity factor in a man's life is the mercy of god you only last to the degree to which you have been shown mercy not the degree you want to last can i tell you in the days that are coming i'm not prophesying doom it is the human nature many people will fall like a pack of cards not necessarily because they are wrong they have not mastered the system of obtaining mercy now you understand the prayer of blind batimeo he didn't say heal me he said thou son of david what i need is mercy i know what i will not need to ask for healing your healing is part of your mercy it is your the healing anointing resides within the mercy **[1:05:29]:** of god **[1:05:36]:** hallelujah **[1:05:43]:** the first expression of the help of god is his mercy can i tell you if there is anything you have seen that is worthy of commendation in the life of this man standing before you i tell you i'm this is not just some preacher's talk i'm trying to preach because i'm talking in a conference no it is a mercy of god and i am aware of it and we are not ashamed to let the world know that it is not as though we are sufficient in ourselves sincerely it will be a lie to tell you that we are not working in keeping with certain principles but albeit remember the beginning of my teaching there are gaps in the equation of our greatness that only now you know the fact of god that feels it mercy a gentleman someone gave a story and he said one time they were in a pastor's conference with our father **[1:06:38]:** and the lord baba adeboye and other pastors were praying around the altar you know younger ministers father i'm tired of this level next level oh god you know they were crying god this cannot be this not what you showed me in my dream and they were praying and someone who had the privilege of lying down close to baba's debut he said for more than one hour all that he was saying was mercy mercy oh god mercy that is not a sinner praying that is a wise man who knows that to lead this kind of people it takes more than intelligence it takes mercy mercy mercy oh god ah blessed is the man i say it again who resides within the zone of god's mercy your life will be a wonderful to you and then to everybody around you why am i teaching you this because many of you tonight this is the sermon you have **[1:07:41]:** been waiting for for the next season in your life many of you are conscious of principles and i teach principles keep learning conscious of many other things but you have ignored the mercy of god because it looks like i'm not a sinner i fast i'm pray i'm serious i love god i i sow i give have you not seen people who farmed and cows came and eggs their crops the harvest came but he didn't reach them is that true **[1:08:19]:** it is not of him that we left none of him that run it but of the lord that showed mercy there are people who found mercy with god and someone just walked up to them and said are you a man of god said yes he said listen from today so so so percent from our business we have god has just granted us grace we will bless you and sow it into your life to make your life convenient when you are teaching financial principles that man will sit down in clear ignorance admitting that it if it is based on what you are teaching now i should not be here even me i **[1:09:04]:** know hallelujah is someone learning i am a product of god's mercy now let me just tell you one more information about mercy and then we'll pray for tonight has god helped you what does it mean to show mercy **[1:09:27]:** i need to define that there are four aspects of mercy i wanted to get number one merci means a compassionate treatment to someone who is in distress messi a compassionate treatment to someone who is in distress so when you treat someone compassionately who is in distress that is messy number two refraining from punishing an offender is called mercy are we together so number one to treat someone compassionately who is in distress mercy number two to refrain from punishing an offender that means someone who deserves to be punished when you refrain from punishing that person you have shown him a message number three the disposition to forgive or to pity or to be kind the disposition to forgive to show pity or kindness is called mercy **[1:10:44]:** the last is to alleviate pain and distress to provide relief this is an expression of mercy i'll take it again number one compassionate treatment of someone in distress number two to re to refrain from punishing an offender that means the punishment that is due that offender number three **[1:11:15]:** the disposition to forgive to pity or to be kind and then number four to alleviate pain and distress to provide relief that means look up please summarizing these four definitions gives us two dimensions of mercy number one there is message that translates to pardon unforgiveness there is message that translates to relieving pain and distress are we together now so mercy is not just forgiving an offender mercy is also providing relief for someone so if you do not need mercy as forgiveness over something you need mercy as a relief for pain or something you're going through this is very powerful please look up when i caught the revelation of the mercy of god my life changed the mercy of god i will repeat like i gave in the example to the door the mercy of god is not supposed to replace your responsibility of knowing god and working in keeping with his principles like you would always hear me teach the mercy of god is a system of advantage that was provided that in addition to **[1:12:42]:** your obeying all these principles because the best of your strength will still