THE FORCE OF

FREEDOM

Copyright © 1992

by:

David O. Oyedepo

First published in 1985,

reprinted 1993, 2007

ISBN 978-2480-53-3

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 Introduction

And ye shall know the truth, and the

truth shall make you free.
John 8:32
The knowledge of the truth is what
guarantees freedom. But, What is
truth? (Jn. 18:38).
This was Pilate’s earnest response
to the statement Jesus made in the
preceding verse:
… To this end was I born, and for
this cause came I into the world, that I
should bear witness unto the truth....
John 18:37
What is truth?
This is a major question today
among many. But someone came forth
and declared:
I am the way, the TRUTH, and the
life…
John 14:6
This is a statement that no one has
ever tested, nor has any other mortal
man declared.
Jesus saith unto him, I am… the
TRUTH…
Who is this Jesus? John 1:1 gives
us the answer:
In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God.
Revelation 19:13 backs up this
understanding:
And he was clothed with a vesture
dipped in blood: and his name is
called The Word of God.
This is talking about Jesus. The
Truth.
Jesus is the Word of God. And this
simply means that the Word of God is
the truth.
Jesus prayed in John 17:17
Sanctify them through thy truth:
thy word is truth.
T h e knowledge of the truth is
therefore our only way to escape. To
neglect the truth is to ignore freedom.
My people are destroyed for lack
of knowledge: because thou hast
rejected knowledge, I will also reject
thee, that thou shalt be no priest to
me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law
of thy God, I will also forget thy
children.
Hosea 4:6
The knowledge of the truth is our
only way to escape! See what Isaiah
5:13 says:
Therefore my people are gone into
captivity, because they have no
knowledge…
But Daniel 11:32 assures us that:
… but the people that do know
their God shall be strong, and do
exploits.
Until you are able to locate the
Word, you won’t locate an escape
route. Your depth in knowledge will
determine the height you enjoy as far
as liberty is concerned.
 Friends, you can use God’s Word to
sort out anything! Not just the one you
have heard, but the one that has been
revealed to you.
So, when we talk about the truth,
we are not talking about
intellectualism, nor are we talking
about philosophy. We are talking about
the revealed Word of God.
A revelation of the truth comes by
the help of the Spirit:
Howbeit we speak wisdom among
them that are perfect: yet not the
wisdom of this world, nor of the
princes of this world, that come to
nought.
1 Corinthians 2:6
I therefore pray the help of the
Spirit for you in your search for the
truth.
Your level of depth will determine
your degree of freedom. The true test
of knowledge is freedom. Until it is in
place, there is no evidence that you
know. You shall know, and you shall be
made free. That’s what Jesus said.
But how do you encounter this
knowledge?
It is a free gift of God to all that are
redeemed.
He answered and said unto them,
Because it is given unto you to know
the mysteries of the kingdom of
heaven, but to them it is not given.
Matthew 13:11
No one who is not born again has
access to the knowledge of the truth.
Salvation is a major prerequisite for
revelation.
This is because your capacity for
this knowledge comes by the help of
the Holy Spirit, Who is given to only as
many as receive Jesus.
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of
truth, is come, he will guide you into
all truth…
John 16:13
And in John 14:26, Jesus said:
But the Comforter, which is the
Holy Ghost, whom the Father will
send in my name, he shall teach you
all things…
Get yourself set to learn what it
takes to walk in liberty! No man can do
it for you. It is your personal
responsibility.
Your level of depth will determine
your degree of freedom, it will
determine the kind of results you get.
Stop wasting energy! Knowledge is
the cheapest way to victory.
Friends, it’s time to work!
 Chapter 1

It’s A Dispensation Of Knowledge

…For the earth shall be full of the

knowledge of the LORD, as the waters
cover the sea.
Isaiah 11:9
Friends, we are right in the
dispensation of knowledge! A time
when we will be winning our battles on
‘technical’ grounds.
The Church is going to be turned
into a research centre, where God’s
people will be undertaking adventures,
for discoveries.
 The Church is no longer just a
singing, clapping and jumping arena.
No! The end-time Church by destiny is
a reigning one. And know that no child
is permitted to reign. Even though that
child is destined to reign from birth, he
won’t be allowed to ascend the throne
until the appointed time when he would
have grown up.
Hear what Galatians 4:1-2 says:
Now I say, That the heir, as long
as he is a child, differeth nothing from
a servant, though he be lord of all;
But is under tutors and governors
until the time appointed of the father.
Even the Messiah fulfilled this
scripture!
And the child grew, and waxed
strong in spirit, filled with wisdom:
and the grace of God was upon him.
Luke 2:40
God is planning to show the Church
to the world, but she will need to grow
and wax strong in the spirit, before the
time of her enthronement will come.
In many nations, if one owned a
large estate and willed it to his/her
son/daughter who is still a child, the
government will not hand that estate
over to the heir, until he/she is fully
grown and matured. They would rather
accept responsibility for it (until an
appointed time), by handing it over to
trustees or administrators.
A child can’t handle an estate. You
can’t carry a feeding bottle in one hand
and be signing documents with the
other!
Friends, if you don’t want to groan,
make up your mind to grow! If you
refuse to grow, you will groan.
We are living in the dispensation of
knowledge!
God has said:
… the earth shall be full of the
knowledge of the LORD, as the waters
cover the sea.
Isaiah 11:9
God’s end-time agenda is geared
towards making a flood of insights and
revelations available to His Church.
This is not the time to roam about
aimlessly! We must settle down, and
begin to use scriptural discoveries to
knock out the devil!
Receive an understanding heart, in
the mighty name of Jesus!
True freedom is a function of
knowledge. You may not need anyone
to pray for you. You are living in a new
dispensation, but you must be aware of
it.
The hour has come for the world to
begin to seek knowledge from the
Church.
The end-time Church is a glorious,
pace-setting assembly. You must make
sure you are not left behind! There
were more than one hundred and
twenty people following Jesus, but how
many were actually in the upper room?
You will not be left behind!
 This is the hour to go after
knowledge! Brighter light will give you
a brighter life. The brighter the light
you’re walking in, the brighter your
life becomes.
Just like natural plants draw life
from sunlight, the same way we also
draw our light from the Sun of
Righteousness.
John 1:5 says:
…(This) light shineth in darkness;
and the darkness comprehended it not.
Every revolution – whether social
or spiritual – has its root in an
explosive outpouring of knowledge.
It’s time to open your heart! God
wants to put something in your hands.
When you grow in the knowledge
of divine healing, for example, you will
prevail over sickness. When you grow
in the knowledge of prosperity, you
will prevail over the downturn in the
economy. And when you grow in the
knowledge of success, you will prevail
over the arrows of failure.
The Word grows in every sphere of
our lives, to destroy every harassment
of darkness. It is not just enough to
know the truth of God’s Word, you
must also grow in the knowledge of it.
You must get to a point where darkness
has no hiding place in you anymore.
According to 2 Peter 1:3, God has
given us all things; but they will only
reach our hands through the knowledge
of Him, because we have a destiny of
glory and virtue in Christ.
All things that life demands – good
health, sound mind, great strength,
profiting, good success, a great family,
prosperity, etc – are all available to us
through the knowledge of Christ.
You will not fail anymore!
Christianity is synonymous with a
dynamic life. Don’t just sit down
waiting for heaven to open, do
something to make it open.
It is time to understand that though
we have the same gifts, we may not
enjoy the same fruits. It takes
knowledge to determine the level of
results you will obtain in life.
Friends, we must get on our feet
and begin to go after knowledge – the
knowledge of the truth. Once this
comes, then you will find yourself in
control of whatever is going on around
you.
It’s time to reign!
It’s time to go for knowledge!

IT’S IN THE DEEP!

Luke 5:3-4
And he entered into one of the
ships, which was Simon’s, and prayed
him that he would thrust out a little
from the land. And he sat down, and
taught the people out of the ship.
Now when he had left speaking, he
said unto Simon, Launch out into the
deep, and let down your nets for a
draught.
There is no problem on this earth
that has not got an answer in the deep.
And Jesus said to Peter at lake
Gennesaret, “Launch out into the
deep.”
Peter replied: “Master, we have
toiled oil the night, and have taken
nothing…” ( Lk. 5:5).
The hour has come for your toiling
to come to an end.
Peter’s middle name was
“Struggles”. There is no evidence to
show that this was the only night he
didn’t catch anything. But when he
responded to the Lord’s command
with, “…nevertheless at thy word…”,
his story changed! His struggles
ceased! Until the Word comes, the
toiling continues.
Friends, when you have a working
knowledge of the Word, it works for
you!
There is always something in the
deep. Every situation has a solution
there. In the deep, there is always a
catch.
There is no treasure you will ever
come across just like that. You must
dig several feet into the earth before
you are able to find oil, for example.
Oil doesn’t play around on the surface.
Precious stones are never found on the
streets, but in the belly of the earth.
The treasures of heaven lie in the
deep, the belly of mysteries. We have
hung around the shallow waters for too
long!
Wonderful creatures of the sea are
found in the deep (Ps. 107:23-24). No
one finds a dolphin or a whale in a
stream. The best you will come across
in any stream are tadpoles and tilapias,
and these won’t make news! No
newspaper will bother to report
anything about your catch.
There isn’t much you can lay hold
on in the shallow waters. Jesus said
very clearly: “Launch out into the
deep, and let down your nets, for a
draught.”
Once you can get to the deep, you
have already gotten a catch. The
solution to every frustration in your
life lies in launching out into the deep
and letting down your net.
There is no insurmountable
mountain anywhere. Whatever seems
to be refusing to go, it is because you
have not contacted the depth (of
revelation) that will move it.
Deep calleth unto deep…
Psalm 42:7
Once you get to the deep, the
mountain just must move.
You can build a bungalow without a
structural drawing. But you can’t
attempt that with a two-storey building.
It is time to engage technical
insights for supernatural heights!
You won’t go far with an anyhow
approach to life. Launch out into the
deep and let down your nets for a catch.
Your answer is in the deep, for deep
mysteries will bring cheap victories in
all battles of life.
It is time to go on a desperate
search. The answers to your questions
are waiting for you in the deep. Stop
suffering on the surface!
Proverbs 24:14 says:
… when thou hast found it, then
there shall be a reward…
There is a finding that helps you
locate your reward. There is always an
answer in the deep. There is no
problem on earth that is higher than
what the deep things of God have to
offer.
 Friends, life will never be more
meaningful than your depth in God.
I am glad to announce to you that
there is a solution to every problem in
life in the deep; no matter the name it
is called. When you let down your net,
you will have an unquestionable catch.
Deep calleth unto deep at the noise
of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and
thy billows are gone over me.
Yet the LORD will command his
lovingkindness in the day time, and in
the night his song shall be with me,
and my prayer unto the God of my life.
Psalm 42:7-8
Verse seven sets a pace for verse
eight. As the Word of God begins to
fall on you like waterfalls, the Lord
will command His loving kindness in
the morning, His song shall be in your
mouth at night, and all oppressions
shall vanish!
It is time to let God have His way.
Go out on a search and release your
faith, in order to enjoy the benefits.
Your faith here represents the net.
Businessmen, if you will only sit
down and locate the deep things of God
that guarantee success all your
struggles will cease.
Inside the deep lies the end of
man’s frustrations. So, what do we do?
We undertake an adventure into the
deep, so we can have a catch and stop
all frustrations.
 ACCESS TO THE DEEP

Then verily the first covenant had also

ordinances of divine service, and a
worldly sanctuary.
For there was a tabernacle made;
the first, wherein was the candlestick,
and the table, and the shewbread;
which is called the sanctuary.
And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called the Holiest
of all;
Which had the golden censer, and
the ark of the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was the
golden pot that had manna, and
Aaron’s rod that budded, and the
tables of the covenant
Hebrews 9:1-4
Friends, there is manna in the
secret place of God: and this is found
in the golden pot.
Many of us have just been dwelling
in the outer court, the realm where
there is a candlestick (which implies
that the Spirit is alive), the table and
the showbread (referring to the basic
Word of God).
After the second veil, what do we
see?
The ark of the covenant, overlaid
round about with gold, and tables of the
covenant. In the outer court, there are
tables; but behind the veil are the
tables of the covenant. This is the
realm where things are unfolded to
you, that shows you what you need to
do for heaven to move.
In the holiest of all is the golden
censer, the golden pot where there is
manna, and the rod of Aaron that is
alive. This is not in the outer court, it is
right inside the holy of holies.
Now when these things were thus
ordained, the priests went always into
the first tabernacle, accomplishing the
service of God.
But into the second went the high
priest alone once every year, not
without blood, which he offered for
himself, and for the errors of the
people:
The Holy Ghost this signifying,
that the way into the holiest of all was
not yet made manifest, while as the
first tabernacle was yet standing
Hebrews 9:6-8
The golden pot with manna is found
only in the holiest of all. There are
things for you to discover that you
might never recover from the
remaining days of your life. There is
something behind the veil for you in
the holiest of all.
Job said he gained access to certain
secrets, which were responsible for the
supernatural supplies he enjoyed.
Oh that I were as in months past,
as in the days when God preserved me;
When his candle shined upon my
head, and when by his light I walked
through darkness;
As I was in the days of my youth,
when the secret of God was upon my
tabernacle;
When the Almighty was yet with
me, when my children were about me;
When I washed my steps with
butter, and the rock poured me out
rivers of oil;
When I went out to the gate
through the city, when I prepared my
seat in the street!
The young men saw me, and hid
themselves: and the aged arose, and
stood up.
The princes refrained talking, and
laid their hand on their mouth.
The nobles held their peace, and
their tongue cleaved to the roof of
their mouth.
When the ear heard me, then it
blessed me; and when the eye saw me,
it gave witness to me:
Because I delivered the poor that
cried, and the fatherless, and him that
had none to help him.
The blessing of him that was ready
to perish came upon me: and I caused
the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
I put on righteousness, and it
clothed me: my judgment was as a
robe and a diadem.
I was eyes to the blind, and feet
was I to the lame.
I was a father to the poor: and the
cause which I knew not I searched
out.
And I brake the jaws of the wicked,
and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
Job 29:2-17
Friends, golden Christianity cannot
be found in the outer court, you must
get into the most holy place.
Some fellows are still busy fasting
and begging God to give them a
financial breakthrough for their
ministry, for example. Breakthroughs
of such nature will never answer to
prayer and fasting. Only appropriate
and adequate insight will do! The
master key is insight!
There are some families that just an
insight into God’s Word is all they
need to liberate them from every form
of tension they are going through.
Why should it ever cross my mind
to beat my wife? Does the Bible not
say that the man and his wife are one
flesh? Can you then imagine a man
walking along the road, beating and
punching himself?
Just an insight into the truth that
my wife and I are one flesh, will not
permit any devil to ever drop the
thought of beating her into my mind.
Any man who goes around beating
himself is definitely out of his mind
and should be sent to an asylum!
Family bliss answers to insight.
Once you contact it, you will begin to
operate in another frequency entirely.
All you need to become very
peculiar in your society, like Job, is
appropriate and adequate insight.
It’s time to launch out into the
deep!

ACCESS BY THE BLOOD

The deep things of God are impossible

to contact without the blood.
No matter what comes your way,
weeping is not the answer.
And I wept much, because no man
was found worthy to open and to read
the book, neither to look thereon.
And one of the elders saith unto
me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the
tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath
prevailed to open the book, and to
loose the seven seals thereof.
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.
Revelation 5:4-6
He was worthy because He was
slain. The blood made Him worthy to
take the Book and to remove the seal
thereof.
There are many innocent and
sincere believers who read and read,
and struggle endlessly, yet the Book
remains closed. Entrance into the
mysteries contained in the Book (the
Bible), is by the blood.
Friends, there is honey in the Book,
there is water in it and there is meat in
it. We have the water of the Word that
cleanses. We have the milk of the
Word, which helps you to grow and get
on. We also have the meat of the Word,
that helps you to develop spiritual
muscles. Then we have the honey of
the Word, which establishes your
expectation, and consequently your
destiny (Prov. 24:13-14).
Access to it is by the blood. Never
sit down to read the Book without first
pleading the blood of Jesus, for a
supernatural access into the honey in it.
It is the manna of fulfilment, the
manna of accomplishment, the manna
of exploits.
There is in the Holy of Holies, the
ark of the covenant, and the golden pot
with manna inside it. No one gains
access therein without the blood. Many
of us have been eating the chaff of the
Word, very few have ever tasted the
manna in the golden pot. Without the
blood, we remain in the outer court,
and there is nothing golden in the outer
court.
It is time to be tired of just the
water and the bread. It is time to eat of
the manna that is in the golden pot,
which is in the ark of the covenant,
placed in the Holy of Holies. You can
only gain access by the blood of Jesus.
 And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called the Holiest
of all;
Which had the golden censer, and
the ark of the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was the
golden pot that had manna, and
Aaron’s rod that budded, and the
tables of the covenant…
But into the second went the high
priest alone once every year, not
without blood, which he offered for
himself, and for the errors of the
people.
Hebrews 9:3-7
There is a golden pot. It is for us
who are under the better covenant,
based on better promises. We have
taken enough chaff in the outer court!
There is a menu in the inner court.
Those who eat it are never feeble.
When He fed them with the natural
manna in the wilderness, none among
their tribes was feeble, no wild beast
could devour them, their clothes never
wore out, neither were their leg
swollen.
There is a manna in the Book, no
one contacts it without the blood. The
letter has no life in it. There is
something behind it, there is a life that
God has reserved. It is in the Holiest of
all.

ACCESS TO THE HOLY OF HOLIES

It takes the blood to stand in
revelations, to flow unhindered in the
Word, to stand strong in your search
for the truth and in the practice of the
discoveries made.
The blood holds the key to a
continuous communion with God,
because it cleanses you and makes you
acceptable to God, and provides for
you an access into the Holy of Holies,
where everything is golden and
budding, where bread is also available,
and where the ark of God is seated.
It is your eternal inheritance to
stand in the Holy of Holies, but not
without the blood. You cannot stand in
the presence of God effectively without
the blood.
 The Holy of Holies is the golden
centre of worship. The priests went
always into the first tabernacle,
accomplishing the service of God. All
the priests could get there. However,
only the high priest could go into the
second, but “not without the blood.”
To get into the things behind the veil
and be able to stand in them is, “not
without the blood” (Heb. 9:7).
But with the death of Jesus, the
slavery ended. Through the blood of
Jesus, access is now provided for all
into the Holy of Holies. Everyone now
has access to the things behind the veil,
not only for discoveries, but much
more importantly, for the practice.
 Chapter 2

The Pursuit Of Knowledge

Grace and peace be multiplied unto

you through the knowledge of God,
and of Jesus our Lord,
According as his divine power hath
given unto us all things that pertain
unto life and godliness, through the
knowledge of him that hath called us
to glory and virtue:
Whereby are given unto us
exceeding great and precious
promises: that by these ye might be
partakers of the divine nature, having
escaped the corruption that is in the
world through lust.
2 Peter 1:2-4
We have been called to glory and
virtue, not shame and reproach. But
this will only become a reality through
the knowledge of God.
Callings do not amount to much
outside of knowledge. It is the
knowledge of Christ that will add value
to your calling and election.
Visions amount to nothing but
frustrations, outside knowledge. A
sound knowledge of the Word is what
will add colour to your vision.
Jesus spent three and half years
pumping the knowledge of the truth
into His disciples. Consequently, after
His departure, they exploded!
Jesus did not only call these men,
but equally raised them, before He
released them. After they were let go,
they began to fly on the wings of the
eagle.
Friends, knowledge adds colour,
and adds a form of comeliness to any
man, any day!
Many are genuinely called, but
their calling holds no attraction,
because they don’t possess the relevant
knowledge to make it attractive. Look
at what Psalm 49:20 says:
Man that is in honour, and
understandeth not, is like the beasts
that perish.
And Psalm 82:5 adds:
 They know not, neither will they
understand; they walk on in darkness:
all the foundations of the earth are
out of course.
Supposing you are to write a
geography examination tomorrow, and
you preoccupy yourself reading your
history notes and textbooks the day
before? Even if you know the topics
that you’re likely to be tested on, do
you by studying history have the
relevant facts with which to pass a
geography examination?
It is not just enough to have
knowledge, one must have adequate
knowledge!
Many believers might be rejoicing
all over the place, that they can quote
one or two scriptures, and do a lot of
confessions, but this is not enough.
The glory of any life or ministry
will only show when it has access to
real knowledge.
It is time to seek to expand our
knowledge base, so we can expand our
success rate. It takes knowledge to
make any calling a reality.
Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind,
that ye may see.
Who is blind, but my servant? or
deaf, as my messenger that I sent?
who is blind as he that is perfect, and
blind as the LORD’s servant?
Seeing many things, but thou
observest not; opening the ears, but he
heareth not.
 The LORD is well pleased for his
righteousness’ sake; he will magnify
the law, and make it honourable.
But this is a people robbed and
spoiled; they are all of them snared in
holes, and they are hid in prison
houses: they are for a prey, and none
delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith,
Restore.
Isaiah 42:18-22
When you are spiritually blind and
deaf you are as good as living in holes.
The things that are yours are taken
away from you unknowingly, and you
can’t picture what next step to take,
you are only full of guesses. You
become a prey instead of a possessor, a
victim instead of a victor.
 You may even be sincere, but
sincerely wrong! Being sincere on its
own is not enough, you must get to
know what God is saying.
But, your hour of deliverance has
come!
Ministry is a big burden to many,
and life a continuous cycle of struggles
for many others, because they are off
track.
Ecclesiastes 10:15 says:
The labour of the foolish wearieth
every one of them, because he
knoweth not how to go to the city.
“My people perish”, says the Lord,
“(not because the devil is so strong and
powerful, but) for lack of knowledge”
(Hos. 4:6).
 All explanations for failure are of
the devil. You were not created to fail.
Stop attributing your problem to where
you are located! You have no problem
with location.
It’s time to locate and identify with
the plan and purpose of God for your
life.
Every act produces on the platform
of knowledge. Whatever you do just
because you have seen others doing it,
may not produce for you.
You can be giving and giving, but it
will never bring you anything, because
such covenant exercise delivers only at
the instance of knowledge.
Have you not heard?
Who hath blessed us with all
spiritual blessings in heavenly places
in Christ
Ephesians 1:3
And in 2 Peter 1:3, we also learnt
that He has given us all that pertain to
life and godliness, “through the
knowledge of him…”, not just the acts.
There are many things you do, they
are right, yes, but because you don’t
really have the knowledge of them,
they don’t produce!
So shall the knowledge of wisdom
be unto thy soul: when thou hast
found it, then there shall be a reward,
and thy expectation shall not be cut
off.
Proverbs 24:14
I see great deliverances coming
your way!
Having a working knowledge of a
subject is the only way to take personal
delivery of your inheritance. That’s
what we see in Acts 20:32;
…I commend you to God, and to
the word of his grace, which is able to
build you up, and to give you an
inheritance among all them which are
sanctified.
God has your inheritance packaged
in the Word. A working knowledge of
it is the only way to collect it.
I see your eyes opened, and your
inheritance come your way!
Friends, knowledge determines
your tomorrow, because what becomes
of you tomorrow is a result of what you
see today. God said to Abraham:
Lift up now thine eyes, and look
from the place where thou art
northward, and southward, and
eastward, and westward
Genesis 13:14
Whatever you see in His Word is
what you will possess. So it’s possible
to be a Christian and be sickly! It’s
possible to be a Christian and yet be
poor or be a failure! That you were
called like Abraham is not enough. You
must see like Abraham saw, otherwise
you cannot have what Abraham had.
God is no respecter of persons.
It’s time to begin to behold
wondrous things out of His law – His
Word (Ps. 119:18).
 I have been so much on health, that
sickness now sees me and says, “Oh,
I’m sorry! I came to a wrong address.”
Paul saw so much of life that he
began to toy with death! He began to
play games with death! “Do I want to
go or stay? Let me see…! Okay, I’ll
stay for your sakes” (Phil. 1:21-24).
May you see too! In Jesus precious
name!
Friends, knowledge turns me on!
Oh! It is sweet!

