Ebenezer Okronipa

THE PATH OF THE JUST: CHANGING YOUR STORY

ant to struggle under the oppression of darkness, witchcraft, or generational limitations. However, the enemy often marks dates and seasons to orchestrate destruction, marital breakdown, or ministry collapse.

Fasting and prayer serve as the spiritual mechanism to enforce the finished promises of God, break demonic decrees, and secure divine intervention. Drawing from personal testimony and biblical patterns (such as Esther and Israel), spiritual diligence turns potential tragedy into a testimony of victory, lifting, and preservation.

Core Theme: Understanding, valuing, and walking in the biblical technology of faith by following the examples, characteristics, and unwavering faith of the patriarchs of old.

The Nature of an Apostolic Gathering: In an apostolic gathering, God delivers assigned or sent messages designed to bring transformation, position the church for an unusual manifestation of power, heal sicknesses, and deliver people from oppressions.

The Danger of Distraction:

Many believers miss out on their breakthroughs because of distractions (e.g., admiring outfits, side conversations, checking phones).

Just as God put Adam into a deep sleep to form Eve without distraction, God requires deep attentiveness so believers do not miss the specific, life-altering words designed for them.

Biblical Example: In Acts 3, Peter and John told the lame man, "Look on us." Attention is required to receive a miracle; distraction robs people of their blessings.

Foundation of Christianity: There is no Christianity without faith. Salvation, experiences of God, pleasing God, and receiving inheritance are all accessed through faith.

Guarding Against End-Time Obsolete Elements:

Loss of Genuine Love for God: Revelation 2:4-5 warns against leaving one's first love. Matthew 24:12 notes that in the end times, iniquity will abound and the love of many will wax cold, causing people to love pleasure more than God.

Loss of Faith: Luke 18:8 asks, "When the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?" Hebrews 10:23 commands believers to hold fast the profession of their faith without wavering and to assemble together to safeguard it.

Contending for the Faith: Jude 1:3 urges believers to "earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints." Faith is a fight; believers must learn how to fight to maintain it (Hebrews 6:12).

Definition of the Fathers: This refers to the biblical characters, apostles, and prophets from the Old and New Testaments (e.g., Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David, Elijah, Elisha, Apostle Paul, Jesus) who walked with God by faith.

Hebrews 11 Overview (The Hall of Faith):

Hebrews 11:1: Faith is "the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."

Hebrews 11:2: "For by it the elders obtained a good report." The patriarchs obtained divine testimonies and good report cards of life through faith, not human effort.

Why We Must Follow Their Faith:

It is the established pattern and lifestyle of the Kingdom (Habakkuk 2:4: "The just shall live by his faith").

It is a guarantee of receiving the promises (Hebrews 6:12).

It protects believers from self-glorification and self-dependence.

The Error of Self-Justification:

Romans 4:2-4 explains that if Abraham was justified by works, he would have something to boast about, but not before God.

Human effort, self-confidence, and fleshly works always fail before God. When people rely on their own wealth, degrees, or abilities, it leads to pride and abomination before God (e.g., the rich fool in Luke 12, King Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel).

The DNA of Faith: Faith completely negates self-glory. True faith is anchored entirely on the goodness and grace of God, meaning God gets all the glory when breakthroughs happen.

The Inclusion of the Uncircumcised:

Romans 4:9-12 clarifies that Abraham's righteousness was accounted to him while he was uncircumcised.

Circumcision was merely a sign/seal. This proves that both Jews and Gentiles can access this justification and inherit the promises simply by believing, regardless of background.

To walk effectively in this dimension, believers must emulate the core characteristics displayed by the patriarchs:

(1) Born Out of Intimacy:

Real faith is birthed out of personal encounters and deep fellowship with God, not just copied principles (Romans 10:17: "Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God").

Biblical Examples: Moses spoke with God face-to-face, "as a man speaks to his friend" (Exodus 33:11). Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob all had life-altering personal encounters with God. Without intimacy, faith becomes weak.

(2) Unwaving Trust in God’s Abilities and Promises:

The faith of the fathers maintains absolute confidence in God that does not shake under pressure or opposing circumstances (Romans 4:18-21 regarding Abraham; Hebrews 11:32-34).

(3) Uncontested Obedience Despite the Cost:

True faith obeys God completely, regardless of human logic or personal sacrifice.

Biblical Example: Abraham demonstrated uncontested obedience when asked to offer Isaac (Genesis 22), calling his act of surrender "worship" (Genesis 22:5).

(4) Persistence and Perseverance through Trials:

James 1:2-4 encourages believers to count it all joy when facing trials because testing produces endurance.

