Joseph Prince - Claim What Is Yours (02/16/2026)
Our inheritance in Christ includes healing, peace, victory over sin, and abundant life right now as joint heirs—not something we wait for. Drawing from the tribe of Asher's blessings in Scripture, Pastor Prince shows how God's promises of rich bread (healing), renewed strength, and evergreen vitality belong to us today through Jesus, urging believers to possess these by meditating on God's Word day and night.
Our Inheritance Is Already Ours in Christ
Our inheritance is healing. One of the inheritance that we have. We have so much inheritance. Of course, the very first thing we receive when we are born again is salvation, eternal life. Praise the Lord. What a gift in our inheritance. And the Bible doesn't say that we are heir apparent. You know what's an heir apparent? Someone waiting to receive the inheritance. The Bible doesn't say that. The Bible says we are joint heirs with Christ. So we receive the inheritance now.
In any case, inheritance, heir apparent and all that, they wait until the person who has the inheritance passes on, right? And then they receive the inheritance. Jesus died. Amen. And He's risen again. Best of all, there's no dispute in the family who gets what. Sometimes, you know, this cake family and this cake family or this laksa family and this laksa family, you know, because the person passed away, the person in the center can settle all the dispute passes on. So if only they can resurrect the person and asking, "What do you think"? Amen. Who is the original? Right? Amen. You can't do that. But with us, we can. We can tell the Lord, "Is this authentic? Is this original"? Because He rose again from the dead. He's alive. Amen. He died, thereby releasing the inheritance to all of us. Amen. And then He lives to teach us how to walk in it. Always to remind us of our inheritance in Christ. Amen.
The Dignity of Sonship in Service
And that's why the Bible says, "This is how you shall possess the land when you call me Father." You know, there's a verse like this in the Old Testament. "This is how you possess the land when you call me my Father". And that's why when you have the sense of sonship, amen, then you can afford to be a servant. And it's more glorious, more dignified, more noble that way. You see, when a prince that belongs to a royal family goes and serves, maybe like the mission field or, you know, part of the medical team and he's assisting, dispensing the medicine, helping the doctor and all that, but he's a prince from a royal family. Wow. We say, you know, there's dignity there. There is the mint of royalty, even in his servanthood, but it's not a servile servanthood. Why? Because he's a prince. He's a prince first, then he becomes a servant.
The way Jesus is, He is the Prince of princes, the King of kings. And then He humbled Himself and became a servant. Even the picture that we see in the upper room when He washed our feet. What a glory. Now, if a slave, if a real slave, if someone who is living in abject poverty, comes over and wash your feet, first of all, you suspect that he wants some tip, some money. Why? Because of who the person is. Right? You don't want to despise him, but you suspect his motive for washing your feet. Amen. But when a prince does that, and we know, of course, I'm not referring to physical princes that are subject to the fleshly fall. All right? And they have their own idiosyncrasies and lusts and things like that. But I'm talking about the King of kings and Lord of lords. In Him is no sin. When He bows down and washes your feet. What glory. Amen. So, we are sons of God. You understand? The Bible says we are all kings and priests unto God. Imagine, then only you can say, I'm a servant of the Lord Jesus Christ. And you live your life as a servant. That's glorious. That's glorious. Amen. Can I have a good amen? Praise the Lord.
The Tribe of Asher – Happiness and Blessedness
So, we are talking about inheritance. And since last week, actually, it's a continuation of last week as well, this sermon. We talk about one particular tribe, the tribe of Asher. And Asher means happiness. It's also blessedness, blessed. The word blessed and happy is found in the word Asher. Sometimes when you find the word says, "Blessed is so and so, blessed are those whose sins are forgiven," is the word Asher. "Happy are those whose sins are forgiven". "Happy is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin". Is the word Asher. Whereas the most commonly used word in Hebrew for "blessing" is "barak" or "barakah" which is the noun, right? But "Asher" is also used for "bless," but more of "happy" is the man, "happy" is the woman. Amen.
So we saw the tribe of Asher and how because of their spiritual indolence and laziness, they did not possess their possessions. And one of their possessions, in fact, Joshua 18, Joshua actually rebuked them. Joshua's whole congregation of Israel assembled together at Shiloh. How many of you have been at Shiloh? It's a great place to be at, right? Amen. Of the beaten tribe. "One day we shall go there again." Amen? And they set up tabernacle of congregation there and there remain among the children of Israel, there remain still seven tribes who have not yet received their inheritance. They have not yet received their inheritance. Seven more tribes. You see what Joshua, their leader, told them. And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, "How long are you slack to go to possess the land"?
You know the word slack? Lazy. Your New King James says neglect. It's the Hebrew word "raphah". Why are you lazy? Why are you neglecting? Why are you slack in possessing the land that is already yours? Seven more tribes. By the way, one of these tribes is the tribe of Asher. Okay? Which is the one we are talking about. If you drop down in chapter 19, talking about all the inheritance of these seven tribes that they are supposed to possess, the fifth lot came to the tribe of Asher. And their border was all this, but also their border goes all the way, verse 28, "Even unto great Sidon." Can you see that? "Unto great Sidon". And then verse 29, "To the strong city Tyre". We covered that last week. Tyre and Sidon became like the New York, Paris, London, of that day. Amen? Had they possessed their inheritance, they would be in a position to influence the nations of the world with the message of the true God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Amen? Not only to mention also the wealth that they will have, Amen? In carrying out the purposes of this mission. Praise the Lord.
Why Asher Lost Their Rich Coastal Territory
But they lost it, and then the enemy took over, all the way to the time of Alexander, when Alexander destroyed Tyre. Okay? Because they refused to submit to him. And he laid a siege, a causeway all the way to a new Tyre from the old Tyre that was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar. And he built a causeway just to destroy that city. That's how angry he was. Alright? So, Sidon, Sidon means fish, to hunt, to fish. Alright? So, it's a place of fishes. Until today, it's still a place of fishermen. It's a coastal area. And to this area our Lord came.
Prophecies Over Asher Apply to Us Today
And what is the prophecy of Asher that covers Tyre and Sidon? There are two prophecies in the Bible. Amen. And these prophecies apply to you as well. Because all the prophecies of the 12 sons of Jacob, every blessing spoken over there belongs to you as a child of God. Why? Because the Bible says all the promises of God in Him, now in Christ, is yes and amen. Amen. Because every one of their blessings is actually in Christ, the Messiah, who has yet to come. But He has come already for us. Amen. And He's our Lord and Savior. He's our Shepherd. So, in Him, all the promises of God, you don't have to look at a promise in the Old Testament. You say, "Pastor, Psalms 91, is it this protection psalm? Is it for us today? Is it for Christians or only for the Jews"? No, it's for all of us who are born again. All of us who are sons of God. Amen. So, all the promises of God in Christ is yes and amen.