WHY YOU NEED KNOWLEDGE

…but the people that do know their

God shall be strong, and do exploits.
 Daniel 11:32
Exploits in the kingdom have their
roots in the knowledge of God. The
knowledge of God determines your
degree of exploits.
It is not the happenings around, it is
the happenings within. The
environment is not harsh, because
while there are many who are having
the best of times, others are having the
hardest of times.
Those who know God don’t go
down. The knowledge of God lifts a
man up.
Proverbs 24:14 tells us:
So shall the knowledge of wisdom
be unto thy soul: when thou hast found
it, then there shall be a reward, and thy
expectation shall not be cut off.
Knowledge has rewards. We want
to examine some of such rewards.

Dominion

Psalm 45 is a prophetic psalm

concerning Jesus, and as the Father has
sent Him, so has He sent us.
My heart is inditing a good matter:
I speak of the things which I have
made touching the king: my tongue is
the pen of a ready writer.
Thou art fairer than the children
of men: grace is poured into thy lips:
therefore God hath blessed thee for
ever.
 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O
most mighty, with thy glory and thy
majesty.
And in thy majesty ride
prosperously because of truth and
meekness and righteousness; and thy
right hand shall teach thee terrible
things.
Psalm 45:1-4
Your might is determined by the
Word – the sword of the Spirit. As you
walk in the Word, you walk in might.
To gird the sword upon your thigh
means to walk in the Word. Walk in
the Word and you walk in might; and
as you walk in might, you do exploits.
“And in thy majesty ride
prosperously because of truth…”. That
means you will not be hindered.
Truth is power! No devil can
withstand it! The knowledge of the
truth is the power behind the
enthronement of the saints.
Nothing can stop the truth! Because
the scriptures cannot be broken.
“And thy right hand shall teach
thee terrible things.” How deep your
insight is, determines how high your
life will be.
Before I got married, the devil
whispered in my ear: “Now, you’ve
gone about setting others free, come
and show me how you will have your
own children.”
I said to him: “Devil, you’ll be
surprised I won’t even pray about it!” I
gave him a deadly surprise!
And when he later threatened with a
miscarriage, and my wife told me, I
insulted him. I said, “It cannot happen!
Can I have my food please?” That was
the end of it! The threatening abortion
was supernaturally dealt with, the
pregnancy was sustained and a
bouncing baby boy came out of it. I
never prayed, I simply resisted the
devil by faith built on knowledge!
Friends, there is no mountain
anywhere, every man’s ignorance is his
mountain!
If you will gird the sword on your
thigh, you will ride on in majesty and
prosperously, because of discovered
truth.
 With fullness of knowledge, the
devil is fully under arrest!
There is an examination that has no
time table that you are writing, don’t
wait till you fail! Love knowledge!
Determine to go for it! You must
endeavour to conquer the issues of life
by going after knowledge.
You know, power gets people
drunk, particularly the knowledge of
the truth. Paul told us:
And be not drunk with wine,
wherein is excess; but be filled with
the Spirit;
Wherefore be ye not unwise, but
understanding what the will of the
Lord is.
Ephesians 5:18 & 17
 An understanding of the will of
God intoxicates!
You know what that means? Your
understanding of the will of God gets
you drunk, the way alcohol gets the
drunkard drunk.
When you know the will of God,
you become rude, very rude, to the
hosts of hell! You can say to them,
“Get lost!” And you are saying it on the
ticket of knowledge. You are not
guessing.
Psalm 119:130 says:
The entrance of thy words giveth
light; it giveth understanding unto the
simple.
Light will forever be the master of
darkness.
 Isaiah 60:2 tells us:
For, behold, the darkness shall
cover the earth, and gross darkness
the people: but the LORD shall arise
upon thee, and his glory shall be seen
upon thee.
So, the man that has light is in
charge. The light of God lights men up,
and once you are lighted, you become
an authority in the world of darkness.
Jesus said:
Ye are the light of the world….
Matthew 5:14
Therefore, the world must obey
your authority, because it lies in
darkness. When God’s Word gets into
you, it will light up your life, so that
you can have dominion on the earth.
 Once the Word of God gets inside
you, you become an authority on the
earth. Whatever you say stands.
One day in 1979, I was speaking in
a meeting, and by reason of the light
that had entered my heart, I asked
people who were demon possessed,
witches and wizards to come forward. I
was amazed at the number that came
forward! So, I emphasized that I was
not referring to those who merely
dream at night, but those that are
conscious of their places with the devil,
witches and wizards, etc.
I then asked one of them, “What do
you do with the devil.” She said,
“When we want to suck blood, we go to
the highways and cause vehicles to
somersault!”
Without any hesitation, I asked,
“What about when people like us are
coming?” And she answered, “When
we sense a higher power on the
highway, we clear off the way!”
Now, who is this higher power? It
is you and I! we belong to the higher
order of power.
Friends, this is what light does to
you. When it enters you, it puts you in
charge. When an awareness of your
authority over the kingdom of darkness
becomes real to you, you will announce
it, and establish your dominion.
You don’t have to be the oldest to
be the head! Authority comes by a
revelation of Jesus.
 I command every spell and
enchantment to be destroyed around
your life! No one under the sun can
stop you from getting married, nor
from having children! Not when you
are aware of your dominion – It’s time
to reign!

In Nothing Terrified…!

For the thing which I greatly feared is

come upon me, and that which I was
afraid of is come unto me.
I was not in safety, neither had I
rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble
came.
Job 3:25-26
 Fear is an enemy of your destiny!
You can’t exercise dominion in
fear! No fearful man lays hold on his
inheritance. Fear is an enemy! It’s the
last step to a fall.
Fear is a weapon in the hand of the
devil. Until you overcome fear, you
have a big problem on your hands!
Job played into the hands of the
enemy through fear.
Hear Him:
…Deliver me from the enemy’s
hand? or, Redeem me from the hand
of the mighty?
Job 6:23
Job considered the enemy as
mighty. Every time you rate the enemy
higher than your person, you have
become a captive.
Friends, I’m glad to tell you that
the devil is under you! He is not equal
to you, neither can he ever be over you!
Job considered the enemy as
mighty and was thus held captive. No!
No! No!
From now, I want you to see him as
God says he is. You are not under him,
he is right under your feet!
Until you size the opposition up
with the Word of God, you live under
it. Ten out of twelve spies who were
sent to spy Canaan came back with this
evil report:
And there we saw the giants…and
we were in our own sight as
grasshoppers….
 Numbers 13:33
The devil harasses only those who
are ignorant. The moment you know
his place, and you put him there, he
will learn to respect you.
A man of God said, “Faith comes
by hearing the Word of God, and fear
comes by hearing the word of the
devil” (through dreams in the night,
useless discussions in the day and
analysis of event in the quiet of your
house, between you and your wife,
etc.).
And in nothing terrified by your
adversaries: which is to them an
evident token of perdition, but to you
of salvation, and that of God.
Philippians 1:28
 When you refuse to be terrified by
your adversaries, you have terrorized
them. When you resist fear, you have
overcome the opposition.
Every time you give in to fear, you
move the devil into operation. And
every time you give in to faith, you
move God into action.
Every time faith is at work, virtue
flows from God. And every time fear is
at work, destruction flows from the
devil.
I curse the root of fear in you
today!
Satan is not important at all! His
agents are also at your disposal to deal
with as you like.
All the devil wants is for you to be
terrified. When you give in to fear, you
open up to his tormenting ministry. But
when you open up to faith, you have
opened yourself up for the victorious
ministry of Jesus Christ.
No one amounts to much in the
kingdom of God with fear in him. Fear
is a destiny destroyer! Fear is a
molester! Fear is a humiliator!
You know what the three Hebrew
boys said? “We are not careful to
answer you in this matter. Our God
whom we serve is able to deliver us,
and he will deliver us; but even if he
does not, we are unmoved! Fiery
furnace? Make it 21 times hotter we
are ready for it!” (Dan. 3:16-18
paraphrased).
 Since Satan couldn’t get fear into
them, he couldn’t operate his ministry.
The three boys entered the furnace and
it became like an air-conditioner. They
moved about freely in the fire!
You too, you will walk about freely
in this burning era!
And in nothing terrified…!
You have bee told that you are
pregnant with child, don’t allow a mere
blood discharge terrify you! Don’t le
the results of scanning terrify you.
If you refuse to fear, you will not
fall!
Jude verse 6 says:
And the angels which kept not
their first estate, but left their own
habitation, he hath reserved in
everlasting chains under darkness
unto the judgment of the great day.
That is why Jesus said anywhere
you find them, chase them out! Cast
them out! They are escapees! They are
in everlasting chains. Get them back
there!
Friends, there is no devil permitted
to be walking on this earth now! No!
They are reserved in everlasting chains
under darkness!
That was the scripture I read to one
demoniac, who was proving impossible
to some brethren, who had been trying
to hold him down. I quoted that
scripture and I said, “What are you
doing here?” The man heaved a deep
sigh. The demons in him couldn’t resist
the power loaded in that verse of
scripture. They had to flee!
Every time you ask the devil o get
lost, you must be saying it on the
ground of knowledge, before it can
have effect. God tells us in Isaiah 11:9:
They shall not hurt nor destroy in
all my holy mountain: for the earth
shall be full of the knowledge of the
LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
This means that knowledge will
keep every hurt under arrest. It will put
every devil under arrest.
And ye shall know the truth, and
the truth shall make you free…
If the Son therefore shall make
you free, ye shall be free indeed.
John 8:32, 36
 Desire the truth that sets free!

Apostolic Walk

The apostolic era is a restful era for the

Church. It is the age of signs. Apostle
Paul said in Acts 20:24, “But none of
these things move me….”
That the devil is doing anything
around me now sounds very strange to
me. I left where he dwells a long time
ago! By reason of light, darkness is
permanently kept under check.
Darkness cannot manage to hide in. It
is impossible!
John 10:35 says:
If he called them gods, unto whom
the word of God came, and the
scripture cannot be broken…
Knowledge of the Word is what
makes you another man. You can’t
contact light and not appear rude to
those in darkness. It’s not possible.
My Father, which gave them me, is
greater than all; and no man is able to
pluck them out of my Father’s hand.
I and my Father are one.
Then the Jews took up stones
again to stone him.
Jesus answered them, Many good
works have I shewed you from my
Father; for which of those works do ye
stone me?
The Jews answered him, saying,
For a good work we stone thee not;
but for blasphemy; and because that
thou, being a man, makest thyself
God.
John 10:29-33
Every time God’s Word gains full
access into you on any subject, you
begin to operate in the realm of
divinity on that subject.
In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God.
John 1:1-2
When God’s Word eats you up, it
transforms you, taking you from the
human to the divine realm of
manifestation.
 How can you explain the fact that
Paul the apostle slept in the sea for one
night and was not carried to the
hospital? Stones were cast at him at
another time, and he was taken for
dead. But after his enemies left, he got
up and went on his way!
All these examples are recorded in
scriptures. God is saying to you that
you and your Father will become one,
when you get connected to Him
through His Word. This is the truth.
Whatever cannot hold Jesus
hostage, from this hour (as you
embrace His Word) shall not be able to
hold you hostage!
You are a child of destiny. You are
to be envied, not to be an object of
sympathy and pity. So, arise and shine!
The hour of light is here!
This is the era of knowledge, for
apostolic exploits!
Stop explaining away your failures!
You are not destined for failure. Stop
sympathizing with your short-comings!
You are not programmed for defeat.
Arise and fight them or they will
continue to prevail against you!
And they continued stedfastly in
the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship,
and in breaking of bread, and in
prayers.
And fear came upon every soul:
and many wonders and signs were
done by the apostles.
Acts 2:42-43
 Steadfastness opened the way for
many signs and wonders to take place
in the lives of the people. These people
were continuously in fellowship.
Much food is in the tillage of the
poor: but there is that is destroyed for
want of judgment.
Proverbs 13:23
The apostolic move anchors on an
insatiable appetite for the Word.
And daily in the temple, and in
every house, they ceased not to teach
and preach Jesus Christ.
Acts 5:42
This is the power behind the
apostolic era – daily looking into the
Word and eating it. “They ceased
not…”
 It is not reason that we should
leave the word of God, and serve
tables.
Acts 6:2
The devil saw that as long as they
kept to the Word, that moved the
apostolic era forward, they couldn’t be
stopped. So, he brought murmuring
among the Grecians against the
Hebrews, so as to stall the move. But
the apostles got the message on time,
and came to the conclusion that it is
not reasonable for them to leave the
Word of God for other things.
Friends, the key to your entrance
into the apostolic era is the Word of
God.
The understanding of the people
was increasing on a daily basis, so the
finger of God was becoming more and
more visible among men.
For you to be part of this mighty
move, the most enviable move since
creation, you must come to a point
where eating God’s Word becomes
your daily desire.
This is very crucial!
Your placement in this move will
be determined by your depth of insight
in God’s Word. And this will be
determined by the quality of attention
you give to it.
My son, attend to my words;
incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Let them not depart from thine
eyes; keep them in the midst of thine
heart.
For they are life unto those that
find them, and health to all their
flesh.
Proverbs 4:20-22
God’s Word is the thing to go after.
It doesn’t just drop on people.
If you must have a part in this
apostolic era, it is important for you to
settle down at the feet of Jesus, and
receive from Him, so the world can
receive from you.
In the past, the Pope was the king
of the religious world, until knowledge
came through a man called Martin
Luther. This was the kingdom channel
through which the reformation came.
Many books were published by the
Lutheran movement, and this dealt a
deadly blow on the papacy!
Remember the Catholic mission
rose against the spread of this
knowledge, and went around
confiscating all his published materials
and burnt them. The Roman Catholics
were scared of this knowledge
spreading.
Friends, it’s time to appreciate the
generation we are in now, where there
is absolute liberty to make any
discovery you long for.
The Lutheran movement broke the
demonic hold of the papacy. This is
where the reformation began.
Now we are set for a revolution! A
revolution is stronger in content and
concept than a reformation. Knowledge
is what gives birth to every move on
this earth. Every invention is a function
of new knowledge.
There is nothing your life demands
today that is not available. But it takes
the knowledge of God to take delivery
of it (2 Pet. 1:2-3). We will have
unquestionable triumphs in any
conflict, and arrive at success as if by
magic, all through knowledge!
The apostolic era has its foundation
in knowledge, and your crave for it will
determine your placement in this
move.
Paul said:
But though I be rude in speech, yet
not in knowledge…
 2 Corinthians 11:6
A young brother in our church
heard the Word in my teaching “Go
tell Pharaoh I AM sent you” and went
to a university in search of admission.
He got there and mysteriously
gained access to the Vice Chancellor of
the university, and said to him, “My
Father sent me to you.”
The man asked him, “And who is
your father?” And the young boy
replied, “His name is Jesus!”
The Vice Chancellor was short for
words! He must have said to himself,
“Can Jesus send somebody to me and I
say no?” So, he said to the boy, “You
are admitted!” And that was it!
This is what knowledge can do. It
sets up a fire of revolution! It makes it
possible for you to think straight and
triumph in spite of all odds.
The “pray-for-me” syndrome we
find all over the place in the present-
day Church was not in existence in the
days of the apostles. This is because
they continuously received the light of
God. So darkness gave way to them!
Friends, I believe strongly in what
Smith Wigglesworth said, “I would
rather believe God for a minute, than
cry a useless cry all night.”
If you are “lightless”, you are
utterly helpless!
The entrance of His Word giveth
light. There is no amount of crying that
can make you see in darkness, if you
don’t have light! If you have lost
anything at all, you need light to find it
(Lk. 15:8-9), because darkness ahs
covered the earth, and gross darkness
the people! (Isa. 60:2).
You have been struggling with
darkness in your own energy! I have
not seen anywhere where head-nodding
is used to gain favour with God.
The man who cried the most in the
Bible was Bartimaeus. He cried and
cried, but Jesus said, “Settle down.
What do you want me to do for you?”
Listen, you use words, not tears to
reach God! (Hos. 14:2).
The secret behind the triumph of
the apostolic Church was divine light,
which came by divine illumination,
through revelations from the Word of
God.
Friends, knowledge makes the
difference!
And Philip ran thither to him, and
heard him read the prophet Esaias,
and said, Understandest thou what
thou readest?
Acts 8:30
Remember the story of the
Ethiopian eunuch? The Holy Spirit told
Philip, “Go near and join thyself to this
chariot”, and he obeyed (Acts 8:29).
There he met a religious man making
religious efforts. And he asked him,
“Understandeth thou what thou
readest?”
Understanding what we read is a
very crucial issue. The reading of the
Word on it’s own is not what will
produce results for us, but our
understanding it.
The Ethiopian eunuch humbly
admitted that he didn’t understand
what he was reading. He replied “How
can I, except someone guides me?”
And as Philip opened his mouth, his
eyes opened, and he was saved.
Listen friends, no proud man has a
future in the kingdom of God!
Many Christians explain away their
failures as the will of God, because
they won’t let anybody else teach them.
Remember Psalm 25:9 says:
The meek will he guide in
judgment: and the meek will he teach
his way.
Jesus said:
Take my yoke upon you, and learn
of me; for I am meek and lowly in
heart: and ye shall find rest unto your
souls.
Matthew 11:29
Whatever is not working the way
they should in your life is so because
you are not prepared to learn how to
make them work. It is not that such
things cannot work. It is that you have
not made yourself available to learn
how to make them work!

