The Days of the Supernatural – Bishop David Oyedepo – EYAC 2023 DAY 3 MORNING SESSION 3RD WORD

EYAC 2023 DAY 3 MORNING SESSION 3RD WORD

MINISTERING: BISHOP DAVID OYEDEPO

TITLE: THE DAYS OF THE SUPERNATURAL

In Jesus’ precious name, we have given thanks. As we behold him as in a glass, we are changed into the same image from glory to Glory as by the spirit of the Lord( 2 Cor 3: 18).

So every time in the word promises a change of story, every encounter with the word opens a new chapter. May God again open another chapter to everyone’s life in this session. We’ve had two powerful sessions, and this third one Jesus will reach out to you. Has somebody been blessed today? 

Action: Give the Lord a big hand of praise, and please, you may be comfortably seated. 

We are in the days of fulfillment of all biblical prophecies spoken since the world began, Acts 3: 20 & 21. 

•  And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:
• 21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

So every prophetic word concerning the end times shall find absolute fulfillment before Jesus returns; that’s God’s agenda. Among these prophetic lifelines is an outbreak of Signs and wonders. There shall be an outbreak of signs and wonders before Jesus returns. In Joel 2 :1 – 3. Blow ye the trumpets in Zion; Zion is the Church of Christ in Prophecy.

Hebrews 12 : 22-24, 

• 22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
• 23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
• 24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

Joel 2: 1-3

• 1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
• 2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
• 3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.

A raw display of the Supernatural, raw display of the Supernatural. Living in the garden in the midst of a desert. Raw display. 

Now in 28 – 32 of the same chapter(Joel 2: 28-32)

• 28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
• 29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
• 30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
• 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
• 32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.

Signs and Wonders. They are major features of God’s end time agenda. I had this encounter in June 29, 1992. God was speaking to me in very clear terms, and we saw the aftermath of it, the outcome of it. “It’s time for change, he said, prepare yourself for the imminent change of phase I’ve talked to you about over the years. It’s the time of signs, it’s the era of signs and wonders; what we’ve been seeing a bit of it. It’s a new dimension of a higher order. Begin to declare total war against the kingdom of darkness. Proclaim Liberty, emphasize power and step into the realm of anointings. Usher in this era with me. It’s time for the restitution, replacement, and restoration of all things which the mouth of the Lord has spoken. It’s time to administer the forces of the spirit that will enable the saints take up their Inheritance in Christ. I’m launching you into the apostolic phase of your ministry for pace-setting, things never seen, things never heard. Therefore, walk before me and be thou perfect, and I will perform every word of mine in your direction. I open up the gates of nations to you today”. 

Raw word. In those days, what we used to have was ministers anointing people, uh, praying over the dead and God raising them. But now we have members; we have husbands raising their wives; we have wives raising their husbands. Amen. We have somebody going to walk and someone is dead, and they saw them cry and branch and anointed the person while going to work, and the child was raised back to life, and he went back to work. Now, those were not common things. Nobody prayed over the dead. So it’s the era, it’s the era of Signs and wonders. Somebody stood on the platform there; the husband died. He said, “Honey, you can’t go.” After confirmed dead, after two days, he came back. They were on that platform, the wife brought the husband back. 

Action: Come on now, give the Lord a big hands of praise. 

It’s an era. It’s an era. But there is nothing peculiar about this because the supernatural is ordained to be the natural estate of every child of God. John 3 : 8.

 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

Everyone born of the spirit is born into the supernatural realm of life. You can’t explain the going ons in their life, but you can’t deny them. They are real; they are touchable. Everyone born of the spirit is born into a supernatural world. Confirming the Isaiah prophecy, Isaiah 8 : 18. 

Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.

There were no children of God in the Old Testament. Jesus came to raise Sons of the glory, so it was a prophetic word that everyone’s soul born into the kingdom is born as a sign and a wonder to his world. Can I hear your amen? You are not redeemed to go through what the world goes through. You are redeemed to be a wonder to your world, and so you’ll find a fire outbreak, an inferno and buildings raised down, vehicles burnt, and somebody’s vehicle was in the midst of the fire; the tyre wasn’t burnt, the you know nothing, there was no smell of fire on it. In the midst of fire, a car was exempted. How much more a man, how much more a man?

So we are redeemed to operate in the supernatural. It was exclaimed about Paul, “The gods, Paul and Barnabas, the gods have come down to us in the likeness of man.” The days of God in the likeness of men are back here. Not one, two, three, four, five. Mass movement. Mass movement. What manner of men are this? What manner of women are these? Acts 14:11. You remember in Psalm 82: 5 – 7. The Bible says

• They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
• 6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
• 7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.