Renewed Youth and Evergreen Life as Inheritance
What about the one, "God satisfies our mouths so that our youth is renewed like the eagles". Is that for us? Amen. The one that says that, "We shall renew our strength. We will run and not be weary. We shall walk and not faint. We will still bring forth fruit in old age. We shall be full of life and sap, and we shall be evergreen". They shall be green. They shall be green. In the Hebrew, it says, "They shall be ranen." Green. The word ranen means green. Even in old age, where they are still bringing fruit, they are still green. Isn't it like the Bible says green? We think of brown as old. When the leaves become brown, you are always green. Like we say, evergreen trees. Amen? You are evergreen. Amen. Praise the Lord. So these are your inheritance. Praise the name of Jesus.
Victory Over Sin Through Our Inheritance
Any bad habit you have, do you realize how you get victory over that sin or that addiction or that habit? Do you know how? Not by working for it. Thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. It's a gift. It's found in your inheritance. You see, a boy compared to an employee of a company of a very multi-billion dollar company of his father, when the time comes for his father to give the inheritance, amen, he will not give it to an employee. The employee is impeccable in his behaviour and all that he has served the company with. But the son who is not perfect, the son who has at times caused the father some heartache is the one that inherits. Why? Relationship. You are the son of God. You understand? Amen? Jesus has died. The inheritance is now yours.
The Peace Jesus Bequeathed to Us
So inheritance includes victory over sin, includes holiness, and overcoming life, and life more abundant. We covered that, the mind of Christ, where He says peace, I leave with you. In the upper room. Remember that? Peace, my peace. You saw me operating in peace. You never saw me panic at any time. Even when there was a storm in the Sea of Galilee, I was sleeping. That peace, that shalom, peace, I leave with you. My peace, not somebody else's peace. Not David's or Isaiah. Good as they are. Alright? It's my peace, my shalom. And the word shalom is not just peace of mind. It is well-being. It is wholeness. My wholeness and my peace, I give to you. In fact, the word there is bequeath. I give to you. Not as the world gives. I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled. Now, that's your part. If you want this peace to reign supreme in your heart, in your life, let not, I cannot let not for you, you must let not your heart be troubled. Amen? Your part is to take care of your heart. Let not your heart be troubled. Neither let it be afraid.
Your Role in Receiving Christ's Peace
Something happens, okay? Let not, that's your part. You can control the situation. That means what? You control your heart. And I will control the situation. You take care of your inside, and I'll take care of your outside. That's what the Lord is saying. We are so concerned about trying to get this right, make sure our children pass their exams during this time especially. Amen. Make sure we get that deal. Amen. Make sure of this, make sure of that. You know how stress can kill you? I mean, when you're lying down and you're about to depart this life, all right, you won't be thinking of, "I missed that million dollar deal. I should have invested more. I should have invested in this, invested in that." You won't think of that. You will think of—if you only had time, you would spend time with the ones that you love. You would enjoy what you have instead of trying to attain and attain and attain, and then pull one side, pull one side, pull one side, pull one side, never enjoying. Somebody else enjoys it. Huh? So the Lord gives you true prosperity. Amen. Not greedy. Always one more million, one more million, one more million. Alright? No, no, no. That can destroy you. Amen. And God loves you too much.
Tithing – A Test of the Heart
So some of you wonder why, God, no problem with you. It's just, your little finger just, oh, I become a multi-billionaire. Amen. No problem for you. Why, why you let all these other billionaires and all that? Why not me? I'm a Christian. Right? You ever thought of that way? You know why? Because He loves you more. He loves you more because He knows that, that right now at this level, okay, you don't even tithe. Right? You're 10%. Whoa, 10%. All you all want is my money, right? All the church want is people's money. You know, that's what they say outside there, the 10%. No, 10% is to show whether you love money or you love God. That's what, how God ordained it.
Examples of Faithful Tithers Who Prospered
So 10%, you cannot give to God. It was, uh, it was, uh, um, was it, let me see the, Rockefeller. Yes, Rockefeller. John D. Rockefeller. He says that, I would not be, uh, be, uh, able to tithe. I would not have been able to tithe on my first million had I not been able to tithe on my first dollar when he was a young boy. And he's a tither, by the way. Amen. The last part of his life, he gave a lot to churches for their mission work and things like that, and charity and all that. Amen. John D. Rockefeller. Amen. That's what he said. Mr. Colgate, I don't have to tell you what product it is. Alright? He tithes. Amen.
So, tithing is to show that you are faithful. Whatever God gives, I remember you. Whatever you give, I remember you. Amen. That's it. Don't have to argue. You don't want to tithe. I don't, it's like money making churches, right? If you think so, don't tithe. Don't. Because it's not a revelation. No use. If you're tithe or so, no use. It profits you nothing. Alright? God wants you to have a revelation. Lord, I don't forget you. You're the first one. 10% goes to you. Now, which senior partner asked for 10%? But he says 10%. Okay?
Faithfulness in Little Leads to Greater Blessing
But some people, some Christians say, well, what I have, oh, everything belongs to God. It's like a man telling his wife. The wife says, I just want you to spend at least one week, huh, uninterrupted with me. Can or not? Just, darling, when I marry you, don't understand, huh? My whole life is yours. Does she buy it? Does she buy it? It's a wonderful excuse. All my money is the Lord. Amen? You see, huh, Pastor Prince, I throw all my money up, huh, alright, to God. If God doesn't want you, anything dropped is mine. Alright? So, there are people who cannot be trusted with more. Because the moment they have more, right, there goes their wife. Sayonara. Vaya con Dios. Hasta la vista. They find new model. And after that, they are not happy. And then, I've seen people when they get, especially sudden wealth, wealth, they change. Right? Mistake. They didn't change. It just brought out inside what they are. Money actually brings up what you are. If you are generous before that, you'll be generous. That's why, when you are a tither, amen, you're able to give the first stand on something small, amen, then you're able to give on something big. Faithful to God all the way. And God, God blesses and blesses and blesses.
