Living The Victorious Life by Apostle Michael Orokpo: MP3 Download & Sermon Notes

Living the victorious life

When you look at all the Bible says about God and the heroes of faith, and compare with our lives

If you don't have faith and have not known God by experience, you will be tempted to wonder about the veracity of what the scriptures keep emphasizing

Christians are going through a lot, whereas the life God designed for us is a glorious life Jeremiah 29:11

Many believers' existence is pathetic, not because God has not blessed or provided, but because we don't understand how to appropriate the things meant for our glory. We were created for glory

Appropriating the resources of the Spirit meant for our glory is a protocol we must understand

2 Peter 1:3 to 2 Peter 1:4

He has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness. He didn't say He will give. It is already available, but accessing it requires protocols

Making it your experience requires the knowledge of Him. If you don't know Him, you will not access all things that pertain to life and godliness

What victorious existence is not

Victorious existence is not just having money to lavish on your appetite John 10:10

It means living life to the full, and that is not just being rich and meeting all your appetites

A man once had all the wealth in the world and said, "Now my soul will relax." Heaven called him a fool Luke 12:19 to Luke 12:20

Having resources is part of it, as a matter of fact it is a byproduct. But what we are dealing with here is deeper

5 credentials of a victorious man

1. A relationship with God that transforms you into Christ-likeness

   That is the first area of victory Genesis 1:26

   A man begins his journey of victory when his relationship with God becomes consequential, and the consequence is that he is becoming like Christ

   If you are not becoming like Christ, it doesn't matter the wealth you have. You have not understood what victory is.

   It means the flesh is still your master, and the devil can still manipulate your destiny

   2 Corinthians 3:18

   Everybody considered victorious is one who on a daily basis is becoming like Christ. He was created to model Christ and reveal Christ Isaiah 43:21

   It is not about the church you belong to or the title you have. It is about who you are becoming

   Most challenges of life are designed to stop the protocol of your transformation and transfiguration

   3 layers of salvation (my friend Ben calls it the architectonics of salvation)

   • Justification: the legality required for forgiveness and eternal life upon faith in Christ Jesus. Everything God declares about you
   • Transformation: the ongoing ministry of the Holy Spirit and the word
   • Glorification: God wants your spirit, soul and body to be exactly like Christ

   Salvation is consummated not just by quoting the legalities, but by allowing the Holy Spirit to make what God declared become true in experience

   Anytime that journey of transformation is stopped, your victory is stopped in the spirit

2. Being in the centre of the will of God for your life

   You are where God says you should be and doing what God says you should do. The purpose of existence is for the will of God to find expression Matthew 6:10

   In Gethsemane the battle was not about food or clothing. He was sweating blood, wrestling whether to do His own will or choose the will of God

   The victorious have mastered how to choose the will of God even when it is not convenient 1 Corinthians 9:27

   So Paul called victory staying in the center of the will of God

   You have the capacity to discern God's voice and the capacity to obey it, and your life begins to advance God's agenda

   You can tell what agenda of God you are fulfilling for that season

   If you check your life in a season and you don't know what God's agenda is and the role you are playing, you are lost. You need a spiritual compass to re-navigate you

   You may have the direction to your house on Google Map and still be lost. You need to be found

   That is what justifies the breath in your nostrils.

   If the day comes that you can no longer discern what God is doing and the role you are playing, go back to heaven. You are adding to the number on earth.

   It's not necessary. Your time is over

   Concerning David, when he was done fulfilling the will of God, he rested with his fathers. We don't die because we are old. We translate to glory when our assignment is over

   Old age is a blessing, but it is useless if you are not part of any agenda.

   That's why we contend in prayer, search the word and stay alone with God, to find what is streaming from Zion and the role we have to play

   Until we find it and begin to play it, we will never find peace, because we are here to serve the King. If we don't have a place in the courts of God, what are we living for?