Biblical Example: David remained steadfast when facing Goliath (1 Samuel 17), viewing trials as stepping stones rather than stumbling blocks. Job maintained his trust through extreme suffering (Job 2:10, 42:10).

(5) Willingness to Act Out Their Faith (Violent/Audacious Faith):

Faith requires action and boldness. The fathers acted out their convictions with holy audacity—whether it was shutting mouths of lions, quenching fires, or stepping into impossible waters (Hebrews 11:33-34).

Nothing Shall Be Impossible: When operating in this realm of faith, impossibilities are eradicated (Mark 9:23).

Pleasing God: Without faith, it is impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:6).

Divine Positioning & Generational Legacy: Faith transfers blessings, changes family lineages (shifting families from poverty to abundance, or from obscurity to leadership like Joseph and David), and leaves a permanent mark of victory across generations.

Stand Your Ground: Refuse to be moved by negative circumstances, family history, economic hardships, or medical reports.

Make the Decision: Shift your focus from self-dependence and social media distractions to deep spiritual intimacy with God.

The Final Declaration: As the year progresses toward its close, anchor your life on unwavering, unshakeable faith, and step boldly into the supernatural manifestations prepared for you in Christ.

SERMON NOTES: STABILITY AND GROWTH: ROOTED TO RISE

Main Text: Psalm 92:12–15

Central Idea

POINT 1: Relationship with His Person vs. Relationship with His Principles

Takeaway: Knowing Christ saves you; applying His principles positions you to walk in what He's already provided.

POINT 2: From "Present" to "Planted"

Drawn from Psalm 92:13 — "planted in the house of the LORD."

Imagery from the text:

A planted believer isn't easily shaken by circumstances, offense, or shifting winds of doctrine.

POINT 3: Foundations for Stability

For personal growth and flourishing (v.14 — "they shall still bear fruit in old age... fresh and flourishing"):

Stability precedes fruitfulness. You don't get to the "bearing fruit in old age" stage without being planted first.

Summary line for the month: Stability is the soil; growth is the fruit. You cannot flourish where you are not planted.

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Ebenezer Okronipa

Main Scripture: Luke 4:14

Supporting Scriptures: Luke 4:1, Esther 3, Esther 4, Isaiah 54:17

Core Theme: Activating divine empowerment through fasting and prayer to break spiritual resistance, neutralize demonic decrees, and legally enforce a supernatural change of story.

Fasting is About Power: Fasting is not merely about staying away from food; it is a critical spiritual exercise. When believers engage in fasting and prayer, they are actively drawing near to God to generate dynamic spiritual power.

The Pattern of Jesus: Scripture records that Jesus, being full of the Holy Ghost, went into the wilderness. After fasting, He returned in the power of the Spirit.

The Power Flow: Power must flow when we fast. Every major patriarch, prophet, and apostle in scripture utilized fasting as a baseline lifestyle to trigger breakthroughs and historical shifts.

Genesis 1:26

"...let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

Created to Rule: God’s primary purpose for humanity is dominion. Dominion is a legal term representing authority, executive power, and political appointment.

The Ultimate Mandate: Man was structurally programmed to take charge, subdue the earth, and enforce God's sovereign will in this material realm.

The Loss of Dominion: When a believer's life is consistently subject to patterns of loss, tragedy, or situations they do not desire, it is a sign that their dominion has been compromised and something else is illegally controlling their environment.

The Irreversible Law: In the book of Esther, Haman utilized demonic manipulations, magicians, and astrologers to cast lots (Pur) for twelve months to select a specific day to completely annihilate the Jewish people. This decree was legally signed and sealed with the king's signet ring, making it completely irreversible by human laws.

The Spiritual Counter-Attack: Recognizing that the crisis was rooted in spiritual dimensions, Queen Esther did not rely on her physical beauty or her executive position in the palace. She commanded Mordecai and all the Jews in Shushan to fast and pray for three days—neither eating nor drinking—and committed to doing the same with her maids.

The Structural Shift: On the third day, after the fast concluded, Esther put on her royal robes and stood before the king. The fast had completely altered the spiritual climate. Before she could even state her request, the king granted her favor, promising her up to half of the kingdom, which ultimately led to the complete destruction of Haman and the preservation of the Jews.

When believers engage in strategic fasting, they activate precise spiritual tools to enforce dominion over real-world situations:

Fasting clarifies your spiritual senses, allowing your tongue to issue powerful, decree-level words. Continuous speaking in tongues is the believer's legal form of divine incantations.

While dark forces use early morning incantations to try to control natural elements, believers must rise up in prayer to dynamically program their days and command their environments.