Multiplication of Grace
Grace and peace be multiplied unto
you through the knowledge of God,
and of Jesus our Lord
2 Peter 1:2
Destiny in the kingdom is a
function of grace. Paul said:
But by the grace of God I am what
I am…
1 Corinthians 15:10
Your destiny can be enhanced and
multiplied by knowledge. Remember
said destiny is a function of grace. But
grace is not a dormant thing, it is a
dynamic substance which is enhanced
by knowledge.
Many think that grace is what God
gives as He so desire. No! Grace is
provoked by knowledge.
 According as his divine power hath
given unto us all things that pertain
unto life and godliness, through the
knowledge of him that hath called us
to glory and virtue.
2 Peter 1:3
we are called by destiny to glory
and virtue, but it only becomes a
reality through knowledge. Knowledge
provokes grace, and grace enhances
destiny.
In the scripture above, “all things”
means whatever life demands.
Whatever your spiritual or physical life
demands are all provided for, but only
becomes available through knowledge.
This means that your destiny and
peace can be multiplied. These things
therefore don’t depend on God. Rather,
they respond to your acquired
knowledge.
Job 24:29 says: When he giveth
quietness, who then can make trouble?
So when you contact peace, by
knowledge, you are protected from
trouble.
This means that knowledge has
power to deliver to you all that life will
ever demand, as well as all that
godliness will ever demand.
Knowledge, therefore, is the master
key to the framing of man’s destiny.
Where you are now, for example, is not
necessarily where God has put you, it is
where knowledge has placed you.
If you see brighter, you will shine
brighter!
Your destiny is not in the hands of
God as it were. It requires your active
cooperation, through knowledge; which
is what determines your ultimate
height on earth.
If you work today, you will rest
tomorrow. But if on the other hand you
go to sleep, you will wake up the same
way.
Whatever happens to you now is a
function of the level of knowledge you
have acquired. If you acquire a little
higher, you will rise a little more, and
shine a little brighter. It’s a law of the
spirit. You know the Bible says:
And such as do wickedly against
the covenant shall he corrupt by
flatteries: but the people that do know
their God shall be strong, and do
exploits.
Daniel 11:32
Talking about the covenant of
knowledge, those who mock it will end
up with flatteries. But those who sign
in for it shall be strong and shall do
exploits.
You have a level of rest now, but
you can acquire a greater level of rest
if a greater depth of knowledge is
acquired. I welcome you to the
dominion of rest, in the name of Jesus!
Whatever your life demands is
obtainable by knowledge. May you
contact it!
More of knowledge determines
more of anything that such knowledge
communicates – peace, success, health,
protection, and so on.
We are a people of equal destiny.
Each one determines where he stops.
God does not love anyone person more
than the other. We are all equally the
beloved of God. How much of that love
you can appropriate is determined by
knowledge.
Moreover whom he did
predestinate, them he also called: and
whom he called, them he also
justified: and whom he justified, them
he also glorified.
Romans 8:30
Predestination sets the pace for
salvation. “No one can come unto me
except my Father in heaven draws
him”. When one is saved he is at the
same time justified by the same blood
and destined to be glorified!
If no salvation is superior to the
other, it means no glorification is
superior to another. Each one enters
into the level of inheritance in which
he finds himself by knowledge. Greater
knowledge will place you on a greater
height of inheritance.
But we all, with open face
beholding as in a glass the glory of the
Lord, are changed into the same
image from glory to glory, even as by
the Spirit of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 3:18
While we behold Jesus, while we
behold His Word, we are changed from
glory to glory, not from weakness to
weakness, nor from failure to failure;
but from glory to glory.
Where do you look for satisfactory
progress? In the Word!
Whoso despiseth the word shall be
destroyed: but he that feareth the
commandment shall be rewarded.
Proverbs 13:13
No matter how long you have been
held down, knowledge will scatter it
and give you liberty!
Friends, you don’t have any
problem! Access to the truth is the end
of all problems.
… for he that cometh to God must
believe that he is, and that he is a
rewarder of them that diligently seek
him.
Hebrews 11:6
Do you want to see God in action?
And blessed is she that believed:
for there shall be a performance of
those things which were told her from
the Lord.
Luke 1:45
When you get to a point of belief,
performance comes for you! There is
no reward for just doing, reward comes
as you believe the Word of God
concerning that subject in which you
desire victory. Until you contact its
technicalities, nothing works!
So shall the knowledge of wisdom
be unto thy soul: when thou hath
found it, then there shall be a reward,
and thy expectation shall not be cut
off.

Fruitfulness

You are by destiny a fruitful person.

This is because you belong to the
household of Israel according to Isaiah
5:7:
For the vineyard of the LORD of
hosts is the house of Israel, and the
men of Judah his pleasant plant: and
he looked for judgment, but behold
oppression; for righteousness, but
behold a cry.
 Why
Therefore my people are gone into
captivity, because they have no
knowledge: and their honourable men
are famished, and their multitude
dried up with thirst.
Isaiah 5:13
There are no dry lands, there are
only dry men!
What is it that really makes a man
fruitful?
The scripture above makes it clear
that knowledge is the gateway to
fruitfulness. They were not fruitful (as
God lamented in verses 1-2 of Isaiah
chapter 5), not because the land was
dry. They were on a most fruitful hill!
They were a choicest vine! But they
couldn’t produce because they lacked
the knowledge required for
fruitfulness.
God abides faithful. He cannot deny
Himself. If anything is wrong along the
line, it must be with man.
Listen to this brother’s testimony:
“I bought some chemicals in August
last year. Those goods were worth a lot
of money and suddenly, the market
slumped.
I tried everything; I prayed. I told
God that if I could sell the chemicals to
recoup my capital, He could have the
profit. Nothing happened!
But in this dispensation of digging
for knowledge for exploits, I bought a
book written by Kenneth Hagin on
prayers last week. I got to a point when
he was describing agreement prayer.
It became so clear to me that I got
the knowledge to the point of
application. I called my wife and said,
‘Now I got it. Let’s apply it’. About
four days later, the whole chemicals
were sold!”
There is nothing wrong with the
country where you live! There is
nothing wrong with the economic
system! Some people are having the
best of time, while others are having
the worst of it. It all depends on how
you apply yourself to the knowledge of
the truth.
The land flowing with milk and
honey is for those who are willing and
obedient (Isa. 1:19).
There is nothing wrong with any
land! There are only things wrong with
the people! Now, whatever is wrong
with you, God will correct in the
precious name of Jesus!
It’s important for you to listen to
what God is saying.
I know this end-time is a covenant
time. Covenant people are going to be
right at the top, because God will be
dealing with His people on the basis of
the covenant.
There is nothing you need that is
not provide for in the Word of God. So,
go for it!
If the unbeliever is pushing
cocaine, you push the covenant! If they
are using “Juju”, use God! it’s not the
people you know, or people that know
you. it’s not the government that is in
power or out of power. Your own
government is eternally in power!
Didn’t the scriptures say that:
For unto us a child is born, unto
us a son is given: and the government
shall be upon his shoulder: and his
name shall be called Wonderful,
Counsellor, The mighty God, The
everlasting Father, The Prince of
Peace.
Of the increase of his government
and peace there shall be no end, upon
the throne of David, and upon his
kingdom, to order it, and to establish
it with judgment and with justice from
henceforth even for ever. The zeal of
the LORD of hosts will perform this.
Isaiah 9:6-7
Friends, He ever liveth! So, He ever
reigneth! Rejoice therefore! The
government to which you belong is
intact!
It’s your attitude that must change.
Jesus is still the King of kings and
the Lord of lords. So, you are not
controlled by the policies of the nations
of this world. No! You are controlled
by the covenant of God with His
people.
Friends, if you understand this, you
are set for a flight!
If the covenant is what
distinguishes people, then we must face
it squarely. Your distinction depends
on the quality of your covenant walk
with God. You must seek to walk in the
covenant in all areas of your life.
You have a covenant responsibility
to find out what it takes to increase
your fruitfulness on earth!
It’s time to go for knowledge!
 Chapter 3

Learning

Many are in church, but are not

increasing! Because they are too
prudent to have access to the things of
God.
If you are tired of suffering, hear
this:
Come unto me, all ye that labour
and are heavy laden, and I will give
you rest.
Take my yoke upon you, and
LEARN OF ME…
Matthew 11:28-29
 Did He say, “Come and cry?” or
“Come and weep?” No! “Come and
learn…!”
The Holy Ghost said these words
into my ears. “Learning is richer than
praying. Learning has greater value
than fasting. Learning is the master key
to living!”
Thirty-year old pile? Five year
allergy? He said, “Come and learn of
me!”
You say,
“I’ve never known what it meant to
be successfully married!”
“I am neck deep in debt!”
“Nothing seems to be working!”
All that the Lord has to say is:
“Come and learn of me!” Not, “Come
and cry to me.”
I said learning is richer than
praying. Ironically, it is cheaper too!
Learning has more to offer than
fasting. It is also less rigorous!
“Come and learn… My yoke is not
comparable to the yoke you are
carrying about! What it takes to learn
is far cheaper than what you are
suffering now. Come and learn of me,
and you shall find rest for your souls.”
Listen friends, I don’t know what
anybody else did, but it was not prayer
as it were that made for the growth of
the church I am pasturing. I discovered
in the Acts of the Apostles, “The Word
of God increased and the number of the
disciples multiplied greatly in
Jerusalem”. I just took time to learn
what it takes to do what I am sent to
do. Meanwhile, nobody is suffering!
Nobody is under pressure! Except the
devil of course!
By the grace of God, I am blessed
financially! It’s know by even devils.
It’s known by all angels, and all men
can see it too! Yet, I can’t remember
when I ever said to God, “Give me
money.” I simply took time off to learn
what it takes to be free from poverty.
“Come and learn of me…” That is
the secret!
I define knowledge as discovery,
and wisdom as the application of
knowledge. That is, discovery applied,
which equals recovery.
 When there is a discovery, and it is
correctly applied, it brings instant
reward – that is, automatic recovery
(Prov. 24:14).
So, we can say, Nothing sets free
like knowledge!
What you don’t know you cannot
apply. Until you apply the knowledge
of the truth concerning any subject
matter, there is no recovery.
I am glad to tell you that you can be
absolutely fulfilled!
One man got so mad about the
testimony of my marriage, that he
preached so hard to discredit it.
Consequently, his twenty-nine year old
marriage broke down! Ignorance broke
it for him! His wife divorced him for
another man!
Friends, take time to find out what
you don’t know, instead of scoffing and
mocking it!
Your life won’t end in the mud!
Knowledge is power!
There is nothing that knowledge
can’t sort out! If there is a problem in
your home, find out those who don’t
have problem in their own homes, so
they can show you what they saw that
made it so. Then go home and do
likewise, and see the problem solved!
There is no end to learning! You
need to update your knowledge of God,
through a deliberate vigorous search!
For instance, sickness and failure can’t
stand where the knowledge of the truth
is at work.
You have a destiny, it anchors on
knowledge.
The acquisition of knowledge is a
personal responsibility. No one can
know on your behalf. No one can be
saved on your behalf. So, no one can
prosper or succeed for you!
Nothing happens on its own. Every
object assumes a state of rest, until a
relevant force is applied to it.
A man who had been stooling blood
since 1977 sat down in the school of
wisdom; light came and darkness left!
The issue of blood stopped instantly!
Another had been using eye glasses
since 1957; light came and darkness
left. He dropped his glasses and now
sees clearly!
Now you may ask, “What if the
light didn’t come?” They would have
remained like that till their death!
God is no respecter of persons. The
covenant of knowledge is an
unbreakable one – “You shall know the
truth, and the truth shall make you
free” (Jn. 8:32).
Therefore hearken unto me ye men
of understanding: far be it from God,
that he should do wickedness; and
from the Almighty, that he should
commit iniquity.
Job 34:10
Every wickedness has it’s root in
the devil. In fact, they call his name,
“The wicked.” So, God doesn’t do
wickedness to any man, the devil does.
But how does he gain entrance?
Surely it is meet to be said unto
God, I have borne chastisement, I will
not offend any more:
That which I see not teach thou
me: if I have done iniquity, I will do
no more.
Job 34:31-32
Do you know the key to victory,
triumph and success in spite of the
devil? “That which I see not teach thou
me.”
I pray that every access the devil
has gained into your life will be
blocked permanently!
God does not do wickedness! If you
are overtaken by any act of wickedness
of the devil, it is because you opened
the way to the enemy through
ignorance. But now that knowledge has
come, he must go!
The learner is a winner, an
overcomer, a successful and
triumphant Christina, any day!
It is the entrance of God’s Word
that will make a god out of you. When
the truth of divine health, for example,
gets into you in its fullness, sickness
will respect your stand any day.
When the truth on divine protection
penetrates your inside, all the
mischievous plans of the wicked
around your life will be destroyed! You
will walk through fire as if you were
passing through an air-conditioned
room!
Listen to me, He did not call them
gods, who come to church, or those
who are involved in various activity
groups. No! It’s those unto whom the
Word of God came! (Jn. 10:35).
Friends, the scriptures cannot be
broken!
You are not an overcomer until
God’s Word gets into you. You won’t
gain control over the affairs of life
until the Word of God becomes real to
you.
Traditions of life seem to have
usurped the authority of God’s Word. It
is so beautiful to know that God’s
Word is so powerful! God’s Word will
stir up the flow of divine nature in you
any day! You have divine nature
deposited in your inside, that will
enable you excel in all areas of life.
Friends, we have a common
heritage, yes! But different depths of
knowledge! God’s Word will provoke
the divine nature deposited on your
inside and place you on a pedestal of
excellence!
You then become a man/woman to
be emulated.
It’s time for the glory of God in
your life to be made manifest!
There are many churches where
they spend time casting out the devil
before service. But the scriptures tell
us that when we come to Zion, we have
come to the city of the living God, not
the city of the devil! To the company
of innumerable angels! The Church of
the First born, not to hell! (Heb. 12:22-
24).
In the long list mentioned above,
there is no reference to demons. So, it
is our ignorance that invites them!
Those who know their God shall be
strong. The knowledge of God is what
strengthens people.
Tell me, how many chapters were
written about the devil in the Bible?
We read in the scriptures that Jesus
suffered devils not to speak! He made
it clear to them that they were not in
the same class. There was no day the
devil and Jesus sat down and had a
tête-à-tête.
 Jesus said He has laid before you
life and death. It’s time for you to
make a choice. Choose life, and you
shall live (Deut. 30:19).
You must come to terms with the
fact that you have been elevated from
the ordinary realm of life, to the
extraordinary realm of eternal life.
This very life of God will
distinguish you where you work and
live any day! It will give you a name
that no man on earth can give you.
Once I had a big boil that was
giving me such excruciating pain.
Suddenly, the Word of God came to
me: “Surely he hath borne our griefs
and carried our sorrows” (Isa. 53:4).
By this Word it was clear that we are
not permitted to have any pain.
The Word hit me real hard! So, I
told my wife, “I’m traveling!” I got
into my car and sat on the boil. Do you
know what happened? The pain, in no
time at all turned into a sweet soothing
sensation!
Friends, God’s Word is living and
powerful! It is able to penetrate any
difficult situation. It actually destroyed
that pain!
It’s time to tell yourself, “Enough
of oppressions and afflictions! I am
born to reign, not to be enslaved. I have
the privilege to step into the shoes of
Jesus and live His life.”
I will not go for any less.
There is always a way out. The
moment you do what He has
commanded to be done, the struggles
come to an end!
In Hosea 4:6 God said, “My people
are destroyed for lack of knowledge (Of
what to do).” When you know what to
do, and do it, your release is automatic!
Jesus said, “Come unto me all ye
that labour and are heavy laden, and I
will give you rest. Come and learn of
me…”
So, the key to rest is learning.
Every discovery brings your way an
added recovery. You can live a
struggle-free life!
“Come and learn of me and you
shall find rest for your souls”, says
Jesus. That is, you will discover secrets
that guarantee rest. Come and learn the
way to rest or you remain restless!
Until you respond positively to the
Word of God, you keep struggling.
Friends, never mind what is
happening! Mind what is written, and
all the happenings will begin to
respond to your discoveries!
 Chapter 4

The Principal Source

This book of the law shall not depart

out of thy mouth; but thou shalt
meditate therein day and night, that
thou mayest observe to do according
to all that is written therein: for then
thou shalt make thy way prosperous,
and then thou shalt have good success.
Joshua 1:8
The Word of God is the master key
of life. It opens or locks any door.
Nothing has ever been known to resist
its power! It arrests cancer, destroys
leukemia, consumes failure, releases
success and opens the door to
abundance.
There is nothing life demands that
is not obtainable in it.
All scripture is given by
inspiration of God, and is profitable
for doctrine, for reproof, for
correction, for instruction in
righteousness
2 Timothy 3:16
The Word of God is our principal
source of knowledge. It is the light that
shines in darkness which cannot
handle!
The Bible is the answer book to all
life’s questions. It is not just enough to
preach it. No! I have seen many
prosperity preachers wallowing in
poverty. I have also seen many teach
about good success, while they remain
abject failures. Others are busy
preaching divine health, and yet are
dying in sickness.
Friends, when you are a “liver” of
This Book, prosperity is guaranteed
you, and you will have good success.
Do you want good success? The
Bible shows you how. It is This Book
that opens your life up to good success.
You don’t amount to much until
God becomes God in your conception!
The Bible is my greatest
companion in life. The one I’m using
presently is my 16th! It is the food I
eat, and it never loses taste! It’s the
water drink. It’s forever refreshing!
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come
ye to the waters…
Isaiah 55:1
And in Ephesians 5:26 we see:
That he might sanctify and cleanse
it with the washing of water by the
word
God’s Word is the water.
Until you carry This Book and it
enters your heart, darkness continues to
reign! God’s word carries life, and this
illuminates men. It imparts light to
men. This light shines in darkness and
the darkness comprehended it not!
In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God.
 The same was in the beginning
with God.
All things were made by him; and
without him was not any thing made
that was made.
In him was life; and the life was
the light of men.
And the light shineth in darkness;
and the darkness comprehended it not.
John 1:1-5
Some years ago, I discovered in my
Bible that two are better than one. So, I
began to prepare for marriage. I knew
my marital life was not going to be
“for better for worse!” God’s Word
makes it very clear that marriage is for
better.
Ecclesiastes 4:9 states that:
 Two are better than one; because
they have a good reward for their
labour.
While Deuteronomy 32:30 tells us
that one shall chase a thousand and
amazingly, two shall put ten thousand
to flight!
This Word (that illuminated my
spirit on marriage) has been confirmed
in our home. All these years we’ve
been married, we have not had the first
quarrel!
When I was to start ministry, I
found God’s Word that said that the
labourer who labours in the Word and
doctrine is worthy of double honour (1
Tim. 5:17). God then assured me that
as long as I labour in the Word and
doctrine, He will guarantee double
honour for me wherever I turn.
He said to me, “If you will sow
spiritual seeds into the lives of men, I
will cause material blessings to come
your way. For He that reapeth receiveth
wages” (Jn. 4:36).
From this book, I knew I was never
going to beg. In the scriptures, I never
saw the Great Shepherd beg from His
disciples.
Do you want to shine? Then you
must have Word encounter. Once you
have a Word encounter on any issue,
you gain control over situations and
circumstances on that issue, because
God controls all things by the Word of
His power – family life, business life,
finances, etc (Heb. 1:3).
It is my prayer that you will enter
into the Word encounter realm in your
spiritual adventures!
Several promises had been made to
Joshua. But at the end of the day, the
Lord said to him, “Be strong! This is
the book that will give you strength.
Handle it daily, and you shall make
your way prosperous. My promises will
then begin to prosper in your life and
you will have good success” (Josh. 1:8
paraphrased).
Friends, it’s time to see power in
This Book. See power behind every
word written in it. It is the key!
God is not a magician! He has
made us signs and wonders, and by the
Word of God our manifestation is
sealed.
This is your hour!
In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God. The same was in the
beginning with God.
All things were made by him; and
without him was not any thing made
that was made.
In him was life; and the life was
the light of men.
And the light shineth in darkness;
and the darkness comprehended it not.
And the Word was made flesh, and
dwelt among us, (and we beheld his
glory, the glory as of the only begotten
of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
 John 1:1-5, 14
There is glory in God’s Word
because it is the carrier of life. God’s
Word contains inbuilt power to
produce on its own.
Jesus told the people at the
marriage in Cana, “Fill the waterpots
with water.” They obeyed. What did
we see here?
No shaking! No anxiety! But a
simple response to the Word of God.
The Word of God is quick and
powerful and sharper than any two-
edged sword (Heb. 4:12). It is able to
penetrate and take charge of any
situation on the earth.
Every accomplishment we are
privileged to enjoy in our ministry
right now is a product of God’s Word.
It works! I pity anyone who doesn’t
have a good taste for the Word! He has
made himself a victim of life.
The meek will he guide in
judgment: and the meek will he teach
his way.
Psalm 25:9
With meekness in your heart, there
is no limit to the revelations, nor the
insight or height you will enjoy in the
kingdom.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet,
and a light unto my path.
Psalm 119:105
Know how to go about your job by
the Word of God. This Book will give
you definite directions that will
enhance your position.
Many go roaming about town, but
very few know the right steps to take.
Ask the Lord to open your eyes,
such that you will be able to locate
direction from God’s Word at all
times.
His Word is a lamp and a light, ask
Him to show you light in your own area
of calling, so that you will know the
steps He requires you to take. You can
encounter direction through the Word
of God.
Friends, turn to This Book. There is
an answer to every problem of life in
it!
 Chapter 5