   Jesus knew what God was doing and the role He was playing

   Before Pilate, Jesus said you don't have the power you think you have. The reason you think you do is because it is permitted for now John 18:37, John 19:11

   On the cross He hung six hours in pain because the prophecies were not yet completed. Your whole weight on nails, your back blistered with beatings, pulling yourself up with every breath.

   He stayed because it wasn't about what He felt

   Some of us think life is "I'm not happy, I'm not enjoying myself." That is not part of victory

   For His whole lifetime Jesus lived every day like a man following a compass. Even where He lived was scripted, not because rich men live there Matthew 4:13 to Matthew 4:16, Isaiah 9:1 to Isaiah 9:2

   Even if He had money, it didn't matter. This is where God said live, so He found His way there. I'm not going to Canada because there's a job

   That which was written before the foundations of time. When He came into time, He piped into Zion, downloaded the oracles of God concerning His destiny and traced it

   When He said He thirsted, it was prophecy. It's not because He was thirsty. He had to say it John 19:28

   When He checked and everything was over, He said it is finished. That is a victorious man John 19:30, Luke 23:46

   He didn't die. He translated into another dimension

   That is how we are supposed to live 2 Timothy 4:7 to 2 Timothy 4:8

   Victorious men have mastered discerning the will of God. If they need to wrestle in prayer to align, they will.

   If they need to fast to keep the soul alive in the spirit, or serve for a season, they will pay the price

3. Exercising dominion

   You can't fulfil the will of God by wishing it. It takes power to do what is consistent with the heart of God, because there will be opposition

   The plants you don't need grow on their own. Grass grows on concrete. The flower you want, you water and manure and it won't grow.

   Because you came with an errand to fulfil what is good, there will be opposition. It is for this purpose that power becomes critical

   Power is not for display. Power is to stop opposition Psalm 8:2

   When you are doing the will of God, whether the devil likes it or not is not a factor.

   If he rises against you, that in itself adds glory to your testimony, because now you have a weapon. It's called power

   The moment God made man He gave him a token called dominion, the power to do the will of God regardless of opposition Genesis 1:26

   Jesus told the disciples not to go out until they were endued with power Acts 1:8. You need power for your life to count

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   Some say this generation is obsessed with power. Have we seen power? We have not yet seen power. That's why we are praying for it and studying to stumble upon its secrets

   Men of the Old Testament

   Men without the Holy Spirit walked to a king and said, "Let my people go." Pharaoh said no ten times, ten plagues came, and a civilization called Egypt was shut down

   At midnight Pharaoh told them to go with all they wanted to carry. The man walked majestically out of a civilization that held them for over 400 years Exodus 12:31

   Some have a devil still killing their family members, and in 15 years have done nothing about it, and say they know power. We don't know power. We are trusting God for power

   Joshua, with no book to read from, spoke to the sun and the moon: I have a war to fight, don't move. The constellation heard and obeyed Joshua 10:12

   When they challenged the authority of Moses, he said the earth will open its mouth and swallow them. People were talking and nature was obeying Numbers 16:28 to Numbers 16:33

   Romans 15:4

   When I see what was done by these men, I should know the potential I carry in God

   Can you take revival to your village? If God depends on you for a local government, can you bring revival, so people are transformed, build value systems, and transform the territory?

   Illustration: Elisha and the child

   The woman said, "I didn't beg you for a child. You spoke, a child came." Then the child was taken 2 Kings 4:8 to 2 Kings 4:37

   Elisha was not troubled. He gave his staff to Gehazi: go put it on the child. But Gehazi's heart was wrong, so the staff refused to work in his hand

   When the message came back, Elisha wasn't shaking. He said, "Let's go." No panic. He lay on the child. When you lie on something you are not resting, you are transmitting power

   The child came back to life and strolled out as if nothing happened

   Hebrews 11:32 to Hebrews 11:35

   This is the heritage we have. This is our history. Behind them is a desolate wilderness, before them is a garden of the Lord

   What they did, we are supposed to dwarf, because they didn't even have the Holy Ghost living on the inside

   When Jesus resurrected, the next book was called Acts of the Apostles. Let's demonstrate before we talk. Shadows were healing the sick Acts 5:15

   There was no need debating whether miracles are real. Bring them

   Victorious living is to wield the powers of God

4. Being a blessing to others

   The impact and overflow of your life can transform another person. When people are trusting God for answers, you become the answer Genesis 12:2

   Great nation

   There is no such thing as an individual among us. That is why in church we don't count numbers. When 20 of us are seated, we are 20 nations.

