INTERCESSORS CONGRESS 2026-DAY 3 | NOVEMBER 14

A world of my own. I have no power of my own. I confess to you, Holy Spirit of the Lord, I have no power of my own. I have no power of my own. I have no power of my own. I confess to thee. I confess to you, Holy Spirit of the Lord. I have no power of my own. One more time, I have no power of my own. I have no power of my own. I confess to you. Holy Spirit of the Lord, I have no. power of my own. We have no power of our own.

We cannot do it without Him. I want us to yield our weaknesses unto Him. Let's surrender our infirmities unto Him. Let's add that He will help us. He will strengthen us in the mighty name of Jesus, that we have no power of our own. We can do nothing without Him. We are not intelligent enough. We are not smart enough, so to say, Holy Spirit of God, I yield myself to you. We must submit and surrender the title of our being not to Him in the mighty name of Jesus with the assured and with the confidence that the Lord our God is in the midst of what we have no power of our own. I have no might of my own. We cannot do it without Him. Holy Spirit of God, you adore who hears and prayers. We yield ourselves unto you. We surrender to you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. There is no powerful man of God out there, but we only have the powerful God, the one who Yes, hears prayers.

We have no power of our own. We are insufficient to touch you. Our sufficiency is of you, oh God our Father. We yield all to you. I want us to surrender all to Him in the mighty name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Those things that seem impossible. I want us to yield them all to Him. Let's surrender all to the Holy Ghost in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. We have no power of our own. We can't do anything without you. We cannot do it to the Spirit of God. Therefore, We are asking for your help in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, concerning our homes, concerning our families, concerning our spouses, concerning our businesses, concerning our children. Holy Spirit of God help us in the mighty name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. We are not sufficient of ourselves to take anything of ourselves. Our sufficiencies are of God. In the mighty name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

Concerning the head of our people, we ask for your help. We have no part of our own. We have no part of our own. I have no part of my own. I confess to you, oh sweet Spirit of the living God, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Oh yes, I have no part of my own. We have no part of our own in the mighty name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, we bless Your name. We bless Your name. over your sons, over your daughters over your careers over your careers over my careers. Oh God, we can do nothing without you. Hey Paul. So God our Father in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, the word of the Lord says in the time of trouble call upon me. Oh God, we are calling upon you this day because we know you are the only one that can help us. Help us, oh God, You come to our rescue. Help us, oh God, You come to our rescue in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Oh yes, we bless Your name

we bless Your name we bless Your name. We have no part of our own control for us in the Jesus Christ. Oh yes papa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa Melila kuka papayala nata epaluka. papa pa pa pa pa pa

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Yeah But in Jesus' mighty name we are blessed. Luke chapter 21 verse 26. It's a man's heart failing them for fear and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. It's a man's heart failing them because they look at the wrong things. They look at the happiness around. So also our hearts could be feeling us because of our, because of the fact that our eyes are looking at certain things. But 2 Corinthians chapter 3 verse 18, it said looking up to Jesus. You know, it said we all with open face beholding in the glass the glory of the Lord. We are changed. It's what we look at at times that will determine what will happen. If we continually see evil, then it will become more rampant. But if we continue seeing good, then we see more good. It depends on the lens from which you are seeing. It's a mess house we begin to feel that

because they are looking at the happenings, the negative happenings around the world. And remember where we started from. We have no power of our own. All of these things are real. If we are in the land, but we look at the good side of it because God is also real and God is working. So I want us to pray that Lord, let my eyes always be towards you. Let the eyes of my family be towards you, looking out to Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith are Hebrews. In the mighty name of God, let our eyes be towards you. Help us to see you. Help us to see what you are seeing in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Help me, oh God, to shut my mind to evil, but help me to open my mind to good in the mighty name of Jesus God, help me, oh God, that I may see you in the name of Jesus God, we are not denying the fact that there are evils in the land, but Lord, we still know there are goods in the land.

In the mighty name of Jesus God, oh God, help me to see the good. Help me to see the good of the land. Help me to see the good of the land. In the mighty name of Jesus, help me to see what you are doing. In the name of Jesus, I am not interested in what the enemy is doing. I am interested in what you are doing. Help me to see what you are doing, oh God. Help my children to see what you are doing. Help my spouse to see what you are doing. Help our members to see what you are doing. Help our leaders to see what you are doing. That's why I be open to God. That we may behold one that is out of the law. That's why I be open, that we will know what you are doing. That's why I be open, that we may see your heart in the name of Jesus Christ. We want to see Jesus. We want to see you glorified. I want to see you. I talk in my life. Open my eyes, so God. Open up our eyes, so God,

that we may see your glory. Open up our eyes, so God, that we may see your beauty. Open up our eyes, so God, that we may see your power. Open up our eyes, so God. That we may walk in your grace in the mighty name of Jesus, guys. Oh balola kula payala payala papayala payala payala payala payala payala payala payala payala payala payala payala payala payala yalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela Payalela payalela payalela payalela Payalela payalela payalela payalela payalela

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We have no power of our own. We cannot do it except to help us. We cannot do it except to help us, Help us, Oh God. By the power of Your Spirit In the name of Jesus.

