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thank you lord
two weeks ago i’m very excited for what
the lord is going to do today
and even as i’m standing it’s all making
sense to me the flow of
the this what what the holy spirit is
doing
two weeks ago i had this encounter with
the lord in my dream
so there are some times when before like
a message or before i’m even aware of
like okay you know to to prepare for a
sunday
sometimes the lord would encounter me
and begin to speak to me about what he
wants me to speak on
and so two weeks ago i had this
encounter with the lord and he began to
speak to me about deception
and he showed me that i want you this is
what i want you to teach
and speak to my people on
and i believe there are some parts of
this message that are very critical to
your life
to
your freedom
i believe that the presence of god is so
strong in this house because there is
freedom in this house
i believe that god is going to set us
free from every trap of deception
there were
there were two key areas that the lord
began to highlight to me very very
specific things he wanted me to speak on
and what i prayed
is that we will all be open
to what the lord is doing not just what
you’re hearing
but what is a conviction in your heart
and that we would not go another day
holding on to the deception of the enemy
you see deception is very interesting
one of the things that the lord you know
and if as you’re taking notes my message
is exposing deception
because one of the things the lord said
to me and i found this intriguing he
said the seed of deception isn’t planted
it’s exposed and uprooted
and i found that so
intriguing because then does that mean
it’s in every one of us
it all depends on what type of
fertile ground that we give it
do we water it do we give life to it and
are we seduced by it
because when you think about deception
you know just think of a kid
i have a niece and a nephew
my niece is in her teenager so she’s
more advanced in how she moves
but my nephew does not realize that we
see it the manipulation
not too long ago i remember
the my i was on the phone with my
brother so we’re on facetime
and my nephew wanted to do something
with you knows from things with from his
mom and his mama you know the mom was
asleep my sister-in-law
and he’s telling my brother he’s like
you know daddy daddy can i play with it
and my brother is like you know mommy
said you should not have it
and he said but mommy is asleep
i said what in the world
why is it that kids nobody taught them
this
but kids can be so manipulative
and deceptive
you see many of you you’ve heard the
saying that we were all born in sin
right
but what does that actually mean how is
it that we were born in sin
i’m going to do a lot of teaching today
because i really want you to understand
the message behind this so there’s going
to be a couple scriptures but i believe
god is going to do something so
beautiful
you see one of the first scriptures is
genesis 1 27 right and check this out
the bible says
so god created man in his own image
in the image of god he created him
male and female he created them
so in the beginning we see how god
created man in his image and the image
of god is not flesh and blood it was not
about a physical attribute
it was about a
spiritual attribute
that we were created to bear the image
of his nature
of his ways
how he thinks how he moves his rulership
his dominion that’s why when matt when
god created man he talks to man about
having dominion
so we were supposed to reflect the image
of god
and god was watching the whole time
there was a moment when you know god
called adam to name all the animals
and the bible says he was watching
to see what he will call them
and then the bible says whatever adam
called them that was its name
adam was moving in the mind of god
but then when the fall of man happened
man no longer beard
the image of god
because god would never listen to satan
man was always supposed to reflect
who god is to creation
that is why god because sometimes you
wonder why is it that even the enemy had
access in the garden because man was
supposed to reflect the image of god
god knows that yet the enemy could be
around doesn’t mean he will have he will
listen to him it doesn’t mean he will
submit to his ways it doesn’t mean he
will be deceived by him because even
after satan has been kicked out of
heaven the bible still gives us a count
where satan will show up the
conversation about job happened in
heaven
so god is not intimidated by the
presence of the enemy
and as image bearers you are not
supposed to be intimidated by his
presence
so god allowed satan to have access on
the earth
the same way he has access in the
heavens but none of it is his home his
home is hell he just hasn’t been sent
there yet
but it was never about this fear or
intimidation because god says you have
my image
you have my rulership my authority but
when the fall of man happened
man began to reflect the image of a
fallen man
the image of one who gives in to the
desires of the flesh and this is what
happened as a result if we go to adam i
mean genesis 5 verse 3 the bible then
says
and adam
lived
130 years and begat a son
in his likeness
and after
his image
and named him seth
you see no longer
was adam
give it his children it was not about
how seth bear the image of god
now he’s bearing the image
of the fallen man
and so now
all of reproduction is bearing the image
of the first adam that’s what the bible
talks about the first adam and the
second adam who actually has a better
witness
because it is through jesus
that we were reconciled
to bear the image of god again
that is why
even when satan came against eve because
when you bear the image of god you are
not at war your flesh and your spirit is
not at war with each other
and so the tactic of satan you see satan
did not come against eve with something
fleshy
because if he wanted to really attack
her flesh he would have said eve come on
now
if you eat this fruit
you will be the ruler overall
if you would not submit to nobody
so if you would just be sitting down and
adam will be feeding your grapes
it would have been something that
enticed the woman
you said say what say then all right now
but satan was so you know deceitful
that he attacked the very thing that was
a spiritual desire
they were created in the image of god
and satan brother deception and says
there’s a deficit in your image
he says if if you don’t eat of this
fruit
then you and you’re not fully like god
but if you eat of the fruit you would be
like god
knowing good and evil
so eve is like wait
the more she was listening to him
she starts thinking oh there’s a deficit
in my image there is something wrong
with me
and you see the interesting thing about
that moment you see sometimes you’re
wondering why is it that the enemy was
after eve
and the whole time eve is the bible says
and adam was right there
why was it that he approached eve and
not adam
what was it about eve there are many
things that the lord has been teaching
me about the woman
one of it is that the woman is a gateway
but that’ll be another message
but another thing is that the woman came
second in the natural
and you see many times the enemy is
always looking
for what is it like the moments the
things that you feel like you missed out
on
to use against you
when people are telling you you see