   It is a great mistake to say, "Today we were 30 in church." No, 30 nations were in church

   One person may be a nation of 10,000, another a nation of 100,000

   Every nation has civilization, identity, tribes and resources. Something must come out of you to impact people, define their values, give them identity, give them tribes and reform a civilization

   This is not just about speaking in tongues and acting drama. The effect must show

   Tongues is a vehicle of the Spirit to carry you into the economy of the Spirit, and part of that economy is to manifest the articles of the Abrahamic blessing

   Blessed

   Blessed means empowered to prosper. What God is telling you is not something you are wishing for. There is a power on the inside to bring it to pass Ephesians 3:20

   The problem is that you are not conscious of it Philemon 1:6

   I acknowledge that I'm a nation and that there is a power in me. It can manifest as a gift, a wisdom, an inspiration, a type of productivity.

   Over time a people will gather, with an identity, a language and a value system. I will shape the outcomes of their destiny, because it is part of the Abrahamic blessing

   Great name

   Proverbs 22:1

   In the context of currencies, names are heavier than cash. Some people can enter any country and do business in billions without travelling with one coin.

   Some can say, "Go to that person, tell them I sent you," and the person gives 10 billion

   Names open doors and transact, even in the spirit Acts 19:15

   Demons recognized and revered Paul. Paul could walk into a place and say, "I am Paul," and things would happen because he is Paul.

   We have the name of Jesus upon us, but our name in Christ is also great

   A day must come when if your name is mentioned, somebody's life can be ransomed

   Blessing to those who bless you

   Your blessing overflows to whoever blesses you

   Potiphar was blessed because of Joseph Genesis 39:5. Laban said God blessed him because of Jacob Genesis 30:27. These were hidden kingdoms, yet they were blessed by contact

   Are you the same person who says, "Things are not working"? Something is wrong. You have not understood something

   Nations will summon you and say, "Come and help us." Your wisdom can alter an economy and stabilize security. Joseph transformed Egypt by counsel Genesis 41:39

   You may not look it now, but your life is changing. That is why you are hearing this. I'm not just teaching you, I'm speaking to your reality

   For some here, not too long, you will become a blessing to people, companies, institutions and nations. You walk in dominion over the devil and over circumstances

5. Lacking nothing

   As long as your destiny needs it, it will show up Genesis 24:1

   You may not have surplus in everything, but anything your destiny needs will show up. If I need money to do something, it will show up. If I need a door to open, it will open

   A man who carries these five credentials is a victorious man.

   You are here to fulfil a cause and agenda older than you that should outlive you, and you cannot do it without being a victorious entity

6 calamities of those who are not victorious

Victorious people live in a realm where ordinary people don't live. Ordinary people battle six crises

1. Spiritual crisis

   This ranges from separation from God and no relationship with Him, to sin. Some are tormented every day, can't sleep, and demons pursue them in dreams

   I don't sleep early because I've disciplined myself not to, but when I want to sleep, I sleep well Psalm 127:2

   I can sleep four hours and be fully refreshed, with 15 minute power naps. Demons are not pursuing me in the dream. They can't come close. I live in the victorious realm

   Illustration: the encounter

   Something like light came into me and I was quickened out of my body. I saw myself on a mountaintop and saw men fighting beasts like aliens, like crocodiles walking on two legs with weapons

   Something carried me into the field and something came into my hand. I joined the war. An elder tapped me and said, "Take the people to safety"

   I know in this kingdom there are ranks

   As I took them, some gave me dollars, pounds, jewelry. I told myself, if I've taken you to safety, is it out of place to bless me? Keep it.