be limited there will still be gaps somewhere **[1:12:54]:** the mercy of god now listen the mercy of god is only administered at the instance of brokenness i will just say that quickly as powerful as god's mercy is not everyone can become a recipient of his mercy there is a condition there is a condition that until you satisfy the mercy of god cannot speak for you that condition is called brokenness that means every time you see someone who is a rich recipient of god's mercy he has satisfied that necessary and sufficient condition of brokenness what is brokenness and acknowledgement of your inadequacy and acknowledgement of the fact that you are limited and unassisted by god you cannot meet god's standard brokenness so it is possible that many of us desire the help of god tonight you came for this conference to obtain help and god wants to release this expression of his help as his mercy but the help of god as his mercy will **[1:14:08]:** come to you and not be able to rest on you because it does not find brokenness someone say brokenness please shout it again brokenness this is very important all through scripture everywhere you see god communicating mercy when david killed you right i remember the story with you ryan ambassador that was what brethren psalm 51 it was david reporting himself to god and he cried he said in iniquity did my mother conceived me that state of brokenness was what earned him the title of being called a man after god's heart not even moses the meekest man on earth had that title of a man after god's heart **[1:14:59]:** are we together when you read the story of the prodigal son the story of the prodigal son is a classic rendition of the ministry of mercy the bible talks about a young man who was a younger brother and he wanted his shell possession and the bible says he left and lived riotously and then the bible says when everything had depleted he was in that state feeding with swine and he said unto himself he said how many hired servants does my father have and i am here feeding with the swine hear what he said i will arise say brokenness i will arise and i will go to my father he said and when i meet him i'll not just say father i am your son listen i just did whatever with my money but now i'm back better accept me i didn't ask myself to be here that is pride and not brokenness now the church **[1:15:54]:** of the lord jesus christ in teaching believers to be confident we have shifted it overboard and it has graduated into pride there is a healthy line between confidence to approach him boldly and the spirit of reverence most people have gone overboard and they believe that god is just some senior brother somewhere who you can stand by the blood of jesus and in the name of jesus and he must cough out everything you need no this god who calls himself your father is also god never forget brokenness father i admit that by my strength and my wisdom i cannot build this ministry it is true i went for bible training it is true that i fast and pray and i will continue because your word provides those as the template for an excelling life i do that one because i love you but i do that to honor the law of obedience however i know that **[1:16:58]:** it is not within me to provide the kind of life i desire therefore i come before you you are the all-wise god and god says who is this speaking a language of brokenness and quickly you will find the help of god there are people who pray and based on the rules of prayer their prayers should not be answered there are many things based on the theology of prayer and yet because in the midst of all the confusion their hearts are sincere they can cry they don't even know who to pray for is it the prayer is it the father is it the son is it the holy spirit is it an angel they can just cry and say lord if you are there please help me and suddenly god comes can i tell you every time god finds brokenness you are ready to entertain his presence he will come many men of god depend on **[1:17:54]:** power depend on grace depend on intellect that's why we don't have a lot of results **[1:18:03]:** listen the person talking to you is not in ignorance by the grace and the privilege of god you've heard me say it i would simply say i have obtained mercy from god god has taken the lifetime of many people and giving it to me i know what it means to be a recipient of god's mercy god is giving you explanation right now it is not that enugu cannot favor you it is not that your spiritual life cannot rise it is not that you cannot enter the realm of visions and dreams and prophetic encounters it does not take god anything to give your ministry global visibility it does not take god anything do you know let me tell you one of the ways that you really know that people have been helped by god is when you come close to them you become disappointed because you will look for that wow factor and you will not **[1:18:56]:** really find it so what exactly about you is really responsible for the results and the people who tell you this is me this is all of me you are seeing years ago when we used to travel when i traveled with a protocol but i it's not now that i dress wearing all this i used to wear a jean and my polo and my earpiece my palm sandals so that my leg does not swell and when we travel for meetings sometimes the protocol people can be waiting sometimes even waiting you know at the base for hours waiting for this apostle joshua sermon and as soon as we come out from the airplane they are looking for him they can go to my protocol because they seem to be more dressed and they find out it's not the one and then they