Oh yes, Oh God our Father. Oh, The Bible says the eyes of your own understanding be enlightened That you may know the hope of His calling Enlighten my eyes, Oh God, Enlighten my eyes, Oh God, In the mighty name of Jesus, Yes, Enlighten the eyes of our members, enlighten the eyes Of our leaders in the mighty name of Jesus, Let there be enlightenment of purpose In the name of Jesus. Oh yes, See kappa yellow Brothers Help us to see. The good side of life, help us to see what You are doing. Help us to see in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Jesus, I Say let us Be glorified In our lives, In our homes, In our families, In the church, In our departments, In the mighty name of Jesus. Oh yes, Look up In the name of Jesus. That. They That Oh, Thank You, My Father. For in Jesus' mighty name we are bread. You know that Scripture says, Men's hearts failing them. Their hearts failing them for fear

And for looking. If they don't look at the negative happening, Their hearts will not fail. If they don't look at it, They say, I am looking after those things which are coming upon the earth. When we consider the negativity in the land, We just wonder, Is it really necessary to live long? What is essential In good health, In sound mind, In holiness and righteousness And in money. In money. I want us to pray for our brethren, All our installations using This zone as a point of contact That our people's hearts will not fail them. Their hearts will not fade and they will not lose their confidence in God. He said, If I come, Will I still find faith in the earth? Men ought always to pray And not to faint, But some hearts are failing. Some hearts are becoming discouraged because of the negative happenings at heart, But want us to pray for them. Want us to lift up our voices and what I call

Onto God for them, For all our bread and Father, Their hearts will not fail In the mighty name of Jesus. Their confidence in You will not fail. Their faith in You will not fail. In the mighty name of Jesus Christ, Come True For our brethren, Come True For our men, Come True For our women, Come True For our teenagers, Come True For our children, Come True For the singles, Come True For the marriage. In the mighty name of Jesus Christ, Their hearts Will not Fail. The Faith in You will not fail. In the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Pray for all our members. We don't know what they are going through, But we can Pray for them

In The Name of Jesus, We are praying for all of our members.

Their Hearts Will Not fail. They Are not to fail. Their confidence in You will not fail. In the mighty name of Jesus, Help our Members to be stronger. Help our Members To be better. In the mighty name Of Jesus. Oh Yes.

The faith of our members will not fail. They will not break this college. In the mighty name of Jesus, The law will set for them. The law will come for them. They'll be victorious. They'll be more than conquerors in the mighty name of Jesus, guys. Oh Papa Yellow Papa Yellow Yellow Papa Yellow Yellow Papa Yellow.

Let's go out for the strength of the Lord. Let the Lord send to all our members in the mighty name of Jesus, stand the old and the young. In the name of Jesus, the married and the single, males and females. Oh God, send to us all, in the mighty name of Jesus, our saints will not fail. Our confidence in You will not fail. In the name of Jesus, help us, Oh God. Help us so greatly. We have no one else but You. We have no one else but You. If You do not come forth for us, all our— and me with— Jesus Jesus Christ Jesus Christ Yellow Yellow Yellow Yellow Yellow Yellow Yellow.

Let Your enemies be scattered, enemies of Yours be scattered in the mighty name of Jesus, Papaye Papaye Papaye Papayele Oh God, got You for us. Oh God, for us in the name of Jesus Christ. Oh God, for us Papa Papayala Yala Yala Yala Yala Yala Yala Yala Kala Kala Kala Kala Kala Kala Kala Kala Kala Kala Kala Kala.

For in Jesus' mighty name we are prayed. See, praying for our members, praying for our zone, He wants us to decree that in the mighty name of Jesus, our member will not be stranded. In the name of Jesus Christ, is it concerned in their heads? Consign whatsoever— our member will not be stranded. Beyond finance. They will not be stranded. In the mighty name of Jesus Christ, He wants us to take a prayer for 12 minutes. We are declaring and prophesying. I will not be stranded. I shall not be stranded. My wife shall not be stranded. My children shall not be stranded. In the mighty name of Jesus Christ, we shall not be stranded in life and in ministry. We shall not be stranded in the mighty name of Jesus. Our members are not being sent wherever they are. They will not be sent. The Lord will defend them. The Lord will defend them. Help we arise in the mighty name of Jesus. Help, we arise

from the unknown and from the known in the mighty name of Jesus, guys. Oh yes, He got my yellow brothers at every point of hell, at every point of hell, let's fix our eyes in the mighty name of Jesus, man. At every point of need, let's fix our eyes. Oh God, our eyes. We will not be stranded. We will not be stranded. We will not be disappointed in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. I want us to rebuke every negative experience, every spirit of disappointment, every spirit of delay in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. We'll rebuke you now. We'll come against you in the— Jesus, we shall not be stymied. Every father like that, we shall not be stymied. We come against you. Every father that will lead to disgrace will come against you in the mighty name of Jesus in life and the ministry. We shall not be stymied. I shall not be stranded. We shall not be stranded. Help will come to us in due time

in the name of Jesus. Psalm 46:5. The Lord will help us, and that's right, Elie. Elie, help is our portion. Early help is our Lord's. Oh Bayeleguyala Brariatta.

Oh Palela Ya Palela Ya palela Ya palela Ya Payela ya Payela ya Payela ya. Guka papayella resa e paluka papayella resa Ikalo kuka papayella resa in the mighty name of Jesus. Oye luka papayella resa paluka papayella resa in the mighty name of Jesus. Oh malula kukapayela brata Apalika papayele brata e payele guyela bra kuye E palela kukapayela brata e paluka papayela gula Payeta apaluka papayele brata e palola kuyela brata E palola kukapayela brata e palola kukapayela brata In the majineba Jesus or payela kuyela brata Inaleba Jesus.