God Works Through Elements: God frequently commands the use of physical tokens—such as anointing oil, communion, or specific symbolic acts—to anchor and express invisible spiritual power.

The Axe-Head Floating (2 Kings 4): Elisha cut a physical piece of wood and threw it into the water where a borrowed iron axe-head had sunk, causing the heavy metal to instantly float to the top.

The Altar Testimony: Rev. Dr. Ebenezer Okronipa shared a testimony of a family member whose kidneys were failing and was completely unconscious in the hospital. A prophetic token was deployed where his name was written down and legally laid upon the church altar. This intercepted the sickness, and subsequent clinical scans showed his kidneys were fully and completely restored.

The Power of Anointing Oil (Ororo): The Pastor referenced the raw testimonies that follow the use of anointing oil (Ororo in Yoruba). A sister who was dealing with persistent medical anomalies applied blessed oil every day for months, completely curing her body and causing financial doors to swing wide open.

Giving and tithing are not simple financial transactions; they are high-level covenant activations. In places like Nigeria, even secular entities understand the spiritual force of sacrifice. Sacrificial giving releases an unstoppable voice in the spirit realm that forces resources to flow to you.

The Communion is a literal proclamation of life. A sister who suffered from severe, un-diagnosable asthma for years took blessed communion wine during a fast, and the condition completely vanished. When administered to her daughters, it unlocked a continuous stream of academic excellence, causing them to consistently rank first in their classes.

Physical land can be prophetically won or cleared. In a battle over real estate contested by land guards, the Pastor prophetically sprinkled blessed sand and poured water over the landscape. This act legally locked down the territory, and despite multiple subsequent attempts by intruders, they were structurally blocked from interfering with the property.

Scripture: Isaiah 54:17

Demonic structures can be custom-made and weaponized directly against your DNA, your business, or your health. However, the Bible guarantees that “no weapon fashioned against you shall prosper.” Fasting and prayer systematically disassemble these custom demonic operations and completely destroy their capacity to function.

To break negative patterns and command a permanent change of story, every believer must aggressively employ these spiritual tools:

Audit Your Life's Patterns: If you notice a consistent trend of losing resources, losing health, or experiencing repeated disruptions, do not treat it as a natural phase. Write down the specific area of resistance and explicitly target it during this fast.

Engage in Relentless Invocations: Use the nights of this fast to loudly stream tongues over your life, your home, and your family. Speak fine, powerful words into the atmosphere to drown out any illegal demonic voice.

Deploy Your Prophetic Media and Tokens: Responsibly utilize the communion, blessed oil, and prophetic parameters given. Do not stop after a few days; be completely committed to the protocol. When mixed with faith, these tokens will force your story to completely change and bring your absolute dominion to pass!

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Ebenezer Okronipa

Main Text: Genesis 1:26–28

Cross-References: Joel 2:28, 1 Corinthians 12:4, Exodus 4:2, 2 Kings 4, Exodus 31

Core Theme: Understanding the diverse expressions of the prophetic office and learning to deploy signs, tokens, and materials as keys to execute God's legislative mandate of dominion on earth.

The Sovereign Intent: God's original purpose in creating humanity was to empower man to have dominion, meaning to be in charge, to be in control, to subdue, to police, and to take over a territory.

The Conduit of Heaven: God executes His ultimate will on earth not by coming down directly, but by placing His dynamic thoughts and plans inside the hearts of men whom He has authorized to rule.

The Sovereign Toolbox: Dominion does not manifest cheaply; it requires tools. If a believer understands and implements the spiritual tools provided by God, everything in life is structurally programmed to fall directly into place.

A Key Instrument: Throughout scripture, the prophetic operates as one of God's chief instruments for enforcing dominion. Every child of God carries an inherent grace to function prophetically.

Prophecy Defined: To speak inspired words that originate directly from the Holy Spirit. A true prophecy contains the raw spiritual energy required for immediate physical manifestation.

The Sovereign Conflict: Many believers miss out on prophetic manifestations because they mistakenly blend all expressions of the prophetic into one category. While it is the same Spirit, there are vastly different operations.

1 Corinthians 12:4 > "There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit."

Rev. Dr. Ebenezer Okronipa broke down the distinct prophetic functions outlined in Scripture:

Operation: One who speaks directly on behalf of God as His mouth-piece.

Mechanics: Most anointed preachers operate in this dimension. As they preach, they deviate from their physical text to speak words straight from the Spirit that speak directly into the precise life situations of listeners.

Examples: Moses, Elijah, Jeremiah.

Operation: One who sees deeply into the spirit realm.