Material Sources

In the first year of Darius the son of

Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes,
which was made king over the realm
of the Chaldeans;
In the first year of his reign I
Daniel understood by books the
number of the years, whereof the word
of the LORD came to Jeremiah the
prophet, that he would accomplish
seventy years in the desolations of
Jerusalem.
Daniel 9:1-2
 Anointed books are also
instruments for the impartation of
revelation.
Paul was married to books. No
wonder he saw what no other apostle
saw! His words were weighty and not
easy to understand. He slept with books
as a man would sleep with his wife.
When he forgot his books somewhere,
he sent for them to be brought to him
(2 Tim. 4:13).
But for books, my life could not
have been 20% of its present worth in
God! for twenty-six sold months, I
turned myself into a Word-addicted
student, as I prepared for ministry! I
took adventures into various books. I
located everything concerning my
welfare, before I started off, because
Proverbs 24:14 says:
…when thou hast found it, then
there shall be a reward…
Knowledge turns me on! It is sweet
to my taste!
I told our Bookshop Manager to
always bring me every available new
book, so I can check if I already have it
in my library. That is what I buy into
my heart; for the Word of God has
said, “Buy the truth, and sell it not”
(Prov. 23:23).
I told my fellows that Jesus will be
very happy now in heaven, because
there are now so many books written
by proven, God-anointed men and
women, which are helping to boost the
understanding of the mysteries of the
kingdom of heaven.
One day, I looked at one of my sons
in the Lord, a pastor, and said, “Have
you read any book this year? Because
your language is very weak!” He
looked at me and his eyes were filled
with tears. From that time, I see him
with a book in his hand all the time.
The supply of fresh wood is what
keeps the fire burning. When the fire is
void of wood, the fire keeps going
down, until it is finally extinguished
(Prov. 26:20).
Responsibility is the price for
greatness. No mater how much oil is
poured on your head, it will amount to
nothing if you are irresponsible.
 When Saul the king became
irresponsible, all the things that the
unction upon his carried were lost! Evil
spirits came and took over! “Go and
destroy the amalekites”, he was told.
He went there and did what he wanted.
God now said, “Because you have
rejected my word, I have also rejected
you” (1 Sam. 15:23).
When you reject God’s Word, you
expose yourself to the risk of being
rejected by God. You shall not be
rejected!
“This book of the law…”, and every
other book that helps you understand
and assimilate it is what I’m talking
aout.
What these anointed authors do is
to enhance your assimilation of this
solid food, the strong meat of the
Word. They break it down, so as to
help your absorption capability. So, it
goes into your bones and marrows, and
strengthens your heart for exploits.
God has set up in the body of
Christ, Apostles, Prophets, Teachers,
Evangelists and Pastors over the
Church. They are human gifts, agents
from heaven, to perfect the
understanding of men.
So, through books, tapes (audio and
video), you find the knowledge of God
flooding the earth, as the waters cover
the sea.
Friends, if you are not a reader, you
will soon begin to stink!
 Daniel, as gifted as he was with
skill and wisdom, could not understand
until he read books (Dan. 9:2).
Every spiritual stalwart is a person
who has a great thirst for knowledge.
Daniel was a book-worm. No wonder
he ended up a star! The degree of light
at work in you determines how much
you shine.
Daniel understood by books, Paul
understood by books, and they both
excelled! So, Hebrews 6:12 says:
That ye be not slothful, but
followers of them who through faith
and patience inherit the promises.
You have what it takes to walk in
the apostolic era. All you need do is to
feed on apostolic food. A baby elephant
does not need prayers to grow, all it
needs is to eat elephant food. It is
destined to be big, that is its
inheritance. As long as it eats what
elephants eat, it cannot live like a cow.
What you eat determines how you
live. What you feed on will determine
your behaviour. You can’t feed on
apostolic food and end up as just a
disciple, No!
This is a new era!
My son, eat thou honey, because it
is good; and the honeycomb, which is
sweet to thy taste:
So shall the knowledge of wisdom
be unto thy soul: when thou hast
found it, then there shall be a reward,
and thy expectation shall not be cut
off.
Proverbs 24:13-14
It’s time to settle down and ask
yourself:
“Am I set for this apostolic wave,
or do I want to remain a disciple?”
if you are set for the apostolic
wave, locate apostolic menu and begin
to feast on it.

SEE WHAT BOOKS CAN DO!

In 1977, I read a book titled Like a

Mighty Wind by Mel Tari, and that
sparked off in me a great desire for the
miraculous. It set ablaze in me a desire
to live the extraordinary life!
 And in The Gentle Breeze of Jesus
(by the same author), I saw people
lifting up hands in hunger and God
preparing a table before them in the
desert of Indonesia and they had food
to eat. From that day, it dawned on me
that Christianity was not just an
ordinary religion!
Immediately after this, I came in
contact with a book titled The Power of
Positive Thinking, by Norman Vincent
Pearl. This book has influenced so
many lives, through a process of
mental revolution. It teaches us about
the ability we have to use our minds to
knock down mountains!
Friends, books are destiny
moulders!
 I never knew anything about calling
or vision, but God consciously used
books to prepare me for all these
things.
In 1976, I read a book by T. L.
Osborne titled, The Purpose of
Pentecost. And for the first time in my
life, I had the privilege of hearing and
enjoying God’s voice audibly. Through
this book I got to know that the Holy
Ghost is not a feeling, but a person,
who speaks and guides us.
You can never have a vision except
you know how to hear God. Many
people mistake feelings for voices, so
at the end of the day, what they have is
confusion all around them, not vision.
If you have a vision, Habakkuk
says, “Though it tarry, wait for it;
because it will surely come, it will not
tarry” (Hab. 2:3). Whatever does not
come to pass is not a vision.
God taught me how to hear Him
through T. L. Osborne’s book. Ever
since then, I hear God appreciably well.
The Man God Uses (by Oswald J.
Smith), taught me the mystery of
dedication. After going through it, I
began to desire only to live for God, to
the point that I said to myself, “I’m no
longer going to get married.” My entire
being was sold out to God, from the
revelation I got from that book.
At that time in my life, I had no
plans to go into ministry, but I knew
that dedication is a seed whose reward
is enviable.
In 1981, I came in contact with
Gloria Copeland’s book, God’s Will Is
Prosperity. For the first time in my
life, I stumbled on the fact that wealth
is not a promise, but a covenant. Until
you understand the covenant dimension
and perspective of it, you will just keep
guessing!
After studying this book, I went on
a search, to locate all the covenant
scriptures I knew, with my
concordance by my side. For the first
time in my life, I knew that God deals
with people on covenant terms. From
that time the yoke of poverty was
broken in my life, and I knew I can
never be poor!
 Friends, it’s time to turn to your
stronghold! God said, “Good
understanding giveth favour” (Prov.
13:15). When you are not getting
results in what you are doing, it means
adequate understanding has not dawned
on you yet. A sister gave this testimony
in church one day:
“Before we started attending this
church, we had financial problems.
When we started worshipping here, we
heard about giving and we started
giving. But there was no result. I then
went to one of the pastors, for
counseling. He told me to read one of
the Bishop’s books, Covenant Wealth.
My husband and I read the book
and we discovered why we had no been
seeing results in our giving.
The reason was that we had been
giving towards our own need, not to the
kingdom of God. We then asked for
forgiveness from God. That same week,
miracles started in our lives!
My husband was on a salary of
1,200 naira per month. But after
reading the book, he had to leave that
job. Immediately, God gave him
another job.
Someone called him to interpret
English for him. My husband is a
French man and can’t speak English
very well. But this man called him to
interpret English. The man gave him
9,400 naira for his efforts that week.
The man also said, ‘You are a good
man, you are a Christian. You will now
represent our company here in
Nigeria.’ That is not all! God now
made way for us to get money without
struggling. God showed my husband
the way to get money without serving
under anybody. He now gets a minimum
of 1,000 naira per day!
Also, since we got married, we had
been looking for a house, because we
had been living in my father’s house.
But the following week, a brother
called my husband and told him to go
and look for a house, that he would
give him money to pay for three years’
rent. Another person called him again
and told him to look for a house, that
the money to pay for it was ready.
 Now, about three different people
want to pay for a house for us! They
are the ones now hastening us up to go
and get a house!”
Friends, knowledge is it!
In 1979, I read one of Smith
Wigglesworth’s books, and I saw how
he despised the devil. I saw from the
account in that book, how insignificant
Satan was to him. And from that day
my attitude towards Satan changed.
This culminated in a series of teachings
on the littleness of Satan, one of which
I titled, You Can Walk Out on the
Devil!
Satan is no problem when faith is in
place. Hear this, spiritual and physical
idleness leads to decadence! I therefore
recommend that from now on your
perspective of books should go beyond
filling up a library shelf.
It’s time to fill your heart with
light! Every attack you had from the
devil was not because your Bible was
not with you, but because it was not in
your heart!
When God’s Word enters your
heart, you become an impossible
person for Satan to deal with.
This is what books do to you. They
bring about a great transformation in
your life.
If you have light, darkness will
respect you! I therefore appeal to you,
to be delivered from spiritual laziness!
Exercise yourself in the things of God.
 And he gave some, apostles; and
some, prophets; and some,
evangelists; and some, pastors and
teachers;
For the perfecting of the saints,
for the work of the ministry, for the
edifying of the body of Christ:
Till we all come in the unity of the
faith, and of the knowledge of the Son
of God, unto a perfect man, unto the
measure of the stature of the fulness
of Christ
Ephesians 4:11-13
When you come in contact with an
anointed teacher’s book, God has
something to add to your life through
it.
I commend you to God, for a life of
diligence! It’s time to become a
diligent Christian. Friends, I am asking
you not only to own books, but to
devour them!
Michael Faraday, the great
scientist, was also an elder in his
church and a regular preacher at
services. James Owen’s and Jonathan
Edward’s books were his major library
items. Men of sound spiritual standing
were the source of his inspiration. He
was simply rubbing minds with them,
and was thus in touch with divine
thinking which boosted his scientific
mind.
When Daniel was required to
interpret king Nebuchadnezzar’s
dreams, his response was, “Give us
time.”
All you need is time. And you have
it. Stop spending it! Start investing it!
It is the hardest currency in the world.
Those who know how to invest it end
up profiting greatly.
The ministry of books is the
ministry of illumination. The more
friendly you are with spiritually
anointed materials, the greater your
access to contacting the same anointing
on the authors.
From now on, anytime you want to
bless someone with a gift, get him or
her a book, not greeting cards. Learn to
give what will impart life to others.
I have never traveled abroad and
gone shopping for clothes. But I have
bought books worth thousand of
dollars! I once told my wife that the
books I have bought (rather than
shoes), can turn me into a successful
manufacturer of shoe!
Friends, it’s time to have a new
sense of value for books!
I want you to desire that your heart
opens up for a relentless studious
lifestyle. Not for the purpose of
information, but for the purpose of
impartation – learning the ways of God
that will help you locate your ways on
the earth.
This is the time to invest your time
and money in things that matter!
Wherefore do ye spend money for
that which is not bread? and your
labour for that which satisfieth not?
hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye
that which is good, and let your soul
delight itself in fatness.
Isaiah 55:2
Who wants to know where you
bought your shoes or coat from?
Don’t waste your life away!
Wherever we have gotten to today,
it is by reason of light; and where we
are going tomorrow, we will get there
by light. I don’t joke with that. You
don’t progress by wishing, you get
there by working.
A few years ago, a woman said to
me, “Having gone through a few of the
books you have written, I see them as
epistles on living.” The same Holy
Ghost that gave the men of old
inspiration for the scriptures, is still the
same One giving us more things to
write, and explaining what have
already been written.
You can’t follow any man whose
secrets you don’t know. The secrets of
men are in their stories. Here I have
revealed my greatest secrets to you. It
all adds up to one thing – an insatiable
quest for knowledge! This has kept me
fresh all my life.
Paul said to Timothy:
Till I come, give attendance to
reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
1 Timothy 4:13
There is no self-made man! Any
man who doesn’t make reference to
others, will never become a reference
himself.
Working on the things others have
said, gives you access to the things you
will say.

It Is God-Ordained

The ministry of books is God ordained.

Look at it in Revelation 1:11
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega,
the first and the last: and, What thou
seest, write in a book, and send it unto
the seven churches which are in
Asia…
I believe the ministry of books is
the most impactful avenue for
preaching the gospel. Minus writing,
ministry will be absolutely limited.
To every church Jesus said,
“Write.”
Every work of the ministry requires
the ministry of books. The book
ministry is of God, and it is time to
begin to embrace the values and virtues
inherent in it.
We will be limited in every phase
of our Christian endeavour if we don’t
place the right value on books.
God is still sending messages
through books.
Paul was writing to Timothy and he
told him:
Study to shew thyself approved
unto God, a workman that needeth not
to be ashamed, rightly dividing the
word of truth.
2 Timothy 2:15
And he went on to say, “Be ye
followers of me as I am of Christ.” This
presupposes the fact that Paul was a
dedicated student of the Word.
Every man that has ever done
anything outstanding in this world, was
a friend of books. The more you read,
the brighter your life becomes, and the
more manifestations you begin to
experience in your Christian life.
I strongly believe that the reason
many Christians are on the floor is
because they have stopped learning!
Daniel understood by books. This was a
man that God gave skill, wisdom and
knowledge; but he still needed books to
bring to light what was inherent in him.
It is time for us to begin to
appreciate the place of books in our
Christian endeavour.
I have been gathering good quality
books for over 20 years now, since
1974. friends, they do something to my
spirit, they set me on fire!

Biographies

I have studied about thirty-eight

biographies, which help me to balance
my approach to life.
I strongly believe that biographies
are great assets for human information.
You can’t study about the lives of men
who have succeeded, and not gather
knowledge for your own momentum.
Every time you discover something
about somebody who was once lower
than you are now, you gain courage,
and say, “It can be done!”
I strongly believe that biographies
stabilizes destinies. They bring so
many hidden things to light – the
stresses, strains and humble beginnings
that characterize the journey to
greatness.
Except you understand where a man
is coming from, you may not be able to
get the same kind of results he got and
is still getting.
There is no time to waste, friends!
When your mind stops being renewed,
you start to go backward!
Biographies will put courage in
you, and establish your confidence for
great heights, any day! They will place
in your hands a brand new approach to
the issues of life.
I strongly believe in biographies.
There is no cheaper way to become
successful in life!
That ye be not slothful, but
followers of them who through faith
and patience inherit the promises.
Hebrews 6:12
There it is!
Without reading, my message
would have started stinking by now!
Dead flies cause the ointment of
the apothecary to send forth a stinking
savour.
Ecclesiastes 10:1
It’s time to update your knowledge
through a rigorous reading culture!
Reading helps to energise my spirit and
keeps me on a track of excellence!
There can be nothing called
wisdom where knowledge is static. No!
Wisdom is the correct application of
knowledge. If you don’t have the
necessary information you need at any
point in time, you won’t be able to
apply it. Information comes as you
endeavour to find out how others go
about what they are doing. Information
helps to establish confidence.
Friends, let’s get to work! I don’t
care what you are suffering presently,
until you are ready to learn, you will
die in that state!
I see you going up right now! I see
the light of God overcoming and
overtaking every dark place in your
life!
Arise and shine for your light is
come!
 Chapter 6

Human Sources

Anointed men and women are yet

another principal source of divine
illumination available to us in our
quest for knowledge.
They are light-bearing gifts from
God, the Father of light.
The Lord sent a word into Jacob,
and it hath lighted upon Israel.
Isaiah 9:8
God has given human gifts to the
Body; they cannot be replaced by even
the Holy Ghost.
 When Jesus ascended on high, he
gave gifts unto men:
And he gave some, apostles; and
some, prophets; and some,
evangelists; and some, pastors and
teachers;
For the perfecting of the saints,
for the work of the ministry, for the
edifying of the body of Christ
Ephesians 4:11-12
There are divine human gifts, light-
bearing gifts, human illuminators,
people who have come unto the
fullness of the measure of the stature of
Christ. These are men of unique
insights that pass light on to others.
They constitute a great source of light
for the believer.
 I never saw Isaiah, Jeremiah,
Hosea, Peter or Paul; but I have seen
Kenneth Hagin, Lester Sumrall,
Kenneth Copeland, Gloria Copeland,
Benson Idahosa, etc.
If you don’t come in contact with
men who have found what you are
looking, your search may never end!
There is nothing new under the sun.
Whatever has been done before is what
will be done again (Eccl. 1:9).
Every generation thrives on the
revelations of the previous one. This
great move of God that we see today,
begin in the days of men like E. W.
Kenyon.
E. W. Kenyon saw so much of the
realities of redemption that he was able
to lay a solid foundation for this faith
and Word movement we are presently
into. This took place immediately after
the healing revivals subsided.
E. W. Kenyon was a major source
of inspiration to Kenneth Hagin, from
whom so many of us are presently
taking our bearing in the faith
movement. People like Kenneth
Copeland and K. C. Price, drew
influence from Kenneth Hagin.
Until you are influenced, you will
never become an influence!
Today, I am swimming in plenty as
a result of an encounter with a woman
of God (Gloria Copeland), through one
of her books.
She taught me the mystery of
plenty. I contacted light from the light
she had previously received, and right
now, many are in turn benefiting from
that little light I got from her.
Friends, you won’t go too far doing
it alone! You can’t do without the gifts
of God among men.
It is not safe to read only the Bible.
Many things there are you’ll never
understand except someone guides you.
One will be very limited in insight,
because the testimonies of men are
what spark off faith in others.
The Lord sent a word into Jacob,
and it hath lighted upon Israel.
Isaiah 9:8
He sent it unto a man, but it lighted
a nation!
 Almost every charismatic believer
now carries a bottle of anointing oil.
Many that you think are against it
make use of it at one time or the other.
Friends, there is a new light in the
land!
You can’t walk in the past and
expect to make a mark in the present.
Something is happening right now!
There are human gifts within the
body worldwide, who are divine
instruments of illuminations. They are
to perfect the body of Christ and help
us understand the Word, so our
destinies can be attained.
Seek ye out of the book of the
LORD, and read: no one of these shall
fail, none shall want her mate: for my
mouth it hath commanded, and his
spirit it hath gathered them.
Isaiah 34:16 says:
This means no scripture has the
power to cancel another.
The reason we are limited in
knowledge is because we have decided
to let only the Holy Ghost teach us. We
have closed the door of our minds to
the human agents of illumination. So
we walk on in darkness, and all the
foundation of the earth are out of
course (Ps. 82:5).
God has given to the body of Christ
apostles, prophets, teachers, sons of the
prophet, evangelists, and pastors.
Even the holy scriptures, the Word
of life, made up of sixty-six books,
were put together by about thirty
authors.
…holy men of God spake as they
were moved by the Holy Ghost.
2 Peter 2:21
What we call the Bible today, was
dictated to men who documented it.
There are many things in the Bible
you will never know except you learn
from those they have been revealed to.
You can sit in your house for twenty
years, for example, and not locate the
mystery of divine healing, until you
hear from men and women who have
been anointed to deliver the message to
the world.
This is why the learner is the
winner and the overcomer, who always
ends up as a successful and prosperous
person. The learner’s mentality must
be built into your system, if you must
find a place in this new move.
God has raised men and women
who are instruments of illumination,
and until you receive their ministry,
you will remain in darkness.
Are you struggling with defeat?
There is light waiting for you in Born
to Win. Is your business frustrated and
stagnated, there are Success Buttons to
press.
Is Satan harassing your destiny?
Are you always having bad dreams?
You can floor the devil by contacting
knowledge in Satan Get Lost! Are your
finances looking bleak? Breaking
Financial Hardship will give you that
breakthrough you need.
(See back of this book for more
information on our various book titles,
dealing with diverse aspects of life in
which you probably require
illumination).
I’ve never seen where darkness
struggles with light! Light awaits you
in anointed books, ready to shatter
every darkness that is lurking around
your life.
…the light shineth in darkness;
and the darkness comprehended it not.
John 1:5
God has entrusted the destiny of
men into the hands of His chosen ones.
If only you will open your heart to
receive the little light God has given
me, we will get the same results, at the
end of the day, because God is no
respecter of persons.
When I tell you that you are born to
win, I know what I am talking about,
because I win always. I have divorced
failure and made covenant with
success. Poverty and I separated many
years ago. I got married to prosperity,
and I have been having a wonderful
time ever since.
God sent me to silence the devil,
harass failure, trouble troubles, and
release men into their destinies.
Friends, the light God has given me
is packaged in more than one thousand
tapes (audio and video), twenty-seven
books to date, and other materials in
bulletin forms. There are also hundreds
of volumes from anointed authors from
where I draw refreshing myself.
You don’t have any business
whatsoever with darkness! You just
must make a decision. You can’t afford
to be in the midst of a revolution and
be a regret. It’s time to begin to
appreciate God’s gift of men of His
body.
 Chapter 7

Beware Of Poison!