Henry Ford's Tithing Experiment on a Field
You should read the experiment by Henry Ford, the one who created the automobile, amen. He's a tither. He's a Christian, by the way. And all these I mentioned are Christian Colgate, Mr. Colgate, Mr. John D. Rockefeller, as well as Henry Ford. And Henry Ford had an experiment where he had a small field, and he says the 10% of, I want to experiment to see tithing work on a field. And he had 10% of the harvest given to a church. It was a small field, then given to a church of his choice. After that, from there, they start sowing again in another field, and the field started increasing and increasing, and the harvest started growing and growing and growing. Alright, I think you can read about it on YouTube, okay, just search like Henry Ford and tithing. There's a whole experiment done there by Henry Ford. It just grew and grew and grew, and the whole field started growing. Amen. And bumper crop. And the 10% became more and more and more and more and more. So, more churches were blessed. More missions were blessed. More charitable works were blessed. Amen. So, so it's a matter of revelation. Do you see it or not? Do you understand church? Amen.
God's Protective Love in Limiting Some Blessings
But some people, when they get money, straight away, they indulge in their lust. Amen. They straight away, you don't see them in church anymore. Huh. Yeah. Amen. So, God wants you safe. That's why I told you, God loves you more than a billionaire. Yeah. I mean, I say it in human terms. God loves every one of us. But some of us, He loves special. It's true. I can prove that to you from the Bible. Amen. When God protected the children of Israel, Amen, He loved them more than Pharaoh. Meditate. Okay. Who was safe and who was not. Alright. So, I like to be in the place where the Lord loves me the best way. Amen.
So, if you find that, Joseph Prince, you're not safe for this, you're not safe for that. Amen. So, people want more and more. More blessings. You know, they want a bigger company to run. They want a bigger influence. They want a bigger church for ministers and all that. But you must always think, alright, that the Lord will give you according to what He knows you'll be safe for. Because He loves you. Because He loves you. Amen.
Walking Humbly as a Small Church Pastor
I function, my pastors know, like a small church pastor. I meet my leaders, love them, that's it. I don't spend time with people who are people of influence or whatever, or affluence or whatever. I spend time with these wonderful people. It's more fun to spend time with Pastor Mark and my pastors and my leaders, you know, than to just, it's just not me. I'm a very, I'm a very shy person in public. Okay, if you see me, you'll find me high and, uh, I still am a shy person. A pastor in the pulpit, in the pulpit is different. When an anointing is there by the grace of God. Amen.
The Rich Bread Prophecy Fulfilled in Jesus
Now we want to, what's the first area that God said in order for us to possess the land? Joshua was the one we saw last week, right? Uh, Joshua 1. It says, uh, Moses, my servant is dead. Now, therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and the people. Every place the sole of your foot will tread upon will be yours. I was telling you just now about the blessings of Asher. Remember? The tribe of Asher is coastal side here, where Tyre and Sidon was there. And the father said, gather around before he died. And to the son, Asher, he gave this prophecy. All right, the prophecy was, bread from Asher shall be rich, and he shall yield royal dainties. So the word royal gives you the idea of a king. A king will come and eat, and dispense, or rather dispense, bread from Asher, which is rich.
Jesus' Journey to Tyre and Sidon
We saw that the only time this happened was, Jesus went 130 miles to the area of Asher. At that time, literally, it's out of the proper area of Israel, where the Gentiles would live. Jesus went all the way, and along the 130 miles, there's no miracles recorded. There's no major act noted for us. All the way back is nothing major. The only thing is that he went all the way to minister to a Gentile woman, to give her the children's bread. Which means healing. We all know from the context there is healing. The fulfillment of... She was in the tribe of Asher. The Bible says, Jesus went to the region of Tyre and Sidon, and he gave her the children's bread.
Healing Power in a Crumb of Communion
And how I know that this bread is so rich, bread from Asher shall be rich, because a crumb drove the demon out of the daughter, and the daughter was healed. Just a crumb. So, when you take communion, remember this story. The blessing of Asher is in this. By your stripes, I am healed. Don't say, what is... You know, you give me medicine if a very famous surgeon comes, and specialist comes, and give me some chemotherapy, and some things like that. Some big stuff, big loud sounds, and all that. Then, you know, Pastor, you give me a crumb. And your communion is so small, one. Amen? Right? Those who know it have a revelation. God uses the small things to confound the mighty tumour. It will be gone. Amen? All right, weak things. Praise the Lord.
Daily Bread Means Daily Dependence on God
Okay, so, He came and yielded royal dainties. Jesus gave royal bread. Rich bread. And it's healing. So, because we pray, He gave us this day our daily bread. The Word of God, yes. Daily rhema, Word of God. But it's more than that. Because bread is also healing. We are just saying, give us our daily health. So, people ask, Pastor Prince, I take communion every time what? You know? What they mean is once a week. But if you are sick, give us this day our daily bread. That means what? God wants you to depend on Him all the time. You know, people like this, I just want to take once and result already. You know what I'm saying? I don't want to keep on taking the kind of thing. When doctor says, take this three times a day, yes, sir. And then doctor takes money from you. And it's more than 10%. Okay. And now this is more expensive. Okay.
Moses' Blessing – Strength That Grows with Age
So, this is the blessing of his father Jacob upon his son before he was a tribe. Before he became a tribe. Later on, fast forward, during a time when there are all 12 tribes already, it was Moses' turn to leave the world. And Moses gathered them together. And Moses gave all the blessings to the 12 tribes. And this is a blessing on Asher. Alright? Asher is most blessed of sons. Let him be favoured by his brothers. Let him dip his food in oil. You walk in the Spirit. Okay? That's the idea. Your sandals shall be iron and bronze. As your days, so shall your strength be.
Claiming Increasing Strength as Days Increase
Okay, look at me. Have you claimed that? This is your inheritance, you know. Read carefully. Read carefully. It doesn't say, as your days, you'll become weaker, but praise God, you'll see Jesus face to face. Right? It doesn't say that. It says, as your days, that means as your days increase, so shall your strength be. Do you see that? Now, I've meditated on this. I've read this many times. And the more I read it, the more I check the different Bibles and all that. The NASB, the 95, NASB, 1995 version, says this. As your days are, so shall your leisurely walk be. Right? So, the strength comes in your walking. So, now, Pastor, are you talking about physical walking? Both. We saw that Asher will dip his foot in oil. He'll be walking in the Spirit. So, as your days, your spiritual strength gets stronger and stronger. But not just that. Let's not take away the physical side.