Mechanics: They see highly spectacular visionary revelations—such as revealing exact passport numbers, names, birthdays, and specific dates. This produces a sense of awe, but the Preacher noted that the seer dimension alone does not always carry the power to manifest miracles or physical healings.

Examples: Samuel, Daniel, John the Revelator.

Operation: A prophet who receives revelations specifically concerning God's future strategy, plans, and long-term purposes.

Mechanics: They possess future-oriented revelation that unlocks strategic insight into where things are going, showing communities or believers exactly what steps to take to bypass upcoming crises.

Example: Daniel (who saw into the end times and the days of the Antichrist), Elisha.

Operation: A watchman who guards, protects, and stays alert through sleepless nights on their knees.

Mechanics: They do not always prophesy publicly from a stage; their prophetic function is entirely exercised through deep spiritual vigilance, warning, discernment, and dynamic intercession.

Examples: Abraham (interceding for Lot), Ezekiel, Isaiah.

Operation: Believers who release prophetic revelation strictly through songs, lyrics, poetry, and written worship.

Mechanics: Their songs are not standard human music; they sing under the raw inspiration of the Holy Ghost, declaring mysteries and realities of heaven.

Examples: David, Asaph, the sons of Korah.

Operation: Prophetic revelation communicated directly through precise physical movements, symbolic acts, and spiritual dance.

Mechanics: This is a highly spiritual choreography where a physical movement captures a frequency from heaven to impact the church atmosphere.

Examples: Miriam, David, Ezekiel.

Operation: Prophets who preserve and release the words of God through text, visual arts, design, digital media, and architecture.

Mechanics: They may never stand before a congregation, but their written words and creative expressions carry an undeniable prophetic voice that alters hearts.

Examples: Bezaleel, Aholiab.

Operation: A specialized prophetic dimension where God commands the minister to deploy material elements to anchor and trigger raw spiritual breakthroughs.

Mechanics: This dimension carries massive structural power. It bypasses regular preaching to use physical objects to solve material problems.

Example: Elisha (who used salt to heal waters, flour to neutralize poison in a pot, and a stick to make an iron axe-head float).

What is a Token? In the Hebrew text, a token translates to "Oth", which means an oracle, omen, signal, flag, or beacon.

The Spiritual Definition: A physical medium or act designated by God to catch, anchor, and legally express an invisible spiritual reality. Covenants, tithing, first fruits, communion, and the laying on of hands are all active forms of tokens.

Enforcing the Rule: Signs and tokens are everyday realities in both the kingdom of light and the kingdom of darkness. When a physical action is aligned with a spiritual instruction, it releases an undeniable voice that forces physical laws to adjust.

Rev. Dr. Ebenezer Okronipa shared real-world testimonies demonstrating how prophetic actions override material challenges:

The Token of the Axe-Head (2 Kings 6): When the borrowed iron axe-head fell into the Jordan river, Elisha didn't pray a generic prayer. He cut a piece of wood (a physical stick) and threw it onto the water. This physical sign instantly altered the material laws of density, causing the heavy iron to float to the surface.

The Token of Earthly Alignment (The Shilo Sand): On a spiritual mission trip to Nigeria at Winners Chapel International, the Pastor picked up a physical handful of sand from Shilo. Upon returning, he poured it over the church's local land as a prophetic token, decreeing alignment with that global dimension of grace. The very next day, an intercessor, completely unaware of this act, had a clear vision of Bishop David Oyedepo walking defensively across their exact landscape.

The Token Over Professional Restriction: A sister (Linda) was facing intense workplace opposition blocking a major promotion. Following a specific midnight prophetic direction, water was prayed over and poured directly onto the bare ground at her workplace. This token broke the hidden spiritual resistance, completely turning the administrative atmosphere in her favor and securing her promotion within days.

The Token Over Stroke and Paralysis: A local driver was hit by a severe stroke that left him entirely paralyzed,  unable to walk, stand, or talk. A prophetic token was deployed where his name was written down and permanently laid upon the altar. The localized legal voice of that altar completely reversed the stroke, restoring him to full physical mobility and speech.

The Token of Light Over Death: In a late-night emergency, a young girl was completely unresponsive and suffocating on her way to the hospital. Receiving an immediate divine instruction, the Pastor took a physical flashlight on his table, declared that life would push out darkness, and switched it on. At that exact moment, miles away, the grip of death broke, and her respiratory system instantly returned to normal functionality.

Discover Your Prophetic Stream: Stop assuming you don't carry a prophetic gift just because you don't see visions. Recognize whether your grace flows through writing, intercession, song, or inspired speech, and use that tool to police your environment.

Execute Prophetic Directions with Strict Commitment: When a prophetic instruction comes, whether it is to use oil, communion, or a physical seed—do not treat it as a light ritual. Signs and tokens require consistent, continuous implementation to release their full weight.

