Why Is Manifestation Delaying? by Pastor Dolapo Lawal: MP3 Download & Sermon Notes

Faith and Patience Cannot Be Separated

Faith and patience are not two different things that work alongside each other. What makes faith faith is patience. If you are not willing to wait for it, it is not faith — it is magic. Faith, by definition, involves waiting.

Why Prophetic Words Attract Opposition

There is a way prophetic words are released in scripture — either as judgments or as teaching. When a genuine prophetic word is spoken over a life, that word is the Christ. And where Christ is declared, there must be an antichrist.

From the moment Christ was born, Herod wanted to kill him. If Herod had not known, he would have left him alone. Once he knew, he attacked.

From the moment someone gives you a prophetic word — especially a promise from God — they have placed you in the arena of spiritual warfare.

All hell will break loose. This is not a sign that the word was wrong. It is a sign that the word was real.

Delay Does Not Mean Failure

God is faithful even when we mismanage his promises. Consider Israel: God called Abraham's seed, and 4.6 billion people on earth today are connected to that one man. The promise to Abraham about real estate was fulfilled 3,000 years after he died. For 400 years, the children of Israel did not even know God had made a promise to Abraham. Then God showed up and said, "I am owing your forefather."

Deuteronomy 8:18 — "It is God who gives you power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers." Not because of you — because he is owing.

If you mismanage a prophetic word, God may fulfil it through your children or your seed — but it will be fulfilled. The most important thing Abraham gave Isaac was promises. The most important thing Isaac gave Jacob was promises. God said, God said, God said — and it manifested 3,000 years later.

If you have inherited a promise that has been fought through your family line, the task is to win the battle for your children. Pass it on.

The Devil's Greed Is Your Sign

The devil comes to steal, kill, and destroy. If he is still fighting you, you still have more to steal. If he has left you, he is done — there is nothing left worth taking.

If the devil is still fighting you, you still have more.

Make sure you don't lose the most ground. Work with the light you have. Stay on it and win for your children. Don't give up the inheritance because the battle is taking longer than you expected.