   This ministry, I will never beg for money. We are taking people to safety

   No fear of demons, awake or asleep. The scriptures we store in our spirit are not theology, they are weapons of war Ephesians 6:17

   When you enter that realm the word becomes a weapon, something enters your hand like a bullet, like a gun, like a bat

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   People who don't live here are tormented on their jobs and in their dreams

   Proverbs 24:16

   They are rising and falling every day. You are not supposed to be rising and falling every day. I struggle with things and I fight my way out, but it's not every day we keep falling

   They are not sure of their relationship with God. They look for somebody to talk to God for them.

   They travel two weeks and wait three weeks to see a prophet or an apostle to beg God on their behalf

   Hebrews 12:22 to Hebrews 12:24

   You are not coming, you have come. Now that you have come, transact there. Spend time in prayer. Spend time in worship

   1 Corinthians 6:17, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Romans 13:14

   You are one spirit with Him. I am in Christ Jesus. I'm joined to the Lord

   You have not heard God for a week? It's not trouble. Go inside, close the door, shut down distraction, and hear your Master speak. Sometimes a scripture is quickened.

   Sometimes you hear the audible voice of the Spirit

   A man once had no time to pray. He entered his room and heard the Holy Ghost say, "I miss you." I've not entered there, but one day I will hear that. Where have you been, my beloved?

   Song of Solomon 1:2 to Song of Solomon 1:4

   It is an intimate relationship. It's not "I go to this church." It is oneness, koinonia, participation in the spirit

   When He doesn't see you after some time, while chatting with friends He begins to draw you. The conversation no longer makes sense. Your spirit wants to ascend.

   There are oracles and encounters waiting, moments in Zion your spirit must tap so verities of the Spirit can be downloaded. That's how we become wonders to our world

   Sometimes on your job it becomes too much and you take a walk. You can't explain it. The hedonistic can't interact with that frequency. As you walk, your spirit feels ventilation.

   Sometimes you don't talk, you are just quiet to hear

   When you start feeding an appetite, it becomes stronger

2. Identity crisis

   Meaningful existence is tied to identity and purpose. Some people are like vagabonds, wherever the wind carries them. Birthday party, they are there. Wedding, they are there. No purpose, no identity, no definite cause

   They carry their phone and scroll, looking for who to call or who will call them. No meaning to life. This is the vanity with many people

   Many live like that until they are old, and the unfulfilment within becomes a noise. That's where life becomes torment

   People without dignity first don't know who they are. A king can't hang somewhere and beg for five years. He knows who he is. They can afford to waste time because their lives don't command meaning

   When somebody invites me and insists I must come, I ask, which role am I playing there? Nothing.

   Do I look like somebody who has to be somewhere I don't have a role to play? I'm happy for what you are doing, I can even support with resources, but I'm busy.

   I'm about something.

   I have a schedule with the Holy Spirit

   When my younger sister wanted to do her wedding I said, tell me on time. She didn't. I told her, I will give you any money you want, I won't come.

   They rescheduled the wedding by one week. I had fixed a conference and people were coming from all over.

   I won't shift the kingdom for a wedding. Any money, I will give, but I am about something

   I'm a servant of God. I have an identity. It brings dignity, focus and meaning to existence

   Be careful who you bring into what you are doing. Some people carry noise in their spirit and drag everybody with them.

   In an organization where everybody is focused, one person walks from table to table bringing noise and unproductiveness

   There are people that when they come, support them with money and let them go. Unless they are transformed, don't include them. One bad egg can destroy a whole crate

   1 Corinthians 15:10

   The moment you know who you are, your life takes a new shape. Meaning, dignity and values come in

   Many cry that things are not working. Take them to where things are working and they can't live there. They are used to breaking every law. Where there is order, it fights them

3. Moral crisis

   Lack of moral values and character. Dishonesty, greed, corruption, injustice, selfishness, abuse of power, lack of self-control

   The problem of society is not intellectual, it is moral. No nation lacks gifted people, especially in Africa. We lack moral and ethical values, and corruption is at the foundation

   That is why God and church can never be edited out. This is the institution that can impart moral values

   Take people without moral values to China or the US, train them and bring them back. They will hijack power and bring injustice, nepotism and corruption

   An engineer may get every drawing accurate, but compromise the concrete because from every one million he wants to make a hundred thousand. By the twelfth storey the building bends. Engineering is not the problem.