Enforce Altar Interception: When facing patterns of stagnation, professional attack, or biological illness, do not address them in silence. Bring physical representations of your challenges (names, documents) and legally place them upon the church altar to invoke the legislative hand of God over your reality.

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Ebenezer Okronipa

Main Text: Genesis 1:26–28

Supporting Scriptures: Genesis 1:2, Psalm 89:15-18, Psalm 67:5-7, Psalm 34:1, Numbers 13, 1 Samuel 17, Jeremiah 30:19, Acts 16:25-26, 2 Chronicles 20:21-23, Psalm 149:5-9, Nehemiah 8:10, Exodus 4

Core Theme: Enforcing God's legislative and executive decree of dominion over the material realm through spiritual legal keys, prophetic actions, and material tokens.

The Divine Order: God mandated a season of dominion to establish an unwavering corporate posture of rule and authority.

The Genesis Blueprint: In biblical study, the Law of First Mention dictates that foundational truths are established in the book of Genesis. Covenants, marriage, seedtime and harvest, and dominion find their structural roots here.

Everything that believers baseline their faith upon—including communion, tithing, and kingdom protocols—originates from this architectural book of beginnings.

Not Just a Cliché: Dominion sounds like a beautiful, aesthetically pleasing word, but it is not a decorative statement or an emotional coping mechanism.

The Legal Definition: Dominion is a term of absolute authority, executive power, and legislative appointment. It is a sovereign assignment from the Creator to take charge, run, and police this material earthly sphere.

Enforcing the Sovereign's Will: Dominion is the legal empowerment given to an agent (man) to cause the mind, opinion, counsel, and absolute will of the Primary Authority (God) to be executed on earth.

The Lingual Mechanics: In the root Hebrew text, dominion translates to "Tread down" or "Beat down". This proves that dominion is never a passive state; it is an aggressive, continuous activity of spiritual enforcement.

The Diagnostic Reality Check: If your daily reality is filled with consistent losses, patterns of tragedy, sudden financial drains, and physical afflictions that you do not desire, you are not walking in dominion. Something else is illegally running your life.

The Posture of a Ruler: When you are operating in genuine kingdom dominion, you structurally dictate outcomes, map horizons, shape atmospheric realities, and block demonic interference before it manifests.

To prevent dominion from remaining a theoretical concept, God instituted specific, active spiritual engines to enforce this authority in the material world:

The Force of Creativity: Bringing internal spiritual pictures into external material manifestation.

The Force of Absolute Faith: Operating from an unshakeable spiritual conviction.

The Force of Strategic Prayer: Legally inviting the intervention of heaven.

The Force of Prophetic Fasting: Mortifying the flesh to accelerate spiritual power.

The Force of Decisive Words: Using your tongue to issue structural decrees.

The Force of Covenant Practice (Tithing/Giving): Securing your economic territory from structural financial devouring.

The Force of Signs and Tokens: Deploying material elements as physical legal anchors for spiritual power.

The Supernatural Atmosphere: The dynamic realm of the spirit operates heavily on words and spiritual proclamations.

The High Posture of Tongues: Deep, structural speaking in tongues is the believer’s scriptural form of divine incantations. When you persistently stream tongues, repeating syllables under the unction of the Holy Ghost, you are speaking divine mysteries that release legislative power to dominate environments.

The Parallel Reality: Darkness understands this law. Occultic practitioners and alternative religions deploy early morning voice incantations to command the atmosphere. Believers must step out of emotional Christianity and aggressively use the voice of the Spirit to shift real-world outcomes.

The Root Meaning: In Hebrew, a token is translated as "Oth", meaning a literal structural signal, flag, beacon, or directional guide.

An Anchor for Spirit Laws: Spiritual laws require physical alignment. A token is a physical object or medium designated by God to catch, hold, and manifest invisible spiritual power.

The Sovereign Boundary: When God introduces a token (such as the blood of the covenant, the rod of Moses, or prophetic media), even He honors the boundary lines of that physical medium to protect or deliver.

The Physical Battle: Rev. Dr. Ebenezer Okronipa shared a raw personal testimony of encountering a sudden, severe respiratory infection and agonizing chest pain.

The Prophetic Intervention: Instead of relying entirely on standard clinical pharmaceutical strategies, he took a physical cup of Communion wine, mixed it with a faith declaration, and drank it as a medicine of the Spirit. The localized application of that physical token instantly neutralized the biological affliction, removing all chest pains and restoring absolute health.