maybe you know for me i didn’t grow up
with a father my father was murdered as
a baby
the enemy would come and start looking
for deficits in your life
not and you don’t even realize all along
god was right there
i didn’t miss out on anything
the enemy attacks eve because he
recognizes
eve has not even though she has been
here since the beginning but she was
hidden
adam was the one who was naming the
animals
adam was having conversations with god
you never really see any account in the
bible up until the fall of man that eve
is having a conversation with god
so in the in the idea he’s looking what
is a loophole
who has a loophole what what can i use
against her
well she wasn’t really there
when he gave the command adam maybe told
her
she wasn’t really there when he named
the animals maybe she’s already
questioning
maybe she’s wondering and this is a
thing with the enemy
right before the moment you’re about to
press in and perhaps ask god a question
he shows up
and that is why when we talk about how
the counterfeit always shows up before
the real thing you have to check that in
your life
right before god is about to bring you
the answer
the deal the partner counterfeits just
start popping up everywhere
and they look good i had a counterfeit
in my life that i was dating one time
i said
you know he looked like sunrise
but
but he was the absolute counterfeit
nothing about our lives made sense
but the enemy is looking for this
loophole
he says right before god does the real
thing let me see if i can get you in the
moment where you doubt
let me see if i can get you in the
moment where you’re lacking confidence
let me see if i can get you because the
reality is that god says cast all your
cares
before me
cast everything for i care for you when
we cast it before god he gives us
revelation
but on the way of you carrying your
burdens to the lord
the enemy watches your posture he
watches your head held down and he says
this is the moment to attack you have to
be very careful
when the math is not mattering in your
life
when something you have always desired
and wanted something that the lord not
enough sex is in an obsessive way
because we’re going to talk about that
but when something the lord has promised
you
shows up but it’s missing some key
details
do not be so quick to settle
because that is the counterfeit
approaching before the real thing shows
up
because the interesting thing family
there were two trees in the garden
there was a tree of life and the tree of
the knowledge of good and evil
when they ate of the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil they had to
be cast out of the garden of eden
because the lord said if they eat of the
tree of life they would live forever we
cannot have this so what would he have
meant if they ate of the tree of life
first
could it be that they were just one
conversation
and one right fruit away
from actually stepping into the fullness
of everything god had from them from a
pure place not a perverted place
so the enemy
finds eve
in a place of vulnerability
and he attacks
the spiritual thing her image
and that is why the same technique he
used against jesus
he says if you are the son of god
you know then hey let’s see what you’re
about
but jesus already knew the game by then
but when you are moving in god’s image
you are not at war in yourself
but this is why deception we all have to
recognize that we are all likely and
most likely have been deceived
because the thing about deception is
that if deception is the seed
then what is the fruit
and the fruit is sin
because sin does not just happen in
just like that
sin is the maturation of what has taken
place in your heart
when it always says that god judges the
heart jesus even said something that was
so intriguing he said if anyone
looks upon a woman lustfully
that he has already committed adultery
with her in the heart
because when and sin you know sin really
is about missing the mark right sin is
literally you’re going the way that the
lord did not call you to you’re going
away that has nothing to do with your
destiny you’re giving yourself into the
trap of the enemy where he steals kills
and destroys
but sin is what has matured it is the
revealing of what has already matured in
the heart
that’s why one of the greatest
deceptions even in culture is
pornography
because many times we’re just like i’m
just watching it
i’m not doing nothing
i’m just looking at the screen
but there is something happening in your
heart
and that is why you know i’m nigerian in
my country sometimes in the movies
they’ll have this thing where a man or a
woman whatever is caught in adultery and
they’re like oh honey it’s not me
it’s the devil
[Laughter]
and it has always been a thing of comedy
right
they say it’s not me it’s the devil that
did it
but the reality is
that was some code switching okay
the reality is
how many of us have found ourselves in
situations
that right after you did the wrong thing
you felt regret
right after you did the wrong thing
you’re like what like
why
like what was i thinking why did i do
that
because i’m someone i i used to watch
pornography in my past
right i used to just you know have my
little turn up life because then you
know i thank god that he still had me in
the chokehold
but
but the thing is that i would literally
find myself doing something
and i’m like why did i do that
and you start feeling shame and guilt
and all these things but you don’t
realize it didn’t start when you acted
on it
it started in the heart
that’s the reason why you know when
you’re ready
when you know when you’re about to like
go out with your friends you have a
whole turn obsession you’re detecting in
a group chat
what you know darker light
what songs are on the playlist
come on now y’all know it’s true
because sin needs an environment
sin needs to be cultivated
for i don’t know if some of you who are
like stranger thing fans
right but vecna who i’ll just call him
for those who have not watched stranger
things it’s like the monster right
and when he inhabits a person he needs
an environment
and stranger things that will talk about
he likes it cold
so you know if he’s in a person the
person needs to be and then you know
having a cold shower or sitting in a tub
with ice because there is an environment
for sin
and this is where when we don’t realize
that we can fall into the trap of
deception and it starts in the heart
then you find yourself being tripped up
over and over and over again
because on one end you’re like god i
would never do this
but nothing about the ingredients of the
atmosphere has changed
you’re like
you know what i’m done with that i want
to live a celibate lifestyle but you are
still listening to songs that is talking
about things that you want to try
how you gonna be celibate
[Applause]
you have to look at your atmosphere
what is in my atmosphere
that has deceived me from thinking i can
actually do this
what is what what am i cultivating
around me
because there is no way it’s just like
why is it that we there is worship
before the word
why is it that even in biblical times
before sometimes if our prophet will
prophesy he will say bring me my
minstrel we need to create an atmosphere
that is conducive to the holy spirit
in the same manner family there is an
atmosphere that is conducive to demonic
spirits
and when you give into that atmosphere
they begin to function they begin to