For in Jesus' mighty name we are prayed. And so shall it be For Jesus. Lord, We shall not be stranded At every junction of our life. As the need arises, Let help equally arise. Your words in Philippians 4:19. But my God shall supply all your needs according To His riches and glory by Christ Jesus, And Lord, We decree and we declare In the mighty name of Jesus, Guys, At every time. When there is need, Let's help arise In the name of Jesus that Whatever form of need, Be it Be it medical, Be it, Be it financial or has to do with ministry Or relationship at every Point of need, Let's help arise. Let help be supplied in the name of Jesus. Thank You, Father, For in Jesus' mighty name we are prayed. Amen. Jeremiah chapter 33. Jeremiah chapter 33 verse 14. He said, Behold, The days come, Says the Lord, That I will perform that good thing Which I have promised unto the hearts of Israel

And unto the hearts of Judah. Behold, The days come When I will perform my promises unto you. I want us to pray and decree that Father, Your promise unto me shall find expression. Your promise unto us will find expression In my neighbor Jesus Christ. Your promise unto my household will find expression In that the one You said to me directly by revelation, The one You said to me by Your word through the logos, Lord, By the one You said to me, Even By prophecy. Let's What Is going to pass In my life. Over my life and ministry Over my home and family. In the mighty name of Jesus, Let me begin to declare that I confess it. Oh God, In the name of Jesus, Let Your promises come find fulfillment. Let Your promises come to pass in my life, In my home, In the name of Jesus.

Let Your promises find fulfillment to God. Let Your promises come to pass. Let Your word to me come to pass. Now You’ll show me. Let them begin to find fulfillment In the mighty labor of Jesus, Guys, That word of prophecy That has gone over my head. Let me begin to find fulfillment. Let them be manifestation In the mighty labor of Jesus. Oh palelo kuya Payele Brata e pale kuyele brata In the labor of Jesus. Help me, Oh God, To hold on. Help us to hold on. Help us to hold on In the name of Jesus. Oh yes, Not God our Father. Help us, O God. Oh yes, Lord God help us. For in Jesus' name we are praying. I still going to pray that prayer, But from the Israel angle, The Bible says book of Hebrews chapter 6 verse 12, He said, Let us be followers of them Who through faith and patience Inherited the promise. Faith and patience inherited the promise.

There are certain things God will do almost instantly. There are other things that will take time. He's promising me how to take time at times Just as Baba said two days ago That there is a message in the mess. The storm of life. There are, There are certain things God may want us to learn When storms occur, When there is prolongment of the fulfillment of the promise. He may want us to learn one or two things. But why waiting? We should not lose our faith. Why waiting? We should not do in the door. And I want us to take that prayer concerning The performance that the Lord will help us to wait Where we need to sacrifice, Help me to sacrifice In the mighty name of Jesus Christ. There are certain things we need to do For the fulfillment of the promise. We are praying for every one of our members, All our members, Home and abroad, Using ourselves here as a point of contact for our zone. The

Father, As we wait for the fulfillment of Your promise, Help us, Help us, Oh God, To maintain our focus on You. Help us not to throw in the towel. In the mighty name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Help us, Oh God. Help us. In the mighty name of Jesus, We receive Your help. We receive the help of Your Spirit. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, We will not fall. Oh In the mighty name of Jesus, We need to sacrifice. Help us to make the right sacrifices In the name of Jesus. Obalolo kukapayarea Apostle Everywhere waiting Apostle Waiting Help us to wait patiently in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. O palosa suka papayelo rata Palolo kuka papayelo Kuka Palosa suka papayelo rata In the name of Jesus.

Father, We thank You. We bless Your name. For in Jesus' mighty name we are blessed. I want us to pray for my install for this zone. Romans chapter 10 verse 1. Romans chapter 10 verse 1. Brethren, My heart's desire and prayer to God For our zone. For Lema chapuzo one ipado Is that they might be saved. That they might be saved, Not just praying for the salvation of the unbelievers, But what about the believers? We equally need to pray for their salvation that they might be saved. Who says, Well, I bear the record That they have a zeal of God, But not according to knowledge. They have zeal But not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant of God's righteousness And going about to establish their own righteousness Have Not submitted themselves Unto the righteousness of God. But the emphasis which is our focus Is that they might be saved, That our churches, Our installations,

Our zone might get better. Our soul might get better. So I want us to make that our prayer That Father, We are invoking this scripture on Romans chapter 10 verse 1. Our desire And our prayer unto You Concerning our soul, Concerning our members, Concerning our leaders Are many connected to this soul. Our desire and our prayer is that, Oh God, That we might be saved. Save us, Oh God, From disaster. Save us, Oh God, From evil. In the mighty name of Jesus Christ, Help us to know You In the mighty Name of Jesus, Let our brethren know You. Let our brothers and sisters know You In the mighty name of Jesus. Oh God, Help us to be serious for You, Even with proper understanding. Help us to serve You with the right Understanding. Help us to serve You With the right spirit. In the mighty name of Jesus, Oh my Lord Look Papa, Yellow Brothers, Let's pray for our souls. Oh God, Save our soul.

Make our churches better. Make our souls better. Increase us. Enlarge us in the name of Jesus. Make our soul better In the name of Jesus. Make a machabu ole Better. Let machabu o Water better. Let Machabu elebu better. Let machabu akata English make us better. We use this for churches As a point of contact To other churches In the body of Christ. It never increasing one minute. Oh God, Save us. Increase us and enlarge us in the name of Jesus Christ. Oh palelo kuyela.