The Economic Catalyst: Furthermore, activating the Communion token triggered a supernatural flow of unexpected financial gifts, alerts, and open doors throughout the week. Blood attracts life, and in the kingdom, covenant blood releases resources.

The Global Mindset Contrast: The Preacher highlighted that advanced nations understand the hidden laws of spiritual and economic sacrifice. While many comfortable believers sit back arguing over whether tithing is Old or New Testament, secular global forces systematically honor the spiritual principles of sacrifice, pouring out blood, resources, and massive financial investments to secure control over industries.

Enforcing Kingdom Wealth: To walk in ultimate economic dominion, you must break free from a stingy, small-minded mentality. Giving is a legislative action that unlocks continuous financial supply.

The Vision of Earthly Wealth: The Lord granted a heavy, literal vision concerning the destiny of the African continent. While many look at the land and perceive poverty, the realm of the spirit shows an undeniable, cascading wealth of resources, gold, and mineral treasures locked deep inside the African ground.

The Global Scramble: Global powers (Russia, China, America, Europe) are actively scrambling to position themselves across Africa because they recognize a physical wealth that the natives are blind to.

The Prophetic Activation: In structural response to this vision, the congregation came dressed in authentic African prints, holding symbols of the continent. This physical act was deployed as a prophetic token to signal to the land: "Let the wealth, resources, and heavy blessings locked in this ground arise and look for the children of God!"

To step into the high executive office of a master builder and ruler, you must activate these tools:

Charge the Atmosphere with Invocations: Do not live a silent Christian life. Wake up in the night seasons and consistently deploy loud, high-speed tongues over your territory, your projects, and your physical investments.

Utilize Prophetic Media: Do not see Communion or anointing oil as mere rituals. Mix them with bold, uncompromising faith to arrest illness, break financial restrictions, and rewrite environmental outcomes.

Enforce Dominion Over the Ground: Command the very ground you walk upon, your business locations, and your local neighborhood to yield their strategic financial increase to you, aligning fully with the original Genesis blueprint of dominion.

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Ebenezer Okronipa

Main Text: Psalm 89:15–18

Supporting Scriptures: Psalm 34:1, Numbers 13 (Kadesh Barnea Account), 1 Samuel 17 (David & Goliath), Jeremiah 30:19, Psalm 67:5–6, Acts 16:25–26, 2 Chronicles 20:21–23, Psalm 149:5–9, Nehemiah 8:10

Core Theme: In life, your mindset and programming determine your trajectory. Believers must reject a structural identity built on complaining, murmuring, and negativity, and instead tap into the supernatural power of divine programming to become people who are intentionally "raised to praise."

In life, individuals unconsciously adopt specific personas, identities, and mindsets that govern how they react to reality. Many of these default mentalities are completely unbiblical.

Your long-term mentality is highly dependent on your internal spiritual programming. You can actively choose the kind of person you want to become by shifting what rules your mind.

The Historical Context (Kadesh Barnea): When the children of Israel reached Kadesh Barnea—the exact border of the Promised Land—Moses dispatched twelve spies to spy out the territory and bring back a structural report.

The Negative Report: Ten of the spies returned with a report saturated with fear, murmuring, and defeatist descriptions. They acknowledged the fruitfulness of the land but focused entirely on the obstacles: the fortified cities and the descendants of Anak (the Anakites), who were literal physical giants.

The Grasshopper Complex: The ten spies reported: "We saw ourselves as grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight." Instead of focusing on God's foundational promises, they viewed reality through their physical shortcomings, short stature, and inadequate military experience.

The Warning Against Structural Complaining: These ten spies represent individuals who are culturally and systematically programmed to only spot negativity, problems, errors, and disadvantages in any environment, group, or local church.

Operating under an entirely different internal spirit, Joshua and Caleb stood before the assembly with a contradictory testimony. They witnessed the exact same giants, cities, and physical realities, yet their immediate response was praise, confidence, and radical faith.

Where the ten spies perceived an un-scalable wall of destruction, those raised to praise perceived a divine opportunity to rise up, break forth, and fully conquer the territory.

Psalm 34:1

"I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth."

Praise Under Pressure: Rev. Dr. Ebenezer Okronipa emphasized that true praise must be deployed regardless of what is laid out on your physical plate or unfolding in your life. Praise is non-negotiable; it cannot be limited to good times. If you do not master this, the enemy will inevitably conquer your mind with deep depression and structural anxiety.

The Rejection of the Wilderness: David was structurally rejected by his own biological family, left out of academic opportunities, and abandoned in the isolated desert to tend sheep while his brothers were groomed for leadership. Yet, instead of developing bitterness, David utilized the isolation of the desert to master the joyful sound and compose timeless Psalms.