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that

in the latter times some shall depart
from the faith, giving heed to seducing
spirits, and doctrines of devils;
Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having
their conscience seared with a hot iron
1 Timothy 4:1-2
Now in this dispensation of
knowledge, we still have to be extra
cautious. Not everything that looks like
food is food. Quite a lot are poison in
disguise!
 Now that we are being charged to
read, what are the precautions to take,
to ensure we don’t mistake poison for
food?
As we are told in the scripture
above, in the last days, we won’t have
only doctrines of Christ, we will also
have doctrines of devils.
How do we escape the trap of the
doctrines of devils? How do we
identify what Christ is saying, as
against what the devil is saying, so we
don’t fall into his traps?
Note that the Bible has warned that
we should not be ignorant of his
devices, lest he should take advantage
of us (2 Corinthians 2:11).
 YOU NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT

It’s important to mention here that you

can’t know the truth without the Holy
Spirit. He is the Spirit of truth, our
principal Aid for the acquisition of the
knowledge of the truth.
John 16:13 says of Him:
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of
truth, is come, he will guide you into
all truth…
Even if you are blind, and you have
a guide, you are safe! Isn’t it? The
Holy Ghost is our guide into all truths,
so we must release ourselves unto Him,
saying, “Spirit of God, take charge!”
1 John 2:20 tells us:
 But ye have an unction from the
Holy One, and ye know all things.
The Holy Spirit is that unction. We
must lean heavily on Him these end-
times, to be sure we don’t get trapped
with the doctrines of devils.
Talking about signs and wonders
(which we have come to know is
characteristic of the apostolic era, there
are also lying wonders. Oh yes! The
Bible says so (2 Thess. 2:9).
So we have to be sure that what we
are doing or following has a proper rot
in the Word of God. And the Word of
God is nothing else but the truth.

KEEP A CLEAR CONSCIENCE

Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having
their conscience seared with a hot
iron.
1 Timothy 4:2
We need to keep a very neat
conscience, a right conscience.
Proverbs 4:23 reiterates this:
Keep thy heart with all diligence;
for out of it are the issues of life.
In the parable of the sower, the
Bible says the good ground is the one
with a good and honest heart (Lk.
8:15). That is, you are not just
pretending, you are sincere in your
search, with your heart open to obey
Jesus; your conscience healthy, not
seared with iron.
I believe very much in the words of
Solomon in Proverbs 11:3:
The integrity of the upright shall
guide them.
People who speak heresies lack
integrity of heart. They can’t find what
they are preaching or teaching written
in the Word of God, but for whatever
reason, they still want to go ahead all
the same.
It’s not just the mind, our hearts
have to be sanctified with integrity.
All those prophets who operate by
lying spirits know, but it has become
their business. So, they have decided to
let go of their conscience, so as to carry
on with their business.
Integrity of heart is a basic
requirement for the knowledge of the
truth. When you are approaching God,
do it with an integrity of heart. Say
with all sincerity, “Spirit of God, help
me. I am looking for the truth, nothing
but the truth.” There’s no way you’ll
miss it!
Friends, the integrity of the upright
shall guide him!
I’d like you to embrace integrity in
your quest for knowledge. Otherwise, it
will be so easy for the enemy to just
run you off to the other side. But God
forbid!
A good and honest heart is a
requirement. Uprightness and integrity
of heart is a requirement, if you must
look onto the truth and advance in the
knowledge of the truth.
 IT MUST SPEAK PEACE

I will hear what God the LORD will

speak: for he will speak peace unto his
people, and to his saints: but let them
not turn again to folly.
Psalm 85:8
There is nothing God does without
a purpose.
Let’s find out the purpose of the
Word. The moment you can’t locate
that purpose, then know that something
is missing.
If you hear any doctrine or word,
watch out for peace. If it does not
speak peace, then it is not from God. If
it is not accompanied by peace, it is not
from God!
The gospel of Jesus is the gospel of
peace. So watch out! If it is adding to
your peace, then it is an increase in the
knowledge of the truth. But if it is
subtracting from your peace, then
watch out! The enemy is seeking an
opportunity to bring you into heresy.
I mean peace, not pretence! The
peace of God that passes all
understanding, the one that cannot be
upset. The one that is established and
firm, that is the Word from the Lord.

IT MUST BE PROFITABLE

Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer,

the Holy One of Israel; I am the
LORD thy God which teacheth thee to
profit, which leadeth thee by the way
that thou shouldest go.
Isaiah 48:17
If it is the doctrine of Christ, it will
add to you, teaching you to profit. The
Good News version of Colossians 1:6
says the gospel keeps bringing
blessings.
When it is not adding to you, watch
out! It is not the gospel! “The thief
cometh not but for to steal…” To steal
means to reduce, that is, to reduce you.
But Jesus said, “I am come that you
may have…” that is, to add to you.
When that new discovery is not adding
to you, it is not from Christ, it is the
doctrine of devils!
2 Timothy 3:16-17 tells us:
All scripture is given by inspiration
of God, and is profitable for doctrine,
for reproof, for correction, for
instruction in righteousness:
That the man of God may be
perfect, throughly furnished unto all
good works.
The principles of Christ in the
scriptures are profitable. When it is not
profiting you, it is not a doctrine of the
scripture, it is a deception of the devil.
So watch out!
For unto us was the gospel
preached, as well as unto them: but
the word preached did not profit them,
not being mixed with faith in them
that heard it.
Hebrews 4:2
This simply means that the mission
of whatever word preached is to profit
the one who receives it. When it is not
profiting you, when it is not adding to
you, it is not the Word.
For bodily exercise profiteth little:
but godliness is profitable unto all
things, having promise of the life that
now is, and of that which is to come.
1 Timothy 4:8
friends, following God is profitable
in all realms! Progress in business,
progress at home, everywhere, peace
galore!
I welcome you to the profitable
realm of life!
 Once again, if it is the doctrine of
Christ, it comes along with peace. If it
is the Word of God, the mission is to
profit you, to add to you. It doesn’t
reduce people.
From today, you will no longer
reduce!
 Chapter 8

Start Thinking!

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is

he…
Proverbs 23:7
Our lives are determined by our
thoughts. The Bible shows that great
thinkers effect great exploits. God
commands thinking:
Come now, and let us reason
together, saith the LORD: though your
sins be as scarlet, they shall be as
white as snow; though they be red like
crimson, they shall be as wool.
 If ye be willing and obedient, ye
shall eat the good of the land:
But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall
be devoured with the sword: for the
mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Isaiah 1:18-20
Thinking is therefore a law in the
kingdom. If only you will observe this
law. Thinking in line with God is what
I am talking about – thinking through
the Word of God.
The woman with the issue of blood
in Mark 5:25-34, thought her way
through. She said in her heart, “If I
may but touch the hem of the garment
of Him that is healing the sick and
setting free the captives, I shall be
made whole” (paraphrased). Her
thought prepared the way for her
action, and her action resulted in a
manifestation for her.
And even as they did not like to
retain God in their knowledge, God
gave them over to a reprobate mind, to
do those things which are not
convenient.
Romans 1:28
Every time God’s knowledge is
rejected, the mind becomes reprobate,
unproductive and unclean! Everyone
who is not saved carries a reprobate
mind. But everyone who is born again
has a regenerated mind.
Friends, you have a gift of God on
your inside. It is the gift of a sound
mind (2 Tim. 1:6-7). You will begin to
obtain sound results as you engage
your mind in reasoning.
There is good in the land, but it is
for those who reason and think.
God said, “Come let us reason
together. “Everything blocking your
access to the good of the land, I will
expose to you. As I expose it to you
and you deal with it, you will begin to
eat the good of the land.”
“But we have the mind of Christ”
says 1 Corinthians 2:16. So, you cannot
be stranded in any situation. You have
the mind of Christ, Who is also called
“The Way.” So, you have the way out!
What a joy to know that you cannot be
hedged in by the wicked! Thinking is
as strong as praying.
 In Ephesians 3:20, the Bible says:
Now unto him that is able to do
exceeding abundantly above all that
we ask or think, according to the
power that worketh in us.
So, God answers our thoughts as He
does our prayers.
According to Romans 12:2,
transformation of life is for thinkers. In
history, great thinkers have been
known to be pacesetters. You can’t get
more from life than what your thought
pattern presents!

THE PRODIGAL SON

Thinking is a responsibility for anyone

that desires transformation.
The devil couldn’t stop the prodigal
son from coming to himself. The Bible
said he came to himself. That is, he
spoke to himself, he made an altar call
for himself, he responded to the call by
himself, and led himself home to his
father.
And he said, A certain man had
two sons:
And the younger of them said to
his father, Father, give me the portion
of goods that falleth to me. And he
divided unto them his living.
And not many days after the
younger son gathered all together, and
took his journey into a far country,
and there wasted his substance with
riotous living.
And when he had spent all, there
arose a mighty famine in that land;
and he began to be in want.
And he went and joined himself to
a citizen of that country; and he sent
him into his fields to feed swine.
And he would fain have filled his
belly with the husks that the swine did
eat: and no man gave unto him.
And when he came to himself, he
said, How many hired servants of my
father’s have bread enough and to
spare, and I perish with hunger!
I will arise and go to my father,
and will say unto him, Father, I have
sinned against heaven, and before
thee
 Luke 15:11-18
And immediately, his shame was
exchanged for dignity!
Deep thoughts will produce great
results.
The great character problem we
have in the body of Christ today is as a
result of the non-thinking multitudes of
Christians, complacent Christians, who
just think that things will change on
their own.
Nothing changes its own. Every
change is consciously effected. And no
change takes place without thoughts!
A thought gives birth to a decision,
and a decision that is acted upon
becomes manifestation.
Stop and think!
 Come let us reason together…”
That is, thinking – through the ways of
God, the plans of God, and the purpose
of God for your destiny.
In the book of Job we read:
I said, Days should speak, and
multitude of years should teach
wisdom.
But there is a spirit in man: and
the inspiration of the Almighty giveth
them understanding.
Great men are not always wise:
neither do the aged understand
judgment.
Job 32:7-9
It is meditation that provokes
inspiration. And inspiration sparks off
manifestation!
 When Jesus came to this earth, the
Bible says the Spirit of the Lord gave
Him quick understanding in the fear of
the Lord (Isa. 11:3).
When you are born again, it is that
same spirit that is fired into your mind,
to burn off the impurities there. This is
what makes your mind superior to a
natural mind. It is a mind that has a
spirit in it (Eph. 4:23).
So, there is a spirit in your mind
that charges it to produce excellence. It
is called “an excellent spirit” (Dan.
6:3). It resides in your mind, to
produce excellence and dignity.
Scientists have it that all brains are of
the same human make up. So why
doesn’t yours work the way it should?
Why should a redeemed soul wake up
in the morning confused? When the
scriptures have made it clear that you
have a sound mind.
Friends, it’s time to convince
yourself that you have the mind of
Christ. How then can you be stranded?
The reason is simply because you
didn’t bother to stir up your mind. It’s
time to stir it up (2 Tim. 1:6).
When you stop thinking, you start
stinking!
Get ready! Start thinking! So you
can turn everything around you around,
until you become the envy of your
community, your nation, and the whole
world!
 WORK ON YOUR MIND!

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by

the mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
acceptable unto God, which is your
reasonable service.
And be not conformed to this
world: but be ye transformed by the
renewing of your mind, that ye may
prove what is that good, and
acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Romans 12:1-2
Every transformation begins in the
mind. There is no change in life outside
the mind. The mind sets the pace for
every change that a man or woman
experiences in life.
No change ever comes to be except
as initiated in the mind.
A local dialect in Nigeria has a very
powerful word for repentance. It calls
it “thinking to change your character or
habit”. This agrees with, “But be ye
transformed by the renewing of your
mind…” It is a change on the inside
that brings about a change on the
outside.
We don’t cry for a change, we think
through for a change! A breakthrough
in mind equals an automatic
breakthrough in life. I wish that all the
“praying throughs” that people do were
appropriately changed to “thinking
throughs”. Then, we would have been
through long ago!
I once came across a quote that
says, “Very many think once a year,
few think twice. I have set a record by
thinking at least once a week.”
There will never be a change except
as initiated by a change in the mind.
Unfortunately, very many are not
thinking, so very many are not
changing.
It is not prayer that brought the
prodigal son back. Luke 15:17 says,
“And when he came to himself…”
He didn’t bind the devil! A change
in his thought was all he needed for his
change of destiny. He said, “I will arise
and go to my father, enough is
enough!” He didn’t say, “Satan, let me
go!”
Isaiah put it in a very colourful
way. He said, no mater how neck deep
you are in sin, the Lord says:
Come now, and let us reason
together, saith the LORD: though your
sins be as scarlet, they shall be as
white as snow; though they be red like
crimson, they shall be as wool.
Isaiah 1:18
No matter the depth of
waywardness, covenant provoking
thoughts will rescue anyone from the
dungeons of Satan!
We have cried enough! If we think
half the way we have cried, our light
would have since broken forth out of
obscurity! There are very few thinkers!
That’s why there are so many
“stinkers”. The Bible says:
For what man knoweth the things
of a man, save the spirit of man which
is in him?...
1 Corinthians 2:11
No other man knows the level
where you really are now, but you.
Nobody’s light shines without
thinking! It is the quality of your
thoughts that determines the intensity
of your thoughts that determines the
intensity of your light. The brightness
of your light is determined by the
brightness of your thinking. That is the
way out.
There is no transformation without
mind renewal. It is a change in the
mind that effects a change on the
outside.
Thinking is a lifelong
responsibility!
If you don’t want your sun to go
down, get into covenant Bible – based,
thoughts, that will cause every
darkness around you to be subdued, and
the light of heaven to cover you and
overtake you.
It takes quality thinking to shine
brightly!
For which of you, intending to
build a tower, sitteth not down first,
and counteth the cost, whether he
have sufficient to finish it?
Luke 14:28
So the depth of your spiritual
thought determines the height of your
tower.
There is no chain on you that
covenant thoughts cannot break! I see a
breakthrough in mental dignity coming
your way! Bringing you out from every
trouble and every chain!
Just settle down and think! Stop
pointing accusing fingers at others!
You are absolutely responsible for your
present position. If you want to have a
breakthrough, stop looking for who to
blame.
The prodigal son didn’t say “If it
were not for that friend who misled
me…” Nor did he say it was Satan that
deceived him. He was simply
available!
 You have been giving tithes and
offerings, and you can’t see the results.
Sit down and think, “Why is this thing
not working for me also?” All that a
wife-beater needs to sit down and
think. If that thought is deeply rooted
in the Word of God, it will liberate
him! He will just walk into liberty as
though that bondage never existed.
You can shed off any weight, you
know! All you need to do is sit down
and talk to yourself. “Where am I
going? Who am I? what is my target?
What do I see in my destiny? How do I
get there?” Just sit down! Until you sit
down, you don’t return! You need
speed to return from your prodigal
journeys, before the Father closes the
gate! Isaiah 30:15, “In returning and
rest shall ye be saved.”
He said “Come now…” Now is the
time to reason with God.
The devil knows the importance of
the mind. He knows you never gain
access to light without the mind. So he
blinds people’s minds.
For I know nothing by myself; yet
am I not hereby justified: but he that
judgeth me is the Lord.
2 Corinthians 4:4
When the mind is blinded, nothing
shines!
The Holy Ghost is the one that
sharpens your mental capability. Isaiah
11:3 says, “And shall make him of
quick understanding in the fear of the
Lord…”
Your baptism in the Holy Ghost is
not just for speaking in tongues. It also
enhances mental prowess, surprising
intelligence, the ability to reason in the
class of God, to enhance liberty and
freedom! It’s time to reason!
When you are born again, your
mind becomes an asset for a
revolution.
By the grace of God, this ministry
is where it is today by quality thinking.
Thinking gets me excited!
You locate solutions if you give
your mind to reasoning. You will be
able to chart a course for yourself.
There is no problem without solution.
You only need to sit down, and think
through!
You must place value on your
mind, in order to do exploits. No
matter what you might be facing today,
you will only get to know the way out
through your mind. If your mind is
dead, you won’t appreciate God’s
ways.
When the Church starts thinking,
our faith will begin to produce much
more than we have ever seen. God
won’t think for you! You have to think
for yourself.
Proverbs 16:33 says:
The lot is cast into the lap; but the
whole disposing thereof is of the
LORD.
It’s time to tell the Lord, “I think
this and that, what do you think about
this?” He will either tell you that you
are correct, or tell you to make certain
amendments.
You can’t say, “Now, God, think
for me, I’m ready.” He doesn’t think
for people. You have to commit
yourself to thinking.
The only way you can prove what
the perfect will of God is, is by making
use of your renewed mind.
If you want life to be very fulfilling
for you, it is your responsibility to
think.
…for then thou shalt make thy
way prosperous, and then thou shalt
have good success.
Joshua 1:8
 Friends, I do a lot of thinking. I
reason, I see my mind as a treasure for
exploration and exploitation. I want to
make a mark on this earth, so I have to
put my mind to work.
All things are lawful for me, but
all things are not expedient: all things
are lawful for me, but all things edify
not.
1 Corinthians 10:23
Your new mind is activated as you
set out to identify where God is leading
you. Until your mind begins to actively
co-operate with God, things in the
kingdom won’t be meaningful to you.
We need to engage our senses in an
active participation with our faith, in
order to move in the direction God is
leading us.
Don’t forget that great verse in the
Bible that says, “We have the mind of
Christ”. What an asset! Jesus was
never confused. He knew what to do at
every point in time. You have that
same mind that has all the potentials to
bail you out whenever you are
stranded.
Every gift of God lies dormant until
you stir it up. Paul said to Timothy,
“Stir up the gift of God that is in thee.”
So, it’s time to work on your mind!
If only we will use our minds the
way we are supposed to, our rigorous
prayers will reduce.
Instead of crying and shouting, let’s
start reasoning together with God.
 There are some prayers I write
down before presenting them to God. I
sit down comfortably and make sure I
organize my presentation. Then I say,
“Lord, this is the issue at stake; but
because You said so and so, I perceive
that what is going on ought not to be
so. It’s time for You to act, Lord!”
Friends, you have talked to God
long enough! It is now time to sit down
to reason with him.
He said:
Put me in remembrance: let us
plead together: declare thou, that thou
mayest be justified.
Isaiah 43:26
It’s time to start reasoning together
with God and engaging our minds
adequately in the pursuit of excellence.
Having walked with God for
something now, I have come to
appreciate that every assignment
heaven hands down to a man requires
his mind for it to be executed. All God
does is show you the task, you then
have to settle down, engage your
senses, and consider how you are going
to accomplish the task.
Your mind is a friend, take
advantage of it, and reap the heritage
that you have in God!
You were created to think. I pray
that your mind be opened today, for
excellence and exploits!
Your mind is a covenant asset that
will lead you to your inheritance in
God. Stir it up! Engage it adequately,
until it produces results for you.
Some Christians are trying to run
the race with only the Spirit. It’s not
possible! God does not approve of
stupidity in the name of faith! Our
senses must come alive.
It is time, for example, to start
thinking of how you can distinguish
yourself in your trade. It is time to set a
new fire ablaze in your brain! You will
then begin to operate the wisdom of the
ancient.
You are licensed to reason, but let
God have the final say on the steps you
are taking. When God has spoken, He
has spoken; but to make His Word
produce requires your active
participation. You need to engage
yourself actively in the pursuit of
excellence. Get into excellent
reasoning! Once your mind is sharp
enough, no one can deceive you.
Your mind must be put to work
before things will begin to happen for
you the way you expect. It’s time to
take advantage of this treasure.
Spiritual things require an active
engagement of the mind to be
comprehended.
Ministry, for example, is a spiritual
assignment. I set myself apart to
reason, before stepping into it. I had so
many questions that God had to
answer. I didn’t want to beg! As a
matter of fact, I hate begging!
Consequently, from an early age, I
have always loved work.
Friends, it’s time to stop running
about like the horse and the mule that
have no understanding! It’s time to
return the gold back to the temple.
I read about a man, who at 80
became the head of department in a
university! He was still sound in mind,
writing and making powerful
presentations! And there are some at
40, looking 90, because their minds are
old!
The older your mind, the older your
body, because as a man thinks in his
heart, so is he. If your thoughts are not
updated, your life will become very
old!
 THE POWER OF IMAGINATION