For in Jesus' mighty we are blessed. In Jesus' name we are praying. God Can do what He wants to do either with you Or with many. With you or with many. And lastly, I want us to please pray for all our installations. Using our zone As a point of contact. The other day, I, I followed a minister During the public estate. We went to one church. Right then I was like, God. What is happening? It was, it was, it was, I don't want to use the word terrible, but it was somehow, just somehow, ah, Selohele This is a church I used to know that used to be vibrant with a high population, but lo and behold, it's nothing to write home about. And it's almost like that. In many of our installations, I want us to ask of God that the Lord will intervene. It is the work of God's spirituality. He said, I shall build my church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. God needs people. Hey,

where two or three are gathered. You also want multitudes to be gathered, multitude upon multitude. So I want us to lift up our voices in one accord using our souls as a point of contact for God's divine intervention in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. God's divine intervention in the name of Jesus. The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof. And all the day that we are gathered, let the Lord touch the hearts of people from far and near. In the mighty name of Jesus, let the Lord Himself advertise His church. Let the Lord build His church in the mighty name of Jesus. Then let all of our installations, we are using ours zone as a point of contact to other zones in ever-increasing modern ministry input to the body of Christ. Oh God, increase us numerically, increase us financially, increase us spiritually, increase the understanding of our members in the name of Jesus. God help us,

Oh God, in the name of Jesus. Oh yes, Oh God our Father, we bless You. Let us lift up our hands and bless the Lord. Let's thank You for increase. Let's thank You for enlargement. Let's thank You for answers to prayers. Let's thank You for the physical manifestations in the mighty name of Jesus, which are settling on our souls, and we shall be satisfied with the desires of our souls, and we shall rejoice in the name of Jesus. Then our Father, we thank You, Lord, we honor You, Lord, we appreciate You. Thank You for Your presence among us. Thank You, Oh God, for the confidence that we have to call upon Your name. Thank You, Oh God, for the assurance that we have in You. Blessed be Your Majesty, our God, in the name of Jesus Christ. You have promised us that as You have spoken in our ears, so will You do. And according to Scripture, 3:20, You shall even do beyond our imaginations

according to Your power at work in us to You, Oh God, be glory, dominion, honor and power now and forevermore. For in Jesus' mighty name we are praying with thanksgiving. Amen. If you believe that, shout, amen. I lay down my head together unto the Lord. All right, please, on the same, in the same vein, I want her to please put our hands together as I welcome onto the pulpit Pastor Minister Elvis. Hallelujah. We can do better than that. We can do better to the glory of the Lord.

Hallelujah. Praise the Lord. Praise the living Jesus. The Lord is good all the time. It's another great moment in the presence of God. I want to first appreciate the apostolic oversight around this ministry for this program that started on Thursday. We pray for more grace. We pray for more anointing. We pray for more wisdom for him. And equally, we want to thank the DPC, Pastor Tunde Mabinuri, giving us this opportunity to share this pulpit. And um it's a privilege. We are not taking it for granted. Equally,

the intercessors of this great ministry and this great assembly. We want to thank you for good work. I want to thank you for aligning God to use us for the great task. Praise the Lord. Equally, I want to appreciate our senior ministers, Mr. Bashimola, thank you, sir. For always being available for God's use. And our pastor, Pastor Abuke, good afternoon, sir. God bless you, and God bless the good works. Hallelujah. Praise the Lord. We are not moved by what we see; we're only moved by the Word of God. Many are called, but few are chosen. But this speaks to the fact that

one of the reasons why intercession is very, very critical in the body of Christ. The Bible says that at that time, the people's minds will grow weary over the issues of life. There'll be distractions, and people will not do what is expected at any point in time. I remember that I can't recall when Jesus Christ visited the home of Martha and her sister. Martha was running up and down. Ah, Alijola lagba, what do we use to uh, host the Messiah? She was running up and down, but Mary stood at the feet of Jesus because she understood that that opportunity might never arise again. So she knew what was right at that moment. So I pray that God will help us

to know what is right at the right time. The Bible says, "My people perish for lack of knowledge." Many times it's because we are far from knowledge to understand what needs to be done at a particular material time. But I pray that this will not stand against us in the day of judgment, in the mighty name of Jesus. Father, we thank You. We bless You for this opportunity and grace to stand before Your people at this moment. We thank You for the past few days of this Congress, which have been awesome. Different topics have been discussed, and we have prayed extensively. Today is the last day. We ask, O Lord God, that You would come and crown all our efforts in these past few days with a great harvest, in the mighty name of Jesus. Let every prayer offered, O Lord God, Father, bring fruitful results, in the mighty name of Jesus.

Let it be evident in our lives, O Lord, the transformation that has come about by the reason of attending this Congress, in Jesus' name. Lord, for this moment, I want to share Your word with Your people, and I ask, O Lord God, Father, speak through me as I make myself readily available for Your use as a vessel, and let that which You have for this our meeting be fully established, in the mighty name of Jesus. Pray for our members who are yet to come. Some are in a very difficult Some are in a very difficult circumstance, circumstance, We pray for such, Lord God Almighty, that every obstacle may give way. Let every hindrance give way. Let them find their way here, Let them find their way here, Father, to receive the blessings that You have prepared for them, in the mighty name of Jesus. prepared for them in the mighty name of Jesus. Father. In Jesus' mighty name we pray.

In Jesus' mighty name we are prayed. Praise the Lord. Praise the living Jesus. I learned something in my ministry journey quickly when I was given the privilege when I was given the privilege. be a minister in charge. A privilege to It's one of our I always remember this testimony of a man of God. the Rama Chapel. Those of us who know Reverend, uh, John Okwock. He was managing. He was MIC of Ikeja at the time. He's of late memory now. at the time. He's of late memory now. Um, I, he shared, he shared his testimony one day that He prepared so well for his service and got into that service. So it was very helpful. I initially was about to be discouraged, but he said, uh uh. If I have prepared so well, even if it's 2 or 3 people that are here,

let me preach as if the whole seat is filled up. And he said towards the end of that, um, service that somebody just walked in. They were both rounding up and the person walked in and After the service, walked up to him that just God laid on his heart to be a blessing. And I gave him an envelope for the church and lowered bill as at that time what was in that envelope was a check of 3 million. So at the end of it, He said The reason for that service was still justified. That led to that that person met was able to bring about a transformation, to bring about something that is material to that person, and he was moved. To go ahead Haven't you noticed at the time that you wanted to, you, you, you already prepared an offering, you wanted to give it and somehow you get to the service, you'll not be moved at the end of the day to do it.