move and then you have no idea how you
got tripped up into something and you
wake up the next morning you’re like
what was i thinking it started in the
heart
that is why the bible says that the
heart is deceitful
above all things who can know it
the heart is deceitful above all things
this is where relationship with god is
so important
god what is in me
search my heart oh god and reveal to me
myself
and so when we’re talking about
deception what is deception right
in simple terms deception is to be led
away from the truth
anything that leads you away from the
truth
is deception
now the crazy part of this is that the
truth is a person
i’m not talking about your truth my
truth our truth we could talk about this
for hours here
the truth is a person
the truth is jesus
the bible says that jesus is the way the
truth and the life so when the enemy is
deceiving you
he is after
your position in hearing
because when you are deceived when
you’re led away from the truth you are
led on to the enemy
and this is why many times one of the
the biggest signs of deception is
confusion
you see the bible clearly says god is
not the author of confusion
why does he why is it so specific to say
that
because god does not contradict himself
god does not confuse people
he doesn’t tell you one thing and then
switches up on you
if you’ve ever seen in the bible because
maybe some of you will argue and say
well god told abraham one thing and then
he said you know he’s not going to kill
the son or whatever but you see abraham
was never confused one moment in his
life
to be confused is a sign that whatever
is being spoken did not come from the
lord because when god is speaking
even if he changes his language then he
knows you are at the place of maturation
to know what he’s really after
abraham was never confused by god when
you read the stories that confuse you in
the bible
you
recognize that the people you’re
confused about were not confused
they never questioned for a second
because god knows who he can trust with
certain types of movements
you see everything about god is in
stages
that is why one of when if a person just
says you know what i came into the lord
i gave my life to jesus today
and tomorrow you now say you know what
he wants me to cast judgment in america
you i don’t know who you gave your life
to and i don’t know who you’re hearing
from
because god takes his time with you god
is a god of process
that is why the bible will talk about
being fed with milk before being fed
with meat
he uses the same illustration as how we
feed children
you don’t give a newborn meat
i mean i don’t that food that would be
tragic you know cps right
you start a newborn with milk
and the older they get and you even
transition slowly you start getting all
this you know then you give them avocado
[Laughter]
before you get to the place where you’re
like okay have a piece of chicken and
then that chicken you have bitten tore
it slashed it to make sure they don’t
choke
so god is a god of stages
so even how he moves is just like that
oh that’s a song actually
but one
why am i sharing this with you family
because when we begin to understand
the nature of god
and the ways of god then some of the
things i’m going to teach on is going to
make a lot of sense
you see why do i say that one of the
signs is confusion because
where there is deception
and you know the lord
the beauty is that when you come into
christ
because of jesus we can bear the image
of god
not based on our salvation not based on
our righteousness but his
so the holy spirit can access you
but the thing is that when you give into
the bait of deception the enemy can also
access you
and this is where confusion is born
because there are two voices that oppose
each other that are directing you to do
something
so one moment you’re like
i got it god wants me to move to san
francisco
the next day you’re like
something happens you’re like you know i
just had a dream
and
he’s changed the plan to florida
huh
i mean why is god switching up the plan
just within 24 hours
because sometimes when you have opposing
voices in your head it is the evidence
that there is deception that has been
sown somewhere
and that is when it becomes very hard
for you to tell the difference between
what is the voice of god and what is the
voice of the enemy has anyone been there
i know i have
because when there are certain things
that you want to do
because you see one of the key things
and actually let me not even get ahead
of myself one of the key things when we
talk about how does deception happen
what are the gateways of deception what
are the fertile grounds of deception
there were three things that the lord
spoke to me about and i’m sure there are
many more but there was a need to focus
this message on these key things
and one is unchecked desires
the other two i will group them together
because it is pride and offense
and i say this because the two things
the lord was teaching me about as it
relates to deception is relationships
and worship
relationships
and worship
now when we think about unchecked
desires right
the bible tells us that you know what
god knows how to put desires in our
heart when god wants you to be drawn to
something he knows how to put a desire
within you for it but that does not
negate the fact that your flesh also has
desires
and when there’s a desire has been
unchecked that means that desire has no
restraint
that you become obsessed
and the desire actually becomes an idol
in your life
you see as i’m speaking the holy spirit
is going to start putting a conviction
in your heart
because there are certain things or
people that we have made an idol
we have made it an obsession
and then we slept on the name of jesus
over it
you see when it came to relationships
who lord
what i’m about to say we’ve all been
about to expose myself to
for you to recognize that
because this is going to be for the
people that this connects to
this is a very hard thing to let go of
it is very difficult
when you marry a desire that you have
that is unchecked with the word of god
it is very deadly and a recipe for
disaster
because then to to get set free from it
is extremely difficult
because on one hand you want it above
anything else
and then you say the voice of god told
me
the lord was showing me
marriage
or dating relationships
and it’s this notion that has plagued
a lot of christians
when we come into this place and we say
god told me
person a is my wife or person b is my
husband
and it becomes an obsession
because here’s the thing with deception
what is birth from deception
can only be sustained through
manipulation
but the end will always always be
destruction
you don’t need to to think far about
what is the what it who who spoke to you
you just have to look at the fruit
because the thing is that when you give
into deception the enemy now has other
things he wants to say
that is why if we go all the way back to
the beginning
after eve was deceived then she deceived
adam
what happened
the lord is walking
and he says adam where are you
and adam talks about
how he is naked and afraid so he hid
himself
the lord says
who told you
that you are naked
then he says have you eaten from the
tree that i commanded you not to
the sequence of his questions reveals so
much
because first of all we never see a
moment where satan is having a dialogue
with adam that you are naked
