Joseph Prince - The Language of the Holy Spirit (01/21/2026)
In this sermon from the Upper Room teachings, Pastor Prince emphasizes that the Holy Spirit is our Helper—called alongside to guide us in all things, teach us, bring Scripture to remembrance, and speak through visions, dreams, and inward peace. He explains the difference between asking the Father in Jesus' name and taking authority by demanding in His name against the enemy's attacks. Ultimately, the Holy Spirit leads us into Jesus' lasting peace, authority, and practical wisdom for every area of life, glorifying Christ alone.
The Power of Hearing the Word
As the word goes forth even more powerfully, you are able to receive because faith comes by hearing, hearing by the word. Okay. So don't ever be in a place where you're not expecting. This is different from watching a movie or watching a drama on TV or just watching entertainment on your phone. They don't do that to you. I said they don't do that to you. Amen. If anything, you are more tired with those that keep on watching again and again the next episode, whatever. It just tires you out. It robs you of time. But God, whenever you hear the word, there is an impartation. You don't have to even wait to apply it. Yet while you're hearing the word, the word is life to those who find them and health and healing to all their flesh. Amen.
The Holy Spirit as Helper
So I pray in Jesus' name that you will always be aware. Be conscious of the peace that Jesus has given to you in the upper room. He says this in the upper room: but the helper, the Holy Spirit, the helper—I love it. The Holy Spirit. He's not there as the condemner. He's not there as your judge. He's there as your helper. In the Greek, “parakletos”—para is alongside, kletos—one called alongside to help. Amen. Amen. One called alongside to help.
If you've ever had this experience: you are overseas on holiday and then you are really lost. Amen. And then you are in a deserted place and in a mountainous area. It's very dangerous. You have your family with you and there's no one in sight. And finally someone came and tells you: oh, this is the way—you turn right, turn left. You're so grateful to see that man. He said: turn here, turn there, turn there. And then he goes off. And then you're trying to memorize what he just said. You are afraid that you might make a wrong turn and snow is falling. Okay, I've been there before. Snow is falling very thick and I don't see a single soul. I'll tell you another time another story, okay, about that.
And that guy went off, but another guy came. You prayed and another guy came. This guy tells you the direction, but he tells you: what, can I come alongside you? Now nowadays you've got to trust the Lord before you let the guy in, isn't it? But he looks trustworthy enough because his face reminds you of Pastor Mark—he's smiling all the time—and then you let him in. Now he's there alongside you to tell you: now turn right here, turn left here, leave over there, over here. Now you need to go down here. You found your highway. All of a sudden a lot of people are there. You're very happy. You know that this guy is a good guy who has brought you out from your wilderness, right?
So the Holy Spirit has been called alongside to help. In fact, he's in us and the guidance comes from within. Amen. So the help of the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things. How many things does that include? Parenting? Does that include your work? Come on. All things. All things.
So don't let religion teach religious ideas and teachings or things that you heard in the past about the Holy Spirit limit you. Instead of all things, only certain things to do with spiritual things—all things means all things. Or else people will start looking for guidance for all the other things from other sources. Amen.
Healing and the Finished Work
So I don't like it when people say: oh, Pastor Prince healed. No, I didn't heal. Repent for saying that. Who healed? Jesus. I always say: if I can heal, I put my hand on my face. I always say: don't laugh too loud, not nice. Amen. Amen. I will. And some of you I'll put my hand on your face as well. Praise the Lord.
So the Lord is the one that heals, and this is a gift of healings. The gift of healings operates as he wills. Sometimes it's this condition, from that condition, but he's sovereign. Amen. Can I have a good amen? Praise the Lord.
But if you didn't receive your healing through the gifts of healing, you can always receive by faith because the work is finished. The same body of Jesus that bore your sins also bore your diseases. Himself took our infirmities. Amen.
Remembrance and the Language of the Spirit
So in the upper room he says: the Holy Spirit, the helper, will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. Now one of the ways he teaches you is that he brings to your remembrance all that he said to you—said is past tense. He must have spoken to you somewhere in the past. So when you really need it, you are confronted with a situation or a crisis or a challenge that you have no answer for—be alert to what the Holy Spirit brings to your mind. Amen. Be alert to what the Holy Spirit brings to your understanding.
I want to tell you this: you must understand—you go to another country, unless you have some of those translator apps and all that. Nowadays they have quite a few. I have a good one, actually. Any country—in fact, it covers all the languages of the world, the known languages of the world—and I can speak into it and it's not the iPhone one, okay. I can speak into it and immediately it will translate for the other person to hear. It's been very, very helpful for me.
So in other words, wherever you go, you need to speak the language or have the person understand where you're coming from. Am I right? The language of the Holy Spirit. You want to speak the language of the Holy Spirit? Yes.
Now I'm not talking about speaking in tongues. Speaking in tongues is when he prays through you that prayer in an unknown language, sometimes in known languages, but that's more ministering to the people with the interpretation of tongues. But usually it's an unknown language. Yes, there's a language of the Holy Spirit—yes—but that's for you to pray. It ministers to you.
But the main language of the Holy Spirit is visions and dreams. Visions and dreams. It says in the book of Acts, quoting Joel, the apostle Peter says: it shall come to pass in the last days, I'll pour out my spirit upon all flesh. And your sons and daughters shall prophesy. Your old men shall dream dreams and your young men shall see visions.
