Breaking The Power Of Laban September To Remember 2026 Day 2 Evening by Apostle Johnson Suleman: MP3 Download & Sermon Notes

The story of Laban

The story of Laban is a story everyone needs to study

Part of the reason Jacob could not just run away is that Laban was a member of his family. Laban was his uncle

If Jacob wanted to react, he would remember family. If he wanted to escape, where was he escaping to?

Where he was, they were cheating him. Where he was supposed to go, they wanted to kill him. Esau was a hunter and he was hunting for his brother. The only place was called home

The hand of God was mighty upon the young man called Jacob. Laban did everything to frustrate him. 10 times he changed his wages

Jacob saw Rachel and his heart went after her. Her father said, work for me for seven years, that is the bride price for my daughter. Seven years he worked

They made Jacob drunk, heavily drunk, so he did not know where he was. They brought the lady still covered and put her by him

When the drink cleared from his eyes, the person they brought was the elder sister, not the one he laboured for. "Why have you done this to me?"

Laban said in our culture the younger one doesn't get married before the elder one. You will still work another seven years

When you love something, you pay any price. So he laboured another seven years

The spirit of Laban

The spirit of Laban is the spirit that makes you get things with struggle

What others get in one day, somebody spends 14 years for. A school others graduate from in four years, somebody spends eight

The spirit of Laban is the spirit of extra struggle. What others get cheaply and easily, you have to struggle extra for before it comes

It makes you put in more than necessary struggle, hustle, stress and effort, and the effort is not commensurate with the result

• The power of extra struggle will break.
• The power of extra labor will break.
• The power of hard life will break.

Human manipulation cannot avert divine agenda

If the hand of God is upon your life, it doesn't matter how the devil tries or how men manipulate. The manipulation will come and scatter

Maybe they have a plan to miss what God has for you. Maybe they cast a spell, throw an enchantment Numbers 23:23

Lamentations 3:37

Isaiah 59:19

Witchcraft can come like a flood, giants can come like a flood, witch doctors can come like a flood

Psalm 124:7

• No matter the manipulation, it will fail. No matter the spell, it will fail.
• Every trap they prepared for you, that trap will break.
• They set it for your children, it will break. For your spouse, your health, your finance, it will break.

Be careful of making mistakes. The more mistakes you make, the more time you need to correct them

Right connection swallows confrontation

Genesis 31

Jacob's wife, Laban's daughter, stole one of her father's gods. She kept it like furniture and sat on it

Laban woke up, went to the shrine to worship his god and discovered it was gone. "I will kill Jacob today"

Jacob was travelling with children and animals, so they could not move with speed. Laban was coming on his horse to chase them

But the God of Abraham appeared to him. He didn't just say spare him. He said count your words when you are talking to him

He was talking about Jacob's emotions too, not just his life. Don't you dare touch him, and mind how you talk to him. Be very neutral

Even if his wife stole something, that doesn't give you the opportunity to talk to him

Right connection swallows confrontation

Genesis 31:29

Many of you don't understand that there are people conspiring against you, but there is the God of your father

When your life is about to be taken out, you call on the God of your father. That is why Israel said the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob

There are people conspiring to have you taken out. People conspiring to have you swallowed up. People conspiring to see you end in shame

People who have ganged up against your children. But there is the God of your father

Isaiah 40:28 to Isaiah 40:29

The God of your father will defend you. He will bring you out of trouble. He will stretch His hand in your favor. He will fight for your children, for your son, for your daughter

The power of God is moving to your son, to your daughter, to your wife, to your husband. It will touch your job, your home, your life

• God of my father, defend me.