see this guy on gene polo my smartphone i didn't even used to use all **[1:19:47]:** these gadgets i used to use my small ear 72 or so and sometimes i watch the shock on their faces including the host this is what we have been waiting for **[1:20:05]:** we prayed we fasted and all those who recommended me in the church will stand guilty we it's not our fault **[1:20:17]:** but at the end of the same meeting you will know the difference between the vessel and the treasure **[1:20:27]:** you see that we make our boast in the lord because we know that outside of him we are not very much let me tell you the truth it's not some condemnation it's the truth whether you live in denial one day life will force you to agree on this thing i'm saying outside of god add us up we don't amount to so much the weight factor in us is his glory and his grace this is why when we stand before the world we point them to jesus the one who has helped us and shown us mercy that is why we carry the cross and we stand proudly behind it and when people look at us as though we are some superstars on one hand we appreciate the sincerity of your commendation but were quick to let them know that listen to me if it is this man just by intellect and human connection and utterance and **[1:21:24]:** whatever it is we don't add too much but because he has come to us and let me tell you sincerely what he found that brought him was brokenness for someone this is your message this night you are too proud to receive help from god you are still leaning and trusting on everything after all i was in someone else's business and when i was helping him as an apprentice i made him a billionaire now that i have my own business i should be a billionaire and you are still scrounging around because it is not of him that we left nor of him that runeth but of the lord that showed mercy of the lord that showed mercy of the lord that showed mercy of the lord that showed mercy someone can be so competent and excellent and yet his destiny helpers are never around and then the day he's not around the weak alternative to him **[1:22:22]:** just comes around and that day that is the day that the person who needs the contract wants to give out a contract of over 1 billion the person who they would have given is not around and since you are there they say can you do it and they give you and by the time people are saying what did you do sometimes you stand and you say listen even that contract it was not me who did it it was too big i had to call someone to come and do it and yet the credit comes to you and you are so blessed listen what i'm teaching you is so powerful ladies and gentlemen if you understand what it is i'm teaching you your life will remain an unending wonder i stand before god every time when i'm alone especially when i return from meetings like this mighty marvelous miracles transformations by the spirit of god and **[1:23:16]:** you know my phone is full of text messages people saying all kinds of things are possible you are this and that and i know they are sincere there is a place for honor but then i stand and i look at this gentleman and i say young man listen carefully there are no self-made people in this kingdom when they look at you what they see is the mercy of god is just that they do not know that it is called the mercy of god so they call it any other thing but i'm telling you the name now are we together any man across the globe who is doing mighty things for the kingdom in ministry in business if it is the god of the bible who helped them the first expression of the help they received was mercy mercy when the lord jesus christ appeared to me i was not fasting i was not praying i **[1:24:17]:** fast i prayed but at that point i was i didn't even ask him to come i was lying down and he came how do you explain that whereas there are other people saying god i will kill myself if you don't come he still did not come **[1:24:34]:** are we together and he comes to you it was an honor all ready for me to see him and then he stretches his hands towards me and blesses me and does all the things that happen and look at my life today **[1:24:53]:** who is like him lion and the lamb sitting on the throne don't sing just listen to me who is like you the lion and the lamb seated on the throne i will praise our dog night from the rising of the sun to the end of every day praise i don't know all the nations of the earth all the elders and the states sing praise **[1:25:45]:** for someone at the end of this service by tomorrow morning you will return back and stand and say it's a lie what happened what happened what happened i have heard that god lived but now i am the life that he has lifted i have heard that god anoints you're a man of god here that by the next meeting you go to you will it will it will be as if you held the charm the grace of god and the investment of his power upon your life **[1:26:25]:** listen i will give up anything in this life to remain in the mercy of god i don't trust myself outside of the mercy of god i don't even know what my tendencies are outside the mercy of god my safety zone is the mercy of god if you ever ask me what is the secret behind your life apostle i will tell you an ordinary man helped by god it's not a cliche it is it is the definition of my life helped by god **[1:27:08]:** we're going to find somewhere to pray come again my friend this is your life we're going to ask that example again **[1:27:19]:** you need to rise in ministry you need greater grace you come from a family where your grandfather already killed a lot of people and based on the course that was released