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0:00bless and appreciate my dear friend and
0:01brother Pastor Nathaniel
0:03and his dear wife. Thank you.
0:06Thank you. Thank you. Such
0:10such an amazing
0:11and a truly humble man of God. I love
0:14you with all my heart and thank you so
0:16much for this opportunity
0:18in the name of Jesus Christ.
0:22Um
0:23just like he was saying while um he was
0:26upstage here, it truly is a privilege to
0:29serve the purposes of God. And we thank
0:31God for some of the blessings that we
0:33receive while we serve, but make no
0:35mistakes about it. God is God all by
0:37himself. It is a privilege to be part of
0:41the things that we do
0:43and that he's able to use us the way he
0:46uses us, it's it's an honor. You know,
0:49we do some of these things not not um
0:54not as eye service, but we make it
0:57public to also mentor a generation
1:00coming.
1:01Are we together? It's not enough to just
1:03keep quiet and say I'm humble. It's
1:05important we present a template so that
1:07a generation will learn
1:09that you must be vocal about
1:11acknowledging the lordship of Jesus
1:13Christ. He says, "And I, if I be lifted
1:16up from the earth, I will draw
1:20Hallelujah. Pride is a killer. Pride is
1:23a destroyer. It destroys anything at
1:27all. Hallelujah. So, one more time,
1:29let's bless the Lord for his choice
1:30servant. Thank you, Pastor
1:36Hallelujah.
1:38Can you lift your hands to heaven and
1:40ask the Lord for a very definite
1:43encounter by his word.
1:45Go ahead and pray.
1:47Father, give me an encounter tonight
1:50by your word.
1:58An encounter the name of Jesus by your
2:01word.
2:05King of kings, Lord of lords,
2:10faithful
2:12and true,
2:13Lamb of God,
2:15we worship
2:18you.
2:21You're the king of kings, Lord of lords,
2:26faithful
2:28and true,
2:30Lamb of God,
2:32I worship
2:34you.
2:35Very simple song.
2:37The king of kings, Lord of lords,
2:42faithful
2:44and true,
2:46Lamb of God,
2:48I worship
2:51you.
2:52One more time.
2:54King of kings,
2:56Lord of lords,
2:59faithful
3:00and true,
3:02Lamb of God,
3:10we praise the bread
3:13of life,
3:15Emmanuel,
3:19God with us,
3:21the one who
3:24saves.
3:27We praise the cup
3:30of life,
3:32that glorious
3:35spring
3:36that washes
3:38our sins
3:41away.
3:49Father, we bless you.
3:52Speak to our hearts, oh God,
3:55in the name of Jesus Christ.
4:01Blessed be the name of the Lord. Please
4:02be seated.
4:05Hallelujah.
4:10Psalm 102,
4:14then we'll read verse 13.
4:16I'll be teaching tonight on times and
4:19seasons. Psalms 102
4:25and verse 13.
4:29Let me begin by encouraging our hearts
4:32that
4:34the strength
4:36of the believer in this kingdom
4:39is the degree and the extent of light
4:42that you have.
4:44The extent of your spiritual
4:46illumination is where your strength is
4:48derived from. Hallelujah. When a
4:51believer does not have high-level
4:53spiritual illumination, you will be
4:56around spiritual things, but you will
4:58never have the power to enjoy the
5:01blessings that come. So,
5:04um
5:05conferences like this, like I would
5:07always observe, is an opportunity for us
5:11to be exposed to the light, the various
5:14dimensions
5:16of the light of the kingdom.
5:18Hallelujah. When we have high-level
5:21illumination and we understand the
5:23speakings of God, then we can connect
5:26our faith with understanding, then it
5:29will produce for us. Hallelujah.
5:32Praise the name of the Lord.
5:34Tonight's teaching will bless you, and I
5:36pray that your heart be opened in the
5:38name of Jesus. Let's read together Psalm
5:41102 and verse 13. Ready?
5:45Want to read. Thou shall arise and have
5:48mercy upon Zion for the time to favor
5:53her. Yea, the set time is come. Let's
5:57read the B part together for the time.
5:59Ready? One to read. For the time to
6:02favor her. Yea, the set time
6:07Hallelujah.
6:10The Bible records
6:13that Jesus wept two times principally
6:17um as revealed in scripture.
6:20The first time he wept was in John
6:22chapter 11 when he was at the grave of
6:24Lazarus. When he was told that Lazarus
6:28was gone, he cried and oh how he loved
6:32him. John 11:35, the Bible says Jesus
6:34wept and then they said, "Oh how that he
6:37loved him." He wept as an expression of
6:41his his love and compassion that he had
6:44for Lazarus. The second time he would
6:46weep was in Luke chapter 19. Luke
6:49chapter 19. And we'll begin our reading
6:52from verse 42. Luke 19:42. The Bible
6:56says that he stood
6:58over Jerusalem and he began to weep.
7:02And he said, "If thou has known even in
7:06this thy day the things that belong on
7:09your peace." He says, "For now they
7:13your eyes."
7:14Let's jump for the sake of time to 44.
7:17The Bible says that they will go through
7:20all these things, these negative things.
7:23He says, "Because thou knowest not the
7:26time of thy visitation."
7:30Hallelujah.
7:31He wept because many things would pass
7:34them by. They would become victims of
7:36life, victims of all kinds of demonic
7:39oppressions. And he says simply because
7:41you did not know the time of your
7:44visitation."
7:47In second first Chronicles chapter 12
7:49and verse 32, a popular scripture, first
7:53Chronicles 12:32,
7:56it says, "And of the children of
7:58Issachar, which were men that had
8:01understanding of the times." This was
8:04the advantage they had over their
8:05brethren, that they could discern times,
8:08they could discern seasons. He says, "To
8:11know what Israel ought to do, and the
8:14heads of them were 200, and all their
8:17brethren were at their command." May
8:20that be your testimony.
8:23Jesus.
8:24Now,
8:25God designed In fact, let's go to
8:27Genesis. Genesis chapter 1. Let me show
8:30you something
8:32uh before I begin to teach. Genesis
8:35chapter 1, please.
8:37What we know as the creation story now.
8:41Verse 14. Genesis 1:14.
8:44The Bible says, please give us verse 14.
8:48"And God said, let there be light in the
8:51firmament of the heavens to divide the
8:54day from the night.
8:56And let them be for signs, help me, for
9:01seasons,
9:03for days, and for years."
9:07So, God made light,
9:09and he used those lights to divide
9:12seasons. That immediately tells you that
9:15our activities on earth is a function of
9:19times and seasons. Please write it down
9:22if you must write.
9:24As far as our work on earth is
9:26concerned, we subscribe to the law of
9:29times and seasons.
9:34That means that everything you do on
9:37earth must be done in time and must be
9:40done with respect to time.
9:43In Ecclesiastes chapter 3 and verse 1,
9:46the preacher gave us a greater
9:49perspective and he said to everything,
9:52say everything.
9:53One more time, please. To everything
9:56there is a season. Just stop there.
9:59Please look very carefully. To
10:01everything
10:03When the Bible says to everything, it
10:06means there is nothing under the earth
10:09that will defy the law of times and
10:11seasons. To everything there is a
10:15season.
10:17Hallelujah. And a time for every purpose
10:20under the earth. Let's go to verse 2.
10:24Now, he says a time to be born.
10:28To be born is not the issue. He says a
10:30time to be born.
10:33A time to die.
10:37A time to plant. Please look up.
10:41When a woman gets pregnant and after 3
10:44months, under any kind of condition, she
10:48feels like giving birth. Do you call
10:51that delivery?
10:54Are we together? Why?
10:56Timing.
10:57Timing.
10:59The same thing she's afraid of now is
11:01the same thing you'll be praying for
11:03when she gets to 9 months. You name them
11:07and for one, you do not you call that
11:10losing a child and for another, you
11:12congratulate and call it delivery simply
11:15because of timing.
11:18Are we together? A time to be born. Then
11:20he says a time to die. A time to plant.
11:24A time to pluck up that which is
11:26planted. Verse 3, please. A time to
11:28kill. A time to heal. A time to break
11:31down and a time to build up. Let's have
11:34one more verse. A time to weep, and a
11:37time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a
11:39time to dance.
11:41The constant word in all of these verses
11:44is time.
11:46So, everything we do under the sun
11:50is governed by the law of times and
11:53seasons. That is the first thing I want
11:55you to Two, the second thing I want you
11:57to know is that God himself
12:00in his dealings with men,
12:03he respects times and seasons.
12:07God does not dwell in time. God does not
12:11need time. But, when it has to do with
12:13his dealings with man,
12:16he limits his operation
12:18to subscribe to times and seasons.
12:22Hallelujah.
12:26In the Greek, there are
12:28many words that express times and
12:31seasons. But, I want us to discuss two
12:33of them. We're looking at times and
12:35seasons. The first is the word chronos.
12:39c h r o n o s. The word chronos.
12:44Chronos means the passage of time, the
12:48sequential
12:50movement of time.
12:52Or, the quantitative movement of time.
12:55That means seconds, minutes, hours. The
12:58passage of time is what the Bible calls
13:01chronos.
13:02Hallelujah.
13:05And then, there is another word called
13:07kairos. k a i r o s. They're all Greek
13:12words that express time. Kairos.
13:15Kairos means a defining moment. It means
13:19an opportune time.
