Prophetic Prayer Contact by Apostle Femi Lazarus: MP3 Download & Sermon Notes

Speed Comes Through Alignment

One of the ways for a man to experience speed is to function in the council of God. Speed is not measured by the rate at which you move your legs — it is measured by alignment. As you align, God gives you speed.

It is possible that somebody is striving and struggling not because they lack ability, but because there is something God said that this person kicked against — hence the reason for the struggle. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, you won't struggle. The struggle your colleagues go through, you won't go through it.

What Happens When We Don't Listen

Psalm 81:11–16 — "But my people didn't listen. Israel paid no attention. So I let go of the reins and told them, 'Run — do it your own way.'" God said: if only you had paid attention to what I'm saying. He said, "I will make short work of your enemies and give your foes the back of my hand. You will feast on my fresh-baked bread spread with butter and rock-pure honey."

That is what God wanted to give — but they wouldn't listen. Speed is not you giving God instruction as to the area. God will not sponsor what is not His agenda. And when God gives speed to a man who has wandered away from His counsel, that speed becomes judgment. Speed in the wrong direction is not a blessing — it is judgment.

A Personal Testimony of Choosing God's Direction

While in the national service, there came a point of decision. The plan was to do ministry on the side — to go and make money after service. At the end of the month, when the family gathered to pray a prayer of inquiry — "Lord, what would you have us do?" — while on my knees, I heard God loud and clear: go back and finish what I have called you to do.

The journey from that instruction — go back — is what has produced everything we see today. People who met each other through the ministry, got married, built covenant relationships across the world. How could that be missing if I had chosen my own path?

When God gives you an instruction that connects to people's destinies — when you say no to it, you have disrupted something in God's plan. And the implication is that you won't know speed.

The Prayer of Alignment

There is a prayer many Christians don't like to pray: the prayer of inquiry — Lord, what would you have me do apart from my own plans?

For some of you, this is another chance. God has given you a renewed opportunity — and this is it.

Father, if there is any instruction You have given to me that I refused to obey — Lord, help me back. I repent. I repent from my own stubbornness. I repent from my own decision to do life my own way. I choose Your counsel. The opportunities I missed because of disobedience — Lord, I repent. I take Your instruction. I take what You are saying to me. Lord, restore. In Jesus' name.

Years Lost to Disobedience Can Be Restored

When you lose things to disobedience, the instrument God uses to restore them is mercy. What did God use to bring back the ax head that fell into the river? Mercy. Ideally, it ought to have been gone. But God says, "I will restore the years that the locust and the cankerworm have eaten" (Joel 2:25). The mercies of God reposition and realign men — they put men back in their place in destiny.

Judas lost his place in destiny. In Acts 1:15–20, Peter stood and said, "This man had obtained a part of this ministry." He was numbered with them. He was in the inner circle. But his place was lost — and it says, "His habitation became desolate. Let another take his office."

Hebrews 12:16–17 — Esau for one morsel of food sold his birthright. And when afterward he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected. He found no place of repentance. It is better and easier to guard what is in your hands than to lose it and beg to get it back. It is better to protect when you have it than to lose it and then try to get it back.

Demonic Operations Against Destiny

If you pay attention to what derails men, you will see that it is not always natural occurrences — there are demonic masterminded operations. Demonic orchestration that manipulates destiny at the critical point of decision. People who could have become something — at the critical point, they use their own hands to destroy themselves.

• Every demonic manipulation against my destiny — I shut you down now in the name of Jesus.
• Every foul spirit of darkness that has stagnated my journey, fixated my progress, or altered my advancement — you have no place in my life.
• In the name of Jesus, I declare: the river others couldn't cross, I have crossed. The junction others couldn't pass, I have passed. What they couldn't get done, I will get done.
• My soul is escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler. The snare is broken and I am escaped.

God Carries the Aligned

There are many dimensions to speed. A man can walk. A man can run. A man can fly. All have different paces. But there is a higher dimension than all of these — the point where God Himself carries you. Exodus 19:4 — "I bore you on the wings of an eagle."

By the power in the name of Jesus, you will know what it means to be carried. The race in front of you, you will not do it alone. You will be carried.

For everyone whose journey has been stagnated by demonic operations — you are set free this morning. Go and begin to do the things you couldn't do before. The visa application is open. The documentation is approved. What couldn't happen before will now begin to happen. He that the Son of God has made free is free indeed.

Restoration Testimonies

Three testimonies from the prophetic prayer contact community:

• A graduate who finished service, applied for a job she had forgotten about, and went to the interview without preparation — received a call to resume immediately after the apostle declared on video, "The call will come in."
• Someone with unknown rashes all over their body with severe itching prayed using a declaration that every sickness is cancelled — the next day, completely cleared.
• A selection process expected in late February happened the week the apostle prophesied about a selection process — the person received an acceptance offer on the 30th of January, stunned that prophecy superseded policy.

God is doing amazing things. Every testimony has the power to produce itself for someone else believing God for the same.

Lord Jesus, I believe that You came into this world to die for my sins. I believe You died for my sins. I believe You arose on the third day for my justification. Today I confess You as my Lord and my Savior. I accept this gift of eternal life. In Jesus' name, amen.