Iron and Bronze Sandals – Crushing the Enemy
Your shoes, talking about walking. Before that, let him dip his foot in oil. Walking, feet. Your shoes shall be iron and bronze. That means what? Every place you will take. Iron and bronze are really strong. Alright? You will take. Every place, the sole of your foot and this sole happen to be made of iron and bronze. Amen. 777-NCC. 777. You know what about that? It's a new brand. It's iron and bronze. Amen? When the Bible says the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet, oh, it's some crushing. Alright? Crush like a cockroach. Alright? So, it is iron and bronze. Amen? Nice style, huh? 777-NCC. 5-5-5. 5-5-5 sandals, huh? Okay. As your day so shall strength be. That means you will, you will... It's the reverse of the natural process of the world. It's like God is saying to us, don't be worldly. Don't be squeezed into the mold of the world. Don't think like the world. Think. Think. It starts here. Alright? As my days increase. Oh, oh no. I'm getting to this age rate. I'm 70 years old. Oh, no. I'm 75. Oh, no. I'm 78. Oh, no. You know? And you start thinking of people who passed away at this age and, you know, different ones and all that. You start thinking old. You start thinking, as my days, so shall my weakness be.
Rejecting the World's View of Aging
And doctors, they are doing their best, okay? They go by the natural. They tell you. Anything you tell them, once you're a certain age, right, you tell them you've got this problem. They say, never mind. It's aging. Everyone goes through this, right? Don't put up your hands. Alright? We love doctors. Alright? They are fighting the same problem that, you know, God is also against. Amen? But this verse is telling you to think different. As your days, so shall your strength be. That means what? As your days increase, your strength increase. Have you claimed it? Have you spoken it? Do you act like it? Start walking it out, amen?
How to Possess Your Promised Land
Okay, so how do I possess the land? How do I possess it? Go back to Joshua 1. It says here, Moses, my servant, is dead. Think about the big pair of shoes that Joshua will have to fill. Moses is dead. Now, bring these people. Go over Jordan to the promised land. Every place the sole of your foot will tread upon, I have given you. As I said to Moses, I have given... Every place the sole of your foot shall tread upon shall be yours. And then God encouraged him, I'll be with you wherever you go. And then God said these words, Only be strong and very courageous. Amen? Only be strong and very courageous.
Dealing with Anxiety and Panic Attacks
What about you? Are you faced... Sometimes do you find that in the middle of the night, your heart beats real fast? I'm thinking about someone here. Amen? A few someones. Amen? Your heart beats real fast. Or you start... You don't know why, but you find that you get anxious really fast. Amen? Is it panic attack recently? And finally, you know, the front news, headline news of Straits Times. I just passed by, and I looked down in my house at the headlines, and I was stunned. One out of three youths have mental health challenges. And then the subtitle says, Anxiety being the leading reason. And you talk about social media, its impact, cyber bullying, things like that. But we can teach our young people, that Jesus has given us His peace. Let not. That's our part. Let not your heart be troubled. The more it starts, let not your heart be troubled. Just quote it. Quote it to your heart. Let not your heart be troubled. Say it under your breath. Let not your heart be troubled. Neither let it be afraid.
A Sound Heart Brings Life to the Body
You know what's going to happen? More shalom will flow. Because shalom is there already. He has given us, He has bequeathed us His shalom, well-being, and peace. So the more you let your, not your heart be troubled, the more well-being flows into your body. You know, there's a verse that says, a sound heart is the tree of life, sorry, a sound heart is the life of the flesh. I'm quoting the King James, a sound heart is the life of the flesh. You know, the word sound is the word healing, marpeh, from the word rapha, marpeh is the noun. A marpeh heart is the life of the flesh. Then, you look carefully at marpeh. It's also the Hebrew, when Hebrew says tranquility and peace, it's marpeh. A tranquil heart, a heart that is tranquil, is life to your body. Life to the flesh.
It's Not What You Eat – It's What's Eating You
So, while people think that, "What's the problem? Is it my diet?" There's such a focus now, right, in the world on diet being the key. And by the way, it has its place. Amen. I'm not saying go crazy. The Bible talks about sin of gluttony. And you're drinking, of course. Amen. Don't get drunk, the Bible says. Gluttony and drunkenness. The Bible talks a lot about it. Amen. God is against this. He's not against eating. Amen. So, many times we think it is what we are eating that's defiling our body, ourselves. And the word defile, by the way, is not just referring to your spiritual state, okay? Or you're defiled, you're no more holy. No, it's not just referring to that. Defile can mean, like for example, a leper is defiled, but he's physical. Leprosy is physical. Amen. So, it's like dirty. Something dirty comes out and manifests as a disease. It is first not supposed to be in your body. It is uncleanness in that sense. If you define it correctly, it's a disease. You're supposed to be at ease, not be in disease.
So, we think it's what we are eating. God is saying it's what's eating you. Amen. Jesus says out of the heart of man comes adulteries, bitterness, anger, resentment, all that. These are the things that defile a man. And what was He doing? He was answering the Pharisees that says you eat with, you and the disciples eat with unwashed hands. You don't wash your hands, right? And Jesus answered, they didn't say Jesus did it. They said the disciples did it. They did not say to Jesus. And Jesus answered, "It's not what you eat. It's what comes out, it's what's eating you." In other words, what comes out of your heart that defiles you. Amen. Amen. What's the point? You've got perfect diet. You go to the gym every other day, and you're healthy and all that, but your heart is full of bitterness, revenge, anger. Amen. Or you're feeling guilty, anxious, worried. This is not a sound heart. Amen.
Laying Claim to Your Blood-Bought Promises
So, God is saying, be very courageous. Be strong and very courageous. Now, these are instructions on how to possess the land. Chapter 1 itself. From the onset, God advised Joshua, "Listen, every place you step will be yours. Even though I've given it to you, you have to lay a claim on it. You have to possess your possessions. You have to inherit your inheritance. You've got to place your claim. Amen". And every place you place your claim, even though I have given it to you, it becomes actually yours when you lay a claim on it. Amen. Amen. Amen.
So, there are places where they don't teach Jesus heals today. So, you know what goes on in the church? People are finding freedom from sin and from powers of darkness. They are born again. They love the Lord, but they don't preach healing. You don't see the healing manifestation. Notice that. Amen. There are places where they preach healing and they don't preach prosperity, let's say. People get saved. People get healed. But people are not prospering. So, it's always the knowledge first and then the claiming. You do not know what belongs to you. You do not know Jesus paid for it. You cannot claim it. Peace of mind. Amen. If you preach peace of mind, peace I leave with you, people start experiencing it. They know it's theirs. Blood-bought right. Okay? You got a blood-bought right to be free from anxiety, worries, worries, and cares. Amen. It's a blood-bought right. Let not your heart be troubled. Your boss is not your problem. That food is not the problem. Your mother-in-law is not the problem. Your heart is the problem. God in your heart. For out of it are the issues of life. Amen. Praise the Lord.