13:23It doesn't just mean a passage of time.
13:26It means a moment in time where certain
13:29things,
13:30whatever happens within that time, will
13:33have a prolonged effect on an
13:35individual.
13:36Hallelujah.
13:37So, we have chronos, the passage of
13:40time, the quantitative passage of time,
13:44by the minute, by the second, by the
13:47hour.
13:48And then we have kairos. It talks about
13:51moments, seasons within time.
13:56Hallelujah.
13:58Are we learning already?
14:00Now, please listen.
14:02There is a dimension of grace that is
14:05released
14:06in every time and in every season.
14:10There is a dimension of grace that comes
14:14with every time and comes with every
14:17season. In other words, there are
14:20supernatural possibilities
14:23that if you have the discernment, you
14:26can experience them simply because you
14:29align with certain times.
14:32There's no time to deal with the story
14:33in John chapter 5. John chapter 5 is a
14:36classic example. The man at gate
14:39beautiful, remember the story? The Bible
14:41says that man had was there for 38
14:44years. And the Bible tells us that at a
14:47certain time, not every time,
14:50if he just fell in the water at a time
14:52that the angel did not come to stir, he
14:54would just come out wet, but not healed.
14:57The Bible says at a certain time, an
15:00angel would come and stir the water, and
15:02whoever was discerning to fall first.
15:07As merciful as God is, you would think
15:10that when the water was stirred, so many
15:12people should come. And yet that time
15:15could only accommodate one discerning
15:17person.
15:19The first person, I don't know what was
15:21wrong with that man that two years
15:23became five, became 10, became 25,
15:26became 20, became 30, became 35.
15:31Jesus had to look at that man and the
15:33Bible says he was there for a long time.
15:35What was his offense? He was near the
15:37water.
15:38Are we together? He knew what to do,
15:41but he missed the timing.
15:45Thou shall arise and have mercy upon
15:47Zion, for the time to favor her. Yea,
15:51the set time is come.
15:55So, there are graces and there are
15:57possibilities that are attached to every
16:00time. In fact, in Ecclesiastes chapter
16:0210, verse 11, the Bible says he makes
16:05all things beautiful, not every time.
16:09Please give it to us.
16:10Ecclesiastes 3:11, 3 and 11. He makes
16:15all things all things beautiful. He had
16:19made everything beautiful in his time.
16:24Notice he never said your time.
16:27He had made everything beautiful in his
16:30time.
16:32That means if you can understand the
16:34sequence of God's spiritual timing and
16:37the way he works, your life will be an
16:39expression of the beauty and the glory
16:42of God. If you are with me, say amen.
16:46He makes all things beautiful
16:49in his time.
16:52Time is so important in scripture that
16:55in Psalm 90 and verse 12, the psalmist
16:58gave us a very strong counsel. It was a
17:01prayer. He said in your prayer, ensure
17:03that you pray and say, "Oh, teach us, so
17:06teach us to number our days." Why? That
17:10we may apply our hearts onto wisdom.
17:13There is a relationship between your
17:16working in wisdom and understanding
17:18times and seasons. Teach us to number
17:22our days that we may apply our hearts
17:25onto wisdom. Paul was mentoring the
17:28church in Ephesus in Ephesians chapter
17:305. I'm giving you a few scriptures
17:32before I begin to teach five from verse
17:3415.
17:36Ephesians 5 and verse 15. He says, "See
17:39then
17:41that you walk circumspectly." The word
17:44circumspectly means accurately. Walk
17:47accurately, not as fools but as wise.
17:51Where is the wisdom there? Redeeming the
17:54time. The word redeem means to buy back.
17:58Are we together? He's saying, "Redeeming
18:01the time because the days are evil."
18:07Verse 17.
18:09Hopefully we'll get into that one
18:10tomorrow. He said, "Wherefore be you not
18:13unwise but understanding what the will
18:16of the Lord is. Redeeming the time
18:19because the days are evil."
18:23One last scripture.
18:25John chapter 9 and verse 4. Jesus
18:27himself was teaching.
18:29John chapter 9. Let's read together.
18:32These are the words of Jesus. Ready? 1 2
18:35read. "I must work the works of him that
18:38sent me." Uh-huh. "While it is day."
18:41Hold on.
18:43Hold on.
18:44Why would Jesus sound so limited?
18:49While it Jesus almighty Jesus, the word
18:53of God, the incarnate of the Father,
18:55he's saying, "Even for me since I have
18:57become a man, I have submitted to times
19:00and seasons." In other words, if I waste
19:02my time, there will be consequences even
19:05as far as redemption is concerned. I
19:07must work the works of him that sent me
19:11while it is day. He says the night
19:13cometh. He didn't say it may come.
19:16The night certainly will come. And when
19:20night comes, no man
19:24No man, provided you are a man, you will
19:27not be able to walk.
19:29I must work the works of him that sent
19:32me while it is day. He says the night
19:35cometh
19:36when no man can work again.
19:40Are we together? Now, most believers do
19:43not understand the power of time. I have
19:47taught and I have read from scripture
19:49that the zenith of dominion is dominion
19:53over time.
19:55Not over things.
19:57You can have dominion over things, but
20:00you are not truly working in dominion
20:03until you can have dominion over time.
20:07The greatest desire of a dying man is
20:10not more things. The greatest desire of
20:13a dying man is not more influence. For
20:15instance, in Hezek- in in
20:18Isaiah chapter 38, the story of
20:21Hezekiah, Hezekiah pleaded for more
20:23time. That was his prayer. Give me time.
20:27Because the moment you have time, every
20:31other thing can be restored in time.
20:33Are we together?
20:35You can see that when God wants to show
20:37men mercy, he restores years more than
20:40things. I will restore the years, not
20:44just the things.
20:46You can lose money and get it back. You
20:48can lose your health and go to the
20:50hospital, but if you lose time, that is
20:53the end of it. In fact, did you know
20:56that you call the entire journey from
20:59when a man is born to when he dies life
21:02time.
21:04Life time.
21:09For as long as his spirit can coexist
21:11with his body, if it is two days, then
21:13his lifetime is two days. If it is 100
21:16years, his lifetime is 100 years. You
21:19must understand timing
21:22because most believers think all times
21:26are convenient for everything.
21:28At the end of this teaching, God will
21:30plant in you a sense of urgency. There
21:33will be a divine sense of urgency in
21:36your life, and you will know that
21:38whatever wastes your time is of the
21:40devil.
21:42Because that is the most expensive
21:44commodity. Are we together? Second to
21:48the salvation that you have gotten in
21:50Christ, the gift of time. Time is an
21:52equalizer given to everybody. With all
21:56the advancement in technology, nobody
21:58has been able to add more time as an
22:01asset.
22:04We have mastered the way of creating
22:07robot artificial intelligence to help
22:09accelerate us, but God in his wisdom
22:12ensured that time remains the equalizer
22:16for all men.
22:19If it is morning in Nigeria,
22:22provided you are in Nigeria,
22:24it will not hurry and become afternoon
22:26for you. It goes slowly and everybody
22:29submits to it. 12:00 in Nigeria is 12:00
22:32for everybody. 6:00 in Nigeria is 6:00
22:36for everybody. Within that time zone,
22:38everybody helplessly has to wait for
22:41that time.
22:43Are we together? So, time is a blessing.
22:45It is an equalizer. Unfortunately,
22:48unfortunately, when Satan comes to a
22:51man's life, the first thing he does is
22:54to study your understanding about time.
22:57When he finds out that you do not have
22:59an appreciation of the blessing and the
23:02divine significance of time, he will
23:04occupy you with activities.
23:08So that you will think just because you
23:10are engaging
23:11several activities, it means that you
23:15are working with time. He says, "Redeem
23:17the time because the days are evil."
23:22Praise the name of the Lord.
23:25There are people who have wasted time
23:28on mundane things, wasted time pursuing
23:31things that have no purpose, no eternal
23:34value. Are we together? And at the end
23:36of their lives, they would look back in
23:38regret and say, "I wish I had time.
23:42I wish I had time. I wish I had time to
23:44do this. I wish I had time to do that."
23:52When God wants to help men, he grants
23:54them wisdom to understand time. Now,
23:57please look up.
24:00This issue of chronos and kairos, let me
24:03say a word or two
24:06about it.
24:08In every man's life, watch this now.
24:12Chronos, which is the passage of time,
24:14remains with us for as long as we are
24:17alive. But kairos, this opportune time,
24:21does not come all the time.
24:23I want you to please listen. Let me
24:25explain how do I Okay, let me explain
24:28chronos and kairos for you. Please look
24:30up. Imagine with me a student who is in
24:32school, right?
24:35Um
24:36that student is expected to read and
24:39prepare because there would be exams all
24:41the time. Is that true? But for a
24:44student say in secondary school, there's
24:46something called junior WAEC and there's
24:48something called the senior WAEC. Now,
24:50all exams are important, but those two
24:53exams can define the next seasons of
24:55that person. Is that true? Now, those
24:57periods are called kairos moments.
25:01So, every time the student is expected
25:04to be serious, every time the student is
25:06expected to read and give his or her
25:08best. But, when you see students who are
25:11preparing, say for JAMB,
25:13you see the kinds of skills that they
25:15employ because they understand that this
25:17is a defining moment. If I miss this, I
25:20may have to wait 1 year again.