It's got nothing to do with only old people dream dreams. Young people see visions because actually some people say because old people sleep a lot—it's not true. In fact, old people sleep lesser, young people sleep a lot. Okay. So the idea is that both young and old will dream dreams and see visions—it's an expression.
But have you noticed that both dreams and visions are pictures? I said dreams and visions are pictures. So they are pictures that come to you. But many a time we are thinking of the kind of vision that is an open vision. We think that an angel appears in my room or I see Jesus come to me. Does the Lord do that? Now this—yes, he does—but don't look for it. If it happens, it happens. Amen. If it happens, there are certain tests. You must test that vision by whether it's a prophecy, whether it's a gift manifestation—always test it. Who does it glorify? Does it glorify a man? Does it glorify someone else? Or does it glorify Jesus?
Every gift of the Holy Spirit—in the upper room, in fact, another place in the upper room—Jesus actually says about the Holy Spirit: He shall glorify me. He shall testify of me. He will take the things that are of mine and show it to you. It's all about Jesus. The Holy Spirit doesn't even talk about himself. Amen. It talks about Jesus.
So you can tell that someone is full of the Holy Spirit, anointed by the Holy Spirit, if he talks about Jesus and points to him constantly. Amen. Can I have a good amen?
So I want you to know that the language of the Holy Spirit is visions and dreams, and many a time because we are looking for the open vision, we are not alert to the visions and the mental pictures that are coming up when we are praying in tongues, when we are praying in the Spirit—we are not alert to the pictures that's coming up.
When you're praying for your child and you pray in the Spirit, the Holy Spirit wants to speak to you. And many times there's a picture that comes to your mind about your child, but you push it aside.
A man, if I have a picture of Justin and he's not with me—let's say he's in school or whatever—and I see a picture of an accident and all that, I just don't shake it off. I say: I bind that in the name of Jesus. I use the authority of Jesus.
Two Kinds of Prayer in the Upper Room
Oh, by the way, just to let you know that also in the upper room Jesus taught this—two kinds of prayer. One he says—and of course we know that the final form of prayer, the prayer the Lord was actually in the Spirit in tongues. Paul says: I thank my God I speak with tongues more than you all. But in English, Jesus actually said in your own language—there are two types of prayer he taught for the first time in the upper room. I'm going to tell you real quick right now. Okay.
So he has taught about the Lord's prayer. We call it actually the disciple's prayer. You can call it the Lord's Prayer, but no problem. It's a prayer of the kingdom before Jesus died and rose again. Amen. It doesn't even end in the name of Jesus. But there's a prayer in the upper room for the first time. He said: whatever you ask—up until now you have asked nothing in my name. That includes even the Lord's Prayer because they've been praying the Lord's prayer ever since he taught them.
So in the upper room: until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask the Father—ask the Father in my name—and he will give it. The Father—he will give it to you. Up till now you have asked nothing in my name. Whatsoever you ask the Father in my name, he will give it to you. Okay.
So when you ask in Jesus' name, the Father is like he doesn't see you anymore. He sees Jesus making the request. In my name means you are actually no more standing on your own ground, your own merits. You are standing in the person of Jesus, his merits. Does he merit an answered prayer? Oh yes. And how. Amen. Amen. Are you with me so far?
So notice this. First you ask the Father—the source of all the blessing. Whatever you ask the Father, he will give it to you. Who will give it? He. But there's another place in the upper room where Jesus actually says: if you ask anything in my name, I will do it. Obviously it's a difference. Now notice he didn't say whatever you ask the Father. Now he says he will give it. He says: I will do it. If you ask anything, I will do it.
Now that “ask” can be “ask” and “entreat,” but it's also—a Greek scholar actually said this word actually can mean command or demand. Command or demand.
So when it comes like this—and I said just now—when I see that bad dream or vision or whatever I have of something in the future that is bad, I'll say: in the name of Jesus I bind that from coming to pass. In the name of Jesus.
Remember Jesus has given the church the authority—the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven. Whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. It's a Hebrew idiom. It's actually a well-known Hebrew idiom during the time of Jesus. Whatever you bind means whatever you disallow, heaven will disallow. Whatever you allow, heaven will allow.
So there's a lot of things we have allowed and we are saying to God: God, do something. Do something. God says: I've authorized you. I have authorized you.
Can't imagine a traffic police standing in the middle of the road and he's directing traffic and all that. All of a sudden there's a big container truck coming facing him and all that. The first time I ever see this thing—I got this job and I dunno what to do. He calls headquarters: what shall I do? Please tell me what to do. And every time there's a big truck that comes along his way, he keeps on calling HQ: what shall I do? What shall I do? What shall I do? He'll be out of job in no time. They realize that this guy is not the material to be a police officer.
It is not always asking. Once you know what is God's will, you authorize. Your problem is not your Father in heaven who is in the healing, saving, blessing business. Your problem is the devil. And the devil is like this: unless someone with greater authority than him comes on the scene and says: take your hands off. Amen.
Your child is sick—rebuke that fever. It's not God. Don't say: God, please heal. Please heal. Please heal. You can pray that—no problem—at first. After that take authority. You are child of God.
Jesus says: in my name, if you demand that fever to leave in my name, I will do it. At the end it is still Jesus healing it—healing the child, healing the condition. Amen. He says: I will do it. If you demand in my name, I will do it.
But what if you don't demand in his name? Notice you're not demanding from God—you're demanding from the devil or you're demanding from that disease or you're demanding from that whatever challenge that's from the power of darkness that is standing in your way. You can demand it.