The Key to Prosperity – Meditate Day and Night
So, instructions to possess the land. Then God says, only be strong and very courageous. And then comes verse 8. Wow. What has this got to do with possessing the land? Joshua 1:8. It says, "This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth". It's all about possessing the land, you know. "This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then, for then, for then, you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success". Amen. You'll make your way prosperous, and you will have good success when you meditate on God's Word day and night. Amen.
The Tree Planted by Rivers of Water
Psalms 1. Same thing. "But His delight is in the law of the Lord". Say, "The law of the Lord". I'm gonna explain that. "But His delight, His joy is in the law of the Lord, and in His law, He meditates day and night". Again, "He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water". He's not a tree just growing. It's planted. Someone who cares for that tree, planted. Planted means it's done by someone to care. Care. Care. The idea of caring for it. "You shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that bringeth forth your fruit in your season. Your leaf shall not wither". Aha! Wither. Brown. Your leaf will always be green. And I believe this refers to your health and your wholeness. Amen. To a good old age. His leaf shall not wither. It will not dry up. You won't be a prune, a prune, a prune, a prune, a salty prune. And look at the last part. "And whatever you do shall prosper". Amen. "Whatever you do shall prosper".
This is greater than Midas touched. Midas touched, Midas wanted, "Whatever I do becomes gold." Alright? He touched everything. Everything he touched became gold. He was so happy. He's the richest man now. And his daughter came running to him. And he touched his daughter. And she became a gold. Golden girl. Amen. And he asked for that gift to be taken away from him. He realized the value of it. Right? Because ours, whatever we touch, prospers. That's why we lay hands on the sick. Amen. That's why Jesus touched the children. Amen. Jesus touched the bier that was carrying, the stretcher that was carrying the boy who was dead. At Nain. That's why we, Jacob blessed all his 12 sons by laying hands on them. Whatever you touch prospers. Literally, it's your touch as well. And you work. Hands spell work. Your occupation. Your ministry. Whatever you do prospers. Amen? So, whatever God says, don't limit it. If God says whatever, you didn't say some parts of it. Only the spiritual part of it. Whatever is whatever, okay? Amen? I believe in my God. Amen. What about you? Whatever you do prospers. Amen.
Practical Ways to Meditate on Scripture
And the key, the only key it seems like is meditate. Meditate. The part you're supposed to do actively is meditate. Day and night. So, take the verse for example, "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you." John 14:27. Okay? And all this is my meditation all these past years. So, I take it, it begins as a meditation. "Peace I leave with you". Before I ever thought on it, before I ever have a teaching called "Live the Let Go Life," I meditate. Alright? I take "Peace I leave with you. My peace I give unto you". Is there a difference? I meditate on that. "Peace I leave with you". My peace is His peace. Amen. Not as the world gives. What does that mean? Not as the world gives. Give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled. Why is this put right in this verse here? Why? That's our part. So, if I don't experience His peace, even though it's given to me, there's a blockage. It's my fear, allowing my heart to be troubled. I must let not, and then it flows. The peace and the well-being flows.
So, it comes from meditation, you meditate, you meditate. Whatever you're worried about, you're worried about old age, fear of old age. Alright? Meditate on Psalms 92. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age. By the way, I meditate in advanced years. Because the word down there is actually advanced years. Advanced years means advanced years. Hundred years old is advanced years. But old age have the idea of old. Right? So, it's actually old age, but old age doesn't mean you're old. Do you understand? Some songs are old, but they're evergreen. So, you can be evergreen. Amen? Okay. Another thing I do is that, when I hear good things right, I always say, "Amen". That means, "Amen" means so be it unto me. Because the Bible says, "For all the promises of God in Him are yes and amen unto the glory of God by us." So, "by us" means we do the "amen". We are glorifying God because we are saying, "Amen" is actually the root word of "emunah," which is faith in Hebrew. So, God is glorified because I've just expressed faith. Amen. Amen. Amen. Alright? Amen. Amen.
So, take a verse. If it's healing you want, meditate on healing. Listen to it day and night. Even when you're sleeping, play healing scriptures. Amen. Especially when you're going through something. You're going through something major. Or the devil keeps you awake at night. Might as well listen to healing scriptures. I got one also. You can listen to it on YouTube. Meditate.
What the "Law of the Lord" Really Means
Now, I told you just now that the word, remember the word, "His delight is in the law of the Lord." The law of the Lord. As well as also Joshua 1:8, we saw that this book of the law shall not depart from your mouth. This book of the law. Pastor, you see, it tells you to meditate on the law. Now, here's where I think in times past, I didn't pause to share this, to teach this, but I think it's time for you to get this. Okay? This book of the law or the law of the Lord. The law definite. The law of the Lord. Whenever you find the phrase, "The law of the Lord" or the book of the law, it is always the law of the Lord. Always. Not can mean. It is. The law of the Lord is not the Ten Commandments. It is the entire word of God. Okay?
When you find the law, you must always know that it, it can mean three things. "Torah" in Hebrew. "Torah" means this. Listen. First of all, the "Torah" of the law, "Torah" can refer to the first five books of Moses. Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. Okay? You understand? English, we say "Pentateuch". Or rather, in the Greek, "Pentateuch". Right? The first five books of Moses. "Torah." This is a "Torah". Do you understand? For example, Paul teaching in Galatians, Paul says, "You that desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law? Abraham had two sons". Now, he's not quoting the Ten Commandments. He's quoting the five books. And specifically Genesis. He's referring to the "Torah," the five books of Moses. Understand?
Number two. "Torah" can mean instruction. Just that. Instruction. In Psalms 19, there's a beautiful phrase that says, "The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul. The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple." The law of the Lord here is instruction. "Torah" is instruction. "Torah" can mean instruction. That's all. You ask the Jew today. You ask any Jew. It's Torah instruction. They'll tell you that. Amen. In fact, the Christian Standard Bible have this here. The instruction of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul. We all know that it is the instruction of the gospel that converts us. The soul cannot be converted by the Ten Commandments. For by the law is the knowledge of sin. By the law, no flesh is justified. So, how can the law of the Lord convert the soul? Unless it's the instruction. It's the sermon. It's the preaching. It is the Word itself.
So, when the Bible says meditate on the law of the Lord, it doesn't always mean Ten Commandments. And the third, of course, is the law of Moses, which is the Ten Commandments and all that. So, when we find the phrase "the law of the Lord," like this in Psalms 19. By the way, there's a song. You all know the song? The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul. The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. More to be desired are they than gold, yeah, than much fine gold. Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. These verses are all there in Psalms 19. Okay?