25:23Are we together? And so, you see people
25:25waking up in the night.
25:28Are we together? You see all kinds of
25:30chain readings. People begin to deploy
25:32all kinds of creativity to make sure
25:35they maximize that moment. And a wise
25:38person will not say you are working too
25:39hard because they know that this is a
25:41kairos moment.
25:44So, even when you see them stretching
25:46themselves beyond
25:48um
25:49the the usual way they would read, you
25:52only encourage them. You don't stop them
25:54because you know that if they miss out
25:56on that opportunity, another example,
25:59imagine with me a student who is writing
26:01his final exam, say in law school.
26:04You see,
26:05that student has done everything and I
26:08mean, the student is mandated to read
26:10and give the best, but for that final
26:12exam,
26:15if it means there are people who fast
26:17while they are reading,
26:19pray while they are reading, play
26:21worship while they are reading, soak
26:23their legs in water while they are
26:24reading. Any skill, by all means,
26:28everything that becomes an advantage to
26:31maximize that moment because there are
26:33there are moments that when you miss,
26:36that is the end of it.
26:38Are we together?
26:40So,
26:42we have the gift and the advantage of
26:44chronos, the passage of time, every day.
26:47But, the Bible teaches us that in every
26:50man's life, there are not many of these
26:53seasons, but they are there. And that
26:54they you have to discern the technology
26:57of their arrival. You need to learn how
26:59this how to know that you are in these
27:02seasons.
27:03Because for a man, sometimes in an
27:06entire lifetime, you may not have more
27:08than six of these seasons. And for some
27:11of us, we've already lost two or three.
27:14So, it will take the grace of God to
27:16catch up.
27:18Pay attention, please.
27:20Hallelujah.
27:22That in a man's lifetime, you will not
27:25have these defining moments come all the
27:28time.
27:30For instance,
27:32a man who wants to become a professional
27:34footballer at age 60,
27:38you see,
27:39his zeal is correct.
27:42His vision is correct, but he missed a
27:46kairos moment. And that there are no
27:49biases to that kairos moment. There is
27:51no club sites that would take him. No
27:54matter the skill, the system that has
27:57been built around that field forbids
28:00that he will be part of it
28:01professionally at that age.
28:05Are we together? Is someone learning
28:07now? That means it is not enough to have
28:09vision. You must understand the timing
28:12component to life. I must work the works
28:16of him that sent me.
28:18Hallelujah. When the disciples saw
28:21Jesus, they discerned a sense of strange
28:24urgency. And the DISCIPLES WONDERED WHY
28:27JESUS SEEMED TO be up and about. I mean,
28:30you are the king of kings having all
28:32power. You claim you are the son of God
28:34coming from heaven. What is the rush
28:36about? TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU will
28:38forget to eat.
28:41After a crusade, you would think he
28:43should be resting. Then you to him with
28:45a woman at the well and with the same
28:48ZEAL AND PASSION. THEN HE SAYS,
28:49"GENTLEMEN, I know you are tired. Let's
28:51go to the other side. We'll sleep in the
28:53boat while we are going."
28:55He himself was sleeping, meaning he was
28:58tired.
29:01We are not the first to start this busy
29:02schedule. Jesus himself
29:06You see the scriptural backing for what
29:07we do.
29:09Hallelujah.
29:12And Jesus got to a point where
29:16he let them know that he had to do this
29:18because there was urgency connected to
29:20it.
29:22Paul the Apostle, when Paul encountered
29:25the Lord Jesus Christ, the level and the
29:27extent of urgency that was in Paul, to
29:30the extent that if they locked him up in
29:32prison, he didn't have time sympathizing
29:34with his situation. He said, "Listen, I
29:36don't need your food. Just get me a pen
29:39and get me something to be able to
29:41write. In prison, all he was concerned,
29:43oh, this church, I've not visited them
29:45for 3 months. I'm sure some of these
29:47people, wolves in sheep clothing, will
29:49be in this church now. Let me write
29:51something to admonish them."
29:53If you came to Paul in prison to say,
29:55"How are you feeling?" That was not what
29:56he wanted to hear. How is this church
29:58doing? The church in this, the church in
30:00that. And then at the end he said, "I
30:02have fought the good fight.
30:04I have finished my course, not our
30:06course."
30:09Hallelujah.
30:10Are we together?
30:11Yes.
30:13So, timing is really, really very
30:15important.
30:16Very, very important.
30:20When you give birth to a child, a young
30:23baby, it would be unfair and even wicked
30:26of you to now begin to flog the child to
30:28say, "I'm talking to you and you are not
30:30responding back to me."
30:32No. You need to give that child time.
30:36After 5, 6 years, and you find out for
30:38instance that the child cannot walk,
30:40cannot talk, that now becomes a serious
30:43condition a serious condition. Is that
30:45true? Because you have allowed time.
30:47There are certain things that should
30:49have happened in time.
30:54Already I'm praying for someone. In the
30:57name of Jesus, whatever has eaten your
31:00years, because I will tell you, do you
31:02know what the locusts and the canker
31:04worms eat? They don't eat things. They
31:07eat years. There are spirits whose
31:10assignment is not your money. There are
31:12spirits whose assignment is not your
31:14influence. There are spirits whose
31:16assignment is your years.
31:20I will restore the years that the canker
31:23worm, the caterpillar. Let me speak to
31:25someone. You are here and you say,
31:27"Apostle, I even gave my life to Jesus
31:30Christ late. Sincerely, I have lived all
31:33kinds of things and as it is right now,
31:35it seems like time is gone." Thank God
31:38you came for this conference. I decree
31:40and declare, may the God who is the Lord
31:43of time bring restoration to your life.
31:50Hallelujah. Please, sit down.
31:54When you understand the power of time,
31:57you will now know why God brought in two
32:02spiritual mysteries, Pastor Nat, to be
32:05able to help men to maximize destiny.
32:08Number one is speed. Number two is
32:11restoration.
32:13These mysteries directly deal with time.
32:18When God grants a man speed, why do you
32:20pray for speed?
32:23Why do you ask for speed?
32:27Hallelujah.
32:29If I left Abuja by road to come here,
32:34you cannot say I'm stagnated
32:37because the car would still be moving,
32:39but the problem is with respect to the
32:41time allotted, I may not arrive to meet
32:44the activity.
32:46Are we together now? So, if I can
32:48outsource another agency that can help
32:51me remember my movement is with respect
32:54to time.
32:56So, someone for instance and
32:58respectfully so who left in the morning
33:00most likely has not arrived by now. Are
33:02we together now? And then another person
33:04boom Both of us are enjoying movement.
33:07When you say who are those making
33:08progress, all of us will stand.
33:10But who are those who are experiencing
33:12speed?
33:14You see, speed is the ability to do much
33:17within time.
33:20I'm saying all of this because when I
33:22connect it to our destiny and I connect
33:24it to this kairos seasons because I will
33:28be showing you prophetically that as
33:30individuals, as the body of Christ, as a
33:32continent, we are in our KAIROS MOMENT.
33:36HOW DO you know you're in your kairos
33:38moment? The answer is in Genesis 1:14.
33:41He said he made light to signify time.
33:44That means there is a revelation, there
33:45is always a body of spiritual truth that
33:49helps you to know what season you are
33:51in.
33:53He made light and he put those lights to
33:56signify seasons. You can use light,
34:00revelation, to know what season you have
34:03stepped into.
34:05There are many, many people Listen.
34:09When a farmer, right now this is
34:11November, December in Nigeria and we
34:13call it dry season, it would be unwise
34:16for a farmer to go to the farm right
34:18now. Is that true? And then start
34:20farming and not look for an alternative
34:22source of water. Why? Because you do not
34:26have an advantage of rain. Well, maybe
34:28in Lagos here, I don't know how it
34:30works. Are we together now?
34:32But, generally speaking, in Nigeria, we
34:34have what we call the dry and the rainy
34:36season.
34:39A farmer does not need to worry about
34:41rain when it's rainy season. He just
34:43farms, and he allows the advantage that
34:46comes with the season. Are we together
34:48now? There's what we call irrigation.
34:51Irrigation means you try to simulate
34:54rainy season in dry season because you
34:57want the crops to grow, but that the
34:59season does not give you that advantage.
35:01You have to outsource through technology
35:04another
35:05route.
35:08So, many people have missed certain
35:11seasons. I'll give you an instance.
35:13There are people who God deliberately
35:15brought close to others within a
35:18particular season, and they did not
35:19discern why they were there.
35:21The man will keep asking them, "Can I
35:23help you?" They will say, "No, no
35:24worry." Little did they know the man had
35:27only 2 years, and he will relocate
35:29somewhere. And he They were KAIROS
35:31MOMENTS.
35:33MAYBE GOD granted you access to someone
35:35in government. It was by God's God's
35:38grace, and the man was benevolent. God
35:40gave you unusual access to his ears, his
35:43heart, and his hands. But, because you
35:45could not discern seasons,
35:48Hallelujah.
35:51Jacob said, "The Lord was in this place,
35:53but I knew not."
35:55Do you know? Because Jacob did not
35:57discern the season in Genesis 28, you
36:00know his punishment for that? 20 years.
36:04Jacob paid the price. 20 years, two
36:06wives,
36:07and six extra years. After 20 years,
36:11Jacob said, "I need to leave."