but the lord already recognizes this
voice is not mine
adam who told you you were naked
and the only way that this voice had
access to you you must have eaten of
this tree
deception happened and now the enemy has
access to say other things to you adam
who told you
that you were naked
in the same way we come all the way back
and then now we find ourselves in this
position where you’re like god said to
me
that this person person a person b is my
partner
the person is not you you both are not
in a relationship
they are not
you know taking interest to your pursuit
listen
i don’t know who this is for but the
urgency in my spirit to share this
message
and so what happens many of the time
what follows manipulation
then you start using maybe your wealth
or your body
to lure the person in
sometimes they may take bait
sometimes they might not and even if
they do they’re you know they’re out the
door in a few
but when manipulation follows
when you start to lack integrity
and you say the voice was god
it was not the lord
because the word of god is not just a
random word god says he is his word
so the word of god would always produce
his essence
it would reveal his nature
so for god to tell you something
that puts you in a place of obsession
it is very likely
with a 99.999
that that came from deception i’ve been
there i’m telling you this as a pastor
you see one of the biggest things
when someone asks me to pray for them
if it’s something extremely critical
the best thing you can do for me is not
to give me all the details
i would only ask for details if i’m led
by the holy spirit
the other thing is that if you are close
to me
and there is something going on in your
life
i have to remove myself completely
because i recognize that my heart can
deceive me
because of the closeness of our
relationship what i might desire is good
for you might not be the thing that god
wants to do and so my hearing can be
easily corrupted
that’s why many times even when i’m
praying for a loved one i don’t just
wait to hear from god i say god
show it to me in a parable show it to me
in a way that is coded in a language
that would not be my norm that the
moment i begin to unpack it then i would
understand what you’re saying but don’t
speak to me in a way that i would i
would understand immediately because i
am not sure if it is your voice
or the voice of my desire
that’s why the bible says the heart is
deceitful above all things
when my heart has an interest or an
investment
it is so easy to be deceived
i remember those those some guy was
talking to in the past
right
and
we were not moving in the forward
direction right pastor roosevelt
preached last week and he talked about
listen where are we going okay i should
have had that conversation
because definitely we were not going in
the same direction
but when your heart desires something
the voice of god was telling me
stephanie this is not it
walk away i will literally have visions
where i will see him and i will see his
face and it’s like a demon is dancing on
his face
i said oh man
but then you know what happened then i
would hear another voice say
he is just a tormented soul
he needs you
you understand him
you can’t walk away from him now
and i said oh god
then you have dreams that satisfy
what you desire
you see him in need injured you say oh
look at that
the lord has given me a person who is
injured
because he knows that i have what it
takes to heal him
oh lord i just thank you for this
revelation
i thank you for giving me the insight to
endure we
we start quoting scriptures
but and then the moment
you see that person slipping away
you randomly have tickets to their
favorite game
he said you know what it’s so crazy
somebody just gave this to me that is
manipulation
because you see them slipping away now
you’re trying to find how to bait them
back in
i’m saying this family because god wants
to set you free
for anyone that is connected to this
we’re going to go into more because
and this would apply to so many areas
but i want to be obedient to the very
things the key things that the lord said
if there is someone you are holding on
to
if there is someone that you’re like god
showed me because here is the thing
god will never help you to build an idol
if god will give you a word
that will cause you to build an idol it
did not come from the lord
god kills idols he doesn’t build them
because an idol is anything that
replaces your affection for god and
turns it over to something else
when we think about the life of abraham
abraham always desired the son
it was his i mean like he just wanted a
son so bad
when the lord gave him a son
when he gave him the promised son not
the one who came from you know the the
manipulation look at that
because he was deceived
right before the real thing the
counterfeit showed up
the enemy says i’m i i i’m seeing the
movement of the lord here
before the real thing shows up let me
just let me plant a count of it
that counterfeit is still
affecting it is still the war between
christians and islam till today
he presents a counterfeit
and then abraham settles in the
counterfeit
how are we so grateful for the mercies
of god
that even when he recognized that you
have settled in the thing that is
beneath you
he shows up again
this message is god showing up again
don’t settle
in your counterfeit
when the real thing shows up and isaac
is born
abraham
the lord tells abraham sacrifice isaac
on the mountain
and even though if we believe that isaac
did not die that day because you know in
the natural he did not
but in abraham’s heart he did
when god said kill him on the mountain
it was never about kill isaac physically
kill the idol in your heart on the
mountain
because on that mountain
later on in in i believe in hebrews we
get a full picture of what was going on
in abraham’s mind
abraham began to say that he knew
that even if isaac died the lord would
resurrect him but you see this is the
language of the one whose worship and
affection is solely on god
abraham was not looking at isaac he was
not thinking about the corpse he was not
thinking about how do i explain this to
my wife because even when he’s saying i
know that even if this happens he didn’t
he didn’t know the timeline he had no
understanding but abraham said isaac is
not an idol in my heart i am focused on
god god your will be done you gave me
this promised child and you have the
ability to resurrect him what happened
on that mountain
was that the idol of isaac was killed
it was never about killing him in the
natural god was doing something deeper a
hard work
i’m sharing this family
because god will never
help you to build an idol
god will not give you a word that would
activate an obsession in you
it is not to say that it is not within
the power of god to tell you who your
spouse is
but if he does the fruit is that you
will be so unbothered
you would allow things to go in such a
natural way
and there would be evidence that this
came from the lord
there will be some form of connection
because you see family god honors free
will
if we go back to the story of adam
before god even created eve
that moment when adam was naming all the
animals
not only was the lord seeing that okay
he moves like me
but the lord was also watching
if adam would find a spouse
in the animals or if he would recognize
that none of them is suitable for him
the lord is watching because when you