   There is no moral value

   Even in church it takes time for a handful to be transformed. Even in the camp of Jesus there was a Judas taking money from the offering bag John 12:6

   Someone never misses service in ten years because his socks are full of money from the offering bag

   A pilot drinks alcohol and turns it into a water bottle to discard it. He has the intelligence to beat the whole security protocol.

   Someone will not allow electricity to work because he sells generators, and he sits in power for 30 years

   I'm not against training intellectuals, but if the moral fabric is not dealt with, the intellectual will be useless

   The foundation of great nations is their moral values, and our moral values are extracted from spirits. Go to China and find out how many monasteries there are. Monks meditate for years and build character

   Revivals in Europe resulted in the banishing of the slave trade. John Wesley's revival led to its abolition in 1833.

   When they studied the cross, they said Jesus died for everybody, so every human being is equal. Is that physics? Is that electrical engineering?

   If election comes, some will vote for the person they think will give them financial gain. "He knows my auntie and she will give me a job." Can we talk about development like that?

   If you don't deal with morality, we become worse, because now we are wiser in advancing corruption. Am I against those trainings? No. But as important as they are, the moral aspect must be dealt with

   Our problem is not lack of education or lack of exposure, it is corruption

   Nigerians are vast and well-travelled, all over the world, and we don't lack intellectuals. In fact, the reason they have not come back is because of corruption

   One of our major roles in church is to teach the truth so people are transformed, because the truth sets men free

   You can never live the victorious life unless you deal with these issues. Your relationship with God must be well defined so you rise above every oppressing force.

   Your identity must be established so you live with purpose, dignity and meaning. And you must be transformed in moral and ethical values through the word, the Spirit and service

   If you have not come into those realms, everything we are doing here is just exciting ourselves

4. Mental and emotional crisis

   Many are kept in bondage by ignorance. They won't take time to study, learn, serve or be discipled. They are like peacocks, bankrupt of acute knowledge, and some want to make up with looks

   You become a toy people carry to pleasure with and discard, because that is the only thing you have to offer

   The way people are proud about nakedness is appalling. Pornography is the number one selling material on every online platform. I learned English and values and wisdom from home movies apart from church.

   Today movies are about love and sex stories. I feel for Gen Alpha and Gen Z, there is nothing to learn from

   Even in church it is like a buffet of harlots in the name of fashion. We would rather be 10 here and hear the word than be 1,000 and nobody knows God

   There are three categories of people proud to be naked: children who have no sense, mad people who are schizophrenic, and harlots

   Which Christ will not impart your values? The harlots met Christ and were changed

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   Ignorance and distorted thinking: somebody collects 20,000 and kills a person. Be careful who you associate with. Not everybody is happy for you.

   Someone comes to your house out of jealousy, sees your big television, and the next thing a child is kidnapped

   Animals have preserved their values better than humans. A mother hen will always cover her chicks till Jesus comes. Men have become worse than beasts

   Some have anxiety disorder, some are depressed, some carry shame everywhere. If they are not battling shame, depression, anxiety or distorted thinking, they are ignorant

   In the West you see people put iron around their mouths, paint their faces red, tear their bodies. Satan is scrubbing his feet on people because he has damaged the emotion and the mentality

   I don't teach about happiness. You would be shocked what makes some people happy. Some are happy to watch somebody in pain. "I'm getting married because I'm happy." Be careful, find out what makes you happy

   Serial killers lure people with gifts, and the way they kill is what gives them joy. Some inject themselves with hard drugs until their bodies are full of blisters and there is no vein left

   When we tell you to come up here, it is for your good. You don't know where Satan has relegated humanity to