36:14And in chapter 32,
36:16when God was coming to him again, he
36:18said, "This time around," he held him
36:20and said, "I will not let you go. I you
36:22I'm already this this long behind
36:25schedule unless you bless me.
36:29I will not let you go.
36:31If my time with you will be this night,
36:33I will utilize the time and gain back 20
36:36years. I'm going to be showing you how
36:38to redeem time because there is a
36:40technology that has been given to the
36:41believers that when we engage it, we are
36:45able to redeem and cover time.
36:47Hallelujah. It is on the strength of
36:50this systems of advantage that the Bible
36:52says for we know that all things
36:54all things can work together.
36:58So, don't say I gave my life to Christ
37:00at 40. I mean the time I'm already
37:02halfway gone. Don't worry. There is
37:04something you can do with God. He
37:06designed a system in his economy where
37:09your one year can be what your 10 years
37:11would have been.
37:15Do you believe this?
37:19In the name of Jesus Christ.
37:25How do you prepare for this defining
37:28moments, this opportune seasons?
37:31You prepare for kairos
37:35by maximizing chronos. That means every
37:39day, the passage of time
37:41is the raw material you use in preparing
37:44for this defining moments.
37:47You do not waste every day and waste
37:50every time and expect to just stumble
37:53into opportune times. Let me give you an
37:55instance. Let's assume for instance that
37:58a young music minister is trusting God
38:00for visibility that God would announce
38:03the person. It is not the day the
38:05opportunity comes that he prepares. Are
38:07we together? The opportunity, the time
38:10he's looking for is kairos, BUT
38:13THE HIS PERFORMANCE DURING THE KAIROS
38:16MOMENT WILL depend on what happens in
38:18chronos. David prepared for the palace
38:21not in the palace. David took advantage
38:24of his chronos. Are we together now?
38:27He learned how to sling. He killed the
38:29lion. He killed the bear. It is
38:32interesting that nobody was there to
38:34record and capture it. However, the
38:37justice system of God preserved that
38:39that he was still using HIS CHRONOS
38:42PROPERLY. ONE TIME,
38:45I LIKE how God announces men. The Bible
38:47says that the father told him, "Listen,
38:49go and feed your brothers." And he only
38:52took food and heard a beast roaring. And
38:55he said, "What is the meaning of this?"
38:56They said, "This man, Goliath of Gath,
38:58six fingers, six toes, young man, go
39:01back home." Immediately, he said, "What
39:03shall be done?
39:06What shall be done to the man who takes
39:08this guy down?"
39:09And they said all kinds of things. And
39:11he said, "Listen,
39:13I'm able to do this." They said,
39:14"Listen, don't bring shame on our
39:16family.
39:17We are warriors." And he said, "Listen,
39:19don't disrespect me for wanting to take
39:22advantage of my kairos. Let me defend my
39:25preparation. I was in the wilderness.
39:30I was in the wilderness when the lion
39:32came, when the bear came. I toyed." And
39:35Saul looked at him and said, "No,
39:36there's something. This man This is not
39:39He has prepared for the kairos moment."
39:41And when he stood before Goliath,
39:44Goliath said, "Am I a dog? Israel, this
39:47is what you are bringing?"
39:49And David said, "Listen,
39:51you come to me with your spears and with
39:53your bows, but I come to you in a name.
39:55I maximize
39:57my moments of preparation.
40:00I will bring you down and use your own
40:02sword, take off your head, and give it
40:04to the birds." And with one sling, that
40:06is mastery.
40:08He didn't He didn't throw The Bible does
40:10not give us information that he kept
40:11doing trial and error. He had done that
40:13in the wilderness.
40:15God is speaking to someone already.
40:17Listen.
40:19WAITING FOR THE DAY GOD WILL ANNOUNCE
40:21you is the recipe for remaining a
40:22mediocre forever.
40:27You prepare
40:29in prayer.
40:30God has told you he's sending you to the
40:32nations.
40:33The secret is not to start looking for
40:35opportunities. Sing my song, INVITE ME.
40:38NO, THAT'S NOT HOW it works.
40:40When nobody sees you is your greatest
40:43stage.
40:45THE REAL STAGE IS NOT WHERE PEOPLE SEE
40:48YOU. It's where you are alone.
40:50And you are praying, you are fasting,
40:52you are preparing. That is chronos being
40:55maximized. Are we together? According to
40:57the law of times and seasons, I
40:59guarantee you. Remember, the Bible says
41:03for everything there is a season. That
41:05means your SEASON IS THERE. JOHN
41:07REMAINED in the wilderness. He was not
41:09wasting his time. He was eating locusts
41:11and wild HONEY PREPARING HIMSELF,
41:14FINDING OUT THE SIGN TO identify Jesus.
41:17The Bible says until his season of
41:20appearing. When that season came, with
41:22precision, WHEN HE SAW JESUS, he said,
41:25"Behold the lamb. I have prepared SEEING
41:28YOU. I KNOW you are the one."
41:33There are many of us
41:35we do not even know how the doors we're
41:37to enter look like because we've been
41:39wasting the season to preparation,
41:41either in jealousy or competition and
41:44all of that rather than preparing for
41:46glorious moments. Isn't it amazing,
41:48ladies and gentlemen, that the captain
41:50of our salvation, Jesus himself, he used
41:5330 years to prepare for a ministry of 3
41:55and 1/2 years?
41:58If you looked at Jesus, you would call
42:00you would think that Jesus had delay in
42:03purpose.
42:05How do you prepare for 30 YEARS? WHAT IS
42:08SO SPECIAL ABOUT YOUR ASSIGNMENT?
42:1230 YEARS.
42:15And then after 30 years, from age 12, in
42:19fact, to age 30, theologically speaking,
42:22there is still a debate as to what Jesus
42:24was doing because they were the silent
42:27days of Jesus. 18 years, we do not hear
42:30about Jesus again. What was he doing?
42:32Where did he go? The last thing we know
42:35about him is that he was in the temple
42:37listening to the doctors and asking
42:39intelligent questions.
42:41At age 30, we see this young man coming
42:44to be baptized of John.
42:46And John saw him and said, "Behold the
42:47lamb that takes away the sins of the
42:49world."
42:51He said, "I'm not even worthy to untie
42:53the latchet of your shoe." And he said,
42:54"Suffer it to be so that scripture will
42:56be fulfilled." He baptized John and the
42:59heavens were opened. He was full of the
43:01spirit and he began his ministry. Within
43:03a short time, the Bible says his fame
43:05spread abroad because the level of power
43:08and grace and wisdom, when he gathered
43:11the people and spoke, they said, "We've
43:12not heard this, not in this fashion. Who
43:14is this man? Where did he come from?"
43:18They gave him, according to the synoptic
43:20account of Luke, in Luke chapter 4, they
43:23gave him the scroll of Isaiah's and he
43:24began to read, "The spirit of the Lord
43:26is upon me. He hath anointed me." He
43:28read all of these things. They were not
43:31impartations. He used his chronos.
43:34For someone already, the spirit of God
43:37is speaking. See, if you do not perform
43:41well and you abort these defining
43:43moments, it is because you wasted every
43:46day. That means every day is counting
43:48for that day.
43:50Every day, counting towards that day.
43:54Every day. Man of God, your every day,
43:57the time with God, the time with prayer,
44:00the 2 2 hours, the 1 1 hour of worship,
44:04COUNTING, BUILDING UP FOR THAT MOMENT
44:08of your season of appearing.
44:10Ask anybody today that God has helped
44:12and God has lifted, they will tell you
44:15they can trace to moments. Moments.
44:19Moments of pain, moments of labor
44:22without reward. Are we together now?
44:24Moments they knew. For most people,
44:27listen. Listen. For most people, they
44:30saw long ago where God was taking them
44:32to. Do you know sincerely some of these
44:34days that God has brought us today, we
44:36saw them long ago, but we knew we're not
44:39just going to jump into THESE DAYS. SO,
44:41JUST WISHING AND SAYING I HAVE a dream.
44:44Mhm.
44:45When you have a dream, you wake up.
44:49And then you begin to work with the Holy
44:50Spirit.
44:52Line upon line, precept upon precept.
44:55For some of us, your service in this
44:58house is your maximizing chronos,
45:00because a day will come, God will send
45:02you like an arrow to some nation in the
45:04world, and you may be pioneering a
45:06mighty revival, but let me tell you, if
45:09you are a revivalist, your first
45:10commission will not be revival.
45:13You already know you're in error
45:15when the your first assignment becomes
45:18what you will be doing for the rest of
45:20your life. That's not how God works with
45:21people. If you are Paul, he will start
45:24with you in a certain way. Are we
45:26together now?
45:27That means if you think God has called
45:28you to be an apostle and you get up and
45:30your very first assignment in life is
45:33apostolic ministry, you're in error.
45:35That's not how God leads people.
45:37God can call you to be a worshiper and
45:39your first assignment is to sweep the
45:41church.
45:43How does sweeping the church
45:45have to What does it have to do with
45:47worship?
45:49Ask Stephen
45:51what attending tending to the welfare
45:54department had to do with him rising to
45:56be a very mighty man.