Is anything strange there? No. Male and female created he them, he mde tahem in his own likeness, in his own likeness, so we have that Divine deposit in us that’s crying out for expression. If you only know how to steer it and the scriptures cannot be broken. The days of infallible proofs of his resurrection power is still on the Earth today, proofs you can’t deny. Say that a great miracle has been run by the hand, we cannot deny it, we cannot. Infallible proofs, tangible proofs, the whole creation is waiting for these Sons and Daughters of God to manifest themselves.

Every issue seems to lack any human solution, so they are waiting for the sons of God to step in and manifest the Sons and Daughters of whom they are. 

We are also aware that the last days of multitudes flocking into the kingdom and Signs and Wonders shall play a major role in seeing this happen. Micah 4 : 1-2

• 1 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.
• 2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

And by the hands of the Apostles were many signs and wonders wrought and multitudes of men and women were added to the church, signs and wonders, multitudes of men and women added to the churches, just straight line equation. Peter met with Aeneas, Jesus Christ makes thee whole, and he got up (Acts 9: 32-36), and two towns turned to the Lord as a result. Signs and wonders are very sharp sickles of drafting people into the kingdom. Many will not believe except they see signs and wonders, that’s God’s agenda. So our God is a Wonder working God and we are his Wonder working sons and daughters, because like begets like.

All we need is to develop spiritual capacity because you don’t entrust Authority into the hands of children. And here when he’s a child Galatians 4: 1, he is not different from a servant, he’s under governance and tutors until the time appointed of the father.

He has to grow out of childhood into sonship to be entrusted with authority. He has to, you won’t give your toddler son a car to ride. You may have 10 cars, that’s okay and he is  the only son, that’s correct, but will you hand over to him a car key? Come and pick me in so so place at 4 pm, three-year-old? Congratulations, it’s time to grow up, it’s not about age, it’s about depth. It’s time to grow. Signs and wonders are entrusted into the hands of sons not babies. 

When I was a child, I think like a child, 1 Corinthians 13: 11, as I grew up, I gave away gave up try these things, 

2 Timothy 2 22 Beware of youthful lust. Luke 9 : 35, This is my beloved Son, hear ye him, That’s Authority, Authority, Authority. The reason why things are not working in the hands of many is because they cannot be entrusted with such Authority, it will be abused.

Today, Christ still empowers everyone on the go for him to command signs and wonders. He’s the same yesterday, today, and forever. He called his 12 disciples and gave them power to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease and said freely ye are given freely give Matthew 10 : 1 & 8. 

Empowerment in the kingdom is not for show, it’s for service. Empowerment in the kingdom is not for show, it’s primarily for service

You shall receive power after the Holy Ghost comes upon you, and you shall become my witnesses, you’ll be serving my interest.

Everyone is called to be on the go, and those who accept such responsibility keep growing from glory to glory through empowerment from level to level (John 15:16). You have not chosen me; I’ve chosen you; I should go and bring forth fruit, a fruitful abide, and by so doing, you gain command.

So, he called his disciples and gave them power over all devils and to cure diseases, and they went to preach everywhere and healing everywhere (Luke 9:1-2 & 6).

What are signs and wonders? 

Let’s try to define. 

1. A sign can be defined as an act that cannot be explained by natural laws, yet cannot be denied (Isaiah 7:14)

Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

The sign cannot be explained but at the same time cannot be denied. Jesus, our Emmanuel, came through Mary, a virgin. This book never lies, it is an eternal truth that will always stand the test of time.

What are signs? 

2. Signs are the strange acts and the strange works of God among men (Isaiah 28:21-22)
3. 21 For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.
4. 22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.

Lest your situation grows worse. Celebrate God as you see it, so you can also have your turn. Can I hear your amen? The strange works and the strange acts of God. This time tomorrow, there shall be a surplus of food on the streets of Samaria. How? Someone tried to censor that and appraised it with a little intellectual brain. Even if God, what! you don’t know the strange works of God and the strange acts of God. And by the following day, 24 hours only, food landed from unthinkable source, surplus of food, price crashed, everybody had access, and this big madman was trampled on their feet, and he died. We serve a God of strange works and strange acts, strange works, and strange acts. For example, parting of the red sea for the children of Israel to pass, a strange work and a strange act.