Materialism can ruin relationships

Everything was good between Laban and Jacob's family until their cattle increased, until there was extreme abundance

People can be friends until money comes

This is my opinion. You can be poor and be a very good Christian. Riches and wealth don't determine how much of a Christian you are

But I also believe material things can test how genuine your faith is

When someone says "I love God" and he's broke, I believe him, but I don't trust him until he has money in his hand and is still able to maintain

If you were told there is a certain amount of money waiting for you between 5 and 8 p.m., and you must be there or miss it, you will not be in church

You will say, "Papa, I love God, I will watch online"

Lazarus went to heaven and he was poor Luke 16

Abraham and Lot were brothers until their wealth increased. It was their herdsmen that strove Genesis 13:5 to Genesis 13:7

Proverbs 1:32

People who are not wise, when you give them prosperity, it destroys them

Somebody sent me a short video of a man who wanted to poison his elder brother. He poured the poison into the food, stirred it with a spoon, tasted it, then poured again

He stirred with his hand so it would circulate properly, and licked it. When he was done, he paused and held his stomach. He that digs a pit

Jacob met Laban

When Jacob was born, he was conning. He was dragging his brother because he wanted to come out first Genesis 25:26

The name Jacob means supplanter, cheat, crafty. In today's English it means 419

Young man, you always meet ladies who want to eat your money and run away because there is something you are doing wrong

You are making them believe you have nothing else but money, so it is what they see that they go for

Check yourself: what am I doing wrong?

Jacob met Laban, and Laban made him know what 419 is

Laban's deception was critical. Jacob means supplanter, Laban means shining, glittering, nice. That makes it worse, because Jacob appears like a scammer and Laban appears like a saint

Illustration: the girl and the pastor

A young pastor told me a girl was putting pressure on him for immorality, and he said she is an agent of the devil

I said she is not. She is telling you what she wants. She is only being tempted and carried away by the flesh. Call her and let her know you are a child of God

The agent of the devil is the one who wears a scarf, doesn't wear earrings, and pretends to pray with you. You allow that one into your house because you trust

The false teacher

A false teacher is not somebody who doesn't know the Bible. A false teacher knows the Bible very well and will pervert it

Even you who thought you knew the Bible will be confused. He uses manipulation and you start saying, "It's true, it's true"

You hear "God does not give children." They use common sense to explain it. We use scripture to explain scripture

Psalm 127:3

Anybody who says God does not give children is a false teacher

Others say "God does not give money, that is God's central bank." We also pray that God should give people a safe journey. Is God safety? No, if I go by your logic

You don't explain scripture with logic. You explain scripture with what is written in scripture. Don't go outside

That is why the faith of people is going, because they are watering down the word

I am against the material gospel. I am against materialism

If you are following Jesus so you can get money, you missed the road. If you are following Jesus because you think you won't be financially rich, you missed the road

But no matter how much we condemn materialism, there is still power in giving. We give because we love God. Giving is an act of worship. Giving is honor

You attract what you are

When we tell ladies to dress modestly, it is for your good. Even criminals will be calling you

The clothes you wear are advertising, and when somebody is advertising, somebody else must be buying

The church does not hate you, the church respects you. Dress the way you want to be addressed

When you are going for an interview, dressing is already a pass mark. People borrow suits to go for interviews

You attract the kind of things you attract because of who you are. When wrong things are always happening to you, before you even pray, ask yourself: what am I doing wrong?

Illustration: the young man and his wife

I met a young man and asked, "Where is that your wife?" He said, "We're not there again." I said, "I know."

He asked, "You saw it?" I said, "Not prophecy. When I saw her and I saw you, I knew she wouldn't stay"

You were looking for what is glittering. She has to be beautiful, she must like expensive things. Your head is up and your life is down, and you want her to stay

I told him, God will give you a wife. That one you married was a knife. I said there is something in you that attracted it

Illustration: my daughter and her four fiances

I had a daughter in the church. The four people she brought as a fiance were abnormal

The first had tattoos to the neck, everywhere. I'm not against tattoo. I told him he must see my father first

Anytime she was worshipping God she was in a relationship. When they broke her heart, she was dull. I said, go and bring another one. Her heart was broken each time

The last one had piercings and dangling earrings. I didn't know who was the fiance

So I said, as your father in the Lord, I ban you from dating, I lock your heart, I will pick for you