The Confrontation with Goliath (1 Samuel 17): Because David was forged in private praise, he walked onto the active war front with a completely different spiritual estimation. While King Saul and the entire trained army of Israel were physically shaking and paralyzed by the daily threats of Goliath of Gath, David saw the giant simply as an uncircumcised Philistine and a structural stepping stone to his next level of authority.

Psalm 89:15

"Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! They walk, O Lord, in the light of Your countenance."

"Blessed..." In original context, this literally translates to Happy. True kingdom happiness is structurally bound to your level of praise.

"Who know..." The word "know" denotes deep spiritual perception, personal familiarity, and an intimate acquaintance with the frequency of praise. There are many individuals who remain completely ignorant of the technical mechanics of praise.

The Contrast with Worldly Performance: People enthusiastically celebrate, shout, jump, and take selfies when their favorite football team scores or executes a strategic win on the pitch. If believers can channel that exact raw level of energetic celebration into high praise toward the Living God, they will activate unprecedented levels of dynamic breakthroughs.

Praise is derived from the Greek word "Eulogia" or "Eulogeo", which fundamentally means to speak fine, excellent, and beautiful words.

It is the deliberate act of using your vocal capacity to structure and release beautiful, uplifting declarations about the character and capability of God.

The Mediums of Praise: You can legally express Eulogia through several physical and spiritual streams: dynamic singing, spoken prophetic words, high-spirited dancing, and specific, consistent thanksgiving offerings.

When a believer transitions into a continuous lifestyle of praise, six distinct spiritual realities are legally triggered into manifestation:

Scriptures: Psalm 149:5–9, 2 Chronicles 20:21–23

High praise carries an intrinsic spiritual capability to execute heavy judgment and divine vengeance against the legal enemies of God's children. Praise is not a passive song; praise is active warfare. When King Jehoshaphat positioned the praisers ahead of the army, God physically ambushed and completely annihilated their adversaries.

Scriptures: Jeremiah 30:19, Psalm 67:5–6

The Principle: Whenever the voice of thanksgiving and high celebration proceeds from a house, God responds with rapid numerical and financial multiplication. Scripturally, when you praise Him, "then shall the earth yield her increase." Jesus modeled this by offering praise over a structural deficit of five loaves and two fish, turning it into a cascading surplus.

Scriptures: Acts 16:25–26, Psalm 89:15

Praise acts as a supernatural conduit that pulls down the raw, manifested presence and earthquake power of God. When Paul and Silas sang hymns inside the deepest dungeon of Philippi under maximum constraint, the localized presence of God violently shook the structural foundations of the prison and threw every door wide open.

Scriptures: Psalm 89:16–17, Jeremiah 30:19

Operating in praise triggers a peculiar fragrance of favor that causes your "horn" (authority and influence) to be dynamically exalted. God guarantees that those who glorify Him with praise will be heavily honored and completely removed from a low estimation or a small estate.

Scriptures: Psalm 89:17, Nehemiah 8:10

God Himself becomes the literal glory of your physical and mental capacity. Murmuring and a stiff countenance cause physical illnesses, ulcers, and inner structural damage. However, because the joy of the Lord is your unshakeable strength, deep praise releases raw, divine vitality into your system.

Scripture: Psalm 89:18

For the people who explicitly understand and operate within the joyful sound, the Lord takes up a legal position as their supreme defense and permanent shield. Your safety is structurally locked behind the gateway of your praise.

Audit Your Countenance: Reject a stiff, frozen, or frowning expression. A stiff face reflects an internal state akin to a lifeless stick, whereas a joyful, smiling countenance releases an angelic atmosphere.

Shift Your Default Vocabulary: Stop utilizing your words to map out grievances, small resources, educational limitations, or past rejections. Adopt the Eulogia frequency: daily speak fine, excellent, and bold words over your life, your home, and your business.

Engage in Radical Action: Walk out of this message into active celebration. Shake off the wilderness mentality, grab a partner by the hand, and unlock the heavy blessings of multiplication, favor, and protection by executing your highest, most passionate dance steps before the King!

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Ebenezer Okronipa

Main Scripture: Genesis 1:26–29

Core Theme: Activating the believer's absolute dominion on earth by engineering supernatural encounters and deploying legal, prophetic signs and tokens.

A believer’s life is fundamentally defined and limited by the depth of their encounters.

The Engine of Manifestation: Every major dynamic testimony, breakthrough, or global impact linked to any servant of God is a direct product of an encounter. You cannot walk in a high dimension of spiritual authority without it.

Definition of an Encounter: A supernatural visitation where a mortal intersects with divinity, leading to an exchange of something divine. Once this occur, a person is fundamentally altered forever.