It happens, so the man could have walked away with that 3 million check. But because God saw the labor of the man of God, he saw how prepared he was for that, for that service. So therefore, for that testimony alone, I don't get weary. I don't get perturbed at all when I come to a meeting and people are not there. It doesn't. I will see, I will see good the way God has ordained it to be. Praise the Lord. So please, I want to tell your neighbor, don't be discouraged. Yeah, this is an intercessors uh program. Ordinarily, if no other person is here, intercessors should be here. And I'm very sure intercessors in our churches, in my church, at least they are up to 7 or 8 or up to 10. So if I'm see only 1 or 2 here, then that means something is wrong. Praise God. Praise the living Jesus. But the same we will still share the word. I have 40 minutes, so praise God. OK, I will not just,

I will just go straight to Um, what I wanted to share, one thing is that God has been so good to us in the last few days, and at least yesterday all night was also powerful, awesome, and um I knew that God had us and he would definitely grant the desires of our hearts in the mighty name of Jesus. So today, uh, the theme of this, uh, congress is men ought to pray. Luke 18:1. Yes, we, Jesus Christ, when I read that praise again and again, I think Jesus Christ was able to make that assertion. To his disciples. That's You don't have any business as a Christian if you're not praying. Because at the time Jesus Christ was with them, was around, they were just enjoying the largesse. They were not praying. Jesus thought I was doing everything for them. Any little thing they would call Master, any little thing they would call Jesus. So Jesus saw that

in the way these people are going, and he knew what they are going to face in the future, and he had to let them know that prayer is key. Prayer is key. So men ought to pray. Not to faint If Jesus Christ also in his ministry or because he knew that what he's going to go through, he had no option than to always go into prayer before he started ministry 40 days and 40 nights. It's not a joke. It's not a joke at all. How that helped him. Even you cannot imagine if he didn't pray, you can imagine the kind of challenges that he will face, the kind of obstacles that will not even allow the purpose of God to be fulfilled. But he did all that despite the fact that he is part of the Trinity. He has the power, but he just believed that he has come in human form, and in that form he must also exhibit. And let us know that these are the things that we should do as far as we are in this mortal body,

as far as we are seeing this earth, that we ought to pray always. Hallelujah. Praise the Lord. Praise our living Jesus. So also in our personal lives, you see our children, they don't even bother. They just come to church. They even come to church without even carrying a Bible, but you can see that it is parents, you know, you pray for them all the time because you know that something in the future you might not be there, they will be alone. They will face it alone, and that is why we intercede on their behalf. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. In the book of Job, Job, when the student goes out to play, to do all sorts of things, Job will be in his closet and pray for them because it's a peradventure in the process. They might have done something that's wrong. They might have even done something that that violates That violates the grace of God upon their life. will pray, will pray,

and despite that, the devil still came, the devil still came to test his faith, to test his integrity in the word of God, you know. So for this reason, prayer is equally important. equally important. just a short message just message just As an intercessor, that is what we are to stand in the gap for others. to stand in the gap for others. Praise the living Jesus. So for me, if I say what is intercession, I could say that it's an art of standing before God on behalf of another person. It's just interceding, standing up It's just intercede standing up a family, standing up for a church, for a community. for a community. When our minister was praying the other time, we've prayed for installations. We've prayed for souls. We are studying the gap We are studying a gap there may be reasons why things are not going well in one installation or the other.

there may be reasons why things are not going well in one installation or the other. when we remember them in our prayer, when we remember them in our prayer, whereby we are reminding God of His purpose for that church, reminding God of His promise. Praise the Lord. So when you pray for a nation, So when you pray for a nation, You are not, You are not, you have seen that things are not going the way it should, the way this country is now. You have a body that things are not going the way it is, an insensitive person that will say all is well in this country today. an insensible person that will say all is well because things are just too difficult. People are going through a lot. People are going through stuff, and these are things that People are going through stuff, and somebody to stand in the gap. This nation must be better to stand the gap. This nation must be better

because we don't have any nation that we want to go these are Jerusalem. as we are here, these are Jerusalem. We have to pray for that We have to pray for that Jerusalem for the economy to get better. for the leaders to do what is right Jerusalem, our leaders are not doing the right thing. because the challenges we are facing today is because It's not that we don't have what it takes. We have the resources, It's not that we don't have what it is. we have the human capacity. We have the, human capacity. the knowledge. the, uh, the, they never thought of us. They only think of themselves. but it's just because people who are saddled with this responsibility. They just want to be in that position, sit there, stay there for four years, That is just it. They just want to be in that position, gallivant all over the all over the nations, um, uh, they are senator, but beyond that,

there is nothing they do there for us, and these are reasons why. At times there may be a need to intercede. but beyond that, there is nothing they do there for us, or by immediate At times there may be a need to intercede. Because when you have a leader that is not doing the right thing, remotely or Or by immediate Action. We are We are part of the consequence of what they're supposed to do or what they are doing wrong. We are part of the consequence. A family that you see vibrant, they started with another somewhere along the line, the man just decided to begin to do otherwise and so on. It puts the family into jeopardy, the children in disarray, the wife. So at the end of the day. When the consequences begin to come, the children go their way. The future begins to do all sorts of things, and at that time, people will say, let's be praying for them and all that.