45:59God will give you instructions. He's
46:01using, he's preparing you. There are
46:03some of you because of the nature of the
46:06assignment God has given you, he will
46:08not allow you stay with your parents. He
46:09will put you with a strict parent
46:12somewhere. And for 10 years you will not
46:15WHAT GOD? HOW WHAT IS ALL THIS? I HAVE
46:17PARENTS. THIS MAN IS TOO HARSH.
46:20CHRONOS. God is preparing you for that
46:23time because the kind of burden you will
46:25be carrying, huh? You are going to be
46:27leading a stiff-necked people. So, it's
46:29important for you to be used to pain and
46:31controversy to build stamina and
46:34stature. So, God will leave you Listen,
46:36I'm speaking to you prophetically.
46:41Hallelujah.
46:44Apostle, I know that God is calling me
46:46to be a great kingdom financier. Your
46:48first assignment will be to empty
46:50everything you get for that one year.
46:54He said, "No, I resist this spirit. God
46:56does not
46:57God cannot speak like that."
47:00You have already failed the test.
47:01Listen, I submit to you. We live in a
47:04world where people do not understand the
47:06laws of times and seasons. Instead of
47:08waiting and wishing for the day, there
47:11is already an assurance from scripture
47:13that your that day will come.
47:16Wishing for it does not make you step
47:18into it.
47:20It is maximizing your chronos.
47:24That means preparing for that
47:26evangelistic ministry, that apostolic
47:29ministry, that ministry of prophetic
47:31psalmistry. It does not start with
47:33invitations to go from church to church.
47:36It starts with your relationship. For
47:39every time you open your Bible, for
47:41every time you pray, for every time you
47:44come to church and sit quietly, and they
47:46say, "Listen, join a department. You are
47:48the one who cleans the pulpit."
47:51While you are cleaning the pulpit, there
47:52is a record in heaven. Your chronos is
47:54being maximized. One day they would look
47:56at you and say, "Listen, you are part of
47:59the welfare
48:00um department. Okay, just lead us in a
48:0310-minutes prayer." Uh-huh.
48:0610-minutes prayer.
48:10And you say, "Let's all pray. Let's hold
48:12our hands and give Jesus praise." And
48:15that 10-minutes becomes 1 hour.
48:17They will start calling you pastor. It's
48:19just that you're a pastor that can cook.
48:22You see how you're graduating now?
48:2610-minutes prayer. One day when they're
48:28looking for people to do a little
48:295-5-5-5 minutes prayer, the spirit of
48:32God because he supervises the seasons,
48:35he will lead somebody to say, "That
48:36gentleman, please let him come up."
48:39And now you have an opportunity. And you
48:41see, when God wants to accelerate your
48:43life, he will wait until the day your
48:45destiny helpers are before you. And then
48:47that one opportunity.
48:52Hallelujah.
48:53You must understand those who excel in
48:56life are people who they live as if
49:00there is an assessment of them every
49:02day.
49:03And it is true. There is an assessment
49:05every day. It's only that your grading
49:07will not be that day. It will be a
49:09cumulative grading.
49:11So, every day you find someone who is
49:13doing well already praying and fasting
49:16and you're wondering, "What are you
49:17praying for again? What are you studying
49:19FOR AGAIN?
49:21HAS GOD NOT LIFTED YOU?" It is the
49:24preparation every day maximizing chronos
49:28that gives you an opportunity. Jesus did
49:31not die every day.
49:33Listen carefully, but he prepared for
49:35his death from the time he was born.
49:39It took him 1 day to die,
49:41but it took him a long time to prepare
49:44for that 1 day.
49:46He kept saying, "Destroy this temple and
49:48I will build it."
49:50He would be alone and he would go to
49:51pray. What was he praying for?
49:55Then he went to Gethsemane. Listen, with
49:58all the preparation of Jesus, he almost
50:01aborted redemption.
50:03Father,
50:05if it's possible, take this cup off me.
50:07Your Jesus.
50:12The Bible says if you turn aside in the
50:14day of battle, please listen. He said
50:16your strength is small.
50:19God is speaking to me to encourage
50:21someone right now. Your appetite for
50:24visibility is what may destroy the
50:25seasons coming. You need to reduce this
50:29this insistence to be known and prepare.
50:33You announce yourself by being faithful
50:35in your everyday. Your faithfulness
50:38during your chrono seasons is what
50:40prepares you for that kairos moment. You
50:42don't have to pray for it to come. It's
50:44been programmed.
50:46Thou shall arise and have mercy upon
50:49Zion, for the time to favor her, yea,
50:54the kairos moment has come.
50:58Hallelujah.
51:00You prepare
51:02in prayer. You prepare in fasting. You
51:06prepare
51:07by rising to a level of value and
51:10capacity that the moment your season
51:13comes is with gallantry and honor that
51:16you step into that season. Never to come
51:18out in shame again. But for many people
51:21you see, they think everyday is kairos
51:24and so they can choose to waste everyday
51:27not knowing that when these seasons go,
51:29it takes a long time.
51:33A long time. Anybody who did not farm
51:35this year is almost over. In fact, it's
51:37over. You have to be patient for a few
51:39months. While you're doing that, you go
51:42and get your seeds, you get your
51:44fertilizer, you get everything preparing
51:47for that moment because for sure, as far
51:50as the there is day and night, rainy
51:52season will come again. Is that true?
51:58Your pastor
51:59he's shared his story many times when he
52:02was with Pastor Eskor and all the the
52:04the events that happened preparing for
52:07those moments. You see, there is nobody
52:10who comes out of nowhere. Let me tell
52:12you the truth. All that talk is
52:14nonsense. There is nobody. Just because
52:17you were not in the wilderness does not
52:18mean the person was not there.
52:21While you are killing the lion and the
52:23bear, nobody sees you. There's no
52:24audience to clap for you. But the
52:26all-seeing eye of God who controls
52:29times. You've got times and seasons in
52:33your hands.
52:37You called for light out of darkness.
52:43You don't need a man to be the God you
52:46are.
52:47Listen, very powerful song. So, he
52:49controls times and seasons. Who told you
52:54that you must arrange your
52:56manifestation?
52:58Who told you you must arrange the
52:59seasons for your announcement? It is an
53:02unnecessary burden. In the economy of
53:04God, there is already room for your
53:06announcement. If you utilize that
53:09opportunity, respectfully speaking, let
53:12me tell you.
53:14And I say this with every sense of
53:15humility. I have seen pastors and I have
53:18seen leaders desiring to rise, desiring
53:21to find especially in our day, you know,
53:25some of this celebrity thing. Everybody
53:27wants to be known and and to be honest,
53:29you know, it's it's in men. People want
53:31to maximize their destinies. But I see
53:33how people ignore their everyday and
53:37keep anticipating for that one day.
53:41And then the one day comes and they are
53:43not even aware that it is the one day.
53:45Because you were so busy
53:48um
53:50so busy getting you were distracted and
53:52did not prepare. There are other people
53:55who will prepare as if one day will not
53:56come. One day will come and meet them
53:58while preparing.
54:01Joseph, listen carefully.
54:04Joseph never knew that by the next day
54:07he would be prime minister.
54:09Every opportunity he had to be a
54:12blessing with his gift he did.
54:14Because you give a portion to seven and
54:16to eight. You do not know
54:18you do not know which of them. You are
54:20waiting until the day a rich man meets
54:23you then you are kind to him. You will
54:24be surprised
54:26that the person who will announce you to
54:28the rich man is the poorest person
54:30around you. And because you refuse to
54:32show compassion, you recycle seasons
54:34again.
54:35There are many people who do not show
54:37honor to all men. They want only
54:40specific people and they believe that
54:43when you meet somebody who has means, it
54:46will fast-track and accelerate your
54:48rising.
54:50There are people who will never get
54:52serious with God until the day you give
54:54them a sermon. You say you are preaching
54:56on Wednesday and all of a sudden there's
54:58concordance, there's Greek and Hebrew
55:00lexicon. Are we together? There's all
55:03kinds of this they they recharge their
55:05phone data for 3 days. That is only a
55:08preparation to maintain your reputation,
55:10not to bless.
55:12Because the day the opportunity will
55:14come, unfortunately, it may come inside
55:16a plane, not on the pulpit.
55:19The person who will announce you can be
55:21in a plane and God gives you an
55:22opportunity, 50 minutes. You are with
55:24that person.
55:26And God says, "Now is your moment."
55:29The thing about Kairos moments is that
55:32Kairos moments are not necessarily
55:34location-dependent.
55:36You need to be prepared in season and
55:38out of season. It can happen anywhere.
55:40If they If you had asked
55:43um If you had asked David to suggest
55:45where God will announce him, he would
55:47not say it was on the battleground. He
55:49would probably choose somewhere else.
55:52BUT SIMPLY FAITHFULNESS in carrying food
55:56was what announced the warrior.
55:58They did not say that here is a
56:00competition. If you can kill, come and
56:02stand.
56:08Hallelujah.
56:09I made up my mind
56:11that every opportunity God gives me.
56:14Listen, ladies and gentlemen, I do not I
56:17do not There is no such thing in my
56:20world as superior preparation and
56:22inferior preparation. I take everything
56:26with destiny seriousness. If you tell me
56:28I'm going to talk to two people, you
56:30will see me preparing as if I'm going
56:32for a crusade. Why? Number one, because
56:35I love Jesus. Number two, because I love
56:37the people. But number three, I
56:39understand that chronos is the unit of
56:42kairos. Every moment as I prepare, I'm
56:46moving closer to that kairos moment.