Taking Authority in Real Life
I remember not too long ago I was actually over in a hawker centre somewhere—and I will mention it—and as I was walking, I remember all of a sudden there was a commotion and there was a huge loud altercation. It was a couple actually—whether a husband and wife or boyfriend or girlfriend. And the guy was shouting at her and she was shouting back and everyone was just staying clear. It was so loud.
Usually when I see this kind of thing, I just pass by to the safer and quietest side of life to eat. But somehow I felt the Lord telling me about this couple. For all we know, they're here already saved. When the Lord leads, there's always a purpose. And the Lord told me: take authority. Take authority.
So I stood not too far away from the couple and I said: in the name of—and the guy was about to hit her and she was crying and he was about to hit her. No one was—people just cleared—and he was yelling and all. And I said: in the name of Jesus I take authority over this spirit of strife that is animating this person. Loose him and let him go in the name of the Lord Jesus.
And just like that—I'm telling you—he looked down, he looked around, he changed his expression. It's like something left him. His face is no more dark. And then he touched his wife or girlfriend—I don't know, I think I can see—but it is almost like he's in tears. Then he hugged her and then he's done. I walk away—my business is done.
But I'll tell you this: that as far as I'm concerned, it was a spiritual—it's a spirit being animating the guy. See, many of us we see quarrel, for example: Ella is because she don't understand and she said he doesn't understand me or he takes me for granted or she takes me for a ride. All the while it's like we think that our warfare is with flesh and blood—with that spouse, with that colleague or with that boss. We don't realize it's spiritual warfare involved.
And today it seems like the subject of warfare is no more mentioned in the church, which is very sad. The devil is happy to keep quiet doing things just out there. No, friend. You are in a warfare. We wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers—and you have the authority. I said you have the authority.
All right. You might be small. A traffic policeman might be small facing the container truck. Amen. But put up his hand—the guy has to stop. Why? Behind him is all the police force. Behind the police force is the military force. The might of the military is behind that man. Amen. Amen. He's not standing in his own name. Right.
So you say: in the name of Jesus—it's as if Jesus is doing it. It is Jesus doing it. He says: you demand anything in my name, I will do it.
So he taught that in the upper room. So what do you demand? You demand things that for sure you know it's God's will. But you don't know it's God's will—how can you demand it? Amen. You pray when you should be demanding and commanding, and you command when you should be asking. Alright.
Eternal Life and Hell
So in other words, there are things you ask God for—wisdom, for example. You ask God for it—the devil is not holding you. Go devil, let go of my wisdom. Devil says: I don't have your wisdom. I must myself—I'm not very wise or else I won't be in this condition.
So there are things you need to ask God for. So the more you hear the word of God, the more you learn. Amen. The word of God, the Bible, is not a religious book. It is the manufacturer's handbook. Amen. These are instructions for life—and not just for life, for eternity. Because our life is not just here. Enough people—it's just not to make money and more money—because one day they will cover you. If Jesus tarries, cover you as shroud. Life here is temporal. In fact, our eternity has begun. When you're born again, you are an eternal spirit. That's why you'll never see death—believer. A believer in Christ will never see death.
What does that mean? Does that mean your heart never stops? Your body drops or your body just sleeps? Yeah. In the sense Bible uses the word sleep for the believer. Why? Because the Holy Spirit wants you to know that death for the believer is like sleep. You just step out and the real you that is eternal must be housed somewhere else—and that's heaven. For the unbeliever it must be housed somewhere that's eternal—and that's the nether region. The Bible says Hades or hell.
Listen. The Bible—Jesus talked about hell more than anyone else. The most loving person that ever walked on earth spoke about hell more than anybody else. And if someone ever comes to you—now there's a bunch of teaching in Christianity that says hell is spiritual. Let me tell you this: hell is not spiritual. It's a real place. Jesus purposely said this: when you talk about hell, the fire is not quenched and the worm does not die. That means what? It's literal. When you use a figurative speech, you don't use expressions like this to confirm that speech. It's literal. Okay.
It gets very quiet when you talk about hell. But somewhere in church we must preach hell. Hell no? Hell yes—it exists. Okay.
Peace as Guidance
So he will bring all things to your remembrance. And so unless you have heard the preaching—maybe you came to church and you heard a certain preaching, a certain word I preached last time—and now you are asked to share with a group of people and you're not fully prepared at that time. But you know what? The Holy Spirit at that time will bring to your remembrance what I have said—whether it's through Pastor Prince or whether it's through another pastor or another minister, another Bible teacher or even your care group leader or someone else. But you heard from Jesus through that person.
You know, something—at the right time the Holy Spirit brings to your remembrance. Amen.
So that tells me also the Holy Spirit can help people not to suffer dementia, Alzheimer—because he's in the business of bringing to your remembrance. And the devil's work is always stealing your memories. Even he steals your memories. Oh yes, he steals your memories very quickly. The children of Israel were going into the wilderness and very fast they forgot their life as a slave in Egypt. How many times they forgot.
So memory is very important. That's why the children of Israel—there are other celebrations is now gone, finished. Why? But the Jewish people—in fact this month they are celebrating the Passover. What's the Passover? What's the Passover? 3500 years ago the Passover happened—the first night when God told Moses to tell the children of Israel: put the blood upon the doorpost, the blood of the lamb on the doorpost. See the cross—the two posts and the lintel. You see the cross—and eat the lamb on the inside.
From then on their generation God says: don't forget. When your children ask you: why is this night different from other nights? Teach them. Teach them.