Quenching the furnace of fire for Shedrack, Meschach and Abednego. Strange work, strange act. Stopping the mouth of lions that could not eat up Daniel. Strange works and strange acts, because they ate up all the ones they threw in, who connived to get him to his death. Turning water into wine, there is no chemistry that can explain that. Strange work and strange acts.

What are miracles? 

Miracles are no accidental o; not that they just happen, no. They are the deliberate out of God in response to the faith of man, the deliberate act of God. That woman said, “if I may but touch the hem of his garment,” and she did. Jesus said, “Power left me.” “I worked it, I made it happen” (Luke 8:42-48). Jesus saw the desperate faith of those folks bringing in the paralytic man. He saw their faith (Mark 2:5). “Son, thy sins are forgiven thee.” The religious people were very upset. Deliberate act of God. “Take up your bed and go home.” That ended it. “Do you believe that I the son of man I’m able to do this?” “Yeah, Lord.” “Okay, according to your be it unto you. ” Deliberate act. There are no happenstance; they are deliberate acts of God. 

A Miracle is God at work in the affairs of men. And God wrought special miracles through the hands of Paul. Handkerchiefs and aprons were taken from him from those who were sick; the disease departed, and evil spirits went out of them. Deliberate acts of God. They went forth and preaching everywhere. God also confirming the word with signs following.

A miracle is God at work in their affairs of men. God at work in their affairs of men. 

Again, A miracle is a product of putting the word to work believing, which commits God to confirm it. 

Putting the word of God to work, believing, and by so doing you’re committing God’s integrity to confirm it. It is a product of putting the word of God to work, believing, and then you have committed God’s integrity to confirm it. Thank you, Jesus. 

Go to the pool called Siloam and wash and the man born blind went and washed and came back seeing John 9:1-8. This is why we don’t wait for miracles, we simply put God’s word to work  to provoke the miracles, we don’t wait for miracles, we simply put God’s word to work in the area of concern to provoke the miraculous. One can wait for eternity; it won’t work. John 2:5-11. Fill the water pots with water. You lack wine. This is what to do. It may not make much natural sense or intellectual sense, but it is what to do, and they did, and they had sweeter wine than the one they bought with their money. 

Prayer: Your days of struggles are over. 

Interestingly, only those who believe in miracles ever experience them. Only those who believe in miracles ever experience them. Only  those who believe in miracles ever experience them. Jesus marveled at their unbelief. They shut the door against the miraculous. They show the door against the supernatural. Mark 6 : 5 & 6.

Now, how do we operate in the supernatural? 

Redemption is our access to the realm of the supernatural, but how do we function there? How do we operate in that realm? 

1.  Engage the power of the word.

 Now let’s look at an exaltation here in Exodus 4 : 17. Exodus 4:17. The Lord said to Moses, “Thou shalt take this rod in thy hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.”

It’s the staff of authority for commanding signs, the word. Let’s now find out, who is this rod?. Isaiah 11 : 1 & 2. 

• 1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
• 2 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;

And we saw who carries the seven spirits of God. His name is Jesus. Revelation 5 : 6

 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth

Jesus is the carrier of the seven spirits of God, and the Bible calls him the rod. And who is Jesus, he is the living word of God. “In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God.” So we take the word to work the signs. It’s by the word we command signs. Signs and wonders are raw confirmation of the word in the lives of those who receive and believe them. As many as receive him, to them gave he power to manifest as sons of God. And to as many as believe on his name, you receive, you believe, and you are empowered to manifest as a son and a daughter of God. No guesswork. So they went forth, preaching the word, and God confirming it with signs and wonders following. That’s why the more insight we gain in the word, the higher our level of command of the Supernatural. The more insight we gain in the word of God, the higher our level of command of the supernatural.

Paul, a man of depth, was a man of unusual grace in commanding signs and wonders. You read all the books, 2Corinthians 6: 5 downwards, 2 Corinthians 11, you see this man. He was a spirit man, a spirit being, a personality of the spirit. He went through what no natural human being can go through and he went through triumphantly. He was cast into the sea overnight. He got out in the morning, went to his next assignment. He was stoned and dragged out of town for dead. They gathered around him helplessly, disciples, he rose up and said let’s go somewhere else. This man will toy with death. What to choose? I don’t know, whether to go or to remain, but for your sake, I will remain, Philippians 1. 23-25. And he was a man operating with abundance of Revelation, 2 Corinthians 12 : 1. It’s so important, I mean verse seven, it’s so important that we understand this. 

The bold declaration of faith we make determines the dimension of the supernatural we command. Speaking boldly in the Lord, we give witness to the word of his Grace, granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands. Acts 14:3.