read it in your bible you would
recognize that right after adam finished
naming the animals the bible said and
there was no helper found
suitable for him
there was no helper found
that every time adam named the animal
because if adam named a giraffe eve
the lord would say well eve you gotta
wait
because right now adam is entertained
with this giraffe here
so the lord is watching anything that
the lord has his eyes on you pay
attention to
the lord is watching what does adam call
in every animal and it was after that
that the lord created eve
now one of the things the lord was
teaching me in this encounter was a
story of rebecca
and i never saw it this way that after
that i had to study it
because abraham when abraham was looking
for a wife for his son isaac he tells
his servant look we can’t you can’t find
a wife for her in this land i need you
to go back to my hometown
and find a wife for my son
the eyes the the servant goes back and
the servant prays a prayer he’s like
lord
show that you have favored your servant
and that the person who is supposed to
be the wife
that give me this as a sign
that not only because he was by a well
he said not only would she offer him
water but that she would offer his
camels water this was a sacrifice and by
the way this is a real sign you see
sometimes when we are in deception
we are like god if you want me to
continue in this
let me see four white cars today
and
god if this is not of you then let oprah
just knock on my front door
it is like clearly
you know what side you’re standing on
okay
but this man asked for a real sign
because to water someone’s camels
they are extremely thirsty
and then rebecca shows up rebecca is
like hey you know you want a drink and
do your camels on a drink and she’s over
there just you know giving everybody
water
and he is like surely god has favored me
he follows rebecca to her house he tells
them everything they’re like beautiful
you know what she will marry that man
but right there
the the servant says you know they were
like let her just stay with us for 10
days you know let her just stay here
the servant says please do not delay me
we need to go now
and then the parent said
she will go let us let’s first ask her
if she is willing
then she will go rebecca shows up
and they asked her
are you willing to go and she said i
will
god honors free will
you see in the midst of everything there
was a sign from heaven the lord showed
up and said yes surely that is your wife
but what’s their willingness
the person that god has spoken to you
about is there any willingness
and could it be
that an actual sign that is a god thing
is that there is
willingness
there is connection
you see for anyone who is praying about
their spouse and how they identify them
i encourage you to watch our pastor’s
message on five keys to identify in your
soulmate it is very powerful
because there has to be a connection
god does not want to torture you you
have to understand this
god does not want to put you in a place
of mental torture
watching going on fake pages and
stalking the person on instagram
sending cryptic messages
this is torture
and then we slap the name of god on it
and he’s looking and he says my child be
set free
don’t give in to this ideology any
longer
because you would recognize that the
moment you walk away from this delusion
that all of a sudden you will begin to
see where there is willingness
you will begin to see the people that
have been around you
you begin to encounter people maybe i
trade the drugs you say hi they said hi
you know
that is willingness all right
but family
i’m saying this and that’s why i’m
sharing my own story too
because it’s not a thing of judgment
the heart is deceitful above all things
and many times we hear the voice of the
enemy and call it the voice of the lord
but you have to look at what did this
produce
what was the fruit what did it produce
in me and what did it produce outside of
me
because in me it showed me that i could
be manipulative
it produced a version of me that was
lacking integrity
it produced a version of me that would
do whatever it takes to just acquire
this
and then what did it produce out of me
pain
relationships being cut off
all kinds of weird things the fruit
never lies
the fruit never lies that is why even
when the lord wants to talk to you about
you know prophets and and evangelists
and all these people he said test the
spirit
and what does testing the spirit mean
look at the fruit
god does not validate his own just
because a miracle happened
he said what is the fruit of their lives
because later in in some later weeks
we’re going to talk about the spirit of
divination just because someone was able
to say something to you does not mean
they came from the lord what is the
fruit of your life
and why i’m saying even talking about
divination because the second thing the
lord told me to speak to you about his
worship
and what is that because now
offense and pride i couple that together
so easily because when you’re offended
pride conceals your offense
pride keeps you a prisoner to your
offense now there’s a scripture i want
to read to you before we go into what
does the lord mean by worship
now it says in matthew 13 from verse 55
to 58
this was when jesus went to his hometown
and the people could not receive him
they said is this not the carpenter’s
son
is not his mother called mary
and his brothers james joseph simon and
judas
and his sisters are they not all with us
where then did this man get all these
things
so they were offended at him but jesus
said to them a prophet is not without
honor except in his own country and in
his own house now he did not do many
mighty works there because of their
unbelief now every time that you know
i’ve read this scripture i’m just like
man these people he was right there
and you were offended at him
but we are like many of those people
because why were they offended at him
they had grown up with jesus
he was there probably at many of their
funerals
people got sick and he was he was right
there
when they passed on
they needed help they needed assistance
they needed a miracle jesus was always
there
so all of a sudden jesus is moving and
doing miracles and they’re like hold up
isn’t this the same jesus that’s why
they give you his whole background his
mother his father his brothers they’re
like we must be tripping but this is the
same and for them to know the whole
family tells you the closeness and the
familiarity they had
he he was
i i buried a son
i buried
a father
my aunt was sick
and he’s over here healing people with
the issue of blood
where was he when a cold
took her out
they were offended at him
this is sometimes the same way we think
that we are familiar with jesus
because we encountered we he did not
meet our expectation
when that sickness happened he did not
meet your your expectation and you lost
a loved one and now you have made
yourself familiar that the fact that he
does not do that
and whenever someone will tell you their
testimony only amplifies your offense
it’s like you know what you can keep
that for yourself
i don’t want to believe anymore
you see the lord was highlighting this
to me
because i literally saw how there is a
seduction
and a deception especially in our
culture
where you want to start looking i don’t
know who this is for but you want to
start looking for answers elsewhere