56:51Hallelujah.
56:58Thou shalt arise
57:00and have mercy upon Zion for the time I
57:04have designed
57:06that there are opportune times, the time
57:09to favor her. Yea, the set time has
57:13come. Now, write a few things so we'll
57:15find somewhere to pray.
57:21There are three things
57:23that you do to maximize time. Three
57:26things. And then we'll connect it with
57:28the theme
57:30for tonight. Three things. Number one,
57:33the first assignment you have as far as
57:36times and seasons are concerned
57:39is to master the art of discerning
57:41seasons. You need discernment.
57:45The Bible says and of the sons of
57:47Issachar, men who had an understanding
57:50of the times,
57:52discern
57:54seasons. You must know how to discern
57:57time.
57:59How do you discern time? The word of God
58:02is the instrument of discernment. The
58:04word of God primarily is the instrument
58:08of discernment.
58:14The word of God
58:17is the primary instrument for
58:20discernment. Number two,
58:23study the nature of the dealings of the
58:26spirit with you
58:28and it can help you to point seasons.
58:30You can There is a way God begins to
58:32deal with you. Suddenly, God gives you
58:34an instruction. You are going on 30 days
58:36prayer and fasting
58:38and tells you you are going to wake up
58:40every night. Even before Pastor Nath
58:43does his hallelujah challenge, God tells
58:44you you will start your own
58:46one week before him. There are events
58:49around your life that already become
58:51pointers if you can discern. The Bible
58:53says when Jesus was born, there was a
58:55star.
58:56And those who were wise men, the Magi,
58:59they could read the star and they came
59:01with precision. THEY WERE NOT BORN
59:03AGAIN. They were not led of the spirit.
59:06They used secular wisdom using light.
59:09They came right where Jesus was.
59:13Hallelujah. You can discern seasons.
59:16What is happening in my life? I noticed
59:18in the last one week, everybody is
59:20giving me money. Everybody is is telling
59:23me, "Listen, come and do this." Someone
59:25wanted to preach and he said, "I'm busy.
59:27can you stand in for me? God, what are
59:29you saying?
59:30What are you saying? Most believers do
59:33not have not trained their faculty of
59:35discernment. So, we do not know when we
59:38step into very defining moments. There
59:41are people you know that ordinarily you
59:43should not meet. Lord, why did you give
59:45me access to be among these great
59:47people? What should I do now?
59:50And we waste it, we laugh around, we
59:52eat, and we leave only to find out that
59:55that door will not be open like that
59:56again. If Joseph came before Pharaoh and
59:59said, "Pharaoh, I'm not here to
1:00:01interpret your dreams. Number one, go
1:00:03and catch Potiphar's wife. You don't
1:00:05know what has happened to me. Let me
1:00:06tell you, I'm here to defend myself."
1:00:10You know what would have happened to him
1:00:11if he did not drop his offense and
1:00:14childishness and focus on the seasons.
1:00:16HE HE WOULD HAVE SAID, "NOW THAT I'M
1:00:18WITH YOU, PHARAOH, EVEN IF I DIE, LET ME
1:00:20DIE." YOU KNOW HOW PEOPLE BEHAVE?
1:00:25AN INNOCENT MAN HAS BEEN IN PRISON IN X
1:00:27NUMBER OF YEARS PLUS THE TWO YEARS THAT
1:00:30were added as a result of the wickedness
1:00:32of the wine presser. He refused to
1:00:33remember me. And Pharaoh said, "Okay,
1:00:35I've heard you."
1:00:36Well, I'm really sorry about everything.
1:00:39Go back to the prison or go back to your
1:00:41father's house. Either way, he would not
1:00:43have succeeded.
1:00:45But when he got there,
1:00:46the ability to have prepared,
1:00:50and once he got there, Pharaoh said,
1:00:52"This is my dream." And he laughed. He
1:00:54said, "Pharaoh, it's not about cows,
1:00:56it's not about plants. You have seen a
1:00:59mystery that connects you to the laws of
1:01:01seasons. That there will always be
1:01:03seasons of plenty and of lack. Now, let
1:01:06me recommend save 20% of this and that."
1:01:10And Pharaoh said, "Now you are talking."
1:01:12Within that moment,
1:01:14Joseph rose and became prime minister.
1:01:17No election, no voting. You would see
1:01:20Joseph and say, "Where did you come
1:01:21from?" Let me tell you where he came
1:01:23from. From the dreamer
1:01:26to the pit,
1:01:27to his faithfulness in the house of
1:01:29Potiphar,
1:01:31to his getting to the prison even though
1:01:33he was innocent. All of them were
1:01:35counting for that day. Every time you
1:01:38see a day of favor, a day of favor is
1:01:41equal to many days of preparation.
1:01:45A DAY OF MANIFESTATION THAT WAS WELL
1:01:48utilized is a cumulative of many, many,
1:01:52many great days.
1:01:55I will never waste seasons in my life
1:01:57because in my mind every day counts.
1:02:02Every day counts. I won't pray I won't
1:02:05say I'm too tired to pray today. After
1:02:07all, there is tomorrow. Remember, the
1:02:10power OF THE DAY AFTER tomorrow comes
1:02:12from the prayer of yesterday and today.
1:02:14It's a cumulative.
1:02:17We continue to abort seasons because we
1:02:20waste our every day. You get up in the
1:02:23morning, you sleep, you know, anytime
1:02:26you are not serious, you are not at
1:02:28anything, no project, there is nothing
1:02:30that is running and driving your life.
1:02:32The Bible says to learn from Jesus.
1:02:35When Jesus showed up, there was nothing
1:02:38enough to distract him. He had set his
1:02:41face like a flint. About my father's
1:02:43business at age 12, even his parents
1:02:46came to look for him. Say, "Why are you
1:02:48looking for me? Don't you go to the
1:02:49temple? Don't they read the scriptures?
1:02:51Did you not hear that I should be about
1:02:54my father's business?"
1:02:57That sense of urgency.
1:03:04Now is the acceptable time, and that is
1:03:06true.
1:03:07But you see, your now
1:03:09is a cumulative of everything you have
1:03:12done with your chronos.
1:03:15When God announces you,
1:03:18it is because he has given you an
1:03:19opportunity to prepare. And if that
1:03:22season comes, ladies and gentlemen, and
1:03:25you are not prepared, you know what
1:03:26happens? Seasons will recycle again.
1:03:31Truly,
1:03:32you will find out that a realm you
1:03:35should have entered, a door that should
1:03:36have opened for you,
1:03:38there are people who sit down and keep
1:03:40regretting and shouting and saying,
1:03:42"Listen, I've not been promoted, I've
1:03:44not been lifted. This is unfair. In this
1:03:47church by now, by my status, I should be
1:03:49a pastor. By now, I should be an
1:03:51apostle. By now, I should be a prophet.
1:03:53In fact, it's just because of condition,
1:03:55I should be rich by now." All those
1:03:57explanations do not count.
1:04:00Every day,
1:04:02you do this to the least of the
1:04:04brethren. You come to church, you are
1:04:05sweeping, it's counting.
1:04:08Are we together? Yeah.
1:04:11How you use your time.
1:04:13For Ruth to be the wife of Boaz, she
1:04:16didn't just appear one day and say,
1:04:18"Listen,
1:04:19are you going to marry me or not, or
1:04:21you're going to waste prophecy? I'm
1:04:22going to be a grandmother of Jesus." No.
1:04:25Naomi advised her and said, "Everything
1:04:28you do in that field, we are coming
1:04:30there tomorrow because we are going to
1:04:31be talking about the global harvest."
1:04:34Hallelujah.
1:04:35Yes.
1:04:37It is a kairos moment. Among the many
1:04:40things, the greatest time in human
1:04:43history right now for the global
1:04:45harvest. But you need to draw a lesson
1:04:48from the life of Ruth.
1:04:50Because Naomi told her, he said, "When
1:04:52you get to the field, don't be
1:04:54distracted. There is something within
1:04:56the field that is for you. When you go
1:04:58there, be cautious. Everything you do
1:05:01will count."
1:05:03And when she went there, she gleaned
1:05:05with honor and respect. And the elders
1:05:07and the people there was Boaz there, and
1:05:09he saw her. He said, "Who is this that
1:05:11is diligent and faithful." He said, "Do
1:05:13not hurt her.
1:05:15Allow her to take as much." And she went
1:05:17back to Ruth.
1:05:19She maximized every day until she
1:05:21stepped into the lineage of Jesus.
1:05:26John utilized every day until he got to
1:05:30a point where he started wasting
1:05:32his chronos through offense, through
1:05:35bitterness. And one time he said, "Go
1:05:37and tell Jesus, are you the Messiah or
1:05:39should we expect another?" Jesus said,
1:05:41"Something has happened to you.
1:05:43Offense has come into you." And he died
1:05:46as a birthday gift.
1:05:49A prophet who prophesied, the Bible
1:05:51says, "Of all the prophets, ISAIAH,
1:05:53JEREMIAH, MIGHTY MEN, NONE WAS LIKE
1:05:57JOHN."
1:05:58AND LOOK how his life ended. The
1:06:00birthday gift for a girl dancing before
1:06:02the king. They went to remove his head.