Whatever you will become in life is a

product of what you think. Your mind
is the battle ground for the conflicts of
life.
Every man is a captive of his
thoughts. But your hour of deliverance
has come! You are a child of destiny!
All you need is a sense of
responsibility, so as to retain God’s
great plan for your life. Your tomorrow
is well-defined and you are going
forward!
And the whole earth was of one
language, and of one speech.
And it came to pass, as they
journeyed from the east, that they
found a plain in the land of Shinar;
and they dwelt there.
And they said one to another, Go
to, let us make brick, and burn them
thoroughly. And they had brick for
stone, and slime had they for mortar.
And they said, Go to, let us build
us a city and a tower, whose top may
reach unto heaven; and let us make us
a name, lest we be scattered abroad
upon the face of the whole earth.
And the LORD came down to see
the city and the tower, which the
children of men builded.
And the LORD said, Behold, the
people is one, and they have all one
language; and this they begin to do:
and now nothing will be restrained
from them, which they have imagined
to do.
Genesis 11:1-6
God cannot stop your imaginations
from becoming manifestations. When
you imagine success, it comes your
way.
The issue of imagine centres
around the mind. Instead of fighting
the devil day and night, let us face what
goes on in our minds, and we will
discover how helpless the devil is!
If you can’t stop a man from
thinking success, you won’t be able to
stop him from speaking, acting and
eventually enjoying success.
Everything a man will ever say is a
product of what is going on in his
mind. For:
…out of the abundance of the
heart the mouth speaketh.
Matthew 12:34
You can’t stop a man from talking
sickness if he has not stopped thinking
sickness. Nor can you stop a man from
talking success, as long as he thinks
success.
What you think is what you will
talk. And what you talk is what you
will get. God can’t stop your
imaginations.
I met some people some years
back, who were of the opinion that the
reason they were backward was
because they were from a certain part
of the country. It is sad to know that so
many Christians still think that way till
today. They have forgotten that God
answers thoughts, the same way He
answers prayers. Ephesians 3:20 says:
Now unto him that is able to do
exceeding abundantly above all that
we ask or think, according to the
power that worketh in us.
If you want to enjoy unlimited
success, or total liberty, then begin to
think it. I was reading the story of the
most successful pastor in the world,
David Yonggi Cho. I discovered that
when he had 300 people, he was
treating them like 3,000 people. So,
eventually his church became 3,000.
And what happened next? The church
just kept growing and growing!
Lift up now thine eyes, and look
from the place where thou art
northward, and southward, and
eastward, and westward.
Genesis 13:14
This is what imagination is all
about. What you see in your tomorrow
is what you will actually encounter.
Thank God for visions. But thank God
also for imaginations. They are a
mystery in Christian adventure. Every
battle of life is either won or lost in the
mind.
For though we walk in the flesh,
we do not war after the flesh:
(For the weapons of our warfare
are not carnal, but mighty through
God to the pulling down of strong
holds;)
Casting down imaginations, and
every high thing that exalteth itself
against the knowledge of God, and
bringing into captivity every thought
to the obedience of Christ
2 Corinthians 10:3-5
Strongholds include negative
imaginations, and every high thing that
exalts itself against the knowledge of
God. No matter how sound your
imagination may seem to be, once it is
against the knowledge of God, cast it
down! Many of you seem to have so
much confidence in your dreams. If
you are not careful, they will become
your god, particularly when they are
against the knowledge of God.
Supposing you dreamt that you had
an accident, and you then begin to
expect to have one at the very place
you saw it, watch it! Your imagination
will not be restrained from becoming
manifestations. The moment you don’t
cast down negative imaginations, they
will cast you down!
I do believe that more than 90% of
the evil that come people’s way are
pre-meditated.
Thank God for wonderful dreams!
Joseph dreamt a dream that was in line
with his destiny, and he held on to it.
Some already know the age at
which they will die. How? They have
had one dream or the other, so, they set
their minds on it. You hear people say
things like, “Well, anything can happen
at any time!”
Watch it friends, negative
imaginations are nothing but traps of
the devil to get you stranded! Don’t
allow yourself to be a victim of them.
Until you stop thinking success,
you won’t stop succeeding. Until you
stop thinking good health, you won’t
become sick.
For as he thinketh in his heart, so
is he…
Proverbs 23:7
Some singles have already seen
themselves struggling to have children;
it is right there in their minds. And
they claim God revealed such things to
them. Anything against the knowledge
of God is a trap of the devil.
There are many, however, who have
been lifted and exalted by their positive
imaginations; while many others have
been ruined by their negative
imaginations.
What are you supposed to do with
negative imaginations? Cast them
down! No matter how high they may
seem. It’s time to bring every thought
to the obedience of Christ.
And having in a readiness to
revenge all disobedience, when your
obedience is fulfilled.
2 Corinthians 10:6
You must be smart enough not to
allow negative thoughts to remain on
your mind. As they occur, you must
fight them! Arrest them! The Bible
commands us to “prove all things” (1
Thess. 5:21).
Friends, God tempts no man with
evil. Every evil thought is a scheming
of the devil. Fight it! That medical
report you are thinking about is not the
truth. Hear what Lamentations 3:37
says:
Who is he that saith, and it cometh
to pass, when the Lord commandeth it
not?
Your family cannot be broken!
Your children cannot fail!
You have a job to do! Don’t watch
the devil destroy your destiny! Fight
him!
 Mental warfare is so important, as
every evil deed starts from the thoughts
of the heart. Don’t let any negative
thought last a second in you. Fight it!
“Having in readiness to revenge…”
Stop it! Tell the devil you are going to
live to fulfil the number of your days.
Don’t let him harass you with the
thought of death.
Every revelation you encounter in
your studies, integrate it into your
imagination. Let your discoveries
mould your thoughts, and great shall be
your future. Friends, until this aspect of
your life is in place, your destiny is not
secure!
You must tame your thoughts
before they tear you down!
 God’s Word makes it clear that
until you are born again, you have a
reprobate mind that thinks and evokes
evil (Rom. 1:28).
But once God’s Word is used to
flush your mind, you will begin to
think things that are pure, lovely and of
good report.
There is a syllabus for your thought
life. It’s in Philippians 4:8:
Finally, brethren, whatsoever
things are true, whatsoever things are
honest, whatsoever things are just,
whatsoever things are pure,
whatsoever things are lovely,
whatsoever things are of good report;
if there be any virtue, and if there be
any praise, think on these things.
 The truth available to you must
affect the way you think.
I am so sure I can never fail. How
do I know? God’s Word has renewed
my mind. I now think in line with
God’s thoughts. The Bible is made up
of the thoughts of God, packaged in
written form. These are the ways of
God (Isa. 55:9). God’s Word will
renew your mind, so that you begin to
think His thoughts.
The devil knows how powerful
imaginations can be, so he infuses
devilish imaginations into people.
We need to locate the right
weapons of war and fight anything that
is out to corrupt our minds, so as not to
allow them corrupt our lives.
 Imaginations and every high thing
includes philosophies of men, doctors’
reports, Central Bank reports, etc –
everything that any rank or caliber of
man has to say, that is contrary to the
knowledge of God. You must cast them
down by putting on the whole armour
of God, and using all your weapons.
When you receive the truth, the
power of God begins to work to effect
it. In the same way, when you receive a
lie of the devil, his power begins to
work to bring these lies to pass.
Friends, you have a great future!
Don’t let the devil steal it from you!
I want you to know that the Word
of God works! Whatever is contrary to
the truth originated from the devil.
 The Bible says to resist the devil
and he will flee from you. And 1 Peter
1:13 says:
Wherefore gird up the loins of
your mind, be sober, and hope to the
end for the grace that is to be brought
unto you at the revelation of Jesus
Christ
God says whatever you imagine, no
force can stop. When you imagine
good, it will come. When you imagine
evil, no man will be able to stop it
either. The choice is yours.
Your imagination will either make
you or break you! It will either build
you or destroy you! It will either make
you or mar you! Make your choice! As
far as your eyes can see, you will
possess.
 Chapter 9

Going Beyond Hearing And Reading

Blessed is the man that walketh not in

the counsel of the ungodly, nor
standeth in the way of sinners, nor
sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
But his delight is in the law of the
LORD; and in his law doth he
meditate day and night.
And he shall be like a tree planted
by the rivers of water, that bringeth
forth his fruit in his season; his leaf
also shall not wither; and whatsoever
he doeth shall prosper.
 Psalm 1:1-3
David is one of the most enviable
characters in the scriptures. His walk
with God was a triumphant one.
The Bible says we must be
followers of them who through faith
and patience inherit the promise. This
is the reason we are considering this
Psalm of David.
Now, what did the man in our text
above do?
First, he chose the right company.
Next his delight was in the law of the
lord, and upon it he meditates day and
night!
Every time you ponder on God’s
Word, you get refreshed. Your leaves
never wither, so that you bring forth
fruit in due season, and whatsoever you
do, prospers.

MEDITATION

Delight thyself also in the LORD: and

he shall give thee the desires of thine
heart.
Psalm 37:4
It is time to despise every other
thing and exalt God, so that He can
grant you the desires of your heart.
Don’t delight yourself in things,
delight yourself in the Lord.
My soul shall be satisfied as with
marrow and fatness; and my mouth
shall praise thee with joyful lips:
 When I remember thee upon my
bed, and meditate on thee in the night
watches.
Psalm 63:5-6
When God becomes the centre of
your meditation, your soul will be
satisfied with fatness.
You can’t be a “mediator” and
remain on the floor! If you want to
enjoy the full benefits of the Christian
life, it is time to give yourself to
meditation. Then you will be surprised
at what the Lord will do.
I will remember the works of the
LORD: surely I will remember thy
wonders of old.
I will meditate also of all thy work,
and talk of thy doings.
 Psalm 77:11-12
David, the ever-winning kind, was
the one talking here. And why was he
always winning? Because he wouldn’t
stop meditating on the word.
Any testimony you hear, and you
desire to see the same come to pass in
your life, you just must sit down and
digest it. Agree that God is at work,
and He will manifest Himself to you.
O how I love thy law! it is my
meditation all the day.
Thou through thy commandments
hast made me wiser than mine
enemies: for they are ever with me.
I have more understanding than
all my teachers: for thy testimonies
are my meditation.
 Psalm 119:97-99
Meditation was one of the key
secrets behind David’s triumphs. He
was a God-thinker! Not a man
overtaken by thoughts of what to eat or
what to put on. No!
When you get into the act of
meditation, you are rubbing your
natural mind with God’s divine mind.
And just as iron sharpens iron, God’s
mind will quicken your mortal mind.
Somebody once asked me, “Do you
cram scriptures?” I can’t remember
when I last sat down to consciously
memorize scriptures. But I eat them!
(Jer. 15:16).
Now, no matter how dull you may
be, if I ask you to remember what you
ate for lunch or dinner two days ago,
you will. Friends, once you begin to
“eat” scriptures, you won’t forget
them!
God’s Word must become your real
food, and you must begin to digest it
properly, so that it will produce
amazing results for you.
And Isaac went out to meditate in
the field at the eventide: and he lifted
up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the
camels were coming.
Genesis 24:63
As you go forth to meditate, as you
lift up your eyes, you will begin to see
the camels coming, bringing your
answers along!
I went out to meditate one evening.
I was thinking about the majesty and
faithfulness of God. I got so filled with
God’s presence, and then I saw the
“camels” coming! They came and
never went back.
Spend some time just walking
around your church premises or your
family compound at home, lift up your
hands and eyes to the Lord, and say,
“Lord I know prosperity is real. I know
you don’t lie. Nothing is too hard for
you. You are a covenant-keeping God.
You are ever so dependable and
reliable! I love you Lord! Show me
what needs to be put right”.
There was a day I was pondering on
the story of creation and I discovered
that God didn’t create microphones,
tapes, tables, etc. Human beings
created them. How? By exhibiting
divine nature! That challenged my
mind to supernatural productivity!
Hear some observers’ comments on
Michael Faraday:
“Michael Faraday read the gospel
very slowly and reverently, with such
an intelligent interpretation of the
meaning, such that I thought I had
never heard the gospel before.”
Another said, “Faraday seemed to
make the most out of the words of
scriptures, to get the best out of every
statement of scripture.
His sermons reflected a thorough
knowledge of the Bible, as he quoted
extensively and accurately from
scriptures”.
This goes to show us the source of
true knowledge. Faraday had a
thorough knowledge of the Bible and
quoted extensively and accurately from
it. This is a product of qualitative
meditation. Friends, you can affect
your generation!
This man was a star in the field of
science, yet he spent all his time
studying the Bible.
God said to Joshua:
This book of the law shall not
depart out of thy mouth; but thou
shalt meditate therein day and night,
that thou mayest observe to do
according to all that is written
therein: for then thou shalt make thy
way prosperous, and then thou shalt
have good success.
Joshua 1:8
The Bible is the book of success. It
is indeed the success story of the
Creator, the secret behind His ability.
Every man’s wisdom is brought to
light by the words he speaks. Whatever
a man voices out reveals how wise that
man is.
You want to be prosperous and
have good success? Then you must find
out what meditation entails, as it is a
basic requirement for success.
You may contact ordinary success
without it, but good success comes by
meditation.
 WHAT REALLY IS MEDITATION?

God’s Word is food, food for the spirit.

Jeremiah 15:16 says:
Thy words were found, and I did
eat them; and thy word was unto me
the joy and rejoicing of mine heart:
for I am called by thy name, O LORD
God of hosts.
When you begin to see God’s Word
as food, you will easily grasp what
meditation is all about.
Physical food makes no impact on
the body until it is digested. Meditation
could be likened to digestion; but this
time around, the digestion of spiritual
food.
 Many people have been taught of
the need for them to pray through (that
is, to have a breakthrough), but I think
more solutions will come our ways by
just thinking through. Because:
… Wisdom is better than
strength…Wisdom is better than
weapons of war….
Ecclesiastes 9:16, 18
No food is useful to the body until
it is digested. Likewise, God’s Word,
will not have any impact on your life
until you digest it.
For unto us was the gospel
preached, as well as unto them: but
the word preached did not profit them,
not being mixed with faith in them
that heard it.
 Hebrews 4:2
There must first of all be a mixing
of the Word, before its profit will come
our way. Something must go on with
the Word you have heard or read,
before you can profit thereby.
The word meditation means to
ponder on, to think through, to examine
in details, or to use your thinking
abilities.
The hour has come for the Holy
Ghost to open the eyes of your
understanding!
Many of us have The Book, but The
Book has not been part of us, because
we have not digested it. Mediation is a
type of mastication, digestion,
assimilation and absorbtion. Until the
Word is properly absorbed, it won’t
find its way into your system. This is
where many of us miss the profit that is
in the Word of God.
You have read certain scriptures,
but you just don’t seem to be feeling
their impact. Why? You have not yet
absorbed them into your life.
Paul the Apostle said to Timothy:
Till I come, give attendance to
reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
Neglect not the gift that is in thee,
which was given thee by prophecy,
with the laying on of the hands of the
presbytery.
Meditate upon these things; give
thyself wholly to them; that thy
profiting may appear to all.
 Take heed unto thyself, and unto
the doctrine; continue in them: for in
doing this thou shalt both save thyself,
and them that hear thee.
1 Timothy 4:13-16
It’s time to ponder upon the things
you are hearing and reading. Give more
earnest attention to them. Separate the
dross from the silver, and you will have
profits that cannot be hidden.
Many hear, many read, many learn,
but very few take out time to think over
the things they have heard and learned.
Friends, it takes meditation to get
the treasures out of the Word of God. It
takes qualitative meditation to draw
virtue out of God’s Word.
Anytime you have problems with
your digestive system, you discover
that it becomes a major problem to
your whole body. Until you are able to
grind the Word of God properly, it will
not benefit your life.
Many years ago, I was meditating
on the kind of brain Daniel and his
colleagues had. As I was doing this, I
got to 2 Corinthians 3:7-8 which says:
But if the ministration of death,
written and engraven in stones, was
glorious, so that the children of Israel
could not stedfastly behold the face of
Moses for the glory of his
countenance; which glory was to be
done away:
How shall not the ministration of
the spirit be rather glorious?
 As I was pondering over this great
Word, and at the same time imaging
Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and
Abednego, I could clearly see that what
they had cannot be compared to what is
available to us today.
The Bible tells us that of all men
born of woman, none was greater than
John the Baptist, and this includes
those Hebrew boys. And yet the least in
the kingdom is greater than John. This
means that the least in the kingdom is
far greater than Daniel, Shadrach,
Meshach and Abednego.
Immediately this Word entered into
me, my brain was circumcised!
Fortunately, I had an examination to
write the following day, so I had
enough opportunity to manifest in this
new realm of insight.
With ease I was able to answer the
five questions given. As I was writing
the fifth one, I felt like my brain was
going to explode! I was blessed with
such powerful insights into the
question that I answered the question
from an angle that was nowhere near
what we were taught in class.
At a stage, I decided to take it from
my lecturer’s approach also, just in
case this new insight of mine doesn’t
please him. At the end of the day, he
marked the six answers right, and I
scored 120%! He then came to himself
and realized that I couldn’t possible
score 120 over 100! So, he cancelled
120 and wrote 100%.
Friends, no matter how sweet the
juice in an orange is, until you squeeze
it, it won’t come out.
Meditation connects us to the
source of soundness.
It is very important to understand
that anything you hear or read, and you
don’t take time to ponder on will just
add weight to your system. You will
just be looking duller and duller
because the food is undigested.
It is important to note that reading
and hearing, without meditation equals
frustration. You can’t avoid meditation
and expect to arrive at excellence.
If you must partake of God’s divine
nature, you must eat divine food and
digest it properly. You just must create
time to think.
How many chapters you are able to
read is not as important as how much
you are able to grasp. What matters
really is the impact of what you have
read upon your life.
There is so much profit and
benefits in God’s Word, but it will take
you knowing how to approach it, to get
anything out of it. Until you experience
a definite impartation, you don’t stand
to benefit from what you have read.
It is time for the sick to begin to
ponder on healing scriptures, such as:
And ye shall serve the LORD your
God, and he shall bless thy bread, and
thy water; and I will take sickness
away from the midst of thee.
There shall nothing cast their
young, nor be barren, in thy land: the
number of thy days I will fulfil.
Exodus 23:25-26
It’s time to tell yourself, “Truly I
serve the Lord, and He abides faithful
and cannot deny Himself. He has
already taken sickness away from me,
so whatever appears like sickness is
fake. It is just an attempt of the enemy
to confuse me. If I am faithful enough
to serve God, He will always be
faithful enough to commit Himself to
what He has said.”
It is time to settle down and
assimilate some of the powerful words
you just rush over. You will then see
how much benefits are awaiting you
therein.
You are the one to determine what
becomes of your future. Nobody is to
blame if you are not doing well.
If everybody in the body of Christ
will dare to become a “meditator”, the
volume of what we hear and read on a
continuous basis is enough to establish
a revolution.
No one can read for you to pass an
examination. No one can think for
another. Meditation is a non-
transferable responsibility. No one can
meditate on your behalf.
The devil will go all out to distract
you, because he is not ignorant of the
inherent power in meditation. What
does he do? He makes sure that your
mind begins to wander, and you start
asking yourself, while still gazing at
the Word of God, “How will I pay my
bills? How will I pay my house rent?”
He knows you won’t enjoy the benefits
of the Word, except you get connected
to heaven.
I wish some of you who go to pray
for seven days will just think for two
days. It is in the process of meditation
that the benefits of scriptures are
released.
I have never had to say a word of
prayer about my family since I got
married, but I live the Word in that
area. It rules me and my decisions.
Religious warriors may not
understand what I am saying. I am a
spiritual winner, so I don’t care what
you might feel. Rather than get worried
on an issue, I settle down to meditate,
and begin to suck honey out of the
rock!
In the process of meditation, God
will always tell you what to do. Did the
people pray at that marriage in Cana of
Galilee? No! But wine came! Jesus will
always show you which way to go.
“Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it”
(Jn. 2:5).
Friends, if we can only create time
to think, this world will fear the Church
of Jesus!
I believe strongly that whether it is
a book or the Bible I am reading, every
line has some benefits. So, I take out
time to ponder on what I am reading,
line by line, at the end of which I come
out with a solution without sweat!
Listen to me, your cries don’t make
any impart in prayers, only your
“strong reasons”. And it is only strong
thinking that brings about strong
reasons.
Produce your cause, saith the
LORD; bring forth your strong
reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
Isaiah 41:21
Friends, it’s time to settle down!
No one will ever become wise
without thinking. Wisdom is simply
the ability to think well. Resourceful,
productive thinking is what is known as
wisdom.
Beginning from this hour, the world
around you will begin to take notice of
you!
Just get hold of the Word of
success and ponder on it. Take hold on
the Word of prosperity, of divine
protection, of divine health, and dig
deep into them.
Never assume that because you
know where a scripture is, that you are
already tapping from it. Terrific
discoveries come to you by meditation!
Whereby are given unto us
exceeding great and precious
promises: that by these ye might be
partakers of the divine nature, having
escaped the corruption that is in the
world through lust.
2 Peter 1:4
you can only draw virtue from
these great and exceeding precious
promises by meditation.
It’s time to go beyond hearing and
reading! You must begin to absorb
what you have heard and read, and
thins will take a new turn!
May the Lord give you grace to
settle down with God’s Word, until its
benefits begin to work in your life, in
Jesus precious name!
 Chapter 10