So some rituals are important because until today when other celebrations are forgotten, people still remember—until all the Jewish people all over the world still celebrating Passover this month.
So we got to keep some of these things in our family alive. Our birthdays—they come every year. Never mind. Celebrate, don't celebrate—anniversary never mind. No, I think it's slight. There's no occasion for families to get together. Okay, never mind. That's not my sermon. Praise God. Thank you.
So Jesus also said in the context of the Holy Spirit teaching you all things and also bringing all things to your remembrance—Jesus also said: peace I leave with you. My peace I give unto you. Not as the world gives—now not as the world gives. What kind of peace? After a spa treatment, massage spa treatment and you are happy inside there. They play sweet music, good music. I dunno—do they still play music in the spa? Alright, okay. Anyway, the music is like a different world. You sit down there—you so relaxed, nothing aggravates the mind, nothing troubles the emotions in a spa environment—and then they help you relax and all that kind of thing, right? For about how long? One hour, two hours—for a while. And after that you pay your money and then you go out, right? Am I right? You're back to the real world.
Not as the world gives I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled—Jesus says—neither let it be afraid. Let my peace rule in your heart. Don't let your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Now that one is your part. So I say before: make it a game. If this—you make it a game, okay. In order for Jesus' peace that's already inside me—because he says: peace I leave with you. The word there is like I bequeath—this is my inheritance. The peace you saw me sleeping in the boat so peaceful, every time you see me operate in peace, never troubled. Amen. That peace I give you.
And don't forget the word for wholeness in Hebrew is the same word as peace. Shalom. Shalom is both mental peace as well as health for your body. Shalom is wellbeing. Shalom is wholeness. No disease—complete ease in every part of your body, right? Amen.
In fact, the Bible says: a tranquil heart is the life of the flesh. And the Hebrew there is a peaceful heart, a relaxed heart, a healing heart. It's life of the flesh—not the spirit—flesh.
The Lord said to me: if you can keep yourself there. So every time I fall sick, I have symptoms—where did I miss my peace? Who did I allow to rob me of my peace? I got to get back to that place. Amen.
He said more to me—he said that if you maintain your peace, you'll live long. And not only live long—people wonder that you still look young. Amen. Health quality—no point living long if you're suffering all the time. Okay. That's what the Lord said to me and I'm not there yet, okay.
That's why grace and peace—not the grace and peace—go together like twins, power twins. Grace and peace. How do you get it? Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. The more Jesus, grace and peace is multiplied. Can I have a good amen? Amen.
So the Holy Jesus—by saying peace I leave with you—right after he talked about how the Holy Spirit will teach you all things, he'll bring things to your remembrance—and then he says: my peace I give to you.
The Holy Spirit actually speaks in such a way—the language is such that sometimes it's wordless. You see, when a couple is in love—when you ask God: God, why do you speak louder? I want to hear your voice. You can just tell me where to go, what to do—I would love it. But God, your volume a bit soft. Listen closely and you'll hear him say to you: love us.
Don't shout when you're so close—you don't shout because you are close. You are acting like I'm not close. You are proceeding from a false premise, false base. That's where you can't hear my voice which is soft.
One time God brought Elijah to Mount Sinai and there was an earthquake—and then the Bible says the Lord was not in the earthquake. And then there was a fire—the Lord was not in the fire. The Bible says and there was a strong wind—and the Lord was not in the wind. And the wind cracked a lot of the rocks—came falling, falling down from Mount Sinai—but the Lord was not in the wind.
And then after that—at first earthquake, then wind, then fire—and the Lord was not in the fire. And then the Bible says this: there was a still small voice. I read that in the Hebrew it can mean all these things—and the different versions you find: it says there was a gentle whisper. There was a gentle whisper.
So God—even though he's almighty—he doesn't do things like lightning. That's God. And we miss God—we can't hear his voice because he comes to you in the sweet, soft, small voice. The Bible says gentle whisper inside.
So when lovers are—I like that: love you, baby. And you're sitting down in the park, right? You want string to hear—you cannot hear—you all speak louder when you hear your say, right? They're in the world of their own.
So when the Holy Spirit is inside you, he is in the most intimate part of you—the spirit. So the Spirit and the Holy Spirit bear witness. And then sometimes he manifests also by mental pictures. Alright.
Now that's why the devil wants to program your mind—wants to put your mind with pornography, with unclean thoughts, unclean imaginations, dirty thoughts, negative thoughts, gloomy thoughts, depressive pictures and darkness in your mind. Why? Because he knows the Holy Spirit cannot have the priority when your heart is filled with all these imaginations, right?
What do you do? Bring down those imaginations. No—look out for the Holy Spirit's imaginations. Where do you find them? First of all in the scriptures—the mother, the mirror of his own vision. All those pictures in the Bible—God speaks in pictures.
For example, my God says this man is blessed. This is a prosperous man. What do you mean, Lord? And God gives this to us in Psalms 1: he's like a tree planted by the rivers of water—one tree but rivers of water—oversupplied for one person. He's planted by the rivers of water. It doesn't matter if other places are drought, other places are dry, arid, there's no supply. Doesn't matter what happens in the world—for you, child of God, you're always supplied. Sorry—you are oversupplied. That's God's promise.
When I see that, I meditate on that. Oh, I see myself like that. Now there's a picture imparted—but you see—but that didn't come from the Holy Spirit? No, no—the Holy Spirit wrote this picture in the Bible. But I take that picture, I put it inside me. That's one way.