How is this working? From scriptures, we understand that the word of God is the carrier of the power of God. Paul said, “I’m not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believes.” Christ was teaching, and the power of God was coming forth from the word to heal them, Luke 5 :17. How is He walking? Power in the word casts out evil spirits. He was casting out evil spirits with His word, Matthew 8 : 16. Power in the world calms the storms of life. “Peace be still,” and at that word, there was a great calm, Matthew 8:24-26. Power in the world delivers with speed. His word runs swiftly. In six days, the word created the entire world. 

Thou has well seen, for I will hasten my word to perform it. So the brighter you see, the greater speed you command in experiencing the supernatural. Power in the world triggers testimonies. In Psalm 29, we saw a celebration of the voice of God, that’s God speaking to man and he said doth everyone speaks of His glory. The word is always a testimony bearing platform. It triggers testimonies. Triggers testimonies. 

Why the Holy Ghost is the master Revelator, He reveals the truth to us to the level of our love for God. Now listen, to the level. You can study till forever. You cannot access any type of Revelation beyond your depth of love for God. Listen to this. “I call you no more servants but friends,” John 15:15. 

Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

You get into love with God, you get in love with God, and then you have access to all things. All things. Paul said, “Eyes have not seen, nor ears heard, neither has it entered into the heart of any man what God has in store for them that love Him, but God has revealed it to them that love Him, by His Spirit.

So, God searches all things, yea, the deep things of God. The deep things of God. So, it’s not about just cracking one’s brain and sitting down forever, it’s about a heart for God, which grants us access to the mind of God. Can I hear your Amen? Thank you, Jesus.

So, signs and wonders are no accident. They are products of our obedience of faith to the word revealed. It’s the word that we put to work that God confirms into signs and wonders. Prove me now, and I’ll open you the window of Heaven. Don’t watch me; prove me now. Put that word to work and see how I perform, I’ll confirm my word, put my word to work. Until we are ready to obey divine instructions, we are not ready to experience or command the supernatural. Can I have you say that with me?

Confession:  Until I’m ready to obey divine instructions as contained in scriptures, I’m not ready to experience or command the supernatural. 

So, pray from now till tomorrow, it won’t make a difference. It won’t make a difference. 

Naaman first reacted, “This man doesn’t know I’m the chief of army staff of Syria for me to go and dip myself in Jordan where everybody is passing. Nonsense! I have swimming pools in my house. There are great rivers in Syria.” “Well done,” A little maid said “Oga sir, the prophet even has no time for you. He has no leprosy. You are the one that carries leprosy. Go to the place.” And he went and dipped himself and came back clean.

Until you are ready to obey divine instructions as contained in scriptures, You are not ready to experience or command the supernatural. 

2. Engage the power of faith.

But what kinds of faith put believers in command of the supernatural? Listen:

• God-confident faith.

We talk about faith, we just talk about belief in something and then, what is something? Believe in the Lord your God and you shall be established. Believe also in his Prophet and so shall you prosper.

Have faith in God, God-confident faith. Philippians 3:3

For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.

And by that God-confident, Paul said Philippians 4:13, “I can do all things through Christ Jesus.” In whom I’m confident.

Dorcas died and they invited Peter. He put them all out. Tabitha!, come on. He did like the master and she opened her eyes. She saw Peter, Peter lifted up, delivered her alive and walked away. God-confident faith

•  Word-confident faith.

Romans 4 :16. Romans 4:16. 

Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,

• 17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
• 18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.

Word confident faith, after the order of Abraham according to that which was spoken. In Acts 27:25

 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.

Word-confident faith, 

•  Authority-conscious faith.

You know people kept challenging Christ, “by whose authority are you doing all this?” Authority’s not achieved, it’s conferred. And so Peter saw the man at the beautiful gate, “Silver and gold have I none, but such as I have given unto thee in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.” Rise up and walk. 

Authority-conscious faith, he gave us his name as a seal of our authority in gaining command of these issues of life. In my name, I give you my name. I put my name on you. You have my authority. Authority-conscious faith, you are not endowed as to your right over some situations, so you exercise authority over them.

•  Testimony-quickening faith. 

The testimonies of the Lord are prophetic, so every testimony in this book has the capacity to reproduce itself. The testimonies of the Lord are the spirit of Prophecy Revelation 19:10, so they are prophetic in nature. You can connect with them to replicate them and so we saw the Testimony of the woman with Issue of blood in Matthew 9 : 21 – 23 and by chapter 14, everybody was clamoring to touch the hem of His Garment quickened by the testimony of that woman.