legitimately you have come as the offspring is none of my business that's not the business of the realm of the spiritual is a law **[1:27:46]:** when they were dying they made pronouncements and said none of your daughters will see joy because you took away my own joy now you have shot you came you showed up from that family and you just laugh and everything is alright is gone and you are seeing the mark following you **[1:28:05]:** i'm running i'm running i'm running to the mercy i'm running i'm running i'm running to the mercy seat listen for as long as you are still complaining and giving excuses it's unfair i'm a beautiful lady people are not seeing me find out what is covering your eyes it will take mercy not complaining i may graduate i even have phd and you will see someone who said i was at the gate with ordinary school certificate and someone said i like your face what do you do say sir don't harass me say i'm leaving nigeria can you be the african representative of my company how do you explain that someone shout mercy and you could shout mercy **[1:29:04]:** so that when other people are saying my skill brought me here when other people are saying my father's connection brought me here it now gets to your tone and say why are you here among the great how did you get here because by your background you should not be here how did you get here **[1:29:28]:** everything you are doing somebody is doing too yet they are not getting your results the factor is messy shout messy man of god shout mercy businessman shout mercy another person respectfully speaking can have an assembly and his teaching he may be making a lot of mistakes scriptural mistakes the members are correcting his revelation and correcting the verse yet they will still invite others and come and you stand and look at the man and say what exactly is this man preaching john chapter 5 verse and the members chorus 7 thank you you would think that will annoy them and they will leave the church by next week they are back again i will tell you what he is doing behind the scene that you are not seeing when he goes back home **[1:30:24]:** cabbie you see we declare your majesty **[1:30:37]:** we declare your majesty **[1:30:45]:** be here see **[1:30:53]:** and that person will kneel before god and say father i didn't have the privilege to go to school it's not laziness i am improving myself now you simply sent me to bring life and bring transformation and you promise me you will go with me are you john so so son so yes the lord said somewhere in a new state here that you are going to build him a church see are you not surprised that these ordinary people who are making things happen is that not a message enough for you i don't downplay competence let me repeat it again i don't downplay adherence to principles there are principles in life i am a teacher of the mysteries and the principles of the kingdom but let me tell you sincerely when all is said and done this is it you have tried your best here he comes **[1:31:56]:** no it's only because you were lucky is the clot you wore that's why you could lift it next week you are still lifting it again after 10 years you are still lifting it again because the helper remains with you i know after five years you will not last oh dear what a joke once the helper is with you you will keep rising they were just lucky to be blessed i'm sure that that that that car it will not last another one will not come but the helper comes again i'm sure that ministry is just because the church is around his village people know sir the only explanation to the mysterious continuity of great men is the help of god that has come as mercy **[1:32:51]:** listen we're wrapping up i wish i had the time to share my testimonies and tell you my stories you will think i'm lying and you think i'm exaggerating sometimes because sadly the body of christ can misunderstand when you say some of these things they take it for pride but i live perpetually in all of what the mercy of god can do me when i tell you if you ever looking for one person who is a recipient of god's mercy it is this man standing before you i have seen god do things in my life that you can almost tap yourself and say wake up then say they are among the hidden the lord has done great things for them the lord has done great things for us whereof we are glad listen the lord is calling you tonight in addition to your prayer your fasting your word life your consecration powerful kingdom principles to never **[1:34:02]:** compromise on you want to saw the energy that leaves the plane does not come from the plane the energy that lifts the plane is already programmed in nature so when you see the plane rising that weight cannot rise like that if the plane could rise on its own it will rise like a bed without speed it needed to tap into the law some of you you have been walking then you've tried running you have not gotten to that speed let his hand lift you and all of a sudden you will see yourself soaring in realms realms and dimensions of the grace of god you will marvel and you will wander **[1:34:50]:** you will lay up gold as dust god will honor you and bless you recently a an international body it's a global body i return home and i get this letter and they write this letter that they want to give me an award and i'm looking at it and saying ah what how does this of course it may not be unusual that they've heard about me but what in the world is this an award by this body i know the kinds of people who receive awards from that body and i just went back i said god what is this what is this what is this **[1:35:38]:** that you