Also the Holy Spirit speaks to me—language of vision and dreams. Sometimes I pray and it's spontaneously—there's a picture. Maybe it's not from the Bible but it's a picture that I know is from the Holy Spirit—comes up and maybe in a modern setting. I see you in a building and the name of the building is a modern name that's not in the Bible. Maybe God's destiny for you is in that building. Your job is there. Be alert to the language of visions and dreams.
A Dream of Acceleration
By the way, as I was preparing this message—as I was being open to the Holy Spirit—I had a dream. And by the way, not all dreams are from God. I had a dream a few days ago and I dreamt that we were all—and I knew that all of you were like a huge building—and I was somewhere in one of the apartments in the building. I can see the rooms in the building and I was looking out at the balcony of this building. It's a big building and I know it's our church. All of you were there because I knew it's the church.
Now I was turning from far—I saw like a beautiful nature, beautiful countryside—from far you can see the mountains and then the valleys and the ravines. But then from a distance I could see a pillar of cloud—a pillar of cloud. And I saw the pillar of cloud coming closer and closer and closer and closer and closer until I saw that right underneath the pillar of cloud is actually the high priest of Israel. Alright. You're seeing the picture, right? With the breastplate of judgment—right? And he's wearing the robe and I saw him—but the moment I saw him—listen, watch this part here.
At first it was very slow—the cloud, right? But when I saw that underneath the cloud is the person—the high priest—it's Jesus. And he appears in that way. It's not that he comes wearing the high priest garments. All this in the Old Testament that is outward are types of what is intrinsically true of our Lord. Those things are outward to teach us a lesson.
And blue means heavenly—he's from heaven. That's why I blew today—I just happened to realize that. Okay. So the bells are the gifts of the Holy Spirit—the bells and the pomegranates—the bell and the fruit, the bell and the fruit. The fruit of the Spirit is nine, right? And there are nine categories, right? The Holy Spirit—the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Are you listening? Nine manifestations of the fruit of the Spirit. Nine manifestations of the gifts of the Spirit.
So I saw Jesus—the moment I saw Jesus—watch this—he started going towards us, our building, and he came very fast—like he's walking but I cannot describe it. It was so fast. I actually said: stop the video, slow it down. I actually said in my sleep—I think I was still in the work mode working with our people, the creative arts department—I was saying: slow down the video. I said: slow down—he's too fast. He started walking but it was really fast, really fast all the way and went into the entrance.
And now I woke up and I realized that dream is from God. He's saying what used to take a long time is going to happen in an accelerated manner. In these last days I think he's coming back—and gives me a new understanding of what he means when he says in more than one place—have you read this?—Jesus talking about his coming back. He has come once to be our saviour. He's coming back to rescue us before the worst happens on this earth.
Can you see—with all the advancement of human intelligence and technology, AI and what have you and all that—people still want to kill one another. People are still morally not in moral excellence. In fact if anything, it's moral degradation. Amen. People are just fighting against each other. And every time I look at social media—a lot of people are angry, angry, angry, angry. A lot of bitterness.
What happened with the advancement of human intelligence and breakthroughs in science and technology and all that? It's made man what he always was—a sinner. Except there's more manifested now. We need Jesus.
And what's going to happen? The Bible talks about World War III—Bible talks about it—but I believe the rapture is going to happen before that. I believe it may happen before. It may happen before that.
But what I saw in my dream was that the coming of Jesus will be so fast that I understood what he meant in more than one place when he talking about his coming—he says: behold, I come quickly. So I look up the word “quickly” in the Greek—in the original—and it says it can mean in time—right, I come quickly—but it can also mean suddenly. Suddenly I come. You don't even expect it.
So for years people thought it was time—but it's time before I come quickly. He said that 2000 years ago. So time cannot be the application here. The idea: before I come quickly means when I come it'll be so fast—it'll be sudden. Just like the way the Holy Spirit came on the day of Pentecost—suddenly there was a rushing mighty wind. Suddenly. Amen.
Okay, that is my dream there. But you don't have to accept. But that dream I believe is from God. Many a time my dream is from the roti I ate last night. So don't think that every dream you have is from God. But if you have a negative dream, a tragic dream—when you wake up just bind it in the name of Jesus. Say: I bind that dream in the name of Jesus. Amen. Amen. Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord.
Why? Don't try on your pimple first—you got pimple, right? Say: pimple, I curse you in the name of the Lord Jesus. Alright, start there. Amen. Look at yourself in the mirror: head, be fruitful and multiply in the name of Jesus. Amen. Yeah, I don't feel like doing that—I sound so stupid. Okay. Just have your way. Okay.
Jesus don't mind talking to trees. He talked to one tree. The tree died because the tree was unfruitful. He cursed the fig tree: from now on no one eat fruit from you ever after. Forever the tree died. He spoke to demons—they left. He spoke to storms—they obeyed.
So you want to be smart and don't speak to all these things—only speak to human beings? You don't realize you are limited and the devil loves it. Alright.
As for me and my house, we'll speak to sickness and disease and want to remain healthy. We'll speak to our trees to grow luxuriously abundant if we have trees in our house or garden or whatever—we'll speak to them. Amen.
Pastor Mark made an experiment one time of plants in his house—in a beaker or he put them in a beaker of glass and he grew them with the cotton and all that. And one of them he cursed—I dunno how long—he was a few months or he has the pictures. Another one he spoke in tongues over it. Another one he just blessed: you'll grow well. I love you. He's talking to plants.