Spiritual Demands

Responsibility is the price we must pay

for greatness. No irresponsible person
will ever become great. It takes
discipline to be distinguished.
And one thing that turns dreams
into reality and impossibilities into
possibilities, is unequalled dedication.
No irresponsible person will ever taste
greatness.
Ecclesiastes 10:5 says:
There is an evil which I have seen
under the sun, as AN ERROR which
proceedeth from the ruler
Three things are outlined as being
responsible for bringing down the
prince. The first thing that brought
down the princes was lack of direction.
But Ecclesiastes 10:10 says:
…Wisdom is profitable to direct.
Lack of direction robs people of
success. Don’t be a Jack of all trades
and master of nothing! You must know
where you are going and take time to
learn how to get there.
The next is found in Ecclesiastes
10:16:
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king
is a child, and thy princes eat in the
morning!
This is a typical example of
indiscipline.
Irresponsibility dethrones people, it
robs covenant children of their
covenant success. You can’t go on
behaving like a child and expect to be
enthroned. Galatians 4:1 says:
Now I say, That the heir, as long
as he is a child, differeth nothing from
a servant, though he be lord of all.
If an heir to the throne loses his
father at the age of ten, will he be
enthroned? There is no way God will
enthrone anyone who is still a baby!
When you cry every five minutes, and
find yourself pointing accusing fingers
at one person or the other, how can you
ascend the throne? The blessings of
God come in weights:
 For our light affliction, which is
but for a moment, worketh for us a far
more exceeding and eternal weight of
glory
2 Corinthians 4:17
God is not a wicked God! He won’t
place glory on you that is more than
what you can handle. For example,
there are people that God can’t give a
million naira or a million dollars today,
because He might lose them and lose
the million! They will take off at such
an alarming speed!
If you belong to this group, cry as
you may, God won’t take you higher
than where you are now.
Indiscipline is the major problem
of many Christians!
 Can you imagine that a man and his
wife are both unemployed, and yet they
have two cars parked in their garage.
And rather than find a job or a solution
to their situation, they both sit down at
ease, watching television, with their
legs crossed!
This is malady! Irresponsibility to
the core!
Why should a man wake up in the
morning and not know what to do?
An heir as long as he is a child
differeth nothing from a servant…
When you are a baby, even though
it is your covenant right to occupy the
throne, you won’t get there. Men may
hail you and prostrate to you, but they
are only deceiving you, since they are
the ones still making decisions on your
behalf. Under such circumstances, you
are no better than a symbol, a mere
figure head!
Can you imagine someone who
earns three thousand naira a month, and
lives in a house of three thousand naira
a month! This man is living in debt! It
is nothing but a demonstration of gross
irresponsibility. He won’t see greatness
that way.
Have you ever seen a new born
baby that is five feet, four inches tall?
Many of you need to find your level
now. Stop living and eating in debt!
You are a child of destiny. Even Jesus
the Messiah needed to grow. Luke 2:40
says:
 And the child grew, and waxed
strong in spirit, filled with wisdom:
and the grace of God was upon him.
Indiscipline disqualifies any
covenant child from mounting the
throne. It turns a prince into a servant.
It takes responsibility to deliver
your throne into your hands. Most of
the time you find yourself borrowing, it
is simply because you lack enough
discipline to manage what you have.
We used to pay a hundred naira a
month as rent when this ministry first
started. Two rooms served as our office
then.
But what do you find today? People
want to start business, and you hear
them say such things as, “Our office
must be air-conditioned, etc.” And
when you ask him how much he has, he
tells you, “I am believing God.” God
won’t answer him!
I never bothered to ask for the price
of an air-conditioner when we first
started. To go and ask for the price of
what you know you don’t have the
money for is irresponsibility? To see a
friend wearing something and covet it
is no better than stealing. Covetousness
is a trap of the enemy!
Friends, you need to become sound
in your spiritual adventure. You must
be yourself!
Do you know why Adam fell? God
“mistakenly” created him as an adult!
The day he was born was the day God
started speaking to him. He was given
responsibilities before he learnt
responsibility.
Whatever you don’t make, you
won’t keep. Whatever you have not
earned, you cannot sustain. For,
“Wealth gotten by vanity shall be
diminished…” (Prov. 13:11).
No small boy will ever ascend the
throne in the kingdom. If God must add
any weight of glory to your life, your
spiritual stamina must increase. Your
yea must be yea, your nay, nay.
You must accept responsibility
before you will experience reality.
Responsibility is the price we have to
pay for greatness.
A child is born, but a son is given!
Before God will place this kingdom on
your shoulders, you must leave
childhood to sonship.
For unto us a child is born, unto
us a son is given: and the government
shall be upon his shoulder: and his
name shall be called Wonderful,
Counsellor, The mighty God, The
everlasting Father, The Prince of
Peace.
Of the increase of his government
and peace there shall be no end, upon
the throne of David, and upon his
kingdom, to order it, and to establish
it with judgment and with justice from
henceforth even for ever. The zeal of
the LORD of hosts will perform this.
Isaiah 9:6-7
 God will never deliver a kingdom
to children. For somebody to be in
business and not know what he makes
per day, nor his profit per week; not to
have a balance sheet, nor be able to
produce an end of year report, portrays
him to God as nothing but a waster!
In 1984, one of my sons in the Lord
came to me and in the course of our
discussion, I asked him what he did for
a living. He told me he had done an
interview and was waiting for a job. I
then asked him who owned the car he
came in. He said, “Oh, it’s mine, Sir.” I
immediately replied, “Then you
already have a job! Drive to Kano (the
neighbouring town) twice a day and
you will find yourself earning more
than the boss of that establishment you
applied to for a job.”
He said to me, “But I don’t have
good tyres.” I told him that if he
promised he would do what I have told
him to do, I will give him two tyres. He
accepted, and friends, not long after
that, it was so obvious that God had
blessed him!
It takes more energy to steal than to
work. If you can remove plumbing
materials in the night, then you should
be able to make a good plumber in the
day! If you can disconnect electric
wires while everybody is asleep at
night, you will be a very successful
electrical contractor in the day.
Irresponsibility is what makes what
is not yours attractive to you. If you are
not a working Christian, the whole
world will know you are a failure! If
you are not a worker, you will be a
washout!
It takes discipline to ascend the
throne. You have to prepare for
tomorrow. Work out our own salvation.
Nothing ever goes up that does not start
from the bottom. Paul said:
When I was a child, I spake as a
child, I understood as a child, I
thought as a child: but when I became
a man, I put away childish things.
1 Corinthians 13:11
We need to put away childish
things! Never make a vow you know
you will not pay. Who are you trying to
impress? Don’t let God be angry with
you, and destroy the works of your
hands! (Eccl. 5:4-6).
Stop behaving like a child! If you
want to enjoy success indeed, you must
become a man. Become responsible!
You must have a time you go to bed
and a time you wake up, a time you eat
and a time you read. Life must take on
a new meaning for you, so that you will
see results in succession.
It is not enough for you to remain a
child of God. Until you become a son,
your beauty won’t reflect.
Receive grace from God right now
to take on a new order of discipline and
responsibility in your spiritual
adventure. Don’t be a playboy! Don’t
be a lay about! Make up your mind that
you are going to work the remaining
days of your life. Tell the Lord to teach
you discipline, and show you how to
live a disciplined life. Stop playing
baby!
You must be accountable for every
step you take in life. There is no point
engaging in whatever doesn’t offer you
any profit. Paul said:
All things are lawful for me, but
all things are not expedient: all things
are lawful for me, but all things edify
not.
1 Corinthians 10:23
Whatever is not expedient, it is
irresponsible to engage in it. In Songs
of Solomon 1:6, one man lamented:
 Look not upon me, because I am
black, because the sun hath looked
upon me: my mother’s children were
angry with me; they made me the
keeper of the vineyards; but mine own
vineyard have I not kept.
Stop interfering in other people’s
affairs! Stop looking back!
Those who look back, go backward.
Those who look forward go forward!
Backbiters remain behind. Don’t stay
at the back, move forward!
It is irresponsibility to meddle in
other people’s affairs. From now on,
you will do your business and face your
work. What you came to the world for
must not fail! Face the task given to
you! Everybody has the same twenty-
four hours a day at their disposal. What
you put into your today is what you
will reap tomorrow.
Make the most of your time
therefore! Whatever you put into life is
what you will get out of it. You will no
longer be irresponsible, in Jesus name!
When you have not done what you
are supposed to do for God, but you go
about doing other things, you are
irresponsible! And the moment you are
found to be irresponsible, you won’t
count in God’s eyes.
Will a king beat his wife? Or
borrow money all about town? I have
never borrowed! Why? Whatsoever
God places in my hands is just enough
for my taste. I can’t imagine how you
will wear dresses you haven’t paid for,
and they won’t burn your body! How
can you buy shoes on credit and they
won’t pinch your toes?
Why should you put on gold for
which you are paying installmentally?
Why should you sleep on a hire-
purchased bed? Now, why should a
pastor go into ministry and borrow
money to buy drums? God knows you
will be a shame to His kingdom, so He
will just leave you at the level you are.
Friends, it’s time to be free! Life is
in phases, men are in sizes! To operate
above your size s to burst. Accept
responsibilities. This is the only way
up. Should the price of the house you
are living in rise above your income
level, locate one that you can afford.
You have a life to live!
I see you taking on a new order of
spiritual responsibility.
There was a man called Reuben.
This is what his father had to say about
him:
Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my
might, and the beginning of my
strength, the excellency of dignity, and
the excellency of power:
Unstable as water, thou shalt not
excel; because thou wentest up to thy
father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he
went up to my couch.
Genesis 49:3-4
By irresponsibility and indiscipline,
this young man destroyed his destiny.
Your own destiny shall not be
destroyed!
Shake thyself from the dust; arise,
and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose
thyself from the bands of thy neck, O
captive daughter of Zion.
…put on thy beautiful garments…
Isaiah 52:2, 1
Shake off the dust of
irresponsibility, so that the beauty of
God can be seen on your life.
Friends, you need time to matter!
A good hold on your time is a sign
of responsibility and discipline.
Making the most of your time makes
you matter the most on the earth.
I want you to curse every tendency
for spiritual irresponsibility in your
life. Curse it with a very strong
determination!
Making everyday count, making
every hour count, that is practical
Christianity! Invest every hour towards
your ultimate goal in life.
God has made you a king (Rev.
5:10), don’t make yourself a slave!
Accept responsibility, and your royalty
will be established.
As you ascend your throne through
responsibility, everything that is anti-
royalty, everything that is anti-success,
will drop off from your life!
Your destiny is stuffed with
royalty, it takes responsibility to make
it a reality.
The time has come for your
spiritual complacency to give way to
spiritual dignity!
Until somebody becomes
financially responsible in the kingdom,
he never enjoys financial dominion. It
is impossible!
When you are not straight in your
financial responsibilities, God will so
flog you!
As you accept spiritual
responsibility and discipline, from now
on:
* Everywhere you turn, the forces
of life will accept you as a king!
* Whenever you shout at sickness,
it will loose its grip and flee!
* Whenever you shout at failure, it
shall fade away like a cloud!
 * When you shout at stagnation, it
will turn into manifestation!
* Obstacles shall be turned into
miracles for you!
* In the name of Jesus, begin to
receive the forces of responsibility
over your life right now. Your slavery
is ended!
* I declare you a king from now on!
* Your royalty in Christ has now
become a reality.
* Enter into a new realm of wisdom
and authority!
* Be Lord over sickness, over
failure, frustration, circumstances and
stagnation!
* Whatever you say from today on
comes to pass!
 * Your authority over demons shall
be recognized, in the precious name of
Jesus!
 Chapter 11

Now, Get To Work!

Labour is the pathway to deliveries.

Labouring in the Word guarantees
discoveries.
Any woman you see carrying a
child knows the meaning of labour. The
labour begins from when she carries
the baby in the womb. She can no
longer do exercises she could perform
before, like running, jumping,
pounding, and so on.
But no one can help her to labour
for the birth of the child! It is personal
labour for personal delivery. Until Zion
travailed, she didn’t bring forth her
children (Isa. 66:8).
You don’t bring forth by washing,
you bring forth by working (labouring).
Can a woman suddenly deliver and
say, “I didn’t even know I was
pregnant?” No! there is a gestation
period of nine months, during which
you are very sure you are carrying a
weight, not that you were told!
So why are you thinking of
producing results unconsciously? For
instance, by just sitting down and
saying you are confessing the Word!
Labour, friends! There is no
triumph without travail. There is no
delivery without labour.
 LABOUR IN THE WORD!

John 6:27 charges us:

Labour not for the meat which
perisheth, but for that meat which
endureth unto everlasting life, which
the Son of man shall give unto you:
for him hath God the Father sealed.
Not that you are going to preach
and then the concordance suffers! The
Word of faith can’t be in you without
you knowing it. I ate up the Word of
faith, and I knew I did!
When I found the mystery of long
life and victory over death, I knew. So,
I know there is no occultic power, no
armed bandit that can cut short my life!
 It’s not prayers, it’s discovery!
There is no discovery without
delivery. So, go and work!
And it shall come to pass, if thou
shalt hearken diligently unto the voice
of the LORD thy God, to observe and
to do all his commandments which I
command thee this day, that the
LORD thy God will set thee on high
above all nations of the earth
Deuteronomy 28:1
This is talking about exploits. It has
its root in the Word. Labouring in the
Word guarantees sure deliveries.
Now, there is what is called rest.
Hebrews 4:11-12 says:
Let us labour therefore to enter
into that rest, lest any man fall after
the same example of unbelief.
For the word of God is quick, and
powerful, and sharper than any
twoedged sword, piercing even to the
dividing asunder of soul and spirit,
and of the joints and marrow, and is a
discerner of the thoughts and intents
of the heart.
So let us labour in the quick and
powerful Word of God, so we can
encounter faith that guarantees rest.
There remaineth therefore a rest
to the people of God.
For he that is entered into his rest,
he also hath ceased from his own
works, as God did from his.
Hebrews 4:9-10
I have never prayed for peace in my
family once! Why? I already gave birth
to (brought forth) peace before I was
married.
I have preached on sweatless, hitch-
free married life, by reason of
discoveries. I wasn’t married then, yet
I taught the greatest mysteries on
marriage. I had made outstanding
discoveries on marriage. Not one of
them has failed!
The Apostles said:
But we will give ourselves
continually to prayer, and to the
ministry of the word.
Acts 6:4
Our ministry has simply been run
on discoveries. Everything that has
come forth here, came by the Word.
 Hebrews 11:3 tells us:
Through faith we understand that
the worlds were framed by the word of
God, so that things which are seen
were not made of things which do
appear.
Effective labour in the Word will
result in outstanding deliveries in the
world.
The man of God, Kenneth Hagin,
was in abject poverty, until suddenly
the light of the Word came into his
heart concerning prosperity, and then
there was a delivery! That was in 1953.
He had been in ministry since 1934!
But his financial struggles ended only
when he encountered insight.
God is no respecter of persons or
age. Only a discovery will bring forth a
delivery.
I wish all “prayer warriors” will
also become “Word warriors”, we
would have had greater victories than
we presently have in the world.
Where you stand in the Word
determines your place tomorrow.
Everything on earth answers to the
Word, because everything on earth was
created by the Word.
Every issue of life answers to the
Word of God.
I used to get very angry in those
days. One day, I was meditating and
two powerful Words were fired into my
spirit!
Be not over much wicked, neither
be thou foolish: why shouldest thou
die before thy time?
Ecclesiastes 7:17
And Ecclesiastes 7:9:
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be
angry: for anger resteth in the bosom
of fools.
So, an angry man is a foolish man!
And a foolish man will die before his
time. So, an angry man is cutting short
his days. God’s Word handled that
issue in my life.
Every woman goes to the labour
room to bring forth. Do you want to
bring forth? Then you must go into the
labour room. The labour room here is
the Word of God.
Every outstanding delivery is as a
result of a discovery. The greater the
discovery, the greater the recovery.
Labour! Not pleasure! That’s what
it takes.
Honour in ministry is a function of
your labour in the Word.
Let the elders that rule well be
counted worthy of double honour,
especially they who labour in the word
and doctrine.
1 Timothy 5:17
God once said to me:
Seest thou a man diligent in his
business? he shall stand before kings;
he shall not stand before mean men.
Proverbs 22:29
This man God is talking about lives
for the assignment God gave him. He is
not ashamed of it. For him to live is his
assignment, and to die in it is gain.
So, to stand before kings, you don’t
need to lobby. You only need to settle
down and do your job as if it is the only
thing in the world. When you do this,
kings will desire your presence.
When I came into ministry, I made
up my mind that no part-time minister
will do better than I. So, I committed
my entire life to this endeavour.
Hard work doesn’t kill! It only
refines. Otherwise, God would have
died! And scripture tell us that He
neither sleeps nor slumbers. And Jesus
said, “My Father worketh hitherto, and
I work”
There are too many lazy drones in
ministry, who have never bothered to
read even one book that will answer the
questions in their lives.
Friends, to get a degree you must
first write examinations, and if you
want to do well, you must go to a
library and study to gather facts. Many
don’t seem to understand this, so they
get carried away by hearsays, rather
than sit down and make discoveries.
Haggai 1:8 says:
Go up to the mountain, and bring
wood, and build the house; and I will
take pleasure in it, and I will be
glorified, saith the LORD.
That’s an uphill task!
There are many Christians who
don’t believe labouring in the Word is
tasking. They are too relaxed to be
anything in the kingdom. To them,
Christianity is nothing but funfare. To
many, going to church is nothing but
the vogue. What happens to such
people?
Every miracle they see happening
is not working for them, because they
will not embark on the labour that
causes such things to come to pass for
them.
Our labour is principally spiritual.
For to be spiritually-minded is life and
peace, but to be carnally minded is
death (Rom. 8:6).
But to be spiritually minded
involves spiritual labour, it involves
sitting down with God for an indepth
search, because he that seeketh,
findeth.
It’s time to devote more energy to
your search for a greater depth in God.
It is time to separate yourself and make
up your mind to labour in the Word for
growth.
What you are hearing in church is
not enough to write life’s examinations
with. It is purely informative. You
must undertake a spiritual adventure
for the purpose of positive
development.

Let us labour…

Some didn’t believe this charge, so

they missed it. They took the words for
granted. Others accepted responsibility,
and invested their time and energy for
their development.
If you don’t take heed to this
charge as a pastor, you will keep
preaching the same message until you
dry! If you are a businessman, you will
keep going about on the same spot.
Many people scan through the
Bible the same way they scan through
newspapers, and they mistake this for
studying.
Study to shew thyself approved
unto God, a workman that needeth not
to be ashamed, rightly dividing the
word of truth.
2 Timothy 2:15
 Some think this scripture is talking
to only preachers. No! Is there anybody
who wants to be ashamed? This verse
is talking to everyone who doesn’t
want to be ashamed. Anybody can be
put to shame. But it can be avoided.
The only way you will not be
ashamed is when you have the right
Word for every challenge that comes
your way. Not the Word you heard, but
the one you found.
The entrance of God’s Word gives
light, and he that walks in the light has
no occasion for stumbling.
As soon as a challenge comes, you
must be able to draw your sword and
say “It is written.” Just make sure it
comes from your heart. Faith must
have its root in the heart. Then you can
give it expression through your mouth.
Whatever is not in your heart that
you say with your mouth is no better
than blabbering! It doesn’t carry any
weight! Until your heart imbibes the
truth, what your mouth says will be as
dry as what natural men speak.
I don’t just glance through
scriptures! I take my time to study,
with various versions of the Bible, so
that I can have enough confidence.
Knowledge gives you confidence.
And this is the master key for heaven’s
contact, according to Hebrews 4:16:
Let us therefore come boldly unto
the throne of grace, that we may
obtain mercy, and find grace to help
in time of need.
The Word of God is the compass.
When the sailor loses touch with his
compass, he will get himself into
trouble. We are not concerned about
people’s opinions (in our ministry),
because we are following the compass.
Thus, we can’t hit the rocks!
Friends, it’s time to exchange your
energy for what is genuine. Don’t
invest it in what is fake!
Even though you live in a city
where everybody is in a hurry, don’t
also become someone who goes all
about without a compass. Plan your
time and sit upright. Put your alarm
clock under your pillow, so that it
wakes you up by force. Jump to your
feet and wash your face. Take your
Bible and say, “This week I am dealing
with first Peter”, and eat it up!
Thy words were found, and I did
eat them; and thy word was unto me
the joy and rejoicing of mine heart:
for I am called by thy name, O LORD
God of hosts.
Jeremiah 15:16
I want you to experience a holy
drive that will make you walk with
Jesus! A drive for profitable labour,
that will bring you into God’s rest.
I thank God for where people have
been to and where I am today. But no
man has mistakenly found himself
anywhere without labouring to get
there. Every time I go on a search into
any of the books of the Bible, I always
find something I never saw before, and
which applies to the life I am living
and enhances it.
Paul was such a studious apostle, so
much so that his contemporaries
concluded that his words were weighty
and difficult to comprehend!
He was locked up in prison, but he
saw it as an opportunity to study. He
spent so much time writing and
studying, that anybody who never
really had the opportunity to learn from
Jesus could learn so much about Him
from Paul.
Many pastors are over-dry, because
there is nothing that makes for life in
them.
 Study to shew thyself approved
unto God, a workman that needeth not
to be ashamed, rightly dividing the
word of truth.
But shun profane and vain
babblings: for they will increase unto
more ungodliness.
And their word will eat as doth a
canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and
Philetus;
Who concerning the truth have
erred, saying that the resurrection is
past already; and overthrow the faith
of some.
2 Timothy 2:15-18
You must study to be effective. It is
time to shun every form of profane and
vain babblings. Gird up the loins of
your mind, so you don’t get polluted.
If you don’t want to be ashamed,
you have a job to sit down and study,
because the examinations of life have
no time-time, they come at random – in
the night, in the afternoon, any time!
So study!
I commend you to God for a more
serious approach in your walk with
Him.
If we divert half the energy we
expend in trying to succeed, to build
ourselves up in the quickening Word of
God, we will have ten times the success
we are experiencing right now.
There is a way you will stand
before people and they will have no
choice but to do what you say, because
of the covering of God’s glory that is
all over you! People will begin to run
helter skelter to satisfy you.
How much you build up your
spiritual life determines how much
your outer man stands to enjoy. Build
yourself up therefore, or it will begin to
look as if God loves some more than
others.
Friends, we have had enough fun in
church! It’s now time for business!
Not slothful in business; fervent in
spirit; serving the Lord.
Romans 12:11
Your profiting must appear to all. It
is not something that should be hidden.
Everything that God knows, He also
wants men to know. Thank God, you go
to Church and you give. But if giving is
the only thing you understand, it’s not
enough. You also need to understand
receiving.
All that you have heard in church
so far is not up to ten percent of what
you need to pass the examinations of
life. So, go on a search!
Those of us who are teaching are
still discovering new things. I am
challenging you to go and study. Study
and discover things about your unborn
children, if you have none yet. Study to
excel in everything you set out to do.
Study!
If you won’t seek, you won’t find.
If you don’t knock, no door will open
to you.
 I know you are busy. You probably
come home every day at 9.00p.m. But
what is a man doing sleeping from
9p.m to 6a.m the next morning? Is he
trying to win a sleeping contest?
Friends, if we will stay with the
Word as drunkards stay with their
drink, we will be intoxicated with
blessings!
It’s time to approach the Book as
wine-bibbers approach wine. Get filled
with the things of the spirit, then you
will be addicted to the blessings of God
and reflect the power that backs up the
covenant!
It’s time to work!
Don’t mistake your family altar for
a thorough study life. It’s time to settle
down! It pays to walk with Jesus! I
challenge you to undertake a fruitful
studious Christian life.
For many years I have stopped
studying to preach. These days I study
to benefit my life.
What you receive will make your
tomorrow, so receive more of His
goodness.
God did not create you for shame.
But if you will not labour in the Word,
you will be ashamed in the world!
Prayer cannot take the place of
studies. Praying on an empty spirit is
affliction! Get loaded, and your prayers
will be productive!
The reason many people’s faith
have not produced results for them is
because they think it is a short cut to
brighter living. No!
It is an uphill task, which places a
demand on you. And until you respond
to this demand, you won’t enjoy the
blessedness of faith.
You must invest time and energy to
enjoy the rest of God.
Friends, you will succeed!
The secret of your tomorrow lies in
knowledge.
Go for it!
Until there is knowledge, there is
no freedom.
Go for it!
 Chapter 12

Testimonies Of Freedom!