can sit down in worship and in awe and god will take someone else's prayer point and bring it for you as a gift and say take this is it **[1:35:53]:** i live a life of worship and all because i thank god for showing me his mercy my life would have been miserable every time you think we are some kind of extra extraordinary people on one hand there are sacrifices that have been made i will tell you that in truth on one hand he has obtained grace to work in keeping with certain principles but the other side of it please don't ask me it is the hand of god and is mercy for me it is not a recitation after service surely goodness and mercy these two spirits have stayed with me i know what it means to see the goodness of god i know what it means to see the mercy of god my assignment tonight is to prophesy over your life there is a dimension of mercy you must enter into this night are we together yes for when that happens you will watch your **[1:37:02]:** life and you will know the difference for some of you the moment the mercy of god steps in you will not even spend one month in this country believe me all of these sudden doors will open for you there are pastors listen by the time the mercy of god rests upon your altar people who come and meet you and say tell the truth i don't know you are someone who does uh what they call it now harbaugh medicine or or bury something on diop what did you do because i know you and you tell them listen i came from the saw conference and while i was seated quietly a man of god casually talked about this messy factor **[1:37:46]:** the mercy of god where do i get finance to run ministry it is messieu it is mercy you can cry and call people to sow and all the millennials will be watching you as if they'd be here we are talking about the kingdom here they say wow pray and they will pray give and they will walk away and they will walk right to someone else and say can i have the privilege of giving you 10 10 million every month mercy **[1:38:21]:** there are some of you you already have what it takes for the **[1:38:42]:** i want to celebrate you in all fairness you have walked on yourself ministerially academically business-wise in unfairness you have walked on yourself but the mercy of god has not yet rested upon you that's why you can remain and sweep the ground and watch ordinary people as though they were holding a charm it is the mercy of god when it is time to pray have a few more minutes with you i want you to humble yourself tonight and pray and cry for mercy and say father i know i know that without you without with you i can do nothing without you there's no life **[1:40:08]:** to me so i need you **[1:40:22]:** my life today **[1:40:36]:** hallelujah **[1:40:43]:** one day i was preparing just worshipping the lord and resting then i get this text that a group of some business people want to see me and they came and they said we're real estate people and we enter the covenant with god **[1:41:13]:** that anywhere in the world we build our estate we must build the house for you till jesus comes i don't want to tell you how many estates they have built across the globe today and some of those houses have never gone to even go and see it there are keys to houses today that have not even gone to see my **[1:41:56]:** myself **[1:42:00]:** i'm not saying this to brag are we together sometimes it's good to challenge people the product of god's mercy **[1:42:15]:** product of god's mercy there was a time within the period of two or three weeks god brought 18 cars what do you do with them will you put your leg in one and put your head in another one what kind of thing is that how many houses can you live in even if you travel to every nation **[1:42:38]:** see it is what you have that you give you can give what there's something you are going to receive this night i'm not wasting your time please don't be distracted there is something that must come upon your life tonight because the favor of god is the child of his mercy thou shall arise and have mercy upon zion is that in your bible for the time to favor her yeah the set time **[1:43:41]:** that mobilization **[1:44:03]:** no poster no nothing coming to jesus how do you explain this i'm not saying this to brag i hope you you don't misunderstand it **[1:44:17]:** that god will grant you access to kings and nobles access to their heart **[1:44:28]:** and you're wandering and saying what is this i'm not saying this to waste your time i'm saying it because it must work in your life from this night that you will return back and ask some of you on your way going home you will start seeing a strange call **[1:44:54]:** and all that you'll be hearing in your spirit is messy messy and you pick the call and someone will say where are you i was in prayer and fasting and the holy ghost spoke to me are you john are you a booker are you this person please come see me in my office come with any two people you want to get a job and they now come there and you are wondering they just just give them a job just like that **[1:45:26]:** there are some of you by the mercy of god you are going to step into prepared blessings dimensions of blessings that have been prepared for you i'm saying this to you by the spirit of god hear me there are some of you in ministry the level of grace and the hand of god you will begin to see your life will surprise you prophetic encounters supernatural visitations by the spirit of god **[1:45:55]:** there is no limit to what the mercy of god can do in the life of a man because you know since copied many people's lives churches ministries families have gone down even