But because somebody did not do what is right. So inasmuch as leaders do not do what is right, even in the Church of God, you always have the same issue coming up. Praise the Lord. So intercession is beyond our personal needs and it's to be concerned. To carry the burdens of others before God. We need to carry the burdens of others before God. So therefore Tasha is praying for someone. Who may not have the strength. Pray for someone who may not have the knowledge. Pray for someone who may not have the opportunity or even awareness to pray for themselves. Just in the course of the week, a friend called me about 3 weeks ago. He called me that he wanted to come to UCH. I said, What do you want to come and do at UCH? He said they referred him. He said, Do I know anybody in UCH? I said, No, I don't know. I don't want to know anybody in UCH. I said one of my prayers that

I always pray that nothing should take me to UCH. I said the way as I live in Ibadan, I never, when we are giving birth, I never imagine one day that I have to give birth to my child at UCH. I said I'm scared of UCH. There are 2 occasions that I've been to UCH that are not palatable, and for that is why I always pray every day that God, nothing should take me to that. I don't want this situation that will make me to be referred to UCH. So I said, please, my brother, I don't have anybody. And I said, OK. I said, but I have 11 of our friends that I know that at the time he did a procedure for two of his children. I know that I may know one consultant or the other, and I gave him his number and he called him and all that. But where am I going? From UCH they referred him to the Derma uh Teaching Hospital. From the Derma Teaching Hospital they referred him to uh OAU Teaching Hospital.

Presently it's at a youth teaching hospital. So he now called me three days ago. He said finally that he has started. I said wow. And, and I said, OK, no problem. What can we do? I said, OK, sir, I can't let me just send something at least for he said, No, it's not that one first. He said, but I need what. Prayer Jenny Priya So at that instance, someone that is going through that, where does he have that time to start saying he wants to labor in prayer for 3 hours for he cannot because what he's facing, circumstance he's facing is beyond him, and that is where intercession comes in. That is where, where you had such, you now begin to pray on behalf of that person. So he said, I should pray. He said we should pray. So when I called two of our friends, and this morning we had a meeting, we just had a conference and I said, Let's continue to pray for this, our brother. Yes,

money is something, but at least it's someone that I know that is capable. It's only when the financial is becoming strained that you can ask for assistance. But now he says it means our prayer. Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord

So Intervention is needed for people in that circumstance. The book of Ezekiel 22:30 gave this illustration for intercession. And he said, and I sought for a man among them that should make up the hedge and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it. But I said I found none. I found none. So the clown called for people to come into prayer. We continue to persist because there are issues that people should stand in doubt for people. He is a God that you realize that the particular nation that has at that time. The old things are messed up and all that, but God was looking for somebody to send before he find a city. Hallelujah Praise the Lord So quickly, why do we intercede? This will give us an understanding, the purpose and responsibility of standing in the gap.

Why do we intercede? So we should know that intervention is not only mere religious exercise, it is not. Or in such activity that they ask us to come to pray and that's when, no, no, no, no, we should see beyond that. It's a divine invitation for every one of us to participate in God's purpose. God has purpose and God has purpose on earth for us, and it is through prayer that that can be fully achieved. So I will give a few reasons and I'll explain it. One of it is that God has made us our brother's keeper. Why do we need Why do we intercede? Because you are your brother's keeper. In the book of Genesis, Kay was asked about his brother Heber. His response was shocking. He said, Ah, am I my brother's keeper? Am I my brother's keeper? Who else you gonna will have asked came from, um, um, um, asked about Ebe if not for his brother, but he, he was

quick to answer that, am I my brother's keeper? The implication of this is that we have responsibility to one another and that we just have to take that. We have responsibility towards one another. And that is the reason why as Christians, we must understand our spiritual responsibility does not end with our personal salvation or welfare. It goes beyond, I come to show, God bless me. I pray God bless me, bless my family, but beyond that, we have responsibility to carry the bodies of others in prayer. Praise the Lord We are called to bear one another's burden. When someone is weak. Someone that is weak, that is dying, where does it summon strength to pray? And that's why a Christian brother, a Christian sister should come in. Praise the Lord. We have to pray for strength on their behalf. When someone is struggling, we pray for divine intervention. People are struggling,

going through a lot of stuff, and in that, in that moment, they are, there is no way they can be coherent. There is no way they can, they can, they, they, they can, even, even the thought of praying, the strength. May not be there because they are going through stuff. They are struggling and they are struggling in their struggle. They've been praying and nothing has happened and they just, they just go back to their to their shell. I have prayed so far. I've been a Christian for 20 years, 25 years. Nothing to show for it. So such struggle can make someone to withdraw. And such people needs our prayer. Such people needs our prayer. Of recent in about 22 weeks, 2-3 weeks ago now. I don't know, a brother got my number and he called me and he explained to me that, sir, I'm about to take my life. I'm a graduate. I read philosophy and I'm working, uh, as,

as I think he works in ministry or something like that. But he said that the way things are to him is like as if. There's no headway again. He said of recent, now in the past one month, what he's seen is that he should just commit suicide. And we begin to shout. I begin to follow him up, pray for him and all that, yes, as little as I could, little assistance, but This is someone. That he has He's a graduate. He's working. But he said that the issues of life are just too much. The wife deserted him. The children, he cannot even pay school fees. He cannot do this. He cannot do that. That yes, he knows about God, but the way things are is that if he has gotten to that point to commit suicide and just go. How many people are like that? Who spoke out? How about those who are not speaking out? They are dying in silence. Just a prayer For an intercessor to remember such a person. That grace

can sustain that person. Because of that, so God can save the life of that person. And that is why we need to intercede when someone is falling away from faith. Fading away from faith, there are a lot of us that started this journey together. Today we don't see them. We see them walking about and you ask them, they say, yes, life is still OK for them, but Christ has left them. What are we doing? Did you see it as a burden that this soul must not be destroyed? Did you see that we have to call them? By what effort are we making in prayer? Praise the Lord. When someone is overwhelmed by life's challenges, we stand with them in prayer. Praise the Lord. The intercessor, intercession is one of the practical experiences, an expression of Christian love where we say we have love. Then we have to express it through intercession. We have to express it by bearing one's burden, another's burden.