Developing Synesis – Seeing What Others Miss
So, the testimony of the Lord is perfect. How many agree the Word of God is perfect? So, talking about the book of God, this book of the Lord shall not depart from your mouth. Now, like, let's go back to Joshua 1:8. The Lord is talking to Joshua and the Lord used this word "zeh" in Hebrew. Zeh. Alright? Or Zeh. Zeh. Think of Zeh. Sefer. Book. Zeh. Zeh means this book of the law. What do you think Joshua was doing when God said, "Hey, this book of the law?" Meditate in day and night. What do you think he was doing? He was reading. He was reading the book. For God to say, "This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate". And the word meditate here, as well as in Psalms, is hagah.
Find a verse that you like in the whole day, here and there. You know, um, traffic light, stop down there, say, what's the verse again? "Peace I leave with you. Let not your heart be troubled. Let not your heart be troubled. Neither let it be afraid". So, don't let it be troubled. If you let it be troubled, you'll be afraid. It will lead to fear. But before fear comes, there's troubled heart. Okay. Let not your heart be troubled. Okay. Then you start moving. Amen? Amen. During break time, at your work, meditate, meditate, meditate, meditate. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age. What kind of tree is that? It's not found in the world, it's not found. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age. Oh, there are a few. The palm tree. And the Bible reads the palm tree. Wow. In fact, the whole context there says, "The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree". Hmm. Interesting. Okay. It's your boss. Dreaming? Are you dreaming? Amen.
So, meditate, meditate. You can't sleep at night, day and night, right? Day and night. Meditate. Start taking the verse and lying down there. "Okay, if the devil wants me to stay awake, I'm going to meditate on God's Word". Trust me, you are getting rest as well. Amen. And you meditate. "Peace, I leave with you. My peace". I can just see His peace permeating my entire being. Amen. Don't sleep right now. I'm just illustrating, church. Okay? Ah, let not my heart be troubled. Take a deep breath. Ah, relax. Lord, you have given me your peace. Oh, I'm so loved. Amen?
Don't watch the news before you sleep. Okay? Whether it's on your phone or whatever, try not to read the news like you would drink caffeine or coffee, alright, before a certain time. Alright? After that, you don't, you don't drink coffee anymore, right? Like my wife, you know, she, she would, she would tell me, "Uh, like for me, I drink coffee, I can still sleep at night". But she cannot, right? She has a certain time, she says, "No more caffeine". Are you like that? Huh? So, the same thing for news, you know what I'm saying, huh? If not, it will carry over, you know? You find yourself having sleepless, even though you're sleeping, you're not sleeping. Because of the news of, of this world. Okay? Meditate on, good news. Peace, I leave with you. They shall be fat and green. My bones will not be osteoporosis subjected to, uh, uh, uh, uh, it's not going to be brittle, it's going to be strong. They shall be full of sap. My bones are full of sap. And I'm evergreen. Green. Okay. Praise God.
All right. Materonate day and night. Now, God says day and night. It's a constant. Right? Are you with me so far? Now, when you meditate on God's words, something's happened to you. Okay? And we look at a messianic prophecy. You want some more? Can I take—we still have a bit more time. Okay, can? All right. Let me go to a psalm, Psalm 119. Okay? It says here, "Oh, how I love your law." Now, again, it's not how I love your Ten Commandments. Okay? I love your law. I love your Word. Amen? Whether it's the Word from five books of Moses or even the Psalms. And for us, it's even—we have the New Testament. Amen? It's all God's Word. But David expresses it as, "How love I your law. How I love your law. It is my meditation all the day. You, through your Commandments, make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever with me."
Wisdom Greater Than Enemies and Ancients
And again, Commandments also, like, we have a Commandment also? We have. Right? 1 John says, "And this is His Commandment that we believe on the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another as He gave us Commandment". Right? Don't forget, you must always translate all this into the New Testament because you're not a child of the Old Covenant. "You, through your Word or your Commandment has made me wiser than my enemies". How many want to be wiser than your enemies? Huh? Your enemies are out to get you. Okay? And we wrestle not against flesh and blood. I understand. Listen carefully. But the enemy uses sometimes people who are just against us. You know? I'm glad there are people not for me because it tells me that my ministry is safe. Jesus Himself said, "Woe to you if all men speak well of you". I'll be the first one to tell you I'm not perfect. Amen? The only one that's perfect is our Lord Jesus.
And if you leave the church because you find that the pastor is not perfect or the people are not perfect and all that, then don't enter into another church. Because once you go in, you'll become imperfect. For sure. Don't—you know—so, Jesus says, "Woe to you if all men speak well of you." Don't look for popularity. Amen? If you are—you are in the ministry, I can tell you this. Forget about all the likes and all that. I don't really go to my, you know, YouTube page and that kind of thing and look for how many likes I have.
Others tell me, "Do you know your—this one has reached this kind of thing and all that or this one million or whatever". I say, "Wow." It was a revelation to me. Sometimes I listen to my sermon, then I happen to see, then I happen to see. I don't go with that. In fact, our young people are going—looking at that and that's what the problem is causing this anxiety. Amen? Because I know what the Lord says, "Woe to you if all men speak well of you." So, please criticize me. Okay? It will do me good, my soul good. Amen? It will do my soul good. Praise God. And then I check—I check the Scriptures and all that. It makes me more attentive to make sure that everything is accurate. Then I say, "I'm cool. I'm cool". Amen? And never hate your critic. Love your critic. They improve you. Amen? It's like, you know, sandpaper. They make you smooth. Amen? Okay. Praise the Lord.
Synesis in Jesus at Age 12
I'm just saying, I don't have to criticize unnecessarily like you, you know. Alright, Pastor Prince, you're asking for it. I—you laugh very loud, no, Lawrence? My mic is picking up so it's in the recording. I have more understanding than all my teachers—okay, come on. I have more understanding than all my teachers. For your testimonies are my—again, testimonies here is the Word of God—are my meditation. I have more understanding than all my teachers. He did not say, I have more knowledge than my teachers. I have more understanding. In other words, they know all the chapters and the verses. For example, I—I see the revelation of that chapter. I see it. I don't know why, but I see it. And sometimes the teachers that teach you, they don't see it.
Now, it's a messianic psalm, of course, referring to our Lord Jesus. And especially at the age of—let's finish the next one. I have more understanding than all my teachers. For your testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the ancients because I keep your precepts. The—verse 99 is sakal in the Hebrew, which is the same word used by—in Joshua 1:8. It says, "You shall have good success. You shall make your way prosperous, and you shall have sakal." Good success. So, I have more understanding. So, this word sakal is a wisdom that causes you to prosper. It is an instruction, an insight that causes you to prosper, to make progress. Are you with me so far? Okay?