economically let me tell you the truth is to take god's mercy to go down when you have lost 1 billion or 100 million in your investment or in your business what kind of technology are you going to use to gain it back now to take the mercy of god i don't know how it works for others but i can tell you how it works for me **[1:46:39]:** embrace your grace i'm nothing without you your grace please stand **[1:47:03]:** your grace your grace **[1:47:22]:** have nothing without you your grace **[1:47:47]:** now **[1:47:51]:** now hear me i have 10 more minutes with us and we're done out of that 10 minutes we're going to take the next two minutes i don't know how you are going to cry before god i'm going to leave you for the next two minutes lord i acknowledge you as the only one exclusively with the power to lift me and the power to help me and i cry like mine but tim you down son of david have mercy on me someone prayed i don't know how you will cry before god but i leave you with god your maker for the next two minutes and that includes those following online god is able to help you and to raise you by his mercy haven't obtained help from god i continue to this day **[1:48:58]:** go ahead and pray messy messy **[1:49:47]:** a man of god in ministry cry for mercy you a businessman cry for mercy **[1:49:56]:** you are a prophet that wants to be used mightily by god crying for mercy an apostle a teacher of the world cry for mercy believe me that outside of the mess **[1:50:17]:** of god there is not much you can do this is true **[1:50:27]:** two minutes you are crying to your god and your maker **[1:50:49]:** please pray **[1:50:59]:** messy **[1:51:04]:** no i has seen no ear has hurt what god has in store for me so i submit to your work in me till christ be formed in me no i have sinned nor it has heard what god has prepared for me **[1:51:36]:** so i submit to your work in me till christ is formed in me no i have seen no ear has heard what god has prepared for me so i submit to your work in me till christ is formed in me no i have seen nor hear as bad what god has prepared for me so i submit to your work in me till crimes before me till christ be formed in me your glory revealed through me your wisdom be found in me your favor rests on me no i have seen no ear has heard what you have prepared for me so i submit to your work in me till christ fall in me **[1:53:17]:** listen to me the bible says if my people which are called by my name in as much as they are called by my name the first thing is that they must humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways it says then will i hear from heaven and i will forgive their sins and heal their land **[1:53:52]:** the next time you say lord i need your help what you are saying is keep me in the zone of your mercy mercy now you know it is not an immature spiritual prayer when you go to the place of prayer and you roll from left to right crying and say show me mercy show me mercy it was that brokenness that god found in the young boy solomon that made him to receive such a rich investment of wisdom when solomon was asked what do i give you he didn't just say give me an understanding heart he said lord i am young and you have given me such a great people who is able to lead these people he confessed his ignorance and his limitation if there is something i know about god i don't know everything about god but there are a few things i know about god one of it is that the presence of **[1:54:54]:** god is attracted and sustained by the cry of brokenness not the accuracy in prayer not the degree of compliance to the world alone the presence of god is attracted and sustained by the voice of brokenness show me a man and a vessel that is and remains ever broken you have found a way of trapping god's presence to your domain eternally let this mind be in you the bible says philippians chapter 2 from verse 5 which was also in christ jesus it says that even though he was god he did not consider it a robbery right that he had that equality yet he humbled himself he submitted himself and died even the death on the cross he says wherefore by reason of assuming that posture in the spirit and even physically god had so highly exalted him and placed him upon him an office that is greater than every other office it says that whoever invokes the authority that comes with that office you see that things in heaven of things in the earth or under the earth every **[1:56:18]:** tongue every knee bowels and every tongue confesses that jesus is lord even to the glory of the father i am telling you now that in the kingdom and in the life that we live in the spirit our advantage and our edge is maintaining that posture of brokenness whether you are jacob or gideon or david or solomon or even jesus it does not matter who you are if it is the god of the bible you want to secure his presence and his help you must perpetually remain in the place of brokenness crying for his mercy because one genuine encounter with god's mercy can rewrite your life rewrite your destiny hallelujah let me speak over your life **[1:57:21]:** some of you your spiritual fire has gone down some of you your passion for spiritual things has gone down your prayer life is almost zero nothing to write home about you may even be a man of god just because you are preaching does not mean your prayer life and your word life is alike you are the one who knows you're still with god some of you right now based on the assessment of your non-compliance to kingdom principles you do not deserve certain levels of the hand of god but the mercy of god is about to speak for you can i pray for you