5. Relational and societal crisis

   Broken families, loneliness, betrayals, prejudice, discrimination, violence, oppression, war, weak institutions. Take time to study it. It builds a defense in your life

   Somebody is heartbroken and didn't heal. Every good gesture you project, they interpret in a negative light. You spend all your life trying to win the trust of somebody destroyed

   Your family or marriage may be broken. I'm not saying it's your fault, but it is the warfare of your generation. Fight it so it doesn't perpetuate to your children

   The same thing you suffered, you will see in your daughter's life and your son's life, with precision. It is a spiritual system, a web that has robbed men. You must fight

   The enemy uses porous value systems, values not developed from moral to ethical to spiritual to family values

   A man who can't control anger creates in 10 minutes havoc of 10 years, then reaps it for the next 10 years.

   "I'm sorry" does not solve every problem, it only means you recognize you are wrong. Unless mercy speaks, you will go through what you created

   If you notice a pattern, especially with anybody who has authority over you, sit down and study it

   Illustration: the 4 laws

   I had an encounter and was given four laws: drunkenness, pride, lying, womanizing. He said these powers have wrecked your home and your lineage.

   The beings that rule the destinies of men in this lineage use these gates. Lock them

   If you are proud, it will ruin you. Where I come from they call men thunder.

   When you are provoked you will roar like thunder on your wife and scatter your marriage, then sit down later and hold your head

   No matter how good you are, somebody will betray you. Make up your mind to heal, not because of them but because of you.

   Don't allow it to put a scar on your soul, it will ruin your destiny

   Illustration: the oppressed instrumentalist

   Some have been oppressed by those ahead of them and are almost entering bitterness. I asked a man who plays an instrument why I have never seen him play.

   He said, "I don't know why they don't want to give me an opportunity, but I am here."

   "They can't kill my destiny. My destiny must be heard." He means they want to shut down his destiny, but God will not let them

   If I bypass the one in charge and say "come up," he will play while looking at his leader as if to say, "I thought you said I will never play. Here I am."

   He is transmitting that to his leader

   No man is God. Only God lifts men. There may be no hard feelings, it is just how things work.

   Maybe your season of manifestation has not come, that's why God has not put it in your leader's heart. But you are offended

   One day the God that lifts men will lift you.

   You will see somebody serving in church with bitterness, and he carries it into other parts of his life like a foul smell that travels with him

   It may not be your fault that you are going through divorce or betrayal, but there will be after effects. Build a defense against it. Don't let it become a yoke that destroys your destiny

6. Material, physical and environmental crisis

   Poverty, hunger, unemployment, sickness. Somebody said that in every 10 people at least seven are sick, another research said six, another eight

   The percentage of Africans in poverty is quite high. Millions of people. Many young people are dealing with one of three things: sickness, poverty, immorality

   This is why you must live victorious

4 things victorious people focus on

1. Experiential knowledge of God

   Leave religion. Leave church churchiness that has no relationship with God. Make up your mind that you will know God for yourself Daniel 11:32

   Not those who go to church. Thank God for being part of a church, a place where we trust God to disciple people.

   But you can be in a church and not be in touch with God

   Find out the prerequisites of an experiential relationship with God and build your life around it

   It is your connection with God that gives you advantage John 15:5

   The vine is fruitful because it is connected to the stem

   The greatest precursor for relationship with God is daily devotion. You can sit under the greatest prophet and the most powerful apostle and not know God

   Illustration: the interpreter

   I don't know if it was Benny Hinn who told this story. An interpreter travelled with an evangelist for more than 15 years.

   After the evangelist died, somebody asked him, "When did you give your heart to Christ?" He said, "I have not." He didn't feel it was necessary

   There are preachers who don't know Jesus. Some at the end of their ministry hear the gospel and start crying, "Lord, come into my heart"

   A man in ministry for more than 60 years was asked the greatest thing in his walk with God. His answer was Acts 6:4

   You can go to a powerful crusade and your fire is stirred, and you lose it after some time if you don't have an everyday walk

   Thirty minutes consistently, alone, talking to Jesus and hearing Him. Fifteen minutes reading one verse and meditating on it: "Lord, let this word speak to me." Fasting once a week.