After some time—I forgot how long it was—the one that he cursed, that plant died. Maybe we'll get him to preach next time and show you that picture. Okay. Yeah. It's timestamped—that picture. He'll tell you when he did it—it died. And the ones that he blessed and the one that he spoke in tongues over flourished. Isn't it interesting? Amen.
So you don't realize the power you have in your words—but it's not you having the power. The power is the Holy Spirit.
Are you with me so far? Are you learning, people? Come on. Are you learning? I feel the Lord is bringing our church into a new dimension of authority and power. Amen.
Peace as Umpire
Alright. So the absence or the presence of peace is how the Holy Spirit leads you. Just like Romans 8:16 we learned: the Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God.
You see, how do you know you're a child of God? The Holy Spirit and your spirit bear witness. I can't explain it. I do not know all the verses—I'm a young Christian, I'm a young believer—I just know I'm saved. Right.
How do you know this is your church? There are many good churches all over the world, all over our nation as well. But you came here—you felt like at home, right? If you don't feel at home, what happens? This is not your church. Amen. Right.
But don't start feeling that way just because you've been corrected. No one feels at home after they've been corrected. Right. That's not a good reason to not feel at home. If it's home and there's love, there will be correction. Amen.
So Colossians 3:15 says: let the peace of God rule in your hearts. And the word “rule” here is very interesting. In the Greek it's the word—sorry—brabeuo. How do you get it right? It means to act as an umpire.
You know what an umpire does in a game? An umpire says in, out—the ball is out, right? Let's not talk about VAR now, okay. I'm talking about the umpire is the one that finalizes the result—the final result, right.
So the Holy Spirit—this is the word the apostle Paul—the Greek word there means to act as umpire. Let the peace of God rule—act as umpire—in your hearts. Okay.
Two men marry. Amen. Who to choose. Ladies, listen carefully. When you are in love with someone—oh, in you see—I always feel peace when I'm with him. Wait till the fight first. Okay. That's when you are dating and you see all the good in the person. It's not time to get married. You must see the bad and the ugly and then let some time pass and see whether this is the person you want to marry.
But if deep down in your heart—deep, deep, deep down where is the most intimate place where the Holy Spirit dwells—you sense there's no peace. There's no peace, there's no peace.
But when you're with him you fall in love with him again. He knows how to—he abuses you emotionally. He abuses you verbally and all that. But you're with him: say I'm sorry, I didn't mean—let me tell you this: that guy is a dangerous person to marry. I dunno why I'm saying this—I didn't prepare for this, by the way. Just let you know. Alright. Don't marry him, okay. Amen.
I've seen people marry the wrong one and their spiritual life just slides down. Amen. Become questioning, become the way the world is. No more walking with God.
And watch out for this: the fruit of God's teaching will never produce bitterness. And bitterness is a dangerous thing.
Let me tell you this: bitterness is a dangerous thing. Long before there's bitterness—there is no—long after that's bitterness or not even long after that. It can be long after death or even shortly after death—there'll be sickness.
I can prove to you from the Bible: the first time God revealed his name as Jehovah Rapha—I'm the Lord that heals you—where was it? At the bitter waters of Marah. It was because they tasted bitterness. And God is trying to tell them this: bitterness and disease is synonymous.
Now that bitter is both bitter in terms of human experience with one another as well as bitterness. If you hold a grudge against God even about your life experience and all that—the bitterness is bitterness. I look up the Hebrew and all that. It is the word bitterness. Even in relationships. We've learned it can even cause heart attacks. You let go of the bitterness—you let go of your disease.
The person can just be happy. The person you're bitter with can be very happy. It's like bitterness is like unforgiveness, bitterness, resentment—it's like preparing poison for someone but you drink it. Hey, not smart, amen. It's like preparing poison and then you yourself drink it. The person can be very happy. Doesn't really matter how justified your case is. There's no justification for bitterness in your heart.
Forgive the person and go on. Every time you forgive—have you realized you must pay the price? Yes, but God loves it. God is a forgiving God. He wants us—doesn't mean that the cost is normal there. No, the cost is there but you bear it. Never mind. I forgo my loss. He cheated me but I forgive him.
Now forgive doesn't mean that you have to make the person your best friend. No. If the person has shown to be a person who is untruthful, the person is a conniving person—I forgive him in my heart but I don't have to marry him, marry her. I'm editorial wheel. What are we coming into? I'm trying to tell you. Alright.
It's not someone you want to have a relationship with or get close to—but we are the body of Christ. Pastor Prince: yeah, but the body of Christ we are one. We forgive. Love must be there. Alright. Doesn't mean you get close to everyone when you know that they are manipulating you. Even the body—one whole body, right? The nose and the armpit should not fellowship too much.
So let the peace of Christ act as umpire in your heart. Amen.
Now also watch out for people that use prophecy, right, to manipulate you. When you hear someone saying—when I teach you all these things and you find that you're beginning to be aware of God's voice or God's leading—I don't like to use the voice because people are looking for voices. It's more like an inward peace or absence.
If you meet someone and the person is telling you: this is good investment—I'm telling you God spoke to me about this investment—and your heart feels there's no peace—don't invest. There's no peace. That's how Ponzi schemes succeed.
Do you know Ponzi schemes succeed with people who are intelligent—celebrities get involved in it. Not only that—people who know about money and economics, finance people, famous finance people are involved in the past global Ponzi schemes that we all heard about. When it falls—boy, a lot of people are affected. Some of them commit suicide.