Thy testimonies have I taken as an Heritage forever. They are the rejoicing of my heart Psalm 119: 111. The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting. Ah, give me understanding I shall live. Psalm 119:144.

David engaged the testimony of how God delivered the lion and the bear to his hand and transmitted that to Goliath and brought him down. Testimony-quickening faith. By the testimony of Wigglesworth, I gained authority over principalities and powers. Eph 2: 6 Ephesians 1:20 & 21 gave me my place over all devils consciously. The testimony of Copeland led me into the realm of supernatural prosperity. I saw faith at work in Hagin. Jesus passed the baton over to me. It’s the same yesterday, today and forever. And finally, 

• God glorifying faith. 

He doesn’t share his glory with any man. Whatever you will take glory in, he won’t let it reach your hand, it will kill you. God glorifying faith. He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief but was strong in faith giving glory to God, giving glory to God. Isaiah 42:8 – my glory will not give to no other. I won’t give it to anybody. God glorifying faith,even when things are not working. Although the fig tree might not blossom, there might not be fruit in the vine, yet I will rejoice in the Lord. God glorified, God you can’t lie, it may not look like it but you can’t lie. Let God be true and all men be liars. I will celebrate you God. I’m celebrating you right now. God glorifying faith, they launched men and women into realms of the supernatural without sweat. Thank you Jesus. 

Now, if the word is the rod that puts us in command of the supernatural, then settle down for the word on the supernatural, settle down, go look for it, settle with it. We have loads of them in this place, among them is Releasing the supernatural. My first book on the supernatural, Working in the miraculous. They will just enhance your thirst for that natural realm which is supernatural in your life. The release of power, avenues for tapping to the power that works signs and wonders, and then Signs and wonders, a compendium of testimonies, classified testimonies on that topical issues. Whatever you are looking for, check what God has done in the life of others and then you are interested?, plug into what they did and how they move the hand of God to do that in their lives. We had this as fresh after the prophetic release came, we tagged Wonders of the age. It didn’t come this way before, just repackaged. These are raw testimonies, humbling testimonies, most of them unbelievable but undeniable. Those lives are there. Do you want to gain command or supernatural? Then get hold of the word and put that in your hand and go and put it to work.

Action:  Stand to your feet. Give the Lord a big hand of praise everyone.

Now, lift up your two hands everybody, and give glory to God. If anything came through to you this time, give him thanks for it. If anything came through to you this time, give him thanks for it. If you encountered any light this morning, in the last two sessions and this session, one more time give God thanks for it. What a great time in God’s presence! Celebrate him, magnify him. In Jesus’ precious name we have prayed.

Any student that stops his studies in the lecture room, at best, will end up an average student. In most cases, they end up as failures. You are giving tips to go and develop, to make good marks, in your exams. If all you know is the lecture, at best it is average. When you step out to do extra work, you move from average to above average, from above average to good, from good to very good, and from very good to excellence. The ball is in your court. Stop waiting for things to happen, Make them happen! Stop wishing that they happen, work at them.

Anybody can operate the supernatural by developing spiritual capacity. To qualify to be entrusted with the rod in changing dimensions, and as you see God work, return the glory to him. You share the glory, you have the last one, that covers all areas of life, including your studies, your business, your family, and your workplace. It covers everything. Many will never believe when I share my testimony in those days, but now it’s become common under our umbrella. In those days, people get so angry because I never fought. No, I can never use a wrong word on my wife. It can’t be true. People were preaching hard against it behind me. Some fellow said “They don’t fight, one must be a dummy. There’s no way people can live together without fighting”. I got hold of a rod and I gained command. So what’s your problem? You got hold of the rod? You gain command. You get hold of the rod, you gain command. You get hold of the rod. Everytime Moses pointed the rod, signs and wonders followed, signs and wonders by the rod.

By what? Come and say with me “Signs and wonders by the rod”. No other way, no other way, no other way. You’ll find us on the crusade ground preaching Jesus. He’s going to do this, he’s going to do that. Praise God, thank you Father. He did it for the widow of Zarephath, he did it for the Shunammite woman, he would do your own today. Its the rod!, we are putting in the rod and gaining command? Now I’m going to pray. Everyone’s eyes be opened, confirming the word.

Without the rod, you have no command. 

Conclusion: Lift up those two hands, ask God for grace to lay hold on the word concerning every area of interest in your life so as to gain command. Ask the Lord.