you’re like you know what you’ve been
contemplating visiting a psychic
visiting mediums
you’re so hungry for an answer that
you’re willing to go anywhere
you want to open up your chakras
you want to try ayahuasca there are so
many things that you want to open up
yourself to because you’re like i try
this with god and he did not answer me
here
i don’t want to go back to him and
expect to be disappointed again
it is this same offense that the enemy
is using even in the lives of many black
americans
because it is the lie that how could you
serve a god who was the same god of the
slave masters
it is this same tactic that the enemy is
using over and over again and he’s not
presenting you with other options
he said why don’t you actually go to a
psychic
and there’s some of you in this room
your friends have actually been telling
you about someone to see
they’re like if you see this person they
will tell you so much about yourself and
that is why later on we will talk i will
teach on the spirit of divination
because it is possible to access
information that exists without going
directly through the holy spirit
and so because someone just told you
something that sounds like truth and you
don’t recognize that the enemy is using
truth to bait you into a curse
there was a friend of mine that went to
see a psychic
and she told me the story much later
because what happened she went
the psychic was telling her all types of
information she’s like oh my gosh that
is so true
and
when they bait you in
slowly but surely slowly but surely
the next thing
hey be careful
you’re gonna have there’s an accident
awaiting you
be careful
but what they’re doing
you don’t know the power of words
there’s an accident awaiting you you’ve
already come in agreement
that there’s an accident about to happen
so now you start tripping and you’re not
even giving it to god you’re just like
oh my gosh
and now you’re moving with paranoia but
you don’t understand that that agreement
just gave the enemy access for that
accident
so you think that on one hand you’re
opening up yourself to a solution
and the enemy says now open up because
i’m gonna plant other things to bring
disaster
you see while you’re contemplating i’m
telling you don’t open up yourself
because you’re offended by at god
and your pride is keeping you a prisoner
because all god is saying is just say
ouch
just say god i want to understand where
were you when this happened
god i want to understand i i’m i’m going
through this is heavy on me
but i want to still believe that you’re
a good god you see i’m so happy the lord
highlighted that we should bring rb on
stage
even with
her past kidney failure
and i’m going to prophetically declare
that it is a past
even if
even with it
you know what she does every sunday
is serving the house of god
that is a person who has hid the word of
god in her heart
she says even though it doesn’t look
like my expectations are being met
god i honor you above everything else
you are still we were singing you are
worthy of it all
god you are still worthy
you see one of the problems even in our
culture is that we think blessings are
only things that make us feel happy
but what the lord has taught me about a
blessing is that a blessing is a
responsibility
and sometimes the lord will burden you
god will give you the blessing of
trouble
god will give you the blessing of an
issue
because your testimony
what does what in the life of many it
bears the image of god
when your testimony is declared do you
guys remember the story
when there was a man born blind
and the disciples saw the man
and they asked jesus who sent
was it him
or his family his parents
jesus said no one sinned
actually this is a blessing
he says no one sinned but this would
glorify the name of god
sometimes a blessing is not just the
things that is celebrated
sometimes a blessing
is really the moment of pain and torment
because of what it would produce
but i want to speak to you today
whatever has caused you
to have a fence in your heart that’s why
the bible even says guard your heart
with all diligence
because the opportunity to be offended
happens probably a hundred times a day
you can anything if you just open
yourself up to be offended you’ll be
offended every single minute of the day
how a person was walking how they were
looking at you they didn’t wave they
didn’t say hi you were on the phone you
said but i love you no one said i love
you back they just hung up
you would be offended every single
minute of the day and why because we are
flawed people
but whatever it is that you had an
expectation of god come before him and
say lord
i don’t understand your ways
matter of fact the bible says that your
ways are not my
but lord give me insight
when your heart is open i kid you not
god will speak to you
when your heart does not look at him
like the evil one
god will give you
revelation god will minister to you his
peace will overtake you
don’t allow because even offense one of
the words for offense is actually a trap
there’s a book you have to read it is by
john revere called the bait of satan and
the bait of satan is really offense
don’t let that trap you
and lead you into things that are very
deceptive
i’m telling you there are many things
that you open up yourself to you have no
idea
you think that what you’re doing will
bring a solution but
right in this house we have some of our
prayer ministers in the front row
some of the things that we have to pray
and deliver people from
by the power of god
spirits that needed to come out because
they had access
through things and culture that will
tell you this is the way to progress in
life
it is not worth it i’m not speaking from
a place of just you know randomly like
oh this happened that sounds weird no
i have seen the outcome of these things
i have seen what actually happens when a
person does things like ayahuasca i have
seen the doors that are open when you go
to a psychic or a medium you see the
bible says that satan appears as an
angel of light
he doesn’t come to you like he wants to
ruin your life
he comes to you in a beautiful way
i will share with you a personal
experience i had
i remember
there was this particular person
who portrayed himself
as a prophet in my country
and the lord had revealed to me that
this this person it’s not what it is
this is that he is not called of me
i remember telling my mother i said mom
this ain’t it
whatever he’s dabbling into it’s not the
holy spirit
one day when the you see when the enemy
finds you finds finds your weak points
one day my mom called me she was with
that particular
you know um self-proclaimed prophet
and she was like he wants to speak to
you now i’m very playful and you know
i’m extremely goofy but when it comes to
things of the spirit i will check you
and so
when she was about to give him the phone
i said mom don’t do that because my tone
will be different
and she was like no stephanie he and
this is where the enemy gets you she
said no stephanie he told he just said
he wanted to pray for you
no he wanted you to pray for him and i
said oh shoot he’s over here repenting
rather than me to stay sensitive to the
holy spirit
the enemy got me with my emotions
i was on the phone i said let me you
know what let’s pray
which was pride
i prayed for the man
but it was only an open door for him to
pray for me
after i prayed i’m all vulnerable and
whatnot
and then he began to pray for me