   Nothing is more powerful in your walk with God

   You can attend a 15 hour prayer stretch and feel hot for some days. The real strong Christians are those where no eye sees, but daily they walk with Jesus. Those guys don't fall.

   It is hard to find such a believer without an experience. His faith and conviction is rigid

   If you want to know if you have power with God, it is not the message you preach on the crusade ground. It is the capacity to maintain an everyday walk

   God can speak through one or two words from your pastor, but knowing Jesus is your everyday interaction. Very few Christians have it

   Some can't spend 10 minutes with Jesus every day for 30 days. That's why when calamity comes they fall as if they never believed God. They don't know Him. That's where victory comes from, in knowing your God

   Don't know the God of Apostle Mike. Know your God. Let Him talk to you in prayer and in study

   Laying hands on you and prophesying is like a jump starting cable. You don't start your car every day with a jump starting cable. Your battery must be alive

2. Find your identity

   Abraham was called the friend of God. All these men had their identities with God. That is why they named God after their personal encounters with Him

   When God revealed Himself to Abraham, He revealed Himself as El Shaddai. Consistent with Abraham's identity is the ability to access the bounties of God. Abraham could never imagine that he would lack. Men like that don't beg

   Illustration: the entrance

   I saw a minister who knew how to package the presence. Where he came out from was designed to communicate something.

   The choir was trained to pick the song when he enters, and a tangible presence came

   I'm not saying this to exalt a man. When you find your identity, it becomes a scepter and a weapon

   I was praying one day with my eyes open and saw myself clothed with fire. I knew I was a revivalist, that what God gave me is to set people on fire.

   God has shown me a few things like that to help define my identity in the spirit

   There are times you are tired, you don't sense the anointing, and faith does not rise. You remember what He called you

   You must press. It can be through scriptures or prayer, but by all means find your identity. You must be known after an order, defined after a type of ordination Jeremiah 1:5

   John the Baptist came by an identity, not by being creative. That was the errand of his destiny John 1:19 to John 1:23

   The congregational Christianity where we hide everybody under a big congregation cannot raise overcomers. In the apostolic order everybody stretches

   There is a place where I pray for you, but I must carry you into the school of prayer. A point must come where you go to that 40 days fasting yourself.

   It is not about the days, it is about the press in the spirit

   Wherever I go that empowers me to minister to you, you must go, to read the chronicles of your destiny. Before you were formed, something was written about you Psalm 139:16

   How can you walk through time so shallow? You don't know what was spoken before you came. The psalmist knew there was an identity card for him. All of them knew who they were

   When Moses came of age he refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter Hebrews 11:24. Once upon a time it was an honor to be associated with Pharaoh, but he had found himself

   Wherever you stand there is no place to compromise. You can say the truth anywhere because now you know who you are. I've spoken before kings and politicians and said the same thing.

   You can't buy me. I will live without money but I will carry my identity

   What if the challenges of your life are asking, "Who are you?" What if the battles you are fighting are not battles, they are just asking, "Who are you?" Psalm 24:7 to Psalm 24:10

   The door remains shut. Whether it opens or closes, your identity will open it. The identity of the King of glory was not contested

   Some are witnesses, apostles, prophets, ambassadors, a flame of fire. Nobody can tell you who you are. You must enter the spirit and hear the voice of your Creator. When He tells you, He reconstructs you.

   Even your physical morphology is redefined

   The day John discovered who he was, he carried his bag and left his father's house, where he was being trained to become a priest.

   When he entered the realm he was told he would come in the spirit and power of Elijah Luke 1:80

   Matthew 3:4

   Those were not the things his father wore, but he had found his identity. He knew he was not part of this physical genealogy.

   He was connected to a prophet from the realms of the Tishbite. His ways became different and his wars became different.

   When Jesus came, He recognized him in the order of Elijah John 5:35

   In the spirit your nomenclature is not enough. You must find who you are in God. What will you be called?