1:06:10When I learned this principle,
1:06:12believe me,
1:06:14you go you go to my room now, you put on
1:06:18my laptop, you will see there is a
1:06:20message and there is a study. There are
1:06:22no lazy moments in my life.
1:06:24If I wake up, this is the day the Lord
1:06:26has made.
1:06:28We're ready to work. I must work the
1:06:30works of him that sent me. It has
1:06:32nothing to do with invitation. It has
1:06:34nothing to do with ministrations.
1:06:36I can tell you with all due respect and
1:06:40humility that I have stepped into
1:06:42seasons in my life and even in ministry,
1:06:45they didn't seem to carry a semblance of
1:06:48those honor. It's just that thank God I
1:06:51was prepared. There have been times I
1:06:53found myself in the midst of people and
1:06:55they say, "Apostle, we're going to give
1:06:56you this time you're going to talk. This
1:06:58is what you will talk about." There was
1:06:59no Bible there, there was no nothing,
1:07:02there was no not it was from the residue
1:07:04of that preparation. He told Elijah,
1:07:06"Eat. Eat now. You will not have that
1:07:09opportunity. Eat now." He ate and he
1:07:12went back to sleep. The angel tapped him
1:07:14and said, "Don't you understand times
1:07:16and seasons? Eat now." And the Bible
1:07:19says he went 40 days on the strength of
1:07:22what he has eaten.
1:07:24For someone, let me tell you, the
1:07:26assignment that God is giving you right
1:07:28now, you will not have the opportunity
1:07:31now that you do not yet have children.
1:07:33God is saying fast and pray because your
1:07:35first set will be a set of twins.
1:07:39While you are saying amen, let me tell
1:07:41you the other side of that story.
1:07:43Are we together?
1:07:46YOU WILL BE SURPRISED THAT THE 5 6 7 8
1:07:49HOURS, THERE are many people today who,
1:07:52by reason of biological timing, don't
1:07:54have the strength again to be able to
1:07:57pray and fast and do certain things.
1:07:59While there were people who were taking
1:08:01care of your needs, God said keep
1:08:03investing in your spiritual life, but
1:08:05you refuse. Now,
1:08:08respectfully speaking, maybe your dad
1:08:10has gone to be with the Lord. Your mom
1:08:12has gone to be with the Lord. The family
1:08:13responsibility is now on you. The time
1:08:16you should use to pray and fast, you
1:08:18have to use it to look for money.
1:08:22If you understand
1:08:25this law of time and seasons,
1:08:28you will it will change your life in a
1:08:30way that you cannot imagine. That every
1:08:32day counts. Every day counts. Every day
1:08:36counts. Every moment counts.
1:08:39For someone, God can tell you, "Okay,
1:08:41while you are trusting God for a husband
1:08:43or a wife, quickly do the master's now.
1:08:45Quickly do the PhD now because the level
1:08:48of commitment that it will demand of
1:08:50you, it can cost your home."
1:08:52Utilize the time.
1:08:55I have all the time is my life.
1:08:58The foolishness of a generation that has
1:09:00dropped has turned people down. There
1:09:02are others God will say I'm going to
1:09:04give you a great ministry, but come to
1:09:06Oasis and sit down and look for
1:09:08something to do and serve.
1:09:11And you'll find out that God keeps
1:09:14sending you to places that are
1:09:15uncomfortable. It's because God wants
1:09:17you to taste of everything. You will be
1:09:19a leader and you will be an overseer of
1:09:21a ministry. How do you lead when you do
1:09:24not know
1:09:25the dynamics of leadership?
1:09:29While the message is going on, God will
1:09:31say, "Okay, they should allocate him to
1:09:32stand outside at the road." And that
1:09:33person is going to be a mighty apostle.
1:09:35And while you are standing, someone sees
1:09:37you and says, "I used to know you on
1:09:38campus. Is this how you have lost your
1:09:41fire? You are standing as a protocol on
1:09:43the road."
1:09:44And you will feel stupid. Uh-huh. That's
1:09:47how great men are bought greater
1:09:50destinies.
1:09:52You stand there and God says, "You be
1:09:54patient." And when God is done with you,
1:09:57someday when you become a great leader,
1:09:59someone will say, "Listen,
1:10:01I will be your biggest partner. 20 years
1:10:04ago, I came for Oasis conference. Were
1:10:07you not the one who was standing at the
1:10:09door? God told me 20 years later you
1:10:11will be a man of God. I should sponsor
1:10:13it."
1:10:14Listen, how do I express this thing now?
1:10:20Most people have aborted times have
1:10:24aborted great destinies. Imagine if
1:10:27Jesus kept saying, "I will die.
1:10:29Simple. It's okay. I'm going to die.
1:10:33That's the most important thing. Judas
1:10:35will betray me. I don't know when. I
1:10:36just know that I'm going to die and then
1:10:39I will purchase salvation. Let's eat and
1:10:41drink. Ladies and gentlemen,
1:10:43um I am the savior of the world. Don't
1:10:45forget I am the logos of God. I am not a
1:10:47false prophet." Jesus would have been
1:10:48surprised.
1:10:52It was the prayer bank, the fasting
1:10:55bank, the commitment.
1:10:58You see that? Oh, All the women who
1:11:00later helped him when he died is because
1:11:02he helped them when he was alive.
1:11:05If he didn't help them when he was
1:11:06alive, his body would be there with
1:11:08nobody to come and clean him.
1:11:12Hallelujah.
1:11:16So, number one, you must discern
1:11:17seasons. Let me hurry up. Number two,
1:11:23you must know what steps to take when
1:11:26you come into seasons.
1:11:28Not every step is important when you get
1:11:31into certain defining seasons. Please
1:11:33listen to me. You must know what steps
1:11:36to take. The Bible says, "And of the
1:11:38sons of Issachar, men who had an
1:11:40understanding of the time and to know
1:11:43WHAT ISRAEL OUGHT TO DO."
1:11:46There is what you need to do when you
1:11:47come into certain seasons. For some of
1:11:49you, when you come into certain seasons,
1:11:51it's a call for greater levels of
1:11:53consecration. God will make certain
1:11:56demands on you, UNUSUAL DEMANDS.
1:12:00SOME OF YOU ARE EVEN IN THAT SEASON
1:12:02RIGHT NOW. You need to know what to do
1:12:05by the spirit. "Lord, what do I need to
1:12:07do with this season?" And God says,
1:12:09"From now till January, from 12:00 to
1:12:113:00, let that be your prayer time. That
1:12:14is my time meeting with you." It is not
1:12:16a general instruction for everybody. It
1:12:19is just from now till January. If you
1:12:21miss because that opportunity is where
1:12:24it is within that encounter that the
1:12:26real mantle for your ministry will rest
1:12:29on you. And if you do not know how to
1:12:31utilize that time,
1:12:35many years ago,
1:12:38uh I used to go to our boys' quarters
1:12:40and carry a stick,
1:12:42stick,
1:12:43and stand there and preach. I would be
1:12:46shouting and preaching alone.
1:12:49I didn't know my mother was hiding
1:12:50somewhere looking at me. It was later in
1:12:52the future she told me one day
1:12:54because she had been praying my
1:12:55grandfather was you know the first
1:12:58trustee pioneer of a denomination. So, I
1:13:00come from a lineage of of missionaries
1:13:02and and and pastors. She had been
1:13:05praying that either her younger brother
1:13:07or her son, let God use at least one
1:13:09person.
1:13:11And I was there I would hold the sticks
1:13:13and I'll be preaching preaching. And
1:13:15when it's time I'll be laying hands on
1:13:17blocks.
1:13:18I mean it. I'm not I'm not joking.
1:13:21And I will sense the anointing of the
1:13:22Holy Spirit
1:13:24literally.
1:13:28If I laid hands on blocks, how stubborn
1:13:30is the head that I will lay hands on
1:13:32that it will not break?
1:13:39Preparation.
1:13:42Preparation.
1:13:44For some of you, God has given you a
1:13:45mandate that you are going to serve the
1:13:47purposes of God with kings.
1:13:50And as it is right now, God cannot
1:13:52announce you because announcing you will
1:13:55be a tragedy to your own life.
1:13:57So, God will withhold your rising. Not
1:13:59every closed door is demonic. There are
1:14:02closed doors that are a sign of God's
1:14:03mercy because you are in your kairos
1:14:06moment, but you have wasted your
1:14:07chronos. So, God will give you a chance
1:14:10to start afresh again.
1:14:15Let's wrap up.
1:14:18Second Corinthians 6 and verse 2 from
1:14:21where you got the theme.
1:14:24Second Corinthians 6 and verse 2.
1:14:29It says, "For I have heard of thee
1:14:31in the time accepted and in the day of
1:14:34salvation I have succored thee." He
1:14:37says, "Behold, now." You say, "Now."
1:14:41Prophesy to yourself. Say, "Now." Now is
1:14:44the accepted time. Behold, now is the
1:14:48day of salvation. Now, when he was
1:14:51speaking about this, he was speaking
1:14:52with respect to salvation, the new birth
1:14:55encounter. We're coming there tomorrow.
1:14:56Are we together? But for now, salvation
1:14:59is the word soteria, the Greek word.