Now, I'm going to tell you something. Okay, people look up here. You know your—your Bible, right, is divided into Old Testament, New Testament. Now, Old Testament is written in Hebrew. Okay? New Testament is in Greek. But many years ago, even before Christ came, right, there was a group of 70 Jewish people that came together, amazing scholars. They are amazing scholars. And they wanted to produce—because after Alexander the Great and all that, English wasn't the lingua franca, you know, the language of the day. It was Greek. All right? And after the time of Alexander the Great, because he conquered so many areas and brought the language there. So, they wanted a Bible that they can read. So, the 70 elders, very smart people, very sharp. All right? And godly people. They came together and they produced the Greek version of the Old Testament, which is actually in Hebrew. It's called the Septuagint. Septuagint, all right? Seventy. The 70—name after the 70 elders. All right? So, there's a Greek version of the Old Testament.
Just let you know something. Why do I say that? Because it says, "I have more understanding than all my teachers. I understand more than the ancients." So, "I understand more than all my teachers and also all my ancients, my elders". In the Greek—I'm going to tell you the Greek Septuagint of these verses. Are you ready? "I have more synesis than all my teachers". I have more synesis than all my ancient elders". Okay? Who is this speaking of? It's speaking of Jesus. But of course, that's the first application that I see here. It's a Messianic application. When he was young, he meditated on God's Word. By the way, people think he was instant in his knowledge of the Bible, even though he wrote the Word. No. He came as a man. He had to grow as a boy. The Bible says he increased in wisdom. Right? So, he had to meditate on God's Word day and night. We found his secret.
So, in the word "synesis," now, "syn" means "together". There is a two thing coming together. "Synesis" means to put two and two together. You see something by putting two and two together. There are people who read the Bible, alright? And all they see—they can memorize it even—and all they see is the superficial reading of the Bible. But someone else comes along, and they—they put two and two together. Oh, this means this. That means—this means—this verse is saying, that means we can—they're able to put two and two together. "Synesis". "Synesis". Get it? It's a branch of wisdom that God gives us. I want to bless you all with synesis. Amen. Because I'm looking for it also. Every day. Amen. I'm going to pray the prayer because I'm standing in the office of your pastor. So at the end, we're going to pray that over you. Amen.
Now, Jesus at the age of 12, they found Him at the temple. The parents found Him at the temple. And He was asking the doctors of the law, the most brilliant people of that day. Amen. These are like the professors in Jerusalem, professors of the law, the Word of God. And these are—they're also professors of education because education back then was in the temple. And they are very smart people. Very sharp. And Jesus was asking them questions. And then the Bible says, "And all who heard Jesus were astonished at His understanding and answers." And you know what is this word "understanding"? It's the word synesis. Same word as the one we saw just now. "I have more understanding than all my teachers". Alright? Except that that one is in the verb form, this is in the noun. That one is in the noun, one is in the verb. But it's the same word, synesis. Got it? But that tells us how He grew. Amen. And became, He began to see more and more. He see the Scriptures. And, and the rabbis who know the Bible back to back, they saw it and they were amazed how He can put two and two together and say, "This is it. Whoa"! Have you been there before? I love to listen to Bible teachers, alright, of familiar passages, but they, they bring out things that are out in the world. Do you see that? I want that. Amen.
Synesis in Joseph and Pharaoh's Dream
Hey, this kind of, once you get addicted to this, oh, I'm telling you, it's the best kind of addiction. Yeah, no, no, no bad effects of, no bad after effects. It's like, it gives you from glory to glory. Amen. You become a revelation addict. I'm hungry for revelation from the Word. I'm going to read this passage. I'm going to break the code. You know, that, that desire. That's how you should read the Bible. It's the glory of God to conceal a thing. It's the glory of kings to search it out. Amen. God, God, God let you purposely somehow hide things so that it gives you the thrill of finding it. Amen.
You know, who else has this synesis? Put two and two together. You know, who else has it? Joseph in the Bible, alright. No one could interpret Pharaoh's dream. Pharaoh had a dream. Pharaoh had a dream. I have a dream. Pharaoh said, and this is my dream. And no one could interpret his dream. Nebuchadnezzar, on the other hand, had a dream also. I have a dream. And this is my dream. And I don't know what I dreamed. Forgot already. Alright, remember that? So, Daniel had to come and remind him of what he dreamed, whereas Pharaoh knew what he dreamed. Alright, but he cannot interpret. He didn't have the synesis. So, when Joseph came, because Joseph was known to interpret dreams.
By the way, let me just pause here and tell you all something about dreams. Do you dream? Do you dream, dream? When I want you, Wendy, in my arms. Okay. Wendy alone. I'm a one-woman man. I told her the other day. You're every woman in the world to me. I said, why would I want to go for someone else? You're every woman in the world. Amen. It's not original, but it sure is good. It's amazing that Joseph was summoned, the dreams, and dreams sometimes, sometimes, not all the time, sometimes it's your roti prata last night. It's your, the pizza you ate last night. Amen. By the way, do you know that, uh, some great breakthroughs, inventions, discoveries came through dreams. Do you know the law of relativity? Einstein. He was trying to figure it out. He's trying to figure it out. He couldn't. He fell asleep. One night when he slept, the law of relativity fell into place. He saw it, he saw a cow, just like Pharaoh. He saw crack, cows. Einstein. He saw cows surrounded by electric fence. And the farmer was looking from another view, he was looking from another view. And the farmer says he can't see what he sees. He said he sees something. Then he got up and he came up with a theory of relativity. Not everyone sees it the same way, depending on. So, he, he came through a dream.
You know your sewing machine? Your sewing machine came through a dream. The guy who invented the sewing machine, thank God for him and all the women said, "And nowadays you all sew, ah." You see, instead of what you sew you will reap, for us, it is what we reap, you will sew. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. So, he had a dream. And he had a dream that he was in the jungle and he was captured by the cannibals. And, ah, they put him in the pot and they were about to eat him up, you know, cook him and eat him up. Then he saw the cannibals were carrying spears, all of them. And the spear, the blade, by the way, ah, you know, when, when cannibals ask you, right, what is your name? Don't give your name. You know why? They want it for the menu. Lame, pastor. Okay, anyway, ah, so he had a dream. He was captured by the cannibals. And the cannibals had this spear with a blade at the end, but instead of, right at the end, instead of a complete blade, it had a hole. It had holes. So his mistake was that he was trying to create a, a, a, a sewing machine at the edge of the blade. He got the idea, put a hole in between, it could thread the thread in. That's how you, the sewing machine was, was done. Manufactured.