“NOW I AM FREE!”
“I came in contact with one of the
Bishop’s books, Born to Win, while in
the prison. I collected it from a
Christian warder. I was attracted to it
by the title. I was in the prison,
awaiting execution in a cell for the
condemned, when suddenly light
dawned on me that there is still hope
for me, only if I can understand
through the book (Born to Win), the
drama at Calvary.
 The book made me understand that
if only I could comprehend the finished
work of Jesus Christ on that cross, and
what I was originally made to be by
God the Father, my problem would be
over. This was so explained that even
the dullest person would understand it.
This made me to develop faith in the
Lord Jesus Christ and brought about
my deliverance from death by hanging!
I was not saved when I began to
read the book, but on the day I finished
reading it, I was both saved and filled
with the Holy Ghost! I came to
understand that I was born to win; for
victory and not to die like a fowl. My
God, I could not contain myself
anymore!
 This was my first time of knowing
that, I, as a human being, can have
power with God, to change situations
when my sins are forgiven. My whole
life style was turned around! I started
to walk in the opposite and positive
direction that leads to life. My faith
was established and I began to shout
aloud in the cell. ‘I shall not die, but
live and declare the works of the Lord.’
In the night of the day I finished the
book, I was in a dream and saw many
people around me, in white clothes, and
singing a song. They were singing, ‘I
love the man of Galilee, for He has
done so very much for me. He has
forgiven me all my sins and sent the
Holy Ghost to me, I love that man of
Galilee.’ Since then, till now, my life
has not remained the same again!
Though I was still in that condemned
cell physically, my spirit was no longer
there. I saw my spirit set free since the
day I was born again.
Sometime in 1990, I had a case of
murder and was charged to court. In
July, 1992, I was sentenced to death by
hanging and was immediately taken to
the prison, awaiting the day of death,
with all hope lost.
If I forget anything, I will never
forget when I got to the page of the
book that said, ‘I am a born winner.’ In
fact, here I stopped reading and said it
was time for practical. I said if what I
had read in the book was the truth, as I
also believed it to be, then let it come
to pass, let it be made practical in my
life.
I took a very strong hold of God
when I understood clearly that Jesus
took my place on that cross. Oh! He
died in my place! He had died my
horrible death! He took it off me! I will
no longer die for my sins. I started to
confess positive life-producing words. I
stopped confessing words that
constitute death or that were in line
with the death sentence. I said, ‘I shall
not die but live and declare the works
of the Lord.’ I confessed it and believed
it. I said, ‘If Jesus died in my place,
then I should not die again for the same
sin’. I believed I couldn’t die if truly
Jesus had taken my place.
In December 1993, I was in another
dream and a man appeared to me and
gave me a Bible and asked me to open
to the book of John 20:21. And as I was
trying to open to it, I woke up. When I
woke up, I found a Bible and opened
the scripture and read it.
That same day I called on the
warder who loaned me the book and
told him of my dream. In fact, he was
embarrassed initially, but afterwards
said, ‘God knows everything. With God
nothing is too hard or impossible.’ He
prayed with me and said the will of
God should be done. And on February
3rd 1994, the government sent a letter
to the prison to set me free and let me
go!
I was immediately released to go
home! Jesus set me free, because I
believed in Him through the faith I
developed in His death on the cross
from the book. It is true. God cannot
lie. I am born to win. Many who have
di ed like that were born victors, but
ignorance and blindness caused them
their lives. The death of Jesus on the
cross has done so very much for me as
the song in my dreams says. The death
of Jesus on the cross is so real and
meaningful, but I was blind to its
significance.
But I thank God that the Bishop
through the book opened my eyes to it.
Now, I am free and free indeed! I have
gone through a Bible School in Warri
and I’m setting up a young church in
Abraka now, where the Lord has led me
to. This work started three months ago.
I have vowed to preach this great
gospel of deliverance of the Lord Jesus
Christ throughout my life.”
- Omugbe, D.

OPEN DOORS AND

BREAKTHROUGHS!

“First, I would like to praise God for

raising a man like you in this world,
through whom He would bring people
out of failure and poverty, into His
glorious liberty and to provide quality
and purposeful leadership to the Body
of Christ.
Personally, I have been blessed by
your ministry this past few years and
encouraged in the ministry of the
gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. I
pastor the Family Life Church in Jos,
Plateau State. I have been reading and
teaching my congregation from your
living books and the results have been
tremendous!
Recently, I read one of your latest
books, titled Breaking Financial
Hardship. After which I decided to
teach, word for word, the contents of
the book, and the result is that within a
period of three weeks, we were able to
build a 400 capacity building to
roofing level, without any fund-raising
or appeal fund!
Our people were so blessed that
almost everything about us changed.
Testimonies of God’s goodness, open
doors and breakthroughs became the
order of the day in our church.
This week, we have just finished a
21 day seminar, where we studied three
of your mini books – The Mystery of
the Anointing Oil, The Blood Triumph
a n d The Wonders of Praise. And the
result? I anointed a woman, whose
husband had been irresponsible by not
taking care of the family. I told her to
go and meet her husband, a highly
placed man in the Federal government
parastatal, and demand for anything
she wanted. And lo, the man gave her
everything she asked for! This and
many other testimonies followed the
teaching sessions.
You have indirectly pastored our
congregation for this long, with
tremendous blessings. By the direction
of the Holy Spirit, I decided to formally
bring to your notice, and to surrender
our ministry to you.
At present, our ministry has the
church as our primary vision. We also
run a nursery/primary school. We
intend to launch the Mercy Outreach,
which was born out of a vision received
after reading your book, The Hidden
Covenant of Blessings early in 1996.
Once again, thank you for being
there to provide the light and
leadership worthy of emulation.”
- Rev. Adebola Ogunmokun

“I WOKE UP WHOLE!”

“Sometimes ago, I was reading the

Bishop’s book, Satan Get Lost! While
reading the book, I began to feel a very
terrible pain on my back. It was so bad
that it began to affect my chest, I
couldn’t breath properly.
Initially, I was accommodating the
pain, though I couldn’t confess that I
was sick, because it was forbidden for
me. But while reading the book, I
reailsed that Satan was under my feet,
that he was a useless person.
I then anointed the spot that was
hurting me and said, ‘If I sleep and
wake up and still meet you here, you
will see what I will do to you.’ And
behold the following, I woke up whole,
with no pain whatsoever! I could now
breathe properly!”
- Olaosebikan, B.

NO MORE GLASSES!

“I’d been using a pair of glasses for

eight years. In fact, I used to sleep with
it on. When I bought one of the
Bishop’s books, Keys to Divine Health,
I read a portion where he said, ‘If there
is any sickness in your life, it is a
plague. Using gadgets is a curse.’
Immediately, I took off my pair of
glasses and went to have my bath and
washed my face. After then, the Holy
Ghost ministered to me to anoint my
eyes with oil. I anoint them and placed
my mantle on my eyes. And behold, no
more eye pains. I don’t use glasses
anymore!”
- Fakanlu, J.

“I DON’T KNOW HOW HEADACHE

FEELS”

“Before, I used to suffer malaria

attacks quite often. I had quite a lot of
malaria drugs behind my bed and I
used to take them often. I also have a
sister, who as a nurse advised me to
make sure I take my drugs regularly,
because of the frequency of the attacks.
But when I came here for the April,
1995, Breakthrough Seminar, the
Bishop taught us on The Mystery of the
Supernatural. On getting home, I went
over my notes again.
And then I saw, ‘Ye are gods; and
all of you are children of the Most
High.’ I said to myself, ‘Must a god be
sick? Must the children of the Most
High be taking drugs? No, it’s
impossible.’ I continued studying the
Bible and again I saw, ‘He took your
infirmities and by His stripes, ye were
healed.’ I saw this was written in past
tense. Then I thought to myself, that I
must then be a thief if I’m still
suffering from malaria.
I immediately decided to drop it. I
came out of my room and declared, ‘As
from this hour, I CANNOT be sick! The
Bishop is not lying. As from this hour, I
CANNOT be sick!’ My mum said,
‘What are you saying?’ I told her I
knew what I was saying.
The devil came to try my
declaration, by afflicting me with
sickness again. But I said I won’t take
any drugs. At a point, my mum was
afraid and called everyone. I told them
that I wasn’t sick, that I was okay. And
since then, I don’t know how headache
feels! That was in April last year!”
- Oloyede, T.

18 YEARS HYPERTENSION GONE!

“For 18 years, my mother suffered from

hypertension. But she got hold of one of
the Bishop’s books, Keys to Divine
Health. She read in the book that the
devil is not a gentleman and
immediately decided not to be taking
her drugs again, but to rather claim
her healing.
For over a month now, she has not
taken the drugs. And when she went for
a test last month, the test confirmed
that her blood pressure had come down
to 120/80. This has never been in the
past 18 years! The test also confirmed
that she does not have hypertension
anymore.”
- Babalola, P. O.

TOTAL TRANSFORMATION!

“In 1994, I came back home from

Europe. I was a drug addict, who
smoked, drank, fornicated, fought my
wife at home and so on. My wife invited
me to the church and when I got home
after the service, I told her, ‘Look, I’m
tired of stories. In Europe, that’s how
we hear stories.’
I even told her that the Bishop was
a ‘big guy’. I said, ‘Look at him. Look
at the people around him.’ On another
day, I saw the senior pastor preaching,
I told my wife, ‘Look at that pastor, he
speaks like an American. Do you think
you just come to this place and give
them even your last 50 kobo and leave
just like that?’
But in March/April, I went with my
wife to one of the mission houses.
There I saw one of the Bishop’s books,
The Blood Triumph. One of the
pastors said to me, ‘Why don’t you take
this book and read it?’ I took the book
and read it.
I told my wife, ‘Look, I’ve got the
trick.’ I told her I would stop smoking.
She asked how I would do that. I told
her that any time I felt like smoothing, I
will call on the blood of Jesus. I told
her that since I’ve stopped smoking, I
will stop drinking too, because if I
drink, I feel like smoking. But if I don’t
drink at all, I won’t smoke. I also told
her that if I don’t drink, then I don’t
think I will womanize again.
We came to the church in April and
I told her that I will give my life to God
that day. And since March last year, I
don’t drink, smoke or fornicate
anymore!”
- Olu-Abraham, M.

“IT WAS GONE!”

“Before the end of last year, I noticed
that one of my son’s testes was swollen.
My wife and I took him to the clinic.
The doctor’s verdict was that it will
have to be corrected by surgery.
My heart almost failed, because I
had thought it was something like an
infection. We found out that such
surgery was going to cost us about
20,000 naira.
When we got home, my wife told me
that if we agree to that surgery, it will
be the greatest mistake we will ever
make. She suggested that we look unto
God to perform the healing. I believed
her and agreed with her.
We prayed and laid hands on him
and continued to confess our healing
covenant with God. Yet, there was no
change, rather the swelling increased.
It was then that the Lord spoke to me to
go and look for a book on divine
healing.
I went to a Christian bookshop. To
the glory of God, I came across this
book, Keys to Divine Health, written
by Dr. David Oyedepo. I told myself I
wasn’t going anywhere, that, I’m
taking two days off to read this book.’
The first day I read it and read it
again. The second day, I told God that
all I needed was just a key, to deal with
the situation.
To the glory of God, the Lord led
me to pages 23-26, and I discovered
that my problem was Satan, the
tormentor. Satan was tormenting my
son.
So, I called in my son, told him to
lie down. Then I said, ‘Satan, I
command you, come on appear before
me right now!’ I asked him, ‘When this
body was created in 1991, were you
part of the creation?’ He said, ‘No’. I
asked him again, ‘When this body was
created, was it created in your own
image?’ He answered that it was
created in the image of God.
I further asked him, ‘Was it created
with this sickness?’ He said no! So, I
commanded him, ‘Satan, now take your
thins and get out of this house, in Jesus
name!’
I turned to the condition (the
swollen testes) and I said, ‘Look, I have
deal with your commander-in-chief,
now, I curse you. Wherever your root is
located, wither from your root and
die!’ And within one week, it was
gone!”
- Madueme, E.

HEAVEN’S SUPPLIES IS A
REALITY

“Before the Tuesday feet washing

service, I went to the bookshop and
bought the book, Keys to Answered
Prayer. I felt there were certain things
wrong with the prayers I have been
praying, because it was like they were
not being answered.
I was able to contact certain things
from the book and fortunately for me
also, the Bishop said we should list out
all we needed on a sheet of paper. I
thank God tonight, because God has
done everything I listed that day!
I went through a diploma course in
computer programming in 1994/95. I
finished in August ’95, but I was not
able to complete my tuition payment. I
had actually relied on some uncles and
aunties to provide the money, but it was
like all had failed.
I came very early to church that
Tuesday and bought the book. I sat
down and really put things together. At
that service, when the Bishop said we
should write down our desires, I listed
everything with faith in my heart.
And today, while the service was
on, a sister called me and handed an
envelop of 4,000 naira to me! The
money not only settles my bills, but
also leaves me with some extra amount!
I also had an accommodation problem,
which I also listed that day. A sister
again called me this evening and said,
‘If only you will be patient, by Sunday,
it will be ready for you to move into’.”
- Dike, O. (Sis.)

“I HAD AN ENCOUNTER”
“Since 1991, I’ve been believing God
for the fruit of the womb. Last year,
when the Bishop declared June as our
month of fruitfulness, I took in. This is
the baby today.
Secondly, my two previous children
had all been by caesarean operation.
But while I was pregnant for this baby,
I read the Bishop’s book, Releasing the
Supernatural. I had an encounter and
the spirit of fear was destroyed!
I used to have pregnancy induced
hypertension, which was what normally
led to the caesarean operation.
But after reading the book, it was
dealt with. I collected power and the
spirit of fear died. This baby was
delivered normally, even like the
Hebrew women. The labour was less
than one hour.”
- Ezi, S. (Mrs.)

“I DEVOURED THIS BOOK…!”

“I became a chronic asthma patient

since 1968. In fact, the doctors even
said I’ll have to be on drugs and
meditation for life. I was on drugs and
injection, which even polluted my
blood.
Whenever I came to church, I
always took the flesh and blood of
Jesus, and the anointing oil, but I was
still not healed. So, I had the feeling
that there was something missing.
 When this month was declared our
month of wisdom, I was charged,
saying that this was what I really
needed to send away the power of death
in my life.
Honestly speaking, I knew I was
always very scared of the disease. Any
time I wanted to climb the stairs,
immediately I count up to 10, it comes
back. I could never sit underneath the
fan, otherwise, I got an attack. I
couldn’t take anything cold, nor could I
enjoy what any normal person enjoyed.
So, when the Bishop said we should
go and look for books and study then, I
was fortunate to get one on How to
Overcome the Spirit of Fear. I
devoured this book and there was a
paragraph there where the author
stressed that problems bring fear and
worries, and worries lead to anxiety.
I got healed from that book! The
day I finished reading that book, I went
into the kitchen and I fried all that I
had been allergic to. I faced the smoke
from the oil and nothing happened. The
next day, I ran to church!
I normally don’t climb the stairs,
but I climbed the new 7-storey office
building, up and down. When I came
down the stairs, no attack! Nothing!
The third day, I came to read in the
classroom and had to go to the last
floor of the 4-storey block, because I
wanted to keep my faith working.
Till now, the asthma has
disappeared!”
- Adeyemi, A.

“I GATHERED MYSELF
TOGETHER!”

“I came all the way from the east, to

give this testimony. I got born-again in
1981, though I worship in another
church. But a miracle happened in my
life two months ago from reading the
Sign and Wonders Today bulletin.
The miracle is this: Signs and
Wonders Today gathered my shattered
heart and life together!
I was poisoned in 1993, and as I
was on the verge of death, deadly sick,
that all hope was lost, I was discharged
from the hospital. I got home and
people were expecting the devil’s
death, not mine. But I had faith in God.
When I was almost giving up, all
my faith having deserted me, I
remembered that my fiancé who
worships here had sent me a letter,
which contained some copies of this
miraculous Signs and Wonders Today
bulletin. I opened it, but could not
read.
With the little strength I had left in
me, I said, ‘God, give me only this
grace to glance through this.’ And as I
read the first one, the second one, the
third, and on the fourth, I stumbled on
a testimony of a girl that was restored
by God. And as I read the story, joy
came into me, life came back in to me
and I gathered myself together!
Peace came into me and that was
how after reading it, I, who used to
pass urine where I lay and do
everything on the bed, got up, took my
bath, ate, and began to read my Bible!”
- Okeke, A.

FAVOURS GALORE!

“During the last Breakthrough

Seminar, I gave myself to a rigorous
study of the Word of God. I read the
book Releasing the Supernatural.
I’ve been believing God for a
business of my own. And on Tuesday
following the Breakthrough Seminar, I
anointed myself with the all-purpose
anointing oil and went out. As I was
standing at the bus-stop, I met a friend
whom I had lost contact with for two
years.
She asked if I would be interested
in selling some things for her. I told
her that I was “very rich”, and could
not collect anything now. She told me
that she wanted me to sell the materials
for her because she knew I was “very
rich”. She at first gave me one and a
half dozen of bed-sheets and later
increased it to three dozens. She told to
sell them for 1,500 naira.
I went back home, anointed them
and then went out to sell them at 1,700
naira. That same day, I went to my
school (I’m a teacher). At school, I met
another friend, who asked m to help
sell some clothing materials. I told her
I didn’t have any money with which to
collect them from her. She said I should
collect them and not bother about
money yet.
The following day, I ran into
another sister, who again gave me soap
to sell, without collecting any money
from me. And since then, the demand on
those articles have been very high.”
- Oladunjoye, K.

“I’M NOW AT PEACE”

“I was a brawler of the highest order
before attending the Word of Faith
Bible Institute (WOFBI). I could fret at
the slightest act of provocation. To
both my children and wife, I was a
terror that could just flare up when
they misuse the family toothpaste, for
example.
Though born into a Christian
family, I never believed in forgive and
forget. I could forgive but could not
forget. By my own estimation, I have
been living below average as a
Christian. Worries of this life
consumed me to a point that my spirit
broke down in me and affected my
outward appearance.
But the to the glory of God, all
these changed when I began the
WOFBI course. Not changed, but
STOPPED! Now, though I have been
out of job for some time now, my
former co-workers can’t believe that I
don’t have a job yet. To them, I look
more pleasant now than when I was
working.
I now relate better with my wife and
children. This has in fact made my wife
vow to attend the next WOFBI course.
Things that used to matter to me before
have now lost meaning and I’ve
discovered that I’m now at peace more
than ever before.”
- Olowa, S. T.