Specific vs. General Blessings: There are general blessings that God blankets over everyone—such as the sun shining and rain falling on both the righteous and the wicked. However, specific manifestations of grace, authority, and prosperity only follow individuals who have established specific encounters with God.

Apostle Joshua Selman operates under a peculiar manifestation of the Holy Ghost. While preaching, deep screaming, deliverances, and people collapsing under raw power take place automatically.

This operation isn't regular or normal, it tracks back to a specific encounter where the Lord promised him a specific sign that would follow his preaching globally, whether in the UK, Ghana, Nigeria, or America.

While waiting on the Lord on a mission trip in a hotel room, he had an encounter with an angel of the Lord. The end product of that visitation was a raw anointing for prosperity given to make God's people wealthy.

Consequently, a strange sign follows his ministry where dynamic, instant financial miracles and digital mobile alerts ("momo" miracles) consistently manifest live.

Man as a Corporate Community: When God said, "Let us make man in our image..." He was speaking within Himself as a community (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost). Similarly, man as an individual is a structured spiritual community.

The Power of Meditation: Because man is built as an internal community, a believer can enter a "council session" with themselves through deep meditation. As you think and speak internally, deep divine answers surface because of the inherent nature of divinity operating within you.

The Command Over Worry: When Jesus commanded, "Do not worry," He wasn't just offering emotional encouragement; He was laying down a heavy divine principle. Worry acts as a negative spiritual energy that invites structural damage (such as ulcers, bitterness, and heart failures), whereas walking in divine authority directly alters the length of your days and your reality.

Genesis 1:26

"Then God said, 'Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.'"

Dominion as Man's Primary Purpose: Humanity has no true scriptural purpose on earth outside of exercising absolute dominion. God created man specifically to serve as a dominating force to run and police this material earthly realm.

The Scope of Dominion: The legal right of control spans across the sea (fish), the air (birds), and the physical landscape (cattle and creepers). Before the fall, everything in creation moved instantly at man's command.

Science and Scripture: Science does not correct or challenge the Bible; science merely discovers and catalogs the complex laws that God’s Word structurally locked into nature from the very beginning.

The Law of First Mention: In biblical interpretation, the first place a doctrine or theme is explicitly introduced sets its foundational law. Dominion, covenants, seedtime and harvest, and marriage all find their core laws established permanently in Genesis.

Why We Need Tokens: While dominion is legally yours, it is not a passive experience. There are spiritual forces that violently contest your environment. Therefore, God utilizes material tokens (physical mediums) to anchor, express, and legally enforce invisible spiritual power.

The Circumcision Token: When God sought out to kill Moses, his wife Zipporah cut off the foreskin of her son and touched Moses' feet with the blood. This physical token immediately intercepted the death sentence because of the covenant voice it carried.

Handkerchiefs, Aprons, and Shadows: In the New Testament, physical materials like handkerchiefs or even the simple extension of Peter’s shadow carried real, transformational spiritual weight to heal the sick and drive out devils.

The Token Over Real Estate: In a battle against land guards contesting a plot of land belonging to his sister, the Pastor prayed over, spoke to, and threw prophetic bottles of water across the landscape, decreeing legal dominion. Even though multiple aggressive attempts were made afterward by the land guards, a strange spiritual barrier completely frozen their capacity to interfere, allowing the construction to proceed in absolute peace.

The Token of Healing Water: During a Micro Church service, bottles of water were blessed as a prophetic token. Two elderly grandmothers who had spent weeks incapacitated by severe, un-diagnosable illness and standard strokes drank this water as a prophetic medicine. The medium instantly broke the power of the affliction, granting them full, complete restoration.

The Token of Academic Dominion (The Communion): A mother consistently administered Communion to her children as a token of divine intelligence, and they consistently topped their classes. When she casually paused the token for a term thinking it was just their natural sharpness, their positions instantly dropped. Resuming the token instantly restored their academic supremacy.

Dominion requires you to actively use the weapons provided by the Holy Ghost to enforce your authority:

Engage Your Mind and Creativity: Poverty is rarely a lack of opportunities; it is often a lack of divine creativity. Use the force of creativity to design structures, pitch ideas, and command wealth.

Walk in Boldness: The righteous are as bold as a lion, and it is only the lion that secures the prey. Never negotiate or address your challenges from a position of fear or low estimation.

Employ the Prophetic Token: Do not dismiss physical mediums (Anointing Oil, Communion, Prophetic Actions) as simple rituals. When mixed with faith, they carry a voice in the realm of the spirit that overrides the physical laws of men, alters environments, and locks down your victory.