1:15:01It's all-encompassing, healing, lifting,
1:15:05breakthrough, the fullness of the life
1:15:07and the power of God manifest. He says,
1:15:09"Now is the acceptable time." The
1:15:12acceptable time for the believer started
1:15:14from the time Jesus resurrected. Are we
1:15:17together now? Because you will see in
1:15:19other versions, the acceptable time is
1:15:21the time of His grace, that now the the
1:15:24wall has been torn, the veil has been
1:15:27torn, and now we have access.
1:15:30In Christ, we can have access to our
1:15:33now.
1:15:34The acceptable time, regardless what
1:15:36happened before, that in Christ, today
1:15:39can be your day of salvation. He says,
1:15:41"They heard the word just like we we
1:15:45They heard the word just like
1:15:46we did, but the word did not profit
1:15:48them, not being mixed with faith in them
1:15:51that heard it." He said, "Today, if you
1:15:53hear His word, harden not your hearts
1:15:55like they did in the wilderness." So,
1:15:57for someone, God is speaking to you.
1:16:01That this is your today. Today does not
1:16:03mean 24. Just means your season.
1:16:06Your season of lifting, your season of
1:16:09shining, your season of being announced.
1:16:12Are we together now?
1:16:14And because you know that it is YOUR
1:16:17DAY, YOUR PRAYER NOW WILL BE, "LORD,
1:16:20arise and have mercy upon me."
1:16:22For the time to favor me, for the time
1:16:26to lift me, for the time to open up
1:16:29doors for me, even the set time.
1:16:33When you know your set time, you
1:16:34maximize it by crying for mercy. He
1:16:37says, "Call unto me, and I will answer."
1:16:40You see, mercy is not for sinners. It is
1:16:42of the Lord's mercy that we are not
1:16:44consumed. Are we together now? Don't
1:16:46make a mistake of thinking the prayer of
1:16:48mercy is for sinners. It is by the mercy
1:16:51of God. Listen, it says I will have
1:16:53mercy upon whom I will have mercy, I
1:16:55will have compassion upon whom I will
1:16:58HAVE COMPASSION.
1:17:01THE MOMENT YOU DISCERN YOUR SEASON, YOU
1:17:04KNOW THAT THIS is a defining moment for
1:17:07me, you begin to pray, "God, show me
1:17:09mercy. Grant me access by your spirit to
1:17:12maximize this season." Oh, blessed is
1:17:15the man who becomes a beneficiary of
1:17:18God's mercy. I wish I had the time to
1:17:20open you up to the dimensions of God's
1:17:22mercy. The mercy of God does not just
1:17:25mean pardoning for an offender. No, the
1:17:28mercy of God means to show pity, to give
1:17:30you a leverage.
1:17:40Adonai
1:17:44From the rising
1:17:47of the sun
1:17:49to the setting of the set
1:17:55Your name
1:17:56is to be a
1:18:00Adonai
1:18:05A few weeks ago, I just sensed very
1:18:07strongly in my heart
1:18:09that God will have me spend some
1:18:11extended time praying in the night.
1:18:13Nights are usually my time of prayer,
1:18:16but I began to sense I'm wrapping up
1:18:18now. I began to sense very strongly
1:18:22that a new season
1:18:24was going to open up for me. And in one
1:18:27of the nights I was praying and just
1:18:29worshipping
1:18:31and
1:18:33I had a vision. And every time I see God
1:18:36lifting me or going to another
1:18:38dimension, I usually will see a military
1:18:39man. And then, you know how they dress
1:18:41military people? That's what I saw. And
1:18:44while I was praying,
1:18:46I just sensed a very strong anointing of
1:18:49the Holy Spirit.
1:18:51And the Lord
1:18:52took me to Jeremiah 1 from verse 9. He
1:18:55says, "Authority over nations."
1:18:59Authority over nations to pull down, to
1:19:02uproot. There is a mantle and a grace
1:19:05for that. See, having power over cities,
1:19:10having power. Remember in Matthew 25,
1:19:13the parable of the five talent, the
1:19:15reward that was given to them.
1:19:18There are three levels of authority that
1:19:20a man can command on earth. Number one,
1:19:23and is the least level, is authority
1:19:25over things.
1:19:27Where God gives you access to money and
1:19:29all all of that. The second level of
1:19:32authority you can command in the spirit
1:19:34is authority over nations and
1:19:36territories. The highest level of
1:19:39authority a man can command is authority
1:19:42over God's program.
1:19:44God literally makes you a steward, not
1:19:47of nations, of his program. That means
1:19:50God will say, "For the next 10 years,
1:19:52there is a harvest of 100 million souls.
1:19:54You are the one I'm putting in charge of
1:19:56that program."
1:19:59Hallelujah. When I began to have that
1:20:02vision, I started praying. I said,
1:20:03"Lord, whatever it will take, by your
1:20:06mercy and by your grace, you are
1:20:08granting us access and authority over
1:20:10systems, over nations, let it be for
1:20:12your glory." Are we together now?
1:20:15I'm saying this because for I believe
1:20:17that for God to have put this thing, now
1:20:19is the acceptable time. For some of us,
1:20:22when you go back home, Hallelujah
1:20:24challenge should not just end because it
1:20:26ended. You should do your own and pray
1:20:29and and and and pray and worship and
1:20:32say, "Lord, the demands of this new
1:20:35season. Now is the acceptable time.
1:20:37Heaven has already signified through
1:20:40this word that it is time for you to
1:20:42carry greater anointings. It is time for
1:20:44you to step into mantles. It is time for
1:20:47certain doors to be opened. I pray for
1:20:49you that you will not make the mistake
1:20:51of Jacob. Jacob said the Lord was in
1:20:53this place
1:20:55and I knew not." Man of God, hear me.
1:20:59You may need to subject yourself right
1:21:01now taking advantage of this time.
1:21:03Businessman, for some of you you will
1:21:05need to settle down and pray. We're
1:21:07going to pray for just 1 minute. You
1:21:09don't have even have to stand. Whether
1:21:11you are seated or standing, you are
1:21:12going to cry unto God and say, "Father,
1:21:16I have I have For some of you you have
1:21:18you have mismanaged your chronos and
1:21:21right now that the kairos moment has
1:21:24come or is coming, the truth is there is
1:21:27no spiritual readiness. I'd like you to
1:21:29cry for mercy from heaven. Cry for mercy
1:21:32from heaven. Cry for mercy from heaven.
1:21:35Cry for mercy from heaven.
1:21:40CRY TO THE HOLDER OF TIMES AND SEASONS.
1:21:43Show mercy, oh God.
1:21:53Cry for mercy, oh God.
1:22:01Someone is crying.
1:22:04Show me mercy
1:22:06to maximize every day.
1:22:09To maximize every day
1:22:12as I prepare for that defining moment.
1:22:18Hallelujah.
1:22:21The Bible says, "He that is faithful in
1:22:23little
1:22:24He says he is faithful in much.
1:22:28If you are unfaithful in the unrighteous
1:22:30mammon, he said, who shall commit to you
1:22:33the true riches of the kingdom?
1:22:35Let me encourage you
1:22:37that tomorrow while you are coming,
1:22:39please invite every other person. We may
1:22:42not be able to have the time to pray for
1:22:44people, but one of the things I hope
1:22:46we'll do tomorrow is to invoke the mercy
1:22:49of God over your years, not just your
1:22:51body.
1:22:52We need to cry and say, "Lord, the
1:22:54remaining time I have, can you place
1:22:57honor and grace and mercy upon it? That
1:23:01my remaining 1 and 1/2 months in 2022
1:23:04will be like 10 years put together
1:23:07because that something has happened to
1:23:09that time."
1:23:12YOU REDEEM TIME BY CRYING FOR mercy
1:23:15that the Lord of time will do something
1:23:18upon that time.
1:23:21But for now, let me speak over your
1:23:22life. I stand in partnership
1:23:25with the grace that is upon this altar,
1:23:27and I decree and declare
1:23:29by the power of the Holy Spirit, obtain
1:23:31grace to maximize your chronos.
1:23:38Obtain grace to pray.
1:23:40Obtain grace to fast. Obtain grace to
1:23:44worship.
1:23:45Obtain grace TO BE ON FIRE.
1:23:47Obtain grace to connect to the right
1:23:50people.
1:23:51Obtain grace to be diligent
1:23:53in the name of Jesus Christ.
1:23:57And I declare that the spirit that is
1:23:59called a waster, that wastes years, any
1:24:03association, any relationship, anything
1:24:06at all you are connected to that is a
1:24:09programming from hell to waste your
1:24:11years, I declare you are free from it
1:24:13right now.
1:24:18Pastor Nat,
1:24:20is it all right
1:24:21to request that the people come with
1:24:23their prayer requests tomorrow? Will
1:24:25that be fine? Okay.
1:24:27I want you tomorrow even for your loved
1:24:30ones who may not make it and for those
1:24:32who have fallen online, I trust that you
1:24:35also be a miracle service here tomorrow.
1:24:37So, you can send in I believe use the
1:24:39link the media team in Oasis here would
1:24:42would would give the link. You can send
1:24:45in your prayer requests, please from all
1:24:47over the world, Europe, America, send in
1:24:50your prayer requests. We're going to
1:24:51collect it here and the God of heaven
1:24:54will arise as a mighty terrible one in
1:24:57the name of Jesus Christ. The Lord bless
1:25:00you and the Lord increase you. In Jesus
1:25:03name I pray.

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