and when he prayed he was like you know
the lord and this is where oh you you
have to ask god god show me what i am
weak to
show me what could be an idol in my life
because that was a moment in my life
that god has stripped me of everything
and i was like god i mean i just need
you know a breather
and he said you know what the lord is
showing me
that the angel
that was with solomon he send them to
you i said oh snap
i said because you know solomon was over
there having a lot of fun you know
wealthy and all that good stuff i said
amen amen sir amen my god
i go to bed
i kid you not that night so i’ve had
different encounters with angels so it’s
not that they scare me
that night i
look up i see this angel standing by my
bedside beautiful has all these like his
whole makeup is like diamonds and rubies
and he was i’ve never seen an angel like
that he was gorgeous i was like oh snap
this is the angel that was with solomon
look at that
but then he started to smirk i said i’ve
never seen an angel do that
and so within me there was like this
alarm in my spirit
and i was like god something is wrong
here and i began to ask the holy spirit
who is this person
what is their name
and the lord gave me a name
and while he’s standing there looking at
me you know the spiritual and natural is
very interesting because i went on my
phone and i went on google and i put the
name in google and the name translated
to lucifer that it was another name for
lucifer the moment i saw the name
next thing i know he was in front of me
i was in bed he was in front of me
grabbed my grabbed me by the legs and i
kid that was one of the scariest moments
in my life it literally felt like my
soul was leaving me through my feet
and i began to call on jesus i said lord
whatever i have done in my ignorance
whatever door i have opened lord you
need to save me in this moment then this
other angel appears and strikes his hand
and he was gone and then i asked the
lord i said god if this came from that
person when he prayed for me
the same thing that’s that that’s that
hit this ain’t the lucifer’s hand then
let it strike that man’s head let him
have a headache so bad that he would
even say that i feel like i’m about to
die but he’s not going to die we don’t
want to kill nobody
but i said god give this to me as a sign
you know what happened the next day
i called my mom and i shared everything
with her
and she was like you know stephanie that
is so interesting
because i just got off the phone with
him and he said he has a headache so bad
that he feels like he’s about to
die why am i sharing this with you
family
in our culture today you have to be
vigilant
you have to open up your eyes don’t just
give in to anything that appeases where
you’re in because you miss your
grandmother because you miss your father
don’t just give in and say you know what
let me just go to a medium let me hear
from them one more time because you’re
not hearing from your grandfather you’re
not hearing from your mother you’re
hearing from a demon disguising himself
so that he can bait you in
be watchful where you give your worship
and as we are talking about expose and
deception
what the lord showed me was as simple as
this
you expose deception
by exposing your idols
what is an idol in your heart
what is the thing that you have put
above god
and you know it
when it is the very thing that will
cause you can you think of something
that if it happened
you might start questioning your faith
can you think of the thing that if you
don’t get it
if it never happens
it will cause you to question your faith
that is the evidence of an idol
because that means you have put it above
your affection towards jesus in your
life
when something happens to you
and it causes you to feel like god i
don’t know if i can trust you anymore it
is the evidence of an idol
and i have been in prayer
that the holy spirit would reveal to
each and every one of us
what is your idol
what is the thing that will take you out
of character
what is the thing that will cause you to
lack integrity
what is the thing that will cause you to
compromise
it is your idol
but when you expose it and say
god
this has a hold on my heart you don’t
need a lie to the lord
you can tell him exactly like it is
this has a hold on my heart this is
where partnership comes in
god does not need you to do everything
by yourself he just needs you to open up
if you just say lord
this person has a hold on my heart
i really wanted it to be them
this the idea of this thing has a hold
of my heart this job has a hold in my
heart this city has a hold in my heart
whatever it is
fame has a hold in my heart being an
influencer has a hold on my heart
whatever you are willing to compromise
yourself for is an idol
but when you expose it to god
it is the mercy of god
and the grace of god and the goodness of
god that steps in
and he will begin to empower you for you
to experience freedom
isn’t it crazy how sometimes you can go
from completely being obsessed about
something
and then all of a sudden it’s like you
woke up from a dream because you’re like
what the heck was i thinking
what was i doing
it is the grace of god that stepped in
that the same way you didn’t know how
you could get free
when i used to watch pornography it had
a hold on me
and and at the time i was like god you
just have to allow me to do this since i
can’t do anything else you know
i said just let me watch a little bit
but i remember
i’m sorry mom
but i remember
was a particular day never forget that
when i recognized that no matter my mess
the voice of god never left me
god will talk to me in all my
foolishness
and i remember one day i said god i want
to represent you in truth
i don’t want to live a double life
i don’t want to act like one thing and
or say one thing and do another i don’t
want to talk because no matter what one
thing that is consistent anyone will
tell you this anyone from my past people
that we used to dance on the dj booth
together will still tell you
after all of that when we’re in the car
heading home i’ll be talking about jesus
i be like after everything you can’t
even see straight i’m like are y’all
coming to church on sunday
it’s youth night
[Applause]
but i said god i don’t want to live a
double life
and in that moment
that stronghold broke immediately
i never had a desire for it
i never it is supernatural how god can
just uproot because remember deception
is a seed that has to be exposed and
uprooted
you do the exposing god uprooted because
god already knows what it is
but you need to know what it is
so when you open it up to him he uproots
it
and it’s a beautiful journey
so family stand with me
and in this moment
i want you to only focus on jesus
i don’t want you to focus on who’s next
to you
who you came with
because
to respond to messages like this
might feel like man that’s embarrassing
no it’s not
freedom
there’s nothing embarrassing about
freedom
don’t allow the enemy to even use this
moment to deceive your perception
about what has taken
place and so if you know that i was
talking to you in the room
whoever you are
because the freedom of god is in this
room
and it is a work that only he can do
we are only messengers to deliver his
word
for the holy spirit to take over
and so family if you know i was speaking
to i want you to just meet me at this
altar
[Music]
and it was interesting because while in