I pointed to a man in the protocol wearing a suit. She said, "No effect, no swag." I said, effect is what puts problem

She is married to him now, and she is happy

Don't just do what you like. Do what is right, because what you like might not be right

You attract your kind. You want a good home, be a good man. You want a great home, be a great man. As a lady, be great

Avoid debt

One of the things I begged God for: I will never marry a woman who borrows. I hate debt. One of my strengths is I can save and I plan ahead

If you want to avoid debt, you must plan ahead. As money enters your hand, don't think there will be money tomorrow. The one in your hand is what you are sure of

Everything this ministry has around the world, there is no one we are yet to pay. There is no debt anywhere

Debt means desiring enjoyment before the time. Desperate enjoyment brings trouble

Avoid debt. It is a trap. If you like to borrow, you will die in sorrow. Credit living makes you lose credibility

Proverbs 22:7

Anytime you borrow from somebody, you are saying "you are my boss, I am your servant"

Those who go to loan apps: it is better to stay stranded and have your peace than to stay in debt and have your life haunted

"I have this cloth to buy, I will pay small small." No, I want to stop you. As long as you buy it, they change

Anything you don't have complete money for, don't have interest in. It is greed that makes you buy hoping you will pay later. If your money is not complete for it, let it go

The deception is that it is an opportunity you must not miss. "The price is low, why don't you get it now?" That is how you are deceived

Live a life you can afford. Don't put your children in a school that you will need prayer and fasting to pay for

They say they will send my children out of school. I said they sent me out of school when I was growing up. Let them rest at home if you can't afford it

When my children were in school there were schools of 1.5 million and 2 million. The one we paid for was less than 100,000 when they started. I didn't need prayer, I didn't need pressure

I have good children. Thank God for my wife, she raised them properly. They don't talk back at elders or disrespect elders. Real training is at home

Who are you carrying shoulder for? People that don't care about you. Ask your neighbor what you wore last Sunday. She can't remember

The trap of enticement

Somebody I was talking to told me how he would do something that was illegal. I said leave it

Even if I want you to help somebody, the way you do it must not be illegal

He said, "Sir, you don't understand this country. With special arrangement, Satan can see God." I said, don't call me again. That parable has stayed in my head

The kind of life you live depends on the kind of people you attract Psalm 1:1 to Psalm 1:3

How did Jacob get into that trap? Number one, enticement

Genesis 29:14 to Genesis 29:15

Laban enticed him by calling him brother. People are enticed by words. They are the mastery of words

You become a victim of Laban's trap by enticement. The first enticement is words. So you must be very careful

Some people go to places to put power in their words. Some touch their tongue with charms, some with rings. Before they speak to you, they deploy diabolic missiles on the tongue

You see a man in the office signing documents he never intended to sign. A young lady following a young man she never intended to follow

Illustration: 24 years of spell

The power of God fell on a young man. They carried him under the anointing, and when they got home he slept

When he woke up, he saw a lady, his wife of over 24 years. "Who are you?" She said, "I'm your wife." He saw grown-up children. "Where did we marry? Where is our picture?"

He had finished his youth service, gone to the University of Benin, and decided to enter a bar. That is where he met the lady

They talked, he took her home, one child came, two, three, they relocated. For over 24 years he was not aware

That is words. There is power in a spell. That is why the word of God is called God's spell

Illustration: Vashti and Memucan

Esther 1

King Ahasuerus was excited and the people were drunk. His wife was a good dancer, so the king called her to come and dance for his drunk friends. She refused

If you ask me, I think she was right

That was a husband and wife matter. But Memucan stood up and said, king, this will become a precedent and a prototype for every young maiden

Their husbands will send for them and they won't come. Vashti was removed

She was the only queen alive and she was no more a queen

I researched who Memucan was. He and Vashti were from the same province, and she was the top political figure in that province. Memucan wanted her out

The counsel he gave the king was not for the king's benefit. It was for his own benefit, so he could control that province

How did they turn the eyes of your helpers? Words. How did they make people stop liking you? Words. How did they make negative things happen to you? Words