in the name of jesus **[1:58:01]:** we call upon the helper of men and the merciful god may he show you mercy tonight mercy over your spiritual life mercy over your family mercy over your finances mercy over your ministry mercy over your health in the name of jesus christ i pray that by reason of the blood and that which happened in calvary may mercy speak for you the same message speaks against every altar and every manifestation of darkness over your life in the mighty name of jesus christ i speak prophetically over your life by reason of the mercy of god rise to heights unimagined i open doors of opportunity for you by the mercy of god in the name of jesus christ hear me the one who comes to make your walk with god easy the one who comes to make your life possible in the name of jesus he who died and rose again i called for his ministry in your life in the name of jesus christ **[1:59:31]:** i want you to leave this place return home with this revelation protect it and guard it teach everyone you know **[1:59:44]:** and let them know that you have found a very powerful key so when they look at you and say man of god you are such an anointed man appreciate them sincerely but tell them hold on don't go yet let me tell you something that except for and accept by the mercy of god even in the midst of this plenty we do not amount to much added to their understanding that above and beyond the spiritual paraphernalia is the mercy of god that backs you you're a businessman and god continues to increase and multiply you when people come to you and say what are you doing be honest with them show them the place of diligence show them the place of compliance with kingdom loss and when you are done and they are about to go and say thank you say hold on don't be in a rush come back there is a dimension i need to **[2:00:38]:** teach you the spirit life is not complete with man's effort alone there is the help of god that grants men the strength even to continue you're a man of god and god is doing much through you in this city the east of the niger and around when people applaud you receive it with joy and sincerity but please i beseech you do well to let them know truthfully so that beyond what you saw that you clapped for that is the one you have not seen and in one word it is called the help of god i am a product of the help of god you say that way your mentorship and your counsel to them will be complete so you have left them responsible believers understanding the precepts of the kingdom and the spirit that they should walk and live by but then in addition you leave them with that understanding that if your strength resides **[2:01:40]:** only in the consciousness of your prayer life and your word life and just your obedience and all of these things the life of peter in john 21 was a lesson for us but peter was a fisherman professionally fitter had a boat that was walking he had a net that was walking he was by the sea where fish should be yet strangely he did not catch fish there are times that everything is right yet you will still not have results god does that in everybody's life once in a while so that he will remind you there are times that god himself will stop the results from happening so that you are surprised then he says no it's not that this thing should not work i stopped it only to bring to your awareness that there is still another dimension the help of god because when your strength continues to lift you sometimes you can forget it's **[2:02:41]:** a weakness in men it has nothing to do with being good or bad it's a witnessing man i know if i go for the meeting people will be healed and blessed i know my glory be to god but you don't mean it and they laugh and say he has come again mighty man of god so there are times god will draw your ears and because we are usually very stubborn and we don't pay attention the only way he **[2:03:07]:** helps us to turn is to withdraw results every time god withdraw results man would turn to him and you say it was not about the results i wanted your attention remember that i am still there may the lord **[2:03:20]:** bless you tonight in the mighty name of jesus now please hear me tomorrow i want to encourage everyone in as much as i i hope i've obtained permission can i invite everyone to come sir because i want to share something that is very powerful you need to understand the spirit life listen carefully don't think it's just a leaders meeting just to come and teach administration and the rest there is something about the spirit life that if you do not understand in this end time you will not be able to stand are we together yes he said those who walk not by the flesh but by the spirit you will need to know how to understand the dynamics of the spirit life throughout tomorrow a teaching will center around that i will be showing you a few things and i trust that someone will be receiving an impartation that will really transform your life so tomorrow **[2:04:18]:** in the morning eight o'clock come to what nine o'clock it starts and then the evening session please invite everybody you know in enugu including those who need to connect online and tell them that god is helping them may i also request that as you return home please try to listen to this message again search for it the church social media platform is there listen to it and pray with it the lord bless you i decree and declare that your return home is safe you are blessed in the name of jesus because of that which you have received tonight let the mercy of god begin to speak instantly the lord bless you in jesus name i pray amen and amen thank you very much