   It is not about the fasting or the prayer. It is what you must get when you finish fasting, worship and prayer

   A generation will rise where men define themselves by their standing in the spirit. Some are in the order of Deborah, some Paul, some Isaiah, some Peter.

   You carry a dimension in Christ that must become a witness to your generation, but you have not yet traveled. It is not about age. It is not about gender. Who are you in the spirit?

   When you find yourself, a car or a territory will no longer have the power to put you under pressure. When Peter was to be killed he wasn't perturbed Acts 12:6

   Identity can give you strength even in the face of death, because you know that even death cannot erase you from the sands of history. Your name will be a memorial for all times

3. Pay the price to build values

   Don't end your journey just coming to church or speaking in tongues. Build spiritual values, moral values, ethical values and family values Matthew 5:37

   This generation is a risk to hand powers to. We are too arrogant, too lofty, too full of ourselves. You can't find genuinely humble men anymore.

   Any little thing and we become like peacocks, and we have not even handled the real substance. Forget all these pious acts

   If it has entered you, tokens will be committed to you as proof you have the capacity to handle certain things. See the level of unforgiveness among church workers. See the level of dishonor and disrespect.

   Leaders literally have to beg people working with them. They choose who they respect and have no regard for office. They size you up and say, "You can't lead me."

   • Spiritual values govern your relationship with God: truthfulness, purity, obedience
   • Moral values govern personal character and conduct: compassion, fidelity, humility, self-control, love
   • Ethical values govern how moral convictions are expressed: justice, accountability, fairness, transparency, responsibility

   It is not about talking mysteries only. What your destiny will rest on are the values you have

   They should be able to trust you with responsibility, and when you say it will be done, it will be done. Demonstrate fairness even with people who can't offer you anything.

   There should be justice in how you administer power, without sentiment. Every action should have an institutional, just reason, not because you favor this one and not that one

   When you generate energy in the spirit, even if you don't know anybody Ecclesiastes 11:3

   Sometimes when God wants to glorify Himself He doesn't let anybody help you. He lifts you Himself so your life becomes a reference for a generation.

   You will stand as one man who proves to your generation that if God sends you a man, it's a blessing. But in case there is no man, you are still not handicapped.

   You all by yourself become a testament to your generation

   You must have values, values, values. If we don't have people who have values, what are we doing here? You can't find humility, purity, compassion, fairness, integrity

   Imagine they hand Nigeria to us and say, "Take the reins of power." Who can we trust with the presidency, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Petroleum?

   All your villagers would suddenly become engineers and every contract would go to them. We would say heaven helps those who help themselves. No values

   I'm not writing us down, but there is a higher expectation, and we receive grace to ascend

4. Become productive

   Deploy yourself unto productivity. Refuse to be idle. Victorious people are not idle people, they are productive people. Don't sit down and say there is nothing to do. Create something to do.

   The focus is to glorify God and bless humanity Proverbs 10:4

   You can't be victorious if you are an idle person. It is never possible

   Many believers speak in tongues, and in 10 years have no job and are doing nothing 2 Thessalonians 3:10

   Ephesians 4:28

   That's why we encourage people to serve in church. Begin from there, but in society ask, "I am the salt of the earth, the light of the world. What can I do to improve these people?"

   Matthew 5:13 to Matthew 5:14

   Don't look for money. Begin with a priority to glorify God and help humanity. Money will come. Make impact before you create structures for money

   The real precursor of unending inspiration is a heart for humanity. Inventors say they saw a problem and tried to alleviate it. I see people travelling for months and ask what can shorten the time.

   I see people suffering sickness and ask what can alleviate it. That drove men into invention

   The Bible abhors idleness. You will not know what you carry until you start serving. When problems arise you start prescribing solutions, and you will be shocked how you knew it.

   Service will reveal you to you

Recap

Victorious people have a relationship with God. They have a clear identity. They have value systems. They are ever deployed in service

Make up your mind that from today you must become victorious, and it will show