It takes words to counter words. It takes declaration to counter declaration. It takes pronouncement to counter pronouncement Job 22:28

Whatever has been spoken against you, your children, your home, your finances, I reverse it today

Your helper that left you will hear a voice, the voice of returning to help you. Helpers will come back to help you

Anyone who has spoken against you to your helpers, God will change their mind. Power will change their mind. Favor will change their mind

Illustration: the man who promised me the full cost

Why do certain people promise you on their own, you didn't ask them, and now you are calling and they are not picking? Somebody has said something

When we were to start building this place, our church had overflow one, overflow two, up to seven overflows. Somebody said, "I'll give you the full money, cash"

It shocked me, because in my life I'm always the one giving. I sponsor my crusades myself. I pray for favor because it is not normal that people give me something huge

I didn't call him. After a month I greeted him and asked for nothing. Two weeks later I greeted him again

The third time he said, "You greet me all the time. No problem." I stopped

Two years later, we were done. He was fighting with somebody, and that person reached out to me because I am the only one that man would listen to

I called him and said, forget your promise, we are done. He told me the person who asked me to reach out was the one who told him not to help me

I wanted to put fire, but the Holy Spirit said to me, this is the time to show that you are a Christian

I said, forget what he said. God didn't want you to take the glory. God did it without you. I'm not judging you

I said, I called you three times, and the third time you almost humiliated me. Please make peace with him. And I settled them

Then the other man called me. I said, what did I do to you? Why did you do this? He said that is not how he told him, he only said I should be careful

There are people who, seeing you happy, seeing somebody helping you, their stomach turns. Their anointing is to spoil you with their mouth

They can convince a monkey to come down from a tree without banana

Psalm 140:11

• Every evil speaker speaking against help, against rising, against lifting, spoiling you before your helpers, what they said and expect to happen to you, may it happen to them.

Laban is the spirit of wasted years

Genesis 31:41

Illustration: changing wages

I'll pay you 500 naira at the end of the month. "Okay, sir."

End of the month: "500 where? Who is the witness? It was 300." Then, "Here is your 200, we said 300." That is changing wages

Years are not wasted when there is commensurate profit. Years are wasted when time flies and nothing is added

If you spent years in a business and in that business you bought a car, built a house, married, had children, that is not wasted. That is surplus and excessively blessed years

But if you have done a business for 20 years and can't pay rent or feed your family, your years are flying by

Joel 2:25

The years the locust has eaten, God says He will restore

Everyone who has lost years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, seconds, God will restore it to you

Wasted years is when you work overtime for basic necessity

There are people whose salary cannot pay their transport fare. People whose salary put together cannot pay their yearly rent

You have a vision, a calling on your life. You spend 5 years praying for direction that people get in a day

After you get direction, you spend another 4 years waiting for implementation

God says America, and you have to wait for a visa, wait for a ticket

The enemy ruins a man by eating up his years. As the years roll by, your capacity drops, your intensity drops, your passion drops, your fury drops

Psalm 90:14

Life drops when years roll by. Imagine God wanted you to start the vision in your 30s, and now in your 60s you have not even started. Even when you start, years are lost

But there is a God in heaven who restores our wasted years

Satanic exchange

Genesis 29:25

You worked for Rachel. When you check your bed, what you see is Leah

What I'm seeing in the life of my children is not what I worked for. This is the spirit of exchange

The spirit of exchange is when the enemy gives you his expectation, not yours

It is when the manifestation is not in correlation with your passion and your effort. It is when you see tears instead of laughter

What you are seeing now as the dividend of your life is not commensurate with the effort you are putting in. Laboring like an elephant, eating like an ant

Thank God for Jesus, the God who grants our desires Mark 11:24

My expectation will become my manifestation. No devil can exchange your blessing. No demon can exchange your blessing

• Speed of God, overtake my delay.
• 20 years on the spot. If you take 20 years out of a man's life, what is left? 20 years is enough for a child to become a man.
• Two decades. Speed of God, overtake my delay.