The periodic table of the elements, alright, came in a dream. The guy tried his best to put all the elements, he just got confused. He fell asleep, he saw all the elements fall into place. That's how, not every dream is from God. Some of the, I, I read about some of the rock and rolls or, or some worldly songs that came in a dream and the lyrics are really bad, but it became such a hit. But it came in a dream. Who do you think gave that dream? There are some horror novels, they are now classics. One famous one I can, I can tell you. Frankenstein. The whole thing came in a dream for the author. I don't know, is it from God or not? Huh? Even horror novels, famous ones, famous ones, okay? Can come in a dream. I've had many dreams. Many of them don't come to pass. But there are some that set the road, even for this church. And it's from God. Amen.
So, Pharaoh had a dream. Cows, like Einstein. Seven fat cows, seven lean cows, you understand the story. That means, I won't go into the, the dream itself because of time. I'll just say seven good years, followed by seven bad years. Famine. Okay? And then, Joseph interpreted, "Your dreams are the same". He says that seven stalks of wheat and the, and the cows, it's all the same. It's seven years. Now, who would have thought that the cows represent seven years? The stalks of wheat, seven stalks of wheat, seven years. Who would have thought of that? Right? Then Joseph advised, at the end after he interpreted the dream, he advised Pharaoh. He says to Pharaoh, "Now therefore, let Pharaoh select a discerning and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt". In Hebrew, a discerning and wise man, bin ver hakam. Hakam is from hokmah. It's wisdom. But bin is actually, I'm going to give you the Greek right now, the Greek version of the Old Testament. Are you ready? We've got a bit of Greek today, okay? It's the word synetos. Find a discerning and wise man. Someone who, synetos is the adjective of synesis. Remember, Jesus had synesis, putting two and two together.
He says, "Find a man who can put two and two together". You see, you had the dream, but you don't know what to do with a dream. Now, we have the interpretation, seven years of plenty, followed by seven years of famine. But there's no instruction what to do. It takes some, he said, "You, you find a man". He told Pharaoh, "Find a man who has this ability to put two and two together." A discerning and wise man. In the, in the, in the Greek, it has the word synetos, which is the adjective of the word synesis, syniemi. Put two and two together. What Jesus had when He was at the age of 12. Then Pharaoh said, and, and Pharaoh said, drop down, said to his servants, "Can we find such a one as this? A man in whom is the Spirit of God." Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "In as much as God has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you." Same thing in the Hebrew, "bin v'hakam". But in the Greek, there's no one as synetos as you. And he was promoted from being a slave all the way to the right hand of Pharaoh.
Synesis Positions You for Promotion
Your boss is looking for someone with synesis. Others see the facts. You know how to translate. Nowhere in Pharaoh's dream was there a man, a wise man, a discreet man. Nowhere in Pharaoh's dream. Joseph recommended someone, whether he positioned himself, I don't know, a wise man do that. He didn't say, uh, Pharaoh, I'm available there. Amen? He didn't do that. He said, Pharaoh, find a man who is able to put two and two together, synetos is. And, and put that man in charge of this. He'll know what to do.
So that was not in the dream. That was added. Why? He's able to see seven years of plenty, followed by seven years of famine. He see, he see the need to save. He has a far reaching goal. Amen. Amen. May you have that as well, even for your preparation for your exam. Amen. An ability to step back and see the whole picture. Or you look at something you're able to interpret. The news gives you the news. Someone as synetos says, this is how I prepare myself. Amen. I'm not talking about investment, things like that. You got to be very careful. A lot of people want your money. Okay? You make sure you operate in God's wisdom. The best investment is the kingdom of God. Okay? You see all the scams. Famous people, people high up there in financial acumen and all that can be deceived and they are involved in financial scam and not even know it for years. Every few years you hear, every some pair of years you hear someone coming up and someone who is not supposed to be deceived being deceived. Wisdom comes from God. Amen.
Closing Prayer and Invitation
And my time is up. Okay. Every head bowed, every eye closed all across this place. Father in heaven, I thank you for everyone under the sound of my voice. I'm going to pray for you that there be an impartation from God of synesis. But remember this, you can pray also. But Joshua was full of the spirit of wisdom. The chapter before Joshua 1:8 is the chapter where Moses died. And it says this, Joshua was full of the spirit of wisdom. Yet God told him he need to meditate on the Word. I said Joshua was full of the spirit of wisdom. Before Joshua 1, it tells us that. The last chapter of the previous book before Joshua 1, it says Joshua is full of the spirit of wisdom. Because Moses laid his hands on him. Yet, he had to spend time in the Word, meditating.
Now, many of you have asked God for wisdom, and I'll pray for you right now. But more than that, you need to meditate on the Word. Ask God for a Word that speaks to you. It must thrill you. It must speak to you. Then memorize it and then share it with you throughout this week. Okay? And before that, if you are here today, my friend, Christ died on the cross for your sins. Christ rose again when you were acquitted in Him. The Bible says when you receive Jesus Christ, the very first thing that you receive is Christ has made unto us wisdom. And then righteousness. And then sanctification. And finally, redemption. Christ has made all this to us. You have no inheritance without Christ. Christ died for our sins. Christ rose again to always shepherd us. He's alive today. If you want to put your trust in Him, pray this prayer with me.
Heavenly Father, I thank You. Christ died for my sins and rose again. Amen. I confess Jesus Christ is my Lord. And I believe in my heart. He's been raised from the dead. I'm saved. I'm now righteous by Jesus' blood. In Jesus' name. Amen.
Stand to your feet, church. Lift your hands up to the Lord. The Bible says if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God. Amen. Amen. In the name of Jesus, Father, You know the Word, Lord, that You gave me to preach today. And You stand ready, Lord, to bestow, Lord, wisdom. You are more keen to bestow wisdom than we are to receive, Lord. And Father, in the name of Jesus, especially, Lord, in the area of synesis, Lord. I pray, Father, in the name of Jesus, that You have blessed Your people right now. And impart to them, everyone under the sound of my voice, who wants it, Lord, an impartation of Your Sophia wisdom, Your Hokmah wisdom, Your Binah wisdom, and Your synesis wisdom. An ability, Lord, to see what others don't see. Father, I pray in Jesus' name that You will also grant them sakal for them to prosper, Lord. Especially even throughout this week. In Jesus' name. And all the people said, Amen.