But you see—this is the intelligence of the world. They go by what they see, by their minds, by their heads. They don't go by what's in their heart. But again, for the people of the world they don't have the Holy Spirit.
You have someone come to you and say: oh, I'm very nice things—I mean they flatter you up and down. You're a great person and all that.
There was one person—let me tell you this—sorry, whether you know who is this—who's standing at the door of the church and he says this: you know something, the pastor don't really care about you. I see a calling on your life. When I look at you, man, I see you're anointed but I dunno why you're not called to be a leader. I dunno why such potential in you is—this your baby? So cute.
And slowly, slowly the heart of the people were stolen. And then David—you know the story, alright. It's a story of David and who was the one at the door—his son. And Absalom says: your cause, the problems you bring up to me are valid problems. But the king is not listening to you. Oh, if only I'm king. Of course forget it—how can I be king? What's your problem?
By the way, he looks so good. This is how Satan works. And that's how Absalom stole the hearts of the people of Israel—his own son, David's own son. But you know the story, right? He ended up with Absalom's death and God's vindication of David.
Ever since then there's also spirits—lo—watch out for people who use God's—religious people especially—they learn this from now on: everything God tell me, you must do this. God tell me. God tell me what. God show me this. No—God show me. Oh, by the way my investment this one—I just tell you God told me this. No—God said.
Watch out. The more you hear God say: God say, God said—remember what Pastor Prince said. Those who really hear God let the results speak for itself. Those who hear God will let the results speak for itself.
You don't have to have someone come—don't have to praise yourself and say that God said, God said, God said you. God said—even just now I shared my dream, right? I tell you: you don't have to accept it because not part of the Bible—although personally I believe it is God speaking to me later. Most of my dreams are not from God. I dream a lot. Just like your vision.
When you pray for someone—not every vision, especially when your mind has been defiled a lot—not every floating vision. But you can see the norm that God has for us. He speaks in the language of the Holy Spirit's visions and dreams.
Maybe there's a picture he wants to sanctify your heart with, your mind with. It's a picture of the Psalms 1. That's why I quoted that just now—that you are planted by the rivers—you see an oversupply and that's in your mind. You see yourself as the man: whatever he does prospers, whatever he does prospers.
And that day so happened you made a mistake at work and now the boss is after you and all that. But you say: whatever I do prospers—even my mistakes. Amen. Whatever he does prospers.
Practical Application and Wisdom
So in closing—this looks like it might become a series—we'll see how—but can this be applicable, pastor? I know that many of these things apply.
Let me just finish off—I feel the Spirit of God wants me to continue on that. How do I know it's God?
If someone prophesied to me and someone valid—it's my care leader or someone—because we don't to put away the gift of prophecy completely. It is a valid gift. It's one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
So the gift of prophecy in the New Testament is for exhortation, encouragement, comfort, edification. Alright. So this must be—it builds you up. Okay. It's not about investments. It is a word that comes to you and says—confirms what I had in my heart.
The other day I was speaking to a brother in Christ overseas. He happens to own a hotel and he sent me the article about his hotel and I saw a name in the article. So on the phone—as we were talking, we were talking about other things and all that—I said to him: this person who is running your hotel—he says yes—please let go. I said: let him take full charge. Don't always be micromanaging him.
I just saw his name just now only—he sent me the article—and I said: this person who is running the CEO of your hotel—and he owns a hotel—said: let go. Don't micromanage it. Let go. Trust him. He'll make mistakes—a few mistakes here and there—but you know what? He rises to the occasion.
He says: you are a prophet. No, I'm not. Okay. He said that—I'm just telling you what he said. This is—you are a prophet. Because just today I was chewing him out.
So that happened only two days ago. So in other words, if there is a word—I think he comes saying: God says the Lord—I just felt impressed to tell him that. And if the word's from God, it will confirm what the person has really—you see, in the New Testament it is not like the Old Testament. Prophet Samuel will say something that that person has never heard before. Prophet Isaiah will say something that that person has never heard before. Amen. It's directional.
But in the New Testament prophecy is conformational. Why? Because God is in you. Amen. He says: I will walk in them, I will dwell in them. Every one of us can know the Lord—not just the pastors, not just the leaders. All of us can hear God—but leaders have a greater authority. Yes, because of the opposition of accountability to God and to watch over you as those that care for your souls. So there is a greater degree—yes.
But you come to them for what? Confirmation—not direction. If someone gives direction—you are to go to this country, that country whatever—and you've got no desire for that country—bring along that prophet. See, you go with me—because if you tell me to go, later on you must also be the one to tell me when to come back. You say all of a sudden he says: no. This call—I feel God is saying it's only for you.
Okay. I got people who tell me things like this and I tell them—they say: God said to me to tell you, Pastor Prince—this. I say: God tell me to tell you—what you heard is not from him. I know him also.
Well, isn't it wonderful if God speaks to us? Isn't it wonderful? I got so much more to share with you. I got so much more to share with you.
So when someone gives you a word—doesn't speak to you, it doesn't confirm what you have—put you on the shelf—all especially when they're asking investment or financial investment from you. Okay. Watch out. They use God's name.
I would rather people in church come and say: these are the pros and the cons and all that. You just pray about it—see whether you want. I appreciate people like that—but I don't appreciate people coming: God said, God said, God said, God said. The more they say God said—most likely they're not in tune with God.
So we learned that the Holy Spirit teaches us all things. He can bring things to your remembrance—especially before you walk into a meeting, before you go for an interview, before you talk to your son about some corrective issues, right? Ask the Holy Spirit to put his words in your mouth.