We have to demonstrate that we care by taking people's burden to God. Yes, we are not the ones to solve the problem, but on their behalf, we can go to God. The Lord will help us in the mighty name of Jesus. And also, another reason why we intercede is that people, some people cannot pray for themselves. They are too weak or overwhelmed to pray just like I mentioned. I'll read this portion of the scripture, Romans 8:26. He said, and the Holy Spirit helps us in our weaknesses. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit intercedes for us with wordless groans. And in verse 27, he said, and He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit. Intercede for God's people in accordance with the will of God. Hallelujah. So there are situations that we face in life when people become too weak, they become too overwhelmed. They become too overwhelmed. They struggle to pray.

I've experienced it in my life when you are just overwhelmed. You just, you just, you just lie down there. You cannot even offer us anything. Because you are just too weak, or maybe you cannot even fathom why you are in this mess. How did you come into this? And those things just be going through your mind and all that and you just forget about praying. Hallelujah, Hallelujah. People facing severe illness. And emotional trauma. You can't, you can't express such if they pray, yes, it's good, but many, because the way we are wired is different. So many little things like this, they just strip you off. They just strip you off. Out of my children, I know the one that any small thing like this, it will destabilize her. She doesn't want anything to tamper with our peace. The movements, anything like this, it will destabilize her, and there are people like that. There are people like that.

Praise the Lord. In moments of spiritual battles, discouragement, moments of grief, disappointment, and hopelessness. Somebody who has not lost a son or a daughter At that point, what kind of prayer does he want to, or he should pray? She just be, she just be there. She just be imagining things. How I wish that this boy is still alive. How I wish the promise that I have for this boy, the, the, the, the, the, the, the beautiful things that I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm thinking about this boy. These are the things that will be going in his or her head. But at that time, we need, we should come, should stand in the gap, Praise the Lord. This morning I woke up to see a news from our DPC about Baba Dodge's brother. You know, it happens like that. And that little prayer that we offer, each one of us, goes a long way to put, to shoot that, that, that, that, that, that moment of, of, of, of, of grief.

It goes a long way. Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. The prayer of others can become a source of spiritual support. in the story of that paralyzed man in the book of Mark 2, you know, when I read that portion of the Bible, when I read that portion of the Bible, I, I always give it to those guys. The paralyzed man, The paralyzed man, There was nothing he could do. There's nothing he could do. he heard about that Jesus Christ was, he heard about that Jesus Christ was, He was in the place, but he could not do anything if not because of his friends that carried him. They carried him to that place, and when they got to that place, that place was jam-packed. jam packed. And they took the courage to climb the roof so that they could lay the man down from the roof for Jesus Christ to see him. for Jesus Christ to see him. a kind of encouragement by friends. kind of encouragement by friends.

if not for, if not for, that's what intercession should do. Have a great burden that knows this thing has to change. That this situation has to be reversed. So people need orders in prayer until they regain their strength. They need others. They need us. Hallelujah. And another reason is that God is looking for people who will stand in the gap. God is looking for people who will stand in the gap. secret that we read, God said, God said, and I sought for a man among them that should make up the edge. So this scripture, God desires people who take spiritual responsibility for others God desire for people who take spiritual responsibility for others And their communities And their communities at that time, at that time, there was corruption in that nation. injustice. There was spiritual decay. A lot of things were happening. But it needs, But it needs,

It requires this Nigerian nation the way it is. It requires this Nigerian nation the way it is. If I used to say, the prayer of the few that is still keeping this country together, the prayer of the few that is still keeping this country together, does not, does, it's not that this country is immune it's not that this country is immune crisis or from communal or from communal In other nations where it's happened, things that are not up to 1/10 of what is happening in Nigeria things that are not up to 1/10 of what is happening in Nigeria and throw them into war. But God has been keeping this nation. It's not that what the leaders are doing to us is not enough to even revolt, It's not that what the leaders are doing to us is not enough to even revolt, but God is keeping this nation because some people on their knees praying for this nation. And that is why, because

when this nation goes into war, when this nation goes into war, nari nariwala. Everybody will be running for a task, at least the few ones that we see where people live in Somalia, where, when they are living, where when they are living, uh, where you see they have. When you see news where people are moving from their locality to a place of safety, to a place of safety, And they just have to live even within Nigeria. When Boko Haram sacked some communities in Nigeria, you see them moving in droves. Do you want to tell them that they, Do you want to tell them that they, they pray for such when you are leaving your area of comfort and where you are living, how many things... Do you want to carry? Even those that have property have a lot. How many things do you want to carry? You just carry a few things, and how long would that few things take you?

and how long would that few things take you? Praise the Lord. So Moses demonstrated this responsibility when Israel sinned against God instead of abandoning the people to their fate. He pleaded for mercy on their behalf. Esther also demonstrated this responsibility. Esther interceded for the Jews in the Persian Empire. There was a decree that was signed by the king. And that decree they say is irrevocable. That the Jews must be exterminated across the Persian Empire. But it took one person. Let's assume Esther was not in that position at that time. That thing would have come upon the Jews. He would have exterminated them. But God positions people at a time like that. And that was why his uncle reminded her that you are in this position, maybe in a time like this. And the woman had to say, “Okay, let’s

have a three-day fast. Pray for me before I go to the king. It is the rule of the land. You can't go to the king unsummoned. You cannot go to him when he has not asked you to come.” But at that time, a decisive decision had to be made, had to be made. And at that time, Esther did not say that let me wait until when the king will call me because that time would have been late. By that time they would have been persecuting the Jews. They would have been killing them. But God raised up Esther. It risked her life, and she approached the king, but you can see what prayer does. For three days people had been praying. People had been fasting for her. And when she got into the court to meet the king, the king received her with grace, hallelujah. Hallelujah. So God desires us, believer, who will not merely complain about the condition of our families, churches, and nation,