prayer
and whoever you are if you’re already
coming down but i need to even say this
the lord showed me someone who kept
looking at their watch over and over and
over again you just kept looking at your
watch
and i asked him i said what does that
what is that what does that mean
and he showed me that
there are some of you in this room and
maybe even listening to our global
family
that you have put god on a time schedule
you have literally said to him
god if you don’t do this by this time
i’m walking away from the faith
and when the lord showed me
this group of people it wasn’t just one
person
there were several people who had this
their hand just kept looking at their
watch
you see you can’t bait god
that is not the right heart posture
that was what the pharisees would do
the ones that were against god they
would say well why don’t you show us a
miracle
why don’t you show us a sign because it
was never about that
god is for you
he is for you more than anything else
he is for you than you are for yourself
he knows your end from your beginning
and that is why he has taken his time
with you
if the lord began to give you everything
you ever desired when you wanted it it
could destroy you
you may not know how to handle it or
what to do with it but god has taken his
time with you
god has taken you in a process
whatever it is just give it to him
say lord here i am
you see there are some of you in this
room and you’ve already gone to a few
places
you’ve already gone searching for
answers
and the lord is gonna set you free
the lord is gonna set you free
thank you jesus
thank you jesus
because already
you sensed the torments
what started off beautiful
what looked like wow
that is crazy i just spoke to my
grandmother
next thing
now your dreams are tormenting you
things are happening in your life you
can’t explain
weird
stuff god is going to set you free
there are many things we do in ignorance
and that’s why thank god we have a god
who is so merciful
that the bible says his mercy and his
goodness follows us
that his mercies not only do they follow
us they are made new
every morning
god says i know that you went in the
wrong path but my mercy is new upon you
today
the mercy of god is when god holds you
in his hand
no matter what you did
god says i am right here with you
i will heal you
i will deliver you i will set you
free but open up to me
[Music]
deception is a trip man
because you will think you are in the in
the right
you will think you’re doing the thing
god wants you to do but look at the
fruit
what is the fruit telling you about the
source
[Music]
i thank god
because
i just see breakthrough all over this
room
thank you jesus
thank you jesus
[Applause]
if anyone else needs to walk out of
their seat
i want you to walk out
don’t be so bothered about
you know composure
and all this stuff
don’t be so worried about what you think
you’re supposed to do
but i want you to take this act and say
god i am not going to be bound by this
lie
maybe you don’t want to come all the way
to the front maybe you know you know
you’re worried about covet
but just move to the left just do a
little movement
right
but whoever you are in this house
because we’re going to pray i want you
to just lift up your hand if you’re
saying yes to jesus thank you lord
family can we celebrate
them in this house
hallelujah
hallelujah hallelujah
heavenly father we thank you
[Music]
lord jesus we worship you lord i thank
you for your sons and your daughters who
are here lord god
and i thank you for the breakthrough
that is happening right now in their
lives i thank you that many of them are
already feeling this burden being lifted
because literally i can see it this
burden is being lifted oh god that
whatever trap of the enemy they have
been set free in the mighty name of
jesus lord god i thank you for those who
are saying yes to you oh god i thank you
lord that this decision is literally the
best decision they would ever make in
their lives and i thank you lord that
you would hold your hand and you would
walk with them holy spirit you said that
you would teach us you will guide us you
are the helper oh god i pray that they
will know what it means to have a
personal relationship with you i thank
you that they will not just know you by
hearing but they will know you by
experience because lord this is not
religion this is relationship and i
thank you heavenly father that they
would come into true relationship with
you
and they would be lovers of truth
lovers of jesus that when a lie is
coming that they will detect it from a
mile away that lord god i thank him that
every trap of the enemy
we will not fall into it
lord
jesus when you were raised up
you were raised up with all power
and authority and might oh god
and i thank you
that as your children say yes to you
you are raising them up from defeat
you are raising them up from weakness
you are raising them up from
insecurities you are raising them up oh
god from bondage from addiction you are
raising them up from torment into
victory
in the mighty name of jesus
lord we love you we worship you
continue to have your way
in jesus mighty name
amen amen
hallelujah
hallelujah family can we just shout to
god
thank you jesus
thank you jesus
hallelujah
now family i never want to miss an
opportunity for anyone because i know
that there are people coming in even
while the message was going on
if you would love to give into this
house
if you would love to sow a seed an
offering or your tithe then this is that
moment
if you have an envelope or you want to
give by cash right outside there are
boxes just on the walls that you can you
can give into or some of our team may
have a um a collection for you i love
the given moment family
because it always reveals where my trust
is
whenever i tithe it reminds me of where
i put my trust
and i put my trust in jesus
i recognize he is the one that provides
for me he is the one that makes ways for
me
and so it’s for me it’s it’s such a it’s
a personal thing it’s like lord i want
to keep building
what is lifting your name up
i want to keep building what is praising
you what is demonstrating your image
and the offering just like pastor
ebenezer mentioned earlier
whatever the lord puts in your heart
whatever the lord
places on your heart to give whatever
that could be it is between you and him
for me the offering is always how i mark
the spot
when i know that god met me in a message
i sow into it
because the the mystery about seed is
that wherever there is seed there is
harvest
and so i don’t just so randomly i sow
with intention
i say god i’m believing as i’m sowing
this seed i am marking the spot of what
you have already done it’s not we don’t
bribe god with it we acknowledge him
and i say lord i am thanking you for my
breakthrough i’m thanking you that i’m
free from this and i am marking the spot
and i’m watching and i can’t wait to
testify to the fullness of what you have
done in my life
and so family
as we’re giving
let’s just if you’re if you didn’t give
and you want to give you can lift it up
but let’s close out in prayer heavenly
father we thank you
we love you
you have shown up in a mighty way
we thank you god for what you’re doing
in and through us and lord as we give
multiply its impact in the mighty name
of jesus have your way o god in jesus
mighty name amen amen
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