Give them Luke 21. It says: it will turn out for you as an occasion for testimony. The context here is that when you stand before the judges and the Sanhedrin in those days and all that—because you're a believer they call you on the carpet and you have to give an account. Jesus says: therefore settle it in your hearts not to meditate beforehand on what you will answer. For I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to contradict or resist. I will give you a mouth and wisdom that none of your adversaries are able to contradict.
Pray this before you talk to your son, before you talk to your boss or potential boss in the interview or whatever it is—just ask the Lord: put your words in my mouth.
I tell you this—I'm desperate. If I go to an important meeting or whatever and I realize I haven't prayed—I'll go to the toilet first. Excuse me—I go to toilet first—and say: Lord, put your words in my mouth. Because I know Joseph Prince—if his own words come up, finish. Put your words in my mouth—and you God has promised.
The covenant—I'll close with this because of time. I got so much more to share. My goodness.
Alright. As for me—it says the Lord—this is my covenant with them: my Spirit who is upon you and my words—this is my covenant—no—he says: my Spirit who is upon you and my words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart from your mouth nor from the mouth of your descendants nor from the mouth of your descendants' descendants, says the Lord, from this time and forevermore. Amen.
All of a sudden you say something that the person is disarmed. Is someone trying to catch you in your words—like Jesus: shall master, master—we know you are such a good man. We are wondering that—I'm sure you do, I'm sure you do. But just think—should a man pay taxes to Caesar? And just answer. Right.
Jesus says: give me a coin. Whose face is this? The guy: look—Caesar. Says: give to Caesar what is Caesar's—give to God what is God's. Amen. That's it.
The woman caught in adultery—does Jesus want to rescue her, save her? He wanted to. Right. But how can he do it without breaking the law? The law says such should be stoned. Back in those days: master, Moses says such should be stoned. What do you say? Just asking.
And the Lord said nothing. He wrote with his finger on the ground. But when he got up, the words that came out of his mouth was this: he that is without sin—throw the first stone. And one by one they departed. He didn't say don't stone. He said: the one without sin—you throw the first one. They departed.
We need wisdom like this for our jobs, our ministries, for the church—serving in the church—for our parenting, our children. And we need to teach them what we are learning in the things of God.
Pharaoh—look at Joseph after Joseph—a slave. No executive experience. You have time. Just a few more minutes. Last one real quick.
Look at him—a slave, no experience. You what? He says amazing the wisdom. He says: prepare seven years of plenty—heap up, right? Seven years of famine is coming. And after that: find a man discerning and wise—set him up over this whole thing.
And Joseph—wise, smart—he says: settle man. And he was the man—he knew. So in a way he was promoting himself without promoting himself.
So Pharaoh looked at him and Pharaoh says: guys, can we find such a man? He interpreted my dreams and it's accurate. And can we find a man in whom is the Spirit of God?
Even the people of the world will start saying: can we find such an employee? Such a man in whom is the Spirit of God?
Early on the master who is not a believer saw Joseph. And whatever he did the Lord made it to prosper. Even the people of the world can see that.
So I'm here to tell you it applies in every area of your life. You don't have to be trained to do the job that the Holy Spirit can give you an impartation of—you know what?—you'll be right time, right place, right action now. Amen.
Give Jesus a praise.
Salvation Call and Benediction
Every head bowed, every eye closed. As by no means this message is finished. Well, you keep on coming. We don't know the days to come if the Lord leads me. All right. I'm going to share on this, Father, okay.
If you have never made Jesus your personal Saviour and Lord—friend, listen—the gospel is this wonderful: Jesus, this cool, glorious man—God sent him. He's actually God. And he became flesh for what purpose? To die on the cross for our sins.
And on that cross he bore our sins. The Bible says he bore our diseases. He bore our curse so that we'll never ever bear these things—the judgment that was meant for you and I fell upon him so that we'll never be judged by God ever again for sin.
If you trust in him—if you put your faith in the Lord Jesus—and on the third day God raised him from the dead—hallelujah—is a declaration that death, that final enemy, is also put under his feet. He has conquered it for you and I. He didn't do it for himself. He did it for you and I.
If you believe on the Lord Jesus—the Bible says you confess him as your Lord and Saviour—you will be saved.
So wherever you are right now—you pray this prayer and in an instant you are saved. If you pray this prayer from your heart—say: heavenly Father, I confess Christ died for my sins. He was raised from the dead for my justification. Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour. Thank you, Father—I'm saved and I'm now greatly blessed, highly favoured and I'm so loved by you. In Jesus' name.
Stand to your feet. Praise the Lord.
If you prayed that prayer, you are now a child of God. You are a brand new creation. And since you got saved in this church—continue coming. Praise the Lord. Amen.
For the rest of you—we'll continue probably on this vein here because we're so much more to share. Amen. In the days to come—praise the Lord. Lift your hands all across this place.
The Lord himself bless you and your loved ones—every single one of you—this coming week. May you see the manifestation of his blessings especially in tangible areas of life that the people around you will see you like Joseph and say: hey, he is someone blessed of God. Whatever he touches prospers. May that manifest this coming week all the way to Sunday. Amen.
And may the Lord keep you and your families safe, secure, free from danger, harm, from sickness and disease—especially all the way to this coming Sunday. Thank you, Father, in Jesus' name. And the Lord grant you all peace. In the name of the Lord Jesus—all the people said amen.