but we take responsibility in place of prayer. So rather than complain about this country, let’s pray for this country. Let’s intercede for this country. Rather than complain about leaders, let’s pray for them. Let’s intercede for them. Whether we like it or not, we are in this country together. The Lord will help us in the mighty name of Jesus. Because of my time, because of my time, let me round up with this. Let me round up with this. Yes, We have an example in Crisis Zone. Crisis Zone is our greatest example of an intercessor. The Bible makes us understand that He lives to make intercession The Bible made us to understand that he lives to make intercession to God through Him. He was praying for us, praying for His disciples while He was with them. It was all that praying for them, thinking about them, thinking about them,

because he realized that a time will come that he will not be with his disciple. even after His resurrection and ascension, Christ continues His ministry of intercession. He says He is at the right-hand side of Says he is at the right-hand side of interceding for us. Interceding for us. So for a Christian, if we say that we love Jesus, then we should be able to love one of the things that is then we should be able to love one of the things that is to intercede, to intercede, and the Lord will help us in the mighty name of Jesus. intercession important, then we cannot afford to treat it as an insignificant spiritual activity. spiritual activity. a a We also see that the Holy Spirit helps us in our weaknesses We also see that the Holy Spirit helping us in our weaknesses for us according to God’s will. So the lesson there for me is that intercession is not an occasional Christmas

Christian assignment. It is not the only way we have congress. It is not only where we have intercession, conference in July that the one we did before now. It’s not only that time, but it’s a part of, it should be a part of our life. It should be a ministry. We are called to emulate Christ. Praise the Lord. Praise the living Jesus. Praise the Lord. as I’m rounding up, I just wanted to round up with this. As I'm rounding up, about what concerns God. It is when another person’s burden becomes your prayer assignment. about what concerns God. that requires divine intervention. So I want you to remember this. Some people need your encouragement, but others need you to carry them in prayer. So it’s not only supporting them materially, but you need to support them in prayer. So it's not only supporting them materially, but you need to support them in prayer.

Some situations require your intervention, but others are beyond your human ability, and it requires you to take them to God. And also some battles you are praying to overcome may be the very battle God wants you to help someone else overcome through intercession. So I beseech us today that we should take this responsibility with utmost care and with utmost desire, the desire in our hearts that we continually stand in the gap for people. to stand in gap of people. I thank God for, for this, um, um, this wonderful exchange this stupid exchange uh, God is working through our DPC and, is suited through our DPC and, our apostolic oversight. our apostolic oversight. You know, it has opened our eyes to see what happens in other places. for me, few places that I have gone to, things that I've seen that are not to my liking, things that I've seen that are not that I, that I have taken to prayer.

I've been praying because I have been taking it to prayer. I've been praying because if such does not happen, it some of us will just be feeling cool where we are, saying, oh, God is doing well and uh you don't even know what what is happening in other places. And I think that program has helped a lot so that people can know what others suffer. They know what the pains of others are, and they can pray along with them. And that goes a very long way. and they can pray along with them. And that goes a very long way. I, I will share this as I round up in our, I will share this as I round up in our church. At a point, I looked at it at home, this burden was becoming too much. The burden was becoming too much and I started praying and I was praying, His body was becoming too much and I started praying I was praying for members. I said, I was praying for members. in this assembly,

you have to raise people. You have to make people committed. You have to ensure that people You have to make people committed. what is necessary. And that prayer, what is necessary. And that prayer, I, I pray that prayer a lot. And when I began to see the result of this prayer, I said, when I begin to see the result of this prayer, God, and God, Let me share it in the church. Today now in the church, there are some things that they don't even bother me about. There's a pastor who's taking care of it. there are some things that they don't even bother me about. There's a pastor who's taking care of it. I'm so, don't worry. so, so happy when I see things like that. But at the time it wasn't like that. But I had to stand in the gap that God, you have to minister to these people. You have to see to their finances. You have to see to their jobs. You have to see to their businesses.

You have to see You have to see to their businesses. they are willing. They are willing to do, but when you don't have, when you don't have what it takes, it's a bit challenging. when you don't have what it takes, it's a bit challenging. when you intercede, and that's what intercession can do, that's what intercession can do. Today now they just say time has passed. that's what intercession can do today now they just time passed. we've, don't worry, we've taken care of that. It's a bit of relief. It's a big relief and that's what can happen. That's what can happen. The Lord will help us. Some of us, we are here today, we are here where we are because we are a product of somebody's prayer. We are a product of somebody's prayer. I used to say it, Were a product of somebody's prayer. I used to say it, when I was small, I don't know anything about church. when I was small,

I don't know anything about church. What I know is that it will carry us to church. CAC, it would carry mats, put us, we would sleep. We don't even know anything, but who knows We don't even know anything, but who knows that woman did not stay long on earth when she died, And as at the time she died, I never even, I was just 11 years. I had not even known God, You understand. But later in my twisted journey, I always remember that this woman had sown a seed. Because by reason I, by reason of the way I, I, I, I was living my life, I was living my life in a way that if not for God, I would have been lost. I remember a day that God told me that this, if you don't stop this what you are doing, yeah, you will go mad. But later through knowledge and revelation, I began to see that somehow, sometime, somebody had been praying for me. That this soul might not be lost. And today, see what I am.

In the hand of God. So if you take that pain, if you take that pain for our children, for people around us, based on the challenges they face, and you stand in the gap for them, I tell you that God will do something. Shall we give God a word of clapping or offering? Thank you, sir.